Singapore Standard, 22 December 1953

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  • 17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD jfc an V IV. N«. 173# SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1953. TWELVT PACES 10 CENTS.
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  • 139 1 YOU Helped To Bring Xmas Cheer To THEM Standard Staff Reporter READERS of The Standard rJm I ppiness of 150 poor children inSi substanti a»y to Singapore Anti- In Sanore vmUa.. <> si s Associative, the children 1 the first of the ih.it readers of The J sent them i
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  • 270 1 Lesson In Charity: Gifts Pour In *5 >' s To Go Help Us Reach The $20,000 Target MAS v iust two While thousands joying themselves there are many male ones little poor homes and institutions who ill fa< c a dreary Xmas. voa given your to The Standard's > Fund
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  • 10 1 FIRST GIFTS GO OUT -TAKING JOY TO A BOY it
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  • 50 1 HANOI, Dec-. 21 (UP).— Pun-loving youncj Kin^ Xorodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has personally lod hi.s troops m moppin^-up operations against Communist rebels neur the Thailand border. Skimpy reports today said the Km^ directed the cleaning out of isolated Vietminh pocket.s of resistance southeast of Battambang.
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  • 39 1 SANTIAGO. CHILE. Dec. 21 (AP) A series of 15 earthquakes on Sunday shook the Northern City of Illapel m a period of three hours. First reports said there were no casualties and damage was slight.
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  • 226 1 yOU WATCHED FOR 1T... N0W DIFFERENT COLOURFUL pEATURE, latest literary venture m the country obtaining thrilling stories a breath faking serial. :{-D and a score of informative articles will be available tomorrow from any news agent your news vendor or direct from The Singapore Standard. I?VERY story, feature
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  • 176 1 HUSBAND'S TEN LONELY NIGHTS: HONGKONG. Dec. 21. (AFP) For ten days a husband here was puzzled why his newly wed bride kept well away from him until he disrovered that the pretty little thing he married was a man. Today 20-year-old Ma Kwong Hei
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  • 300 1 MOSSADEQ' S TRIAL NEARS CLIMAX Zero Hour Plea By Shah A5.... Mossadrq Jommey't TEHERAN, Dec. 21 (AP) The Shoh of Iron yesterday threw his weight info the balance on behalf of Mossadeq as the court martial trying the ex-dictator made ready to hand down o verdict. In a letter to
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  • 185 1 KOALA LUMPUR, Mon.-Justice K. N. Taylor, Chairman of the Federa- ttoti's Integrity Commission. wa s appointed today as arbitrator to decide the new year wages of Malaya's 300,000 rubber workers. The appointment was announced by the Commissioner for Labour, following a "significant series'*
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  • 222 1 Next News May Be: 'Beria Is Dead' LONDON. Dec. 21. (Reuter) British officials are now awaitintr what th»*y believe to be the next and final stage m the "Beria case" a formal Moscow announcement that the former Secret Police Chief has been shot. Today's demands by the Moscow press for
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  • 33 1 WASHINGTON, Dar. 21 The White House ha> announced that Soviet Russia has agreed to join the L'niterl States m secret MfOttattMM PO President plaqpbQwef*i programme dtr mi iril«iuatioU4i tttoniic pool. UP
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  • 110 1 HONGKONG, Dec. 21 (UP) This hub of Far' Eastern trade su tiered aootbef .setbark last month as exports and imports .skidded seven and a half per cent from the October levels. The Hon-kong government announced that external v In November totalled HK1470.500.000, about HKs.'*B--000,000
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  • 36 1 JAKARTA. Dec. 21 (UP).— Agricultural Affairs Mir; Mohammad Hanafiah told the United Press today thai I Indonesian cabinet cuss tho possibility of *c nibl)or to Hed China at its next .-ession.
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  • 136 2 Adviser Post -ACCM Deny Allegation [ALA LUMPUR, Moo. i Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today denied a report m a Singapore English morning newspaper (not The Standard) that the Chambers had demanded abolition of the post of British Adviser. In a statement issued today. Mr. Chong Khoou Lin, Acting Chairman
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  • 119 2 $3 ,000 Rin g, Watch Stolen D!A VIO?:D ring K)0 and a i valued at 1 rited i a r jf) Ho.!(i, Singapore, <% i Saturday night, thn I turkeys valued a1 $50 were) i if poultry run ai c 13 1 Jurong Road. An a m a Lorong Stangee
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  • 271 2 ACCEPT PLAN TO STABILISE LAND PRICES— PEPLER IT would "seem to me so silly of Singaporeans not to take advantage of the bitter experiences of the people of England m solving the problem of development by stabilising land prices," Sir George PepVer, Town Planning Adviser to the Colony Government told
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  • 140 2 Thieves Take Goldfish In His Absence AN aqua list and a shopkeeper went out shooting m Singapore m two separate hunting parties over the weekend the first on Saturday night and the other on Sunday. The aquarist returned to his house m Pays Lebar Road m the early hours of
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  • 52 2 THE service personnel on board the French veteran trooper Pasteur, which will call at Singapore en route to Prance on De are In for a big surprise. The Standard understands that members oi the French Community are organising a special treat lor them In the Shape of
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  • 115 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 56 56 A No. 1 R.S.S. 56* 56; No. 2 R.S.S. 55; 56A No. 3 R.S.S. Ml M] Tone: Quiet. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was $3151 per picul.
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  • 110 2 PRETTY 13-year-old Anne Spruce, arrived In Singapore aboard a Qantas Skymaster from New Zealand yesterday, adding a few thousand more miles to her already long travelling record for one so young. Anne has crossed the line" four times m the course of her sea and
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  • 29 2 THE Capitn' < ien air crnema m Kuantan will donate the entire proceeds of two shows on Due. 26 towards the Federation Blind. Deaf and Dumb Fund.
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  • 40 2 HOXGKO.NU. Dec 21. Special Stand ird Service: Closing prices of thr Hongkong Exchange today were $15. .">0 to £1 sterling: $5.9725 to US$l: $1,811 to Malay. an $r. $0,215 to one Indonesia Rupiah, Gold 5243.75 to i taei.
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  • 265 2 Row Over Choice Of Candidates MORE trouble is brewing m the Singapore Branch of <*in7ls names tour of whom arc not m the Committee, out are ordinary members who joined the Association only m October An Vmviwnvy Mmemtimg The Standard learned yesterday that because of these
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  • 125 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A terrorist and a Home Guard were wounded and a Malay civilian shot dead when a party of five Malays who went out to cut wood m the Kampong Ulu, Jelebu area of Jelebu District m Negri Sembilan, was waylaid yesterday afternoon
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  • 100 2 KOTA BAHRU. Tues.— The new two stoned building for the Secondary Section of the Ismail English School will be used from the beg.nning of the new school lerm on Jan. 10 next year, for pupils of Standard FiVf and upwards, while the old building will be
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  • 92 2 JOHORE. Mon— A Local Council election was held yesterday at Tangkak New Village m Muar area. Johore. More than 81 per cent of the villagers recorded their choice for 12 count iilors from 41 candidates who stood for election. Mr. Pang Kirn Hua was elected Chairman.
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  • 41 2 LIEUTENANT J. L, C. Fotheringham, of the 22 Special A:r Service Regiment, was killed while on opernt:ons last Friday He was ambushed by terrorists north of Fort Shean m Itorth-Weat Pnhang. He cam« from Suffolk, England
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  • 76 2 City Labour Dispute Is New Settled THE Singapore !itj 10.000 dai j over the work* has l>een am a I temporal: The Council's Labour 3 committee and of the City Count il Unions Federation day and a«rtr<j \o ctrU proposals on the worken* 4 standing clai-ns. According to the ag
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    • 76 2 Weather Report MINIMI M irtniifiMlurr: ir»m T.:iu p.m. Dec. t« 7.30 a.m. !»«<•. ;i Singapore (76F); f< n^ i. Kot.i Bahm Kuala l.umpur iiU'l; (poll (75F); Ku.itit m (13F>. M.i KiOHUB I «'in;MT:»(urr: From 1J39 a.m. t« 7.30 p.m. i' '.'I Singapore (WF); Pruaai (87K): Kola B;;liru >.«»i received; Ku:ila
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  • 225 3 Ga| n From US Offset By Fall In R| Imports Lan ,7 ALAY A\S foreign r:l(1(> s"l0 280 er S f« balante <»f SIH.2SO m' S L m n th resulte «> S rf"' 1 a nd imiMinC Jiio being worth official statistics.
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  • 145 3 hristmaa turkeys, dan-led by the ■■■■■■■i brought a festive air into a Sin™ Doreco.iH In the dock stood four mencC* turkeys, some bars of soap a lanre S! Id rolls and a butcher's knife Imree in the Merkur. which evening for I 'P. Purser, R.
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  • 54 3 Day Adventist I sioi y< con- lal meeting. een meeting m D 12 at No 800 m I 1 11. I ;m. Sinuai! \OuUl now a „'!ar at C'«>burfi: mi m Melbourne, .irrlvj-ri m the ird a i^intas ion from Sydney t«> spend the mis 11 ition
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  • 23 3 thp: s ;M :j ily 1 allowed 15 2?* 7 1V< Chinese Ne W Year- and 4 D^pavali and D^'^riS
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  • 9 3 THE Umar Pulavar Tamil re wif' ho
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  • 256 3 Standard Shipping Reporter WHKN the 322 nd Destroyer Division of the United Mates Navy dropped anchor m the Warship Anchorage oi Mnijapore yesterday it carried 7G officers and 1 200 men who are all "standing by" to join Singaporeans m celebrating Christmas. The l >ur
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  • 131 3 Shocked By Audacity Of The Theft A POLICE Lieutenant, told that wore ing War Department property, ■cd to the tnd I two men making ofl with an air raid shelter compartment that weighed a^out two tons and capable of holding six men "The compartment was placed on a lorry," said
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  • 24 3 TO raise money for the AntiT B Fund the film -Son of Monte Cristo*' was shown at the Lido, X >ta Bahru.
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  • 37 3 N avy Is In For Xmas COMMANDED of Ifce is. Destroyer I>i vision Ml. Capt. B.G. Cumphcll and aWre, his fla^>hip the i.s.s. BaktaMsj CtUi) with the Ileuly Hi",*.), phutourjplicd at anrhor m Singapore yesterday. Standard photo.
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  • 57 3 HONG KONG, Dec (AFP).-M. L. Durrant, Astant Postmaster-General, sailed this evening aboard the Preconshire for Singapore where he will assume tlte poafl of Director of Posts. Durrant luis been m the postal service here for 13 years and many improvement-; here m postal facilities are
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  • 100 3 AUTOGRAPHS of the Com-missioner-General, Mr Malcolm MacDofiald, were very much m demand at the Animal Lovers' League Christmas Party at Raffles Institution Hall, last evening. After many rounds of games the 200 children, who parked the hall, witnessed Mr MarDonald start the first' danro with
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  • 76 3 SEETHING with long-ron- lined dislike Nar Ah Goo one morning suddenly attacked Phang Kar Seng from behind while the latter was eating at a wayside stall mi n Boon Teck Rond. and slashed him with a 9-inrh i on vegetable knife. Na r was found
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  • 31 3 MALAYAN students m Britain were televised throughout the world m a unique BBC broadcast feature ''London calling Asia." recently, when they attended a meeting of the Asian Club.
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  • 165 3 Put A Tax On Wives, He Says PEN'ANG, Ifon. Welcoming tIM move m Singapore for monofamouj marriages. Mr. N Ponnudurai at the Settlement Council meeting today irent on c step further and demanded a tax o n those who have more than one wife. Such tax, he said, should be
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    • 43 3 M I M"^m I I ~1 FJ I- 1 F If i r\ f IH n J 1 cl V> t 11 I W I j I/isl/i If it tffi 4-20, ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE Lj ///p Federation by:WEARNE BROS. LTD. i i ii <
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    • 260 3 if *jH No carbonotion gets m the tIL-jb^u. way of thc rco ruit avor tJ of Birc ley's fruit drinks |l A ORANGE, PINEADE. GRAPE. H V^VV Try o boftlc, IK |j See how good it really is lm obtainable everywhere. lav J i^BK Lm\\ ■His ■Pr ■■T'^r' i'""* If
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  • 384 4 WATER SHORTAGE IN 1957 But Supply Safe Next Year THERE is a possibility of Singaporeans experiencing short periods of acute water shortage during the end of 1956 and the whole of 1957, Mr. W. S. Stredwick, City Water Engineer told The Standard yesterday. He added, however, that water supply to
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  • 470 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government is now trying to beat the rice trade at its own game by mixing a certain amount of the best quality broken and whole grain rice to produce an acceptable grade of white rice for issue on the
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  • 161 4 ABOI'T Tilt: MOST sur prined man one last November morning was Yeen Ah Chor? of Victoria Street, when he v.is uabbed by a girl detective as he leisurely cycled alorm Jalan Besar. Ycen. a fruit vendor, was on his ■JfcJ homo with a
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  • 119 4 Ship Films Voyage In Colour A MOTION PICTURE m Ferraniacolor Is now be taken for LlyoJ Triestino serving the Near Middle and Far Basl with the latest types ol ships, the Asia and the Victor. .1. which are regular Singapore callers. A teatii of eight of the Ferry Mayer Company
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  • 68 4 THE Director of Posts, Singapore, said yesterday the Genera] Post Office Will be opened on Christmas Day and Boxing Day iroin 'J a.m.. till noon. All oihcr Post OiVu-es and Agencies, he added. will be opened from <> a.m.. till 10.30 a.m., with the exception
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  • 304 4 Man' s Guilt Ovpentls On Thy Toss Of A Pot! Standard Staff Reporter A BRAND new pot. containing a bundle iPdfchtag six pounds, describod an artout of the window and dropped next door v»ith a thud and a rattle while Police officers and a judjje watched and listened. Five times
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  • 44 4 Tea-year-eM Zuiaiiui Kams.tni of Std. 11l Raffles Girls' School seen accepting a Rift from Santa Ciaus. at Sunday's Christinas Party sponsored by the Singapore Improvement Trust Junior Orh rers' Assocation. Zulaiha's l.ilher Karasani Sa'at. woiks with the S.I.T. Standard photo.
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  • 176 4 Standard Staff Rejwrter MR R G 1 vis. an office :a::t attached to Sandilao la B, »i .V: Co.. Ltd S c ed at IJO a.m. \t day. Following a motor car accident on Sat irday nicht at Sto I ni H-ad. His pai
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  • 238 4 The Times Urges More*-* LONDON. Dec. 21, (Keulcr):— The Times said >esterday that the only way to make Malaya stable m the long run was lor her Government to encourage a greater variety of industries and crops which the country was fully capable of sustaining. ''For
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    • 317 4 m CATIUY ORGANiSATKM j*y ATTRACTIONS f "*gjP OPENS -Wijr3j~^rjT\r4~f "•t«jn.-i« TODAY '^M, j[JL.ttt^ MB|r > '"*k Ut(N SHARPI *.":!> CiMfcßC Ike (h.^p^^ CHRISTMAS! BUT SOON THE WHOLE TOWN WILL WJ^^ TECHNICOLOR 5 MDj.STAIRE- r jTD r^HARISSE V »^>» QSCAR LEVANT NANEnEfABRAY- JACK BUCHANAN THI RSim AT MIDNIGHT! "RON RICARDO RETURNS"
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    • 14 4 On iff Ihi us 1 1 mm I M»j«! tSimm !%€>§*: To Tin* Imtrf I
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    • 188 4 5 SHOWS al 11 an* 1.45. 4. b ;q a. i>i Shek Hwei m "SIOU WOO mL, m MANDARIN m¥k V.Si. lf| >i From iIiURSDAY! For X'MAS' f' j^MHR) vms on a gmCOOPER mdhmSTU MtcmwMG w ea Filmed ii. MEXICO b> WAX 111 T!J \\i\W\\ t V Thu th cfa
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  • 83 5 •OMPT action by an ci K ht-\,. n „i of McNair Road School SinLaU^ lo lll( .nAUh-ant-run thief. P u led to the Chv KM,r d m; outsid c the house m m n »r1 Road, on Nov Jl M^air ft of a
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  • 368 5 Court Grants Injunction AN mtt-i iiii injunt twifi WMM granted to the Straits Tf id insj Company. Ltd.. by Mr. Justice Brov n m the Singa- j pore High Court yesterday > to restrain nine strikers from remaining on the Company's land and premises
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  • 112 5 Hiddies Enjoy Xmas Treats Santa's Visit MORE ffKin fifty i!iil ITCH O| |kc stall of Malayan \ii>. iy g Siimapoic rdaj rode a Xnus °*»1 traia (above) 11v huilt lor th»-ni >v their fathers and rieads, and drlvin 1» n».«- other thai Saiit.i i»us. himself. Mi<« train, an aircraft <>H
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  • 72 5 A CONSTABLE who was on duty at Kallang Road on Aug. 4. noticed a van travelling without lights. He stopped 'he an k «nd ft.und that the driver had an expired licence. The driver. Lee Choo of Serangoon Road, was yesterday fined a total of $:*0
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  • 148 5 Driver Struck His Sergeant A YOUNG ayan Other Rank struck his sergeani placed m n for insubord tion He -a. i> Di r Dawood bin Awang ol 61 Company, RAS C. Ay< Rajah 1: He -a i !>> ::..< v ,f strik- a superi <i '.Die,- and v ibordinate language
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  • 56 5 FOR ABETTING and Permitting Mian Chin So Hen to I tiri\-e cai whilst not covered by third party insurance, Tun Teng Him of Seah Street. was yesterday fined i total of siL'ri m the Singapore First Traffic Court. The Magistrate, Mr. F. A. Chua, disqualified him from driving all
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  • 25 5 THE three doctors taking the first Diploma m Public Healtn at the University of Malaya I have passed their first e\a- mination.
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  • 163 5 SLO-MO SHI N, Swift craft hydroplane powered bj ,i John ion 25 h.p out »rd en gine nnii driven by Henry Siddons, trav< i than any cralt ha- (tone m the i !olony hen it moo In* gest ever: i at the Chri I
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  • 79 5 s(:»iul.iml stafl Reps Her SEVENTY-ONE trwrken »f tlu* Stralli tndimg Company's tin imeMiaf uorks m Vu\au BnuU irerc yesterday tenred w «t h Csvri •rden asking them t-» Mint their qwurten Immediately. 1 t i I I If' I)il ft§t ttm 'I •I
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  • 115 5 Chinese Can Choose For Themselves Standard Staff Krporln '1 Hi: SUuaporr l» i- m m«;it of KdnratioM lin left c 'oloa i i ii <• M'hools to i hoiiM- vvliriliii (h('v U lilt (mo oi (litre ti'lins J \('.il. ill a ir< tii.il it Kk\% tin- I >' !>:• 1
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  • 781 6 IT ivus perhaps not tactful of Sir Gerald TempltT to point out, m his message to the Plantation Workers' Union, the "debt ol gratitude" that workers owed t'> employers for the extent to which they have epted you and assisted you to find your feet." Workers who
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  • 1115 6 We Must Guard Against A Shackled Press ViHY i. the frer.lom of the fe*M >° ,-cr important W J democracy? The MMMMT ..< that fr..,U,m to ,rili,i*e, freedom to complain, freedom 1,, j-v,»r,.. vieus -rhi'h differ from the of £ri*, i- P«rt of the democrat,,- ..«> of Ufe. ilhoui this
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  • 389 6 twft^4HMm^EiKfiB^nttliiifi('i/^£'/^^ii^^tt^ffflHMHHHiifi& Sir; I was surprised tp r< ad m your issue of Dec. 19 a s<>nie\vhat loquacious memorandum from the Singapore Union of Journalists to the Rendel Commission on self-government for this Colony. I distrust unsigned documents and m this case f feel specially
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  • 346 6 Sh~: "Fair's Fair" is conjured between the principle on which portable cost-of-living allowances are paid and that on which family allowances are bated. In Mie lower income croups where tfie higti cost of living is felt most, the tame amount of variable allowance to paid for single, married and
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  • 143 6 wt fit C T^VEN if freedom of the J Press only exists on paper m the constitution of the Soviet Union, that should not deter us from demanding freedom of the Press to be specifically recognised m our constitution, Utusan Melayu says, m reply to Cynicus's article
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  • 877 6 NfcW VUKK Deo. 21 (IP) Some new testimony on a great American dilemma was published today. The dilemma: How can the United States lead world resistance to Communist imperialism without underwriting colonialism which may lead to more Commii* nism? The testimony: A book named "Ambassador's Report." (Harper
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  • 139 7 Lewis Peat To Expand 'Safely' [lON, Dec. :il (Rev- i wis and Peal is to shive nil the ml produce busitbe foi ination ol a nmpany and to ex<«:i *^a<e lines" m an i\«»ur to stabilise the Mr. 11. Boy den, nan ol the company, nounced this m a to
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  • 57 7 'HI, Dvr. 21 (AP)-^ Fedora; Court i I permission to paper editor Major-G< the fln tribunal w them m the 'pindi conspiracy verc Fai/ v former editor of 'ion English languewspaper. tho Paki- of Lahore, who i to ten years' nt, and I irrrt€r r< ral Akbar
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  • 62 7 Dec. 21 (AFP) I < ccurred suddenly lor General Sir Neil) London home He was «4. Malcolm, n the army m appointed G.0.C., j m 1921 and was eai ter, KING OMALLEY irvivinf member B f S first Federal Canadian-born •f, died at his >• home
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  • 148 7 New British Envoy Flies Into Iran TEHERAN. Dec. 21 (UP) The first British diplomat to pome T() Iran lince Former Premier Mohammed Mossadeq shut down Britain*! diplomatic pos'.s arrived by plane today while troops stood by with Toanmyguns to prevent anti-British demonstrations, Deris Wrislit. the new British ('h.-iree d'Affaires, arrived
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  • 82 7 sonic "Ni"!/' SSjuS'JSk £:™*p A USA Army, show its new supero demonstrotion over White Sands W n< dcstr °y ""ading enemy aircraft, during T "e first photo shows th. XlC prOYin 9 Sounds. p! ane just before de 7t royinq Ta the win f »cur-,n 9 ined
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  • 277 7 IW^OonYWanr 2nd Korea Conor»«p W DELHI CC 21 Supporters of Premier Nehru's governing shout no fl yes e rd °y P araded th of the Indian caj tal ror^zzi:^^'" 9 plocords sayin9 we d >°^°" Cress Com,m'Term On n,,,^ d n a T" 5
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  • 151 7 Secrecy Veil Lifted On Missiles For City Defence WASHINGTON Dec. 20 (AP)-JThe U.& army I lifted some of the secrecy surrounding its uncanny, bomber-hunting gmd c d missile. On the basil of official disclosures, an army motion picture and other Information abl« it may be said I i ri mil
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  • 77 7 COLOMBO. Doc 21 (AP) Premier Sir John Kotelawala told a meeting m the South Ceylon town of Kalutara yesterday that a large sum of money had boen sent from Russia through Switzerland lo the Secretary of the Ceylon Communist Party. Sir John said: "Although we
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  • 64 7 XEW YORK. Deo. 21. (UP) The death of Josef Stalin and the re-alignment of power m the Kremlin was the biggest new s story of the 1953, editors of the United Press said today. The announcement of the Russian dictator's death o n the cold gray
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  • 68 7 LONDON. Doc. 21 (Reutrr) Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, Ceylon Finance Minister, Jeft London by air las" night for New York and Washington for finance talks He expects to get a loan of 100,000,000 rupees •or Ceylon's hydro-electric scheme on the most favourable terms from the W«u\d
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  • 91 7 HONOLULU, Dec. 21 (AP) A four-engine Tokyo-bound Pan American Stratocruiser escorted two disabled planes to safe Landings at Wake Isl*nd today m a double "rescue, a Pan American spokesman announced. One of the disabled planes was an Overseas National Airways DC 4 flying under military
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  • 70 7 REYKJAVIK. Dec 21. (Renter) A wall of ice stands today between a weary rescue learn and the crashed plane it is struggling to reach on a remote Icelandic glacier The party i s fighting storm and snows m the search for nine men who were mi
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  • 49 7 IAIPEI. Dec. 21 (AFP).— A temple and a restaurant were entirely destroyed by a fire yesterday m the Taipei movie centre. A million Taiwan do! an damage was estimated to nave been earned by the fire, believed to have started from the kit* hen of the restaurant.
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  • 107 7 King Phumiphnd Aduldet of Thailand arrompained by Quern Sirikit. pay a visit to the Japanese Castle at the Constitution Fair m Bangkok, after the hiiildin^ won the (irst prize m the category which called for the propagation of a democratic- idea under the constitution. UP
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  • 30 7 MISS Fiona CampbellWalter, t h c model who has been chosen to appear m the British TV. show "Quite Controry" pictiited durmg __i. i
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  • 323 7 PARIS, Doc. 21. Another Frcm li Clsmillflu today put forward his candidature (or the pi< >v <i<l<'ii(-v of tlie republic a lew hours before both houses ol parliament met for the ninth ballot m the |m ■laUallti election. He la M. Pierre MonteT. former
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  • 84 7 PANMUNJOM Dec. II (Reuter i Common plainers «ii I. njom today hud their mo I i< ->(ul ■come home" tliov persuaded 3 J <d (SO Chinei e prisoner! m m> had rv-i tc i i f p;iti iai i"n lo return. The 4 h.ui I/t
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  • 74 7 ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT. GOTHIC Dec 21. < Eta tei i h and tb« Duke <tt Edunburgh ed from the I ropi< .1 1 lad of Tonga i.i- heading ■out .mi, to v /i .1 and next taga In 12 000-mile Id> .< lour. The
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  • 14 7 ISTANBUL Turkej \> 21 (AP) B "< ann< i i l then
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  • 16 7 CAIRO I' Pi St< i I i confer^ i d i ip<
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  • 9 7 UK r.OHKHI t died i I' > ■.i <•
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    • 45 7 Mr^m. aY Cf B alft aY /^J^^r At I fC Vr A I J >^ v '"AT SERVICES REOPENED In on I WoHneiAiy If* el b f Gervicc, <lail> S*l«rd.,« /^L>>\ For full porHculors rc.ervofions opply »o /fCS your tod ».«vl «9 en> ny M< Oyan
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    • 22 7 NO TAX ARREARS PEKING Red radio said yesterday thai North Korea i Communist Cabinet has conceiied peasants tax arsasjfi since Nuv*mber.— AP
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    • 70 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 21. The following ore the doting prices at rubber and tin on the London market 1 LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot X.d Spot £647 )ot. per ion Jon/M.rth |7 d. Lvy I" £65D Three month* ttlj Apr /June 17id. kuyert, £625
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    • 104 7 i^TdeTl p\atia nttttl Til* 1 Ori-hk' pto »une audtiamti vm #*<#£*** ffni !\<cr boll pomt KM iscovrry. th« i>w oint it always r my' 7 Yj W i ft nal tnk cai>a- cit ,i, t /j O /jl J•ati g r 801 l Pel n I /y y y (1
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    • 715 8 FBenMline sailing; to i K. continental ports Spore P.Shara Prnang m( t<.«• li ii* for Liverpool Dub. in R<jit«idam Ham burs Gd. 33 34 2"» ?7Dec 28 ?9Dec Iscfirinnc> for A\':nmouth I onrion X jfcrdam New f c Hull 25/30 Dec 311>ec 2Jan 3 4Jan Benlcdi foi Livetpi-oi Ulai ow.
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    • 1150 8 Tlim BLUE FUNNEL LINE jwjjig (w ime 8 MAINSriELD CO., LTD. Incorporated m Singapore rnrrlern option to proceed vl;« otl«-r p«»rl« to load and •litharge cargo SAILINGS to MIKRVOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON OONTINBNTAI I'ORI m Dje Bi ii P Sham Per.ang Telrrslas for Liverpool Havre H M Antllocbus for LlverpooJ Glas-
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    • 870 8 STRIKE MAY HALT TRAFFIC PARTq Dor *>1 (Rcu- I ie(i lagt night said th0 r PAKIb. UCC. -l. l^ cl members were unanimously fer): The ground Stan aßre ed on an indefinite on French airfields yes- strike, and accused airlines tfl ,j ay threatened to I which have continued to
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    • 590 8 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILIN(;S FROM SCANhINWix s l>orf P "LAKANUIA* for Bangkok r, i, M "JAVA" f( r Kohsichang, Sai« gon. llonßkon^. Ma:.; a KoM Yokohama I/SJm "PANAMA" for Kol^i. li., and Honskong 10 I) a "IMA" for Djakarta. Koi fhani?. Saiq<»r), Hongkong. Manila. Kobe, ari(i V hama If, IM.,
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  • 289 9 UNTIL militant Communism is completely crushed, the social, political and economic progress of Malaya will be severely retarded, stated Mr. K. J. dimming. Chairman of the Austral Malay group of companies at their annual meeting m Taiping lost week. Duo mainly to the activities of
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  • 62 9 MR RONALD R Poof, Chirf Kneinrrr ml <ir»rral Motor* Bhljib Md Ifct Fricid^irr Com piny ■rrlwd Si«c>r<><«- on a Q.intan inn ■lellatiMl jrrslrrd.tj» o« hi> \s.i N h.irk to Kiitjm ni'-nih'-r of thr Ko%jl Am lull and a krrm c Xhne rnthusu^t Mr. r-i..;«- h.is
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  • 161 9 DOING THE MARKET DULL conditions prevailed on the Singapore rubber market yesterday with small k) ness pas ing at slightly below Sal :rday's closing levels, fir.^t trade rubber for January shipment being quoted cents at the close (56 7/8 cents on Saturday). Prices opened -lightly to* r 00
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  • 60 9 THE produce market m Singapore remained dull m all sections yesterday with small business passing. Singapore produce pi ire? (per picul) yesterday wen Gambier $2l<»: Bali coffee $230; betel nut $28; (Split) $21 (whole); ropra $39 (seller); COCOQUi oil |62 (seller); Pepper $330 (Muntok white); 532."> (Sarawak white); $2f).3
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  • 47 9 LONDON. Doc. 21. (Renter) The International Sugar Council announced yesterday thai the necessary arrangements have been marie to bring the International sugar agreement Into 1 r^e on Jan 1. 1954. The agreement was negotiated m London by 51 nations lurir.g the summer.
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  • 48 9 NEW DELHI. Dec. 21: (AP> Tiic Indi< Govern m< r;t la it ijn nou < decision lo ncrea^e the export allotment of !ea for the urrent fiscal year by 1 2. 188. 015 pounds This will hr.ng the total allotment la 437.048.942 f) »;inds.
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  • 53 9 SHIPMENTS of pn I !atox fro:n last amounted t- < Of 1 > 2.325.81 tana went lv the i;rnte<i StaU i and l,8«a II to the I Other d( fiprmanv Un France 475.73 torn I 270.84 tons, Australia .o«K4 lons. Italy JH7 :>^ '•< Ai gentine i»i.BB
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  • 33 9 MESSRS 0 Chappel of lpoh reported l lldr. Hvdraullc I'm Lid l dec ..ii Interim dh c nf A■ > ft i vharr ('<• In 0 V.\x < f '.r tIM v«-.«t SI. 1
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  • 335 9 THE Malasan share inaiUel opened IIM < < k dull yesterday. Industrials, however, remained (|un 1 1 v steady, while tins were fractionally easier. 1 lit* volume of business was meagre. Xt Kltl N B i k le-» Men Brick Prel. .MO 2 20 Drds trt
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    • 227 9 rji Abner IHK -'U REMOVE J ~j^^ B'JT-(iASP.'-AHCCAIM"Ty x^JBAQ m^^-""^ i |-j-^r_ __357 •IT ftACK*.' I i Alley Oop u^____ jj^. t I "Tl?if et J nCS J By Stan Drake v T r ■'■•<=" )i L-a A :w w: 53 P'PVOU&ETt- y 7 VAPPV ZV\n/SJSAI?X POPS" OP Vy^/r"F H
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    • 466 9 n.Dii-.~ ji'juntiurj-jimu'i iff-.imiufi -m urnrnrrr i tht- --^Bf <-ntirJtitni Tfftill?i^ißl>ir-W ft i^tnillhr<[i||fcii%ilifflNi^i^rf h ftj^-^^i"* -*^*o**^*^ P'NGAPOReJ KU4LALVMPU* ,J* la^tf fflfr X ffftrisf 2H HIV: 'I' The Mi *r -> afir Jk sSmJW* 7 1:> i,!t\M. \W\- M»S( lUI 111 till 'MM..N ||.ltfj Mrl V.M.C.A. m Bid ol Christina m sc
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  • 47 10 WE (1 >n t kaow Wh« netted her. hut we thought she was too nice to 3<*t away before you had a rhaace to weigh-up the catch. She was caiisht as she modelled a floral striped Nunsuit at a receut fashion show of teenage styles.
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  • 707 10  -  MARGARET SCOTT By 'HRISTMAS is «m,. of the 4 few times when it's rather aice to be expecting a .baby. There's something about this particular tin-.e of the year v hit h brhlgs out th,- h«st m people and which makes «\»n the most mpleasaat
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  • 349 10 jVJANY men suffer a lapse x of memory during the Yule-tide season. Or so it seems to their wives, whj open their holiday packages to And nothing resemblfng wants or wishes expressed throughout the year. On Christmas morning, such a wife's tact undergoes perhaps it
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  • 766 10  -  HARVEY DAY jtimmuuißy twurntu^; RECENTLY a traveller m the Hoggar Mountains of the Sahara stated that he found a Miss Daisy Wakefield living m a small mud hut m the village of Tim.uiraset, 1,315 miles south of Algiers, near the Tropic of
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  • 216 10 r FHE task of aiding your daughter m making the most of her looks is not one that should be stumbled into blindly. It's a problem that should be given much advance thought and planning lest your prodding prove more harmful than helpful. Tact- and
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  • 278 10 By Rita Del Mar VO| X ItIKIIIDXTF AM) ItlKlilNK.N AKl.'.s M lPch -21 1 > A l<* Resiive minor difflcu t es; :>: »»ei-t |mr wtll lag; i »ke n > eta < t\j i;i s April i>') t'i m, v 10— M lini itn order
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    • 21 10 IMPERIAL LEATHER (^^W^ TOIUT REQUISITES W^^W Toilet Powder S After Shave Lotion /l/* 2^^^^^ V Brilliantine 1 V Shaving Sticks \<?^ W
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    • 216 10 m I* rut tivfti I m I super vioiHHoi i a Ay a^ ■> v w i M \v>// MM uffnnl a lit/h* mtftr give a m Dmmlopillo mnllrr .v-... f/// -ro, ///< THE DUNLOP RoSBER CO MALAYA K. LUMPLR PtNANG s^-# S« s^« MS Mfl BOOK NOW FOR mHI
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  • 215 11 Teen-Ager Routs Test Batsmen "'^ILTON'. Bermuda S Woods%nd were 6i*£ wood s dismissed H itton Suttte a«d Grav^ f our and fished with inning -os of five for 49. Co JU*|7i Ton, U oi surrey fa, B greal d r ;jftt wick,H mda went if un?/ th< H 1 5
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  • 1079 11 -JfJ^pON, Dec 20 (Reuter).— l J ;oa,l League standings alter i (;:cJ;ij ?> matccs were: p< 22 10 8 4 44 29 28 Scunthorpe 22 11 6 5 40 31 28 Barnslf-y 22 10 7 S 31 25 27 Stockp..rt 23 10 7 6 47 28 27
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    • 72 11 icorld famous family o f TIGER medicinal products [CHEE THONE SAN )vides Instantaneous relief i Ot •hache, Earache, Stomachic, Muscle Pain, lodia^tion :he, Colds, Sore Throat] ING AUN TONG Tin- Tiger Medical Hall •a\ I l|Af\r /f Wl/1O 'l^^'i/y^f^ HlflDL I LCirTiVo filUCn IfIUKC //i^ much LONCihK 1 111 aFa^af*
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    • 355 11 I On l ff J tigtffs I #V# I a nil "notices The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 45) In Ihe High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island Of Singapore |N BANKRUPTCY. No. 335 1 of 1953. RE MM SIM TIEN of No. 535-59. Farrer Road. Singapore. Receiving Order made 6th
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    • 585 11 NOTICES TAKE lotice that Thye Hong And Co.. of No. 100 High Street. Kuala Lumpur have this d.iy voluntarily d up their business. Any r on or firm having any < laim against the above firm must submit their claim to thrir ."'ror R H. Legge Esq. No. 4 Klync
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    • 320 11 SITUATIONS VACANT \\i ED Male or teachrr oJ n» School, qualification .firyte with Oral, general knowlecjp* of Chiur^e G< r.r rnmer.t r.r,- p i tr.'u: port allowance ■>* n Scho 9 J JUI r pEACRBR r.«» iir< d In\ Primary l. Kale, apply stati.-ik; m I by letter to Mi
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    • 177 11 JIIIMIONS VACANT M \l. W RMI.W4T t \N« IKS APPLIC whe4 1 i Clerical Ser- 4 he sal r v *< Pr <102 x$ r «l! 4. Tim* scal< II 12t 4 11 H. r Sprn.'! Ci it $:r2*<: %a>? ("ov« of Lhrl c and A I > arjd,' inn
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  • 487 12 Stormy Meeting] At Jalan Besar j By JEFFREY JAMES 1 SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association had> its stormiest annual general meeting for many years J yesterday— fighting against the 'progress' which Col- 2 ony clubs hoped to bring into the association via better j representation. rr. Th
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  • 588 12 THE most important item on the agenda on y«»erda£s SAFA annual general meeting was the fight for seats by senior and jun.or clubs, reports JEFFREY JAMES contmumg his report on the meehn j would be soon controlling the f °"f o '':/l °"do™, ly enough when
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  • 532 12 SINGAPORE Harbour I superiority, whipped a Singj by 16 points (two goals anc penalty) m a friendly gam< yesterday. Putting up a gre the Harbourmen took a 11It wai keenly contested and r the Harbour Board. as.-ernns their superiority from the kickoff, had the Club playing
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  • 429 12 ASKS T. H. LYE WILL defending champion, Ong Poh Lim, said to be on the decline, retain his title and his reputation against the fast rising Malay player, Omar Ibrahim, conqueror of his Thomas Cupmate, Ismail bin Marjan, when they meet m the final of
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  • 292 12 PENANG, Mon. Despite losing the game, the St. Andrew's School past and present combined gave a creditable display m their friendly rugby match against the Penang All Blues at the Dato Kramat ground today. Blues beat the visiting touring side by 18 points (4 tries
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  • 359 12 A RKCORD entry h.ive been received for tbe johore Badminton Association championships due to bffiu on Dec. 25 at Johore Bahru. The entries a:v Open Singles: Ng Ngoh Tee. Omar Manab, Yusofl Akil, Aril Awang, Roland Ng, Her Wee K'.an.;. Open Doubles: D:uid Abdullah and Tahir: Yacob
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    • 167 12 LAST NIGHT VARIETY DOG SHOW at HAPPY WORLD STADIUM I at 9 p.m. ONLY I S3. $2, |1.) I (Children Trice) I Introducing I ARKOI I I ALEXANDRIAN i PRINCESS I 1 1 B M n I' v *i, t I i For brighter 'whites'" a fittte RECKITTS CROWN BLUI
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    • 236 12 Capital fho^l gum BALLROOM RESfAURAm! Iff*" y, Announcing the engagement of SHANGHAI'S LATEST SINGING RAVE... mm* FROM X'MAS EVE j^rifl Book Now Fou Fimim n EXTENSION 2 ..m.-O.NNfR, C X, B v I X'MAS AH. m DINNER: Chinese or Englah MiOXIXG A Il.li I EXTENSION I ....-DmNER: CX. n v
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