Singapore Standard, 29 December 1950

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    17 1 Singapore Standard fit m 3l 1 NO. 183 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, "DECEMBER 29, 1950. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    French Give Up Binhlieu after 1-Day Assault
    222 1 French Give Up Binhlieu after 1-Day Assault *KUA* !>.,. 28 (Reu»,r)~French I nion force, .-xai-ua t,I Binhliea, one of their last outposts near China border, French Army ofimb announced !<xja\. ibe po>l U)2 miles north of ibe French stronghold li«n\en on t)\" lonkiiii; coast. Most rff the Binhlieu garri- succeeded
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    Given New Post
    87 1 Photo V E. Non>h MCS. »lj appoint *d Singapore stall Stvret.irv s' m DeManpower > u'in rel ci la th< Ce.;,)ir. l>% the |je yesterd i t>t»r an :u e of >i\ DMHitllS. >Ir. risk u ill h'lp to establish the Manpower Bwrcas in tp)ie. This BiKTC
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    Pilgrim Virgin Returns Today
    43 1 Standard Staff Reporter T:- I grim Vii wi I reS re 1 «n Burma >d will be e < hui M:s- toria Street 8 p.m. rated Lady of Fatima to:: i lt 9pt a vice in the i ai seve'i
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    To Evacuate French Women, Children In IC
    78 1 To Evacuate French Women, Children In IC St.UHl.iid Stall Reporter THE Messaseries Maritime I. nop.tr d»* Lisle is enroute to Saiyon from Japan to start the r valuation of French women and children from Indo hina in view of the worsening situation there. Due in Singapore on January 13, the
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    At The SCBA Golden Jubilee Ball
    63 1 Photo. TOASTING the King at last night's Golden Jubilee Ball of the Straits Chinese British Association at Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore are (lelt to ri^ht) the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. Mr. T. W. Ong (S.C-B.A. President), the Commissioner General for South
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    5.5 Million Red Troops In Europe
    148 1 5.5 Million Red Troops In Europe France Warns PARIS, Dec. 28: (UP)— The French Government warned thai the Communists have an army in Europe of more than 5,500,000 men as it succeeded in scheduling a vote on the billion dollar rearmament bills for later tod Premier Rene Pleven cl< the
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    Red Threat To Europe, Asia Real
    101 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 28: (AP) North America may be caught in vast "pincers" it Russian and Red Chinese expansionist plans are not held in check, the international Policy Committee of the National Planning Association said here. The committee issued a statement saying the Russian threat
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    69 Identity Cards Taken By Terrorists
    160 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE -terrorists" yesterday concentrated their attention on permanent wave hair-dressing saloons for identity card robberies. A total of 69 cards were robbed in four different places, three of which were hair-dreTssing shops. v the Kit Boon Permanent Wave at 22. Sago
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    To Get Free Land
    36 1 TAIPEI, Dec. 28: (ReuterAAP) Nationalist Chinas Cabinei yesterday decided tiiat land would be allocated free to persons in military services one year before the launcl of the general offensive agai tiie mainland.
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    Deadlock In Talks Makes Jakarta Tense
    168 1 JAKARTA. Dec. 28 (ReuterAAP) Jakarta was a tens* city today after the lirst news readied here of the deadlock at The Hague talks on Western New Guinea. Troops and military police raced through the city streets in lorries, jeeps and motor cycles. Armed police
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    'Stone'Said Dumped Into River
    135 1 'Stone' Said Dumped Into River LONDON. Dec. 28 <AP>:— Rural police 40 miles from London said on Thursday they believed the stolen coronation stone has been dumped into the River Crouch. Foot patrolmen and radio >cars prowled five miles of the river bank within hailing distance of each other. A
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    Maps Out Strategy For Invasion
    160 1 Taipei Plans HONGKONG, Dec. 28: (UP) Chinese reports from Taipei |aid today that Chiang Kaishek's Nationalists w ere making standby tentative gl.ans for a counter-offensive against ihe China mainland which will be put into elfect When the time comes. The reports said the task of
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    Another HK Rubber Factory Closes
    59 1 HONGKONG, Dec 28 (UP) Another big rubber factory here the second in the past five months fell a victim to the soaring price of rubber today. The Union Rubber Manufacturing Company announced its winding up business voluntarily. The first factory to shut down because of
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    US, India Sign Point 4 Agreement
    58 1 WASHINGTON. Dec. 28: (UP) Technical Co-operation Administrator Dr. Henry Bennett announced that India and the United States signed a •"Point Four" agreement at New Delhi on Wednesday. Bennett said India is submitting to the United States government proposals for Point Four projects in the
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    Adm. Blind In HK
    43 1 HONGKONG. Dec. 28: <UP>— Admiral Sir Patrick Brind. Commander-in-C hi ef of the British Far Eastern Fleet. arrived here yesterday with his wife. Lady Blind, on a routine two-day visit. Admiral Sir Patrick will proceed to Tokyo from here.
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    Two Die, 4 Hurt In Power House Mishap
    190 1 Standard Staff Reporter SIX INDIAN labourers of the St. James Power Station, Singapore, were injured, two of them fatally, when they were knocked down by an eight-ton chain yesterday afternoon while lifting a five-ton oil tank. The 'tank fell to the floor
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    China Reds Cross 38th In Force, Occupy 2 owns
    488 1 China Reds Cross 38th In Force, Occupy 2 owns TOKYO, Dee. 28. (UP) Elements of General Li,i Plao% eraek Fourth Chinese Coiiununist Field Army were reported invading South Korea in force and unopposed today lor an all-out assault on American-defended Seoul. General MacArthnr's headquarters said the entire Fourth Field Army
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    Canada To Order Home Advance Party To Korea
    113 1 OTTAWA. Dec. 23. (AP)— The Canadian Army last night said it has ordered home the advance party sent to Korea to establish a training area for Canada's special force of 10.000 men recruited to serve with the L'.X troops This indicated there
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    B-36 Bombers Go Back Into Service
    81 1 SAX DIEGO. California. Dec. 28: (Reuter)— An original B-W inter-continental bomber of the United States Air Force went back into service yesterday with jet engines adding to its enormous power. Trie first of an undisclosed number of early bombers being modernised here was delivered
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    US To Influence UN Members To Block Peking En try
    316 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, d SlS)— The I „i,.,r Males not <»iil\ w ill continue to oppose tlx- -raiin- commanisl China in tin I mt< <l Natwag Wui ui!l t >7 ,i--innuence with oih.-r meaiber nrtionß ■gwiwrt Mich action according t<»
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    Attlee To Ask Recognition Of Mao Gov't
    127 1 C'wealth Meet LONDON, Dec. 28 (UP) Offit ial sources said today that Prime Minister Clem en t Attlee will seek to persuade Canada. Australia, New land and South Africa to recognize the Communist Government of China at the Commonwealth conference opening here on
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    Anti-US Parade
    41 1 HONGKONG. Dec. 2.: <AP Ten thousand Cant'..". Chri were scheduled to parade through the streets of that city today to protest against American "aggression" and to prove that foreign Christian missions in China are only "wolves in sheep's clothing."
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    500 Attend SCBA Golden Jubilee Ball
    239 2 Standard Start Reporter MORE than 500 members and guests of tinStraits < hinese Hriti^h Association, including iluGovernor of Singapore, Sit Franklin Gimson, the Commi§sioner General for South-Easl Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald and Major General I). Dunlop, G.O.< Singapore, were presenl at ihe golden jubilee
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    MAULANA TO LEAD PRAYER
    38 2 MAULANA TO LEAD PRAYER MAULANA Abdul Aleem Siddique will iead the congregational prayer at the Sultan Ml isque a: 12.30 p.m. today mediately after the prayer Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, president of Constitutent Assem- "an will give a talk.
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    Experts Tour SIT Flats
    89 2 utiirj" by v,o of the foci members <»: the r.N Tropical llou.siii;; Mission, Mr. Jacob Crane, (second from left), ;md Mr. (•ardnrr Medwin (in front of Lady Pepler >. hero to study stum conditions and noosing difficulties in Singapore are pictured above during their tour of
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    SCBA Has Still A In S'pore —Gimson
    621 2 SCBA Has Still A In S'pore Gimson Standard Staff Reporter THE STRAITS Chinese British Association has still a great part to play in the life of Singapore, declared the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson speaking at the Golden Jubilee celebration ball of th#> STB held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last
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    $10 For Trisha Driver's Widow
    69 2 AN ANONYMOUS Singapore woman yesterday sent $10 to Madam Ngo Kim Choo, widow of a trishaw rider. Tan Geok Por who was hit by a stray bullet and died during the recent Colony riots. The doiTor said: "I am sending this little gift in the
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    Health C'ttee Agrees On 3 New Centres
    199 2 Health C'ttee Agrees On 3 New Centres Standard Staff Reporter THE Health Committee of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners has agreed in principle to the siting of three new permanent Maternity and .Infant Welfare Clinics in the Colony. The scheme will be financed from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. The
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    MareDollars
    28 2 The local staff of Bata Shoe Co. Ltd. in Singapore yesterday donated $28 to Mrs. May Pereira, widow of Mr. Francis Pereira, killed during the Colony riots.
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    BUILD MORE MARKETS, URGE HAWKERS
    144 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE LACK of markets in Singapore has caused great inconvenience to a large number of residents who have to run the risk of heavy traffic in going to distant markets. This is one of the reason? cipality to build more markets. In
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    Local Man To Be Prof. Of Midwifery In Varsity
    370 2 Standard Staff Reporter DR. B. H. SHEARES, the Colony's 1941 Queen's Scholar, has been selected by the Inter University Council, London, for the appointment of Professor of Midwifery ami Gynaecology in the University of Malaya. The Council of the University of
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    Wanted To See What He Could Steal
    75 2 SENTENCE of three months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on 17 -year-old Sia Sens Peck after he pleaded guilty to a charge of loitering in front of a house at Arab Street with intent to steal. Sia. who was caught jumping from a wall,
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    Blood Donor Marries
    45 2 Picture by MR. AND MRS. Ho Kens Wah who were married at the Singapore Registry recently. Mr. Ho has donated his blood nine times to the Singapore Blood Bank. The bride was formerly Miss Chan Ah Looi. of luoh. Shine Photo Studio
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    'Like A Bevy Of Gods And Goddesses...'
    221 2 Standard Staff Reporter WHAT the \sorl<l needed more than anything U. in these timee i understanding between Ike W< m and the K:M. said ii»«' < mnniitiiiiiiiH i Ginrral, Hr. Malcolm MacDonald .al tl»< 50tn anniverearj eetebra I tion !»all <»t the Straits
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    Deputy Attendant
    15 2 MR. WILLIAM Henry Walms ley has been appointed Deputy .Muster A'Unciant, Si!i".';yn-t» in
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    Anti-Malarial Work To Start In 1951
    161 2 Standard Staff Reporter ANTI-MAI \RIAL work on the Tom Payoh Ravines in Singapore is I tarted nexi ai u ead of in 1952 as originally proposed. This has been decided by the Health Comi itttee of the s. ituni Commissioi Market gardeners, pi^ rearei
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    'Hirers' Of Cars Lost During Riots Should Make Good
    362 2 Say S'pore Mota? Finns Standard Staff try aHi r EXECUTIVES of leading BMtar 1 tions in th« i Colaiiy crpirtard |Im \u tl "hirers*' of ears destroyed during tin should make good l\u- ln^s. accfn>dins purchase agreement th«\ had signed delivery
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    Standard women Reporter Wins Literary Festival
    31 2 Standard women Reporter Wins Literary Festival IN Ti I Lili: I woman corn Cup cati I The C; I couii- paperman, P r< ft delved ini B world, m m I
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    Negri CYMA Celebrates Anniversary
    103 3 Negri CYMA Celebrates Anniversary Standard Malay Correspondent SEREMBAX. Thui-s -F. cl 34 ears as;o. the Ne«ri Sembilan C ese Young Men*s Association in Paul Street. Seremban, whose j obje cultural and athletic, ebrated its anniversary yesI <y with a tea party," a din- I ner and a dramatic performance I
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    Ipoh Students' Southern Tour
    51 3 PORT DICKSON, Thurs. Twenty-five graduates of the Y (.'hoy Chinese High 'School. Perak, led by their tea* Messrs. Lain Sak Yoon and Chin Thin Lee, visited here while on an educational tour of the south. The p. rty intends to visit oi the historical places in
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    Boisterous: Fined
    29 3 V. Indi.'.ri Kathamuttu Manican who admitted bein^ boisterous in front of the Johore Bahru P tation was warned and rday by MagisI c :e Mahamood bin Ali.
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    THIEF JAILED
    42 3 Ng Huat, 4R. v. as sentenced to one year's imprisonment on a charge of stealing five sheets of rubber valued at 510 from his employer. Lee Ah Yam at 11 M.S. Paya Rumput. Sungei Udang. Ng gave notice of appeal.
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    Reading Circle To Hold Dinner
    52 3 Reading Circle To Hold Dinner The nnual dinner ol Seremban Chinese Reading Circe will be held on December 30 at T.:?0 p.m. The Seremban Chinese ReadIng Circle is a unique cultural rganis tion which began alter the liberation. Its membership consists mainly iof English-educated Chinese, many ol whom are government
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    new Volunteer Body To Be Started In Federation
    398 3 new Volunteer Body To Be Started In Federation Standard Staff Correspondent MJALA LUMPUR, Thnrs. A Volunteer Land rorce for the whole of the Federation is to l>e constituted next year. A bill for this purpose will be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council. The bill repeals the enactments which brought
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    Plea For Ma-In-Law Ruled Out
    112 3 Standard Staff Reporter JOHOR EBAHRU, Thurs.— When the case in which Ng Eng Kuang, Check Ah Moi and Chip Alee Len were charged with being found in a curfew area at Kulai village was called in the Magistrates Court today only Ng Eng Kuaag )peared
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    Helicopter Rescues A Gurkha
    94 3 Helicopter Rescues A Gurkha Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LIPIS. Thurs. A helicopter had to be summoned ito remove a Gurkha soldier I who was seriously injured today when a truck going in convoy and carrying about 20 GORs left the road and plunged 30 feet into the Lipis River. The
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    Attempt To Convict Rubber Man Fails
    166 3 Attempt To Convict Rubber Man Fails Standard stall Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. An attempt to secure a conv ;:on against a Rubber Dealer recently, for storing rubber in his premises at No. 61 Riverside without a 1 licence failed. The Rubber Dealer, Lim Chew Hock had a licence to purchase rubber
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    Record Load At P. Swettenham
    81 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The highest tonnage handled in any one day since l'.'-lS was j dealt with at Port Swettenham during the 24 hours ended I December 24, 1950, when 2,251 deadweight tons of dry cargo were discharged and 2,061 tons shipped, a total of
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    Car Lifters Are Busy In Malacca
    112 3 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. Malacca Town motorists would be well advised to immobilise their parked cars in Town in order to deny their use to joyriding car lifters. The Police have recently had notice of the lifting of 6 cars from parking stands
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    Curfew On Today In 2 New Areas Of NS
    202 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs. An official notification states that beginning from 7 p.m. on December 29, the undermentioned areas will be under curfew and people should remain indoors between 7 p.m. and 5.30 a.m. unless in possession of a valid
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    Broke No Entry' Rule: Gives $1
    75 3 Standard Start" Reporter JOHORE BAIIRU. Thurs. A Chinese car driver. Chen Yan Chin, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court yesterday to two charges of failing to observe a traffic sign board of "No entry" and for corruptly giving a Police constable one dollor as
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    INSTALLATION OF DA TO KLANA PETRA ON JAN. 25
    310 3 INSTALL A TION OF DA TO KLAN A PETRA ON JAN. 25 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs. Details are now being arranged for the installation on January 25, of the Dato Klana Petra, known as Undang or the senior of the four Ruling Chiefs of Negri Sembilan. The ceremony will
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    UNKNOWN Freed On Bribe Charge By Judge
    442 3 UNKNOWN Freed On Bribe Charge By Judge Standard Staff < orrrspomh nt KUALA LUMPUR, Thnr>.— Without l», i,, 2 til \i r< on for his defence, C Daniel, an Inspector employed m the Railway Workshop* ai Seated, mm t«ida\ a« <jtiitt< ii and discharged by tho Prnidrnl <»f tin- Scfoio«
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    Briefs
    163 3 THE BIGGEST Christmas entertainment took place at the Charlton English School, Batu Pahat on the evening of December 25th to which more than three hundred school children with their brothers and e I attended. PORT Dickson's Main Street has been renamed Jalan I Aman Shah in commeni' of Raja
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    Congress President Fined $5
    67 3 Congress Presiden t Fined $5 Standard staff Erpniftc >RE B \;iRU. Thurs.— M. Roy, Pi > the local jresi app tred the Magi trati :it lo and pleaded guilty to a <■■> oi ri ling a v. .ut i To a question by the I M. Roy said That H
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    KUALA PILAH YOUTH WANT NEW SLOGAN
    107 3 staff Correspondent KUALA Pi!. AH. i The United Malays Nat onaJ Organisation ith I |ie of K I 1 .it a meetii Sunday decided to s t the forthcoming UMNO Youth League Confi at K Lumpur in Februai nexl i to change th< in
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    Holidays In Selangor
    93 3 Holidays In Selangor THE following .uc tin- Imlld.t\s to !>»• observed in >»i--angor during l'i.M New Year's D u.jry 1. Day, February 1. Chinese N Near, Tuesday and Wedm irv ti and 7. Good Friday ;u!d I illowing day, Friday Satun rch 23 and 24. Birthday of the Sultan, Monday,
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    Soekarno Is A Saint— Kuang Haji
    103 3 Soekarno Is A Saint Kuang Haji m mdard >l.i!.i\ Dorvespoaienfl KUANG, Thurs. President Soekarno of Indonesia wax cribed by Titan Ha.ii Dai v a saint in a speech celebrating the birthday oi Prophet Mohami The majority of the* Muslims in this country, he said, can The Koran very wel! but
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    Early End Of Emergency Is Perak MCA's Objective
    353 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. The early termination of the emergency' by the elimination of all lawless elements,* their supporters and sympathisers, is one phase of the work which the Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is determined to carry out.
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    Bandits Fiee Without Their Pants
    211 4 Standard Start' Corespondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— v, sterday was washing clay I mdita in Raub, at least f 30 of them who had come out of the jungle and made use of a stream. 1 pleased with them•hey hung theil nd sat n in 'j-
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    Xmas Treat For Eurasian Kids
    83 4 Standard Stall Correspondent PEXAXG. Thurs.— More than 200 Eurasian children enjoyed thi s elv< at the Christmas party given by Mr. A.G. Rezells of Singapore at his Penang residence this evening. The main attraction was a e Christmas tree brightly s were b inging from
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    KUANTAN PARTY
    17 4 KUANTAN, Thurs. The Methodist Church he'd a Children's Christmas party. A curry kurkey unch followed.
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    Jinrickshas Will Not Be Abolished
    180 4 Jinrickshas Will Not Be A bolished In Penang Standard Mart Correspondent PENANG, Thar*. Tnc number of public trishaa ha^ reached the maximum figure of 2,131 allowed by the Muniiipal Conunissionera and there will be no Issuing of new licenees for BOCB vehieles next >ear. 1 is was revealed by the
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    9 Months For Having Ganja
    58 4 SI iml.ird Si.iff Correspondent PENAN G, Thurs.— Nil -lment was imv Magistrate M. Sraa y on an Itidian. Id for having thrt 2 i M packets of ganja. He was fined $5 on another charge of being found drunk and incapable. The accused had six
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    PW TO HONOUR BOARD MEMBER
    187 4 Standard Staff Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Thur>. Two unofficial menv hers of the Province Wellesley Kural Hoard have resigned. They art- Mr. r 11. (,oh and Inrhr Wohametl liaroun bin Bahaudin, the former owing to ill-health ami the* latter on transfer to Johore. .Mr. Goh had been
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    LEAVES COLONY
    32 4 MR. M. A. Abdul Aziz, Manager of K. M. Oli Mohd Co. Sn^apore jewellers and diamond merchants has left Singapore by the S.S. Rajula for India on a three-month holiday.
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    Teeth Lost As Car Hits Field
    92 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. A ■dddle aged Chinese, Oon y.nn Sesgr, had his teeth knocked out when the saloon i.ir he was driving overturned and landed in a fi»-ld hv the side of Calthrofi Road in the Glogoi area about r> p.m. yesterday.
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    Teachers Have Not Faltered
    121 4 TEACHERS in Singapore and Malaya have nut deviated from their firm stand for a truly Unified Education Service as embodied in the memoranda submitted by the Singapore and other Teachers Unions in the Federation. This is stated in the special issue of the Newsletter issued by
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    Farewell To 3 At Johore Bahru
    81 4 Standard Staff Reporter OFFICERS and staff of the Johore Bahru Audit Office entertained Hy.ii Othman bin Mohamed Noor, Haji Mohamed Said bin Seru and Inche Abd illah bin Mohamed to dinner at the UMNO headquarters last night. The occasion was to bid farewell to
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    46 4 A Christmas party in progress at the Taipin? New Club wherfi 104 members dined happily. In th< k photo above (apt. Salter is determined to fro in the picture so somebody removed the tree and placed, it on his shoulder. Photo by Tai of Cathay Studio.
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    IPOH GRENADE VICTIMS NAMED
    97 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The names of the victims of the Christmas Day hand grenade outrage at Ipoh are announced by HQ Malaya. They are members of the 27 Coy RASC. Driver Whitewell, whose mother lives at 89 Lov»>sall Street, Denaby. near Doncaster, was
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    Music Allowed In Markets
    169 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE HEALTH Committee of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners has unanimously agreed to the installation of Rediffusion sets in Municipal Hawkers' Shelters or markets by individual stallholders and licencees, subject to conditions. It ha?, however, stipulated that each application should first be referred to
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    Incident In Penang
    213 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Two terrorists *et fir<- to a Municipal trolley lm* in Jelutong Road jnst in front of thr Moh (,hcv Chinese School at (> a.m. today. The bus was a complete wreck. The bus, which left its depot In Dato Kramat Eload, was
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    Benevolent Scheme For Clerks Proposed
    150 4 Standard Staff Correspondent lI'OH, Tlmrs. A Federation-wide l>ene\<>l<iit fund scheme for monthly paid clerical workers is l»«-i n«i planned by the Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staffs Union. This was revealed to The Standard by Mr. CH. Vin, president of the Perak derieal I'nion today.
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    FINED $20
    49 4 FOR the theft Of two tins of mi!k worth $1, Lim Chin Sun was fined $20 and his accomplice. Fong Pow Heng to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment. Fong had a previous conviction. A party of police arrested the two men with the milk at the Harbour Board.
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    Discussion Group Has Many Achivments
    177 4 Discussion Group Has Many Achivments i'l VANG, Than*. "Un it > opportunih «>i It- |n^ noir ti emlx \^a- macfa i.u{»r<--< I I t:> thoufihlftil q ■rgumi n\~. I*, li-ii- 1 .i>n. former m ..mi- -[(•■'< -r. IVi'.ui;:. said in I I i». I I Hscuftsion < rroap mag ne
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    The Screen
    94 4 Standard BUI I Bl i. i RWORTfi Following Mr. M. |T. dd Secretan I. of Mai.,a. m B jam. Imi areek,, Bit) ara. t,.-,„ In It M I KM. Iowa h Scheme, whi, being tome i by .ous I)' I the I D F. 'J I half of
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    Scavengers Strike Want More Pay
    11 4 Scavengers Strike Want More Pay B have 1 ■last 10 iry.
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    Welfare Men Supply Eats
    20 4 Welfare Men Supply Eats I fare I Pi The T. D'C Class won the the Si ah Tong K Th(
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    PRICE CONTROL MOVE REJECTED
    239 5 Shifting Costs Are Blamed Standard Staff Correspondent Kl ALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Hopes dial some form of price control would he devised by the Federal Government and a half called in the daily, soaring prices of essential daily com- modities was hlasted recently hy the Federal Price
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    TO OPEN NEW SERVICE STATION
    162 5 I MISS KLSKE Wolters, recently elected Singapore's I "Giri of the Year" stands before Mobiioil's Pegasus at the i new Standard-Vacuum Service Station at the corner of i Bukit Timah Road and Tarrer Road which she will open i tomorrow. The Station will "so on
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    NEW DIVISION
    32 5 Standard Stuff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Staffing Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality today agreed on a tentative proposal to creat a lower division clerical service in the Municipality.
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    Gifts For All The Tofs
    58 5 Gifts For All The Tofs A CHRISTMAS party r ir children was held at the Church of St. Joseph n Victoria Street, Singa,re yesterday. These ,'z~dard pictures show: "OP: Scntc C!cus {Mr. ement Pereira] hands g g. ft box to IsttSe Barbara A en RIGHT Twin sisters, Dap! n ght]
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    Barber Had Betting Slips, Fined $250
    86 5 Barber Had Betting Slips, Fined $250 tMandard Start' Reporter BARBER Huang Ah L n, of Upper Serangooii Road I Bed $250 in the Sings I nth Police Court yesti i laj assisting in i inning a chaplottery B m was cycling along Upper Sera:., D Road OH N -o was
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    Promotions Confirmed
    56 5 THI PROMOTIONS of 12 < ei tents f the P S< >■ tC Ifc of Superintendents have the Secret stat< C niea The >fflcers a e L D C. M v: L. R. Carbonell. p Evans. H B. J Do- h■■ I rk< L.C Finch.. B c '■>
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    Had Dutiable Smokes
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    POLICE OFFER BIG REWARDS FOR APPREHENSION OF MURDERERS
    310 5 Standard Stiff Reporter A TOTAL reward 61 $9,000 for information leading to the arrest of unknown murderers in seven oases and the apprehension of a Chinese newspaperman wh iias absconded was offered by the Singapore, Police yesterday The biggesi single reward is
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    New Gold Refining Licences Disallowed
    184 5 New Gold Refining Licences Disallowed Siamlaru Staff Reporter I'IILMISES no! previously used for refining of precious metals by the arid process >vill not now be licensed, according to a decision taken by the Health Committee of ihe Singapore Municipal Commissioners, n re oard to long established businesses where the trade
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    Dun lop Chief Urges Malaya Problem Solved
    117 5 MELBOURNE, Dec. 23 (AP):— The time has arrived to consider whether the military resources of nil the British tuitions should not be used in the war against the Communist bandits in Malaya, said Sir CUve Baillieu, chairman of Dunlop. He -said it was
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    US ADOPTS INDIAN WOOD PROCESS
    91 5 US ADOPTS INDIAN WOOD PROCESS A TIMBER preservation process "ascue". developed by Dr. S Kamesam, a well-known Indian wood expert, has been accepted as a standard practice for wood preservation by the American Wood Preservers Association. This is the first Asian formula on this subject to receive this recognition.— Glib.
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    A lleged To Ha ve Hit Court Bailiff
    287 5 A lleged To Ha ve Hit Court Bailiff ALLEGED to have beaten a Court Bailiff when served with a writ of distress, IVh Sens* -K.ee of Union i Theatre, Bukit Panjang appeared before the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate Mr. P. Clague yesterday Peh was charged with having assaulted Ho Kam
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    Alleged To Have Trespassed Into Married Quarters
    91 5 Standard Staff Reporter AN ENGLISHMAN John Dutton (35.) claimed trial in the j Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to charges of house trespass by entering Head- quarters. Base District Office, with intent to annoy the staff of the oihVe. and entering the I
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    Slapped Ex-Fiance Outside Police Court
    152 5 SHORTLY after her fiance ha<l been ordered bj Singapore Police Magistrate lo pay a compensation <>f £200 for breaking off their engagement, a 1.9-year-old girl. Liew Kim N«»o. went up lo her former beau and punched him three times. Said Liew: "He called me a
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    STOLE PRAM
    34 5 FOR STEALING a pram worth $50. a young Malay. Ismail bin Noor Mohamed was i bound over for one year by the Singapore Second Police MagisI trate. Mr. S. E. Teh, yesterday.
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    STOLE CPL.'S X'MAS HAMPER, MAN JAILED
    116 5 LAM POH KOON, Who pleaded guilty in the S.: gap Second Police Coin" > < \sy to a charge of stealing a hamper belonging to Corporal Richmond. RAMC was sontenoed to two months' rigorous I imprisonment. Chief Inspector K. F I krishnan, prosecuting, s*
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    Ceylon Tamils To Hold X'mas Party
    50 5 Ceylon Tamils To Hold X'mas Party THE CEYLON Tamils' Association will hold its Christmas Meeting on Saturday a' I the Association Hall in Handy 1 Road at 6 p.m. The programme will in musical items and spot- bes ii English and Tamil. Special il gifts will be distributed to uidren.
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    DETECTIVES ARE NEEDED
    93 5 Standard Reporter THE SINGAPORE Prftrc Fora Mee4i M Une«« JclCttiym I<t make up thru nppro\«<l htreiiiilli tif |J ieftßCtives. Ten oilier Ulalayt and Indian- urc nUo i«» l»r leleetoJ Grooj ilu uniforin«-<l mrfyk A up; at ion I v I I be aridn s I Ij the
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    PROMPT AID FOR MALAY FISHERFOLK
    176 5 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs.—Rotarians and the Tee Siong Saw Mill Co. have on very short notice from Rotarian Communities Service Chairman. Mr. B. Brunton come forward with much needed assistance for a settlement of poor Malay fishcrfolk at Penkalan Priggi, Tanjong Kling. Dwellers of
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    Natural Death Verdict At Airman s Inquest
    121 5 E SIN< iPORE c coner, B E 1 <i y« terda] i turned a finding of dk 11 auaei e Inquest into the death of Leading Ancraftman Michael Owen Barthleman (21), who \w.s found ing head down fj ding on which h> working
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    Winners Of No. 11 Puzzle
    74 5 FOLLOWING are the winner> of The Singapore Standard Crossword Puzzle No. lit Ist. Prize (sst): Miss Joan Cornell. t>4. North Beach. Penans. ind Prize (SSS): Mr l.ini Chin Ann c o (itsan Soon Tpt Co Ltd., 2K. Anson Koud. Singapore 1 3rd Prize ($15): Mr
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    Singapore Standard
    86 6  -  K. S. CHANG Editor-in-Ch %ef Published daily including Sundays by the Sin Poh (Star Hews] Amalgamated, Ltd., at 128 Robinson Road, Singapore. Subscription rates: 10 cents per copy. S3 per month and $9 00 pei three months, in Singapore and throughout the vbdentifln of Malaya, postage extra. Advertisement
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    Dutch Stay Put
    649 6 I|)R. MOHAMMED Room, the head of the Indonesian delegation in Holland, made a significant comment on the failure of the Dutch-Indonesian $alks cm New Guinea. He said: "I am not happy." Nor. for that matter, are the Dutch in Indonesia who have been living in an atmosphere
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    If Only Mr. Abdullah Would Go Shopping
    409 6  - If Only Mr. Abdullah Would Go Shopping PADI A. KRISHNAN. J LISTENED to Mr. Alex Josey's Radio Talk on shopkeepers and its refutation in the press by Mr. A.A. Mohd. Abdullah the President of the Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce. I think Mr. Alex Josey is right. Before considering marks
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    Mixed Feelings
    290 6 Sir:— l read the article appearing in your paper of December 14 regarding the Ipoh Trade School graduates with mixed feelings. Also in one of the local papers a father complained about his son being offered $60 per month after 'A years in the Te rhnieal School. Singapore.
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    THEY GET STUNG BUT THEY COME BACK FOR MORE
    618 6  -  S. C. OEI By PENANG. WHEN :i friend told me the oih e r day thai he "can't be bothered with horse racing anymore," I just couldn't help smiling. He had nol been Lucky this That must have caused his bitter
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    19 6 mis is no time to stop and star*-. (,et in quick, we're late ;»s it is y'fcnow:"
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    Convenient For Government But Not For Us
    557 6 Convenient For Government But Not For Us Sir:— lt is pleasing to note that certain amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance are under consideration. It is earnestly hoped that the law wiJl recognise the ne"ed and justification for bringing into line the basis of granting personal reliefs to an individual
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    So They Say
    35 6 itiism nor from a would t>e director in our midst u.i greatest threat is ignorance Herence, and misgui i tendency to \< and more of our individual f;> dom. —Guy Gal :>Ucan National
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    We the People
    266 6 W^r m& 0 9 4V* Cost Of Living Press Interviews Income Tax The Royal English School The Six Hundred Sir: Repo r I t in '1 he Singapore Standard regarding the future of the Royal English School's six hundred out-going students Lead one to fear that the
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    Four-Point Programme
    408 6 Four -Point Programme PRO KUOMINTANG Chung s ting Jit Pao predicted ab >rtive death ror the &\r Foi i ;.;i Ministers n:n' in -j. It .said Ihe d< mocratic powers had never given up nope for peace, but d I ever get, the daily arned. S' i J in had
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    W. German Chancellor Pledges Full Aid To Maintain World Peace
    214 7 W. German Chancellor Pledges Full Aid To Maintain World Peace ll«.r .o. ll,al ,h, ...ain of bfa rtl J, tl J «Uh all ewnrgj l<( M-rurioj- maintaining the peace „'f -orM a,.,l u, I all honesl -fforls i,, lat direction." ui a yeaor end statement prepared for the Associated •<
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    TITO WANTS MORE MONEY FOR DEFENCE
    53 7 TITO WANTS MORE MONEY FOR DEFENCE R ',!>?• 1) IS CUP] record- 1 1 e at ion. et as pre- Partial I ed r the uai rked npan 7.1 et *e[ t-). r $982 rice, T h C the f ui Pi governs r runnii I stat* both s expei
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    Indian Princes Protest
    105 7 Indian Princes Protest BOMBAY 1). B rg r l f a '*mean r net ■s oi primely -;■■•■< In a to a meeting recently I ed Union the M i er bejeweUed hirba princes pelied to l« ve «m a id er j ••T iis because of th^ un sou
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    New Guinea Talks End In Deadlock
    248 7 THE l\ \GhE, Dec 28 .AIM A I r a year oi irga in on the future oNev G linea, Dutd and Indon< left t!. i rence i i >m with the solution ;11 d< d -Kt-d. final i) i reitera I for a
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    Collins Urges Development Of A-weapons
    106 7 Collins Urges Development Of A- weapons W A shi N r, TON. Dec. 28 (Reuter). General J. Lawton Collins, United States Army Chief of Staff, said in an article today American war xp< e i Korea must not deter the Uiited States from tU'vei'ipn..^ Hi*-' use of atomic weapons by
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    Asian Drive For Co-op Facilities
    101 7 KARACHI, Dec 28, (AP).— The Asian Terhnical Conferiie Inierna'tional 1- our Organisation (ILO) hai reed to appoint national littees to survey rones. These committees will also seek to intensify gov< nment work on co-operative lines. Mr N. Lamming, Assistant Seen tary-General of ILO. gave details
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    COLD WAVE IN US
    56 7 COLD WA VE IN US M W VORK, Dec. 28 (Rv 11 A parts ol At, erica east Of the Rockies excepi Florida had a cold wave v< jterday. j u Midwesi the weather was the coldest of the season. The temperature was below freezing as Ear iutli as cen-
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    Mew Move lo Ease FE Crisis
    188 7 \i;K SI "?SS, Dec. 28, (UP): —The Asian-Arab bloc s p g ;i "\V effort in the United Nai ons to ease the Far East cris s it IS med today. Spurred by Communist China's, retael on of the United Nations Ceasefire effort, 12
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    59 7 photo. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, the new Commander in-Chief of the French forces in Indo-China. is pictured h?re < rii^ht) with Jean Letourneau (left), French Minister for the Associated States on their arrival by air at Saigon. General de Lattre replaces the outgoing General Marcel Carpenter (centre). Jean
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    Japan & America Must Stand Together, Says Eichelberger
    493 7 Japan America Must Stand Together, Says Eichelberger WASHINGTON, Dee. 28 (UP) Lieutenani General iiolu-rt Eichelberger said Japan and ih<* United States niu>t stand firmly tnj:«'tli«"r if there is to I>«* peace in V«ia and security againsi Communist domination. The former Commander of the Eighth Army said the United St cites
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    Served Under 8 Presidents
    97 7 WASHINGTON, Dec. !S (UP): R epresentaI five Adolph .r. Sabuth. D«' mocrat, lilinois. 84-year-old **dean" of the House ol He presentatives will set a new record for continuous service in Congress. Sabath, who h** served I un{?«-r eight presidents, siirtinu with Theodore Roosevelt, will pass the
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    SCHOOL EXAMS —'MOST STUPID'
    80 7 SCHOOL examinations are "the most stupid and sadistic system e»;r in vented by man.*' according to New South Wales Chief Secretary Mr Clive Evatt. "Examiners seem to set out to find out what you don't know. "If they have to have examinations and 1 doubt the
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    French Pass Anns Budget
    82 7 PARIS, Dec 28 CAP) —The French National Assembly V. t dnesday eight voted a Communist move to shelve the proj< cted special rearmament budg The ballot, which defeated a Commun I ril oi n was 412 to 176. This and ether procedural guments delay* d I
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      Dulles To Reply To Hoover?
      106 7 MR. JOHN FOSTER DULES Republican adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Dean Achesonj is to reply to former Presideni Herbert Hoover's plea that the U.S. pull back its defences to the Western Hemisphere, ihe Stale Department said that Mr. Dulles will speak on Friday night
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      147 7 Thieves, who .night as well have been movie critics, climb- ed on to the root' of a movie j j house in Bristol and stole the scheduled attraction, "Kay of I Sunshine." The matinee showing was cancelled. The film was universally praised by London critics. A 4.'' -year-old Frenchman, Gervais
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      49 7 The new Greek Minister to Jugoslavia. Spyros Kapetanides, has presented his credentials to Ivan Rivar, President of the >slav Pi K. oides' arrival hen month and the assig Rados Javanovic Jugoslav Lster Vo Athens resi diplomatic rol I two anti ominfoiin neighbour:; and i hopes foi luii .tic A.P
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      17 7 Britain United v "1 an amb lo Spai tnosl promiu :<■ B ir, present dor to Argcntin:i U.P
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      36 7 ["he I Federal ica h:is I Hilurio Cami Presid* I from the Unit* d S1 I i and the Philippines atl i the veeklong c went on record Communist acth itics in the Philipi U. P
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      38 7 The United S U I M recently evacuated from North- si Korea has reverted tc op< i ati >nal control ol th< Vi an A.! rny sp »k< nounced No infoi mation C rps' iture r; l< i
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    SNOW HALTS RED DRIVE IN TIBET
    197 7 SHILLONG, ASSAM, !><■«•. 2« (Reuter) The Chinese offensive in Tibet ttad been liahrd because of th<- heavy snowfall, an official spokesman of the northeast frontier agency which is administered l>% the Indian Government said here tonight. Bui the propaganda war was still on, he
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    US Friendship With China Urged
    227 7 US Friendship With China Urged CHICAGO. Dec r (Reuter) Mr. Bern A Wallace, former ce-presid at oi tin United StatM said today America desperately needed a f t imcily China becau e "Russia and China in c lete accord can eventually dominate the ivorld.* 1 W:i;ing on long range United
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    YUGOSLAV BORDER INCIDENT
    157 7 YUGOSLAV BORDER INCIDENT BELGRADE. I), i rp. n ter) —Rumanian 1 1 to numb i 150- -fired um 'i slav frontier guards yesterday in in atten •>• to recover tt of Rumanian o shut > V [go lav guard* noon, according to H< pra i Radio last night BaiiU i
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    UK TROOPS FOR WEST ARMY
    46 7 i.omi. n. 28: (It —Brit >ps would army immed ai Dwight Eis< rib i his an I I the Bi di i man: i and TVi* i It sod Ihi luncement would be made when the const a! procedure has I
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    FILIPINOS REARM
    23 7 [ANILA. D —Mala I at,:,. lha smooth pr aversion of 'he I i rces into a it a m ing n
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    Heavier US Taxes Likely
    84 7 Heavier U S Taxes Likely Yv SHINGTI >N I (Beuler), Heavier taxi la meet the cost of the Amrearma i e are fi \v House Mr Joseph Sfco Pn Truman's pre etary, said "It is positively certain I much br< I lax programme will be necej sary to me< the
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    237 8 Advert Rates Raised CONCERN over the shortage sing cost of paper C expressed by Mr. T. chairman of The Si "I es Press Ltd., in I Latement to be presented 1 to the first general f th< any since s i rsion to" a public Aiken says thai I is
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    US$ Slumps In Red China
    25 8 US$ Slumps In Red China DON*. Dec. -The -> that th t S l China. 1 t o: t I e rep m <-■ now •r- f
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    Rubber ,tin Earned US $208 Millions For Malaya In 1949
    496 8 Rubber ,tin Earned US $208 Millions For Malaya In 1949 Rl BBER \ND TIN brooghi Malaya U.S. $126 million and U.S.$B2 million respectively, say- a review of Commonwealth trade in 1949, in London yesterday by ihe Commonwealth Economic Committee, reports Renter. The 18-page report showed that, notwithstanding special iHfticnlties in
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    UK INDUSTRIALIST TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    115 8 [R ALAX P. GOOD, managing director of the a1 t I h Oil Engines group of Com- Britain's largest manufacturers of diesel engines and world-wide suppliers of electrical ecu;.p- ited n Singapore tomorrow. One of Britain's tup-ranking industi >ts, Mr. Good has visited Pakistan to
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    Iran Says 'No, To £35 Mil.
    235 8 LONDON, Dec. 28 (IT) Iran, Russia's oil-rich southern neighbour and one ol the main gates to the -Middle East, faced with both Russian "olive branch* 1 gestures and Western aid offers apparently is raising her price in the brisk bidding The late J <•■
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    Synthetic Rice
    28 8 fHE FOOD 1 In zed S--1 P?pca is reduced in large South India and its •-'•-ion in Trnvan-cnro-Cochin alone is -hm,t 1.200.000 tnn.s-r— 1S about GIIS
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    Total Control For Steel Forecast
    97 8 NEW YORK. Dec. 28 (AP): A controlled materials plan for the steel industry by March or April and mandatory price controls to replace voluntary ones are predicted by the Iron Age metal working trade weekly. Steel executives feel "that if steel distribution is to be
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    Abaca For Germany
    25 8 EC. A. has authorised West uennany to purchase U S $150 090 worth of abaca fibre from the I Philippines. U P
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    Soaring Rubber Pricss Close HK Factory
    23 8 Bwgkoog cobcctii, suspended operations n r? "bber iriees «H,»:ed I toth 1 e I Sea l^ S&Jt
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    World Produces Record Output Of Crude Oil
    114 8 World Produces Record Output Of Crude Oil NEW YORK, Dec 23. (Reuter). —World production of crude petroleum reached the record total ot an estimated H.TSII.OOO OUO barrels in 1950, reports Mr Frank M. Porter. President of the American Petroleum Institute. This was an increase of 3.10.000.0D0 barrels over pre- vious
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      RUBBER
      73 8 The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Dec. 28) were per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1 RSS Spot Loo.sc $1.9S 51.96 FOB. in bales Jan. No. 1 11.5.5. $1.92 $1.93 No. I R.S.S. 51. 87 SI.SS No. R.S.S. (Norn.) $1.82 Sl.s;i Tone: Very steady. LONDON RIBBLR Thursday's opening prices prr
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      TIN
      39 8 SIXr.APORE. Thurs. The pric*' of Tin to-day was S>74.!ji per picuL Lp $4.75. LONDON TIN Thur>c!.i\'s price* fir>i session. Spot £llii."> buyers, tll7o I seilt-rs. Three months JCl,O9j buy- ers. ti.ioo sellers. Settlement price £1170. Tout": Easier. j
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    Japan-Argentine Trade To Continurk
    68 8 Japan-Argentine Trade To Con tinur k The Argentine-Japan trade and financial arrangement, due to expire on Dec. 31, has been extended indefinitely by mutual agreement. From Jan. 1 to Oct. 31 Japan's totaJ imports from Argentina were U5524,000,000 while exports were USSIB.2OO.uOO. Japan's imports from Argentina were primarily wheat, barley,
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    Peking Rushes Orders For Pak. Cotton
    113 8 KARACHI. Dec. 28 (AP) Red China is buying up the Pakistan cotton she can. A delegation of Chinese >fficials in Karachi has already bought 27.000 bales and lother 15.000 are awaiting shipment. Last week 12.000 bales were shipped in a specially chartered vessel i
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    50 Operations Are Required For Making TheDach ing
    303 8 Standard SlaH Reporlrr EVEN THE Bimplesl daching u^r<l by tli<- thrifty >inp;a{)oro housewife to sre that she is getting corrcd weight in licr <lai!v marketing taken 12 solid manbours !<> produce. Fifty separate operations j:o into making iuu> daching* The Chinese daching
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    MALAYAN SHARES ARE QUIET
    137 8 Standard Staff Krportrr SINGAPORE, Thurs. Following London, the Malayan share market was very quiet today. Prices tended to bo easier and only very little bus!:. i »s passed. Prices changes were:— INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers R. B. Petrol 36 tj 37 ti Goodwood Park >0 1.05 xd
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    London Marl Again Quiet
    163 8 London Marl Again Quiet LOXDOX. Dec 23: CReuter) Very little serious attempt to extend trading was made in the London Stock Exchange today. Lacking a lead from the political or economic field, quiet conditions are expected to continue to the end of account which is Tuesday next. Nevertheless. firmness was
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    Peking Govt. Raises Its Currency Value
    98 8 HONGKONG, Dot. :>8 (APi:- the Peking Government has value of its "jen min piao" (peoples urreni > respect of "all foreign currencies." A IVipm^ *%pafr h says the revaluation was announced by the liaak ti China's head office there. The revised rates for I'nited
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    Ruling Money Exchange Rates
    187 8 EXCHANGE rates now in force U supplied by I Malayan Exchange Bunks Association a:e ts CoJ Transaction* with tr. do China ar,r 6 ..z: are ocrri".'.(>A '1nllnr» only HONGKONG. Do I SUI Hongkopg Exchange today urei HKI > HKSI ;jg to Malayan |1 HKJ I one
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    World Tin Production Increasing
    102 8 World Tin Production Increasing THE HAGUE. Doc. 28 (AP): The latest available figures of the Internationa] Tm Study Group at The Hague show an increase of world mine production of tin in October to l: I long tons compared with 13.20 I long tuns in September. This "was due to
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    New Blark Market In War Materials
    68 8 A BLACK MARKET En the war vital metal, cadmium, ap parently has sprung up in Chicago after three thefts of the .strategic elements within a month, police there said. Cadmium sells for about $2.80 ri pound on the open market. but might sell for
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    Peking Confirms Ban
    31 8 HONGKONG, Dec 28 <Reu r-AAP>:-The Peking Govern>a nt 2 has officially confirmed nat it has forbidden exports to >a loaded on vessels routed ?h American, Jap; P.I. ports
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    Kelantan Timber Industry Shares Tin, Rubber Boom
    75 8 Kelantan Timber Industry Shares Tin, Rubber Boom Slamlanl Slaff <m r< -{MMnlrnt KOT\ BAHRU, Tlmr^. K,! limlu'r in<lustrv i^ ridttßg «»n t!ir rn«t «»f robber and Urn beom cont&AeHnm dw futnii prices that in the talk in Kola Uahrii. i|. The price of Penak |25 I i quoted at £50:
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    Trading In Copra At $49APicul
    135 8 Standard Staff Reporter COPRA opened ye terday "with buyer? at Q and sellers $4:U per pi Business passed in the moi at SI' 1 per picul. In the afternoon sellers came out a' I price, but buyers dropped back to S4Bi. Coconut oil was Quoted
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    Moderate Business In Rubber
    16 8 Moderate Business In Rubber ißd&rd SI i I U The NOON PRll 3 No. i .no
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    THAILAND RICE SALES TO INDIA AND PI
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    WOMEN, CHILDREN ARE LEAVING FIC
    316 9 list Evacuee Shin .iiiouce io Saigon: Other Vessels Follow n l ;-,J: i t S|lil!oL Slan Shipping Reporter M J.L ANON ol French women and children from I.wlo will commence tl«- 10 000-t«n M,. 1--0M lin.r I -„.,,i iii Mon Messageries Maritimes s ',,t Krifcitts
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    Korea Increases S'pore Aircraft Charter Business
    337 9 Korea Increases S'pore Aircraft Charter Business l>v I\<»r Kraal. Staiulard Staff Reporter IHK Kurran War Beenu to havo increased dlarter imrafl aetWit] t«» ihe Far Ea?«t. including Singapore. Figures shorn that uW charter DHrineM is slowrj> beconv ii.u aa ianpinlaiil one to the Colony. C hartei a:: craft to S
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    French For C-54 Victims
    66 9 French For C-54 Victims A D< 23 (U I bodies have been :t I so far the For.-e C-54 trai t week nst .i 000-foot mount Baguio, according to pi rts from the summer capiThe plane was carrying 'M .^ers and crewmen when ■:ed en route to C from Okinawa.
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    Dockside Surprise For Service Wife
    226 9 WHEN Mrs. Betty Rackham disembarked from tlxOranje at Singapore yesterday, Bhe was greeted not only bi her RAF husband, Wing Commander K. J. Rackham, from Changi, l»ut also l>y her father, the Rev. F. D. our of \Uc Principal Chaplains of th<- RAF, who i-
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    Dart-Dakotas For BEA
    121 9 Dart-Dakotas For BE A Two Dakota aircraft fitted' with Rolls-Royce Dart turbopropeller engines are to be flown bv British European Air-; ways. The Dart-Dakotas will go into service early in the New Year. They will be flown j on freight services on the j internal routes in the United Kingdom.
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    NEW PLANE CARRIES 50,000-POUND LOADS
    245 9 new transport plane that can carry a load of 50.000 pounds is being produced for sie United States Air Force, it can flv 850 miles, unload its pa ;sengers or cargo, and return without refuelling.! ghter permit a longer flying Four 3,500-horsepower engines give I
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    Children In The Oranje Had A Merry X'mas
    295 9 Children In The Oranje Had A Merry X'mas Standard Shipping Reporter THE NEDERLAND Line's 20. 166-ton motor ship Oranje berthed alongside the Singapore wharves 36 hours behind schedule yesterday morning hut none of the 6.'5."> passengers, particularly the 174 children, minded it as they had a rijjht merry Christmas at
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    455 9 fcASI AMAIIL LINE Outward From Europe Dec. 29: Selandia, sails for Baigoa Bangkok Dec. 31: Jan. 12: Meonia. sails for Saigon <& Bangkok Jan 13 Feb. 7: India, sails for Bangkok Manila, H.K. and Japan Feb. 10 Local Bangkok Run Dec. 29: Dunholm sails Jan. 2. Home*ara via
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    NON-RIGHID DIRIGIBLE
    141 9 The first airship to be buili in Britain for 20 years is ex-; pected to fly early next year [t is a project of the Airsl ip Club at Hum Airport. S- j I England, and will be a non- rigid dirigible with an overall th of 108
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      102 9 I FAST RE(ill\R IKXNSPXCIFK SfcKVirK nir*»rt •t'l^ SM Fmncisco Los Armeies AIJ Ameru-un ft Canadi.. M ities hMM p x hin Accepting cargo for Honskong. Kobe. Yokohama FACT KECJLLAR StKMCt ISA (WEST COAST)PERSIAN GILF ri* JAPAN ft HONGKONG p«»re F J IItKEMVACH 1 Jin Accepting cargo for Colombo, Bombaj Karachi
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      476 9 SAILINGS FROM SCANJinavu uk OOMffMfHI 'I r. "k -J\i.'» 1 Ho i M Wm. x K t il X -oh.ama 7-10 Feb VAMBODIA" for Baa* tW r 10-17 i •K\KR\\\«. r Saieon te Banck k J5 F P r> 111 i>b i IM \i !I\\<.kok um •DANHOLM" T r Hongkoci!
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      109 9 DESPATCHES TODAY: Christmas Island, Western Australia, Eastern Australia and New Zealand (letters only) noon by Gorgon, Trengganu (parcels only) noon by Rawang. "TOMORROW: Indo-China by Selandia, Sibu by Bruas. Sarawak (except Sibu and Miri) by Norbay. Thailand 5.45 p.m. by train. Jakarta. Sourabaya, noon by Van Riebeeck. Hoi How (Kuingchow)
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      120 9 aSHiPs in Harbour SHIPS AT ROADS AND WHARVES, 4 P.M. YESTERDAY. V\ HARVES Gdn. 44 Gorgon, Sheers Wharf: Stan Meifoo, 42/43 Benreoch, 40/41 Hong Siang, 38/39 Riouw. 36/37 Telemachus, 33/34 St. Talang Akar. 31/32 Surat, 29/30 Pachumba, 25/26 Halland. 27/28 Nordhval, 23/24 Panama, 17/18 Benalbanach, 15/16 Mount Davis. 13/14 Ulysses,
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      172 9 \/KIR ARRIVALS) s\2gS£#'l P [and DEPARTURES <■ i TZ Kf^^ss' Arrivals KLM CONSTELLATION from Jakarta 10.45 a.m. C. F A. DC— 4 from Ranxkok is.. '.a MALAYAN AIRWAYB DAKOTAS froni Alor Star. Penang lutping, Ipob Koala I.uoipur ETA 5.15 i> m from Kuantan Alor Star Penantj;. Kuala Lumpur ETA 6.85
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      186 10 I READ thai at a school in 1 ind, when a pupi: is reading < e they ord his voice. V. has finished, the master the recov I and points my mistaki (BERNABD GOODBIAN). kitten prefers bak< I beans, spaghetti, biscocoa and atea to r u\ v;:-'l
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      THE ROSE
      23 10 n blue \'ju know wl It J I irden v roses bloom T> c ri troubles Otooy d 1 PANSY GUHASEKERA
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      Life Is One Sweet Song For Humphrey
      195 10 1 l IMPHKEY the Buffalo, is a bridegroom tom^tead of a sa>.-«>-•nic memory. He was •a in Pedley. C*3&--i. to his rans** days heart. Candy a tie bison from his re Kansas. miphrey was sthei to be the bill of it a barbecue.
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      Tusito's Triumph
      692 10  -  WILLIAM CHAN CHIN BOCK DARK DEEDS IN DARKEST AFRICA Bv IN the days when the Black Art was predominant in Africa, witch-doctors reigned supreme. Their work was to heal the sick natives and to guard their temples, kraals and crypts. Many a foreign settler had died at the
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      Smile Corner
      73 10 r rEACIIER: "Your essay on 1 'My Mother' is exactly the same as your brother's." PUPIL: "Yes. sir. We both have the same mother." FATHER: "Your studies are costing me a great deal, my boy." SON: "Yes, father. I must try and not study so hard." MASTER: "This
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      ON A WINDY DAY
      49 10 nPHE wind goes whistling and shrieking along; He loves to sing his merry song. Sometimes he's angry, sometimes glad. He just drifts along whenever he's sad. But when he's happy he scares all the cats. And whistling and shrieking, whirls a way hats. ISOBEL MILTON.
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      MY DOLL
      47 10 T HAVE a doll Whose name is Paul, He has lots of curls But he's not a girl. RUTH YIN (10 yrs.) "I know," says Terry, the tyke, "sparklers are such fun. But, oh dear, the sound of those bursting- crackers and rorkets to come!"
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    A HAPPY NEW YEAR
    192 10 ■QEAR Junior Leaguers, From the numerous letters I have received during the last few days, I gather you all had a jolly good Christmas with lots of fun, presents and good things to eat. Which is as it should be, for there's no time like Christmas
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    BRAIN TEASERS
    119 10 AY HAT is the difference be- tween a station master and a school teacher? Answer: A station master minds the train, ichereas a school teacher trains the mind. IF a thing were to live when it eats and dies when it drinks, what ib it? Answer: Fire. When
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    FRIENDS
    49 10 IJRIEXDS lire in the country. Friends lire in the town. And in my neighbourhood And up the hill and down. Some of them I know The ones I often see. But some I do not know Do many tilings for me. Sent in by LOII CHEOW HUI. Spore).
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    Australia, India For Thomas Cup
    202 10 LONDON, D<r. 28 (IT) India and Australia thus far are the only badminton playing countries whose challenge has been received for the Pa<ilic zone of the Thomas Cup 1951 1952 competition. i The Secretary of the International Badminton Federation ,Mr. H. A E. Scheele, told
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    UK Soccer League Standings
    873 10 LONDON: (Reuter).— Football league standings after Saturday's matches were: i ENGLISH LEAGUE 1 1 FIRST DIVISION 1 1 P u l* l l Pb I' Middlesbrough 23 13 7 3 5U 30 2.x I 'Arsenal 23 13 5 5 49 25 31 .Tottenham H. 22 13
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    Thomas Cuppers May Play In 1952
    406 10 By LEONG IlrW MTV; n 1952 will almos, nrlihstj be entni«ted o lhoM won ii for Malaya— if i\ lc form shown by th. m plavm in the Fooii" >eotii: Tup final and t u rrian*alar foiirnanifiit if a trm* criterion. They have demonstrated
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    Army Cricketers Available For NS
    99 10 <By"Audax*' THOUGH the tt ,!!-k *£ayan ««ffceter [an [ng V- .»e avai Negri, some of last j stalwarts ban the r» the Army cricketer* r £2 ln c V" Among c t m v. r Bennett Jasl >' tippei tnd Pm v. Another loss to
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    Awthar Wins Novice Cup
    66 10 KUALA v. d Awihar Singh, one of Mi a champion cyclists, is jir. the motor fit-id and should I with distinction in the future terday, in the hill climb >ed by the S< gor MI r Sports Ciub. he won the cup for the fastest novice
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    Onan Rangers
    54 10 THE irinj selecn ent thi Rangers the Can uda XI. on Saturday Dec I Playen and supporters are reted emble at No. 71, Onan Road 4.0U pm. sharp, for Era port M ''lamed Sa. Baba LeiChi* nina, Cheerie Lee. Vusofll HasNl i Leng, R Chua. Ai- Si 1
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      42 10 I Pip, Squeak and Wilfred J-r.% ,vos GrOi^Cl 'rtt/NTtEO* Pg^yt SH COR HEAOmj COURSE I&m )>tOi C-V.D G MOEsr; Hts nct*; UttCLC £GB£fi~T .S'^p.p *<JNT:E.. faijfc^-^L j. /to -cjNr"^-^ _EM^Q^_$V u&* < 9 _T*i V* 1 JjjSr 1 I NEW YEARMv^ Mchildretm W\^
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      12 10 f COFFEE AND COMIN' UP, /^MMm) f\ I/^THAT^X j vI KIND^ BLOPPvI
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