Singapore Standard, 24 December 1954

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    19 1 Singapore Standard .cmvklfgjfdjk It fi .No. J *4, >(ii- SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1954 14 PAGES J 5 CENTS.
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    Fresh Gales Lash Europe
    129 1 Fresh Gales Lash Europe T; \GUE. Dec. 23, —Renewed gales Europe today, inth e plight of icssed ships in Sea and causing in Plolland. Two freighters are feared all hands in last \r,nh Sea storms n Belgian ship weert and the 1,371--dish ship Petra. was lost with the r iring
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    24th Div. For S. Korea
    57 1 IX)KYO, Dec. 23 <AP> S. 24th. Division has erted to go to South i to replace the U.S. Ist Division, the Army lay. Division's headquar•r one regiment and its •v moved to Japan last Two other regiments dned in Korea. They hrduled to come to
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    Debate On Col. Young
    49 1 LONDON. Dec. 23 (Reuter) Government agreed day to hold a debate in e of Lords, after the Recess, on the disween Colonel Arthur and the Kenya Govrnment on the status of the 's Police. mei Young, aged 46. resigned his post as •nya Police Chief.
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    She Dies At 104
    23 1 WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 Mrs. Emily Payton, •4. born a slave on a plantain Virginia, .has died at me here.
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    QUIET X'MAS FOR ROYALTY
    43 1 LONDON. Dec. 23 <AFP) Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by her children. Prince Charles and Princess Anne, left here by train yesterday for the Royal castle of Sandringham in Norfolk where they will spend Christmas traditionally in a quiet family gathering.
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    POPE TAKES CAR RIDE
    42 1 VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23 (AP). Despite overcast skies, ailing Pope Pius XII took another car ride and had a short walk in the Vatican garden yesterday. It was announced today that the Pontiff spent a fairly restful night.
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    NO PAPER
    23 1 THERE will be no issue of The Singapore Standard on Monday, Dec. 27. Publication will be resumed on Tuesday, Dec. 28.
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    $10M. BONUS FOR XMAS
    452 1 Rubbers Boost To Fed. Govt. HIGHEST IN TWO YEARS UNCONFIRMED reports of a trade agreement between Russia and Indonesia involving rubber accentuated the rise in rubber prices in Singapore yesterday, which closed at 90-9 16 cents per lb a rise of 2-5/16 cents on Wednesday. The
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    Toy Fund Passes $13,000
    179 1 vb,cvnb,cm,cmnb,cm,. .dkfldkl ANOTHER $891 was received yesterday to bring the Standard Christmas Toy Fund total to $13,197.35 First donation for the day came from Mrs. Aw Boon Haw (Madame Ta v Pian Hone) who sent $500. the nicest individual donation to be received so far. With
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    20 Aboard Dakota Are Safe
    73 1 20 Aboard Dakota Are Safe PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23 <Reuter>.— At least 20 of the 28 people aboard a Dakota which plunged into the Mononeahela river south-east of Pittsburgh last night were reported safe here today. There were 23 soldiers and a crew of five in the plane. The plane stayed
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    Tito, Nehru Want Collective Peace
    207 1 NEW DELHI, Dec. 23, (Reuter)— President Tito of Yugoslavia and Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, issued a joint statement today repudiating the idea of a third bloc of countries not aligned with the Western 1 or Communist groups. After talks here during Marshal Tito's
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    Officer Is Killed By Mortar Bomb
    142 1 Officer Is Killed By Mortar Bomb KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A British Army officer was killed and a British soldier and an Iban tracker injujed. following the accidental explosion of a mortar bomb in the Bahau district of Negri Sembilan. it was officially reported today. In another mishap, a private of
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    Red Islands Are Bombed
    35 1 TAIPEI. Dec 23 (AP) Chinese Nationalist warplanes bombed two Communist islands north ot the Tachens early today and ignited giant fires which shot up towering smoke columns, the Defence Ministry said
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    AID TO JORDAN
    21 1 BRITAIN has announced a programme of economic aid for Jordan totalling £2,500.- -000 over the next year. A.P.
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    Students' Body To Fight For Wan Hamid
    71 1 Students' Body To Fight For Wan Hamid THE Pan-Malayan Students Federation is to take up the case of Inche Wan Hamid. the Malay student in London, who was reported to have had his scholarship withdrawn because of a trip he made to Soviet Russia and Communist China during his summer
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    GOVT ACTS IN RAIL DISPUTE
    95 1 LONDON, Dec. 23, (Reuter) The British Government acted today to head off a threatened nationwide railway strike as railwaymen's leaders laid plans for the stoppage due to begin at midnight on Jan. 9. Sir Walter Monckton. Labour Minister, called the union chiefs bosses of the
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    2 Killed, One Hurt In Clash
    38 1 ALGIERS. Dec. 23 (Reuter) Two French soldiers were killed and another seriously injured in a clash between security forces and terrorists near Dellys, Northern Algeria, last night, it was announced here today.
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    Lama Promises 'Full Support'
    36 1 HONGKONG. Dec. 23 (Reuter)— The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, yesterday pledged the "full support" of the people of Tibet for the "liberation" of Formosa, the New China News Agency reported.
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    AKIHITO 21
    17 1 CROWN Prince Akihito, heir apparent to the Japanese throne, celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday. U.P.
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    HER BLIND DATE OFFER BACKFIRES
    126 1 WASHINGTON Dec 23 (AP) The Salvation Army angrily protested on Wednesday as 'unauthorized" the offer of a shapely 18--year old movie starlet to go on a date with anyone who would donate US$5OO (MSI. 500) to the organization. Brig Gen. William Range. In charge of
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    KL Busmen Go Out On Strike
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    But Don't Let Public Suffer
    395 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Three hundred drivers and conductors employed by the General Transport Company here went on strike this morning, but before doing so they made sure that the public will not be inconvenienced by their sudden stoppage of work. Soon after the men decided
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    FRANCE'S NEW BID TO GAIN A VOTE
    118 1 PARIS. Dee 23 <AFP) Premier Pierre Mendes France announced today that he would raise the question of a confidence vote against anv move designed to amend or postpone a vote on the Pans agreements. The announcement was made aft**r the Premier had met
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    BLACK MARKET IN TREES
    41 1 MANILA. Dec. 23 (AP).— Christmas trees are being blackmarketed ln the Philippines this year. The Government has restricted cutting of trees to protect the forests. But some persons have been Invading reservations and hacking down trees Indiscriminately.
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    PRISONERS GET AMNESTY
    26 1 VIENNA. Dec. 23 (Reuter) Dr. Theodor Koerner, President of Austria, has given a lristmas amnesty to 1,149 prisoners. It was announced here today.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    115 2 A- CLOSING rubber onees (rents P" ib in Smuapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 00i 90i No 1 RSS fob Dee. 90 9 16 90 11 lb" No. 2 895 W No 3 87 i 8S Tone: Irregular. TIN PRICE The prices of tin
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    COLONY MAN IS FINED $148,597-APPEALS
    412 2 COLONY MAN IS FINED $148,597- APPEALS He Violated Foreign Exchange Regulations A SINGAPORE businessman, Teo Siew Jin of No. 27, New Bridge Rood, was fined $148,597.90 in the First Criminal District Court yesterday on three charges of contravening the Colony's Exchange Control Regulations. This is tho highest fine imposed in
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    READING ROOM
    30 2 THE District Officer. Jasin. Mr. G. C. Norris. declared open the Selandar reading room on Wednesday the fourth in the Jasin district and the eighth in the Settlement
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    $800 Fine For Hit-&-Run Man
    202 2 TEMERLOH, Thurs.— A police inspector, M. Ramasamy, was today fined $800, in default seven months' jail, by Mr. J. R. Whimster, President of the West Pahang Sessions Court, on a charge of causing the death of a Malay boy through a negligent act not amounting
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    New Governor
    35 2 Ri R an^ R0 ?J ERT R ROWN oLiALK. the Governor designate of Singapore who will succeed Sir John Nicoll in June next year. Mr. Black is at present Colonial Secretary in Hongkong.
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    MURDERED ESTATE MANAGER BURIED
    141 2 ert Desmon Williamson, late securitv officer and manager of South Malaya Pineannle Growers Co. estate in Simnansr Rem.™ i„k„. V was killed by terrorists on" wldnesd^moSg' was buried yesterday evening in the presence of a handful of and friends at Bidadari Cemetery l"ngahe Federation Poiice Force
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    Fed. Floods
    41 2 Fed Floods PAHANG: Kuantan: 10th Milestone Pekan-Kuantan Road 11 feet. Falling. 2nd Milestone Pekan-Nenasi Road 2\ feet. Falling. JOHORE: Muar: MuarLenga Road Mile 30 3 ft. 6 ins. Panchor 1 foot 10 ins. Grisek-Kundang Ulu Road 130 Mile Four ins. Falling.
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    FATAL STABBING IN STREET
    37 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A middle-aged Indian woman was stabbed in Carnarvon Street this afternoon and died a few minutes after she was admitted in hospital. An Indian has been detained by the Police.
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    X'mas With Folks From Portugal
    61 2 X'mas With Folks From Portugal MALACCA, Thurs. For the lirst time in nearly four centuries, descendants of the Portuguese eolonisers of this Settlement will celebrate Christmas with a number of nationals from their distant mother eountry. Bartholomew Diaz, a Portuguese sloop, is expected to anchor at the Malacca Roads tonight
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    H'KONG BRIDE
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HONGKONG. Dec 23 Special Standard Service: Closing pr:ces of the Hongkonf Exchange today were: §15.60 to £1 sterling; S").9IL .j to USSi; $1,838 to Malayan St; $0,204 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $256.75 to a tael
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    UNKNOWN
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    DEATH
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    Popular Secretary Of YWCA Sails For UK On Holiday
    268 3 Popular Secretary Of YWCA Sails For UK On Holiday M.ANV friends from all fom munitirs were aboard th( (orfu yesterday, when r s Vhufen Khoo. former Cetera! Secretary of the liß^apore Y.W.C.A.. sailed fl)r Knuland with her husband. Or F. Y. Khoo, nho is K» in K abroad for 10
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    Silver Was Declared, Not Gold
    79 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. An a'tcmpt to smuggle gold nts was foiled by CusOfficers yesterday. Song Tong. a Singapore Pith's assistant, failed to ire 60 gold rings. 20 and a gold pendant he arrived in Johore B showing the Customs containing silver articles I he had
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    Brockway Insists On MP Delegation Visiting Malaya
    357 3 Brockway Insists On MP Delegation Visiting Malaya LONDON, Dec. 23, (Ren- Mr. Fcnncr Brockv.a;. a Labour Member 0 i Pai Lament, suggested rday that an allBritish ParliamendVlegation should it Malaya to examine political and military Situation there and make urnmendations. iya, he said, was now in yue wvenm year of
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    No Compensation— But Rehabilitation
    280 3 Bedok Flood Victims T01d... SINGAPORE Government told Bedok arec settlers yesterday it could not accept thc principle of* compensation for the flood victims there, but regarded it as its duty to rehabilitate them. This was Government's reply to the Bedok Village Flood Relief Committee which is
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    OFFICIAL SOLUTION OF SQUAREWORD D-36
    144 3 The Adjudication Committee met on December 19th to discuss the clues of Squareword D-36. They were agreed that the most apt answers to the clues were as shown in the square below, which thus is the official solution. For the convenience ot competitors who sent
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    154 HOTEL EMPLOYEES GO BACK TO WORK
    239 3 154 HOTEL EMPLOYEES GO BACK TO WORK THE 154 employees of the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, who staged a walkout in the midst of a dinner party at midnight on Wednesday, reported back to work at 10 a.m. yesterday. The 10-hour strike by the hotel's cooks, pantry boys, waiters and bar
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    Hotel Board To Be Named Soon
    224 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, will name the chairman of the Hotel Licensing Board, early next year, a Government spokesman, told The Standard I" erday. said Government would ask the Justices of Peace ie Colony to elect six bers
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    'Operation Sewing' Completed
    131 3 'Operation Sewing' Completed JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The women voluntary workers who came forward in response to the British Adviser's appeal to sew garments for flood victims in Johore. completed their task today. Every piece of cloth donated towards flood relief has been rut up and sewn and is now being
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    MA. JINNAH'S ANNIVERSARY
    67 3 MA. JINNAH 'S ANNIVERSARY THE birthday anniversary of Qaid-e-Mohamed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, will pe celebrated at a mass meeting on Saturday. Dec 25, in the premises of the AllMalaya Muslim Missionary Society at No. 31. Lorong 12 Geylang Singapore. The meeting is being held under the auspices of
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    Music Exam In March
    60 3 THE Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. London, written examination will be held in Singapore on Saturday. March 12. next year. Entries for this examination should reach the Examinations Secretary, Department of Education. P.O. Box. 746 before Jan. 29. Late entries will not be
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    MORE $ FOR SATA
    177 3 MORE FOR SATA THE following is the list of I donations sent to SATA's Yearly Appeal (1955): Already acknowledged $3.- I 490; Singapore Turf Club $10,000. Hongkong Shang- 1 hai Banking Corpn.. Ltd $500; I Messrs Maclaine Watson Co Ltd $100. Messrs. Montor Ltd., $100, Messrs. Gammeters Ltd., $100— Total
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    TOY FUND GIFTS GO OUT
    278 4 IT was drixxling a little ond the yard was muddy, but inside the Harelock Road Welfare I Centre's unlovely building, yesterday afternoon, sat 70 children, ot all ages and races, with their mothers, in rare cases their fathers, and in some a foster parent, waiting
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    And 70 Children Have A Jolly Time
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    Her First Meeting With Santa
    93 4 photo. SANTA CLAUS doesn't often reach homes like hers broken by poverty and discord. But yesterday afternoon a Christmas party for such as she was given at Havelock Road Social Centre, with money from The Standard Readers' Toy Fund and the Y's Men of the
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    Toy fund Donations
    142 4 Fund Committee'" 1 grateful^ ao k n n a?X n e s^ eS the «SJBS Previously \»?o Ckn A° wl 1 dged $12,306.3«> Mrs. Aw Boon Haw (Madame Tay Pian lU-SSTaw Cheng $***** Anonymous. $looo Singapore ssonn Ist Battalion. West Yor ks hire Regt. (Prince Mr.°k Wa
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    Good Record Kept Him From Prison
    432 4 R.O. Fined $500 For $5.70 Bribe Kim au M J?*Z R f ven «c Officer, Ismail Ali bin Hashim Ali, saved him from being sent to prison today. He was found guilty in the Sessions Court o n a summons charge of having accepted
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    36 Detained Men To Be Released
    74 5 IcrGAMAT. Thurs.— Thirtytained for intcrror thc Emergency yesterday. in two mi los from •:pected to be re- morrow. lokit Scpit has a population ill Chinese. Government spokesman today it has been known I a ror;>iderable time that nunist terrorists have on the village and
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    Hostess Is Assaulted
    62 5 SINGAPORE dance hosported to the police had been assaulted bbed by a man who ns escorting her home after jer work al the cabaret endK r r. Wednesday night. aid she was then fckffl to a hotel in Geylang am where she ran away i'A contacted the
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    STOLE RICE FROM BOAT
    37 5 >NG Beng Sai. who fee tc:, katis of rice on Dec. a vessel anchored in Hok Ayer Basin, was fined 9 ar.d jailed for one day in "e S n^apore Sixth Police yesterday.
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    Party For Wine King
    129 5 !to dinner**? iSIV Eft T .j oe Ping were entertained SL> H?Vi! the Capitol Restaurant last night by S Par Br"^^^^^ Mana in »™<*°< Haw 1 Jakarta Y a K millionaire wine king of i the Indn«I B the r,Kf der °JL a de,e e*tion representing
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    Move For Multi-Lingual System
    176 5 Move For MultiLingual System A MOVE to introduce a multi-Mngual legislature in Singapore in place of the present monolithic one will be made by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, (Rochore) at next months meeting of the Council. Mr Raj, in a motion to be tabled at the meeting, will ask
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    Nurses Lose Their Sarongs
    36 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Twenty-six batik sarongs worth $500 belonging to two Malay nurses were stolen by burglars who sneaked Into the Nurses' Hostel in Pahang Road during the early hours of yesterday.
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    60 RICE TRADERS BOYCOTT CARTEL
    180 5 Dealers Seek Assurance PENANG, Thurs.— Sixty rice traders ot North Malaya, at an emergency meeting last night, decided to have no dealings with a cartel alleged to have monopolised the Burma-Malaya rice trade. It is also alleged that this cartel has collared 30 000 tons
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    She Carried Rice To Terrorists
    169 5 She Carried Rice To Terrorists TEMERLOH Thurs. A 52 vear-old woman rubber tapper ot Kemayan Estate, wept bitterly today when she was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on two olfences under the Foo«i Control Ordinance bv Mr. J R Whimster. President of the Sessions Court, West Pahang. The tapper. Way
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    No Body In The Well
    54 5 A FIRE tender raced to the 8i Mile Tampcnis Road. Singapore, yesterday following a report that a man was seen in a well. On reaching the scene, the firemen used a hose to pump out water from the well but they could not find the
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    To Visit Perak
    50 5 IPOH. Thurs Che Wan Baharuddin, liaison officer ot the Malayan students unit in London, will visit Perak shortly to meet parents of students in Britain. He will be at the State Secretariat. Ipoh, from Dec 28 to 30 and at the District Office. Taiping. on Dec. 31.
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    Deadline For Trade Debts Is Feb. 7
    147 5 Deadline For Trade Debts Is Feb. 7 APPLICATIONS for claims for trade debts under the German Enemy Property Order, 1952, should be made before Feb. 8. next year, a Government notification said yesterday. The amount to be paid to the claimants who have lodged claims arising out of trade debts
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    Entertainer
    45 5 Hongkong. photo. BELLA LING. night club entertainer who will make her debut at the Ocean Park Hotel tonight. She was formerly a student of the Shanghai Conservatoire of Music. She has been singing for lhe past three years, mostly at a nightclub in Standard
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    MINISTERS' GREETINGS TO SEAMEN
    164 5 KUALA LUMPUR IhUft.— Mr. .1. A. Boyd Carpenter, Britain's Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, and Colonial Secretary. Mr A M Lennox-Boyd, ;odav vent joint Christmas messages to all merchant na-.v men overseas. Said Mr Carpenter "M.m.v iof us know from xp« I what it means
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    He Bought Back His Own Spares
    194 5 JOHORE Bahru. Thurs. Two days after a man had lost certain parts from his jeep he bought them back as replacements. At the Sessions Court. Kluang, yesterday. Pang Sing Kim was charged with the theft of motor car parts. Tang Meng Kek said that
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    Assessing Flood Loss
    63 5 SINGAPORE Government is continuing its investigation of the damages to victims ot the recent floods, the Secretarv for Social Welfare. Mr. T.P.Cromwell, said yesterday. Four more survey teams will tour the Geylang Serai area today, he added. Arrangements for the free distribution of more rice has been
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      A Mixed Bag
      548 6 the approach of Christmas Eve news came that the trains, held up by the recent floods, have started rolling again; 99,000 people in the coastal area of Perak have been released from Emergency restrictions; prices of rice may be reduced in the Federation; and continued efforts are
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      Closed State
      357 6 J^ELANTAN now enjoys the dubious distinction of being the first State in the Federation to insist on employers using Kelantan labour. This is a thick wedge driven into the free movement of labour in this country. While the Federal authorities are endeavouring to create Malayan consciousness in the
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    And It's Rain In Britain Too!
    553 6  - And It's Rain In Britain Too! Kenneth Harris By LONDON, AS Christmas approaches in London a number of clouds loom above, and somewhat darken, the usually festive scene. The weather has been ap- palling; it has rained consistently now for nearly three weeks. November, which was the wettest since 1899,
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    X'mas in the ANTARCTIC
    664 6 X'mas in the ANTARCTIC 2 Dr V. E Fuchs. tlie Director of the Srio»/;*,> j Bureau 0/ the Falkland Islands ASSSS^ 1 2222ta 5ef 2 CfcrUtma. scene in Antarctic where a team of fifty United Kiln 1 dorn scientists is stationed. Tomorrow' m tta Generoj Overseas Service, the British Broadcasting
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    Review of Views
    395 6 Review of Views Appeal To Sultans TJTUBAN Melayu again ap-? peals to all sections of the J people to send in their dona- J tions to the "Utusan Melayu 5 Flood Relief Fund of Singa-J pore and the Federation" as 2 r* early as possible. 2 Pointing out that two
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    Nehru Counters Communist Campaign
    777 6  -  PHILIP DEANE DELHI. THOSE people in the United States and elsewhere who believe that Mr. Nehru, because of his attitude to China i s proCommunist, will not be surprised to hear that their view is shared by some of the Indian Premier's compatriots. So much so
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    AFTER THE MARSHAL
    744 6  - AFTER THE MARSH AL RAWLE KNOX First of two articles about Thailand By i BANGKOK ,i the cornerstone I of the South-East Asian JJ Defence Organization in •j this part of Asia, may soon V have to face the problem of how to change Prime •I I Ministers without a
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    SOVIET THREAT HAS NOT DIMINISHED
    464 7 LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuter)-Sir Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary sa.d yesterday that the North Atlantic Trea^ Organisation Harl0 ns had examined once again the underlying purjoses of SoViet cvti .r&a&i?— s tz H "f O PovvefTffi in Pans H ?nT l? f C on mons
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    400,000 Ceylon Tea Workers To Strike
    147 7 400,000 Ceylon Tea Workers To Strike COLOMBO, Dec. 23. (Reuter)—Ceylon tea workers are threatening to strike throughout the island. Over 200 representatives of tea workers meeting in Nuwara Eliya yesterday decided to call the strike if their employers failed to meet their seven-point demands within two weeks. The ultimatum was
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    XMAS TREE IS STILL GREEN
    81 7 VIENNA, Dec. 23, (AFP)— For the llth consecutive time, a Vienna family will celebrate Christmas before the same tree, which, extraordinarily has not withered but remains green. The tree was prepared for Christmas 1943 bv the parents of a Wehrmacht soldier fighting in Russia who
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    Lioness Sets World Record
    45 7 BERLIN. Dec. 23. (UP)— A named Dori. in the Leipzig zoo. set a new world's by giving birth to eight Ave of which survived. Communist East German aid yesterday. radio said lionesses give birth only to r at the most four
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    Fled Kenya To Get Justice
    244 7 Fled Kenya To Get Justice LONDON, Dec. 23 (Reuter) tor George Horsfall, Kenya Police Officer, I in court here yesterthat he broke bail while perjury charge in Kenya ame to Britain to obtain nd air his grievances. fa!!. who was further I In custodv until had been arrested a ago
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    UK Hotel Keeps Out Indians
    104 7 UK Hotel Keeps Out Indians NEW DELHI. Dec. 23 (Reuter) The Indian High Commissioner in London has made representations to Britain about discrimination against Indians in an English hotel, Mrs. Lakshmi Menon. parliamentary secretary to the Minister of External Affairs, said today. She told a questioner in the Council of
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    Killed His Wife
    42 7 Photo. Dr. Samuel Sheppard. 30, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for the murder of his wife. Marilyn 31, in Cleveland. Ohio, in a quarrel over his l.i-months illicit romance with Susan Hayes. 24 a nursr A.P.
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    SEATO Powers To Discuss Malaya
    296 7 LONDON. Dec. 23, (Reuter)— Britain wants thc proposed conference of the eight South-east Asian j Treaty Powers to take place after the Pact is ratified I and not as an emergency meeting, The Foreign Office said yesterday. But diplomatic sources forecast that Sir Anthony Eden
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    Tragedy In Jumbo Family
    99 7 Tragedy In Jumbo Family MOSCOW, Dec. 23, (AFP) A story of elephant mother love ended tragically in Moscow zoo yesterday. A young member of one of the zoo's elephant families was taken from his parents to have a thorn extracted from his foot. His mother, hearing the squeals of the
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    TURKEYS STOLEN
    28 7 SMASH and grab bandits inspired by the festive season, broke in the window of a north London shop early yesterday and stole 24. Mir. keys. Reuter
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    She Was His Wife For 32 Years
    265 7 YOKOSUKA, Dec. 23: (AP.) A Japanese woman who was left US$4O,OOO by the late Daniel Boone Langford. an American, said she hoped to use the money "lo spend the rest of my life in peace." Chiyoko Sasaki, 52. was left the money in
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    From Party Into River
    64 7 MIAMI, Florida. Dec. 23, (AP)— A nve-year-old handicapped boy. who disappeared three days ago from a Christmas party, was pulled out lifeless from the Miami River yesterday. The body of Shapley Lalor was discovered by George Brown, a fish dealer. The child, who could not talk,
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    A 'RELIGIOUS FANATIC'
    196 7 LANSING. Michigan, Dec. 23 (UP)— Dr. Charles A. Laughead's sister petitioned the Ingham County Probate Court yesterday to commit the former Michigan State College doctor and his wife. Lillian, to a mental hospital. Margaret Laughead. described her brother as a "religious fanatic" and said his wife "neglects
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    Blackout Threat In Trinidad Brings Emergency
    160 7 Blackout Threat In Trinidad Brings Emergency PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 23 (Reuter) A state of emergency has been proclaimed in th e capital of the British Colony of Trinidad to combat the threat ot a Christmas blackout from striking Electricity Board workers who declared: No back pay, no lights."
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    THE QUEEN CANNOT INTERFERE
    137 7 KARACHI. Doc. 23. (Reuter)—Mr. D.N. Pritt. the British Barrister, told a court here yesterday that Queen Elizabeth had no power to interfere with a Dominion Government. So. he stated, lt was wrong to claim Pakistan's OovernorGeneral. Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, wa.s able to dissolve the country's Constituent
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    Formosa Says 'Not Adultery'
    107 7 TAIPEI, Dec. 23: (AFP).— Test tube babies in Formosa have a legal status and will be considered as "foster children" under Chinese law. authorita* tive Chinese Judicial quarters said yesterday. Artificial insemination from a third party does not constitute adultery. Experts said artificial in semination represents
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    US Reds Are Subversives
    55 7 WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 (UP) —The United States Court of Appeals today ruled that the Communist Party in America is controlled by the Soviet Union. The Court, on a two to one vote, upheld the 1950 Internal Security Act which requires the party to register with the
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    Santa Is Harmless
    31 7 LONDON, Dec. 23. (AP)—The British Medical Journal in an article on Wednesday assured parents that no psychological harm is done by telltnr children there is a Santa Claus
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    Gales Whip Up Storms In Britain
    88 7 LONDON, Dec. 23 (Reuter) Fierce gales swept across the British Isles last night and today, beating down crops, damaging buildings, driving swollen rivers over their banks and whipping up fresh storms around the coasts. Ships raced for shelter. Many lifeboats were in action. Off
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    PERON SIGNS DIVORCE BILL
    33 7 BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23 (UP) President Juan D. Peron yesterday signed a bill legalizing divorce for the first time in Argentina. The bill also permits divorced persons to remarry.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    75 7 Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 23. —The following ore the closing prices ot rubber ond tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 27 d. February 261d. Mar f,\ if*i' Apr, /June 26 d. July/September 26 id. October/December 261d. January c.i.f 26 9'l6d. Tone: Quite but
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    Two Kenya Inspectors On Trial
    85 7 Two Kenya Inspectors On Trial NYERI, Kenya. Dec. 2.V (Reuter).— Two British inspectors in the Kenya Pol icr. accused of assaulting Sir Henrv Dalrymple-White at a Kikuyu Home Guard Po.^t la?t week were released on ba 1 < £150 each yestcrdav. They are Chief Inspector Richard Crosby Kerry and Inspector
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    POPE GRANTS EXEMPTION
    38 7 PARIS, Doc. 2 J (AFP) Pope Pins XII todav issued a am ree exempting all Catholic from the traditional law < I abstinence (observed evorv Friday) on Fr day. Der JI, the Vatican Radio announced today.
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    Helen Keller's Goodwill Tour
    43 7 NEW YORK. Dec 23 (Reuter) Miss Helen Keller, who conquered deafness and blindness, will have the United States on Feb 4. on a 40.000-mlle goodwill tour of Japan. India. Pakistan. Burma and thr Philippine lt was announced here yesterday.
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    PENSION CONCESSIONS TO POLITICIANS
    336 8 PENSION CONCESSIONS TO POLITICIANS Move To Lower Age Limit KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government gazetted last night a Bill to extend the pension concessions to prospective election candidates who are over 40 years of age and have completed ten years of public service, or those who have been in
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    He Sang With Jo
    103 8 Photo. SINGER David Hughes who once sang with Jo Stafford (record "One Love Forever" to be released by Philips Paul Weston Orchestra), is familiar to members of the Armed Forces here. He appears frequently in the Forces Programme of the BBC besides his own radio and
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    Plan For 5 Primary Classes
    126 8 Plan For 5 Primary Classes MALACCA. Thurs.— Two hundred children of primary English school admi.ssion age have applied to the Malacca I Primary English Education i Committee for admission next January. They are part j of the 423 children, who are unable to find places in Government primary English j
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    $5 To Sgt. Cost Him $400 Fine
    139 8 TEMERLOH. Thurs.— A contractor of Jenderak Estate, in Kuala Krau. Mentakab. asked sergeant Mahadi bin Kadir permission to allow him to organise a gambling session on the night on Nov. 18. slowly slipping a $5 note into his hand immediately after the suggestion.
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    8 MTHS. FOR CHEATING
    40 8 HARBHAJAN Singh was sentenced to jail for eight months in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday on a charge of misappropriating a watch valued at $22.50 in Raffles Place some time in August, this year.
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    Students Stay Put After 3-Hour Meet
    198 8 STUDENTS of the Yock En? School in Singapore, who have locked themselves in the school premises for over a week, would not agree to disperse although the school's Management Committee last night accepted a six-point programme of improvements submitted by the students. Student representatives
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    Big Loss To Krian Club
    92 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs Prior to his departure to Ipoh on transfer. Mr. K. Kasi. Technical Assistant and prominent sportsman, was entertained to a tea party at the Clayton Club by its members. Mr. Kasi is a vice-president of the club. He has done a great
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    Untitled
    43 8 DR. H.B. Amstutz, Chairman of the Singapore Children's Aid Society, cuts a Christmas cake at a party in the Society's Home in Tomlinson Road yesterday for 23 boys and girls. Standing beside Dr. Amstutz is the Matron of the Home, Miss K. Gambier.
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    Allotment Of Stalls
    91 8 THE Singapore City Council allotted, by ballot. 156 street pitches and market stalls in China Street and the Cambridge Road Market. Five City Councillors were present when the following number of stalls in various categories were allotted: Fresh vegetables 40: fresh Ash 48: poultry 6: salted fish
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    Crashed Into Post: $100
    72 8 RAUB. Thurs —Som Moy of Sempalit New Village, who drove his car and crashed into an electric post in front of the Raub Malay School at 6.30 a.m. on Oct. 2. pleaded gu.lty today to a charge of negligent driving. Mr. .1. R Whimster. the President
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    FIVE PASS HEALTH EXAM
    39 8 FIVE candidates have been successful in the recent Public Health Diploma examinations held in Singapore. They are: Messrs. S. Appudurai. R. S. Corbitt. Lai Kuen Yee. W. J. C. M. Van Dijk and Mrs. Übaldo.
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    Six Mths' Jail
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Yeo Beh 39, was today sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the First Magistrate on a charge of house-breaking.
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    PRISON FOR HOUSEBOY
    38 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Paramasivan. a houseboy. who stole a wrist warch valued at $1!)4 from the quarters of the manager of the Rex Cinema here, was sentenced in the Sessions Court today to sixmonths* imprisonment.
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    Local Boy Returns With B. Sc. Degree
    266 8 Local Boy Returns With B. Sc. Degree A GRADUATE of the Chinese High School, Michael Koh Cheng Gek spoke little English when he enrolled in the University of Detroit five years ago. Yesterday. Michael, kicked out by the United States Immigration Service flew into Singapore by Cathay Pacific with a
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    Allowed House For Gambling
    63 8 TEMERLOH. Thurs— Lew Siew Boon. ,iA. the occupier of house No. 13. Alain Road. Triang. pleaded guilty to permitting his house to be used as a common gaming house. Mr. J. R. Whimster. the West Pahang Circuit Magistrate, fined him $150 or two months' imprisonment an
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    Patient Died After A Fall
    266 8 -CORONER TOLD SNG Peng: Chew, a labourer, who was brought to the Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore, on Sept. 30 this year by the police as an observation case, died the next day from shock and haemorrhage with multiple injuries, the Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Dr.
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    Waylaid In Dark Lane
    62 8 A MAX was waylaid by two thugs, one armed with a knile as he left the New World Amusement Park in Singapore on Wednesday nifht and walked along a dark and deserted lane leading to Serangoon Road. The man handed over SIR4 to the thugs when
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    Kept A Stolen Watch, Jailed
    54 8 KIEW CHIN HIN. was yesterday sentenced to six months* jail by the Singapore Third Criminal District Judge. Mr. HA. Forrer. for dishonestly retaining a stolen watch worth $46 on Sept. 20 in Johore Road. The watch belonged to one Sim Poo Hua who reported its
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    76 PASS ACCOUNTANCY EXAMS
    317 8 SEVENTY-SIX Malayans have passed the October examinations of the Australian Society of Accountants. Following is the detailed results of the various exams. NEW BVLLABLS Preliminary Examination. Tan Kiat Kheng. A. G. Fernandez. Tan Boon Teck, Ng Bur Teck. Chew Yew Toh. Choo Jee Chit. Ho Hung
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    Builders Broke By-Law – Charge
    94 8 Builders Broke By-Law Charge I Ma, ing the I **k K OCCUpu I year, f i n Build lln< a Oi inn* i.SSU( wh< n Plct. Such < at a tin ru>h i practic, stop, when an'X:' recently fhc road 1,-. ow inch. p'ad and low „n row r co"
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    Morling Cleared Of Indecency
    87 8 KUALA LIMPI R, Thurs. -Colonel I. K Morlint Federations principal Probation Offlm u.»v todiv completely absolved of all allegations of mdew against boys under his supervision. Mr. Brian V F dent <>t S--. r, r.today uequittfd and disefaig« ed M Indecent i two Ungku Othman reside
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    Dutt's Visit To Malaya
    90 8 INDIAN Commonwealth Secretary, Mr. S. Dutt. will arrive In Singapore on Dec. 31 at 9 a.m. after attending the Asian Premiers Conference in Jakarta. He will visit Penang and Kuala Lumpur and return to Singapore on Jan. 3. when he will meet the Commission-er-General. Mr. Malcolm
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    $30 FINES FOR CARRYING FOOD
    28 8 IPOH Tl 11 Li.tu Ah Pt 1 2" Lan i2s> and i thiappan i33> plead in th«- M dav tO .i <•••'• foodstufl In
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      41 8 Weather Report MINIMI M MMIMMI" Irom :.:<• p.m !>♦■ Prn.iiiK i. ..1'. i»Fi. Ku.il.« lumpur Ipoh Kuanlan -.jr^ '.Max. mum IrMP Irom :.'.<» I»m li"" Kuaia I umPur Ipoh .Mil Kuanlan R.infall sincip" Penanc r|M *<"•• k.i iii I umi'i" ilr.nr Kuaia jj Ipoh Kuantan
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      PRISON WITHOUT BARS
      835 9  -  HAROLD NICOLSON By Diaries of a Dying Man. By William Soutar. Edited bv Alexander Scott. (W. R. Chambers. 12s 6d irILLIAM SOUTAR, the Scottish poet, was born died in the town of He wa.s a gifted a athletic youth, "a f;V. lad," blessed "with a d virility."
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      Divine Comedy
      460 9 iuctory Papers on r ti By Dorothy L. SayI (McUuien. 215.) By KATHLEEN NOTT I i£nposts provided by Dr. Sayers in the dark spreading wood of inte scholarship are often Moreover, she raisi a bi neral question which rennially important, 1 if we do not accept her What
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      The Death Ot An Illusion
      729 9  -  A. J. P. TAYLOR Assignment to Catastrophe Vol 11. The Fall of France. June 1940. Hy Major General Sir Edward L. Spears. (Ileinemann. 255.) THERE is nothing more difficult than to combine the roles of observer and historian. At one moment the writer is saying.
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      Mythomania
      733 9  -  PHILIP TOYNBEE Dylan Thomas. By Derek Stanford. (Spearman and Lalder. 155.) Quite Early One Morning. Broadcasts by Dylan Thomas. (Dent. 10s. 6d.) By TN a single introductory chapter of his book on Dylan Thomas's poetry Mr. Stanford attempts to elucidate the poet's character by an assemblage of personal anecdotes.
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    CEYLON FASHIONS
    83 10 J (OIOMBO. Doreen Perera (left), had a touch of J x Spun in her black lace saree worn over an electric blue slip and jacket to match. Her pallaw ended in a fringe, and she had a striking red rose in her hair. J For this black and
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    The Three Wise Men
    250 10 'THE WISE MEN of the -1- storv of Christmas were, according to Bible scholars and historians, Persian priests versed in the arts of magic and astrology. An Interesting txp'.anation of the Wise Men was given by Prof. J. Newton Davies of Drew University in the Abingdon
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    EPIPHANY
    75 10 The largest epiphany scene in the world exists in Rome Grouped around a huge crib are nine figures The smallest, a page, is ten feet tall. The largest. St. Joseph and a stalwart Persiai king, both are 16 feet. The child Jesus is held in thc arms of Mary
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    SOME TIPS ABOUT DAY FROCKS
    654 10  - SOME TIPS ABOUT DAY FROCKS Toni Marsh By CO many women have TX said to me lately: fj "It's all very well with H those nice cocktail XX and evening frocks Q one sees in the papers, n but what I really need j=| is a daily frock, some- XX
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    Bethlehem Is High Above Dead Sea
    460 10 pHRISTMAS had its beginning in an ancient little town high on a mountain plateau, where few birds sing. Bethlehem, which is only 14 miles from the Dead Sea. is almost as high above those waters as Denver is above sea level. The area is
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    Rubber Hulls For 'Sub'
    82 11 How to construct panels to withstand the same sea pressures and forces that must be resisted by the steel outer hulls of the conventional submarines and yet be "sound transparent," was one of the problems which faced the buildings of the U.S. Navy's new nuclear-powered submarine
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    Can The Cocoa Industry Be Second To Rubber?
    1698 12 Can The Cocoa Industry Be Second To Rubber? A STANDARD CORRESPONDENT ASKS: EVERYONE is agreed that until the Emergency is over, new capital is not going to be Invested in Malaya. But even when the last terrorist is liquidated and the troops are withdrawn will money flow once more into
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    57 12 MALAYAN rubber statistics showed exports of ribbed smoked sheet from Singapore and the Federation in November at 43,814 tons, bringing the total for the 11 months to 513,060 tons. Exports to the United Kingdom in the month under review was 10,903 tons, Japan 6,462 tons. France 5.263 tons.
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    Radio Exports
    24 12 BRITISH Radio exports for the first 11 months of this year totalled £26,170,000 nearly £500.000 more than in the whole of 1953.
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    Sale Of Rice
    38 12 THE Ceylon Government is negotiating with Hongkong traders for the sale of 50,000 tons of Chinese rice at £10 per ton less than the purchase price. Ceylon buys rhinoc*. rice at £40 per ton.- A.F.P.
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    RUBBER SHARES AT HIGH LEVEL, TOO
    168 12 MALAYAN rubber shares reached a new high level for 1954 yesterday with buyers unsatisfied at the close. With one or two exceptions, industrials in the Malayan share market were slightly easier yesterday. Tin shares responded to the sharp rise in the metal price and
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    Record Year For Rubber Foreseen
    137 12 Record Year For Rubber Foreseen THE President of the U.S. Rubber Company Mr. H.E. Humphreys J r predicted in New York on Wednesday a nearrecord year for the U s rubber industry in 19;,:,' Mr. Humphreys said in a year-end statement that 1955 sales in the U.S. probably win total
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    YUGOSLAV SHIP ON 1st VOYAGE
    57 12 YUGOSLAV SHIP ON 1st VOYAGE Standard Shipping Reporter THE latest additio; the fast expanding Yugoslav mercantile marine fleet arrived in the Colony last night on her maiden voyage to the Far East. She is the 4.000-ton cargo-cum-passenger ship. Pula. operated by the Yugoslav Lines and built in Pert sun I
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    HAWKER HUNTERS AS GOOD AS MIGs
    136 12 HAWKER HUNTERS AS GOOD AS MIGs LONDON, Dec. 23. (Reuter) A Government spokesman said yesterday that when Britain's new .let fighter the Hawker Hunter, had had some small modifications it would be "at least up to the standard of the American Sabres and the Russian MIGs/' Mr. George Ward, UnderSecretary
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    Six More Synthetic Plants Sold
    25 12 Six More Synthetic Plants Sold mission 1 RubbT c l I I «'P' i plant t|S P J I fining pr. Itowi 1 facll :t
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  • Finance And Commerce
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      RUBBER TOPS 91 CTS. ON PACT RUMOUR
      127 12 RUBBER TOPS 91 CTS. ON PACT RUMOUR THE price of rubber in Stagaptfle IttMfc highest level for the year yesterday, first urade rubfe for January shipment closing at 90 9 lh emu perl, after having touched 91 cents at one stage ol the tr* ing (88J cents on Wednesday). The
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      Produce Is Quiet
      37 12 ALL i mark ntad poi H.C.B. Co (per JAM ART MN W--II n.m. Sot n 4 p q Sinqaprre sellers at the l 1 pieul): Ga-7 Java cube :'4t) HaT.„ Sago flour 5 j
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      NOON PRICES
      67 12 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber AsaoCi noon prices < cents per lb' yesterday were Ruvers Sellers Spot looat 89* II RSS fob. Jan. No. 1 89 13 IG 9o; Feb. No. 1 89? w; Jan No 2 nom 89 > M| Jan No nom 87 87 A
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      3rd. Rubber Shipment To Red China
      93 12 3rd. Rubber Shipment To Red China COLOMBO. Der. 23: (UP)— Ceylon will complete its third shipment of sheet rubber to Communist China under its 1955 rice-for-rubber agreement in mid-January, it was learned here Chinese authorities ha v e completed arrangements for the transfer of 7.600 tons at that time. This
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      RUBBER CROPS
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      614 12 mmvbncnb,cm,mxvm ITHE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Holidays Christmas Day. Saturday, 25th December, 1954. New Year's Day. Saturday, Ist January 1955. TVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEr L that on Saturday, 2fttl December 1954 and Saturday Ist January 1955, no vessel will be worked at the Board': wharves Work will be resumed
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      599 12 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: Dredging and Removal of all Silt. Sand and Debris from (a) the Siglap Stream parallel to Telok Kurau Road. Close NOON 31.12.54; (b) the Paya Lebar Canal and Paya Lebar Road Outlet Drain and the Dredging of Paya Lebar Cana, from End of
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    Robinson Signs Up For Fight With Rindone
    143 13 DETROIT. Dec. 23 (UP) I Sugar Ray Robinson. former welterweight and middleweight champion who was suspended for "backing out" of a scheduled bout here on Dec. 8, yesterday signed to meet Joe Rindone in a 10-rounder at i Olympia and promoter Nick Londes
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    PAHANG SIKHS' HOCKEY SIDE
    77 13 RATB. Thurs. The team to represent Pahang Sikh XI for the 4th. All-Malayan Sikhs Inter State Hockey Championship for the "Gurudawara Cup"' at Seremban during the Christmas Holidays on December 1!4. 25 and* 26. will be chosen from the following. I. Harchand Singh. Pritam Singh, .Tagat
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    RUGBY MAY BE IMPROVED WITH A ROUND BALL
    631 13  - RUGBY MAY BE IMPROVED WITH A ROUND BALL PHILIP TOYNBEE By LONDON, ARTHUR KOESTLER wa s only too right when he wrote that renegades are treated with contempt, even t>y the sides to which thev renege. A year ago I declared in this column mv transference of loyalty from Rugby
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    30 13 Photo. LEN HUTTON, MCC captain, is cauglit for 2H by Benaud off lan Johnson during England's second innings in the second Test against Australia at Sydney on December 'JO. A.P.
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    Moore Conducts Popularity Poll
    153 13 TOLEDO. OHIO. (AP) \rchie Moore. world light heavyweight boxing champion ,vho is conducting big own publicity campaign for a 1955 itle bout with heavyweight 'hampion Rocky Marciano. has I otalled popularity returns in lis newspaper poll. He found 510 sports writers m 128 newspapers picked Rocky
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    Unlucky Blow Kills Boxer
    77 13 LONDON. Dec. H, (AP) Bobby Callaghan. a 22-year-old London welterweight "died two days after boxing a dra.v in a London contest 'because an unlucky blow on the right side of his head ruptured a small vein whieh led to haemorrhage." Coroner W. R H. Heddy decided
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    Aussie Boxers Invade Manila
    151 13 MAX 1 1. A. Dee. 23, (UP) Australia's flyweight champion Vince Blake and two other flghtOTl from down under arrived here today for their bouts on Dec. 29 with local boxers at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum Blake, lightweight Xed WilSOn and Russell Sands youngest of Australia*!
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    Lindwall Pulls A Leg Muscle
    66 13 SYDNEY, Dec. S3, (Reuter): I Ray Lindwall. Austral ll fast boa er. slightly strained a leg muscle durum the second Test which ended here vc.-ter-ciay. lie has withdrawn from the Queensland to play South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at the weekend, nut is
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    23 RIDERS FOR ROUND PENANG CYCLING RACE
    232 13 23 RIDERS FOR ROUND PENANG CYCLING RACE PENANG, Thurs.— Twenty-three riders from Selangor, Perak, Kedah and Penang will face the starter for the Round -the-Islami cycling race which will start from Penang Road at 8 a.m. on Dec. 26. This race will highlight the X'mas Cycling Carnival to be held
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    Rajaji SC For Kluang
    82 13 SINGAPORE'S Rajaji Sports Club is visiting Kluang for two friendly games against the Government English School Old Boys' Association tomorrow and against the Kluang Indian Association on Sunday. The following will travelPresident: K. Rajangam: Hon. Secretary: P. Govindasamy; Officials: G. Jaganathan. P. Venugopal. M. Rajendran. G.
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    BAR RED CHINA FROM OLYMPIC GAMES-HOH
    180 13 TAIPEI, Dec. 23, (UP)— Dr. Gunson Hon, chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, cabled the International Olympic Committee recently stressing that only Nationalist China is thc legal representative for China. Hob's message said. The Chine ie National Olympic Committee has received official invitation to
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    U.S. Skaters For Moscow
    90 13 JAMESTOWN New York. D» 23 <AP; Dick SI man, manager of the L S I ikating reservations have been made for three skaters, hinuell and a trainer to it tend tl a> arid rhampionshipi i MO COW Feb 2<», fund shortage. Shearman said camps to Anance
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      152 13 iii flbner By Al Capp (A r '''-V 7 !^~e.^ f I SOS.'/- f.JOMS EVER PJT 1I IT LOOKS h'JN- AVr *A LOKECr Lif-L -A LiFEI THEIR ARMS AROUND ME- C WHAT v.OULD NOU J )(l~ NtV R 1& V; 'i HOLIT LOVLV- A QXCLPr TO TRW TO r— T^S*»
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      A PUNTER'S GROUSE
      102 14 RACK ians all over Malaya are u?< ll served by Allen ■is with a high standard of race commentaries, irhich are made possible with the >ation of the Tut] and Radio Malaya. Bui the hins have a grouse again <! the Perak Turj Club NOT allowing Allen
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      SBHFA Give $4,000 To Boys' Club
      129 14 A CHEQUE ior $4,000. pro- j reeds of thc recent Feith j Charity Cup soccer match between the Singapore Business Houses Football Association and thc Combined Police, was pre.-ented to the President of the Federation of Singapore Boys' Club. Mr. Lim Choon Mong. at
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    ASTON MARTINS FOR 1955 RACING
    57 14 LONDON, Dec. 22, (AP)— Alton Martin sports cars will enter four big race s during l J55. iri Ra S Cs wiU be lhe Sebring, Florida, 12-hours race; Le Mans fS r ?oi in Fran ce; Rheims. l (fru^-, 12 hours race an d the
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      PULOT PUTEH SHOWS FORM: KUMAR SPEED
      398 14 iby Windsor LadJ lat Penang For! |the X'mas New! i Year Meet I 1 <\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\W\\\\\\\\\t PENANG Thurs.— Pulot Puteh, with Harry McCloud astride, was the most outstanding worker at this morning's final gallops for the Penang X mas and New Year meeting. With Mubarak
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      Golden Lotus Looking Fit...
      229 14 GOLDEN LOTUS (Davy {Jones) ran half mile in 'even time, looking verv fit. Percussion (Tait) easily skipped three furlongs in 1 38-3/5 sec while Fairy (Man- ning) did the three in 411 sec. Amusement II (Patterson) was not fully extended for his three which he did
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      Slow Work For Breukelen's Best
      121 14 SCOTTISH MINSTREL (Tait) was kept to even time over three, while Barakat was well within himself when he disposed of three furlongs m 40 '2 5 sec. Canterbury Bell (Tjoa) did a three furlong spin in 39 2 5 ser. Most of Van Breukelen*s candidates
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    62 14 Pictures by THE Technical College Stripes) and University of Malaya rugby teams pictured before their encounter on the Selangor Padang, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. The Techs won by 10 points to three. THERE'S plenty of action here in this line-out when the Malayan University met the Technical College on Wednesday.
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    INDONS LEAVE
    23 14 The Indonesian Hockey Federation tourists, who lost three of the four games in Singapore, leave this afternoon by air for Indonesia
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    FRANK TYSON IS 'MAN OF IRON' LIKE CHURCHILL
    266 14 FRANK TYSON IS 'MAN OF IRON' LIKE CHURCHILL MELBOURNE, Dec. 23. (Reuter) F.r an k Tyson England's Test hero, is not Lindwall. according to Neil Harvey. Australia's batsman, quoted here today. Harvcv weathered England's pace attack and was 02 not out in Autralia's second innings. The Melbourne newspaper. The Herald,
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    CEYLON UNIVERSITY EDGE MALAYA BUT DON'T IMPRESS
    585 14 Visiting Skipper Hurt Rushed To Hospital Ceylon University 6. Malayan University 0. Penally goal, a try, KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— University of Ceylon, making their first appearance on a Maiayan sports field, were not very impressive when they beat their Malayan counterparts by six
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    CHINESE RECS OPEN THEIR MEET TODAY
    215 14 IPOH, Thurs— Mr. Sim Bok Choon. President of the Perak Chinese Club will lead a contingent of 35 men and women hockey players and five billiard players to take part in tho inter-Chinese Recreation Club meet during the Christmas holidays, starting tomorrow. Those selected
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    SAAA 'INQUIRY' ON COACH
    333 14  -  Verity Gill Suspension Call For Alleged Misconduct At MA A A Meet THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association has called for an inquiry into allegations by their Disciplinary Board of misconduct by the Colony and British AAA coach, Sydney Coleman, during the Malayan AAA championships at Kuala
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    A RAW DEAL, SAYS COLEMAN
    297 14 CSMI Sydney Coleman, nhvdr.i ed to Nee Soon Garrison intrrv J.Jf Wr tor «U« tjmum wa, „eln g givf a He admitted that he had receued La, association calling on him to attend thi i Mro was prepare* to face the 'charges rn^V^^ He Mid
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    SIMPSON IS ILL WITH FLU
    55 14 SYDNEY, Dec. 2:*. (Renter) R. Simpson the MCC batsman, was admitted to a private hospital here yesterday for observation. Simpson, who was not engaged in the Second Test which ended yesterday, has been running a temperature for the last two days, and it is thought
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    Aussies For 3rd Test
    164 14 2 MELBOURNE, Dec. 23 J J (Reuter) Australia's 4 team for the third Test 2 C against England be- ginning at Melbourne on J J December 31, will be J from: I. Johnson (Captain), C 1> A. Morris (Vice-Cap- J J tain), R. Archer, R. 2
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    73 14 lU l\ ■>•■■ \p-r,raß athletes bermuninc mi^l sionv ((insider th<- uv <fl Selwya Raptiste H Selwya will hue to ,M another 1.00(1 \..,rs tn pbl MMM .mam Trinidad's Southern W>B tcur I nnib.ill \sMirtataiil 1 000 ycir suspension >l lieved. with rcwn :afl longest in sorter h-Mon-fl because Baptist?
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      128 14 BOXING DAY S'PORE PROMOTIONS PRESI NTS HAPPY WORLIH THE FIGHT OF THE YEAR I mjk n**J\ iords 1 SOMDEZ I -SUPPORTING BOUTS- THEP VITHOOL vs. DON RAZALI BANGKOK 10 *<-■ S PORI 118 Ib* iaWAL I BILLY DOWNISR vs. FGT. JAM*" U K. 8 Rdi. p0 I m 126 ,b$
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