Singapore Standard, 20 December 1956

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  • 34 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE J^L fn V^l 3EL FiRl BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** 15 Hne.) 2400 JIXj 2«" 24M i. 11. >o. 171 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1956 i<> r\< .l r> <i m
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  • 709 1  -  JAMES DAVID To Raise Craft Standards In Colony By INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN SINGAPORE CANNOT IN FUTURE EMPLOY TRADE APPRENTICES WITHOUT THE PRIOR SANCTION OF GOVERNMENT. MR F G TYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT ADVISORY 'COUNCIL FOR APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING AND THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICER TOLD THE
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  • 228 1 Family Of Three, Two BORs Die In Road Mishaps IFOH, Wed. Two Briti>h servicemen were killed twelve others, includinu eight Gurkha other ranks were iniuied when two military vehicles plunged down i'Mi-foot drop at the 33\ milestone Cameron Highlands Road list evening. Heavy rain m that D m ruing CStned
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  • 99 1 TOKYO. Dec 19 (Reuter> The Ministry of Welfare today instructed Japanese representatives to the World Health Organization on the ted Nations to inform the -national body that Japan was m the throes of an m Cuenza epidemic, but that the v incidence was low. pokesman said
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  • 16 1 A STRONG earth tremoT lasting about three mir. early yesterday but caused no Reuter
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  • 85 1 A large proportion of fire ported into S:nW year were found to n ingredients Ipotassium chlorate and al-. powder) which Government had prohibited and Explotires Ordinance. •son, certain racket* brought into th- ould be re- parded as unsafe for children, says the report of the Chemistry Departmen-
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  • 61 1 INDIA'S NEHRU AND AMERICA'S IKE CHAT IN WASHINGTON photo. PRESIDENT Dwight Eisenhower (right) and Indian Premier Nehru char on the steps of the White House, Washington, on Dec. 16, shortly after the Indian leader's arrival for a four-day meeting with Mr. Eisenhower. At left is Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Mr. Nehru's
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  • 148 1 WASHINGTON. Dec. If) (AP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said yesterday Britain and France had been consulting with the United States for about three months before they sent their troops into the Suez Canal zone. Dulles told his news mn- I a n
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  • 58 1 JAKARTA. Dec 19 (Renter) A senior Government official has been arrested and charged with embezzling 34,000,000 Rupiahs (more than £1.000,000) He is Abdul Rival P.v deputy Director of the Macassar Copra Board. said he was Unrated when he arrived here following a summons by the Economic
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  • 72 1 JNDON, Dec. 19 (AP) Thick log blotted out f areas of Britain on Wednesday. dislocating road and rail tia!fie and grounding airliners. Seven person^ wrre killed on fogbound highv. Thousands were late foi work with trains and buses crawling through districts sibility was down to five
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  • 31 1 MB Belwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, announced yesterday that Egypt had formally asured the safetj inglo-Frencb hlpa and crews ngaged In salvage work in Port Bald harbour. Reuter
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  • 29 1 \rthur Montaigne, better known to etrciu fana as Bobo ■•p.. d:cd In Oulfport, Ml i Ippi. on Monday of a heart attack. lie was 51. U.P.
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  • 55 1 PARIS. Dee 19 (APIForeign Minister Christian Pincau indicated last night that France will soon help Israel build a pipeline across the Negev desert linking the Red Bea to the Mediterranean. M Pineau was answering i question by former Premier Pierre Mendcs-France ing a foreign policy
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  • 28 1 SIX HURT IN STREET CLASH SIX people were injured following a clash m Lorong 3. Geylang Road, last night. They were treated as outpatients at the General Ital
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  • 123 1 TOKYO Dec. 19 <UP> Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai has reassured Burma that "no insurmountable difficulties" stand m way of a complete settlement of problems between the two nations, the Communist New China News \gency reported today. Chou. speaking before lents of Rangoon University
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  • 72 1 KATMANDU, Dec. 19 (Reuter) The Nepal newspaper. Nepal Samachar. today quoted a number of Tibetan monks as saying m an interview that Chinese Communist planes had rained 40 bombs on a :e. killing or injuring 83 monks. The monks, who arc now visiting here, were reported
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  • 58 1 BONN. Germany, Dec 19 (AP) For the first time, German housewives can cook a turkey instead of the traditional goose for Christmas dinner this year c than a US$l,OOO,OOO worth of turkeys, chickens and ducks have been imported from the United States. Officials said it was
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  • 128 1 EASTBOURNE England, Dec. 19 (AP) a 57-year-old wai charted nn neadaj with Murdering a lonely widow m "his genteel English seaside town six years ac n The charee followed a livemonth Scotland Yard inves- tigation into the deaths (rf nearly 300 well-to-do lastbourne women over
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  • 586 1 Finn: \NIMUW Unlll LONDON Wed.— Singapore's Thirl Minister. .Mr Lip < 1 hail "almost" completely achieved the main purpox ol hi miwion n^rd*:,; the Defence Council, m a BBC interview torii He aLso indicated his formula "which I believe
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  • 77 1 Israelis Want Gaza Strip JERUSALEM. Der. 19 (AP) Premier David Ben-Gurion the knesset (parliament) not under any circumstances let Egypt reoccupy the Gaza Strip. The narrow territory along nean wa? seized the invasion ol Sinai peninsula m October. c up the Sinai to ~>rre aid it considers the Gaza p
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    • 32 1 1 Standard Calendar] On December 24 every reader will receive a FREE copy of THE SINGAPORE STANDARD CALENDAR for 1957, Make sure that you get the Calendar from your newsagents or newsvendors.
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    • 57 1 Shelltofo 233 'ff& tffkfc^ V&ffA ff^ ff& &<& W& &<& Qsrarp7 CHRISTMAS Dl (OH id\ SETS i fc r sr.t c i- r►- < Chrittrrr' Theses o wide voriety of lets to ehoOH c' nexpe' ;'C eccr. c— c n ijse AdfertiserneTit o^TME GENERAL ELECTRIC CO MALAYAN LTD Representing THE
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  • 142 2 'Bandit Queen' Wounded In Clash KEH HEI.HI !>*» fAP) Putii Innotorious Bandit Qu—was reported yp terdav to clash with police. official report b -..es south of tffPHfy dashed near there Saturday Putii was reported to h aaciptti The extent of I es is not known. The daring girl bandit At
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  • 59 2 •■.NBERR.A. Dec. II \ustralia will have the limilwt wheat harvest for a Jacadi m the wheat season 1956-57 according to an mate released by the Commonweaith Department of .itics tod 'for the sea- c?:. 3t«d •> 6 D li>n Vurf^'" This is *****.000 [Vr*
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  • 61 2 IT'S not .1 spaghetti machine, it doesn't e\rn make the holes m doushnut*—it's a C'zerh-made 32--barrelled rocket launcheT captured by British forces m Egypt recently. It was on show at the army's number 21 vehicle depot at Feltham. Middlesex, recently. Colonel C. Rafferty of the
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  • 148 2 LONDON. Dec. 19 AP A ghoutine. Mampitu audience three members of the British Royal limilv cave Louis "Sit» hmo" Arnistrnn? one (if the creator ovations of his life list nieht An,i i British knicht aitor gave him an accnlsdp as 'this noble rharacter" of
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  • 29 2 N OJ8: lined millions of anti-Comn Ist leaflets over cities ar.d towns of the East China mainland on M r.ciav the air force announced m Taip- Reuter
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  • 295 2 Top Penalty Is Death JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 19 (UP) The South African Government opened its first mass treason trial today, charging 151 persons with violating the nations Suppression of Communism Act. THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE IS DEATH. The list of defendants m this highly race
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  • 111 2 4 Mil. Jap Letters Held Up tokyo. Dec. io (Renter) The 220.000 Btltmi National Japanese Communication Workers Union today began a ifaort term strike which practically paraly --d postal communication.- throughout Japan. Post office worked In Tokyo, Osaka. Na^va and Kobe went on >trike demanding a higher year-end bonus. a
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  • 34 2 COLOMBO. Dec. 19 (UP) Soviet Russia has asked the Ceylon Government for permission to establish radio •elephone links between the two counties. The Soviet rcquesi Is under the consideration of tho Government
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  • 59 2 Self-Rule Bill Is Passed LONDO.W P. "e:-?^ The House of Commons last Bight passed a bill grantinr within the Commonwealth to the Gold Coast later to be known as Ghana on .March fi next ftflt The final third reading was -^seri. The bill now goes to the Ho ISC of
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  • 50 2 VIENNA. Dec. (Reuter) Oniy 534 Hungarian refugees crossed the frontier into Austria during darkness last night. The falling off vat I explained by the chaotic transport m-H;':p ns j n Hungary Uli strict precautions t^Kcn by the Russian troops guarding the frontier ani the bad weather.
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  • 29 2 us Vice-President Richard II Nixon arrived m Austria last night to take a first-hand look- at the greatest ever mass flight from Russian- I Communism.— AP
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  • 124 2 BOMBAY. Dec If), (AP) Bioodv rioting flared anew m Ahmedabad ye •crnay. Fir.-t reports indicated rio-ens of people, including police and home guards, were injured. The disturbances took place as the Chief Minister of Bombay State, m which Ah dabad is situated, visited the
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  • 84 2 LONDON. Dec II (APJ Britain has been buying Dp gold m recerv Wttkl a? part of a programme to bolster the pound sterling aizain-t the economic aftermath of tfci military venture into E^ypt. One part of the programme u-as to ask the United States to w.iive
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  • 178 2 Foster Parents To Appeal For Custody TOKYO, Drc. 19 (Renter) The Japanese toster parents of the international orphan. Mai i;»nnc. toda\ filed an appeal m the T*kyt Higher Ourt asainst the Yokohama District Court decision ot Dec 5 which awarded custori> of Marianne to the former Swedish minister
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    36 2 BRITISH Prime Minister <ir \nthnnv I shortly after his arrival al London Vrp hrrr looking t.uin.ri ..n ...> cure m Jamaica. At I- Mr R a i .< th. lord Pi v Scal^ A P
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  • 178 2 Eleven Strapped To Legs SYDNEY, Dee. If, (Reulcr)— A v \\J stfward had a numhrr tvhen custom- <.Mi< < r> >■ him aIU landed at .Masroi the i< •■•<• Mr. McCaulcy, the Magistrate fined the steward. John Eric Murray. 36, of SouLh Hurstville. £A5O for having
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  • 101 2 COMMIDITY PRICES Mv|\(, pore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* .Til.) Jan.RSSNoI It9| R.S.S. No. 2 1074 1. No. 3 1041 ltS* Tone: Steati SPORI JIN day was OM| l" -i S" rents). 1 ('Mm s Ri BBLR N«i 1 KS > S« -ltlenn -ni Hnusr Terms Wrrinf sri.r P I'd \ir>
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  • 23 2 Foreign Aid Dec. 19 Premier Husein Suhr. announced yesterday tan has received fore:, to date equal to about .600.000, mostly frrm nited States.
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  • 23 2 SHINSHU University scientists said yesterday hi; radioactive snow fell m Nagano city 140 miles northwest of Tokyo, on Monday night.— AP
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 106 2 INTRODUCING... LONGINES f x^ x^^HluMnaEC v \lml h^l A Of Wf A~ contemporary watch, designed for an achvc life, for an fl open air life; designed for the younger generation. |S Of polished stainless steel throughout, thin and robu:t, the B LOXGIXES "SILVER ARROW" has a centre-ceconds hand and is
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  • 167 3 •E Rotary Club of Singapore yesterday. away $500 from its "Sun- e Box as a Christmas :o the Singapore Chilis Society. ".tribution was handed by Rotary president. Ml K. M. Medara, at the weekly iieon meeting at the ay Restaurant to John
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  • 103 3 THE LAWS OF MALAYA— A NEW RADIO SERIES THE Law Department of the University of Malaya will organize a series of talks and discussions on the laws of Malaya for broadcast by Radio Malaya early next year. The Department is also planning lectures by members cf the staff and distinguished
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  • 109 3 MAI »ta today fold the Singapore Government that it was time it implemented the recommendations of the Commission on the direct recruitment of local graduates to Division I ap- fne graduates m a memo>gr dum ed that Government did not consider adopting
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  • 214 3 LONDON, Dec. 19. (Renter). Lord Mancroft, the Rome Under-Secrctary, said last mqht he had heard that tin mines m Malaya would run out within the nevt 120 years. But some mines were SB unconscionable time a-dying" and there were untanocd icserves, he
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  • 92 3 Council Gets Flood Warning MB I E V ;OOX ENG. a Cll Councillor and Assemblyman, has written to the City Council that rcsid< Qt i the Singapore Impri vem< nt Trust estate m Hend (tson Road and Drivp lie worried by floods on wet m Mr. Lee I lid the
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  • 257 3 A NEW Press gag i ordered by Singapore's Minister for Commerce ■nd Industry, Ifr. J M Jumabhoy, yesterday. The order, signed by Byrne, the Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the Minister and circularized to all heads of departments m
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  • 212 3 WARNING GOES OUT: CLEAR YOUR LIABILITIES OR ELSE... SINGAPORE Government has warned all its employees that they will be sacked if they do not clear their debts. Altho gb there is i Government Standing Order prohibiting any employee from incurring debts, it
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  • 60 3 BUKIT MERTAJAIf, W«d Owing to the absence of I Sikh witness, a Coroner's Inquiry scheduled to be held here today was adjourned to a later c The Inquiry was into the n of a Sikh milkman, 'Feiial Singh. 32, who was fat-al-ly injured m a collision a car
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  • 88 3 SERGEANT Gregory Kunkel tl K.A.M.K. watches tin- arrival of the plane which will carry him and his wife back t<> Australia for the Christmas holidays, at the Singapore International Airport yesterday. Kunkel and his wife have enjoyed staying m M.ilaya for the last l."> months. Both would
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  • 111 3 18 Malayan Cadets For Sandhurst PORT DICKS r Wl Eighteen teen-aged Fedei Mi .ary College cadets will leave for Sandhurst Royal .ary Academy on Christmas Day for further military training, it was announced today. They wiU return as officers m the Federation Army after completion of their training. They are:
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  • 41 3 THE 92-man council of the Singapore Bank Employees' Union last night approved the decision taken by their Union Executive Committee to take a strike ballot at the general meeting to ho this evening at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • 113 3 GOVERNOR AT BOYS' PARADE THE Governor <>t Sin* j.apnie. Sir Robert Black. fstci day took I hi* salute at the first passing mil Parade of the Army Boys Trade School m Nee Soon tamp. Thirty-si\ I><>\ B, all belonging to fbc senior platoon, had served for three years m the
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  • 134 3 It's NOT Official Policy Says Jumat SINGAPORE'S Acting Chief Minister. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, and the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, last night Save a joint assurance that is not the policy of Government to institute i law favouring local agency houses
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  • 246 3 IF HALF SAY YES, ITS BACK TO THE VOTERS ONCE AGAIN NEW FRONT MOVE ON POLLS SINGAPORE Government should provide for bye-elections m those constituencies where DO than 50 per cent of the electorate demand the iemoval of their chosen representative to the Legislative Assembly. This is contained m a
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  • 123 3 OPERATION DAGGER TO CONTINUE WITHOUT LET-UP SINGAPORE Police will continue "Operation Dagger" without let-up. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. A.R. Anderson, told the Standard yesHe denied there had been any recent increase m secret society glßf clashes. Gurkhas an<l Reserve Unit personnel are now frequci patrolling the streets of
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  • 91 3 A BULLET which was lodf m the wrist of driver Lim Hoo Chwee, was removed after an operation at the General Hospital, Singapore, r v. Lim was shot twiet by a thief after he resisted attempts to rob him while walking with .'i bid d m
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 142 3 j&^K^, -Jag" I^^^^^ m I aHH^^p. -$> .L. <■ IR., V«^ W<ii y* y REX OPENS TODAY PAVILION I 5 SHOWS 4 SHOWS MOHOM IICIURE OF A THOUSAND SI'ECTALLLb If AND AD\LN!URI>' g »*l Mighty epic of Zarak Khan bandit 4 hc J| CinevascoPc jI n I !|l flL^,^RSdk A
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  • 1386 4 'ARTICLE CALCULATED TO SHOW MAGISTRATE WAS PREJUDICED IN FAVOUR OF POLICE' Must Protect The Administration Oi Justice, Says Judg. IPOH, Wed.— The Federal Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Thomson, who came down here from Kuata Lumpur specially to hear the contempt of court action brought
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  • 152 4 Waterfront Union Threatens Xmas Strike PKNANO, Wed Tht Malayan Sicverinrmg and Transportatlon Limited Dnion, a brandi of the Pcnang and I Province Wellesley QtJMlfj Workers' Union has issued an ultimatum to the stevedoring I company '-vat onleai H compUea with tIM HBkNtfi drHtUldl by 10 a.m. on Dec. 20 its
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  • 47 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. Donald L. Ranard has been provisionally recognised as Consul of the United States of America at Pcnanj with consular jurisdiction m the Settlement of Penang (m I in^ Province Wellesley) and \hc Stale- of Kr'antan, Perlis, Kedah and Pcrak.
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  • 67 4 TWENTY-NINE Chinese school teachers from the Central District of Province Wellesley. who attended a Civics Course m Fcnanc; from Dec. 1(1 to |S are seen at the conclusion of the course at the Rubber Trade Association. The Settlement Secretary Mr. W. Foulsham. is seated m the
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  • 137 4 Tell-Tale Prints Were His Undoing KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Finger-prints found on a cellophane wrapping today led to the conviction of K. Ahmad bin K. Abdullah. 28, who broke into the Kuala Lumpur RailStation coffee-shop on Aug. 29 and stole $300 cash and $200 worth of cigarettes. Prosecuting Officer, ASP Santokh
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 92 5 PKRAK Hydro Electric Fower Ceaip n draftsman, Mr. I I Jeremiah, who went to Australia two Months aco for a brain tUMur operation, arrived m Singapore "I am nappy to hi home." said he as he hucced his two children and wife awaiting his return above).
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  • 421 5 JOHORE 1957 BUDGET -$2 M. DEFICIT JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The Johore Government has budgetted for a deficit of for next year. The State's budget estimates were introduced by the Financial Officer, Inche Ahmad f Perang. m the State Council today. They >how an :*ure of .100, against an timated revenue
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  • 57 5 THREE Burmese arrived m Singapore by air yesterday on a study tour. Thakin Them Maun-. Deputy Speaker of the Bu: Parliament, and Thakin Aye Maun*, a member of the Parliament, are here to meet local political leaders. U Soe Kie, managing director of Irrawaddv leading Burmese rice
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  • 179 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A bill providing for puni>hmrnt by imprisonment for printing false reports of council proceedings, was pas.srd by the Johore Council of State today on a motion by Inche Suffian bin Hashim, Legal Adviser, Johore. It is also an offence to send
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  • 199 5 A SINGAPORE girl has become the interior decoration adviser and colour consultant m a big Sydney department store. She is y Chan, daughter of Mr I In K. C. Chan, of 22 Poole Road. ore. Chan, who has just completed five years
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  • 947 5 FACTORY SHOP WORKERS' UNION CASE LAUGHTER brake out m the Singapore Fifth District Court yesterday, when Crown Counsel, Mr. I). I-]. Chclliah. asked an Inspector whether he wa> "a bit nervous during raid on the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union premises, and
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  • 153 5 A SINGAPORE judge yesterday warned parents of six Tiong Bahru you h.s to look after thoir children better or they might turn gangsters. First District Judge. Mr F.A Chua. later acquitted Too Woon Hor. Leow Shiu Sha. Ho Ten Sin. Ho Khoon Shong. Tan
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    • 70 5 with the seasons a KLM y\^\ ROYAL DUTCH My^/ AiRUNtS The Asia Insurance Building, Smgaport sW s#/ w M w >%/ //r j#r. ji "'noANisi LUNC TONIC I 2ff/D f/ T Jt i> V— J TRAVEL and SHIP to Argentina, Australia, Brazil East and South Africa, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
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  • 81 6 Show Will Benefit Young Malayans S 1 S of "E\ mm;; of Ballet t<> ho presented h\ tIM Singapore Musi- ii vm Pi j .it the Badminton Hall tomorrow nuht held :i dross rehearsal at tho Hall last nuht Those tv o ><> v n dancers of tho Sooner (•oh
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  • 50 6 Ipic. kowsky's immortal ballet '"Sw an Lake Hall of the pr. sitis of Urn ihtl will u<> to the Sin ict> s S< hob.vship lund for youim Malayans i;oins; to Luropr for ■todies. 1i( krls for tomorrow aiffht'l prrfcrmatKO will ho on sal«* it tli^ Bad- Standard
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  • 275 6 Ruler Signs A Document Of History THE END TO AN ERA OF BRITISH ADVISERS Xl ALA KANGSAR, Wed.— ln solemn and historic ceremony. Sultan Sir Yusui Izzuddin Shah of Perak today affixed his signature to two State docu-ments-the Supplementary State Agreement and the third Amendment to the Laws ot the
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  • 276 6 M.\ We'l The Allianre whip m the Municipal Council Tuan Haj; Mohamed •T bin Haji Sulong was elected Municipal Vice-Pie.-i--dent m place of Mr. A. W. B. Acton at yesterday's Council meeting He also took over the duties of chairman of the Traffic sory
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  • 44 6 A DINNER, dance and variety s!io\v for 300 manners and c will be held at Connell Hnu?e. Anson Road. Singapore tomorrow nicht The variety show, which features many well-known local artistes, is beinc staged for the first time at this annual
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  • 201 6 DEVELOP OUR RESOURCES PLEA IN COUNCIL JOHORE BAHRLT, Wed. An Alliance Councillor, Inche Mohamad Yassin bin Abdul Rahman, at the meeting of the State Council today, urged the Government to make all efforts to develop the resources m the State with a View to create prosperity and consequently obtain more
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  • 18 6 TERRORISTS cut and stole telephone wires at the 68th milestone Yonj» Pens-Ayer Hitam Road on Tuesday.
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  • 124 6 NIK I i iiiiK FestiMff< 'ommander m C'hi<t I .ir Ettrf Land lOiios, took time ofl lMnii his military duties yesterday afternoon. Ai i iimjiaiiif'd l>v 1 ,'dv Festing he motored m the NaSapttl I'l'ernatiunal Air- port (o meet two of his sons who arrived by
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  • 94 6 Eurasians Offer Two Scholarships THE Selangor Eurasian Association is offering two schobJps for 1957 to two Eurastudents living m the Btal One of the scholarships is for a student who has passed the final Form Four examination m 1956. It is tenable for a year and carries a gran: or
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 131 6 Standard G^Q-lmctnac Information at a Glance lir ..~.ijilni il >'i< hl] "Christn 8 Cairnhill Road. 830p m. \h Judo claai 3 30 pm. Xmat m. hi I < Free film show On: Timei [alayan (J j .*etie at Shell Thestrette. Coliyet Quay 1 15 Sins ipore Recorded Mnslt Boi t]
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    • 215 6 Pc -hz z 203 a m (3.5 ft), :4n p.m '7 4 ft) TOMORROW: Singapore 111 am ft I 12.39 p m 104 ft) P >. D'.ckson 151 am (9 6 1') i ft i. Penanc 1.43 am (8 3 ft). 330 p m 1 7 3 ft i RADIO
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    • 187 6 I I Serenade Orchestra. 6 p.m The Archers A story of country folk. 6.30 The v snd Commentary. 645 Sports Rour. 8.55 Report from the N Enelahd. 7 p.m. 'What's The Form?'. 715 Golden Age of po- I .-n Magazine. 8.30 The News and Home New?. 4.') Dvorak played by
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  • 61 7 -M.md i! ilpic by TWENTY onf VFAR-ni.D M.. s Vmlct Chin Kui I. an third d.uulitrr „f Mr Mmn Vuk 1. c^r.: (U U her birthday cake it h-r party at the Wl> sports Club, Cheras Road. KuaJa 1 umnur on Snnda^ Mm
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  • 47 7 AND THIS IS VALERIE \AM KM] Ann.- /-■hnniii\ daughter of Mr .md Mn \iiNtm 3 Zehndet ol S ngsptffd h»> recentl] i elebrated h-r BUI birthday. > ftleric \m i i n.ii r j student m the oerti- firato courso at the Teacher^ l aiag ..I- f Patterson
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  • 249 7 Management Training Courses For Polytechnic THE Singapore Polytechnic's Department of Commerce will Introduce courses m manage- I merit training when the College is firmly established, states Mr. David J. Will! writing m "Sim" the official organ of the Supervisory and Management Training Associaof Singapore, issued yesterday. Mr. Williams, who is
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  • 107 7 JASIN. Wed— A large land (development scheme m this district of Malacca is being shelved because it costs too much money. The D: ficer, Mr. R.T. Addis, told the Standard that the proposed scheme embracing more than 4,000 acres of land, would have cost the Land
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  • 21 7 PEXANG. Wed The PanMalayan Islamic Association rgan a public me at the Pakistan mosque m MacAlister Road tomorrow bisht
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  • 121 7 Classes For Adults Are Planned KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Malayan Public Libraries iation has undertaken to boost adult education m this country by running 1.500 classes m Malayan languages next year. The association plans to organize 60(1 Malay 400 Chinese and 500 English classes. The total number of students m
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  • 68 7 RURAL areas m Upper Changi Road have been allotted numbers by the Rural t in order to facilitate postal deliveries. They are known as Tract One, Tract Two. Tract Three and so on. commencing from the town side of the roads. Members of the public are requested
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  • 124 7 OVER 150 workers and their families <>t the S.A r V Rehabilitation Centre will be entertained it .i Christmas party tomorrow. THE party has beer m&ged by the Rehabilitation Centre for the workers so as to "spread a little Christmas cheer." .said Mrs
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  • 166 7 COUNCILLOR NOT GUILTY OF FALSE STATEMENT SI. (i AM AT. Wed .loli'Mi- State Coiinrillnr .m i Secretary <>f lh> Segamat breach of the Malayan Chinese Association. Chia Chin Koon, was acquitted today on a charge of making a false statement. (Ilia's defence was not uill.'d. It was alleged that on
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  • 53 7 PENANG, Wed A woman, carrying a small child, was the victim of a snatch-thief m busy Penang Road where she was doing her Christmas shopping this afternoon. The thief, using a pair of scissors, cut off her gold chain to which was attached a pendant and. made
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  • 162 7 Apexians Play Host To 1500 Children OXE of the biggest preChristmas treats for Singapore children this year took place at the Odeon Theatre yester* day when the recently-fo: 1 k Club played host :o 1,500 boys and girls. The children came from Colony voluntary
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  • 254 7 Those 'Nat-cracking Malay Exams... NO TIME FOR STUDY AND THE r RICE OF FAILURE MAY MEAN: NO PAY INCREASE, NO PROMOTION SINGAPORE Police officers do not hove the time to prepare for examinations m Malay with the proficiency expected of them. This is
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  • 203 7 1500 FARMERS TO BECOME LAND OWNERS NEARLY 1,500 farming families m the Bedok resettlement area, will soon be able to secure a permanent lease Etf the lands they now net upy. Singapore's Ministry of Local Government. Lands and Housing has now decided to issue permanent leases to them as soon
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  • 70 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Sunspots may afreet overseas Christinas calls irom Malaya, the Telecommunications Department indicated tonight. Disturbances have during the past twenty-four hours have led radio/telephone circuits to all countries m the northern hemisphere The Standard learns that yesterday all but one of the overseas calls from
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  • 148 7 THE Singapore Education Department is getting a poor response* to the Government's call lor students who have finished their primary education but are unable to gain admission into secondary schools to join special classes to be organized for their benefit. A spokesman of the Education
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  • 22 7 FOUR Chinese labourers were frozen to death m Taipei yesterday m sub-zero weather on the grass mountain" district.- Reuter
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  • 95 7 STANDPIPES FOR THE THIRSTY JASIN. Wed. More than 500 people living at Nylas new village m this district who experienced shortage of water during dry seasons, are now happy because two water standpipes, have been installed for them. The water supply m this remote village is part of the extension
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    • 523 8 'I HI Singapore Hokki. I 800, which iponAn n Chinese schools m the Colony, will have to decide today whether it should accept JuJJ Government aid for these institutions or close them. The decision became necessary as a result of the Government's refusal to approve of partial
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    • 394 8 f r::i:RE was plenty of braying at the annual oon--1 ference of Malaya's Socialist Youth League m Koala Lumpur on Sunday. According to the spcakgathering of 30 delegates, everything has been done, or is being planned, by the Federation Government is aimed at suppressing political opposition, while
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 190 8 Temporary Teachers' Dismissal Btr; I view with concern, the inconsiderate manner In which the retrenchment of temporary teachers Is :..^:nj p.ace. the Federation. I understand, temporary officers are retrenched according to a particular system pensioners and then the others according to the date of Joining the service. For example those
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    • 195 8 Sir; Ever since Harry Lee Kuan V > w took to the platform from when delivered innun. rablc bitter anti-Eur hes, 1 have been I to give my imp on of him. Fortunately. "J.H. of Singapore" d me that odious article "Imprei>riOß of Harry Lee" lard
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    • 169 8 Official Was Rude To Him Sir: Kindl> p< runt me through the medium of mil p i per to nai rate t lip IBCMmtt uhuh occurred ie< en! m r.ti intf r\ iew conducted hv the Health l> i>t ni the Singapore ;t mint i! !<>r tlie po»In of Public
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    • 146 8 Of .Ul UN fthOM an pxhibiter'i privilege m show n^ mo\ic trailers, thr ,i h <if I r.tprze" and .1 i!v iv .-rt.unh the limit. For longer th.m Mjfctij i\\rc to R MMkei (iiK'ni;i h\\ c brcn ■-it ;l;i'»i;uh IkCSC boms trailers lh>l (> p n ramiihml i!
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  • 613 8 RESTRICTIONS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S.LOAN From Nora Belor PARIS APART from the waiver of interest on the U.S. loan requested by Britain, the American Treasury is also ready to lend, but not to give, Britain an additional $300 million to S4OO million which will be needed to pay ft* Western Hemisphere
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  • 779 8  -  MICHAEL HARRISON TOMORROW IS JUBILEE OF THE BROADCAST WORLD By ()N the night of December 21, 1906, Professor Reginald Aubrey Fessenden threw a switch and the 420 -ft. antenna of the National Electric Signalling Company, at Brant Rock, Massachusetts, began to radiate a programme of music, song
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  • 198 8 Shorts from the Talks "What BOtl strikes the Visitor on arrival m England la the Bight of the solitary unarmod policeman m our streets i ewhere the police tend I about m coudlcs visibly armed, expecuny to be required to iir.r>ose by force conformity upon a recalcitrant and obstructive population
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  • 132 9 Red Spy Ring Smashed BERNE. Dec. 19 (AP)— S irney General Rene Dubois yesterday announced the break-up of a Communist spy ring directed mainly against Italy. The rtnu had operated for WTeral years with the help of Hungarian refugees blackmailed with thr I against their families 1. In Hungary, Dubois
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  • 31 9 SEVENTY-TWO Jap a: women who married Chii husbands m China left the port city of Tsingtao yesterday with their 105 children for th p r hnmoc Pptinw Rariin A.P.
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  • 124 9 LONG taeoe spills out >-!,!,,„ Imfair, Lwiiia. as more and moro pmpi c migrate from Brit i Auvtr.ili.in. .1 intl and Rhodfsian offices m London pn .m .im./in? ini^ m the number of ition visa applications. ru»h is fantastic never hid any. thine like
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  • 51 9 ADELAIDE, Dec. 19 (Reuter). Ten Royal Air Force Canberra jets are being fitted with special recording in- r. d F n |irf ic' rear Adelaide for Britain's -.coming hydrogen bomb tests at Christmas Island. The jets manned by Roy.il Force crews will fly the radio active
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  • NEWSBRIEFS
    • 59 9 PITISBIKCH, D(H- (AP) >liv Beatrice Dunn. i> iiii-d ili'.onr > esterday .lftrr testifying husband made her sleep m an unheated at- !n \<\trs "hv> him- I *nored.'" Mrs. Dunn said her husband, Morgan. wouldn't even Umw the door to the lttii upt'ti because "ton ninth
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    • 26 9 Dec. 19 (AP) President Eisenhower yesterday offered "he congratulations" to the people and government of Japan upon Japan's election to membership m the United Nations.
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    • 37 9 OTTAWA. Dec. 19 (AP)— Prime Minster Nehru of India will meet the Canadian cabinet and will hold private talks with External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson during his three-day visit to Ottawa beginning on Friday.
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    • 37 9 MOSCOW. Dec. If) (AP)— Moscow Radio reported last n>"^ht that Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov and Defence Minister Georgi Zhukov returned to Moscow yesterday after signing the Soviet-PoMsh agreement on troops m Poland at Warsaw.
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    • 26 9 \SHINGTON. Dec. 19 (AP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sai ?rday ii is possible the United States grant economic aid to Poland.
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    • 33 9 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 19 (AP)— Belita. an English dancer, ire-skater and actress, ye.-tcrdav won a divorce from actor Joel Riordan, who she said knocked her down twice m a public street-
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    • 39 9 Dec. i 9 (AP) Attorney General Herbert Brownell yesterday authorized admission to the United States of 40 Olympic athletes from Iron Curtain countries who defected after this year's Games m Australia and asked for political asylum.
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    • 30 9 SHIN Dc\ 10 (AP)— The U.S. Government's Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB) ruled for a second time yesterday that the U.S. Communist Party is under control of Moscow.
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    • 29 9 LONDON Dec. 19 iAP) blanketed London A.rport early today and broucht flißht operations to a standstill. Incoming flights were diverted to Manchester. Departures were held up.
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  • 377 9 Proposed Constitution Envisages A Diarchy For Unhappy Island ...BUT IT FALLS SHORT OF GREEK-CYPRIOT DEMANDS LONDON, Dec. 19 (UP) Britain today announced o proposed constitution for the unhappy Mediterranean Island of Cyprus that would establish a diarchy government by two rulers. Britain, according to the constitution
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  • 110 9 Talks Help Nehru Know Ike Better 'Washington, Dec. 19 (AP) Prime Min:>'cr Nehru of India said today his talks with President Eisenhower help him gain "a much be 'cr, understanding of American policy." At a news conference. broadcast and televised over maior U.S. networks. Nehru his meetings with the President
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  • 93 9 Syria Says 'No' To Oil Repairs DAMABCUB, D« I AP) Syria has turned down an American and Italian request for emergency repairs on the pipelines carrying oil across Syria to Mediterranean ports for shipment. The Parliament's For Affairs Committee approved the rejection at an hour-long mooting. Ihsan Kabrin the committee
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  • 120 9 lAK AKTA. Doc. m (Reuter)— The executive board of the Nationalist Party ((included at a meeting last night that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, ."Mr. Ruslan Abdulgam, who is a member of the party, was not involved m t corruption case m which his name had
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  • 51 9 LONDON. Dec. 1 I he Ourrn danced l f i cmb Margaret with a aanaal Cmit party Of I'm I ,H J i i h, bill n r» i ed by the Bwal Household Spe< tended. The Qa»m l presented a boa«u< ptek and white
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  • 117 9 WASHINGTON. Dec. *er) Mr. John Foster the Secretary of State. •aid yesterday that the United i States had no desire to ca: the situation m Ea&teni ne. a? part programme against the Soviet Union. Mr. Dulles, m his first fullscale press conference since bis operation for stomach
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  • 34 9 DENVER. Dec 19 (AP) More than a thousand American B-47 medium bombers, g aerial refuelling, flew nonstop missions averaging 8.000 miles each, during a two- week period ending yesterday.
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    • 36 9 MORPHY-RICHARDS* IRONS from mr Surf m Singapore $M&> fhk month C hUk* sure YOU have your y\ packet of Surf ready and «l ct B ree electric iron, iWci^^^^^K* 1 hidden DIRT FLOWER-BgIGHT COIOURS OAZZUNG WHITENESS!
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    • 182 9 Do you still wind jfljr your watch Winding a watch is a nuisance. Outmoded!) J&& wW Unnecessary! But you never have to ja| W&T wind a Mido. It starts winding itself '^SS&BiSSf the instant ycu put it on, MmKmSSFkeeps winding as you wear it. Yet y^-^^Tr^^K^l fcr all its slim
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  • 83 10 SEREMBAX. W( '1. The State Council today adopted a motion of the Legal Adviser, Mr. L. A. Ifanle, to hold Town Council elections m Kuala Pilah next year. Kuala Pilah will thus become the second town m thrState to have an elected n Council to supersede
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  • 938 10 In The Negri State Council 'Negri Must Plan Its Role In The Best Way It Possibly Can' SEREMBAN, Wed. The date on which the Federation's Merdeka Agreement was signed m London (Feb. 8, 1956)— wi1l go down m history as "the great.
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  • 50 10 SERFMBAN Wed. A report of the State Finance sub-committee recommending application for supplementary expenditure of $733,262 for 1956 was today approved by the Council. Main items of expenditure are $200,000 for improvement of water supplies and $150,000 for purchase of tractors for constructing kampong and RiDA roads.
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  • 405 10 SEBEMBAN, We-d.— The new system of monetary allocations between the Federal and State Governments has led to Ne^ri Sembilan having virtually no financial autonomy and suffering heavy cuts m even vital capital expenditure for The State Financial Officer, A. K.
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  • 127 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Three Malayan telephone traffic officers now m training m Now Zealand under the Colombo Plan have been allowed free six-minute calls to their homes In the Federation during Christmas week, This is being sponsored bj the New Zealand PostmasterGeneral to exti nd th< friend-
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  • 131 10 MALACCA Wed.— Mohamed YusofT bin Haji Sulong alleged at the Council meeting today that re-checking of the Municipal electorate by deputy re- tion officers was done tzardly. "The names of tbOM votert who have since died are itill nn the register, while names of some voters
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    24 10 •1111 \NG m pi 1 il W Bl vi.mbii \n ruai Mul.i 1...... !)..i I I",. Jus lsi lurlhriav ,n tmbaa today.
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  • 161 10 WIVES SHOULD NOT LEAVE WHEN HUSBANDS GO, SAYS BOARD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Labour Advisory Board has rejected a proposal by the Malayaag Trade Union Council that^ working wives, whose husbands leave an estate, should cease employment The Board felt that the proposal was "far too drtsSuch an amendment to
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  • 296 10 Something To Tell Home Folks/ Says Outward Bound Chief KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The chairman of the British Outward Bound Trust, Sir Spencer Summers, said today he was most impressed with the donations of blood to the Malayan blood bank by
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  • 287 10  - THE STARS AND YOU Ritu Del Mar BY 'I < 1' K\\ ()T ATION: 1 Im. nil < llnril luiure. wiul< r- 1 1 1 1 > i- „i i,. t,, the i)rt"»«-ni I. I It:. I '.f nil RSDAI FOI EVI N l c some attention to matters which
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    • 174 10 Living room feel like I the Congo Swampland &r\ ..^l^*"^ -^-^s 0 w LjZ ssaßßßs-sj Room Air Conditioner. .F^ International Model Qe Luxe Model Hot, humid, steaming. It's fierce. But Carrier Room Air Conditioner, bu M by the people who air condition the world, have cooled the sweltering climates of
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  • 390 11 BRIDES GROOMS PAGE OF WEDDING PHOTOS W e (l (I i n j» hells rang merrily throughout .Malaya m recent days v many couples walked up the lite m time to celebrate Christinas 1956 as man and wife. To them the Standard wishes a Merry Xmas and a Happy New
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    • 146 11 i/?r iror/fi famous family of TIGER medicinal products TIN PACKED BALASHIN SAI (Paf Kua Tan j Very effective for Coughs, In d igestion, Seasickness, Nausea Tiredness, Stomachache, Foul Breath. ;NC AUN TONG THK TIGEK MEDICAL HALL i?a Zte tf*k «a i?a i?a i^a DIAMOND }of OuUtandiha fiterit I I s
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    • 203 11 make Nomad Your daily habit and: health, vigour and happiness, to You and Your family! Nutritious: natural proteins, mtntrrft d vitamins m scient'ficoily balanced proportions 4 i% Healthy: highest biological values... Fresh: processed immediately otter milking, always regular supplies: w Digestibility: essv to dtftwsf; why You should use recommended esoeoally
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  • 498 12 Selective Rise In Rubber Shares On U.K. Exchange BIDDING FOR ASSETS THE stream of take-over bids is now in full spate in the London rubber share market, according to the Economist. It concerns particularly the Ceylon companies, but to an appreciable extent the Malayan !romnanip5 too. companies too. The selective
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  • 175 12 To See Importers THE export manager of Wander Ltd., (manufacturers of Ovaltine), Mr. Trevor Jones, arrived m Singapore yesterday by air to make personal contact with Us m in** porters and to study advertising and publicity problems involved m marketing the beverage. Mr. Jonc-, who fa -ing his
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  • 25 12 A BIRMINGHAM firm of constructional engineers has just completed the construction of four prefabricated buildings for erection m Zamboanga m the Philippines.
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  • 35 12 A CONTRACT for the first V.H.F. multi-channel radiotelephone system m India has been plarcd with Marconis Wireless Telegraphy Company by the Government of India for use on the Western Rail-
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  • 152 12 SHIPS IN PORT Ol TFR ROADS Baud. Ciuiha River, Toad Maru So. S, Tampomas, Arrcidvk. SibifO, Luckly Carrier. North Star, Barito. Bedford, Shunko' Maru, Mai Lloyd. INNER ROADS Trek Hone, New Coronation. Sumpitan, Tong Hon. Champ*dah. Mi a* M i .No. 84, An* shima Mnru Na 6, Playaran. Tong Seang.
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  • 104 12 Singapore Cr.ir.r-c Produce Exchange nonr. r'< pi per picul yesterday v. c Copra. Dec. f27| buyers, %2S\ sellers; coconut oil m bulk $421 tellers, m drums H6J sellers; Muntok white pepper |122 sellers, Sarawak white $121 sellers. Special Sarawak black SB5 sellers. Singapore Copra Association closing prices j'esterday:
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  • 56 12 SALES of fish and fish products for food are increasing m the United States, largely because of the processiiif of fish by the growing frozen-food industry ;ick-frozcn fish taste as sood, ship and keen better fresh fish, qualities that are making them increasingly popular among American?.
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  • 89 12 Gifts For 'Cycling Haji' MALAYA s tytßm BaJT (he has cycled 18,500 n Yr) received gifts from Colony firms yesterday. Haji Siraj bin Ken nn, uho arrived m Singapore or, Monday niter a tWO fftmf r ttfl tour of Malaya an-i Indonesia. icas preM ted US th a new beyce
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  • 214 12 WITH a few exceptions, industrials m the Malayan market yesterday were firmer. TOM and rubbers were quiet and irregular, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were: INDI STKIALS Buyers Sellers B Petrol 50/- 52/Fi i« r Xeave: Ords 2.27 2.32
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  • 113 12 Business In Shares MALAYAN Sharebrokers yesterday reported the following ess done: r and N ords $2.30. |3 Gammon^ S2. $1,981: Hammers $1,521; H. Waugh $1.61; Breweries $2,874: Collieries 5 Metal. Box $1.65; Straits Times earne $3; Jacks $3.05. Ampat 9 3 Austral Amal 20/--20/1); Berjuntai 27/9. 27/104; K. Lan'ut 38
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  • 187 12 THE Tor.-kah Harbour T:n Dredgi g LI I. reported a profit of £122,192 before inc.- -re tax for the year to June 30. 1956. the improved result being due to the higher output and a better average tin price. Ir. D. T. Waring, the chairman, said it
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    95 12 CRUSHED ire totalling 75 tons was pumped into the holds of the Akashi .Maru <i 5 and 87 m Singapore yestorday. before DM trawlers left for their hunting X rounds m the South China. Sea. It was pumped into the ships by the New Singapore Ice Works, usin;; their kink
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  • 154 12 More Firms Invited A HOPE that the succc^ of the jmwni SinoJapanese venture would brins down thr pn<( <: fish m Singapore, was expressed yesterday by the Mini>t< for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. >«-s--terday. The Minister expressed this hope when he visited the
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  • 180 12 CEYLON TO SHIP 4,500 TONS Rubber for China of sheet rubber to mainland China against next year's contract, it was learned m Colombo. Arrangements for this re made tions for the tc- r China-Ceylon rubbe- agreement were under The vessels arc Colombo within a week, and together they will take
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  • 125 12 THE Singapore market named throughout yesterday, steadier at $1.09j| per lb. for first grade January shipment, a drop of one rent on Tuesday Quiet conditions pre\ 0> m the morr n prfcn| dropping to $1,091, but at tht lower levels some buying suj>» port was reported. The
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  • 35 12 NEW YORK. Dec. 18. UP>— Dow-Jones c!o<ine averages: 30 Industrials M N 20 R: ties 65 Stocks BONDS 40 Bonds 89 The Dow-Jones futures index (1924-26 averaft equals 100) closed at *****.
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    • 532 12 NOTICES TENDER NO! I EARTHWORKS Prop.-.*- i Resc 11 1 Unii ,-m i v berx Tnjninjf College. Patssd 1: a sJ t I umpur for thf D-p i-t-K.-nt ,»f I duration, Federation of Malaya. TVM DM are invited from 1 c Contra for Earthworks In connection with Phase I of
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    • 616 12 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MATRICULATION 1 umuaiiM j ".IE Matriculation ExammaL :;on of the University of Hong Kong will be held :n S -apore next year. The exact dates of th Fx.irr. nation are not yet fixed but Will probably be between the middle of Ma Utd the middle of
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    • 254 12 NOTICES MAI.ACCA MUNICIPALITY SI TPI.IFS FOR l^T HAIF YEAR i:>T. npiNllUß are invited for the A supply and delivery of Water Treatment Chemicals. Full particulars and Tender Forms may be obtained at the icipal Water Engine Offl Malacca, on pay of a deposit of S2oo'- which will be refunded on
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    • 336 12 YUGOSLAV LINE From Adriatic, Near Eo.t. India ond Rangoon, to Hongkong. Whompoo. Pcnonq P'Sham Malacce S'porc mv "VELEEIT" 20 22 Dec 23, 25 Dec 26/27 Dec m.v. "CRNA GORA' 1/2 Feb 3/4 Feb 5/6 Fcb boiling direct to Adriatic Spore Molocco rV S'norr >inn mv "LOVCEN" 21 23 Dec 2
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    • 1164 13 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 lie linti, incc.pcisttc bmgapcx lli line*) S T P 7 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carricik option to prccceo via oiherpcits tt loao anc discharge cargc SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONOON b CONIINENTAI PORTS Singapore Ouc Sail* P.S hair •'imki Astraan ro* Liverpccl
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    • 673 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings «cr Bongkck ond or Penont S>orr b por» 'SELANDIA" oon 1/7 X na 31 Dec/ 3 Jon MALAYA' 14 15 Jon 16 1 5 Jon H 21 ion HOMEWARDS Soilings to- Genoo Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hombu'c Coprn^ogin oufhenburg Oslo. S port P S Pfnone SELANDIA' M/15Jon
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    679 14 Where ea vesdropping sockets are becoming a big I menace DJLKLE A N D SHE'S o.k. roK sorxp: Isa childer: removes the "big ear" secrcl radio transmitter from her brassiere. TWO pretty girls sat talking m a Los Angeles flat the other day. Only one of them knew that
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  • 1363 14  -  Dal Stivens TRUE LIFE STORY No. 21 By ...to end the Uriuht. tlazzliiiil career of ihc iireatesl r? of all aviation pioneers Sir Charles KiiiiS>fonl Smith. f\H the evening of the 7th November, 1935 or possibly on the morning of the follower ing day a linglo
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    • 312 14 J £JHRDSEYE_A J i > QUICK- FROZEN FISH sea-fresh and delicious! IMb as the moment they were caught. All thi> rleliriou? ImMmM J is brought to you by Birds ¥.y<\ Thoy don't iuve time to get S, travel-stamed or tired looking. Immeiii.i-. -!y fidi are landed at the quay, they
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    • 301 14 Standard's rKfissllinHli hTT77T V mm BJ I sJP Wm HP V W H VfIRP S WWm HH 1 I 1 I lil 1 j i i L_— Lm^^^ ■j Bnro me t tUi I wwteii 6 7. Where no doctor is misled? 14. Reading maketh a fu!l man. a ready
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  • 219 15  -  S. RAGAVAN Water poloists Eager To Tour World -By- nURTY-NINE of 16 Hungarian Olympians, currently m Melbourne, have ■■<- '^'f l;;r l n tP<l States m the tear fatue, Mr. James Greene, National nrman Public Relations, AAI of the I nited States, told th
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  • 172 15 Australia Puts On A Freeze ADELAIDE. Dec. 19 (AP) ha; put the -eze" on America? fadIng talent with the result that only the two 19- junior members of the D<? like Green Wd Dixon Franks, jrij for the Australia r 'I championships m late January. nany years there has been
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  • 310 15 LONDON. Dec. 19— Wohes launched an all-out -t\irrh for a new centre forward. Although still hopeful about Roy Swinbourne, their brilliant young centre forward seriously injured on the threshold of an international career, Wolves do not expect any miracle cure. They now estimate that to heal the
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  • 309 15 Rugby Game Of Season PENANG, Wed —m what looks like heiri? one of the l)tst pUssM of ruehy seen here for some time will be the final between the '.nd Battalion Kova! Australian Regiment, and Ike s t I edrr.U Division, X.X.M.X., of (ho northern zone for the lI M
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  • 49 15 SINGAPORE Recreation r b beat Royal Naval Police by three goals to two m a Friendly hockey match on the padang yesten. At half time the Recs led 2-0. P. Penncfather (2) and M bergen scored for the winners while Harbajan Singh netted twice for "he PC
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  • 306 15 IPOH, Wed. The Pcrak Rugby Union have picked a well-balanced Fifteen for this Saturday's vital HMS ."Malaya Rugby match against the powerful Selang-or side. The victors become the northern zone finalists. Perak will be on home ground bui wil have to double up
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  • 143 15 him 11 MPOB Wei —Six Federation Ohmpic Vtef^ I l i 1% Briiasnr Hockey \sso< iation m m >-'.< li Ifatesl tin- Vv\versit> nf >I ilaya mi the PW I) -i mnA Clic r a s Road, cm Friday. They are T. Nadarajah (goalkeeper). M. Shanmuganathan,
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  • 276 15 DURBAN. Dec. 19 (Router)— The M.C.C. scored 307 and 150 for <oxen declared took the honours of a drawn match against Natal"s 209 for seven here today m tiie tel dr«W of the tour. When the M.C.C. declared soon after lunch Natal ted
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  • 85 15 TRAILING 1-0 at Seletar Tamil Association made a bold rally m the second-half to beat Indian Arsenal Sports Club by goals to one when the teams met m a Tamil Festival soccer tournament at Farrer Park yesterday. Ramasamy and V. Raioo scored for Seletar while Arsenal's only
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    • 151 15 Lil Abner By A/ Capp sPb>-">OJ KNJCfW U*X I GUKKJ SWLL THE STOP O'• vO<J TRiED P£ A HEEL, MV SISTEPCS /X^-, MMKI«v Z^^r ME. «-^T V^ SO YOU MENDED HUP TSiKßiT.rfvoH. »«"Na.. r— -Vr V m s>^S a meal. r" 1 LVAPPNIK^.^^ j£2S^ Vf/ V^7^^> ...YOU REFUSED. AND A!!ey
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  • 23 16 3lr^ M. K. Lotwalla (cjpt.) Miss S. Bhat Mrs. P. Prashar IVlrs. S. Athavale Mrs. S. Kapadi.i
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  • 294 16  - Gaik Bee To Meet Indian Captain ALEX SOARS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The draw for the m Zone final of the I Cup competition between India and Malaya to be played at the Selangor Badminton Association hall here on Friday was made at the British Council Hall this evening. The international
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  • 26 16 Permuda Win PI Boyan c A r by four go;, three when the two teams met soccer f Sta-.: .:r I I and B i for
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  • 71 16 M \i M MIM X Unl >Ir Herman tir Sou/.x. n t ii Mission of U i iftita Olympic contingent to Melbou t ed to arriYc la Ku.ii.i I urn; tills l\ »> In i^t ii _ht Ike special easergeaej saeetrai eoarenea 1 l« nvestic -Hiimt
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  • 689 16  -  PETER KUM The Beautiful Invaders From India Are Good By ÜBER cap Xl ALA LUMPI'R, Wed.— Malaya's lcadin? women badminton players will have to watch out when they play the Indian women on Friday night m the Asian /one final of the I her Cup competition. I
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  • 14 16 Mrs. C. Samuel (enpt) i Dolly Tan Helen Heng
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  • 144 16 A 30.4 M.P.H. Blow Awaits Sugar' Ray GROSSINGER (New York), Dec. 19 (UP) Gene Fullmer. the Utah boxer \^ho will try -rest the world Middleweight title from Ray Robinson on Jan. 2, drove his riftl fist into a heavy ba« yesterday at 30 4 miles per hour and a force
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  • 126 16 India vs Malaya Davis Cup M \I»K vs; |)rr. 1 \P) 1 In the Essten /one f I of the D.vis ("dp tennis tournament Imli.i is to I Beet .M.iliv.j MXI March j 31 m the first round. 1 lie second round will j be played Vpri] ?A\ tio\t j
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  • 190 16  -  WINDSOR LAD 'From H-iNANG, Wed— SHANGRILA, who failed to show up m Mi la^t two nutinqs. appeared to be back to his best form when he did a splendid tryout with PALIO on the training track this morning. With Mortimer astride, he stretched out beautifully
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  • 217 16 SINGAPORE Cricket Club trounced Royal Naval Air Station Sembawanfj by 14 points (a jjoal, two penalties and a try) to nil m a Rugby match on the Pfedaag yesterday. As the score indicates, the game was one-sided with the Club iorwards dominating play throughout. i":
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  • 40 16 SAN JOSE, California, Dec. If) (UP) Tommy Romulo, Manila lightweight scored a third round technical knockout over agein? Carlos Chavez last night when the Los Angeles fighter was unable to answer the bell for the fourth
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  • 28 16 The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers whipped General Headquarters FARELF points (three goal? and three tries) to nil m a igbj match a» Ayer Rajah Roa-.
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  • 25 16 THE Annual Gmcral IfeetIng of the Sinqapnre Amatl II Football Association will be held at Jalan Besar Btadlmn -'i !r:1 v. V: 23.
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  • 73 16 lit r.ry I), tn. I B: swimming Judge, paid high tribute to the Australian- I r 0 HUM r m which cond'; the Olympic Games Mr. Dixon, who passed through Bingapore yesterday. said hi wa satisf] j over the performances of the Br.\ swimming team. He
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  • 106 16 WITH a little luck India would have beaten the United States to enter the challcnae round against Au.stralia. Naresh Kumar, India's Davis Cupper, told the Standard yesterday. Kumar said that although the score was 4 l. it was no indication of the closenes.s of the
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