The Singapore Free Press, 9 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2441
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya i ..i. Singapore, Thurs., Dec. 9, 1954. Price 15 Cts.
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    Fear of a world war is receding says Eisenhower
    165 1 I PRESIDENT Eisenhower said at his Washington press conference yesterday thai the free world's fear of iobal war had diminished m rerent years. He had been i^ked to comment upon the world's chances for peace now. He replied by asking newspi
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    360 RED FACTORIES JOIN JET DRIVE
    163 1 New faster-than-sound rocket AUTHORITATIVE aircraft survey published m London yesterday said the Russians have thrown 360 factories into a vast plane production race with In reticent terms the latest edition of Jane s All The Worlds Aircraft" revealed this programme is igned to give
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    A-TOWN'S SNUB
    24 1 The people of Hiroshima where the first atom bomb was dropped, have snubbed a Communist candidate and reelected a Conservative government. A.P.
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    Ava's visit cut 2 days
    69 1 MSS Ava Gardner, who irrives at Kallang airport at G. 35 toni«lit. She will have a police il and escort to her luxury suite at Raffles Hotel. The film star's visit to the f 'liny has b;en cut by two it was learned tliis morning,
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    RED 'AMMO' TRAIN BLOWS UP
    57 1 r JVvVO ammunition cars of a 1 Chinese Communist I n blew up 95 mile fJ t Shanghai on Nov. 20 d more than 80 Tatao News Agency said m Taipeh yesterday The Tatao, run by the Nationalist Chine.se Ministry the Interior, said the <xlons
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    Date Eag!ar funeral on Sunday
    73 1 Date Eag!ar funeral on Sunday THE funeral of Dato C. J. Paglar, who died m the Singapore General Hospital early this morning, will take place on Sunday afternoon. A service will be held m St. Joseph's Church, Victoria Street. The cortege will leave the church for Bidadari Cemetery. Hundreds of
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    SLACKS-BAN COLONEL HITS OUT AGAIN
    129 1 THE U.S. Army commandant m Frankfurt warned American families yesterday that German criminals were hiding m their homes as domestic servants. Col. John II Dillev added I t a ieric n bachi would not be allowed to have rooms for maids m thoir biliets. The
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    HELP PAY FOR MALAYA WAR
    274 1 Call m Commons A SUGGESTION that Australia and New Zealand should help pay for the cost of the fight against the Communists m Malaya was made yesterday m the House of Commons by Mr. Thomas Reid (Labour). He said the fight was part of the
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    19 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    63 1 AGREES AIR FOftCE Dakota crashed about noon yesterday at Kleusis military airfield, killing iU 19 occupants I of whom were (ireek Army Lieutenants. The Dakota was enjlfdi m parachute exercises over the airfield when a falling parachute got entangled with the plane, causing it to
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    STORE FLOODED AGAIN
    132 1 N.-E. monsoon moves south TMIERE were floods again m Singapore today. It rained all last night and this morning a.s the north-ea.st mon.soon, which flooded several areas m the Federation last week, moved south. The Telok Ayer market was completely under water. Approaches to oflices m Robin
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    Rubber quiet
    45 1 December first urade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened on the Singapore market this morning at 82 cents a lb., a quarter of a cent below last night's closing price. January first was quoted 81 5 cents lb. The tone of the market was quiet.
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    STRAYS HELP HOME FUND
    37 2 STRAYS HELP HO ME FUND picture. Rescued strays were featured m yesterday's flag day effort for the Canine Welfare Association of Singapore. The proceeds will tro toward* thp homo for stray dogs m Thomson Road. Free Press
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    New U.S.-Chiang pact 'not part of SEATO'-Eden
    151 2 New U.S.-Chiang pact 'not part of SEATO'-Eden tf IR ANTHONY EDEN, the Foreign Secretary, said m London yesterday Britain was satisfied that the treaty between the United States and Nationalist China on Formosa was purely defensive and would result m closer consultation. He told Mr. Arthur Henderson, (Labour) that this
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    M.P.S ASKED TO HELP U.S. AIRMEN
    92 2 M.P.S ASKED TO HELP U.S. AIRMEN BRITISH Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden, yesterday called on Labour MP's who have contacts with the Chinese Communists to use their influence to get 18 imprisoned American airmen released without further delay. During questions m the House of Commons on the recent U.S. -Formosa
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    And UNO votes in favour of debate NOW
    94 2 TIE United Nations General Assembly took up for urgent action yesterday a complaint by 16 Allied countries again. 1 1 the imprisonment of 11 United States airmen by the Chinese Communists. Overriding vehement protests by Russia, Czechoslovakia and Poland that it had
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    Died in Moscow
    22 2 The Soviet Press announced m Moscow yesterday the death of Nina Vasityevna Vazzar, wife of composer Bmitei Shostakovich. AP
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    Afghan head's warning
    60 2 J'HE Afghanistan Premier, Sardar Daud .said m a talk on Kabul Radio, that if Pakistan did not .satisfactorily .solve the Pakhtoonistan issue, Afghanistan could not await the results of talks between the two nations. "Afghanistan's stand on Pakhtoonistan remains the same as before. This was conveyed by
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    Gangbuster dies
    18 2 Joseph b. Kwnan, Washington lawyer and g-angbuster died yesterday m Asheboro, North Carolina, aged 66. A.P.
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    London talks
    21 2 Russia and the Western powers agreed tentatively yesterday to begin private disarmament talk* m London late m February. A.P.
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    MPs SEND NASSER MERCY PLEA
    37 2 SEVEN British members of Parliament hare sent a telegram and letter to Egyptian Preeuer Colonel Nabser pleading for clemency for members of the Muslim Brotherhood It was learned ux London yesterdfty.- U.P.
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    WE WILL TAKE ALL REFUGEES FROM REDS-U.S.
    222 2 WE WILL TAKE ALL REFUGEES FROM REDS-U.S. Note on ships rejected THE I'nited Stales to!d Poland yesterd iv th i always will welcome refugees seekin u from Red rule. The American view was tonv/w the latest of a series of notes between C- v "I Washington over the seizing of
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    Eden warns Peru on ship seizures
    133 2 Eden warns Peru on ship seizures BRITAIN affirmed its refusal yesterday to recognise territorial waters outside the three-mile limit and. m a veiled warning to Peru and other South American states, .said it "leserves the right to uphold British interests prejudiced by such claims." The Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden,
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    U.K. exports go up and up
    71 2 wmain is aoing a boom/n? export business m motor-cycles and bicycles. In the firct 10 months of this year, she exported 60,305 motor-cycles worth £7.914,672, an increase m value over the same period m 1953 of £365.000. Britain exported 1,703.805 bicycles m the first
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    THE DUKE GOES TO GAOL
    45 2 TIIK Duke of Edinburgh went to gaol yesterday— just to look around. Rain prevented him from landing as planned by helicopter m the exercise yard of Maidstone Prison. Kent. He drove to the prison instead for his inspection trip.- U.P.
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    Star's wish to Santa: I want to meet MEN
    297 3 lOmiA MHUDf. iriyht* who fills neat stocking herself, has a favour to ask of > int. i Clans. The N»-y«*ar-old Italian star with the X ibapc wants to meet more American men. know Italians. French, (iermans. j 111; |ish— but hardly
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    OBSERVATORY FINDS NEW MINOR PLANET
    86 3 OBSERVATORY FINDS NEW MINOR PLANET rvilF. National Geographic I Society has announced the Palomar Observatory the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, disred a new minor planet or :d on Sunday. The institute astronomer, Mr. ■f> Abell. first saw the new planet on a photographic plate with Palomar's huge :ope. The
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    TEMPLE REPAIRS
    29 3 '"•'anon work has been pied for the Temple of Anand Faustina, a 1900- relic m Rome conom« of the bost exam- i f) l Roman decorative art.
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    KORAKORAM CLIMB
    16 3 A German expedition plans to climb the Karakoram Deak m Pakistan next year U.P.
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    RADIOACTIVE THREAD CAN KILL CANCER
    228 3 METHOD of killing cancer by weaving radioactive thread into the flesh of the ed area was described m Los Angeles yesterday to U.S. X-ray specialists. pe thread, a hollow nylon tube about the diameter of a >}g darning needle, holds tiny Dlts of radioactive material
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    Kidnap girl still missing: Wife accuses rich husband
    177 3 HPHEODORE WELSH, wealthy Australian builder, and two other men were A charged at Houston, Texas, yesterday with kidnapping Welsh's four-year-old daughter Pamela. The girl was taken from her mother 's home m Houston last week. Witnesses said she was forced into a
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    HIS SECRETARY SAT ON BED
    206 3 Wife granted divorce \IKS. HILDA HINSON won fl diVOTt* yesterday Irom A her husband Percy, because when he w;in ill Mice, his secretary came to his bedside to take dictation and. refusing a chair, said that it was all fight, she'd sit <»v his bed.
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    WOMEN TOLD DOM SKIP BREAKFAST
    97 3 'I'M IK reason many women L ((.rnplaiM of a tired feeling during the day may be because they skipped breakfast or did not have enough, or did the same at lunch reiving instead on snacks until time for dinner. Even with a dinner supplying all
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 1954.
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      Opinion THE GREAT JAM
      269 4 Opinion THE GREAT JAM TRAFFIC jams at peak hours m Singapore continue. And there's no sign of an end yet, for more and more vehicles are on the roads. At the end of last month there were 700 more cars than there were on January 1 last. Buses, taxis and
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    RUSSIA BREAKS THE ICE
    621 4  - RUSSIA BREAKS THE ICE JAY G. HA YDEN by Mr. Malenkov suggests a return to more oldfashioned behind-the-scenes diplomacy. MR. Charlei E. Hohlcn. the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, i turned to Washington to bolster m person a position ho long has been arguing for, and which President Eisenhower seems close
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    Why whalers went to Peru
    230 4 Why whalers went to Peru THE whalers cry of "Thar she blows" belongs traditionally to cold latitudes. What was Mr. Aristotle Onassis's whaling fleet doing off the coast of tropical Peru quite apart from any right it had to be there? The answer is the Uumboldt current, an icy stream
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      22 4 EXCELLENT RINGS OFDIAMONDS6rGEMS 1 IN PLAI [NUM&GOLD. j With Smart if Efficient Workmanship G.C.DeSILVA&BROS 3. RAFFLES PLACE I Singapore- 1 Tel: *****.
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    POWER SUPPLY NOW EXCEEDS DEMAND AT PASIR PANJANG
    141 5 I) AS IK PAN JANG power station has increased its output to 75,000 kilowatt by bringing into operation a third generator. This puts the supply position well ahead of mand, said Mr. Chan Kum Chee, of the City Council's Public Utilities Committee,
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    A bill to amend laws ordinance
    75 5 A bill to amend laws ordinance A bill to amend the Revised ion of the Laws Ordinance will be presented at the gapore Legislative Council Ing on December 14. A Government spokesman explained: "When the ordinwaj passed it was intend- to prepare for the revised ion and the edition of
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    NEW MATERNITY WARD FOR J.B.
    28 5 :•.'< rnitf ward of 70 ■)f).OOO Is to be it Johore Bahru. ting maternity ward d into a asi with an for Susters quar-
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    The deadline
    15 5 »ing date for applica>r overseas scholarships thn Federation of British k> Jan 15
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    PADI PLANTER MAKES HIS DEFENCE
    128 5 PADI PLANTER MAKES HIS DEFENCE ALOR STAR, Thurs. APADI planiei. Ariflin bin Mat Akib. who faced a gang robbery charge with se vpn other men, yesterday told the Kcdah Assises that the complainant, Mehta bin Ebau, was angry with him because he (Ariffini had "moved about" with Mehat's divorced wile.
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    No local man for job, so they seek him in UK
    206 5 BECAUSE no local applicant was considered suitable for the port of Curator of the archives section and technical library of Raffles Museum, the job is now being advertised m Britain. stating this yesterday. t;. Director of Ranirs Mus-urn and
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    FLATS FOR RAILMEN
    63 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The general manager of the i Malayan Railway, Mr. C. G.i Harrison, opened three blocks of new flats for its traffic operating staffs at Bukit Bun^sar here yesterday. The blocks consist of 36 flats and cost about $330,000. They will be occupied next week.
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    TODAY-FARRER PARK
    110 5 FAKKKK PARK is tIM division shown today m the Fftf PrMi ■erlei wi sapi <»f s in: ip« i tmrnty-livr MMlstitaeW h I Farm Park kMuMed \m f.i north hv thr mm lion mi hi and rhomson the south by Beransoon i{<» id vkeie h neeli Balestier J{o»d
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      213 6 8 1 1 1 1 1 S 7 i linUiill *^b n 1 1 1 fi l j i i^M MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I ~~~1 f WE'VE REACHED THE POSITION. I I HERES WHERE KJAROA-ANO STOP ENGINE?" LO THAR WENT DOWN. ONE T 7TZ77^\ vi UMOiwtv^^-
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      625 6 YOUR I LUCKY! STAB I 1J Ui ha\( a it.ilh time m KCttii^ wh «»ut of Me li i> prekaU I you expect no much i <\.ii Urn t—4, hnpertant .md si«nilirant tkinfl tliut do Inj,. pea, sum ijisulli< ient t 0 y, nl You have aa batrecpeettrt n.ilure and
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      209 7 LONDON, Dec 8. Previous l ml iv iff \<> l KSs c.i.f European 23 15 1G buyers Dec 24 1.16 sellers ii itKKK No 1 HSSc.il European 23 T buyers 23\ buyers ran 24 sellers U i; N,, KSS Spot M buyer:, 24 sellers M sell BrBBCI
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      New York prices
      103 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Previous Today T!\ Strain «*pot and nearby 90.00 nom. 90.12 nom. UN futures Dec 89.90 bid 89.75 bid 190.00 asked 90.10 asked Jan. 89.80 bid 89.75 bid 89.90 asked 90.00 asked t*eb. 89.70 traded 89.62 bid 90.00 asked lo.Ni:: Quietly steady. SALES: Nil.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      39 7 Malabar was quoted at 44 per pound. December shipii 43. January 42. Januaryiequal monthly proportions) 41. Sarawak spot 43. Lampong spot M 44 cents per pound, sellers ex dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      37 7 NEW YORK. Dec. 8. Previous. Today 36 Industrials 393.88 393 OR M Kiilmads 136 87 136.77 111 Domestic Bonds 10! 34 1'U.40 i I tilities 61.41 61.43 64 Slacks iimposit? Averages 144. 9G 144.78
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      118 7 Dec. 8. Previous Today <nPR\ Philippines c.i.f. UK /North. $198 sellers $1964 sellers Furopean delivered weight per Ion:; ton Dec. Jan. OPRA, Philippines f.o.b. Manila. lelivered weight per long ton unquoted unquoted COPRA Mraits c.i.f. UK/North. £73 pad £"3 buyers luroptan delivered weight per £72.. sellers
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    LIST OF JURORS UP FOR INSPECTION
    68 7 LIST of people, qualified and liable to serve as jurors m Singapore after Jan. I, 1955, is exhibited public inspection at the main entrance to Singapore Hi'^h Court. The list contains 211 typewritten sheets with 40 names! on each. There arc more than B.OUU
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    WELFARE HOME DISPLAY
    35 7 H. J C" Kuladngha, Sin- lative Councillor, preside at the first annual <nd inspection of Perak f 4 p.m. on Saturday. House i. s the Social home for boys at P mjaof
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    Remittances
    18 7 Fumilv remittances from Mulava to China last month totalled $1,768,029, of which I $1,153,071 was from Singapore.
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    CHAT WITH VARSITY STAFF
    44 7 2IR John Martin, Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, (centre foeing camera) chats with members of the University of Malaya staff. On his right is the Vice -Chancellor Sir Sydney Came, and on fiis left, Professor F. Mason, Free Press
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    5,800 co-op shareholders to get $53,000
    99 7 5,800 co-op shareholders to get $53,000 A TOTAL of $53,000 will bo paid to more than 5,800 shareholders of the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society Ltd., now defunct, as the first and final payment. Mr. C. M. Soosai. Senior Co-operative Officer, told yesterday. This represents a dividend of (>0 per cent.
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    That radio blunder
    197 7 The following letter has been received in reply to the article That Radio blunder" in the Free Press Opinion column on Tuesday: I WOULD state that when the B.B.C. fully discussed with all the Commonwealth Broadcasting Organisations the new plan for the Christmas programme, it does not
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    Prizes for best in commercial exams
    55 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce will present this veil 'a pri/e.s for those who have shown aptitude m their commercia] examinations at it.s meeting room m Fullerton Building on December 17. The prizes have been awarded out of a pri/e fund i bllshed m
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    FOR BANGKOK
    24 7 ht SiiiK'ip^re Rotarians. led by their president, Dr A. W. S. Thevathasan. will attend the Rotary District conference at Bangkok UiLs weekend.
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    Toys stolen
    22 7 About $750 worth of toys was stolen from a store m Blair Road. Singapore. The theft was discovered yesterday morning
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    R.A.F. BAND ON THE AIR TOMORROW
    54 7 R.A.F. BAND ON THE AIR TOMORROW riiHE RAF Far East Dane© Band will broadcast for the first time m Malaya when it play.s in Radio Malaya's "Three Programmes for Christmas time" at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore tomorrow at 5.45 p.m. A Fi.ji;ui choir and locftl variety artistes will also
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    BLONDE 'BRIDE' WAS SENT PACKING
    237 8 THE DAY BEFORE SPECIAL WEDDING nr*HE pretty blonde frorr a Hampshire village met a young Yorkshireman and invited heneli to stay at his home m hi.< village of Rawcliffe. Everyone knew she was his "intended," said Lord Merriman. the president, m the divorce court. Everything
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    Made flares from scrap
    57 8 A 40- YEAR-OLD Pole trap- I P»*d by the tide was stranded for over three hours at the loot of a 360 ft.-high cliff at Saltburn, Yorks. before being rescued. Edward Peikut made flares i from scrap paper with a cigar- i ette lighter. Later, he
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    AGE BAR DROPPED
    27 8 Eastbourne Town Council has icrapped the ftfe limit for taking on lull-time Corporation staff. Ability to do the job will b«' the sole test.
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    'Star' was booed off the field
    213 8 'Star' was booed off the field THE fantasy world m which 18 year old John Nicholson lived led i him to pose as a playing member on the books of a famous football club. As a result, he got a j trial m the team at his KA I station,
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    INQUIRY WILL TEST LIGHTSHIP SAFETY
    268 8 AN inquiry is to be held into the lM| of the South Goodwill lightship and into the safety of all England's light- ■hips. It will b« held before 10 Elder Brethren ol Trinity House. A question already being ask- cd i.s Should our Lightships be
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    'IMAGE' JURY DIFFER AGAIN
    90 8 AN Old Bailey jury recently wain disagreed over the book, "The Image and the Beaten," Which was alleged to be obscene. "There is no hope of agreement even if we stay here for flays," .said the foreman. Tluu wiu the end oi the st- cond trial.
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    Scientists planning mass attack on space
    183 8 SCIENTISTS of 36 countries are to make a "mass attack" on the upper atmosphere. The plans were outlined by Dr. E. D. Adrian, the president of the Royal Society, m London. The operation will take pjace three years from now. 'There is no need
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    ROAD FOR TANKERS UPSETS CHURCH
    152 8 ROAD FOR TANKERS UPSETS CHURCH A QUESTION that has split the congregation of an 800-year-old church was put before an ecclesiastical court. It was: Should dustcarts and petrol tankers be allowed to pass through the churchyard? The rector and wardens of Amersham. Bucks, St. Mary'fl Church say YES. They a
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    £6 MILLION COLLEGE PLAN
    85 8 INTENSIONS costing £6 million are planned to University College, London. They will take ten years to complete. Then London will have the largest single group of university buildings m Europe. The provost, Dr. Ifor i Evans, reported these plans at a celebration to mark the restoration
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    THE BRIDE OF 1955
    54 9 picture. |\REAM dresses for the mJ bride of 1955 were shown m Milan recently and this, ?irls, is what designers Schubert and I Marucelli say you'll be wearing if you intend to marry next year. On the left is Marucelli's "Fairy Bride" alongside Schu- berts "Bride
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    THE BRAIN DECIDES STOP-GO
    129 9 THE BRAIN DECIDES STOP-GO ANEW master-controller system of traffic light signals, intended to ease the How of traffic along Oxfordstreet, ha* .started m London. It has been installed between Marble Arch and St. Giles'.s-circus a distance of a mile and a quarter. Previously the traffic lights changed at regular intervals,
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    IT'S BAD IN BELGRAVIA OR BRIXTON, SAYS JUDGE
    213 9 1 T SE bad language so that our neighbours hear it, and you risk your home. Quite <nough to have anyone turned out of his house," Judge Clothier, Q.C., said at Lambeth (London) County Court. Making a possession order against Mr. and
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    HEATHS OS PAINTS
    69 9 I Ji: ERSKINE, unbeaten ?()-vear-old heavjr-weighl btxer J was knocked out for the first time as he was passing some painters at work on Cardiff Dock. He rememlMTs the smell of paint and then the paint- 5 ers helping him up. One whifT of paint had done
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    THE DANGER TO MARRIAGE
    228 9 Cruelty plea can raise divorce rate judge fOBD JUSTICE HODSON, a Lord Justice of Appeal and formerly senior divorce judge said recently that he regretted the consequences that followed from me introduction of cruelty a s a ground for divorce. nrinl^r '^U''™ 6 ad ™V at(>S
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    Forgive if betrayed....
    171 9 rpHE Bishop of London, A Dr. J. W. C. Wand. I attacked the "pernicious" I idea that adultery leaves I no alternative but the divorce court. He told a congregation I at Holy Trinity Church, I Swiss Cottage. London: "An act of unfaithfulness I doesn't break the
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    Redhead Mary turned their heads-crash
    76 9 THE sight of redheaded Mrs. Mary Brant cycling along was enough to make Leading Aircraftman Stanley Johnson turn round as he was driving a Land-Rover. A man beside him turned round, too. Thirty yards ahead m the road at Pershore, Wores, was a stationary fnilk
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    SHE TRIED TO RIDE ON TAIL OF WHALE
    239 9 ¥\H. HANS HAAS, the bearded young submarine ex- plorer, is back from the depths of the Caribbean and the Pacific with another rich haul of underwater films and scientific discoveries. In London he said this expedition was the best of his career.
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    Fortune in stamps
    23 9 Early stamps. Issued m Greece, were sold for £9,065 In London. Prices paid Included €865 for two u.sed 20-lepta stamps.
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    ARMY FORGOT HIM FOR 6 YEARS, SAYS FUSILIER
    220 9 six year s after a I Royal Fusilier went on 48-hour leave, Military Police called to .see why he had not returned. Fusilier Jame s Reynolds, aged 46, told a Woolwich court-martial: "m the "id l thought the Army did not want
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    1633 11  - It was TOO EASY for a GIRL to have FUN in Hollywood J. M. Ruddy AVA TEIIS ABOUT THOSE "WASTED WARS' CM 'PHKOI (ill the window I came the roar of 1:1 Die on Hollywood's Wilshire Boulevard. C dillacs, Jaguars and a Rolls Royee were parked 'he Beverly Wilshire a
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    235 12 IT WAS ONLY ••< WMMHIIIIIIIIMIIHI 11l kJFOR THE PALACE STAFF! lIIIIIIIIIIIIMItIIIIIIIIIII, rpHE Queen Mother, Ir ii white ermine wrap and Princess Margaret huddled m mink, were the la. gueste to arrive at Buckingham Palace, for a dinner party given by the Queen. They and the
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    He refused
    68 12 \|R. Winthrop Aldrich, the American Ambassador, declined to read President Eisenhower's Thanksgiving Day proclamation at the American Society Thanks2:ivinp Day ball at London* Dorchester Hotel. He told the 500 guests: Tfm already read it twice today You can read it for yourselves m the programme/* Lord Reading said:
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    She bad her name on her umbrella
    120 12 She bad her name on her umbrella T*HE IfarchlQUen of Dufferin and Ava took double precaution* against losing her red umbrella at the wedding reception for Miss Mary Roche, daughter of Lord and Lady Fermoy, and Mr. An- thony Berry, son of Viscount I Kemsley, at Hutchinson House. London. She
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    THE PAY-OFF COMES AT THE THEATRE!
    105 12 THE PAY-OFF COMES AT THE THEATRE! I I lATKST box-olTiee trick J by a Paris theatre j j running a British thriller i play is to send round "complimentary tickets" to CTeryfeodj m the tele- j phone book. One turns up with his j best «irl uhereon the man ft|
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    Ideal hubby must be a true lover
    101 12 VIENNA women still mand old world valry from their h bands. But most V nesc wives would have men who do i jobs well. A public opinion instil asked Vienna wives makes a "perfect husband." Listing various charac 2.500 wives mostly agreed he
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    She didn't know Hubby had made A-bomb
    440 13 She didn't know Hubby had made A-bomb HIS TOP-SECRET JOBJWAS^KEPT SO DARK Farmer," because that is your husband's code name. YOU go with your two children on a group picnic, and talk to the man at the wheel of your car. You try to be friendly, but you seem to
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    HIS MOMENT 0F DOUBT
    62 13 I v Nßico FERMI wa.s a mildmannered academic genius hated war and its weaiffcred deeply from the of excessive soulilng when the devaspower of the bomb ■<1 itself at Hiroshima. n Soviet scientists exa ciroppable H-bomb the Americans it was r f >ved that Fermi'.s moral
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    If you're DEPRESSED dial 'C for Comfort
    245 13 If you're DEPRESSED dial 'C for Comfort A WHITE-HAIRED Jesuit priest Father Franz Georg Wartburg of Nuremburg is planning: to become the world's first 'religion by telephone' pioneer. The idea is thai all Germans m need of spiritual solace will shortly be able to collect it over the telephone. Although
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    80 13 FEW women see their own life story on the screen. It happened to 80-year-old Caroline Otero, once queen of Europe's beauties and the toast of the Paris 1900's. She went to see her life played by Mexican star Maria Felix m the new film "La
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    Coif schools short of cash SO LET THE PARENTS PAY
    441 14  - Coif schools short of cash SO LET THE PARENTS PAY HENRY LONGHURST Says THAT worthy body, the Golf oundation. designed a or two when sjolf looked like becoming short of junior replacements, to assist the you: veneration to get started, presents its sheet since it mv .:.<-orporated as a company:ng
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    GOALIE'S FLING
    28 14 picture. England goalkeeper Bert Willum> dives m vim a> the ball rockets home for German? only goal m the international at Wembley. England won 3-1. Reuter
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    85 14 Ten teams are now competing for this beautiful >ilver trophy, the Football I hallen?e Shield of the Progressive Party > South Ward District Committee. The trophy is shaped m the orchid symbol of the Party Mr John Kde. Secretary of the Progressive Party, the tournament aims
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    RUGBY STAR RETIRES
    41 14 JACK Gregory, one of the mo«i rescerday »nnourrfrom the game for family and business reason Gret ory. ft 1 who C r T.r -\i^e«i an Erj?land cap M He bfti been f or aved :Kis season \y A.P.
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    25 14 V Rjiffl^ Institution r\-c&det'i rifl« shoot *ill .take place B C RUk B Chooc S 4 The Arcade Tel: No. Ker.? W *****.
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    20 14 soccer ur.erziauonal for under 23 M Stamford Bridge on Ita'.y beat Ing lan 1 i-^m Bo.j^u^ Lam Jabuacs
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    Sports quiz
    91 14 Sports quiz (1) How hijh should I badminton net be? 2> If you heard of "Mhuingen,** would you exp^t to ia> kick it. b watch it n a spectator, (c) hit H a stick, d eat it ii jl tonic? (3> What do the.c IMI tions stand for: S.R S.A.W.L.F
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    373 14  - CENTRE-HALVES PLAY TOO SAFE Ex-England star ARC HIM QUCK By IT IS a rn-Hit point who was the greate-t centre half ever to play for Hn-land. but Joe Metal! mv figure m the first three. Robert*. Wedlock. ulli vTrifht all have their admirers, but m Preston (Lanes) they will tell
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    Eriskay's coup began day of upsets
    555 15 Eriskay's coup began day of upsets HOW THEY RAN AT IPOH I rec Press Course orrespondent iMiISKAV, a f he-year-ly o c da v f h te I of KindeneMrt, sprang an upset to pay $102 m the first race at Ipoh yesterday, second day oi the Perak Turf Club
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    4 S'pore teams in Penang trip
    76 15 SINGAPORE will meet Penang m their first inter-state hockey match this season on Western Road ground, Penang. this Saturday. pour pames have been arranged for Colony teams. The ramme is; SATURDAY: 4 p.m. Penan? Combined Schools v Singapore Combined KhOOlg; 5.15 p.m. „2v Singapore.
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    SPORE WILL START CUP FAVOURITES v. PENANG
    134 15 SINGAPORE and Penang yes*J U relay named their teams lie Foong Seong Cup interbadminton final on December 18 and 19. The final will be held at the Han Chiang High School. Pc Dang. Play* rs named are.— IMNANG: Ooi Teik Hock (captain), Lee
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    TENNIS WALKOVER FOR JAPANESE
    24 15 J '!*ms Atsushi Miyagl and Yujl ruiit y rnV Mterday won deuiu m the opening doubles round I lourniuiiexil A.P.
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    Len Hutton the bowler takes 3-75
    135 15 AN Australian XI picked by Prime Minister Robert Menzits, one of Australia's keenest cricket fans, went down to a 31-run defeat m Canberra yesterday at the hands of the touring M.C.C. side. The visitors batted first and declared at 7 for 278. Then they
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    FREDDIE DAWSON BEATS DIONE
    28 15 American Negro boxer Freddie Dawson outpointed French welterweight champion Eddie Dione over 12 rounds at the a 1 cr "»rta ground tori BlgAk- A.P.
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    STORE HOCKEY WASHED OUT
    63 15 The first division lenyue fixture between Indian Association and Singapore Chinese R.C. was postponed a second time at Ba testier Road yesterday as the ground was waterlogged. No other games were played yesterday as rain m the afternoon had saturated ail fields. The friendly fixture be
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    LANDY 5th IN RECORD RUN
    270 15 VyORLD mile record holder John Landy ran a dis- appointing fifth last night m a special two mile event at Geelong, Victoria The race was won by Les Perry m a new national record time, 8 mm. 55.2 sec. This bettered Landy .s previous mark
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    130 15 Hong Kong will be 2 days late By TOPSPIN TJONG KONG'S team will arA rive two days after the start of the third Asian Table Tennis Championships, which begin m Singapore on Saturday. The Hour Kong Table Tennis Association announced yesterday it would send a team to Singapore on December
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    SELAMGOR CLUB BEAT ARMY XV
    35 15 Showing »rity m all [lr-partme7its, Belantjor Club j beat Malaya Command by 17 points (goal penalty, three tries) to 3 (try) at ru^er on th" v<i'<n 1 "l:iriij ys-U-xday. 'I
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    59 15 SWEDEN i.s prepared for arranging the World Table Tennis Championships m 1956 if Japan, as earlier decided, .should not be able to .sponsor tile tournament. "The International Table Tennis Federation has been informed that we are ready to Arrange these championships it Japan can't do
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    BADMINTON
    26 15 TAIPINO. WerJ dairies for the annual I'ciiik lii(io-Ceyl"i>ese badminton chsmpionthtpt, i<> be heM m Taipiiur <!urinj: the ChriMmns hnli'!:iv dOM OB l)or. 15. Th« draw
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      38 15 Reservation Open at the OCEAN PARK HOTEL CHRISTMAS EVE Dinner 12.00 per cover Both niki'.ti will be fund with musk. IMgl and Lot* of Fun NEVJ YEAR EVE \Ymnvr 15.00 per cover T,.| 4 I<C*l Book Early j
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    FARNLEY (37 4/5) BEST ON IPOH TRACK
    470 16 Robbie Burns and Stealth shine too rFree Press Course Correspondent fARNLEY, Stealth and Robbie Hums galloped attractively on the training track at Ipoh this morning. The go'inx was still on the yielding side. Farnley Showed a smart turn Of .speed to clock 87
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    38 16 Britain's Johnny Leach last i night defeated Ichiro Ogimura. Japan's world table tennis champion. 17 21, 21—16, 21— 17. 21—18, m the final of an international table tennis tournament at Boras. Sweden.
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    SPEEDBOAT MEET POSTPONED
    39 16 The "Flyir", Mile" regatta or- > ganised by the Outboard Boating Club of Singapore, scheduled lor Sunday at Pasir Panjang, has now been po-tponed to Dec. 19 at Scran- I goon River. Singapore, at 9 a.m. J
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    RACE WEIGHTS FOR LAST DAY
    434 16 WEIGHTS for all eight races on Saturday, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club December meeting, were announced m Ipoh this morning as follows: (I. 2. Div. 1-s'a FI iml.v 9.00 Littlr Cherrington 8 1! Little Andy 8.11 1 li.tritu it-.-i 8.11 Robbie Burns 8.10
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    297 16 j IHNGAKY 4; SCOTLAND > IIfINNERS of twelve of their last fourteen internationals and beaten only once m five yean Hungary had to struggle hard for victory m their keenly contested soccer international at Hampden Park. Glasgow, yesterday. Scotland's reorganised and largely experimental side
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    49 16 IPOH. Wed.— Perak Chinese wffl hold a trial on the padaim tomorrow m preparation for their hockey matrh again.st a Perak Hockey Association team on Sunday. The league game between iv ik I Chinese R.C. and Ramblers tumor- j row has been postponed. j I
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      7 1 CHRISTMAS Free Press Thursday. Dec. 9. 1954.
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      HISTORIC GHOSTS WALK AT CHRISTMAS
      1637 1 HISTORIC GHOSTS WALK AT CHRISTMAS A J. FORREST delves into the intriguing origins of the Christmas Tree, the Mistletoe, the Christmas Card and other essentials of the merry-making season. [MS IMAS cheer, a x n kling reality foi ii and expensive adults, li;is s its founda as the veai s
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      131 1 5v C 3 The Wnndr ft It May Hn v Wentv panes* Had 7* S ro 7 9t By Norm 7 Vho is This Santa Claus? By A 2? Mason {I I Exhibition m W k Laughter m the H 10 |V The Secret 0/ Scotch
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        43 1 4 WU Ml Ml i Ml Ml Ml X i i X I CHRISTMAS i I i 8 lOld Smuggle ;fi SCOTCH WHISKY I j I If c m.'.\so.\ KD(f Its oi"»'-' v/ So,e Agents ROTTERDAM TRADINC CO I t wa ymm. .•> C»
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      Children, can YOU solve Jumbo s problem
      48 2 Tssr^rrr:^ h« a h rd n ir%!" H#> hli 2I <*■"■««"»•« tr^ s In hi, »hat ihe r^ 4r h^ four trrcs and told him to plant thr m "HI t trees rath side Can it be donr" solution m pace 5).
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      AFTER DINNER TRICCS and TEASERS
      1290 2  - AFTER DINNER T RICCS and TEASERS Arthur Nettleton says Magic and puzzles can be per formed with ordinary objects and require no sleight of hand as this article shows, so brush up your •THICKS with matches always appeal, as the necessary articles are a! hand and their everyday nature adds
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      1134 3  - Santa Claus was a chauffeur KENNETH TAYLOR A short story by JAMES DID NOT WANT A LUXURY AND WARMTH THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM. HERE IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE AND HE V/AS WORKING INSTEAD OF BEING AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. SO HE DID A VERY RASH THING. i
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      253 3  -  Chapman Pincher by THE Pincher family's Christmas* turkey will make history this year. It will bo one of the first British turkeys to have been reared on 'Boom Food"— the golden powder which boosts the growth of poultry, pigs, and even racehorses. Poultry scientist Dr.
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        159 3 i£ a^^' r#IOOJWi > EDGE WORTH w,* w J PIPE TOBACCO lM H The first fra ?r anl puff Irlls >(Mi f 4. |ffigEsJ it is a BLEIND of VINTAGE V i 'l§s£tL^ TOBACCO thai precludes *£^S£§?^fc imitation, aroma llmour. >s^^ f Lout Toa Tmm Ih.st GOLD LEAF CSYLON a
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      463 4  -  DOROTHY BARKLEY hx for women m seat* Here are the a for thos e special like one lir }v a for the bow raps, tho to a ing the r I I >■ 1 f I t In < a I If vn^^ Wlth a rl <* fabriCnmJ
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      242 4  -  HILLARY WENT WORTH by When children arc Learnnu to walk they often find the of linoleum too much for their equilibrium. It helps them to stick strips of surgical tape across the soles of their shot Roses and other flower* With hard stems travel well, end
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        42 4 77/ c o;z/v /V// f//c world with the one-stroke Ton si Dowx action! 1 1 T^ Sheaf fers Snorkel is the cleanest pen V WWW \\n 1 **/l!l^^'^y JLimthd Singapore Kuala Lum *"^<nn rt i,ii, Pe nang and ot Her Borneo branches.
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      765 5  -  JOSEPH GRANT reports pu'turp. from Tokyo JJIOIVS "new" 11-line-is passing almost unnoticed m Japan. A style authority, Miss Sachiko Miyake, said recently, "We've had I the II line for thou- solids of ycai v" I Although Western feminine fashions m varied Japan
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      316 5  -  Hillary wontworth I'U )HCII has been written <>n the code of etiquette required of perfect hostess. Hut what of the guest? There is no w ritten law of conduct and be i< nir of lliis "adoptr cd* 1 member <>1 Ihc farnilv. N< vrrthrltss,
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      Queen's Christmas Tree
      30 6 I The Queen last year sent this i. hri.stnias tree to Westminster Abbey, London, as a special Kift. It was a 20-fnot specimen from Windsor Royal Park.
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      UNCLE HENRY
      1149 6 Childhood memories of Christmas joys are reflected m this appealing story by HAZEL MEYRICK I WENT back to Heathfield the other day. I had been driving through the West country on business, and 1 couldn't resist the temptation to see the old place again When we wore children
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        267 6 J i r] |j ELECTRIC CLOCKS n choose from. Some fot «s littlt lr >i 4* Your gift of a Telechron elertrh r|in W) hr r t> come. You'll find an appropriate model f or hristmas list. Why not rhons» one f., „,r%f|f t? AU with the famed Tr|e<-hron rtrrtrk
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      THE GOLDEN COLLAR
      1051 7 Prince Liang Tun became more and more anxious as the months of the Mongol siege of his town continued. Food and water were scarce. Defeat seemed inevitable. Then the prophecy of the old witch made it possible to exterminate the invaders A talc of old China by
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      PETTY THEFT poses a major problem
      522 7 reports Norman Montellier ORGANISED crime m Ihc rniled Stales is a iiiiilli billion dollar a \c;n business. Uul police ;»n<l business men are ins\ ;is con cerned I>n the unorganised luirty \\u pc 1 1 > thievei of apparently "normal" citizens \\l»<> seem 1
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      5 7 CROSSWORD SOLUTION P*->naj u »Pun*y
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        188 7 4 aS ObE hI EhII lit kMB B^9 flgfl I- tri pßßgj PBBB 8888 lli CLUES ACROSS 4 Tumbler. Full of spirit, no doubt! -7). mrd from Asia Minor '6). 9. Laid on the floor and often beaten '7). 10. Sayc quality of three Eastern men <6). 11. Lip-service under
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      16 8 °Now for peace sake— don* tall the Missus we've had a drink."
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      WHO is this SANTA CLAUS?
      707 8  - WHO is this SANTA CLAUS? Allan Mason by gAXTA CLAI S is regarded as llu 4 protector <)!' judges, vet at Ihe same time his name is ;'l sn invoked as the patron saint of thieves, inurderei s, pawnbrokers. merchants and paupers, and m particular of scholars and sailors. And,
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      COTTAGE CHRISTMAS
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        162 9 fJ i r^ Proprietors Of jTHEPAVILIONWSTAURAN, j j Wish Their p atmm i I A Merry Christmas I 5 f //a/^v 6 Prosperous o I I f wvyU IXMAS SALE fl i.mimmi Arrirmim Ut§ uir <>f f f FRENCH, SWISS, GERMAN, BRITISH MEMCM DRESS MATERIALS I Specially imported to please
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      Whose present is it?
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      14 10 Laughter in the House I do itOt <n>> < fellah, I'm ph IT." Tha beastly
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        44 10 1 I Here's the ideal X'mas present for the handy maul 1 v* T ■■<'■:■ I -:k I II HOME CONSTRUCTOR EQUIPMENT HP <I' s Hrrr ,s new m dl n j*^ Jte?-sfflKr ■HhMShMhV^PR Of.ll* an d any k,t fe) HIHIHHhT^H^^IPi WCARNE BROS ?^^tf |J*<Q
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      The Son of Mateo Falcone
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      THE TIGER CAME A CROPPER
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      A story for children by KATHLEEN HICKLEY
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      Santa and the Flying Pup
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      THE SECRET OF SCOTCH WHISKY
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      He wrote out a cheque on his big toe
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