Singapore Standard, 12 December 1955

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  • 31 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines) 2400 *ft It 'M 1. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 5111 2414 oL VI. No. 159 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1955 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 2 1 SINGAPORE HONOURS-
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 1 pnoto. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall, shakes hands with Mr. Ridley after presenting: him with a silver Kelantan tea set on occasion of the latter's 100 th birthday celebrated at his Kew home. Mr. Lim Yew Hock i s m the background. UP
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  • 483 1  -  ANDREW ROTH But Keeps A Secret Eight-Point Agenda For Talks Revealed By Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 11,— With uninhibited freedom which will certainly cause the Colonial Office's hackles to rise, Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, last night disclosed all but one secret point on the
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  • 238 1 The Man Who Wasted His Time LONDON. Dec. 11 (Rev- A frail old man who was once reprimanded for wasting his time by a Britisfa colonial governor, received world-wide tributes as k ie celebrated his 100 th fxrthday here today. A procession ot visitors made their way to a Victorian
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  • 31 1 i ONE of the most distress- things m school life toay was to find children smoking. Headmaster George T Williams told a school prize-giving ceremony m Liverpool yesterday. Reuter
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  • 60 1 BENTONG, Sun. A 17--year-old special constable Chong Kam Sang, attached to the Telenong New Village police station near here, was found dead today with a gunshot wound m the neck. Near him lay his rifle and a 14-year-old girl with a shot wound m the neck. The
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  • 39 1 PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 11 (Reuter)— The United States air force is testing the "airlift" of heavy duty helicopters m giant Globemaster transports to bring troops into action m any part of the world at the shortest notice.
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  • 197 1 CRATE WAS DROPPED ALOR STAR, Sun.— The Moonlight Bookstore explosion m Alor Star last Monday, m which eight people were killed and over 24 injured, was caused by one crate of "sandcrackers" crashing onto the floor while being moved, police were told today. This statement was
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  • 121 1 FIJIANS BAG 3 BANDITS KLUANG. Sun. Three Communist terrorists were shot dead yesterday m the Rengam area of Johore when a patrol of the B Company First Fijian Infantry Regiment contacted seven terrorists. Four terrorists escaped during the short exchange of fire. Three rifles were recovered and a follow up
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  • 55 1 HONGKONG. Dec. 11 (UP) Movie director Alfred Hitchcock was telling how he approaches the task of making mystery films when someone inquired whether there was not a kind of suspense m Marilyn Monroe. "The only relation she has to a Hitchcock picture" rumbled the director "Is
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  • 21 1 BRISTOL University students have bean warned to stop their "hooliganism" or prepare to lose their liquor bar. Reuter
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  • 22 1 QUADRUPLETS, three girls and one boy, were born over a fortnight ago to a Soviet woman m Kazan, Central Russia. Reuter
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  • 45 1 LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter) Britain will have a turboprop plane carrying 120 passengers on two decks on the longer routes, at a cruising speed of 500 m.p.h. by 1962, Mr. Peter Masefield, former chief executive of British European Airways, predicted yesterday.
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  • 44 1 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the former United States President, have been chosen to receive the Franklin Medal as the "man and woman who have done most to promote world understanding."
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  • 25 1 DORA MARTIN, 17. Saturday night became the first Negro girl to be elected queen of the campus at the lowa State University Reuter
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  • 103 1 'The Reds Are Coming' KLIAN INTAN, Sun. Military planes hovering over Klian intan and Kroh since yesterday have alerted residents here that another meeting between Government representatives and Communist envoys is imminent. No official confirmation could be obtained of the date of the meeting which is expected to finalize arrangements
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  • 21 1 FORTY-THREE Japanese who spent the last 10 years m Soviet detention camps m Siberia returned to Japan yesterday. UP
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  • 43 1 BLACKPOOL. Dec. 11 (Reuter) A police net covered north-west England today m efforts to trap a gunman who left a 23-year-old blonde woman screaming on a pavement here with a bullet through her stomach just before midnight last night.
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  • 66 1 VIENTIANE, Dec. 11 (Reuter) Armed police m jeeps have been ordered to stand by at strategic points m this Indo-Chinese state m case Communists start shooting up polling booths on Christmas Day. Royal army troops have also been alerted following last Monday's attack by an
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  • 142 1 LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter) The House of Commons is to buy itself a new top hat. A member complained that the present one was m a "deplorable and tatty condition and at least 50 years old." By tradition a member must be seated
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  • 30 1 MISS Yvonne Doughty, 25--year-old small part film actress, gave birth m Encano. California, yesterday to a daughter whose father she claims is the film actor Jess Barker Reuter
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  • 163 1 LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter)— British exporters sometimes make their foreign customers blush because the English names of their goods may have very different meanings m another language, according to an article m the current Board of Trade journal. The article, entitled "Appeal to Your Customers
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  • 108 1 SINGAPORE Chinese bus owners will today finalize a new wage scale for their employees according to the recently enforced labour ordinance. The Standard was told last night. Presideat of the Bus Owners Association, Mr Kuek Eng Seah, said buses will run again as soon as the
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  • 30 1 BRITISH chief C.I.D. inspector Jesse Pane yesterday questioned an Australian seaman m La Spezia. Italy m connection with the 1949 robbery of a bank m Bristol England. UP
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  • 151 1 Crash Captain Blamed LONDON. Dec. 11 (Reuter) An error judgment by the captain was blamed today for the disaster to a British Overseas Airways Corporation Argonaut airliner that crashed m flames at Idris Airport, Tripoli m September with the loss of 15 lives. The report of the inquiry held Dy
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  • 40 1 BUENOS AIRES. Dec 11 f AP> Retired Rear-Admiral Carlos Julian Martinez, who rose to Commander of Naval Operations during the Peron regime, was found shot dead m his home yesterday. Official sources said he committed suicide.
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  • 20 1 A 26 STOREY skyscraper hotel costing HK530.000.000 will be built m Hongkong by an International Hotel Syndicate. Reuter
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  • 31 2 THE bullet-torn body of a coed beauty queen was found on the University of Omaha. Nebraska, campus yesterday and police launched a search for a sadistic, sex killer. UP
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  • 372 2 NEGARA WANTS MERDEKA BY JAN. 195 7 We're Now Fit For It Sir Clough KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Party Negara today demanded independence for Malaya by Jan. 1, 1957 Three years ahead of its original target date of 1960. The announcement was made here at the second annual meeting of the
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  • Article, Illustration
    32 2 BLAINE Bennett of Philadelphia turns to Buddha at the temple to take the precepts. Standard picture shows: Blame sitting at the feet of his "guru" Sri Chandrasiri Thera after becoming a Buddhist.
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  • 308 2 INITIATION IN SINGAPORE BLAINE Bennett 22, is a sailor, with a difference. At every port of call m the East during the last two years he had had an urge to embrace the religion of his heart. At 10 a.m. yesterday he ceased to
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  • 128 2 SIR ROBERT AT YWCA THANKSGIVING OVER 100 people, including the Governor. Sir Robert Black, attended the World Centennial and 80th anniversary thanksgiving service of the YWCA, Singapore, at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The service was also attended by Sir Robert Scott, the Commissioner-General. Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, Speaker of
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  • 36 2 FIVE films on Indian Classical Art will be screened at the University of Malaya on Tuesday noon. Dec. 13, by Dr. Michael Sullivan at the Arts Lecture Theatre. All those interested are welcome
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  • 225 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Radio Malaya's brain trust "Comment Is Free", had revealed that there should be only one national language, and no ministry of religion for Malaya. i Majority of the participants m the pool felt that the introduction of multi-lingua-lism
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  • 166 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Police officers investigating the recent wave of burglaries m the Federal capital today related to The Standard what they called "the funniest story of the week." A tired police officer on night duty was having a nap at the
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  • 395 2 SEVENTEEN candidates have passed the final professional examination, Part 11, for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, announced yesterday. They are: Chia, Michael, Mrs. Mallal, Gwendolen Maureen and Si-Hoe Kok Wan. The following candidates have
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  • 146 2 UK TYRE MAKERS FIRST TO BE HIT LONDON. Dec. 10— British tyre manufacturers be the first to be t under an anti-mo: bill to be framed early next year. The industry last nig jected the warning issued by the Monopolies Cotamission to abandon pry* fixing and such mi policies. The
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  • 76 2 JOHORE. Sun— The C. man of Johore Council. Mr. Teo Chin Kong, and the Police Officer of Layang Layang B R. A. Weaver, were given a dinner m their honour by the Chinese community, here on Friday. Mr. Tco. who is a. so th| President of the
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  • 419 3 'Or We'll Call A General Strike KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A Kuala Lumpur trade unionist declared at a mass rally called by the Malayan Trade Union Council today that it would consider calling a countrywide general strike if its demand for the basic wage of $8
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  • Article, Illustration
    61 3 photo by AIR Vice Marshal \V. H. Kyle, AOC Malaya, examines the cockpit of the HT-2, first trainer to be designed and manufactured m India, after the demonstration flight m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. With him are. sqn. Ldr. B. X. Ghosh, test pilot of the Hindustan Aircraft, who flew the
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  • 90 3 Examination Boycott Called Off STANDARD Seven students of Malay schools m Singapore will today sit for their entrance examination to Malay secondary classes. The students have decided not to boycott the Government examination after the Minister for Education, Mr. Chwee Swee Kee. has assured them that Government would not reject
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  • 61 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Nearly 100 representatives of United India Life Assurance L rnipany yesterday entertainer! Mr. H. Balaram Rao. their agency manager from India, to tea. Mr. Rao who is on an ex- osive tour of Asia to promote sale s and plan the company's 50th
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  • 83 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Sultan Suleiman Club members made merry till five o'clock this morning dancing the modern joget to celebrate its golden jubilee. The festivities started with a football game followed by a fashion parade and singing. The Sultan of Selangor was the guest of
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  • 44 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Members of the Pan-Malayan Pensioners Association today resolved to urge Federatior Cheif Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to appoint a committee to study their conditions. The resolution called the proposed committee to study the pensioners problem from "all angles."
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  • 149 3 Sea Detonation Awaited PENANG, Sun.— A lighter loaded with 45,000 pellets of sand crackers was placed m isolation by the police at the explosive anchorage m Penang harbour today. The pellets are believed to have been brought to Prai from Singapore by Malayan Railways
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  • 63 3 KUANTAN, Sun.— Some 20 medical scientists this week brought hopes of a bright future to hundreds of riverine folk afflicted with "elephant legs" caused by filiarisis m Malaya's East Coast. The scientists who come from various countries, donned tropical clothes and set out this week
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  • 41 3 PENANG, Sat. The Natural History Club of the Royal Air Force. Butterworth which supplies specimens for the London Zoo was visited by the Resident Commissioner. Penang, Mr. R. P. Bingha'n, during his tour of the RAF Station, Butterworth, yesterday.
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  • 30 3 BENTONG. Su..- The Rubber Supervision Licensing Board for the district will hold a meeting at the District Office here on Dec. 15 to consider applications for rubber licences.
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  • 306 3 INDIA-MADE TRAINER AIRCRAFT THRILLS KL YIPs VERY IMPRESSED KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Over 2500 people including the Federation's Defence Secretary and the Air Officer Commanding, Malaya, today watched an Indian test pilot put the first plane to be designed and manufactured m his country through some of the most thrilling acrobatic
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  • 324 3 Trades Disputes Act Memo A FOUR-PAGE memorandum setting out objections of trade unions m Singapore to the Trade Disputes Act and the reasons why it should be repealed will soon be submitted to the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, by the 95-Trade Unions Working
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  • 99 3 RRI Staff Assured By The Boss KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Rubber Research Institute Staff Union was last night assured by its director that its board looked upon happy relations with employees' as the first pre-requisitc of its successful functioning. The director, Mr. C G. Akhurst conveyed this assurance to over
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  • 65 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Father J. Lvi who was ordained at the Cathedral of the Good Sgepherd m Singapore on Dec. 4, today celebrated his first sacredotal mass at the Church ot the Immaculate Conception here. After the service the laity held a reception at the Church
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  • 37 3 AN ATTRACTIVE 29-year-old dancer, Miss Von Ray returned to her French quarter night club m New Orleans yesterday after setting a new world's record by "just sitting" for 202 days atop a windy flagpole. UP
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  • 609 4  - Arts Bali Kept Balhng All Night At A Fast din Steve Neoh Says ALTHOUGH there were no discreet appearences of a nude or two and no riotous scrambles for souvenirs, Singapore's first Arts Ball, held last Saturday, followed similar lines of the fabulous Chelsea Arts Ball m England. From what
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  • 115 4 Catholics Plan New Church A NEW Catholic church is to be built at Frankel Estate. Singapore, m the near future. Monsgr. N. Bonamy. Vicar-General of the Catholic Diocese, told The Standard yesterday. Monsgr. Bonamy said that although plans have not been finalized, a site for the building had been earmarked.
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  • 73 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The Sultan of Johorc has appointed the following to be Ministers: Dato Seth bin Mohd. Said, (Deputy Mentri Besar), Inche Abdul Rahman bin Musa, (State Secretary), Inche Ahmad bin Perang, (Stale Financial Officer), Ungku Hassan bin Omar. Dato Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhamed.
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  • 252 4 And If Was A Good Catch A SINGAPORE architect, Mr. Mervyn Cornelius, and a companion were rescued by a Shell Company tug yesterday when their 22-foot motor fishing yacht the "Russian Sea-Horse," developed engine trouble off Fulau Bukom. With its power out, the boat
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  • 88 4 Malaya Tops List Of UK Visitors MALAYA occupied first place m the list of prominent Asian visitors to Britain to inspect metropolitan building plans on rehousing during 1955. Out of a total of 62 visitors. 20 were from Malaya, 17 from Japan, 10 from Indonesia, and three each from India,
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  • 41 4 THE Standard regrets the use of the words "queer friends" m a sub-heading m a court report published on Saturday concerning the Japanese boxer, Mitsuo Yamamoto's apology to a Singapore reporter. The word "queer" was not used m Court.
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  • 152 4 THE People's Action Party would not tolerate any opportunism and expected all members to be honest m all their actions, said the Party chairmar), Dr. Toh Chin Ch'ye, yesterday. Dr. Toh said if there were any disagreement among members they should discuss
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  • 109 4 FOR it was the Singapore annual arts ball where all sorts, shapes, sizes and colours were present m one kaleidescope of an evening's gay madness BUT WHAT FUN! Half the time we didn't know where ice icere. The camera simply clicked and clicked each time we hicked and
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  • 121 4 TRAFFIC stopped and people gaped as a man reaching out to the sky shouted "Sikhistan." Within seconds hundreds of people scurried across the main Singapore Bukit Timah highway at seven milestone to listen to the man. It looked like a one-man campaign ior
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  • 28 4 MR. GEORGE OKEI.L was admitted to the Federation Bar m the Johore Bahru High Court yesterday. His application was sponsored by Mr. R. H. Green.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 773 4 Standard cMlmcMac Information at a Glance 'Wim milliiiiiMiiiiUMiiiH News (S); 710 News Talk (S/KL): Sons Goes Round the World }f lA!fan f\ ft C 715 s P° rts R eel (S); 730 Spot (16 86. 19 59m); 4 pm. Sporting MIIvV]AK LJ |V C the Favourites (S): 8 p.m World
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  • 1182 5  -  Marita Ross B V Day after day new models arrived at the studio of Jean Dominique Ingres. None of them lasted long. Ingres wanted a girl, beautiful and innocent, fit to represent the source of life itself. PARIS, MOST artists have their own ideal
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  • 13 5 Christmas Greetings From British star Magda Miller, lovely ash blonde from Strathblane, Scotland.
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  • 132 5 That's life A WOMAN m Cologne. Germany. was kicked by a brewer's dray-horse and awarded damages by Ihe court.— A CRATE OF BEER. A MOTORIST fined for a driving offence m Christchurch, New Zealand, explained: "My wife was helping me and she's the world's worst back-seat driver." j(c A
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  • 449 5  -  M. A. Glasgow By LONDON T^OWADAYS, we have become accustomed to hearing so much about larger and larger cyclotrons and other apparatus, connected with atomic energy projects that we are apt to imagine atomic power can be produced only m enormous buildings, specially designed, and filled with
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 36 5 Standard's CROSSWORD PUZZLE Q|_JJ£§ 10. Appointment made but not ACROSS H. Tlie university (4. 5) 9. The fifth monarchy men 12. Hardwaler on the move? «6-3. 6) (3-4) r |HH~<? HH~^ HSI^ HBT^ HHT^ RHT^ JBHT""
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    • 213 5 13. Where you land when you have gone and dun it together (7) 14. Danger Hay fever from this flower (9) 21. Harmony (7) 23. Descriptive of a scamo but can. be attractive m a girl 7) 24. Pompous walk of hen because her egg was red. <9> 25. Included
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 541 6 fpwo generations of English-educated Malayans have been brought up on a film diet of treacly romance, fast action and mayhem so most of them have lost the taste for drama and dialogue, and that is why British films with their slow action and preponderance of dialogue have
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    • 363 6 TF one were to believe the lamentations of our politicians and trade unionists one would have lost all hope about the future of this country. Yet all is not lost since there are no lack of people with faith m their fellow men and m their future.
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 986 6 NURSING the NURSES Sir: The figures submitted by the Minister for Health. Mr. Leong Yew Koh, at the recent meeting of the Federal Legislative Council wherein he stated that Selangor had only 22 doctors when 37 were wanted, 85 nurses when therj should be 233, and 91 student and assistant
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    • 317 6 Sir: Proud Nationalism has arisen m the past decade m almost every country surrounding Malaya. Peoples of India. Pakistan, Burma, the Phillipines, Vietnam and Indonesia, have proudly called themselves Indians. Pakistanis. Burmese Filipinos, Vietnamese and Indonesians, respectively. Now that we are slowly having the prospects of complete
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    • 154 6 Sir: The Pahang State Clerical Service Higher Division is said to have a strength of nearly 100 clerks yet no provision has so far been made for Special Grade appointments m this Service. Most of the other States having similar services have created a sufficient number of Special
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    • 595 6 New Spirit -says Mr. Sullivan Sir; May I make a factual comment on Mr. Aster Gunasekera's column, "The News As It Strikes Me." published m your Saturday's issue, a.s I think the disclosures of these facts will be helpful m assessing relative values m the Department of Broadcasting. Since the
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    • 262 6 Sir: Mr. J.M. Devereux Coleboum who is recognized as a good and able magistrate m Singapore and whose wide judicial experience stands him m good stead is quite right when he said he could not understand why the Colony did not have the social welfare lottery when
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    • 94 6 Sir: In the course of studying the merits and credits of the Malay as well as Indonesian pictures, as a translator, novelist and playwright, I would like to say that the Kris Film's '•Selamat Tinggal Kekasehku" is of the highest standard. As Malaya's inhabitants consist of two major
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  • 664 6  -  Aster Gunasekera Apart from being Mala-yan-born and educated she has done considerable travelling and returned to the country two years ago to resume her teaching. There is good reason to believe that none of the other applicants to the post had Ihe same qualifications.
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  • 39 7 photo. European ballroom champion Doreen Casey's 60-yard nylon net skirt flares to reveal knee-length silver lame Ma tador pants, as she dances m London with her partner, Harry Smith Hampshire. The skirt is detachable. AP
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  • 327 7 WE'LL DO WHAT WE LIKE' HE THUNDERS SRINAGAR, Dec. 11 (Reuter)— Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party said yesterday, that Kashmir was a part of India and that the people of Kashmir had themselves decided t'ris. Mr. Khrushchev,
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  • 72 7 'It Makes Hubby A Thief SRINAGAR, Dec. 11, (Reuter) Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, said here yesterday that jewellery often made husbands thieves. Mr. Khrushchev, was being shown some jewellery at the Kashmir Art Emporium which he visited along: with Soviet Premier, Marshal Buleanin yesterday morning. Mr. Krushchev saw a gold necklace
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  • 141 7 R.I.-DUTCH GOODWILL TALKS GET UNDER WAY THE HAGUE, Dec 11 (AP) The Netherlands and Indonesia yesterday opened full-scale talks aimed at solving problems which have clouded postindependence relations between the two countries. To be discussed over the next few weeks are: 1. Substitution of the protocol drawn up last year
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  • 35 7 CLEVELAND, Ohio. Dec. 11 (UP) America's first international atomic exposition m Cleveland went into its second day today featuring 160 exhibits aimed at the peacetime use of atomic and nuclear energy.
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  • 190 7 This Morning I Saw The Lord VATICAN CITY, Dec. 11 (AP) L'Osservatore Romano yesterday quoted an intimate visitor as saying Pope Pius XII exclaimed on Dec. 2. 1954: "This morning I saw the Lord." I The Vatican city newspaper, breaking its silence on
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  • 42 7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UP) Republican and Democratic leaders were left m the same quandary today as a result of a report that it would be mid-February before President Eisenhower should decide whether he will seek a second term.
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  • 137 7 LONDON. Dec. 11, (Reuter) —The fight of three powerful rivals ior the Labour Party's vacant leadership has plunged the British Socialist movement into its bitterest postwar convulsion. Bidding determinedly for the Labour crown— which carries with it the prospect of being Prime Minister one day— are
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  • 23 7 AT LEAST nine people were killed m traffic accidents m New York when a light snowfall turned to ice yesterday. Reuter
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  • 340 7 MENZIES SCORES LANDSLIDE WIN OVER LABOUR Result Of Aussie Elections EVATT STRUGGLES FOR HIS SEAT MELBOURNE-, Dec. 11, The Government of Mr. R.G. Menzies was returned to power m the house of Representatives with a big increase m its majority m yesterday's election. Sir Eric Harrison, deputy leader of the
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  • 25 7 FRANCISCO Bonard, dean of bullfighters who fought under the name ot Bonarillo. died m Lima. Peru on Fridaynight He was 84 years old.
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  • 106 7 LONDON. Dec. 11 (Reuter) African witch doctors, their prestige on the wane, are now joining their expatients m the European doctor's tent, according to Dr. R. S. F. Hennessey, former Director of Uganda's Medical Services. Dr. Hennessey described the social effects of the white
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  • 236 7 A Job For Margaret: Paper Urges LONDON. Dec. 11 <AP) Lord Beaverbrooks Sunday Express suggested today that the British Government find a real job for Princess Margaret. "Now that the crisis ol her sad romance is over." said the i paper, "the millions who desire her happiness are asking 'what's
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    • 782 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Tel: *****/6. *****/4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halifax, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia Cult Ports Spore P. S ham Penang POLYDORUS 9/16 Feb 17 Feb 18 Feb POLYPHEMUS 19/25 Mar 26 Mai 27/28 Mar Carriers option to proceed via
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    • 1044 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (IS lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) SJJJ" The blue funnel line £J Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENT Singapore. Due Sails P. S ham Penanp Laertes for Liverpool Dec
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  • 493 9 Buoyant Market In Tins; Rubber Higher CONFIDENCE m the futu-.v of the natural rubber industry and a soaring metal price caused markets to move higher. In particular, tins were buoyant with some considerable price improvements Rubbers had increased enquiry and exchanges at iiigiier levels, while industrials, although active and firm,
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  • 114 9 PARTY MARKS THE OCCASION OVER 1,000 guests attended a cocktail party to mark the opening of Malaya's tallest skyscraper, the 19-story S8 million Asia Insurance Building m Singapore, yesterday. The party was held after the Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, had declared the building; open. Group
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 150 9 IN the past week the tin metal price m Singapore again reached a new peak level since early 1953. Towards the close, however, there was a reaction and the metal price slipped $4 3/8 to $404 7/8 per picul. The top price for
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    • 59 9 PAN American World Airways announced yesterday that it flew 899,165.000 passenger miles and 23,046.028 plane miles m the third quarter of this year. This compares with "42,--332,000 passenger miles and 20,990,433 plane miles flown m the second Quarter of 1955 and 731,565,000 passenger miles and 19,463,--476
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    • 311 9 BUSINESS DONE IN WEEK BUSINESS m shares from Dec. 3 to 9 INDUSTRIALS Consolidated Tin Smelters ord. 30.6, Fraser and Neave ord. $1.73) to $1,714. Fraser and Neave prefs. 55.95 xd.. Federal Dispensary $3.40 to $3.50, Gammons $2.55, Great Eastern Life Assurance $80 and $79',. Hammer and Co. $2,574 to
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    • 119 9 KUCHAI TIN LTD Due to considerably better ore winnings and the higher metal price, a profit of $1,851,690 (212. 3^) was earned for the year ended September 30, 1955. Proposed final dividend of 100 c o will make a total of 130% for the year.
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    • 35 9 A NEW high-yielding, high-oil-content soya bean variety named Grant, devrloped by crop scientists of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been released for production planting m the northern areas of the country.
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    • 18 9 An Italian mission is due m Karachi this week to negotiate a trade pact with Pakistan.
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    • 1033 9 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDEPS F ELECTRICITY DEPART!i MENT: (a> Supply of lO.OOC yards 7/. 122 In. (.05 Bq In. equivalent Copper Stranded. Hard Drawn. Bae Aluminium Conductor wound on drums CLOSE N OON— 3/1/1956, (b) Supply 2.000 yds. No. 8 S.W.G. (.16 In Diameter* Bare Annealed Aluminium Binding Wire
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    • 599 9 NOTICES SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST T SENDERS are invited for the relaying of flat roofs of 15 blocks of artizans' quarters at Lorong Limau Estate. Tender form etc. may be obtained on payment of a deposit of $100/- which will be refunded if a bona fide tender is submitted. Sealed tenders
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    • 584 9 CUSTOMS EXCISE FEDERATION OF MALAYA CEALED and marked Ten- ders will be received by the Comptroller of Customs, Federal Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur up to 12 noon on the 16th of January. 1956, for the purchase of one fast 48' twin screw Customs launch as lying at Customs anchorage, Port Swettenham.
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    • 453 9 NOTICES SINGAPORE AIRPORT ADVERTISING CONCESSION APPLICATIONS are invited from established advertising and publicity agencies for an advertising and display concession at Singapore Airport. It is intended that the concession will consist m the main of the right to erect and sublet display cases m various parts of the Terminal Building.
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    • 360 9 I ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY- I I ARTIFICER APPRENTICES, I ifm Vacancies exist m the Royal Malayan Navy Uk for the entry of fen young men for training as |c artificer apprentices m the Engine Room (four), HE M Shipwright (four) and Electrical (two) branches. 9| SB Candidates must Is W&
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  • 74 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Hockey will be included for the first time m the next Asian Games to be held at Tokyo m 1958 This was revealed by Mr Herman de Souza, spokesman of the FOMOSC at a conference held here yesterday. A move to include badminton
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  • 289 10 YOUR FEDERATION SPORTS PAGE —When Fed. Picks Team For Games KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday— Federation of Malaya Olympic Sports Council yesterday revealed the basis on which athletes will be chosen for tli? Olympic Games at Melbourne next year. The Council, at their conference at High Street School, decided
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  • 177 10 MALACCA. Sun.— A large crowd saw the Aryan Gymkhana wind up their two-day Malacca schedule with a 3-2 win over a Malacca side at Kubu Stadium, today. Malacca full-back Puteh was warned by referee Abbas m the second half when Puteh argued with him over
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  • 81 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Charles Jalleh (Golden Arrow Cycling Club* today won the Kuala Lumpur to Klang and return road cycle race m the record time of 2 hrs. 2 mm. 7 mm. faster than old record. Jalleh won the BSA Challenge Cup. Thirty eight competitors faced the
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  • 29 10 TAIPING. Sun. Clifford School XV of Kuala Lipis beat King Edward VII School at rugger by 13 points (two goals, penalty) to 8 (goal, penalty) m Taiping.
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  • 50 10 Today's Sport in the Federation KUALA LUMPUR HOCKEY: Div. One Police Depot vs. YMSA, Gurney Road: women's league PWD vs. SEA. Cheras Road. RUGBY: Selangor Club vs. 16 Field Ambulance, Padang. IPOH 'HOCKEY: Div. One Ramblers vs. Cheng Wah, Upper Padang; Div. Two 15-19 Hussars vs. Tronoh Police, Lower Padang.
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  • 157 10 YES, SCRAP THE LEAGUE THEY SAY KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mr. Gurubaksh Singh Sambhi. president of the Selangor hockey Association said today that he endorsed Mr. Herman de Souza's views on the "evils of the league hockey system" m Malaya. Mr. de Souza. president of the Malayan Hockey Federation, recently condemned
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  • 152 10 FED. POLICE PULL THROUGH WITH DOUBLES FEDERATION Police yesterday beat Singapore Police 3-2 m their annual badminton match m Singapore. thanks to their doubles combinations The Federation were down 2-1 m the singles but drew level with the first doubles and then snatched victory m the last game. Most exciting
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  • 255 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Su n Special Air Services Regiment had to fight hard to beat 25 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, by 6 points (two tries) to nil m the second round of the FARELF Cup rugger competition at Gurney Road yesterday. Air Services, with nine New Zealanders
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  • 112 10 SINGAPORE beat the Federation by five bouts to two m their annual inter-Police boxing tournament at the Police Training School gymnasium on Saturday night. This is the second year that Colony boxers have triumphed. The results (Singapore police boxers mentioned first) were* BANTAM WEIGHT:
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  • 24 10 KUALA KANGSAR. Sun.— Kuala Kangsar Cheng Wah soccer team trounced the Indians s—o m a soccer match on Polo Ground yesterday.
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  • 216 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A late goal by insideleft Kam Heng helped Selangor Chinese Recreation Club to beat Combined Services 7-6 m a thrilling soccer match at Princes Road this morning. The match, played m aid of Christmas Funds- for needy Services and civilian children,
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 10 picture. Forty-four schoolteachers from all over the Federation who took part m one week's training for the Federal course m physical education are seen here during their preparation for the Bronze medallion (Life Saving) examinations at the Kuala Lumpur Victoria Institution pool Standard
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  • 802 11 BOSTON PROVIDE THE BIGGEST FA CUP SHOCK Hit Derby County 6-1 LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter)— Boston United and Bedford Town led a gallant bid by "little" non-league clubs m the second round of the Football Association Cup yesterday, when they both beat league rivals to earn the chance of meeting
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  • 69 11 HUNGARY TROUNCE SINGAPORE CALCUTTA. Dec. 11 (Router) Hungary won a triangular table tennis tournament here tonight trouncing Singapore by tive matches to nil. Hungary beat India 5-0 last ni?ht and on the first day Singapore also beat India by the same margin. Hungary's Fernec Sido aid Joseph Koczian r.tived orthodox
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  • 77 11 ISS.EWORTH, England Dec. 11, (UP) Mary Kok, the 15-->e tr-old Hilversum. Holland, b o'sH'-, collected her second rid record m successive days when she returned 5 rains., 10.5 seconds for the 400 yards ir.dividual medley m the international swimming meet al Isteworth Baths today.
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  • 197 11 Humez Cheers Challenges The Champion f S 'i e (AP >— French middleweight champion Charles Humez said yesterday he would be glad to meet Sugar Ray Robinson for the world crown no Bra u vo Robinson!" he said. "Please send him my greetings. He has proved a really great champion."
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  • 186 11 BOBO JUST SITS AND MUMBLES... CHICAGO, Dec. 11. (AP)— A stunned, bewildered Bobo Olson sat m his dressing room after he had lost his middleweight title last night to Ray Robinson by a second round knockout. "So fast, so fast." muttered Olson. "It was his fast combinations and I got
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  • 1087 11 U.K. SOCCER Results Positions LONDON. Dec. 11. (Reuter)— U.K. Football League standings after yesterday's matches are: LEAGUE DIVISION I Arsenal 2, West Bromwich A. 0. A. Villa 3, Preston North End 2 Blackpool 4, Everton 0. B. Wanderers 6. B'ingham C. 0. Cardiff C. 3. Charlton Ath. 1. Chelsea 2,
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  • 84 12 Teachers To Tour South Malaya KOTA BAHRU. Sun Teachers Training College rugger fifteen will leave here on a tour of South Malaya on Tuesday. The college will open their tour against Clifford School, Kuala Lipis. At Seremban, the College will play two games one against All Blues Negri Sembilan. and
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  • 281 12 Another Federation Triumph ANOTHER Federation hockey victory over Singapore was registered when the Federation of Malaya Police beat the Singapore Police by three goals to two m their annual match played on the Police ground at Thompson Road yesterday, i Of the three matches played m the series, the Federation
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 12 INDIANS Recreation Club drew 1-1 with the Chinese Athletics m their friendly soccer game at Farrer Park yesterday. S. Krishnan (Indians) and Ah Chow (Chinese) were the scorers. Henry Dave I
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  • 596 12  -  BILL FUNK Hwang And Wee Plan Big Things By I SINGAPORE and Thailand badminton officials are pooling their 'brains' to arrange a big international badminton meet m aid of the Nanyang University Fund. This was revealed by Mr. Hwang Yong Lim. Executive
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  • 46 12 WOODLANDS Sports Club were held to a 3-3 draw by Seletar Football Club m a friendly soccer encounter at Woodlands yesterday. The scorers for Woodlands were Abdullah Sudin, Hussein Elias and Ali Awang while Mohamed Duras. Yusof Hashim and Wahab Ahmad replied for Seletar.
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  • 315 12 —The Navy Arrives By OUR HOCKEY REPORTER FOR many years the wooden spoonists of the Singapore Hockey Association Quadrangular tournaments, Royal Navy provided the surprise of the Colony hockey season by winning this year's title. They held the fancied Singapore Civilians to a 2-2 draw at
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  • 336 12 Negro Boxers May Train Under The 'Old Apple Tree' Dave Ross Want The Open Air Fly In Today For Friday's Fights Two American Negro boxers, heavyweight Henry Dave (gunning for Fijian Radrodro) and welterweight Milton Ross (out to scalp Tukana) intend to open their Colony campaign with a Marshall act
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  • 131 12 IN the SHA quadrangular match played earlier, the Royal Air Force beat the Army XI 3-2 on the Naval Base ground. The Army were first to score, but before the interval, the airmen put themselves on equal terms. Midway through the second half, a heavy shower
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  • 520 12 MR. STORE TITLE TO HERMAN GOH TAN Howe Liang of the Evergreen Weightlifting Party, who smashed three Singapore and Malayan lightweight records with lifts of 2£4 lbs. press, 233j lbs. snatch and 305 lbs. clean and jerk won the champion of champions title
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  • 53 12 FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 10 (AP) Mario D'Agata, deaf-mute European bantamweight boxing champion, and Luana Bacci of Florence, also a deaf-mute, were married here today. Despite their affliction, both the 29-year old champion and his 22-year-old bride, managed an audible and distinct "Si" yes m response to the
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  • 88 12 BADEN Kesenian beat Western Sports Club 13-1 m a Singapore Tiger Cup Group A soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. The scorers for Baden Kesenian were Choon Chee (6>, Tahir bin Hussein (2) Omar bin Syed (2). Shakni (2) and Ahmad Mohamed. Jaffar
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  • 218 12 Malik Rides To VictoryIn 'Phillips Classic' A FITTING finish to this year's Colony bicycle racing season was the fifth annual "Phillips Classic," a 25-lap massed-start road race held at Shenton Way last night. Malik Selamat beat Raffi bin Haji Bahrewi by a wheel, and Cpl. Terry Thompson by length to
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  • 285 12  - Cracknell Gets Cracking WINDSOR LAD Race .Review By IPOH, Sun. MAX CRACKNELL has finally got the break he deserved. With a fine double on Marcelle, and an all-the-vvay triumph on Trow Hill, this English jockej- shared top place with Abdul Mawi for the Ipob meeting which ended yesterday Mawi's three
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  • 28 12 PARIS. Dec 11 (Reuter) France beat Britain by 17 points to five m their Rugby League international here today France led 5-2 at halltime.
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  • 41 12 Mr. S'pore Mr. Aw MR. Singajiorc. handsome young Herr^an receives the trophy from the patron in-efiic* of SAWLF, Mr. Aw Cheng Chye, at the conclusion the competition last night. Centre, looking on, is Mr. Chua Tian feck. p\- dent of SAWLF.
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    • 27 12 HOCKEY: Methodist Boys' School (Kuala Lumpur) vs. St. Andreics' School. Woodsville Girls' Sports Club vs. W.R.A.F. (Changi). Serangoon Road. RUGBY: S.C.C. "B" vs. Nee Soon Garrison, Padang.
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