Singapore Standard, 27 December 1957

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  • 30 1 Singapore Standard FSDAFASFD j% m jl STANDARD POLICI ***** (5 lines) 2400 if FIRE BRIGADE GENERA&HOSPITAL ZBll 24f4 '^TTin. No 1T SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1957. 12 PAGES 15 TENTS
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  • 152 1 DAWN FIRE RAZES 7 HOUSES p|.y\NC. Thur.s. Fire which trofcf out m the early hours thi*. mornißf completely destroyed seven a'tap houses m Dhoby Laae, off York fhe W. 270 rendered more than fifh people homeless. t 0 rasualtid were reported >-t of
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  • 155 1 were 199 tr attic acrtdent m Singapore aun t Christmas holidays, from Pec 24 up to yesterday alter- mtor cyclist was killed t was involved m a with a taxi m Wilad. were seriously <- md admitted to the Hospital while 24 re
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  • 129 1 THE NEWLY-ELECTED City Council dominated b\ the PAP will soon face its first major crisis. v riiur expatriate officers of the Council are understood to have taken a dicision to resign en vs N at a meetint; of the Senior Officers Association ot the
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  • 237 1 MR. LIM THE GOOD SAMAK&AN GOES TO THE WORKERS' REStUE 140 Ex-SHB Employees End Hunger Strike THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock yesterday played the role of a Good Samaritan m helDiner 140 striking ex-Harbour Board employees get back their jobs. The workers had been
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  • 209 1 MIC 'Rebels' Threaten To Take Sambanthan To Court KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Leaders of a rebel group within the Malayan Indian Congress today threatened to take legal action against the party president, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, if he decides to issue suspension orders on the party's Bungsar branch. A spokesman for
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  • 131 1 NEW YORK. Dec. 26 (AFP) American journalist Victor Riesel. who was blinded by acid thrown m his eyes by gangsters after he had exposed some of the activities of American labour unions, said here he had received the best Christmas present he could have
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  • 74 1 JAKARTA, Dec. 26 (AFP)— The Indonesian Army announced today that the number of persons arrested following the Nov. 1 attempt to assassinate President Soekarno had increased to 71, including members of the outlawed fanatic "Darul Islam" movement. some members of the armed forces and "other people." Colonel
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  • 58 1 THE CHIEF MINISTER IS THEIR CHAUFFEUR TOP: The -ChJef Mi£?'i*r *A h*4 capacity as Minister for Labour and Welfare drivts some ol 4fee sirifcU-t V «A SWR %*>rfcc» thc fetb^ur Hoard to get them ret m 9£*™™ Other workers get into SIIB lorries to follow thc Chief Minister to the
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  • 131 1 MANILA, Dec. 26, (AFP) Peregrino Taruc, younger brother of erstwhile Communist Huk leader Luis Taruc, and believed to be the national education chief of the Filipino Communist Party, was captured by Army agents here yesterday while spending Christmas with his wife and three children.
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  • 61 1 KINGSTON, Jamaica. Dec 26 (Reuter) Ten people died and 70 were injured yesterday m a petrol lorn tanker explosion at Runaway Bay on the north coast about 70-miles from here. Three of the victims died m hospital. The dead and injured were villagers who ran
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  • 105 1 VATICAN CITY. Dec. 26 (AFP) A crowd of more than 50 000 gathered m St. Peter's Square yesterday to receive the traditional blessing from Pope Pius XII who appeared m a window of his apartments. The crowd knelt as the Papal blessing was
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  • 173 1 Rl Promises To Keep New Sailing Dates JAKARTA, Dec. 26 (AFP) The Netherlands diplomatic mission at Jakarta announced today that it was expected more than 10,000 Dutch nationals will have left Indonesia before the end of this year. It also announced a new sailing
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  • 246 1 Freighters, Tankers, Ferries On Loan TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Reuter) Japanese shipowners Uday agreed to lend Indonesia 75,000 tons of shipping, Mr. Eizo Nagaoka, President of the Fuji Shipping Company announced here. Mr. Nagaoka. acting as spokesman for six shipowners dealing with Indonesiar representatives
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  • 82 1 Afro- Asian Conference CAIRO. Dec. 26 (Reuter)— The Afro-Asian solidarity conference opened m Cairo's University hall today. Thirty-fivo national and movements flags pinned on the hall's dais indicated the delegations present, the remaining delegations were expecid to arrive this afternoon. A fcackscreen was covered with a giant Afro-Asian solidarity flag
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  • 61 1 NEW DELHI. Dec. 26 (Reuter) President Soekarno of Indonesia will fly to New Delhi on Jan. 7 for a fourday visit. The Times of India reported today. The newspaper's special correspondent m Jakarta said the President would fly on. to Cairo, Karachi. Colombo, Rangoon and
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  • 39 1 THE liner. Waterman arrived m Singapore yesterday with more Dutch refugees from Indonesia. This is the second trip made by the Waterman to the Colony with refugees. She will berth alongside godown 44 this morning.
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  • 175 1 Only Woman Member Of Presidium Gets Sack LONDON. Dec. 26 (UP) Ekaterina Furtseva, above), the only woman to achieve a top post m the Soviet hierarchy, has been "freed from her commitments" as a member of the powerful Moscow City Party Committee, Moscow Radio reported yesterday. The broadcast said that
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  • 29 1 CHANCELLOR Konrad Adenauer said m a Christmas speech that despite dazzling external evidences of West German prosperity there was "a great deal of misery m our country." AFP
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    • 1165 2 .^..iQtiiTUl Ht.T«*T«BOII A.4.0M0 WAV ANNOUNCEMENT STAMFORD CAFE, 82. Bras Basah Road, serve the best meals m 5 ngapore. Christmas pudding and •urkey also available. CITIZENSHIP REGISTRATION TODAY'S S ngapore Citizenship Registration at 9. 11 and 13. Fort Canning Road and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce will be for fjigiblt persons
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    • 654 2 SITUATIONS VACANT THE APPOINTMENT ot Manageress at the Rex Officers Hostel falls vacant m early February. 195S This Hostel provdes temporary accommodation tor families of officers m transit and has forty bodrooms besides Th« usual public rooms The Manageress will be assisted by a Receptionist and Accountant and a Domestic
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    • 323 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 Balestier Road to 2nd Reserve Road m the City of Singapore have
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    • 415 2 FEDERATION ARMY APPLICATIONS are invited for the Registration of Approved Contractors for the Supply of All Foodstuffs. Full particulars may be obtained from: STAFF OFFICER SUPPLIES TRANSPORT HQ. Federation Army Block B 40 c/o GPO Kuala Lumpur. THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (F.M.S. CAP. 137) Ipoh Town Council NOTICE. NOTICE is
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    • 355 2 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR NOTICE RE CLOSING OF ROADS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all roads, paths and unenclosed land the property of The Singapore Harbour Board m the Tanjong Parar and Keppel Harbour districts will be closed to the public on Wednesday, Ist January, 1958. By Order of the
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    • 273 2 UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD RANGOON WANTED IMMEDIATELY VACANCIES exist m the Union of Burma Shipping Board's coasting and foreigngoing steamers for Chief and Second Engineers Salaries, income-tax free, are as follows: Chief Engineer X 1,280/- (Plus annual increments) Second Engineer X 992/- (Plus annual increments) Three years' contract with
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  • 159 3 SEAMANSHIP FOR YOUTHS THE Malaysian Ship Officers Union has decided to crml a delegation to see Federation Prime Minister Tgo )iii Abdul Rahman, on matters affecting Malayan manners. Union secretary, Capt. Mohamad Said Alias, told me Standard yesterday that the union would send
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  • 138 3 U.S. KITCHEN IS SIMPLY WONDERFUL, SHE SAYS KI 'ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The American co-opera-tive movement could be ie:iciH> adapted to help >lalaya, said Che Kontik Kuniriah binte Ahmad, president of the Selangor >l,ji\ Officers' Co-opera-tj\c llmi-ing Society, writ- yr: t<> iriends here from Bangkok <>n her return from 'i tour
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  • 68 3 KUANTAX, Thursday A young sailor rescued a teenased girl from the swollen river beside the harbour here last night. Nineteen-year-old Chong Tcck Moo was reported to have fallen into the water following, a quarrel with a boy friend. The sailor. Wong Toong Mun, who happened
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  • 238 3 Senators Advice To Parents AN Australian woman senator said m Singapore yesterday that films on gangsterism could be blamed for the increase of juvenile delinquency m every Senator Ivy Wedgwood. Liberal Party Senator m the Federal Parliament since 1950, arrived by Qantas. She had just
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  • 133 3 TANJONG MALIM, Thurs. Methodist Mission has n mated a number of proMalayans and its lea to be chairmen Boards of Governors hoola throughout the I ration. Among those appointed are: I MBS: Mr. G. H. retiring Pmang Mayor; g Pykett MES, Mr. N. durai; Pfnang MGS, ACGS
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  • 54 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. J Hie United Malays NaOn'.anization Federahas appointed the party priMcU'nt. Dato AbRazak bin Dato Hussein. be the chairman of the donesla Relief Fund campaign. d 'he Standard was told toSf» that ail UMNO divisions rf >Jghout the Federation J-- launch door-to-door Cl "ive
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  • 122 3 MALAYANS SPEND A DAY IN US. COLLEGE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Inche Syed Ahmad bin Shahabuddin, chairman of the Kedah UMNO, now on a tour of the United States under its international exchange service, spent a day recently at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He got a first-hand view of an American
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  • 81 3 East Coast Floods Ease Further KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The flood situation m the East Coast today is favourable, with waters rapidly receding. Following is today's flood reports: Kuantan: Ferries have resumed service. Kota Bharu: All roads clear and ferries functioning. Trengganu: Chukai Ayer Putch Road 8i mile one ft. deep
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  • 55 3 RAUB, Thursday— Chinese schools m Pahang have been told that they cannot, m future, invite ministers or public officers other than the State's, to officiate or take par: m school ceremonies or gatherings. If schools heads feel that such persons should be invited, full reasons should be
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  • 34 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Th irs.— Results of St. John's Institu tion Christmas Hamper Drawlst *****; 2nd ***** and 3rd *****. Consolation prizes: *****, *****. *****, *****, 2355 C Seller's ticket; 2326.
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  • 60 3 INSPECTOR of Police, Mr. A 11. Kulatissa, and Miss Agnes Gunasekera, photographed after their marriage at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aster Gunasekera Mr. Kulatissa is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Lentis. A wedding
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  • 130 3 FIVE minutes after pretty 18--year-old Phyllis Ang became Singapore's first Yuletide Queen at the Christmas Ball on Wednesday night at the Sea View Hotel, a Singapore film studio talent scout offered her a screen test for a picture. Miss Ang beat the well-known Colony model
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  • 587 3 Colony PWD Spends $43 Mil. In 1956 WANTON damage caused to two Singapore English Schools at Tampenis and Boon Lay Roads during the civil disturbances m October last year was most serious, and repairs amounted to $80,000. This was revealed m the annual
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  • 199 4 ANOTHER TEATHER IN THE CAP' FOR HOUSING TRUST Many Dwellings For Johore Already Under Construction KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federal Housing Trust, which erected nearly 2,000 'budget wise" homes since 1953, is to add another 1,000 to its credit next year. Disclosing this to The
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  • 153 4 108,770 Citizen Papers Issued KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. During the week-ending Dec. 21. the number of citizenship certificates issued from the backlog of state nationality applications was 9,429. This brings the total number of certificates issued under this category since Nov. 14 to 37,987. The number of new applications received during
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  • 67 4 SERE MB AN, Thun. Five men of the New Zealand Squadron '22 Special Air Service Regiment, have been granted State Meritorious Awards by the Regent of Negii Sembilan. Two awards for conspicuoul gallantry were given to Lts. E. I Hamilton Burrows and E. W. Yandall.
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  • 53 4 Photo. REMNANTS of the Labis Branch (Johore) of the Communist terrorist organization, whose mass surrender on Nov. 18, caused the complete collapse of the Branch. Left to Right: (Front Row) Tan Kok Chins and Wong Kan Chi; (Back Row) Goh Peng Kong, Kian Sang and Lee
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  • 231 4 We Were 'Pioneers/ Says Assn. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malays were "pioneers" m the mining industry m the Federation, but their mines began to fade away as soon as foreigners arrived with modern equipment and bigger capitals, said the Selangor State Ketua Kampong Association today.
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  • 63 4 TANJONO MALIM. Thurs. Mr. D. K. Rajakariar. principal of Methodist English School, here has retired from the Methodise Mission after serving 34 years m various schools m the Federation. Mr. Rajakariar was a member of the Tanjong Malim Town Board and Slim River District War Advisory Committee.
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  • 163 4 Pahang Water Rates Doubled KUANTAN, Thurs.— The State Government said today that water rates m Town Council and Town Board areas m Pahang would be doubled from New Year's Day. However, water assessment rates m the State's eight districts would at the same time be abolished from Jan. 1, a
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  • 57 4 MERDEKA YR. XMAS IS QUIET yer > quiet tal Wlt^ n 0 *ri>m! s nnine out ■•S? a((l(1 n s eUh? There v.is a f"- v' f ks\'V h> exported j t to r a "J N 1 1 n fcAJ"" Sh,,pk,,p, rs a far from u?.j. DT Vi JW.
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  • 114 4 Malayan Cokes For World's Meal Tables? KUALA LUMPUR. Th-; Federation Minister I I culture. mih P Abdul uSw bhak, to:d The Standard day he was considering Si possibility of introdVn Malay home-made cak* 7» break fa>t tables all om world. Every effort, he said r,-'J be made to serve Ma!a7caS|
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  • 67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Information Service of Vt e Government of India has moved to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore, a spokesman of the Indian High Commission ~aio today. The service has a weil- equipped library, and pmift books, photographs a r kl for those interested
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    • 154 4 OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY TONIGHT at 7.00 p.m. I By H. E. The Commissioner-General for South -East Asia, Sir ROBERT SCOTT, K.C.M.G., C.B.E. 1 I FOLLOWED BY A GALA CHARITY PREMIERE IN AID OF THE CANOSSA CONVENT j I Lilli Palmer "OH MY PAPA" EastmanColor 3 H By kind Courtesy of
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    • 584 4 Standard cJllmanac INFORMATION AT A GIANCE Singapore < itizm-hip: Bepistrat.on or eligbiis non-Chine*e whose names begin with the letter S and of Chinese whose "seh" In Hokkien is Song. Sim, S'ng. Su Soh. Scow or Seng; m Cantonese Soong, Shum. Sun. Chui. Soo. Siu or Shine; m Teochew Song. Sim.
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    • 539 4 Penang 349 a.m. (6ft. 9in.) 3.07 p.m. (oft. 2in.) ENTER TAINMENT KUALA LUMPUR ODKON: An AfTair To Remember 1. 3.13. fi.3o and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: Teenacen' Folly 1. 3. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. COLISEIM: Ja:lhouse Rock 3. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. PENANG CATHAY: The Sun Also Rise* 1.15. 3.30. 6.45
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  • 376 5 S' pore Saw Its Gayest Christmas Whirl Yet Wine Flowed As Thousands Revelled... RAIN DID NOT DAMPEN THE FESTIVE SPIRIT CHRISTMAS m Singa pore this year was one of the biggest, brightest and cheeriest, since the war. The feast of Noel, which typifies the spirit of giving and rejoicing, was
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  • 201 5 Four Asian Rubber Inspectors Appointed PENANG, Thurs. —Four approved Asian inspectors :oi Kedah, Perlis, Penang and Province Wellesley have been appointed by the board of administrators of the Government rubber j replanting scheme. This was announced today by Mr. Soon Cheng Sun. president of the North Malaya Asiat.c Planters Association.
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  • 33 5 THE Minister for Health, Mr. V.T. Sambanthan, will tour the Pcnang General Hospital tomorrow. He will be accompanied by the Minister for Interior and Justice, Inche Sulaiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman.
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  • 230 5 LABIS, Thurs. The District Officer. Batu Pahat. on behalf of the Mentri Besar. Johore. today announced the lifting of the central cooking plan to two thousand residents of the area at the Chinese School grounds The lifting of the plan, which was introduced
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  • 81 5 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Health. Mr. A.J. Braga, and Mrs. Braga. attended the gala Christmas party at the General Hospital children's ward on Chris -mas Day. TOP: They are with Santa (a member of the Ministry of Health) and the sister-in-charge with a heap of
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  • 190 5 PARLIAMENTARY democracy has every chance of succeeding m Asia, a leading AustraHan legislator said m Singapore yesterday. Mr. G. 11. Green, president of the Uppei House of the Tasmania!) Parliament, told The Stancard that this political system shows promising sign s of victory m
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  • 141 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two officer cadets of the Federation Military College, Port Dickson, will leave for Australia early next month for further military training at the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Australia. They are officer cadets Mohd. Nazir bin Taib and Long Seh Han, Officer radet
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  • 97 5 Account Books Destroyed By Terrorists KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Three more terrorists have been wounded by security forces m the Federation. A patrol of the 122 nd Special Air Service Regiment fired at and wounded three of four Reds they encountered m the Tapah district of Perak on December 20. All
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  • 52 5 LONDON. Doc 2G (UP) Soviet Communist Party leader Xikita Khrushchev yesterday reviewed a military parade m Kiev, Radio Moscow reported. The broadcast, heard here. Mid Khrushchev and top Ukrainian leaders were present at the parade and popular demonstration marking the 40th aniversary of the Ukrainian Soviet
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  • 38 5 A RUSSIAN freighter Is expected to call at Belawan. North Sumatra. early m January to load a consignment of rubber for the Soviet Union, a report from Medan, the North Sumatran caoital said yesterday. AFP
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 466 6 r J^HE QUEENS Christmas message to the peoples of the Commonwealth called for "a special kind of courage... which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest." To members of the Commonwealth, particularly those nations which have received their
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    • 430 6 Eisenhower has rebuffed the Kremlin bid for bilateral talks between the American and Soviet Governments. In the course of his broadcast on the recent NATO conference, the President insisted that the Russians must show proof of their integrity and sincerity before any discussions can result m progress
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  • 609 6 Robert Franklin says Dutch New Guinea is the HONGKONG QUTCH New Guinea was a menacing predawn blur of land the first time I saw it from the deck of an invasion ship m April, 1944. Although the defending Japanese were overcome soon enough, the land itself resisted until
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  • 444 6  - Death of a Monarch joha:<sesb:rg D.W) ta lorg ought to ,:ro:d trarel m Sou- -■I Africa at this time of the year. On ttic eve of the rains, e-s the loig d*y season ends •">* ling heat, :'.c sky orer .4; v ca it fu (l oj (ft (n--t'istble u*arej
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  • 537 6  -  Guy Wint -By IHE Japanese Communist farty is getting ready for its seventh National Convention. Present arrangements are that it will be held ntxt February. But many people will believe m the Coir. ention's date only when the delegates actually assemble. The Convention was first fixed for
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  • 435 6 WINE MULLING IN LONDON JJANDSOME silver bowls and silver ladles were spread out on long tables m the kitchen beside dozens of bottles of red wine and nutmess, cinnamon, sugar, mixed spices, honey, pineapple, grapefruit and lemons stuffed with cloves, when BBC reporter Dou?!as Brown went down the Vintners* Hall
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  • 660 6 Unifying Factors in the West Indies The second article m the series on the West Indies Federation by J. M. Spey, former News Editor of The Trinidad Guardian. JN just over ten years the West Indies have moved from a cautious discussion of closer association to full Federation and the
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    72 7 PRINCESS Anne waves from the window of the royal train at Kings Cross Station as the Royal Family depart from London for Sandringham for their Christmas holiday. With Prinress Anne is Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II (left). Princess Margaret (2nd from left), and just peeping round the curtain
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  • 207 7 The Tragedy In Indonesia' •IF HAGI E, Dec. 26 (AFP)-Queen Juliana of the Netherlands said yesterday that the ordeal of h nationals m Indonesia would sadden Christmas I inps m the home country. In a nation-wide broadcast Christmas message, the Queen referring
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  • 96 7 HONGKONG, Dee. 26 (AFP) The Hongkong Govcrnmrnt will do its best to absorb as many as possible of those Chinese employees whom the British naval dockwill discharge periodically until it closes down completely m two years. an official spokesman said hero today. He
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  • 44 7 LONDON, Der. 26 (UP) Moscow Radio vo terday broadcast a progress reoort on the two Soviet Sputniks. It said that by 1500 GMT yesterday the second SputniK had completed 737 revolutions around the earth and the Irst Sputnik, 1.248 revolutions.
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  • 90 7 Radio Laotian Govt. Given Back Province IK >NG, Dec. 26 (AFP) 1 >rces have oftic over to the Royal /eminent Phong. I t of the two provinces ..< d by them Hanoi >rted yesterday :.^-ovcr of the prov ade n December ince Souphanouvong, i ler of Pathet Lao radio said,
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  • 169 7 "SALEM. Israel. Dec. UP) Church bells rang terday morning, their across the md Galilee hills of Land still without 10 years after the inn '.cc. t ian communities '.rated the 1957 th annli the birth of Christ mainly by attending I
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  • 58 7 BARAGO6SA. Spain, Dec. •AFP) Men dug furiously nristmas Day here m the i hope of rescuing six of comrades who were d when a canal bank I m on them. »en finally reached, all id been dead for some They had been workn the bank
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  • 98 7 NICOSIA. Dec. 26 (AFP) British Governor of Cyprus. Sir Hugh Foot, yesteiday paid a surprise visit to the Pyla camp m South Cyprus where over 600 Cypriois are detained without trial under the special emergency regulations. Sir Hugh, who this week released 100 detainees as a
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  • 117 7 Black Xmas~ Staggering Blow To Farmers SYDNEY, Dec. 26 (UP) Hundreds of pe>ple m remote rural arras of N»w South Wales <pent a Black Ciristma s yester--lay. There was no Christmas rest and no Christmas dinner. They grabbed food on the run as they fought raging bushfires which have already
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  • 126 7 KOBE, Dec. 26 (UP)—Construction has started of japan's first post-war submarine and first snorkel-type underwater craft. Workmen started laying the k ee l yesterday at the Kobe plant of the Kawasaki Dockyard Company. The vessel was ordered by Japan's sea defence forces at a
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  • 73 7 MANY villages were destroyed and over fifteen hundred people reported killed by an earthquake m the west- of Iran, m a triangle bounded by the town of Hamadan, Kermanshah and Songhor recently. Here. m the intense cold, people huddle together under bed covers warmed with charcoal,
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  • 375 7 This Is Ne 'Priggish School GirV Speaking -SAYS THE QUEEN IN HER FIRST TV MESSAGE TO COMMONWEALTH SANDRINGHAM, Dec. 26 (UP) A glamorously made-up Queen Elizabeth, m a satin afternoon dress, invited the people of the British Commonwealth into her library yesterday and made them
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  • 124 7 General To Be New Thai Premier BANGKOK, Dec. 26 (AFP) Thai Defence Minister Lt.Gen. Thanom Kittikachorn said yesterday, after receiving the backing of the National Socialist Party, that he has agreed to accept the Premiership. Gen. Kittikachorn was speaking to newsmen after the N.S.P. had at a meeting decided to
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  • 67 7 ALGIERS, Dec. 26 (AFP) Seven persons were injured yesterday m two Christmas Day terrorist grenade attacks In Algeria. In Bone, a terrorist threw a grenade into a cafe. The explosion seriously injured four customers, one European and three Moslems. [n Constantine, a terrorist threw a grenade
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  • 34 7 THE Soviet Union and Yugoslavia began talks m Moscow yesterday with a view to establishing a plan for cultural cooperation next year between the two countries, the Ta?r news agency reported. AFP
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  • 54 7 NICOSIA, Dec. 26 (AFP).— Five Cypriot Greeks were injured last night when a party of British soldiers entered a coffee shop m Omodhos village and struck patrons with rifle and revolver butts, a Police report said. Villagers told the Police that the soldiers were under
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  • 140 7 Cancer Did Not Scare Smokers NEW YORK. Dec. 26 (AFP) Despite repeated warning on the dangers of lung cancer by several scientific research institutes, 19,000,000.000 more cigarettes went up m smoke m the United States this year than last. The financial magazine, "Business Week," yesterday revealed that smoking m the
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  • 31 7 STUDENTS from 12 Asian countries will meet m Ba^uio City next Friday for the first annual Asian Student Congress sponsored by the National Union of Students of the Philippines.
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  • 177 7 TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UP)— Policy makers of Japan's ruling Liberal-Democratic Party have agreed to ask for 10 billion yen (M 534.040.000) during next year's budget to promote economic co-operation m South-east Asia. I The appropriation, to be sought for the next
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  • 250 7 Five Times The Speed Of Sound WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (UP)— Scott Crossfield, a 36--year-old father of five, will be the first man to pilot a rocket plane which may fly more than five times the speed of sound. The plane is the
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  • 79 7 MANILA. Dec. 26 (AFP) Police launched a nation-wide hunt yesterday for a Korean war veteran suspected to have raped and murdered a young girl whose body was seen m the Pasig River m Manila's downtown area on Christmas Eve. Sergeant Berro Obaldo, whose Army payroll
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  • 44 7 AN EGYPTIAN delegation led by Minister of Industry Dr. A/.ziz Sedki will leave Cairo on January 6 for a six-we.'k trip to MOSCOW with 42 ixr^rts from the Egyptian minisinrs of Finance, Industry and Agricultural banning, it was learned on Wednesday. AFP
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 225 9 U.K. Firm's Chairman Arrives On World Tour MR. Lancelot Spicer, Chairman of Spicers Limited, one of Britain's biggest firms of paper merchants, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Australia by the Gjertrud Bakke. Accompanied by his wile, Mr. Spicer is on a tour of the company's overseas branches to obtain first-hand
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    • 93 9 Tin Earns More MORE dollars were earned by overseas .sterling area from tin during the first half of this year :han m the same period last year, according to the United Kingdom. Board of Trade Sterling Area Trade Summary. For the first six months this year, the area's earnings from
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    • 136 9 Modern Research Ship For Fisheries KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. -The Federation Fisheries Department is soon to have a modern marine research vessel, The Standard learns. The vessel la part of Government's campaign to make the country self-sufficient m flsh. It will have many modern electronic devices. Including an echo sounder and
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    • 102 9 The streamlined locomotive is of 2,000 horsepower and weighs 116 tons. It is the first unit m this high power range to be completed out of the initial programme of 174 mainline diesel orc'.ered by British Railways under the railway modernization plan. Diesel-hjdraulic transmission has been used with
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    • 214 9 ONE of India's leading banking institutions, The Indian Bank Ltd., today celebrates its Golden Jubilee. Speaking of its expansion m Malaya, Mr. S. Narasimhan, the Singapore manager, said the bank opened its first office m tnis country m Singapore, m 1941. Tociay, Mr. Narasimhan added.
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    • 26 9 A NEW British material. plastic-coated iteel sheet, which will have countless aoplieations m industry, has been launched by John Summers and Sons Ltd.
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    • 507 9 'IMPROVE OUTPUT METHODS IN RUBBER HOLDINGS' THE need for smallholders m Sarawak to improve their methods of sheet rubber production was stressed by Mr. Ong Kee Ilui when members of the Rubber Fund Committee held a press conference recently, following their inspection of the Rubber Fund Estate at Samarahan. about
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    • 124 9 TWO members of the Sarawak Land and .'Survey Department have been awarded Colombo Plan scholarship! by the New Government to take up a training course. They are Inrhe Bor'.ian Sab!o. assistant survey officer and Mr. Ambrose Foo, who is at present employed on valuation duties Inche
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    • 163 9 U.S. Trade Surplus Reduced WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (UP)— The Government said that rising imports and falling exports have whittled down the U.S. trade surplus m the July-Sep-tember quarter of the year. Foreign countries reportedly ended up with a trade deficit of US$2()0,000.000, the Commerce Department said m an article m
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    • 20 9 FRANCE and Finland have .signed a one-year US$ll!),--500,000 trade part which officials said will expand FrancoFinnish trade. UP
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    • 111 9 HOXGKOXG. Dec. 26 (Renter) A new HK55. 000,000 Technical College built with the aim of keeping pace with the industrial development the postwar years have brought to Hongkong, has been opened m the Colony. Situated m Kowloon over the harbour from the city, it will
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    • 101 9 THE Britannia airliner of the British Overseas Airwayt Corporation this wr c k turned non-stop from A'ctr York to London m S hourt 58 minutes. The plane* average speed lor the 3,515 miles Wat 405 milet per hour. "The long r.mgp Britannia airliner hkt acHifrcd two riotablc s,},cccsscz",
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    • 97 9 The TRIUMPH ot cycle engineering See and try the TRIUMPH cycle Just as soon as. 1 I in©/ jl tt\A\jm.Mrn cycle <M is the M Cycle with Science behind it" expertly designed by 1 1 Raleigh Industries to give you a handsome looking machine 5f that is so s-m-o-o-t-h running.
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    • 221 10 rHE i ni \j n w Di^inlrV 110 a» S Ii Ij I 111 U■ I Ijll jl UvJLiLlriJ\eJUDlLbii 1 n this year of Golden Jub ilee, the Directors tender their grateful thanks to the shareholders and l i e const i tuents of the Bank for their unabated confidence
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  • 97 11 IPOH, Thurs— Lower Perak rugger XV will make their first outstation tour this season when they meet Negri and Malacca a l Seromban on Saturday and Sunday respectively. Lower Perak will travel w.th 22 players, .several of them having represented the .state during the
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  • 60 11 MR. Kwong F^oon Fu. kuntow expert from Hnngkor-g. will giw an cxiiibition of tne Chinese art of self-defence at the Sir.cnpore Youth Sports Club at T.'iO p.m. tomorrow. Earlier m the evening, the C'iub will aive a tra-pnrty to Mr. L m Kok Hua. Merdeka Cup table tennis
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  • 100 11 Century In S. Shield Cricket ADELAIDE. Dpc. 26 <Reutrr^ A brilliant century by Neil Dansie hclpec' South Australia score 328 for six on the opening day of their Sheffield Shield match against Quensland here. Dansie scored 148 In just over four hours, hitting 18 hour? Assisted by D Harris iH3>
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  • 426 11 Davis Cup Heading For 'Down Under 9 Again MELBOURNE, Dec. 26 (Reuter) The United States hopes of regaining the DayLs Cup slumped at Kooyong here today when they lost both the opening singles matches to Australia, the holders, m the challenge
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  • 123 11 5. Africans Buy Queens Horse DORRECHT. Eastern Cape Province. Dec. 24 (Reuter> It was confirmed here yesterday that, m face of strong competition from America and Australia, Birch Brothers, South Africa*l leading breeders, had brought the Queen's Hi^h Ve'.dt, the sale of which Queen Elizabeth's racing manager had announced three
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  • 238 11 English Soccer Results LONDON. Dec. 26 <AFP>Results m Engl.sh football matches yesterday wer c as follows. DIVISION ONE Blackpool 8. Leicester City 1. Chelsea 7 Portsmouth 4. Newcastle Utd. 1. Nottingham Forert 4. Sheffield Wed. 4. Preston Northend 4. Burnley 2. Manchester City 1. Manchester Utd. 3 Luton 2. Berton
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  • 60 11 PENANG HOCKEY Malayan Malays Tournament Pcrak rs. Kcdah, Pahang rs. Johore, Pcnana vs. Selangor. Negri vs. Singapore (all Tnatches at Dato Kraniat ground). C.R.C. QUADRANGULAR MEET Hockey (Men) Penang rs. Perak. Pprak rs. Negri. (Wowen) Selangor rs. Negri, Penang vs. Perak. fall matches at Victoria Green). BILLIARDS Pcrak
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  • 119 11 TPOH. ThUlf. Hussein CJhulam from Kedah won the 65 miles open road cycling race from Ipon to Lumut organised by Mr. Yeoh ChftJ Lai on Christmas morning. His time was 3 hours .04 minutes. Close on the winner's heels were M H Bnhnruddin of
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  • 98 11 PENANG, Thurs. PENANG got ofT to a good start m the All-Malayan Malays hockey carnival which started at the Dato Kramat ground yesterday. Playing the first game of the tournament, Penang whipped Kedah hy 10-2. There was no doubt about the superiority of the Penang Malays.
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  • 67 11 PEXANG. Thurs.— Penang won the inter-state CRC golf competition played at the Penang Golf Club Course today. Penang entered 4 teams. Perak 3 and Selangor one. The Penang "C" team won with the best nett score of 220 strokes while their "B" team were runners-up w.th
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  • 395 11 South Africans Hit Big Score In First Test JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 26 (Reuter)— South Africa igain thrashed the Australian howling here on Tuesday when, m the first of the season's cricket Tests, they ran up a total of 470 for nine wickets declared. In a littlo less than half an hour
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  • 121 11 SOITH AFRICA— Ist. Inns. McCilew c Simpson b MerkifT 108 Goddard b Mrckiff 90 Nrl b Meckiff 4 Waite c Burge b Rrnaud 115 McLean b MerkifT 50 K. Funston lbw b Mackay 12 H. Tayfield b Davidson 18 P. llririo b Mackay 7 I Smith not out 2
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  • 214 11 Penang's Fine Recovery INTER-CRC QUADRANGULAR PENANG, Thursday Two goals down. Penang made a brilliant recovery to beat Negri Sembiian 4-3 m the opening match of the annual .ntcr-Chinc.^e Recreation Club quadrangular hockey mcc; at Victoria Grcrn today. Negri started well with two goals by Leng Seong and John Scow. Penang
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  • 67 11 MELBOURNE. Dec. 23 (Reuten The Now Zealand champion racehorse. Syntax broke down hopelessly at Mentone training tracks today and will not race again. When working at half pace he the back tendon In his near foreleg and pulled up very lame. Trainer F W. Hoysted advised the
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  • 49 11 Women Test Players AUCKLAND. I>rr. 2fi <Rput?r> The England womrn's cricket !r;tm for the MCOnd To^t ncain.t New Zealand beginning here <,n Friday will be: E. Barker. B. Birch. S Driscoll. M. Duggan (C'aptnin*. J. Hawes, O. Marshall. I). MacFarlane, C. Robinson. H. Sanders, H. Sharpe and J. Wilkinson.
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    • 299 11 r tvt xvx xvt Txr^a rroDAY'S QUOTATION: 1 X '■< omfort ami indolence 1 ar»* rroiiM'v," ||«m><l. FBIDAY FOX EVERYONE: Th:nk things through; adopt a conservative and econo- rrr.eal point of view for best < results. Be considerate, pois- 1 cd. impersonal with others; slow to make changes. YOI'K RIRTIIDATE
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  • 1296 12 FOLLOWING are weights and probable starters for all eight races tomorrow, concluding day of the Penang Turf Club X'mas meeting. Horses Class 3, Div. I—6 Furs. 131 Handsome 3y 9.00 S.L. Stable Lee 3 San Siro 4y 8.13 Blue Bell Stable F. van B'kele n 001
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  • 2279 12 'TWAS A BLACK CHRISTMAS DAY FOR PUNTERS BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $165,500 Ist Prize *****5 ($44,650) 2nd Prize *****0 ($17,860) 3rd Prize *****8 8.930) STARTERS ($1,786 each): Nos. *****0. *****8. *****5, *****5. *****6. *****3. *****6. *****1, *****6. *****5. CONSOLATIONS ($l,OOO each):
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  • 134 12 FIGHTING BROTHERS ARRIVE TWO Indian wrestler.-, brothers Tacker Singh (260 Ib. sft 1 1 m) and Gutta Singh (iMr> lb rtfO arrived m Singapore yesterday for fights m the Colony. Gutta Singh, the offical champion of Punjab, will make his debut tomorrow night at the Happy World stadium against Singapore's
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  • 73 12 JOHANNESBURG. Dec. 24 (AFP) Valeria Forbes, one of South Africa's leading tennis stars, was hospitalized m Blocmfontein yesterday with extensive facial injuries received m a car accident. The car m which she was travelling with her husband, Gordon, South Africa's Davis Cup player, crashed m
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  • 237 12 PENANG, Thurs. P ;rky Donnelly's pair, Gay Hunter and Grazie, returned the best time at this morning's track work. Both covered three furlongs m 37 1/5 sees, on a good track. Li?ht Of Burma and frair Raleigh ran three m
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  • 333 12 MAY RETURN AFTER ENGLISH SEASON UK and duri for Iraim year, he Of momeni unfortur I broken d md will will so t Thii X aged 22 wti third The Sco! B Ho iaid Jockey Gordn n R novr- r alwpyj c PENANG, Thurs.
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  • 87 12 SYDNEY —Mr. M. Poilard's Half fa. nesy. rdd- n by D W< i the Sum:.-, r Cip I Ii sterling, run over a tnileal a half hi n He finished a lenfl I of his q< irest r La Terrancr. v. short head
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