Singapore Standard, 2 December 1954

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  • 16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD I Vol. V. No. 152. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1931 TWELVE PAGES IS CENTS.
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  • 205 1 Office Staffs Boost Fund To $6,000 ||rj| ((IV C (I M.mdard rn,i passed p i for the staff of t»L F trrn Mining and Metals Co.. Ltd.. who sent a heque for 5193 and good wishes for a record total this Minutes later cam c another Mall contribution of f&2
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  • 25 1 solabout n Idlers post ort- the rent shed n n of ir way streets ror- the army white that they again
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  • 7 1 Burmese Premier In Peking I by I
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  • 314 1 Opium and gold cache m Banka INDONESIAN authorities ore investigating reports of a colossal smugglers' cache of $8,000,000 worth of gold and opium that is said to be hidden m Banka Island, off the south-east coast of Sumatra. The contraband is reported to beong
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  • 50 1 VIENNA. Dec. 1, (Reuter)— A children's strike, sponsored by angry parents m protest against the ending of trial coeducational classes. lasted only one day at Friedrichsplaiz School here. Boys and girls went back to school this morning after the headmaster had promised to receive a parents' delegation.
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  • 23 1 TAIPEI, Dec. 1 (AP) Natlenalist Chinese planes dropped propaganda leaflets on the coastal areas of Fukiea province m Red China today.
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  • 103 1 THE TEST BRISBANE. Dec. 1: (R PU te r) A strali w «n the first of the five-match test series for the mythical "Ashes" here today when they beat England, the holders, by an innings and l.">4 runs with over a day to spare. Always fighting
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  • 46 1 Plane With 7 Missing BERLIN, New Hampshire Dec. 1. (UP) A North-cast Airlines plane with seven persons aboard disappeared over rufged snow-capped mountains yesterday. The DC-3 carrying three crew members, three passengers and a company representative, lost radio contact whil^ en route from Boston to Berlin.
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    16 1 ->->:m^ Mr I I '-''-'iviisSniil ■.-'■'tt-J IiiKEE TIXY TOTS who Took ionr,rd to SrXTaaui
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  • 42 1 VATICAN CITY. Dec 1 (AFP)— The condition of Pope Pius XII who is suffering from his third serious attack of gastritis and hiccoughs remained unchanged today. The Pope is still confined to his bed m the Vatican Palace.
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  • 307 1 Union Stands Firm We Will Strike Postmenj^Delegates At Secret Meetinr DEC. 6 NOTICE TO STAY la P0H Wed The Special Delegates Conference of the Malayan Postal Uniformed Staff Union, aher a ftve hour meeting here today, decide* to carry our the threaten^ fgnt ctaTm d s° y G £KrS preside?^7
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  • 226 1 Malayan Govt. To Blame, He Says TAIPEI. Dec. 1. (AP) —A Chinese Nationalist official declared today .the Malayan Govern"jent has only itself to blame if the two million <~ruaese m that country are indifferent to Malaya s defence. t^heng Yin-fun, head of the Oversea* Chinese Airairs Commission and a member
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  • 67 1 NEW YORK. Dec. f, .Reutcn—An electronic > brain claimed to be 10 times faster than any other calculator of its kind, was demonstrated here by its makers, the International Business Machines Corporation T he bjain. built for the U < nit A d J States Davy's Bureau
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  • 57 1 BANGKOK. Dec. 1 rAP) Two hundred and forty-two Oriental beauties the largest number ever have entered this year's "Miss Thailand contest to be held at the annual Constitution Fair opening here on Dec 7 tv^i 6 JS m nep wUI "Present Thailand m the "Miss Universe'
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  • 444 1 Peace Between Govt. And Postal Clerks •They. .Won't., Join Strike Postal Headquarters. Employees' Provident Fund office and the Savings Bank During the strike, tern- porary men would be ap- I pointed to do these jobs, but the clerical stair would "guide and help them until m C X J UALA
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  • 28 1 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1 (AP) Movie actor Grant Withers was sued for divorce yesterday by his fifth wife Estelita Rodriguez. 26-year-old Cuban actress. She charged cruelty.
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  • 165 1 LONDON, Dec. 1 (UP) Britain's Press reported today a saboteur fixed a bomb to the main engine of a Royal Navy submarine at sea m the North Atlantic with 60 men aboard last week. The Admiralty confirmed that H.M.S. Artemis. one of Britain's newest
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  • 44 1 TOKYO. Dvc. 1 (AP) Japan I coast guard today ordered a search for a small sailboat carrying an American doctor, his wife and two youn* children, which left on Oct 2rt '>n a word erulse and had not been heard from since
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  • 334 2 Now Dr. Lin Bares The Art Of Curing Hams ...And Talks Of The Best Way To Teach Students In A University DR. Lin Yu-tang, Chancellor of the Nanyang University, author, philosopher and pipe smoker, yesterday added another laurel to his already wide collection by proving himself an expert m the
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  • 165 2 A Committee To Help Parents MALACCA, Wed. Community leaders here have decided to tackle the Settlement's school problem themselves. Under the leadership of Dato Sir Cheng-lock T they have appointed a I^o-man committee to look after the needs of 462 children who would be denied
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  • 43 2 Thr Stan«l ird < Toy Fund Conimittt c ki.Ui tail] actoMrtoAgH law i«»i l"».tu donations: Previously atknoulrrict ri 15.541.2t; stalT of F m. Mining and Mrtats < OMpany. Ltd 5193; Sl.ifT thr Mrdical. Hemltll. ar l>mtal OfTu-rs. Pain., i Br«.i s
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  • 113 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 KSS Spot Loose 80', 80 i No. 1 R.S.S. fob Dec. 80 11 16 80 13 1G No 2 801 80 5 No. 3 18; 18; Tone: t'asier. UN PKICh The price ol nn
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  • 79 2 KITALA LI MPUH wed V. Vit CT 10, who limped ii mil h laj lentenctd to or.c year's impr I ent by the First Mafistrati I r Im breaking arid theft He was further ordered !r be under police supervisision for a year Wong, who ha\
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  • 116 2 PENANG. Wed.— Two women, Salman binte Baba and Saadiah binte Ibrahim, who appeared as prosecution witnesses m the Sessions Court today were each fined $50 for "lying m court." The Court President. Mr. J. G. Adams, told the women that they coula not come to
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  • 65 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The First Magistrate. Inche Mohamed Ismail, today issued a warrant of arrest against Cheah Ah Kow. a 30-year old bulldozer driver, who was to have appeared before him to answer a charge of rape against a Malay girl. Mr. Paul Ra.l, prosecuting asked
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  • 119 3 B-29s For Combined Exercises THREE of the famous wartime United States 'B-29' bombers will fly from their I base m the Philippines to take part m a combined) RAF.-United States Air! Force air exercise, tomorrow, j It la one m a series of exercises -Joss Stick" which began m 1953.
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  • 335 3 Speedy Decision On Return Urged SINGAPORE'S Defence Secretary, Mr. L. H. N. Davis, yesterday announced that Government is now considering the application or Mr. P. V. Sharma, a former president of the Colony Teachers' Union, to return to Singapore fiom India. Meanwhile. 3.000 Malayan teachers from
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  • 46 3 THE Kemaman-Ayer Put road m Trt»r:gganu is under lj <i water at the 9th RlileI M id is able I i the water ia risii rloh trunk road. Pahang flooded at the >ne to a depth of 1 Tii>' water is rising.
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  • 40 3 HONGKONG. Hoc I— Special 9tandard Service: Closing price; of the H mgkong Exchange t»kda> were: $15.71 to Cl sterling: ss.9l 10 US$l; 51.349 to Malayan SI $0,170 to one Ind inesiftn Rupiah i''o\d tt5S 825 to a tael.
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  • 85 3 SEVENTEEN year old Chia Jit Imm of the School Ortifinte (la^s. p ava I «'bar Methodist Girls' School, is seen holding the Dogsworth Shield, won by the best House m the School and her prises won for general profirienry m her class. Chia was presented
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  • 32 3 T WENT Y-S I X orchids worth $700 were stolen from the garden of a house m Cornwall Gardens. Singapore on Sunday night. The plants belonged to Mr. W.J. Wearne.
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  • 140 3 PENANO. Wed— A elork of tht» Fisheries Department On? Ah Too. 28. who was described m the Magistrates Court, today, as "more of a fool than anything else." was bound over m $500 for one year. after pleading guilty to criminal breach of
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  • 329 3 CHARITY will help charity on Saturday, Doc 11. when the Singapore Family Plan- ning Association hods its first Fun Fair at Rallies Institution. Bras Basah Road, ar.d the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association contributes flowers and children's fashions from its Rehabilitation Centre and
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  • 78 3 photo. TUB children m two of the centres run by the Department of Social Welfare were among the first to enjoy Christmas m Singapore thi s year. Parties were held at the Tessensohn Koad and ScranRoon Road centres yesterday. The programme included the singing of
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  • 213 3 Register And Vote In Elections n TIlt Al hbish op of Ma| acca. Monsignor Michael Ocomendy, has issued a call to all Catholic citizens o J^WW« the Federation of Malaya to register SAT^ SSB The future of this country the Archbishop pointed out' depend* greatly
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  • 123 3 Holidays Air Fares Go Up SCHOOL children and students flying to various Parts of the world for the summer holidays next year by BOAC will pay dearer fares. The airline announced yesterday that effective from April l next year, the concession fare for children on holiday flights will be m
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  • 33 3 TWO »old rings worth $250. belonging to woman fishmonger living m Bom Quay. Singapore, were stolen from her room on Monday morning while she was selling fish m Edinburgh Market
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  • 308 4 Complaint Against Govt. JOHORE BAHRU, Tucs. Attempts by the Johore Bohru District Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis to settle chronic tuberculosis patients at the Majedee Detention Camp, which was closed yesterday, are being blocked by the authorities. 7 U All the detainees at
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  • 74 4 TWO youths, members of the Singapore Sea Cadets Corps, who went to Britain, early this year on scholarships, have set good examples to show what the Colony can produce. They are Cadet Petty Officer Salleh bin Ahmed and Cadet Leading Seaman Sim Meng Cher.
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  • 79 4 SUCCESSFUL candidates for the University of London Examinations neld m Singapore m June July 1954 announced yesterday were: Gordon Michael Lowden. First Examination m Estate Management Louise YeeTeh Lv and Lee Hock Van. Intermediate Arts. Han Chong Fong. Intermediate Science: Robert Carwell. Diploma m Theology (Part II
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  • 445 4 Security Officer On Trial MR. LAWSON Laßroy, a former reception clerk of Qantas Empire Airways, said m a Singapore Court yesterday that the Airway's European Security Officer had assaulted him m a room at Raffles Hotel our evening to extort a confession that he had
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  • 84 4 MR. MANSOR bin Sulaiman Marie, managing dir- ct r of theY Almisryah Publishing House, Singapore has offered to donate $100 a month to the All-Malaya Muslim College. The donation which will begin from next month, will continue tor as long as Mr Mansor can afford to do
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  • 217 4 FIRST OFFENDER TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE SENTENCE o n a middle-aged Loh Earn, who 52 Pealed against a magistrates m7'nt;° n to Send him to a sixmonth prison term for causing grievous hurt to his wife. Tan Lian Huay, wa s deferred by Mr. Justice Brown m the ■^nsapore High
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  • 91 4 THE Singapore First Traffic Court Magistrate. Mr. J. P. Trainor. yesterday termed Low Boon Khai "one of those bad mannered drivers" and fined him $40 for inconsiderate driving. The court was told that on the morning of May 18. Low. without slowing down and
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  • 149 4 Colony Druggists To Join In Protest THE Singapore Chinese Drugs Importers' Association are joining the Federation Chinese Drugs Importers' Association m their protest against the 25 per cent tax on drugs imported by the Federation from the Colony. A spokesman of the Association m Singapore said yesterday it is awaiting
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  • 207 4 SHOE SHINE BOYS TAKE THE POLICE FOR A CITY RIDE REMEMBER the ldttl< UI(hl(1 boys of Bugis Street, who <ram uml r your feet and insist on polishing (Ut Four of them got Into recently. The police found thtm taking body building exerciMs m Bugis Street at 3 am. u>inp
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    • 663 4 W^^ M^h- Mt^ 111 B I m^/-£/^T SQUAREWORD I) -36 CLUES ACROSS CLUES cc 2. People who habitually impose 1 C lI T n V L. A i v on friends for loans often I tNIKY D4C HA E to be asked to repay m *2 W^ < T or
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  • 151 5 W Orium Haul In Bombay Xt customs auTnorit.es hove begun investigations here u,c m Bombay on Monday of 400 pounds of first nn pium destined for the Colony underworld. The pruv of first-class Per- n opium m Singapore has n from $1,000 to $1,200 per
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  • 7 5 Her Scream Foiled This Thief i i
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  • 148 5 UNDERGRADS HIT LANGUAGE RESTRICTION t Ir 1^ not be v °n^ the people of Malaya to tackle the language problem effectively said the Nov 29 issue of Faiar Organ of the University Socialist Club, m advocating multi-lingualisni m the new Legislature Fajar charged the Rende! Commission with having made very
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  • 140 5 I.A.F. Pays A Goodwill Visit C photo i AN Indian Air Forte i goodwill Mission to Indo- Z nesia led by Air-Vice '< J Marshal A M. Engineer. 1 deputy thief of Staff and 1. Deputy Air Commander 2 of the lAF. arrived at i Chan?i yesterday for a X
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  • 19 5 AB V 100 Mj la.v joun i the Fed- < at the ■>■• n Onan S
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  • 328 5 o::e -he R 11 R I R BY• T c M P S S1 11 Craw- 3 1-7;.. 7 I S R -'i B 11 Eng V' X G :Rd I Rd 'J its (Kg I H c Roa l| a Rj! s 12. Ja Datoh
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  • 160 5 Societv <« H is being made by the Si "g»P<"-e Art Another aim of the society La to establish a scholarship tund to send promising young Singapore artists abroad to further their knowledge of art The society^ art gallery, whan built, wii; b open
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  • 81 5 Inquiry Into Airport Man's Death AX inquiry into the death "t Sharif bin Mohamed Akip. a :*pare touinadozer operator who died m the Paya Lebar international Airport, on Aug. -H at midnight, commenced Ul the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. Sreenivasan a tractor Jnver, told the Coronet Mr. K.T Alexander. thai
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  • 55 5 FRANCISCAN Minion ano o! Mary will hoid a fun fair at the .Maria Steila Convent. H0...1: 1 Road, on Saturday from p.m. to 7 p.m. Th s fair is m aid of the Miss :}"> building fund. Among the items to be raffled la
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  • 70 5 THERE are still a very iew circle teats lefi for the' gu j premiere of "The Green Scarl," starring Michael Redgrave and Ann Tocid. at the Pavilion Theatre. on Dec. 7. lor the benefit of Singapore". Royal Society for the Prevention *of Cruelty to Animal. The
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  • 99 5 A 'Junior-Link Show A JI'NIOK interlink Exhibition organized by the Singapore Red Cro>> Society will be opened at Raffles Girls' School hall on Dec. 15 by the Colony's Director of Mr. R. Vf. Young. Exhibits of toys, corres- pondence albums, scrup- hooks and medic.il equip I ment. collected through various
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    • 345 5 {Standard cAlwicu^tc IWrOKMATIQW AT A GLANCE WJFji&W 1 St/i? P/! eR MAIL V\vr\: Cnglian class 930 am Indian dunce class 4 pm ~T"" j j i SHELL CO: Free (i!m P show at j^ m^t~*l(itii Collyer Qjay- 'British New& No ~*VB _L_ ±M+\ '■^Iri& <i *m.ic \i-uii m so(n:n mm%m%Mm%M
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  • SINGAPORE STANDARD
    • 717 6 JT is the habit, if not the technique, of public servants to rattle oil at a Press Conference a String of words intended to pul themselves, or the Government, right when taken to task for a job not properly done. It is. perhaps, an essential part of
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    12 6 "How shall we celebrate our wedding anniversary?" "How about two minutes' silence?"
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 353 6 Sir- —We refer to an article written by Mr. Rawlc Knox and published In your paper on the 15th ulto. and on behalf of our Principals, Norddeutscher Lloyd and HamburKAmerika Linie. would liasten to make the following comments. Tli is article gives an
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    • 322 6 'There'll Always Be Disunity Until Sir; We resent very much the remark of the Master Attendant that our officers do not have any ambition. It is the lark of a knowledge of English, (that was not provided for us) that is the root cause of our being unable to obtain
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    • 129 6 *>r:—l presume it is the policy of the Singapore (ioM-rnnient t«» n-tniit lotal lads ior appointment as far as pswlMe and also that vacancies for all posts. e\iliulinu labouiers". should be advertised m the local Press, before filling same. For the last two years. I have noticed that
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    • 238 6 2 Sir; \s a rest of the t j death oi fishes m tfte Z j Van Kleej Aquarium, Z "a ')i unconstructive end z j unjust criticism was* Z Z direct.!/ or indirectly. Z levelled m Mr. Watson. Z C the City Architect; but z
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    • 217 6 Sir: At the inaugural meeting ol the People's Action Party m Singapore <>n the 21st. Novemt* r, 1954. Tungku Abdul Rahman was quoted by the local prt ss as saying "I think the best way is to sink all communal difference and form non-communal parties/ m support
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    • 255 6 S:r: M Anti-Vice. M commenting on my letter, left out the important qualifying w^rci "regulated" b I "polygamy.* 1 By "regulated p< [yg I meant that when' polygamy practise d m a coun- accordance with I M islim law the uti endv avour si to
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  • 166 6 A Seaman Says 'Here's Your Chance Councillors S of A! Oi ed elf to be t n m the are f thot c pi nth ai :e A to I There Is i ot her 1 It It is a m 1 these :iy to be th< my cxpci [sign*
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  • 144 6 sir;— .lust ii the "Jalao Kubbor" nameplatc (near the Victoria street bus-Mop) was only recently ■nd correctly changed to ~.Jalan Kubor," the existing 'Rochor Road." M RochOr Canal Road' and "Kalang Road" plates should bo (.-hanged as well "Rochor" and "Kalang" are old spellings and obsolete "Rochor" appears
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    13 6 never mind, son. Daddy n be getting his toys fcacfc any day now/*
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  • 79 6 Review of Views 2 Pretty Dim, Unless... J VAN YANG SIANt; < L^ takes a peatimL of the situation m l and aver? ihat w 5 United St«.to< sh« x reiponsibiHty lot fences, the outlook \i thing but bright. jit .s poradoxlca] 'and b so rich an< 5 wreak, the
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  • 216 7 lN M iv I, (Reuter)— Sir Winston Churchill m prise appearance on television ol London's inosi brilliant pieces celebration of his 80th birthday late opening of Parliament by the his television appearance the Buckingham Palace for his ith the Queen, and when he
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  • 18 7 'I Saw Him Tie Girl's Ears, 'Says HG i Id a I Leslie The i Id not terrl
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  • 148 7 A World Premiere Under Sea M W YORK. Dec. 1 (AP) The world premiere of Howard Hughes' new film "Underwater* 1 will I).- presented um-.s ii here under water. His studio announced yesterdaj the film*, complete with sound and colour, will be shown to an audience of movie stars and
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  • 303 7 Dec. 1 IUP) A m r appealed nation I rday to save her b< ;i:.- thej o\ the Middle police here can do What Shall I Munich Hausfrau Tan to the national paper Bildzeitung. I ,m's platinum blonde r Magdalena is curdancing witii eight oth<
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  • 42 7 photo. STEVEDORES ore seen c a r r y i ng Christmas trees onto the Italian liner Italia of Hamburg, Germany. The roots of the trees ore m sacks to keep them humid till Dec. 25. A. P.
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  • 223 7 Monty Tells The U.S. LOS ANGELES, Dec 1. (AP)— The Western world must develop ••increasing ability to hit back" at the forces of aggressive Communism, licld Marshal Viscount Montgomery declared yesterday. "The best insurance for peace today would be a firm declaration on
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  • 187 7 We Need Brains, Says Duke VRDIFF, Wa es, Dec 1 (>; The i) Ice of Edinatj here t( Ice every university c to work his or on E5. i D v. ho Chan ty of Wall lents at tlu S bee going 1 the City 1! le oath ol I
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  • 34 7 i French National Assemb y last night yoU d to change the Constitution 10 thai new premiers can be voted office -noro easily during the nations frequent Cabinet crisc A P
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  • 26 7 iHE Colonial Ofl'x c announced yesterday thai it would open "United Kingdom Information Otfirrs"" shortly m N geria, the CoM Coast and Trinidad. Reuter
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  • 72 7 She Wants Meteor As Souvenir SYLACAUGA Alal IX (UP)- Mrs. li ett Hodges. 1 p e\-e: tti falling orii< dcmai 11 t the air fo < n the one I i ripir The n* inches m i eU through her l truck the hi] yes terday afternoon. Siie wa injur-
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  • 80 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. I—The1 The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market LONDON RUBBER Spot 24id. January 232 d. February 23Jd. Morch 23 id. April/ June 23 Id. July/September 2116. October/ December 23 d. December c i.f. 23
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  • 77 7 BBC Re plies To Malaya London. Dec. l iH- uteri The British Broadcasting Corporation said today that it was decided this year to cut by half the normal 20 contributions to the Christmas Day round the Commonwealth radio programme. Replying to reported criticism from Malaya that the colony had not
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  • 202 7 Narriman I'm Set On A Divorce LAUSANNE. Dec. 1 'UP) Former Ex-Queen Narriman of Egypt said yesterday she will stay here for "at least another two months"' before returning to Egypt to divorce her second husband. Alexandria doctor Adham El Nakeeb. The 21-year-old former Wife of ex-King Farouk made the
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  • 289 7 The Presidents View WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Reurer)— President Eisenhower believes that a naval and air blockade of Communist China would amount to "war action," it was stated yesterday. The President's view was stated by Mr. James C. Hagerty. Press Secretary, shortly after Senator William Knowland
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  • 96 7 lo\do\ Sir Win! n Bnti>h Prl n i xpressed I tatenu ni Ford, Ea v having or l«?red I M Lord Mor to rearm them rn it n.. «nd of tlv agreed lin-'> Hou <!• ')f C violent att bour i Rmanuel Bhlnwe Sir Winst
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  • 139 7 LONDON. Dec. 1 Renter J'he British Government to- day raised its "welfare state** benefits by Cl2O million a year by Increasing pensions ho the aged, war disabled and j others. Mr Osbert Peake. Minister of Pension- and National Insurance made the announce- ment m
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  • 96 7 Colour TV Across The Seas LONDON, i' R ut« n Woi olour I -mv. tran mi t ted bj 'it; l< was en ars bj a coi i here to Mr J n. D. an. Chairman ol Sub:;-, irine C v i. In .1 »cture to thi y oi Arts
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  • 24 7 MANILA De 1»t1 to h. i i p the ii.th Bo m I to a ed to the possiblit]
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  • 22 7 DR Wll HELM F 'or. the ci chesti ict< i pneun I tein torium m Wt lern any yes- Reuter
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  • 23 7 NEW YORK Di -The Univerwi] ChUdrci igh the v. rday by the S" tec of the Unitt A blj
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  • 724 8 Weekly Letter From U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. A preliminary look at the American economic record of the past year reveals a picture of underlying: strength and stability. For most of the year, economic activity m the United States lias followed seasonal patterns, with little
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    • 800 8 INORDOEUTSCHCR LLOYD AND HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE iO.NI SERVtCf lo Coi rrbo Ccwea. Maise lies. Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg BREMEN. Spore P. Sham Penang LUDWICSHAFEN (HAPAC) Cdns. 8/9 3 Dec 4 Dec ♦SCHWABENSTEIN tLLOYD) 8/12 D.-c 1 J Dec 1 4 Dec LEVERKUSEN -HAPAC) 3/7 Jon 8 Jon 9 Jon HESStNSTEIN ILOYD>
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    • 996 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Te1:2412 hx lines* (incorporated In Singapore) Trnrel r THE BLUE FUKNtt LINE d«* l-.rr.rr. opl.on u> prooee- vl. other ports to .toad »d r >« BVILINOB to LIVKHPOOL. GLASGOW. LONDON Jt CONTINLNT. Singapore Due Saila P Sham Penang tyodarru. to Uvarpool S. H«vr« 0 4_*
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    • 492 8 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Holland America Line Nederland Line Rotterdam Rotterdam Amsterdam HALIFAX. BOSTON. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE. MOBILE. NEW ORLEANS via SUEZ. S pore P. Sham Penang ZHLAND RL JO Nov. 6 Dec 7 Dec SO RAKI (SMN) 19/25 Dec 26 Dec 27/28 Oec TABIAN SMN,
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    • 665 8 EAST ASIAT!CIiI SAILINGS TO CONTINENT CAN Fo» Aden, Fort Said. Cenoa. Antwerp R»,, c (1 Copenhacen. Cothenbur^ nd o I Spor p H 1) 'PATACONIA- iS/18Dec SELANDIA" 5/7|, n "^lB k) Calls Beyrouth. Cdy-ia. Calls London 'passengers Hff Mn4 H Bl SAILINCS FROM SCANDINA, NT 'l^sT H "KAMBODIA" for Kohsichang.
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  • 167 9 Rubber Prices Still On Decline Standard Market Reporter THE rubber market m Singapore continued to drop yesterday, first grade for December closing at 80-11/16 cents per lb.. a drop of 11/16 cent on Tuesday. Overseas demand appeared to have been dropping, but at the opening yesterday news of a po.-^.bie
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  • 81 9 THE i m quu all si V with copra price? (per DeCfcMßfS -I JVM AKY P- !1 ">- $21 $31i I Mar-. Ned and q .it t. Singapore price? quoted b\ at the Chinese Produce ange yesterday were (pet picul): Gambier Mound) SldO Java cube $40 Hamburg
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  • 29 9 THE seilinj; rale for merchants quoted by the Mala>;tn lArhanye Banks Association yesterday for Canadian dollars (T.T. 0.D.) was 1 J ready. Other exchange rates remained unaltered.
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  • 513 9 Better Business With R.I. Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. The total trade of Penang over the third quarter of 1954 shows an improvement over the same period m 1953 and over the second quarter of this year. The value of the total trade is
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  • 179 9 Big Crowd At Emporium Opening THE Indian Hand DO i U T K < I UMU I cd fit 23 Race Lane, Singapore. On Tucsdu;;. <;T! *OCtcd (I big croird. Mrs. R.K. Tandon. O f The 1 die H ("< s.oner m Malaya, foi ly opened the iportum. Tfumgfi man|£
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  • 311 9 BUYERS m the Malayan share market yesterday were cautious as a result of the faM m the London market. The turnover was mostly reduced. Industrial shares were quietly steady, while tins irregular. Rubber shares were neglected.* Renter reported from London on Monday that with the
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  • 167 9 The Fight Against Malnutrition FOR over two hundred years, cod liver oil has played a conspicuous part m the fight against malnutrition and its attendant ill— nesses such as tuberculosis, rickets and osteomalacia. No accessory food has the traditional approval which cod liver oil has won. both as a prophylactic
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  • 52 9 MALAYAN' tin statistics showed production of tin-in-concentrales including mines and dulang weshen was 5.083 ton? m October. Stocks of tin metal and tini n concentrate?. including g1 ks with smelters, ore buyers at mine and m transit and ks on w.u.r\es. Lighters I ent at the end
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  • 56 9 SI AM Al Broken Rice (Max. 50 per cent.) will by Issued to dialers m Penang, Province Wellesley and South and Centra] Kedah from Dec. 1 to 31. Tlu> public should not ace pi this quality if there is more than 50 per cent broken rice. Other types
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  • 56 9 THE boards of Unilever and Unilever N.V. have declared interim ordinary dividends of 6 per cent, and 5} per cent. respectively, payable on Dec 10. The proposal to sanction capitalization of premium reserves and issue bonus shares on the basis of one new share for four units of
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  • 313 9 Finance A nit Commerce THE Federation Government has treated the Malayan Collieries Ltd. m a most inconsiderate manner and has dealt with the only coal resources of the country m a very short-sighted way, according to Mr. J. Drysdale, chairman of the company m
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  • 84 9 NEW YORK. Doc. 1: Strong demand, particularly from die casters, enabled producers to ship more nnc to consumer! m October than m any month since November 1952. and to reduce their n :ined stocks to the lowest level since October 1953. The shipments of
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  • 25 9 MR. J.W. T :r:, t r-I.iishmar. KLM General M^naper 1' r Malaya and North Borneo. hr>v returned to Singapore Irom home lea\e.
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  • 15 9 A barter contra t oxdianging Mexican corn for Japanese nai'.s was tpproved recently.
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  • 209 9 U.K. Show: An Eye On The Mart Abroad EXHIBITORS at next week s Monday Friday (Dec. 6-10) Smithfield Show at Earls Court. London, have kept a wary eye on the overseas market: much of the agricultural equipment on .show has been designed for use m the tropics and the vast
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  • 240 9 NEW YORK, Dec. 1: < Keuter) Two papers read at the annual meeting of the Knihr M.mul.u lurris Association hint at the prospects of a price increasr next year for (■.R.S. synthetic rubber. The meeting was held m private. The I.S. rubber industrj generally expects unit
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  • 89 9 WASHINGTON I) afp> -The World Ur ....<j a net income of U555,400 C3t during the third quarter of the year as compared ih U555,300,000 for th<ponding period In 1W5;1 This income was pa: i m j the supplementary reserve far losses on loans brinmn<! the
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  • 34 9 JAPAN Air Lines w "p«'n .i mv district i i m Chicago 'iuring the fir- 1 u»i«k of December, Mr tt Kojima. Vire-Pi of JAL*i American div. •>- -nounced last rwgh* U.P.
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  • 68 9 phol*. MR. NtMA Sr'.:ui i rrkit. (left). manai;ii)^ ftinrtur of Fberhard and Company. one of Sw:tr<rl.»rid't top uatth manufacturers, is m Singapore to snr\t*y the market. He said that l- -r. iJIv tin- ;:l is mr Klimmer Hatches. Mr. S' lu! 1 t!>rrc«T is < n an
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    • 254 9 SINGAPORE >- >ANCE PREPARATION t IMPROVEMENT P*l l sm im provi- ACTION 52 it) **ll siSGAPOM 1M- I(N| ORU.NANCE. (1) g; p re the i i the I B SEWELI T v Of OLD HTIES Sj :•'< >m S '.HEET mbtr, !l>; ilurn bin Mhinduaa i r n Itni; E
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    • 145 9 Outer Roads A.-ha. Lucky Carrier, Fossa: u.s. Maung Bama. Tosai Maru. Zelmu Salen. Tasman, Bali. Orestes. Ltoville. Poaralam, Stenrealm. Inner Roads Lakota. Lariaag, Tone Leonp. Lee Sch. Yurnely. Tai Tiong. Tonjj Hock. Giang Scnc Tdmk Seang. Eastern Pearl, Sofnen.Mh. Larut. Se>:a mat. Auby, Pcrtama, Senggarang, Banjoewangi, Perintis, Aik Hin, Tn.
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  • 141 10 4 Yrs. Each For Robbing Hawker R*mH?n dn r T Ramli bi^ t«?\ n -J-°- and a c ar driver. Takans bin Bakar 27 wt?re 'a li n m th€ Sin sapore Ao. s lze Court yesterday to lour years' rigorous Imprlsoni? C »hJ°Aii rol J blng a haw ker.
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  • 36 10 BUTTERWORTH. Wed The Town Council held the last meeting of the year today and the Chairman, Mr J L H. Davis, thanked all' members for their co-ooera-tion which he described as outstanding."
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  • 215 10 PLAN TO REMEDY PILOT FATIGUE BRITISH Overseas Airways have now based four pilots at Sydney to prevent crew fatigue m future Constellation airliner flights from Australia to Singapore. The Commission of Inquiry into the Constellation airliner 1 crash at Singapore, m its rej port published recently comj mented on the
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  • 147 10 THE hundreds of pounds of ooium smuggled into Singapore through various channel* do not come from Communist countries, but from Siam. Burma. India and Persia, the Comptroller of Colony Customs. Mr R s Tufnell. .-aid yesterday. "We have no evidence to show that the
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  • 284 10 Lawyers Argue A Point JOIIOKE BAHRI-, Wed.-A point of law re S ardin» the competency of the Sessions Court to hear a char"* Ek-aM ssi Sijir^ before Ate The matter aro^e when Choo Choo KWa n g was brought fur trial on a charge
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  • 287 10 Dr. Polunin Tells Of Heavy Drinking Tribe AN interesting, all too brief, talk on the Murut people of North Borneo, who, he said, were dying out from a cause still unknown, was given yesterday by Dr. Ivan Polunin, of the University of Malaya's Department
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  • 123 10 Expulsion Order Is Confirmed UNDERGRADS THE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya. Sir Sydney Came. has told the Students' Union that the case of the four undergraduates who were expelled from their hostel last week i s closed. m a letter to the Union's Interim Committee. Sir Syd- ney said
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  • 109 10 Youthful Imposter Discharged TAX Chwee Huat. 18. who posed as a schoolboy and succeeded m getting a "half price" ticket when he travelled m a Singapore Traction Company bus along Serangoon Road on Aug. 29. was conditionally discharged m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday. The Magistrate. Mr R.W.H. Davies.
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  • 31 10 PENANG. Wed— On the occasion of the birthday of Thailand's Ruler, the Thai Consul and Madame Praslt Lohanan. will hold a reception at the Consulate on Sunday Dec. 5.
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  • 134 10 Fifth rlu?? T n m Chinej irl alle ged m the Singapore hou^ i» n S° Urt y es terday that a sub-tenant m her da U y S and r^edX* o**'0 heF tat r m De She was testifying at a Drcaan Mu
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 10 TUNGKU ABDUL Rahman, president of IMN.O, speaks at the MCA-UMNO-MIC election meeting In Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Others m the picture are from left: Mr. One Yoke Lin, Miss Gunn Chit Wha, Mr. K.L. Devaser, Mr. S.M. Yon* and Mr. Leung Cheung Ling.
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  • 104 10 MR. THIO SOEX TIOE. Governing Director of Ek Liong Hin. Ltd.. has donated SI. OOO to the Red Cross Crippled Children's Home. The donation is part of $50,000 which Mr. Thio has given to many other associations, schools and institutions on the occasion of the marriage of
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  • 83 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Fifty-one students of the Segamat Government School have been asked to leave school because they are either over-aged or have failed their examinations for two successive years. Most of the students, some of whom are girls come from forms one and four. It
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  • 34 10 PENANG. Wed.-The Catholic community of Penang and Province Wellesley will be holding a rally on the Dato Kramat ground at 630 p.m on Si-m lay to c i Ose the Marian year.
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    • 229 10 I CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTK)\S /S^ttte n hi OPENS TODiIY l*Si UUeUW 11a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, T 9.30 p.m. I NTI KYKOX PKhSK.M>*www»/ {'CLIFTON JI'NE VAN LAL T REN CORNEL I] WEBB ALLYSON BACALL WILDE FRED MacMI'RRAY— ARLENE DAHL 1 IN A GREAT, BIG WONDERFUL Roman's M\HatM yU I «>r shouldn")
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    • 237 10 t|| I SH AW BRO HEB S| S¥h- TeLI "^i 0 V/ THh AGE OK flllv»u,. T<l «»l,B V^l IB9H H t v BV^k ''*"U «xr 'chance';' KA/nVins,;^! f" a m Japanese \T 1 1 with Knflish sub-titlrs I Jl Z MIDNIGHT SATURDAY! SI GLENN FORD (;io HM (m jl
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  • 74 11 THE following will represent South Johore Rugby Football Club against the Royal Signals ai Princess Mary Barracks. Aver Rajah Road, on Saturday. K:c.< off 5.15 pm E L Lnwley: P. Spark; W. J Robertson; A. Fitzherbert; C. H. E Tansley; P. Edington; J. Eding. ton;
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    62 11 Photo. JIMMY SLADE is flat on his back outside the ropes aner being belted m the third round of his bout with Floyd Patterson m Madison Square Garden, New York City, November 19. Patterson Jeans over the ropes as ringsiders put up their arms. S'.ade went down for the fijtii
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  • 44 11 IN the Progressive Party's South Ward District Football competition played on the Railway Institute ground yesterday. Fire Demons beat Raciiri Mas Ramblers by four goals to one. S *orers for Fro Demons wore: B.ru 3 and Mokhtar. Alsagofl scored for the losers.
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  • 30 11 RE Recreation Club c 4—2 m a idly hockey :^..tc-h SRC padang vestcrday. f.-.v fur sRC were. Penm nd O. R N X :ed lor c A
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  • 543 11 THE Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation's annual championships to be held at the Happy World Stadium on December 5 and 6 has attracted only 15 Three notable absentees from this programme are the Asian Games lifters, Chay Weng Yew (featherweight), Harold de
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  • 674 11 ALF GOVER cabling from Australia says: IT is easy to be wise after the event. Len Hutton has been getting the big stick here for giving Australia first knock m the Test on what has proved to be a batsman's paradise. I APPLAUD HUTTON. He had
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  • 370 11  -  RAFMAN Seletar Sports Notes Rv WITH an expanding membership of the RAF Seletar Yacht Club and not enough boats to absorb the members, a new class has been adopted to give a fair chance of sailing to all who have a speck of salt left
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    • 134 11 THEATRE l|^*' HI.: P44i tl viiouv J.15-«.M A 9.15 P.M. n vl M\\ BOX OFFICE HISTORY. !<• <Xl »i Mil < M\KMIR NIMML THE ONLY lil I H^iVIK STAR WITH UN KISSED LIPS. SJ\-TS rHIS VIARS SUP ER HIT. To IN EM A 1 Former^ New City) Serai Phone *****.
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    • 661 11 ****amnmmtiu 'ti'immmSSSSSSSSSmSvmSSSSm SITUATIONS VACANT AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANT xx required by British Mm in* Company lor Trengganu mine! a young energetic man. prclerably Serdang trained fur Keiieral agricultural work on a widm variety of local food crops If m addition h e ha<i some irain- or J cx P eri encc In
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    • 254 11 Iflbpe* BvAl Capp "J STOP 1 > OM V' I I K4 1 S^w> v c^s; -?>...._... */y^r^^-~ k -J Alley Oop By T. V. Hamlin 9m j m w I lUIMI 111 JjyMjr* *,E LfTTLE -s(AH,NA,YAH. I I^^- ~^< NOTHING TO IT BOV|>^ S^ ~^JHI I' JJNNEHILDE, /.HEY NOW,
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  • 598 12 IT'S AN INNINGS DEFEAT FOR ENGLAND they Make Rugby Union History At Jatan Besar Stadium 'Dead Bat' Tactics Fail BRISBANE, Dec. 1, (Reuter)— Australia won the first of the five-match test series for the mythical •'Ashes" here today when they beat England, the holders, by an innings and 154 runs
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  • 86 12 England 2nd ii.ninus Ilutton Ibw b Miller .13 Simpson run out 9 I.d rich b Johnston SS May Ibw b Lindwall 44 Cowdrey b B«naud If Kailey c Langley b lindwall H Tyson not out 37 Brdser c Archer b Johnson 5 Andrew b Johnson 5 Compton c l.anglcy
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  • 452 12  - Malaya's Women: The Best, Their Strong Points Their Weaknesses! FRANCIS BOEY As told to MALAYA'S most promising wonan player today is Penang's youthful Lam Kit Lin, the world's unofficial woman badminton champion, Judy Devlin of America, said m Singapore yesterday. Judy, who is due to leave Smgapo'e on Sunday with
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  • 235 12 GRADUATE SAMROIG PROMOTED TWO winners at the rerent Singapore Turf Club's St. Leger Meeting. Samroig. who scored a double, and Graduate, have been promoted to ClftM I from (lass according to the latest Straits Racing Association's classifications. A:i "old stager" llaydep ha> .boon deleted from Class 4 Tic following are
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  • 305 12 41 BASE Work Shops R.E.M.E. (Singapore) which represented by S Sgt. Bert Herbert, Sgt. Cyril Kite ;and Sfft. Peter Parker won the team championship at annual Singapore Base District's motor cycle trials Hheld m the Colombo camp at Aver Rajah Road yesterday*
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  • 85 12 photo. TOKYO: Argentine challenger Pasqual Perez weigh lyor'd flyweight champion losh.o Shirai of Japan at the otJ'ice of boxing commissioner here beiore the championshipg bout. Looking on the weigh-in are (left to right) Felipe Segura. Perez's trainer and Dr. Alum Cahn, Shirai's American manager (partly
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  • 158 12 THE civilian team s to play! »tn the Singapore Hockey •fiooiation's annual quadrancu;.ar tournament which starts :at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the .Singapore Cricket Club ground ;are as follows: :pl° t lOrrow at S P m against .RAF on the S.C.C. ground: jNoronha; Rudy Mosbergen, ;Ajit
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  • 20 12 LONDON, Dec. 1, (Reuter) England beat Germany m the football international here today :by three goals to one.
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  • 479 12 FIJIANS: Rayawa; Mucunabitu; Bnlicokocoko; Ba]>a V Waqavolau; Ravula; Radrodro; Caxca; Tavaga; Tuvoli' B COMBINED SERVICES: Churchwood; Stark: Profherr,,- I jiths; Sloe: Beringer; O'Loughlin; Shapland; Williams C I REFEREE: Wing Com. Stanbnry. I In the above pictures, the Fijians are lined up on ritf
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    • 131 12 C'CO' Whether you feared him, hated him or lo*d him, Sladc got m your blood. He wot brutal because he had to be wild, becouse Ik could never be safe. His true, terrific story one of the West's mightiest sagos! StAor XII F deathless saga of the TOUGHEST ||B|| 111
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