Singapore Standard, 6 December 1956

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    37 1 Singapore STANDARD POLICE "3IS pfe* **T AM -_B FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** (5 lines) 2400 *T P* J J\j •^J 2811 2*414 \II No. I"i 7 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1956 1 l PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon BANK OF MALAYA BY 1958
    335 1 Fed., Colony To Take Over Full Control Of Currency KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Malayo will aw from the British Currency Commissioners' Board m South-east Asia ip 1958 ;n the Federation and Singapore will -»;fer its note issue functions to their own -fral Bank, the Standard learnt
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    Lock icon CONCERN OVER STUDENT UNREST IN RUSSIA
    153 1 They're Sent Packing They Demonstrate LC >c. 6 (AP) Reports of MfM among young S ients and worker;-, sparked by a growing 'im ent with Communist doctrine, reached London yesterday. There was no evidence that the reported discontent was anything lik* that ichich led
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    Lock icon REDS BAR MILITARY CONVOY
    40 1 BERLIN. Dec. 8 (UP) Russians today barred the passage of a weekly American IC* convoy from Berlin to West Germany aloof tohahn. the U.S. army announced today. is the first such iricidnce tho 1949 Berain jde.
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    Lock icon Another Car Dives Into Sea At 'Death Wharf'
    419 1  - Another Car Dives Into Sea At 'Death Wharf' WILLIE SOH Xv Work 0! The Sea-Devil, Say Gossips S-P-1.-A-S-H and another car went down 18 feet under water m the sea off South Quay at 5 a.m. yesterday. With this, the third m two week^. tongues began to vag: "Ini hantu
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    Lock icon KREMLIN WAS SET FOR A BIG ATTACK
    450 1 Lloyd Bares Egypt Build-Up LONDON, Dee. 5 (UP) Foreign Secretory Selwyn Lloyd charged today that the Soviet equipment seized during the Anglo-French and Israeli invasions of Egypt shows the Kremlin was preparing Egypt "for full-scale military operations." "Our ir.iiarmation i.s that the amount
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    103 1 Doctor Called For Eden kin(. 1 1 o laaaaks lire ."> (Renter A doctor w k called tc. Sic Anthon*. i ita, British Pri-Se Mlnist< a a on Sunday night fOf sudden Indisposition the nature of which was nett disclosed, it was learned here today The doctor called auain on
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    Lock icon ARREST AT S.H.B.
    27 1 BIN I \PORE Police yesterday arrested a man who was m possession of five pounds of opium at Gate No. 1 Singapore Harbour Board.
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    Lock icon RAF REQUEST TO REFUEL WAS MET WITH LACK OF INTEREST IN R.I.
    493 1 RAF REQUEST TO REFUEL WAS MET WITH LACK OF INTEREST IN R.I. THL spokesman ol the ai 1 a I \n him i ud m Singapore last ni.'.ht that thru u<- m the Indonesian authorities tv rlur] which wis stranded m .lak.ii t.i on luesda\ turninjr from a morea mission.
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    Lock icon STRIKE OVER LESS PAY
    40 1 DEL A I. Dec 5. (Reuter)— About 21.0nn employees of India's Govern-ment-owned Life Insurance Corporation went on a oneday token strike toda*. testing that new Day scales gave them lower waee? than they had before nationaliza-
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    114 1 They Pay Through Their Noses LONDON. Die. 5 (Reutr queued today to buy petrr .ngs a gallon as British m p in the ro?t of living from the overnight petrol price increase. *rade unioni As for crucial netn on the molar industry m whi' of workers are already on I
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    Lock icon DULLES IS DOING FINE
    39 1 WASHINGTON. Dec 5 .•rr- The State Department spokesman &aid toMr. John Foster Dulles. Secretary of State, had en a clean bill of healh by his doctors. He discounted speculation that the 68-year-old Secretary would resign.
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    22 1 diplomatic sources n Baghdad yesterday that the Syrian Government would negotiate short! the Iraq Petroleum Company a* pumping stat. Reuter
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    Lock icon THE BIG PULL OUT BEGINS
    471 2 Anglo-French Units From Egypt Embark For Home PORT SAID, Egypt, Dec. 5 (AP) Troops ond gear went aboard ships on Tuesday night to begin the BritishFrench exodus from Egypt. Two thousand soldiers will be aboard tht? ttoopship Dilwara by Wednesday, just one month ccfter the
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    Lock icon Nun Operates 'Ham' Radio
    72 2 photo SISTER Mar.7 Charlotte, teacher at Bishop Ceaaty .'Memorial High .School m Los Angeles, California, works at the "ham" radio set she has operated since 1048. One of Ihree nuns m the United States licensed as amateur radio operator*., her interest m radio beDUi when she
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    Lock icon OLYMPIC TEAM MAY SEEK ASYLUM IN U.S.
    278 2 OLYMPIC TEAM MAY SEEK ASYLUM IN U.S. MELBOURNE. Dec. 5. (AP).— U.S. Consul General Gerald Warner said— last night that the United States "would look with favour" on any ple.as for political asylum from any athletes at thc Olympic GamCaS "Hungarian or otherwise" Wamef nr pi. I "owever, that the
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    Lock icon R.I. Foreign Minister On Way Out?
    94 2 R.I. Foreign Minister On Way Out? \AARTA. Dec. 5 (UP) Indonesia's two major Muslim parties intend to step up pressure to oust Foreign Minister Roeslan Abdulgani from the Government because of renewed corruption charges, political sources disclosed today. But they said the two parties, particularly the Masjumi Party, would shy
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    159 2 $100 MIL CONTRACTS WITH PEKING HONGKONG. Dec. 5 (Reuter)— Chinese. British and European businessmen from Hongkong have signed contracts tn buy products trom Communist China worth more than HKSIOO.OOO,OOO, at the current export commodities exhibition m Canton, the British owned China .Mail repotted here today. The newspapers senior reporter. Robin
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    137 2 COMMODITY PRICES LUS S (cents per lb.) m Staca pure yesterday were: I ers Seller* US I-- IaSSXO.I R S S. Ji RSS IN 3 101_ m Tone: Steac -a„..* The price ot tie <m the local market yeeter day was $411* per picul. LOM»l» XI KHIH No 1 tt&fi
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    Lock icon 100 Killed In W. Java
    66 2 JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (UP) Terrorist bands which include women m their ranks killed more than 300 persons ln West during November. Indonepress reports said today. Tho~<-. report QUOttBK authoritative sources, disclosed that rebels troyed or stole some million rupiahs. more U*****,000. worth of perty m
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    53 2 Chou En- Lai In India MAY DELHI: I hiaeac Communist Premier Chou Enlai, (centre), .s seen bring greeted by Prpmiei Nehru of India, i ri^St and children nn ln s arrival at the Pilam Airpnr' Hen Delhi. '*n a St,ite visi (left) m uniform is Chinese ire Premier General Ho
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    Lock icon Lets Part Without Rancour Or Ill-WillMr.J
    337 3 Lets Part Without Rancour Or Ill-WillMr .J .g,,gmv H MABHOV, (Liberal-Socialist- Telok Ay«)i -Mi tn thi- tntmmi for \lalayanizin* the publu >. "there should not be any rancour or ill will but the parting should be as one betueen friendv' He said those of the expatriates who choose to remain
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    112 3 Appeal Against Jail Dismissed JOHORE B.\HRU. Wed. Mr. Justice Neai m the High Court today dismissed the peal of Sulaiman bin V a Customs Revenue Officer. •gainst a sentence of four months' jail for criminal breach of trust m respect of The money was paid to Sulaiman as duty on
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    32 3 HONGKONG. Dec. 5 Special Standard Service; Closing prices of the H hange were: Slfi.l3 to Sterling; $6.***** to 51; $1,844 to Malayan $1; $0.1905 to lonesian Bupiah; to a tael.
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    79 3 •VORTH. w< The Settlement Government is helping to produce more rubber m the north district of Provir Several acres of rubber on Crown land m Sungei Jarak, on the main load between Ara Kudang anl Tassck G and m the Bukit Toh waterworks area, will be
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    759 3 Whitehall To Blame For The Delay— Lim SINGAPORE. Chief ."Minister. .Mr. Lim Yew Hock. \e>terday laid the blame tor the shortage of senior local officers m the Colony's public service at the door of the Colonial Government. the Chief Minister, who was speaking m the Legislative Assembly when he moved
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    Lock icon GENERAL ELECTIONS IN AUG. 57
    69 3 (.1 MI: \l ,li i nuns m Singapore will hr held m August no I year, the Chief Secretary! Mr. TV A. (.ouch', announced m thr LegMattTc Assembly, yesterday. Mr. (.node tnld the House. that Singapore will bo divided into electoral nnstiturm u ith .*n
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    383 3 Not Enough Time To Study Bill But We Accept' -Lee PEOPLES Action Tarty leaders, .Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said his party supported the Government on Malayanizat'OD because it accepted the principle of the control room being handed over to local men. He however, regretted that the Government had not given
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    246 3 To Local Men Don't Use Opportunity For Own Ends MB. UM CHOON MONO, liberal Socialist (Serangoon) welcoming- the general principle of Mala\ anization, however, egged Government to consider appointing officers to the public service also irom those of sufficient experience and qualification who are.
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    59 3 MB David Marshall (Lab-our-Front Cairnhill) described the government's White Paper on aMalayanization as "a radical step which ensures a dynamic future for the people of Singapore." He said the White Paper had finally arrived at a "sober and adequate solution of the thorny problem of Ma zation
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    540 3 Borstal Reform System For Singapore ASSEMBLY BRIEFS LAWS to give effec t to a reformatory system of training for youthful offenders m the Colony. wer e passed yesterday by the Singapore Legislative nobly. Three bills, amending existing legislation dealing with juvenile delinquents, paused by the Assembly, will enable Government to
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    Lock icon HOLED FREIGHTER LIMPS IN
    83 4 THE French freighter Celia limped into Singapore \-esterda v with a gaping hole m its fore starboard bulkhead. The hole was the result of a collision with the British tanker George Lyras. ia the Straits of Malacca last Tuesday. The Celia was heading for Belawan m
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    Lock icon A Japanese Electrical Firm Offers To Help Malaya Start Industry
    160 4 THE Oki Electric Company, one of the biggest Japanese manufacturers of telecommunication and telephone equipment, will give machinery and men to produce electrical goods m Malaya if local industrialists arc interested, the company's Chief Engineer Mr. N. Tamaru told the
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    Lock icon Assessor System: Call For Repeal
    102 4 Assessor System: Call For Repeal IPOr The People's \sive Party of .Malaya today renewed its clamour for the repeal of the present assessor system "without delay on the ground that it had been y rejected as being undesirable by the people, thc Bar and the leaders laya." The secretary of
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    Lock icon Convocation Address Row Blows Over
    157 4 TOE 4S-d.iy squnbblr over 'ire-Chancellor ol the niversitv ot Malaya, Sir Sydney Oiinc'.s t'onvoratimi address I.** over. Sir Sydney's address, read on Convocation Day by acting Vice-Chancellor Dr, E.H.G. Dobby, riled graduates. They declared that remarks m the address were "derogatory... uncalled for... and most
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    Lock icon 'Z—Crossings' For Show Or Safety?
    102 4 'Z— Crossings' For Show Or Safety? PENANG, Wed Zebra crossings seem to exist m Penary more for show than for said Mrs. Cheah Inn a at the Settlement Council meeting today. She said very few cars stopped at such crossings, and 'hey did. they ran the risk of being bumped
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    47 4 jKOK branch rr I igei of Mitsui Bank. Mr. A- Morishima flew into Sir yesterday for a week's stay He will visit correspondent banks here .\skeri if Mitsui Bank has plans to open a branch m Singapore. Mr. Morishima said: "Not at present."
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    36 4 THE well-knowT) art:-- Ml Cheong Soo f. .to exhibit his paintings at the Bi h Cultural Centre. A i Lumpur, from Dec. 10 tO 10. The exhibition Ls sponsored by thi Alt! Council
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    Lock icon FATAL BLOW
    39 4 A 10-YEAR-OLD boy, Lee Chee Boon, died on the way to the General Hospital, Singapore, last night after he hit on the head with a broomstick while plsytag with another boy m the Naval Base Quarters, Seletar.
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    36 4 THE Resident Commissioner for Malacca. Mr. M.J. Hayward. will open the Psntei Kundor Road at the 8i mile I Djß Klin.q on Monday at Tha li mile road costing SlB.nno ia a rida projsct
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    159 4 LIM PROMISES ACTION SINGAPORE Government has called on the Trade a letter to' Mr. S. Jaganathan, President of the T.U.C.. m reply to a recent T.U.C. memorandum which alleged that Bain employers were taking antage of the present situation to exploit their employees.
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    Lock icon Treat Police As Friends' Says Mentri
    108 4 Treat Police As Friends' Says Mentri KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. A BSW Police Station and barracks were formally opened at Kijal, Kemaman, tor. ay by the Mentri Besar of Trengganu, Dato Haji Kamar* bin Haji Idris. The .Mentri Besar congratulated the Security Forces on their recent billing of a notorious terrorist
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    149 4 'Cultivate Local Literature' PENANG. Wed.— People m this country are now endeavouring to establish a national language. To do that successfully, they must also have a national literature. The Resident Commissioner. Penang. Mr. R. P. Bingham, stated this yesterday evening when be opened the Indonesian Book Exhibition al \Y <-■
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    98 4 KUALA KANGSAR. VAd G. Krishnan. 16, a Form One student of the Parent*! a.ation Public Engl Ah School here, has been missing since in-t Thursday. The boy. whose parents are m Chcndroli. stayed with a friend m Kuala Kangsar while attending school. Mr. Ch M George, father of
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    100 4 RELIGIOUS "propaganda" and attempts at ((inversion are prohibited m Russia, tlnuia-h there is freedom to practise one's own religion, the Chief <if Religions Affair* of (Antral Java. Haji Mohanied Isom. told the ,Standard yesterday. Haji Moh, uncd flew into Singapore yesterday aiier a three- week tour
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    129 4 A. A LUMPUR, Wed Police here today save a glimpse of what they can do to crush riots by publicly "flexing the muscles" of their riot squads. Office workers fofaf 'o IPOrk this morning were mr> prised to see loads of hei- meted policemen jumping
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    Lock icon A Tight Budget Calls For Most Severe Economy
    288 5 A Tight Budget Calls For Most Severe Economy No Supplements For 1957, Penang Council Told PKWNG, Wed.— The Settlement Financial Officer, Penaim, Mr. B. It Greenwood, stressed at the Settlement Council meeting today that it was essential to exercise the most stringent economy next year. He >aid that 10 1957
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    Lock icon SQUATTER PROBLEM
    177 5 2 TYCOONS AIR THEIR VIEWS SINGAPORE Government should evolve a "co-ordinated plan" whereby it would be possible for landlords to ye squatters from their lands and develop their areas into modern ntial or business quarters. Loke Wan Tho, millionaire cinema magnate, told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Loke was
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    111 5 SINGAPORE Government is .g for more Chinese middle school students to enrol m its lour new Chinese rr schools for the 1957 session. The Government sponsored SchooA are: Queenstown Middle School. Fow.ie North MidSchool. Kallang West School and Gan Eng Seng iA Mi Idle
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    30 5 CHILDREN belonging to •irish of St. Francis Church. Malacca, will be given a C \Ya mas treat at the Institution I f and on Per lat 3 p.m.
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    173 5 TO BUILD A NEW HOME FOR COLONY SCOUTS 560.000 Is Needed SINGAPORE S scouts and cubs j v st rday sacrificed their j pock money to help raise j $60 000 to meet thc cost ot I building the.r new head- l quarter? m Clcmcnceau
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    Lock icon BEWARE OF FAKE KATHI MARRIAGES
    165 5 SCNGAPORES Registry of Muslim Marriage rday cautioned Muslims against unauthorized kathis who solemnize and register marriages. .-pokc^a-an of the Registry told the Standard yesterday that several complaints had been received of unauthorized persons acting as kathis to perform marria:a He warned that anyone who contravened
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    30 5 THE Federation Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry Inche Khir bin Jf I will open the Penang U.IU women's handicraft exhibit at the Penang U M.N.O. on Sunday
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    245 5 Bus Strikers Threatened My Husband, Says Woman PEN _NG, Wed.— Two busdrivers .who had been out on strike, issued a threat to assault a new-ly-engaged bus-driver, if he continued to work during the Hin Co., Ltd. strike, the Magistrate's Court was told today. S M. Kandasamy
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    Lock icon Shoplifter Bound Over
    54 5 JUNE MARIA van der Baars, a housewife. who misappropriated a $900 diamond rins was yesterday bound over for six months to be of good behaviour, by a Singapore magistrate. Baars, who pleaded guilty. retained thc rins after having examined it m a firm ot jewellers tn Be."
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    98 5 BRISTMAS m Brit.nn decoratians, LUllSlSllSSal and shsp~ ping will be broadead ova tin BBCi service to Malaya on Dec BS. Th- broadcast srill he made h> i Malayan Bring In Britain. Be ttm Interpret the spirit of hrlstmaSi describe bs* the people celebrate the seasss. sad
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    225 5 PEN IMO. Wod.— There would be little difficulty m accommodating every child aged six plus m the Malay and Tamil vernacular schools, and every one aged seven plus m the English and Chinese schools, said the Chairman of the Committee for Education and
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    92 5 'Bob-A-Job Week For Girl Guides BXNOAPOBI Girl Guides will be holding their first "Bob-a-Job" week lrom Dec. 8 to 16. The job week is to raise funds for the Centenary World Camp m Manila, m January next year. It i.s held to celebrate the hundredth birthday of the late founder.
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    Lock icon Red Caps For 15 Malay MPs
    95 5 Red Caps For 15 Malay MPs I tFTEEN M.O.R. Military Policemen the first section of the Malayan-Provost Unit. Singapore will receive their "red caps" at a ceremony at 40 Base Workshops. REME. today. They will then be members of the Royal Military Police. The presentation will be made by the
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    Lock icon Lorry Driver Fined $60
    75 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Cha Chap Chua. a lorry driver, was fined $60 m the Magistrate's Court today for Ing an overload of 11 cwt. of brirks. He told the court that he had carried the same amount of bricks m the past and it was never
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    187 5 Tell Us All, Says Johore Division lOHOKI. BAHKIA Wed The resignation of Syed Jaafar Mbar from his post of UMNO pabHeitj duet recently is regarded with concern bj member! el the UMNO divisios here. \t a Bteeting jresterdaj the division decided to write to UMNO
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      480 6 /CONSIDERABLE political manoeuvring is already _oing on m Singapore as the probable date for independence draws nearer. Although much of this activity is being conducted behind the scenes, rumours have spread around that some of the parties that will enter the field for the next elections are comprised
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      418 6 ACCORDING to thc Director of the Federation Information Department. Inche Ya'acob bin Abdul LatifT. one of the chronic problems that faces him is the non-co-operative attitude .shown to his department by the Ministries and other dep The reason is not far to seek. The Ministries are all headed
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    553 6 THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME DEMEMBERING the Chl- iii'*c pro\erb mind enlightened is like a hall of Him\ en a mind m darhnesi is like tin* realm of Hell." i STANDARD reporter, still a loyal beg scout at he ti t on edne ..I <.\ 'ctri heel 'hr Cuhlie
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    504 6 PHB twentieth (cnlmv complete with five-year plan- power politics ancl i ■me r.i carrying tourists ha- Bnaßj penetrated Into tin-, remote Himalayan kingdom. Nepal sandwiched between nil < and nmmnnist Chinese seenpied Tibet, w.*.tchr*d the modern centin I iMM m Bnl UN two j ii m t itarl
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    12 6 "I havr lifrr i(l Dors it work "Madam— therf ate «>\rr A
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      332 6 Bequests by WILL Bit Pestamtntary bequests by WILL should be allowed m this qpuntry witb regard to a Muslim owner of pror be f '<hed to d ring his life-time on his own free will. In the matter of testamentary bequests Egypt which is a Muslim country has advanced far
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      183 6 STATE-RUN LOTTERY FOR S' PORE? Sir; The Singapoie Government has introduced new and increased taxation claiming that it is running short of funds. Since more money is needed, why net introduce a state-run lottery on the lines of the Social and Welfare Lottery run by the Federation.' One cannot deny
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      199 6 Sir; Justice is still being i by the delay of Government m failing to appoint a temporary High Court .Judge, if Malayanization prevents a permanent appointment. An action set down for trial m July 1859 has at last obtained a date for hearing m February *****.
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      77 6 Sir: I cannot understand the Singapore Film Censor. Why was the scene m the film "Colourful Tokyo" of which I saw both versions cut (m Singapore) and uncut (m the Federation) showing for a fleeting moment, a girl's bare bosom ■en a similar scene of Dyak
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      202 6 Sir; I see that Mr. Tap Pheng Geek told your reporter that m his opinion the present University sqyabble uo called) w„ "absolutely regrettable" and "unnecessarily fannt ci." Wi !1. he is entitled to express his opinion, of course, this bc:n_ a free Colony; but 1 think he
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    493 6 A Special CorrGa -pendent reports from Athens QREECE has greeted the fact that Cyprus has been put en the United NsAons agenda with no more than cautious satisfaction. For Greek ambitions for Cypnot self-determina-tion reached the same stage two years ago with no fulfilment. By accepting
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    487 7 SGYPT WAS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE -NASSER We Never Believed Eden Would Do If EW YORK Dec. 5, (UP) President Gamal Abdcl Nasser of Egypt said yesterday thc Anglo-French attack on Egypt last month caught him by surprise j s t as he was planning a counter- offensive .jinst the Israelis
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    209 7 NO FAITH IN KADAR REGIME ii i'\l'l -1 Do il P)— Hungary's desperate but defiant millions ed?< <1 d.m,t -Miuslv dfM to t.i t;i a new armed uprising. The sen spirit ot revolt sras ta ition that the Soviet ba< ked Janos Kliar rejtme had
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    126 7 Women Out Again To Mourn Dead BUDAPEST, Dec. 5 CAP)— Hundreds of Hungarian women demonstrated for the second -ay m today m mourning for insurgents killed m the anti-Communist rebellion. The RUaSsians moved more tanks and armoured cars as a precaution, -red Hungarian soldand police to handle the job of
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    25 7 PREMIER Mollet's Ca decided today "o ah European-dominated mur pal councils m rebellion Algeria and to appoint equal-ly-sp h-Moslem coun*eir place.- UP
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    41 7 JERUSALEM (Israel), Dec. P> Israeli and United Emergency Forces military chiefs will meet where m the Sinai Dtomorrow to map thc advance of UNEF forces on the 1 of withdrawing Israeli units. a Foreign Ministry spokesman
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    79 7 LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter) The Queen yesterday attended a children's tea party but what she had to drink w. re empty cups of "make-believe" stuff. The party was at a suburban Church of England primary school, and the Qui en arrived when the flve-year-olds
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    124 7 H*K\o. Dee. I (Reutei)-A Ministry oi Labour said h ere today some '.'.100,000 Japanese worker had K u no o„ a short-term strike tor higher Vaffti and honuseaS. Thc spokesman said thc coal, chemical, iron and shipbuilding and textile Industrie wen among the worst
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    117 7 I PRINCESS MARGARET > is ;ivsi>,(d as sli,. (ins jj "silk" normally the Insignia nl Queen's j < Mund daring S ceremony ;it Lincoln A Inn when the Princess MH called to the Bar S and Published a Bench- $er of the ilsaawsMt Isdety of Lincoln's
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    191 7 NEW YORK, Dee. 5 (Reutcr>.— The Nethcrlonds Government pretested to the United Nations yesterday ogainst the treatment ot Dutch nc Indonesia by Indonesian juaicial authorities. In a Note handed r_ Mr. Dog Hammorsk.oeld. U N Secretory A. t r, r > Ambassador Corl VV
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    61 7 HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 5 (AP) Actress Vanessa Brown says .she has separated for a second time from Dr. Robert Frankly n. She told a newsman he left their home last Sunday, adding: "We had differences once belore and they have come up again. We have no
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    196 7 Colombo Plan C'ttee Reviews Progress WELLIa\GTOX, New Zealand. Dee. 5 (Reuter) India's delegate to the Consultative Committee meeting of the Colombo Plan. Mr. B. R. Bhagat, opened the discussion today on the economic progress and reviewed the tasks ahead of the area. He said "a picture of slow but certain
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    57 7 VIENNA, Dec. B <AP) On thousand Hungarian refugees from Communism will bt moving daily to the United Staes by Dec 11 or 12. the Director of the Inter-Govern** mental Comma.-' for Euro* pean Migration predicted on Tuesday. At pr. *Di fewer than SOO are going
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    145 7 Switzerland Gets Ready To Repel External Attack BEKNI-:. De< i M. Paul Chaudet. head <>t the Swiss Federal Military Depait_M.it, today said that Swiss frontier lortil.. alum* manning and stocked with ammunition on a basi I preliminary n m t n Arrangements had heen made to keep the A. es
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    29 7 ABOUT 100.000 people had been affected by the disastrous floods which swept igh the city of Medan and other areas of North Sumatra late last week.— Reuter.
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    94 7 LONDON. Dec 5. (Reuter)— had the possiPresi- 1 m mir. Commons was told yesterday. ur member. Mr. derson. had asked Sir Anthony to meet President Eisenhower before returning from Jamaica, where he is having a rest-cure for overstrain. Mr. R..A I ho is replying
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    113 7 France. Dee. 5, (AP).— A 78-year-old mother kept her two crippled children locked m a dingy, windowless room for 42 years, police said yesterday. Police discovered the pair during a manhunt through a crowded slum area of this mi- l They said the
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    250 9 He Stole A Bicycle Lamp And Dync n :o F r om Station Lock-up T./-NJONG. MALLM. Wed. A police constable, wHo could not resist the temptation" of removing a lamp and dynamo from a bicycle at the Tanjong Malim Police Station, was yesterday bound
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    120 9 MAL.ACCA, Wed. The National Union of Printing Workers, after several meetings with the Malacca PrintAssociation has come' to an agreement with the association on seve- points tor better working conditions. Both parties have agreed that the workers should get 10 days' annual leave. Mohammedans
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    77 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Seven more people m Kuala pur who had applied for telephones before Dec. 31. 1955 are now to be given service "as a measure of urgency." They are among 136 applicants whose cases came under the review of the Kuala Lum-
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    86 9 Dancing Champions For Thailand THREE Malayan couples have been selected to compete m the Far East Ballroom Amateur Dance Championship organized by the Ballroom Association of Thailand m Bangkok on Dec. 14 and 15 There are Mr. and Mrs. K. Lumb. the 1956 All-Malayan International amateur dance champions, Mr. and
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    109 9 Province Loses Keen Sportsman NIBOXG TEBAL, Wed. Province Wellesley South has lost a fine all-round sportsman Ir. S. N. Gandhi, Tamil Interpreter of the Magistrate's Court here by his transfer to Alor Star. Mr. Gandhi took a great Interest m sports m the district and it was mainly due to
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    102 9 IPOH. Wed.— The senior staff of the Ipoh District Hospital gave a farewell tea party to two women medical officers and a Lady Almoner yesterday. The three who are leaving here are: Dr. (Mrs.) F. A. Thomson, wife of the. Chief ice of the Federation of Malaya,
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    147 9 URBAN CO-OP UNION SEEKS EXPANSION IvLA—— laaUMPL- R, \Yed.~ The Midlands Urban Co-opera-tive Union of Malaya is to I here on Dec. 16 to consider expansion of its scope by altering Us "urban" character. Deletion of the word "urban" from its name is being proposed by the Union which now
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    337 9 Aussie Delegation Is Very Impressed' With Merdeka Plans CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES DISCUSSED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Australian Parliamentary delegation said today they were "very impressed" with the manner m which Malaya is preparing herself for independence next year. Senator J. G. Garton. leader of the deleft*- r tion.
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    141 9 Wear Your Uniforms By Order KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The unilormed staff. iiv. iding sanitary and health inspectors, of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality have been ordered to "stick to official clothes" while on duty. m a circular to a'l departments, the acting Municipal Secretary, Mr. Kweb Ea Teck warned yesterday that
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    131 9 UMNO Meet The People Sessions taa: Bingapore State 'M\o A art ing a moer-he-people session to help -*cal" Malays solve their proilem j. Byed Ahmad Jamalullil. a \o general secretary! tolfi he Standard yesterday, that he dm sessio— would begin icxt week and thence would >c hold daily from 9.30
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    120 9 New Clause For Muslim Bill THE Tamil Muslim Union of Singapore yesterday suggested thai the Muslim B i Aa under consideration by tho Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, should include a clause to apply the law of Islam to Muslim- dying testate The Union said that the existing Muslim
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    33 9 poon ai*. Sea-, of Siagapore. was fined |4€ m the Johore Bahru Magistrate*! Court yesterday tof aking a tin of Quaker Oatfl into the Plentong food restricted area at a permit.
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    24 9 THE KfibOOg Tebal .AngloChinese s bool erill how a Prize Day today followed by a variety concert at the school hali.
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    147 9 M |b l-l -m i». WML One of Kuala, Lumpur's most popular figures. 78-yea.r-old Mr. J. R. Vethavanam. died at his Ferak Road home m the early hours of this morning A founder of the local YMCA. churchwarden and member of the Diocesan Synod
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    122 9 MIC Must Re-Orientate Its Outlook— SAMBANTHAN KUALA LUMPUR. Wed I The Malayan Indian Congress, as a political party relating to Malaya, should "reOrientate its outlook and learn to direct ita interests to Activities here" party dent and Federal Labour Minister. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. said today. Clarifying hi- B-tUdsm of
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    193 10 Tobacco Men Appeal: XI Al A Ll MPIK. Wed.— .Malaya s tobacco manufacturers have appealed to the .Minister of Finance, t 01. H. S Lee, to save the industry by removing the tax on locally-grown tobacco. Petitioning through their association, the manufacturers told the Minister that
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    66 10 RUBBER dosed steadily m Singapore yCaSterday, at Sl.l7 4 per lb. for December lir**t grade, one cent above 1 i.eMlav'.s price. The rise resulted largely from good buying both from the trade and speculators, following fears m the market of a possible "devaluation of the pound sterling." Overseas prices
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    142 10 INDUSTRIALS were steady, while tins were irregular m the Malayan share market ay. Rubbers were quiet Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharera Association yesterday were:- Buyers Sellers 88. Petrol 49/- 51/- INDI >IKI Ms Rafljes Hotel 2.30 2.40 xall Robinson Co. 1.63 1.67 Straits Traders 25.20
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    95 10 Singapore Chinese Produce exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra. Dee. $28| buyers, sellers; coconut oil m bulk $45 sellers, m drums 149J sellers; Muntok white pepper $127 sellers. Sarawak white $126 sellers. Special Sarawak black $93 sellers. Singapore Copra Association closing prices yesterday Straits mixed
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    44 10 MALAYAN F.xchange Banks Association made the following chance^ m its rates to merchants ft lei day Canada: baying. T.T. 311. O.D Sl}, 90 foyi airmail 3113/16 credit bills, 31] trade hills; selling. TT. or OD 31 ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    70 10 MONTOR LTD. nave a dinner m honour o/ Mr. t'rcd Liechti, managing director of Manufaclurere des Montres Nation*! S.A. of Switzerland, m Singapore recently. Picture taken al the function shows (from left): G I ''ely, mai director of Monlor Ltd.; Fred Liechti: Lee Kirong Chee; Fo P i'
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    76 10 RUMOUR PUSHES RUBBER UP 1c. ud and at noon it stood at SI.HA. It later rOM U) |1.16] and finally a cent higher at the cose. NOON PRICES Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. (Nominal) Ilt| 1 16_ Dec. R.S.S- No. 1 116$ 116* Jan. RSS. No. 1 113J 113A Dec. R.S.S.
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    163 10 MALAYAN snareoroKers reported the following business done yesterday: F. N. ords $2.2 A Gammon dclaved. $2.02: Henry igh -Sl 52i; Hume A5/I Colls. $1.03: Metal Box ister $2.90. Robinson ords. 11.64, $1.65; Sime Darby (2.14 Spore Cold Storage $1.49. 51 .51; Straits Traders $2.") to $25.35; Straits
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    28 10 A £2,000,000 oro'cr hai placed with Sir James Laing Sons, the Sunderland shipbuilders, to build a A deadweight tons motor tanker for John I. Jacobs.
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    218 10 Consul Urges Closer Trade Ties With Burma THE Consul for the Union cf Burmo (n Singapore, U Kyaw yesterday expressed a Actor closer trade ties between Malaya and his country. 1 He said thai the nearness of the two c should stimulate trade both ways. Burma has been exporting increasing
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    250 10 NEW DIRECTORS FOR STANVAC MR STANLEY W. G. Lehman and Mr. James Pickering, ea.h with more than quarter-century of expel it tne m the international oil industry, haw been elected diietters of Standard 'tU mini Oil New York. Mr II P. Prioleau, president, announced recently. These new appointments increase the
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    16 10 TOTAL exports of tin to all countries from durins November, amounted to 5.831 tons.
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    15 10 AUSTRALIA'S Rrsl commercial port for helicopters is located near Queenstown. m western Tasmania.
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    268 10 C'wealth Trading Expands BRITISH tonunonua during the lirM hai < with < ports ristef ■tee steeply ttam imports ni ,|vi IV.P tlip Commonu't'alth'l.conom,. Com eported te London. The Commonwealth hf more favourable trade balance generally than m the correaponding period c Canada's trade balance 6( orated sharply and a similar
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    45 10 WORLD exports of wheat and wheat flour increased m the 1955-56 marketing yesr, according to an FAO repoit In that year they totalled 28.1 million tons wheat and v flour, and were 2.3 millioa tons higher than the pre s season's shiprra
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    150 13 OOD SHOW BY RAF CHANG! XV half display _y KAF^Cha wia over 14th Squadre. finals of They will now meet c Tengah or Sclet On yesterday's for have little difficulty mi n w inning the cup. bed a powerful a Changi pack extremely well Changi'a only points m the half
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    41 13 KEI" > r > '**l' Ro i School nmcnt Road English S 6-0 m an Tntcr-Scr-.nol soccer match played at -inaant Road yesterday. Scorers were: Tan Tens: Hoe (V. Aziz. Sook Weng. and Seng Choon. They lend 2-0 at half time.
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    65 13 SINGAPORE Combined English Schools, before their departure to Kuala Lumpur, will play a hockey match against the Singapore Recreation Ciub today. The following players have been requested to turn up Sim Meng Kwong, Baldiraj Singh. Le Strange, I. J. Singh. ijan Singh, Tambira.i. D. V:
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    385 13 America's George Breen Shatters World 1,500 Metres Record OLYMPK ROUNDUP MELBOURNE De 5 fßeutorJ .Superb swimming performances, d USBling gymnastics displays by Hungarian and Russian icomen end the km of a i/ac/K ag gold medal i-l Australia on a n;squali/ication, highlighted today's sessions of the 16th Olympiad. Pride of place
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    246 13  -  STERLING SLAPPEY By UNITED STATES VS COMMONWEALTH MEET SYDNEY Drc I (AF)— American and British Commonwealth tfUM BM field athletes unleashed a mass assault on five relay world marks tonight at the customary post-Olvmpie.s United States versus Commonwealth^ meet. a ere* a the
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    173 13 Husband Wife Pair Win. MARION E. Zampatti defeated Lng and Lim Hong m the quarter-finals of the Singapore mixed doubles table tennis championship held last night at the Chinese V.M.C.A. The husband and wife pair the match by 16-21, 21-18. 21 -19. 21-11. The game was fast and exciting with
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    269 13  -  VAZIR MARKAR By WHO was the he.st athlete m the 16th Olympiad? This question was put before Carl Olson, coach to the American track and held teams which won It Gold Medals at ."Melbourne-— the largest total collected by any single nation. No( a American
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    161 13 Russia Beat U.S. At Water-Polo MELBOURNE. Dec. 8 'UP> Russia defeated the United States 3A today m an Olympic Gamea vater-poto match before a capacity crowd of 5,500 at Olympic Pool The Russians, led by Peter Mchvenieradze, played an offensive game m the first halt to take a 2-0 lead
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    112 13 the Sing ip ea Badaa V relation National Championships will be brought to a close tonight v. hen the remaining three finals— Men's sm^: doubles and wome. double-— will be played nff at Badminton Stadium from 8 p.m. With the deft i1 Oaf Poh Lim. defending champion, Efl
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    55 13 Primary Schools Win SINGAPORE Combined English Primary Schools beat the Combined Malay Primary Schools by three goals to one m their first annual combined inter-school soccer match played at Jalan Besar yesterday. Teng Yam (2) and Nadarajah scored for the winners c Rosdi netted for the Tha Fri ash schools
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    107 13 Sporfs lef/er am surprised sl by our local hockey critics, some of wfcOM even nl 13—0 licking Zealand gave to A very responsible S// A selector, accordtvy tn fietOSpaper reports. the IS selected to po to Melbourne of equal ability and merit, lf mis he true
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      356 13 Today's j Events j TODAY'S Olympic Proi gramme m Malayan time is as 5 a.m. Gymnastics, Men, at Melbourne Stadium. 5.30 a.m. Fencing Sabre (individual). ll a.m. t<> t p.m. Fencing I at St. Kilda Town Hall. U a.m. W« Roman at Exhibition Buildji ing. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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    91 14 Singapore— 2nd Day, Wed. Dec. 5, 1956— -Going— Good Race Horse Dividend Time Distances M Q 8.11 Donnelly v i 1 nklln I Cl- 2 DIT. 3 r m:,- ruled (1) 8.11 Larkll I) BtS Bon, Jjl). N-k-li-.Neck i i Neck -J Head. 5-1 Mile BSSmißCfTfr
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    19 14 Finishes in Standardpics STANDARD photo finishes nl the second day of the Singapore Turf Cluh mectit i.ukit Timah yesterday.
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    313 14 BDIGAPORE Harbour Board Boys' Club made a clean sweep by annexing the Laycock Challenge Trophy points m thc second annual rederation of Boys' Club -uning Carnival held yesterday afternoon at the S port Chinese Swimming Club. Last year's champion Edward Boy's Club were
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    90 14 IPOH. Wed— T'e dearth of i women badminton m Perak is evidenced from he aye been selected to rr a seven-game senr i Cup northern zone final tie. Three ir double? ->c decide^ m this tie which be played T Pcralt ill m Patrick Street on Saturday
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    2625 14  - AMUSEMENT PARK WINS THE TOP SPRINT WINDSOR LAD By Pappas Love springs surprise to pay $102 AMUSEMENT PARK, owned by Shaw Stable, showed his brilliance when he romped home a threelength winner to capture the Manchester Plate and Trophy m thr main six furlongs sprint lor Cl.tss One, Division One
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    155 14 Total r<»..l $180..-,00 Ist Prize -No. 37 1 f»7 l ssi.:.'!. Ind Prize No 23.j258 Ml 612. 3rd Prize No *****1 622,562 St.ulers (flattl rai h Nee. 2149.34, 32.J348, 2520(,8, Jllilo, *****8, *****3 *****8, *****8, *****5, L *****, *****2 *****1. Consolation (81.353 raihi Nos. *****4. *****5, :.2XB'i2, *****7,
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