Singapore Standard, 27 December 1958

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    25 1 Jfc 3fl S SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD Teleohon* ***** —5 Coble/TIGERNEWS* —^sss^ INGAPCjjfe 'IXTURD^t, DECE^R 27, 1953. '01. l^^jfo. I 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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    319 1 Rebels: RI has eyes on outside help THE Indonesian Con-sul-General m Singapore, Brigadier-General Djatikusumo, warned the Colony's Chief Secretary yesterday that "Eastern patience should not be mistaken as a sign of weakness." Speaking on Indonesia's view Of the Singapore Governmpnt'? alleged indifference towards "rebel activities" here, he said on his
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    Lock icon Fire Mars Xmas Festivities
    146 1 Fire Mars Xmas Festivities $86,000 LOSS TAIPING, Fri. Christmas day festivities here were held up for about two hours when just after mid-night yesterday c fire broke out at the 52.5 million diesel-operated power Nation m Animal Infirmary Road. As a result of the "blackout" brought about by the power
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    Lock icon MAO IS 65 YEARS OLD
    55 1 MOSCOW. Dec. 26 (UPI) Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wished Mao Tse-tung Happy Birthday today and congratulated him on "the transformation of China into a mighty Socialist State." His message was c^nt to the Chinese Communist Party eader on his Hsth birthday "on behalf of the
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    Lock icon EPIDEMIC KILLS 95
    42 1 KARACHI, Dec. 26 (UPI) The death toll m Karachi's gastro-enteritis epidemic rose to 95 today, a jump of 20 since late Thursday. The cholera-like disease broke out on Saturday m a slum district of the Pakistani Capital. Brig-C»en. Djatikusumo
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    Lock icon S'PORE GOVT. BLACK LISTS DISLOYAL MEN
    359 1 S'PORE GOVT. BLACK LISTS DISLOYAL MEN THE Singapore Government is compiling: a black list of "undesirable elements" now resident m the Colony. A majority of those m the list are registered Singapore citizens, who are considered by Government to be either "disloyal" or a threat to the security of this
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    Lock icon Communists Are Still Hopeful -Regent Warns
    407 1 Communists Are Still Hopeful -Regent Warns SEREMBAN, Fri. The Regent of Negri Sembilan, Tunku Munawir, speaking at the budget session of the Council of State on Wednesday expressed gratification over the successes scored by the State m the war against communist terrorists. '"With the help of members of the public
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    Lock icon And now, there is only ONE Red left
    151 1 And now, there is only ONE Red left KUALA LUMPUR: Fri.— One of the two remaining terrorists m the Kota Tin^qi area of Johore, has surrendered. The surrendered terrorist is Ah Ngah, who gave himself up to a tapper at Nanyo Estate. Kota Tinggi. With Ah Ngah's surrender, hopes of
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    Lock icon NEW LAW TO DEPORT 'BAD HATS'
    624 1 It 9 s now Pait-Jialauan Minister to get powers to send away banishees KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Powers of banishment and expulsion of people other than Federal citizens will be vested with a Minister, who is likely to be the Minister for Interior and Justice,
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    129 1 Fight at Changi Jail A VIOLENT fight between two prisoners inside Changi Jail, Singapore, yesterday afternoon, resulted m one of them being sent to hospital, badly injured Both prisoners. The StanHard wa^ told, were society thugs Hotained under the now Cr.miri.-5! Law (Tomporary Provisions) Ordinance. Confirming the incident, the SuprrintondrrV
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    Lock icon GREETINGS FROM SHIP TO STANDARD
    127 1 GREETINGS FROM SHIP TO STANDARD CAPTAIN J. C. Harvey of the Ben Liner "Bendoram" yesterday morning wished the readers of The Singapore Standard a "Merry Christmas" by very high frequency radio telephone. Captain Harvey, who was at that time 25 miles from Singapore on the high seas, said that he
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    Lock icon QUEMOY XMAS
    20 1 A CATHOLIC and a Protestant church on Quemoy Island held their annual Christmas services amid communist artillery bomardment.
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    Lock icon THREE GO SHOPPING IN BOAT-2 DIE
    183 1 THREE GO SHOPPING IN BOAT -2 DIE KLALA KANGSAR, Fri. Two of the three occupants of a sampan, a woman and a 14-year-old schoolgirl, were drowned when the boat m which they were travelling capsized m midstream near Kampong Chermin, on the Perak River, about four miles downstream from this
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    Lock icon 'Alliance' proposal to Tunku?
    146 1 'Alliance' proposal to Tunku? MANILA, Dec. 26 (UPI).— Federation Primp Minuter, TunKU Abdul Rahman.^ Mate vl>it v> trie Philippine party npxt mon h may g;vp birth to a npw regional a.liance against communism, it was report Pd today If President Carle* Garcia would propose to the Tunku his projpet of
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    Lock icon AVIATION CHIEF ON WAY TO RI
    135 2 AVIATION CHIEF ON WAY TO RI LONDON. Dec. 26 (Reuten Mr. Richard Fairey, president of the Fairev Aviation Company, i s due to arrive m Singapore tomorrow on his way to Jakarta to negotiate a contract with the Indonesian government for the sale of 18 Gannet aircraft. Mr. Fairey said
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    Lock icon TUNKU AND GOVERNOR AT WEDDING
    112 2 TUNKU AND GOVERNOR AT WEDDING PENAN G, Fri.— lnche Nyak Hashim bin Nyak Puteh, Penarg State and City Councillor, last night was host to more than 1,000 guests at hi? house m Pangkor Road, on the occasion of the wedding of his only daughter, Che Saniah to Inrne Hashim bin
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    Lock icon OUR WORKERS ANTI-RED-SAYS ONG IN HK
    90 2 OUR WORKERS ANTI-RED-SAYS ONG IN HK FEDERATION Minister of Labour and Welfare, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, arrived In Hongkong on Thursday for a twoday stop-over en route to Barbados, West Indies, to attend a meeting of the General Council of Commonwealth Parliamentary Asso- elation, which is due to be held
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    69 2 Standard Reporter Marries MR. WILLIAM Chia Thian .Too and Miss Jeanptte Tan Chwee Lian who were married at the Btraitl Ch;nf»«e Methodist Ch :rch, Smgapopore. esterday. Mr. Chia is the editorial BtaflC of the Singapore Standard He i* the seoond son of Mr. and Mr?. Chia w i p »nd
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      472 2 NOTICES S.S. "RAJULA" SAILING FOR MADRAS ON 28th DECEMBER, 1958. THE above vessel will sail for Port Swettenham, Penang, Nagapattinam and Madras from Singapore Harbour Board Godowns Nos. 15/16, Gate No. 4 at 1 p.m. on the 28th December 1958. Embarkation for deck passengers will commence at 7 a.m. and
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      402 3 THE explanation given by Singapore's Cony pcrci **4 Industry Minister m support of government's move to bring Singapore's free port !tetiM fo an tnd, seems chockful of wishful nkißf. The assurance that the amended ordinance pili only be exercised with great care and that the jddhonal tariffs on
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      441 3 PROTOCOL apart, there must have been a good Many other important matters which the Yugosliv President. Marshal Tito, had m mind when he let! Belgrade and stepped down m Indonesia on first leg of his Middle East and Asian tour. The recent disappearances of many figures from Hie
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    49 3 I iA OFFICE- H L m Teck Kirn Poad Spr'« 2 p- p^. Mo 1 5^3 Cables TICEkNEWS ***** '5 n sl A department* u a lumpuß: Dmtm Irauranci B dg 174, Batu p^i rSr Kiil! ij r -CA 91 -A. Buk.t Cn,n* Tel: 1471
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    Lock icon The Strength of the £ Sterling
    841 3  - The Strength of the Sterling PAUL BAREAU LONDON Y"ERY high m the list of British achievements m 1958 has been the restoration of confidence m sterling. In the autumn of 1957 the pound was under more severe pressure than it had endured at any time since the end of the
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    613 3  - Israeli Unease Over US Policy FRANCIS OFNER by TEL AVIV. THE decision of Mr. William Rountree, US Assistant Secretary of State, not to include Israel m his Middle East itinerary, has caused some uneasiness here*. The decision is regarded as further proof of US helplessness m this region and has
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    852 3 By A Special Correspondent JOHANNESBURG TTNTIL the Nationalists came to power m South Africa ten years ago, nobody seriously doubted that tribalism m the country was dying. A migratory labour system had brought huge numbers of Africans into contact with modern technology, and the war-time
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    35 3 In 1903 the first successful airplane, developed by the Wright Brothers of the U.S., flew only 120 feet. Today a modern airlmer can ily 10,000 miles nonslop, nearly halfway around the world
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    233 3 A Time For Silence "IN politics there are times for silence, just as much as there are times for speech. While there are occasions when men require the proclamation of a common faith, there are others when it is only m the silence of theory that,
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    433 3 the NEWS as it strikes me Vr*E OFFER no apology for hark.ne back to Tue>day's meeting of Ihe Singapore City Council when the Mayor was re-e'ected. What struck this column as curious was the fact that allhough th* voting was by ballot, therefore secret, Councillors showed their papers either to
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    Lock icon IT WAS MERRY XMAS: RECESSION NO EFFECT
    289 4 IT WAS MERRY XMAS: RECESSION NO EFFECT Cinemas, night clubs report full houses DFSPITE the trade recession and gloom among traders last week, restauranteurs, cinema managers and people m the entertainment business yesterday reported that Christmas this year "left nothing to be desired." All the popular nigh! dubs were "booked
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    Lock icon RI Rebels Now In E. Sumatra
    193 4 RI Rebels Now In E. Sumatra M \NIL T >* 26, (UPI) F ir mmpanies of lr. lonesian el forces ire env. ted m i let v n muli Provir c and f S ti r. 7 report« fro Jah rta yesterd ly. rhe rt port said Lt. Maha, Officer
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    Lock icon WO POLITICSJOHARI AGAIN WARNS PUPILS
    169 4 ALOK STAR, Fri. Education Minister. Inche Mohamad Rhir .lohari. yesterday warned students m Malaya that he would not tolerate any more nuisance from students who get involved m politics. "I cannot disclose yet what sort of measures I will take, but I shall take steps
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    82 4 WASHINGTON. Dec. 26, (UPI) Devaluation of the franc and the external convertibility of sterling are likely to rome before the New Year, a 'cording to the high financial sources here. The sources believed that the U.S. Treasury and the International Monetary Fund were not certain up
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    118 4 New Body To Advise Students ALOR STAR. Fri Education Minister. Inche Mohd. Khir Johari yesterday told 500 delegates and observers at the Peninsular Malay Students Union meeting that a student advisory committee would be set up by government early next year to look into the welfare of students. He said
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    99 4 SET UP NEW LICENSING BOARD CALL PENANG, Fri.— Traders here are planning to .send a petition to the Mayor o: Georgetown seeking the transfer of the licensing authority i>undry-goodsi from the City Hea.th Department to a "sundry-goods licensing board."' which should be formed for that purpose. They >aid that two
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    72 4 VIENNA. Dec. 26, (Reuter) An Air France airliner with 28 passenger's and six crew on board crashed near Vienna on Christmas Eve, bui no lives were lost, according to r.n Air France official here. The plane. My ing from France to Vienna by way of Munich,
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    95 4 TEN-YEAR-OLD Mag delieno Chan ypsterdav won the first prize m the "Rocket Club" talentime contest for children at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Afagdeliene won among 31 contestants when she played "Sugarmoon" and "La Cumparsita" with her Hawaiian guitar. Magdeliene. who learned to play th*» guitar m the
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    131 4 VARSITY HONOURS NKRUMAH NEW DELHI. 26 (Renter* Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Prune Minister of Ghana, said here today he hoped thai 'before long" the University Col c.cc of Ghana would attain full university status with power to confer its own degrees. Speaking after receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters
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    119 4 MANILA. Dee. 26 <t T PI) Three Philippine Legislators today endorsed President Carlos P. Garoias plan to visit South Vietnam and Malaya next year to foster closer relations with them. But m supporting Garcia's proposed trips to or made under the new administration policy of
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    60 4 HONGKONG. Dec. 26 <LTI> Police still have not captured three bandits who tried to rob a prominent Chinese businessman last Monday, it was reported today The trio entered the hump of William S. T. Louev 0O the pretext of delivering gilts When they brandished guns Louey
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    155 4 Hula-Hoop Craze Hits Visiting Indian Film Stars THE hula-hoop craze that is now sweeping the world has caught up with two famous Indian film actresses durin-T their nine-day holiday m Singapore. When they left Singapore by air for India yesterday the actresses, Padmini and RaTini (sisters), each took back with
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    414 4 Mosques built with lottery money can't cause Muslims to be sent to hell-Tunku PENANG, Fri. Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman tori Muslims, particularly the Malays, not to hesitate to accept financial N Social Welfare Lotteries Board for religious purposes hp| P N* Speaking at the opening ceremony of the new
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    98 4 SEREUBA) I budget J Sembian r, I i on \\>6n^t, I amended In ard II from cmi y>-; II tactics '1 1 rowdy II throwing II :n several f M l campaigns." be voters being marci oui.y.r.c lAfivassen I I. P
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    127 4 THE foi hih I mm »f the Peer •H 8 141 I I came a Chr c- it <■ > I Tnk\- next I cyz:,z? II States \'p\v 7s I ;a. Malaya It I Philippii I aero] ;ay? Reuter H Mr I Japenese na
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    36 4 T.O\l> I rhe Dai H "Grai H ped at sea b: I »el and ordered 1 Kebir, I Lloyd sh i fjp m p ihe ■< I about 40 tot before -<■<-■ z H
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    38 4 NICOSI )f Cj pru« remain* I with no v." tern rist EOK.^ I planned t< r» I I A H Command* I n..r m ing to report c ier H for .m I tivit
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      155 4 A NATURAL SOURCE OF ENERGY wSS&VH&SBHLir' '^x "'''-9'/' f vf 0' '■''■'/j'/m In order to overcome tiredness, a child needs pSgjSan energy restoring food. Taken as a drink or Mll^ II m concentrated form by the spoonful on bread s Milkmaid BRAND f i fl or with fresh or tinned
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    196 5 Consultations with Malaya next month S |\<;\PORE C.overnment is reviewing its ban on ,n of Chinese textiles into the Colony roi Commerce and Industry, Mr J M The Standard yesterday that a decision not to lift the three-month ban will be irly next
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    218 5 'MENTRIS BESAR EAT UP REVENUE' COUNCILLOR SEREMBAN Fri Alliance Councillor, Mr. Chin See Yin, said a t Bhe budget meeting of the Xegri Sembilan Council of Slate on Wednesday that it was unnecessary for the State to have several Assistant Statt? Secretaries as at present bfacause it meant a heavy
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    55 5 MANILA. Dec. 26 (UPI) Indonesian Police have strengthened patrols of Indonesian port}", to check the entry of counterfeit money into the country, the PIA news agenqy reported from Jakarta \-e*terday It said Indonesian Police recently confiscated forged Indonesian rupiah banknote? m Makassar, South Celebes, as well
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    Lock icon HK star meets fans and gets mobbed
    99 5 HONGKONG film star, Tmg Yhig, was yesterday besieged by autograph-nunters when she held her first "meet the fens" session at Singapore's Metropole Theatre Ihe first such session to be held m the Colony. The session was open on'v to anemagoers who had purchased
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    273 5 Praise tor Hu Yew Seah's Malay Classes PENANG. Fri. The Hu Yew Seah is the only cultural association to take the initiative to expound the national language, said Executive Councillor, Inche Aziz Ibrahim, at the 44th anniversary celebrations of 1 the HYS last night. Inche Aziz who is on the
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    141 5 M ilav Pf-n.n- r< ichers A.>.>o- < led to >y- .ij c< n:*:rNaf nal CnnM ilayan Teachn > be held m md 1 *n Kuala U Secretary oj r. Inche Yusol announced this ning session ol d held here J mow than
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    152 5 Refrigerator Fraud Man Jailed B>K ENG, who Frigeratoi on a i>e agreement an I ed after paying ta was consentenced to 12 .1 Singapore We ln< i iv. trie! Ige, Mr. J. Tv ■-.>. ever, acquit- g Kwang on a listing m dispos- 1 fn.qerator. g■ g partner of R
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    113 5 OFFICIALS OF BENG CHOON KOK ASSN. THE following have been elected office-bearers of the Beng Choon Kok Association foi the coming year: President: Mr. Koh Cheng Seah. vice-presidents: Messrs. Tay Nam Kiang. Tan Hock San. Chow Gek Cher. Chua Sen? Kee, Khoo Eng Watt. Yap Hood Chwee. Chua Tiong Wah.
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    57 5 Fri The High j i for Canada, Mr. s, and hi? wife, i with Christmas they visited ne Homo for the r tmas Eve, 1 y visited the St. lit ition an j the School for the j Menziea presented hildren. l s is on
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    58 5 Stabbed woman 'critical' IPOH. Fri A woman. Kaji Saidah. 20, was admitted ro the hospital here with serious stab injuries on the face, head and arm>. Sh c is m a critical condition Sh^ was said tn have been involved m an incident which 0 rcurred yesterday at Kuala Par:
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    230 5 Finishing Touches For $50 Mil. Show WITH only foul weeks to go before the biggest exhibition ever to oe held m Soutb-East Asia opens, hundreds of workmen are working round the .•lock to cive a finishing touch to stalls and pavilions for the Singapore Constitution Exposition, at the old Kallang
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    122 5 JAP EXPERTS END TOUR OF 13 LANDS HONGKONG. Dec. 26 <Reut >._A er Japanese official four-member agricultural research delegation, led by Professor of Agriculture, Seiichi Tohata of Tokyo University, left herp by air on Wednesday after a tour of 13 countries m South-east Asia and Middle East. A member of
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    110 5 PENANG, Fri. A Police supervisee, E. Kandiah, was told by Inche Harun bin Mohamed Hashim, m the Magistrate's Court today that he did not appear to have learnt his lesson after serving various terms of imprisonment for six previous convictions. "I hope you will
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    32 5 THE Penang Ratepayers Association will hold its inaugural meeting at the Khek Association m Burmah Road, at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Ah ratepayers of Penang and Province Wellcsley are invited.
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    220 5 Minister to make extended PI tour KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Minister of Interior and Justice, Inche Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, who will be accompanying the Prime Minister on his official visit to the Philippines, will be staying an extra week there as an official guest of the P.I. Cultural
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    79 5 PENANG, Fri. A Sikh marriage ceremony rarely seen here was performed at the Sikh temple m Brick Kiln Road on Christmas day when <he manager of a rubber e?tate m Baling, Mr. Sarban Singh Parma married Pritam Kaur Virik, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
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    131 5 THE calm of .Too Chiat Road. Singapore was shattered on Christmas evening when two shots from a detective sergeant's revolver rang out m a bid to stop a fleeing extortioner. The incident took place when a man had tried earlier t o extort money
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    67 5 MR. and MRS WILLIAM HARPI'R picture taken at their wedding: reception m Raffles Hotel yesterday. Their marriage took place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The bridegrr.om is the son of the late Mr \V V Harpur and Mrs. M.M. Harpur while the bride, the former
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    165 5 REGENT OPENS NEGRI COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION SEREMBAN, Fri. The Regent of Nrgri Sembilan, Tunku Munawir, son of the Paramount Ruler, reremonially opened the forty-fourth budget session of the Council of State here on Wednesday It was incidentally the first time the Prince addressed the Council since he became the Regent
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    99 5 Moonshine Found In Raid On A Shop PENANG Fn. A party of revenue officers who raided a sundry goods shop m Chuha Street on Christmas Eve for contraband cigarettes aLso discovered two bottles of "moonshine" liquor, the Sessions Judge. Mr. Au Ah Wan, was told today. Lim Wan S:m. 40
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    43 5 NEW YORK Drc 26 iFnjter> The New York Lif*» Insurance Company said her* a recent examination „f the;r files shower they had 78 policy-holders named Christmas Thry also found 49 Yules. 468 Noels. 280 Holly.s. seven Magi and one Bethlehem.
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    282 6 MRS. LEON-SOH SAYS PARTY IS 'CRUCIFYING' HER 'Leave me alone...' woman Councillor tells LibSocs A SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mrs. Felice Leon-Soh (former member of the Liberal Socialist Party) yesterday accused the party of "crucifying a honest and straightforward woman for refusing to contribute to the filth of so-called politics." Mrs.
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    220 6 Ran Military College and 34 men pass out KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Commandant, Federation Military College. Port Dickson Lt.-Col. P.A.C. Don is returning to Britain tomorrow on completion of his thTo ypors 1 tour of duty Formerly an instructor and a company commander st vie Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst. Col.
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    67 6 PENANG. Fri. A Perak registered motor-car parked outside a house m Kimberlry Street here on Christmas Eve was missing on Christmas morning. The owner. Mr. Tye Ong Choon, reporter the matter to the Police. At the time o! writing the car has not been traced
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    56 6 ON the occasion of his opening the Raffles Hall of the University frof Malaya, the Governor of Singapore. Sir William Gk>ode is seen signing the Visitors' Book On his right isa Professor J.H. Hale. Master of Raffles Hall and on nisi left is Mr. Rahim Kadir, President
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    316 6 Gardeners must prepare now for flower show r NOW is Lthe time for gardeners to start preparing for the next Flower Show, Mrs. R.H. MacDougal, committee member of the Show, announced yesterday. The Singapore Flower Show. which is organised each year by the Singapore Gardening Society, wiii be held a*
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    320 6 Works of poet painters on display More than i 200 Chinese paintings by Uvq> "port painters," Professor*! Tv Kung-Sui and Professor j Liv Tai-Hee, are now on disnlay m the Victoria Memorial Hal!. A number of [Chinese calligraphic? are alscS on show. The exhibition; of Chinese paintings and: calligraphy jointly
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    23 6 THE Singapore i Civil Defence Social Committee will hold a New Year'slEve dance at the Civil Defence Clubhouse, Kolam Ayei? Lane.
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    96 6 PENANG. Pri An enjoyable Christmas evening was highlighted by a Hawaiian danre at the Town Hall here last night m aid of the Audit Jolly Lads Sport> fund. A trio of charming girli Assunta de Castro. Joan Smith and Gertrude Jeremiah, gave an exhibition of the
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    138 6 Land costs Govt. $6 mil. Tl ocres <■ ssa vhii i annua; r* n b mlssione: rJi. 5 Jlstrar f Ut^ g yesterday. The rep ti i i i BSM S i miles wi k tulturaj poSnJ 5 Bui t-ujj roads, railwai -"I culUntion An /ncreose t To s: s
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    39 6 MR R HRfR* > Singapore student let* rr. jreiterdaji |r Ceylon W p^tinpatr the Intrrnational B*Wna r sponsored Imerican r rrt^ v virr Committrf f* kPrs) to br hoM M W*»" tinva from tomorrr.u .lan 10
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    28 6 Picture vy A GROUP of revfljlers. some m fancy dress are h*re dur-«* Inc Dress (Ball held at the Elan* Club. Ch'ng Seng Poh
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    358 7 EX-CONS' LIFEBLOOD IS WORK— PRISONS VIEW Don f let them go back to I gangs' SINGAPORE can count 1 itself lucky to possess a [flourishing After-Care As- sociation, but its efforts to rehabilitate discharged prisoners are but "pebl bles m the ocean" unless they could be given jobs. I This
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    53 7 THE New Zealand Regiment's first battalion m Taiping held a Christmas party for 200 orphans on Monday. Picture shows Santa Claus (Sersrt. Lan Kinnard) with some of the little guests who received gifts from him. Carrying the children are Private G. Reid. Mrs. G. Stack and Lance
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    95 7 MR. J.P. CHRYSOSTOM. 54, a former Journalist m Ipoh. was found dead m his room m Amber Road. Singapore, on Christmas Day. He had apparently died of a heart atThe late Mr. Chrysostom. who had been awarded the M.B.E. for "dissemination of Allied news" during the
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    33 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Fri A 27-year-old woman, Wong Ah Lan, was fatally in.iuned m her house here on Wednes- I day. A man has detained by the police for questioning.
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    112 7 JJ KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A 2$ couple, courting m the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park on Christmas Eve, were surJi prised by three thugs. One pointed a dagger a* S? them and the other two JH relieved the man of cash, a f»
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    252 7 Future of 3,600 temporaries to be decided soon KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The future of 3,610 Federation Government temporary clerks will be made known during the first week of 1959, The Standard learnt today. Within this date, the Principal Establishment Officer is i expected to announce his decision on matters pertaining
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    109 7 She's after another degree PRETTY Ipoh-born Miss Low Beng See. 21, who recently gained first class honours m Chemistry at the Uniiversity of Adelaide. South Australia, where she is taking a Ph. D degree. A former student of the Ipon Anglo Chinese Girls' School and a post-senior student of the
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      64 9 Governor Starts Oil Drill In O peration ih»i>okk PIKE. r of Somalipresided orer a Spuddmjc-in «.i recently to Ihe drilling by Vacuum Oil of its first m wildrat. Moslem uork- Sir Theoi \r\nz Mlvfred started the hagah Shabell > 1! ">0 miles 'h^ port of BerIhc Ttulf of i i
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      89 9 Britain To Raise Import Quotas ■!a^ offer* to :n--|UOtas f r om »ai mtries v I ton ster i ing en\ dU»- ted the esterday >f the r^ani- ropeai E•• n mic n m Pari ii m f :r'her ide •':"•">'.••■ the 0.1 E.C ng ir Paris by E President
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      60 9 Aussie SelfSufficiency In Goods H RA, De >; (RevParliamentary Trade, Mr. R. W. <-i.iv Australian id< M to 95 per r. >umei goods mtry. tid abcwii ball Australia earned ng minerals and I icts went to pny iti rials imported and another these earnings capital equip- 'i years, th factories
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      350 9 Company's Progress Satisfactory Director THE PEOPLE'S Insurance Company of Malaya' Limited, during its first year of trading, set up a branch office m Kuala j Lumpur and appointed agents throughout Malaya. Th.s is stated m a Press statement issued by the company on its second annual j general meeting held
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      311 9 Weekly Rubber Report DESPITE a very short business week, the turnover has been fairly good with renewed Continental demand raising levels at a time when the market otten relapses into the doldrums, says Holiday, Cutler, [Bath Co. Ltd's report. Although prices had declined to an attractive
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      45 9 YARN imports into India m April-June amounted to 800.000 lb. which was respectively 43 and 46 per cent less than a quarter and a year earlier. Compared with JanuaryMarch receipts from Italy, the dominant supplier, were down by 42 per cent.
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      92 9 CPA To Speed Up Service Singapore Hongkong flight time will be rut by 30 per cent, when the Cathay Pacific Airways introduced the Electra airliner on the route trom the end of April next year. A Lockheed prop-jet, the Electra commercial airliner has a cruising speed of 400 miles an
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      92 9 HONGKONG. Dec. 26 (Reuter) China has exceeded its 1958 steel production target of 10,700.000 tons, to become the world's seventh largest producer the New China News Agency reported today. The steel production has reached 10.730.000 tons and by the end of the year is likey to
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      242 9 Rise Expected In World Farm Output WASHINGTON 1 Dec 26, (UPl)— The Foreign Agricultural service (FAS) said today the world's farms and ranches m 1958-59 will pour out the largest agricultural production m history. In its annual report, world Agricultural Situation 1959. the agency, an arm of the Agriculture Department,
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      85 9 EXPORTS of home grown woo! from India declined between the first and second quarters of this year. In '-he :atter period they amountea to 7.1 million ib. actual weight, or a reduction of 13 per cent. This was also 37 per less than m the second
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      40 9 AUSTRALIAN wheat exports during the first quarter (July-September) of the current floral yeir ar? preliminarily estirr.ateJ at 43^.000 long tons (16 million bushel.-), against 306.000 ton s (11 million bushels) during the first three months of 1 957-03.
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      417 9 LAST week's meeting of the International Tin Council is not likely to alter the tin outlook for the time being, says the Financial Times, commenting on the tin meeting. It held the view that the Tin Council must have discussed some "difficult matters."
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      92 9 FOLLOWING is a list of passengers arriving from the United Kingdom by the Iberia and disembarking at Singapore on Jan. 4. Mr. 8c Mrs. W. J. Baulkwi:!. Mr. D.F. B. B:iker. Mr. Mr?. W. B. Cogan and son Mr. D. C. Campbell. Mrs. W. Fleming. Sir
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      214 9 A MOBILE loader, constructed of square steel tubing and with the belt supported on rubber rollers mounted on a flexible steel cable, is a new piece equipment introduced by a British firm. All the shafts and rollers are mounted m sealed ball bearings so that
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      295 9 JAYCEES TO BOOST MALAYAN TOURIST INDUSTRY THE Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce and its sister organization m Kuala Lumpur plan to assist Malaya and the Colony develop the tourist industry early next year. President of the Singapore Jaycees Mr. Sim Miah Kian, said this yesterday He returned to Singapore recently
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      70 9 THE new factory and offices of the Industrial (Gases) (M) Ltd. at Jalan Ampat, Sungei Besi Road, Kuala Lumpur, were opened recently by the Federation's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Tan Siew Sin. Photo shows the Minister being shown the gas separation column by
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      136 9 WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. (UPI) The Government said today that, despite the recession, the nations overall industrial production for 1958 will fall only slightly below last year's all-time high The Commerce Department estimated that total U.S production of goods and services would reach 3437.000.000.000 by the
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      51 9 RICE imports into Canada m the January-June period were slightly less this jrear than m the corresponding months of 1957. A sharp droo m m. port- i>f milled rice was pirtly offset by a h< ivy increase m rough nr c imoorts, chiefly from the United
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      129 9 HONGKONG. De^. 26 (Router). Mr. Kwok Chan, .eac.er of an official trade mission to Centra], North and South America said on his return today the people there showed great interest m the Colony's products. Mr. ECwok, accompanied by Mr. T. D. Sorb.v, assistant director
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      22 9 THE UnitPd Starr- has resumed Krheot supplies to thr United Arab Republic, It was offlriallv announced Reuter m Cairo yr.sterday.
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    47 10 THE SULTAN of Selan- ffor accompanied by the < Mentri Besar. Inche < Abdul Jamal bin Rais arriTes at the ceremon- ial opening of the fifth budget meeting of the third session of the second Council of State of Selangor In Kuala Lampur Standardpic nT rt j
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    40 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUND-UP (ABOVE) The Quarter- i masters Convention for 1958 concluded m Kuala Lumpur recently. This fiicture was taken durng the convention, which was held at the Armed Forces Division of the Federation's Ministry of Defence. tandardpic by Mww
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    150 10 THE REV. FR. DIFFON, parish priest, is seen officiating at the mass baptism ceremony of 37 new converts at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Klang, recently. Picture by (LEFT) The Queen speaks at the recent opening of the first anniversary camp m Kuala
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    108 10 A GARDEN party to celebrate the birthday of the Governor of Penang. Raja Tun Uda, bin Raja Muhammad, was held at the Residency, recently. Photo shows the Governor i presenting Mr. Saw Seng Kew the warrant j of appointment as Justice of the Peace for tn« stafp of
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    80 10 MR. JULIAN MONTEIRO, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Monteiro of Nelson Road, Singapore, celebrated his twenty-first birthday recently. He is seen cutting his cake watched by his relatives and friends. (RIGHT) Mr. Edward J. Heffron, new Director for USIS. Malaya, and Mrs. Heffron being greeted at the
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    358 11  -  SCRUTINEER By Maori Boy and Three Cheers will be there to fight it out YES DEAR has at last struck her true form and I have no hesitation m taking her to topple this bright Class Three Division One field m the seven furlongs
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    1181 11 GOLDEN GUS IS A SOUND 'EACH-WAY' 1 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT Midnight Tonight looks an extra good thing m the mile race for horses Class Five Division Two and should be one of the best, bets m this afternoon's card. The long-striding four-year-old was doing splendid work m the straight when third
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    174 11 Grand X'mas Win By Blackpool LONDON*. Dec. 2fi (Router) Blackpool highlighted the EngLish football league's Christma? Day programme with a 4-2 home win over championship chnsmg Preston North End. Proud Preston led 2-1 at halflime. But Blackpool for whom Bill Perry, their South African born attacker hit a hat-trick took
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    30 11 THANK YOU, a bay Irish gelding by The Phoenix-Bon-nibel. a comfortable winner on Thursday at Penang. has bp«*n promoted to Class 4. it was officially announcer! yesterday.
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    248 11 The la&t race of the day appears to be an open affair. Red Wolf 111. Show Cp. Shylock Home, Chanteur D'Amour and Queensway can all be given winning chances. My pick Ls Chanteur D'Amour. CHANTEUR D'AMOUR Chanteur D'Amour was narrowly beaten into third p'.ace by
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    239 12 ELLIOTT THE YEAR'S TOP SPORTSMAN SEW YORK. Dec. 26. (I PI) —Australia, the amazing. athletic land •down under,' produced the world's outstanding athlete m 1958 m a rangy, running automation named Herb Elliott. There were eye -popping performances In every field of sports. Name your favour::*c and there was a
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    53 12 HONGKONG, Dec. 26 (Reuter) The All Hongkong eleven scored a comfortable 5 2 win over the Japan national team m a soccer match before a capacity crowd yesterday. Hongkong who was on top throughout led 3-2 at halftime. It was clean open football played m the
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    60 12 THE owing were elected offi ia oi the Johore Basket- 1 Xl tang D:str: Bran h, for i^.i r Pr-^: lenl Mad ime T i m Swec Si:^ iPI.S.t. Vice-Presi-denta Messrs Teoh Chin Boon -r. Onfi Ka] Brr^ (ree ected), Secretary: Tons Tvxm K p r. Assistani Secretary:
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    93 12 MELBOURNE, Dec. :>' (Reuteri A flue undefeated innings of 90 by young Neil Mark? helped New So ith Wales rerovei from i bad irt m their Sfaeffic I >.'^ I match against] Victoria here yesterday. At stumps, New South Wales were 257 f^" sis ifter having
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    563 12 NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Reuter) Ingemar Johansson, Sweden's European heavyI weight boxing champion, has been named as 'Fighter of the Year.' by Ring, the United States boxing magazine. Johansson is only the second non-American boxer to receive the title since the magazine instituted the
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    105 12  -  SCRUTINEER By LEADING jockey Garnet Bougoure was m fine form when he booted home three shGrt -priced winners on Thursday, opening: day of the Penang X'mas-New Year meeting:. His winners were Movie Fan, Thank You and Box Office 11. Punters had a good day as most
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    280 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Penang held Selangor. the defending champions, to a one all draw m the opening match m the annual Chinese Rp creation Clubs hockey tournament on the Pudu Road ground yesterday. Clubs from Penang, Perak. Nesr: Sembilan annd Selangor arc taking pan m the competition. Penang
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    117 12 Kwa Wins KL-Ipoh Road Race IPOH Fri. In a 'blanket finish Singapore's cycling ace ri.ua Chin Swee heat 17 oih°r competitors to wm the X'mas day 150 miles road race from Kuala Lurr.pur to Ipoh ye-t°r-day. Kwa's time of 7 hs. 11 mins. and 15 wr. bettered Awaihar Singh's 1949
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    441 12 BRISBANE, Dec. 26 (Reuter)— Despite the unpredictable form of its players this season, Australia is favoured to retain the Davis Cup m the Challenge Round to be played at Milton Courts here on Dec. 29, 30 and 31. i Australia's singles players, although unnamed
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    85 12 Swetman And Trueman In Bth Wkt. Stand S. AUSTRALIA 110-3 A! ClOSil By HARRY GEE, Reoter'g Special Correspondent ADELAIDE. Dfr 26 (Ri itei An eighth wicket stand I 58 by viricketlceeper Ro> Bwetman •4 1 > and Freddif Trueman 39t telped the M C.C. score 276 m I first Innings
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    194 12 PEN A NO. Fri. Th< selectors of the Penang Badminton Association sprung a surprise by pairing Teh Kew San with David Choong m Penang's fight U retain the Poong Seong Cvi m the Challenge Round against Belangor todaj and Sunday. Kew San who trill captain
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    53 12 OF the L's entru received for the New Year Queen test for the Globetrotters 1 trophy, five have rejected, M they had not fulfilled requirements, the Qfganisers yesterday. The winner will be dmdtd at the New Year Eve ball at B B her the T Sii
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    73 13 WITH the wind m the right quarter, tuo young Australian artillerymen, Lan c c Bombardier Frank Hall May. of Thomastoun. Melbourne, and Gunner L*»on Anderson, of South Road, Hilton. Adelaide, down tools and put to sea m their Snipe class craft for a sail on Prnang harbour. Both
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      392 14 A GOVT. TO SUIT NATION'S TEMPER Gen. Ayub KARACHI. Dec 26 Reuter» The President of Pakistan. General Mohamed Ayub Khan, yesterday promised the nation a constitution which would give the country a '"representative government which the people can really understand and which will be according to the genius of the
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      61 14 WIVES GET XMAS WISHES FROM JAIL CAIRO. Dec 2* (Reuter) .fames Swinbum and Mr. James Zarb, Britons tailed by Egypt as spies, exchanged Christmas wishes with their wives by telephone fr^m London yesterday. This is the third Christmas the f.vn Britons have speni behind bars. They decorated their cell m
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      70 14 MARIAN ANN McKNIGHT. Miss America of 1957. is all smiles as she greets her finance, Army Private Gareth Mon'elln Carmody upon his arrival here on Dec. 18th from Fort Ord Calif. They will be married on Dec. 20th .iust two days after the blonde beauty Queen's
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      128 14 ACCRA. Dec. 26 (Reuter) Lord Listowel. Ghana's Governor-General, said m a nationwide Christmas Eve bfoadcast that African nationalism "bodes well for the future of Africa." He praised many development m Ghana since independence last year, including the expansion of social services, fresh economic development, increased
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      77 14 CANTERBURY. England, De;- 26, (Reuter). The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, m his Christmas day sermon at Canterbury Cathedra, yesterday criticised c.ass and colour barriers as un Christian. "Tr. every c »untry there are men segregating themselves, or segregated from ore another and against one another,
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      239 14 India is a paradise compared with Chine MADRAS. Dec. 26, (Reuter). Compared with conditions m China. India was a "paradise." Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Indian population experi who has just returned from a sixweek study tour of China to acquaint himself with China's population and economic problems said here. Giving his
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      442 14 Her Xmas message lauds efforts of C'wealth nations SANDRINGHAM, Norfolk, England, Dec. 26 (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth m her sound and television Christmas Day message to the British Commonwealth yesterday praised the "great co-operative effort" the Commonwealth countries had been making to raise standards of
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      165 14 MOSCOW. Dec. 26 (Reuter) Alexander Mikailovich Shelepin. 40-year-old youth leader, wav, named new head of the Soviet State security forces. He replaces Army General Ivan Serov. Mr. Serov was removed from the security post upon hLs transfer to other work on December 9. Mr.
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      284 14 TOKYO, Dec. 26 (VPI)— A semi-government trade organization has reported that Japanese exports to South-east Asia, Africa and Western Europe declined this year, while exports to North, Central and South America, Australia and the Middle East showed an m crease. In a white paper on
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