Singapore Standard, 17 January 1957

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    14 1 Singapore Standard U^r^■CjTVII. No. WB SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1937 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon THE FIRST MOVE: CUT IN DEFENCE
    468 1 MacmUlan Lays Axe Heaviest On RAF Auxiliaries LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter) Cuts irt Britain's auxiliary defence forces by the Army, Navy and Air Force were announced here last night. The heaviest cuts are made by the Royal Aitt Force, which is to disband most
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    Lock icon GUIDING HAND FROM AN OLD CAMPAIGNER
    38 1 photo. PRIME Minister Mr. Ilarnld Macmillan. warmh sli.ikrs Uir hand of Sir Winston Churchill after he had dined with the elder statesman on the evening: he assumed the premiership of Britain. AP
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    Lock icon Celebes Demand Autonomy
    57 1 Jan. 16 (AP) of prominent m the Cennounccd today to proclaim for the bes" on Jan. 23. crvers here ntral Celebes long demanding pro:rom the Crnnt m Jakarta. the Central ann o v r errant provin- arious reg ci Borneo, the of the Celebes T a. ntitled
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    Lock icon DEATH OF EARL
    20 1 ITHE Earl of Athlone. a the Queen and rnnr-General Canada and South Africa, ca in London yesterday.
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    Lock icon A Forfune In His Crave
    43 1 FLORENCE, Jan. 16 kter) The family of a late stone-mason. Ginb Rossi, has applied for the exhumation of his body because a football pool coupon which b^ worth 19.000.000 lire < s 10.925 Sterling) was probably buried with him.
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    Lock icon Import Laws To Be Eased
    53 1 CANBERRA. Jan. 16 (Reuter) The Australian Government has decided to relax import controls. Sir Arthur Fadden, Treasurer, announced today. The Federal Treasurer said Australia will allow the entry of additional imports worth about AC30. 000,000 yearly. Full details of the relaxation of import controls will
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    Lock icon TO RUSSIA: WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
    80 1 TO RUSSIA: WE CAN WORK TOGETHER LONDON, Jan. 16 (UP). British Prime Minister Mr. Harold Macmillan has told Russia's premier he believes "we shall be able to work together Radio Moscow last night broadcast the text of Mr. Macmillan's reply to a message from Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. "I send my
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    Lock icon British Troops In Yemen: Official
    152 1 ADEN, Jan. 16 (Reuter)— An official communique issued here today said that the Durham Light Infantry nas been m action against Yemeni-held houses within tiie protectorate near Manawa. Nearby positions were d i tacked with rockets by R.A.F. Venom jet fighters. A fierce Yemeni attack
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    Lock icon TANK OUTPUT
    22 1 PLANS for the joint Franco-German production of tanks will be discussed m Paris by the West German Defence Minister. Reuter.
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    Lock icon A RADIO STATION UNDER HER SKIRT
    87 1 photo. I /wwwwwwww;, UNDER her ruffled skirt. Spanish singing star Margarita Sierra is a walking radio station. She has a licence to operate the wireless set she uses m her act at Chicago's Drake Hotel. The set's microphone, hidden m her bosom, picks up
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    Lock icon Father Of 9 Buried Alive
    92 1 MELBOURNE, Jan. 16. (Reutor) Police and volunteers dug for an hour m a vain attempt to rescue a 48-year-old father of nine buried under tons of earth at Morwell. 90 miles from Melbourne. The man, Dutchman Bernadie Wilkelun Aalvers. was digging at the bottom of
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    Lock icon GUIDES ARRIVE
    33 1 MALAYA's delegation of 36 Girl Guides the largest contingent arrived by air last night from Singapore for the Regional Centenary world camp opening on Saturday m San Bartolome, outside Manila. A.P
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    Lock icon NEWSMAN OUSTED
    24 1 MR. JOHN McCormack, Vienna correspondent of the New York Times, has been expelled from Hungary a Hungarian Foreign Ministry statement said.— Reuter
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    Lock icon 38-DAY DROUGHT
    18 1 THE metropolis of Tokyo set a new drought record here today 38 days without rain. Reuter
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    Lock icon Prisoner Does A Houdini – Attacks O.C.P.D.
    181 1 Prisoner Does A Houdini Attacks O.C.P.D. IPOH, Wed A well-built prisoner who was brought out from Taiping jail for a court case here, did a •"Houriini" act last night when he unfastened his pair of handcuffs, and assaulted the O.C.P.D. Ipoh, Mr. P. B. G. Waller who was escorting him
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN CALL FOR U.N. OCCUPATION OF KASHMIR HOT SPOT
    256 1 PAKISTAN CALL FOR U.N. OCCUPATION OF KASHMIR HOT SPOT UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 16 (AP)— Pakistan called on the Security Council yesterday to order withdrawal of all foreign troops from Kashmir and send m the U.N. Force to keep peace. Pakistani Foreign Minister Malik Firoz Khan Noon, m a 9.500-word statement
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    Lock icon FILM JINX CLAIMS THIRD VICTIM
    156 1 FILM JINX CLAIMS THIRD VICTIM TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Reuter) For the third time within ten months a member of a United States film company has died whilst on location m Kyoto, western Japan. A spokesman for Warner Brothers said today, the company costume director Mr. Leon Roberts collapsed and died
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    Lock icon 'Malaya Will Join UN.'
    141 1 'Malaya Will Join UN.' BANGKOK, Jan. 16 (Reuter Tunku Abdul Rahman. Federation Chief Minister, said today Malaya would not join the eight-nation Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Speaking at a press conference shortly before his departure for Singapore, the Tunku .said Malaya would seek membership m the United Nations when she
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    Lock icon MARRIAGE BEFORE JAIL PLEA IS TURNED DOWN
    202 2 MARRIAGE BEFORE JAIL PLEA IS TURNED DOWN KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A self-confessed bicycle thief who got 19 months* jail today after pleading guilty m three courts to seven charges of stealing of cycles, tried m vain to postpone the commencement of his prison term because he wanted to "get married
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    Lock icon He Denies Drug Theft
    65 2 MALACCA, Wed. A. Thurairajah, a hospital employee, today claimed trial m the Sessions Court to a charge of theft of drugs, including streptomycin, penicillin and thiamine, from the General Hospital. He was alternatively charged with the possession of the drugs without lawful authority. Court president. Mr.
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    Lock icon They'll fly over the top of the world to open new air service
    291 2 They'll fly over the top of the world to open new air service THE Scandinavian Airlines System will inaugurate their new history-making North Pole flight between the Far East and Europe on Feb. 24. Government and Press representatives of 20 countries have been in- vited to take part m this
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    Lock icon 15 Nations For KL Trade Fair
    73 2 15 Nations For KL Trade Fair KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More than fifteen countries will take part m the first International Trade Fair to be held here from April 5 to 14. One new Asian republic alone has asked for 110 stalls covering some 2.000 square yards. Due to heavy demand,
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    Lock icon SERENDAH IS HANDED OVER TO THE BROTHERS
    182 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Federation High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, tonight formally handed over to the Brothers of St. Gabriel, the Serendah Boys Home which had been founded and maintained during the past by the Save The Children Fund at the cost of $60,000
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    Lock icon Lucky five who walked into ambush
    97 2 Lucky five who walked into ambush IPO H. Wed— The flashing of torchlights saved the lives of five men last night when they walked into a Gurkha patrol ambush along a tin mine pipeline m a curfew area near Gopeng. Magistrate Inche Abdul Kadir bin Yusof today imposed a S5
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    Lock icon RAF. Drops 96 Million Leaflets To The Reds
    236 2 RAF. Drops 96 Million Leaflets To The Reds KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Royal Air Force In Malaya established several operational records m 1956. including the air-drop of 2.950 short tons of vital supplies to troops and 96.8 million surrender leaflets to bandits. The AOC Malaya, Air Vice* Marshal W. H.
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    Lock icon Burma Veteran On Murder Charge, Refuses Defence Counsel: He's Suspicious
    510 2 IPOH, Wed.— A former British Army gunner, on trial for his life, today refused the services of a lawyer because he felt "the Public Prosecutor and the defence counsel are m league with each other." The Runner, Abdul Kadir, was
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    Lock icon Water Selling Ventur Successful In Malawi City Fathers Told
    140 2 Water Selling Ventur Successful In Malawi City Fathers Told MALACCA, Wed.— The Municipal Presidpnt M. J. Hayward, at today's Council meeting report that considerable progress had been made last yerJ the Council's efforts to sell more water m town ad* central rural district. Since last January 774 new water ser
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    Lock icon The Festival Of Penance And Prayer
    119 2 THOUSANDS of Hindus yesterday observed Thaipusam the annual festival m nonour of the God Subramaniam. Devotees who had prayed for a variety of requests ranging from relief from a lingering disease to being blessed with a child yesterday discharged their vows by carrying kavadis
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    Lock icon Last Of The Triplets Dies
    53 2 SUNGEI PATANI, Wed.— The third and only surviving member of girl triplets born m a car to Alagamma. daughter of Muthu, 23. a rubber tapper of Patani estate yesterday, died last night. The" first two girls died m hospital soon after admission yesterday. The mother
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    Lock icon TRISHAW DEBATE
    32 2 A SUGGESTION from the Malacca Traffic Licencing Committee for a reduction of the town's 652 trishaws was adjourned yesterday for debate at the next meeting of the Malacca Municipal Council.
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    Lock icon TEN PRICE
    17 2 THE price of tin on the local market yesterday was $387J per picul. (Up $1|).
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    43 2 MALACCA. Wed Municipal Coir minated Mr. G to represent Malacca Tour: I this body becomes ouu stituted. jk The Malacca BaOJ «iation's urs^nt w the Council for save th ing taken over by was referr I to Standing 1 eral Purpa
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    30 2 MALACCA V. Municipal Coun; today. Mr. O Mai gested service, to Gajah B enable school to th school and the Ch mary School mile stn Tranqucruh and Gajah Road.
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    19 2 Ualao v Mun adopted of Its Starr ees and their fami same terms as by government sn
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    66 3 MR. JOHN MARSHALL, Perak State Forest Officer. receives the Pcrak Meritorious Service Medal from the Sultan of Perak, Sir usuf Izzuriin Shah. The presentation* was made on Tuesday on the occasion of the Sultan's birthday. Left: Mr. Yeap Ghee Chuan of Kuala Kangsar who was
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    Lock icon Harmonica Virtuoso Arrives
    83 3 Harmonica Virtuoso Arrives \.N h.Trmonira virJohn Sebastian, who i Sil porc yesterday, a scries of concert and the Federation, turn, accompanied wlcn Clugston, will a concert for school m Singapore. a serious mmi--3 has pr<" harmonica is as rt instrument as the violin. ally appear* a on radio, tc elh\
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    Lock icon Five Ex-R.L Boys Off To Australia
    58 3 Five Ex-R.L Boys Off To Australia pupils of tltution yesterday K)re by air for -:e ud a i ■"^urse m engineering "ie Colombo Plan. are: Phang Ch:e y lion Tim. Yuen, Chew and Chan Thai leaving on the same were three students .■^th Borneo Chnng tav w*,} Von c^en Fon
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    Lock icon School Aid To Be Discussed
    35 3 ■vc committee Singapore Chinese mmercv w 11 .Monday, to arrange v organizing a mass J discuss Govern- erant-in-a-d -ne.se schools. ting is expected by more than y Prosentatives Iron community.
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    Lock icon Move To Make The Goodwill C'ttee Permanent Body
    169 3 Move To Make The Goodwill C'ttee Permanent Body PENANG, Wed. The chairman of the Goodwill Committee, Mr. A. M. Abu Bakar. said here today that it has been suggested that his committee should be put on a permanent basis m view of the good work done during the recent disturbances
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    Lock icon Couple 'Mixed It Up' After Court Order
    153 3 B E N TO N G, Wed. A couple who indulged m a "free-for-all" after the hearing of their maintenance suit last Oct 10 here, were today hound over for six months by President of the :ons Court, Raja Azlan Shah. Husband Ng
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    Lock icon D.O. Will Collect Dues
    64 3 BUTTERWORTH, Wed. The District Officer here, Mr. John Ng Hoong Kern, and his staff will visit the outlying areas m Province Welleslcy North from Jan. 17 to Mar. 23 to collect Government and local authority dues— quit rent, land and house assessments and nightsoil fees for
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    Lock icon Satellite Town Gets Good News
    137 3 ♦KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Residents of Petaling Jaya, Malaya's first new town, had good news today their Jong wait for telephones may soorf end. The Kuala Lumpur Telephone Priority Board announced today that new underground circuits to Petaling Jaya have Just been completed and service may
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    Lock icon Concert Of French Music
    55 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malayan Christian Council choir will begin rehearsals on Jan. 22 at the Wesley Methodist Church here, for a concert of French music. Persons interested In joining the choir are invited to contact the conductor. Mr. N. William Zimmerman or attend the rehearsal
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    Lock icon INJUSTICE!
    119 3 harbour men want to see ong NYod. Tho »<in l niOn xvin ei V'* ation iv mcvt th<; S V i L fOr Tr>n^fj Mr. k for m to appeal to £*£l lust m pro'n the Penam: L °mmi&sion. The hon. secretary of the Union, Inche Shariff, told the
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    Lock icon Shipload Of Experts Await The 'Go-ahead'
    167 3 OIL COMPANY SEEKS EXPANSION IN SUMATRA ~M. hr oil eompony is now ready m Singapore to flood Sumatra with millions of dollars worth of equipment m a bid to expand its interests m the country, the Standard understands. Expert technicians with a shipload of
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    Lock icon School Has New Headmaster
    42 3 KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Wed— Mr. O.N. Dorall. has MSUmed duties as headmaster of the Government English School, here. He succeeds Mr. AL. Foenander. who has gone on transfer to Kuala Lumpur as headmaster of the Batu Road School.
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    Lock icon New 'Bible' Defends 'Red Tape'
    155 3 New 'Bible' Defends 'Red Tape' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. "Red Tape" was yesterday stoutly detended by a Federal Government publication as an essential prerequisite to "impartiality of. the Government service «to the public." Said the Guide to the New Government Officer: "On assuming duty for the first, time, you may be
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    Lock icon New Power Station To Go Up In P. Panjang
    248 3 New Power Station To Go Up In P. Panjang SINGAPORE'S new $51,000,000 power station will be built next to the present $90,000,000 Pasir Panjang Power Station. The choice of this site will save the ratepayers a considerable sum of money as a site elsewhere would cast very much more. Government
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    Lock icon 6 Months' Jail For A Cheat
    126 3 6 Months' Jail For A Cheat BENTONG. Wed Chong Tat Mun 22-year-old rubber tapper of Perting Village. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the West Pahang Circuit Magistrate Raja Azlan Shah for dishonestly inducing Ng Sang of the same village to deliver him $1,500 last Oct. 6. Ng Sang,
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    Lock icon OPERATION SERVICE' STILL LIVES ON
    164 3 PENANG. Wed. "Operation Service" is still alive. A Chinese family living In River Road last night made a frantic appeal to a cruising: patrol van to help search for a 17-year-old schoolboy who tailed to return after school hours. The officer-in-charge of the van, Inspector
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    Lock icon The Boom Comes To Butterworth
    118 3 The Boom Comes To Butterworth BUTTERWORTH. Wed. With private and other housing schemes coming up here, this township is growing rapidly. It has a population second m the Settlement only to the City of Georgetown. Tho rapid expansion of industry is .shown m the extensions and buildings being put up
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    Lock icon MALAYANS ARE GOOD MUSICIANS RADIO REPORT
    319 3 MALAYANS ARE GOOD MUSICIANS RADIO REPORT MALAYAN musicians reached a remarkably high standard m both light and serious music during 1955, Radio Malaya's annual report for that year stated yesterday. There is also plenty of acting talent m Malaya. But without more interest and encouragement from listeners, local actors might
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    Lock icon THEY WEP ON THAIPUSAM
    68 3 MR. AND MRS. Herman George Fernandez after their marriage pA the Church of St. Joseph, Victoria Street, Singapore, yesterday. The bride, the former Mi^s Letitia Helena Wilson, is the daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. G. G. Wilson while the groom is the adopted son of Mr.
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    Lock icon YUM, YUM! THAT'S NICE!
    72 4 Photo. THE District Officer, Kajang, Raja Azam, on Monday conducted a Seianijor Malayan Association party, led by its chairman, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin. on an inspection of the newly-in-troduced Central Rice Cooking Scheme at Semenyih. Selangor. Mr. Onff (centre) seen sampling cooked ricr at the ContraJ
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    Lock icon Inspector Asked For $700 After Gambling Raid, Man Tells Court
    322 4 Inspector Asked For $700 After Gambling Raid, Man Tells Court PENANG, Wed. A car-driver, f eh Lim Chuan, told the Sessions Court today he was surprised when a Police Inspector offered to re turn to him a list of exhibits allegedly seized during a gambling raid a his home, on
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    Lock icon EXTRA RICE RATION FOR NEW YEAR
    85 4 EXTRA RICE RATION FOR NEW YEAR SUNGEI BAKAP. Wed— To enable Chine>e residents of Province Welleslcy south to celebrate their New Year with a little more eatables, the District Administration ifl giving an extra ration of one katty of rice for each person for making eak This additional ration wfll
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    Lock icon Er Woo Association Officials
    99 4 THE following have been elected office-bearers of the Singapore Er Woo Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association President Mr. Quek Kia Huat. vice-president Messrs. Tan Chin Hean. Low Pen? Ser. Tan Joo Lam. Tan Poey Hee. Yeo* Peng Kiat. Teo Kia Yong, Teo Eng Khim. Ch'ng Tok
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    Lock icon Stole Car In A Gay Mood
    118 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Two soldiers, who m a gay Christmas mood stole a Police Officer's car to go for a drink at the Lake Club, were today bound over m $200 for six months by First Magistrate. Tuan Haji Mohamad Taib. Driver W. Crate,
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    Lock icon HOME GUARDS
    38 4 LIEUTENANT Robert Boey Hean Weng has assumed duties as Officcr-in-Charge of Tanjong Malim Home Guards m place of Captain Yahaya bin Haji Talib who has left the district on transfer as Offlcer-in-Charge of Grik Home Guards.
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      609 4 Standard cJllmancic Information at a Glance RKX: Tension at Table Rock 3. STAR: Magic Paradise 12.45. 3. 7 Music for Children (S> 630 #lk>rAnfinr «?v?iv ncl 15 J? m o, and 9.15 p.m Radio Dance Club <XL)': 656 ri^»#* KW X C fIBHHB SAVOY: Peach Blossom River; T/t TDThI/~* Singapore
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    Lock icon BOXER FACES BRIBE CHARGE
    152 5 BOXER FACES BRIBE CHARGE INGELES, Jan. 16 P)__Boxer Art Aragon jurrpndfred to the Police ,fter being indicted by County Grand Jury vf >trrfliv on a felony charge of offering welterVP i S ht Dick Goldstein a bribe to l° s e a fight that never to °k place m last
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      21 5 V Jan. IT, (AP) mntbatten of Burndent m Chief fohn Ambu'ance visit brigade dia dvi ;p abroad begin- rday.
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      18 5 Jan. 16 CUP)— nanan Peebles, 57, of the ChrbtZealand. Star and pectealy yesterrn;r.s m his New York
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      22 5 KIRO. Jan. 16 .thoritic -'■'<-'•' pi minors un--howincs of m 'Rock The ban read si eked traffic of the city on
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    Lock icon SHIRLEY WEARS HER BIRTHDAY SUIT
    62 5 photo. 2 BRITISH blonde film and television personality C Shirley haton. now under contract to the J. Arthur i Z Rank Oi camzation. photographed on Jan. 11. on the Z 2 eye of her 20th birthday. Miss Katon has just com2 plated her latest role
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    Lock icon 11 POLICEMEN ON MURDER CHARGE
    165 5 Sequel To Village Shooting JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UP)— Eleven Israeli border policemen went on trial before a military tribunal today on charges of murdering 47 inhabitants of the Arab village of Karr Hassim last Oct. 29. The charges were laid against the police commander and
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    Lock icon Their Eyelashes Ice Up
    68 5 photo. THESE three fearsome looking beings would be a lot handsomer if they took off their protective masks but they'd get frost bitten. They are Eskimos working on United States Air Force installations near Bethel, Alaska. m a temperature 82 degrees below freezing and 70-miles-an-hour gales.
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    Lock icon 43 Greeks Win Air 'Battle'
    107 5 >tland. Jan. B 'nice Greek n Ather I a battle I what they "<ioo" plane. lour-en-i) operated by charter com■t*. m Air Lines I at Prestwick M or a 10- ns. I Ifhi was I engine :o break- down. Ground personnel at the airport cheeked
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    13 5 I ,ict crashed I la. Air roref killing the dicers aboard. AP
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    Lock icon NOW CHINESE ARE TAUGHT TO COOK-SOVIET STYLE
    93 5 NOW CHINESE ARE TAUGHT TO COOK-SOVIET STYLE MOSCOW. Jan 15 (IP). M. F. Fatov, master rhrf at Leningrad's Motropolc Hotrl recently received a decoration from the Chinese Government for teaching Chinese cooks how to make Borscht He spent several months m Peking in-sh-m'tini; the Chinese how to make such savoury
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    Lock icon Dag To Report Sinai Pull-Out
    53 5 NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (Reutrr> Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. the United Nations Secretary-General, will report tomorrow on the state of withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Sinai desert, it was officially announced yesterday. The General Assembly last November called for the withdrawal of Israel behind the
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    Lock icon ISRAEL WILL NOT SIT WITH FOLDED ARMS
    158 5 JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UP)— lsrael radio warned yesterday the Jewish State will "defend itself" if Egypt attempts to renew the Akaba Gulf blockade. The broadcast, replying to a Cairo radio threat to destroy all Israeli ships entering the strategic gulf, said Israel "will
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    Lock icon Stalin's Body Is Still There
    133 5 MOSCOW. Jan. 16 (UP> A long line of patient Russians plodded yesterday through the Lenin-Stalin tomb m Red Square when it opened for the first time Since the end of November when it was closed for repair There was speculatlpn at the time that Stalin
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    Lock icon Macmillan's First Big Move
    270 5 Britain To Participate In Tree Trade Area' LONDON, JAN. 16 (AP)_ Prime Minister Mr. Harold Macmillan m his first major diplomatic move today pledged British participation m a revolutionary "Free Trade Area" aimed at tumbling most of Europe's tariff walls. j Authoritative sources said Mr. Macmillan
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    Lock icon Deported U.S. Red In Court
    139 5 NEW YORK. Jan. 16 (AP) —Irving Potash. 54, a Communist leader deported from the United Staces m 1955. pleaded guilty m the Federal Court on Tuesday to illegally re-entering the Uni:ed States. Judge Sidney set Friday for sentencing. The maximum penalty could be two years'
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    123 5 BELFAST, Northern Ireland Jan. 16 (Reuter) Northern Ireland Police yesterday detained the first woman m connection with the current wave of violence across the border from the Irish Republic to Northern Ireland, believed to be the work of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Police said
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    64 5 UNITED NATIONS. Jan 16 (AP)— Spain on Tuesday claimed territorial right over the British naval fortress of Gioraltar. The qupstion was raised m the General Assembly's Trusteeship Committee during routine reports from nonselfgoverning territories. Spain's Pablo De Lojendio reserved his country's right to the territory, which Is
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    239 5 Japan's bid to solve S.A. racial problems UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 16 (UP) Japan suggested today that a committee of "Wise Men be set up to consult with the government of South Africa on"a possible solution to its racial problems. Dr. Koto Matsudaira. Japanese Ambassador to Canada, made the suggestion m
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    47 5 ROME, Jan. 16 (AP) Italy's glossy weekly magazines are predicting a springtime wedding for actor Henry Fonda and the vivacious Italian Baroness Afdera Franchettl. It would be tho fourth marriage for tho Hollywood s*ar and ttie first for the slight, 24-year-old brunette Baroness
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    63 5 STREET vendors m Butuan City, Mindanao. Philip, pine Islands, set np shop m the streets of thrir town despite more than 12 inthes of flood water. Residents of the Auusan Province took to boats as over-flowing rivers inundated most of Mindanao island. Torrential rains swept
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      478 6 Fellowship Service TT WAS a happy coincidence that just at this important phase m Malaya's political progress, its citizens m tho Fcdeiation and Singapore should have had their attention drawn to the need for fellowship and service m their community life. The reminder came from Mr. John Calif, visiting administrator
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      416 6 CEVERAL generations of Malayans have grown up m an atmosphere of religious tolerance, which has made them conscious of the various methods adopted by a variety of peoples to demonstrate their faith m and observance of the universal principles embodied m their respective religions. For years Malayans have joined
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    688 6 SHANS PLAN SECESSION FROM BURMA Rawlc Knox reports from ew Delhi FOLLOWING last month's border conferencr of the Shan and Kachin peoples, held m the Chinese province of Yunnan and attended by both the Chinese and Burmese Premiers, reports that the Shan States are preparing for a possible secession from
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    682 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA By TyfERGKR advocates m Singapore, who have been disoirited by Tunku Abdul Rahman's vehement and growing opposition to a "wedding" between members of the Malayan family, doubtless received with encouragement the Tunku's latest pronouncement m London when he said "The Federation would
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    833 6  - Free Market Worries New Zealand E. G WEBBER J» WELLINGTON years of selling meat, butter and cheese under bulk purchase and fixed-price arrangements with the United Kingdom, New Zealand farmers arc now exposed to the vagaries of a free market for all three. They are not exactly enjoying the experience.
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      47 7 PRFSIDENT HM MIOWER H! ILLS FOR:— SEW WEAPONS, f ,pK I\LLY GUIDE D USSILI S, MORE MILITARY B\>! M«»KI. AID TO FRIENDLY NATIONS MORE TRADE MORI ATOMIC POWER STATIONS MORI DOMESTIC pro.im is srcn .\s HIGHU IYS, SCHOOLS, Hf»l -INC- AND AGRICM II Xl
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      373 7 Record Peacetime Outlay Priority For Defence No Tax Cuts WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (AP) President Elsenhower today proposed to Congress a fight-if-we-must budget for next year, calling for an increase of more than US$2,00«,000,000 m military spending and a record peacetime outlay of U5571,800,000,000 m
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      63 7 SYDNEY. Jan. 16. (Reuter) —The stork has delivered a £500 (Australian currency) boy to a Punchbowl couple. He is Christopher Bruce Robinson, eighth child of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robinson, b! Punchbowl, an outer Sydney suburb. They got A£soo because Christopher Bruce was born on Dec.
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      75 7 MCCHORD AI R FORCE BASE, Washington. Jan. 16 <AP) A .spectacular multimillion dollar nre wrecked two big hangars and destroyed four planes early on Tuesday at this western Washington air base. The McChord information officer said a preliminary check pladed the airplane la*s above U553,000,000 and
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      79 7 HONOLULU. Jan. 16 (AP) Rufus L. Baker. 58. a civilian employee of the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty yesterdmy on a Federal charge that he imported an 18-year-old .Japanese schoolgirl into the United States for an immoral purpose. Bakar. indicted on four morals counts involving aliens on
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      55 7 MAIZURU. Japan. Jan 16 (AP>— Something new has been added to tho mail bags of Maizuru postmen a package of dried fish. The fish is tossed over fences to bribe vicious dogs. and postal authorities reoort not one caso of dog bite during the busy
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      114 7 Britain Is Against Secession BLANTYRE Nyasaland. Jan. 16 (Reuter)— Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. British Colonial Secretary, said yesterday that the British Government was opposed to the secession of Nyasaland from the Rhodesian Federation and that. m the government's opinion the Federation had come to stay. He made the statement during a
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      63 7 NEW DELHI. Jan. 16 (UP) —An Indian doctor claimed today he ha.s discovered a rare fruit which sustains a person for two months without further food. Dr. Praap Singh displayed the fruit which he said srows on the Indo-Tibetan border of Almora. He said it ta>ted
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      114 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (AP). A husband yesterday contest his wife's will which left him only US$l because she had said, he shared her "antipathy for men who profit from their wives' posses IiOHS." Mrs. Esther Bell Wheeler lmparato died last Dec.
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      409 7 U.S. FOREIGN AND PROGRAMME HALF TO ASIAN NATIONS 'Need To Meet The Changing Situation' WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (AP)— Nearly half of the r554.3tf3.000.000 worldwide military and economic assistance programme President Elsenhower asked from Congress today would go to Asian nations. Administration officials said that 40 to 50 per cent of
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      119 7 ALGIERS, Jan 16 (AP) Nationalist rebels struck three times m this capital city last nigh:, injuring five persona and setting fire to a big suburban garage. Elsewhere m Algeria, a slight rise was noted m individual attacks by rebels. Mili:ary authorities throughout the country were on
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      148 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UP)— President Eisenhower today ordered redoubled efforts to perfect atomic and hydrogen power for peaceful uses; Proposing a record U. 5.52,300,000,000 sp c n ding budget for the Atomic Energy Commission, the President also: Scheduled new high production of all kinds of
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      36 7 PHOENIX. Arizona, Jan. 16. <AP) Two former women ambassadors Clare Boothe Luce and Perle Mcsta— are m Phoenix for treatment at a beauty and rest salon that caters to society figures.
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      176 7 NICOSIA, Jan. 16 (AP) Greek Cypriots staged sporadic strikes throughout the island yesterday to mark the seventh anniversary of the 1950 unoflkial plebiscite calling for union of Cyprus with Greece. Some students also skipped classes. Only two incidents were reported yesterday. Three masked
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      113 7 success straight back and firm limbs j|C/^^ [(tributes of he.ilthy child H !^K hich give him the basis Z& J LACTOGEN gives such did results because it rs a v Ac v V^'^BBw Monamau Sabri m -balanced milk food, bin 7.akana. i Kuala Pilah. prfpared from pure full-cream cow* milk
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      147 7 1957 1958 Income US $70,600,000,000 US $73, 600, 000, 000 Expenditure 68,900.000,000 71,800,000,000 Surplus 1,70 0,000,000 1,800,000,000 Year-end debt 270,600,000,000 269,200,000,000 Do you still wind Jmm your watch j^M Winding a watch is a nuisance. Outmcded!, >; Unnecessary! But ycu never have to '^^^^^^m wind a Mido. It starts winding
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    571 9 TO MEET GROWING NEED A SINGAPORE factory i s turning cU f more and more -lywood to meet L growing need for this product m Malayan as well as overseas industries. ,n£ to Mr. J. R. manager of The Plywood Co. product is light
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    171 9 FROM Australia comes the news of an extraordinary performance set up by a production Standard Ten Saloon. Driven by well-known British racing driver Ken Wharton, together with local Australian drivers Harry Firth and Ernie Abbott, the car covered 818 miles between dawn and dusk of
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    322 9 S'PORE HAS LABOUR FOR INDUSTRY SINGAPORE has a lot of labour which is either skilled or capable of becoming skilled an asset m its plans for industrialization m the view of Dr. Francis Godwin. Dr. Godwin, Director of the Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, is spending three weeks
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    232 9 Dock At London Airport A SPECIAL maintenance dock has been built at British Overseas Airways Corporation's Head Maintenance base at London Airport for use by the 8.0.A.C. fleet of Britannia turboprop airliners. Filling a section of a vast hangar, the dock consists of a superstructure of platforms, gantries and overhead
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    184 9 HIGHER operational costs have resulted m lower profit for Leong Hin San, Ltd. which reported a profit for 1956 of $265,217. a drop of $88,173 on the previous year. The chairman, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. said that factors which contributed to the reduced profit were the lower crop
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    51 9 SINCE the war Holland has become an increasingly industrialized country. One of the industries which has become important, the ma' nufacture of rayon, has it 3 centre at Emmen m the eastern province of Dranthe. Photo shows one of the cone' machines at the Enkalon Works at
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    130 9 A MALAY import and export firm will be started m Singapore soon by the local Malay Chamber of Commerce. Tuan Hamid Allwie, president of the Chamber, told the Standard yester- day a meeting would be held tomorrow to discuss the formation of the firm. He said
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    257 9 BRITISH shipyards booked two million grass tons of new merchant ship orders m 1956. it was announced by Sir James McNeil, president of the Shipbuilding Conference. About 30^ of that total, he said, was work for foreign accounts The total order book stood at
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    84 9 THREE exhibitions will be held m the United Kingdom this year to publicize Malayan industries, particularly Malayan tin viining. The first exhibition, to be held m Malaya House, London, this vionth, will be a general display oj Malayan industries. Malayan tin will b f on display at
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    42 9 NEW YORK Jan. IS <UP>— Dow-Jones closing averages: STOCKS: .10 Industrials 484 75 20 Rails ***** 15 Utilities 69.33 65 Stocks 171.70 BONDS: 40 Bonds 89 76 The Dow.Jones commodity futures index (1924-26) average equals 100) closed at 162.76.
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    59 9 BRITISH-MADE ballpoint pens containing a new ink and some test inks are on their way to the Antarctic for severe climatic testing by members of the British expedition taking part m the International Geophysical Year activities there. The manufacturers of the pens said that they were
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      603 9 NOTICES ANNOUNCEMENT BERJUNTAI TIN DREDGING LIMITED. RAWANG TIN FIELDS LIMITED. RAWANG CONCESSIONS LIMITED. (Companies Incorporated m the Federation of Malaya) AT the Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of each of the above-mentioned three Companies held on 15th January, 1957, the appropriate resolutions to implement the amalgamation proposals were formally accepted
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    547 10  - She feasts on POTATOES Audrey Frost I EISA HAS NO BEAUTY SECRETS by —to look her best A GLAMOUR girl with a 91-55-91 figure. Can you imagine it? These are the measurements of Italy's latest beauty c?x-model with the little-girl-lost look, Elsa Martinelli. She told me so herself. •But don't
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    63 10 1 T^ORIS DAY was heart--broken over the theft of her handbag. In a shop she put it down while she wrote a cheque. When she had finished the bag had gone. "All my luinnings from my trip to Las Vegas were m that purse," she wailed- When
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    557 10 Ripped Up BIKINIS —Tore To FAME < Bridget Jones meets Jayne Mansfield m Hollywood \N elegant orchid-pink felt cat with a rhinestone collar and emerald eyes stared at me from its propped up position on JAYNE MANSFIELD'S settee. A marmalade one, 4ft. high and made of china, was sitting against
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    411 10  - Secrets of Air, Water M. A. Glasgow LONDON AIR and water being indispensable to life on this planet, scientists are trying to ensure that both of these elements become as pure as possible. There is still much to be done before that task is completed, but already considerable progress can
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    367 11 Owens' Trophies To Top School Athletes FDSF a*u "Jesse Owens" trophy which set the Amateur Athletic Associations of Malaya and Singapore a poser as to how and to whom It should be awarded is meant to be awarded to the school boy or school girl who shows the most promise
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    56 11 Today's Sport HOCKEY SHA KO competition: I. A. vs. SCC at Padang: Friendly, SCC vs. RAF, Singapore at RAF. TABLE TENNIS Singapore Table Tennis Association lntcr-Busincss House Leogyie. City Bank Chfb PS. Union Merchants Tailors. Shell SC V» Mansfield SC at 7.30 p.m. W. H. Dan and Co. SC VS.
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    303 11 Indon B'ton Ace Flies In Says By KEN TOFT t«o INDONESIA'S rei nin ff badminton champion, 19-year-old schoolboy, Tan Hock flew into Singapore yesterday en route to Calcutta for the East Indian Championships, and said: "I want to meet the Singapore champion." I This
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    155 11 INTER UNIT HOCKEY TWELVE Army units m Singapore Will play m the Singapore /one of the FARELF Inter-unit hockey competition, duo to begin on Feb. 1. champions of the Singapore Zone will later meet thencounterparts from Hongkong and Malaya mi n the final round. The dates of the Singapore zone
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    155 11 O'Brien Arriving By PAA Today THE man who ran hurl a 16 lbs. bail of steel further than any other person m the world will demonstrate his dynamic technique to Malayan sportsmen this week He is Parry O'Brien, 25-year-old American athlete, world and Olympic record holder for the shot putt
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    53 11 FOLLOWING arc officebearers of the Dockyard League Football Association: Mr. R. Cain (Chairman), Mr. R. Wood (Hon. Sec), Mr. L. Girdlestone (Ihm. Trea.) Mr. G. Gopal Pillai (Match Sec). Mr. M. K. Mydecn (Referee appointment Sec). Associations and Clubs wishing to arrange matches are requested to contact Mr.
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    76 11 MELBOURNE. Jan. 16 (Reuter) Bookings from Australia for the 1060 Olymp c Games at Rome arr already flowing into travel agencies. One agency alone has l."> 0 reservations for Olympic trips, which include a 15-day stay m Rome plus a 25-day tour of European countries, ending m London.
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    27 11 WELLINGTON. New Zealand, Jan. 1H (Renter) Wellington beat Northern Districts by nine wickets m their Plunket Sheild inter province cricket match which ended here today.
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    25 11 HOLYOKE. Massachuoetls. Jan. 16 (Renter^ Ewart Pot-i--otcr, giant South African boxer, was outpointed by American Jeff Dyer over ten rounds here last night.
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    277 11 Jezzard May Quit Soccer LONDON. Jan. 16 (AP) Bedford Jczzard, erstwhile centre-forward scoring star for Fulham, says he may quit soccer. He is the man Fulham refused to sell to Stoke City for a reported £27,000 two years ago. Jczzard also is the player who came back from last July's
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      394 11 Standard's JOSSWORD PUZZLE TLLFS 15 mascot is mad e of lead oxide 11 run on the underground? N< h (4-4) 17. (;:ve thanks to valet for port icy nonagenarians? 1S 'ft huntsmen (7) Ch fibre comes JJ (nve: y a! ■»> 4 <7> a lady sat on a ride 0
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      279 11 rpODAf s QUOTATION: X "The night M Imiik that ■ever Hiuls the tlay." Sbakmprare. Till KSDAY FOR EVERYONE: Those who are active. resourceful, conscientious will get the most accomplished. However, be guarded against complications. involvements, haste. upsets. Be kind, patient, diplomatic VOIR KIRTIIDATB AND HIRTII^KiN ARlKS— March 21 to April
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      447 12 While The Footballers Wait THE most striking tiling about the opening fortnight of the 1957 soccer season has been that while very little football activity has happened some folks are talking and behaving as though some radically new football development had shown itself. The
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      236 12 SAFA The Schools In the case of the schools, SAFA has expressed its willingness to assist the schools insofar as training and coaching are concerned. It is now up to the schools to play hall w th SAFA. There can be no doubt that the youngsters will learn much from
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    187 12 bINGAFORK should take part In the next Asian Games soccer competition. M. J. Rathnam, captain p( the Hunters' Football Club of Mysore said yesterday. Mr Rathnam said he was surprise! that ..there was no improvement m the standard of soccer m the Colony since his first
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    538 12 A TOTAL of 128 horses— 59 from Class Three, and 6.* from Class Four has been entered for the Selangor Turf Club's Jan. Feb. Meeting on Jan. 26, 31 and Feb. 2. Fur? entries are as follows: HORSES CLA** THRI E i-i
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    93 12 THERE will be seven races on the first and third days, and eicht races on the second. Following is the schedule of racing: First Day: Class 3, Divs. 1 and 2 5i furlongs, seven furlongs. Class 4, Divs. 1. 2 and 3 seven furlongs. Second Day: Class 3.
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    2002 12  -  WINSOR LAD Beechnut Pips Stablemate On The Post To Pay $57 By DSFD TOTAL P00L—5244,138 Ist Prize: *****5 i $68,241) 2nd Prize: *****5 (534.120) 3rd Prize: *****3 (§17,060) Starters ($2,437 each): Nos. *****0, *****7, 3003,10, *****8, *****1, *****0, *****7. Consolation Prizes ($l,OOO each): Nos. *****6. *****1,
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    206 12 Ipoh— 2nd Day, Wed., Jan. 16, 1957. Going-Good Race Horse Dividend Til "c Distance Race 1 54 F. Toiyar (I) 807 Larkin SlB/« i LloDlvJ Mon.y B»e (7) 8.09 18/ -r Paternon Happy Court (5) 808 H* a Ransomp $1!)/Kat 2— 3s F. T h<> Whistler
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    235 12 Colony XI Slam Hunten SINGAPORE humbled the Hunters Football Club of Mysore by 3—o m a friendly match at Jr.'an Besar Stadium yesterday. It was the Hunter's farewell performance m the Colony. They play at Muar tomorrow. The Singaporeans furnished a better brand of soccer than the visitors m the
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    100 12 Lin drum Sponsors Found SINGAPORE'S Amateur Billiard Association has at^ last found sponsors to bring world renown billiard player, Walter Lindrum out to Singapore. ThLs was disclosed to the Standard yesterday by Mr Soh Ghee Soon, President of the Association, who said that Messrs. Wong Kok Siang and Tan Say
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    46 12 MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Jan. 15 (Router)— Joe Brown (New Orleans), world lightweight boxing champion, will defend his title against former champion Wallace 'Bud.' Smith (Cincinnati) here on Feb. 13. Mr. Chris Dundee, promoter, said last night. Brown took the title from Smith last August.
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