Singapore Standard, 28 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2606
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    Masthead
    17 1 Singapore Standard ghjgh ghjgh N No. 177. sinc;apore, Tuesday, December 28, 193 1 12 PAGES I~> CENTS,
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  • Article
    5,000 Waited 4 Hours To Greet Nehru, U Nu
    239 1 5,000 Waited 4 Hours To Greet Nehru, U Nu MORE than 5,000 people stood for four Hours under rain and hot sun at Singapore's Kallang Airport yesterday to welcome two Asian Prime Ministers Pandit Nehru of India and U Nu of Burma. all that those ardent admirers got perhaps ited
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    Premiers To Discuss Asian Colonies
    157 1 HIE future of the colonies and "foreign pockets" m will be one of the problems that will engage the rntion of the Prime Ministers of the Colombo Powers' i-onferencc that opens m Bogor, Indonesia, today, the mese Prime Minister, U Nu, told the Press yesterday
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    Military Security A Must, Too —Ali
    230 1 Military Security A Must, Too Ali Pi tine Minister of tan, Mr. Mohamcd aid m Singapore day he tlid not beve that economic imment alone was ient to prevent Comaggrcssion m ia AH told The Standard :onomic aid must be i with military sjcu- nd aggression. expressing his on th«^
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    $4 MIL. LOST IN FIRE
    1545 1 Flames Engulf Ship In Port Since Christmas Day Thousands Line The Waterfront To See Blazing Freighter Standard Staff Reporter CARGO estimated at more than $4,000,000 is completely destroyed m the Danish vessel Lexa Maersk which has been a mass of flame and smoke since 4.15
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    Anchor May Keep Her Up
    32 1 photo. THE stern of the burning vessel, Lexa Maersk, lists to port, but the anchor of the stern is believed to be keeping her from capsizing. Standard
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    Synthetic A Real Threat — Sir John
    118 1 Synthetic A Real Threat Sir John THE Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala, arrived m Singapore last night from Manila for a overnight stay en route to the Colombo Powers conference. Commenting on his American tour, Sir John said he was sure the United States would realise the grave
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    Badminton Coach dies In Crash
    109 1 Badminton Coach dies In Crash MR. KENNETH R. Davidson. American badminton coach, who visited Malaya recently, was one of the 28 passengers and crew, who were killed m the BOAC plane crash at Prestwick. Scotland, on Christmas Day. A former English and Scottish badminton champion. Mr. Davidson <54) was returning
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    MOTHER KILLS 18-MTH. BABY
    53 1 DECATUR. Georgia. Dec. 27 (AP) A 24-year-old mother on Sunday, killed her 18--month old son by stabbing him 136 times with an icepick and then tried to kill herself, Police Lieutenant Hoke said. The mother, Mrs. Fred Degalleford, .Jr., was taken to a hospital and placed
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    Haji Sulong Still Alive — Rahman
    61 1 Haji Sulong Still Alive Rahman PENANG. Mon. The Malay Nationalist, leader. Haji Sulong, is still alive, the president of the United Malays National Organization. Tungku Abdul Rahman, said here today. Tungku Abdul Rahman said he came to this conclusion after making certain investigations m Singora, Thailand. It was earlier reported
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    Record In Jap Suicides
    58 1 ATAMI. Japan, Dec. 27 (AP). This hot spring resort area, Japan's favourite suicide spot for hundreds of years, established an all-time record m 1954. Atami is 50 miles southwest of Tokyo. Police said 145 leaped to their deaths here this year, but they credit their 77-man
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    ROBBERS TAKE $3,771 IN FARES
    127 1 PENANG, Mon.— Three Mtme* robbers broke into the office of the Lim Seng Bus Co., m Prangin Road at 2.30 a.m. today and got away with 53,771 which was locked m an iron box. The money was the collection from the bus fares of the
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    PeaceAnd Goodwill In Jungle
    98 1 PeaceAnd Goodwill In Jungle KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Kuala Lumpur Police, who put out extra patrols and increased their vigilance over the Christmas season, reported today that nothing marred the gayest, brightest Christmas m the Federal Capital for ten years. There was a brief lull m the jungle war. too. with
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    Killed By Microphone
    49 1 .lOHORE BAHRU. Mod. Mohd. Yacob, said to be an employee m a stall at the fun fair here, was elertrocuted on the night of Christmas Eve. He was stated to bo handling n microphone when he suddenly fell to the ground. He died on the spot.
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    STUDENTS GIVE AID
    45 1 MORE than 500 S.riqunorc Chinese High School students toured the lieylang Serai a.ea. and distributed food, clothing and money to flood victims on Sunday. They visited every hou.se and after conducting a survey promised to report to the local Flood Relief Committee.
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    A SON FOR EVEREST HERO
    36 1 AUCKLAND. New Zealand Dec. 27 ißeuter) Lady Hillary, wile of Everest's conqueror. Sir Edmund Hillary gave birth to a son here on Boxing Day. The baby and hi.-, mother are welL
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    426 Squatters' Huts Gutted
    43 1 TAIPEI. Dec, 27. <AFP>Tatao News Agency reported that on Dec. 1 a big fire razed to the ground 42G wooden houses m Swatow'.s squatter colony rendering more than 2.000 people homeless. Several persons were also reported killed and injured.
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    8 YOUTHS HURT BY FIRE CRACKERS
    191 1 EIGHT Chinese youth.s. whose ages range from eight to 23. were injured when a fire cracker exploded m Syed Alwi Road. Singapore, on Boxing Night and sent stones flying m all directions. Earlier m the day. a Malay youth was drowned m the sea
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    STRIKE THREAT BY 10,000
    299 2 City Labourers Want Retrenched Workers Back SINGAPORE City Council faces serious labour unrest among its 1 0,000 strong labour force that may paralyse it completely. Majority of its labourers are threatening to stage a general strike— second one m six months if the Council refuses to
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    Federation Of Firms Is Urged
    121 2 IPOH. Mon— A five-hour I meeting of delegates of the 1 Malayan Federation Clerical and Administrative Staff Unions from Perak. Penang I and Selansor yesterday de- 1 eided to a^k commercial firms to form a confederation of I employers' association so that employees might be
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    'Essential Part To Play'-Koh
    129 2 'Essential Part To Play'-Koh KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Interpreters have an essential part \u play m the function of i multi-racial. multi-l lingual country like Malaya. the fifth annual delegates conference of the Federation Interpreters' Union was to.*.i today The president of the Union, Mr. Koh Pooi Kco. who sakl this
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    ExtortionOf $10 Alleged
    62 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Lim Ah Poh <23>. today claimed trial before the First Magistrate to a charge of extorting $10 from a compatriot. Lim was alleged to have put Ho Koon Peng m fear of assault by gangsters if he did not give him the money. Inche
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    Singapore Wedding
    30 2 photo. MR. AND MRS David Wong: Seek Kirn cut the weddine marHaee^THdr IS a L- Raffles follows ih?f P marriage on Friday at the Si nffapore Registry Standard
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    Rates Of Pay For Royal Malayan Navy Men
    375 2 Rates Of Pay For Royal Malayan Navy Men RATES of pay and allowances for men serving m the Royal Malayan Navy have been gazetted by the Singapore Government. A married cadet starts on all-in salary of $328. An unmarried cadet on the other hand will receive $228. There are good
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    Nehru Lunches With MacD
    49 2 photo. THE Prime Minister of India. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru (left), chats with the Commissioner-General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. at Kalians Airport yesterday Mr. Nehru had lunch at the Airport restaurant during: his brief stop-over on his way to Jakarta for the Colombo Powers conference.- Standard
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    44 2 photo. V NT (left). Prime Minister of Burma, beinc greeted by Mr. Aw Cheng Chye. managing director of Haw Par Bros. Ltd.. at Kallang Airport yesterday. The Prime Minister was on his way to Jakarta for the Colombo Powers conference which opens today. Standard
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    Welfare State Is Labour Front Aim
    259 2 Rally Told Of 4-Yr Plan THE Singapore Labour Front is a political organization which is pledged to establish a democratic Welfare State m S*ngapore, m which the wealth of the country is so utilised that the masses enjoy the full fruits of their labour
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    Mary Mount Convent Show
    42 2 CHILDREN' and members of the stair oi the Mary Mount Convent. Singapore, staged a 60-minute variety concert on Sunday evening which culminated with the arrival of Santa Claus. who distributed sifts to all priests, nuns and children present.
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    Magistrate Remands Six Men
    79 2 KUALA LUMPUR Mon Six men were today put on remand by the First Magistrate after a charge of attempted gang robbery had been explained to then The .v:x were alleged to have commit ted the offence at the Renong Tin Dreduini? Company at Pahang Roud here
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    Allegation Against SC
    94 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A Special Constabulary Serint, Othman bin Ri, ja Shah. today, claimed trial before Mr ICC. Risby. m th e So-ion^ Court, to attempting f o extort inonrv from a Sik;i by t ri£ a firearm. The ■ergmnt was ta-.d to have threatened to shoot
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    1,000Guests AtReception
    75 2 KUALA LUMPUR Mob. Nearly 1,000 guesta tttended a huge reception here today -to celebrate the marriage 01 Dr. Vincent Liew Fu San o! X i i Lumpur to Dr. (Miss) Gene Ng Soo Ki;c:i. Dr. Liew. who the eldest <on of Madam Liew All V In private practice
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    ASK FOR A 'DISC' AND HELP THE POOR
    36 2 ASK FOR A 'DISC' AND HELP THE POOR ar<l »<>« thre, j lbur <!i' SI. I^l, t i m i m Th Riri >^ drod Ihe UK ernmen! i r i partm^nt r the sub M ran hu:.
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    Talks To End Bus Strike
    18 2 I morrow nnri m A A end 1 '"ban icade" I thL« free
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    33rd YEAR
    14 2 THE H V p:» m Ea>t O pore, on Sunday i r
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      62 2 Weather Report Minimum Trmprriturf J-i 7.'!0 p m l»«< !>••< v,,,, r i rmt 711 Kol.i llli.iru K»i l.umpur *<'l Ip Kuantan ItiSl Maximum limpmtur* T 10 pm. l>« i i" lU'* K*Mr« I f is; I KoU Uluru «I. U» l.unipur I l|Hih Ku.uit.in I I R.iint.ill Mncaporf I
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    WATER BOILED ON RED HOT DECK
    840 3 Bosun Blown Off His Feet— All Lose Personal Effects THE fire that swept the Lexa Maersk on Christmas day spread so fast that the entire ship's complement of 45 officers and men escaped only with the shirts on their backs. The ill-fated ship arrived
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    A EUROPEAN WARDROBE
    654 4 JT'S time to make reservations for that holiday m Europe.. Advance reports gathered by Jane Kilbourne. fashion adviser for Pan American World Airways, indicate that more women than ever fly to Europe during "thrift season" (between October and April) for a trip. And. once again, the big
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    QUICK TIPS
    158 4  -  HELEN HUGH Massage will delay the first signs of age if you learn the correct movements careless massage can do great harm. Learn to give your face an UPWARD lift with every cream you apply and NEVER change the direction of the movements. For the eyes, use a
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    Start The New Year Right
    580 4  - Start The New Year Right GERREE READ By I DON'T KNOW why it is that we think resolutions made m January are better than those made m June, but this seems to be the case. It could be that with the start of a new year we foci we are
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    Woman Of The Year
    295 4  -  Murjorie P roops Bu 'pHE Queen Mother is the uany Mirror's" Woman of the Year. And I believe that nearly every woman m Britain will agree with the choice. Wherever I go, whoever I meet— at a mention of the Queen Mother there are the eager
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    113 4 (Above) Two dark lines running down the length, gracefully follow the line of the wearer, and a bewitching 1 effect is obtained by the top of the bodice that can be closed and opened by shell like buttons according to the mood of the mer-maid who wears it. (Left) This
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    An Only Child
    563 4  -  C.B. ACWORTH By jH *p iE onl V child is far too common a sight m the West; m the countries of the East it II is less common, but ov( q ffi there the problem of the j|j only child does exist. ffl There II the
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    No Drinks
    95 4  -  MARY BROWN MY sister and 1 hare MM invited to a very grand party. 1 know there Wi all sorts of drinks; but I don't like alcohol a)id if xcays upsets inc. Would 1 impolite lo r 1 Or thould I drink and snjjer 4 (C.A ■pjONT be
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      394 4 The Stars I And You) By Ui7o Del Mar 5 nPOe>A v( s QUOTATION: "l.\cr.\tliliiK thai thoM rf|>ro\f«t m anothrr. tiiou 2 must laniully avoid m th>«.flf.'*— t itrrn. TttSUAY lou i:\niv. ()M: Theie is a tendency to C^ delays, obstruction and 'tistension wh.,:i should be avoided, ami Inspiration this
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      16 4 Now here's a floor covering that requires very little care. (By Courtesy of Christian Science Monitor.)
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    Toy Fund Gifts Reach Thousands On Xmas Day
    131 5 Toy Fund Gifts Reach Thousands On Xmas Day Six-year-old Hai Yam Sam, the youngest of the 83 boys m Perak House, receivi present from Santa Clans when he visited the home on X'ma s day. At Middleton Hospital the nurses were so proud of the toys given hy readers of
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      Tomorrow's Leaders
      435 6 IMPORTANT part of the struggle that is going on today between the democracies and the Communists is at student level the teenage boys and girls of upper schools and students of universities. The Communists are well aware that the adolescent mind provides the most fertile ground for planting
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      Mental Health
      473 6 ACCORDING to a recent world survey made by welfare experts, m the nine years that have passed since the end of the last war there has been a steady increase m the number of persons found to be afflicted with mental diseases. The experts are of the opinion
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    MAN OF THE YEAR
    633 6  -  SHERRY BOWEN x NEW YORK, W/HEN Pierre Mendes- France became Premier of France last June 18 he seemed just another m a long line of rapidly changing French Premiers. When he said he would quit if there was no Indo-China peace by July 20, it was
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    £20,000 TAPESTRY
    160 6 r rilE public controversy which arose over the portrait he painted of Sir Winston Chruchill is reported to have made the British artist, Mr. graham Sutherland a i!- !f« re J lcent about' the ?i Shty fOO V by forty, foot tapestry he has ♦iff 1 6 han
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    Review of views
    400 6 Review of views Autopsy On Bedok PERFORMING an autopsy on the damage and havoc at Bedok caused by the recent floods, Utusan Melayu laments the Singapore Government's decision not to pay compensation! to the Chinese squatters who are victims of the disaster. '•Docs the Government think by adopting the policy
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    The Fabulous Land
    574 6  -  PHILIP DEANE I, Bu=r DELHI. JNDIA is still a setting fit for an adventure story. Everyday, somewhere on t"is huge subcontinent, fabulous maharajahs shoot royal tigers, fakirs perform ats f -if-moVtifica-tIon» romantic if cruel bandits fight pitched battles with regiments f f p"™™™ Md of India being
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      A View On Polygamy
      637 6 bir. i give below my Views on the Islamic institution of polygamy a -subject which is mostly misunderstood and discussed m the Press quite often. *i A m t S J not be forgotten uiat Islam recommends monogamy and permits Polygamy only when it not only
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    France Goes Into A Huddle And The WorldWaits
    270 7 France Goes Into A Huddle And The WorldWaits PARIS, Dec 27, (AP)— Starting today, the French Rational Assembly may take another all-night session— flI e ven two— to make up its mind about rearming the iVesj Germans. Many millions around the world anxiously await the outcome and its impact on
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    Xmas Briefs From Here And There
    179 7 [LA, I> 27, (APV— brate Christmas i a dance every after church for r ;i banana plant t vegetables for i I) iting the tree with g carols nnd paying for the pnv.lcgc? ng cracki r are some of the c- mixture of Wrstrrn
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    One Child A Year For 26 Years
    39 7 LEDGERS, North Bay I da) Dec. 21. (UP) Airs. Cyr has given birth to hild m Uti years of i life. I mature five-pound. daughter was r christened Noclla ich for Christinas.
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    Six Killed, 7 Injured In Riot
    75 7 Six Killed, 7 Injured In Riot SURAT. Bombay State. Dec. 27 (Routpr*.— Six people were killed and seven m Jured, two of them seriously when police opened fire yesterday to disperse a violent crowd which raided a landowner's house m Valod, a village 40 miles from here. Seven others were
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    "Ice Cream King" Dead
    60 7 LONDON', Dec. 27. (Reuter) The man who was known as the "Ice cream kins of London." Mr. Rallnclc Marcantonio, has died at hs home m Herne Hill, here at the age of 7:5. The "ice cream kin?;'* started with a barrow 55 years-ago and built up
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    A Blinding Flash
    24 7 PARTS o/ the wrecked bomber outside the children's home (above) and und c r a window of the home (below) Mirrorpic
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    A Bomber Exploded & The Children Didn't Know It
    157 7 A Bomber Exploded The Children Didn't Know It TWENTY-SIX children had just gone to sleep m a council home last week. Nurses were busy putting up Christmas decorations. Suddenly there was a blinding flash as a Canberra jet bomber blew up m the air immediately over the home. Bits of
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    Conference Is All About A Conference
    175 7 BOGOR, Indonesia, Dec. 27, (Reuter)— The stage is set m this beautiful little hillside resort 40 miles south of Jakarta for the conference starting on Tuesday of the prime ministers of Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma. The prime ministers, meetins lor the .second
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    HIS LAST FLIGHT
    31 7 SAIXT REMY DE PROVENCE, De-. 27, (Reuter) Bcrtand Dauvin. 20. glider pilot died yesterday when his glider crashed into a hilltop near here during a world record bid.
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    Threatening Avalanches
    77 7 VIENNA. Dec. 27 <AP) "White Death" avalanches again threatened Austria's mountain regions yesterday as the country's weather bureaus issued new avalanche warnings. Rising temperatures after the heavy snow m recent days have increased the danger of the deadly snow slides. This season's avalanche death toll rose to three
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    Rita Gets Daughters
    71 7 WHITE PLAINS, New York. Dec. 27 fUP>— Film star, Rita Hayworth, was given formal custody of her two daughters yesterday by a judge who declared the children were getting "proper care Judge George W. Myth, of the Westchester County Children's Court, made the formal announcement on Christmas
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    A Moscow Xmas Fable For U.S.
    185 7 LONDON, Dec. 27 <AP) Moscow Radio on Christmas Day beamed a special half-hour Christmas story dreamed up for American children. The dramatic feature went like this: A young American girl dreams on Christmas eve she is flying across the Atlantic. She hears the passengers
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    'BRITAIN'S POLICY IMPAIRS PEACE'
    319 7 Chou's Warning On Formosa LONDON, Dec. 27 (UP) Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai has warned that British support of "U. S. aggression" against Formosa "impairs the relations between China and Britain/ the New China News Agency said yesterday. The agency broadcast monitored here quoted Chou as
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    'ROMEO' AMONG THE BEST
    148 7 NEW YORK. Do 27, <Ur > (or)— New York Aim ci yesterday listed two Br. I films "Genevievc" md "Ro and .hi ■«>•" .-infi I JapanC film "(late of Hell" MMRg their Hiok-cs lor the be«-t RIIM of 1954. The New York Daily New. I critics
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    Police Seize Film Of Royal Family
    183 7 Police Seize Film Of Royal Family SANDRINOHAN, Norfolk. Dec. 27, (Reuter) A young .schoolmaster who made a bid to beat the ban on photographing Queen Elizabeth Bfl she walked home from church on Christmas Day had his camera seized and the film conliscated by police, according tv newspaper reports here.
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    Woman In Iron Lung Has Baby
    66 7 LONDON. Dec. 27. (Router) A 25-year-old woman m an iron lung gave birth to a A\ lb. baby boy m a hospital here on Christmas Day. The boy was born nine weeks prematurely to IVirs. Owen Waterman, wife of a 30--year-old journalist Mrs. Waterman,
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    Spellman Lays Cornerstone
    38 7 SEOUL. Dec. 27 (AP).— Francis Cardinal Spellman. on his fourth annual Christmas tour of Korea, yesterday celebrated two masses, shook hands with 2.300 servicemen, made three .speeches and laid the cornerstone of a new Church.
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    Bishop Rid By China
    54 7 HONGKONG. Dec. 27 tAP» An Italian bishop, hU wrists Mil bearing White manacle Kan, arrived In Hongkong by train yesterday after four years' imprisonment m Communist China He was white bearded Bishop Tarcision Martina. 74, originally jailed for life by the Communists but finally expelled "from
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    Black Xmas In The U.S.
    44 7 NEW YORK. Di>. IT, (Router) At Ita t lv» people have lost their liviv .^o lar m Ih<* I'mtorl StatC during 1i I Christmas holiday with Ml Of them killed m <-;ir I dents. Fires rKivr t;ikci» H li
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    Newsreel Censored
    62 7 NICOSIA, Doc. 21. Renter > —The local Film Board has censored newsreel scenes of I last week's anti-British riot.s here. During demonsttations against a decision by the United Nations to shelve an appeal for Enosis (Union of Cyprus and Greece) British troops opened fire on a crowd, wounding
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    ANOTHER JAP IS PUT UP FOR SALE
    223 7 KANSAS CITY. Missouri. Dec. -7 (LIP) A LWycar-n.l Japanese college graduate put himself Up tor bale yesterday, somewhat m the manner <>f a fobta I T'>kyo ll factory worker a little more than a week ago. When Satoshi Horita put hini- j so'.f
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      956 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 linos) (incorporated m Sin*apore> (l fraveV "BW" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE *>^ I arrl«r«» option to pn»rp<'d via other ports to load and diseharse cargo SAILINGS to LI\EKPOOL <iLAS<JO\V. LONDON CONTINKNT. Singapore Dae Sails P. Sham Penang Atmi« for Uverpoo' Gla«sow Dec
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      762 8 WK'^ r^^Mln^'ii^vCmi'lSH ffIHS '■'*>*•■ nnri'T nniVrtfi^i' UNION officials and contractors m the plumbing and pipe fitting crafts of the U.S. and C-.nada hare launched a longrange apprentice-training progra time, aimed at developing a pool of skilled craftsmen able to meet the requirements of the rtmstrudion industry m the atomic age.
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    NATURAL RUBBER IMMUNE TO ATOMIC RADIATION
    362 9 NATURAL RUBBER IMMUNE TO ATOMIC RADIATION Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. Natural rubber is one of the few materials which remain neutral to the effects of atomic radiation and roads of this material are of the first strategic importance. This was disclosed by the President of the Fed tion of
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    NCR Celebrates 70 Yrs. Of Progress
    476 9 NCR Celebrates 70 Yrs. Of Progress BACK m 1334. John H. Patterson m a moment of madness purchased the M 520.000 stock of a Dayton. Ohio, cash register company. Finding out irom local businessmen how shaky it was. he tried to .sell it again. No one would have it. so
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    X'MAS DISTRACTS THE SHARE MART
    562 9 By A Market Correspondent MAKING allowance for the Christmas spirit which can always be relied on to distract operators, the volume of business for the week although reduced, must be regarded as eminently satisfactory. Industrials once again provided more business than any others but mostly
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    Budgrafting Ills Can Be Solved
    129 9 Budgrafting Ills Can Be Solved KUALA LUMPI'R, Mon. A simple agricultural tool devised by Mr. C.S. Huxley, Inspector of Machinery on the East Coast, holds promise as a panacea for budgrafting ills Designed at the request of the State Agriculture Officer. Pahang it comprises a short, rectangular hollow cutter that
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    JAP MISSION
    24 9 TOKYO. Dec. 27: (UP) Japanese engineers will leave Tokyo this week for Burma to study sites for a joint Japanese-Burmese shipbuilding plant.
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    RUBBER, TIN SUBJECT TO FLUCTUATIONS
    218 9 hFMraitct* And Commerce Standard Market Reporter THE week before the Christmas holidays saw both rubber and tin subject to wide fluctuations, rubber largely upwards to the highest levels for two years and tin dropping by 55.87J cents on Wednesday and recovering $7.50 the next. At
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    Outlook Is Good
    88 9 THE business outlook for the rubber industry m 1955 is excellent, says Mr. Harvey S. Firestone Jr.. (hairman of the Firestone Tire Rubber Company. "Business prospects for the tyre dealer* during 1953 are very encouraging because the number of vehicles requiring replacement tyres will be the largest
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    PROSPECTS FOR COPRA EXPORTS
    43 9 WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (UP) The U.S. Department of Agriculture today pronounced "quite good" the 1955 outlook for Indonesian copra exports. In this connection, the Department noted the recent Indonesian arrangements to sell copra and palm oil to Communist China.
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    Business Done In The Week
    256 9 BUSINESS DONE IN SHARES FROM DXC 18 TO 24: INDUSTRIALS':— Fraser Xeave Ords $1.95. Gammons $3-95 to $3 90 Hammers $3.15. Hongkong Bank Colonial $1010 to $1050 Hongkona Bank London £m, Malayan Breweries $3.9ti xd. $4.00 cd. Malayan Cement $1 45 Malayan Collieries 6] cents.
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    SHIPMENTS FROM R.I. MAY STOP
    194 9 KNANG, Mon— TIM I ('deration of Rubber Trade Aftvii iations of Ihr I ederalloa are quite alarmed at the smaller shipments arriving from neighbouring countries, especially from Indonesia. At the annual general meeting of the Association yesterday, the President. Mr. lleah .100 Scang. said it
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    Company Reports
    206 9 XYIR lIITAM TIN |)RI DC iNCt Mi): In hit i'« chairman 'it I int< nd< ,i lo lnSt«l| i PCOnd big rj< dredge it the < providing II it rail a« for nurh dredge will be urauiri under n mtrol tcheme winch m operation.' lIXKKII IVII I I
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    Kallang Handled Heaviest Traffic
    217 9 KALLANG Airport m Singapore handled the heaviest air traffic m Malaya during last year. The number of arrivals and departures of passengers at this Airport totalled over 120,000. It also handled leveral thousand tons of freight and mail. Kuala l.ump\4r Airport had only G3,tt2f> passengers m
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      572 9 Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59) AND In the Matter of the Estate of Koh Toon Hoe deceased. IVOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claim against the estate of the abovenamerl deceased, late of No. 74 Tras Street, Singapore, who died on the
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      91 9 NATURALISATION. is hereby given that 11 Mr. Hoe Chye Kee of No. 343. Paslr Panjang Road. Singapore, 5, is applying to the Governor for Naturalisation and that any person who knows any reason why Naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to
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    PIRUZ IS OUT IN THE COLD
    144 10 \ltl)| II Ml Piruz. the Selanjror Thorn.is Cup player, suspended by <h o gelaßfW BA lor six months obtained no redress from i ho B.idminton Association of Malaya Th« Lira Hwa appeal for justice tor Piruz and a lifting of his suspension wa s
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    Alexandra & Chermin Win
    64 10 Alexandra Chermin Win BUKIT Chermin Football team beat Fire Demons by seven goals to nil at soccer. Sahar L\ Sunny 2, Jurmi. Dabon and All scored lor Chermin. On Sunday. Alexandra Football Team beat Jollilads by six goals to two. Alexandra Football Team will meet Bukit Chermin m the final
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    LEOW IS NEW CUP COACH
    368 10 LEOW IS NEW CUP COACH Chan Remains A Player PENANG, Mon.— Singapore's Leow Kirn Fatt will be the official coach of the team for Malaya s Thomas Cup defence next year. This was decided at the Standing Committee meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya held here today. Leow, a
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    Rico Folds Up In 8th Round: Somdez Too Good
    854 10  - Rico Folds Up In 8th Round: Somdez Too Good PERCY JOSEPH By SOMDEZ Yongtrakit, Orient welterweight champion from Thailand, proved beyond any shadow of doubt that he was more than a match for the lanky Filipino, Ray Rico, whom he knocked out m the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round
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    MacLAREM STOPS S'PORE MALAYS
    189 10 PENANG. Mon A remarkable goal by the Penang centre forward Aziz Ahmad, who. m a sliding dive headed the ball while it was on the ground, enabled a Penang state XI to beat the Singapore Malay s b.v one goal to nil m a soccer match
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    Big Loss To B'ton World
    497 10 MALAYAN badminton officials yestcrdoy mourned thc death of Ken Davidson, thc world fomous badminton professional, who died m a Christmas Day ai r crash. The tragic passing of Davidson, they said was as 'great a loss as >t was a shock to the world of
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    THE FIRST THOMAS CUP TRIAL
    241 10 THE FIRST THOMAS CUP TRIAL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The first of the trials *r o m which Malaya's team for the second defence of the Thomas Cup is to be selected will be held m the Federal Capital on Saturday ond Sunday, Jan. 8 and 9. The dates proposed by
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    ONG IN 3 FINALS AGAIN
    178 10 THE defending champion, On« Poh Lim last night entered his third Colony badminton final when he took victories m the men's singles and mixed doubles semifinals. Previously Ong, with Ismail bin Marjan qualified for the doubles final. This is the fifth, year that Poh Lim
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    JOHORE XI
    59 10 THE team to represent Johore against Malacca m a friendly horkev match to be played at Malacca on Thursday will beJohn Ponniah Mohamcd Kasmawi Freddy Vias B. Fernandez, and Abdul Karim < all from Johor e Bahru). Syed Jaffar. Bahar Karim Adam (all from Muar) Rartan Singh and
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    Compton In Form: Hits 55
    166 11 NEWCASTLE. New South Wales, Dec. 27: (Router) Denis Compton making his first appearance since breaking a finger m the first Test showed fine form m scoring 55 not out for MCC against the New South Wales Country XI today. Revelling m the chance of getting
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    U.S. HUMBLE AUSSIE 'WONDER KIDS'
    783 11 U.S. HUMBLE AUSSIE 'WONDER KIDS' One More Win For Davis Cup a «ni J f^i i 7 V S eixas and Tony Tr abert sent the United States into LI L? IV™? er Aust lia 1 fe the Davis Cup Challenge round today by beating back the Aussie "wonder kids,"
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    Everton Upset Wolves For X'mas Day Victory
    375 11 LONDON, Dec. 25, (UP Reuter)— Everton provided the biggest surprise on the British soccer leagues' Christmas Day programme by upsetting Wolverhampton 3-1 on the latter's ground. Sunderland. taking advantage of the Everton triumph, moved into a first place tie with Wolverhampton m the
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    Results & Positions
    1364 11 Results Positions LOXDOX. Dec. 2.> <Reuter>: UK Soccer results ant- positions are: LEAGIE DIVISION I Arsenal 1. Chelsea 0. Blackpool 2. Portsmouth 2 Bolton 1. Tottenham 2. Burnley 2, Preston 2 Cardiff 3. West Bromwich 2. Charlton Sheffield Wed 0 Manchester City 3. Newcastle' 1 Sheffield Utd. 1. Leicester 1
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      105 11 FRANK LLOYD.... t HOLLYWOOD'S THREE-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BRINGS YOU THE LNCENSORED STORY BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN! J l ruth ROMAN EDMOND O'BRIEN Richard jaeckel A REPUBLIC PICTURE i\ mv \EVV ALHA\IBRA NEXT CHANGE^J I <? topo a lot oj v^a^Bb backache ~Mr Whm faulty kfdney action allows harmfuj^^^^^f to
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      539 11 m *,'***Ji9ls9t4r'ylQt4otl4t* TUITION BEGINNERS' Class Singapore I ne-r Mandarin School 122 12b. Prinsep Street. Singii pore \ew Class for absolute i beginners (Explanations m Ln«Usni comrrencing 4th Jan \9SS Tuesday^ f( Fridays :> :>,o to |7 pm. Class Teacher. Miss SC Huang. B A M A Vac.ilalso m uther 18
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      161 11 mi i_ B y A' Capp The Heart OI Juliet Jones g y Sf on Drofce f FOR THE FIFTY PER weei< AI I YOU kCNOWf .1 OOKT YHE OlOt O\D HE— I >OUR PAOULOUSLV RICH PATHER IS i l»#y I RAY YOU, YOU'CE NOT I HAVE TO STAY HEPS.
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    Penang 'Weights': Third Day's Races
    291 12 PENANG, Mon.— The following: are the weights or third day Penang X'mas-Xew Year Meeting. CL 2, Div l— a f. Kobbie Hums 9.0n Robin Hood S.I! Ginseng 8.12 Jesselton S.ll Canterbury S.lO hliss Fire SOP Chanticleer 5.07 Carpenter s.o? Ore SJM l.n.jovment II 9M Shamrock
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    IN BRIEF
    86 12 Tpoh: Cheng Wah maintained their unbeaten record when they beat a University cv Malaya XV by eight points *to nil on the Town paaang. A- hockey however, the University managed a victory over tne Sturrock Club by five goals to one. Scrcmhan Worth Malayan I Sikhs boat South
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    RUBBER EXPORTER WINS P And O CUP
    2154 12 big upset By Lagopus By WINDSOR LAD PEXANG, Mon.— Rubber Exporter, brilliantly handled by Athol Mulley, caught up m the last stride to nose out Determination (Bougoure) and win the P. and O. Cup over six furlongs today, second day of the Penang
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