Singapore Standard, 15 December 1955

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      7 1 Singapore Standard 1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1955
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      Lock icon Santa Becomes A Cowboy In Argentina's Summer
      338 2 Santa Becomes A Cowboy In Argentina's Summer By SAM SUMMEHLIN "DUEXOS AIRES (AP)— XJ Argentina's young folk can laugh at Thomas Miller's Jamed verse which ends: Christmas comes but once a year." Down m this Latin land, the kids taste yuletide treats twice. Rather than snow Argentina's boys and girls
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      Lock icon Englishman Must Have His Wassail
      456 2  -  ALVIN STEINKOPF By T ONDON, AP)— The Bri- J tish Christmas festival will be a little less colourful than it was in the last century, but it is bound to be merrier for more people than it. used to be. Today's Englishman, musing over his
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      Lock icon FRAGMENTS OF TWO CHRISTMASSES
      998 2  -  HOLLOWAY HORN Happy Memories and Personal Touches f by ANOTHER CHRISTMAS I Downstairs the family is gat hering my children and grandI children. I can hear their voices and laughter and I from time to time one or g other comes up to my 1 study
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      Lock icon Yes, There Was A St. Nicholas
      32 2 St. Nicholas was an authentic historical figure, the bishop of Myran m the Eastern Church during the fourth century. He was canonized m the ninth century.
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      Lock icon A Bang Up Holiday
      29 2 On the island of Jamaica. Christmas is heralded with fire-crackers. Instead of using snow-balls, Jamaican children wage friendly battles with cap pistols outside the church.
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      Lock icon 80 Years Old
      23 2 The Christmas card waa introduced into the Uniter" States 80 years ago snd/V has become a fixture m the celebration.
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      Lock icon Legalized Christmas
      18 2 Christmas Day did not receive formal legal recognition throughout the United States until the late 1880s.
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      Lock icon Do-lt-Yourself Toys
      20 2 Do-it-yourself kits for t children's toys range from I bake-a-real-cake packets 10 J toy uranium hunting outfits. f
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      Lock icon When X'mas Brought A Living Snowman
      1069 3  -  T.H. Westbury In December Gloom A White Giant Stalked by TERRIFIC blizzard swept across Grindstone Island, one of the Magdalen Group m the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Sunday morning bejcre Christmas, .1872. It was only with the greatest difficulty that worshippers at
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      Lock icon Sacred Road Is Blocked By Borders
      360 3 Sacred Road Is Blocked By Borders //I IERUSALEM (AP>— Politx- ILlf J cal troubles m the Holy j w Land and hostile border guards are all that prevent motoring tourists from travelling the same route taken by Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Beth- lehem. where upon their arrival Jesus
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      Lock icon Music Goes With Holly For a Happy Christmas
      427 3  -  W. G. ROGERS by j Associated Press Arts Editor j I j j j I j I I I j I > ]^OW above all is the season of the carol. The trees, the creche, the Yule log, the mistletoe are all
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      Lock icon Why Santa Comes Down Chimneys
      536 4 A visit from St. Nicholas TpWAS the night before Christmas, when all through *he house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were
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      Lock icon Get The Most From Your Yule Tree
      615 4  -  Sandra Nemser by pHRISTMAS TREES pn»sent various problems. There are prudent ways to buy them and care for them. Before you go out to buy the tree, and this should be done at least one week before Christmas, decide first. of all where
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      Lock icon It's Party Time for Young and Old
      287 4 It 's Party Time for Young and Old r)NE traditional Christmas get-together is the eggnog party. The gathering might be just a family affair, or it may be a community party. Eggnog recipes are always a challenge to the male celebrants and old formulas have been dug out of trunks
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      Lock icon Dickens's Idea Of A Party
      1197 5  - Dickens's Idea Of A Party GLADYS WATERER by (]HARLES Dickens loved a party. All through 1 his life, upon the slightest excuse, he would hare a party. Among his correspondence there are innumerable mentions of parties, or invitations to parties, or details of arrangements for parties. He entertained his friends
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      Lock icon YULE TREES ONCE HUNG UPSIDE DOWN
      201 5 g yiENNA CAP)— Christmas 2 customs m Austria, where tradition is held 2 sacred, have changed only a j* little m the past 100 years and Christmas still is the I* most important holiday for S the Austrians. In fact, the only substan- tial
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      Lock icon YULETIDE IS CIRCUS TIME
      1890 6  -  TREVOR HOLLOWAY I But The Ring Drew\ Crowds Before I I The Christian Era I 'tV\VVW\K%# QHRISTMAS without a circus would seem almost as strange as Easter without an egg. It has become nearly as important an ingredient of Yuletide merrymaking as mistletoe or plum pudding.
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      Lock icon GIVE PHOTOGRAPHY THIS CHRISTMAS...
      426 6  -  JERRY FIELD I ;>\\\ww\vvvvi f"f V t\mvvvmv\*> TF you're one of those rare 1 L but wonderful people 1 who has written the word "finished" across your 1955 Christmas Shopping List... you'll want to "skip" this i column today. 1 But —if you're m the 1
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      Lock icon Christmas In England —and In Australia
      635 7  - Christmas In England —and In Australia Peter Finch by TV/HAT is the difference between Christmas .;> m England and Christmag mi n Australia? I have experienced both so many times that I find it difficult to say which I really prefer. There are. of course, many differences, mainly brought about
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      Lock icon What the STARS Are Doing For Christmas
      1061 7 What the STARS Are Doing For Christmas rpERENCE MORGAN is A planning to take his wife to Switzerland. He hasn't been there since he was sixteen, and he hopes to repeat the visit to Arosa. "Nice and high and almost certain to have snow." he says. "I've never forgotten the
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      Lock icon Nine Parties Give Mexico Gay Season
      315 8  - Nine Parties Give Mexico Gay Season LARRY F. STUNTZ By jy.JEXICO CITY (AP) Mexicans warm up for their Christmas gaiety with a series of nine parties which comprise the busiest social season of the year. f The parties are called "posadas'' because of their original religious signifi- cance. "Posada" means
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      Lock icon A Serious Charge
      29 8 In Pennsylvania on Dec. 23 1936 Judge M. A. Mus- manno of the Allegheny County Criminal Court ruled doubters of Santa Claus m contempt of court.
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      Lock icon Spanish Get Extra Month Pay For Yule
      255 8 jyjADRID (AP)— Christmas can't come soon enough for Spanish workers there's an extra month's salary m every pay envelope. This pays for the turkey and other delicacies that adorn the Spanish table at the traditional Christmas Eve feast. In addition there's always che
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      Lock icon X'mas at the Zoo
      720 9  - X'mas at the Zoo LEONARD TIPPEN by JF you visit a zoo m < Europe this Christ- mas, you are not likely i to see a python unless h has decided to wake up for a seasonal snack, i because pythons spend most of the winter sleep- J ing. But,
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      Lock icon Festivities In India
      80 9 1 AT SAMASTIPUR m In--1 dia, before midnight Mass, 1 the people sit m a circle on 1 the ground around a bright gas lamp and eat rice and > vegetables with special 1 spices. The food is held on I a banana leaf instead of a
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      Lock icon European Style
      29 9 MANY European countries open the long Christmas season on Dec. 6 and exchange presents on that date. leaving Christmas Day free for feasting, sing- ing and visiting.
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      Lock icon TALKING TURKEY
      1338 9  -  C. Norlhcote Parkinson by AS the only passenger on board the S.S. Wotan, Michael Ridsdale had become unusually friendly with the ship's officers: more especially with Nilson, the Chief Engineer. It was Nilson, therefore, who greeted him most warmly when he appeared at breakfast on December 24th. "I
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      Lock icon COGNAC BISQUIT
      173 10 "Choice of Kings' IT is the Old Man Brand that the Chinese, who are very fond of cognac and generally good "connoisseurs," ask for BISQUIT BRANDY wherever they are. The Old Man is Saint Martial, the patron saint of Messrs. Bisquit Dubouche, the leading Brandy distillers, who became
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      Lock icon Build Around A Thrilling Childhood Memory
      1170 10  - Build Around A Thrilling Childhood Memory CONSTANCE SPRY I) y wwwwwwwv 1 J i \r you can summon me memory, enhanced now by time, of the Chris tmas decoration that drew from you that ultimate sigh of pleasure, and build around it m planning your Christmas decorations this year, you
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      Lock icon Children's Shoes Filled With Sweets In Germany
      341 10  -  Tom Stone By .j JTRANKFURT, Germany (AP) Germans observe Christmas now much as they did centuries ago, especially m rural sections. They go to church, have big family dinners and exchange presents. But the youngsters have it good at Christmas time. Santa Claus
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      Lock icon PRESENTS YOUR FRIENDS WILL KEEP AND USE
      742 11  - PRESENTS YOUR FRIENDS WILL KEEP AND USE Viola Newton g y s=^=*=^* TPHE back of a drawer is often the resting place of many gifts bought during the Christmas rush, until, after a decent interval, they can be consigned to the next jumble sale. The presents which escape this fate,
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      Lock icon Why Christmas Comes On Dec. 25
      106 11 TT TOOK the Christian church more than 400 5 years to decide on a date for Christmas. Three dates seemed to be m the running —March 25, Dec. 25 and Jan 6. 2 Theophilus of Antioch was supposed to have written around 180 A.D.
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      Lock icon Some Little Ladles Want More Than Just A Doll
      504 11 T ITTLE girls have big ideas. That's a thought for a doting aunt or granny to keep m mind when Christmas shopping. Dolls are still welcome under any little girl's tree but today's youngster has quality taste. She wants a big
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      28 11 A doll wearing a real silver blue mink coat is among the expensive toys on the market for Christmas gifts this year. The doll costs $300.
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      Lock icon The Male Does The Work
      258 13 T'JRKEYS have become a traditional part of our C nristmas meal, but they cam be seen alive at some ogs. In spite of their name, I ey are descended from the v.ild brush species of North America. Their nearest relatioo, the oceliatcd turkey Central America,
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      1182 13  -  COLLIN BROOKS Ifr** 1 80th. X'mas JT was the Old Lady's eightieth Christmas, 2 and, though she had refused to confess it, she 2 was more than a little tired. But now there was a lull of quiet. She drop- ped off to sleep, placidly
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      Lock icon HE'LL CHOP OWN LOGS
      172 14 I JOHN Gregson, his wife, J Thea Gregory and their two children (7-year-old t Nicholas and 4-year-old Catherine) will be spending 5 their first Christmas m r their own house an old Tudor cottage on the out- skirts of London. Christmas trees and holly grow m
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      159 14 CUSAN Beaumont. the f lovely young actress daughter of Roma Beauf mont, will be at home for Christmas, just after completing her first major screen role with Frankie Howerd m "Jumping lor I Joy." And, she says, surprisingly ly: "There is going to De J a
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      Lock icon It's the Most Wonderful Time
      388 14  -  Esther Williams By Every year right after Christmas I make a resolution to shop early next time and have everything wrapped and hidden well m advance of the day, so that I can relax calmly around the tree. About July or so, 1 do make
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      Lock icon Young Mike Is All Agog
      356 14  -  Elizabeth Taylor fy- IpHRISTMAS is the most exy^* citing time of the year! KTo Michael and me it means happiness, friends, home, j Christmas carols, presents— and children. Young Michael will be cele- brating his second Christmas this year, while young Chris will be seeing
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      228 14  - I'll Never Forget LANA TURNER Says S rpWELVE years ago, I 1 I X spent the happiest k Christmas of my life— the first with my 1 daughter, Cheryl Chris- 2 tine. J She was exactly five- j month-old. Child exj perts, books by eminent psychologists, and 2 scientific fact
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      133 14 CTANLEY Holloway usualk^ ly considers Christmas to be a time to relax. But it doesn't turn out that way. It won't this year. He will be packing to take off for America, where he is to play Doolittle m the new Broadway musical version of "Pygmalion." Nor wa
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      243 14 JACK Hawkins says that he will sper&l this Christmas mainly trying to plan things so that he can avoid all the mistakes of former years. "I always approach Christmas with the most efficient plans," hei says, "but so does everyone 1 else m the family, and triey are
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      405 15  - Christmas Season Off To Fast Start ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN ==2>=o= By>=z>" zs NEW YORK, Dec. 14. THRONGS swarm New York's sidewalks, shot windows are decked out m the season's traditional red and green garb. Christmas decorations hang m every window and gayly dressed Santa Claus' ring their bells on every
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      Lock icon Mice Get Credit For 'Silent Night'
      54 15 WHEN mice gnawed into the organ bellows of a little church m Bavaria, organist Franz Xavier Gruber composed "Silent Night, Holy Night" to ft the words of a poem written by Father Joseph Mohr. It was easy for the villagers to sing without the
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      382 15 W/HY not make your own Yuletide decorations for the home? Two do-it-youself projects, a Christmas bell and ..basket utilize cardboard and gift wrap paper making simple projects. The decorations may be made just by following patterns employing 1-inch squares as a guage Either decoration
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      568 15  - GIVE YOUR FRIEND A Hobby Syd Kronish By TF YOU'VE racked your brain trying to come up with a novel idea for a Christmas gift, cease and desist. Start your friend, relative or child on a hobby. If he already has a hobby, just buy him some additional material or
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    • What Dec. 25 Is To Me
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        116 16 pHRISTMAS to me always conjures up a picture of log fires, casual wear, a few friends together with the family a completely relaxing time but m keeping with the seasonal spirit. I like sitting on the floor In front of the fire and there is no cosier time
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        Lock icon Terence Morgan
        287 16 II ]VT OiS:r P e °p- e en i°y giv--ITI ing presents, and for me, Christmas is the climax to almost a year of presen t-hunting. You could almost put this doicn as my favourite pastime. Both my wife and I got a tremendous kick out of searching,
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        113 16 EACH year, my husband and I have the same pattern for Christmas. The most important day of the year starts with midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, late enough to enjoy the lie-in but early enough for me to start working on the Christmas dinner, we
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        312 16 WHEN I was a little boy back home m Niagara Falls, Christmas Day was the most wonderful day m the whole year. My father, a Baptist minister, was a great believer m tradition, and as long as I can remember our Christmas varied very little. My father always
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      Lock icon 'What I Hope For In 1956'
      177 16 'What I Hope For In 195 6' June Thorburn EVERY New Year, of course, brings its crop of wishes. And there are a lot of things I'm hoping for m 1956. I hope to have at least two really good film parts something with the sparkle of a picture like
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      Lock icon Donald Sinden
      117 16 CO far as my film career is concerned more films as good and as varied as I have been lucky enough to appear m since I came to the screen m "The Cruel Sea", and which have ranged from riotous comedy, such as "A Doctor m the House",
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      151 16 T WISH I had a crystal. I know what I hope for m 1956, but I do wish I could know how many of those hopes will be fulfilled! My main hope sounds so simple to get a sufficient number of dramatic parts to justify the description "actress".
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      70 16 THIS depends on which me is speaking. As a human being alive on this world, obviously, like everybody else, peace is at the top of the list. If it is as a family man, it is a happy year and good health for myself and my family; and
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      Lock icon Some STRIKING Discoveries and INVENTIONS
      1607 17  - Some STRIKING Discoveries and INVENTIONS M.A. GLASGOW YEAR OF UNRESTING QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE tS 3^ By o==o== PERHAPS the scientific event of 1955 which caused the most widespread interest and thrilled people m all parts of the world, was the announcement, m September, that American research workers were starting the
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      Lock icon Now Here Are Some More Christinas Customs
      1034 18 Now Here Are Some More Christinas Customs THE Lord of Misrule whose function it was to preside over the Christmas merriment and direct the revels, was known m many European countries. He would write his own plays and mumming acts for performance, being paid from public funds for this. Decorated
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      Lock icon Abolished the English Festival
      1130 19  - Abolished the English Festival Arthur Dowle WHEN PARLIAMENT W va 'JO abolish Christmas would seem to us unthinkable as well as impossible, Yet, m England, thiee hundred years ago, Parliament attempted to do this very thing. Parliament did not achieve its object completely, but several Decembers passed m an exceedingly
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      3148 20  -  B.H. May lord J ,9f* OP BRITAIN'S sporting year has been one of colour and considerable achievement. Although the performances, in the international arena, of British soccer teams and, in a lesser degree, British boxers, have not come up to expectations, there has been much to commend.
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    • A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
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        Lock icon If Dad Is A Sportsman A Gift Choice Is Easy
        383 21  -  Frank Eck By ALL DAD does Is pay the f* bills. His problems seem minor to the rest of the rcimily for this is the time nl year the No. 1 poser presents itself: What to buy Dad for Christmas?
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        581 21 C\F all seasons m the year Christmas is the richest h i r ::ditional customs and observances, most of which are so firmly established that tee seldom stop to think about their origins. It is of I I g T eatest interest at this I ■c. to
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        34 21 I THE MINCE PIE, Intro- duced into the United States from England, used I to use pheasants, hares and i partridges instead of the j I modern chopped beef and 1> suet.
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        246 21 FF the animals at the zoo 1 are minded to have a sing-song or concert this Christmas, there will certain- ly be no lack of talent. Most animals can make some sort of sound, musical or other- wise. A notable exception is the girafifee, who
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        211 21 CINGING by humans may inspire the residents m our zoos to extra efforts of their own. Not that the wolves, for instance, need any encouraging. When night begins to close m over Whipsnade, they pack closely together and begin "chattering". Under the guidance of their
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        Lock icon Elephants Will Get 600 lbs. Of Hay
        220 21 Elephants Will Get 600 lbs. Of Hay IK/TOST of the animals at 1 the zoo m England this year will be enjoying their Christmas dinner as much as we shall. During the necessary rationing of war years, their diet was apt to be restricted if not monotonous. Even at Christmas,
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      Lock icon MOTORING IN THE LAND OF XMAS
      545 23  -  Eric Gottgetreu By •JERUSALEM (AP)— MotorJ ing m the land where Christmas began offers a variety of scenery that is probably unequalled m any other area of similar size. The country of Israel, comprising 7,882 square miles— slightly larger than New Jersey and less
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      70 23 /^AROLS are an Indispensable part of Christmas. The word Carol is derived a from cantare (to sing) and 4 rola (an interjection of Joy) and these "joyful songs" are of very ancient date. The "Gloria In Exelcis" sung by the Angels at the Nativity was the earliest of all
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      Lock icon It's Never The Same
      718 23  - It's Never The Same DOUGLAS FOSTER By Si THE x visitor to any A country at Christmas jK lime is nearly always on ff o the lookout for something special about the 2S way that country cele- brates the festival. However, as an "exiled" Jjfc, Englishman, Christmas fc? m the
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      134 23 THE Christmas Tree is now an indispensable feature of all homes where there are children and m many where the family have now grown up a tree is still retained. Christmas Trees are of not such a long 1 1 standing m England as i might be supposed, but
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      213 4 31 To someone Y ou Hold m special affection, give an Ome?a. IPt'L MM* CME^^ You could choose no more suitable a gift, make no more (I BKvT^ S^»»«*^''/Z*»<&t> M[ eloquent an expression of your regard. Omegas are I^L -I The Seamaster- Calendar r Give, fi t'^bt* yj^ssi England /Ml
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      511 5 A mas Crossword LXUES Across: 1. With 2 Down. Tiny Tim's Christmas toast (3,5,2,5,3) 8 Christmas is above all a time for family (7) 9 A, S P J ig of h for th e Christmas Pudding! (5) 11. It has set m when 5 melts 12. Physiological unit (4)
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      112 7 I Xword Puzzle (from p age 5> SOLUTIONS 41 Deletes, 42. Annexe, 43. Across: Trees. |1. God Bless Us Every 8. Down: I Reunion. 9 Holly, 11. -I. One 3 Benevolent 4 Thaw. 12. Gene, Santa Claus, 5. Snow 6 1 13 Serve. 16 Saw. 17. Hog, Volga 18 Carol,
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      78 9 Which Way Round The Gifts? a A $?^P\ -*8^ I -'nn and Susan were each lucky enough to be given four presents for Cnnstmas. The toys are laid out on the floor of their playroom. The children wished to examine each carefully. Can you trace the way they went around
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      195 10 I MOST APPRECIATED X' MAS GIFTS for your home friends V^^Jw^ iU Special Offer for this season M^TW Jk y* Cash Instalment. \rnf^ MT JL Josf^rnved^ The New 1956 jff n 1p Philips Novosonic Olivetti Portable W? J. Radio Radiogram. Standard Typewriters. r, v _^^^M| i > > BX 449A
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      206 11 t^- Mil T C *i' «J rJJPI I Thls is < Santa Claus f•• fICLLU! That's right Tell me, What Is this "MAGNOLIA PLUM PUDDING ICE .CREAM" .everybody is raving about? Every Christmas I get a wonderful Welcome from people this Christmas, they don't even take notice of me Why?
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      38 11 WHAT'S FOR DINNER? If you take the initial letters of the six objects shown m the picture and put them m their correct order, you will discover an important part of the Christmas dinner. Solution on page 17.
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      305 13 Fold a piece of j TYPEWRITING PAPER 8i m. wide and Ufa I !on^ likethisf^ I 1 FOLD IN I f HALF THE I I B/^ST/2.FOLD 1 7 CORNERS OVER TO 1 "^—Cy CENTER FOLD. 2 3. FOLD OVERAGAIN\ i/V^,^ LIKETHISr W \3{i 4. FOLD BOTH F~ ]X S,DESOVER /l\
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      609 14 S act cmjSTMAS 3fltj Call at:- J JACKS PHOTO CO. I IS for I POPULAR CAMERAS r Specialise m D& P J >S Outdoor Photography I. i\ 157, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE lEL: *****. -^3T w S m& m& m&w&tfzk m&#&m& m&m&w& I An Meal Xntas Gift isff *^ij< H
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      109 15 For jour X'mas recordings Use the new 1956 Webcor Tape Recorders JVST ARRIVED High Fidelity, professional type performance at a price you can afford. frl Three Hi Fi Speakers Two Magnetic \£^i Recording Heads Two Motors! WEBCOR J^^^k. ROYAL Coronet $875/The most popular of all recorders It's the "standard for
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      160 15 1 SPECIAL X'MAS OFFER h^ /O% Discount W On Every Suiting Wo 1 BOOK II ffly YOUR X'MAS W FEATHER WEIGHT SUIT Ip The most Lightweight r I Crease Resist 11 WASHABLE J| NEEDS NO IRONING I t 81 High Strrct. Tel. *****. «X SJ i-y ■^BBKT** b 2 I
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      62 15 Name The Games i IWn'UU ttrfTIUU-u- •nfWH*-__tf<l "'HIM' i|wi-in -___> If l=A 2=Bl,3=C and so on, can you name the games Teddy and Jumbo played at their Christmas party? Solution at bottom of page SOLUTIONS: Hunt the Slipper, Post- I man's Knock, Kiss m the Ring, Charades, Forfeits, Blind Man's
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      273 16 Keep right on top lip li li I i j Send your repeat orders to McALISTER CO., LTD. IMPORT DEPT. Phone *****. jnUM HM JIM DM WtSMkWI »S mk'as&i%& m&ffi*ffi* j%&#&#* 1 iVEIT... MODERN... I House Fittings j y Wall brackets fljo J also available. The most up-to-date j^ pendants
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      241 17 "°REX BOOK STORE (The house of High-class fashion books] 24 Dhoby Ghaut, SINGAPORE 9. Tel. ***** i^ S. S. VASAN CO. 125 Middle Road, SINGAPORE 7. Tel: ***** wishes all their customers a a Prosperous %u> Ifear J I i For all your requirements "N during CHRISTMAS and j NEW
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      167 17 J^s Oltf tß I im^Liyb for i I yJ X'MAS I whether you buy for, Sj I YOUR FIANCE 8 YOUR FRIEND S YOURSELF I or YOUR HOME I REMEMBER 'ff. WASSIAMULL S I HIGH ST. 4P sK«l^ak 233 %6K3»tt I NINA RICCI Jg THE PERFUME OF ALL BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
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      207 18 Jw/X ?jA J{i —<%■£ E Singapore United Radio Co., 118, Orchard Road. United Electric Co., 5. Dhoby Ghaut, Sin Hup Hin, 51. Prinsep Street. South Asia Trading Co., 339, Victoria Street. Johore Kirn Pong Music Co., 60, Jalan Ibrahim Johore Ech.-v Aik Siew Trading Co., 52-2, Jalan Sultanah, Batu Kluang
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      62 18 ;\\\\\v\\vv\\\\w\\\\v\v\v\v\\\v\\\v\\\\v\\vvvwv\v\v\\v\\\\\v\\\\vv\wwv\\^ l'|E|G|P|N| SITIOIL R O.NLAO.JLXH 1 _AO_iLEF_\x^s_A i £DWAM£HM I J_W£U_JE XR.T 1 .1 slhlvioirlrl i Is If you begin with the correct lefter and carry 2 on without jumping any, you will be able to read our Christmas greeting to you. Solution at bottom of page. A»\\\V\\\\V\\\\\\VV\VVV\\\\\\\VV\V\V\\\VW\\\\\\V\\\\\\VV\\\\\\\\VV\\\VVV\W SOLUTION: We
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      207 20 JOHNSONS' Famous Products e£j§^j -J iH JOHNSON'S *8p johnsons pnde. m. m r m rn ff i S\ /v -i w j j muiicmic v \A\ Give y° ur car 1 JOMNSOII5 <g> a lasting t m§L X% y>t^^^^^ DIAMOND SHINE I A^Keautiflor JOHH OMi j j VS^ icte«« j
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      359 21 =25=* *=Q? r= 2*§= r i= 2£ =s j= 25 3 =r r^5 =i 3 3 b 6 6 tor* this CHRISTMAS I 1 lQ Take your beauty with you- ydb^T**^^ Q w in a fitted make-up case y^^^^^^^^^ $a luxuriously styled m leather. >^^*^^^^^2^^^«l r^ \s-nj Wp have an
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      84 21 Stir It Up! I a«PII9K When one letter is added to the sixteen already on the JHHpll^M Christmas pudding, the names, m plural, of three ingredients Wmß^W^^_ normally used m the making of a Christmas pudding can be /^Mam^g/fJK^s i o rr ed. Use each of the sixteen letters once,
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      183 22 t Jr 4 Ilk DELUXE GIFT BOXES CONTAINING A BOTTLE OF VSOP BISQUIT BRANDY AND TWO BALLOON GLASSES AVAILABLE AT LEADING STORES s^t S2# we &&&%im&%&j% W X^ J <Wfcw "loins j \J>«%r. REFRIGERATOR NOW! 5.6 Cubic Feet with two large racks m the door. ONLY $67 per month for
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      191 22 *S» *w» i 3| I .^r Bi^^BSH v^s*""**^,- Mp f f U LAW OKU US j C-=BIOTAR F2-0.58-MM*AUTOMATIC PRESET DI^M) ?M MAKE YOUR SELECTION FROM OUR WIDE RANGE OF STOCK. J\ THE IDEAL GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS. <^? AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LTD. 109, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE TEL: 6589. J The
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      42 22 Who Will Tell The Postman? i? J Colour No. 1. Sky Blue, No. 2. Light Green, N0. 3. Light Brown, No. 4. j? Red, No. 5. Yellow, No. 6. Orange Then fill m the other half of the picture as you wish.
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      256 23 Designed to delight even the most discriminating m taste, these masterpieces < g^s^ B of watchmaker and jeweller are vivid examples of the skill and artistry that has made :f:> >§>_ j Rolex watches famous the world over. For that very special Christmas present, choose Jw from the wide range
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      213 24 ij? -r-sTr^^^*' \i 'Ju&0& :::^^ll? i vW/^ MORE BtiAw I T EASY TERMS 5 g B^eULfc-^j F^M-^^slll I fik '^x:^'---",- M i;- > 'Lw^B^H iCTMr :!r I Hr l '7 |i <=^=^5-^. r Tmff. 9 IrT 1 iM^ Pill F«^^Kb i A^ 4 hL^ 1 2/ »*ibl k s j—^-^Sl'
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    20 1 Singapore Standard s^sSS ~#r i% m n \oi. W. No. lb'Z SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    65 1 Standard photo hy CHILDREN and their parents waved and cheered as a Royal Navy helicopter hovered over the REME "Airfield" yesterday. And no wonder, for m the helicopter was Father Christmas bringing presents to be distributed to the children at a Christmas Party given by 40
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    164 1 TOY FUND TOPS $10,000 THE STANDARD'S Christm Toy Fund received a big b st yesterday when readers ail over the Federation and Singapore sent m $656 to a:!1 the fund to well over the SlO.OOO mark. And with ten days to go, we are confident that last year's total of
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    37 1 1 .EAR Admiral H. O. S. C :idri. Commander in- of the Pakistani Navy, arrived m London by all last night on a 10--div informal visit to rer.r ,v contacts with the British Admiralty.- UP
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    459 1 Far East 'Summit Talks Proposed CHALLENGE TO U.N. NEW DELHI, Dec. 14, (Reuter)— M a r s h a I Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev ended their 15-day tour of India today by proposing a conference on Far East problems similar to the Geneva "summit" talks last July.
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    83 1 THE MALAYAxN share market yesterday reported boom conditions m the rubber shares section with good buyIng support and brisk trading. Sharebrokers attributed the Interest m rubber shares to the prevailing high price of rubber and dividend payments of rubber companies. The tin metal price m Singapore
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    36 1 PIERRE Mendes France s supporters chased Communist and extreme rightwing hecklers through the streets of Paris yesterday m a sudden outburst of violence marking the opening of the hottest post-war Frpnrh electoral campaign. U.P.
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    39 1 DR. EGAS MONIZ who won the Nobel medicine prize m 1949 for being the first man ever to cure a mental disorder by a surgical operation died a his home m Lisbon, yesterday, aged 81.- Reuter
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    27 1 A SINGAPORE merchant. Lim Kirn Choon. 46. found suffering from poisoning m his home m Cairnhill Road, last night, was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    22 1 SYRIA called yesterday for a U.N. Security Council meeting to hear complaints about the newest Israeli-Syria border clashes.- AP
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    19 1 TURKISH Democratic Party deputies gave a vote of confidence to the new Turkish Government yesterday Reuter
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    13 1 TERRORISTS shot dead a British soldier m downtown Nicosia, yesterday.- UP
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    385 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Heavy rain pushed up the level of the Pahang River to more than thirty feet above normal today cutting all road and rail communications and isolating the state capital of Kuantan for the second day m succession. The whole State was
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    28 1 KING Hussein of Jordan today accepted the resignation of his Cabinet after a crisis over Britain's proposal that Jordan should join the RocrrloH Tiofor»r»_ Pant Reuter
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    139 1 R.I. Airmen Defy Premier JAKARTA. Dec. 14 (UP) The air force rebelled today against a new commander and brought Indonesia to a new crisis m her armed forces on the eve of crucial elections. A sizeable portion of the air force refused to accept the appointment of Air Commodore H.
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    94 1 POLICE SHOOT 3 RIOTERS I FREETOWN, Sierra Leone. Dec 13 (Reuter) Three people were killed when police opened fire on a crowd J demonstrating against taxe* yesterday near Roruki, 50 miles from Freetown, it was learned today. A government statement said the crowd estimated at about 9,000 had refused to
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    24 1 ONE hundred and fifty rebels surrendered to Burmese Army m the oilfields town of Yenangyaung. 260 miles tv of Rangoon, yesterday.- Reuter
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    20 1 BURMESE insurgent? have released two World Health Organization doctorsthey abducted on Dec. 1. the WHO nnnniinppri vpsiprriav Reuter
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    182 1 'UN- AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB' COLOMBO, Dec. 14 (Reuter) Premier Sir John Kotelawala said here today that the countries of tree Asia and Africa would have to depend more and more on the Asian-African conference to solve their difficulties now that they had been again excluded from the United Nations. In
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    117 1 CYPRUS REDS BANNED NICOSIA. Dec. 14 (AP) Cracking down quickly. Britain banned the Communist Party m this rebellious island colony of Cyprus today and immediately rounded up 135 leading Reds. Nicosia workers struck to protest the ban and marched on the headquarters of the Pan-Cyprian federation of Labour to plan
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    343 1  -  ANDREW ROTH By LONDON. Doc. 14—Tomorrow is the date ior hard decisions. Yesterday, the Singapore ministers wound up the initial phase ot talks with permanent officials of Colonial office. This meant clarifying positions of both side.s. Now negotiation s shift to Colonial I Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd
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    36 1 HEAP THONG, a Selangor terrorist with the most murders to his name, and his mistress. Ng Soo Lin. were shot dead by a Police Special Squad m the Kuala Kubu district on Saturday.
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    75 1 Position Favourable LONDON. Dec. 14 (Reuter> —Mr. R. A. Butler. Chancellor of the Exchequer, said last night that Britain's economic i position looked "slightly more favourable." This was :o he told the j House of Commons whether I one looked at the gold and dollar position or that of the
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    294 2 A Fine Tradition Says Sir Robert THE GOVERNOR of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, yesterday told members of the Singapore Military Forces that they were playing their part m preparing the country to undertake greater responsibilities which will fall on her m m,any spheres m the
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    298 2 ANOTHER attempt by the Singapore Labour Department to settle the dispute between Chinese bus owners and their 1,700 employees failed yesterday. Both the owners and the workers could not agree on the suggestion to dismiss 75 of 100 "trouble-makers" and re-allocate
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    66 2 PENANG, Wed.— An exhibition of photographs chosen from 600 studies taken recently by Mr. Derrick Knight of the Shell Photographic Unit. will be held at the showrooms of Messrs. Hin Company Limited 31-A, Brickkiln Road from Dec. 17 to 22. The exhibition which is entitled "Focus On
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    98 2 PENANG, Wed.— A Justice of the Peace here Mohamed Yusoff Poshni, 51, claimed trial m the Sessions Court today to a charge of criminal breach of trust. It was alleged that Poshni, after being entrusted with $19,000 by Roshan Jan binti Abdul Jabar, committed criminal
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    111 2 What Can We Do? Councillor IPOH, Wed.— Alliance councillor, Mr. Yap Yin Fah, said today that his fellow Alliance councillors had no alternative but to "swallow and gulp down the budget" for 1956, which was presented by the State Financial Officer at a meeting of the Perak Council of State.
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    222 2 MUZZLE FOR SULTAN IMPERATIVE, LEE Procedure Must Be Followed' MR. Lee Kuan Yew, leader of the People's Action Party, commenting: on the Johore State Council's decision to censure the Sultan of Johore and calling on him to consult the Mentri Besar before making any future public speeches, said that "any
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    58 2 m JOHORE BAHRU Wed. Mr. K. W. Rankin of the Department of Philosophy, University of Malaya, will talk on "The Philosophy of Existentialism,'; at a meeting on Sunday, Dec. 18. at 5.30 p.m at the English College hall here sponsored by the Johore Bahru Psychology Club The
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    65 2 FURTHER donations totalling $4,276 have been received for the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund. They were: Singapore Chamber of Commerce $2,500; United Investment Co., Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur $500; Malayan Film Service Ltd. $500; National Insurance Co.. Ltd. $500; Indian Bank Limited $500; Mr. C. P. Ghariwalla
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    167 2 H'Kong Technical System For Our Schools CHEW TO STUDY PROBLEM SINGAPORE'S Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, will fly t 0 Hongkong on Dec. 31 to investigate the system of vernacular technical education mere. During the 10 days he will be m Hongkong, Mr. Chew will study the various aspects
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    20 2 THE body of a tongkangman. Tan Chwee Choon, was recovered from the sea off Telok Ayer Basin, yesterday.
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    172 2 THE season's parties for children are gaining pace. Yesterday, more than 180 children, from tiny tots to 15-year-olds. met Father Christmas at a party held at the Sergeants' Mess, Rowcroft Lines, Singapore. The party was given by the 40 Base Workshop. Royal Electrical and Mech- anical Engineers,
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    127 2 $5 Million Waiting To Be Spent KOTA BAHRU. Wed— A dearth of technical stall m the Kelantan Public Works Department has given the State a credit balance of $5 million this year. Mr. E. M. Oborne, State Engineer, told The Standard today. The money will be carried forward to next
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    73 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Chik bin Tahir of Alo r Star today claimed trial m the Sessions Court to a charge of threatening two men. He was alleged to have toM Chartar Singh and Sen- Ho. to whom he owed $85 ea<°h. that he would kill
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    70 2 Perak Youth Jailed In K L KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Lai Kum Ho. 18 of Pcrak, was jailed lor two months lor sleeping m a public place and for possessing a defaced identity card. Lai was arrested by a Constable whiie he was sleeping at 2 a.m. on Sept. 2 m
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    85 2 STUDENTS of the 1955 School Certificate Class, Methodist Girl's School, Singapore, held a dinner party at the Cathay Restaurant recently to cele- brate the end of the term Picure (from left) shows: Miss Kamala Veloo, Miss Esther Tan, Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Principal of the An-glo-Chinese School), Miss
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    69 2 Students Meet The Queen TWO Malayan lav students were among presented to the Quc< n and the Duke of Edinburgh when the Royal Couple visited Hans Cn scent Hostel for students from the Colonies recently. The other students were from Hongkong. Burma. Indonesia. Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam. The
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    131 2 TELOK AMBON, Wed Three armed robbers believed to be Malay* robbed two isolated Chinese shop house within an hour, at Bungel Keli Ketchil opposite Sabak Eernam m the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to a belated tp- port, the robbers armed I parangs entered a
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    61 2 KUALA LUMPUR. W I Ku Lai Sang. 23. of Singapore, today claimed trial before Sessions Court Preside:.'. A C. C. Rigby. to a charg stealing a motor cai He was alleged to have en a rar belonging to L on July 11. at 10.30 p.m. Cheras
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    230 3 Big White Areas Draw Prospectors PEKAN, Wed.— White areas in Policing, once Malaya's most terrorist infested state, have attracted so many prospectors that several tin mines will open next year, in the Kuantan District, the Sultan of Pahang declared today. The ruler, addressing
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    33 3 THE budget meeting of the partially ejected Perak Council of State continued till 11 p.m. last night the first time postwar that it has been extended to such a late hour.
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    60 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, Selangor division chairman of the Labour Party who last week 'resigned" his office pleading pressure of other work, today withdrew his resigntion m "appreciation of the sincere wishes of party members." These members. Mr. Tan said, had expressed "grave concern" over
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    65 3 IPOH. Wed. The Sultan of Perak. Sir Yusuf Izzudin Shah, today declared that increased taxation would eventually be inevitable. This, he said, would be one of the more important issues and certainly one of the most unpopular ones which councillors would have to take. Sir Yusuf made this
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    208 3 FIERY MORNING SESSION MALACCA, Wed. After a fiery morning session, the State Council today passed its record $12,169,911 budget for next year, in all its stages without debate. Even the Alliance Whip, Hasnul Abdul Hadi and his colleague Inche Mohamed Haji Abdul Rahman, who appeared unhappy
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    56 3 PENANG, Wed.— Six persons have been detained under the Emergency Regulations by the Police Special Branch here, suspected cf being connected with subversive activities. Three of them were taken m at the end oi a show at the Majestic Cinema m Phee Choon Road last night
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    101 3 Labourers Take To Illicit Toddy PENANG, Wed— Local bars and "moon-shiners" are doing a roaring business with Indian abourers as the toddy tappers strike enters its fifth day toiay. The Assistant Commissioner Cor Labour, Penang and Province Wellesley, Mr. A. Rengam told The Standard today he expected the contractors and
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    37 3 THE Thai Prime Minister, Field-Marshal Pibul Songgram, arrived m Rangoon by air yesterday on a five-day state visit to Burma. He was accompanied by his wife and 23 high ranking Thai offi- cials. Reuter
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    99 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. i A Kuala Lumpur lawyer, Mr. R. Ramani, tonight condemned the English press m Malaya for "failing to give en- ough publicity" to the current cyclone havoc m India. Mr. Ramani was speaking before 500 people at a meet- ing sponsored
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    128 3 'Agent' For Stolen Bikes Gets Jail BUTTERWORTH. Wed. Police arrested a labourer. Suppiah Ramasamy, 29, who was said to be the sole "distributing agent" of stolen bicycles m Penang and Province Wellesley recently. He was convicted m the magistrate's Court today on three charges of disposing of three stolen bicycles
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    47 3 BUTTERWORTH, Wed. Cash prizes totalling $500 were given away to successful kampon^s m the kampong cleanliness competition m Province north at the Court House here today The headmen of the six kampongs received the awards from the District Officer. Mr. C. A. De Vries.
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    790 3 NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE TOY FUND THE following are the latest contributors to the Singapore Standard Christmas toy fund: Mr. Douglas Foster, Singapore, $10; Mr. T.O. Chwee, Singapore, $5; Messrs. Marden Co., Singapore. $25; Messrs. General Refrigeration Co., Singapore, $25; Laurette. Linda Cheryl, Singapore, $10; Y3F2, Singapore, $1; Mr.
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    67 3 MR Dennis George Scott of 305 Engineer, Stores Depot, Royal Engineers, Kuala Lumpur teas married to Miss Dorothy Van der Straaten, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. van der Straaten in Kuala Lumpur last week. Picture shows the wedding group. The bride's sister, Irene
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    147 3 I MALACCA, Wed. Alliance Whip Hasnul Abdul Hadi today accused Dato Naning of being influenced by the Legal Adviser into amending the terms of reference i of a committee to draw a i bill for the codification of i Muslim law and religion. He
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    245 4 Motion May Be A Burning Topic KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Land for the Malays will be a burning topic at the UMNO general assembly session in Kuala Lumpur this Christmas, if resolutions tabled are any indication. The Kota Bharu branch of the UMNO wants the assembly to
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    100 4 She Slapped Him After Losing Case RAUB. Wed.— lmmediately after the magistrate had dismiss2d with costs her case m a civil suit, a woman walked ud to her opponent and slapped his face. Esah binti Haji Mohd Ganggam, 50. a landlady, was fined $50 or three weeks' imprisonment m default,
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    119 4 Captain 3 Sailors Are Fined THREE members of the crew of a ship which called at Singapore left the ship and went ashore before the Health and Immigration authorities had cleared the vessel, a Singapore Court was told yesterday For this the skipper, Captain Crawley of the L.S.T. Reginald Kerr,
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    70 4 FIFTEEN people, including six children, were stung by a swarm of bees m Holland Road, yesterday. Two of them, a 60-year-old man. Ng Tee, and a six-joar-old boy, Tse Seng Ke, were admitted to the Singapore General Hospital. The rest were treated as
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    31 4 THE Raja Muda ot Selangor will open an Arts and Handicrafts Exhibition, sponsored by the Education Office, at the Ma iay Boys' Hostei, Sulaiman Road today at 9.30 p.m.
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    36 4 NASIR bin Lah, 30. a former Police Constable was today jailed for a month by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for theft of a watch and $40 cash from the barracks at Campbell Road.
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    83 4 A Kiss Cost Him $300 Day's Jail Abdul LatifT bin Abdul Hamid, father of five, who was charged witn house trespass and outraging the modesty of a 14-year-old girl, was sentenced to one day's imprisonment and fined $300, m a Singapore court yesterday The court was told that Abdul entered
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    150 4 SINGAPORE industrialists yesterday hailed the assurance of co-operation given by the Federation of British Industries to the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, m his plans for the industrialization of the Zlolonv. The Federation of British Industries is an influential body of manufacturers. Mr. J. M. Mason,
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    144 4 CLOSING rubber prires (cents per ib ;n Singawere: Tone: Quiet. UN PRICK The price of tin yesterday was 5409& per picul (Up 25 cts.). LONDON RUtiKLK No 1 K.SS. Settlement House Terms Wednesday's opening prices first session were: CLOSING Spot 36? d. January/March 36Jd. April/June 34id. July/September 32
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    288 4 Wife Wins Divorce Suit PEN AN G, Wed.— A Police Lieutenant who had a son by a woman in Malaya, suggested to his English wife that the woman should come and stay in their house and work as an amah, the High Court was
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    124 4 AS the claimant of 270 pounds of gold seized by the Customs on board the m.v. Helios was trying to obtain a visa to come here from Hongkong, the Singapore First District Court Judge. Mr J. W. D. Ambrose yesterday postponed the hearing of the case
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    210 4 Police Say It's Foul Play BUTTERWORTH, Wed.— A young Chinese woman, about 20-years-old, was found dead in a pond at Permatang Mak Mondin behind the Quah Sin Kheng Saw Mill in Permatang Pauh, Butterworth, this morning. The dead woman, whose identity has
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    260 4 NATIONALITY SHOULD BE 'MELAYU,' UMNO URGES RESOLUTIONS FOR MASS ASSEMBLY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The United Malays National Organization is being asked by its Singapore branch to decide that the nationality of the people in this country should be "Melayu." A resolution tabled by the branch for the forthcoming UMNO general
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    54 4 FOUR candidates have passed the Final Professional Examination, Part II for the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery according to results issued yesterday by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. They are: Mr P. D. Mayo, Mr. Teoh Khong Guan, Mr. Yiap Khin Yin
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    357 5 Suggestion To Abolish British Advisers Post JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— The Johore State budget for 1956 came under fire today at the State Council meeting when members, following the example set by the Federal Legislative Council, scrutinized the budget item by item. Commenting on the budget, inche
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    146 5 THE SUN 'WINKED' A BIT YESTERDAY I SINGAPORE witnessed a partial eclipse of the sun yesterday, when two-thirds of its diameter was covered for 160 minutes. The eclipse which started at 2.20 p.m. lasted till 5 p.m. Professor of Applied Mathematics, of the University of •Malaya. Professor J. C. Cooke.
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    125 5 Burmese, British Good Pals THE British Ambassador to i Burma, Mr. P. H. Gore-Booth, j said on arrival at Singapore i Airport yesterday, there was great friendship between the i Burmese and the British. i Mr. Gore-Booth arrived I with Major-General W. H. j Bishop, principal staff officer j to
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    122 5 THE Middle Road-sponsored Trade Unions Working Committee charged last night that the present attitude of the Singapore Trade Union Congress indicates that its present leadership is not interested m working class unity. This was contained m a letter the Committee sent to the
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    23 5 Some of the guests at Borneo Company's Seasonal Bottle Party held at company's mess m Orange Grove Road, Singapore, last week
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    261 5 THE children of Singapore lost one of their best friends with the death in the General Hospital yesterday of Mr. H K. Rodgers, managing director oi United Engineers, after a brief illness. Mr. Rodgers, who was 55, built his career the hard way. He was
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    49 5 ORAL evidence will be reorded on the various diviions under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, iovernment Printing Office, livil Defence Department, 'ilm Censor's Office. Raifles ■ibrary and the Legal and udicial Departments at the lalayanization Commission meeting at 5 p.m. today at assembly House, Singapore.
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    122 5 Exports To India May Improve MALAYAN exports to India which have been dwindling since last year might go up again m the near future. Singapore Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J M. Jumabhoy, who returned yesterday by Air India after a 14-day tour told The Standard the Indian
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    74 5 A Journey Home After 46 Years A FORMER Singapore City Councillor and a philanthropist. Mr. V. Pakrisamy Pillay sailed for India on a short visit, yesterday. This i s the tirst time Mr. Pakirisamy Pillay is visiting India since 1909 although he has hundreds of relatives m that country He
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    26 5 BURGLARS broke into a coffee shop at the 5i mile Pasir Panjang Road, last" night, and got away with $700 m cash and jewellery.
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    63 5 THii Singapore Menorah Club will hold its first garden fete on Sunday, Dec 18, at 22-B, Bcncoolen Street from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m The president of the club, Miss Judith Shababo. told The Standard yesterday that members have been working very hard making useful articles
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    27 5 TANGLIN Division of the Singapore Progressive Party will hold its inaugural meeting at Yew Sia Association m Bukit Timah Road at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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    238 5 IPOH, Wed. The State of Perak backs Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman's amnesty bid with Malayan Communist terrorists. This assurance came from the Sultan. Sir Yusuf Izzuddin Shah, when he addressed the Budget session of the Perak State Council. The Sultan also pledged
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      491 6 TV HILE Chan Tien, the envoy of Chin Peng, raged at Klian Intan, security forces liquidated eleven of his comrades last Tuesday m the Ulu Langat district of Selangor. Ostensibly he was angry because he was made to wait for Tunku Abdul Rahman's representatives, one of whom
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      478 6 'On With The Strikes.. '♦AIERDEKA'' shouts are reported to have hailed a decision taken by the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union to continue their strike until they obtain a decent wage rate. The edmpany has even been curtly told to go into liquidation if it does not consent to the
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    1674 6 Test of Strength in Vietnam Dennis Blood- worth. London I Observer's Cor- 1 I respondent, tells J I of the prepara- 1 tions under way today m South J Vietnam for the General Elec- 1 I tions. SAIGON pLANS to turn South Vietnam into a cornerstone of anti-Communist defence m
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    25 6 "But 1 do speak to you at breakfast yesterday I said that the sausage was burned and this morning 1 said the tea was awful."
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      503 6 Sir: The clerical fraternity has for long been deluding itself into the belief that some good fairy would better its lot one day. What then has loyalty brought to the clerks? Superscale appointments to a favoured few and a mere pittance m return for plenty of work
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    156 6 REVIEW OF VIEWS THE chief mission of the Soviet bigwigs to India and Burma was to baptize two of the "Little Big Three" and, by winning them over to the Communist side, to weaken the SEATO alliance, according to Chung Shing Jit Pao. The third member of the "Little Big
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    84 6 EVEN Ministers do sometimes have to be rather careful. 1 think that this country, with its broad democratic intelligence, would be able to handle any situation that might be created by any visitors of any kind.— Sir Anthony Eden. The French nation measures its grandeur by
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    499 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA an Alliance motion m the State Council makes a Imperative for the Sultan m future to consult the Mentri Besar before deliver' political speeches. This us sweet revenge for what the Ruler said m the course cf his speech at the recent
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    85 7 photo. Jn nfri Thi tha Um Ju r should see ?n the dark but y° u cant tell one air- 3,J ro J he «s?«* when they near their new cold weather parkas, issued by the uhen hf/i A AorticV ort i c Jhe jackets
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    246 7 To Build Up Retaliatory Force WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (AP)— President Eisenhower was reported to have laid betore U.S. Congressional leaders yesterday a defence budget m excess of I S>;3j,000,000,000 with nearly half to go for the Air Force and guided missiles. In a
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    23 7 WEEPING and chccrir.n 702 Germans came home on Monday from 10 years and more m Soviet prison camps. A. P.
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    175 7 THERE MAY BE LOTS OF LITTLE WARS, HE SAYS WASHINGTON, Dec 14 Chi irman James P. bards of the House Foreign A:fairs Committee told a Press conference yesterday thai he believes there is the distinct i ity that a "little war" break out soon m the Middle East. cover, Richards
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    45 7 TOKYO. Dec. 14. (Renter)— in*s Foreign Minister. i ru Shigemitsu, was this uing •"deeply disappointed'' Japan has been again out of membership of Bi United Nation Mr. Shigemitsu said they ontinue to look forward o admission and keep on trying tor it.
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    112 7 Help For 'Wives' G.I.'s Ditch In Britain LONDON. Dec 14, (AP) The U.S. Air Force m Britain is taking steps to assist unmarried British girls who are mothers of children fathered by American airmen. The Air Force has no statistics indicating how many children there are, but acknowledges ther» are
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    37 7 THE American Red Cross announced that it has received a cheque for USS 1,0(10 from the Red Cross Society of Nationalist China to aid victims of ihe floods last August m northeastern United States. UP
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    206 7 $176 Mil. Slice Off Dollar Reserve LONDON, Dec. 14. (Reuter) For the fifth year running Britain will pay on Dec. 31, the instalments of interest and principal on the North American loans which she raised m 1946 and spent m 1947. The total payment on Dec. 31, will be nearly
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    24 7 THE touring Soviet leaders. Marshal Nikolai Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev left Delhi by air for Kabul. Afghanistan yesterday morning. Renter.
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    190 7 Negligence Costs Boxing Body $80,000 Welter Died After T.K.O. ALBANY. New York, Dec 14. (AP>— The New York State Court of Claims yesterday awarded US$3O,OOO to the family of a welterweight boxer who died m Sept.. 1951. of injuries suffered when he was knocked out m a bout at Madison
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    39 7 COLOMBO. Dec. 14 (UP) Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala will invite heads of governments having diplomatic and trade relations with Ceylon to participate m the Buddha Jayanti celebrations here next year, it was learned here today
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    232 7 UN. Seat Is Now Shaky WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, (Reuter) Diplomatic sources here believe that Nationalist China's veto of Outer Mongolia for United Nations membership might jeopardize her own seat m the world organization. Be Tore yesterday's vote the United States had been appealing
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    130 7 OTTAWA. Bee. 14. (AP) The seats on Trans-Canada Air Lines' aircraft just were not built for Archbishop Bezis of the Russian Orthodox Church. He takes two. The 2'is-pound Archbishop climbed aboard a plane on Monday night for his flight to Edmonton,
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    144 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (AP>— Martin Yamin, former Baltimore police magistrate, sot a sentence of two year? to life yesterday for a New York slaying m which he hired the killer It was the minimum which could be assessed. Although the sentencing judge said
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    366 7 So Long As It Deters Reds It Is Good, Says Church LONDON, Dec. 14 (Reuter) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher said yesterday, "I believe that every deterrent to Communism even the H-Bomb so long as it deters is good." Speaking on the Church's answer
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      36 7 PNOM PENH, Cambodia, Dec. 14, (UP) PrincePremier Norodom-Sihanouk has returned from an official 10-day visit to Japan and said the Japanese-Cambo-dian friendship treaty signed on Dec. 9 may be implemented by a commercial agreement.
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      42 7 COLOMBO, Dec. 14. (UP)— A petition bearing more than 10.000 signatures has been forwarded to the Lanka Buddha Mandalaya (the Ceylon Buddhist Council) suggesting an amnesty for all prisoners m view of the Euddha Jayanti year which begins next May.
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      40 7 UNITED NATIONS, N V De, 14. (AP)— The U.N. Assembly Trusteeship Committee nominated Eduardo Espinosa Prieto of Mexico yesterday to conduct a plebiscite m British Togoland to determine whether that territory wants to merge with the British Gold Coast.
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      25 7 VATICAN CITY, Dec. 14. CAP) L"Osservatore Romano rejected yesterday a suggestion that co-existence might be possible between the Roman Catholic Church and Communism.
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      37 7 UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.. Dec. 14. <AP)— The Soviet Union and the United States agreed on something yesterday. They agreed that a 1956 U.N. budget of U5548,566,350— up U551,602,550 from the current year— was too high.
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      27 7 COLOMBO, Ceylon. Dec. 14. (UP)— Illicit immigration into Ceylon has risen substantially this year. Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala told the House of Representatives yesterday.
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      43 7 VAN. NUYS. California. Dec. 14 (AP)— Singer Gordon Macßae. 34. jailed then released on bail after a fourcar collision early yesterday, pleaded innocent to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge. He asked for a jury trial, which was set for Jan 9.
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    51 7 ic. A WORD m your ear, Cheri.Now your dancing years are here just watch your stop and follow Mummy The tiny tot at dancing class is 18-month-oid Cherf Logan. Mummy is Mrs. Joy Logan, once stage dancer Joy Anton, and now running a Carlisle dancing school.-
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    287 7 PARIS, Dec. 14, (Reuter) Ministers of 14 European nations, including Britain and neutral Sweden yesterday issued a unanimous call for the creation of a United Europe, reunification of Germany and a common European policy towards the East. The nations are members of the Council of
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    96 8 Farewell To Forestry Chief GROUP photograph taken at Court Hill, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, m honour of Mr. E.J. Shrubshall, Director of Forestry, Federation of Malaya, and Mrs. Shrubshall who will be proceeding on furlough prior to retirement shortly. Seated, from left to right: Mr. B.E. Webb, Mr. D.S.P. Noakes,
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    290 8 ROAD TOLL 105 DIE IN '54, 109 IN FIRST 11 MTHS. OF '55. MR. A. E. SHEPHERD, chairman of the Singapore Safety First Council, appealed to the public yesterday to co-operate m making the first working day of next year "an accident free day." Mr.
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    424 8 The Agent Must Have His Ten Per Cent Cut' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The sweepstakes committee of the 1953 Ma\ayan Indian Congress lottery refused to pay holders of winning tickets their prixe money even if it had been established that they were legal winners, the High
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    40 8 HOXGKOXG. Dec. 14. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.23 to £1 Sterling: $5.82 to US$l; $1,835 to Malayan SI: SO. 156 to one 1 n d onesian Ruoiah; Gold $253,625 to a tael.
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    31 8 THE Singapore Study Group Movement will start its Mandarian classes for advanced students at the British Council Hall from Jan. 9 A beginners' class will begin on Jan. 12.
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    227 8 A NEW §200,000 convent will be built at Chestnut Drive, off Bukit Timah Road, by the end of 1956, said Mother St. John of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, yesterday. Z. The convent will be called the Convent of
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    97 8 SF SWU Ready To Call Of Phone Strike THE Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union which represents 327-striking field employees of the Telephone Board, last night announced that the Union was ready to co-operate with all parties concerned to enable early resumption of work. The Union expressed the hope that
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    66 8 SINGAPORE Police yesterday doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who strangled a nine-year-old girl. Lim Swee Gek, m Nee Soon on Nov. 8. The reward of 55.000 was increased to SI O.OOO. Information can be given to any police officer, station
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    79 8 Civil Defence To Hold Gala Ball THE Singapore Civil Defence social committee will organize a Gala Ball on New Year's Eve at their clubhouse m Kolam Ayer Lane. Members and friends of the Civil Defence Corps are welcome. Music will be provided by the Hawaiian Rhythm Band. Entrance fee is
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    74 8 MORE than 600 underprivileged children attending the YWCA evenimrTrhnnl in wJfiI?U_Tr? g,VCn ChriStmaS trCat n SatUfday at the H- V e7oc_ m La S h0 Soci_l the ?WCA SC Sd S s coUeSLl^or^S^^ unde^» vile^ ch »^en are subsidized by In Picture voluntary workers are packing
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    137 8 LONGEST STRIKE IS SETTLED After 131 Days O£ Bargaining SINGAPORE'S longest strike this year ended yesterday, when 24 workers employed by the Empress Restaurant called off their 131-day-old strike. After prolonged negotiations, the workers agreed to accept SI 9O each as compensation. The restaurant will re-open today under a new
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    88 8 SINGAPORE firms that provide transport for their employees because of the strike, preier to continue the present arrangements instead of giving special temporary transport, allowances. Spokesmen of representative Chinese, European, and Indian firms all were of tfaf opinion that they would continue to give transport
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    178 8 First Intake In January ANOTHER 1,000 Singapore youths will be called up for National Service next year, the Principal Assistant Secretary for Defence, Mr. F. J. Bentley. said yesterday. Mr Bentley said 400 pot I I will be absorbed into the Singapore Military Forces
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    51 8 MUAR, Wed. A Canadian ex-employee of Kepong Prospecting Ltd.. GG G. Tyrconnel-Fay. 33. was charged before Magistrate Incfre Pawan Ahmad yesterday v. criminal breach of trust $513 from the company employees" provident tund between March and Aug. 1954. He was allowed bail ot $1,000 tiU next
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    1508 9 HIGHLIGHTS Visit of Singapore's Chief Minister Cyclone Damaged Coastal Districts Echoes of Netaji Legend Again Plight of the Indian Newshounds From Our Correspondent SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister David Mar- ail met Premiefr Nehru tfa whom he discussl the problems that [ace Indians m Malaya v ;-.o are playing
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    425 9 English G. I. Brides -8 a day LONDON A MERICAN servicemen are marrying British girls at the rate of eight a day a higher rate than during World War II. Every month some 250 GI's march to the altar and promise to love and honour a British girl. There have
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    359 9  -  Richard O'Malley DZHALAL-Abad Korghiz Republic] THHERE have been 20 kidnappings of 1 young girls m this region during the past year and people are up m arms about it. No ransom is involved it is a sort of horseback wooing which ends with the girls kicking and struggling
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    102 9 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN RETROSPECT World famous landmark of a great nation. Have you seen it before? Check below to see whether you've guessed correctly. •najn Aofl aqj fo saijia jaipo tfJUl OJSIJUDJJ MP£ S'YM'/ do])}jq 9lfl Z -sajnu jCuuiu jo{ uaas aq udj joi/j yjvuipunj aaissajdiui uy
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    503 9  -  M. A. GLASGOW RESEARCH DISCOVERY INVENTION -By LONDON TJECENTLY, scientists have been studying our clothing and seeking ways of making fabrics that will wear better, have a more attractive appearance and, at the same time, be less expensive. Many of the synthetic textiles, developed during the last few
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      188 9 r>l |,r t 7. A punster may ask "D" you L,LUt3 know her?" (4) i rß ncc 14, Eleventh man? (4. 6) ALKUSS Its chUd wIU work hard fQr 8 The area of your backdoor. i;s living uS> (41 18 Two doctors and a boat can It Ugty marine animal
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    414 10 U.K. Synthetic Imports Are 'Necessary' THE Minister of State at the U.K. Board of. Trade, Mr. Austin Low, has given Government's reasons for authorizing the import next year of 70,000 tons of synthetic rubber a decision which has been criticised by producers of natural rubber m Malaya. He said m
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    297 10 Angry Councillors To Demand Action Counter Move Planned KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Some members of the Federal Legislative Council are planning to move at its next meeting a resolution to condemn the British Government's reasons for authorizing the import of 70,000 tons of synthetic rubber into the U.K. next year. The
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    47 10 THE U.S. Commerce Department reports that personal income m the U.S. rose to a new annual peak of U*****,600 million during October. The figure represents a US$l,7OO million annual rate increase over September, and a U5521,200 million rise over October, 3 954.
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    27 10 THE 1955 dried fig pack m Turkey is currently estimated at 35.000 to 37,000 short tons, compared with an estimated 1954 output of 33,000 tons.
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    103 10 THE oldest passenger so far on the SAS Polar Route connecting Europe with California, Mrs Maria Krueger from Essen, Germany, was presented with a small memento of her flight on the routes one year birthday by twin hostesses Kersti and Britt Stanle. In honour of the day
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    205 10 He ah Wants Tunku To Make Protest PENANG. Wed. Mr. Hcah Joo Seanp. president of the Rubber Trade Association, has today written to the Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, asking him to lodge a "very strong protest" to the British Government on her present policy m connection with the
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    127 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Eec. $27£ buyers. $271 sellers; Jan $251 buyers, $28 sellers: coconut oil (bulk) $40i sellers coconut oil i drums) $43i sellers; Muntok white pepper $136 sellers. Sarawak white $135 sellers. Special Sarawak black $92 sellers. Singapore
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    28 10 INDIA and Russia have announced a trade understanding under which Russia will sell India a million tons of steel m the next three years.- Reuter
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    347 10 Message To Budget Meet IPOH, Wed.— The Sultan of Perak, Sir Yusuf Izzuddin Shah, today urged his people to accelerate the rate of replanting rubber if the economy of the country was not to b-2 impaired. In his message to the Budget meeting of the
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    34 10 AFTER exhaustive theoretical and practical tests of a radio navigational system, including its use during 30,000 flying hours, British European Airways plans to equip all its main line fleet of aircraft with it.
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    155 10 Rubber And Tin Better SINGAPORE rubber and tin prices improved yesterday, tin by 25 cents to $409£ per picul, and rubber by I cent to $1.27§ per lb. for first grade rubber for December shipment. The price of tin nearly equalled the peak last week (S4O9J) with strong buying support
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    256 10 A LETTER m the Financial Times during the weekend criticised the attitude of the British Government to the purchase of synthetic rubber. The writer of the letter, Mr. Charles Goff, declared: "The protest by the Malayan Government against the purchase by manufacturers here of 70.000 tons
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    44 10 NEW YORK Dec. 13 (UP) —Dow Jones closing averages: Stocks: 30 Industrials 484 29 20 Rails 162.78 15 Utilities 65.35 65 Stocks 172.30 Bonds: 40 Bonds 98 25 The Dow Jones Commodity Futures Index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 152.12.
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    61 10 MALAYA is importing less soap but re-exporting more of it to neighbouring countries, statistics for October show. A total of 839.140 lb. of soap were imported m October (September 1,178.981 lb.) while 857.000 lb. (September 670.906 lb.) were re-exported. Re-exports went mainly to Hongkong, Burma,
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    54 10 THE United King, dom's Senior Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. E.K. Bowt-r (seen above) is now on a month's leave. He left the Colony on Saturday for a trip to Saigon, Manila, Hongkong and Japan. In charge of the office during Mr. Bower's absence is Trade
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    43 10 TURQUAND. Young s Co, secretaries, report the following rubber crop figures for November: Alor Gajah 26.200 ]b.. Aver Panas 85,000 Glenealy 74.000 Ib. Kluani 66,500 lb.. Pajam 95,000 b Talisman 26,000 lb.. Tc. ft Anson 46,477 lb. Uiu Be:.»t 35,700 ]b.
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    299 10 cbvzb THE Malayan share market experienced boom conditions m the rubber shares section where there was good buying interest, with quotations showing allround improvement. i Interest m rubber shares resulted m a very active market throughout the day. Tin shares were generally slightly better and,
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    181 10 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported th e following business done: F N. ords. 51. 70, $1.71Gammon $2.50, $2.52* Goodwood Sl.lscd, G. E. Life $78: Hammer 52.60. McAlister S3 22i, S3 25 Metal Box $1.60; Sim c Darby 01', 87^ 51.90: Spore Traction 28/-: Straits Times $2.90: Straits Traders
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    79 10 THE president of the M Chester Cotton Association sain this week the prob c surplus cotton "will rerr.f.:n with us as long as the American Government is prepared to hold an umbrella over tin l» efficient farmer." President John Lindley c«B" ed for "clear announcemer of long-term cotton
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    919 12  -  VICTORIA CHAPPELLE By ALTHOUGH they would not dream of admitting it, couturiers m London the sort who never make a suit much under $850 Malayan seem to be getting a little tired of mink. In spite of all the delicate permutations available today, the fur they
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    34 12 Photo) Autumn sweaters and woollens by Pnngle of Scotland. Left is a natural wool cocktail sweater with matching stole and at right a black cashmere halter neckline sweater with bright bead decoratons. 5 A.P.
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    94 12 Some of the winners of the 1955 Coty American Fashion Critics Award are shown m these pictuves. From left: A bewitching black velvet evening gown with a white linen, little-girl collar to offset it's sophisticated halter neckline. It was designed by Ann Klein. Centre: A sweeping
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    432 12  -  Alison Settle Says the couture dress houses of London, comprising the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers, are privileged to show fi v c models by each of the dozen member firms to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and to Princess Margaret at a private afternoon display
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    322 12  -  Rita Del Mar By TODAY s QUOTATION: •No «x<-at ili-fd is done by falterers who a^k •or certainty."--George Eliot THURSDAY FOR EVERYONE,: You are advised nut to overlook the factors of inspiration, enthusiasm and resourcefulness; they are important today. Gain the support of those who wield
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    161 12 can make a snug nightdress for those f* cooler nights using a 2 blouse or dress pattern. $Cut the sleeve pattern down the centre, and in- sert a straight piece of paper measuring two to 5 six inches wide, accords ing to the fullness required. The sleeves should
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    258 12  -  PEGGY BRIGGS PARIS had the bright idea 1 but we think this notion of Lanvin-Castillo's such a charming: one that we pass it on to you as the first of our party sparklers. If you want last year's clothes to look different when you wear them for
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    249 13 BIRMINGHAM, Dec 14 (Reuter)— Jack Gardner, former British heavyweight boxing champion, was loted out of the ring at the Embassy Sportsdrome here tonight after he had been awarded a ten rounds points decision over Kitione Lave of Tonga. G urdner who was twice
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    43 13 BASILIO, New York, Dec. 14 V Renter) Carmen Basilio, 28--year-old world welterweight 1 rhampion was today named •fighter of the year" by the American Boxing Writers As- sociation. He has been un- < beaten m his last 15 contests, j
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    105 13 FENANG, Wed. The 100 metres free style Penanj; open championship to be held on Dec. 18 has attracted ten swimmer?, all from the Chinese Swimming Club The first three m each heat will, qualify for the final. Heats for this event will
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    255 13 THE Scots have always exported the best of their products— like whisky, porridge and footballers. I Consequently Soccer Sas- f :senachs like myself have, jin the past, been grateful for the loan of great enterjtainers in the mould of •Alex James, Alex Jackson, iHughie Gallacher and Jim•my Delaney.
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    462 13  - Target For Tabori: The Landy Mile Record FERDINAND WIMMER By BUDAPEST, (UP)—Laszlo Tabori is the youngest i of Hungary's three leading track stars but he may soon become the most popular by beating the one- mile world record. This is the opinion of the Hungarian track experts who watched the
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    462 13 They Come From Scotland, Too either foot from any angle. ABOUT WILLIE BIGGEST sensation of all is the success story of Willie Gardiner. former Glasgow Rangers and Scottish junior mternational centre forward. Willie couldn't claim a regular place at Ibrox. but since manager Dave Halliday took :iim down to Leicester
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    144 13 HILL HELPS VICTORIA TO VICTORY MELBOURNE. Dec. 14 (Reuter) Australian leg spin bowler Jack Hill took five Queensland second innings wickets for 49 runs and helped Victoria to a six wickets win m the Sheffield Shield match here today. Queensland lost their last four wickets for 19 runs and were
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    35 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Selangor Hockey Association will hold their next council meeting on Tuesday Dec. 20 at the SCRC premises at 8 p.m. All affiliates on the council are requested to attend.
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    374 13 HQ Malaya's Chances Not Bright KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— With the 3-1 defeat of Kilat Club by the defending champions Selangor Eurasian Association last week, the championship of the Selangor Hockey Association Senior Division League competition is now open. Though HQ Malaya head the league table with 16 points, their chances
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    262 13 UK Soccer Fixtures For Sat. LONDON. Dec. 14. (Reuler): The following are iootball rixtures for Saturday. December 17: LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Arsenal vs. Blackpool Aston Villa vs. Manchester City Bolton vs. Chelsea. Burnley vs. Tottenham. Luton vs. Charlton. Manchester Utd. vs. Birmingham. Portsmouth vs. Huddersfield. Preston vs. Everton. ShefT. United
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    360 14 COUTTS WAS MISSING BUT RECS DIDN'T CARE... -But One Defeat Spoils The Record SINGAPORE Recreation Club Reds became Colony hockey champions again when they ended their Singapore Hockey Association division 1 league campaign with a 3-0 victory over Singapore Cricket Club on the padang yesterday.
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    49 14 THIS teas the shot, a backhand down the line, which gave Ashley Cooper a 7-5, 6-2, win over a listless Lew Hoad in the Victoria vs. New South Wales tennis match at Melbourne. Cooper, 19, from Melbourne, is considered Australia's most promisina young tennis player. A.P. picture.
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    85 14 PENANG. Wed. Badminton Association of Malaya has fixed Jan. 7 and 8 as the date? for the inter-zonal final of the Foong Seong Cup competition between Penang and Johore to be piayed m Penang. Both Penang and Johore had previously failed to come to an agreement
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    1176 14 THE Penang Turf Clubs X'mas New Year meetin- ha* attracted only a total of 155 entries— 42 in Class OneVS Class Three and 63 in Class Five. S e 50 ,n Due to the poor entries the original four-day programme has now been cut down and there
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    84 14 There will be only seven races each day. The first race will start at 2 30 p.m. FIRST DAY: Cl. I— 6fur. and 13 miles; Cl. 5 Div. 1 and 2— oltur. and 7fur Div. 3— 7 fur. SECOND DAY: Cl 3. Div 1 and 2-sAfur and
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    75 14 IN an RAF Inter-wing knockout hockey competition. Administrative Wing trounced Technical Wing by six goals to two at Seletar yesterday. Osman, who scored the first four goals for Administrative, sparked his team to a grand victory. Remaining goals were scored by Moore and Whittle. Technicals goals
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