Singapore Standard, 24 December 1957

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  • 232 1 Now Holland takes its case to the U.N. IH HAGUE, Dec. 23 The Netherlands Govern. sked its representative at the United Nations secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold hr situation in Indonesia, Mr. Joseph Luns I orrij-n Minister, announced in parliament ho was making a Government declarathe Second Chamber (Lower ment, said
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  • 59 1 23 i UP) iRn Office It la dlst] reply to lest that it hips from usa.s a base. lined to specunts of BriBut unofficial d Britain n the facilities nt( d to Dutch h Ports. logy of thr confronted with a touchy was no
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  • 29 1 CONVICTS' GIFTS FOR HOMELESS CITY. Mis- < Urutcr) Con- j te penitentiary warden, Mr. 'mas shopructi ins to buy [ifts for home- ren I saved the wancea 'hoy work shops.
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  • 101 1 23 «Rcutcr> I :abeth rehearsed 1-c tm, Norfolk, tmas after- to tho Com- j i which is fo r the year being Britain. I ideastini Cor•r> checked t rat us lnstalme d urine tho i rrnorted every- TV. Engineers will stand by at Sandringham until the end
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  • 952 1 Four New Councillors, 8 Youths Taken ToTfokce Station PAP men keep Council waiting and inaugural meeting is postponed FOUR newly elected Peoples Action Party City Councillors, including Mr. Ong En# Guan, tipped as the Mayor, were taken m a Black Maria to the Central Police Station
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  • 192 1 TAIPEI, Dec. 23 (UP) Premier O.K. Yui was impeached today by the ConYuan, Nationalist China's highest watchdog body, on a five-count charge, it was reliably learned. The Control Yuan impeached the Premier after he refused to appear before the meeting of the body members for
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  • 74 1 THREE Singapore Telephone Board cablemen were attacked last night by 10 secret society thugs at Kirn Pong Road. They had Just completed repairs to some telephone cables near the King's Theatre. While they waited for transport home, the thugs set upon them. Wireman Sim Seong Tang,
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  • 36 1 SIR Hugh Foot. Governor of Cyprus, will fly to London on Dec. 31 to report to Mr. Allan Lennox-Boyd. Secretary of State for the Colonies, it was officially announced m Nicosia last night.
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  • 79 1 PAP Councillor for lions Lte, Mr. On? En? Guan. and the man who is tipped to bp the first Mayor of Singapore, has an argument with City President. Mr. J. T. Rea, after beins informed that the Council meeting has been postponed.
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  • 236 1 No Permit To Travel, Says Covt. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Seventy-seven students, two teachers and five other adults, now spending their Christmas vacation m Port Dickson, are facing prosecution under the school tours regulations of the Education Ordinance. A Government Pre.-s ;tatement said today that they
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  • 80 1 IPOSI. Mon. Arthiappan. 21. was produced before Magistrate Tuan Syed Hussein Jamalullil here today on a charge of kidnapping a wealthy Singapore contractor, Mr. Appavoo Kandiar Arthiappan was alleged to have committed the offence at Serangoon Road. Singapore, with the intent to have Mr. Kandiar "secretly
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  • 223 1 PORT SAID. Dec. 2H TUP) President Gamal Abdel Nasser today revealed a plot by "imperialism" to overthrow his regime. He said the plot, which took place recently, failed and his government had been kept informed of Its progress every steo along the way. He
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    • 593 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 103 of the Municipal Ordinance that the plan, specification, estimate and apportionment of expenses of the works of making up and draining of Martaban Road from Ba'.estier Road to 2nd Reserve Road m the City of Singapore have
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    • 347 2 TENDER NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS. 1. WATER DEPARTMENT (EXTENSION WORKS): Tender lor the purchase of surplus civil engineering plant includ.ng 2' 6" gauge diesel locomotives, rails and rolling stock Muir Hill Dumpers. 6 cyl. Caterpillar Diesel Engines. Stone Crushers etc. Tender Deposit $200/-. Close 12 noon— 2o/1/1958. 2.
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    • 180 2 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "D" registered contractors will be received by the State Engineer. Selangor, Kuala Lumpur up to 3 p.m. on 2nd January, 1958 for the supply and delivery of laterite metal Irom Bukit Badong Quarry for period 1.1.58 to 31.12.58. Full particulars are obtainable from office
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    • 128 2 CATHAY S XMA?| c Jj* .5 (t957 ROYAL COMMAND jp}^ I AROUND THE WORLD IN /^pA'i i/'i. I r iiX RLLED DAZE fe 7 I i</ A SOL C SlEGEtVlMuction '^jt//// A J f0) COLE PORTER'S FL'' f XES GIRLS*Iv& I GENE KELIfIIZI GAYNOR In 5% KAY KENDALL IIA Ofi
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  • 63 3 MR. MALCOLM Mac Donald. the British High Comsioner m India. ws.s entertained to lunch recently at Malaya House, New Delhi, by the High Commissioner for Malaya m India, Mr. S. Chelvasingam Maclntyre. Seated from left: Mrs. M?.?lntyre, Mr. Mac Donald and Mrs. Abdullah. Standing from left: Mr. Chelvasingam
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  • 124 3 A CHINFSE wayang songstress, Lim Poh Choo, at present serving a term of imprisonment on narcotic charges, successfully applied for bail m ihe Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Justice Chua granted bail of $1,600 m two sureties pending appeal on the application of
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  • 117 3 700 Tin Workers Get The Sack SUNGEI LEMBING, Mon. Nearly 100 employees of the Pahang Consolidated Tin Mines, the largest of its kind m the Far East, have received dismissal notices. The notices stem from implementation of the International Tin Agreement, The Standard was told. Employees representatives have already met
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  • 39 3 THE Postmaster-Generai announced yesterday that the special ten-cent postage stamps issued on Aug. 31 to commemorate Merdeka will be withdrawn from sale at all post offices m the Federation and at the Singapore G.P.O. after Dec. 31.
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  • 208 3 NEW WAGE GRATUITY AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNED NEXT MONTH ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED employees of 11 Singapore banks will get a new gratuity. An agreement to this effect has been reached betwe?n the Singapore Bank Employees Union and the bank managements. According
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  • 220 3 My Interpreter Was Disallowed, He Says A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday complained to a Singapore Criminal District Judge that the Changi Prison authorities had refused him the facilities of his own interpreter when he visited a client last Friday. Mr. Marshall made this
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  • 126 3 Lincolns Kill One, Wound Second Red KUALA LUMPUR. Men. A patrol of the Ist Battalion. Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, killed one and wounded another of two terrorists they contacted m the Ipoh district of Perak last night. The wounded terrorist escaped. The dead terrorist has been identified as Chi Hur>g. Two
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  • 80 3 Thief Also Used Victims Motor-Cycle KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police reported today that a thief stole valuables worth $425 from a house m Gombak last night and rode away on the motor-cycle belonging to the victim. The motor-cycle, worth more than $1,500, was later found abandoned m Pahang Road. At Serendah,
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  • 54 3 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. Mr. A.K. Tidmarsh,' Federation Amy civil labour officer, left for Britain by air this morning on termination of service. Mr. Tidmarsh. a member of the South-east Asia Guides arrived m Malaya on Jan 1 1946, with the liberation forces soon after the
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  • 117 3 PAHANG SULTAN INSPECTS FLOOD AREA KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Sultan of Pahang, Sir Abu Bakar, yesterday saw the flood ravage m his territory when he took a f>o-mile cruise down the Pahang River from the Royal Town of Pekan At the end of his survey of riverine kamnongs m a motor
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  • 324 4 MALACCA BUDGET MEETING AID MUST COME FROM REVENUES, SAYS FINANCIAL OFFICER MALACCA, Mon.— Presenting a budget of $7,345,--765, a surplus of $21,247, the Financial Officer Mr. A. H. Robson today appealed for more funds from the Federal revenue if the State was to survive financially m
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  • 139 4 Food Denial To Starve Out Fifteen Terrorists TELUK ANSON. Mon. Stringent food denial restrictions are being imposed m Jendaratta village and the surrounding area as an all-out rampaign to starve out 15 terrorists still operating m the Hutan Melintang Forest Reserve. Residents of Jendaratta village, tappers and squatters from the
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  • 76 4 IOU Notes For $2,000 Reported Lost PROMISSORY notes amounting to $2,000 wore reported stolen from a Singapore watehman*a steel trunk m Bukit Timah Road on Sunday night. The watchman, Gurdit Sinsh. 58, had loft the notes m a locked trunk before going to work. When h«r returned the following morning,
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  • 117 4 $92,000 FOR THE GOVERNOR MALACC A. Mon.— Estimates m next year's budget include provision for Governor Mr. Leons Yew Koh's personal expenditure of 592.000 and 548.000 for the Chief Minister Dato Osman bin Talib. This comprises salaries of $4,000 a month for the Governor and entertainment allowances of $350, private
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  • 216 4 A SINGAPORE judge. Mr, S K. Loo, yesterday deferred sentence to Friday to enable a War Department chief vierk. Harold Chua. 31, to spend Christmas with hia family. Chua. who had been employed m the War Department Hiring and Disposal Section for 1!
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  • 90 4 Three Youths Sent To Reformatory A SINGAPORE District Judge, Mr. J. F. McW.lliam. yesterday warned three youths that extor ion w&s a .serious crime. "This sort of ofTenco Is prevalent m the Colony, particularly amonn youths of your age." Mr. McWilliam said. The Judge said this when he sentenced them
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  • 334 4 MALACCA, Mon.— The Stale Government is faced with I deficit of mrre than 53.000.0C0 by 191-0 m its new budget policy to meet education expenditure, unless more revenue is derived from the Federal Government and from local sources. In the first budget meeting
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  • 69 4 No Application Ponnuduray THE C hlef Returning Officer, Mr. M. Ponnuduray. said yesterday that he had not received an application from either the Peoples* Action Party or its candidate asking for recounting of votes m the Sepoy Lines division A PAP. spokesman earlier said he was asking for a recount
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  • 54 4 CHIEF Minister Mr. Lim Vow Hock will preside at a tea party to celebrate the b »lden jubilee of the Indian Bank Limited, at the Sea View Hotel on Friday at 5 p.m. Pound m 1907 In Madras. the bank has a total of 121 branches,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1118 4 £>tandcird cMlmanac V at .t Information at a Glance Spore Diary }aJ c Mem^ WJ&X^VUJSt me. weigntatung and judo A (KnfTlos Q«ay): Chinese Som the iSStet 5 ao P riJSI? i-idctice lor juniors under m cooking class mno m L^ i;«-5 years -.30 p.m. Malay class and Raffle Mu^.ini otamfonl
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  • 195 5 SAMBANTHAN MAY INVOKE POWERS TO DISSOLVE BRANCHES KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malayan Indian Congress has warned all its branches that party president Mr. V.T. Sambanthan will invoke his "powers of office" and dissolve branches and suspend members who fail to obey party regulations. Fhib "get tough"
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  • 255 5 Parties Gird Up For Big Polls Fight BENTONG, Mon. For the first time m the town's history, a Labour Party candidate will contest the polls for one of two Town Council seats m the Ketari Ward here Polling Day is on Jan. 15. He is Che Basir Bin Mat, 31,
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  • 130 5 EXPLORER AS AMERICAN ENVOY KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The United States is to have a deputy chief of mission m Malaya. He is Mr. Arthur S. Emmons. who has been 19 years m the foreign service. He will be N-o. 2 to Ambassador Homer M. Byington, Jr. Mr. Emmons. 47, was
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  • 25 5 T. N DEV r ADASON, retired pensioner, of 6. Pari Garden. Ipoh. expired on 23.12.1957. Funeral service at his residence at 4 p.m. today.
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  • 154 5 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) mi n Singapore yesterday were: fiuyers Sellers Spot (nom.) 831 83? R.S.S. No. 1 83A 83i February R.S.S. No. 1 83\ 83] R.S.S. No. 2 January 80,' 811 R.S.S. No 3 December ISi 78A Tone: Dull. The price of tin m Singapore
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  • 30 5 THE first fully-integrated forestry utilization industry m the British Isles is now m operation, with the opening of a new insulation board mill at Queensferry, North Wales.
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  • 63 5 MALACCA. Mon. The State Financial Officer, 36--year-old Mi A.H. Robson. leaves hue on retirement early next year to become a barrister. Mr. Robson, who Is one of the youngest expatriates to retire unc*er Maiayanization. will be going to Australia to study law. for three years. He
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  • 155 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The East Coast flood situation has eased considerably and the entire state of Kelantan is now practically clear of floods. Following are reports reaching the Federal Police headquarters today Pahang: Kuantan-Sungei Lembing Road-Sungei Charu Bridge and 2nd mile, Nada Estate-subsided, passable to
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  • 67 5 PENANG. Mon. The Penang Municipal Services Union nas made a request that emnlc: ees m the junior service ar:d their wives be provided with a free passage to India. Pakistan or Hongkong after serving for 25 years. This was stated m the union's annual report, which
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  • 86 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Selangor division of the United Malays National Organization has planned a mammoth welcome home for Malaya's representative to the United Nations, Inche Abu Bakar bin Baginda. when he arrives m Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Inche Abu Bakar is expected to
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  • 81 5 Sardon Gives $100 Towards R.I. Relief KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Contributions to the Indonesian relief fund are coming m as a result of Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman's recent appeal. Among the contributors was the Minister for Works. Inche Sardon bin Jubir. who sent m $100. U.M.N.O. headquarters has opened a
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  • 54 5 A SINGAPORE pawnshop assistant, his eyes smarting from pepper thrown at him chased and later detained a snatch thief until the Police arrived m Nanking Street yesterday. The thief was alleged to have snatched a watch worth $220 from the assistant after throwing a packet of
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    • 406 5 Christmas Services ST WDRKWS CATHBOKAL OIR SWIOIRS CHI XCII MANDARIN SPKAKINO Christmas Eve- 4 .'M p.m. Blessing Christmas K\e: 7 p.m Carol Ser- o\< Kl 1 1<>\ of the Crib and Children's Christ- vice ST. ANDBBW't) CATIIKDRAL mas Tree Service. 11. 30 p.m. Mid- Christinas Day: 8 am. Holy Com-
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 513 6 O one will be impressed by the excuses which are being plaintively offered to account for the ignoble defeat which the Labour Front and the Liberal-Socialists suffered m the City Council elections on Saturday last. It is always easy to be wise, or pretend to be so, after
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    • 446 6 SINGAPOREANS who have been used to the dignity maintained by City Councillors of a previous era are shocked and nauseated by the behaviour of the new type of 'democratic' councillors, who made a sorry spectacle of themselves outside the City Hall yesterday. The staid old ways are
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  • 718 6 First Seed of West Indies Federation J. M. Spey, former News Editor of The Trinidad Guardian, begins the first of a series of articles on the \l est Indies Federation. A QUARTER of a century ago I saw the first seed sown from which has grown the vigorous plant of
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  • 597 6 From A Special Correspondent In Baghdad r PHE decision of the International Oil Consortium to construct a pipeline terminal on thp Persian Gulf with a deep water harbour capable of accommodating supertankers of up to 100,000 tons, is a momentous one, for it affects a question of
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  • 299 6 Sir Alexaiider Grantham, the popular outgoing Governor of Hongkong, recently ventured to say that anti-Communists among the Colony's three million Chinese were not by definition pro-Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist Press bluntly accused him of trying to curry favour with Peking. But although on Chinese holidays Communist and
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  • 1069 6  -  Edward Crankshaw -By "There it no appetite m the Soviet Union mo oble than the appetite for reading. The Russi* everything and everywhere m the trams, m J^"* d ground, on seats m the parks, waiting m queues U der rant tables. Wherever you go, to whatever office
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  • 122 7 Guided Missiles For Jap Planes TOKYO, Dec. 23 (Reuter)—Japan will go ahead with plans to equip its air force with "Sidewinder" air-to-air guided missiles but will not allow the stationing of missiles with atomic or nuclear warheads m Japan, the Prime Minister, Mr. Nobusuke Kishi, told the Japanese Diet today.
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  • 119 7 Fires Cause 'Tremendous' Damage SYDNEY, Dec z\\ (Reuter)— Huge fires burning out of control m central Western New South Wales have caused huge stock losses and wiped out more than 100,000 acres of grazing country. The fires burning on five fronts have cut off the rail link between Sydney and
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  • 53 7 SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. 23 (Reuter) Twenty-one pe'op'^ died and 31 were Injured. many seriously, when two buses were involved \n head-on collision 40 miles east of here yettsreay. The Health Ministry ordered two helicopters to carry blood plasma to the San Antonio Po t~l for
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  • 64 7 DIJON, Dec. 23 (Reuter).— M. Robert Paysan, pork butcher of Conliege near here, thinks he must have set a record with the sausage he "built" for a Paris restaurant which ordered it for the New Year festivities. It is nearly six feet long, eighteen inches m
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  • 29 7 SO many families m Melbourne want orphan children to spend Christmas with ihem that nearly all orphanages m Victoria will be empty for the next few weeks. (Reuter)
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  • 33 7 THE 19,930-ton Cunard liner Scythia, which made her maiden voyage to New York m 1921, docked m Southampton yesterday after her last Atlantic crossing. She will probably be broken up.- Reuter
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  • 281 7 East-West Talks Move By Reds Hailed 'Christmas Present For The World' LONDON, Dec. 23 (Reuter)— The majority of British newspapers today reacted favourably to the Soviet proposals for EastWest talks and the mass circulation Daily Mirror's front page headlines "Christmas Present The Whol- World Is Waiting For* summed up the
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  • 265 7 Beky Of The Streets In Tlie Midst Of High Fashion LITTtE Miss Beky. (above), a refugee from Communist North Vietnam and a street peddler m Saigon, is seen m her simple peasant dress sitting before an easel. Beky her real name is Nguyen Thi Be is
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  • 37 7 THE DELEGATE 3 fro m the Soviet Union. Communist China. Mongolia. North Korea and North Vietnam hav<* arrived m Cairo by air from Moscow to attend the "AfroAsian solidarity conference" which opens on Thursday. AFP
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  • 149 7 Bomb Girls (16 20 Yrs.) Sentenced To Death ALGIERS. Dec. 23 (Reuter) Two Moslem girls aged 16 and 20 were sentenced to death here yesterday for helping to plant time bombs which killed 10 people and injured 45 m two Algiers football stadiums last Feb. 10. Djouer Akrour, 20, was
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  • 312 7 'Just A Blank Part Of My Life' MELBOURNE. Dec. 23 (Reuter)— Mrs. June Valda Pike, 23. who "died" twice last Thursday, sat up m a bed at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital today and said, -It was just a blank part of my life
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  • 107 7 FIT SPRITELY AT 99 SYDNEY, Dec. 23 (Rcuter) A 99-year-old Londoner, who immigrp.ted to Australia m 1883, gave an exhibition of athletics when he arrived here today after his first flight. The Londoner, Mr. Alfred Phillips, given V.I.P. treatment, touched h?s toes and did the
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  • 27 7 A UNITED States airman was missing after a T-33 jet trainer crashed m Shikoku, Western Japan, on Sunday night. The co-pilot parachuted to safety.— Reuter
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  • 515 8 6 To 10 Squadrons In Ist Phase Of Programme, Says Gen. Norstadt NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Reuter) The United States is planning to station between six and ten squadrons of intermediate range ballistic missiles m Europe as a result of the decision
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  • 50 8 GENERAL view of conference room at the PaJais de Chaillot. m Paris, during the opening ceremony of NATO "summit" conference which has just ended. The heads of the delegations are seaed at the round table. In the back. Ii the Press Tribune, surmounted by a great earth globe.
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  • 284 8 ABOARD THE ISS TICOXDEROGA, Dec. 23 (IP) Vice Adm. Wallace M. Beakley, commander of the massive U.S. 7th Fleet, disclosed yesterday that the Navy will bolster its Far East striking force with nuclear-powered submarines "m the near future." Beakley also said that
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  • 25 8 A NEW YORK department store Santa Claus will not be around for Christmas. He was jailed for failing to sunnnri his wife.- Reuter
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  • 135 8 BANGKOK. Doc. 23 Router* T^e EnglLsh Language Bangkok World said today Nai Pole Surasin had decided to refuse a second term as Thai premier even if appointed by a unanimous vote m the new.v elected National Assembly. Last week it was learned a majority
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  • 146 8 CHRISTMAS IN THE HOLY LAND JERUSALEM. Jordan Sector. Dec. 23 i ßeuter) Hotels m this ancient city are crowded with tourists from all parts of the world who have come to attend C'hristma s ceremonies m th c Holy I and. Despite recent tension on the Israel border. Jordanian authorities
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  • 223 8 LONDON, Dec. 23 (AFP) Some wreckage and an emergency raft believed to have come from the Scottish cargo ship, "Narva," were spotted yesterday by rescue craft, but no sign of any survivors among the 28 crew members has been found. A
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  • 31 8 ONE MAN was killed and three injured m a fight last night between several hundred Africans of rival tribal factions at a goldmine near Johannesburg where they work.- Reuter
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  • 129 8 A-Bomb Makers Want More Pay LONDON, Dec. 23 (UP)— Scientists who made British atom and hydrogen bombs called yesterday for an immediate increase m salary. The Institute of Professional Civil Servants announced it plans to ask the Atomic Energy Authority to grant immediate raises to 4,000 top scientists whose current
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  • 42 8 NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (AFP) —Ruth Carol Taylor, '26, became the first Negro air hostess to work for an American airline company. She was hired by the "Mohawk Lines" which serve the north-eastern part of the United States.
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  • 80 9 CR ACKERS INCIDENT AT CITY COUNCIL STEPS LEADER of the PAP group m the newly elected Singapore City Council, Mr. Ong Ens Guan. with clenched fist, and gaping mouth, protest against Police intervention when his party supporters let loose a string of fire-crackers on the steps of the City Hall
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  • 124 9 7.V0 men, Lee Chuan j and On* Y.t, 28.' !h lined $5,000 m the! bftpore Third district relay for posses- pounds of 'opium C Tai Rhu beach on \'g Woo Liat Hock Kok. 37,! ted on a separate abetting Lee and jeni Cusi ins Officer, i-h
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  • 13 9 CROWN Prince Akihito of Japan yesterday rplphrat^d hie 24th birthday.- Reuter
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  • 327 9 Penang Holds Its First State Budget Meeting Probe Is On To Find More Revenue Sources PENANG, Mon The most stringent economy must be practised by government next year so that the State may be able to build up its reserves so essential for its future well-being,
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  • 144 9 No Staff To Teach Domestic Science PENANG, Mon. Mrs. Cheah Inn Kiong. nominated woman member, at the State Council meeting today asked her colleagues to reconsider forming a domestic science school for R.rls who "have been superannuated or are unable to complete their education m secondary schools." She said there
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  • 143 9 Tree On Flag Fails To Impress Him PiINANG, Mon.— Mr. Koh Sin Hock, nominated member of the State Council at today's meeting, said that the Pinang (betelnut) tree m the centre of the State flag looked more like a coconut palm. He was commenting on the report of the State
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  • 49 9 PENANG. Mon. Mr. H.S. Ong. who replaces Mr. F.G. Cooke. as Deputy Public Prosecutor, was sworn m as Legal Adviser. Penang. at the State Council meeting today. Mr. A.B.L. Clarke was sworn m a r State Financial Officer m place of Mr. D.A. Borrie.
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  • 141 9 MALAYS GET MORE TAXIS AND LORRIES PfcNANG, Mon Alliance State Councillor, Inche Nyak Hashim bin Nyak Puteh. at the State Council meeting today asked for more hackney carriage licences and haulage permits for Malays. He said that he had received several complaints from Malay applicants who told him that their
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  • 64 9 PENANG. Mon. A man's skeleton was dug up from a field at the Junction of McNair Street and Katz Street today by workmen engaged m building a new Chinese school. The skeleton is believed to be that of a victim of an air raid by
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  • 49 9 DEATH OF MR. DEVADASON IPOH. Mon.— The death ocrurred at the Batu Gajah hospital today of Mr. F. N. Dcvadason, father of Dr. J. L. Devadason. Acting Superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital. Tanjong Rambutan. The funeral will take place at the Connolly Road cemetery tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 250 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The scheme to produce higher-yielding padi varieties m the Federation under the draft Development Plan has been extended owing to excellent results received, the latest issue of the Malayan Agricultural Journal stated. "Where there is a demand for short-grained rice,
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    • 110 10 This Torch Needs No Batteries A FIRM m Singapore has just introduced a fully tropicalized German made torchlight thai works without a battery, for home and industrial use. One feature of the lamp k hc "Accu-Lux"- la an illuminated attachable magnifying glass useful for photographers, philatelists watch repairers and others.
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    • 111 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York buying, T.T. IV2-3 4. OH. 32-7 8. 90 days credit bills 33-3 16 credit bills, :U-:? 16 trade bills Canada: buying, T.T ."2-n 8. O.D. 32-1 2. 90 days airmail 32-7
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    • 48 10 TIN-IN-CONCENTRATES delivered fiT>m mines m the Federation to Singarx>re. Pcnanc and Butterworth during last month totalled 4,^3 tons, against 3.027 tons m October. The total for the first 11 months of this year was M.460 tons, against 57.214 tons m the same period of 1058.
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    • 36 10 THE Malayan Sharebrokers Association. the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, the Malayan Exchange Ranks Association. the tin and produce markets will be closed tomorrow and on Thursday, for Christmas and Boxing Day holidays.
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    • 452 10 MORE PLANES FOR CPA TO MEET INCREASED TRAFFIC IN order to keep abreast of the continued progress of aviation and the increased demand from the travelling public to fly by Cathay Pacific Airways, the airline has ordered three more oircr aft from America. The new planes are two Lockheed Electros
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    • 105 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra Doc-Jan. UK' Continent $30 buyers. $30J sellers: coconut oil In bulk $49 sellers; m drums $53 sellers. Muntok white pepper $100 sellers Sarawak white $99 seller j special Sarawak black $64. Singapore Copra Association closing prices:
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    • 21 10 EXPERIMENTS are being made to plant quality tea m Muree Hills and Swat m West Pakistan and Azad Khshm:r.
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    • 137 10 ALL sections of the Malayan share market were very quiet yesterday with an easier tendency. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by *he Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fraser Neave Ords. 2 .60 2 65 fiammon 2.27 2.32 W. Hammer 2.15 2.20
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    • 248 10 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done: F. ft N. ords $2 63. 52.62 J. $2,671 overnight: Gammon $2.30. $2 27*. $2.31 J overnight. $2.22 odd lot overnight; H. Waugh $1 tiO overnight and yesterday; Hume ords AS 10. 9 10J: M Cement SI 29 odd lot overnight.
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    • 116 10 LEADING rice traders yesterday urged government to consider their proposal to suspend its monopoly oi importing Thai rice into Singapore. The General R.c e Importers Association has asked the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to heln them put this prooosal before the government. Singapore government restricted the
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    • 77 10 THE price of International first grade rubber for January shipment closed at 83$ cents per Lb, yesterday on a dull market. The price had remained unchanged for the second consecutive trading day since last Friday. Yesterday's market opened higher on overseas advices and eased on profit-taking.
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    • 50 10 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cents per lb. yesterday were Buyers Sellers International Jan. Spot f.o.b. 8.3$ 84J No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. B.l£ 84* Int. RS.S. No. 1 February 83 84 i January No. 2 81 81 No. 3 78i 78J Tone: Very quiet.
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    • 210 10 THE Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates Ltd. reported a profit of $452,864 for the year ended Aug. 31 compared with $406, 605, reflecting the lower selling price for rubber. This is revealed m the statement by the chairman, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan to be presented at
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    • 77 10 OUTER ROADS Schouten. Sirva. Raidja. Lovcem. Drente, Caltex Genoa, Nias, Norcverett Istco. Glory. INNER KOADS Hono Tat. Kirn Hai Seng, Torina. Rajah Brooke, N:w Coronation Selangor. New Susanna, Lucky Trader, Ang- korwat. Ch:at Soon. Bidor. Nangkachindr. SHB WHARVES Willem Ruys 1 Sukhona, Laertes. Sylvia Lykes, Havelstein 10.
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  • 888 12  -  DONALD ZEC jHhT A Purr and a Pout tfrom Paris Beiilnd Bardot's Irgn Curtain, Paris. WAS sitting on a dressingroom couch alongside the sensational Brigitte Bardot, who, because she is called the ''Sex- Kitten," was stretching, purring and scratching (me) to prove it. In fact, she was
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  • 229 12 FAMOUS actor-director Vittorio Dc Sica, who plays a co-starring role with Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones m the Ernest Hemingway story, A FAREWELL TO ARMS, says: "After seeing only a "rough cut". I am convinced that A FAREWELL TO ARMS shows every possibility of being a masterpiece.
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  • 121 12 rpHBBI have been "10 Best" lists on every conceivable subject m motion pictures, and it was inevitable that there should be a list of ten best mothers! List was given It the press m England by the veteran actress Barbara F.verest. currently playing Kay Mil land's
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  • 301 12  - THE HOLLYWOOD LOWDOWN UNKNOWN iy YTAR.YER Bros, troupe thootina ACROSS THE HI GLADES m Flond.i il >orfc I town that the cast and crtUJ «r*' I I o tent] ...Marilyn Monroe is m Hollywood to 20th-Fox' remake of "Blue Anax trill three tunes Leading th< of-the-Month m national mags s
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  • 163 13 Prince Aly Tops The Winning Owners' List PARIS. Dec 23. (Reuter).—Prince Aly Khan topped the winning owners' list with 68 victories worth over £64.000 sterling m the 1957 flat racing season, according to statistics published yesterday by the French stewards. The wins were gained m France and Britain. M. Francois
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  • 26 13 HANOVER. West Germany, Dec. 23 (Reuter)— West Germany defeated Hungary by one goal to nil m a soccer international watched by 85,000 here yesterday.
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  • 688 13  -  ARCHIE LEDBROOKE MY GREATEST THRILL OF 1957 Time Was Up— Except For 105 Precious Seconds BH LONDON, Mon. r PHE noise was like the drumming of a nightmare. The flags waved m a riot of orange and green. TIME WAS UP, and Eire were
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  • 69 13 Photo. BILLY 'Spider' Kelly ducks to avoid an onslaught from Jimmy Brown and lifts his opponent clear off his feet during their 10 round lightweight contest at the Kings Hall. Belfast, Ireland, last month. With blood streaming from his eyes, Kelly, ex-British and Empire lightweight champion,
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  • 154 13 LONDON. Dec. 23 (AFP) Ingemar Johansson (Sweden) will defend his European heavyweight title against the British champion, Joe Erskine (Cardiff) on February 14. This was annouunced by the Swedish promoter, Mr. Eddie Ahlquiest, m London, yesterday. He said that the fight would be
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  • 70 13 Breasley To Ride In Melbourne MELBOURNE. Dec. 2X (Reuter).— Australian Arthur 'Scobie' Breasley, ton English jockey m 1957. will ride m Melbourne on New Year's Day his first appearance here since 1950. He will ride Master Rane m the Stradbroke Stakes. Master Rane is expected to start a hot favourite.
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  • 51 13 PRAGUE. Der. 23 (Reuter) A Czechoslovak selection last night beat the British touring team Harrir.gay Racers by 4-3 m an ice-hockey match m Bratislava. Period scores were: 2-3, 0-0, 2-0. Zrabojnik, Michl. Markup and Cernicky scored for the Czechoslovak side. Harringay scorers were Chahaias, Hail and
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  • 135 13 SYDNEY. Mon.— The Australian team to contest the 1958 Empire Games m Cardiff (Wales) next July will be the first Australian team ever to travel by the Polar route. On July 2 the team will leave Sydney by air and travel via Fiji. Honolulu, Vancouver
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  • 317 14 SDFAAF From The Above, Will Emerge Malaya's Thomas Cup Defenders DROPPED, after the Penang trials just concluded are Khoo Eng Huah and# Lee Hoo Chye of Penang, and Omar Ibrahim of Singapore. The ten players left will participate m three more trials before the
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  • 367 14 Cheers then Screams Cheers for a goal drowned the screams of lifty spectators most of them boys crushed when a trail collapsed at a football viatch on Dec. 14. One boy died m hospital. Others were "m a pretty bad condition" Part of the 27,000 crowd had surged forward' excitedly
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  • 122 14 BOMBAY. Dec. 23 (Reuter) i Decoration, a colt owned by the Maharaja of Kashmir, led from start to finish to win the Indian 2,000 guineas at odds of 6 to 1 here yesterday. Decoration, ridden by Tiny Shiba, won by 2\ lengths from Canny Scot,
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  • 113 14 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment beat the Blacks by 12 points <2 tries. 2 penalties) to 9 (9 (penalties* m a rugger match played at Changi yesterday At half time Signalmen led 6-3. O'Connor and Taylor scored the tries for the winners, while Hirst converted both the
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  • 88 14 Mr. Heah was of the opinion that it was only right for the government to sponsor, not only badminton. but other sports and games as well. Speaking on the duties of the Minister for Sport on badminton, the BAM chief said. "The minister will naturally be asked to help
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  • 85 14 For this purpose, official coaches will have to be appointed, and their services must be paid as an encouragement to them to give their best to the country. He said: "In Denmark, the Government not only gives financial assistance, hut all facilities for the training of their players.
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  • 63 14 "In India, many prominent players are appointed coaches to travel all over the country to give coaching to promising players." Mr. Ueah said that m Malaya at present, the burden has fallen on the shoulders of a few generous sports lovers. It was no secret that the BAM was
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  • 64 14 •This." he said, "was part of a comprehensive scheme to bring out future champions not only for badminton, but for other sports as well. Training of the students should be m all schools, not only m English schools, but also m Chinese. Malay and Indian schools." "There can
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  • 50 14 The BAM will be formin? a coaching sub-com-mittee on a Malayanwide basis, and each state will recommend its coaches to the BAM for approval. The BAM would also be forming a Badminton I mpires' Association. This was aimed at steamlining and stimulating interest m the same said Mr. Heah
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  • 600 14 Fast Improving Kew San May Find Place In Team PENANG, Mon. At the rate the Penang singles badminton champion Teh Kew San continues to improve, he is sure to find a place m Malaya's Thomas Cup team. Kew San created a big surprise by defeating the more experienced Abdullah Piruz
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  • 251 14 Aussies Make Impressive Rugby Debut IPOH, Mon. Making their first appearance In Ipoh at rugger the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment overhauled a 6-0 deficit m the first half to beat Ist Ix>yal Regiment by 13 points (two goals, try) to 6 (2 tries) on the padang today. The Aussies
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  • 705 14 EDDY'S FIT TO PLAY HERO Just As Ooi Did Before By Our Badminton Reporter YOU can count Eddy Choong as one of four doubles players m the defence of the Thomas Cup, m addition to the leading role that he will be asked to play as a singles player. This
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  • 377 14 SINGAPORE Cricket Club B avenged their previous defeat when they thrashed Police Training School by 34 points (two goals, seven tries and a penalty) to five (a goal) m a rugger match on the padang yesterday. The Club. who dominated play throughout, were
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  • 225 14 S. Africans Make A Good Start JOHANNESBURG. Dec. 23 (Reuter) Jackie McGlew and Trevor Goddard had put on 148 m an unbroken opening stand for South Africa when rain stopped play 40 minutes before tea m the first Test against Australia here. The partnership was the best opening stand for
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  • 15 14 TODAY'S SPORT BASKETBALL Cambodia vs. Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation at the Hoddu World stadium.
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  • 166 14 Davis Cup Draw On X'mas Day MELBOURNE. Dec. 23 (Reuter>— The draw for the order of play m the Davis Cup challenge round between Australia the holders, and the United States which starts here on Boxing Day. will be made at a short simple ceremony at the Kooyong courts on
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  • 94 14 PERTH. Dec. 2.?. (Router* Batting dourly against accurate bowling. Western Australia today took their first mnines score to :*O4 for four m reply tn Queensland's :i9ti m theiir Sheffield Shield match here. Four batsmen topped the half century— Murray Vernon (89>. Ken Meuleman <66>. Herbert
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  • 127 14 Blachan Grandeur Impress On Heavy Track Golden Rebu T:,^ V:,y Goi<£? &> fin j««tched He wweb* cbL n bought over k no v bta Stable- hv Iti Goir '5 Ijiether, Good p ar^ Great iradSS *'>■ f allope.l the i a t S 5 wa? a covered the thretuTS work
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  • 31 14 JAKARTA Dec, The tour.' i A team "wicker" bea* three goals to tv a match at Macassar the South Celebe*. Macassar led two joa'.s jj at half t me
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  • 218 14 PENANG. Mon. England's champion Jockey, Lester F.;ji who will be a guest jockey m the Penan;; Turf Chb X~n meeting, lost no time m going to the brach with bil Ui Eddie Larkin. foi a swim when he arrived herp toda' Piggott is on
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