Singapore Standard, 18 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2606
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 Singapore Standard as.m.mim^.w*t #R ft vH §L PV 168. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18. 19,->1 II PAGES Jr> CENTS,
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    UNKNOWN
    63 1 17, (RcuT- 1 hn-lai. Prime lay he is Mr Dag S^creI.'nitcd to dis- inment of airmen ng. oil .-red Peking porting quoted the issue men was lairs." the Premier Hammarskna's stand United branding I i violation mistice i for the Mr. Hamhou said: ol peace ol inter- 1 am
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    UNKNOWN
    14 1 it. (Rev- arrived cial train visit. the station endra Prasad harlal Nehru. Minister.
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    TOY FUND 7 days to go
    344 1 TOY FUND 7 days to go American Women Give $100 WITH another $240.50 received yesterday, The Standard Christmas Toy Fund for the underprivileged children of Malaya stands at $9,322 26. First of yesterday's donations came from a group of American women m Singapore who passed the hat around and raised
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    RUBBER: Highest In Two Years — At 85 5/16
    148 1 RUBBER: Highest In Two Years At 85 5/16 THE price of rubber m Singapore yesterday touched a new high for two years, first grade for January shipment touching 85-13/16 cents per lb. at one stage and closing at 85-5/16 cents, a rise of 1* cents on Thursday. rT St r(
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    TRISHA RIDER KILLED IN FIGHT
    35 1 IPOH. Fri. A young Ma- lay trisha rider. Ghani bin Osman. was stabbed to death m a fight m Cowan Street at 6 p.m. today. Police have detained a Malay.
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    FIVE DIE IN FLOODS
    1186 1 Rescue Boat CaMiaes In Singapore's Whampoa River Going Down More Relief Volunteers Are Needed FIVE people lost their lives m the Singapore Hoods early yesterday morning when a boat m which they were being taken to safety crashed into a submerged water main m the Whampoa
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    The Water Is
    63 1 photo. Standard THIS water main proved a death trap for five people €arly yesterday morning when the sampan thar was ringing them to safety crashed into the side facing away from the camera. At that time the mam was completely submerged m the flood waters. It runs
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    Man Grabs Cobra And Saves Boat
    95 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A surrendered Communist, now m the Volunteer Force fighting terrorists grabbed a hissing cobra by the neck before it could strike and flung it out of a boatful of flood victims. The cobra fell into the boat from an oil palm.
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    HELP THE CIVILIANS ORDER TO ALL MEN
    115 1 HELP THE CIVILIANS ORDER TO ALL MEN Army's Big Part In Rescue Work KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Details of the* Army's part m flood rescue work m Johore were released from Army headquarters here today. The order went out to units of the 17th Gurkha. Division. as the floods threatened South
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    Rifle Company Marooned
    102 1 Army boats manned by Royal Engineers went into action m the Buloh X apBatu Anam area north of Segamat on the main trunk j road. <A Rifle Company *at Voules spent a day without food, when it was un-' expectedly marooned. Companies of the First Battalion, the
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    KL To Gemas Night Trains
    82 1 A helicopter of the new-ly-formed 155 RAF Squadron has gone to Kuantan. to be available for flood reconnaissance and rescue m the East Coast. The Malayan Railway administration announced today that day and night mail trains will continue to run to normal tunings between Kuala
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    Post Christmas Cards Early
    92 1 Due to the floods the transmission of second class mail m Malaya has been considerably delayed. The public nave been asked to post Christmas cards as soon ss possible so that delivery before the big day can lie assured. A public meeting is to beheld m
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    BRITAIN REBUKED FOR NOT HELPING MALAYA
    192 1 LONDON. Dec. 17 (Reuter The independent Daily Express today rebuked Bri-ain for failing to make any contribution to MaJiya's flood fund and for not sending any official m«sage of sympathy. "Britain is getting a name for thoughtlessness i* these matters. She has given nothing
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    S'PORE'S $110 MIL SECRET PIPELINE
    238 1 27 Miles Long Across Island By CONRAD SMITH Standard Staff Reporter CONSTRUCTED under the closest secrecy, three pipelines m Singapore, each 27 miles long and running from Normantan Oil Depot m Pasir Panjang Road to the Naval Base, were completed m June, this year, at
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    THE POPE His Condition Is Serious
    63 1 THE POPE His Condition Is Serious VATICAN CITY. Dec. 17, (Reuter)— The personal physician to Pope Pius XII. Professor Riccardo Galeazzi Lisi, warned today that "the condition of the pontiff is serious because he grows constantly weaker." The Vatican Pres., Service announced today that the Pope spent "not too bad
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    6 Tourists Massacred
    61 1 TAMPICO. Mexico. Dec. 17 (AP)— Police on Thursday found the bodies of six Mexican tourists, apparently shot m cold blood while making a boat tour of the Tuxpam area. Killers wiped out an entire family, including two children. Police said the shooting apparently was without motive, and
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    GANDHI'S LIFE TO BE FILMED
    35 1 HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 17, (UP)— Film director-producer Otto Preminger says his plans to film the life of Mahatma Gandhi have received a pledge of "full co-operation" from Indian Prime Minister Nehru.
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    STRIKING PCs
    33 1 CALCUTTA. Dec. 17 (AFP) —Ten truckloads of steel helmet ed troops, escort. by armoured cars, moved into the Calcutta suburb of Howrah early this mornin? and arrested over 1.100 striking policemen.
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    COLONY AIRMEN TO SEE A 'PANTO'
    566 2 Xmas Will Have Everything Save A Good Snowfall THE Royal Air Force m Singapore will lack nothing of Christmas cheer this year, except per! aps a good old-fashioned snowfall, that its counterpart m England is now preparing to enjoy. This includes everything from the
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    They Start Early
    58 2 They Start Early EXPECTANTLY these young cinemagocrs listen to Christmas carols and await the showing of "Treasure Island" at the Pavilion Theatre yesterday afternoon. All on their own. the youngsters were celebrating Christmas a bit ahead of time and seemed blithely unaware of hectic last-minute shopping going on just outside
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    Flood Levels
    103 2 DetatU o: die flood situation* as oftici'illv nnnounced today JOHORK: Secamat: route one mile 11*1 seven inches, falling. 1154 four ins. falling: 1191 si% Inches, stationary: 121-1211 five feet two inches, falling. Muar Road: mile 115A five ll 1 telling: 1171-1171 three tcct 11 Laches, falling. Johore Bahru:
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    The Navy, Too, Is In Holiday Mood
    171 2 A GIANT stir with a ladle **as big as a canoe paddle/* as one officer described it, swept the holiday season into the Navy m Singapore yesterday precisely it 2 p.m., at H.M.S.* Terror, Naval Ba«e, with the making of the traditional Christmas
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    Deported Man Due In Taipei
    41 2 TAIPEI. Dec. 17, (AFP) Chinese* Nationalist leader m Jakarta. Tjons: Hion Njie. deported by the Indonesian government, is expected to fly here from Manila this evening. Tjong arrived at Manila from Jakarta late yesterday under escort.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    114 2 COMMODITY PRICES i CLOSING rubber prices (cents per ib m Smirupore yesterday *ere: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 84; H'rl No 1 R.S.S f o.b Dec. 85 5 16 B."> 7 10 No. 2 84? PS No. I 8>; KJ Tone: Firm. riM PKirv The prices of tin
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    Tender Decision Out Next Week
    271 2 $8 Mil. Kallang Basin Bridge SINGAPORE Government will next week decide to whom they should entrust the task of building the S8 million concrete bridge over Kalians Basin The Tenders' Committee of Public Works Department is now scrutinizing hundreds of tenders submitted by Colony contractors,
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    N. Borneo To Aid Flood Victims Here
    112 2 N. Borneo To Aid Flood Victims Here JESSELTON. Dec. 17. (Ren-ter"--The Governor of North Borneo. Mr. Roland Turnbull. published m the North Borneo News and Sabah Times today an appeal to the people of North Borneo to contribute to a fund to aid the flood victims of Singapore and Malaya.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      68 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7.:*,*) p.m. Dec. 16 to 7.2.0 a.m. Dec. 17: Spore (71F): Penang (7SF); Kota Bharu (73F): Kin la "Lumpur (70F); Ipoh (71F); Kaantaa (7'JFi. Maximum Temperature: From 7.:i0 nm. to 7.:t0 a.m. Dee. 17 Singapore <75F*: Penang (BHF>; Kota Bharu (8..F1: Kuala Lumpur (88F|; Ipch
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    Hot meals for the victims
    399 3 Hundreds Swarm Towner Road Flood Relief Centre GET READY FOR 25' I SAYS MESSAGE AND 400 TURNED UP HE Solvation Army's emergency relief centre m Towner Road, Singapore, yesterday was hard put to cope with more than 400 men, women and children who turned up
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    Hawker Does His Bit
    57 3 phoio. TOUCHED by the distress of his fellow men. this hawker would not take any money for his food from the flood victims m the Braddell Road area. Here he serves a helping of •'chow-tow-kway" to a hungry lad. He told The Standard that m all
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  • Article
    Dutch Aid To Victims Of Floods
    121 3 Dutch Aid To Victims Of Floods THE Singapore Dutch community has formed a committee to raise funds to aid victims of the floods m the Colony and the Federation. This committee is under the patronage of the ConsulGeneral of the Netherlands. Mr D G. E. Middleburg. Its chairman is Mr.
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  • Article
    CURFEW LIFTED FROM TODAY
    31 3 PENANG. Fri.-The 24-hour curfew imposed on Mukim 1 3 and 4 m Province Wellesley south will be »"ed from 6 am tomorrow, a Government statement announced today.
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    Brick Works Strike Is Called Off
    108 3 Brick Works Strike Is Called Off THE threatened strike by about 130 workers of the Jurong Brick Works m Singapore, is oil. Yesterday the factory management and representative of the workers agreed to settle the seven-point claim of the employees, who threatened to call a strike today. The Assistant Labour
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    Student Fined For Breaking Bond
    185 3 A SINGAPORE Chinese school student Toh Thoc Kirn, who is at present serving a three months' jail sentence, appeared before the Filth Police Court Magistrate Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday. Toh pleadeJ guilty to breaking a bond he signed m June this year to
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    The Little Ones First
    30 3 photo. MOTHERS who were hungry themselves saw to it that their children were fed firs*. A scene at the Towner Road emergency feeding centre yesterday.- Standard
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    British Soldiers Help In Evacuation
    23 3 photo. BRITISH soldiers help evacuate people m boats from flood-bound kampongs m the Braddell Road area yesterday. Standard
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  • Article
    Air Crash Inquest: Sabotage Is Out
    289 3 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday returned a verdict of deaths by misadventure at the inquest on the 33 lives lost m the Kallang aircrash, which occurred on Mar. 13. The evidence before the j Coroner did not disclose grounds to suspect
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    DELHI INFECTED
    18 3 AN outbreak of small-pox has been reported In Delhi which has been declared an infected place.
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    NEW RUBBER LAW IN FORCE
    66 4 RUBBER firms m Singapore are now required by law to prevent climatic damage to export rubber under the Rub ?£L Sh ipping and Packing Ku Amendment Rules, published m yesterday's Colony Gazette. The rule lays down thai when rubber bales are being transported they must
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    LANGUAGE ROW GOES TO QUEEN
    384 4 If Govt. Wont Bow To Change THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce will ask Government ro reconsider its decision regarding the language qualifications for election candidates under the Rendel Constitution. The Chamber will also inform Government that if it does not reconsider its decision, a petition
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    YOUTH GUILTY OF INDECENCY
    45 4 KOH NGAH POH. 16. who indecently exposed his person to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, was bound over m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, m the sum of $250 to be of good behaviour for six months.
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    16 Win Chamber's City Day Awards
    250 4 1 6 Win Chamber's City Day Awards THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce yesterday awarded city commemoration prizes to 16 students, who passed various commercial subjects, at a ceremony held m the Chamber premises m Fullerton Building. Chairman of the Chamber. Mr. F. H. Atkinson, said when Singapore became a City
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    Two Charged With Robbery
    85 4 TAY HOO and Tan Ah Hock were charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with committing gang robbery with four others at the Sixth Milestone. Changi Rond. on Aug. 3, this year. Tay and Tan were alleged to have robbed one Madam Sek Kuay Lay
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 4 HONGKONG Dec. 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15 70 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,856 to Malayan $1; $0,186 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $255.75 to a tael.
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    Angry Students Sleep In School
    164 4 Angry Students Sleep In School THREE hundred students (boys and girls) of Yock Eng School, Singapore, slept m the school's premises, last night, m protest against the^ management committee's decision to retain the services of their principal, Mr. Chew Y T uen Kwang. The students, who held I urotest meeting
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  • Article
    GIVEN A CHANCE BUT HE FAILED
    129 4 PENANG, Fri.—Tan Seng Lock, the North Malayan representative of Getz Bros and Co., who was alleged m the Sessions Court to have misappropriated the firm's money was given a chance but failed to make good, the court was told. Tan pleaded guilty to criminal
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  • Article
    Stanvac Man Dies In R.I.
    90 4 ROGER William, an economist with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company m Palembang, died last Sunday after he experienced gr- t difficulty m breathing. A Malayan Airways Dal. a took off for Palembang last Thursday m heavy rain to fly an iron lung to the Stanvac
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    RAN INTO BICYCLE AND DIED
    106 4 RAN INTO BICYCLE AND DIED A 63-YEAR-OLD woman. Foo Ah Ngan. died a few days after being knocked down by a bicycle, the Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. A Government pathologist. Dr. Chan Swan Tong. told the Coroner that Foo's death w«as due to a ruptured spleen sustained as
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    TWO CHARGED IN W.D. TRACTOR CASE
    125 4 TWO CHARGED IN W.D. TRACTOR CASE KUALA LUMPUR Fri. Two War Department caterpillar tractors said to belong to the 221 Vehicles Battalion of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Singapore, were today the subject of a case m the Sessions Court here Three Kuala Lumpur men. Lim Heng Fye 40. Lim
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    PETITION MAN GETS JAIL
    44 4 PENANG. Fri.—A petition writer Abdul Majeed, 42. was convicted m the Sessions Court, today, on a charge of attempting to cheat the postal authorities by making a false claim of $75 on Sept. 13. and sentenced to six months' Jail.
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    S'PORE ABOLISHES THE 'CAT'
    169 4 SOLITARY confinement, hard labour, the whipping of boys and the cat-o'-nine tails are abolished m Singapore from today. These outmoded punishments go with the announcement m the Colony Government Gazette that the Criminal Justice (Punishment Amendment) Ordinance comes into force today. The Ordinance based on the
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    Rea Refutes Charge By Labour Unions
    316 4 Rea Refutes Charge By Labour Unions THE Deputy City President, Mr. J. T. Rea, yesterday refuted a charge by the Singapore City Council Labour Unions' Federation that the Council has no desire to look after the welfare of its labour force. In a letter to the Federation Mr. Rea said:
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    NEW LAWYER
    38 4 MR. B KAHER SINGH, a former member of ihj teaching profession m Seremban and Negri State hockoy fullback, was today admitted to the Malayan Bar by Mr. Justice C. T. Abbott m the Seremban High Court
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    'NEW OUTLOOK' 15 URGED FOR ADULT EDUCATION
    355 5 'NEW OUTLOOK' 15 URGED FOR ADULT EDUCATION Heah Addresses Delegates KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the Adult Education Association of Malaya, today urged its branches to create a "new outlook" m the social and economic uplift of the people through vocational training for trade and industry
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    Building Society To Reduce Interest
    145 5 Building Society To Reduce Interest FROM January next year, the rate of interest charged by the Federal and Colonial Building Society will be reduced from 7 per cent to 62 per cent, the Society's general manager, Mr. John Burgess, said yesterday. This reduction applies to all existing loans and to
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    Burma Consulate For Penang
    177 5 Trade Section In Spore PENANG, Fri.— The possibility of the Burmese Government setting up a consulate or vice-consulate m Penang was disclosed by U Ba Thaung, the Burmese Consul for the Union of Burma m Singapore, who ai rived here with the Burmese Trade Mission today.
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    SETTLED HIS LIABILITIES IN FULL
    83 5 SETTLED HIS LIABILITIES IN FULL AN application by Yeo San Twee to rescind and annul the receiving and adjudication orders made against him. was granted by Mr. Justice Whitton m the Singapore High Court yesterday. The adjudication order was made against Yeo on Oct. 18, un liabilities amounting to 53.
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    Seaman Was Disorderly
    77 5 A SEAMAN. Louis Malone, 26. who was driven to the Singapore Harbour Board police station by his taxi driver because he could not state his destination, was fined $7 yesterday m the Eighth Police Court for disorderly behaviour at the station The court was told that Malone
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    Youth Stole From Car Boot
    47 5 WON SING LANG, a youth, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Sixth Police Magistrate. Mr. R.W.H. Davies. yesterday, for stealing a jack and a box spanner from the boot of a car m Owen Road on Oct. 22.
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    Skyscraper Approved
    50 5 THE Singapore Improvement Trust has approved the revised plans of Shell Company's $4 million 15-storey skyscraper at Collyer Quay. Construction work will begin before the middle of next year. The Standard was told yesterday The 173-feet building will be air conditioned throughout, with automatic lifts to all floors.
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    Midnight Patrol
    36 5 TAKEN at midnight last night this Standard photo by cameraman Tan Man Long shows a Police party of tbree men returning to the Whampoa Bridge after patrolling th*» inundated areas west of the bridge.
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    He Cannot Drive For Two Years
    105 5 He Cannot Drive For Two Years JOHN Mac Donald. a Royal Naval wireless technician was yesterday fined $250. m default six weeks' jail, by the Singapore Second Criminal District Judge. Mr. T. Kulasekaram. for causing the death of a cyclist Khoo Cheong Foo, by a negligent act not amounting to
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    264 Houses To Get Tap Water Soon
    77 5 THE Singapore City Council has agreed to soend nore than $125,000 to provide tap water for 264 houses m various parts of Singapore. Water supply to the new housing estate at Raffles Park, where there will be 156 new houses will cost the
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  • Article
    Bankrupt Partners
    60 5 SIONG KAY and Gwee Chok Kang. partners of Lee Wah and Company, whose liabilities amount to $150,000. were adjudicated bankrupts by Mr. Justice Whitton m the Singapore High Court yesterday. Lim and Gwce were salesmen and managing partner respectively of the Company second hand dealers m motor and
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  • Singapore Standard
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      Who Cares?
      954 6 SECTION of the City Council seems to be feverishly jostling into position where it can throw a few million dollars, belonging to the ratepayers, down the water supply drain. This desire to play ducks and drakes with public finance may succeed unless there are Councillors who, realising their
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  • Review of Views
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      Labour Complaint
      146 6 •yHE Singapore Labour Department should at once investigate the complaints made by fifty thousand dailyrated workers of some private companies that their wages during the rainy period had been withheld from them by their employers, says Utusan Melayu m its editorial. Singapore's skilled and unskilled labourers are very
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      Has It Survived?
      104 6 "IJAS the Indonesian Gov-' ernment really survived 1 its political crisis?" asks^ Chung Shing Jit Pao scep-i tically when commenting on the defeat of the Opposition motion of no-confi-dence m the Indonesian parliament recently. The victory was won with the help of the Communist Party, the journal
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      Chinese Schools
      92 6 CIN Chew Jit Poh opines that the reason why Chinese schools m Singapore are more or less hesitant m accepting the $12,--000.000 grants-in-aid is that they do not know what the future is m store for them. The journal defines a "Chinese school" as one m which the
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • Letter
      Money Will Not Stop The Floods
      253 6 Sir; Let the Singapore Government hang its head m shame. Let all the Legislative Councillors do likewise. The biggest ever floods sweep the island. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.A.C. Goode, admits m the Council that 2,500 acres of land were under water. And all
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    You Cant Bribe Or Bully Them
    435 6  -  DR. PETER RUSSO I How To Deal With A Thousand Million More Lib, By 'Sunday Pictorial' expert on the Far East THE United States complains that Communist China is behaving like an outlaw nation. Of course. China HAS been outlawed by the United States.
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    INDUS WATER TALKS RESUMED
    272 6  -  Philip Deane By ■"pALKS have been resumed x between India and Pakistan on the dispute over the distribution of the Indus basin waters which are being used by both countries. The talks are being held m Washington on the basis of the World Bank com. promise
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    Sayings Of The Week
    174 6 Sayings Of The Week T^~E believe that Ciihralt.tr is a letter of credit uith a fixed date of maturity, the payment of which may be delayed, hut m the end will be collected. —GENERAL FRANCO. r pilE samba, being a Br.m lian folk dance, can be danced m the name
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    BUILD SLUICE GATES
    378 6 Sir: I am not an engineer hence I do not know anything about engineering, but the Hoods m Singapore have affected me just as they have affected others, although to a lesser degree. This m effect is insufficient to move one who hates writing to the press,
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    SOVIET THREAT TO END A TREATY
    297 7 France Agrees o Arm Germany M OSCOW Dec. 17 (AP)_| n a blunt note the Kremlin threatened yesterday J^l the French-Soviet mutual aid pact if I ratifies the agreements to arm West Lay. It said France would bear full resjbiliry m this event. National
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    Princess Wears New Hair Style
    148 7 LONDON Dec 17 g-uter Princess went to the rjgj heir last night JJJjag hit looked like Tgm li.* ir style but ■;,r turls were gone h<r hair was not I J.* enough lor a <ut like film Andres Hepburn jh» Pnn< ess who has „r
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    AIRCRAFT FOR THE C'WEALTH
    46 7 1/RCfS THE DUKE 17. (Reuter) Edinburgh tl the British try to devote to developing anes suitable the CommonEmpire. lecturing to autical Society the devel opareas." c of the work done the CommonI that with a none of the was actually the job
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    Bus Goes By Road Or Rail
    63 7 COBLENZ, Germany, Dec. 17, (AP)— West Germany's Federal Railway System lias developed a bus which can be choosy about its route road or rails, whichever is faster. The 40-passenger vehicle travels along the road until it hits a stretch that is too twisting or
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    U.S. To Keep Her Troops In Europe
    100 7 U.S. To Keep Her Troops In Europe PARIS. Dec. 17. (UP)— The United States pledged anew last night to keep its troops m Europe against the threat of Soviet aggression. The pledge was delivered to French Premier Pierre Mendes-France and British Foreign Minister. Anthony Eden by Secretary of State John
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    BODIES OF 2 AIRMEN FOUND
    63 7 LONDON. Dec. 17 (AFP) The bodies of two crew-mem-bers of a British naval airarm plane that crashed into the sea off south-western England with seven men on board, were picked up by airsea rescue teams today. On the spot reports said the aircraft, a four-engined
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    Tokyo Police On A Morals Crusade
    93 7 Dec. 17 (UP) i'ere set yesterday to esses m Tokyo's life m a fivecrusade that use of hotel ''ing geisha pers to hold their act s within the limits of "art." The metropolitan police department promised vigilance against 1. Cabarets staying open past 11.30
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    Labourites Prepare For Polls
    91 7 LONDON. Dec. 17 (Reuter) The British Labour Party has sent out a warning to its 6GQ loral organizations throughout Britain to prepare for a general election next year. Mr. Morgan Phillips. general secretary of the Party, m a special message to the 6.000.--000 member movement said
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    NATO Chiefs Told: Go Ahead
    201 7 Atomic Defence Plans PARIS, Dec. 17, (Reuter)— The Atlantic Council today authorised its commanders to plan provisionally for the possible use of atomic weapons m Western defence but decided that governments not generals must sanction their employment. Conference sources said the Defence and Foreign Ministers
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    INDIAN HISTORY
    26 7 A HISTORY ol "the freedom movement in India" is expected to be published by the Indian Government in late 1955 or early 1956. AP
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    77 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 17 The following are the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London Market LONDON RUBBER Spot 2 5 id. January 25id. February 25 id. March 25 id. April/June 24jd. July/September 24£ d. October/December 24 id. January c.i.t 24Jd. Ton
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    Dutchmen To Face Trial For Plotting
    120 7 Dutchmen To Face Trial For Plotting JAKARTA. Dec. 17 (UP)— The Indonesian Government will put on trial on Jan. 13 the highest ranking of the Dutch nationals under arrest here for plotting to overthrow the Indonesian Government, It was announced today. J. L. Jungslager. an official of the KPM Dutch
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    The 'Nudists' Go Through
    59 7 WASHINGTON. Dec 17, <AP) The United States Court of Appeals yesterday overruled, 2-1, U.S. Post Office Department orders which denied the use of the mails to three nudist magazines. The majority court opinion said the Postmaster-General lacks authority "to authorise the indefinite suppression of periodical publications
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    WATCHES SEIZED
    24 7 AN Indian Finance Ministry spokesman told Parliament the Government had seized 4,294 smuggled watches between April and September of this year. AP
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    Hospital Broadcast
    106 7 photo. FOUR- YEAR-OLD David Oliver, polio stricken son of a United States Army Sergeant, who will speak m the same programme as the Queen m Britain's Traditional Christmas Day broadcast. He will thank the crew of a British navy helicopter which dropped him an iron lung on board
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    Queen Enjoys Xmas Party
    236 7 Queen Enjoys Xmas Party LONDON. Dec. 17, (Reuter)—Prince Charles and Princess Anne played host and hostess to 30 of their young friends at a Christmas party m Buckingham Palace yesterday. The Queen, who had arranged the party herself and personally shopped for the favours and tricks and decorations, bent down
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    Chiang Free To Strike Any Time
    112 7 TAIPEI. Dec. 17 (AFP) Nationalist China is free to strike at any Communist point without first consulting the United States. Col. Lv Ta. deputy spokesman of the National Defence Ministry, declared at a Press conference today. He was replying to a question whether the
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    STILL CHASES GIRLS AT 75
    77 7 ANKARA. Dec. 17. (AFP)— Mrs. Husyin Tchinar of Istanbul did not think it was proper for her 75-year old husband to be still chasing after young girls. So she tied him to the bed Tchlnar's shouts awakened neighbours who summoned police last night. Today, the
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    PECK DENIES CRUELTY
    41 7 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17 (AP) —Actor Gregory Peck has denied his wife's charges of cruelty m her divorce suit. Mrs. Greta Peck said that a financial agreement had already been signed. Bhe seeks custody of the three children.
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    A World Catastrophe On Tuesday, He Says
    255 7 A World Catastrophe On Tuesday, He Says CHICAGO. Dec. 17 (AP) t A staff physician who resigned from Michigan State College m an "end of the world" controversy said yesterday he was I asked to resign. What is more. said Dr. Charles Laughead, he is not predicting the end of
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    UNESCO IS VITAL TO MALAYA -DATO NIK
    226 8 UNESCO IS VITAL TO MALAYA -DATO NIK LONDON, Dec. 17 (Reuter)—The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization can be very important to a growing country like Malaya. This statement was made by Malaya's first direct representative at UNESCO. Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil. who flies home on Monday after attending
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    One Offence After Another
    86 8 RAL'B. Fri.— When a colfceshopkeeper. V. Damodaran. 33, ot* Scmpalit New Village was stopped by a Police constable at 7.10 p.m. on Nov. 19, for riding a bicycle without a light he quickly took a dollar from his pocket and slipped it into the constable's pocket
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    Troops Aid Flood Victims
    23 8 BRITISH troops helping the people of Kluang to evacuate when flood waters rose rapidly on Thursday following torrential rain.
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    100 Co-operative Societies Fail
    271 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— More than 100 Co-opera-tive Societies have gone into liquidation recently, not because of shortage of supervisory staff m the department but due entirely to the reluctance of members to support them, Mr. R. C. Gates, Assistant Commissioner for Co-operative Development, told The Standard
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    $800 FINE FOR AIDING IN LOTTERY
    97 8 IPOH. Fri. A 28-year-old woman. Leong Choy Lin of the aping area Menglembu, was tooay fined $800 by Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli for assisting m carrying on an illegal "1.000 character" lottery. Inspector A. Petrus told* tne Magistrate that when he entered Lecng's home
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    Gold Was Found In Fowl House
    127 8 Gold Was Found In Fowl House RAUB, Fri.— Ng Ke e Chan, 44, a former Raub goldsmith, was yesterday found guilty on a charge of possession of 107 grams of raw gold valued at approximately $600, without a valid permit. President of the Sessions Court, West Pahang, Mr. J. R.
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    NEW VEHICLES REGISTRAR
    38 8 RAUB. Fri.— Mr. A. Lowes. Registrar and Inspector of Motor Vehicles. Raub. Pahang. has gone on long leave to the United Kingdom. Mr. W. P. Stevenson, who recently returned from leave, has "taken his place.
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    A PUBLIC CORPORATION FOR EDUCATION, URGES WHITFIELD
    344 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Mr. L. D. Whitfield, Federal Member for Education, suggested today that a public education corporation m Malaya on the pattern of Britain's BBC might relieve the political party m power "of the criticism and disapprobation which any educational policy is
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    Reduction In Rank For RSM
    150 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Regimental Sergeant-Major Barry Conway of the RASC. accused at a court-martial here of flouting Army regulations by taking a woman into his camp without authority, told a Court Martial today that he had often seen European women m the camp, including wives
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    RECEPTION CANCELLED
    58 8 THE reception arranged by the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Singapore, for Mr. R. K. Tandon, Commissioner for India. and Mrs. Tandon. which was to have been btld on Monday at the Victoria Memorial Hall, has been cancelled at the request of the Commissioner becevse of the suffering and
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    NEW YEAR DANCE
    20 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. The Royal Johore International Club will hold its new year dance on Dec. 31.
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    Drivers Die In Collision
    93 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Fri.— A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the Coroner. Tuan Sheikh Abdullah, at the conclusion of an inquest held here into the deaths of two lorry drivers. Lim Chooi Seng and Kang Hean Peng. The lorries, driven by Lim and Kang.
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    No Furthe Leniency For Him
    23 8 No Furthe Leniency For Him i l! i 1 s pre. pi L> I nrsj H« D Po N I him were institul
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    MORE AID FOR PO LEUNG KUK
    118 8 PENANG. Fri —The Chinese Aif airs Office, Penang. today acknowledged the following donations for the Po Leung Kuk Home. Messrs. World Optical Co $100, Ong Si Thye Guan Tong and Teoehow Association S5O each, Corinthian Musical Society, Sam Quaye Tong Kongsi. Kang Har Tong
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    844 9 Music NOTES Recitals By Katchen Odnoposoff r T HE American pianist, Julius Katchen, is coming to Singapore next month at the invitation of the Musical Society. He will give one recital on January 16 and also judge the finals of the Society's piano competition two days later. Like the excellent
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      What Sort Of Plays Does S'pore Want?
      890 9 What Sort Of Plays Does S 'pore Want? iifii^mtei'.iinini™n» T AST week I received a L letter referring to the visit of the Island Players to Kuala Lumpur with a programme of comedy which appears to have been presented with a greater sense of unity than was apparent m the
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    66 9 photo. MAE WEST, Hollywood's "Queen of sex," is now over sixty. But she's still box office m a big way. When she opened at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, December 7. She packed the house and hundreds of people had to be turned away. She's shown here practising m her
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    WOLVES THE GREAT!
    461 10  -  808 FERRIER They Had The Nelson Spirit By THEY DID IT AGAIN! AFTER SPARTAK, HONVED. WOLVES BEAT MONVtD Al W ?S^sl^thot for a moment. Wolves beat Honved, champions of Hungary and the f«; rluh side m the world, m one of the most glorious games I have
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    It's S'pore Who Might Learn From The Indons
    465 10 It's S'pore Who Might Learn From The Indons By Our Hockey Reporter TODAY the truth will be out. When the Indonesian Hockey Federation tourists take on the Singapore Combined Services XI m their opening match at Jalan Besar Stadium, we shall know exactly how strong our visitors are, and how
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    It Was Like A Giant Racer Goina Downhill
    581 10 It Was Like A Giant Racer Goina Downhill Says PETER WILSON W ONDERFUL Wolves did it again! They capped that magnificent victory over Spartak, Russia's champion team, with an even greater triumph over the crack Hungarians, Honved, at Wolverhampton. Wolves won 3—2, and if I never see a more thrilling
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    Portlanders Are Unbeaten
    106 10 THE Portland University Basketballers. played m aid ot th P Flood Relief Fund against Nanyang Siang Pau at the Happy World Stadium last night, remained unbeaten m the Colony tour. They beat the Colony champions by 65 points to 52. At the end o; the first half
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    Victorians Are Beaten
    92 10 THE touring Victoria School rugger XV from Singapore were beaten by King George V. School XV by 17 points (one goal two tries and two penalties) to 8 points (one goal. one try). Jabar and Yap Nang Tuang scored the DTSI two tries for the Georgians and
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    Changes In S'gor Team
    81 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri: Sclangor will make four changes from the side that held Negri Sembilan to a I— l draw when they meet Penan*; today m their second match of the quadrangular hockey moot at tho Selangor Club oadang at 4 p.m Hanifl Khan will take
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    FLOOD STOP NEGRI BLUES
    80 10 MR. Tang Tarn Kok Secretary of the Negri Sembilan All Blues Rugby Football Association stated today that the Negri Asians rugger team scheduled to meet Singapore Asians tomorrow at Singapore m the All Blues Cup lie are unable to leave owinj to the flood However. Mr.
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    Jasbir's Goal Gives S'pore Quad Title
    225 10 MALACCA, Fri.— A tenth minute equaliser m the second half enabled Singapore to draw I—l with Malacca and wind up as champions m the Combined Schools hockey Quadrangular played on the SKI ground here today. The wet ground did not suit Singapore and they
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    The 'Kings' Show Their Prowess
    281 10 The 'Kings' Show Their Prowess KING HOWARD \l| School of Taiping opened their Singapoie tour with an impressive 14-0 victory m keenly contested IWtacff match played on the r .iin soaked padang yesterday After a scoreless Hrst ball the Edwardians rallied itn n-. iy to win by a goal and
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    Classes For Ipoh Umpires
    94 10 IPOH Fri —Tho Indian hockey coach Gian Sim*h will conduct classes for umpire* at the YMCA at 7 30 nightly from Dec 20 to 2.) Inclusive These classes sr# open to Meanwhile th c Ipoh and District Hockey Association have ai ranged throe ganes on Dec
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    Indonesians Play Today
    26 10 The Indonesian Hockey i ration Touristj take 00 Me Singapore Combined oervicei m the- opening match at > porej Jalan Be>ar Stadium thii evening.
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    CUFFORDIANS KEEP RECORD CLEAN
    130 10 SEREMBAN Fri. The Clifford School hockey team from Kuala Kangsar wound up their tour of Selangor and Negri Semtiilsn with a one-nil victory over the Negri Sembilan Sikh XI played here yesiorrlav The school team showing excellent combination had the better of exchanges tnroughout. Amar Singh
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    289 11 A NEW twin-engined Jet supersonic fighter plane with allweather performance and of "very advanced design" and a new Titanium jet engine described as unique have been announced m London by Sir Frank Spriggs. of the Hawker Siddeley Group. Disclosures of these two advances were made at the
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      105 12 Ru«ine<-« Done c Uickest Lowest Spot Loose H=" N MUM R.M.A.I RSS FOB l N Jan. 1955 85-13/16 815 R M A 2. RSS. FOB «l an 851 fll RMA3RSS. FOB d A i ~L* 83 79-3/16 R.M.A.I. Thin Pale Latex Crepe FOB. Jan 91 881 R.M.A "C Blanket Crepe
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      PINE INDUSTRY SUFFERS $ MIL. LOS
      455 12 PINE INDUSTRY SUFFERS MIL. LOS The Flood fj J Leads To 60i D 'op In Suppl Standard Staff p fl I THE Malayan D i nft I suffered lasses runninrnK,, > J as a result af the floods w '^l the country. ,ch or c J No proper assessment of
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      RUBBER HITS A NEW HIGH IN 2 YEARS
      409 12 RUBBER HITS A NEW HIGH IN 2 YEARS Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore yesterday reached a new high m two years with first grade for January shipment touching 85-13/16 cents per lb. at one stage of the trading and the market closing slightly easier after firm at 85-5/16
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      Industrials Firm And Buoyant
      131 12 Industrials Firm And Buoyant ON the Malayan share market yesterday most industrials were firm and buoyant, while tins were quietly steady. Rubber shares, however, made little response to the sharp rise m the commodity price. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buvers Sellers Fed. Dis.
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      Honesty
      204 12 HONGKONG, Dec. 17 (AFP) —Hongkong's Governor Sir Alexander Grantham has warned merchants and manufacturers of this colony of the importance of "scrupulously honest behaviour if the reputation of Hongkong as a manufacturing centre is to be enhanced and access to overseas markets is not to be restricted." Sir Alexander,
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      In Trade Pays-Grantham
      196 12 In Trade PaysGrantham of strict integrity m business integrity m respect of quality marking adherence to specifications and other qualifications. Stressing the importance and growth of Hongkong industry. Sir Alexander said last year local products accounted for over 25 per cent of Hongkong's total exports. Corresponding figure for the first
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      PADI PLANTERS SHOCKE
      141 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government gave padi planters m the country a shock today with the announcement that the guarantee minimum price it would be willing to pay for padi m the coming season would be only $12 a pieul, $5 less than what it paid
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      9,771 SHIPS CALLED
      52 12 A TOTAL of 9,771 ships entered and cleared Singapore harbour during the third quarter ending Sept. 30. Their combined tonnage totalled 12,434,946 tons. Navies from five nations called at this port m the same period. Tbey included British (15 ships). U.S.A. 8 French 7, Indian 8, and
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      Colony Is 'Best Market For Max Factor'
      158 12 Colony Is 'Best Market For Max Factor' SINGAPORE is the best market m South-east Asia for Max Factor, said Mr. Gus A. Johansson, sales supervisor for Max Factor m Southeast Asia. He has just returned from visiting Saigon and other markets. "Saigon." he said, "is a dead market. It is
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      Synthetic Sale Firms Market
      421 12 THE fact that the United States Government was about to finalise the sale of some of its larger synthetic plants caused all markets to advance, says the weekly report of Messrs. Holiday, Cutler, Bath'& Co. Ltd. The rubber market m Singapore reached a new high for
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      Responsibility For U.S. Investments
      93 12 AMERICAN busine^ must apply the same energy and effort it has devoted to the development and expansion of domestic markets to markets i m other parts of the world, the American Pharmaceutic Manufacturers' Association was told m New York. Mr. Joseph A. Cardinalc. I business lawyer,
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      547 12 vw/-.w>v<)tvCox<3^,v W _y W g.vOOC<000«<^ NOTICE OF SALE BY COMPETITIVE TENDER Surplus R.A.F. Equipment CURPLUS R.A.F. Equipment is offered for sale by competitive tender. This equipment may be viewed at the Sales Section, U.R.D.S., R.A.F. Maintenance Base. Seletar, between the hours of 10 a.m. 12 noon, and 2 p.m. 3
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      379 12 THE OVERSEAS ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore) TVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the Corporation will be held at the Registered Office of the Corporation m China Building. Chulia Street. Singapore, on Thursday. 30th December. 1054 at 2.30 p.m. for the following purposes*. 1.
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      85 12 ■Hilflllr ,!M OITER ROADS Asha, Anshun. Pern hill. Kamina. Bin K o Msru A-- memnon. Ophir. Chi,, Lain. h Riebeck. Glenrov. Dsvila. Empire V fi Halladale, Benalbanach. If Fossarus Bonneville. Benavon. Stanvac IViirnk. INNER ROADS Tg. Pinang. Hin Ann T 4 \x(IM*' Goan, Pasoso. Kali Kbsnf. IrAra- xU .|lK^ M
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    U.S. WIN DOUBLES AGAINST SWEDEN
    188 13 BRISBANE, Dec. 17, (Reuter)— The United States gained a winning EAP tead against Sweden m the Davis Lawn Tennis Cup inter-zone final here today when they won the doubles. Tony Trabert and Vie Seixas beat Svcn Davidsson and Lennarl Bergelin (Sweden) by 6-3, (J-4. 6-3.
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    Give Me Leo—Jack Tuli
    158 13  - Give Me Leo— Jack Tuli LONDON. Dec. 17. Reuter > —Jake Tuli of South Africa. former holder of the British Empire flyweight boxing title, would like to meet Leo E.spinosa. the Manila flyweight if he wants to fight m London, Mr. Jim Wicks. Ttill'a manager announced here last night. Tuli
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    JACK DEMPSEY TRIBUTES BIG JESS WILLARD
    578 13 JACK DEMPSEY TRIBUTES BIG JESS WILLARD Champions Of Yesterday By JACK CUDDY ril EW YORK, (UP)— The old Manassa Mauler never hesitated. "Biir Jess Willard, he said, -was the toughest man I ever fought-and the most rugged lfo lne 5 T 9 -year-old Jack Dcmpsey added quickly: "This is the
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    MANILA TO HAVE FIRST BULL FIGHT
    327 13 MANILA, Dec. 17, (AP)— The Philippines is going to have its first bull fight on Dec. 26— and if action m the ring is as furious as it has been outside it will be a good show. The Philippines, although a forme r colony
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    Union Of Canton SC Officials
    105 13 Union Of Canton SC Officials AT the fifth annual general meeting of the Union of Canton Sports Club held on Dec. 13. the following were elected office bearers for the ensuing year: President: ofr. E. M. Talbot Weiss*. Hon: Secretary: Mr. Kang Siow Khim*. Hon: Treasurer: Mr Wee Cheng Kirn;
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    ACSU ESD OFFICIALS
    62 13 At the annual general meeting of Army Civil Service Union EBD Branch, the following were elected officebearers for the coming year: Chairman: Mr. S.N. Supplah; Hon. Secretary: Mr. V.C. Mathai; Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Tan Ah Yuen; Committee: Messrs. P. Veloo. Yeo Hock Choon. V. Marimuthu, Ibrahim bin
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    BASEBALL CAP TEST
    74 13 PORTLAND. Dec. 17, (UP).— Don Butler, president of a sporting goods company, says he can tell whether a boy buying a baseball cap is under paternal or maternal influence. "If he dons it from front to back." says Butler. "the paternal influence is predominant. If he puts
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    Davis Is New Champ
    104 13 HARTFORD. Connecticut. Dec. 17 < Cl* The Connecticut State Athlelic Commission was on record yesterday, as recognizing Teddy Davis of* Hartford as the world featherweight boxing champion. Athletic Commiss'oner Frank D. Cerlanek said the Stale re cognizes the decision of the National Boxing Association which took
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    GATESHEAD WIN
    32 13 BARNSLEY. England. Dec 17. (APt. Gateshead defeated Barnsley I—o yesterday ln a replay of their second round match m the English soccer cup competition. The teams drew 3-3 on Saturday.
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    84 13 Photo WILLIE JAMES, left, New England heavy xccight champion, lands a powerful left to the stomach of Ed Sanders, the 1952 Olympic titleholder, m round three of iheir scheduled 12-ronnd Jiglit m Boston, on December 11. In the 11th round Sanders teas knocked out, and apparently sufferi)ig from a serious
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      641 13 mmSEEEEEmSSEEmmmSm^^ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OATIN EMILY PAGLAR and family wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all those who sent wreath*, cables and letters of condolences and also those who i ttended the prayers and funeral ut the Lat c Dato C. J. Paglar. M~R AND MRS THOMAB RAJAIAH thank all relatives
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      188 13 fcjtLjT Ui BV t' CaPP W^~ 5 °ME* Mk THAN FINDjN' -g -f^MUCH.'TJ OE.T IN j" 8 °°P By I\ V~H™lin P Heart Of Juliet Jones By Stan Drake J— W VCJ THINK* I CAN SOUNDS NOW, WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY AS< O.K., JULIE JONES-T I RESCUED A V CDJNT ON
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    ENGLAND IN & OUT
    604 14 ENGLAND IN OUT B*k; _o^si __j ••_|__~C^v_i __w m^&\ _3_tVl J^fv^_r v ON Tuesday, The Standard headlined an interview with England Test selector G. O. Allen: "Rest Bedser He's Tired!" Allen disclosed that he was strongly against the inclusion of Alec Bedser m the second Test. He flew on to
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    SCOREBOARD
    155 14 ENGLAND— Ist Innings L. Hutton c Davidson b Johnston 30 T E. Bailey b Lindwall 0 P. B. H. May c Johnston b Archer 5 T. W. Cravcncy c Favell b Johnston 21 M. C. Cowdrcy c Langley b Davidson 23 W. J Edrich c Bcnaud b Archer 10
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    Soh Can't Ride At Penang
    218 14 PENANG. Fri. Singapore cyclist John Soh. has been barred from taking part m the fifty mile round the island road race to be held here during the Christmas Holiday?. The entry of John Soh. who vvon tlie event last year m the ;ime of two
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    HK RETAIN BARODA CUP
    394 14  -  FRANCIS BOEY By IT WAS a night for Hong Kong when their men— Sih Su Chu, Chiu Cheung Ling and Chung Chin Shing and women players— Miss Baguio Wong and Miss Lav Wai Lim— captured two Asian team titles m approximately four hours of playing time
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    HK Women Win Team Title
    112 14 f^ ONoK ONG won the Asian team championships JLl he wweo cn 4 s ama,a Ramanujan Cup last night SS»igiJy^ Xo J? a by three ames t0 one at the Singapore Badminton St.. urn. Results were (Hong kong players first): Baguio Wong beat Han Yong
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    S'gor Lucky To Hold NS
    75 14 SELANGOR held Negri Sembilan to a 1-1 draw m tht second match. Negri took the lead m the first half through left winger Sheik Ali but a disputed goal by centre forward Manmohan Singh four minutes before the end enabled Selangor to share the game.
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    Penang 'Weights': First Day's Races
    325 14 PENANG, Fri.— The following are the weights-for the first day of the Penang X'Mas— New Year meeting. THE X'MAS CUP I CI. 1. Div. I—l M. Golden Lotus 9.00 Broadside .8. Ii Shangrila 8.11 i Adelaide Star 8.08 Padi Store 8.08 Bearer Bone 8.07 Pulot
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    Programme For Today's Amateur Races At KL
    283 14 Programme For Today's Amateur Races At KL KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.-The Selangor Turf Club provisional programme for the amateur meeting— tomorrow is as follows: RACE ONE— THE COWDRAY PLATE Div. 2. two Furs. Polo Ponies Open Four Aces. Some Silk. Mr. Busy. Big Ben. Perak. Maybe. Price. RACE TWO— MR. SPONGES
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      47 14 Today's Sport RUGBY: R.E.M.E. vs. Naval Base Naval Base: R.N. AS. vs. Royal Artillery Sembawang; S.C.C. vs. R.AF. iTengahi S.C.C, King Edward VII School vs. Raffles Institution Raffles Inst. HOCKEY: Indonesians vs. Combined Services Jalan Besar 5.15 p.m. SOCCER: Rajaji Sports Club vs R.A.F. Uurong) Farrer Park.
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