Singapore Standard, 30 December 1954

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    20 1 Singapore Standard v/n.,v./,nb/v./v. #R tt vH 1. Vol. V. No. 179. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 195 \l r\I,KS 15 CENTS.
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    9 Reds Give Up In Pahang
    256 1 9 Reds Give Up In Pahang Kl ALA LUMPUR, Wed. English-educated of the Communist organization, gave up yesterday, with ui his followers. District Committee i Ah Choon. alias Lee alias Osman China, nine terrorists sur(l to a Malay padi r at Ulu Atok in Kuala L Pahang. Two ot them.
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    Crash Kills Ace Jet Pilot
    33 1 PIN'OLA, Mississippi, Dec. UP)— Col. C. Y. Wilson. whose Air Force jet wing a historic non-stop to England, crashed to ath during a rainstorm night, it was reported.
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    Close-up Of The Battle
    58 1 Standard photo by CLOSE-UP of the battle between 60 firemen and three tugs, and a blazing freighter: Note man in te on top of tug's mast training a hose into the thick, black smoke. This picture was taken at 4 nrr vesterdav off Taniong Rhu where
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    BLAZING SHIP DEFIES FIREMEN
    260 1 SIXTY firemen fought the blaze on the freighter Lexo Maersk for eight hours yesterday without success, and by late evening the vessel was still burning. The Lexa Maersk has been on fire since Christmas Day. The men attacked the fire at 8.30 a.m. from three .i
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    Village Drops $2 Mil. Claim
    221 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A threatened $2,000,000 damage claim against the Selangor Government by the villagers of Ulu Tiram Burok in Kuala Selangor was 1 withdrawn today. The villagers were claiming for losses in livestock and property sustained when they were forcibly resettled in Pandamaram New
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    Ship Towed Back With Leaky Hold
    97 1 CALCUTTA. Dec. 29 (Reu- ter) The 5.279-ton Japanese cargo ship Kyuko Maru which left port here on Sunday night was towed back to port yesterday afternoon due to a leak in one of her holds. The crew detected the leak in No. 1 hold
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    6 Tremors In A Row
    59 1 MESSINA. Sicily. Dec. 29, (Reuter)— Most of the 3.500 inhabitants of Salina Island, about 50 miles north-west of Messina, were prepared to spend the night in caves and tents after six new strong tremors shook the island last night. No casualties have been reported but
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    VIETNAM AID
    32 1 TOKYO. Dec. 29, (AP) Red China will provide equipment and technical assistance to build or rebuild rail, air, road and wire communications with Communist North Vietnam, Peiping Radio said today.
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    Public Airing For Railmen
    63 1 LONDON. Dec. 29 Reuter) A Government court of inquiry decided at a preliminary meeting today to meet here in public tomorrow to examine a pay claim by Britain's 400.000 railway workers who have threate:. dtl strike on Jan. 9. The increased pay if granted would cost
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    RUBBER Touches 97c.
    61 1 RUBBER Touches 97c. SPECULATIVE activity again featured the rubber market in Singapore yesterday when first grade January shipment rubber closed at 96; cents per lb. after touching 97 cents at one stage of the trading. Yesterday's closing price was 2i cent above that on Tuesday. The market was erratic most
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    POLICE NAB WOUNDED SGT.
    35 1 PENANG, Wed. Stanley Scully, a Sergeant in the Federation Army was detained by Police early this morning while receiving treatment in the General Hospital for a gunshot wound in his leg.
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    3 KILLED IN TOKYO FIRE
    35 1 TOKYO, Dec. 29. (AFP) Three persons were killed when another fire razed 40 refugee shanties in the congested downtown area here today. Cause of the fire is not known yet.
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    John Wayne Is Named Top Box Office Star
    106 1 HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 29 (AP) John Wayne yesterday was named the movies top box office star in the motion picture Herald Annual Poll of Exhibitors. The Trade Magazine's top ten list, mor coveted in Hollywood at option time than an Academy award, included
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    Firm's $26,800 Payroll Vanishes
    291 1  -  BOB PERIES Colony Hunt For Missing Cashier By Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 50 employees of Rotterdom Trading Company in Singapore went home without their salaries yesterday, because a $26,800 payroll, which was drawn from the bank at 10 a.m. was not delivered to the firm.
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    Prison Riot Is Quelled
    60 1 ANGERS. France. Dec. 29. UP)— More than 150 convicts at nearby Fontevrault prison rioted yesterday and held 10 guards captive for some time before surrendering to the authorities, it was reported today. The prisoners succeeded in breaking out of their cell block into a prison courtyard,
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    THE BIG DEBATE STARTS
    106 1 PARIS. Dec. 29. I Reuter) The critical last stage of the French Assembly debate on German rearmament started promptly today at 1500 hours GMT. with It Andre Le Trocquer in the chair. Extreme Nationalist General Adolph Aumeran opened the debate by repeating familiar arguments against German
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    28 Perish In Typhoon
    73 1 MANILA. Dec. 29. <UP> The Christmas Eve typhoon which rampaged across the Southern Philippine Islands killed 28 persons and caused some $1,500,000 in property damage, according to press reports today. Six persons were reported missing and 70 were reported injured Seven provinces, Leyta Samer. Capaz, Wegros.
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    Two Movies For Rita
    47 1 RENO, Nevada. Dec. 29 tAP) Rita Hayworth has reached an agreement with Columbia Pictures Corporation that will send her back to Hollywood to make two movies. The announcement sad Miss Hayworth would start filming in March "Joseph and His Brethren," a biblical story.
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    RED CHINA TO SIT AT AFRO-ASIA MEETING?
    126 1 RED CHINA TO SIT AT AFRO-ASIA MEETING? BOGOR. Jakarta. Dec. 29. (Reuter —Communist China will be invited to attend the conference of Afiican. Arab and Asian pourunes in Indonesia next April, the Colombo Powei s meeting "here* today de* cided, according to an unofficial Conference source. A high offlclal of
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    109 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose M^ 96; No 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. Dec f)6; H7l No. I mu No. 3 J)4 94 i Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The prices of tin yesterday was S34oi per picul. (Down
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    $150,000 Extortion Bid Foiled
    173 2 TELOK ANSON. Wed An attempt to extort $*****0 from a well-known Chinese contractor here was foiled yesterday whe i three extortioners walked into a police trap, last night The three men. Weng Hang Chye. 31. Wong long Seng. i.7. and Chai Kecw Seong _8 who were
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    SIGNALMAN ATTACKED A COLONEL
    495 2 He Was Allergic To Army Discipline Defence Plea KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A British soldier under military detention attacked a highranking member of an Army Parole Board reviewing his case as soon as he heard its verdict, a General Court Martial was told here today. The soldier.
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    Woman On $2,000 Bail
    67 2 THE case of Lim Lian Hing. a 52-year-old woman, who claimed trial in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court to a charge of attempting to sell Chew Ah Hock, a 23-year-old girl, was postponed by the District Judge. Mr. H. A. Forrer. yesterday. The hearing will
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    Prayer Before Debates
    110 2 PENANG. Wed —The deliberations of Settlement Council meetings will in future, be preceded by a prayer. lhe prayer which wil: be recited reads: "Almighty God. we beseech Thee to bestow Thy abundant favours upon Thy servants, whom Thou hast been pleased to call to the performance of
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    Sex Maniac At Large
    65 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Several residents of Kampong Pandan Settlement, heie. complain that in the past fewdays a middle-aged Chinese has been harassing young girls in the area by making indecent gestures and immoral suggestions While the residents plan to send a delegation to the Police. the
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    HK EXCHANGE
    40 2 HONGKONG Dec 29: Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange todav were: 915.63 to £1 sterling; $5 9075 to US$l: $1 83.*. to Malayan Sl: $0 175 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $257.00 to a tael
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    'PLANTER' ANSWERS A RIDDLE
    160 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. British subjects who become Federal citizens will continue to enjoy full rights and privileges as citizens o| the U.K. and Colonics and would not lose that status should the Federation become a foreign" country. British planters, were told todav. The "Planter," official organ
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    Just in Time For Xmas
    184 2 THE recent dock strike in Brisbane and the mor_ recent Singapore floods delayed a reunion between an aged Australian couple and their son. Sergeant Paul Solly of the Australian Observer Union in Penang by a month and 20 days Mr. and Mrs. Solly left Sydney
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    A Happy Reunion
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    New Duty Hits Penang Goldsmiths
    99 2 New Duty Hits Penang Goldsmiths PEN ANG. Wed Mr. Lee Woon Mun told thc Settlement Council today that goldsmiths in the inland were seriously atTccted by the new Customs Imoort Duty. He said the duty was .ieopard.sing one of the Settlement's major trades and asked for something to be done,
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    No Tin Soldiers For W. Germany
    49 2 M NEURNBERG. Germany. Dec. 29 (UP) West Germany's tjymakers say they missed out on a lot of preChristmas bu: 1 ss be. :e they were unable to turn out tin soldiers with authentic West German uniforms, which are still to be decided on.
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    BOMBARD'S FILM
    41 2 DR. ALAIN Bombard, who crossed the Atlantic in a small open boat to demonstrate that man could live oil the sea. gave a showing in Paris on Tuesday of the film he took during his lone 60-day voyage. A.F.P.
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    RIDA Plans World Market For Malay Crafts
    222 2 RIDA Plans World Market For Malay Crafts KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Rural and Industrial Development Authority is to make a big bid in the New Year to organise the production and marketing of Malay handicrafts on a global scale, The Standard learnt today. This follows RIDA's participation in the British
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    MALAYS RUSH FOR THE NEW CLASSES
    174 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— Malays in the Federation are so enthusiastic about the "national tvpe" classes envisaged in the new Education Ordinance fchat in some areas the demand mav well exceed the quoti for 1955. i This is the opinion of the Federation's Deputy Director
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    Daughter Came Just In Time
    93 2 Daughter Came Just In Time IPOH. Wed Mrs Ma.inah Lassim. wife of Dr Cassim a well-known private medical practitioner, died at midnight last night after a period of illness She was 52 at the time of her death She leaves her husband nnd six children five sons and one daughter
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      31 2 I ACKNOWLEDGMENT TXR. and Mrs. Liew Fu San *J thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes and valuable presents on th P occasion of their marriage on December 27.
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    COURT IS TOLD OF OPIUM IN CAR BOOT
    126 3 JO men Vew Seong Kwee Hal Bee, were in a Singapore Dls- terday with 219 lb of raw I n May 20 in Pasir j r Custom?; Officer, J. Hale, told the court on the night in question with a party of
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    Constable Faints In Witness Box
    96 3 Constable Faints In Witness Box I NGAPORE Marine r table. Ambon bin I fainted in tho witness I Sixth Police Court lay whilo being crossi I by lefence cou: S K. Reddie. v. a giving ovirloneo against a lighterChii K who I ii berthing his ":i bank of ore River
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    Robbers Take $1,500 toot
    55 3 O Chinese, one armed a knife, entered a house ailiney Road. Singapore, yesterday morning and a 49-year-old woman. i Kim Toi. of cash and ry worth $1,500. awakened When two robbers broke Into house. While one of the t n threatened her with a the other
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    Woman Is Given Bail
    71 3 _LA LUMPUR, Wed.— San Papasar Nora ini a Siamese woman braced Islam to marry I soldier, today plead- y be love the First trate to a charge of 1 'breaking and theft. k admitted she broke the hi iusc of Osman bin Sa'ad to steal his
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    New Press Attache
    70 3 MR. KK. KAUL. wko has been appointed Government of India Press Officer for MalKya in Singaport in place of Mr. P.K. Guha. who has beea posted to Peking as Press Attache. 311*. Kaui was a leading journalist in India attached to the Times of India. Hindustan Tim
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    Cash, Rice For flood Victims
    130 3 Cash, Rice For flood Victims TIIE Singapore Social Wel- lare Department will today distribute cash and rice to i market gardeners, poultry farmers and pig rearers in the Geylang Serai and Kampong Tai Seng areas who have been found to be in need as a result of the recent floods.
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    Collect Cartridge Empties, Says Court
    172 3 PENANG, Wed.— A remark that cartridges should < (ounted when thev so out and all empties collected, was made bv the Sessions Court President, Mr J. G. Adams, alter he had heard evidence that two tins oi s.ent bullets had been found in the compound
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    Council Tributes To Dato Kadir
    99 3 HORE BAHRU. Wed hope that Dato Syed AbKadir, who attended the I!o incil meeting for the y< terday, would to Council as its Spi ker, was expressed Haji Noah bin Omar, on ol the l (let ted members Council. Haji Noah a^o thanked Kamr for
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    Elske Gets Her Man
    124 3 ELBKI WOLTERS, Singapore's Girl of the Year in 1950, has got her man. She walked into The Standard office yesterday towing Arthur Kyle-Little. a Oft. '!in. Australian, and announced her engagement. "I found him three months ago." she said proudly. Mr. Kyle-Little, who is the assistant
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    Provident Fund Deadline Feb. 4
    239 3 Forms WHI Go Oui Soon THOUSANDS of employers in Singapoie will have to register themselves with the Central Provident Fund Board by Feb. 4. next year. Failure lo do so will render them to be liable to a fine of $1,000. The Board will shortly
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    'Couldn't Remember Conviction'
    114 3 IPOH. Wed.— Chee Chin Hock, 24. today claimed trial before Magistrate Chs Abdullah Ghazali! to a chaige ot making a false dec iai ation before the Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. Tan Chin Beng on Nov. li. In applying for a post in the Police Force. Choc was
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    She Admits Doing Wrong
    44 3 TELUK ANSON. Wed. A woman. Chan Chan Ying. was produced before the magistrate. Mr. D.C.I. Wcrnham. in thc Magistrate's Court here with buying illegal 1000 character lottery tickets. Chan, who pleaded guilty, was lined $400. in default six months' imprisonment.
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    SALESMAN FINED $2,000
    55 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Kuan Yoong Fatt. a Singapore salesman, who was travelling by train to Seremban yesterday, was found trying to evade Customs duty on 1 20 dozen bottles of per- turner.-. In the Sessions Court today, he was fined 52.000. in default 10 months' imprisonj ment.
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    WOMAN HAD OPIUM, FINED
    36 3 A WOMAN. Lee Siew Luan. was fined $1,000. in default ihrec months' jail yesterday by the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. for possessing a cake of raw opium.
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    House Models Show To Open
    41 3 1 IPOH. Wed The Housing Trust, Federation of Ma'aya, will hold an exhibition of the Trust's house models in the Perak Library Cub Road, I looh. from Monday .Tan. J to 1 Saturday, Jan. 8 1955.
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    4 Remanded In Police Custody
    118 3 4 Remanded In Police Custody I J A AFAR bin Awang, Syed Jaafar bin Syed Hu if ain Yahya. Mohamed Yusof 1' bin Mendek and Yusof bin Bakar j were charged in the Singa--1 pore Fourth Police Court yes- terday with housebreaking and theft. It was alleged that the four
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    Promotion Without Exams-Good, Say Teachers
    324 3 Promotion Without ExamsGood, Say Teachers SIXGAPORE teacheri yesterday welcomed the proposal by the Direetor of Education to abolish the annual examinations up to Primary Stand- j ard V In Government schools I next year. Mr. Ko Teck Kin. ch nirrn an of the education Rommittee o/ tiie Chinese Chamber of
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    800 Families In Geylang Protest As Flood belief Aid Is Stopped
    354 3 SOME 800 families in the Geylang Serai area protested yesterday w_.cn they heard cf an order to stop all relief work to flood victims in that area. Told of this. Col. F. \V. Harvey. Chairman of tho Singapore Flood
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    Postal Hours For New Year
    113 3 Postal Hours For New Year BUSINESS a* the General Post Office on New Year's Day will be from Jl a m to r.oon. All other post offices and postal agencies will be open from Mam to 10. 50 a.m except Joo Chiat. Tions: Bahru Towner Koad, Kandang Kerbau and Maxwell
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    Japanese Blamed For His Return
    82 3 Japanese Blamed For His Return IPOH. V/cd.-Hor Weng. 50. toe. ay claimed trial in the Magistrate's Court to returning to Malaya after he had been banished to China in 1925. He told the court that he did not return to this country of his own will but wa*' "grabbed" from
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    Charged With Stealing Floats
    52 3 CHENG KOK WAH. 20. was charged in the Singapore Sixth Police Court with the theft of three sanitation floats on Dec. 17 at the home of Dr. Sinha. in Harlvn Rond. The Magistrate, Mr. R. w. H. Davies. adjourned the case till today. Cheng was re-
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      71 3 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7..J0 p.m. Dee. :»8 to 7.:*,0 a.m. Dec. 19: S'pore (7 IF): Penang (74F): Kota Bharu <<>9F); Kuala I.umpur (7:>F); Ipoh |7:!F»; Kuantan (7 IF). Maximum Temperature: From I 7..10 p.m. to 7.30 a.m. Dee. .9 (Singapore (88F). Penang <87F); Kota lih.iru (StFi: Kuala Lumpur
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    U.K. RAIL WORKERS DEFY GOVT
    250 4 All-Out Stoppage Is Set For Jan. 9 LONDON, Dec. 29 (Reuter) Union leaders of 1,400,000 British rail workers yesterday refused a Government appeal to withdraw their call for a nation-wide pay claim strike on Jan. 9. But the union chiefs, members of the 24-man executive
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    Sir John In Japan
    60 4 I'll U>IU. THE Ceylonese Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala right, on his recent world goodwill tour, shakes hands with Japan's newly-inaugurated Prime Minister Irhiro Ilatoyama at his official residence immediately after arrival from Honolulu The Ceylonese Prime Minister passed through Singapore on Tuesday on his way
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    Time's Man Of The Year – Mr. Dulles
    210 4 Time's Man Of The Year Mr. Dulles NEW YORK. Dec. 2f> (Reuter) Mr. John Foster Dulles the Secretary of State, has heen chosen "Man of the Year" for 1954 by the American news magazine. Time, which described him as playing the year's most ciTective role in decisive areas of international
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    Thankful For Peace
    73 4 LONDON. Dec. 29 (UP) The Archbishop of York. Dr. C. Garbett, said today there can be no secure peace until an understanding is reached with Russia and her satellites. Writing in his New Ycar letter the Archbishop said: "We must be thankful that we have passed through
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    Spellman Sees Gen. Taylor
    41 4 TOKYO, Dec 29: (UF) Francis. Cardinal Spellman, nearing the end of his fourth Christmas visit to the Far East spent the morning today visiting Gen. Maxwell D Taylor, Commander of all U.S. 'ground forces in the theatre.
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    13 WOMEN ARE WORLD'S BEST DRESSED
    140 4 XEW YORK. Doc. 29 <AP> —Queen Frederika of Greece and Hollywood film star Grace Kelly made their joint debut in the list of the world's best dressed women. it was announced today. The year's top honours for distinguished taste in dresspolled annually by the
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    Valerie Weds Tomorrow
    38 4 LONDON. Dec. 29. (AP> Valerie Hobson. film star now taking the lead here in the musical "The King and I." will be married on Friday to John Profumo, parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Transport.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    76 4 _*._.P*~__ ton< ord Lond on Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 29.— The following are the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London Morket. LONDON RUBBER Spot 28^d. February 2*> d March 28_d. April/June 28id. July/September 27 |d. October/ December 27 id. Januar c.i.f. 28Id. Tone Very
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    Doctor, Patient Found Dead
    385 4 Police Say It Was A Suicide Pact ATLANTA. Dec. 29 (AP) The wife of a 40-year-old former US paratroop doctor found her husband dying. and a woman patient dead early yesterday on a bed In the latter's homr-. Preliminary police Investigation pointed to suicide pact stemming
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    Telegraph Attacks Delhi Government
    167 4 The Portuguese In India LONDON, Dec. 29, (Reuter)-The Daily Telegraph today accused India of trying to intimidate the Portuguese in the sub-continent of India. "Alter the fiasco of the 'Liberation March' on Goa in August, it might have been imagined that pressure on the Portuguese to
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    Jakarta Starts A Boycott
    124 4 0 JAKARTA. Dec. 29. (AFP) The three-day boycott against Netherlander .sponsored by the Pantjasila Party began here today. Chairman of the Party. Mr Hartono said the boycott was intended to stress the Indonesian national claim to West Irian, and as an endorsement of some Dutch political
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    Pl Army To Defend S-EA
    70 4 MANILA. Dee. 20 (AFP)— The creation of a new army division as the Philippine contribution to the defence pattern for South-east Asia was agreed upon by President Magsaysay and Admiral Arthur Radford. Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, a reliable Congressional source said
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    'Shouldn't Stab Your Friends'
    35 4 BALTIMORE. Dec. 29 (AP) Magistrate Charles Griffin suspended a 30-day sentence on Earl Alsup for stabbing a companion, but admonished him "You just can't go around stabbing people particularly your friends."
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    VIETMINH JOBS
    29 4 OFFICIALS of Central and South Vietnam, who recently arrived in Hanoi, have been given posts in the North Vietnam government, it was disclosed in Hanoi yesterday. AFP
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    Mau Mau Leader Spares Life Of Farmer's Family
    188 4 Mau Mau Leader Spares Life Of Farmer's Family NAIROBI, Dec. 29, (Reuter)—A Mau Mau gang, about 40 strong, attacked a European farm in the Naivasha area, about 55 miles north of here last night: and then fired the farmhouse, police reported today. m m Government spokesmm said the farmer. Mr.
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    16 SHELL MEN TO GET AWARDS
    219 5 16 SHELL MEN TO GET AWARDS SIXTEEN long service of The Shell tny of Singapore and thc Shell Tani Kastern) Ltd.. who :;ng at the end of will be entertaina tea party tomorrow Roof Garden of the Hotel. them will receive a mblem each. Mr. Chia Leng will get a
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    Public Purse Can't Stand Any More Tax
    281 5 Public Purse Can't Stand Any More Tax $20M. Penang Bi!! Passed PENANG, Wed. The Settlement Financial Officer, Mr. C. E. Gascoigne, told the Settlement Council today that the bells had been tolling for some its warning that the demands on the public purse had now reached the limit in existinq
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    120 Homes Threatened By A Fire
    92 5 SAN BERNARDINO. Caii- fornia, Dec. 2!) (AP) A forest j fire whipped by 75-mile-per--1 hour winds roared out of conjtrol yesterday. threatening the mountain community ol Devore Heights. Three hundred fire-fighters massed at the east edge of thc 120-home subdivision to make a stand
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    NOTED U.S ARTIST DUE HERE
    98 5 NOTED U.S ARTIST DUE HERE SINGAPORK and th e Federation will have ai opportunity of meeting and seeing the paintings of a noted young American artist, William Arthur Smith, when he visits Malay? on Jan. 3—15. Mr. Smith was selected by a committee representing fourteen of Americas leadinc art organisations
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    COLONY CHIEF JUDGE IN HK
    41 5 HONGKONG. Dec 20. (AFP) Sir Charles Murray-Aynslcy, Chief Justice of Singapore, arrived In Hongkong by the T.jiwangi today to spend the new year He is making a round trip nnd will return to Singapore on Sunday.
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    Perak CPO Going On Long Leave
    96 5 Perak CPO Going On Long Leave IPOH, Wed.— Perak's Chief Police Ollieer. Mr. J. N. D. Harrison, will leave the State on long leave this Friday. His deputy. Mr. C. A. R. Lawrence, will also bc ieaving the State at the end ot next month to take up an importi
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    Date For A New Council
    54 5 PENANG, Wed.— Tht Federation High Commissioner I has issued a circular dissolving i the Settlement Council or. Jan. 6. 1955 It will be reconstituted on Feb. 19— polling day foi Settlement elections. This was disclosed by the Acting Resident Commissioner. Penang, Mr. H.R. Ellis, at
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    To Study In Australia
    47 5 photo. THREE Singapore students yesterday sailed in the Burnside for Australia for further studies. Loke Wan Cheng (left) and Loke Chee Fong (right) are taking up civil engineering. The girl. Loke Wan Pure, is studying a c c o u n tancy. Standard
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    No Limit On Promotions In Schools—Govt.
    169 5 No Limit On Promotions In Schools— Govt. PEXANG, Wed.— Settlement Councillor, Mr. Chee Swee Ee, was told in a written answer at the Settlement Council meeting today, that the Chief Education Officer, Penans, has not asked all principals to reduce the number of students for promotion to secondary schools. Mr.
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    Filipinos To Salute Dr. Rizal
    115 5 THE Filipino community of Singapore are combining their Rizal Day celebrations today with a children's Christmas party at the Stamford Girls' School. Waterloo Street, starting at 3.30 p.m. Rizal Day anniversary is named after Dr Gat Jose Rizal, Philippines' national hero. All Filipinos in the
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    New Duties In Penang Clarified
    94 5 New Duties In Penang Clarified PENANG Wed— Tho import duties imposed under the provisions of the Customs Duties Order 1954. other than the duties on intoxicating liquor, tobacco and petrolleum. do not apply to the island ot Penang. This was contained in I written answer tabled at tht' Settlement Council
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    Soviets Need Not Pilfer
    68 5 BERKELEY. Dec 20 (AFP) —Russia could forge ahead of the U.S. in the field of scientific knowledge without usinq spies. Dr. .Ice; Hildebrand. Professor of Chemistry at California University, said last night. Addressing the National Association of FVientific Writers, ho branded a.s dangerous illusions the current
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    Settlement's $12,500 For Army Band
    93 5 PENANG. Wed -A sum of 52.000 has been provided for the payment of existing awards of Government scholarships for Malay pupils and the payment of ten new awards in 1954. This provision was made in the Settlement Supplementary Expenditure, approved by the Finance Committee and
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    HK VARSITY STUDENTS' DRAWINGS ON DISPLAY
    197 5 AN exhibition of architectural drawings done by students of the first three years of the five-year course i n architecture at the University of Hongkong will be opened by the Vice-Chancellor of thc Universitv of Malava, Sir Sydney Caine. at the British Council Hall.
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    MOLESTED BY CYCLIST
    52 5 PENANG. Wed. While walking along Dunn Road, on her way home a European woman was alleged to have been molested bv a 20-year-old man. who grabbed her from behind. On turning round she saw the? man. but is unable to identity him The man rode away on
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    Cash, Jewels Are Stolen
    29 5 PENANG. Wed Cash and jewellery, valued at ISM were reported stolen from a house in Ayer Itam yesterday. jSo far no arrest has been made.
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      469 6 fIUT of the confusion of ideologies and the medley of arguments in the past, the Asian scene has started to assume clearer proportions. The conference of Asian prime ministers has helped to clarify the position of India, Ceylon, Burma, Pakistan and Indonesia ill relation to international problems
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      480 6 r yilE floods have rome and gone. Assurances have been given both by the Government and the City Council that measuies to prevent a recurrence ot this nature have been put in hand. It is not With this aspect of the problem that we are concerned with today.
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    The London 'Daily Mirror' Chooses
    319 6  -  Sydney Jacobson AGAINST a stormy name, write down the biggest question-mark of the year. The name: ANEURIN BEVAN. The question: WHERE DOES HE GO FROM HERE? [THE J ___fl ___r of Jthe Bevan was fifty-seven last month. Middle age has caught up with the golden
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    Review of Views
    405 6 Review of Views They Must Agree First SHOULD the conferees at Bogor be able to call a conference of Asian and African nations and achieve concrete results, then the proposed parley would be a major world event in the last 200 years. Sin Chew Jit Poh states. However, a prerequisite
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      324 6 Sir: With reference to on article which appeared m your paper dated 22.12.54, under the heading 'Better deal for Indian shop assistant,' there is a paragraph regarding the part played by the Fo-eign Ministry of my Government and myself in the matter, which is not correct. Your
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    PRESIDENT TO EMPHASISE FREER TRADE LEGISLATION
    715 6  - PRESIDENT TO EMPHASISE FREER TRADE LEGISLATION Alastair Buchan By WASHINGTON. FN two meetings recently A President Eisenhower has outlined to the leaders of both thc Democratic and Republican Parties the programme which he will submit to Congress when it meets on January C. Since such meetings are confidential and their
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    MORE SELF-GOVT. FOR ISLANDS
    355 7 Britain Promises Reforms For Land Of Rum €r Spice LONDQN, Dec. 29, (Reuter)— Half a million colonial people mostly negroes and descendants of slaves in the tiny Leeward and Windward islands off the West Indies are to have a greater measure of self government as soon
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    Top Red Planning Right In London
    249 7 Top Red Planning Right In London YORK, Dec. 29, (ReuI The Communist Party's efforts to gain c ntrol of the world's ned peoples espef illy those in the coloi were being "opcraI .ially planned*' from e heart of London, ac- ding to an article in s week's Saturday Evening Post.
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    Baby Boom In The U.S.
    54 7 .SHINGTON, Dec. 29 fAP) The biggest baby boom erican historv occurred In 1954. in Ceneral Leonard A. e of the U.S. Public ih Service said yesterday in the U.S. this vear top 4.iii)o.(i()t) for the "first The birth rate per 1.000 ilation. however, is expeeto
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    U.S. Military Aid For Asia
    71 7 WASHINGTON Dec 29 (Reuter)— The United States plans to make 51, 120.000.000 worth of military aid availab'.?. to Formosa Japan, the Philippines. Indo-China. Thailand and Pakistan under an expanded Asian defence programme for 1955. President Eisenhower and the Defence Secretary Mr. Charles Wilson had reportedly
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    A Drug From Cobra Venom
    39 7 BERKELEY, California, Dec. 29 (AP) Scientists were told yesterday of a new pain-killer drug made from cobra venom. These were among scores of reports presented to the American Association For the Advancement of Science.
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    SINGER FAINTS
    37 7 RED-HEADED Joan Turner, British singer-comedienne called "The Girl of a Thousand Voices" collapsed on the stage in fuli view of a London West End audience last night and was carried to her dressing room. Reuter
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    Envy Of Society
    39 7 photo. MADAME Tarbe de St. Hardouin, wife of the French Ambassador in Turkey, pictured in Ankara recently with her two regal chow dogs. Toufou and Chi-chin, said to be the <»nvy of local society women. AP
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    SEATO Nations Plan Next Moves
    178 7 Bangkok Talks On Asia WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, (UP)— Representatives of the eight nations pledged in the Manila pact to defend South-east Asia against Communism met at the State Department yesterday to lay plans for their major conference to be held in Bangkok at the end
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    FIRE AT THE ROYAL LODGE
    85 7 LONDON. Dec. 29 (AFP)— A fire broke out yesterday at Royal Lodge, the residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother at Windsor, in a cottage belonging to a member of the Royal household. The tire was brought under control in 20 minutes by live local
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    BBC MAN DIES
    25 7 MR. Grenfell Williams, head of the British Broadcasting Corporation's Colonial Service, died a* his home in London on Tuesday, aged 52.— Reuter
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    An Arrow In Her Chest & They Clapped
    121 7 An Arrow In Her Chest They Clapped RIDLINGTON, England, 29 (AP) A woman r ipsed on the stage with Indian arrow through hest and the crowd 1,200 cheered and elapThey thought it was Part of the act. The performance on Mondav niqht featured "Big Chief Beaver." a North American Indian.
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    AIRLINER: MAO SENDS A CHEQUE
    169 7 AIRLINER: MAO SENDS A CHEQUE LONDON. Dee. 29 (AP) Red China has sent Britain a cheque tor £367,000 as compensation for the British airliner shot down by Chinese Communist fighters on July 23 near Hainan Island with the loss of 10 lives three of them American. The Foreign Office said
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    Tito Hunts Tiger With A Camera
    84 7 GWALIOR. India, Dec 29 (Reuter)— President Tito of Yugoslavia on a state visit to India yesterday watched a tjger hunt during which one beast was killed and another wounded. Marshal Tito took pictures of the chase in thick jungle south of Gwalior. Thc hunt
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    Christmas Amnesty
    46 7 TOKYO, Dec. 29, (Reuter) Fifteen Japanese war criminals sentenced by the Netherlands were released on parole from Tokyo's Sugamo prison today after receiving a "Christmas amnesty" from the Netherlands Government. A total of 141 war criminals sentenced by the Netherlands are still in prison.
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    EX-KING CALLS OFF DIVORCE
    32 7 GSTAAD. Switzerland Dec 29, (AP) Ex-King Peter of Yugoslav.a announced yesterday that he and his wife. Princess Alexandra, had become reconciled and decided to abandon their divorce suit.
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    Feminine Curves Go Out
    66 7 NSW YORK, Dec. 29. (Renter) The comic book industry s policy of self-censorship had resulted in changes m 5,656 drawings. Mr. Charles Murphy, administrator of the Comic Code Authority, reported yesterday. Mr. Murphy said that changes were made in 25 per cent of the drawings to
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    Fleet Moves In To Aid Evacuees
    122 7 Fleet Moves In To Aid Evacuees SAIGON. Dec. 29. (Reuter) The French Far East Fleet will steam north from Saigon in the first week of January to protect French civilians and troops at Haiphong, the port of Hanoi In northern Vietnam, who are now in a critical state of evacuation
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    Rivers Back To Normal
    57 7 HANNOVER, Dec. 29. (UP) West Germany's swollen rivers rolled back toward normal levels last night, after two days of high water that covered farmlands, blocked roads, and left at least two persons dead. Two German women were killed near Stuttgart last night when their small passenger
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    Two Editors Are Banished
    38 7 SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. 29 (AP) Two newspaper editors have been arrested and banished to remote parts of the country, the Ministry of the Interior announced yesterday. The editors were accused of "publishing false news."
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    MORALS DRIVE
    25 7 THOUSANDS of homosexuals are being arrested in a nation-wide operation in Argentina which netted over 500 this week in Buenos Aires alone. Reuter
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    MILD CHRISTMAS
    26 7 BRITAIN had its mildest Christmas for five years, the Air Ministry said in London. Monday night was the warmest in December since 1951. Reuter
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    Mystery Of The Big Smell-The Noses Had It
    153 7 Mystery Of The Big SmellThe Noses Had It NEW YORK. Dec. 29 (Reuter) —The "mystery of the big strange smell" hit the front pages of evening newspapers here last night. The smell which tantalised and exasperated New Yorkers all day vanished last night withoul a whiff of an idea of
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    Six Survived This Crash
    72 7 photo. A NAVY salvage crane lifts the battered taelagt or an Italian Airline plane from Jamaica Bay where it .sank after era shin? into a pier killing 26 persons recently. Three bodies were rorov ered after thc 30-foot mid-section of the piano was raised. Six passengers
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    U.N. Chief Leaves For Peking Today
    183 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 29, (Reuter)— Mr. Dag Hammarskjold. the United Nations Secretary-General, announced last night that he would leave for Peking, the Chinese capital, on Thursday. Thc official announcement Of Mr. Hammarksjold's plans laid he would fly to London on Thursday in a plane
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    Biographer Faces Trial
    68 7 BELGRADE, Dec. 29 (Reuter)—Vladimir Dedijcr ofl biographer of Marshal l ito and a friend of the Briti ii left-winger, Mr Aneunn Bfl Win. is to itand tr;_d ou ;i chaise of conducting anti-.tate propaganda, it was announced yesterday. Parliament unanimou: ly voted to lift hil Immunity as
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    TROOPS RETURN
    35 7 THE Third Br.tnh Infantry Division sent to Egypt during thc trouble there three yc.r aim, arrived at Liverpool nifhl in the troopship Lancashire at tho end of their term of overseas service. Reuter
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    Headgear Could Increase Or Reduce Road Accidents
    269 8 Headgear Could Increase Or Reduce Road Accidents By ANDY ROZARIO KUALA LUKTOK. Wed Headgear could reduce or increase road accidents according to the type used. The Traffic Police Chief. Mr Norman Freeborn, wh returned »'"-»»ti leive recently described two kinds of headgear to me one which he recommends lor v.
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    $100 Fine For Carrying Toddy
    55 8 JOHORE BAliftU. Wed. S ippiah. a labourer, who was lound in possession of 4| pints of toddy when travelling in a lorry at Bukit Pulai was tined in the Police Court today To possess toddy out?;de a y shop, a man must have special exemption
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    9 8 THE SAFETY HELMET Rectyyvncnded or use
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    Colony AA Appeal To Motorists
    115 8 TIIE task of solving the problems facing the motorIsts in Singapore would br made much simpler if the Automobile Association of Singapore could double its membership, said the AAB chairman, Mr. E.D. Rushworth. Writing in the association's pamphlet for the members Mr. Rushworth said M
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    'Let's drink & be merry' parties cost Army cook a year's jail
    359 8 'Let's drink be merry' parties cost Army cook a year's jail AN ARMY cook who organized a party so that they could "drink and be merry/' was charged at a Singapore District Court Martial yesterday on 12 counts of forgery. The cook. Corporal Hussain bin Ahmad, and his "assistant," Private
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    4 TUGS RESCUE COLONY LIGHTER
    114 8 4 TUGS RESCUE COLONY LIGHTER KUALA BELAIT, (Brunei), Dec. 29. (Reuter)—Four tugs two owned by the Malayan Stevedoring Company of Singapore and two by the British Malayan Petroleum Companv here succeeded early today in refloating the 350-ton Singapore lighter which had been ashore for more than a week at the
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    Trishaman Fined For Hitting PC
    106 8 Trishaman Fined For Hitting PC iron Wed.— A 38-year-old trisha rider. Choong Choon Chua. was lined SlOit by Magistrate Captain Salleh yesterday for assaulting a policeman on Oct. 6, this vear. The constable, Sulaiman bin i Mat. told the court that lie stopped Choong aftei he had seen hi:n riding
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    DACHSHUND PUPPY LOST
    40 8 A BROWN' Dachshund puppy was lost from 776. Kampong Bharu Road. Singapore, yesterday. Anybody finding tho dog ll asked to contact the owner at the Matron's office, General Hospital. A reward will bc paid to the finder.
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    Tip-Off To $24,000 Opium Haul
    72 8 Tip-Off To $24,000 Opium Haul 1 SINGAPORK Customs seized 40 Ibs. of opium, worth 524.000 from the engine room of the ship. Benveg. which arrived in Singapore from Bangkok, last night A member of the crew was detained. It is understood he will be charged in court, today The opium
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    UMNO Has New Branch
    93 8 KAJANG. Wed. A ncw branch of the United Malays' Nationalist Organization has just beeu formed at Kampong Sungai Sekamat. north of here. Inche Abu Bakar bin Ba ginda. UMNO President ol the Ulu Langat Division, told over 100 people who attended the inaugural meeting last Sunday,
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    Spectators Flock To See Death Of A Ship
    233 8 HUNDREDS of spectators lined the beach at Tanjonq: Rhu. yesterday, to have a elose up view of the smouldering: 8.825-ton Danish freighter. l.oxa Maersk. as she lay beached in the shallows ofT Tanjong Rhu. but were disappointed in that they were unable
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    Concert Season To Open With Top Men
    127 8 Concert Season To Open With Top Men TWO outstanding musicians will usher in the tirst concert of the year ottered by Singapore Musical Society on Wednesday. .lan. 5. at* 8.4.5 p.m.. in St. Andrew's Memorial Hall. They are Ricardo OdnoposofT. the violinist born m Buenos Aires of Austrian parents, and
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    Miss Hahn Ignores denial By Planters
    60 8 Miss Hahn Ignores denial By Planters KUALA I Hui I -Th, I 1 Clt Hahn New y len tion m Lm. turn vimi Ml v ma lU ii Uve. officia de Uver, ,i tish nat thr plant 2 Mai Despite Hal i Boc matter sldered closed" h to publish I
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    Holiday Wedding
    43 8 MR. and Mrs Tan Tiam (huan. who were mmtl\ married in Penang Mr Tin is a school teacher il Singapore. The bride lormerly Mis s Cheung llunu Momi, is a dress making instruction attached to the SiSfM Sewine Machine Co.. IVnaim
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    Don't Over-Do It — Visitor Is Told
    256 8 Don't Over-Do It Visitor Is Told 'Self-Respect Crusade'— Kl ALA LrMPI'R. Wed. Mr. E. V. Ramasamf Naicker, visiting South Indian leader of the "SelfRespect Movement,*' has been told bv the Federation Police not to overstep limits in his criticism ol th«* Hindu religion and society to avoid creating ill heling
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    Back From A Study Course
    28 8 llr Malaya, retun porr on Tu volns i stall tra n i We British Bi Corporation ii,- wai •nl io i a scholarship
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    BOOT SPARK COST £10,000,000
    334 9  -  GEORGE MELL t ?v l r'.iFVi«-?Vv 1 i' l i'vvvv l > i vi;' gi MMONING tho fire gade by post sounds „zies f thing imible, but M. Pierre of Charleroi, Bel- did so. He saw no reason to jn although he susperted that his property
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    Why, The Women Are Wearing Men's Pyjamas Now
    622 9  - Why, The Women Are Wearing Men's Pyjamas Now HAL BOYLE IP VORK: (AP). Guess it's the latest thing in pyjamas. Sir. it's the ladies. ty-six per cent of the .mas sold today are brought by women," said M. J, Lovell, director of the Pyjama Institute. l_s-million-dollar-a-year try, now booming again,
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    TOTS
    110 9  -  Bernard McElwaine Films by USUALLY I feel that there should be a Hollywood Herod to keep kids off the screen. Their professional ''cuteness*' gives me a pain in the neck. But I have just seen a real boy's boy a ten-year-old Australian discovery named Kit Taylor in a film
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    Beauty In Art
    67 9 Beauty In Art Photo. NEW YORK: Lovely JEANNIE JOHNSON holds up on oil painting and shows that her face comes close to the beauty depicted on canvas. Jeqnnie was chosen in a contest held by the Art Students League, in connection with Universal-International, as the beauty personified by the forthcoming
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    IMPROVING EGYPT'S CAPITAL
    390 9 IMPROVING EGYPT'S CAPITAL TTGYPT'S capital is having its face lifted. Everywhere in the centre of Cairo, pavements arc in process of becoming or of passing away as thc great drive to beautify thc city proceeds wilh a momentum und energy unusual in Egypt. Tins is the continuation of the plans
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    116 9 PARIS: Pretty V E R O N I -j QUE, ZUBERJ Miss Paris 19 54, in a particular way shows how wonderful must be the new heating sys-! tern just in-; stalled in Paris' Rue Tron- j chet. The gas 1 heaters are placed about; nine feet high 1 in
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    BEEF WENT INTO VINE
    147 9 CIX STONE. Sixty-four-year-old Mrs. Edith Barraclough, of Morecnmbe, began gardening as a girl of twenty in the grounds of Bolton Old Hall, an Elizabethan mansion in Bradford. Her first Job was to bury a dead calf at the foot of a vine. "Beef went into the
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    On A Tightrope
    580 9 Young Kit got his big chance when his Dad. Grant Taylor. was given the part of Patch. Mr. Taylor had his son with him one day while talking about the part. "That." said the producer, "is the boy we're looking for." Kit had never seen a movie
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    HERE COMES...ERROL THE HOOFER
    394 10  - HERE COMES... ERROL THE HOOFER REG WHITLEY ...And What A Success! pRROL FLYNN the swashJ J buckler... Errol the lover Frrol the victor of Burma now comes Errol the Hoofer It's a sight for sore cinema eyes to see h:m danre anrl sing in "Lilacs in the Spring." And he's
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    Chase Torture
    29 10 f TO save his estate for his descendants a murderer nent to his death by the most painful and lingering method of British execution of the time.
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    To Save
    248 10 Maj r George Strangev\,\ es. ol o .1 ssen Manor e. near Dorchester, fiftyyea rs-old cavalier, confessed read! y to friends and gaol- ti ie had shot his aw, Mr. Fussel. a bitter famiiy quarrel property. But when j -der trial opened at c 0 ii Bailey, and
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    Fortune
    106 10 When St range wayes cried with a Arm voice, "Lord Jesus, receive my soul." which was thc signal, the attendants busied themselves loading the heavy bars of iron on him. CEEING soon that the weights would noi kill him quickly, several of them added their own weight. Alter about
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    Here's How- To Enjoy Your Own Party
    398 10  - Here's How- To Enjoy Your Own Party MARY BANNOCK L VB.N,VB.NGLKH,. j|j TF you are preparing for HJ a party, remember that ffi things are much more ||j likely to go smoothly if vou choose dishes that can be prepared in Mh 9 vance. m Anything needing last minute 9
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    FRUIT BASKET MERINGUES
    72 10 FRUIT BASKET MERINGUES Om tu 9**m m ,|st mu; p.n.l, Vlll; tuo biMrs r M ns lM|liri ■afci. H* ana I the mixtun and hold pulled into <do not u cooking pap. r. Put a l< spoon ol th< the baking will bri cool oven l from the tin and
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    NUTTY CRISPS
    108 10 Tuo ounces flour: tuo ounces margarine: tuo ounces golden syrup; small teaspoon lemon juice: about a teacup mixed (hopped nuts, cherries and sultanas. 11 EAT together. without 1 actually cooking. the margarine, s u g a r and syrup. When melted, stir in the flour and the lemon
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    Nice Salad
    33 10 One iup hmb < lx»pH raw celer) one lup ped. cooked herd onl tup (hopped i.m ipp salad irram Mix all together nough th- m V< rs n pork <»r c "f
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    Savoury Snacks (Cold)
    153 10 Fingers of toast; aspic jelly; cold pork. nam or poultry; tin mixed vegetables: margarine and salad cream. A I AKE up thc a>pic jelly according to instructions on the packet. Finely chop or mince tl.e meat and drain thc vegetables. When the jelly is cold, stir it
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    Grape And Cherry Jellies
    161 10 Lemon jelly square; tin cherries; grapes as required; Marie biscuits. "A 1 AKE up the lemon je'.'.y, using the juice from the tin of cherries and as much extra water as required Rinse out some small teacups with cold water, and fill with jelly. Leave til
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    A Train-Ride To Paradise
    442 10 John Walters' m«cic c»bpit j WAS a stranger in para- dise. In other words I was thc only tourist In the beautiful Portuguese colony of Goa. which is three times the size of Hong Kong. I had a big luxury hotel to myself. Twenty taxis waited
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    Saying Of The Week
    282 10 Saying Of The Week I am always glad to look into any part of Hansard which enables me to say: **I told you so."' Sir Winston Churchill. In our Socialist society thc tir tree has been liberated from its religious trimmings, but we keep it as a part of a
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      437 10 lkglf// j The Stars I And You I; S fiy Rifo De/ Marj: rpoD V QUOTATION: i J The people eevet give J up their liberties but {I under MM delusion." J Hurke. Till BSDAV lOK IM.KV- if ONE: Thu is an excellent x morning for dispatching un- 2 Hnished
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      ECONOMIC ACTIVITY MAY RISE MODERATELY
      602 11 WASHINGTON. Dec. 29: An economist can see into the future no better than any other man. Forecasting is especially difficult in a free society, where economic movements are often contradictory and cannot be moulded to an ordained pattern. But armed with statistics, slide rules and
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      Many Jap Airlines Face Bankruptcy
      76 11 TOKYO, Dec. 29 (AFP) Practically all the 22 Japanese airline companies are facinq oankruptcy according _o the latest survey. Only the .Japan Air Lines, the Japan Helicopter Cotnpar.v and the Far East Company are doing well. Thc Aeronautics Bureau of the Transport Ministry said the
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      825 11 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE lOINT SERVICE Tc Colombo. Genoa. Msrseilles. Antwerp. Rotterdam Hamburg 6 BREMEN LfVERKUSiN (HAPAC) \°/T Jan. I'faT S*,"*"* ESSENSTEIN (LLOYD) 18/22 an. 23 an' 24 .Vl' {SnKFURT (HAPAC) 6/13 Feb. |4#S Feb Hong Kong. Manila. Kobe Lt Yokohama fRA NKfURT /HAPAC) Pt^ n? P S^ aW
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      1153 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 VhhVping (incorporated in Singapore. <12 line*) THE BLUE FUNNEL LLNE KT 1 Carrier* option to proceed via other porta to load and dlscharfe rargo SAILINGS to Ll\ Kit POOL OLASOOW. LONDON A CONTINENT. Singapore Due Sails P. Sham Penang Atreus for Liverpool Glasgow
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      553 11 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Holland America Line Nederiand Line Rotterdam Rotterdam Am«»_»H___«. HAU p F B STON NiwVoSk. PHILADEfpmA dam BALTIMORE. MOBILE. NEW ORLEANS, via SUEZ. TABIAN (SMN) 30 Dec./ 12|Ir_. \*JT ??T.7 J^ct^ 29|an/sFeb. 6 Feb. 7/8 Feb. CAROET (RL) 18/24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26/27 Feb.
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      761 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONIININT/SCANOINAVIA For Aden. Port Said. Genoo Antwerp. Rottetdam. Hamburg. Copenhagen. Gothenburg and Oslo S'pore P. S horn Penong x) "SELANDIA" 8/9 ion 10/10 Jon 11/11 lon xx) -ASIA" 18/20 |an 21/22 Jaa xl Calls London (passengers only), xx) Calls Beyrouth. Cdynia. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U K
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    Earl Ot Balfour Here On Business
    405 12 Earl Ot Balfour Here On Business Standard Staff Reporter THE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Balfour. Whittingchame, East Lothian, Managing Director of Bruntons (Musselburgh) Ltd.. who is on a world tour visiting agencies and customers, flew into Singapore this week for approximately a fortnight's stay in Malaya. Bruntons are one
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    PRODUCE MARKET IS QUIET
    127 12 PRODUCE MARKET IS QUIET THE produce market in Singapore was again quiet En all sections with little inclination on the part of traders to deal. Copra opened steady but remained quiet all day with quotations closing at slightly above those prevailing on Tuesday. Coconut oil sellers at Penang indicated $49.
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    Outlook For Tin Market Uncertain
    296 12 THE tin market has now entered a period when politics dominate price and naturally the outlook is uncertain, writes the weekly journal. The Economist. The present surplus of tin on the market is not in itself a problem. The market needs a larger stock and
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    Firm To Close Two Branches
    86 12 TOKYO. Dec. 29 (AFP)— The famous Jardine-Matheson Shipping Company. wellknown for many years in the Far East is closing down its branrh offices in Yokohama and Tokyo at the end of this year under the presure of the prevailing business slump circles disclosed today. The
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    PAA's Record Business
    131 12 NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (AP) Pan American World Airways recorded the largest volume of business in its history in 1954 according to Mr. Juan T. Trippe, president. He said in a year-end statement that gross income will be approximately U*****,000,000 compared with U*****,000,000 in 1953. °ii Passenger
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    US Housing Boom To Continue Next Year
    327 12 US Housing Boom To Continue Next Year SOME 25.000.000 persons in the United States have been provided with new housing in the post-war period as the result of the construction, on the average, of more than 1.000.000 non-farm dwelling units a year. There is no doubt now that housing construction
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    Textile Fibre Usage May Level Off
    371 12 GREAT expansion of world textile fibre consumption since the end of the war is beginning to slacken, says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In the immediate future, consumption may level off, depending largely on the course of events in the United States, FAO
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      SPECULATORS OUT AGAINAND RUBBER TOPS 97 Cts
      162 12 SPECULATORS OUT AGAINAND RUBBER TOPS 97 Cts Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices in Singapore continued spiralling upwards yesterday, touching 97 cents per Ib. at one stage of the trading and closing at 96-7 8 cents for first grade January ship ment, a rise of 2-1/8 cents per lb. on Tuesday
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      NOON PRICES
      55 12 THE Singapore Chamber nf Commcrcr Rubber Association noon prices (cents per Jb yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot loo.»e 94. 9*) RSS f.o.b. Jan. No. 1 M Ml Feb. No. 1 97; <_„' Jan. No. 2 Mi Ml Jan. No. nom 9_> RMA on rc_». tendei: January nom MI
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      Rubbers Feature In Share Mart
      56 12 Standard Market Reporter ON the Malayan share market \c>tcui.»\ r.i > shares were a^ain the outstanding featun section of the market accounted lor the hulk of tr* business done. i Industrial shares were irregular, while tins were dull and neglected. Price changes announced by the
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      BOAT FOR R.I.
      33 12 A POLICE boat for Indonesia \va s finished by lhf Abeking and Rasmi; Shipyards. Bremen on Tuesday and turned over to Bonn representative! for the Indo- nesian Government.— A P
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      T0 VISIT COLONY
      22 12 T 0 VISIT COLONY nil a j j Mr I A 1 Si cutta. J port Hi raft I Janna about four
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      UNKNOWN
      16 12 JAPANESE have irgi the l: t( thc i on th,' ly inert the N. AFP
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      TONGKAH HARBOUR PROFIT
      79 12 TONGKAH HARBOUR PROFIT THE I Har:' I I after X.k I I come I dividend I £26.740. I 8.. I amo;. I I further I carried I The dn B ani < by th« C thii iction < An on of Inco i I fits pern: I g appeal In
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      6 More Ships For India, F.E. Service
      122 12 THE new cargo carrier. Godavery, is the first of a series of six 13.800 tons displacement to be built for the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes for it Indian and Far East service. Named after a river in India, the ship was recently launched
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      562 12 'ri nrm'rl _BBK^^ B f« U JV'^^^' >^^^^^' <^ >0< S^i SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST RENDERS are invited for the reconstruction of nine houses, construction of enclosing walls and demolition of one house at Ann Siang Hill. Erskine Road and South Bridge Road. Tender form etc., may be obtained on payment
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      151 12 OUTER ROADS Asha. Chip Lam. Aldegonda. Viscut Kasatri. Van Rcimadnk. La Charants. Kurgen Bantam. Shinwa Maru. Java. Hai Fei. Changsang. INNER ROADS PaaOtO, Tong Smg Hydra. ock. Giang Seng. Loh Si 0 Lee Torina. Leo Sen, Hock Ho. Hin Ann. Arnhein, M. Bahru. Nangkachinder Seriih. Marudu Tg. Pinang Serdang* Raiah
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    SANDERSON CUP TEAMS DRAW AGAIN
    330 13 SANDERSON CUP TEAMS DRAW AGAIN Another Replay For RAA F Changi LrmmVmm m 1 3 RAF Changi 3 KOYAL Australian Air Force forced RAF Changi to another replay of the semi-final of the Sanderson Cup Rugby Competition when thcv held the Changi airmen to a 3-3 draw in the first
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    AUSSIES SOFTEN THE BL0W...
    327 13 Final Scores: America 3 Australia 2 SYDNEY Doc. 29: (Kcuter) Australia softened the Mow of their Davis Cup defeat by winning the two remaininc singles today in the challenge round The United States hnd regained the trophy yesterday with a winning lead of 3-0. so the
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    A CHANGE IN COMMAND?
    179 13 SYDNEY. Dec. 2.9; MP) Tliere was icide speculation in Australian tennis circles yesterday about ichetfier controversial Harry Hopman will remain as man-ager-captain of this country's tennis forces. l\oic that America has recaptured the Davis Cup, some expect a change in command before next year, bin high
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    Marigolds Put Merrytime Out
    258 13 MARIGOLD Badminton Party beat Merrytime B.P. bv four games to one to »nter. the semi-final of the Singapore Badminton Association's senior inter-club tournament at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night. Ong Poh Lim. the reigning Singapore and Malayan champion playing for Marigold, repeeted his singles victory
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    Guthrie SC Badminton
    88 13 TWENTY-five-year-old Wee Sian Gian beat Benedid Teo 15-7 15-1 to win the Guthrie Sports Club's individual badminton championship foi the fourth successive year. The troDhy for the consolation singles went to Aman bin Abdullah who beat John Khoo 15-7 10-15 15-9. The Club's doubles title was won
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    England Win The X'mas International
    886 13 England Win The X'mas International 'RAFMAN' ON SELETAR SOCCER THE final of the Xmas International games was Played on Tuesday and after a very exciting and close game. England beat Scotland by three goals to two— the winning goal coming in the first period or extra time. The semi-finals were
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      689 13 BIRTH LAZAROO: To Theresa wife of Anthony (Sunny* Lararoo at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 27th December 1934. a son. Bom well ACKNOWLEDGMENT MRS K PONNAMPALAM and family of Tebrau Estate. Johore Bahru. thank all friends and relatives for their attendance, floral tributes. telegrams and letters of condolence on their recent
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      338 13 wH a^! neg By __L Copp }XX%X^mXz£w (HE DOES J PLAN TO RAISL J THEM, "V" MO.'.'- I WANT TO NAME VthLߣ "^/WRONG, f STER.7-THE^E V HONEST r V KiELD A HIMTOBEA V.'MV NOT HIM AFTER AN EVEN /NEVCR/f WAS" JUST ONE.?- I'LL JL ABE'*- VERY WELL, NAME— H BRILLIANT
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    Maddocks Replaces Langley For 3rd Test
    291 14 MELBOURNE, Dec. 29, (Reuter) Gil Langley, Australia's wicketkeeper, will be replaced by Len Maddocks of Victoria in the third Test against England which begins here on Friday. Langley had to withdraw ber-ause of an eye injury sustained in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide
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    S'PORE Vs JOHORE
    62 14 SINGAPORE Hockey Association yesterday confirmed their match against Johore on Jan. 7 at Jalan Besar Stadium The return game will be played at Johore Bahru on a date still to be decided. Closing date for entries for the Knock-Out competition lis Jan. 5. The draw will be
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    Benaud Tries And Fails
    120 14 MELBOURNK. Dec. 29, (Router)— Ritchie Benaud one of Australia's nominated 12 players for the third Test scored 64 for New South Wales today but h e failed to prevent Victoria winning the Sheffield Shield gamp by 36 runs. N ew South Wales needing 400 to win.
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    APPLEYARD & BEDSER IN FORM
    276 14 APPLEYARD BEDSER IN FORM NEWCASTLE, NSW Dec. 29 (Reuter)— Appleyard and Alec Bedser. candidates for England's team for the third Test on Friday, bowled encouragingly here today when helping the MCC to beat New South Wales Northern Districts by nine wickets. Northern Districts lost their remaining eight seconds innings wickets
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    Rugby Results
    26 14 LONDON, Dec. 29 (Reuter) Results of Rugby League matches played yesterday: Huddersfield 22. Bramley 18. Leeds 9, Rochdale Hornets 9. Oldham 27, Salford 0.
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    DEMONIC PAYS $200
    1732 14  -  WINDSOR LAD Doubles' By Bliss Fire Mont Clare By PENANG, Wed.— Demonic, ridden by Hudson, created the biggest upset of the X'mas and New Year Meeting, when he came through with a flourish to hold off a fast finishing Tia Juana in the six furlongs race for
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    Saturday's UK Soccer
    252 14 LONDON'. Dec. 29. Reuter) Following are football fixtures for Saturday January 1. 1933: LEAGUE DIVISION I Arsenal vs W. Bromwich Aston Villa vs Sheffield W. Bolton vs Chelsea Burnley vs Manchester C. Huddersfield vs Charlton Leicester vs Cardiff Manchester TT. vs Blackpool Preston vs Everton Sheffield 17.
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    BIG SWEEP
    57 14 .w.ml ruoL: 5199.500 Ist PRIZE: No. *****4 ,S59 B c ni 2nd PRIZE: No. 26,647 Kg 3rd PRIZE: No. ,7,904 SJ2S STARTERS ($1,7,0 eoch): Nos 15 If *****7, *****1,*****6; S-JH' s'.5 CONSOLATIONS ($598 eoch L 23 91 *****0, *****6, *****4 2«»"?i ,667 *****2, *****8 *****3 TREBLE TOTE: No
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    Monday's Ties
    67 14 SCOTTISH LEAGUE. DIV.A Celtic vs Ra'th Dundee vs Kilmarnock East Fife vs Queen ot South Hib^rni^n vs Aberdeen Motherwell vs Rangers Partirk vs Falkirk St. Mirren vs Hearts Stirling vs Clyde SCOTTISH LEAGUE, DIV. B Airdrie vs Morton Arbroath vs Alloa Ayr United vs Queen's Park Brechin vs
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      405 14 fNTIR THt DESIREE WALTZ CONTIST IN CONJUNCTION WITH 20TH CENTURY FOX S CINEMASCOPE PRODUCTION 'DESIREE' AT THE NEW YEARS EVE CAR\IVAL BALL DANCE TO THE STRAIN* OF THE SAMBODIANS DAN__ BAND AT THE SINGAPORE BADMINTON HALL GUILLEMARD RD ON FRIDAY 31st DECEMBER, 1934 FROM 9 P.M. TO 2 A.M. ORGANISED
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