Singapore Standard, 23 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2606
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    17 1 Singapore Standard .vbn.v,.v mn.bn/.vb IfjV. No. 1 7.5. MvKj SINGAPORE, THUH3ftAY,tDECEMBER 23, 1954 It PAGES IS TENTS.
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    XMAS ATROCITY BY REDS
    502 1 Planter Slain And Mutilated His Two Dogs Are Also Shot And Slashed By EE BOON LEE, Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Six Communist terrorists this morning murdered the manager of the Lee Pineapple Estate in Simpang Rengam, Mr. J. D. Williamson, and mutilated his body
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    Santa Makes His First Call Today With Readers' Gifts
    353 1 Santa Makes His First Call Today With Readers' Gifts SANTA CLAUS, with the Ur-t load of sifts from the Singapore Standard Christmas Toy Fund will call on TO expectant little on o s in the offices of the Ctlony's Social Welfare Department in Havelock Road, at 2.30 p.m. today. \n<l
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    New S'pore Governor Is Named
    102 1 New S'pore Governor Is Named THE Governor of SingaSir John Nicoll, will succeeded in June next Hongkong's ColSecretary, Mr. Robert BroHn Black, Sir John, who will best ke remembered as the man "ii" ended blackouts in th" Colony and the first Governor to provide homes forthe victims of a big
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    France Urges Strong Vote On Paris Treaties
    193 1 France Urges Strong Vote On Paris Treaties PARIS, Dec. 22, (Reuter)— Premier Pierre Mendes trance today warned the French National Assembly that a weak majority in favour of the ratification of the Paris treaties on German rearmament would be as serious as rejection of the agreements. In the event of
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    AIRLINER FIRED ON
    64 1 TOKYO. Dec. 22 <AP) A North-west Orient airliner was fired on by Chinese Nationalist guns 23 minutes after it left Taipei, on a flight from Formosa to Okinawa today, a North-west official said. The four-ongined DC-4 was not damaged by the three shell-bursts which the spokesman said
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    Deputy Gets Death Note
    96 1 LIMOGES. Dec. 22--(Reuter).—Socialist Deputy Jean Le Bail has received a letter threatening him with death if he votes for ratification of the Paris agreements to rearm West Germany. Socialist newspaper Le Populaire Du Centre of Limoges reported today. The letter purporting to come from a member
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    Quake Strikes
    26 1 EUREKA. California Dec 22 (AP) A rolling earthquake, just before noon yesterday, damaged nearly every building in this Northern California coastal city of 25.000.
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    RAIL STRIKE THREAT IN U.K.
    137 1 RAIL STRIKE THREAT IN U.K. LONDON. Dec. 22, (Reu-' ler)— Four hundred thpuv sand railwaymen twothirds of Britain's total rail labour force were ordered tonight to strikes next month for higher wages. Tho strike due to begin at midnight on Jan. 9 would bring Britain's entire railway system to a
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    Johore Man Deprived Of Scholarship
    92 1 J ohore Man Deprived Of Scholarship r -t v aa-**. From Andrew Roth LONDON. Wed. Johore scholar Wan Abdul Hamid has been deprived of his scholarship as a result of his recent trip to Communist China, it was disclosed by the President of the Malay Society of Great Britain, last
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    TRANSFUSION FOR THE POPE
    40 1 VATICAN CITY. Dec. 22 (Reuter) Pope Pius XII passed a less satisfactory nisht. This morning he received another blood and plasma transfusion. The 78-year-old Pope is suffering from a small hernia of the gullet and gastritis.
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    ...Two Gave Their Blood
    46 1 CATANIA. Sicily. Dec. 22 (AP) Two Sicilian Grenadiers were granted a special nine-day Christmas leave for having given blood for transfusion to the ailing Pope Pius XII. They are Carmelo Giustolisi and Salvatore Africano. who were praised by the Archbishop of Catania.
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    Ho Sends His 'Kisses To All'
    53 1 HONGKONG, Dec. 22 (AFP) —North Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh sent "my kisses to all" in a message to officers and soldiers on the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army, according to the Vietminh Radio heard here today. Ho congratulated them on the
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    SEES CHIANG
    26 1 TAIPEI. Dec. 22 (AFP) President Chiang Kai-shek granted an audience this morning to Tjong Heon Nji, overseas Chinese leader re- cently deported by Indonesia.
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    Monk Loses Battle Of The Nylons
    251 1 RANGOON, Dec. 22 (AFP) Burma's cane-wielding Buddhist priest. U Wimala has finally retreated to his monastery in defeat after weeks of a strenuous oneman campaign to reform women's dress. U Wimala. the teenagers* terror, went about whacking young ladies who exposed more of their
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    WORK OF MURDERERS
    50 1 STANDARD photos by Tan Man Long give a close-up of the petrol tank of h\r, Williamson's Land Rover (above) which was slashed open by terrorists before they set fire hy the vehicle. RIGr-IT: one of the two Alsatians, shot by the Communists, lies dead in the blukar.
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    Jealous Lover Holds Girl At Gunpoint
    358 1 Jealous Lover Holds Girl At Gunpoint WAKE FOREST, North Carolina. Dec. 22— A mill worker, crazed with jealousy because his girl friend dated another man, held her at gunpoint for almost 24 hours in the packing room of a cotton mill where they work, but released her unharmed todav. Since
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    HOTEL STAFF WALK OUT AT MIDNIGHT
    120 1 ONE-hundred-and-fifty employees of the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore the cooks, pantry boys, waiters and bar boys— walked out of the hotel at midnight yesterday, in the midst of a dinner party. They left the hotel manager. Mr. Hans Gfeller. serving drinks to more than a
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    Clerk Jailed For Espionage
    36 1 LONDON. Dec. 22 I Reuter I John Clarence. 27-year-old London clerk, was today sentenced to five years' imprisonment for collecting and recording secret defence information calculated to be useful to an enemy.
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    Christmas Toy Fund Donations
    295 2 THE Standard Toy Fund Committee gratefully acknowledges the following donations Prcviouslv acknowledged $11.--217.10. From the proceeds of thc Singapore Land Rangers Social and Dance $538; Ifisi Aw Seng SI 00. Collected hy Miss Jaggcr Kaur of Kuala Kubu Bharv: $72. 2a; (AHsi Jaggcr Kaur $5.50. M.
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    Victim Dies In Hospital
    91 2 NAIROBI. Dec. 22 < Reuter > A London woman. Mrs. Doris McNichol. died in hospital here last night four weeks after being burned in a Mau Mau arson raid on a Nairobi hotel. Her husband. Mr. Basil McNichol. who was also severely burned and is not
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    K.L. BUSMEN STRIKE TODAY
    361 2 Walk-out By 300 Workers Of The GTC KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Workers of the General Transport Company, the biggest bus and taxi company in the Federal capital, voted last night to go on strike at dawn tomorrow. The strike will involve 300 bus drivers and conductors and
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    PILOT KILLED IN JET CRASH
    49 2 TOKYO. Dec. 22 Reuter).— A United States Navy F-9-F Panther Jet burst into flames and crashed todav between Yokota and Tachikawa airbases near here. A Navy spokesman said the n'lot of the plane was killed Hi.s name is bein? withheld pending notification of next-of-kln
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    Thai Premier To Make Tour
    49 2 BANGKOK, Dec. 22 (AFP) —The Thai Cabinet today approved a tour ofc Europe and the United States for Premier Phibun Songgram Accompanied by a party of about 10 officials, the Premier I will leave Bangkok at the! beginning of April, after the S.E.A.T.O. conference.
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    Federation Flood Reports
    101 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —The following are the flood reports from the Federation: Johore: Batu Pahat: Yong Peng Parit Sulong Road. B.{. :*9 Mi'e to 8520 Mile and 85.26 Mile to 86 Mile— water 2A feet and 1} feet. Sri Medan Road. 2.02 Mile to 3 Mile.— water
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    CAUGHT SCALING WALL
    35 2 CAUGHT SCALING WALL A MAN was arrested by the anti-housebreakins patrol at 3.30 a.m. yesterday, after he had sealed the back wall of a house in Hill Street, Singapore. He will be charged in court.
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    Long Service Award
    54 2 photo. Captain H M. Birch, manager of Oanta* v**> n ways, presents Mr. Anthony Koh wSi P „r". ,r medal. Mr. Koh is the tirst local emp'ovee o^th Se r iCe pany to receive such a medal Mr Koh f/ in th. 25" neermg has worked 18
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    SHOW TO AID SISTERS OF THE POOR
    178 2 A VARIETY .show in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be staged in Singapore on Dec. 27 at 6 D.m. in the new hall of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. y The show is produced by Kingsley Morrando
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    300 Attend Children's Party At St. Andrew's
    211 2 NEARLY 300 friends of St. Andrews Orthopaedic Hospital, in Siglap, attended a tc3 parly and "little concert" given by b'O of its 120 sick children yesterdav afternoon. Visitors included officials of the church, government and schools. The small members of the chorus and
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    Colony Lighter Runs Aground
    178 2 Swept Out To Sea Off Belait KUALA BELAIT, Brunei. Dec. 22. (Reuter) A 3jo-ton Singapore lighter with two Singapore men aboard ran hard aground earlv this morning off the mouth of the Belait River after breaking a towrope to the tug Camel. The lighter was carrying
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    No De Jure Recognition —Hatoyama
    105 2 TOKYO. Dec. 22 (Reuter) Premier Ichiro Hatoyama said today his government did not intend extending de jure recognition to the Communist Chinese government. Mr. Hatoyama was answering questions at the Diet i Lower House Budget Committee meeting, the second he has attended in two days.
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    Killed In Fire
    35 2 MANILA. Dec. 22 <AFP» An 18-month-old Chinese boy died and four others seriously wounded, in a $125,000 fire which destroyed one shopping block on Jams Luna and Azcarraga streets here this morning.
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    BODY FISHED OUT OF RIVER
    49 2 SINGAPORE Marine Police yesterday recovered thc body of a Chinese from the Singapore River The body was identified as Tan Ah Lai, a 45-year-old Shanghaincse Police started searching the river on Tuesday night following a report that a man was seen falling into it.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    99 2 CLOSING rubber prices (rents per ib in Singapore yesterday uere: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 87,' 881 No. 1 RSS fob l><*<\ 881 88' No. 2 87; 87, No. 3 s:>; 8:>; Tone: Slightly easier TIN PRICE The price s of tin yesterday was 5336; per
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    Councillor's Paintings Admired
    82 2 PENANG, W( -Tl elect. Mr At. I lah Arifl a prwd and happy itn today for hi water colour paint were exhibited in Hall. Myers Church. North Ctrfjhsi greatly appn artists and i ritl i I ed Stat The Unit< Stab Into** tioo Ac»:. Washing ed that
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    Stay-In Students Refuse To Leave
    105 2 Stay-In Students Refuse To Leave 1 SIXTY York E, Pore yesS ?dts s a k^todoso b I Food F Tho y whom tha« u gjJJ n it: n 225 Pile, to Mibmitted. |g The j r sl «<* the man^ i! n J mittee had pen.se w :th e Drto2?M
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    Off To London
    73 3 ELIAS SIIABABO, 19. eldest son of the Chief Rabbi of Singapore, who leaves for London in the Corfu today to further his studies. An old boy of St. Andrew's School. Elias was the former president of the Menorah C,ub and a member of the Jewish Welfare Bo^ird.
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    ENTRIES INVITED FOR PHOTO CONTEST
    152 3 ENTRIES INVITED FOR PHOTO CONTEST A SINGAPORE Hongkong inter-university and schools photo contest is being sponsored b v the Photographic Socety. University of Hongkong. Entries for the competition which are invited from undergraduates of the University of Hongkong. University of Malaya and all schools in Hongkong and Singapore close on
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    2 Hurt In Stabbing Affray
    67 3 TWO men, Ismail Mohamed Kanu and Syed Mohamed, were wounded in a fight with four others in a house in Selangor Street. Singapore yesterday. Police have detained two men. Ismail, who was stabbed in the arm. was treated as an outpatient, while Syed. who received
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    5 STORM-TOSSED SEAMEN SAVED
    314 3 Lived A Week On Rain Water PENANG, Wed.— Rom water saved the lives of five Indonesian fishermen during their eight-day ordeal in the sea off Atieh, Sumatra, when they clung desperately to their sunken vessel without any food left, as a result of a storm at
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    OTEC Staff Are Told Of Change
    190 3 They II Soon Be In Govt. MEMBERS of the staff of the Oriental Telephone Exchange Company, Singapore, were on hand yesterday evening at Fraser and Neaves Sports Club to hear their "old Boss" Mr. E. J. Bunbury, tell them that their status as employees
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    'Peace And Charity Essential'
    107 3 'Peace And Charity Essential' THE Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H.W. Baines. yesterday reminded fellow Rotarians to remember the Christmas message of peace and charity. The Bishop was speaking at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room. He said peace and charity
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    JB Rotary Wins Shield
    85 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The Johore Bahru Rotary Club, for the first time, won the Attendance Shield for best attendance at meetings throughout the 1954 Rotary year. Thc shield was presented for competition by Past and Present District Governors of Rotary. Runners-up were the Teluk Anson Rotary
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    Police Seek Witnesses
    41 3 A KB-YEAR-OLD pedestrian, Tan Kok Han. was killed when he was involved in an accident with a military truck in Selegie Road, yesterday. Eye-witnesses to the accident are asked to contact the TrafTic Police. Sepov Lines. Telephone 2400.
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    Summons Tec As His Witness
    99 3 Summons Tec As His Witness JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Renganathan was charged in the Magistrate's Court today with cheating a woman of $10 and clothing to the value of $50. at Senai on July 7, this year. It was alleged he told the woman that her son, who was about to
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    Theft At Hotel
    28 3 A MAHJONG set. clothing a fountain pe n and cash totalling $194 were reported stolen from a hotel in Jalan Besar Singapore, on Tuesday night
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    7,000 GET AN XMAS BOUNTY
    53 3 ABOUT 7.000 open-vote employees of the Singapore CityCouncil have received a "bounty" of $150 each in thc last few days. This was their share of the Ritson backp; y award. A spokesman of the City Council said. the Council would try to pay the remaining
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    Funeral Of Haji Bakri
    74 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Haji Bakri bin Haji Tamin. Johoie Bahru's senior Auctioneer and Appraiser who d;ed suddenly on Monday was buried yesterday at the Jalan Mahmoodiah cemetery Haji Bakri had been in business for the past 30 years and wa.s a wellknown figure of thi Malay
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    RELIEF FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
    112 3 cv,bmc,bcv.,b THE Secretary for Social Welfare. Mr T P. Cromwell, told victims of the recent flood at Geylang Serai s esterday that Government survey teams had gone into the worst areas in Geylang district to find out the needs of the vegetable farmers and poultry breeders.
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      80 3 Weather Report MINIM V N Temperature: From 7..:0 p.m. Dec. 21 to 7 :{0 a.m. Dec. 22. Singapore <7?»F>, CMTI, Kota Bahru w Kua l a kumpur (72F) Ipoli (7.1F). Kuantan (71F). Maxim u m Temperature: l-rom 7..10 p.m. Dec. 21 to 7.10 a.m. Dec. 22. Singapore (88F>. 7S£v?' K
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    More Trained Youth Leaders
    219 4 More Trained Youth Leaders MALAYA will have many more trained youth leaders in the near future, Mr. Eric Wee, president of the Singapore Youth Council, said yesterday. Mr. Wee had just returned from Munich, Germany, where he attended the conference of the World Assembly of Youth Executive Committee. ''Better youth
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    Maintenance Charge On Shop Owner
    76 4 Maintenance Charge On Shop Owner I A. ALSAGOFF. proprietor of a sports goods store in Rallies Place, was charged in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday, with neglecting to maintain his 18-year old daughter. Aminah. and 4-year old son, Rizad Ali, since 'December last year. The complaint was made by
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    CHEATS SENT TO PRISON Back From Munich Talks
    80 4 CHEATS SENT TO PRISON Back From Munich Talks TWO men. Ong Ban Er and Goh Wan Sin, who posed as businessmen and got a furniture dealer to supply them with $180 worth of furniture, were sentenced in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday to six months' jail each for cheating.
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    65, And He Didn't Know Sea Water Was Salty
    222 4 65, And He Didn't Know Sea Water W as Salty OHORE BHARU, Wed Sixty-rlve-year-old Wong Seng, a labourer, told the Magistrate's Court today that he had no Idea sea M^ er i, wa i so salt y until dr7nkV hen he tried t0 v ?ng was denying a charge JS**
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    Santa Keeps Up With The Times
    60 4 photo. SANTA CLAUS normally rides a reindeer sled but you've got to keep up with the times. The Santa Claus who visited children of employees of Qantas Empire Airways yesterday arrived in a plane to distribute his toys. Mr. G. Dusting, the company's station
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    TERMS RELAXED FOR 2,000 $60 HOMES
    279 4 S.i.T. Estate In Queenstown THE Singapore Improvement Trust will receive, from tomorrow, applications for the allotment of 2,000 houses to be built in Queenstown, mostly in the rental group of $60 a month inclusive of service charges. The Chairman of the Trust. Mr. T.
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    The Queen's Fellowship For Him
    109 4 The Queen's Fellowship For Him A QUEEN'S Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Seah Cheng Siew of the General Hospital, Singapore. The award is tenable for two years, commencing in March 1956. Dr. Seah was born in Singapore and received his early education at the An-glo-Chinese School. He qualified from
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    Father, Sons Bound Over For Assault
    115 4 A SINGAPORE farmer. Chua Yam and his two sons. Ah Bah and Ka Foon. were yesterday convicted in the Second Criminal District Court on a charge of causing grievous hurt to another farmer. Ng Lok, at Kampong Sam Kongsi. oil Tampon :s Road on
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    HE HAD SIX GALLONS DUTIABLE CHAMPAGNE
    130 4 Ridn^f 1S A q?" OLD Americ ™> A. Keane of Kidout Road, Singapore, was fined $600 in the Seventh Police Court yesterday, for failing to pay Customs duty on six gallons of champagne and 4,000 cigarettes. He was stopped by a police constable at
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    Soldier Dies In Battle With Reds
    76 4 Soldier Dies In Battle With Reds KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A patrol of the 4th Battalion, Malay Regiment, fought a pitched battle with about 15 terrorists using a light machinegun, sten guns and rifles in the Kroh Forest Reserve in Perak yesterday morning. Two hours later, on a fol-low-up operation, the
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    Selangor Lawyer Dies
    104 4 KUALA LUMPUR Wed Mr. E A. S. Wagner, the oldest member of the Selangor r V died in Bun gsar Hospital here this morning after more than 40 years of practice in the country. ivyi Mr^u Wa ner was the son of Mr. Christian Wagner. who after
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    $10,000 For Flood Relief In Memory Of Mr. Aw
    87 5 photo. MR. AW CHENG CHYE (left), managing director of Haw Pa r Bros Ltd., hands over a cheque for SI O,OOO to Mr. Ko Teck Kin. president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, for the flood relief fund organized by
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    Mercy Call By Fishing Vessel Saves Sick Jap
    189 5 Standard Shipping Reporter On its way to the Indian Ocean, a tiny Japanese M vessel yesterday ploughed through choppy seas I miles out of Singapore. In a cramped little bunk, member of the crew moaned and twitched with pain i lay desperately
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    Charge is Withdrawn
    52 5 Charge is Withdrawn OOK CHOON, an iking youth, was acquitted by the Second Criminal Mr. T. Kulaol tailing to attend bing in civil defence unColony's National Ordinance. tor Elam Din. proaid, since the case, regularly called lor tm it the Civil Defence rs, Kolam Ayer the Crown wished no evidence
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    Civilian Clothes To Blame
    133 5 Civilian Clothes To Blame WHEN an anti-vice squad carried out a raid at Lavender Street on Tuesday night, a man claimed that one of the girls arrested was his friend, it was alleged in the Singapore Sixth Police Court, yesterday. The man. Leong Chooi. charged with behaving in a disorderly
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    $7,000 Pavilion Opened
    148 5 Mrs. Christina Loke We of the Singapore muiti-milliimaire. Mr. Loke Han Tho), cuts the ribbon »fur declaring open the in p.i\ilion of the Gov•rnnitnt Servants' Welfare foniiation at Anthony wad yesterday, Hi' pavilion was built at •cost of 57.000 which had been donated by leading members of
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    Leaders Praise A 'Man Of Action'
    475 5 S'pore Will Miss Sir John SINGAPORE will lose one of its most popular Governors when Sir John Nicoll leaves early in June, next year. Sir John, who has been Governor since April 23, 1952, will be succeeded by Mr. Robert Brown Black, Colonial Secretary,
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    Mr. Ninomiya Gives
    25 5 photo. MICHAEL CHEE. secretary of the Singapore Aeromodellers Society, receives the Aeromodellers' Challenge Cup from Mr. Ken Ninomiya, Japanese Consul-General, yesterday.- Standard
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    A Challenge Cup To Aeromodellers
    251 5 THE Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Ken Ninomiya, yesterday presented a Challenge cup for competition at the mammoth Aeromodellers' Rally to be held this weekend. Handing over the cup to the Secretary of the Singapore Aeromodellers' Society, Mr. Michael Chee, Mr. Ninomiya said he hoped that the
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    Dato Kamil Is Back
    76 5 DATO Nik Kamil returned to Singapore by QantasBOAC yesterday after attending a UNESCO conference in Montevideo. South America. "Whatever we ask In the way of scientific and cultural aid. we'll get from UNESCO." he said confidently. Dato Nik Kamil. the Federation Member for local Government. Housing
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    SOCIETY PLANS EIGHT ART SHOWS
    191 5 THE Council of the Singapore Society of the Art will hold eight exhibitions next year. This was decided at a meeting held at the British Council Hall last night. r Work of students of the Faculty of Architecture. Hongkong University, will be exhibited in the
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    Anyone Saw This Boat Capsize?
    115 5 Anyone Saw This Boat Capsize? SINGAPORE Police are anxious to get in touch with eye-witnesses to th? fatal accident in the recent floods when a boat in which the victims were being taken to safety crashed into a submerged water main in the Whampoa River and capsized. The craft manned
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    Carpenter Is Still Unfit For Trial
    106 5 Carpenter Is Still Unfit For Trial A CARPENTER. Kuan Ah Meng. who faces tentative charges of murder and attempted murder, was yesterday ordered by the Singapore Eighth Police Magistrate, Mr. M. Karthigesu. to be remanded at Woodbridge Hosoital Dending an order from the Colonial Secretary A medical report from Woodbridge
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      Competitive Trade
      469 6 JAPAN is back again in world trade as a buyer and. in a bigger way, as a seller. Trade missions and businessmen ano have visited Japan's manufacturing centres have come away amazed at the speed with which Japanese factories have reached nearly pre-war output of merchandise designed for
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      Asia: Free Or Fettered?
      433 6 A SIA is today divided in the struggle for survival between those of its peoples who are endeavouring to take their rightful place in a free world on the one hand, and those who would fetter them to the rigid doctrines and controlled way of life
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    POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR
    399 6  - POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR SYDNEY JACOBSON The 'Daily Mirror' Chooses The^ The London "Daily Mirror" has selected SIR ANTHONY EDEN as the Politician of the Year. In the past the "Mirror" has said that Eden is NOT the best choice as Prime Minister when Churchill retires. That is still their
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    JAPAN DRIFTS TOWARDS FRIENDSHIP WITH CHINA
    577 6  - JAPAN DRIFTS TOWARDS FRIENDSHIP WITH CHINA Michael Gordon TOKYO. ALTHOUGH Japan still professes to follow a policy of refusing to recognise Communist China, relations between the two countries are being expanded steadily on both official and unofficial levels. Formal recognition may still be a long way off, and conditioned to
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    LOES SNACKS
    14 6 Sure you're leaving yourself enough money to see you over the week?"
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      Mr. Laurie Davis Explains His 'Cuts' In Messiah
      241 6 Mr. Laurie Davis Explains His 'Cuts' In Messiah Sir: John Halkin enquired my reasons for the cuts in the "Messiah" on Wednesday 15th December which ware described by V.F.D. as 'near Vandalism' (whatever that may mean). Firstly, if the "Messiah" was played in its entirety the performance would have gone
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      Road, Not A Lane
      158 6 Sir;— The new type of road signboards painted white with the letters in black for the names—appearing in various parts of the City, are welcome. They remind me of similar signboards to be seen in the Federation. But whilst passing along Anson Road the other day.
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      NAME-PLATES AGAIN
      229 6 NAME-PLATES AGAIN Sir:— Remembering John Stuart Mill's dictum in his essay on Liberty: "a person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction', 1 think it reflects poorly on our citizenship and civic pride, and especially on certain officials of the City Council and
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    Review of View
    376 6 Review of View I Lull Before Storm |]V"ANYAXG Siang P au opines' ,-H that although on the suri face it i s a ll quiet on the Indo-China front, it is in fact I onlv a lull before a big storm I xvith both Mdes waiting for an appropriate opportunity
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    CINERAMA, THAT'S OLD STUFF – SAY REDS
    182 7 CINERAMA, THAT'S OLD STUFF SAY REDS BANGKOK, Dec. 22, iK?)— Communist propai a r.da yesterday denounL Cinerama as "an >'erior imitation of a 15Jcar oM Soviet cine-in-rention." pnerama is an American «jn enterprise employing film K en fcv three cameras and injected by three synchronisJd projectors on a wide curved
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    R.I. Rebels Surrounded, Says Army
    90 7 JAKARTA, Dec. 22, (UP)— An Indonesian army comr.andi r said yesterday rebel Dts in the South Molucca had been surrounded and Ir plan to invade Ambon I ind smashed. "We have now taken the tensive and have surroundthe dissidents on the islands of Ambon. Ceram
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    Turned His Own Son In
    69 7 SOUTH ORANGE New Jerry. Dec. 22, (AP)— Patrolman Peto has performed the t task of his 26 years on the police force: He brought his 22-year-old ion, John V. Peto, into Police Headquarters o n Monday night jo answer charges of committtoga robbery on June
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    Lilliputian Minuet
    20 7 photo. LILLIPUTIANS IN 18th century costume dance a minuet at a circus in Berlin's Christmas Market Fairground. AP
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    39 Feared Lost In Two Ships
    91 7 39 Feared Lost In Two Ships LONDON, Dec 22 (AP) Two ships with 39 men aboard were feared lost today as hurricanes lashfd the North Sea and the English Channel. The gale-driven seas breached dykes in the Netherlands and West Germany but so far there was no repetition of last
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    RAF Hero Fined $100
    77 7 ALBANY. New York, Dec 22 (UP)— A British flyer, described as a wartime Royal Air Force hero, was fined US$lOO in Federal Court here yesterday when he admitted making a false statement to obtain entry to the United States. The government charged that Byrne Warman. 46.
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    REDS STOP XMAS FOOD
    37 7 BERLIN. Dec. 22 (Reuter)— East German postal authorities have confiscated 66,393 poultry from parcels which East Germans tried to send to West Germany for Christmas, the East Berlin newspaper Der Morgen said today.
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    QUEEN JOINS XMAS CAROLERS
    31 7 LONDON, Dec. 22, (UP) Queen Elizabeth II and her two children joined in the singing when Royal choristers serenaded them with Christmas carols at Buckingham Palace yesterday.
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    Students Appeal To U.N. Chief
    142 7 NEW YORK. Dec. 22: (Reuter). Thirty-one Chinese students, denied exit visas to leave the United States have asked United Nations Secretary General Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld to use his "good offices" to assist their departure from the United States it was disclosed yesterday. The students were
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    Appeal To Catholics In China
    75 7 VATICAN CITY, Dec. 22 (Reuter) Pope Pius XII today published an impassioned appeal to the Catholics of China to resist Communist efforts to set up "a Chinese National Catholic Church." The appeal was contained in an encyclical letter dated Oct. 7 and addressed to the
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    Six Million Bottles Of Champagne
    96 7 PARIS, Dec. 22 (AFP) •W 1.000.000 fir-trees 500,--turkeys, geese, du:l;s and chickens have been shipped J Paris over the past few In preparation for Pagans' Christmas. Parisians are also expected to eat 4,000 tons of chocolate. 800 tons of "marrons glaces" (candied chestnuts) and to
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    GREATER USE OF A-WEAPONS
    348 7 Part Of US. Military Policies— -Says Dulles WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, (Reuter)— America's present militory policies will gradually involve the use of atomic weapons as conventional weapons for tactical purposes, Mr. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State said yesterday. But Mr. Dulles told a press conference there
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    'Rocket Attack By Sub Possible'
    217 7 'Rocket Attack By Sub Possible' WASHINGTON. Dec 22. (AP)— A top German scientist of World War II said yesterday Russia could attack thr United States with missiles launched from submarines towing platforms ioo miles at sea. Dr. Walter R. Dornberger, writing in Collier's magaiine. said Germans developed submersible launching platforms
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    SOVIET CHARGES REJECTED
    153 7 VIENNA. Dec. 22: (AP).— The three Western powers yesterday rejected Soviet charges that the United States had violated four-power agreements by keeping troops in Austria's French occupation zone. Russia had demanded their withdrawal. Representatives of the Big Three rejected a Soviet resolution presented at a special meeting
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    Rita Plans A Comeback
    81 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (AP) Screen star Rita Hayworth yesterday was reported on the verge of signing a new million-dollar picture contract which would end her money troubles and provide her husband, singer Dick Haymes, with a job. Under the projected contract with Columbia Pictures, she
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    FAROUK'S TOUR
    24 7 FORMER King Farouk of Egypt arrived ln Montreux. Switzerland. on Monday night on what his secretary said was a private visit. AP
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    Sheppard Gets Life For Wife Murder
    208 7 Sheppard Gets Life For Wife Murder CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 22, (Reuter) -America's Doctor Sam" murder trial ended last night with a life sentence for Dr. Samuel Sheppard after the longest jury deliberations in living memory— lo2 hours. The seven men and five women finally came'to the conclusion that the 31-year-old
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    SEATO Powers To Meet
    95 7 SEATO Powers To Meet WASHINGTON. Dc* 22 (Reuter) The United ate Secretary of State. Mr. Dulles, said at a Press conference yesterday that the eight South-east Asian Treaty nations would meet in Bangkok towards the end of February. Mr. Dulles said he expected a formal announcement to be made within
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    4 PREMIERS DUE AT KALLANG
    169 7 FOUR Asian Prime Ministers will make use of Singapore's Kallang Airport on Monday, on the^r way t^ Jakarta for the Colombo Powers Conference which opens the next day. Tne firs t to arrive will be the Pakistan Premier, Mr Mohamed Ali. who is expected on
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    'My True Husband'
    62 7 TOKYO, Dec. 22 (UP).— A Japanese woman who was left a U.5.541,000 bequest by an American who had parted from his wife and family, said today that Daniel Boone Langford "was a true husband to me." Chiyoko Sasaki, 52. said she and Langford, a civilian employee of
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    End Trade Ties Demand
    61 7 JAKARTA, Dec. 22 (UP) The Indonesian government today received a new weapon in its fight to wrest control of West New Guinea from the Netherlands. The Nationalist Party of Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo passed a resolution urging unilateral dissolution of economic ties between Indonesia and Holland.
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    MRS. PANDIT SEES QUEEN
    45 7 LONDON, Dec. 22 (Reuter) —Mrs. Vijayalakshml Pandit, former President of the United Nations General Assembly, yesterday presented her credentials to the Queen as India's new High Commissioner in London. She is the first woman to head a diplomatic mission in London.
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    Naked Model Chased In Garden, Court Told
    221 7 LONDON, Dec. 22 (Reuter) Mansell David Isaac, 29, sent for trial on a charge of rape here yesterday, was alleged to have chased a naked photographer's model into his garden, pulled her down off a fence and dragged her screaming and struggling into
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    A Torchlight Protest Parade
    46 7 BREMEN. Germany, Dec. 22, (AP)— Five hundred German youths marched in a torchlight parade here last night in a demonstration against rearmament of West Germany. The marchers included members of the Socialist Youth Group. Trade Unions, and the Protestant Evangelical Youth Organization.
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    END OF A SHIP
    32 7 THE Australian Navy's veteran cruiser and former flagship, the 10,900-ton Australia will be towed to Britain for breaking up, the Minister of Supply, Mr. Howard Beale, announced. Reuter
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    An Artificial Satellite Is Studied
    160 7 An Artificial Satellite Is Studied WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. (AFP)— The Pentagoa is actively studying the problem of creating an artificial satellite which would whirl round the globe on an orbit above the atmosphere, the Defence Department revealed yesterday. The Department statement was Issued following a reporter's query on what had
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      109 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 22. The following ore the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London Market*. LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 26 2d. January 26 ltd. Spot £687 10$. buycrt. February 26. d. £690 sellers. Apnl/June 26 d. b £690 July/September 2516.
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    DROP IN CRIME AFTER 'EAGLE'
    175 8 OPEN Communist outI rages in Singapore have dropped in the past few months, said a Police Headquarters spokesman yesterday in a review of the crime situation in the Colony this year. But. he asserted, maximum Police vigilance is being maintained. Communist outrages showed a marked
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    Warning To Estates On Weed Killer
    106 8 Warning To Estates On Weed Killer KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Federation Labour Department today warned those I living in rubber estates against careless disposal of empty containers of deadly sodium arsenite, used as a weed killer. "It has been found that people in some estates have grown so careless about
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    Fire Risk On Certain Jap Toys Explained
    130 8 Fire Risk On Certain Jap Toys Explained PROTECTION against fire hazards is given to Singapore shops which sell toys that are of an inflammable nature, Mr. J. G. Shaw. Fire Brigade Superintendent, said yesterday. Mr. Shaw w r as commenting on a cable report that Japanese-made plastic toys imported by
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    Curb On Landlords
    55 8 IPOH. Wed.— Landlords are entitled only to increase the monthly rent by one-twelfth of 21 per cent of any increase in annual value, an official of the Ipoh State Alliance said today. It is alleged that landlords in Ipoh have been demanding increases far in excess of
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    PARTY NEGARA LAUNCHES FUND DRIVE
    372 8 PARTY NEGARA LAUNCHES FUND DRIVE Gets Early Start In Polls Fight KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Party Negoro has appealed to supporters for funds to organize its Federal election fight. The target is $100,000, and Negara wants it for a bid to provide a government competent and determined to serve in the
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    Reunion On Board Ship
    98 8 THIRTEEN-year-old Rosemary Ann Jackson (second from left) and 12-year-old Michael Charles Papineau (third from right) are two of the 113 schoolchildren from Australia who arrived in the liner Charon yesterday to spend their Christmas vacation in Singapore and the Federation. Rosemary is the daughter of Mr.
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    Children Sail In For Christmas
    243 8 Standard Shipping Reporter THE Singapore Harbour Board wharf was the scene of happy reunions yesterday, when the Blue Funnel liner Charon brought in the first boatload of happy school-children from Australia, to spend their Christmas vacation with their parents in Singapore and the Federation. If
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    3 Cleared Of Threat To Teacher
    82 8 3 Cleared Of Threat To Teacher KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Three half-brothers, Yong Sin. 26. Chiew Hock Chuan 28 and Chiew Wong 34, were today acquitted and discharged by the President of the Sessions Court on a charge of criminally intimidating a school-master. The teacher. Wong Chee Leong of the Sam
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    ASIAN YOUTH CONFERENCE
    44 8 MANILA. Dec. 22 (AFP) The five-man Malayan student delegation to the Asian Youth Conference which opens on Dec. 28 in Baguio City arrived here last night from Singapore. The delegation is headed by Satwant Singh Gill of the University of Malaya.
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    KAR's Proud Record In Malaya
    130 8 KAR's Proud Record In Malaya The 2nd Nyasaland Battalion The King's African Rifles, which was recently described by General Sir Charles Loewen. C in C, FARELF, as "the Battalion feared by the enemy, liked by all associates including the local population., and respected for its soldierly qualities." sailed yesterday for
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    No Curfew For Xmas
    68 8 PEXAXG. Wed— The Resident Commissioner. Penang. has approved the lifting of thc curfew in the controlled area in Penang island on the nights Of Friday. Dec. 24. Saturday, Dec. 25 and Sunday. Dec. 2H. The controlled area included part of Ayer Itam. Paya Tcruhong. Thean Tek
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    LABOURER IS FINED $250
    35 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Lee San Au. a labourer, was fined $250 in the Magistrate's Court today, in default 50 days' imprisonment, for moving coffee mixed with sugar from a restricted area.
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    K.L. Dancers' Dec. 24 Ball
    45 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Selangor Society of Amateur Dancers are planning to celebrate Christmas with a grand ball, to be held at the Chin Woo Auditorium. Kuala Lumpur, on Christmas Eve. All proceeds will go towards the society's building fund.
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    'Fiesta' Realizes $2,000
    83 8 MORE than $2,000 was collected by the "Fiesta Filipina" Grand Ball at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on Tuesday night, for the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Filipino Association's Building and Rehabilitation Fund. The money came from the sale of coupons and drinks. More than
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    Teachers Marry
    48 8 Teachers Marry J?. R >IAH KIM, tON( a Chinese school tfi,£ f JJS p «<»> Qaaj ftSS Anson, and his h V'* former Mis, l. f(m J daughter of Mr Ji^ Uaw Ah X g married in Teluk 2 r^ntl, -The hr, ?a ft" Relish > < h«nes, S( h(M(
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    He Admits Attack With Acid
    61 8 He Admits Attack With Acid IPOH. Wed -Cr., r c-| xooo 70, today admitted MagUtratc Oie Abclj Ghazalh io cau.sing one Wooo Chia Can a* cai^e M he took awaj n wife and mad*- her a nav lute." Hearing was fixed for* 21. 1955. and tSOQ lowed Choonc wa i
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    Ex-Malayan In Jamaica
    26 8 KINGSTON, Jam* 22. (Reuter) -T son Burd up .i viser here or. traet. was foi Director of I pore, and bcl 00 ei
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    Airport Interested In Electric Sew
    184 8 AN electric saw capable of cutting a three -fi hatch in the fuselage of a crashed aircraft ma> be standard equipment of the Kallang Airport tirt Service. "We have heard about this saw and are very interested in it." said Mr. P. W. Ford. Kallang
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    THEY'LL HAVE A Nutty Christmas
    418 9  - THEY'LL HAVE A Nutty Christmas BETTY LAW BY ifORE than 90,000 people in England, and J* 3,000,000 in America, will eat no turkey, goose tf chicken this Christmas. They will eat instead— L and vegetables. L-g of them have never ?U any sort of meat fish bacon They were born
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    Is There An Angel In Your Home?
    684 9 Is There An Angel In Your Home? iSY GOOD little girl deA serves her own angel c k- at Christmas time. Ball fry love them for costine parties, school plays j"' even f° r family fun i::ur.d the Christmas tree i! home. If you plan a holiday cosr;r.e party for
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    Royalty Sets Yule Style For England
    104 9 LONDON, (AP). Royal habits set the example for many of England's Christmas customs. Turkey is the centrepiece of the family dinnei at Christmas time and it was James I who started it He always had one for his Christmas dinner and gradually it replaced
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    Ireland Keeps Candles Shining In The Windows
    204 9 I\UBLIN (AP)-Of au the old Christmas traditions which have survived the modern age in Ireland, none is more devotional than the age-old practice of placing a candle in the window on Christmas eve. Hundreds of years ago when tallou; was hard to get,
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    Viking Pig's Head X'mas Dinner In Sweden
    438 9 Viking Pig's Head X'mas Dinner In Sweden STOCKHOLM (AP) —Few J~ foreigners like a Swedish Christmas dinner There is no turkey and plum pudding, no mince pies. Instead the traditional fare consists of Swedish smorgasbord (an enormous number of hors d'ocuvres with various forms ,of pickled herring often predominating), followed
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    The Three Kinds Of Sex Appeal
    514 10  - The Three Kinds Of Sex Appeal STAN MAYS A star of yesterday says they are-** i SPIRITUAL: *It is more deadly in the long run' O MENTAL: What a man thinks he sees in a girl' O PHYSICAL: 'Nothing to do with wearing a Bikini' From JJLONDE Gilda Gray, 51,
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    Now It's Brazzi For Hollywood
    460 10  -  STAN SWINTON By ROME. Note from H ol 1 y w o o d on the Tiber. Next foreign romantic star to head for Hollywood will be Italy's handsome Ross a no Brazzi. A hit in "Three Coins In The Fountain." filmed partially in Rome.
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    FASHIONS: 1954 WAS THE BEST
    567 10  - FASHIONS: 1954 WAS THE BEST Nadeane Walker twwwwv By pOR the French Fashion World. 1954 was perhaps the most eventful year since the war. It was a year full of changes, entrances and exits, failures and successes. It produced a new style revolution— Dior's flat-bust-ed H-line. It saw the death
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      166 10 EDWARD LUMLEY SONS (m) LTD. Extend their compliments ond announce That as from Ist January 1955 they will be quoting Non Tariff Lumley's offer o free complete advisory service with the sole aim of assisting vou to obtain the best possible insurance. As insurance brokers they are n the oosition,
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    US ENTERING YEAR WITH ECONOMY IN HIGH GEAR
    726 11 Weekly Letter From US. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The United States is entering 1955 with its economy in high gear. Virtually every segment is in the midst of a strong upsurge that seems to be defying seasonal trends and to be gathering momentum as
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    Jap Trade Director Due In Colony To Plan Fair
    392 12 Jap Trade Director Due In Colony To Plan Fair Standard Staff Reporter MR. T. MURAKAMI, Director of the Board of Trade, Osaka, who is now in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in connection with the running: of an international trade fair there, arrives in Singapore next month, to expedite the opening of
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    Prices Of Rice May Become Cheaper
    135 12 Prices Of Rice May Become Cheaper KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The possibility of further cuts in present rice prices was indicated by the Federation Government today in a statement fixing the new selling prices of Government rice from Jan. 1 next year. Jan. 1 will also signal the end of all
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    INSURANCE FIRMS IN U.K. HIT
    267 12 LONDON. Dec. 22. (AFP) This has been a bad year for British insurance companies, possibly their worst since the war. Heavy losses occurred right through the year and the recent payment of U553,000,000 fine to Peru following the seizure of part of the whaling fleet
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    COLUMBITE MISTAKEN FOR IMMATURE TIN
    216 12 KUALA LUMPUR, V/ed Mining pioneers in the Bakri area of Muar district, Johore, mistook Columbite for immature 'tin and abandoned the ore "to ripen for the benefit of prosperity," the Labour Department's monthly report declared today. Tin mining was carried out in this area about
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    Contracts For 10 Plants Concluded
    106 12 WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 (Reuter).— With the purchase of two synthetic rubber plants by the U.S. Rubber Company, Government has now concluded contracts for sale of ten of its 27 plants. The Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission announced that plants sold to the U.S. Rubber Company
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    SERVICE PILOTS FLY 'MIDGE'
    124 12 WHEN any new aircraft appears on the scene, it is important to establish and perfe.-t its handling qualities as soon as possible. Already the Folland Midge, the 600 m.p.h prototype of the Gnat light fighter, has been flown by pilots of the R.A.F. and the Royal
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    TREATY OF ASSOCIATION
    51 12 LONDON, Dec. 22, (Reuter) Britain has concluded a treaty of association with the six-nation European CoalSteel Cornmunity aiming at co-ordinating trie industrial policies of the two great producing areas. The treaty signed here creates the first link between the European Community and the British coal and steel
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    France May Not Ratify Tin Pact
    124 12 France May Not Ratify Tin Pact PARIS, Dec 22, (Reuter). France i s unlikely xo ratify the International Tit. Agreement, it is learned from usually well-informed quarters here. It is understood that the French Government will introduce a Bill before the g 1 oi tote year in the National Assembly
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    Trade Deficit Totals $25 M.
    50 12 MALAYA'S trade dt for the first nine monti. the year, excluding im amounted to about $25 million according to official fUtist Imports for the nine montha amounted to 12.294.674.359 with exports at 12,175.213,140. Malayan exports of -hip-* stores and hunker-. lion pan Malaya •mount< $94,618,747.
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    NEON SIGNS MAY SOON BE LEASED
    337 12 A PLAN is being evolved by a local firm to popularize neon sign advertising in Singapore by letting neon signs out on lease. This plan will help the smaller businessman who wants a neon sign but cannot afford to pay the initial cost. Existing
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    TINS EASE ON DROP IN METAL PRICE
    63 12 INDUSTRIALS in the Malayan share market were dull and featureless yesterday. There was a general marking down of tin shares, the weakness being attributed to the further fall in the metal price. Profit-taking was in evidence in the rubber shares section at the
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    P.I. To Mass Produce Ships
    51 12 MANILA. Doc. 22 «AFP> A programme calling for mass production of Ashing boats and ships up to IJjOO tons Is being put into UM final form by the gov«rnment operated National Shipyards and Steel Corpora tion, it was announced b> the Office of Economic Coordination
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      IRAQ TO BUY PYE TV STUDIO
      85 12 THE complete television stu dio and equipment which Pye took to Baghdad lOf the recent Trades Fair ll to be purchased by th<j Iraq Government, and win be moved from its preseni site at the Fair and nerected on an offictal siu belonging to
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    Techs Humble The Varsity
    405 13 rj \LA LI'MPLR, Wed. Robust tackling and .forward play was a feature of this fine game in L technical College beat University of Malaya by J ints to three in a keenly fought rugger match on i(tor ia institution ground here this evening *vJ£* WaTS y
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    Techs Fail Against University
    58 13 Tech s Fail Against University R. Wed. Malaya beat ;ge 3-0 in their itch oi their HQ Malaya today fiist half Yai opened The Techs aids but came a aU defence Id an inch. minute right ad Sam ad broke ind banged in for University. r ore thc end, Vilvaratnam
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    Johore Sikhs In Hockey Tournament
    59 13 Johore Sikhs In Hockey Tournament UMPUR, Wed. telegram by Sikhs to take part A -Malayan InHockey chamepted by the e .Malayan Sikhs today, be will be now six cornSingapore, Pa- ohore, Negri ■>( angor. C rnament will l>c :BO D< 24, 25 and 26 take place at when the Executtee
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    54 13 ENGLISH Test cricketer Colin Cowdrey receives ■SnV^T ,on K handled cricket bats flown bv Qantas' BUAC to Sydne> as urgent replacements for two that Cowdrey brok<- in a match against Victoria Qantas hostess Miss Monica Mallon delivered the two new bats Co Colin the day before the commencement of fhe
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    SELETAR'S PACK DECIDE HERE
    138 13 SELETAR 'S PACK DECIDE HERE tgfjklfgjlgfkjg 'dribbled over for a fine opportunist try. Pape missed the kirk (6-0). For the test of this half the airmen were still on top but their over-eagerness spoilt j many promising moves ln the second half the Club started to make a match of
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    Niven Will Not Defend Golf Title
    157 13 Niven Will Not Defend Golf Title IPOH. Wed. .John Niven. holder of the north Malayan golf title, will not defind his title in the 1955 North'Malayan golf championship which is scheduled to take place at thc Tiger Lane Course on Jan. 23, 24. and 25. He is now in the
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    NIGHT SOCCER POPULAR WITH ALL BUT FA
    521 13 NIGHT SOCCER POPULAR WITH ALL BUT FA MiS2 N D 1 C ZZ <Re»teO-Football under floodlights has come to stav in Britain, ho far the matches played have been friendly ones with no league noints or cup progress at stake. K The many overseas clubs which have visited Britain of
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    TAIWAN CAGERS DUE IN FEBRUARY
    80 13 SCAAF held a committee meeting at the Polo dub yesterday and decided to hold a charity basketball match at the Happy World Stadium on Jan. 1 for the Flood Relief Fund. The teams to play in this charity tournament are the Singapore Selection vs. Nanyang
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    S'PORE SIKHS' HOCKEY SIDE
    91 13 SINGAPORE Sikhs taking part in the All-Malayan Sikhs Hockey competition scheduled to be held on Dec 24, 25 and 26 at Seremban will be: Sudagar Smgh. Udajar Singh, Shamsher Singh, Ajit Singh. Hardial Singh, Kernail Singh. Onoop Singh Sadhu Singh. Beant Singh. Dalbara Singh. Harpajan Sin^.h.
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    Sel. Sikhs Beat Depot
    73 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Selangor Sikhs beat Police Depot 2-1 in hockey match on the Gurney Road ground yesterday. Depot played a better game but erratic shooting by their forward* ruined all their chances. Sikhb took an early lead through Sar.,op Singh. After resumrtioi centre forward Saroop
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    S'GOR MEET NS/MALACCA
    61 13 S'GOR MEET NS/MALACCA KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Selangor will play its last rugger friendly for the season against Negri Sembilan/Malacca on the padang here on Jan. 1. Seiangor's team will be. P. Cochrane, D. t'rotheroe, S. Stark G. Screech. W Proctor. Hunt D. Grifliths D. Waterman. Osman Hussein, J. Jameison. F
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    HOCKEY TRIAL
    18 13 MALACCA Wed.— Probables beat Possibles 5-0 in a hockey trial at the Malacca Club Padang yesterday.
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    U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES FOR X'MAS HOLIDAYS
    422 13 LONDON. Dec. 22. (Reuter) The following Hie the football fixtuies for Christmas Dav and Boxiny Day: LEAGUE DIVISION I Arsenal V Chelsea Blacknool V Portsmouth Bolton V Tottenham Btirnlej V Preston Cardiff V West Bromwich Carlton V Sheffield W. Manchester City V Newcastle Sheffield
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      186 13 y flbner By-ATCapp L, 1 I r-V" J mm t m H. IIT II "^lPi $™^W'\ m^f^s^? £S^^M «lley~ Pop gyT T. V. Hamlin M^oC^*T\\f^£/' n: VT 7HINK^ \^'o^\V^l n )^G^\) IheHeart Of Juliet Jones By Sfan Drake THE TOCSIN R;N<55 V VES— I /^Zo£'>) I Y HELP! SOMEBODY C
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    FIJIANS FIND THE WELSHMEN ARE TOUGH, TOO
    409 14 FIJIANS FIND THE WELSHMEN ARE TOUGH, TOO bara was brought down near the left corner Hag. Thev scored their fourth trv after the Welshmen had failed in a fine bout of passing between tlie threes. Cawa touched down near the left corner flag and Kadrodro converted from an acute angle.
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    Club Beat The United
    80 14 KUALA^ LUMPUR. Wed.— Selangor Club beat their old rivals. Selangor United, by 16 points if.wo goals two penalties) to nil in a rugger match on the Padang here today. In another match on the Bluff Road ground. Special Air Service Regiment beat the Hampshire Regiment bv
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    S'pore Give Indons A Farewell Lesson
    628 14 Singapore 9, Dunn 4, Chai Hon Yam 2, Indonesia 2. Fernandez, Coutts, and Robert Undap 2, Foo. Umpires:- Mr. J. C. Smith and Mr. G. Tessensohn. By VERITY GILL SINGAPORE hockey, once a dominating force in the Peninsula Teamed a certain measure of its
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    SHBP Victory
    54 14 aiiNUAh'UKE Harbour Board Po ire beat Royal Air Force beletar by six goals to two in a fr>2ndly hockey match played at Seletar yesterday Scorers for the Police we're* c- ha u ka ,L S l ngh < 2 >- Santok Singh (2), Bachan Singh and Carvaoh. MofT
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    A 'TYPHOON' HITS THE AUSSIES
    1085 14  - A 'TYPHOON' HITS THE AUSSIES NORMAN PRESTON ENGLAND WIN Only Harvey Stands Firm Bv SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuter) England beat Australia by 38 runs in a thrilling finish to the second Test here today to level the series at one all. 1U Australia won thc first test by an innings
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    YOUR TIP TOP TEN
    455 14  -  Scrutineer vbbyh THE top ten for punters to watch at thc Penang Turt Club X'mas-New Year meeting opening on Saturday arc: AIRMARK This 4-year-old grey by Airborne ran his best race yet in November when he finished 3rd to Kmgport and Never A Blank in the
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    All Agog About Tyson...
    196 14 MELBOURNE, Dec. 22. (Reuter). The second test was "Typhoon Tyson's Test." Australian cricket commentators agreed today hailing England's victory over Australia by 38 runs at Sydney. The Melbourne Herald featured the English speed bowler in a front page display with pictures and a biography of the
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    Win Has Put The Lads In Good Heart: Hutton
    284 14 SYDNEY. Der. 22 (Reuter)— Len Hutton. England's cricket captain, talking of his team's win over Australia In the Second Test, said: "Win has put the lads in good heart and I am now looking forward to an exciting contest in thc
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    POINTERS FOR PUNTERS
    307 14 By WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Wed.— Jockey Athol Mulley, who heads the winning list of jockey s with 51 winners, will ride as a free lance at th e forthcoming four-day Penang X'mas and New Year Meeting He has fulfilled his contract with the Spencer stable. Mulley, who
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