Singapore Standard, 29 December 1953

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD m 4 Vwl IV. No. 180. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1953. TWKI.VE PACES 10 GENTS.
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    'SEEKERS' PICTURE TO COST £1/4 MIL.
    344 1 'SEEKERS' PICTURE TO COST £1/4 MIL. !I film producer < am. director n and photorector Peter arrived in by Qantas/BOAC -rday en Zealand for I the iilm. t-H O tion film, Glynia ai.fj the i i cer, CO! *****,000 >, .said h film ever /-< and, will 60 n rua.
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    TEMPLER: THE NEWS IS DUE
    30 1 TEMPLER: THE NEWS IS DUE i ':•<•■ i Antlrf w Koth, Londoa C'orr. 1 m.— A Colonial nent is expected noun -in£ a conlot the Federation ner, I teneral fcmpl et
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    THE DEAR OLD LADY
    66 1 -W/Mi A P'«i°<-s Load 01 CiH, Th, CMMrm At Th. In tho top picture. Mrs. Heal, as "Mother Christmas" is seen with "rather Christmas" (Mr. I.aird> sprc^dint; Christmas eheer. Most of ike toys easac from Tho Standard's T«>v Fund. In tho picture abovo sho reeoive s
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    Navarre Rally For The Great Counter Thrust
    295 1 SAIGON, I>ec. 28.— French Supreme Commander Gen. Henri Navarre was rallying his forces today to beat back Communist-led rebels who surrounded the Laos-Thailand border town of Thakhek in a strong surprise Christmas offensive which sliced Indo-China in two. Rebel field commander Gen. Vo
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    QUIRINO FREES 52 CRIMINALS
    42 1 M Wii.A. Dec. 28 (UP) President Elpidio Quii ino pardoned today th« 52 Jap;.: > M war ciiir.es prisoners whose death sentence! he commuted to life terms last JuN and who are now confined in lokyo I Sugamo prison.
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    INTERIM GOVT. IS NAMED
    109 1 GEORGETOWN, < British Guiana). Dn\ 28: (Router) Sir Alfred Savage. Governor of British Guia:ia last nighi nami-J 1 > members of an Executive Council and 27 members of a Legislative Council which are t o constitute aa ia- Lciuu Government. Xo supporters of the Leftwing Peoples'
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    2 SHIPS SAVE 43 PEOPLE
    48 1 MEW YORK I) :.H < MM—' A dramai the North Atlani sons i the 5.900-ton Swedish Oklahoma broke In The U s Military .>!nt) Bluejacki I ing :^ti of the i I while tlio Finnish i Orion re ued the oi en 1 VIVOrS.
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    STOP FAMILY PAY AT ONCE: DEMAND
    355 1 STOP FAMILY PAY AT ONCE: DEMAND CJA Calls For A Showdown SINGAPORE Government will be told to "immediately withdraw" the payment of nonpensionable expatriation pay, when it next meets the Council of Joint Action for further negotiations on the Ritson Report. If Government is unwilling to do this, the CJA
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    Mother Xmas Received A Present Too
    237 1  - Mother Xmas Received A Present Too RONNIE DUCLOS By Standard Staff Reporter JOIIORL BAHBU, Mon There was a 'Mother Christmas" as well as a "Father Christmas" at the Majedee Detention (amp here today. Her silvery hair was covered by a wide sun hat. and over In-, shoulders was draped a
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    MAORIS HAIL THE QUEEN
    64 1 WAITANGI, N a Dec 21 i i:. i uv i rowd of moi I i OM• r 1 -I hei e lj of trc i. tmi Lord, <^ut raigi v n -lie ;u ,i D <>f Edinburfh ir rived 'M.I, IV Th€ Royal <■<> inc khii
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    YOU MADE TB PARTY A SUCCESS
    103 1 YOU MADE TB PARTY A SUCCESS MRS. B. JENSEN, Lady Almoner of the Royal Sin::::--pore Tuberculosis Clinic. thanks the readers of the Singapore Standard who contributed towards the parcels distributed t.t tne children's party held at the clinic on Dec. 21. "Your readers' contributions hc!ped to make the party a
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    BASES FOR US IN MALDIVES?
    65 1 COLOMOBO, Dc^. 28 (UP) The visit of United State:^ Ambassador in Ceylon. Mr Phi;:p Crowe and hii> wife to the Maldives Islands W an RAF plane from Trincomalee has raisei speculation here whether tho United S'ates h^.' its eyes on the chain of island! for
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    16 1 "The champ likes Mm right atmosphere! he fought his wav up from the streets!"
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    AUSSIES STEP UP CAMPAIGN
    77 1 PENANG, Dec. 'JH: (AP)— yan b ssmen will be sent in a group n< year to Austra to '■<_• for th< country's vastly expanded Mr. George S. An- on, the Au Trade :;kmc-i in Malaya today. Air. Anderson i i A i tr.ilia, will now on
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    Mr. Aw Will Give Away 100 Houses
    243 1 Mr. Aw Will Give Away 100 Houses MR. aw BOOX HAW philanthropist and newspaper magnate, announced yesterday that lie will Immediately build one hundred M stono houses" lor tne victims of the disastrous fire which rendered 60,000 people homeless i n the refugee .sector of KowlOOn. Hongkong. O n Christmai
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    XMAS HOLIDAY DEATH RECORD
    19 1 o m (it.- 1i cideni to of tli. day i n the m 4 >, i
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    $13,000 Worth Of Pepper Stolen
    181 2 $13,000 Worth Of Pepper Stolen Standard Staff Reporter MOBE than 51 3.000 worth of Mack sibu pepper was stolen from |i store in Telok Ayer street, Singapore, in the small hours of yesterdav. J lie burglary was, only discoreVed at 6.30 a.m. when an i%.iilo-.r>- of the firm, the Mm
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    66 2 THE stately Bank of China buildinsr in Battery Road rang; with life and activity yesterday, when members of the stuff moved into their new airconditioned premises for work this morning. Every nook and corner was occupied by crowds of curious people who wanted to see the Bank at work. This
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    MAN IS KILLED NEAR RAILWAY
    62 2 A YOUNG Chinese was found dead, believed to I been killed in a ra ay accident off Henderson Road, Singapore, at 4.40 a.m, yesterday morning. Til) late last night police had failed to identify the body. Aged between 22 to 28, the man was medium-built.
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    CURIOSITY GOT HIM $500 FINE
    82 2 SEAH KOH IM, IT. was fined $500, in default three jail, in the Singapore Sixi i Court yesterday f"i" a sting in the manage- a public lottery, "chap on Dcr 4 at 1 .45 a.m. ■•> junction of .Ja!an Besar .ir.fi Sam Leong Road. S<
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    UK Gives £3M For Rice Production
    157 2 THE British Government has made a special allocation #1 £;> million under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts lo investigate the possibilities of rice production in several territories, including British Guiana and Malaya. olonial s> -v Mr. this in the January issue of *he
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    SOLDIER IS FREED OF NEGLECT
    122 2 PRIVATE Duncan Brow n of the RoyaJ Signals, Singapore, wa> acquitted in the First Traffic District Court yesterday, ot a charge of causing the death of Tan Lau Tua. by a negligent act, while driving a military truck along Alexandra Road. Brown was not called
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    Here To See How Cinemascope Hits
    288 2 MR. MURRAY Silverstone, President of Twentieth Century-Fox International and Inter-America Incorporations, arrived in Singapore with his wife, by 8.0.A.C. Argonaut from Hongkong yesterday, on the last lap of a four-month global tour of all Company exchanges. "I*m making a general sur- vey to £ot
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    TALK IN TAMIL
    42 2 MR T. MUTHUSAMYPILLAI. Crown Advocate of Ceylon and General Manager of the Hindu College and affiliated schools, Jaffna, Ceylon, will give a talk in Tamil o n "Thamilin Perumai" at the Ceylon Tamils' Association premises tomorrow at 6.30 p.m.
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    They Want A Word With Sir George
    108 2 They Want A Word With Sir George SINGAPORE Government labourers want to tell Sir George Rendc in iheir own 'ongue what they feel about Constitutio.ia! reform for tne Colony. And the workers are prepare.! to provide al] the necessary translators and mechanical aids that may be necessary for Sir George
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    HK EXCHANGE
    36 2 "ON'GKOXG. Dee. 28-Sperin! Standard Service: Closing pr.cevot the Hongkong Exchange today £1 steTHns Si ino\°A U 2P S1 809 a layan *1. »0.2 14 t(. one Indonesia Rupiah Gold $250 875 to 1 tael
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    A Tale Of A Ring And Two Friends
    436 2 A Tale Of A Ring And Two Friends NG LIP CHUA of 287. Tiong Bahru Road, said he would plead guilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust of a ring belonging to Yew Geok Koon, a motor mechanic. "But I'd .like to say something." he told Mr. A
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    FISHERMEN INSIST ON PAYING THE RANSOM
    190 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Malayan Police personnel who went with two Tanjong Sepat fishermen to investigate the piracy off Kuala Selangor failed to dissuade the fishermen from paying 52,000 which had been demanded for their release, a Selangor Police spokesman said today. Police told the
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    Student Teachers Apply In Numbers
    111 2 Student Teachers Apply In Numbers THE Singapore Education Department is "very pleased" with the number of student teachers who have come forward Mr. David McLellan, Acting Director of Education, told The Standard yesterday. He declared that the Department "will keep on campaigning for more and more teachers." Mr. McLellan had
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    Only 3 Notes Have Come In
    91 2 ONLY three letters of resignation have been received by Sir Cheng-lock Tan. President of the Malayan Chines Association, from members of the Singapore Branch following disagreement over representatives to the conference held by the Association last Sunday. The three aro Mcttrt. Wong Peng Turk.
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    LET THE WIFE DRIVE CAR
    106 2 A CAR which \va> driven by ffamati ::o;ig Dunearn Rojd was Stopped by Polite Lieutenant F. Lindstone. during a traffic check He found that the driver w«s not in nieiiion of a driving licaoce. Sitting beside her \va> ht r husband, E. A. Kunz Yesterdav
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    107 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb in Singapore yesterday were: TIN PRICE The price of tin ye*ter day was $3151 p<*r plod. Up 25 cents. LONDON KUBKFR Xc 1 K.S.S Settlement House Terms. Monday's opening prices first session were: LONDON TIN Monday's price* first session were: Spot 41K4.S
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    Security Men Kill 2 More Terrorists
    26 2 Security Men Kill 2 More Terrorists An an I A j In the i .lohi p;.tabout In i ,i\ I The tcrroi In IIM K and
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      21 2 The world famous familu of a f Ix medicinal products -1,. <l^^ Si I ENG AUN TONG The Tigrr Mrdical Hall
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      109 2 c^k V "'{V drift t lA/v\PAX /A hfa I Dm*l i'u f Um V. bltssings t^.»t TampAi /».;-< rtara /-frf. jj I. f<-f tr ml pc. /Ob WITT'S COUCH SYRUP ■I (WITH GUAtACOUCttEC in theOronge& Blue C a ton. /De WITTS BABY COUCiTSYRUP i CHUDREN UNOER. 5 VEA/S) in the
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      73 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature* I rorn 7.30 p .m. Dec. .'7 to 7M) i.m Dec. :s. Singapore (7 !K t tVuung i7."»F Kt>4a l>.iliru «75K). Kuala Lumpur i7IF». Ipoh «7^F». Kuantan i7IF». Maximum Temperature From 7.r»0 a.m. to 7..10 p.m. Dec. ML Singapore (BKF». Penan jf 18KF). Kota Bahru mot
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    Health Drive In Balik Pulau
    157 3 Health Drive In Balik Pulau W(i, >lon.— "OpcraServlce" week of the [Medical and Health Dertment at Balik Pulau directed mainly at in..ii\in^ a vigorous antiriasis campaign ii hed early this month. B Pulau bring I new hope in against a chronic ease, the thoroughness icy with which re tre me
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    Trade Fair Attracts Pickpockets
    72 3 Trade Fair Attracts Pickpockets >n. Trade Fail N x World Park i is drawing big nighi v Is also atti ictattention of pick .qhl two men were aftei a chase m the In the M.inistrate'.s Court Yip Koon Yuen, I Cheong Sun Chi. 2. r >. r.tly charged with the
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    Mr. C. Baldwin
    22 3 :i; CHARLES F. Baldw.n. Consul General >aves tom irrow r the United Stales I. i ve. V> Iwin will
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    New Year's Day Postal Services
    97 3 New Year's Day Postal Services Standard Staff Reporter THE Genera] Po>t Office In Sinqap >ie will b e open t o the public from 9 'a.m. to noon on New Yen's Day All other Post Offices and Postal Agencies will be open from 9 a.m. to \O.'M) a.m. with the
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    LYTTELTON'S BROADCAST
    38 3 RADIO Malaya will relay a New Vear broadcast by the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. The bro t least ran be heard after the 7 o'clock news in English on .lan. I.
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    Penang Bid To Cut Tax On Bicycles
    158 3 PE-NANG Mori A motion thai bicycle registration be abolished altogether as lrom January next and. that i»u Penang Municipal Bicycle Bylaws 1949 be rescinded, win amoved 'by Dr N.K Menon at tho Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday. in LrVespondence with the Chief Police
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    LONG SERVICE SHELL MEN: EIGHT TO RETIRE
    554 3 irir-,U" d: rd Staff Reporter fcIC.HI employees of the Singapore Shell Company Limited will retire at the end of the year after serving a total of Wl years ranging from Zii to 38 years each A tea party will be given today in
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    DEATH FALL
    59 3 PENANG, Mon.— A Malay ppon, Ifohatned Zain bin Mahmood, walking from the Municipal Oiling this morning IU Idenly collapsed on the ro:id. Ho died before the ambulance arrived. it appeared that Mohamed was on his rounds collecting ;in i paying bills for a firm of solicitors for whom
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    HE STEPPED ON MAN'S TOE AND...
    195 3 IT all started by his stepping on the toe of a Sikh outside the Maryborough Theatre in Bearh Road, Smgu- last month, sa;d Cher Wan Lianc* of Tembelmg Road "Just for that." Cher told the Fighth Police Magistrate yesterday, "he pummelled me unmercifully. I
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    THE NEW YEAR BAN ON TAXIS MAY BE LIFTED
    281 3 Until Cheaper Meters Arrive... MANY taxis in Singapore may continue to ply for hire without meters in t\\e new year, despite a City Council ruling that those without meters by Jan. 1 will be refused registration. It is understood that the
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    BIRTHDAY DANCE
    41 3 MISS Mary Tan. i >tud«-nt teacher of (i^ylanc Mrthodist Ciirls' School rclehrated her list liirthdjv last weekend. She is seen iLinur,, at her birthday party with her father. Mr. Tan I. ye Whatt. a tcarher in St. Andrew's School.
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    Heavy Rains Flood Roads In 3 States
    88 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Hon.— Floods nre reported in parts of Perak, Pahanjj and Kelan(jm, followinf heavy rain.s during the weekend. The Te'ok Anson-Changkat Jong R'ii j in Perak If flooded to a depth of seven Inches from the 47.:{<) milestone to the 17.45 milestone.
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    CAPTAIN IS ACQUITTED
    53 3 BECAUSE o£ insuffl evidence, Captain W. S. Fi<- I. attached to tho Army Photographic Unit at RAF, Seletar, i i yesterday acquitted in the Singapore First Traffic Court for dangerous driving resulting In a collision with i taxi at the junction of Cluny Road and Lermit Ro;id
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    HOE YEW SIA OFFICIALS
    214 3 THE following are officials of the Hoe Vow Sia: Patrons: Messrs Chua Tian Hoe, Chng Low Seong, Tan Chwee Tin and Goii Khim Haw. President: Mr Lim Boon Poh; Vice-President: Messrs. Lee Kiat Tay, Onu Creo Koo, Oni{ Thian Chin, Lim Chwee Ens;. Tan Yew Ton,
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    HID WATCHES IN HIS SHOES
    86 3 JOHORE BAHRU M .r» Kai. found Kuilty of e Ini Customs duty <im w.i; fined $2,000, In 1 mlt, lrt month Imprison- hv the i'i >■ of tluS c »urt. Mr. M, lCohen. today. On NOV. 12, Cust MW I ofli leai r u- i
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    THEY WON'T BE COMMUNAL
    85 3 PKNANG, Man— When tho Divisional Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council meets on Jm. 1 to nominate people for the Federal Legislative Council, it will depart from usual procedure of considering names from the Settlement a!ori2. It is understood that Pennn« will carefully study the
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    3 MORE DAYS FOR CITY LOAN
    223 3 3 MORE DAYS FOR CITY LOAN MALAYAN investors have only three days more to pur-] chase Singapore City Council stock debenture! at 4i per cent interest. The loan will be open till tho end of the year and subscriptions have been coming in Kiily. Debentures are not expected to be
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    Land Owners Ordered To Clear Bushes
    146 3 Land Owners Ordered To Clear Bushes PEN AN G Pei P Bingham i id < r und Km. i jencj i; lions t ly ibutting oi within n. i0 yards fr<>c i In Pi Sou! i > in i Ih from i h I i U within (even I i
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    CIGARS COST HIM $700 FINE
    78 3 PBN \n<;. Mm. Wlwt Re it ireen Hall on D I ten pa i'ii i 'i Rangoon wfro found H'-\' to l m P >ii in, the p• i eng t i i• i 1 1 ■•ii i n v today the A >' i.ji-'
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    He Caught Thief After Long Wait
    137 4 AFTER waiting i n hiding for three-quarters of an hour in tho early hours of the morning on Nov. 28. a Royal Air Forre sergeant caught Koh Kim Ho stealing four gallons of petrol from an RAF lorry. Sergeant H. Ryder told the Seventh
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    CARNIVAL FOR BOYS BRIGADE
    51 4 1I 1 E S)n Sapore Battalion of the Boys Brigade *vill hold its annual swimming carnival in tne third week of January. T J^ irst Company, the present holders, will have to put yjf goof show to retain the Challenge Shield donated by the bingapore koyzl
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    DEEP FREEZE SHIP ARRIVES ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
    201 4 Standard Shipping Reporter THE 8.000-ton Wonogiri, one of the latest products of Holland's shipyards arrived in Sim I i pore yesterday on her maiden voyage to the Far East. The vessel, which has a OUrgt capacity of 11.000 tons is specially equipped to
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    THE INTRUDER ALSO LET IN TWO ROBBERS
    91 4 AWAKENED In the small hours ot yesterday by footsteps, a woman saw a masked man in her room in Lorong Tai Seng. Singapore. She sat up and was about to scream when the intruder rushed at her and covered her mouth with his
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    YOUTH MEETING
    21 4 THE Telok Aver Youth Fellowship yesterday held its annual general meeting in the Church auditorium, 235, Telok Ayer Street.
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    Criminals Lay Low This Xmas
    93 4 Criminals Lay Low This Xmas THERE has been no serious increase in crimes in Singapore over the Christmas holidays said Mr. Peter Clague. the Police Secretary, yesterday. There were the usual (hefts and burglaries, but these were all on a much reduced scale, he added. Mr. Claque added that he
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    Conscription Move? -Nonsense, He Says
    291 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Tenants' registration is not being introduced for the purpose of conscription or elections, as reported in a local Chinese daily, Col. J D. Stewart, Chief Tenants' Registration Officer, told The Standard todav. "This report is utter nonsense." he said. "The one and
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    Bound For Sydney
    27 4 lTD IL S F^n* a «f d Um|UirCy Pong (ab °ve), SO ns of Dr PhigAJs ?urfn?f a^sierV h ;%ro in b U° S^
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    Few Attracted By Plan For Demobbed SCs
    267 4 Few Attracted By Plan For Demobbed SCs Kl ALA Ll'MPl'R, Mon.— Governments offer of rehabilitation benefits to demobbed Special Constables is not meeting good response, The Standard was told today. Nearly 7.000 specials will be demobbed in the Federation by the end of the year, but many have not applied
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    Third Man's Knife Ended The Argument
    102 4 THREE houseboys. had a quarrel over a girl in their quarters behind the Army Officers* Mtt| in Tangli.r Singapore, on Sunday afternoon. It started when one boy asked another why he brought his girl friend into the quarters. A heated argument was followed by
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    HOLIDAYS IN THE NEW YEAR
    83 4 HOLIDAYS IN THE NEW YEAR RAUB, Mo:i- Next year. the State will observe 15 public holidays: New Years D.:>— Jan. 1; Federation Dav— Feb. l: Chinese New Year Feb -l and 5; Good Friday ApriJ 6. Easter Monday April 19; Hari Raya Puasa— June 2 and S; Queen's Birthday June
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    JOURNAL FOR CIVIL SERVICE
    97 4 IN ITS first ifISIM of The Journal, the Pcrumg Civil Services Association states in the editorial: "In our separate nmi several Ways, \v e serve, and in doing so. we stand on common ground. Whether it he through work or play, we are brought together into
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    SLEPT THROUGH IT
    32 4 WHILE a shopkeeper slept m his eatinfi stall :it Geylang Road. Singapore, on Saturday night, a thief qufetly opened a glass showcase and removed 551 and two fountain pens.
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    Cook's Patrol
    27 4 SCOUTS of the Cook'? Patrol. 6th Smqnpore Arrow Group, will hold ihcir Sixth Anniversary Party at Victoria School Hall at 6.:J0 p.m. on Doc. 31.
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    A GOLDEN JUBILEE PARTY FOR REV. BROTHER
    132 4 A GOLDEN JUBILEE PARTY FOR REV. BROTHER MALACCA, Mon.— a large gathering attended a tea party at St. Francis Institution hall yesterday in honour of the Golden Jubilee or th« arrival in Malaya of Reverend Brother Barnitus head of the Christian Brothers in South-East Asia. A large cake was presented
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    TOO MANY GUN MISHAPS IN THE FORCE, COURT TOLD
    261 5 M ALA LUMPUR, Mon.- Accidents arisin* out of Hess handling of dangerous weapons were becoming 100 numerous in the Police orce th? 2 K I üb tt« Prosecutor, Mr. B. G. Smvth said in th^ F?,H M^.strate's Court today. dln the
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    30 5 TIIK marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L'lri<- Kodr'mue» was solemnl/ei) at t»>«* (huntt of The Holy Family. Katonj;. Singapore on Boxing I>u.v. Tiw bridr was formerly Miss Ursula ('ordeiro.
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    Payroll Snatch Suspects Freed
    95 5 Payroll Snatch Suspects Freed ;i mduid Staff Reporter ays held h v Singaon Sunday in eon.vith a daring $20,000 robbery last Wednesre released yesterday they were not identiwit nesses. other suspects, pullPo'.ice after the deof the two Malays, a '■> released for the a son. robbery occurred i.i nf tho
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    FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL
    72 5 I n. Khor Li an >•> a c»ok was found hotel room here ouk the room at the Hotel In Hu'.e Street irday night and >ince not left the room. ers of the hotel rr.^dc .il unsuccessful attempts him up the following later made a
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    POLICE CATCH 2 BURGLARS
    87 5 POLICE CATCH 2 BURGLARS BATI* PAHAT, >n. Two burglars were caught after a chase by two policemen and an accountant after they kcisacked a shop in .lalan Peng--siir;m\ y«--terday at 4 a.m. The manager <>f the thopsaid tin- burglars forced open the froni door and were ransacking the office when
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    No Improvement In Politics — Palmer
    324 5 No Improvement In Politics Palmer PENANG, I*c. 28 <AP)— Sir Svdntv Palmer, chairman «»f tlir- Rubber Development Boari. said here today that Hi** political situation l!l rvial;* va "has not made any ni t j sfactory improvement from what it was three and t liulf years ago." 'low ever, referring
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    Less Fish Because Of The Pirates
    212 5 K T A I. A 1.1 MPIK. Mon. .Most house wives today were OTIMc to buy fish in the local starkets. The Mipplv el f»sh i» the Markets was quickly sold oul as there hi'.s bn-n a fish scarcity sinr»* M«pplics from T.iujon'4 Sepal
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    WEEK'S DEATHS
    42 5 OF the l">« deaths i» Singapore for the week ended Dec l!». pneumonia caused 'J:'. enteritis 21 an,i tuberculosis 17. I Then* were cases or tuberculosis reported during 1 this period as against «l cases reported in the previous week
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    'Modesty' Rap Fails: Man Free
    225 5 FINDINC. that there was evidence ol a fa« In e serious crime than that P^fcrred again ;l an accused person^ the Singapore Fifth l'" I'^1 J.. 0111 1 Magistrate. Mr. D. H. C hapmaii stopped proceedings and ordered ti>e prosecutor to gel instruction t"> m
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    Six Police Officers For U.K. Training
    94 5 KUALA Lumpur. Mou Six Federation police officers will My to London tomoi ro v [or a six-month cour -t- al the Colonial Police Co :it Rytoti-cn*Dunsm< e. During tlie cour: e, they will be "attached** to home police units tor a whiie and latei
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    Robbed Of Day's Fares
    87 5 IPOH, Mon. A bus coa> ductress, travelling in ai» rm- pty bus to return to her station wa s robbed of her collections amounting to |30 on Satui lay niqht. She was gOUltf from P..>ar Pinji new village towards the town at aboul 11 p.m.. when
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    TWO DIE IN RIVER DRAMA
    69 5 KOTA BAHRU. Mori.— A boat in which three women and a man were trying to CTOSS the Sunget Pulai Malaka. ic-r-niit'y, was capsized by n\ strong wind. Two of the women. Raja Kalsom binte Raja Snik. 22. and Limah binte Merah, 23. were drowned. Their
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    TWO HOMES ARE ROBBED
    53 5 Bi:RC.LARS broke into two European bouaeg in Singapore one In Jalau Ka.vir and I i.i Steven^ Road Sunday night and s^ :< ""»re ;han $".00 worth of artir e V: ..mi Jalan Rayu the.-, rtmoved a lighter, a i>^n in i i diamond ring, -d Stevens
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    Bear Is Shot
    32 5 A BEAR, weighing a'umit 190 pounds, was shot »>y hunten al tue 4th Milestone Minyak Boku. ye I i lay morning." n w;^ bio .^it 10 Hie luvva I'u
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    The Fiery Sage
    783 6 I JATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan could, of course, have made a different speech at the annual general committee meeting of the M.C.A. last Sunday. He could have handed bouquets all around and earned a shower of raises in return. He could have refrained from tiodding on well-cultivated
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    Review of Views
    308 6 Review of Views Mr. Aw's Goodwill SIN CHEW JIT POH expresses! concern over the 60,000 < homeless a> a result of the disastrous fire in Hongkong* on Christmas night. < Thai such a tragedy happened* at a time of rejoicing is saddening. But the daily 1 points cut that in
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    Warning To Employers
    1591 6  -  ALEX JOSEY Atex Josvij issues a Affair* By YyLRIJSG the Christmas holidays, after long conver~ sations with my old friend P. P. Narayanan, leader of the rubber workers, and Tom Bavin of the International Confederation of Free Trade Union*, I .tent off a long cable to "The
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    Answer To Rabbit Pest
    346 6 LONDON. (AP) British farmers are trying to make up their minds which comes first their crops or their conscience. At last they 've found what appears to be the ansrver to the rabbit pest iohich costs them millions of dollars every year through damage to crops
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      NEEDS ARE IN MALAYA
      261 6 Sir;— lt is mo-t surprising to read in some or the Melboim.e papers about Malaya's gin of SI 00.000 in aid of the appeal to build I an International House i for overseas students at > the Melbourne University. One must be wondering to what extent
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      335 6 Sir: I give beta* the Inf of a letter addressed to the Editor of the Straits Times On December 21st, which the Editor has not yet seen lit to publish. This refusal to print the other side i n an argument is not in accordance with
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    Cardinal Is Feted
    59 7 photo. MR. H. R. GONTHA, Consul-General for Indonesia in Bombay, and Mr*. Gontha being introduced by Cardinal Gracias to .linal Eugene Tisirant, Secretary of the Congregation of Oriental Rites and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, at a reception held in nnour of Cardinal Tisscront on
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    Russian 'Solves' Saucers Mystery
    97 7 .DON. Dec. 28. (AP) Soviet commentator lerday accused "agive forces" in the jnted States and other i ountries of inventing aucers to fan war tei ia. radio broadcast exfrom an article by K. haturov in the Soviet newspap r. Red Star. ho pread these fables ndeavouring
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    'BERIAS' WARNED
    63 7 LYO, Dk< l'H (AP) >' mist China today I potential "traitors"' lin her midst what hap- 'o Russia's Lavrenti ia can happen to them Peiping radio broadcast an from the Peiping pie's Daily approving (he t execution of Beria and Russian leaders on .es of "imperialist plot- From
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    EX-PREMIER DIES
    21 7 EX -PREMIER DIES UKRU Sarajoglu, a for net irkish Prime Minister, died s inday at his home in ul A P
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    70 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 28. The following ore the closing prices ot rubber and tin on the London market: LONDON RUBBER Spot 17Jd. f Fcb./Morch 17i d. Apr/June 17^d. July/Scpr. 17 id. Jonuary r i.f. 1 7 d. Tone: Id'c. LONDON TIN Spot £647.10 per
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    'Ban On Trade Can Mean War'
    60 7 WASHINGTON. Dec. 28— (UP)— Foreign aid chief Harold E. Stassen said tonight Western nations would increase chances Ol war if they cul oIT trade completely with the Soviet Union and its satellites. Stassen said non-strategic trade helps to tak<> advantage of breaks in the
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    Guards Kill German Boy
    75 7 BERE.IN Dec. 28 (AP, A West Berlin boy returning from a Christmas visit in West Germanj with his parents was killed on the Soviet /one autobahn on Saturday night by a burst of fire from Communist border guards, police here announced today Sixteen year old Joachim
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    ROYALTY WAS AT CAROL SERVICE
    51 7 WEST NEWTON. Norfolk. Dec 28 (Renter) The Quern Mother, Prim-e^s Margaret and other members of the royal family who aif spending Christmas at SandritiKham drove to the village church here last night 1o join tenants and workers on the royal estate In a special carol
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    INDIA'S REDS SET NEW WAY
    46 7 MADURA. India. Dec. 28: (AP) India's Communist H*gh Command told the first Party Congress in five years yesterday that it must keep try ng to win power peacefully at the poUs, rather than through the terrorist I delict used, until two
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    BIG-3 LIKELY TO ACCEPT SOVIET PROPOSAL
    357 7 States wiN D o 0 c«ot D th; i 8 Reu e "-*"K»in, France and the United ministers conf/r. u Ru lan Proposal that the four-power foreign A Foreign Office spokesman indicated Britain's approval of the Russian proposal saying that the suggested date "presents
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    Narriman Gets Her Divorce
    109 7 Narriman Gets Her Divorce CAIRO. Dec. SI (Reuter) A Moslem relftKious court at llelionolis near here decided today that ex-Q«OT Narriman has (roaadfl for divorce from ex -King Farouk of Egypt. The >0-year-old former Queen through her lawyer rejected a reconciliation move made b v her husband's lawyer. Xarriman sought
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    CHURCHILL SUMMONS CABINET MEETING
    218 7 LONDON, Dec. 28 (IP) -Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill today summoned his ministers to a full cabinet meeting tomorrow which was expected to approve acceptance of Russia's proposal for a fourpower conference in Berlin on Jan. 25. Churchill and For. ign Secretary Anthony Eden hav< studied
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    Caprices Of A Man When He Had A Kingdom
    287 7 CAIRO, Dec. 28 (Reuter)— The former Commander of Ex-King Farouk's Palace Guard has told an Egyptian Tribunal here that a Turkish dancer who broke into the Palace to look for Farouk was later sent to an asylum 'under the pretext that
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    3-D Jane Shocks Censors
    127 7 3-D Jane Shocks Censors HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28 (AFP)— Howard Hughes. Chief of KKO Studios, plans to distribute a Jane Ku.ssell film which a spokesman for the Hollywood Picture Censorship Board described as likely to produce a police raid on any cinema which shows it. The picture, entitled "French Line," is
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    India's Policy Attacked By Professor
    152 7 India's Policy Attacked By Professor NEW YORK. Dec. 28 (UP). F.S.C. Northrop, professor of philosophy and law at Yale University, said today United States and Pakistani negotiations for military assistance are the "inevitable result of Prime Minister Nehru and India's sabotage of the United Nations collective security policy" in Asia.
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    FLYING BOAT CREW RESCUED
    41 7 TOKYO. Dec _>8 (Reuter)— The United States Navy announced today that a US naval t;i-k force rescued II crew members of a Royal Navy Sunderlaad flyingboat which erashlanded near an island in the Straits of Korea yesterday.
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    NOVELIST FOUND DEAD IN WOODS
    64 7 OXFORDSHIRE. Dec. 28 (Reuter) Captain Evan John Simpson, writer of historical noxivs under the pseudonym of Evan John, and a leading British intelligence officer in Greece in World War 11. was found shot dead yesterday in woods near his Oxfordshire farm, it was announced today.
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    AW GIFT SETS BALL ROLLING
    138 7 AW GIFT SETS BALL ROLLING HONGKONG, Dec. J8 (AFP) Donations including HKS3O,OOQ from Mr. Aw Boon Haw At re pouring in today for the re'iff of about 60.0(10 victims of Hongkong*! mod disastrous fire on Christmas nigh!. Subscription! have been started by Mr. Aw's Hongkong Standard. Si ig Tao .lih
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    Weight In Platinum
    29 7 NICE. Dec II (AKPi— The Aga Khan, ircompanied by the Begum, left hert i<kl.in i< ir Karachi, nrhei he is to ren his weight ii im
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    FRENCH STRIKE TO END
    92 7 PARIS. Dor 28 (Renter) Ground stafT at French airports, whose strike bad brought nearly all air traffic to a standstill In Prance, last night decided to go back to woik at 11 00 GMT today. The strike had spread to ill FrctM-h itorK <>\ pi In
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    76 7 IIIK airre of thr ,i M >" P*r*laa Prim* Minnirr it. Mottadeq. Ml»» MyH l>iba (left), who m 4 "•■'ond prli* for no4>liM»' designs urn hrr«? dm m the rrception given drrvamak'fs in a |M|| Paris r^liiiuni Mc» Diha. Hho i« an Ml %l(f drnt in Pailv M>»n thr l»ri/»-
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    Volcanic Eruption Caused Tragedy
    216 7 AUCKLAND. Dec-. 28 Climbers are convinced volcanic emotion in the cr;r« r lake of 900-foot Mt. Runpeh.i caused the great flood down the Wangnel'ii river on Christmas Eve. resulting in destruction of the bridge and the rail disaster with an r.i.tv lom of I6r> live*. The
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    A Royal Reunion
    87 7 AS Queen I'rrdn ik.t Mam embraces her daughter I'nn ce&s Sophie (ritht). Crown Prince ContUntine l» em braced by Princevq Irene Looking on at this happy family reunion Ik King Paul of Greece. The reunion came about when the Royal Princesses. Sophie and Irene, arrivrd Athrnx fiom
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    ANGLO-EGYPTIAN ROW: Neguib Blames The Politicians
    172 7 ANGLO-EGYPTIAN ROW: Neguib Blames The Politicians CAIRO. I)e< 2h, (Keuter) President Mohamrd \Vguib today t»»ld Mr. Kichard (rossman, British Lab ur Membrr of Parliament that amon^ the things •m i ing" Angio-Kjf.vptain relations and preventing a S\,v/. canal agreement were "unfair campaigns" by somr British politicians against I-^ypt and Fiß.vptians.
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    PM WANTS SOLUTION ON SUEZ
    88 7 PM WANTS SOLUTION ON SUEZ CAIRO. Ekvp' D (AP» One of Pr m ter ("hvirchili's lof?d,- I ;u home. leftist Afi^urin Elevan. thinks Sir WinsTo'i M>e a settlerr.c:.'. of is«;ue with Egypif^ Arriving hare *ntl taf a tour of the M d I B»'\.m told thought "everyone in Hi i
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    Artiste Dies
    12 7 JOSEF Tui I i piani i l h mi AP
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    PAK'S $ AID
    15 7 PAK'S AID ucistJCn n is': 000,(1 n i t Will t)|,' JI H 100 AP
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    Cement Has Earned $1M.
    44 9 TAIPEI. Dec. 28, (AFP)— A total of 4T.2GG tons of Taiwan cement has been exported during the !n^t 13 months earning a gum of U551,300,000. The majority of the exports were shipped to the Phihpnmes. Okinawa. Borneo. Thailand and Malaya.
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    URANIUM FIND IS THE BIGGEST
    40 9 ADELAIDE. Dec. 28. (AFP) South Australia*! Director of Mines. SB. Di "kenson. baa said that the discovery ol uranium at Myponga. 30 miles from Adelaide, promises to he the richest of the whole southern hemisphere.
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    RUBBER TRADE VITAL IN ANTIRED WAR
    264 9 WITH world prices for natural rubber dropping more than one-third since the first of this year, Malaya is feeling the decline at a time when the advantage in the five-year-old war against the Communists may be lost if the rubber-dependent population becomes impoverished, warns
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    Machines Will Do The Job
    94 9 Seen taking a ride on a thrashing machine in this photo is the Sultan of Kedah (with coat and tie) who recently visited the Trtok Chrn?.>i Padi Experimental S t a tion, Kedah. to watch harvesting trials by machines. Note th? Police constable escort tvudfcinu
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    RUBBER QUIET
    150 9 RUBBER prices in the Singapore market ruled quiet yesterday at slightly higher levels than those prevailing btfore the holidays, first £i;.de rubber for January shipment closing at 57i cents per 11). (57$ rents on Thursday). The festive mood accounted for the lack of activity but there was some
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    INDUSTRIALS ARE SLIGHTLY FIRMER
    641 9 THE Malayan vhare market yesterday opened <|in< t but industrials were slightly firmer. v Tin shares were irregular and slightly easier on balance. Rubber shares continued to be neglected. Buyers Se'.'er* •Xiex Brirl. Pref. 2 10 2 "0 Drds I 0 J .10 xd itliw ire
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    63 9 Ill' r SiagMi o\ <• r< r i i n j less in all .*»♦•<•! ion > r small I iSingapore prod < fper r> i!) >♦* Oambi«i $:'io; Bu I oic« $2HO; b^tol nut S2R. (Split) Wl (whole) copra (<r rnronui i (02| <>♦ erl I l- k
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    MAKE YOUR ROOMS 'BABY-PROOF'
    733 10  -  Margaret Scott By A FEW weeks a?o we were ti'.kinn about the difficult toddler and what a hard life it s having one on one's hands. l.,'-\ if you should be i with one of Nature's little horrors a lot can be lone > simplify life
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    27 10 HOLLYWOOD'S darning star Cyd Cbarisse strikes this cute p^>e as she wishes the ainfcaiaSrp StaJaamH'g readers a v»'ry happy New Y'ea r full of good thint;s*/or everyone
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    CONFUSED
    73 10 fJOLLYWOOD (AP)*x Nicole Maurey, th© luscious French doll of Little Boy Lost," confesses that her current picture, 4Leeend of the Inca," has her confused about Hollywood censorship. "Nevaire," she says, "have I been as nude in a French Picture as in thees one One take a bath. Tn Hlip
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    KNITTING BECOMES POPULAR WITH WOMEN
    890 10  - KNITTING BECOMES POPULAR WITH WOMEN W. O. MURPHY By WHAT must be one of the 1 W most popular pastimes where women are concerned is knitting. At one time it was practised mostly by the older folk, but to-day the teen-ager can knit just as expertly as her mother. Indeed.
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    34 10 THIS apricot jersey hat by Marie Christiane. the Paris V^ r 'th lS hT. lmmed WU 1 eil Of Indian Cotk fathers. Note the hat is worn straight on the top of the head
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    Ancient Remedies Work Today
    429 10  -  V)R. R.A. HAKIM is a psychiatrist working at the Mental Hospital of Ahmedabad in India He decided to test the value of a group or traditional native herb remedies, references of which are found in the Ayurveda, the centuries old Hindu holy book of lons life.
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    JUDY'S BETTER NOW
    238 10  -  BOB THOMAS LJOLLYWOOD, (AP>— Judy A Garland is working in a movie for the first time in four years. By her own admission she's better than ever. Miss Garland is acting In "A Star is Born." a remake of the l^T Aim classic that starred Janet Gaynor
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    FOOTBALLER WANT POOL GRAVY
    641 11 (Icorse Chandler, UP Staff r~ LONDON, Dec. 28 (UP)-Thp im- esponden t being handled each year b v S V olutne in Great Britain is again caSSi bal! P™ans, while soccer players ar«T kI con^rn to u plates for a share of th e av nin^
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    134 11 Italian boxing authorities hope they might have a future "<ntenu>r for the world heavy-weight boxing crown in ~t «rs old Milo Maligoli, of Grosseto. They hope the seven t (2 metres, 10 centimetres) miner who weighs UO k.io, n;o pounds), might one day take the P£ce of t arnera, the
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    31 11 Miss Lim Ee Lian. triple badminton champion of Klang with the trophies she won last year. l n the Malayan mixed doubles championships she partnered Chan Koc Leon*. They were runners-up.
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    Chew Bee After Philippine Title
    93 11 MANILA, Dec. 28 (AFP) •<tec-n tennis aces from nine ntriet will compete In the national open tennis amplonshlpa due to take hero between Feb. 4 and the Philippines Herald ier'ed today. I -rcissimo Ampoo, Philipnaticmal champion since (exrept for 1950 when he to American Irvin
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    Bombay C.A. Try Eight Bowlers
    399 11 CALCUTTA, Dec 27 (Reuter)-The Bengal Cricket Association XI were all out for 277 within 19 minutes or resuming; today on the second day of their three-day match against the touring Commonwealth team The huge holiday crowd watched Bengal collapse against the Commonwealth bowlers who exploited
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    Harvey's 100 Is Of Little Use
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    Krishnan In Tennis Semifinal
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    Mexico Beat Haiti Twice
    76 11 PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Dec 28 (Reuter) Mexico completed a double over Haiti l a the World Soccer Cup group qualifying tournament when they won 4-0 here yesterday. They led 2-0 at halftime. Mexico won the first match 8-0. The United States, the only other nation
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    S. Australia Races Ahead Of Q'land
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    A New Swimming Stroke
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    896 12 YJOAD BRILLIANT IN CONQUEST OF SEIXAS VviNTnlbert the U.S. capta\. who counted on a I—o1 0 stall lor the Americans, was not downhearted. •it's Getter 40 be even than<i|'"> behina." he said. "Just lk»%i horse race, as •l<#i; as you're even you've got
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    Norway Accepts
    23 12 OSLO Dec 2.8 (AFP) —The Football Federation of Norway an invitation to in Sovi< I Russia extended S iet Football Federation.
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    Hongkong Swimmers Aid Taiwan
    135 12 Hongkong Swimmers Aid Taiwan HONGKONG, Dec. 28 (AFP) Many outstanding Hongkong swimmers have signified their intention to represent Taiwan at the forthcoming Asian Games to be held in Manila next May. In answer to an appeal from the Taiwan authorities asking for overseas Chinese to represent Nationalist China, a formidable
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    OLSON VOTED FIGHTER OF THE YEAR BELT BY RING
    788 12 NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UP)— Bobo Olson, of San Francisco, the middleweight champion, was named "Fighter of the Year" today by the King magazine. He was praised as "a skilled technician of the old school" in a copyrighted article accompanying the
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    Wilson Wins
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    SCC Outplay Oppossum XV
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    Airmen Gain Permission
    121 12 THE SINGAPORE An ><cur Boxing Association heaved a of relief last night when I learnt that the Royal Air F have given permission to two of their boxers LAC Williams (lightweight) and LAC And.r son (welter* to rrprosent the Colony in the annual Western i alia versus
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