Singapore Standard, 9 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2605
Total Pages: 14
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    13 1 Singapore Standard C is* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954 14 PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    90 1 [ONG. Dec 8 rs and hrein stifling ,-and-a-half to rescue the Rcdiffusion -i, the colonercial rk. building. The Hongkong's rary of Ls rec rded radio i ripment. .ought the il pxtinguishbrlgade c >: in Chinese -,■:>; continuing >tudios. Z Bclals said fire started j"' a :':-cnnditioning ron cold to
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    $25 MIL. CHINA TRADE
    306 1 British Merchants Sign Deal With Reds HONGKONG, Dec. 8 (AFP)— The group of British businessmen who recently visited Communist China to discuss possible trade exchanges with Chinese Communists disclosed here today that deals amounting to a total of £3,000,000 (about M525.5 million) had been concluded with
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    50 1 I to. 8 'Reuter) Allen, former *of the Unllra. was marr 7 nt, n Nov. Frances Tomannounced here f? f Mkn was apfecrnaiy ot the aUoti toi the nt ol Science lis year. He was Principal of the Medicine. SingaPre Ident of Raffles tagapore. t wife died in 1953.
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    Stop Press
    31 1 IK. Dm-. 8 Reuter > tn-lai. Chinese Minister. todav I'nited States "must take upon [■J grave tonJ lf >t does not f al! its armed p Formosa and pWi islands.
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    Statue Of 'Our Lady' Honoured
    55 1 Statue Of Our Lady Honoured photo. CnfhtVEtlYJ ai r L 5 d ?u ,s se _f n be nq carried out in the procession from the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd to St. Joseph's Institution field, Bras Basah Road, S.ngapore, where the open air service marking the end of Marian
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    Marian Year Closes With 8,000 Pledging Decency
    206 1 EIGHT thousand Catholics took the pledge of the Legion of Decency at St. Joseph's Institution ground, off Bras Basah Road, yesterday, at an impressive open air service which marked the closing of the Marian Year in Singapore. Servers in red and white robes
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    2,000 Give Up
    29 1 TUNIS. Dec. 8 (UP).— Almost 2.000 of an estimated 2.500 Tunisian terrorists have surrendered their guns and accepted a Franco-Tunisian amnesty offer, officials here said today.
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    Ike Ignores McCarthy
    67 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UP) President Eisenhower said today that if Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and his followers want to form a new third party, it is their own business. Formation of a third party, he said, would be very difficult. As for McCarthy's attack on him yesterday,
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    Suicide By Schoolgirl
    52 1 CARDIFF, Dec. 8, (Reuter). A 15-year-old schoolgirl, lectured by her parents over her friendship with a boy. shot herself with her father's revolver while the balance of her mind was disturbed, an inquest decided here yesterday. The inquest was on Anita Steer who died in hospital here
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    Pope Appears At Window
    172 1 Blesses Cheering Crowds VATICAN CITY, Dec. 8-Pope Pius XII appeand at the window of his bedroom at the Vatican today to bless crowds assembled in Saint Peters square. Six days and 10 minutes after he fell into a nearfatal collapse, the 78-year-old Pontiff stood at his
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    Communists Are Caught Lying Down
    73 1 TAIPEI. Dec. 8 (Reuter Chinese Nationalist commandos caught Communis* troops asleep in their barracks and captured 14 In a dawn raid yesterday on Com-munist-held Taipei Island, three miles north-east of Quemoy, it was stated here today. Colonel Hsiung En-teh. Nationalist military spokesman, said the commandos,
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    PROTEST OYER EXECUTIONS
    51 1 AMMAN, Dec. B.— Thousands of Moslem Brotherhood members demonstrated in the streets of Amman today in protest against the hanging of six Brotherhood leaders in Cairo yesterday. In Damascus, college students and school children downed books and went on strike today in protest against the executions. Reuter,
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    MASS FOOD POISONING
    47 1 TAIPEI. Dec. 8 (UP) More than 400 teachers, students and parents were the victims of food poisoning following an athletic meet at Kaohsiung. it was reported here today. The victims had eaten from lunch boxes prepared by a restaurant. None were in serious danger.
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    'UK Spent $340 Mi. In Malay'
    142 1 From ANDREW ROTI LONDON, Dec. B—Eitain has spent almst £40,000.000 in Malaya sire 1949 over what it woid have cost to keep Brith troops at home. This estimate was disched by the Minister of St;e for the Colonies, Mr Heiy Hopkinson, today in te
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    7 SURVIVORS
    35 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Floric Dec. 8 (UP).— Rescue shi yesterday picked up sev survivors and three bodies the 11-men crew of a t which sank in the storr tossed Gulf of Mexico < Monday night.
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    RANGERS OUT TO AID FUND TODAY
    132 1 RANGERS OUT TO AID FUND TODAY THE First Company, Singapore Land Rangers, frvill be out in full force today selling tickets for itheir dance on Saturday it S^a -View Hotel, in aid of The Standard Christ-*KAft-cQt»4 \yi it*jt*a br^ S2~ are available at Robinsons, era View Hotel and The Standard.
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    HUNT UNDER WATER FOR £2 M. COLD
    90 1 HUNT UNDER WATER FOR £2 M. COLD GUERNSEY. Dec. 8 (Reuter). Underwater television equipment used to locate the crashed Comet jet liner off Elba earlier this year will be used in a £2,000,000 treasure hunt off the coast of New Zealand The boat which will carry out the search, the
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    HELIPORT OPENS
    25 1 THE U.S. Army has unveiled the nation's first "heliport," a US$l,OOO,OOO facility designed exclusively for helicopters, in Fort Eustis Vir- ginla. 1 U.P.
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    New Method To Kill Cancer
    136 1 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 8 (APh A method of killing cane! by weaving radioacti" thread into the flesh of tl diseased area was descri? ed here yesterday to U. X-ray specialists. The thread ls a hollow nyk tube about the diameter a big darning needle. holds
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    1st Woman Police Searcher Decorated
    144 1 1st Woman Police Searcher Decorated KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Miss Lee Kooi *in, a Perak police s ar cher, today received the Colonial Police Medal for meritorious service f_T: 0m the Federation High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, to become perhaps the first woman in Malaya to gain the honour. *u M
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    CHUTE CAUSES 19 DEATHS
    56 1 ATHENS. Dec. 8 (AP).— A Greek Air Force Dakota crashed about noon today on Eleusis military airfield, killing its 19 occupants, 15 of whom were Greek Army lieutenants. The Dakota was engaged in parachute exercises over the airfield when a falling parachute got entangled with the
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    PAGLAR DIES IN HIS SLEEP
    275 1 PAGLAR DIES IN HIS SLEEP DATO (Dr.) C. J. Paglar, Colony Legislative Councillor, philanthropist and sports patron, died peacefully in his sleep in the General Hospital shortly after midnight, last night He was 60. His wife. Datin Paglar. was at his bedside when he died. Dr. Paglar was admitted to
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    Abu Hassan who routed 25 Reds...
    371 2 POLICE AWARDS FOR BRAVERY AND THIS IS DAREDEVIL' APPU (CPM) KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A sprightly. 23--year-old Malay Special Constable smartly marched up a decorated dais in Kuala Lumpur this morning, to receive from the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, the George Medal for bravery.
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    13 2 Photo Medal for braver* f Pom t i n "1 M Standard
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    113 2 COMMODITY PRICES i CLOSING rubber prices I (cents per lb.) in Singa- I pore v ester da? were: I Tone: Quiet. run pKict The price of tin yesterday was $353 per picul. Up 37* cts LONIHIN HIHHUi No. 1 RSS. Settlement Honse Term* Wednesday's opening prices first session were: I
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    FOUND DEAD IN DRAIN
    46 2 SINGAPORE Police are investigating the death of 33--year-o'.d Rokiah binte Abdul Rahman, whose body was found in a drain in Coronation Village yesterdav An elderly villager reported he found the body and carried it to his home before he called the Police.
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    GIRL IS SHOT IN ACCIDENT
    43 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Miss Chan Chui Kam was accidentally shot in the right palm today Her fiance, Mr. Leong Chong Yee. a Ho 4 .ie u__ 4 officer here, was cleaning his 38 revolver when it went off
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    DRIVER FINED
    33 2 toJ KaV Teck was flned n tne Singapore First lraffic Court yesterday wnen he pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving along Serangoon Road on the night of Aug. 17.
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    Weather Report
    70 2 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: From 7.30 p.m. Dee. 7 to 7.30 ii.m. Dec. g. Singapore (74F): Kota Bahru j'**). Kuala Lumpur (74F). Ipoh (73F). KuantaS (73F). ir™ x,m i m Temperature: f™ m fi H? pm. to f.30 a.m. ec ___J? ln f*P°re (82F). Penang <88F),'kota Bahru (g5F>. SK* Lumpur
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    Died After Hunger Strike, But TB Caused It
    269 2 Died After Hunger Strike, But TB Caused It A MALAY cookhouse corporal who went on a hunger strike, collapsed and died four days later, the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday. But the cause of death the court was t old. was not starvation but tuberculosis Allxa e nde C r°
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    GOVERNOR EXTOLS NAVY AS A CAREER
    251 2 Malayans Receive Swords THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Niooll. yesterday declared that Government has ambitious plans to boost tlie strength and traditional glamour of the Royal Malayan Navy "ao that, in time, she can take her rightful place among the guardians of Malaya."
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    A Delegate For Rome?
    71 2 VfcETHER or not Singapore wil sent a delegate to the first Cor-ference on World Populatior to be held in Rome early not year will be decided at the next meeting of the executiv« committee of the Singapon Family Planning Association. Nf. T.P.F. McNeice. Presided of the
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    40 2 Highest J To for?) J B.v: I I the Ftfa*3 whale 1 trad. I an> Jl drank a J national I varrton put all red i'oau i_ I SUIUS }0 2. Malayan dipttf they have boml our c hrrr.
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    75 2 Sir DOMM l_J Pahat fe i M from Kuala IMM for thf taatMr J held tn thf r.;i camp Flank.d «f J their officer*, im war:. r> 2 best of tn*>w .the wha I .hall tU*. 1 thb gnat h*» H, said t»_JJ Fijian> in U>_^ I been ls
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    LEARN MEDICINE: THE CHINESE WAY
    258 2 THE Singapore Chinese Physicians' Association is .offering a number of scholarships to Chinese schotl teachers, clerks and medicine shop proprietors who are now attending courses on the history of Chinese medicines and how to diagnose diseases the Chinese way. The courses were specially organized by
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    20 2 photo. THE Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. present* the sword to Boatswain Syed Haltm bin Syed Hassan yesterday. Standard
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    Three Men Steal Xmas Tree
    91 2 Three Men Steal Xmas Tree A GANG of three men drove up to a house at the junction of East Coast Road and Katong Road in Singapore juat after midnight on Tuesday and dug out a Christmas tree from the garden. They lifted the tree into their car and sped
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    227 2 A CHINESE school tr ache r. was shot at, then pursued by J irr bitt_J struck him on the head with aro |fJjß explain in the Singapore Assw i such an attempt was made on 4 11. i i I J i the P"" Wl< A < S t
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    HK EXCHANGE
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    116 3 MfiATOBE carpenter, Kuan who faced two tentative B murder and three of atIrder. in the Eighth Police „!dav. was sent to the WoodLtal Hospital to be kept rvation for two weeks. K„riv constables under the .of the O.CCourts. DSJP. t Bovle. virtually carried him dock and kept propping him
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    57 3 Med Nations Inters Emergency t. W560.000 fe Urban Health for Singapore auspices of City Council of Malaya. mm vi I o used to ind rhild and training which i^ the densely area Hospital. this area of y half of ■ears of age. served by two j.:.: child welfare will
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    27 3 !fctd Chong Ching, :L v Street, today trial beii re Magisab Ghazali to l IH > one hooi Siang ol Hill tn Mar lei was avowed $300
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    2 Harbour Unions Send In Demands
    123 3 THE Singapore Wharf and Shipping Labour Union and Harbour Board Employees' Union yesterday asked the Harbour Board to reinstate workers with long service who have been retrenched for opium smoking. This request was contained in a 16-point memorandum submitted to the Board by the
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    Used Iron Bar —Jailed
    61 3 Used Iron Bar Jailed GOH Ah Puay was yesterday sentenced in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court to be jailed for five months for causing grievo-is hurt to another man, Seah Heng Swee. with an iron bar at Rochore Canal Road on Aug. 18. Seah had his left shoulder dislocated
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    $1,000 For News Of Stolen Tea Chests
    134 3 $1,000 For News Of Stolen Tea Chests A SINGAPORE contractor has offered a $1,000 reward for information leadin? to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the theft of $35,000 worth of Basra -bound tea from Amoy Street on Sunday morning. The tea, packed in 253 chests, was
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    $25 FOR OBSTRUCTION
    33 3 SEAH Hong Poh, who caused obstruction by parking his lorry abreast of a van in Rochore Road on Sept. 9 was fined $25 in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday.
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    378 3 fm content with the way you speak and hlt you sure tnat y° u are not making m that cause people to underrate you? fw has the importance of effective speech *™ng been more widely recognised than b»f n° U can ex P ress yourself persuasively S? i vou
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    Drunk Fined $5
    30 3 MOHAMED Abdul Rahman admitted behaving ln a disorderly manner at Bukit Timah Road on Dec. 7 and was fined $5 ln the Singapore Sixth Police Court, yesterday.
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    She quit cooking for Eskimos to see the Hemisphere
    315 3  -  MICHAEL GOH By Standard Staff Reporter LILLIAN ALDRIDGE a few months ago decided to give up her job cooking pastries for Eskimo patients at Seward Sanatorium In Alaska and see the southern hemisphere. Some of her friends have seen parts of
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    Singapore Malay Union Joins The U.M.N.O.
    220 3 Singapore Malay Union Joins The U.M.N.O. IN 1 Singapore Malay Union, which recently backed our of the Labour Front, has entered into a new alliance with the United r°T National Organization. r*ah7 AU U n n i Ce mea s there will b e a three-cornered KUi* ♦u D° lony
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    UNION IS TOLD TO PROVE CHARGES
    167 3 UNION IS TOLD TO PROVE CHARGES THE Deputy City President, Mr. J. T. Rea, yesterday said that he has no information about an allegation made by the Singapore City Council Electrical Workers' Union that there is widespread corruption among subordinate staff of the Electricity Department. Mr. Rea said that if
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    FRENCH NAVY CHIEFS VISIT
    62 3 THE French cruiser Montcalm, arrived in Singapore early yesterday morning from Indo-China flying the flag of Vice-Admiral A. E. Jozan, Commander-in-Chief. French Naval Forces in Indo-China. Vice Admiral Jozan is on a courtesy visit to Admiral Sir Charles Lambe. C-in-C, Far East Station, and is expected
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    Electoral Claims For Inclusion
    91 3 Electoral Claims For Inclusion ABOUT 2,500 claims and objections were lodged by people in Singapore during the two week inspection period of lhe new electoral rolls. Government is now com piling these claims and the lists will be ready for in spection for ten days by the public in different
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    Husband To Pay $150 Maintenance
    79 3 Husband To Pay $150 Maintenance THE Singapore Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. R.W.H. Davies. yesterday, ordered an RAF. storekeeper. Koh Heng Choy. to pay a monthly maintenance of $150 to his wife, Leong Wai Ming, whom he married at a mass-wedding ceremony in 1947 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. It was
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    'Gentleman Of The Road' Fined $20
    241 3 OMAR bin Haji Hashuri, who was described a "careful driver and a gentleman on the road*' by a defence witness, was fined $20 in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday for careless driving on the morning of April 21. Omar, who knocked down a
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    MISS UNIVERSE Rotary To Run S'pore Contest
    62 3 THE Singapore Rotary Club will hold a 'beauty contest, the winner of which will be selected to represent Malaya at the Miss Universe beauty contest next year. A spokesman of the Club said that tentative plans to conduct the beauty parade in March,
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    PUBLICITY FOR S'PORE
    54 3 THE Singapore Government has printed 20.000 two-colour baggage labels depicting the Colony's waterfront for distribution free to local shipping and airline companies and travel agencies for use on travellers' luggage when they go abroad. This is one of a number of schemes in hand to publicise Singapore
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    SHB Gets Summons
    53 3 THE Singapore Harbour Board was yesterday served a summons by Mr. Lim Bah Chee, one of its storekeepers, through the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association. Mr. Lim has more than 25 years* service -_-ith the S.H.B The case will be heard before the Civil District Court on
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    SPEEDSTER FINED $75
    49 3 J. J KROEF, who drove along Bukit Timah Road at 65 to 70 m.p.h. on the night of Oct. 15. was fined $75 yesterday in the Singapore First Traffic Court on a charge of speeding Kroef. who was not present in court pleaded guilty by letter.
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    TWO GET FIVE YEARS FOR ARMED ROBBERY
    231 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Leo Sung and Chong Lau Pui were each sentenced at the Johore Assizes today to five years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Storr for robbery on July 1, at Shansi Estate. The prosecution stated that when the estate peon was returning
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    Clothes, Tin Ore Stolen
    53 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Clothing and property worth over $800 were lost when a house in Chow Kit Road, here was burgled last night, a PoJJce report stated today **J ln re wortn S^OO was stolen from the Lip Seng Tin Lumpur'Setapak Road, earlv yesterday morning. y
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    Penang Harbour Strike Will Isolate The Island
    216 4 Turfites Will Have To Use Sampans PENANG, Wed. The ferry service, which is the vital link between Penang Island and the mainland, may come to a standstill if the members of the Penang Harbour Board Staff Association carry out their threat to strike
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    'Motor Car' Birthday Cake For Eric
    63 4 2 Standard photo by 5 FIVE-year-old Eric Har- > 1 ding (centre) blows the 2 2 randies on his "motor- car" birthday cake at a C, party held in his home at No 125 B.OR Quarters. 2 Malaya Command. Kuala Lumpur, recently Eric I
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    'No Threats To Agent's Wife'
    384 4 Says Proprietor In Drug Case THE proprietor of the Great Eastern Drug Company, Mr. Lee Tian Siao, yesterday denied in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court having threatened the wife of a travelling a?ent. .Mr. Ng Chow Choo, with violence. N'S was sai.i to have
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    NANYANG CALLS FOR TENDERS
    114 4 NANYANG CALLS FOR TENDERS TENDERS were yesterday invited by the building committee of the Nanyang University for the construction of the $300,000 science building, the students' dining room and servants' quarters. Work on the library-cum-administrative building is proceeding well on schedule and is expected to be completed by the middle
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    Suit Against Bus Company Is Dismissed
    105 4 HOLDING that the plaintiff had not discharged the onus of proving negligence against the bus, Mr. Justice WhiUon dismissed in the Singapore High Court yesterday, an action for damages brought by a motor cyclist. Chua Kia Chee. against the Singapore Traction Company. The suit,
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    KAJANG MAN DIES IN K.L.
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Well-known Kajang resident. Jfr S^-Pi 11 Gee fa^er of SLJ a clm S- Kuala Lumpur, died here this morning. Mr. Tan's funeral will start SS No 2_A Pena ng Road. Kuala Lumpur, at 4 pm tomorrow.
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    Constables Committed For Trial
    139 4 Constables Committed For Trial KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Police Corporal Bachan Singh. 32. and constables Tay Pin Long. 26. and Naranja Singh. 30. were today committed by the First Magistrate to stand trial in the High Court for extorting $15 from a pork seller. At the preliminary inquiry which concluded today,
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    Jan. 13 Will BePenang's Polling Day
    111 4 PENANG. Wed. Nominations for the Settlement Council elections will be called for in all the 14 constituencies on Thursday. Jan. 13. the Settlement Elections Officer. Mrs. A. S.M. Hawkins, told The Standard today. Mrs. Hawkins said the people in the farthest kampongs were looking
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    HGs Take Over Ampang Village
    174 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The defence of Ampang Village, once notorious for bandit incidents, was today handed over to the Home Guards by the regular police. This was the first handing over in the Kuala Lumpur district since the beginning of the Emergency. Receiving the key
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    MR. D. FRIEND TO SPEAK
    43 4 THE Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Johore. Mr. David Friend, will be the speaker at the civic lunch at Kluang on Deo. 13 and not Major-General L.E.C.M. Perowne. Commanding Officer, 17th Gurkha Division, as reported recently in the Press.
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    Visiting Newsman Speaks On Freedom Of Press
    385 4 Visiting Newsman Speaks On Freedom Of Press Democracy can survive only where the press is free to e K trUth even should he truth be unfavourable to the Government Mr Carl T Rowan of the Minneapolis Tribune told the Raffles Society of the University of Malaya last night He was
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    41 5 O'jHEH Loh Earn. C d probation for C: v Mr Justice Singapore High r causing Is wife, Tan ..mmer. his wife's ing a quarrel |Bil< S> mbawang appealwi r court's him to nment. rn< -J< nes art n behalf of
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    REMITTANCES
    17 5 FAMILY remittances from Malaya to China last month totalled $1,768,029 of which $1,153,071 was from Singapore.
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    BULLFIGHTING
    145 5 Cuilherme Strikes A Pose GLTLHERME PEREIRA. of one the six Portuguese bullfighters bound for Manila, strikes a pose with his cloak on board the Messageries Maritimes freighter Mekong, which stopped at Singapore yesterday on her way to the Philippines. let vcsm'i is also carrying 25 special bulls from Portugal
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    Ship Picks 'S.O.S.' From Sunderland
    141 5 Ship Picks 'S.O.S.' From Sunderland A DISTRESS signal sent by a Royal Air Force Sunderland bomber somewhere off Singapore last Monday was in connection with an operation in progress in the South China Sea. All but one ship in the area heard the call prefixed by the words that this
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    R.C Tours Province
    63 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed.— The Resident Commissioner, Penang, Mr. R. P. Bingham, today made a final tour of the central districts of the Province prior to going on leave towards the end of the month. Accompanied by the District Officer. Mr. M. A. Kidner. he visited four New
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    RARE INDIAN ANTIQUES FOR MALAYA
    429 5 A True And Friendly Gesture From Nehru, Says Dato Sir Onn KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Mr. R. K. Tandon, Indian Commissioner in Malaya, today formally presented to the Federation a collection of rare antiques and sculpture from the subcontinent and declared that the peaceful coexistence between
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    BIGGEST XMAS PARTY FOR THE KIDS
    159 5 BIGGEST XMAS PARTY FOR THE KIDS THE children strapped in wooden cradles and encased in plaster casts at St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital. Siglap are to have the biggest Christmas party on Dec 22. Miss B. Eade. the Sister in Charge, told The Standard yesterday. She has sent out 150 invitations
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    Winners Of Essay Contest
    126 5 Winners Of Essay Contest PENANG. Wed.— Four Penang boys have won prizes in the 1953 International Children's Essay Competition sponsored by the Shankar's Weekly. India's premier humour magazine. The four are: Master Chan Wai Sin. 228. Kimberely Street. Master Lim Po Cheng. 225. Hutton Lane. Master Huang Su Min. 150-T
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    FED. ARMY CIVILIAN STAFF FORM NEW UNION
    155 5 PORT DICKSON, Wed.— "Because the existing Union is being managed by a few clerks for their own benefit," the civilian workers attached to the Federation Military Forces and the War Department have formed a new Union. I The new union will soon advise
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    Mail Gets Through Like Clockwork
    42 5 photo. A SECTION of the 5.000 parcels already sorted by the staff of the General Post Office yesterday. In the background can be seen some of the parcels being put in their relevant racks for delivery. Standard
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    Postal Sorting Staff Create Record In Handling Corfu Mail
    355 5 Postal Sorting Staff Create Record In Handling Corfu Mail THE sorting staff, both parcels and mails, of the General Post Office. Singapore, yesterday broke all records in handling a mammoth cargo of mail that arrived on the Corfu. Space normally reserved for empty mail bags and other purposes were cleared
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    Negligent Driver Fined
    39 5 EUGEN Wipf of Binjai Hill. Singapore, was fined $25 in the^First Traffic Court yesterday for driving negligently and colliding with another car at the Bras Basah Road Bencoolen Street junction on the night of Oct. 2.
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      Bureau Of Standards
      653 6 T OCAL manufacturers claim that they lose millions of dollars annually because important consumers dare not place orders for their products for fear that the goods might not be of the proper quality. Ever since this country started to manufacture certain lines of goods its greatest handicap
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      Lest We Forget
      328 6 years ago, yesterday, the people of Malaya tasted the bitterness of war and for four years experienced its ruthlessness as they walked in the constant shadow of death. This is not to remind Malayans of a period that is fast disappearing into the limbo of the past,
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    SAYINGS OF THE WEEK
    315 6 SAYINGS OF THE WEEK JT was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the lack to be called upon to give the roar. Sir Winston Churchill. ame SWEARING in Brixton Is just as bad a s in Belgravia. I do
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    U.S. Recognises Need For Coexistence
    576 6  - U.S. Recognises Need For Coexistence Alastair Buchan By Tjp«EN Mr. John Foster Dulles, the United States Secretary of State, spoke in Chicago the other day his speech had the advance billing of "a major foreign policy statement." He did not in fact enunciate any new or startling development. Bu what
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    An Unforgettable Scene .
    59 6 An Unforgettable Scene England and this is a picture of an unchanging and unforgettable Thames riverside scene. A wintry sun glistens on the water as the swans, proud and graceful, enjoy a respite from the recent gales. In the background, silhouetted against the sparkling water the arches of Richmond Bridge
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      Open Letter To Dr. Lin Yu-tang
      695 6 Dear Dr. Lin, When the Nanyang University was proposed, many of us were happy and enthusiastic. We thought that now there is an alternative university for those of our children who might not be able to get into the University of Malaya either on
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    A Filthy Practice
    150 6 Sir; If there is a law forbidding spitting on the road and on buses, it is. about time it was strictly enforced. I have even seen bus conductors spit out of the windows and one is. liable to get part of it in one's face as the
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    16 6 "I know I'm not like my father. He was luckier than me. He married my mother!'*
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    Parents Assured
    153 6 Sir; The Johore Branch of the National Union of Teachers, deplores the present hardship caused to pupils seeking entry into the Government English College from Form One in the Bukit Zahrah School, Johore Bahru, by the stringent enforcement of secondary school admission requirements. It would urge the Government
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    Review of Views
    114 6 Review of Views H,| »;[iJ t I co 0 p fr *t__J I ex -prisoa m M fa_T.il.es t^l Advice Tb ti I I Kn M I 'I Aim:.! .~jj I We x _H I J one wa M I Conununi ql ness and m i prepared.*! IThe journal an]
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    68 7 Stondard London Correspondent M Dec B —The following an: the closing jMtet ond tin on the London Morket MCN RUBBER 24 d. 24 d. 24 d. 24 d. 23jd. tober 23 'd Member 23 3 d M 23 15/164^ LONDON TIN Spot £718 buyers, £718 10s.
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    Eight Nations To Hold Defence Talks Next Month
    298 7 Eight Nations To Hold Defence Talks Next Month WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (Reuter) The eight nations which signed the South-east Asian defence treaty in Manila last September, probably will hold their first conference on Asian security in January or February diplomatic observers believed. It was understood that the Foreign Ministers of
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    I'm Sorry I Voted For Ike' Says Joe
    170 7 I'm Sorry I Voted For Ike' Says Joe WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 <UP> Senator Joseph R. McCarthy yesterday publicly denounced President Eisenhower. The Wisconsin Republican said he believed he should apologize to the American people for the way he campaigned for Eisenhower in 1952. McCarthy interrupted a session of the Senate
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    DESERTIONS ALLEGED
    53 7 JAKARTA. Dec. 8 (UP).— Eurasian and Asian soldiers of the Dutch Army in Western New Guinea have deserted in rebellion, the Antara news agency reported today. Antara in a dispatch from Macassar, said two Eurasian captains deserted with many of their men from Dutch Army units stationed near
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    UNKNOWN
    91 7 •AFP 1 In the yes- -nd of "tic "dove" mooth- t ye- brows thin and horizontal and lips gently curving, will be the fashionable women's ideal this winter, Paris beauty specialists said. Gone is th& "cat face" of yesterday, with its triangular brows, its slanting eyes and heavily emphasised
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    DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR ASIA
    398 7 DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR ASIA Economics Will Be Helped: Dulles WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, (Reuter)— The United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, said yesterday the Eisenhower Administration had accepted the principle that highly developed countries should assist the economies of under-developed nations in Asia and other areas. Mr. Dulles
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    Communism: Sir John Has The Answer
    182 7 WASHINGTON Dec 8. (AP) Prime Minister of Ceylon, yesterday again urged the United States to speed up economic development in Asia as the best answer to Communism, rather than build military pacts against aggression. "The first defence of Asia must be an economic defence
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    Burmese Ex-Minister Arrested
    60 7 Burmese Ex-Minister Arrested RANGOON, Dec. 8 (Reuter) —Police have arrested a former Cabinet Minister. U Lun. on a charge of high treason. He is the third former minister detained in the past four days for attempting to stage a coup d'etat about six years ago. The others are U Ba
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    FIRST SNOW IN ENGLAND
    44 7 LONDON. Dec 8. (AP) The season's first snow fell in England today reaching down as far as Hampshire on the south coast. Temperatures fell to a minimum of 37 in London, but it was freezing in the Midlands and Scotland.
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    Doctors End Strike
    61 7 RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 8. (AP) A thousand doctors who work for the Government yesterday ended their threeday strike after the Government agreed to consider a compromise settlement of their demand for more pay. The Government also agreed to take back 210 of the doctors it had
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    MORE GIFTS FOR CHURCHILL
    77 7 LONDON. Dec. 8, (Reuter)— Members of the diplomatic corps last night presented Sir Winston Churchill with a painting by the 18th century French artist Hubert Robert to mark his 80th birthday. The presentation was made at a reception after a dinner given at the French Embassy
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    CLOSER TIES URGED
    35 7 MANILA, Dec. 8 (UP) Lord John S. Storey, chairman of Australia's Defence Planning Commission, said today the Philippines and Australia should try to seek ways and means of establishing closer trade relations.
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    DR. PAGLAR-HE HELPED THE POOR & CHAMPIONED SPORT
    574 7 DR. PAGLAR-HE HELPED THE POOR CHAMPIONED SPORT From Page 1 1 DATO Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar. friend of the needy and the best known of Singapore's Eurasian leaders, is dead. The well-loved 60-year-old Legislative Councillor and sportsman will be mourned by the great and small of Singapore. He will be
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    Christmas Boulevard
    49 7 photo. 5 FLYING saucers J and "men from Mars" S > 5 provide the main J > J theme of these Christ- 5 mas light decorations J on Brussels' Boule- J J vard Adolphe Max. J The lights were switch- 5 ed on officially from I Dec. 5.-
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    Moscow Asked To Start Talks Again
    195 7 France Takes The Lead PARIS, Dec. 8, (Reuter)— France has started diplomatic preparations for the four power talks with Russia by instructing her Moscow envoy to ask whether Russia is willing to discuss a new condition for signing an Austrian State Treaty. The possibility
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    Van Ty Accepts New Job
    98 7 SAIGON. Dec. 8 (AFP>.— General Le Van Ty of the Vietnamese army today accepted his appointment as Army Chief of Staff, replacing General Nguyen Van Hinh, who was removed by Emperor Bao Dai. Le Van Ty was appointed by decree of the Emperor, following his
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    REST ORDERED
    37 7 HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 8. (AP) Overwork put actress Eleanor Parker in the hospital yesterday. She collapsed and was ordered to Cedars of Lebanon hospital for a 48--hour rest. She married artist Paul Clemens on Nov. 25.
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    4 More US Airmen Detained
    164 7 4 More US Airmen Detained NEW YORK. Dec. 8. The United States informed tha United Nations Secretary General last night that four additional American airmen were being detained bv China in violation of the Korean armistice agreement. The disclosure was made in a letter from the chief United States delegate
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    Drivers' Union Plans A Strike
    174 8 Drivers' Union Plans A Strike KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Another transport strike is brewing in Kuala Lumpur. An ultimatum is being sent to the General Transport Company by some 300 bus and taxi drivers who are threatening to strike if the management do not open immediate talks to put right some
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    GUAT LENG'S FIFTH BIRTHDAY
    58 8 -Standard photo by MISS Chew Guat Leng. five-vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chew Chye Guan. cuts her birthday cake at a party held at her home in Hillview Ror?d. Kua?-» Lnrnmir. on Sunday. Most of her friends are her mother's pupils from Standard 3-C of
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    HOUSE BURGLED
    23 8 A HOUSE in Balestier Road. Singapore, was burg'.ed cn Tuesday night and cash and jewellery worth more than $500 were stolen.
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    'Serious Action' Threat By Union
    231 8 Protest Over 300 'Notices' THE Singapore City Council Labour Unions' Federation yesterday threatened "serious action" as a protest against the Council's decision to retrench about 300 workers employed in the Water and Electricity Departments. According to the Federation, these workers have served the Council loyally
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    Results Of Pitman's July Exam.
    107 8 Results Of Pitman's July Exam. Ss£_£__N^S Bfa £3!__J_'« a Maureen Stevenage? XS5' ?rot «er: Loh Wah Meh: Luct Chui' Woo Chine- n__n*... ua Hork; Tan K,m u" W^- !^!"^Ward Jenny Wa n h Ct M? h h; A- ftSSr^ES Loh° Gane.an: Chen Shong Mo° Ona Chen?'-"^ L A',! ien Wo
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    Air Travel For Pilgrims
    215 8 Charter Flights Direct To Mecca May Be Arranged PENANG, Wed. For the first time since Malayans have gone on pilgrim age to Mecca, chartered flights direct to Arabia will be arranged if State and Settlement Governments receive sufficient applications from pilgrims desiring to travel to the
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    Small Hospital
    100 8 It was agreed that if a larger hcuse is available, arrangements should De made to rent it in order to establish a small hospital and also to buy a special amDuiance for use in Mecca. The meeting decided to advise old people, children and pregnant women not to
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    Future Of Malaya
    78 8 FOUR persons will speak on the "Po.itieal future of Malaya within the next 50 years" at the Oci Tior.g Ham Hall, of the University of Ma'.aya. at 8.15 p.m. tomorrow. The speakers are: Dr. G. W. Irwin, a member of the Historical Department of the University of
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    Dr. William Heng Back
    105 8 DR. WILLIAM Heng. a Colony child specialist, photographed with his wife on board the Corfu yesterday on his return to Singapore after four months' vacation in Britain and the Continent. Dr. Heng told The Standard that during his holiday he visited all the first class children's
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    JUMABHOY REAPPOINTED
    35 8 MR. R. Jumabhoy has been reappointed a nominated unofficial member of the Singapore Executive Council bv the Queen, rep.rts Reuter from London. His period of extended appointment coda on March 11, next year.
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    SIKH WEDDING IN TAIPING
    55 8 TAIPING. Wed— Miss Surjit Kaur. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jagjit Singh of Kuala Lumpur, will travel to Taiping for her marriage to Mr. Atma Singh of the Telecoms Department. Taiping. on Dec. 11. A tea party will be held at the Indian Association. Taiping. on
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    Women Told Of Malayan Orchid Sensation
    308 8 Women Told Of Malayan Orchid Sensation THE inside story of her Fl2r.?«f! famous Chelsea 22? L Sh 2 w at wnic awards and caused a from enSa o tlon With Orchids was tniH r t? l gapore garden, was told to the members of the International Women's Society, at their
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    MRS. BA WAS BOTH DISILLUSIONED AND DISILLUSIONING
    183 8 MRS. BA WAS BOTH DISILLUSIONED AND DISILLUSIONING MRS. Ba Myalng. Singapore visitor from Mandalay, was both illusioncd and sioning during I in Australia mese rtf)f«te&Uf I the World YWC A. Membership Co: which recently ended ia On her part, til. The Standard festerdi was never n coid'.r. life when ih<
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    A SAD TALE FROM THE VIENNA WOODS
    1045 10  - A SAD TALE FROM THE VIENNA WOODS RICHARD O' REGAN fflfflffiffl-B By Saras r pHIS is the sad tale from the Vienna Woods: Some say that once-glitter-ing, waltzing Vienna the world's dream of wine, women and song is a dying city. The truth indeed seems to be that, in 1954,
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    FALL MADE HAIR GROW
    300 10 QUTSIDE a hairdresser's shop in Illinois, U.S.A., in a comfortable armchair, sits Henry C. Vintner. Behind him hangs a poster Don't be like this man wear one of our wigs." They pay Henry 40 dollars a I week- and say it's worth it. 'Not long ago
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    20 10 •Of course. I was onlv there a fortnight, but believv- me. these natives can teach us a thing or two."
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    'CASHING-IN ON JESUS'
    251 10 ALL carol singing that is not in aid of charity should be stamped out by the police, a vicar said recently. The Rev. Dr. W. G. Sinclair Snow, of Bognor Regis, Sussex, is "saddened and annoyed" to hear children and youths singing merely for the sake of
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    Dress Show For Queen Mother
    42 10 Dress Show For Queen Mother AT the private dress show for the Queen Mother recently/ Brenda KennedySmith modelled this short evening dress in brilliant pmk silk and rayon Nottingham net by Hardie Amies who calls it a "pmk 'un." i A. P.
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    Even The Moslems Pray This Church
    571 10  - Even The Moslems Pray This Church WILTON WYNN aßaaeoßoßoßa J_f\^ A Moslem woman chipped away a piece of the rough white stone forming the ceiling of a chapel in Bethlehem. "This is Virgin's milk." she explained, "I beat this into a power and mix it with water to drink. It
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    Long Wait
    47 10 J IPSWICH butcher I j Leonard Gould received j a ss. postal order with an unsigned note saying it was "CONSCIENCE S J MONEY" for a joint of J 2 pork the writer didn't S 2 pay for twenty -eight S 2 years ago. C\\\%\\\v\\\%\\v\v\\v\\\\w\\\v\\\vi
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    NEW AID PROGRAMME WILL BENEFIT FAR EAST
    777 11 Weekly Letter From U.S. jJfflgK Dec. g.-Secretary of State Mr. inr? f, < S^ l Dul,es l announcement at his news confer5 p tTnl?o^ y con firmed 01 8 ot *ecent months that Rii ates is Dre P arin S a new long-term
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    374 12 Important Mart For Her Goods Standard Market Reporter JAPAN hopes to expand her trade and, at the same time, improve the existing good trade relations with Malaya, said Mr. Fujio Hara, the new Commercial Attache and Vice-Consul at the Japanese Consulate-General in Singapore. Mr. Hara said that Malaya was
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    Malaya May Have To Pay $50¼ Mil.
    306 12 Malaya May Have To Pay $50¼ Mil. BUFFER STOCK KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government today indicated that Malaya's contribution to the contemplated buffer stock under the international tin agreement cannot be less than $30 million and is expected to be about S5Ol million. In a statement explaining some "important
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    RUBBER MARKET IS FEATURELESS
    149 12 Asset 1< net site* r<-e> THE rubber market in Singapore remained featureess yesterday but quotations closed 1 16 cent hUher first grade rubber for December shipment being Quoted 82j cents per lb. on a quiet market. g quoted The undertone, however remained good la?king SeaS rders
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    Industrials Firmer And Tins Quiet
    140 12 MOST industrials in the Malayan share market were firmer yesterday, while tins were quiet and irregular. The turnover remained small. Price changes quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: Alor Ga)ah TO "."> Riverview T> xd United Malacca 119 120 RCBBLRS Austral Amal. 16
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    Small Deals In Produce
    183 12 THE produce market in Singapore was quiet in most sections yesterday with small business passing. Copra prices were slightly easier. December shipment closing at $311 per picul with January at 50 cents higher Coconut oil was a dull market at 549 per picul for sellers at
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    PLANTATION FIRM FORMED
    42 12 SOME leading persons in business and industrial circles in the Netherlands and Dutch New Guinea have founded in Amsterdam the N.V. Zuid-Nieuw-Guinea Imex (South New-Guinea Imex). The object of the company is the plantation and cultivation of tropical products.
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    RUBBER PRICE IN U.S. DROPS
    89 12 NEW YORK. Dec. 8 (AP> The price of natural rubber has been declining in the United States in recent weeks as tyre makers started using more of the cheaper synthetic material, industry sources reported yesterday. In the New York market, the price has dropped about
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    NOV. OUTPUTS
    39 12 MESSRS. Boustead Co. Ltd., report the following rubber companies' outputs for November: Amalgamated Malay 56.000 lbs.. Borelli 84.500 lbs.. Connemara 50.200 lbs.. New Serendah 00.000 lb.. Bassett 32.500 lbs.. Kuala Sidim 113.895 lbs., Bukit Kepong 11,150 lbs.
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    He Gives Assurance On Dutch Milk
    445 12 AN assurance that "only the very best and freshly produced milk reaches Singapore and the Malayan markets," was given by the ?u ng ore representative of h S _?.H tch Ba °y M Condensed Milk Factory of Leeuwarden. Holland. In a statement issued yesterday,
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    136 12 Chambers S/udj KUALA MMVvn. Wrd.-lV! ciated Chinese Chambers <>f Comma general meeting in Kuala lumpf consider a motion asking Go\rn_l import duty on all raw materials tion factories. The Sine, contends this to help (ottei of the coun At the IMM pore Chaml < i Federation GOV) empt _in:>lie
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      573 12 AUCTION SALE OF Undivided Shares and Interests in Valuable Singapore Properties To be held at our saleroom No. 10. CHULIA STREET On Wednesday, 15th December, 1954 at 2.30 p.m. Mortgagee's Sale. Lot I— Two-undivided sixth share of and in No 228 MIDDLE ROAD. area 85/ sq.ft. Statutory Land Grant. Lot
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      108 12 OFTKR ROADS Asha. Shozan Maiu. Chip Lam. Khoen Heia. Baud. Burma. Sigh. INNER ROADS Nanyan*. Teck Seh. Senang. Hua Li Selangor. Sofia. Kin.ibalu. Kah Kheng. Tone S Indari Scfiamat. Wah Sir.i. Tong Hai. Giang Bee. Bru..-. Kimanis Merhamu. To.-in... Belaga Loh Sie Lee. Irian. Kins Bav. Perak. Angb. Dukat. Hai
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    291 13 \ZmdwJlwwt Penang Badminton Associa- pla\ers for the challenge round Prao badminton competition against C held at the Han Chiang High School rJwiTell! Hoell Lee Hoo Chye. Law Teik > h >>„ (him Leong and Lawrence Bar- a spent resl ieve that ith a .fiend challenge round successfully. Nationally, the
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    72 13 THE thrills and oh the action... in an international soccer match are depicted here in these two pictures of the time when England beat Germany 3-1 before 100.000 at Wembley. Top, Mtrrorpic shows Roy Bentley. England's inside right, in a clash with German lejt half, Gerd Harpers,
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    HKFA For Olympics
    31 13 HONG KONG. Dec 8 (AP) The Hong Kon^ Football Association announced it will send a 20-man soccer team to compete in the Olympic Games in Australia in 1956.
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    NO FED. PLAYERS TO MEET INDONS
    342 13 NO FED. PLAYERS TO MEET INDONS SHA Lays Down A Rule JOHORE players taking part in the Colony's league will not be eligible for selection in Singapore teams to meet the Indonesian Hockey tourists when they play here. This decision, made at the Singapore Hockey Association meeting at the SRC
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      NEW YORK
      68 13 CARL Bobo" Olson. world middleweight boxing champion, was named "fighter of the year" by the New York Writers Association last night. Olson. who will defend his title against Pierre Langlois of France on December IS in San Francisco, will receive the Association's Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque, which
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      63 13 Joe Davis, former Britiah snooker champion yesterday equalled his own world record snooker break of 146 taking all the balls in his match at Leicester Square Hall against Albert Brown. Davis set the world record in Manchester in 1950, playing against George Chenier, the North American champion retired as
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      51 13 THE Australian Davis cup team suffered a setback today when Rex Hartwig was ordered to bed with mumps. If Hartwig 's illness is bad enough to prevent him from being named for the final team on Dec. 17. it is likely that 21-year-old Neale Fraser will take his place.—
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      47 13 JACK GREGORY, one of the most colourful and controversial rugby figures of the post-war era, yesterday announced his retirement from the game for family and business reasons. He has been playing for Bristol in recent years but has not played this season because Reuter of injury.-*
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    Hungary Beat Scotland
    30 13 GLASGOW, Dec. 8, (Reuter) Hungary beat Scotland by four goals to two in an international football match at Hampden Park here today. They led 3-1 at halftime.
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    Portland Cagets Too Superior
    78 13 Portland Cagets Too Superior AMERICAN Portland State hasketballers opened their Colony tour with a 100 to 56 points victory over a Singapore Selection at the Happy World Stadium last night. A capacity crowd of about 500 saw the American cagers dominate and score at will. Captaining the team was Paul
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    Asian TT Champs May Drop Their Titles Here
    254 13 THE THIRD Asian Table Tennis Championships which will be opened by the Governor of Singapore, Sir John NicoU, on Saturday at 5 p.m. will see nine countries vieing for honours. The Asian men's champion, Mai Van Hoa (Vietnam) will be defending his
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    John Landy Disappoints In Two Miles
    213 13 John Landy Disappoints In Two Miles MELBOURNE, Dec. 8, (AP) World mile record holder John Landy ran a disappointin? fifth tonight in a special two miles eTent at Gedong, Victoria. The race was won by former Olympian Les Perry in new national record time of 8:55.2. This bettered Landy's previous
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    Defeat For Menzies Team
    73 13 CANBERRA, Dec. 8, (AP) An Australian XI picked by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, one of Australia's keenest cricket fans, went down to a 31-run defeat here today at the hands of the touring British side. The visitors batted first and declared at 7 for 278. Then
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    Teachers Quad
    26 13 IPOH. Wed.— Johore beat Malacca by five goals to one in the opening match of the Teachers Quadrangular Hockey meet on the padang today.
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    PERAK 'DOUBLE' BY CHESTNUT
    2286 14  -  WINDSOR LAD Franklin Rides Eriskay For A $102 Win Ticket BY IPOH, Wed.— Making a well-timed challenge in the final furlong. Chestnut, brilliantly handled by Tom Mortimer, landed a great double at today's races, second day of the Perak Turf Club's December Meeting, to pay $22/-
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    Lien Wha Back Piruz: He Was Loyal To State
    472 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Abdullah Pirux, the Selangor shuttle star now on a six-month suspension from Selangor badminton, is to appeal to the Badminton Association of Malaya. When The Standard interviewed the Thomas Cup plaver, he said that his appeal is to
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    103 14 FOUR Dutch girls who claim a world record for the 400 metres medley relay, after setting up their new time in Amsterdam on Nov. 27. They are (left to right): Geertje Wielema (100 metres freestyle 1 min. 5.4 sees.). Rika Bruins 1100 metres breaststroke 1 min. 23.4 sees.). Joke De
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    Services XI For Penang
    100 14 THE Singapore Combined Services XI to play against the Penang Hockey Association in a friendly representative hockey match on Sunday will fly to Penang tomorrow. The team will be: Sgt. Bath (RAF): Sgt. (lei lard (RAF), Ft Lt Walker (RAF); Lt. Pritchard (Armv), Cpl. Baker (RAF),
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    Thomas Cup: The Danes Whip Wales
    148 14 Thomas Cup: The Danes Whip Wales CARDIFF. Dec. 8: (Reuter) Denmark overwhelmed Wales in their Thomas Cup badminton tournament second round tie here tonight, winning all nine encounters during the two days of the match. Denmark will now meet Ireland in Dublin in the European zone semi-final on December 10
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    Blues Did All But Beat SCC
    310 14 sidering the conditions. The All Blues are always worth watching. S.C.C. M A M Kirkham. Watson. Harrison. Pigou, Lennett. Bewick, Flynn. Erson. Ablitt, Storrs. Chalmers, Gourlay, Douglas. Wright, Gordon. All Blues: McCoy Chin Bin. Luk Juan. Chong Yew. Longpoetih. Cheng Peng. Wah Fatt. Adcock,
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    Dring Came To The Rescue
    55 14 RAF Seletar and Tengah drew nine points each in a Rugby friendly at Tengah yesterday. Tengah scored through Stevens (2 tries > and a try by Holmes. Hemsley and Smith scored a try each, and when it seemed that Seletar had lost. Drtng came to
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