Singapore Standard, 5 January 1957

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    29 1 Singapore Standard JKGJHKJL STANDARD POLICE 2548! (5 lines) 2400 JKLJKLJK FIRI BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 Vol. VII. No 186 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon LONDON SAYS NO TO LOAN
    614 1 Tunku: We Have To Go Home Empty Handed V/e Came At Wrong Time; Britain's Also Broke— Students Told DUBLIN, Jan. 4 (Reuter) Tunku Abdul Rahman, Federation Chief Minister said here today that he hod tried to negotiate a loan from the British Government but the
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    Lock icon SISTERS' NINE-YEAR LONGING ENDS IN COLONY RESTAURANT
    432 1 THEY WEEP WITH JOY AT MEETING But Soon They'll figrf To Never Meet Again By KEN JALLEH UTFR nine years, and a journey which took one round the world into Singapore, two sisters were re-united— the last time they'll ever be together «n.
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    Lock icon U.K. TO REOPEN BASE IN MALDIVES
    219 1 I ONDON, Jan. 4 (AF)— I and with the loss of her milit.irv blMa m Ceylon. Britain has decided to reopen her World War II air base m the Maldive islands top-off on the way to Australia and the Far East. The Commonwealth Relation.s
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    Lock icon New Talks On The Suez
    58 1 ED NATIONS. Jan. 4. Britain and Fran ved to reopen private Ucr Unrrd. Nations the political the Suez Canal, it l I today. h Br.v, h c. it m .cpok(s:?ir ie ntact," with E U Dag Ham I on the subject. the discussions so ned
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    Lock icon 6th EXECUTION
    15 1 RADIO R reported -year-old "enced to for hiding *be ader of executions \.P.
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    Lock icon Slaughter On The Highway
    48 1 CHICAGO. Jan. 4 (UP) The National Safety Council of the U.S. said today that 1956 highway slaughter m the country was the greatest m any year of the nations history. The Council's figures are as yet incomplete. But it estimated the number at 40,200.
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    Lock icon BROKEN ANKLE
    30 1 MRS. Bess Truman, wife of former President Harry S. Truman* was hospitalized yesterday with a broken left ankle received m a fall at home at Indenendence. Missouri.- UP
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    Lock icon 63 REBELS DIE
    33 1 FRENCH troops killed 63 insurgents m a series of battles m the Soummam valley of northern Algeria, French sources reported her e yesterday. Large quantities of arms were captured. Reuter
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    Lock icon WAR CRIMINALS
    22 1 THE Australian Government has paroled three Japanese war criminals from Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, it was announced m Tokyo yesterday. U.P.
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    Lock icon BONN TALKS
    22 1 ANGLO-GERMAN negotiations on support costs for British troops stationed m West Germany will becin m Bonn on Jan 10.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Bold Terror Murder
    147 1 HOME GUARD COMMANDER SHOT DEAD IPOH, Fri.— The Home Guard commander of the Gunong Rapat Village, Lee Teng Cheong, 28, and his brother-in-law, Teoh Chiah Kiah, 40, were shot dead this afternoon by two terrorists outside the village. Leo, who was also a collector of rates m
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    Lock icon President Of Austria Dies
    48 1 VIENNA, Jan. 4 (UP) Theodor Koerner. Austria's first directly elected President, died here today at his suburban home. He was 83. An official communique said the President died at his villa at Grinzing. a suburb of Vienna. It gave no cause of his death.
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    Lock icon DOYEN OF LEGCO RETIRES
    76 1 DOYEN OF LEGCO RETIRES KUALA LUMPUR. FrL— Tuan Haji Sheikh Ahmad bin Sheikh Mus.apha. 65-year-old doyen of the Federal Legislative Council, resigned today to go into retirement after 32 years' public service m Malaya. One of the most respected "elder statesmen" m the Federation. Tuan Sheikh Ahmad is the senior-most
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    Lock icon COWBOY Show Coming To Singapore
    102 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4 (UP)— The first American wild west show to tour the Orient since Buffalo Bill's circus of the turn of the century will leave here next Monday for the Far East, including Singapore and Honolulu. The extravaganza. Buck Steel's all-American wild west
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    Lock icon DEADLINE SET FOR ALI'S GOVT.
    216 1 DEADLINE SET FOR ALI'S GOVT. JAKARTA, Jan. 4 (UP) The Sastroamidjojo Government asked the Masjumi Party to withhold any major decision until Jan. 21 m an attempt to halt a threatened walkout by three political parties from the coalition government, it was learned today. A Nationalist Party source said the
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    78 1 JAKARTA. Jan 5 (AP) An army spokesman m Medan. North Sumatra!, said yesterday that Col. Simbolon. who escaped after his attempted coup d'etat m Medan. is now with his troops m the area of Lake Prapat. The spokesman said reports that Simbolon had the support of a regiment, commanded
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    Lock icon BRIDGE REMOVED
    36 1 ONE of the major obstacles I m the Suez Canal was cleared yesterday when German salvage ships removed the east, side of the wrecked El Ferdan bridge, the United Nations an- 1 nounced. Reuter
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    Lock icon NO CENSORSHIP
    21 1 PRESIDENT Nasser of Egypt yesterday signed an order lifting the censorship imposed on the press two months ago. Reuter.
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    Lock icon CASE OF THE MISSING 'BODY'
    194 1 Police Called Out To Trace Actress HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 4 (UP) Actress Marie (the Body) McDonald possibly has been kidnapped from her home, Valley division police reported today. The blonde former wife of wealthy shoe manufacturer Harry Karl was discovered missing from her home early this
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    Lock icon Curfew After Night Of Terror
    440 1 Curfew After Night Of Terror PENANG, Fri. Police tonight imposed a six-hour curfew on more than twothirds of the new-born City of Georgetown following three days and two nights of mob violence. The curfew, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.. was ordered after a night of terror m Georgetown's residential
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    Lock icon 2,000-Mile Walk Ends In Failure
    140 2 BAMISHEE SENT BACK TO CHINA A FORMER Singapore banLshce, who fled from Red China to escape the "miserable life" there, was yesterday sent back to China by the Colony's Immigra tion authorities. The banishee. 35-year-ok Tan Ah Tons:, was deported from Singapore m 1953. afte
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    152 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents rer ]b) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. (Norn.) Ill* 112 Jan.RSSNo.I 110; 1115 R.S.S. N>. 2 in:j 108 R.S.S. No. 3 104 104} Tone: Quirt. SPORE TIN The price of tic on the local market yesterday was $3861 per picul. (Up
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    Lock icon NEW EMBASSIES
    20 2 INDIA .md Norway have agreed to raise their Legations at Oslo arvi New DelH ustatus of Embassies.- Reuter
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    Lock icon 6 Mths. Jail For Escapee
    85 2 IPOH. Fri.— Abu Bakar bin Mnhamed Taib. 29, who had been at large since his escape from Police custody while under interrogation two years ago, was today sentenced by the President of the Sessions Court, South Perak. Mr E. M. Small wood, to six months'
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    Lock icon Lecturer For Nanyang
    62 2 A LECTURER on Chinese literature will be appointed to the Nanyang University. A spokesman of the University told the Standard yesterday that the lecturer may be recruited from local sources. Meanwhile, enrolment of new students for this year is progressing satisfactorily. The University which was closed for
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    Lock icon BANISHEE RETURNS
    31 2 LOOKING very miserable former Singapore banishec Tan Ah Tong is seen bring escorted by Immigration Inspector Loh Kai Tong to the China- bound vessel. Tai Poh Ann, yesterday.— Standardpic.
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    Lock icon Yap Will Try To End Pine Dispute
    169 2 Yap Will Try To End Pine Dispute JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek. Chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Growers, will try to end the present deadlock on prices of pineapples supplied by small-growers. Mr. Yap told the Standard that he would enlist the help of the registrars
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    Lock icon H.K. EXCHANGE
    36 2 HONGKONG, Jan. 4 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.00 to £1 Sterling: 16.145 to U.S.SI: $1,843 to Malayan $1: $0 170 to one Indonesian Rupiah: fJ68.5 to a tael.
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    Lock icon FIRST STRIKE OF YEAR
    173 2 Rubber Workers Protest Against 18 Dismissals THE first strike of the year started yesterday when 140 employees of the Kian Hin Rubber Company "downed tools" m protest against the dismissal of their 18 co-workers. The strikers demanded the reinstatement of the dismissed workers or three months'
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    Lock icon Did YOU See This Accident?
    83 2 Did YOU See This Accident? SINGAPORE Police would like to get m touch with people who saw a cyclist knocked down by a lorry at the junction of Bras Basah Road and Beach Road on Thursday morning. The cyclist, Yeo Poh Seng. 18. who was on his way to work
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    Lock icon Mishap Ends In Jail
    85 2 IPOH. Fri. A 21 -year-old shop-assistant. Poh Been Seng, of Hill Street here, was today sentenced by the President of the Sel*ions Court, Mr. E. V. A. Peers, to one year's imprisonment on a traffic charge Poh was said to have caused the death of a
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    Lock icon Railway Clerk Faces Graft Rap
    37 2 THE Corrupt Practices In- vestigation Bureau. Singapore, yesterday arrested a senior clerk of the Malayan Railways, Singapore, for allegedly accepting a $50 bribe recently. The clerk will be charged m court today.
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    Lock icon BISHOP LEAVES
    25 2 THE Bishop of Singapore, Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines. left Singapore yesterday m KLM airliner on an 11-day visit to Bangkok and Saigon.
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    Lock icon Expert To Improve Livestock
    102 2 THE Singapore Government has appointed Dr. Ft. B. Carey. Director of the Division of Animal Genetics m the Australian Government, to do research work to improve productivity of livestock m the Colony. The Colony's Chief Veterinary Officer. Mr. R. A Wright, told the Standard yesterday that
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    Lock icon Work And No Play For Lim
    78 2 and no play for Mr Vincent Lim, chipf freight officer of KIM for the next one month Mr. Lim, 32. was yesterday sent by KIM to study the most modern methods of transportirißr air cargo m The Hague. "It will be all work and
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    Lock icon Lower Rents For S.I.T. Tenants
    197 3 Govt. White Paper Redeems An Election PlpAqp 'Rich' Men Will Not Benefit From Subsidy THOUSANDS of people occupying Singapore Improvement Trust flats will pay lower rents under a Government White Paper on housing subsidy to be tabled at the Legislative Assembly meeting on Jan. 9.
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    Lock icon Malay Text-Books Must Be Replaced
    196 3 THEY ARE OUT-OF-DATE, 50... [E Singapore Malay Education Council wants •date" text-books used m Malay schools replaced to suit the needs of the times. Inc h c Harun Mohamad Amin, president of the Council, told the Standard yesterday that the Council welcomed Government's schome to
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    Lock icon ONE BIG MOTORING FRATERNITY
    427 3 Singapore AA Becomes Member Of Commonwealth Union TIIK Automobile Association of Singapore yesterday became a foundermember of the new Union of Commonwealth Automobile Associations or U.C.A.A. as it will be known for short. The announcement was .nado at a Dress conference at the Shell theatrette. Coliyer
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    Lock icon Wedding Bells For 'M.P.D.'
    73 3 SINGATOMTS Assistant Minister to the Chief Scxrftary, Mr. M P. I). Nair. will ho married to HUf Suseila Nair. daughter of iv Councillor. Mr. V. K. at the bride's residence at Kast Coast Road <»n Jan. 12. lha.t afternoon, a tea party will bo hold at
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    Lock icon Terrorists Slash 300 Trees
    58 3 Terrorists Slash 300 Trees JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Johore are da■ubber trees again months' 1 ill. n number of hod 300 rubber and smashed latex cups |ht on Chee late m the Segamat Let. lay. a Police arrnourftred on by about *he 23i mile- Banru-Simpang Road. Tho vehicle drove through the
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    30 3 Fri.— The Chairman I Menqlembu Council, .Mr. G. S. WalI contingent of Councillors, inelading from Kampar nnd attend a 14-day hool" course on ornment, starting m tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Beauty Contest Surprise
    115 3 Beauty Contest Surprise PENANG, Fri Miss Chan Yee Wah, who was placed third m the "Miss Trade Fair" contest yesterday, sprang a big surprise today by winning the title with a total of 19.099 votes. The runner-up. Miss Esther Chun, a school girl, who was m the lead during the
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    Lock icon DAILY-RATERS CALL FOR PAY TALKS NOW
    183 3 DAILY-RATERS CALL FOR PAY TALKS NOW LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation's 63.000 Lment daily-rated :ors today demandn "early date for i direct negMiawith the official ion their claim for increase m the $3 im wage, Btafl side of daily-rated Whlt- il, Mr. M. P. Fajaild today that mere of letters bet
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    36 3 r have ;>een kts of the Canton Sports Clud; Ivy Ho S Tan Chin 1. •Jimmy Cheok rta Captain <-n Lock. tee members:- Miss K Wong and Mr. Wee Mr. If H. gtuft
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    Lock icon National Body Of Students Planned
    362 3 Aimed To Unite Malayans PLANS to launch a 10,000-strong non-political "National Inion of Students of Malaya" to replace the controversial Pan-Malayan Students' Federation will be studied by the Students' Council of the University of Malaya vhen it meets next month. Disclosing this to the Standard
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    Lock icon OPEN VERDICT ON INFANT
    67 3 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday returned an "open" verdict at the close of an inquest into the death of a male child found abandoned m a clump of blukar off St. Michael's Road Wire'ess Station on May 17 last year. The day-old infant
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    Lock icon WOMAN DROWNED
    33 3 A WOMAN, Tan Siew Eng, 45, a former resident of Malacca and a Police supervisee, was drowned m the Perak River at Sungei Timah Estate near Telofc Anson on Wednesday evening.
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    Lock icon Relief For Fire Victims
    90 3 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. A sum of $430 was handed over by the Buttcrworth District sub-branch of the Malayan Chinese Association to the Assistant District Officer, Mr. John Ng Hoong Kern, this afternoon as cash relief to the nine families who were rendered homeless m a fire which
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    Lock icon Perak Leader Dies At 70
    74 3 IPOH. Fri— The death took place here last night of Mr. Chew Sin Onn, 70, one of the most respected Chinese leaders m Pcrak. Of quiet disposition, the late Mr. Chew identified himself with every aspect of Chinese education, welfare and social activities Pre-war he
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    Lock icon Beer Case Judgment Reserved
    236 3 MANAGER DIDN'T KNOW, SAYS DEFENCE COUNSEL SLKEMBAN, Fri. The manufior of a firm should nut ho liable for the actions of his employees during his absence, defence counsel contended today during hearing of a contravention of Excise Regulations case. Mr. 11. \V. Tan was defending Choong
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    Lock icon Town Suffers 10-hr. Power Cut
    69 3 Town Suffers 10-hr. Power Cut MALACCA. Fri. A large part of the town, except the Central police Station. Govern ment Offices and certain important Government buildings, suffered a complete blackout for nearly 10 hours yesterday from 2 p.m. Central Electricity Board officials were unable to give any explanation, except one
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    Lock icon Rescued In Mid-Channel
    47 3 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. A ferry passenger, F. K. Dass. travelling from Mitchell Pier to Pcnang by the launch Tinsgiri this morning, fell ovo.board m mid-channel. He was rescued by a Police launch and brought to Penang from where he was sent to the General Hospital.
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    Lock icon 5,000 PROTEST LEAVE CHANGE
    111 3 5,000 PROTEST LEAVE CHANGE FIVE thousand dailyrated workers m Singapore Government service yesterday protested to the Joint Negotiating Council against the recent changes m their annual leave facilities. Thoir spokesman, Mr. X Karuppiah, told the Standard that until recently, the dailypaid employees m government services were allowed one month's unpaid
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    Lock icon GIRLS' SCREAMS FOIL RAPE ATTEMPT
    165 3 A LITTLE girl saved her 14-year-old sister from being raped m a lonely cemetery off Thomson Road Singapore, yesterday. She pounced on her sister's assailant and beat him with her fists. At the same time she screamed for help. Meanwhile, the elder sister also put
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    Lock icon Swimming Pool For Queenstown
    89 3 Swimming Pool For Queenstown ASSEMBLYMAN Lee Choon Eng (Qucenstown), who is also a City Councillor, wants the Council to provide a swimming pool for the 100,000 people m his ward. Mr. Lee points out that the central, northern, eastern and western sections of the citjf are all provided with swimming
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    92 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Ministry of Education will award a number of scholarships to young men between 17 and 25 years of age to attend a course at the Outward Bound School during 1957. Each course will be over 25 days and will be held according to the
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    Lock icon Rice Clamp On 40,000 To Starve Out Terror Gang
    332 4 THE 'SQUEEZE' IS ON SEGAMAT THIS TIME SEGAMAT, Frl. An estimated 40,000 people m Segamat town and villages !in its precincts were brought under a stringent operational rice ration from today m the State Government's drive to eliminate a 60 member
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    Lock icon A Toast To Burma By Sir Robert
    122 4 J MORE than 500 people. f including the Governor C 2 of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black. J the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock and Mrs. 2 2 Lim Yew Hock, the Chief 2 secretary, Mr. W.A.C. Goode. and Mrs.
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    Lock icon MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON SOLDIER
    84 4 MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON SOLDIER A MISADVENTURE verdict was returned by a Singapore Coroner, Mr Giam Chong Hing, yesterday on Private C. E. A. Hobos, RAMC, who died at the British Military Hospital, on Nov. 4 last year. Private Hobbs. a patient of the hospital, was found m a semi-conscious state
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    Lock icon Union To Get Back 'Lost' $7,000
    131 4 THE $7,000 -missing" from the Singapore Bus Workers' Union during the October riots will be returned to the union shortly. New union officer?, elected ye-terday as suggested by the Registrar of Trade Unions. Mr. Sng Choon Yec, have been authorized to receive the funds
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    Lock icon Exhibition For S'pore Hobbyists
    69 4 A unique exhibition of crafts produced by Singapore hobbyists will be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 26 under the auspices of the Rotary Club. The exhibition, which will last until June 3, will have three sections individual exhibits. hobbyists' crafts, and hobbies' instruments
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    Lock icon Fined, And Van Confiscated
    71 4 BUTTERWORTH Fri. Chun Yong San. 22. was fined 52.461.20 or six months' jail today by the President of tr.c Sessions Court. Mr. D. Anthony, for attempting to evade Customs duty amounting to $241.20 on seven gross packets of playing cards and seven boxes of lipstirks at
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    Lock icon New Bazaar For Malay Traders
    69 4 MALACCA. Fri— The Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, yesterday opened the Malay bazaar on th e site of the old Pasar at Padang Neru. The Minister told 18 Malay petty traders, who are starting their business on the permanent stalls
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    Lock icon The Domestic Front Is Quieter
    163 4 The Domestic Front Is Quieter MALACCA, Fri. Disputes, especially domestic, among the Indian labouring class have tended to decrease, -since the formation of an Indian Advisory Panel to the Social Welfare Department Presenting the fifth report of the Panel for the year ending November 1956, Mr. C. M. Seth. Chairman
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    Lock icon THANKS A Million Times
    106 4 THANKS A Million Times A VIETNAMESE stowaway, Johnny Huang Ngoc Dat Laj« who sails for Saigon today on the TOM, Yama, .yesterday wrote a letter to the "misters of the Singapore Immigration Department" (East Wharf), thanking: them a "million times" for their kindness during his stay here. Nicknamed Johnny Guitar
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    Lock icon MUSLIM GIRLS WILL FACE ARREST FOR DEFYING RELIGIOUS CODE
    373 5 MUSLIM GIRLS WILL FACE ARREST FOR DEFYING RELIGIOUS CODE A door-to-door drive to stamp out immorality SELANGOR BODY TO OUTLINE ACTION SOON KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Selangor Religious Affairs Department is planning to launch a door-to-door drive on hotels here to arrest Muslim girls who have amorous affairs with nonMuslims,
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    Lock icon Assembly approval being sought to pay Trust chairman $39,000 a year
    201 5 Assembly approval being sought to pay Trust chairman $39,000 a year THE Singapore Legislative Assembly will be asked at its meeting on Wednesday to approve $39,000 towards the annual salary of Mr. J. M. Fraser, the present Chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust, who will be shortly seconded to the
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    Lock icon PASSED A PACK OF SMOKES TO PRISON PAL, GOES TO JAIL
    185 5 FOR attempting to pass a 30-cent packet of cigarettes to a prisoner working m the yard of the Remand Prison at Outram Ro id on Oct. 5 last year, a trishaw rider. Tan Boon Row. was fined S5O or
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    Lock icon Tyre Causes Death
    35 5 M. SIVAGANAM. a PWD fitter, died m the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital yesterday from injuries sustained six days ago from the explosion of a lorry tyre he was mendins at the stores.
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    Lock icon S.I.T. SEEKS $44 MIL LOAN
    93 5 S.I.T. SEEKS $44 MIL LOAN THE Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. will seek Legislative Assembly approval- on Wednesday for a $44,737,000 loan to the Singapore Improvement Tru.st. The loan will carry 5£ per cent interest a year and will bo repayable by
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    Lock icon POLICE STOPPED FROM TAKING FINGER-PRINTS
    109 5 SINGAPORE magistrate Mr. J. B Jcyaretnam yesterday prevented police constables from obtaining fingerprints from a Singapore housewife, who was conditionally discharged for theft. Mr. Jeyaretnam told court prosecutor, Senior Inspector C F. Chan, that "under the provisions of the Probation Offenders' Ordinance, finger impression! of
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    Lock icon Party Negara Protest Against Assessment
    101 5 JOHORP BAHRU. Fri. The assessment committee of the Johore Bahru Town Council will consider, at Its next meeting, a memorandum submitted by Party Negara, protesting against the new assessment rates. A similar memorandum was submitted by Party Negara this week to the Mentri Besar, Dato
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    Lock icon MALAYA'S FIRST MAYOR IS PRESENTED WITH HIS CHAIN OF OFFICE
    60 5 MALAYA'S FIRST MAYOR IS PRESENTED WITH HIS CHAIN OF OFFICE MR. G. 11. GOH. an Alliance Councillor, being presented with the Chain of Office, by the outgoing Municipal President. Mr. J. S. H. Cunnyngham-Brown. after being elected the first Mayor of the City of Georgetown. Penang, at the first City
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    Lock icon 10,000 Hours In The Air And Only Five Mishaps...
    264 5 10,000 Hours In The Air And Only Five Mishaps... THE FINE RECORD OF No. 267 SQN. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Royal Air Forte reported today that No. 267 Communications Squadron lodged 10,000 flying hours "without a single unavoidable mishap" m 1956 when it had lost five transport aircraft and 14
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    68 5 TWO robberies were reported m Singapore m the past 48 hours. In the first, 11 thugs pounced on 60-year-o'd, Jit Ram, as he was walking along Canning Road on Thursday night, and robbed him of his watch and a wallet containing S'2. In the other,
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    111 5 THE Minister for Health, Mr. A.J. Braga, yesterday opened two J new ward blocks at the Tan Tock Scnp Hospital. "But buildings and equipment are not effi--2 cacious by themselves unless there are the J skilled physicians to ope- rate them," Mr. Braga added. He
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    41 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mr W. K. Roos has been formally recognised as Honorary Consul of the Netherlands at P€ HLs ng jurisdiction includes the Settlement of p ™f n s (including Province Wellesley), Perils, Kedah and Perak.
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    447 5 After Using Army Funds: A BRITISH Army sergeant made use of Regimental funds and then, m distress, offered a car which did not belong to him as security fv>r a loan,, a Singapore District Court Martial was told yesterday. Sergeant Eric Francis Lawson,
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    45 5 3 -star boy sails for Red China WEARING a threestar cap, three-year-old Tok Tien of Kuala Lumpur who sailed for Red China with his mother yesterday on the Tai Poh Ann, was not fast enough m dodging a Standard cameraman at the Immigration Department. Standardpic
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      453 6 'pHE stcrt of the new year has certainly not been bright for Singapore. Fresh problems have developed m the Colony's industrial and commercial .life to obstruct the march towards mcrdeka this year. These problems must be solved quickly. Threats of renewed labour unrest have appeared, with their usual
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      380 6 J>RESIE>ENT Eisenhower's bold movie to get consent for the use of military force m the Middle East m the event of Soviet aggression is welcome. It is not, as is surmised by certain diplomatic writers, an attempt to belittle Britain and the Anglo-French action m Egypt. On
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    614 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA vwwvvvvvpy vwwwwv r VHE new school year x m the Federation will start under conditions unsuitable to those who have, m the years gone by. shown defiance to their mentors. Learning a valuable lesson from what happened m Singapore last year, when
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    14 6 "The Vicar didn't want it too obvious the Bishop i doesn't approve of television!"
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    794 6  - How the Washington-Delhi Axis will Function PHILIP DEANE By WASHINGTON are good reasons for believing that Mr. Nehru was not being merely polite after his talks with Eisenhower when he said the other day: "I think India and America will get along very well m the future international affairs." When
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    1075 6  - 'STRIKE' AGAINST TAXES Colin Legum —result of grave maladministration A^xxx^x hv v. v\\\\\\\v\ PORT LOKO. J7OLLOWING a violent revolt against, their chiefs by peasants m the Temne lands of Sierra Leone last November, m which the chiefs were put to flight, their property fired and looted, and many < people
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    294 6 Short from the talks "If you dislike the winter there is only one sensible way to deal with it. Use the tactics of a Japanese wrestler and turn your adversary's attack to your own advantage At any age it i far better to be as active as possibie and manufacture
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    147 7 MONTREAL, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— The Canadian p.icilic Railway the food and fuel lifeline for tens of thousands o! Canadians— was paralyzed yesterday by a strike involving 64,000 workers. Mr. Louis St. Laurent, the Canadian Prime Minister called a .special Cabinet meeting to deal with
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      32 7 Jan. 4 (UP). ins 3.7 per cent car than m n Brewers' Asttinn reported yesterday 746 barrels of beer were In the nrst 11 1956 as compared 158.062 m 1955.
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      21 7 IMUSKEGOV. Michigan Roy Jones, 35 I a store to police bet to go to prison from it all."
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    258 7 Adlai Suoports President's Middle East Plan WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, (Reuter) President Ei senhower will go before a joint session of the Senate, and House of Represents tives tomorrow to make a plea for "standby" authority to use U.S. military force m the Middle East m
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    123 7 UK Nods With Approval LONDON. Jan. 4 (Reuter) —The formulation by President Ei.senhowcr of an "Eisenhower Doctrine" for the Middle East, implying a declaration of positive interest backed. if necessary, by force, m the territorial integrity of the area, meets with warm approval m official quarters here. Though Britain was
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    107 7 \l YORK. Jan 4 \p Marilyn Monroe and bet husband, playwright Arthur Miller, left on Thursday fur a two-week vacation m Jamaica. British West lnriirv with "no comment" on whether they rx poct a child. •We resolved to make n o comment on
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    68 7 WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. <AP) Senator Mike Mansfield (Democrat-Montana) called on President Eisenhower today to give Congress an estimate of the "costs and of the dangers" involved m his proposal for thwarting Ible Red aggression m the Middle East. Sen. Mansfield, a 'member of the Senate
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    242 7 ASHINGTON, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— Defence Department and WTiite House officials refused yesterday to confirm or deny a report that United States Marines aboard ship m the Mediterranean had *iive atomic artillery. The report, published m the Scripps-Howard chain ol newspapcis, was said to
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    51 7 MANILA, Jan. 4 (UP) Philippine National Bureau of Investigation agents have broken a large-scale pilferage and espionage ring operating m the American Clark Field Airbase. it was reported today. Working m co-operation with American special agents, the NBI has arrested several persons, including, reportedly, at least one
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    83 7 BUDAPEST, Jan. 4 (Reuter) Hungarian police have seized "great quantities" of arms at Varpalota. West Hungary, and arc searching for a band of "blackmailers" calling themselves the "Maleter Group". the official Communist newspaper Nepszabsad said here today. The newspaper said the arms were hidden near
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    167 7 Pact Gives Legal Status To UN Men In Egypt CAIRO, Jan. 4 (UP) Egyptian and United Nations representatives initialled an 1 agreement last night governing the legal status of U.N. personnel engaged m the clearing of the Suez Canal, an official announcement said today. The agreement reportedly stressed that the
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    48 7 RANGOON. Jan. 4 (Rcuter) The Burmese President. Dr. Ba U. said today his government would continue m future to pursue what he called a "noble policy of active neutrality." The President was speaking at a military parade commemorating the ninth anniversary of Burma's independence.
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    91 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 4 (AP) The Hamilton Watch Co has announced perfection of "the world's first electric wrist watch" after 10 yean of research Development of the nonwinding watch, the Company said yesterday marks the "first basic change m watch construction m al- most five centuries."
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    52 7 SNOW fell m most parts of the country during the Christmas holidays and snowdrifts ?.'onß this stretch of the Bat to Stroud road caused some motorists to be >trandc*d for five hours. A spokesman of the Automobile Association described traffic conditions during Christmas as the worst for 20
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    39 7 A TIXY baby hoy. strapped to his mother's back m .lapan-c-e iashion, died yesterday m a lampaoked suburban electric train m Tokyo and authorities said he was arridentaliy crusjled to death by the holiday crowd. A. P.
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    34 7 CROWDS throng Piccadilly Circus. London, heart ol the city's West End theatre quarter, at midnight on Dec. 31, to celebrate the birth of the New Year. AP photo.
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    214 7 US Power Stands Guard Over 868 Mil. People WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UP)— The United States has formal treaty commitments to help defend 45 friendly nations if they are attacked. These treaty areas extend over about 25 per cent of the world's population and land area. More precisely. American power sands
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    27 7 THE people m both Communist China and Japan yesterday paid special tribute to the young Union of Burma on the ninth anniversary of its independence. U.P.
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    172 7 DUBLIN. Jan. 4 (Reutcn The new Malayan Centre here will cater for 122 Malayan students. One hundred of those are In Dublin, studying m the city's two university colleges University College and Trinity College. The Centre has been set up m a private house m
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      292 9 RlBBI K prospects for this year appear bright uh I" s consumption estimated at 1,510,000 tons or I* to t^iat of 1955 though the percentage of synthetic ♦ural continues to increase, says the weekly report l f HoUdav. Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. <> l n the
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      18 9 A NEW organization, the National Institute for Nuclear Sciences and Techniques, was recently formed m Paris.
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    78 9 Dollar Loses Penny THE Mala> an Exchange Ranks Wiation yesterj lowered its rates by f V wnnVfom the top 2,4. selling S 2 4U "uymg. the rhairman, Mr. u. i". Sutherland, said yesterday. has been .ieavy flg pressure for itepe on the other representing an exports were Jn obably due
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    60 9 I change Banks* i i merchants: I TT/OD). iti (O.D.). 2 2 4-11/32 (00 ci 2, 4i U20 tl8o d/st): 1-13/16, 2/ 11-5/32 (O.D.). 2 15/32 Burma: 1541, 1552 1551 (T.T.), I99| 134i. I95| (T.T.). jl, 53 (T.T.). m< d ant5: (T.T.), t bills and nij (O.D.), ar.d
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    96 9 He Travelled 100,000 Miles In 1956 THE "most travelled sales manager of 1956' that's Mr. f. C. Hayes-Palmer of William Grant and Sons Ltd., Distillers m Glasgow, LondoJi and Duff town. Mr Hayes-Palmer has travelled more than 100,000 miles last year visiting agents, conducting market research and assessing the market
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    81 9 OUR BEER POPULAR IN U.S. MALAYAN beer is becoming more and more widely known m America and other parts of the world said Mr. Nathan Most, vice-president and treasurer of Gctz Bros., San Francisco. Mr. Most arrive* m Singapore m a PAA Stratocruiser. H e is visiting Get* Bros. His
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    26 9 TOTAL exports of rubber, all grades to all countries, from Singapore and the Federation during December amounted to 8:].44,"i tons, according to preliminary figures
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    33 9 THE U.K. manufacturers of a high tenacity rayon yarn have issued a film telling the story of the development of the product and illustrating its use as a tyre cord.
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    64 9 Co-op Head To Study HK System THE Registrar of Co-opera-tive Societies, Singapore, Mr. A. X Isaac, has left for Hongkong to study the co-opera-tive marketing system there. He will pay particular attention to the ways m which the co-operative movement has developed among the rural and fishing communities m that
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    116 9 m AS an added service. Pan American World Airways has reported that it is centralizing space control for Pacific and Alaska Clipper flights m a single office at the San Francisco Airport headquarters of the company's Pacific-Alaska Division. The announcement was made by Division Sales Manager. Mr.
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    451 9 U.S. BUSINESS SETS NEW RECORDS IN the year just ended, the American economy has mounted to new record levels m income, production, employment and investment. This is reported by the New York Times m a special 96-page supplement summarizing the nations business and financial situation. Here are some of the
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    166 9 MALAYA TRADE TEAM TO VISIT BURMA SINGAPORE and the Federation will be sending their first trade delegation comprising about 30 merchants to Burma next month, the Standard was told yesterday. The delegation would be visiting Burma at the invitation of the Union of Burma Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
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    148 9 MALAYAN sharebrbkers yesterday reDortPd the following bjsincss done: Fed. Disp. $2.20: F. N. profs $4 ords J2.40. $2,374: Gammon t2 05- Hammer $1.60. $I^2 delayed- M. Cement $1.67 i. $1<»8: Metal Box $1,671 cd: Robinson ords $165. $1.66; Si me Darby $2 14: Straits Traders $2**: Straiti
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    199 9 NUCLEAR POWER FOR U.K. ONE of the world's first commercial nuclear power stations is to be built by the A.E.1.-Johnson Thompson Nuclear Energy Company, m Britain. The station is being built for the Central Electricity Authority, at Berkeley on Severn estuary. It will contain four 80.000 kilowatt turbine generating sets,
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    129 9 SINGAPORE rubber prices dropped cent to $1,101 per lb. for first grade January shipment on a quiet market. Prices opened below the previous day's close on disappointing overseas advices. Quiet conditions prevailed throughout the morning with only small trade interest. S^mp overseas orders for lower grade and
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    116 9 OITER ROADS Snbar.g. 9teel Recorder. Mania. Darvfl. Brenda, Galatea, G'ordian. Nottinsjhill Cyclops. Lang- s a. Sambas. Lapaz. Bentong. TiCverbank. Valverde, Gen Michael. Lucky Carrier. Banggaai, Ovula. Legundi. Lasem. INNER ROADS Nangkachindr. Larat, Senai Playaran. M6onfi>h. Bayon. Buana. Salons. Bangnara. Tons Num. Lucky Trader. Aik Leone. Hero. Kimanis, Sedenak.
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    175 9 THE Malayan share market was steady m all sections with a good turnover, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association. Price movements were small and irregular. New quotations announced by the Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer* Sellers Fraser Neave Ordi. 2.35 2.40 Ma la van
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    149 9 THE Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abell, open the multi-storey building of the Chartered Bank at Tenom, next week. Mr. G.A.P. Sutherland, scncral manager of the Chartered Bank m Malaya, will be present at the opening as a representative of the directors of the Bank
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    302 10 o i [V//5 yenr, with the lonp, slim look of the Empire line and the sheath dress cheong-sam to us out here M high fashion, the need for a smooth, streamlined figure is greater than ever. To be honest, few of us have perfect measurements, but
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    441 10 T*HE weeks after Christmas are a notoriously quiet period for shopkeepers, so for those lucky people who were given tokens to spend, this means that they can choose their gifts at leisure m quiet, uncrowded stores. This week I had a look around both Robinson's and Gian
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    465 10 housewives Are You Efficien t? —asks GLORIA GORDON I-lICH do you think is more necessary to a happy marriage appearing at the breakfast-table with carefully combed hair and flawless make-up, or knowing how to produce a delicious meal from yesterday's left-overs? As a woman, you should know all about beauty
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    235 10 SKIRTING the problem QNE of the most useful items m a tropical wardrobe is the cotton or linen skirt, and designers are excelling themselves nowadays m producing exciting new versions of this old favourite. Cotton, still the cheapest, and most practical choice for hot weather wear, makes its appearance m
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    140 10 r PHE Night Superintcndx ent at St. Thomas's Hospital m London who?o training school was founded by Florence Nightingale works with a small instrument like a fountain pen placed on her desk. This is a receiver of the new magnetic call system recently installed m the hospital.
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    325 11 Perak Earn Right To Play S' pore All-Blues Rugby Upset p t i; .■i j\ .ibians fied to meet their Singapore counterin the final of the rugby competition by beating the holders Kodah Asians, by 11 point s (a goal and 2 tries) xo o points (2 tries) on the
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    31 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. the hockey match between Malayan Sikhs and Selangor which was scheduled to be )layed off tomorrow has been •ailed off by the Malayan Sikhs Sports Council.
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    41 11 photo) Australian Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman (left) ronrratalatej top Australian tennis player Ken Rose wall (riuht) on his becoming a professional at Ad elaidc. Australia, December 20. m the centre U MrV Roaewall. Rosewall has joined Kraiw*..'* tennis squad.— AP
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    146 11 S\DXEY. Jan. 4, (Rcutcr). 7- West African Attu Clottev, U scheduled to arrive m Sydnp.v on Monday for a return fisht with George Barnes for the British Empire welterweight title. Stadiums Ltd., European Asent. Jack Warner, announced this last night. Barnes outpointed Clottcy m a hard fight,
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    129 11 Do Away With Anthems BRASHER NEW YORK, Jan. 4. (Renter). Chris Brasher. British winner of the Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase m Melbourne, said here yesterday: "I would do away with the national anthems and nationalistic attitude that prevails m Olympic Games." He said those who ran the Games "set up
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    93 11 SYDNEY, Jan 3, (Reuter) Jim Bailey Australian sub-four-minute miler. said today: "It looks as if my running days are over." Bailey said he had a dropped arch m his right foot, which has not responded to treatment. Bailey added that he would seek more treatment on
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    48 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Selangor Police, strong contenders for the Malayan Police inter-contingent hockey final will meet Ne^ri Sembilan Police at Seremban tomorrow m a friendly hockey match. The Police team will be skippered by ASP Gian Singh and will include three Olympic players. Dec
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    86 11 LONDON. Jan. 9 (AP)— The first grouD of Soviet Olympic athletes arrived back m Moscow on Tuesday by plane, to bp greeted by welcoming parties with flowers and overcoats. Moscow Radio said Vladimir Kuts, winner of the 5.000 and 10,000 metre runs m the games, told
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    1016 12  -  GR AH AM TURNER 1 Colony Have Edge Over Federation By THE game which is to be played m Kuala Lumpur this afternoon between the Singapore and Federation Services will, I believe, be one of the closest and hardest-fought matches of the season.
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      53 12 CAPETOWN. Jan. 4 (Reuter) South Africa 41 for two m their second innings were 043 runs behind England by close of play on the fourth day of tho second test match here today. Scores: England ?AM and 226 for six declared: South Africa ?or> and 41 for two. The
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      29 12 HASTINGS. England, Jan. 4 (Renter) B. Lar.-en (Denmark) and P. Clarke (Britain) drew their srrrnth round match m the Premier tournament of the International Chess Coiigrcss >icre today.
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      49 12 SYDNEY. Jan. 4 (Renter) Miss Shirley Fry, Wimbledon and United States Imcn tennis cliampion said licrc today tfiat she did intend to defend }icr titles this year. Miss Fry who recently became engaged is to marry here next month and plans to lire m Australia jor two years.
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      101 12 LONDON. Jan. 4 (Keutcr) Oon (hong Jin tif Kuala Lumpur gave a sound display m beating C. Fenton of Surrey 1 .*>— I. 15—8 to roach the semifinals of thp boys' singles m the AllFnglancl Junior Badminton Championships today Oon reached the final m which ho will play 11-year-old
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    263 12  - Softball Diamond For Centre S. RAGAVAN By FinancipJly backed by the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Youth Sports Centre will soon have a softbal] diamond for all Colony softballers, it is authoritatively learned yesterday. In addition to the softball pitch, the Youth Sports Centre will have seven more
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    44 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Hunters of Mysore (India) now enroute from tne North to Singapore to eaten the boat to India, will p!d\ two matches here on Tuesday Jan. 8 ver.-us Selangor and Wednesday Jan. 9 vs. an FAM Selection.
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