Singapore Standard, 15 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2606
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    Masthead
    14 1 Singapore Standard r^^L SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1954 1 I PAGES 15 I i:\IS.
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    Burma Gives 100 Tons of Rice
    57 1 Burma Gives 100 Tons of Rice I reliei H in the I [apore. H i m out- been ac- MaI the raJ lor Malcolm H ter for H and LaH >adH Malaya, I H and H MaH the ipore, I IGO I pned im- at the i mment I rma.
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    Hiccoughs Return
    22 1 Hiccoughs Return JDec. 14 XII. in rc- nt hic- (i two In his ource Mi night I day from nd a rerate.
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    3 FIRES IN SUCCESSION
    21 1 14 «UP> s brok( out one today were began at id this another :rn a no in-
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    KOTA TINGGI UNDER WATER
    78 1 THIS photo of Kota Tinggi main road was taken on Monday as the flood waters which, at one period, had reached feet, began to subside. Even at this stage a good idea of the gravity of the floods tan be gathered from the height of the
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    VIETNAM REBEL LEADER SMASHED
    108 1 VIETNAM REBEL LEADER SMASHED SAIGON*. Dec. 14. (Router* ■—Vietnam's national army has called off its operation against the rebel chief Bacut after destroying his command post, it was officially announced here today. The army, which drove the warlord and his 4.500 troops into the hills near the Cambodian border. 85
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    Body In Canal
    21 1 SINGAPORE Police yesterday recovered the decomposed body of an infant in a canal behind Prince Philip 1 Avenue.
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    War Dept. Confirms Sackings
    77 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— War Department tonight confirmed that 20 labourers in the Batu Cantonment Supply Depot were being sacked on the ground of redundancy. A communique issued tonight said, however, news of their discharge could not be communicated to the Union before Dec. 10 due to
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    Norwegian Tanker Afire
    64 1 MIAMI. Dec. 14, < Router) The 14.440-ton Norwegian tanker, Fensal. said in a di.stress call last night that a lire aboard the vessel was out oi control after an explosion in the engine room. The coastguard asked all shipping in the area to go to the Fensal's
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    NO MORE SQUAREWORD
    43 1 No more Squarevoord contests will be published in this paper until further notice. Entries for D-36 closed yesterday. The solution and results of this competition will be announced as soon as they are received from the Contest Editor in Madras.
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    THE QUEEN MOTHER WOMAN OF THE YEAR
    126 1 LONDON. Dec. 14. (Reuter) The mass circulation Daily Mirror today chose Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, as "the Woman of the Year." A Dairly Mirror commentator, Marjorie Proops, declared "she is the Woman ot the Year, first and foremost because she is a
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    $150,000 FOR FLOOD RELIEF
    168 1 Contributions From Two Govts. THE Federation Government announced last night the allocation of $100,000 to carry out immediate relief measures in the areas ravaged by floods. Johore, which is the worst sufferer, will get $50,000, with Malacca and Negri Sembilan obtaining $10,000 each, the balance to
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    Money, Food & Clothing For S'pore Victims
    251 1 Money, Food Clothing For S'pore Victims THE Singopore Government yesterday stepped up the distribution of relief in the form of money, food ocrd clothing to victims of the floods which had been ravaging the island for the past five days. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. \V. A. C. Goode said in
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  • TOY FUND 10 days to go
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      $752 Boost In One Day
      192 1 THE Standard Christmas Toy Fund received $752 the b i g o c s r amount for any single day bringing the total to $8,709.01. The Commissioner-Gen-eral, Mr Malcolm MacDonald. sent a cheque for SI CO and his sincere wishes that the Fund will Rive
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    PERVERT SLASHES WOMEN'S FACES
    124 1 TOKYO. Dec. 14, <UP>— A terror wave swept through eastside Tokyo after an unidentified man on a bicycle slashed the faces of nine women late last night. Police were out in full force today and authorities warned women to stay off dark streets and avoid going
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    Another Day Of Rain And Swirling Waters Mount
    781 1 Another Day Of Rain And Swirling Waters Mount b V\ 1 K L 1 N G flood waters, which have inundated several areas in. South and Central Malaya ior the sixth day i n succession, were mounting yesterday witli another 24' hours of continuous heavy rain Although there has been
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    Croc Drags Man Into The Floods
    94 1 JOHOKF BAIIIU Tues Malay villager was snatched by a crocodile in front of Me house yesterday, while his horrified wife and children looked on. The incident occurred in the flooded Tillage ot llu Kins in lhc Muar District. The man was trying to Ret
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    Questions On Schools
    89 2 SEREMBAN. Tues. —Dr Chong Ah Khoon will ask at tomorrow's budget meeting of the Negri Sembilan State Council, for the number of children that have been registered for admission into the Government and Aided English schools in the State for 1955. and how many are likely to
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    Had Opium: $550
    25 2 LAI Fui wu fined 1580 in the Johore Bahru Sessions Court yesterday for being in possession of ooium and opium smoking utensils.
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    ALL EAGER TO AID THE HELPLESS
    853 2 Backstage Story Of Flood* A BABY was born, a child was lost and an 18--year-old boy rescued from certain death by malnutrition during the Singapore floods. These bits of human interest were told to The Standard yesterday bv hard-pressed workers of the Social Welfare
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    TELECOMS HELP '$s FOR DISCS'
    238 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A "Golden Voice' ff irl and six 'through' trunk telephone lines are the latest bait to listeners of Radio Malaya's "Dollars for Discs Christmas programme in aid of the Home for the Aeed destitutes in Penang. The "Golden Voice," petite Miss Eileen
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    105 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber nrires (rents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buvers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose B?,' 83 J No. 1 R.S.S f o.b Dec. Hl\ B^'. No. 2 mt\ 8!!] No. 3 80 i 80; Tone: Steady tin PKir» The prire of tin yesterday was Wst|
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    MEDICAL EXAM RESULTS
    529 2 A TOTAL of 67 candidates have passed their final professional examination Part I and II for degrees of MB. 8.5.; Part II for the degree of B.D.S. and Part 111 lor the Diploma in Pharmacy held recently. Those who passed the final professional examination Part I for
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    GOVT. IS NOT DOING ITS JOB...
    767 2  -  Flood Relief says the Peoples Action Party inti following statement was issued by the People's Action Party Sin-, gapore, yesterday through its secretary, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew: Who i s administering the country— the Government of Singapore or the Straits i lmes It would
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    GOODE PROMISE SPEEDY ACTION TO END SCOURGE
    337 2 GOODE PROMISE SPEEDY ACTION TO END SCOURGE ui^wm unt government k 1 1 v \l M .P D. Nair (Member 'for SAI,. I cil that vigorous action will be tllO. I situation. IaK "n biJ^V Mr. Goode said it has been decided that drainage must be dealt with on an
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    MocD Aid Toy Fund
    115 2 MocD Aid Toy Fund rJS Manda.d To, J Comnuttff. rri ditnatiunv i»iio« Prrvio UN |v a(k Mpi Th Asian round, K I Members of hr Sincaporo I nit „f Sun "i^ Anssu I/ 1 1 <'« or 1 < .iiud.» Mr. Mahul,,, n,., 1 lid Mr Chan l.ai lion- ■i"
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    $15 MIL 'DOWN' FOR O.T.E.C
    218 3 final Purchase Price By Board Still Unsettled pOURTEEN and a half million dollars was' I Joy provided by thc Singapore Govern payment, on account, to the Oriental [hone end Electric Company, Limited, for L over rhe Company s telephone underJi„ Singapore and Johore Bahru on
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    'Hasten Self-Govt. To Malaya' – Calwell
    67 3 'Hasten Self-Govt. To Malaya' Calwell U i;M Dec H Mr \rtbur It) It'.idr* of i Labour v.iid last ..ili.t should to Wai: ya Western invcsirnhber and tin. i should innd Malayan !u> said, in a b> tii Fabiaa i left u in^ d thai the inm c b t ntitm
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    BOY IN THE IRON LUNG I'll Make His Wish Come True, Says Mr. Choo The Magician
    260 3 BOY IN THE IRON LUNG I'll Make His Wish Come True, Says Mr. Choo The Magician ONE of the best amateur magicians in Singapore and a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, telephoned The Standard early on Monday morning and volunteered to "give an hour-long show! if they II
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    No Use To Send Them Overseas
    123 3 No Use To Send Them Overseas Land Bailiffs THE Colonial Secretary Mr. W. A. C. Goode. said in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that it would not serve any useful I purpose to send land bailiffs overseas for training He said this in a written reply to a question by
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    Corruption Appeal To End Today
    114 3 Corruption Appeal To End Today DECISION on the appeal of Lian Teck Chew, a retired businessman convicted for corrupt ion will be given today by the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal. Lian appealed against con- j viction and sentence of two years' imprisonment on three charges of corruptly giving a
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    Old Woman Is Robbed
    35 3 TWO thugs armed with dag- gers tied up an old woman in j her house in Jurong Road, Singapore, on Monday morning and robbed her of cash and jewellery worth $1,240.
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    Nylons Stolen From A Car
    30 3 A THIEF stole two pairs of pyjamas and some nylon stockings from a car parked near the Pavilion Theatre in Orchard Road, Singapore, on Monday.
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    Bosquets More Than Brickbats
    55 3 kiio Malaya English i 'lude a I ial than re letters I lower crireceived ti ColoW. A. C. meeting gisJative n answer by the r (Prog. w hcii ndor 1 to earch gram Ma] ay;; research ansioii other Good* 1 placed i iticisms 11 > we
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    Deat Baby Gets Father Acquitted
    21 3 Deat Baby Gets Father Acquitted Ii i Too g prosere City under with .-born II MaD'Cotta: e died (S I !lonprosecu-
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    BURMA MISSION
    12 3 I sion by u Trade leave K ia a Lum-
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    SAPPER'S DRIVING WAS A DANGER
    132 3 SAPPER'S DRIVING WAS A DANGER MOHAMED Hasan bin Abdul Rahman, a 20-year-old sapper in the Royal Engineers Regiment. Singapore, was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment, in the Second Police Court yesterday on a reduced charge of dangerous driving. He was also disqualified from driving for two years Originally. Mohamed
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    Home For Incurables
    66 3 MR. U.J.C. Kulasingha. Progressive Member for Bukit Timah. yesterday asked Government to establish a home for patients suffering from incurable diseases, such as cancer. In an adjournment speech at yesterday's Legislative Council meeting Mr Kulasingha spoke of "our duty* 1 towards tnuse who are suffering from incurable
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    BEWARE OF THE SCARE MONGERS
    111 3 BEWARE OF THE SCARE MONGERS Penang Harbour Men Alerted PENANG Tues.-Mem-bers of the Penang Harbour Board Staff Association who have decided to go on strike on Dec. 23. are warned by their secretary. Inche Mohamed Sheriff, today that attempts were being made to break their morale. "Certain elements are telling
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    $53,000 Civil Appeal Settlement
    91 3 $53,000 Civil Appeal Settlement A SETTLEMENT was made in the Singapore Court of Civil Appeal yesterday, in the arbitration matter between Koh Cheng Nee and Zee Chi Mai, bankrupt partners of the Asia Construction Company. and Saul Mizrahie. in connection with certain construction work which the company had undertaken. Under
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    S'PORE CYCLE DEALERS
    39 3 FOLLOWING were elected office-bearers of the Singapore Bicycle Dealers' Association at a meeting recently. President: Mr. Ng Boon Lang. Secretary: Mr. Ng Kim Koh. Treasurer: Mr Hong Boon Swee and a committee of i 27 members.
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    TEARS IN COUNCIL FOR DATO PAGLAR
    209 3 charged rd^gislative heard Ides ol to the l Ja r. who.se Council was ulogies, Oovertood to ss in gew m( m ■""['■rthy t 0 the i widow and family of Dr. Paglar. whose sad and untimely death occurred but a few days ago." Mr
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    SCHOOL TO HOLD FAIR
    41 3 TAIPING. Tues. In a!J of 'heir Science Laboratory Extension Fund, the Hua Lian High School arc planning to organize a fun fair during the Chinese New Year holidays from Jan. 24 to 26 inclusive on their ground.
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    Pupils Asked To State Own Choice
    253 3 Postings To Secondary Schools SUCCESSFUL primary school pupils are posted to secondary schools according to their examination resuKs and their preferences, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, said in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Judicial postings, however, are only possible up to
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    2 More Homes For Girls, Now
    264 3 Council Gives Approval TWO more havens tor the protection of women and giris were added to the present number during the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. These arc the New Market Road Home. Singapore, run by the Social Weltarc Department, and the Marymount Vocational School.
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    BOY CHARGED WITH RAPE
    56 3 A 14-YEAR-OLD boy. Kor Thye Hong of Townshend Road. Singapore, was tentatively charged in the Eighth Police Court yesterday with raping a nine-year-old girl In a house in Kitchener Road. The charge was explained and the boy was allowed $500 bail in two sureties. The case
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    Further Study
    27 4 SREEMATHI M.K. Rajemma Devi of Singapore, who passed her B.A. degree examination at the Travancore and Cochin University recently, is studying for her M.A. degree
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    RULER WARNS PEOPLE OF COMPLACENCY
    346 4 More Unity Is Needed' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —The Sultan of Selangor told the State Council, today, that the people of Malaya needed "continued unity, loyalty and cooperation" to stamp out the crafty and vicious Communist enemy. "The people have it in their hands to end
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    Govt. To Accept Demand In Principle
    189 4 Govt. To Accept Demand In Principle KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Federation Government is understood to hav* decided to accept In principle the demand for consolidation of part of the cost of living allowances with the basic salaries of its employees, in order to avoid any deadlock at tomorrow's special meeting
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    Education Costs Selangor Most Council Passes Budget
    211 4 Education Costs Selangor Most Council Passes Budget nu/u^ LDinruK, Tues.— Education costs the Selangor Government 31 per cent of its annual bill the Ruler told the State Council today, when opening Chamber 8 in the "«w 'air-conditioned Public Works are second on the list, consuming 22 per cent of Government
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    REMANDED ON HURT CHARGE
    57 4 PENANG. Tues Lim Ah Kim. 43. was charged in the Magistrate's Court today with causing hurt to the proprietor of a granite factory. Chiang Cheng Poh. and hi? son. Hock Chuan. with a knife In Prangin Road yesterday Lim pleaded guilty and sentence was postponed to
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    MAN HURT BY FALLING BAG
    34 4 AMEER DATTHA. 29. a labourer engaged in unloading rice in Bukit Panjang. Singapore, was seriously injured when a sack fell on him. He was admitted to the General Hospital
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    Sacked For His Wife's Conduct Husband Gets Divorce
    211 4 Sacked For His Wife's Conduct Husband Gets Divorce KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Roy A. Hallam, a European mercantile assistant, told tlie Kuala Lumpur Divorce Court, today, that his firm gave him the sack at the first breath of scandal about his marital affairs. Hal lam. wag awarded a decree nisi against
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    Youth Faces Robbery And Murder Charges
    220 4 Youth Faces Robbery And Murder Charges PENANG, lues Soo n Hoe Neoh. a widow, alleged in the Assize Court today that when two robbers entered her house in Lim Eow Thoon Road on May 11, she told them: "You are very ungrateful. You know my husband is dead. I have
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    K.L. Mass Wedding
    91 4 t FOUR couples pictured 2 2 at the first mass wedd- 2 1 ing held in Kuala Lum- < pur at the Chenwoo J Auditorium on Sunday. J They are (from left to S right) Mr. Low Kok Kai and Miss Yim Nan 5 J Foong. Mr.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 4 HONGKONG. Dec. 14 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.72 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,856 to Malayan $1 $0,181 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $255,875 to a taeL
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    Patents Asked To Register Children
    159 4 Patents Asked To Register Children PENANG. Tues.— Several applications for the post of teachers and other vacancies in the proposed Penang Parents' Associaciation School in MacAlister Road have been received, the Association's secretary, Mr. A. Raja Gopal, told The Standard today. He said there were also many seeking to join
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    23 Licences Approved
    54 4 OUT of 36 new applications for bar licences. 23 were approved by the Board of Licensing Justices at its last quarterly session for 1954. held in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday. Of those granted, two were for Ist class licences, eight for 2nd class and
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    LAND NEEDED FOR $25 M. HOSPITAL
    173 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Selangor Government is now trying to find suitable land to build a $25,000,000 Federal Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, for which aid from Britain was expected "very soon," Dr. R. K. Tirupad, State Medical Officer, told the Council of State, today.
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    $1.Mil More To Be Spent
    30 5 $1.Mil More To Be Spent uovern- red ndi- the- meeting. 10.000 is jn Bcdok urchasp Cor tlie in the $9,200 a motor Include bridge. of l< fence r the bunga-
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    Schoolgirls Hold Dinner
    28 5 Schoolgirls Hold Dinner I the FairSingapore, Senior n held Choon in the ni?ht. i n behalf of toast to Mr.< Lim Beck ich< rs for ince in the
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    Killed A Woman Then Himself
    106 5 Killed A Woman Then Himself AFTER killing a 28-year-old woman with an axe, Yeo Chwee Chua, 54, ended his own life by taking caustic scda, stabbing himself and 1 cutting his own throat. This was stated in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at an inquest into Yeo's death and that
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    SPECIAL POLICE SQUAD IS REVIVED
    246 5 Its Duty Is To Catch Burglars An» !r i GAP RE l? Uc l hove revived special to in/J«'# eb rf°^ n 9 Squod. This has been done a i y their drive <>9oinst burqlars. man whn w" 13 >V h h ads this S
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    ANSELL TO ANSWER 7 CHARGES
    119 5 ANSELL TO ANSWER 7 CHARGES KUALA LUMPUR Tues Colin Philip Ansell S3 on Oec. 28. will answer six charges of cheating and a seventh accusation of driving a motor vehicle whilst under the intluence of liquor. Ansell was first produced last week before Mr. I.C.C Rigby. in the Sessions Court
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    French Navy Vessels Due
    71 5 A NUMBER of French escort vessels under Commandant de Pimodan Chevreuil will arrive in Singapore today on a short informal visit, a Royal Navy statement announced yesterday. The total complement on board the vessels will be 12 officers and 152 men. On Jan. 5. next year,
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    TRANSFERRED
    25 5 KAJANG. Mon. Inche Jamaludin bin Mambal PengI hulu of Bernang will be going lon transfer to Petaling at the I end of the vear
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    Perlis To Ask K.L For Funds
    109 5 Perlis To Ask K.L For Funds ALOR STAR. Tues —To meet next year's budget deficit the Perlis State Council, which met today, resolved to ask the Federal Government' for $2,476,950 Next year's estimated revenue is* S6()().()44. but expenditure totals $3,083,594 Unofficial member Wan Ahmad bin Wan Daud complained that he
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    ELECTRICITY MEN MAY CALL STRIKE
    141 5 THE Singapore City Council Electrical Workers Inion is calling an extra-ordinary general meeting of its members to decide on "final action" in its dispute with the Council over the dismissal of two electrical workers. This decision was taken following a meeting of the Union's Committee
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    NO COMMENTS BY YUICHI
    90 5 HOXGKOXG. Dec*. 14. (Re liter). Yuichi Ishijima ordered to leave Singapore by the British Immigration authorities because they believed he had been a wartime Japanese intelligence officer, arrived today in the freighter. Seiko Man; on his way back to Japan. Ishijima who was alleged in Singapore
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    USED HOUSE AS FACTORY
    42 5 NG PECK HWEE. a merchant, was fined $35 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for using his premises at Kim Chuan Avenue on Oct. 22 ns a vermicelli factorv without permission of the Ci f v Council.
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    Ordered To Demolish Open Shed
    93 5 Ordered To Demolish Open Shed SADLEY bin JafTar. a mechanic, was yesterday ordered by the Singapore City Police Court to demolish an open shvd he had built at Senneti Road, b v March 31. next year. If the owner of the land had signed the plans ot the building submitted
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    Nine Months Detention
    73 5 GUXNER Abdullah bin Kadir of the lst Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery. Blakan Mati. was yesterday sentenced by a District Court Martial to nine months' detention when he pleaded guilty to two charges of absenting himself from his unit, and causing the loss of Army property. The sentence
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    1st Reading For Sailors' Club Bill
    73 5 1st Reading For Sailors' Club Bill A BILL to authorize the establishment of the Singapore Asian Seamen's Club was given the first reading in the Legislative Council yesterday. The following bills received the Second Reading: The Singapore Improvement (Amendment) Bill: The Customs Bill; The Auctioneers' Licences (Amendment* Bill: and the
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    EDITOR FETED
    41 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. 'Teoh Thye Moh. Editor of the Straits Echo and Times of Malaya, was the guest of honour at an informal Chinese dinner given last night by Kuala Lumpur journalists on his being awarded the OBE.
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    Burmese Told To Lower Their Rice Price
    241 5 Burmese Told To Lower Their Rice Price THE BURMESE Trade Mission. now visiting Singapore, was informed yesterday that unless the price of Burmese rice was cheaper, Singapore would in future buy its rice from Siam. The Mission. headed by U Raschid, was told this by Mr. Tan Siak Kew. a
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    Army Aids Kampong
    39 5 Photo. Working under floodlights, men of the Ist Singapore Engineer Regiment, R.K.. (above) last night erected a 60--foot Bailey bridge at Potong Pasir to replace a wooden bridge which had crumbled in the recent floods. Standard
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    Land Acquisition Bill Freezed
    226 5 THE Colony Legislative Council yesterday ireezrd the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill which sought to fix maximum value for lands to be acquired for public purpose. A motion by Mr. M.P.D. Nair (Scletar) for the second reading of the Bill in the next Council meeting was lost
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    Wants To Be A Nurse
    66 5 \Be CECILfA Kaan, back 2 lrom a finishing school 1 in Melbourne atter three 2 years, will spend some time with her parents, < Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kaan, J in Singapore before re- j 2 turning to Melbourne to take up nursing. "That was
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      742 5 Weather Report Minimum Temoerature From 7..*!0 p.m. Dec. 13 to 7.30 a.m. Dec. 14* S'pore (74F); Penang (74F); Kota Bharu <71F>; Kuala Lumpur (7.1F); Ipoh (7P.F); Kuantan (7IF). Maximum Temperature: From 7..°»0 p.m. to 7..J0 a.m. Dec. 14 Singapore (86F): enang (S5F>; Kota Bharu (8tF): Kuala Lumpur (85F); Ipoh (87F);
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      462 6 yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, the Colonial Secretary announced that the Government was going to take vigorous action to control the perennial question of flooding That is all to the good. Any threats by Government of vigorous action is encouraging. In the case of combating floods,
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      Fooling About Floods
      178 6 JT has required two disastrous floods in the space of three months to galvanise the authorities into action. There can be no reason lor this delay. The two floods rendered entire communities homeless with, to them, considerable loss of property and the means of livelihood. Floods in
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    REVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN LAST FIFTY YEARS
    1176 6  - REVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN LAST FIFTY YEARS CHARLES WHEELER, R.A. MODERN SCULPTURE By SINCE the arts have always reflected the times in which they flourished it would be strange indeed if this revolutionary century had not had an agitating influence on the sculpture of our day. That would have meant a
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      More Telephones Needed
      42 6 !l T t s Sin rit v I far as t, ,Sin«-e s; 1 I ti n 1 1 p r: W. i running 1 I Phone ZaU? want tin 1 Police, j- S: reini p "< J duds* i
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      54 6 a reo:. i ral A i ing i i an in It: I S5 d an 1 their economr dcveSa [Such i tap sighted, t h, menu i i that, m I C04 i as tin 1 tuspii ion. >Ststesm n claii i hood. If tha! 1 done,
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      Flood Victims
      58 6 |GOf Chew to I I Goven 1 I spec.:, 1 I fl<> B i matt j. i i ministi t i We mu i fact I 1 moved to B 1 initiate J 1 and wen would n tance fi To ramovi from Sir. oe diiTici; I the
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      Do Something About Floods
      314 6 Sir:— Kampong Abdullah, a resettlement area situated just one mile south of Segamat Town, is again under flood for the second time in two years. It beats any right thinking man to understand how the government saw it fit to compel over 5.000 people to make
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      No Zebra
      161 6 Sir; The residents of the Keppel Harbour area are finding it extremely difficult and dangerous to cross Telok Blangah Road, especially near the market. There have already been many accidents at this stretch. Representations were made to the proper authorities on the subject of a zebra crossing at
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      Dr. Lin Yu-tang And That Phrase 'I Eat You'
      416 6 Sir; —The writer in his open letter to Dr. Lin Yutang published i n The Standard appears to take to task the learned doctor for the lighter view in some of his Please Note Sir;—The allegation made by the newly formed
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      Shorthand Results
      100 6 Sir;-Referring to the above published in your 1954, i have been given to understand that 40 papers nmm J? e f n ina dvertently omitted from correction at the U.K. end. I trust that an addendum to the previous result will again be published by the Secretary of
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      Sterling Citizens
      153 6 Sir;— Out of the miserv caused by the recent floods were shown the sterling qualities of some of "hi of Singapore who Smi ed oi helr resources of time and energy to heln the afflicted. Anothe? mor? Pleasant feature that was n f o"ceable0 "ceable was the merg?n|
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    14 6 "Other men don't bring their wives here when they complain they've nothing to wear!"
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    WILL ISRAEL'S AIRLINE BUY BRITISH OR AMERICA
    565 6  - WILL ISRAEL'S AIRLINE BUY BRITISH OR AMERICA UNKNOWN LYDDA. Israel, Tuesday. /COMMERCIAL aviation in \j Israel faces a decision on whether to link this country's air travel to the British or to the United States aircraft industry. The twelve-man board of directors of El Al (Israel's national airline) is now
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      Masthead
      7 1 {Christmas Supplement, December 1954.? s Singapore Standard
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      Colour-light YOUR HOME
      791 2  - Colour-light YOUR HOME PETER D. CROSS By The cunning use of coloured electric lamps can transform the appearance of the home -^xxxxxx^xxv Qt Christmastide. "TVOW what shall we do that will be really original this Christmas?" How many times have you said that when faced with the problem of parties
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      Make Colourful Aprons For Christmas Presents
      344 2 TVOTHING brightens kitchen morale more than a gay, colourful apron, trimmed with rows of rickrack or a brightly contrasting patch pocket. Since there never was a woman with enough pretty aprons, take a tip from the experts at your local sewing centre and stitch
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      Puzzle Circle
      33 2 THE initial letters of these objects. cOTttty *jl in two words spell something Wf s <«' 1^ Jl Christmas-timt'. •Xviuj lOJK3— ;i|3BA *ioo|sproj, MMM' JI 'laajcj 'uon *I^O 4 JtI«H Mi«V *W
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      Other Wise Man Finds The King
      199 2 '111I 1 1 IK NIGHT Christ was horn I""" 1 L Artaban. led by the sl.u wt\ Ml J iP new King. He took with him Hire* (l phire. a ruby and a pearl— as ui»t N J On his way he stopped to
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        201 2 I NOVELTIES TOYS oV^v iL "1 I* f BON BON BOX <^ W BON BON BOX S^> *^T%&&jh 10 days more tor your X'mas^*^ m>*m?%£TJ^^ ;i Lamp Shades SS fi^^^ 1 k W^4 Standing Lanterns m^Lw^f I- 118 i Bii"» iwniiiiir^it Japanese Dolls %f l NL^-r kyoto doll J Miniature
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      Some Will Hunt: Some Will Sleep
      1138 3  - Some Will Hunt Some Will Sleep Leonard Tippen Because Christmas in Britain falls in mid -winter it is too readily assumed that wild life is asleep at Yule tide. Mr. Tippen shows that a surprising amount of activity is to be detected in a country walk at Christmas. By Father
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      NOW DESIGN THIS IN COLOUR
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      Xmas Toasts In Many Tongues
      109 3 AT THE TIME you wish your family and friends "Merry Christmas." persons all over the world are doing the same in wellwishing but strange-sound-ing phrases. Here's what the toasts would sound like in: Italian: Buon Natale. Flemish (Belgium): Vroolijke Kerstmis. Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil): Boas Festas
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      Umbrella Case Makes Smart Gift
      309 4 SMART teen-agers start early to cut Christmas expenditures with their home sewing. Instead of having a different gift for Suzie and Jo and Amy, why not give them the same, gift only in different 1 colours? In that way you should be able to do
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      Felt Mokes Decorations As Easy As Paper Dolls
      156 4 KINGLY ART like this cut from felt perks up your Christmas gift packages. POR CHRISTMAS decorations, gifts and expanding your own wardrobe: try felt. Just like making paper cutouts, felt doesn't need a hem. holds its shape and comes in a bright
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      PENNYTOP'S CHRISTMAS CURE
      971 4  - PENNYTOP'S CHRISTMAS CURE VIOLET M. WILLIAMS By pENNYTOP, the elf, A looked at the laden table. It was covered with all the things needed to make Christmas a happy time; presents to wrap, cards to write, mince pies to make and the Christmas tree to dress. Pennytop groaned. "We shall
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      New Train Thrills
      45 4 An automatic coal loading station can now be added to model electric railroad accessories. A lever controls the tilt of an operating dump car, lifts the hoist bin to overhead position, empties the load and lowers the bin to a railside position.
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      Humour of Green Xmas
      941 6  - Humour of Green Xmas LINCOLN CHAMBERS By 4 There was a period when the epitaph was a medium for wit and humour of a quality that has survived the test of time. This article presents some of the best epitaphs and proves their authenticity by stating where they are to
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      It's Fun To Build Wood Toys
      205 6 It's Fun To Build Wood Toys CURPRISE your child at 3 Christmas with a wooden toy made especially for him. You can do this with some basic handiness and a free weekend. Industrial designer Norman Cherner, who has designed about 200 toy items and furniture for dad to make, says
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      12 6 COMBINATION twl«i-»ull« uml sll«l« for >«„ luf> TRAIN designs can «xercis« Hontfymon's ingenuity.
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      Robins Are Unsociable
      797 7  -  ANTHONY EDWARDS By J?ACH YEAR, at this time, thousands of Christmas rards bearing a picture of two or more robins perched on a sprig of holly are sent through the post. The birds are intended to symbolise goodwill and friendship, but, in fact, the robin is a
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      Turkeys Never Came From Turkey
      833 8  - Turkeys Never Came From Turkey ERNEST PENNANT >\\vv\vi\\\\\v 0W auvuvwvvvv I The story of the Christmas bird and how to pick I the best J\\v\\\\v\v\vwv\v\wi\wv\\\\\t\\v\ IT is from the common American wild turkey that our domestic. Christmas turkey is descended. That ancestor ranged over a larger territory than what is
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      Use Old Greeting Cards For Colourful Decoration
      616 8 IDEAS FOR USING your old Christmas cords. \^HAT'S with old Christinas cards? Everyone thinks two or 20 times before disposing of the gay, bright greetings of the season. Some pack them in mothballs, only to close their eyes and toss them away on
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      A Test Tube Baby-Adultery
      170 9 A Test Tube BabyAdultery „G 0 dec H. (UP>K Court Judge Pj Gorman yes- .called artificial Ltion of a wife. F party as t-adultery whe- ".'p husband conV- such a practice Iric adultery on the -other." A child d is "not born and hence is Gorman ruled. is "conpoli^v and
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      23 9 »C.De: 14 (AP)— U.S. .-v a Japanese n iron lung have pur- i US$2 DO lung as a uple of this ancapital.
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      MOUNTBATTEN
      16 9 ADMIRAL Earl Mountbatten arrived in London by air yesterday after relinquishing his Mediterranean Command. Reuter
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      RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
      60 9 Standard London Correspondent XNDON, Dec. 14-—The following ore the closing "rubber and tin o». the London Market IWMN d. liti' ;4^ d'<ice 24^ d Vember i'd December 23|d. 24|d. LONDON T.H S P°f £T'3 buyers, £713 10s. sellers. Three months £712 buyers, £712 10s. sellers. Settlement
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      QUEEN MOTHER
      39 9 THE Queen Mother is suffering from a cold, it was announced from her London home, Clarence House, on Monday night Reuter "What lovely shiny material that frock is made of dear. It goes with your nose beautifully!"
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      Bette Goes Gay
      58 9 photo. FILM actress Bette Davis (second from left) in flapper costume is seen here as she joins the chorus for a Charleston in a burlesque of the Gay 'Twenties put on by a Portland Junior League, Maine. It was Miss Davis' first stage appearance since she underwent
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      No Assault —He Just Stole A Kiss
      119 9 No Assault —He Just Stole A Kiss TORONTO, Dec. 14 (AP) A magistrate yesterday dismissed an assault charge against a 21 -year-old man accused of stealing a kiss. Attractive 16-year-old Frances Genova said in court she went around with Lloyd Osterling for two weeks about two years ago. She said
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      'Groom' Who Is A Woman Wants To Change Sex
      245 9 LONDON, Dec. 14, (Reuter)— A woman who ''married" another woman in church here in September is saving up for an operation to change her sex, a court was told here. She has written to Denmark after hearing about a doctor there
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      They Tried To Remarry Five Times
      103 9 NEW YORK, Dec. 14, (Reuter) Marie MacDonald. the film star, and her former husband arrived here by air yesterday after five unsuccessful attempts at remarriage in Europe. Miss MacDonald and Mr. Harry Karl were divorced a month ago. They could not remarry in England
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      A BROKEN LEG
      20 9 ACTOR Jackie Coogan is under treatment in Behren's Memorial Hospital, California, for a broken right leg.— AP
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      BRITAIN BLAMES MAO, TOO
      393 9 Shipping Attacks Are Worse Than Formosa's NEW YORK, Dec. 14, A British delegate told the United Nations yesterday that while Chinese Nationalist naval forces were responsible for a "great many" cases of interferences with British ships in the China Seas the "most serious incident of all
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      Reprimand For Officer
      70 9 BONN. Dec. 14 (Reuter) A sentence of cashiering on Major Peter Dawson Witty, former Commander of British Military Police in Berlin, for indecently assaulting a German woman, has been commuted to a severe reprimand, a Rhine Army spokesman said last night. The court martial had found Witty
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      The Nazi Army Was 'LOUSY'
      117 9 The Nazi Army Was 'LOUSY' LONDON. Dec. 14. (Reuter) The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors was told here yesterday that for every lice-ridden British soldier in World War Two there were 8,000 lousy German soldiers. The commission was hearing a claim for an award for the discovery of the
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      US Accused Of Holding Students
      86 9 US Accused Of Holding Students HONGKONG. Dec. 14 (Reuter) The New China News Agency today accused the United States Government of "forcibly detaining over 5.000 Chinese students" in the United States and "refusing to allow their return to their own country." The agency's commentator. Kiang Nan, said that "while making
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      Won't Work With Joe
      50 9 AUBURNDALE, Florida. Dec. 14 (UP) Gen. James A. Van Fleet, formally resigned on Monday as a sponsor of the "10 Million Americans For Justice" organization, because he said he could not Associate himself with Sen. Joseph McCarthy's "increased ego" and "unAmerican methods" in attacking the President.
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      Secret Jet Helicopter
      64 9 LONDON, Dec. 14 (AP) Details of a 50-passenger, jetpropelled helicopter which has been on Britain's secret list, were made public today. It is known as the Rotodyne. The makers, the Fairey Aviation Co., said the helicopter is designed to carry a load of 11,000 pounds and cruise
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      Vietnamese Army Fights 'Dissidents'
      100 9 SAIGON, Dec. 14, (UP) Vietnamese troops clashed with a fierce "dissident" 2,000-man army and killed 57 and wound six in an amphibious operation in swampy West Cochin-China, it was announced yesterday. The army announced it sent nine battalions with marine support against "dissident" men*, bers of
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      Two Vessels Ran Aground In U.K. Fog
      144 9 LONDON, Dec. 14. (UP) Floods weakened a trestle on the main London to Manchester railroad line today and two vessels ran aground in fog plaguing Britain in the aftermath of harsh winter storms. Engineers stood by on the flood-weakened bridge at Colwich, near
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      Rioters Use Chairs On The Police
      64 9 ATHENS, Dec. 14. (Reuter) Rioters demanding "enosis" union of Cyprus with Greece) tried to tight their way to the British and American Embassies here today, attacking the police witli chairs and sticks and shouting "you are traitors." Many police officers and students are believed
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      U.K. Cabinet Discusses Rail Threat
      65 9 LONDON, Dec. 14 (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill's cabinet met today its second session in less than 24 hours to consider strike threats by railmen demanding £8,000.000 annually in wage increases. At its meeting last night the cabinet rejected a Union plea for a financial subsidy
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      First Ration-Free Xmas In 14 Years
      203 9 LONDON. Dec. 14 (AP) The British housewife approached the nation's first ration-free Christmas in 14 years with everything she needs except possibly money. Never since the war and the austere years which followed has there been so much food ln the shops. Even raisins,
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      Slippers At Downing St.
      69 9 LONDON. Dec. 14 (UP) Sir Winston Churchill, a believer in foot comfort who long has worn shoes with zippers instead of laces, arrived at Downing Street from Chequers yesterday wearing a Homburg overcoat, business suit and mocassins. The mocassins appeared to be more of the bedroom
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      CANADIAN AID
      20 9 CANADA has decided to increase its Colombo Plan aid by a million dollars next year to U5526,400,000. AP
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      150 9 LONDON. Dec. 14 (AP) Six Labourite members of Parliament last night formally criticized Anthony Nutting, chief British delegate to the United Nations, for reportedly saying that the United Kingdom would be involved if the Communists attack Formosa. While this was happening, Peking Radio delivered a vigorous attack
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      You Can Give This Child A Future!
      63 10 By forming a kongsi and collecting as little as 10 cents a week from each member during the year, you can collect $1000, with which you can adopt one of these crippled children from e Re d Cross Crippled Children's Home, Tanah Merah.
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      Christmas Greetings From Mitzi Gaynor
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      SURVEY OF BEGGAR SITUATION
      338 11 Move To Find Solution To An Age-Old Problem might enable his Department to recommend to the Member for Industrial and Social Relations, legislation that would help m combatting the pro- KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federal Social Welfare eSSS »a e £lJV OndU M n9 M° ,a
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      225 11 hended From Driving ■gA LUMPUR, Tues. Richard Irwin Gooch, ■jNe^ri Sembilan rubber planter was todav Ej to two months' imprisonment by the PresiKie Sessions Court on three traffic offences. W^ r Gooch. 25-year-old Assistant Manager of Terantang Estate, Sungei Gadut. was also suspended from driving for 12 months by
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      Training Centre At Dockyard
      132 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Rural and Industrial Development Authority is shortly calling a conference of Government departmental heads to finalise the design of the new training college at Kuala Trengganu dockyard site. The Standard was told. RIDA recently decided in abandon its plan to develop the
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      Recruits Fill Red Gaps Here
      86 11 CALCUTTA, Dec. 14, (Reuter)—Lieut. General Sir Charles Loewen, Commander-in-Unef. British Far East Forces, said here, yesterday, that the situation in Malaya was improving, even though Communist rebels were replacing their losses with new recruits. The General, who arrived here by air from Singapore, said the
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      New Statue Of Buddha
      71 11 IPOH. Tues A 70-foot-loiig statue of Buddha. costing $20,000. is being built at the Maik Prasipt Samauki Siamese temple in Kuala Kangsar Road. Three special artisans from Siam are engaged in the work which will take about three months to complete. The statue will show Buddha
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      NEW BRIDGE FOR GEYLANG
      41 11 THE Singapore City Council has plans to build a $130,000 bridge in the Geylang Serai area next year. Plans for the bridge are now being drawn up and tenders will be called for in the near future.
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      40 11 lU]OtS.I U]0tS. PK \h\LGOPAL who were married in frrpur ever^the week-end. The groom is the son 13d Mr v PK. Nair of Kuala Lumpur and the Biansbterof Mn. P.S. Pillai and the late Mr. rillai oj IP°h. Standard photo.
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      83 11 m, hw- The ■uv l> putmrnt ■> ntted an outR| l distemper Btf d«^s during |H a months. m .i bn u t .*>() Li 1 I fatal. V average, the P» I in i .ihout fS i month. An |n I ihc DepartI. I 1 although 1 ran
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      Parents' Protest Meeting
      50 11 Parents' Protest Meeting The iation v^ffl superk ifl Goverofe lfl English m \i ment If H I hold > V>^H protest f LI held at fc I Burmah I I ted In *J \M > attend. r Im retary, (1 "It is ml °f 9 the B£ I English r^
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      19 11 II tof its Ulu 1 'Sim- KemaKam- 'nicd in Liu, Enol the ns to l table rearing, mpong
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      Move To Educate Motorists
      118 11 I' Perak u "Purtmont kte j ai«n gone a one-month special training course in traffic policing at the Depot. Their task in the coming months will be to check bad and dangerous driving on the highway operating on the same lines as the American courtesy corps.
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      Rival Union By Ejected Members
      169 11 PORT DICKSON, Tues. The Federation Forces Civil Staff Union, today, charged the "rebel" members of the' Union have been spreading "shameless propaganda" to undermine its activities. The FFCSU states that the rebels, who have been ejected as "undesirables," are planning a rival union to which
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      Fined $25 For Not Attending
      58 11 MUAR. Tues.— For failing to attend before the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, at the Muar Labour Office, on Nov: 7 for an enquiry into the sanitary arrangements to the labour 'lines of W?h Heng San Estate here, Mr. Goh Kah Hock was' fined $25 by
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      DID BUSINESS ON A HOLIDAY
      43 11 MUAR, Tues.— Prcmji Laxman. 38. a shopkeeper, at No. 14. Jalan Pajamas, Tangkak. was fined $20 by the Muar Magistrate. Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan. lor selling goods on Sunday, Nov. 7. which was notified as a holidav
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      ATTENDANT ON $300 BAIL
      50 11 RAUB. Tues. A lorry attendant, Chanan Singh claimed trial to voluntarily causing hurt to Baehan Singh by means of an iron rod on Nov. 120. The Circuit Magistrate. Mr. J.R. Whimster. allowed $300 bail in one surety and postponed the case to Dec. 29 lor hearing.
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      Party For 150 Poor Children
      75 11 PARIT BUNTAR, Tues. More than 150 under-privileg-ed children of Nibong Tebal district will have the time of their lives on Dec. 22, when they will be invited to a Christmas party which is to be held at the Anglo-Chinese School, Nibong Tebal. There will be
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      TAIPING DANCE
      36 11 TAIPING, Tues.— To usher in 1955. the Chinese Recreation Club will hold a gala dance on Dec. 31 at their premises in Station Road. On New year's Day there will be a chiidrens' party.
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      Gun Found On Planter
      85 11 IPOH. Tues —A padi planter. Yutoh bin Yusoff, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on each of two counts of being in illegal possession of a shotgun and four rounds of 12-bore ammunition in the Sungei Manik area of Lower Perak on June 10. The sentences
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      Student Teachers' Meet
      48 11 A SECTION of the large •Bftaflng predominently women who attended ine Inaugural meeting of the Selangor Student Teachers convention on Monday, listen intently to Mr. D. Priestley, headmaster of the Maxwell Roai School, who spoke on secondary modern education. Standard photo by Yong Peng Seong.
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      MAGISTRATE GETS 'SATAY INVITE'
      181 11 MAGISTRATE GETS 'SATAY INVITE' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Neither the Second Magistrate. Inche Abdul Rani, nor Inspector K.K. Pillai. prosecuting officer, would believe today that satay is sold in Kuala Lumpur at 4 a.m. And their incredulity was far from minimised even after Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed Said, an alleged satay
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      $2,500 FOR POPPY FUND
      66 11 PARIT BUNTAR, Tucs This year's Poppy Day Fund collections in Nibong Tebal District was the best ever A sum of over $2,500 has been collected and this figure is said to be the highest ever obtained in the district. Credit for this year's record collection must
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      SO LET'S HAVE A NEW LOOK IN OUR HOMES
      1097 12 SO LET'S HAVE A NEW LOOK IN OUR HOMES JttJ Time Oct A Change, £atfJ TW fttarj/t r ETS face it, it's time for a change. J I. as well as a lot of other people, am sick and tired of the same J old rattan and PWD furniture styles,
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      Briton's 79 Children
      763 12 JOHN DUNN, young Scot who became a Zulu chief and lived in a kraal, loved 22 African wives and left 79 children. He sired a strange clan of half-breeds, the fighting Dunns. Like North American redskins, the Dunn clan of South Africa lives on a reserve of
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      Some More Good Buy For Xmas
      296 12 Some More Good Buy For Xmas JJUP Teck Trading Co. of No. 11 CulT Road, Singapore, known to Singapore racing enthusiasts as the 'House of Distinctive Lightweight Bicycles and bicycle accessories" have always been catering for the needs of all racing men throughout Singapore and Malaya and in Hong Kong
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        162 12 SENSATIONAL! <■ >. Hew Wall paint! If Gives your rooms X Stylish, new beauty Shekwin-williams C THE MOST POPULAR LATEX-BASE WALL PAINT' Even M you hove never pointed, you can giye walls and woodwork a uniform coat of colour with this velvet- W smooth, rubber-tough paint. KEM GLO fesßMrt I
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        767 13 <jIDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND •KBURG AMERIKA LINIE )r IOINI SERVICt k G*no*. Marseilles, Antwerp. Rotterdam, W* b Hambur* b BREMEN Soore P Sham Penane Lft* LLOYD» 14 17 Dec 1 8 Dec 19 Dec j? HAPAG. 3/7 jan 8 [an |an H LLOYD) 1 5/20 |an 21 |an 2 2 |an
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        1259 13 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 Shlpnine Mncorporateo in Singapore* r,t, f THE BLUE FUNNEL LiNE ■T.SS! Vla u diarnarae cargo BAILINC3S U> LIIWHIL. CiLASCJOIV LtINUON A < ONUS tM StngaDore Due Sails P. Shim Penana Calchas for Genoa London Holland ac Hamburg a n 5 Patrwlus for Liverpool AriM.l...
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        917 13 Peak Output In BRITAIN'S industrial outPut in October created a P— A new record. MMM f Witt WWI The UK Treasury has WW* MM%MMMM just announced that tbp production index Aeure fo? general engineering. The the month is expected v, rise in h^sebe 134-135 (1948—100) building has contributed <* uo
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        812 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINCS TO CONTINtNT/SCANDINAVIA Fee Aden, Port Said. Cenoa. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Hamburg. Copenhagen. Gothenburg and o<lo. S'pore P. S'hom Penong x) "PATAGONIA" 17/20 Dec 21/22 Dec xx) "SELANDIA" 8/9 jon 10/10Jan 11 1 1 Jon npl "ASIA" 13/15Jon 16/16Jon 17/18io« "INDIA" 15/17Jon x) Calls Beyrouth, Gdynia and Karlshamn.
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    • Finance And Commerce
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        PENANG-BURMA TRADE DECLINES
        407 14 PENANG-BURMA TRADE DECLINES No Rice Imports In Y ec PENANG, Mon. Penan g's trade with B< decline because no rice has been i mporred here f r m t since the beqinninq of this year. This was disclos- hot t Economic Officer, Penang, Che Ismail bin Mohd A\ ycstcrd °y
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        Milling At Raub Reduced
        149 14 MILLING operations ai the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd. have been curtailed clue to a shortage of electric power caused by a severe dry tpeil. The progress report of operation-- from Aug. IS to Nov. fi this year says that the lack of ra;n for
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        SHIPPING PACT
        25 14 TWO representatives of (he Japanese transportation Ministry have arrived in Formosa to begin negotiations for a new shipping agreement with Nationalist China.- UP
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        ROAD NET FOR AMERICAN CONTINENT
        208 14 ROAD NET FOR AMERICAN CONTINENT WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.— A new era of automotive locomotion for Americans is in the making. A few years hence, superhighways, now serving the most densely populated areas and forming only the bare rudiments of a regional network, are likely to span the Continent in every
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        Malaya, Aust. Compete For UK Pine Marts
        304 14 Malaya, Aust. Compete For UK Pine Marts MALAYAN shipments of pineapples to Australia's main markets will continue to expand, according to a survey of Australian overseas trade. Malaya's output of pineapples prewar was about six times that of Australia. As the most important producer of pineapples in the Commonwealth. Malaya
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        96 14 THE visiting -Burmese trade mission, headed by Burma's Minister for Commerce, U Raschid, was feted at a dinner by a leading Singapore trader, Dr S M John, at 78 Arab Street, on Monday night The mission met several Colony traders at the Vcirty and had informal Mission Is Feted discussions
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        The Search For Oil In N. Borneo
        86 14 where a gravity survey is soon to begin, and the Kiias Peninsula, where an exploration well of 7.000 feet in depth will be drilled. in the latter area a specially-built jetty on the banks of the Situmbok Lake. a 200-yard causeway over swampland
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        MYSTERY STILL SHROUDS THE ASHA'S FUTURE
        241 14 Standard Shipping Reporter MYSTERY surrounds the future of the Indian freighter, Asha, which has swung idly at anchor in Singapore's Laid-up Anchorage for the last 11 months. The Asha has aboard her 5.600 tons of scrap iron, hcr original cargo with which she limped
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        FREE OFFER
        40 14 WAH Hing Engineering Works. 272 Victoria Street, Singapore, are making a free offer of a useful household product for every purchase made of their "Chief" Golden Wheel Kerosene Stove from today. The offer is for a limited period
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        EXPLOITING FLESH-IS-GRASS FACT
        96 14 PROSPECTS of a more promising means of converting grass into human food than by feeding it to livestock were discussed by Mr. Francis Moon, Lecturer in Agricultural Chemistry in Glasgow University, in a recent address to the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. It rmght soon be possible,
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        Cultivating Water-Logged Wastes
        189 14 Cultivating Water-Logged Wastes EXTENSIVE and exacting tests of new types of British agricultural equipment in Malaya have indicated the possibility of cultivating water-logged waste s in tropical underdeveloped areas. One series of tests were carried out at government agricultural stations near Malacca the equipment used being a traitor specially designed
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        Industrials Steady, Tins Irregular
        162 14 Industrials Steady, Tins Irregular On the Malayan share market yesterday, industrials were quietly steady and tins irregular. Rubber shares tended to ease. There was a further shrinkage in the volume of business. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Fed. Dis. US SJI Gammon .190
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        SHIPPING TONNAGE
        35 14 THE target of Indian,-owned shipping of 600.000 gross registered tonnage will be achieved before the end of India's five-year plan. Mr. Lai Bahadur. Indian Minister for Railways and Transport. cHsclosed in Bombay. AFP
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        'Hotels Experience Difficult Conditions'
        198 14 THE trading profit of Goodwood Park Hotel Ltd. for the year ended Sept. 30 before charging depreciation, $121,884 as compared with $1. 54,6th, reflects the more difficult trading conditions experienced by all hotels in Singapore during the past year, says the chairman, Mr. V. C. Bath.
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        Liquid Position
        69 14 A reserve of $25,000 has been accumulated in past years to provide for this expense and it has been found necessary to utilize only $5,000 from this reserve, the balance having Iven provided out of current profits. The whole of the exterior of the hotel and all the
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        Rubber Up ½ c. A Steady Mark
        157 14 Rubber Up c. A Steady Mark THE rubber market in Sinitapoi I throughout yesterday, first |raie wb\n-\ I shipment closing at 83 J cents per l!> I cent on Monday. I Good acceptances from I seas were received. Factory interest and b by manufacturers contr.: to the steadiness in the
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        PRODUCE IS QUIET
        9 14 I MM 1 3 rn $17;
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        RICE DEMAND
        15 14 THE demand for ri« York has remained active especially for rice packets.— AFP.
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        419 14 SZE HAI TONG BANKING INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATES APPLICATION has been made to the directors of this company to issue to Cecilia Goh Mui Chens a duplicate certificate of IV.i shares Nos P684 to 9716 an^ also a duplicate certificate of 19 shares Kos 9674 to 9683.
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        192 14 A t uit oa Chicago 7, Bonreoch 8. Ste-H Ot Asha. Kota Gede. U.ship Maru. signer 11. Benvcnnue 13. Won©Automedon, Yokohama Maru. giri 15. Automedon 18. Ulan Chip Lam. Asia. Glenroy. Ad- 20. Langsa NW 4. Sciu-iM* < r, C rastus, Chong Hsing. Kakhova. NW 5 Rokan- NW <i. P*
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      Molves Hit Back To Beat Honved Her Trailing 2-0
      64 15 Molves Hit Back To Beat Honved Her Trailing 2-0 •rrRHAMPTON, England, Dec. 13, (Reuter)— Jipton Wanderers the English league football Lit Ifonved, the Hungarian Army side by (0 two alter being two-nil down at halfK ,l lf match here tonight. ;J impton Spar- ted in Machos i ilnutes held r
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      SCOTTISH F.A. TIES
      98 15 LONDON. Dec. H <Reuter) Draw for the fifth round of the Scottish Football Association cup. yesterday resulted as follows* Stirling Albion vs Aberdeen. Alloa Athletic vs. Celtic Uyde vs. Albion Rovers Hamilton vs. St. Mirren, In- Caledonians vs. Ayr Unl [<-d. East Fife vs. Kilmarnock Arbroath vs.
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      A PICKS 20 FOR TRAINING
      21 15 A PICKS 20 FOR TRAINING Hoction Singh The be iga- 3 C. on, S gh, Mahinder M. :hdev S ::i and
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      U.K. RUGBY
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      COHEN FOR MEXICO CITY
      110 15 PARIS. Dec. 14. (AP).— C, a s.t 0 n Charles Ravmond manager of world bantamIght champion Robert Cohen, Monday he is considering proposals lor Cohen io defend his title in Mexico City and Johannesburg, South AfThe Mexican ofTer. a match unsl Ranton Macias in eary February,
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      Japs For Burma
      62 15 TOKYO. Dec. 14 (UP) A Japanese soccer team will leave Tokyo by Thai Airways plane on Derv 27 to play foiir sames in Burma between Dec I>B and Jan. 8. An announcement by the Japan Amateur Soccer Association today said 17 players will make the trip with
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      FOOTBALL FEVER HITS BRITISH FANS
      389 15 FOOTBALL FEVER HITS BRITISH FANS Top Teams Competing First and. to many European fans most temperature rising of the battles is at Milineux £ark. Wolverhampton, under floodlights tonight. Wolverhampton Wanderers. English First Division champions and conquerors of Moscow's crack Spartak team, are meeting the Hungarian championship runners uo. Honved who
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      40 15 PICTURE shows Singapore's champion. 23-year-old Lob Ileng Chew who has yet to be beaten in the Asian table tennis championships. He is rated high in the running lor the late Dato Paglars trophy put up for the Asian singles title.
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      Andersonians Triumph
      97 15 ANDERSON School. Ipoh, beat Victoria School by three games to two in a badminton match at the Victoria School Hall yesterday. Results were Victorians first) Singles: Cheong Cheng Swee beat Kok Onn Tuck 17-14. 15-8; Wong Boon Kong lost to Fong Teng Yoong 10-1.) 15-13, 13-15; Ong Tionu
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      SERVICES SET FOR A RUGBY 'DOUBLE'
      270 15  -  H. A. SOARS By n Kl A^ 1 Ll Pl m I*'1 iues With fi^ing Fijians still available, the Malayan Services look set for a 'Double' in their annual Rugby match against Malayan Civilians on the Headquarters Malaya ground here this Saturday. The Services
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      SPORE WOMEN OUTCLASSED
      321 15 HONGKONG scored a 3-0 victory over Singapore in the first session of the women's events held at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night. Miss Lau Wai Lim of Hongkong gained most of her points by smashing the high balls returned by the Singapore player. In the next
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      Kesenians Beat Rovers
      36 15 Badan Kesenian beat Kampone; Tanjong Rovers at soccer by two goals to one at Alexandra yesterday. Sahar scored two goals for BK. while Hassan got the sinsle Rovers' goal Mr. Hassan Adam refereed.
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      Duckworth Scores 61
      48 15 SALISBURY, Dec. 13. (Reuter).—Rhodesia took first innings points from Griqualand West in their Curric Cup cricket matrh here today. Heavy rain prevented play on the previous two days. Scores: Rhodesia 138 for two declared (Duckworth 61) and 7 for 3. Griqualand West: 128 Goble 73.
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        1016 15 I CLASSIFJEPJ PERSONAL \IUUNSEY Will .wy ucrson knowing whereabouts or any item of personal historv since 1941 of GUY OSWALD MOUNSEY formerly of Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company and subsequently P W L). Singapore please contact subscriber*. LOVtLACE HASTIMiS, Chartered Bank Chamber* Klang. SITUATIONS VA( ANT THE Ml MCIPAI. COtNCIL OE
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        391 15 IUbftcr Bv Al Caoo W im tmm^ mm^ mm m *3*MS ■"^^■■■^^^^■■■i""W»-----_-___m____________». »M('K '^Y X CAaS_;e H D --Pll^i^aS^ j N-NO^-MEBBEHECRAWLLDj I I _d______M______| |jAty// HE'S*' jj-7 N yfT^® J«y A^ r WHiCH S f to* if n^j fc— <^ta— i» bt*. V^t_____________-A __^"*__l i*— J^^^~ By T.V. Hamlin i^^H^"^T
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        80 15 MISCFUANEOIiS LA DIES— LATEST CUTS and First Class erms from $10.00 usin^ the best AMERICAN Helcne Curtis preparations end latest permine Equipments at the well-known Salon. MAISON MODERNE 126 Orchard Road Phone ***** whole day on Saturday* L Bl L. R I. R Aus~ lorp. L S and P Rock
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        Bad Tummy No H'Cap'
        70 16 MANILA. Dec 14. (AFP) Japan's tennis champion, Atsiishi Miyasi, had to battle 5 hard .vrst'*rda> to conquer Ruben Eseofcal "i <i Sf. 6-1. in the hardest fought ot Iti matches la the Philippines tennis open singles tourt> nament. Twenty four year-old Mi vagi liad a sour
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        Sweden Name Her Davis Cup Lineup
        95 16 BRISBANE, Australia. Dec. 14, (AP) Nonplaying captain Gunnar Galin, beating the deadline by a full 24 hours. named experienced campaigners Lennart *Ber gelin and Sven Davidson to carry colours against the United States in the inter-zone Davis Cup tennis finals starting here Thursday. U.S.
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        Ian Pulls Muscle On Eve Of Second Test
        89 16 MELBOURNE Dec 14. (Reuter)— With the second Test match starting on Friday at Sydney. lan Johnson, the Australian captain, pulled a muscle while bowling for Victoria against the MCC tourists in a cricket match played here today Johnson, it is understood, may
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        MCC Players Take Billiard Lesson
        86 16 MELBOURNE, Dec 13, (Reuter) The retired World Champion billiard V^V cr Walter Lindrum, paid a novel tribute to the members of the England Test cricket team visiting his home last night. With a trick billiard shot, he made red. yellow and blue balls— the colours
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        Jokey Sue Liz Arden
        9 16 Jokey Sue Liz Arden with another ln (o nJ
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      Indians Scalp Ferry & Yussef
      199 16 Indians Scalp Ferry Yussef BOMBAY. Dec. 14. (AFP) Indian badminton player Amritlal Dewan yesterday beat the Indonesian star, F. Sonneville, in the pre-quarter finals of the international badminton tournament here. Sonneville, who recently beat India's number one player. Nandu Natekar, in a match at Singapore, lost 9-15, 1-15. Fellow-Indonesian lefthander
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      38 16 ATLANTA: Called the world* strongest man, Paul Anderson tries to prove his claim ur husky associates on a barbell on Dec. 6. Anderson will try ior new rethe All-Dixie weightlifting championships in Atlanta on Occ. 11. U.P., photo.
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      TOP CEYLON RUGGER XV TO TOUR MALAYA Due Here For 4 Games
      348 16  - TOP CEYLON RUGGER XV TO TOUR MALAYA Due Here For 4 Games VERITY GILL Bv THE University of Ceylon Rugby XY7 unbea'^n In all its ventures in Ceylon, makes its bow on Malayan soil on Dec. 23, when they meet the University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, Mr. A. G.
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      S'PORE IN LINE FOR THE BARODA CUP
      424 16 By EDIN PETERS SINGAPORE is well on the road to win a title at the third Asian Table Tennis championships now underway at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. Up to late last night, the Colony players had mastered Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, India, Indonesia and
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      Andersonians Win At B'ton
      98 16 ANDERSON School. Ipoh. beat Rallies Institution by four games to one in a badminton fixture played on tiie Victor. a School courts yesterday. Results: (Andersonian: mentioned first). siiiKlos: Kok Onn Tack beat Sin Chian Fong 15-5. 15-7. Chin 'i ick Chuan beal Tan Teng Wai 15
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      Reading Beat Gillingham 5-3
      43 16 LONDON. Dec 14 (Reuter) "-Reading beat Gillingham by five goals to three in their Football Association Cup seCOnd round replay at Reading yesterday Reading will now be at homo to Manchester United in the third round oi January 8.
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      SHA DELEGATES
      36 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Mr. D. K. Daniels and Mr. Gurbaksh Singh Sambhi. will be the Selangor Hockey Association's delegates at the extra-ordinary conference of FMHU delegates at the Selangor Club on Sunday, Dec. 19.
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      DUSSART WINS
      31 16 LIEGE Dec 14. (Reuter): Wally Thorn British and European welterweight boxing champion, was beaten on points by Kid Dussart (Belgium) in a ten round non title bout here tonight
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      Balwant Helps Andersonians Beat Raffles
      298 16 A GOAL scored off a short f-orner in the 15th minute of R-fi >? alf u b y right back Balwant Singh enabled Ander- School. Ipoh. to beat ?n f I 4 n stitution bv the onlv goal of the match, on the RI ground
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