Singapore Standard, 22 December 1956

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    30 1 Singapore Standard #6 it iH STANDARD ***** (5 lines) FIRE BRIGADE 2811 GENERAL HOSPITAL 2414 POLICE 2400 Vh x 173 lM l'\«.| I N 1 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, ]9."»6
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    Lock icon Rebels Seize Sumatra Province
    89 1 Rebels Seize Sumatra Province J.\ A, Dec. 21, ;>)— Army Colonel Ahmed Hosen, 34. seized control of Central Sumatra ;al administration m a bloodless revolt against the Jakarta Govment, a broadcast from Bukittingi said today. The colonel, at the hea-i of 4.000 troops, ousted the Jakarnted governor, and establishes rans
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    Lock icon Hundreds Of Wreaths On The Grave Of A Patron Of Sport
    234 1 'i'OH. lr: >['.»:(. officials, sportsmen, n ..II n\. r ihr f f nd i n M. h.in ■U. 'H. nf MaltIf. rl m ■.i n Mafrrine from disease. He died on Jim> IlMiftiij of telerrams the hereared family, and
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    Lock icon GEORGE TOWN TO BE A CITY ON JAN 1
    506 1 KUALA LCMPIJR, Iti. h n.i!- a ill become tlir I eia 1 1 M»n s first litv on N( .v Yf.u'v D.iv ,i> the li r- 1 <-t M.il.t\.i"> historic m Merdeka Quern Elizabeth II by tetters patent today decreed George
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    Lock icon ALMOST CLEAR
    30 1 OXLY remnants of British troops remained on Thursday m the section of Port Said which once server! la rrriquarten for Task Force Commander Lieut.-Gcneral Sir Hugh Stockwell.— A.P.
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    23 1 Xmas Holiday THERE will be no issue of the Singapore Standard on Boxing Day, Dec. 26. Publication will be resumed on Dec. 27.
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    Lock icon AIRWAYS STRIKE WILL CRIPPLE ALL SERVICES IN MALAYAN AREA
    427 1 ULTIMATUM EXPIRES AT 3.3 0 P.M. TODAY AIR TRAFFIC BETWEEN SINGAPORE, THE II DERATION AM) BORNEO TERRITORIES WILL BE SERIOUSLY CRIPPLED IF 700 EMPLOYEES OI THE MALAYAN AIRWAYS GO ON STRIKE I ROM THIS EVENING. But the management last nigb announced
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    Lock icon C & W Man Shot Dead In Nicosia
    74 1 C W Man Shot Dead In Nicosia NICOSIA J).( -'1 (IP) (iunmrii -hot and fatally \v o■■ d I d an official of the British (able and Wireless Company m btfy Le4ni Street todaj The victim was identified as lack Had.iicannnn. who has a brother stnd>ing to be an olfieer
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    Lock icon CLEAR WEATHER
    34 1 BELT Ol thick fog throughout South Er yesterday but den < d m the North and the Midlands. Londoners d to work m clear weather for the first time m three days. A.P.
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    Lock icon Banks May Talk It Over Again
    75 1 Banks May Talk It Over Again SINGAPORE Labour Mini* try officials yesterday made an attempt to avert I M threatened strike by 1,200 I ployees of ten banks m -.c Colony. The officials yesterday c tactert bank manaszcnient? sne the Bank Employees' Union with a v fto negotiations which hart
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    Lock icon AIR VICE-MARSHAL KILLED IN CRASH
    202 1 AIR v: E IARSHAL F. J. St. Gcorzc Braithwaite. Chief of Staff of HQ.. FEAF. pilot of a Meteor twin jet bomber, was I :ay when his plane crashed on an island off ipore, the Royal Air Force, announced it night The A.r Marshal had
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    Lock icon GREEN LIGHT FOR MERDEKA!
    311 1 GREEN LIGHT FOR MERDEKA! After 10 Days' Talks, Lim. Bovd Agree It Must 8e... New Conference To Begin March 11 LONDON, DEC. 21. A FULL-SCALE ANGLOSINGAPORE CONFERENCE WILL BEGIN IN LONDON ON MARCH 11 TO NEGOTIATE THE ISLAND CROWN COLONY'S CONSTITUTIONAL FUTURE, THE BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE ANNOUNCED HERE TONIGHT THE
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    Lock icon One Dead In Car Accident
    83 1 One Dead In Car Accident A lour others injured when two cars involved m a hesion at t. Timah Road, last One of the injured was g Oflirc: r.arr of the Royal Australian Air Force. imarr. the only occupant of one of the ca: to the Genet head injuries and
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    Lock icon Negroes Win Bus Boycott Campaign
    116 2 Negroes Win Bus Boycott Campaign MONTGOMERY. Alabama, r>*, \p i t nded last night to t>■ r Inn.; boycott this mornins md rid.' bu^es j.i.n without thr rest- t, ,ns of racial sesre^it. >n The action came at a mass meeting of several hur 1 hymn sing. chr i ies
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    Lock icon Canberra Denies Troops Charge
    49 2 Ex--\y officially denied that Australian troops had been .stationed m Dutch They were replying tn ■lltiafhiii mad- released to the press m i by the "West Irian Nen Guinea) Übera- r which 1 tad been stationed In Dutch N nfoTce border guards at Hollandia and
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    17 2 PAKIS7AI for the M Übm m its nine year historyt It exporting cotton textiles.— A.P.
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    Lock icon 2nd Term For Burma's President
    84 2 2nd Term For Burma' s President RANGC Di 'D— Burma's ruling political prhas decided to re-elect Pi ent Dr. U Ba for a second fouryear term. The anti-Fascist People's freedom League made the cision to halt rumours I an ler Fresident would be i ted when U Ba's present let
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    Lock icon Suez Bridge Collapses
    37 2 CAIRO. Dec. 21. (Reuter). The Kerdan Bridge across Suez Canal which was wrecked at the outbreak of AFrench action m Egypt yesterday collapsed completely into ■ed here. The bridge is between Knrvara and 1.-maiiia.
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    Lock icon MARRIAGE MART
    169 2 MARRIED MAN'S RIGHT TO ADVERTISE FOR NEW WIFE CIUCU.O Dm -1 (fJF) 1 ludsr h.'.s refused to restrain a married man from advertising for a lieu wife m t "I .onelv Hearts" magazine. Judge Harry G. llcrshen.son rulpd m the Suporinr Court jresterdai that such an order would
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    Lock icon 1.600 British Immigrants
    69 2 PERTH. D' EUuter).— The flow of British migrants to n la, sreatly reduced by the Suez Cana! < r: is. will increase again m the new year with the return of the liner .a from troop-car-rying m the Mediterranean to her normal run. The Commonwealth Migration Offi'Tr
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    Lock icon Hungarian Rebel Executions
    156 2 Presidential Council Rejects Mercy Plea TWO DIE, THREE GET LIFE TERMS VIENNA. Dec. 21, (Rcuter)— Budapest Radio reported last night that two men who had been sentenced to death by a summary court for terrorism and illegal possession of arms, had been executed after the Presidential Council
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    Lock icon Egyptian Dead: 650
    78 2 i LONDON, Dr 21 (.\P) iA report published by the British Government today estimated t na t 650 Egyptian military personnel and ir -were killed m the AngloX h attack on Port Another 2,1(10 were injured. In addition, it said, about persons were killed m POri Fouad.
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    Lock icon Jap Strike Over
    37 2 panese Postal Coinmunic;i'. a Workers Uinon said vc.-terday that delivery Ofl the Christmas and New zeal greet ins cards would be made on time following the settlement of a strike late on Thursd night.
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    Lock icon AMERICA'S LATEST SUPERSONIC MISSILE
    64 2 THIS is .m artist's impression ol a Rcculus 11 America's new supersonic missile, hrinc laun(hrd from a siiliniarinr. Describing it as faster .im 1 with a lonsrr rnn^e than ita predecrsstn tin Ri'sulus I. the U.S. Navy said it is currently under test Both versions are
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    119 2 COMMODITY PRICES CI OSINfi ruhhrr i < rnts P'-r lb) m *> pore yesterday •<■:— Buyers Seller* Spot fob N.Mll Jan KSS Xi X s s N,, RS S No 3 106* 1061 Wmt v t PORI TIN The price of til*- iota) markpt yetter* I rents). lOMion RUBBER No
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    Lock icon 'Jill Adams' Dies
    28 2 MRS. Edith Adams Quid, nose newspaper column under the name of Jill Adarai appea' and later m the N" World-Teiegram, died on Wed* nesday.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Shanghai Trade
    35 2 THE volume of foreign trade ,i!^ through Communist China's largest and busiest port of Shanghai this year ha.^ already i eded the total of Uurf jren To per rent. Radio Peipi] rep V:
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    17 3 Justice Good has been appointed chairman of the Review Commission on Detainees, m the Federation.
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    Lock icon VARSITY'S XMAS 'GIFT': ANOTHER CRISIS
    259 3 Split In Senate Over Appointment Of New Vice-Chancellor THE University of Malaya's Christmas "gift" to its academic associates and supporters is another crisis. This time, it stems from the ranks of its highest academic body the 46-man Senate. \nd the trouble is out the quotum
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    Lock icon Chinese Schools Given Last Chance To Draw Aid From Government
    311 3 Chinese Schools Given Last Chance To Draw Aid From Government DEADLINE foe BifiptW Chinese sdiools to apply tor (iovernnient grants m aid ha> now been deferred until April, the Standard was informed esterdav. This extension of time has been given m the lace of the failure of at least five
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    Lock icon Hatchet wielding Rioter Was Shot Dead And The Life of A Policeman Was Saved
    188 3 Hatchet wielding Rioter Was Shot Dead And The Life of A Policeman Was Saved BURST of fire from a stcn-^un fired by a LanecCorporal of the Singapore Police Force, saved the life of another policeman from a hatchet-wielding rioter during the recent riots m the Colony, the Coroner. Mr. K.
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    Lock icon No visa from Indonesia, so he missed a conference...
    214 3 No visa from Indonesia, so he missed a conference... MR. A. 11. EDRUS a Singapore journalist, has been vaitinf oast 32 day.*, for a .short term visa from Indonesia to a. tend the National Congress of the Mas jumi Party. Yesterday, Mr Edrus told the Standard that he was 'led
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    Lock icon ASIAN BECOMES FIRST PRINCIPAL OF ST. ANDREW'S
    283 3 ASIAN BECOMES FIRST PRINCIPAL OF ST. ANDREW'S A PLEDGE to meet "the challenge of the teaching profession" was made hy Mr. Tan Lye Whatt yesterday following his appointment i- the Dist Asian principal of the Anglican mission school m Singapore, St. Andrew** Mr. T.m. 49. was confirmed principal by the
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    Lock icon Surprise For USIS Man
    82 3 EPUR, Fri.— A surprised director of the United States Information Ser, Mr. Henry B. Siemcn. who arthis morning to succeed Air. Walter K. Schwinn. turned to reporters and s^id "Malaya does not seem like the humid and hot troj country I read about m books." Looking
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    Lock icon CAKE BOOM
    30 3 CONFECTIONERS m Kuala Lumpur reported a boom for cakes for the Yuletide season. *W< baked more than ion pounds of cake to fulfil our orders," one bakery said.
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    Lock icon LOAD OF 'KISSING WEEDS' ARRIVE
    159 4 PLANNED weeks ahead, and D ma all the wai from England, a consignment of 10 kilos of English holly and -h mistletoe arrived m Singapore on Thursday. The oirvmnment had b D order |a xoerimen- iv. a Colony flower shop and. by yesterday afternoon, the
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    Lock icon A WATCH COMMITTEE THAT IS BEING WATCHED
    155 4 'When We Are There Strippers Won't Show'— Mrs. Chang TAIPING, Fri. The Taiping Town Council has a '"Watch Committee' to keep a tag on striptease shows performing here. Yesterday at the monthly Council meeting, I I Chang Ah Kee. a member of the
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    Lock icon TEMPERS FLARE AT RIOT HEARING
    603 4 Counsel Witness Have Altercation T M PBIB flared during thr fifth days liearinu <U ;i riot case m .i Singapore District Court yesterday. In the dock were 55 pcoged with being members of an unlawful assemfailing to disperse when ordered to do so I obstructing
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    Lock icon POLITICS SHOULD HAVE NO PART IN COMMERCE
    183 4 POLITICAL views or colour of skin should have no part m commerce. Efficiency is the keynote, and this alone can keep Singapore m the fore as a respected iind successful trading centre. Mr. M. F. Cutler, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce,
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    Lock icon Strikers Stone A Bus
    127 4 A BUS carrying 20 new workers to the Lee Pineapple Factory at the Bth mile Scudai Road, Johore Bahru. had to turn back alter striken pelted the vehicle with stones yt tei No one was injured. A factory spokesman alleged last night that long before the
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    24 4 FOLLOWING an IS9I o€ tbearers for the Serangoon Division of the Liberal-Socialist Party. Chairman Mr. Lim Chyc Seng; secretary— Mr. Teoh Kok
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    36 4 Chan; Chinese Section mi iclarj Mr. Pang Kian Chew: treasurer Mr Kg Vcc Clion?. Committee Messrs. Y. K. I.cc, Tong Yang, Quek Hee Moh, Tang Yang Huat. Goh YoOf Meng and Mrs. Grace \N"cc.
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    Lock icon LEGAL ADVISESR
    22 4 THL Singapore Improvement Trust Local Officers' Association has appointed Mr R. C H. Lim as the association s legal adviser.
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    Lock icon BOD Tots Feted
    28 4 LRLY 300 clnHrcn of c- lployees of the Headquarters branch of No 3 Bas e Ordnance I'rpot. Singapore, were entertained io a Christmas party yestei
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      259 4 FROM TODAY A Bra I\L JU»\.n| IH I. \N ill. M i.N OPI lATION 1() \< I i I'! BOOKING I ON MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND GENERAL SCREENING OF OIK ACTION PACKED NEW UAR ATTRACTIO' They were the misfits A^ Jk the dame-happy Stockaoe Joes Kl"'JXi the foul-ups who became the
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      359 4 Standard eJtlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE (S> 10.30—11 pm Bachelors Qftjj SINGAPORE ir^m iAoki malaya mmum jbhbs a^aBVMHml! R 1 am Ol >enln S anno, ■•■.r. —■'r sis* j ffiTSWS^Slt* am Sinrapore Patrol Caaip: D D lay at Jurong Pn:k 2 3 1 N&U-SpSrtf U,,.,: Annual dance Vj'---. T'' <
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    Lock icon Ban On Muslim Dancing Girls
    248 5 Ban On Muslim Dancing Girls Malaya An Islamic State Next Year, 50... KUALA LUMPUR, Friday Selangor's Religious Affairs Department wants Muslim girls to be banned from dance halls and joget modern stages, when Malaya achieves independence next year. Drastic changes m the Religious Laws of the State are being recommended
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    48 5 THIS is ROM fVrfrrnf ion's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, enjoyed himself at UMNO House d ■rty's 10th anniversary celebrations m May H I Under the nerc> "moral code" now being contemplated the Tunku may not be able to enjoy another <; M
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    Lock icon 'Pious Advice But Have We Other Jobs For Them?
    246 5 -Asks Colony s Chief Kathi SINGAPORE'S Chici Kathi. Imam lia.ii Ali Mohamad Said Salleh, said yesterday that ii the Muslims banned the employment of Muslim uirls as waitresses. "they would he duty bound to provide the sirl.s with alternative employment." He
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    Lock icon 'Royal' Photo Awards For Four Colony Lensmen
    405 5 E Royal Photographic Society has awarded the Assot iateship to four top Singapore lensmen P. L. Chan, Au Thian Chor. Tan Seek Chuan and Chiang Mun Choon. The Assoclateship is granted m recognition of proficiency of a high order m practical photography and,
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    Lock icon CHARGE FAILS
    43 5 A RUBBER-DEALER. Ifohfr mcd Salleh bin Haji Mohamed Noor of Slim village. Tan.icng Malim. was acquitted and discharged I {istrate Mr. E. 5 nallwood on Thursday on a charge of receiving lfi I of rubber from a tapper without a no::r.'
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    Lock icon Successor To Tandon From Pakistan
    148 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Mr. Nootakki Vcnkatesh Rao, deputy High Coimmissioner for India m Pakistan. :s to succeed Mr. R. K. Tandon as Commissioner for the Government of India m Singapore and Malay a m .March. Mr. Rao is a Barristcr-at-'.r. v who joined the Indian
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    Lock icon Soonee Goh Shines In 'The Swan'
    200 5  - Soonee Goh Shines In 'The Swan' R.K.T. THE Sir. ciety presented an "Evening of Ballet" by Soonce Goh and Blossom Shek and pupils of the Malaya School of Ballet m the Badminton Hall last nisht. The artistic highlight of the programme was Soonce Goh's very able interpretation vi Pavlova's chej
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    Lock icon STOWAWAYS SPEND LONELY NIGHT ON 'FLOATING PRISON'
    230 6 :T TWO stowaways, Ralph and France H spent a lonely evening last night on board a deserted yacht now a floating On to them. The yacht, "Gold Seeker." was placed under police guard to prevent any attempt ;it c v Hie young couple.
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    Lock icon Jail, Life Ban On Driver Who Killed Two
    456 6 Jail, Life Ban On Driver Who Killed Two Labourer Drove At 'Terrific Speed- Court Told A SINGAPORE JUDGE YESTERDAY DISQUALIFIED A MOTORIST FROM DRIVING FOR LIFE. IWa :.s the first case m Singapi re. where a motorist has received a life ban on driving. The man. 30-year-old labourer. Koh Swee
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    Lock icon A HOUSE FOR THE CHIEF MINISTER?
    204 6 A HOUSE FOR THE CHIEF MINISTER? —A Must Sciy local Leaders ALL Malay political leaders m Singapore yesterday agreed that Singapore's Chief Minister should have an official residence, like the Prime Ministers of other States. They expressed the view, however, that vast sums of money should not be spent on
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    Lock icon The $7,000 Mystery Is Solved
    109 6 the missing from funds of the S pore Bu-^ Workers' Union ns the iercnt Colony riots has been solved Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr Sng Choon Yec. yesterday told the Standard that be satisfied the money was m "safe custody" of the wife of a
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    Lock icon Cinema Row: A Surprise
    81 6 111!. riiu over Mr Loke ,tti 'i hit's proposal to build a mull i-millinn dollar cinema at Katonu took a surprise turn at the monthly ■Meting of thr Singapore (.'ity Cnimcil yesterilay. Mr. V K. Nail's motion to KSCteel the Council's app[(!,.il |dr onsli uction of
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    Lock icon Dying Aid Association
    66 6 THE following have been elected office-bearers of the Bt Joseph Dying Aid Association. Sinj ipore Chairman Mr. Tav S-.vce* Leng; secretary Mr. Ng Hong Khee; Asst. secretary Chu Chor Wai; treasurer Air. Tay Kcng Hock; Asst. treasurer Mr. Kang Yong Heng. Committee: Messrs. J. F. Klyne. Teo
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    Lock icon SCOUT CAMP
    30 6 SINGAPORE I [blister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, terd f declared open the Singapore Patrol Camp Jurong Park w -"nere about 145 scouts are camping ior lout
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    Lock icon Demand By Govt. Union
    55 6 IPOH Fri. The Pen* Branch ot the Government Temporary Officers Union wants all temporary officers to he absorbed into the permanent service as m Singapore. The Branch is to put up i .ii ion to this effect at the Delegates Conferee r of the Union at
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    Lock icon HANDICAPPED CHILDREN GIVE PARTY
    185 6 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN GIVE PARTY HANDICAPPED but h children of St. Andn Orthopaedic Hospital m Singapore, gave a Chris:: party yesterday afternoon for several distinguished non£ them. Lady B'.a< k. wife of the Governor of Singapore. A- usual, when she v: thil hospital, Lady Black soon became absorbed m the antics
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      Lock icon The Little Carol-Singers
      37 7 LITTLE voices are raised m carol singing m the orthopaedic ward at the Kuala Lumpur's General Hospital. A* lef? Shirley de Souza of the Standard and Staff Nurse Mahaboob Bee and Wong Swee Chan.
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      Lock icon A NEW TOY IS SUCH FUN...
      33 7 THE joy thaf comes with toys. Here are a group of idren m the orthopaedic ward having fun with the presents which thr Standard staff brought them.
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      Lock icon HIS XMAS GIFT TO SINGAPORE-A PINT OF BLOOD
      149 7 A 41-YEAR-< ountant \rMrrd.iv w \\kn\ into the pitaJ m v .ipt- and ira\e his blood .is mas donation to the Blood Transfusion (on- He was Mr. R. C. de Roza, who is aiminc: for the Cold Medal, which is presented to
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      Lock icon P.C. STOLE FROM A ROBBER
      117 7 A POLICE constable. Mohammad Yunos bin Mahat attached to the Singapore Police Radio Division, was fined $200 and sentenced m the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday to one month's imprisonment. for theft of a $50-note, at Sims Avenue, on Sept. 28. The $50 was part
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      Lock icon The General Sends His Greetings
      109 7 KUALA L' IPI R Fi L The Director of Operations and G.O.C. Malaya. Lt.-Gen. B Bower, yesterday sent Christmas greetings to all troops m Malaya. In his message to the troops, he said 1956 had been "a good ess! .il year" m the tight against
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      57 7 THE following have been i officials of the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce for 19 President: Fred Eu; V t* "KidOitj I K. H. C 3- (internal affairs) and Ho Chak (external affairs); Secretary: Chew Pin Wee; Treasurer Hue.-. Mil bell; Directors: Sim Miah Kian, Ng
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      27 7 EIGHT-year-old Ong Soon Poon is highly tickled over his present o clown and forgets the discomfort of having his legs strapped m frames.
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      136 7 THE Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association vesterda. entertained 150 Rehabilitation Centre workers and their families to a Vtxi "v concert and a tea-party at their centre m Shenton V\ The Centre Organizer. Mrs. Emily Chew, who planned the party for the workers and the families told
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      399 8 Spite Ill -Will SINGAPORE has probably gained the unenviable honour of having set a world record for uurest and discontent created by its working classes. In the year that is now nearing its end, and for many months before that, this Colony has been wallow m the distress and hardships
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      415 8 TtfEXT year th- N :and Government will srant more than thirty scholarships und special technical training awards to Malayans. These scholarships are tenable at New Zealand universities and will be awarded on the recommendation of the Singapore and Federation Governments. At a time it is the fashion
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    2030 8  - FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW By VICE-PRESIDENT OF i SITED PRESS SOMETIMES it is overlooked that the struggle for Freedom of the Press began almost 500 years ago, not long after the firstproduct of the printing press was given to the world. Th.it WM tlie middle of the
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      119 8 There is oil in Johore Sir; Johorc has a bright future as there is oil m the State. Application fi'ed ny me on ID 5.1956 awaiL- approval. The C.L.R.. B.P. ha relayed my application on the grounds that there is unlikelihood of mv having enough capital to undertake the drilling
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      325 8 All Correspondence Should Be Short And To The Point. Sir; It would be of great help to the public if stamps could he -old m books as well. Apart I the ossibility -umps when bought loosely, a book of stamps is much more handy. This system has
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      114 8 Sir; That resolution of Katong Branch Labour Front is jiot so "irresponsible"' and "ridiculous" when we examine the resolution with reality and we arc prepared to face facts truthfully. To infer that tnc resolution is intended to embarrass our Chief Minister m his discussions m London is
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      118 8 communities the spirit of pea re and goodwill will continue to be the supreme vaiue. The innermost meaning of Christmas, however, is k) |j we limit our ideas about 1; to those of friendliness and crosity to our relation^ d personal friends. Christmas by mtv origin should
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    142 9 JOHANNESBURG, Dec. :i (Reuter)— About 400 j polite aimed with stenuwns, revolvers, spears and a.sseyais tod;u uuaided the; improvised court here; when the preparatory j he v 1111; of treason efcftffCi auiinst IS people \v;is hetiit; held, I), cl lon to mount this guard follows yesterday's
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    128 9 Widow's Body Exhumed PB tNE, England. 21 (Renter) —In the of a chilly dawn, dete--today accompanied grave I to cemeteries on the outsklrta of this select south coast resort to exhume the bodies of two elderly women. As the mist swirled up from the bitterly cold seafront. MTcens were thrown
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    16 9 JAPAN has presented 2^o cherry tree saplings to India as a gesture of friendship. A.P.
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    350 9 1,100 Men Will Work Under United Nations Protection SALVAGE FLEET OUT OF HARMS WAY FOR FIRST TWO DAYS poiM KAB l>n H \r -Nice^Mtalral L. F. Ournfordslater, Allied 1f»l task force commander, announced v-tnd.n ;.-rws of the British ige fleet at I'ort Said had afreed
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    67 9 An Kavptian informer, covered with a capo, perrs thru v h tiny boles m it to point out suspects m t line "i arrest, d EfyytUas m the Arab quarter (.f Port Said Ihr ;jn<st> were part of a srarcli rampaign for national scrvuemm "nd lieutenant
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      26 9 BAGHDAD. Der. l\. (AP>— The Iraq Petroleum Compsny yesterday that Iraq's oil production slumped trom 3.105.470 tons In October to 7H8.868 tons m November.
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      30 9 OTTAWA, Illinois. Dec. 21. (AP). A 60-year-old woman was yesterday appointed sneriff of Lasalie county, winainf over a police magistrate, ai police captain and a former deputy sheriff.
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      34 9 V tSHINGTON, Dec 11. CAP)— Oil shipments from the United States to Western Europe avcrace 387.000 bar:e!s daily during the week of Der. 6 to 12. Secretary of Interior Seaton announced ycj-
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      34 9 ANKARA Turkey. Dec. 21. (AP)— The publisher and editor of Turkey's leading opposition r.cw.-paper were last night lentenced to a year's jail for publishing a speerh critical of Premier Adrian Mendcres' government.
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      31 9 ITED NATIONS. Dec. 21, (AP). UN. reports showed yesterday that 18 count r includin? Luxembourg and Tunisia, had offered to take 79,000 Hungarian refugees on a temporary nr pct:r;.ncnt basis.
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      21 9 WASHINGTON. Dec. (UP)— The World Bank yesterday approved a USS2O.OOn.OnO loan for expansion of steel production m India.
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      25 9 COLOMBO. Dec. 21. (UP).— An unofficial so-slow by Colombo Port labour is on asain. It has hit the di^cnarge oi food cargoes.
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      34 9 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP). The United States and West German governments have approved a contract for an American technical assistance programme for the ncwl.v activated German air iorcc. it fU announced yesterday.
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      33 9 PARIS. Dee. 21. (AP) The French National Assemhlv cave Premier Guy Mollet a H9 to 213 vote of confidence en Wednesday night at the end of its three-day foreign policy dehatc.
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    46 9 TOKYO. Dec. 21, (AP). Australia today pardoned seven Formosan war criminals now m Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, the Foreign Office announced. The seven, who were civilian employees of the Jananc-e Army during World War 11. have served 10 years of their life terms.
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    39 9 FOUR hundred and ,-evcntyone interned British technicians left Cairo by train yi day for Ismailia for exchange '■;,-rr f ir MOM four hundred Egyptian r:"'-° r cr? war hP by the British Army at Port Sairi.— Reuter.
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    20 9 COMMUNIST China rod North Vietnam signed a° agreement on maritime transport m Hanoi yesterday. Radio ■Peking reported.' U.P.
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    147 9 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 21. (AP). A San Dieso youth was convicted of felony chartes yesterday lor Che bizarre crossbow shooting ot a liquor store clerk. Michael Yodck. m. mi found guilty by Superior Judge Louis H. Burke of a charge of assault with a deadly
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    123 9 Girl Dances Mambo In Station TAIPEI. Dec 21 tLT) A teenage Chinese tfrl \vho sat at a corlce house table for seven hours gulping food and then fled m a taxi with the proprietor m hot pursuit and finally ended vn danring a mambo m the police station, was handed
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    166 9 DISLOYALTY TO THE KREMLIN IS ON INCREASE LONDON. Dec. 21 (Reuter)— Mr. Christopher Mayhew. 3 iormer Labour Minister of State lor Foreign Aff-iir* asserted today that resistance to the Commu ni.st regime m Soviet Russia was "much more wide spread and bitter than is genmlly realised." ewuM there were "completely
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    31 9 COLOMBO Plan countries m Soutn and South-east A?ia will receive aid total: ng U5534,400,000 m the ficcal year 1957-58. from Canada, acrnrding 1o a Canadian con- sulate announcement.—' U.P.
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    188 9 Nehru Loses Patience Over Kashmir NEW YORK. I)rc. 1 \P) Prime Minister Nehru of India i\ presort impatience over the Kashmir problem nru! praised the resurprnt moral leadership of the i imed States m "a speech here last nisht. With a show of temper, he declared India "can t \cait
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    36 9 ll\-Mll'l(>\ Ontario. Dec. 21 (AP) •MM Brekenridge. dimb for 29 years after a l inns operation, swsl™* lowed a osterday had her speech restored. Doctors removing the bone found what thrv ii
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    80 9 MAHE. Seychelle Islands, Dec. 21 (Reuter)— Two mysterious men. believed to be British official envoys to Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus. livinK m exile here. arrived at Mahe by sea this morning. The two visitors were met by Mr. Trevor Williams, chief of police here, and hurried
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    48 10 nit Siruapnrr ruhbrr k- mil h«- opon tod.r hut II ho ..iVh.illv i- M.'Md to |n.^,| imw f..r the Chrtetsftas and Box U holidays. The Malayan Extton. the TT. t:k't» i: I -■ii 1-• Mir m Slnir--V k will be closed oa M«n<i Christmas and P.
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    37 10 MALAYAN Exchange Banks A rfs chances m its rates to merchants yesterday were: Canada: buying. T.T. 31 1 2. OD. 31 5/8. 90 days 31 s. 32 trade b ing. Other exchange rates remain •■altered.
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    21 10 THF -ccretary (Commercial) at India House. Mr. 7 ikar. has left Singapore for Bans'* rid the id International Trade
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    936 10  -  JOHN KINGSLEY Bj Advancing Prosperity... v ÜBS! HC two kinds of economic difficulty. One Ls caused by the impact of an outside event which the economy of a. country has to absorb. The other U caused by ,t failure to control the general internal
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    143 10 DURING the past 29 years (1927-1955), entire Swiss watch industry obtained 408,980 official timing certificates for wrist chronometers. Of this, Rolex alone obtained 279,245 or 68.28 per cent, according to Montres Rolex, S.A. of Sv. /wxrland. A watch niiijt havr obtained an official timing
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    142 10 \JFUhuH* And Conn,^ AN improvement m the trade bctv Malaya and indoncsio has resulted fr^im the closure of the Suez Canal, the head jof the economic section of the Indonesian CocisuloteGeneral m Singapore, Mr. Sutadisastm said yesterday. B observed there had been an increasing tendency among Indonesian
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    143 10 SHIPS IN PORT ..i hi; ko IDS Batavia, Pho Sjlvi -vita Agecng. SteUa Lykcs. Lang. Lucky Carrier. Arkcldijk. Sibigo. Mandowi, Valles. Call. B t. Barito. Fukicn. Bedord S:bc: hail Ku' ol Madras. Tjiluwah. J Kasimbar. Eidangcr. Toi-g Hock. Kyo Maru. I R rO YDS Tcck Hong. New Coronation, :cngganu. Pahepa.
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    33 10 ■BY YORK. Do*. 20 Dow-Jones -KM h HO 1 490.44 20 P IS I 65 Stocks 171JS m Bond> KJfl Jones commodity futures index < 1924 26 average closed at 161.68.
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    156 10 SXASUUCS showing the amount of j insurance business done .mnu.ilh m M.r.< •.i will be published shortly h\ the Singapore statistics Depart* dent, subie<t In Government approval. The Chief Statistician. Singapore. Mr. E. J. F d it would be the fir: s of its kind to
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    40 10 poirlcr to the impor Britain attaches to the progress of nuciear enercv is the special course which has been arrsnferi at Harwell Reader School Announced by the Atomic Energy will oiler industry new opportunities to acquire basic knowledge
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      187 10 Standard's CROSSWORD PUZZLE K|| I I I;<||r II i^^^^^^^l i^H sbt 11 11 I la^H I 1 7T IB B^ CLLKS \n BOSfl l Shock at 1 NH«. be pa;nfu: 2 t OO a 1? q^ et 9 ;o across? (7> 8 Not sprAc'.y HOi a J>> -™c period and
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    461 11  -  |JNLESS you are one of those eminently practical people who start planning their Christmas presents m August, and have sent them all by early December, you I now be like me rushing madly around the shops m search of. that last-minute gift. j Luckily for us the X.L
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    639 11  -  Gloria Gordon ia JDERFUL r t y you Eh as uneasily qlc a cocktail iror every i plate cf as- coo k lors d'ocuvrcs serve, cuses i arc rapidly staff—" apart and a r I it o v tortured s on sticks tof dumping JliSl V you
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    207 11 THE DOCTOR SAYS workers have al- I done a lot on m- apmffi^g-g and know murh illifraßH Dut it than 20 rears JlFjj^wt^ iel c s s this htt Hgllils^il o Yr a verj compli- PffiffisSS^ disease and so far j no good way of A lt is I ig
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    192 11 A MAKE SOME ACCEPTABLi: AND PRETTY CHRISTMAS PRF^FNT^ Dfij-£ m- n hi cjik is used for thh Edge 10 ny out ench end into a irinqe end with a the sides The three centre pIMU O.*— A t. invisibly— (m ideal way to keep pern T\ :rf m
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    321 11 STANDARD To set: {'oil 1 Card No. 6 j I [> X IT'S Tit 1 Tor fO l i t H Hi UH Ff- IT'S i, si i mm ka > 01 Ri HHI-J MAS i;s. Tip Top To cut STEP 1. Frout: Makr lefi-band j.artiug lonn starting fipMl feltbead.
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    200 12 MORE RICE FROM BURMA FOR MALAYA Contract Signed For 40,000 Tons MALAYA will get 7,000 tons of Burma rice monthly for the first half of next year, under an agreement signed between the State Agricultural Marketing Board and a Colony firm. Under the agreement, the Singapore firm will act as
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    141 12 KJ PORTS of political trouble m Sumatra steadied n rubber prices yesterday, first grade rubber for January shipment rising 2^ cents to SI. II 7 8 per lb. 1 ye>terda\ The market opened well above Thursday's prices, on improved London and New York
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    201 12 Seasonal Lethagy In Market M \mi\ \i. lethargy In, enveloped t^'" market this week and with only minn; i»\er-e.iN orders busiiMv. hj. lu'tMi confined t m.»ppin^ up" operations ami >ome furw.ml switching, according to Holiday, Cutk'f. H.iih ,v Co. 1 id Do kct has rota. steady undertone and I has
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    129 12 sharebrokc- trrday reported the following business done. Alex Bricks prefs. $1.57] overnight N. ords. 52..:2 Gammons 51. 93: 11. Waugh v M Collieries Sl.Oli; Metal Box Cod j $1.52 to Straits Steamships 514.90 overnight; U.E. ords. $9.30, S kam 51.61A ready and 51.62A delayed: 20/ li and
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    109 12 of the Malayan share market were quietly .steady with small irregular movements m prices yesterday. Price changes announced r.y the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association wore: INDI STRIALS Buyers Sellers n United 32.00 33.00 M. C 1.00 1.03 Singapore Cold Storaso 1.30 1.55 Sma.-ipore Traction Ords. 19/- 21/United
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    144 12 NINE local employees of Caltex (Asia) Ltd., who between them have more than 1 00 years with the firm, yesterday received Ion? service awards. Presentation of the awards was made at the American Club, Singapore, at a Callex Christmas party for the .staff. Group photo taken
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    78 12 THE first batch of 10 Sin- .-ire youths to train M deep-sea fishermen m Japantrawlor.s m the new Sino-Japancse venture, sailed from the Colony yesterday. The youths, who include four Malays, will bo trained m two trawlers chartered bf a local firm, the Commercial and Industrial
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    112 12 lpore Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra. Dec. $27| buyers. $28] sellers; coconut oil m bulk $42 sellers, m drums $46 sellers; Muntok wrhite nor $121 sellers. Sarawak white $120 sellers. Special Sarawak black $83 sellers. Singapore Copra Association closing prices yesterday: Straits
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    31 12 THE Mitsubishi Company oi Japan announced that it had received orders for building two tio.DOO-ton tankers and two 45.000-ton tankers for the Tidewater Oil Co. of the United States.
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    26 12 FIVE leading British trade associations closely connected with the field of nuclear cnrrsy have formed a Nuclear Trade Association's Conference- NET AC for short.
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    16 12 FINLAND has decided to retrict imports under the automatic licensing system from Western countries.
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    84 12 $13.1 Mil. Favourable Balance Malaya's total external trade showed a favourable hii.uKT of US 1 million during November impoit> amounting; to S J 4 B million and exports (361.1 million, according to preUmJnrj itatistics. Total ralac of l h.- tr.ide foi the first 11 months this year showed a favourable
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    62 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fr: The production of tin concentrates m November totalled 111.587 piculs, compared with 117.730 piculs m October. Tin metal production was 5,008 tons. At the end of the month, there were 79 dredges. 630 {ravel pump mines and 71 other tin mines m operation
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      Lock icon THE FULL RESULTS
      88 14 I 1:1, mcc i SINGLES M. K. Lotwalla beat Tan Gaik Bee 11-8. 11 s P s.unu.l Ml l-ll P Pr^har I<»>t to Lam Kit Urn U-l n. Ml nil I M. K. Lotwalla and S. Ath.r > > .< 1 G A Bee ?.-.i H .-n
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      85 14 Brush Off? 'No' Says Bill Talbert APFI. \IIH I'n i .•■•.it-, Dnis If 'P-^, K.il < m' i ■<• r t > Ihi I .Ms I-. ,i,. !>,-. x. n the "krarii «T* by to la» i .-/at V. 1 inert. ctay wcvt TCpOTwd w It i 1 1 s.
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      310 14 I..un Kit Urn and IVcilia Samuel versus Lotwalla and \tiu\alc BKh the pait «VtO aware that both tueir countncdepended on them to win to be able to continue m the Über Cup hunt. elected to first, but tod the sarvk I ive
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      1295 14  -  PETER K UM By Malayans Gallant KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The Indian Über Cup badminton team tonight just managed to beat Malaya's women m an encounter that could not be more evenly matched. The score of four games to three m itself would suggest the grimne^
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      148 14 Mns r.hal served fir-; but Int the shuttle u.i\ <>ut of the court. Cecilia contradicted exaeetaiiea i»> catchta* Bhal <>n peaUiea i<> lead "-o. Bhal appeared to be t i 1 unsrtili'd and <•( ilia profitting from it he ided i<> •">--• Bhat kept misjudging placements and
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      36 14 Lam 'I and C«e*fe 1 flaaiarl beat P. Prashar ami I Km iv T T Malaya h pair ratiiffiMl Aut. snfi fKa i Ma la van r- < r fn one up gain a".
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      89 14 The Indiaas elected to lum the service aad lost it. il» Malayans scored Hirer point* m a row m However. rcgai:,.nt: and led 5-3. Kapadia v ing well oke up ai»d Mm uld n^f com. were com* c IndNßj k Bee game expected ik Br« .ss were 15-6 m
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    27 15 X '.LA LU Fri. Selangor Untied beat PWD by 8 points (a and a penalty) to three points (a penalty) at ru_at Cheras Road to
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    417 15 SAS Rout HQ, Now For Aussies KUALA LUMPUR, Frl Special Air Services Regiment emerged champions m the central zone <»t the Malaya Command ami FARSLF inter unit rugb> football competition when they swamped Headquarters Malaya Command l>\ V) joints (four goals three tries) to nil on the Army Command stadium
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    63 15 U,A LUMPUR. Fri.— A second half rally by University of Malaya enabled them to hold Technical College to a 2-2 draw m a hockey match at Cheras Road today. Techs scored both goals through Xakendra to B them a 2-0 level at the In The University
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    248 15 RECORD ENTRIES FOR MALAYAN SIKHS B,TON XI.M.A LUMPUR. Fri— A record number of entrio, ha\e been received for the annual All-Malayan Sikhx Badminton Championships which is beinjj held on he, ember 28 I>. 30 and 31. In the open singles n,e > iritt K.ll. s. iiunrs up and cominf st
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    221 15 S.H.A. XI BEAT VARSITY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Fielding six Olympic players, a Selangor Hockey Association XI proved too good for the University of Malaya when they beat them 6-0 m a hockey match here this evening. Karim and Ismail Bakri on the left flank combined efl tively which often caught
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    77 15 THE following will rep; ria Institution (Kuala Lumpur) and Victoria School (Sincapore* m a fricndlv hocke> m;itcn at Victoria Schoo; ground Virtorin Institution K.L.): Mahindran. Patrick Cl 'ira Singh Magherra; Sivaneetham. Kirpal Sir.;: B Law Soo Mine: Krishna Rajaretnam. Avtar Sine- Mashcei I?hcr Singh Lcknon. Mohamed Annuar
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    69 15 XEGRI SEMBILAX. Fn— The Indian Über Cup women will be seen m ac'mn at SerembiiDecember 2fith at St. Pnul? Hail n they tak e on a combined Sclangor side. Xcgri will be represented by the folio.'. p M m Lee Ai H Angcline Kwok and
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    61 15 THE faUowhlg players will represent the R a t-\. singaP' <_.i r..-t the SinsaF' r Crick) Club at the Padang today:LAC. Ford: LAC. McCapprr.: Ft Lt. Strickland: LAC Murd eh; LAC. Wttani; LAC lap] i ry; CdL Bishop; Cpl. Firkin; Ft L» Hodgson; s?t. Parker: FO. Hosea: Half;
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    43 15 KULIM. Fri.— The Kelantan XI. wiß Tcct Ru m [i lion XI m soccer match at Kul;m M on M<>nr;ay The matdl i? r i ll n the Lady Templez T.B. Fund, l.cket? are pncea at SI and 50 cents. I
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    243 15 Happy Ending To 5-Hour SASA Meet The EUngaport I teur Swimming Association me m an emergen•■■.r.- > stcrday der the chairmanship of Mr. G.H. Kiat te details I 111 Skip v. iten •atemen: of alleged mismanagement In a ttn -r. at dcliberaU D at the Singapore Chin< Sv-. mmtng Club.
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    42 15 THE Singapore Recreation Club beat a Colony Sikhs team by three goals to two m a friendly hockey match on the padai estei Scores were: Edwin sohn (2), Andrew Clarke for SRC and Harbajan Singh and Chanker Singh tot S
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      243 15 Li 1 Abner By Al Capp vo U p«o6-lv Be^C? 7?>_ 'Tall tt^\ G^SP/r- v S has schemed an 1 MOMENT 4^r. a </sam.'.' I a. MLR. \*rcr\rs\urr r i_ FMNIBJfI DREAMED O' -S hAo OOME. MUM- SnO'Kin I SON VO'ALWAVS T>. «*J'CO T^t-U^'N.. J J *7 PUFHttMMIfsT A k
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      114 15 SINGAPORE RUGBY FRIENDLY: The Blacks RL'.F.C. vs. Police at Thomson Road; South Johorc RMQby Football Club vs. 14 Sqdn. R.X.Z A.F. at R.XZ A. F.: S.C.C. vs. R A.F. Smcrpore al S.C.C: R.X AS Sc batpang vt G.11.Q. Signals nt G.H.Q. RE. ME. (Corps) vs. S C at R.A.S.C: G
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    655 16  - Krakatoa should win the Xmas Cup WINDSOR LAD Says j Windsor La<] The Spectre Fram is Scrutineer i 1 IM i;iu l\Kl I DAYENPOBI IK<m.M\n STRONG AND FRLL I\|.|iM.iiriit lli>i>c spins ""I I rt-e Mrilxiiinir Hope I Davrnporl I ri>_ I ir i I Kruw n BjTH I rogmun r.\LlO
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    941 16 Fairy Flotsam may be too hot for Blue Ice RACE FOUR THE finish of this -oven furlong race should he leaghfl out by Fairy Fls*BaSR and Blue lie. two up- md remlni y— ngttrra. There -will be very little between them, but my vote (tea to Fairy Flotsam. Fairy I
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    181 16 Periwinkle can prove too good RACE ONE Periwinkle mi -Md botb his engagements Rt Ipofa last m< nth, but ;i be has b» n working impressively, I Ixpect him to shew hb btnd m the "i"!' ning race. He came Into his own m Juno when he won bit no
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    215 16 RACE TWO .\;t! t two unsuccessful efforts over sprints, Paiio has been reverted the mile. A.- this Is his net distance. he should finish tops. He showed his liking for the mile When he annexed last year's X'mas Cup. He could improve on Oil
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