The Singapore Free Press, 4 January 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. *****. Siiu*P ore Mon., Jan. 4, 1954. Price 15 Cts.
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    U.S. SHIELD FOR THE EAST
    524 1 Arms aid to 4 nations THK United States was reported m Washington yesterday to be discussing military aid agreements with Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to build a shield against possible Soviet attack m the Middle Kast and South Asia. Until recently, American officials delayed
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    Queen added to plan of tour
    232 1 r rhfc: QUEEN'S Australian 1 itinerary, criticised m the Pi jss a^ too strenuous, will Include many more functions than he i Australian advisers first suggested because she has per- sonally insisted on their inclu.>i)t\. t The tour begins at Sydney next month Tli-
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    Rubber price
    27 1 Singapore Rubber Market vened on a steady, quiet tone 'ith rtrst grade. January shipment, at 57 3 8 cents a pound. 'lunged from last Thursday's
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    HEDY'S FIGURE IS ART HISTORY'
    72 1 lIKDY Lamarr's first film. "Extase". m which she appeared m the nude has made over 530.000.000 and is now shown m most high schools and universities m America under the heading of "Art History", without the cuts imposed by the censor for normal distribution. Picture
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    $550 TAKEN IN RAID ON SHIP
    38 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Sea thieves entered the motorvessel. Seminiah. moored oiT Singapore and removed $550 cash and a $50 cheque belonging to the chief-officer while he was ashore on Saturday evening.
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    FIRE: 6 PATIENTS DIE
    29 1 Six inmates of a mental hospital m Ichikawa town near Tokyo were killed m an early morning fire, which razed the 200- bed hospital yesterday.
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    Knife and bottle attack: 4 held
    207 1  - Knife and bottle attack: 4 held ROGER YUE By i GANG of 20 secret society hoodlums yesterday stab- l and assaulted a young »tfap*re Chinese fitter after cornerim him m Look Street. Pour of the men plunged lafferi into the arms and legs their helpless victim The ri4> >t tf
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    They talked for 165 minutes
    41 1 They talked for 165 minutes Lt -Gen. X S. Thimayya (left) Indian chairman of tho United Nations Repatriation Commission, and Gen. John E. Hull, supreir* UN. Commander m the Far Fast, check their wrist watches after a 165-minute conference at Panmunjonr
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    'REBELS' TAKEN TO RUSSIA
    154 1 'REBELS' TAKEN TO RUSSIA rpHOUSANDS of people who A took part m the East German uprisings last June including women and children— were re- j ported to have been .seen loaded aboard trains headed for the Soviet Union" a U.S. State Department official said m Washington yesterday. The official Mr.
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    1,001st DIVORCE TALE IS DIFFERENT
    351 2 1,001st DIVORCE TALE IS DIFFERENT Russian judges warned DIVORCI U beginning to rind it' plaei In the Rus.Miti. Press. T)jf Uterarj Oaiette j. m articli d< voted to divon < courts, told the story ol A nida Danilova, who waj Indil fereni to her daughtei and leads an Indecent kind
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    Reds may ease Berlin restrictions for talks
    206 2 Reds may ease Berlin restrictions for talks BERLIN yesterday entered a week of intense diplomatic activity In preparation for the forthcoming: Bis: Four Foreign Ministers' conference, and there are many rumours and reports about intending: Soviet moves to •improve the atmosphere" m the four-Power city. The North West German radio
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    Quins win $300,000
    65 2 Quins win $300,000 ARGENTINA'S quintuplets, the Diligenti children, whose father is Franco Dili Kfiiti, a wealthy Italian-born manufacturer, won 1.300,000 pesos (MS300.000) m a Christmas lottery. The father said the children won two- fifths of a third prize of 3,250,000 pesos. The two boys, llanco and CariM, and their sisters,
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    GASPERI IN SICK BED HELPS END CRISIS
    193 2 GASPERI IN SICK BED HELPS END CRISIS ITALY'S Christian Democrat leaders last night gathered around the sick bed of the former Prime Minister. Signor Alcide de Gasperi. to a way out of a two weeks old Cabinet crisis. The present Prime Minister. Signor Giuseppe Pella. whose demand for fuller support
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    All proposed to Gene
    67 2 jiut ure. HIIKN film star (iene Tierney arrived m New York recently she told reporters: "Ali Khan proposed to me 8 months a*o nut I could not make up my mind. He is much U>o busy with nor.ses and raring tars. I am the homely type."
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    Malay Society dinner
    40 2 EARL .Minister, the I'nder Secretary for the Colonies, was the principal guest at the annual dinner m London of the Malay Society of Britain. Here he is seen with Raja Sir Ida, Commissioner for Malaya m London.
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    ANCIENT TABLETS FOUND IN SYRIA
    157 2 THABLETS reflecting the whole history of the Middle East m the years 1.400 to 1,200 B.C. have been discovered at Ras-Shamra, m Northern Syria, by M. Chau de Schaeffer, the French archaeologist. The tablets, 200 of them m all, represent the diplomatic archives of the
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    THE £ IS 'MUCH STRONGER'
    137 2 THE IS 'MUCH STRONGER BRITAIN'S delegation of Treasury experts to the Commonwealth Finance Ministerconference opening m Sydney on Friday arrived yesterday by air. Today they will begin talkwith officials from eight other Commonwealth countries to prepare for the ministers' meeting The conference will be largely a stocktaking of the results
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    HUKS LOST 240
    31 2 Philippine Government troops killed 240 Communist-led Huks and wounded 125 and captured 187in the centrla part of Luzon Island during 1953. In addition. 40 3 dissidents surrendered peacefully.
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    When a public assembly
    273 3 rOUCE EXPLAIN A CRISIS LAW S;APORE Police, under riu- Emergency Regulations, are empowered to disperse or otherwise deal with any public assembly )i live or more persons \\Ad without a permit, a police official said yesterlay. rh official said steps would v> t.iken if a meeting
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    S'PORE BRIDE
    38 3 picture. >JK PETER TAN Yl X HOON. superintendent of the Prince Edward Road Boys Club. Singapore, and Miss. Seah Oilan, h ilk down the aisle alter their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday.- Free Press
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    A RED LETTER DAY FOR REV. QUEK
    203 3 TODAY'S a red letter day for Rev. Quek Keng Hoon ATTLEE IS 71 Clement AttJee. former Prime Minister and leader of the La:ni|< Opposition m Parliament observed his 71st birthday yes--1 ■> »ay at a quiet family party. He Lv celebrating his 70th
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    1 in 3 divorce: £35 each
    56 3 (INH m every three marriages i" Johannesburg South XF WvUa, ends m divorce where an undefended suit costs CSS. Bate with which marriages ran be broken m the luxury 'if Which rivals Hollywood for the number of homes with *sMniniin g pools and tennis
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    Councillor will dig on road job
    277 3  - Councillor will dig on road job P. M. RAMAN BY 100 volunteers next I Sunday vill start digging and tilling a one-mile hack m Alexandra Village, opposite the British Military Hospital. Singapore, to make it into road and give the 2.000 residents a satisfactory drainage system. Among the volunteers are
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    Speeding
    32 3 rptIRKE Israeli magistrates A have been given the task of tackling a backlog of 30.000 traffic cases m Tel Aviv. They are each taking 200 rases a day. Average tint: \:1O.
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    MAKE WOMEN YOUR EQUALS, MEN TOLD
    428 3 MAKE WOMEN YOUR EQUALS, MEN TOLD Free Press Staff Reporter MEN, this is for you. The subject is women. And it i.. _..i.: i is a woman speaking. Said Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. sec retary ol the Singapore Council of Women: "The prevalence of polygamy m ihis colony is upsetting the
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Jan. 4, 1934. Opinion GOOD ADVICE
    44 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Jan. 4, 1934. Opinion GOOD ADVICE VJOUNH sense was uttered D by Mr. 11. A. Campbell, chairman ol the Rubber Producers' Council, In a week-end broadcast. Be .said: "We must reduce our i reduction co ta; wt n. 1.1
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    Oil-rich Sheikhs Gang up for More
    1056 4 Oil-rich Sheikhs Gang up for More The Arab stales around the Persian Gulf arc combining toilet her m a bid to "soak" theAnglo-A tnerican oil com pan ies says J. L. Ha vs. Thi:s map shows the huge oil interests m thf Middle East. adopt modem methods and we juij.si
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    Nine new factories will go up in Trust estate
    212 5  - Nine new factories will go up in Trus t estate JOSEPH YEO BIG RUSH FOR INDUSTRIAL SITES By r rHE Singapore Improve- ment Trust's scheme to help the "small man start ill industries at its i l-acre industrial town m Alexandra, Road, has resulted m a big; rush for factory
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    38,000 KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENTS
    63 5 tidents claimed about 94.000 lives m the United States m 1953, the Metropolitan Life Assurance Co. reported In New V»rk This wai a decrease ot 1 r 2.D00 from 1952 and narked the first time m four •'Mrs for a decline m accidential fcathi As
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    MISS CHEESECAKE
    84 5 Tht» army newspaper Stars md Stripes has named Holly wood .starlet. Kathleen Hughes. <> Miss Cheesecake of 1953. Thus years Miss Cheesecake I* 1 jreari old. blonde, hazel eyed 1 •••< 8, weiahs 125 lbs., and ha; 38-inch bust 36 1 2 inch hips 24 1 2 inch
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    MILLIONAIRE'S 'MYSTERY HOUSE ON THE HILL'
    450 5  - MILLIONAIRE'S 'MYSTERY HOUSE ON THE HILL' SIT YIN FONG BY THE folks at Singapore's Anthony Road call it the 'mystery house on the hill." The owner, millionaire Mr. Yeo Kiat Sian« —his fortune is m cigarettes distribution—calls it "my dream house." And architect Won? Ah Weo calls it -my brain
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    Taxi owners may hire meters
    240 5  - Taxi owners may hire meters P. M. RAMAN BY HPAXI owners who do not have I A enough money to pay cash for meters can either buy them I'rom their co-operative society on an instalment basis or hire them for 50 cents a day. Mr. T. A. Simon, president of
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    $120 mil. plan for Guiana
    88 5 A WORLD Bank survey r\ team has proposed a U5540.000.000 ($l2O million Malayan* development plan for British Guiana, an authorit Uive .source said m London last night. Bank experts spent -six weeks In the British colony last year. Their *****0-word repctf dur for publication m
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    No work for one year
    33 5 No work for one year The uncompleted "dream house" off Clemenceau Avenue. Singapore which residents of Anthony Road call "the mystery house on the hill' because building has been suspended for a year.
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    Slippery deal
    33 5 RUSSIA has bought skis for troop training from Finlatii with reparatums Finland paid m 1947 and at liH.' prices, much below present CQst. Finland's attitude: Ami thing for a quiet life.
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    Malaya uses fewer bottles
    324 5  - Malaya uses fewer bottles G. T. BOON By. would have to look more to industrial undertakings if the prosperity <ji the Colony Ifl to be maintained. Mr. J. G. R. Manion, commercial manager oi the Singapore Glass Factory, said yesterday. Mr. Manion said local Industrialists were encountering these handicaps: New
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    IN LIGHTER VEIN
    117 6 "It says here that looks 1 expend on diet". "Ther. for heavens sake keej of! plain food for a while". Stranger at door: I wond< II you could tell me if tht Mi Smith who lives with you j.the Mr. Smith I'm lookint f< 1 hope to
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      162 6 •t jIS S 4*' •*>■»*.*/>'• i i MANDRAKE, THE MAC.CAN by Lee I SETTLED YOU ONCE AND POftA-l^ I At/ (rt'NG TOMAIW H.vi.y- Lp\ '^—^^■■■(GL TsAIDH |NOT UNTIL I TALK TO YOU. "^F^^^ C?, 'x^m^HF^ WHAT'S COME O^ft «H /p Jfl^ Bs^ TARZA|S| b/ Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by
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      539 6 YOUR I LUCKY STAR nOBM fODAY, >ou haw on< ut i!<i»r nur,d> that vnt^ lie our intuitions ■re nrewj and can b»- tiu«-u»! to uiiidc \t'U (one,U>. «ur siup d<> i»i<ins are Itkt-lx In i r r \ou to Urn attention of import.mt people eai h m lilt. Oae whm
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    HIS WIFE SERVED LUNCH AT 4.30 P.M.
    250 7 HIS WIFE SERVED LUNCH AT 4.30 P.M. IN the "rather curious' household of Mr. and .Mrs. Charles I iais. lunch was not served till 4.30 p.m. sometimes h.irle* Henry Craig, a retired accountant of 68, had married his 11 -year-old wife a barm.iid and "a hard-bitten woman o\ the world"
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    CATS TOOK NIP FOR COURAGE
    119 7 SIXTEEN cats were used by the World Health Organ isa'■i i branch of the United N i tions— for an investigation Into drink. r the cats were faced with ,i frightening situation. Th.-y tailed to meet it. md. the cats were faced a similar situation,
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    FULL-DRESS, OR—
    33 7 Dustmen and street-sweepers who go to work wearing old clothes instead of issue uniform i may face disciplinary action m Finsbury, England. Councillors are to be asked to approve the measure.
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    JUDGE PITIES THE MAN HE MUST SENTENCE TO DIE
    218 7 TJEFORE I jury of ten men and two women retired at Leeds Assizes In the trial of a Pole for the murder of an English woman. Mr. Justice Stable said to thorn: We would be leu than human if we did
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    MY HOUSE HAUNTED -SAYS A DOCTOR
    359 7 Lrhostiy footsteps m the night 9 (^HOSTLY footsteps m the night and sounds of heavy objects being dragged about m empty attics have led a doctor to believe that his house may be haunted. Dr. Richard Prewer's wife and sister-in-law have heard "a slow,
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    These ideas break up marriages —judge
    228 7 These ideas break up marriages judge WIFE BORROWED MEDICAL BOOK A 25-YEAR-OLD wife seeking a divorce on the ground of cruelty heard Mr. Justice Wallingtoh say m Birmingham: "A very large part of marriage failure In these days la because marriage is entered into with these selfish and horrible notions."
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    Bulgarian princess to wed
    30 7 Bulgarian princess to wed picture. Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria and Mr. Jack Roosmale N epven, member of a well-known Dutch family, who are to ma rry soon.mi Paul Popper
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    Mount Erskine boys
    224 8 THE kids of the Mount 1 Erskine Boys Club m Singapore are no sissies. They're rough and tough and ready for anything. That's the impression I got when I went to the Christmas party for 130 of them organised by the V.M.C.A. at the Social Welfare Centre
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    ave lots of fun
    212 9  -  PETER DE CRUZ m I Story by I control t in hot pursuit of the ng and waving his arms. he realised it was only looked sheepishly at the fho enjoyed a hearty ndrew Lee. programme f the V.M.C.A., and his und to their dismay that
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    BODY-IN-TRUNK WIFE WAS 'MAD ON HORSES'
    572 10 BODY-IN-TRUNK WIFE WAS 'MAD ON HORSES' I I 1(1(1 KEMP was <razy about horses. .And when A S he disappeared m July her soldier-husband it was stated explained to relatives that she had gone to work ".[ufon "Number 22 the bod, of 24-yeur-old Mrs. Kemp was round m trunk, Southed
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    37 10 STERN view of the Greek Une flagship Olympia, 23.000 tons, m dry dork at Southampton, where repair work «oes on under 'iioo(ll*i»hts after the world's newest liner ran aground off Ilvthe. HaifMMllire en route to New York.
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    Her one night out -woman set ablaze
    177 10 MX. EDWARD GOODMAN, awakened l>v screams early m the morning, found his wife running round the back garden of their h/ne m Hainault. Essex, wiui her clothes ablaze. Her dress— an evening gown of flimsy net— had been set ablaze as she stood
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    TO THE ANTARCTIC
    18 10 Th? motorshlp Klstan Dan is sailing from Melbourne todft> with the 1954 Australia Antarctic expedition
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    OFFICER IS ACCUSED OF GIRL'S KILLING
    272 10 AS4-YIAB-OLD Englishman, u»w a Canadian Army ofti- er. was said to have btM on his knees Riving m "ettfafWMri rini; to a prett\ girl of 'A whom, a few iajl later. U Is alleged to have stabbed to death.' lieutenant Pet» r Uobin Bal
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    27 10 IN the primitive bath tub, the only one his grandparents' bleak farmhouse boasts of VINCKNT WINTKK five-year rhild star m "The Kidnappers" plays with liis toy boat.
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    It should not happen to a dog
    291 10 It should not happen to a dog SOMEBODY PUT ONE OVER JUDY TfAJOR CHARLES CHAM 1H BERLAIN. on Christina leave. trudged the streets around Marble Arch, Lonuon 1 looking for hLs 12-year-oM I golden retriever Judy. Judy was stolen after M a j Jr Chamberland parked his car threw a
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    HOW MUCH TO SPEND-AT 5?
    112 10 A SHILLING a week is enough a\ pocket money for boy of five, said Mr. Comir issioner Latev m the Divorce (unit He (limited a maintenance claim for £600 a year brought by Mrv Kathleen Frances Kdkins. „f Park Mill, llarpenden. Herts, against lier hushand,
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    'The British are like the Gambols'
    650 11 Thr (inmbols ire today as lll(uh B s> ,nbol of the British kaJ home-life M Yorkshire pudding and milk bottles on the doorstep. It seems other people think so too. judging I,v this article written for (oiriere d'lnformazione," a leading Milan newspaper, by Pier*
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    21 11 Remember? Recent glimpses of the Gambols as se t «n by their creator. Barry Appleby, and perhaps by other husbands too.
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    11 11 A (ianihols p«»eket cartoon bef()re the strip began m Muck IWt.
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    23 11 Swirling skirt goes with the honeyed notes tl sinser Vv,- B«*--well m a recent act at the 'olittuni m London .—Renter pn« U*
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    Bridge Quiz
    371 11 I bidding strategy s comprise one o: thi elements of bridge. re m the auction, lem to decide when past a disai the opponents better landing n vulnerable the ne diamond by the cur I Next to speak. i with each of ih< nndi INBWUS One heart, It
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    The Captain is a Woman
    148 11 'THE ship's captain may be B I woman— most probably will be if you sail on Germany's riven n^xt year. Being captain of one Germany's river era It is th< latest and most popular man's job ;n tourist -minder; many Until now there h.i> •i
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    UP TWO MIL. IN 1953
    54 11 'i U.S. Census Bureau ettl- that the population, <-i the United States Lncludini aimed forces ofeneas, w;i>. about 161,200,000 when the m* y< ai began. Thi.s is an increase of abc-ut 2 700 000 for the year 1953 and an Increase of about 10.000,000 since
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      135 11 Today's Crossword Ijl 1 I I I I 1 j j I I ACBOSI st.uted b\ .1 Btdlcal nan? I n< 1 Hr of Email value r5). 4 Bore-, a tk-hanger! (2-7). 7 "Sir. sir. tern. J SSLS i i,nv. <7) Bls rut' Hard!} thi right sex! (t, f I
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    56 12 f VU\ ATBAY Organlsa--1 tiiin S»«\e a cocktail jurlv m honour ol .Mr. >iuirj\ SUverstone, s*esMent «f the i«»t h Century |t»\ International and later- American orporatidti and Mrs. Silvei stout* it the Bollywood Room i tin* Odeta Cinema, sin«a|i«»r»*. Picture sIMWS 'left to right): Mi& Silversteae, >lr and Mrs.
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    See for yourself
    119 12 A ik sicks- artich under the caption "Dirty Canal" i.s Indeed quite Interesting, but I w(»ni<i [ike him to englighten me •mi the following Th.- precise on aning oi former city Councillor and new city Councillor; whether he speaks lor himmll or !<>r the Rochorc- residents? Lastly
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    BARBED WIRE CANNOT KEEP OUT PEBBLES
    307 12 HAVING read the comments made by Mr. Yeoh Sin Kans. chairman of Cinema Sub-Committee of Anthony Road, which appeared under the title, "Barbed Wire Wont Stop (;irls," I disagree with him. hls statement mat gins are responsible for some trouble at the cinema ground
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    The Pressman's Postbag
    62 12 The Pressman's Postbag 1 GOING UP Among the futile reasons given for the passible refund to introduce double-decker bu.se.s m Singapore is that people don't like goin» up the .stairs. Local people don't like doing anything that needs energy. However It's a chance for some inventor; it .shouldn't be beyond
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    WED AT K.L.
    21 12 'iimed Said l»in Suleiman and Jir JimUi.ili l»in(e \yol» who wove Married ifl lalaa Raja Kot. Koala Luapar.
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    POSTAL LAPSE
    45 12 I DON'T quite understand why some ot my Ohrismas greetings were not received by friends of mine, although propei v id ressed and st imp i Could the postal authorities investlg ite md m ike sure that pastmen delfver ALL letters SUBL llexmndra.
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    Why neglect our old people
    458 12 Why neglect our old people I HAVE confession. I something like a grow i When I read the I tie Singapore Doctors arti•The Old Need Not Be 111 and Useless." I wai beginnng lo feel hopeful, and actually said to myself, Now [a the t'r.e U r you to write
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    'SHEER FOLLY'
    228 12 V^OUR foot-note pointing Ml 1 th;tt there are also :iu::v mothers of large families happy and well at a much more iavanced age answers p;.). Married Happiness" most appropriately. Nevertheless, I thould i if you would allow me I Dttle ipici 10 refute the nonsense- written >J the
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    Any grouse?
    32 12 HATE yuo a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG— briefly
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    JAGAN IN LAHORE
    15 12 Dr. Cheddi Jagan. depoiw Premier of British Guiani. irrived m Lahore yesterday
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    Japan Enters The Fashion Field
    451 13  -  JEAN WISEMAN by LONDON. U'ITH THE NAMES W Hartnell, Dior, and Sinionette of Italy we Boon add Moheitoh japan -for Japan has ivs t held her first all- H ,i fashion show with armenta designed and made m Japan from ..nese fabrics and modelled by
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    GROW OLDER AND SMARTER
    219 13 A 5 -MART' PEOPLE grow 1 older, the smarter they cording to Dr. Nancy the University of nia's Institute of Child Welfare. 1 wert a little surprised to that Rifted adults increase ntellectual ability as they 'Icier," the psychologist though other studies show 'cy for adults
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    Dancer in new film
    49 13 photo. raw .vw. •^wvww-v Here's Laya Raki, 22-year-old (ierman- Javanese dancer nho has starred m four German films. She's dressed us Moanna. the wife of a Maori chief, for her role m thn film. "The herkers," the first she has made m England.— A. P.
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    GLASSES CAN ADD TO YOUR ATTRACTION
    331 13 GLASSES CAN ADD TO YOUR ATTRACTION LONDON. IjiLEVEN MILLION women m Britain wear glasses and few of them wear the right eye makeup; the idea of using cleverly chosen and correctly applied eye makeup is not to make the eyes appear exaggerated but on the contrary to make them more
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    SUNDERLAND SELLING MORE PLAYERS
    501 14 Tom Fiuneys injury said to be serious Free Press London Correspondent WHAT .i strange thing it is that with clubs like Sunderl.tnd and Liverpool searching frantically for players IM •Her was ever received l>\ Portsmouth for sue h a lalented performer a s Len Phillips, and
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    SELANGOR SIKHS WIN HOCKEY CUP
    36 14 Belangor Sikh.s renamed thOurdwan Cup by clear ml 2—o win over Perak Sikh> In the lit match of the third All-Malayan sikhs h<>< k»-\ tournament In Kuala 1 umpur ye terday.
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    Quick win for Percy Bassett
    62 14 PERCY Bi tt, world lnt< rim feal i :^i.< champion ;v'»n"i a Bu I round technical kn'»< koul i. the f rench light weigh! cl n Jacques Hei billion li Par! on Saturday Digl i'lm- Pren hampion wad do* n thi i(M counl ol nine
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    JAMAICA 226 FOR 6 WKTS
    25 14 Ji.imi i icored 22fl r<N mx on the «»f I: Ml,,'. I. M* C, *i Km- ion qq Saturday I
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    TROUNCED 7-1 BY LEEDS
    389 14 Leicester get a shock WIDESFREAD foff hit the English League Football programme on Saturday. One Second Division match and two Third Division Northern games were postponed while three had to be abandoned after play had started. Third Division Southern fixtures were not affected and neither were
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    BEST BET RAN GREAT RACE
    1060 14 lion lli«'? a< Peiiunu By HFST BET put up an excellent staying performance when he carried his 9.00 on a very heavy track fa win the C ommissioner (ieneral's Cup at Penani; <>n 1 Best Bet defeated Shangrila by U lengths, with Chesieres 3) lengths
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    SHA KNOCKOUT TOURNEY DRAW
    67 14 The draw for the quart* final round of the Singap Hockey Association* tMI knockout competition result Winner of Latiff Wand and University v RAF. RAF Changl vSR.c: winnei C.S.C. and REME v 8.C.8 University 2nd team v Indian v Home teams are mention* first. Tvt v
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    COMMONWEALTH WIN 4th TEST
    528 15 COMMONWEALTH WIN 4th TEST But India made them struggle COMMONWEALTH touring cricketers won the third unofficial Test against India m Calcutta yesterday by six wickets and so drew level on the series, India won the first Test at New Delhi with the second at Bombay drawn. Final scores yesterday were
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    CENTURY IN SHIELD GAME
    78 15 IN spite of an aggressive knock of 101 not out by Neil Dansie South Australia, the Sheffield holders, need a further 16 runs to avoid the follow-on against Victoria. Victoria carried their overnight score of 354 for six to 403. and South Australia were 238 :<
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    BAD LUCK BOTHERED SKATER WHO WON
    249 15 VORWAYS Hjalmar "Hjallis" Anderson yesterday, A^ braved tough luck and bad weather to win his fourth national speed skating championship m Oslo. His combined time points score for the four events the 500. 1.500. 5.000 and 10.000 metres— was 199.815. After Saturday's 500 and
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    ALL BLACKS HELD BY ULSTER XV
    166 15 ALL BLACKS HELD BY ULSTER XV ULSTER held the New Zealand rugby union tourists to a 5-5 draw at Belfast on Saturday m the tourists' first match m Northern Ireland. The Ulster forwards, led by J. P. Nelson, showed plenty of fire and dash. Ulster took the load after 1.5
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    IRELAND XV v. ALL BLACKS
    120 15 ONLY one new cap. J. T. Gaston of Dublin University, a i wing three-quarter, is included m the Irish team, announced! today, to meet the New Zea--1 land All Blacks m Dublin on Saturday. The team is J. E. W. Murphy (Lurgan*: M Mortell (Bective
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    Harris crashes: race postponed
    86 15 REG Harris, British cycling champion, was injured at a cycling meet m Melbourne and officials have postponed it until he is fit again. Harris will be X-rayed today. He is suffering from a badly gashed knee and an elbow injury. The accident occurred on Saturday night
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    KRISHNAN IS NEW CHAMPION
    102 15 J{ A MNATHAN KRISHNAN, VKAR-OLD INDIAN > CW PLAYER, YESTERJiTl ?°S THE MEN 'S SINGLES J \\il A T "E NATIONAL Hi iv TfrNN 'S HAMPIONs W CALCI TTA. BEATING JACK ARKINSTALL (AI'STRAi LIA) 6-2, 6-3. 7-5 IN THE FINAL. Arkin-stal and IKikhar Ahmed < Pakistan
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    SHA STILL SHORT OF $3000
    297 16  -  MALCOLM MODDER Officials hope hats will be filled by Saturday By DINGAPORE Hockey Association officials are women. It will take exactly $3,000 to erase tliose wrinkles from their brows— and ca«SC of it all is that the Association is that much short of the $5,tH
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    SOH WINS ANOTHER RACE
    165 16 I'hk nrst All-Malayan cycling carnival to be held on SoodlH tracks began on Saturday night on Penang's Victoria Gi»'»mi and iG-yeai -old Singapore ichoolboy, John Son, who won the 50 miles round-the-isi Hi') race In the afternoon, gave another brilliant performince y>> win the two miles
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    American team for ski-jumping
    57 16 ART Devlin <Lake Placid). Keith Wegeman (Colorado) and Art. Moque (Chicago) I have won the right to represent the United Btatea m the world .^ki jumping championship m Sweden next month. The three-man team was chosen after a two day trial meeting m which 14 of
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    SPARTAK WIN IN MALTA
    29 16 Yugoslav aoocer vMton Bptrtak, playing the penultimate match ol their Malta .M-rip.s. yesterday beat the [aland League champions and trlnie crown holders Fioriana 3-2.- A.P.
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    WHY DIDN'T
    121 16 W EW Zealand .scored 505 In A their first Lnnlflftl against South Africa m Capetown on Saturday. South Africa weir Mve lor no wickets at close of play. It was surprsii.j" that (icofT Itabone did not ieelare the New Zealand innings closed at tea when the total was
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    SURPRISE DEFEAT FOR THE BRITISH SQIASH CHAMP
    311 16 SURPRISE DEFEAT FOR THE BRITISH SQIASH CHAMP HASHIM KHAiN of Pakistan, holder of the British open .squash rackets title, was unexpectedly beaten by Henri Salaun ot Boston m the final of the United States open championships m New York yesterday Salaun. who is an amateur player, won It) 7 15
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    Swiss triumphs in Grand Prix
    70 16 4 MASERATI driven by Xaron Emmanuel de Qraffendr el. of Switzerland, won the Rio de faneiro Grand prix ior sports 1 curs over the Gaven circuit. Dc Graffenried co\«red th<> i 205 miles cour-e m lou r hours 14 mins. 21.7 seconds. Feriiiri can tilled
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    N.Z. TEAM DECLARE?
    122 16 John Reid hit 135 runs. 116 of them between lunch and tea. One of his liMi resulted m a woman spectator being injured. In 12 previous Test Innings lie had totalled only t>4 runs. Nineteen-year-old John Beck. play. in.' m h^ second 'lest vy run out I
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    Turpin had them yelling in court
    178 16 Turpin had them yelling in court r>RITISH middleweight boxer. Randolph Turpin, cum. l > plained In court on Saturday, that he couldn't hear what was being said about him as a magistrate Anedl Mini for illegal possession of a .22 calibre rifle. I Turpin. was fined £2 Bterifosl for keeping
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    SEDGMAN LOSES TO GONZALES
    120 16 SEDGMAN LOSES TO GONZALES HUNK SEDGMAN ot Austr.iF iia generally recognised as i the world's leading professional j ;on end of year form, was de- feated by Richard Gonzales of the United States m Jack Kramer's professional lawn tennis tournament In Mew York last night Gonzales out-smashing and Out-serving the
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    French beat Rest of World
    76 16 French beat Rest of World THE French National Ruffe] Leasue team beat I scratch I Rest of the World side by 1? I points to 15 at LjOOa In aI match to mark the twentieth I" anniversary of the founding 01 I the gam** In France. They lei I B—6
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    FRANCE v. SCOTS
    38 16 Two new "cap*" Je.m B I centre threequaiter ami Eaulon (back row forward) are to* eluded m France's team to Scotland m the Rimbv Union International match at Murravfield. EUn- burgh on January 9.— Reuter
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