The Straits Times, 14 December 1952

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    22 1 !4 OW 1951 THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETT SALES fIN MALAYA No. 905 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1952. Jf PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    75,000 NEW FRIENDS-THE POLICE
    420 1  -  RILL FISH They get you OUT of trouble ALL PART OF A BIG SERVICE By KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. TOMORROW Malayans will make 75,000 new friends and every one will be a policeman. The Commissioner of Police in the Federation, Col. A. E. Young, tonight launched "Operation
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    The gas strike is OFF
    328 1 The gas strike is OFF A LAST-minute promise r^ by the City Council President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, to consider the two outstanding recommendations of the Industrial Court prevented the 24 stokers employed at the City Cas Works from going on strike from rrndn ght last night. The recommendations
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    Britain lifts copper ban
    52 1 LONDON, Sat— A ban on the use of copper for many domestic articles In Britain will end on Wednesday, it was. announced today. The ban was Imposed two years ago so that British manufacturers could make the best use of scarce metals, like copper, zinc and
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    IF YOU WANT HELP ...
    122 1 IF YOU WANT HELP KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. rpHIS is what your police--1 men will do for ?ou free of charge: Call a doctor or an ambulance and render first aid in cases of accident or serious illness. Tell relatives In cases of accident, serious illness or sudden death. Transmit private
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    'David' ban is lifted
    55 1 KUCHINO, Sat. TVHE Sarawak authorities X announced today the lifting of the ban on the public exhibition of the film David and Bathsheeba" in the Colony. The ban was imposed recently following objections from Malay communities that the film tended to wound the religious susceptibilities of
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    *****4 wins lottery
    65 1 *****4 wins lottery KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. TICKET No. *****4 won the first prize of $250,000 in the Social and Welfare Services lottery, drawn this afternoon in Malacca. Other prizes were: 2nd. ($50,000 each): 548,930, 588,654. 3rd. ($25 000 each): 673,361. 809 478. 330.112, 748,978. 4th ($5,000 each): 174.850. 266,053. 643.357,
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    U.S. calls for competition
    73 1 AKRON, Ohio, Sat. A leader of the rubber manufacturing industry said here today that the United States would import crude rubber only when its price was competitive with the American synthetic product. Mr. John Collyer, president of the B.F. Goodrich Company, of Akron, made this comment
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    EARL WEDS SECRETARY
    66 1 HUNTINGDON, Sat. rIE Earl of Sandwich, 77, was married here today to Mrs Amuya Carbin, 50, secretary of the Hollywood, California, Vedanta Hindu Temjfrt for 20 years. Mrs. Corbin is a Britishborn American citizen. She met the Earl at the Vedanta temple last May and in July
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    Carols on tax
    35 1 LONDON, Sat.— The Star, said today that tax collectors at Chatham, in southern England, have formed a choir to sing caroLs at Christmas and headlined thp story: "In come, all ye faithful."—A.P.
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    A rendezvous with Adam and $*****
    122 1 rriHE men got their owh ■1 back last night. Students Of the University Of Malaya staged a successful! Rendezvous with Adam show at the Singapore Badminton Hall a few months after the Chinese Ladies' Association had their Rendezvous with Last nigiltV show wa s
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    BETTER NEWS ABOUT OUR RICE
    149 1 By Our Market Correspondent THERE is every prospect of Malaya and the other British territories in South-East Asia getting another 30,000 tons of rice from Siam this year. j This welcome news was brought back to Singapore yesterday by the Singapore Deputy Economic Secretary, Mr.
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    COMPOSER QUITS THE COMMUNISTS
    156 1 LONDON, Sat. HPHE British composer and ■1- conductor, Benjamin Frankel, announced last night he had left the Communist Party after 12 years as a member because of "revulsion" against the recent Prague purge trials and executions. In a public letter of resignaclon addressed to London's CommunLst
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    Adam in Singapore
    39 1 One thousand five hundred people last night went to the University of Malaya's "Rendezvous with Adam" dance at the Singapore Badminton Hall. And this is what "Adam" looked like. Story in this page. Sunday Times picture.
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    BLACKOUTS FOR A FEW DAYS
    107 1 THE new turbo-alternator at Pasir Panjang, Singapore, power station will be stopped for an oil change This may be on Thursday or Friday. It will then have been running for 200 hours. Load shedding may be expected and may last two to three days. The
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    On parents' murder charge
    60 1 ST. AUSTELL, Cornwall. Sat.— A 26-year-old cricket player, Miles Giffard, U to be tried on charges of murdering his mother and father and dumping their bodies over a 120-foot cliff. Giffard, it Is alleged, was angered because his father cut off his allowance and refused to
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    SKELETONS DUG UP IN MALACCA
    101 1 SKELETONS DUG UP IN MALACCA MALACCA. Sat SKELETONS, believed to be about 400 years old. were unearthed in Malacca yesterday While digging part of a road to fix the latest type of water hydrant opposite the Malacca Rest House, municipal labourers found bones. Later they unearthed four skeletons The skeletons
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    Sunspot
    32 1 LONDON, Sat A mo-derate-sized, sunspot is reported today It is likely to disturb broadcasting conditions between now and December 25. The disturbance between December 16 and 20 may be severe. Reuter.
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    Talks on Mau Mau
    41 1 LONDON, Sat— Sir Evelyn Baring, the Governor of Kenya, arrived in London by plane yesterday for talks with the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, on combatting Mau Mau terrorism In the Colony.— UJ».
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    Singapore will be a blaze of light...
    226 1 Singapore will be a blaze of light... §INGAPORE by night promises to be a blaze of light during the Coronation celebration in June next year. In addition to the lighting of Government House, Government and City Council offices, police statons, Kallang Airport, the Museum, Fire Station and Anderson and Cavenagh
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    Good time for 300 children
    192 1 SINGAPORE'S under-privi-leged children had their first taste of Christmas cheer yesterday when 300 of them, chosen by the Sunday Times Christmas Tree Fund committee, were entertained by the Chinese Swimming Club. They swam and frollicked in the club's two pools, under the watchful eyes of
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    Urgent Tunis talks urged
    48 1 NEW YORK. Bat.— The United Nations urged France and Tunisia last night to negotiate on an urgent basis, to give self-government to the Tunisians The recommendation was approved by the General Assembly's politic^toMUnmittee which vote&^sto 3 with 10 abstentions, for a Latin American resolution.
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    Malacca recruiting
    21 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Potential British Army recruits and Malayan other ranks will be interviewed in Malacca on Dec 8.
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    THE TRAITORS
    2628 2 THEY CAVE RUSSIA OUR A-BOMB SECRETS TIHS account of the hidden life of Dr. Klaus Fuchs, the most deadly and baffling spy in all history, is the first of a weekly series of extracts from Alan Moorehead 9 s book, "The Traitors," in which the author has had
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    Quicker trunk calls between K. Lumpur and Singapore
    408 3 Use of radio circuit KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. pLANS are now under way to speed up telephone trunk communication between Kuala Lumpur and the rest of Malaya, including Singapore. This means that trunk callers will be connected up without delay, Mr S A.
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    39 3 "FISH FUN," a lively picture by Mr. Tan Seng Huat of Penang which has been awarded first prize in the "General" section of the Pan-Malayan Photo Competition organised on behalf of "Perutz" Films by Hagemeyer Trading Company (Malaya) Ltd.
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    PUT CLOCK BACK, COVT. IS URGED
    150 3 Daylight saving trial wanted THE Singapore Association has asked the Government for its views on setting the clock back an hour or half an hour as a daylight saving measure. In a letter to the Colonial Secretary, the association stales that daylight saving during
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    CLUB WORKS ON FARCE
    88 3 "See How They Run" Ls the Stage Club choice Jot January. The producer ii Wilfrid Preston, who portrayed Descius Hess In "The Shop at Sty Corner." Stage management ls in the hands of Eddie Richardson, who moved the fireplace in The Shop at Sly Corner without
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    MYSTERY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE'
    257 3 MRS Lee Siok Eng switched off the lights and lay down to sleep it was 10 minutes to midnight. Suddenly she heard weird voices, swift footsteps and a knock on her door. Then her house began to tremble. Children in the house awuke and began
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    New oil effort
    44 3 WASHINGTON. Sat. Authoritative sources said yesterday that the Secretary of State. Mr Acheson, is expected to makp a new effort to solve the Persian oil crisis in peroonal talks with the British Foreign Secretary. Mr Eden, in Paris next week. UP
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    Fell 60 feet
    42 3 LODI. Italy. Sat. Three-year-old Cesare Brusonl on Thursday fell out of a third floor window, bounced off some electric wires and hit the ground 60 feet below He got up and toddled back into the house unscratched.— U P
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    666 planes a month
    40 3 WASHINGTON. Sat.— The Under-Secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Rosewell Gilpatrick said yesterday that the U.S. Air Force had taken delivery of 666 airplanes last month— the most in any month since the last war. UP.
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    309 3 LONDON. S&t. LEAGUE DIV. 1 Burnley 1 Arsenal 1 Cat din* 4 Sunderland 1 Liverpool 1 Manchester U 2 Manchester C. 4 Chelsea 0 Middlrsbroufh 3 Portsmouth 2 Newcastle 2 Aston Villa 1 Preston 3 Derby 0 Sheffield Wed. 2 Wolves 3 Stoke 4 Blackpool 0 Tottenham
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    pep talks: gifts for the JAMBOREE CONTINGENT
    163 3 pep talks: gifts for the JAMBOREE CONTINGENT QINGAPORE'S 54 strong O scout contingent to the Sydney jamboree was given a big farewell at Scout headquarters, Sands House, yesterday evening. The Scouts were given "pep" talks by Mr. R. E. Ince, Scout Commissioner, for Singapore. Mr L. R. Maclntyre, Australian Government
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    Rubber at 90¼ cents
    184 3 RUBBER declined ID price in Singapore yesterday by another 2 l/ 8 cents a lb continuing Friday's sharp fall. December first grade finished at 90 v 4 cents alb Heavy selling and lack of buyers continued the downward tendency yesterday the price during business going down
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    TIN PRICE
    10 3 Singapore. Sat. Dec. 13: $474'), inch a need).
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    Viscount given a new job
    33 3 LONDON, Sat— Viscount Swinton, former Minister of Materials, will become British Commonwealth Relations Secretary on Monday. He was received In audience by the Queen at Buckingham Palace today.—Reuter.
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    Boatman fined
    21 3 Chan Ah Po. a boatman who abetted the Illegal mtry of six Indonesians into Singapore, was fined $450 in
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    The man who is happy on five dollars a month!
    627 4  -  Y.K. YAP TEH THE FISHERMAN AND HIS TWO WIVES By I WALKED alone along the firm sandy shore near a village called Kampong Sepat in PaSang. And I met a man who has two wives and two children and earns
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    THE MEN FROM THE JUNGLES
    289 4 THE MEN FROM THE JUNGLES YORKSHIRE gave a parX ticularty warm welcome to the 500 officers and men of the First Battalion the Green Howards on their return to their native county after three years' fighting the bandits in Malaya. A large crowd of parents, relatives and friends were waiting
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    A plum pudding in Malaya
    233 4 MARIE GOUGH S COOKERY CORNER THE hot sun of Malaya cannot prevent me from making, eating and enjoying a real 'old fashioned Plum Pudding around Christmas time, and every member of the household has to stir it for luck. Here is the recipe. INGREDIENTS Half
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    AN' AMERICAN AT KOTA TINGGI
    570 4 rVO Sundays ago we had a visit from Professor Holttum and a young American botanist. They would have loved to search for plants along the jungle stretches of the road to Jemaluang, but as that area is not considered safe they could only explore the
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    General applauds the beef curry that a sergeant made
    316 5 General applauds the beef curry that a sergeant made A YEAR ago Sergeant Ahmad Sulaiman could not even bake a mud-pie. Yesterday a General applauded as he was named the best cook of Malayan food in the Army "It all comes of being greedy," Sergeant Sulaiman told the Sunday Times.
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    $10-gift to triplets in Johore
    80 5 $10-gift to triplets in Johore JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. ONE of the triplets born to the wife of a special constable on Sungei Tukong Estate, Plentong, has died. The triplets born to a Tamil woman on Ulu Tiram Estate a short time previously are all doing well. These triplets have been
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    Present for each child
    56 5 rE Singapore Friendly Circle, yesterday held a fancy-drpss Christmas party in the S.V.C. hall. There were four prizes for the best costumes and a toy for the 126 children present The Friendly Circle was formed a year ago by Mrs. Myra Cresson with the object of
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    Had drug, gaoled
    34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat Pak Chin was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment and fined $1,000, in default, a further six months' imprisonment in the Sessions Court today, for possession of prepared opium.
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    Harbour Board men to decide on strike
    235 5 gICHT hundred Singapore Harbour Board workers wiH decide tomorrow to strike or stop do.ng overtime work immediately. I The decision will be taken at an emergency general meeting of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association. The Association will be asked to approve a
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    Teachers will meet at Ipoh
    62 5 TANJONG MALJM, Sat.— Normal class teachers Irom Kedah, Perak, Selangor and Negri Sembllan will hold a convention at the Anderson School, Ipoh, from next Monday until Friday. There will be lectures, elocution contests, parties picnics and badminton tournaments. Mr. P. Lourdes, President of the Selangor
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    Scouts get ready for gang show
    92 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. T*HE Methodist Boys' School In Kuala Lumpur ls echoing to the gay songs of 150 Scouts from all parts of the Federation who are "camping" in the school to rehearse for the all Malaya gang show to be held at the
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    HE CHASED AND SEIZED THIEF
    325 5 Lorry driver rewarded AN Indian City Council lorry driver, Mr. R. D. Samuel, who overpowered a Chinese criminal after chasing him for nearly half a mile, and sat on him for 15 minutes until Police arrived and arrested him was yesterday given a monetary award
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    Carried to court
    97 5 A GIRL. Ho Scow Lin was carried by d relative to a Singapore court yesterday to answer a charge of attempted suicide She was put on the front bench, behind the dock. Through an interpreter she told Mr. H B. Livingstone. Third Police Magistrate, in a very
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    Kota Tingqi prepares
    39 5 Kota Tingqi prepares KOTA TINGGI, Sat The Government is taking caution against floods in Kota Tinggl. Kota Tinggl market will be evacuated to Kota Kechil during flooding. In the past the Magistrate's Court has become a market during flooding.
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    Help meeting
    56 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat Ceylonese in Malaya are to be asked to help the victims of the recent cyclone which swept Northern Ceylon. A public meeting of Ceylonese will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall tomorrow at 4 p.m. to consider relief measures. Damage done by the
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    Election towns
    18 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat Segamat and Kluang will be the next towns in Johore to hold elections.
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    THE MODEST MALAYAN MOTORIST LOOKS BACK
    1102 6  -  SHADBAND' Those treks through the jungle... By LAST week the main topic of what passes for convptsation in the Shadband menage centred round an ancient, dojf-eared copy of a magazine called "The Motor", a bumper 276-page edition ceebrating the advent of motordom's premier occasion,
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    Between you and me
    612 6  -  BILLY BUDD By AFTER last week's election, if that is the correct word for it, a cynical soul pas,sed a remark which needs a lot of considering. "Have you ever thought." he asked, "that the people here LIKE colonialism?" Every Government official, from His Excellency downwards,
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    Homes come first,' says a woman pioneer
    772 7 Homes come first,' says a woman pioneer MRS. WAGNER LEAVES AFTER 39 YEARS She thinks it's too early to take plunge into politics "I EAVE politics to the menfolk and concentrate on your homes first" is the advice given by one of Malaya's oldest European women "pioneers" to Asian women
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    GIVE HER A CHANCE
    673 7 TWO weeks ago I met a ■I beautiful girl. I fell in love with her at first sight. Now I miss her every minute of the day. I have made two appointments with her but darod not express my love, fearing she might get annoyed. Please
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    They bounce a cat to see who will be first to wed
    417 8 WOMEN in the United States have always prided themselves on their fine quilts, coverlets, blankets and bedspreads. Although manufacturers and merchants today make available to the American public at reasonable prices all types of beautiful bed linens, quilts
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    JOAN RICE HAS ONE UNHAPPY MEMORY
    330 8  -  KEN SMITH FILM STARS FIANCE WAS FURIOUS By LONDON. I HAD dinner with 22 1 year-old loan Rice just before she left England to travel to Fiji for a starring role opposite Burt Lancaster Was she thrilled? As a matter of fact, she was
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    Every modern convenience
    363 8 VTESTERDAY was floorI polishing day. This is done with a machine by the boy.. Ah Lao. He brought it upstairs, and I sat down ta I write letters. A long silence ensued After a while I went to see what was being done. The po!isher remained on
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    THEY LIKED THE LAST PRODUCTION
    162 9 THEY LIKED THE LAST PRODUCTION rE Little Theatre Players" last production at their Armenian Street premises, "Interference." drew large i«.i:c;ience.s all last week. Jud?:he applau.se and the comments af.er the final cur;ain, the play was highly .improved by those who saw it. It is 25 years since Sir Gerald dv
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    REME produces ambitious play
    198 9 Phillip King's comedy "On Monday Next," which played to Service audiences all last week in the REME Theatre. Ayer Raja Road, is an ambitious play and the REME Dramatic Society can be congratulated en a very enjoyable interpretation •On Monday Next" is the story of a
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    Milk, then a cigarette— it's just the thing for a baby
    223 9 QcEP in the Malayan jungles babies of the Negnto, aboriginal tribe foilow meals at their mothers' breasts with crude cigarettes Every time anyone passes round the cigareties, baby gets one. The Negritoes are Jolly, thick-lipped, chocolate-brown little people. They
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    GIRL MISSIONARY VISITS VILLAGES
    243 9 kyglSS Adeline Char has arrived in Singapore to be a missionary. She has been sent by the Kaimuki Community Church, Honolulu. She had her early education in Honolulu and spent two years at the University of Hawaii She received her B.A. in Christian Education at Bob
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    Klang Santa Claus party
    45 9 KLUANG. Sat.— More than 100 members of the Union Sunday School, whose ages range from five to 18, and teachers were presented with gifts from Santa Claus, at a party on Thursday. The Rev. W. H. T. Abraham was Santa Claus.
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    LEN THORNE STEPS OUT
    119 9 Radio Malaya, Singapore. will start a new series of programmes when "Calling On You" goes on the air at 9 p.m. on Jan. 8. Len Thome will pay visits (by request) to listeners' homes every Sunday morning between the hours of 10.30 a.m. and noon. The
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    Improvements
    18 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat.— Old labour lines still in Johore are being improved at a cost of $70,000.
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    So the 2000 guests held their Tigers
    142 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE band played "Hold That Tiger"— so 2,000 guests did just that at the Griffin Inn this afternoon. It was the Tiger Brewery's 21st birthday party. Guests learnt some intriguing facts as they held their Tigers— for instance: Beer produced
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    BOMOH REVIVES HAUNTED BOY
    74 9 PENANO, Sat. TIUNDREDS watched today as a Penang bomoh (Malay medicine man) drove a "ghost" from the body of a LatifT, a former Bangsawan musician, gave the boy a bath of lime, flowers and sireh (betel nut leaves), *fter which he came out of his trance.
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    BREWERS TO THE RESCUE
    160 10 rE brewers have come to the aid of the Coronation Committee Without their help, a bright new idea for the procession to give the Empire Premiers, including Mr. Churchill, a procession of their own might have perished Difficulty was to find the necessary horses, carriages, coachmen
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    The new Red scapegoat —the Jew
    339 10 The new Red scapegoat the Jew riLEVEN men were hanged in Prague a week ago. Just 13 days from November 20 to December 3— were needed to "try", sentence and kill them for a fantastic collection of contradictory crimes "Trotskyism. Titoism, Zionism, and bourgeois nationalism.'* To anyone familiar with Free
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    ICING A CAKE
    233 10 A 230-foot high. 600-foot long, sloping cliff of soft earth is being "painted" with cement by spray guns at Singapore's Pasir Panjang power station, to give it a half-inch-thick "skin". The cliff was created when mechanical shovels cut away a whole hillside to make' way for the
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    MONEY CAN DO STRANGE THINGS TO MEN
    400 10  -  Johi Gordon By rpRULY money can do strange things to the minds of men. A biography of Arnold Bennett, just published,* draws a fascinating picture of what the burning desire to accumulate wealth can drive a man to do. And what the accumulation
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      177 10 4 GIVE I SMsW XC S **ST CHOICE \*j£\ ls neaffers downstroke fUTeY. Dip xx\ I your pen ln Sneaffers Skrl P" writing "s /-TTp^ l^^ fiud and with one downstroke il *-*l^--^^ XfejP@L 1 jmptied. cleaned and refilledl (above) The Sheaffer's "CRAFTSMAN" Is Ideal for the student. It is
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      89 10 Popular Crossword ACROSS DOWN i o.. n ir .n^ i o_,i~ tn\ in Speech Imperfection (4), 1. BUnk (7), 7. Senior (8), 10. \mi r tir Ji ,<, a tTummir i» 18. Stump (4). 19. Allowance for <£Ss< AHow Vs. 15 waste (4), 11. Uninteresting (S). SwCSV, n Obliterate 5
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    Call tor higher tax allowance
    256 11 "THE Singapore Association has asked the Colony Government to increase the scale of single and married allowances granted under the Income Tax law, to that a large number of small tax-payers will get relief. Writing to the Colonial Secretary, the Association says that an upward
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    Pavilion party
    31 11 Forty children from the i Children's Aid Society. Singapore, were given a Christmas party yesterday at the Pavilion Restaurant, Orchard Road. The party was organised by the restaurant staff.
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    WOMAN TO LEAD THE REDS' DOUBT
    344 11 WOMAN TO LEAD THE REDS' DOUBT USIA Hsueh Hung, the 40-year-old woman who, Taipeh (Formosa) Radio stated, has been named to take over leadership of the Malayan Communist Party from Chin Peng, $250,000 Secretary-Gene-ral of the M.C.P. was described in Singapore last night as a most important political personality in
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    38 11 Well-known Indonesian dancer Osman Gumanti performing the "Chender Mat o," a dance with plates and candles, at last night's University Ball at the Singapore Badminton Flail in aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. Sunday Times picture.
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    3708 BANDITS KILLED IN FED.
    181 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. DEVISED statistics issued by the Federation Govern ment today show that up to the end of last month 3 708 Communist terrorists had been killed. Suspects captured totalled 1 981, while 877 bandits surrend ered and 1,910 were I wounded. Police casualties
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    Tea party
    52 11 The Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Blythe yesterday attended a tea party at the Mount Emily Home For Girls, run by the Singapore Social Welfare Department. The inmates of the Home gave a varied programme of drills, songs and dances. This Sunday Times picture shows Mr. Blythe and a
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    She 'cannot remember'
    81 11 A WOMAN, Chan Siew Chin, charged in a Singapore court yesterday with making a false statement to the police, pleaded guilty and said: "I cannot remember what I said. But I certainly did not intend to misinform the police." "I cannot accept your plea then," replied Mr.
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    $19,000,000 SAVED IN 1952
    77 11 More than $19,000,000 was deposited in the Singapore Post Office Savings Bank last year, against $13,000,000 in 1950, states the acting Post-master-General, Malaya, Mr. D Smith in his 1951 report. Withdrawals for the year amounted to $13,000,000 compared with $12,000,000 in 19.M). There was an increase
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    Hit motherin-law
    45 11 Hit mother-in-law KOH Hong Toy, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, admitted .hitting his mother-in-law on Thursday night at Weld Road. He pleaded guilty to behaving disorderly in a publffc place and was allowed $1,000 ball until Dec. 20 when sentence will be passed.
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    Dividends
    55 11 Interim dividends have been declared by the following tin companies: Tanjong Tin Dredging Ltd.. fourth interm dividend of 15 per cent payable on Dec. 23 to shareholders registered on Dec 11 1952. Thp Klnta Tin Mines Ltd.. fourth interim dividend of 10 percent payable on Dec. 23 to shareholders
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    DEATH OF MRS. SEEVARATNAM
    40 11 SEREMBAN, Sat. Mrs. Charlotte Rosama Seevaratnam, wife of Dr. J. E. Seevaratnam. Medical Officer, Genoral Hospital, Seremban, died last night. Mrs. Seevaratnam was 44. She leaves three sons one of whom is studying medicine in Australia
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    CD. workers back call-up call
    140 11 OINGAPORE civil defence workers yesterday backed the statement by their chief. Colonel L. T. Firbank, the Colony's Civil Defence Commissioner, that he will ask for conscription if he did not get 600 volunteers a year for the next few years. Mr. Llm Teow Seng, an
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    IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE
    155 11 SEREMBAN, Sat. rpHE SUCCESS of the Government resettlement scheme In Malaya depends largely on the people of Malaya, says one of eight senior Cambridge students of St. Paul's Institution, Seremban, who have recently toured the new villages in the State. Ihey also contributed a
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    DEATH
    45 12 N'G, ;>p<-d 8' T .:lv ,'t 2 an. ci 3 1 2 S2 at hfr resl4enee, 3^. n H 11. lc .ivinz beMnr' 1 Ho Ceona Chin j and Hi Mun Mcng of "Eurasia I F'.inrrnl will takp place 15.15.59 al 12 noon. I
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE. DEC. 14, 1952. Thanks for everything
    591 12 THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE. DEC. 14, 1952. Thanks for everything T T s is a message of thanks. It comes not only from this newspaper but from many thousands of children in all parts of Malaya. To the readers of the Sunday Times we and they say "thank you for
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    Perilous journey past the rock of death
    1453 12 BIG GAME HUNTING IN NORTH BORNEO— No. 1 •JN the East Coast of North Borneo there lies the Kinabarangan River, the largest in the country, the waters of which empty into the China Sea some 25 miles south of Sandakan. In the early
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    HE TIRED OF 'DRUDGERY'
    88 12 In this, the first of two articles. Mr. R. K. HARDWICK relates passages in his tife when he hurled big game not only for adventure but for a living (he had bc:ome tired of the drudgery of planting as a very junior assistant). tater. the Chartered
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      330 12 IN last week's Sunday Times there appeared a story headlined "Singapore's polio 'team' is ready". But the announcement by the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W.J. Vickers, that Singapore is due for a polio epidemic next year will set people wondering whether the Department of Medical and Sanitary Services possesses
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      The film unit
      229 12 MR. BEHAGUE is to be congratulated on his mast intere.stinc; statements in regard to the fllm.s being produced by the Malayan Film Unit. It is to bo hoped that this Unit, and the au- Lhorities. will take lull note of it. Apart from the rather dull subject
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      The races
      205 12 WITH reference to the letter of "Another Race Fan" in last weeks Sunday Times. I would like to point out that racing enthusiasts as a body are by no means the only people who contribute a considerable sum of revenue to Government and Radio Malaya. Therefore why should
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    THE 'TOWER OF BABEL BRIGADE
    479 12 THE 'TOWER OF BABEL BRIGADE By Oapt. D H. de I Rtade IN the 20 months existence of the Ist Malay Infantry Brigade, it has had troops of more Commonwealth races under its command than any others in Malaya during the Emergency At the moment there are the 3rd and
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    FINAL PLANS FOR THE GREAT PARTIES APPROVED
    879 13 FINAL PLANS FOR THE GREAT PARTIES APPROVED CROM Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh comes news of the final preparations for the greatest children's parties ever held in t Malaya. Thanks to the magnificent support of people of al] classes and communities the Sunday Times Christmas Tree Fund has pjsssed the
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    ...AND STILL THE MONEY POURS IN
    287 13 THE Sunday Times Christmas Tree Fund committees gratefully acknowledge the following donations, which bring the total amount to over $26,000: SINGAPORE I Mr. J. F. Nicoll, C.M.G. $100, Chinese Ladles' Assn. $128, The Staff of Robinson Co. Ltd., Spore $115, The Blue Cross Charitable
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    Last chance
    45 13 THE closing date for the Sunday Times Christmas Tree Fund is Dec. 17. If you have not yet sent in your donation, please do so by Wednesday. All cash gifts should be sent to Messrs. Evatt Co., P.O. Box 164, N.T.S. Building, Singapore.
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    Sikhs mark anniversary
    74 13 IPOH, Sat— The birthday anniversary of Sri Guru Gobind Singh, tenth guru of the Sikhs, which falls on Dec. 23. will be celebrated by Ipoh Sikhs with two nonstop readings, one after the other, of their holy book, beginning on Friday Dec. 19. On the birthday of
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    Today's sermon
    25 13 The Rt. Rev. E. S. Woods, Lord Bishop of Lichfield, will preach at St. Hilda's Church, Ceylon Road, at 5 30 p.m. today.
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    DEATH
    20 13 MISS Emily Otilia Clunies-Ro&s. aged 65 at 24 Pat* > n Rd.. Spore, yesterday. Funeral Bidadari cemetery 12.30 p.m. today.
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    Camera Competition
    131 14 THE SUNDAY TIMES is awarding $15 for the best picture of the week, with $5 for runners-up. This week's first prize goes to Mok Kwong Foo, of 109 Rochore Road, Singapore, for his fine portrait study "Sweet Sue", left. He used a RoMeiflex camera. Exposure 1/5 at f
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    MORE ABOUT DEVELOPING YOUR FILMS
    1228 14  - MORE ABOUT DEVELOPING YOUR FILMS RAYMOND THOMAS PHOTOGRAPHY FROM SCRATCH 42 By fAEVELOPING is a subject which has already been dealt with In an earlier article in this series <Photocraphy from Scratch 8 to 13 inclusive) but the number of new readers and the many requests that I receive for
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      224 14 There is no Better... No Finer 35 mm Camera than the jcemoTj^x j CAMERAS GSp*^^ m Qerenar~ V LENSES i I Model 1V.5 ...50 mm Coated Lens Click Stops. at S.P. $481.25 U. P. 550. Buy now at I GRAND X'MAS j also the foUow'nj ct reduced prices i Camera
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    PICTURE PARADE
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    Don't look now, but here's some praise for the Press
    1205 15  - Don't look now, but here's some praise for the Press JOHN BEHAGUE ■a EEW people ever find time to praise the efforts of their daily newspapers. In fact, when I started to skip back through the files the other day I came upon such a splurge of abusive criticism that
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    Spot the Star
    96 15 I^HIS work, not only do we want the name of the sUr but the name of the picture from which the "still" was taken. Send your answers to "Spot The Star," Sunday Times, Singapore. Prises of 125, $15. $10 and $5 will be awarded to the first
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      301 15 LAST 2 DAYS m YskMirAtV W l^- 1 GAS 930 p.m. IT'LL PUT A LILT IN YOUR HEART %^SS^T> AS If SINGS AND RINGS THROUGH, > THREE LOVES THREE WARS! f 7ILTNE sin nnaiwSfil^^ryJr^^ NELLIE M ii'IDAVIO JEAN l| HUM V^3>^ Wayne -Peters- Marlowe Morning Matinee Todiy 9 am. "ON
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      140 15 last I' 41 45 4 cv I "LARONDE" Tomorrow Only! By Request! ALFRED "B/^DE" IN COIOR IV j HITCHCOCK'S KUrC TECHNICOLOR Tuesday Only! By Demand! "WHERES CHARLEY" Technicolor J| From Wednesday ■■■i>a ii fir''.i! fflAvnANi lkM«mankMsU.t(n>' Released thru U.A. ""Today 11 a.m. HIGH VFNTr-.K' Tomom.w Tuesday 11 a.m JSI FRRA"-
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    ABOUT'THECOCKTAIL PARTY
    675 16 T. S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party" is the next production of the Singapore Art- it opens 071 Thursday. Ir t b ow, Venter 7 of the author ami his dr ma. In the pear 1670, jusr over half a cenrury after the death of Shakespeare, a genrieman named
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    Lovely books for the children of Malaya
    396 16 »pwo Anthologies of Poetry for Schools in SotuhEast Aiia. a Senior ard a Junior, have just been published by MacMlUao Co. They are edited by Mrs. H. C MA <St. Andrew's University) c! T.:e Teacheri 1 Tralj and Mr. E. H. Wilson, OB.E,
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      2583 16 L H I R E ARE THE WINNERS ii: A CaS9 L ON STOUT 9 eS tO 1458 P e °P le! 1 \Sa\ V\\\\ There were 1458 correct entrie* in Hie maze competition; therefore the $100 prise ii We publish below 343 winners of a cast of LION STOUT
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      167 16 THE STORY OF THE H-BOMB No 9 A1 lU"J LJ V%lfi^^^ c S m could c,«ceoJ on evtn larger H-bomb in the hold of a Eji I r ,^i^^/ J jln%V^ ->, t.4 k^/'" trampj jatner ond explooeitino vital harbor. Schnorkel H r**m_ I AS% Bb^^l llfll^^'^SlL '<■' .^bir^iineiequiprc^vklihsf-ec^! firing
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  • YOUNG IDEAS- A weekly page for junior readers
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      Chandra and Kassim speed to the rescue
      1593 17  -  BENC SWEE King of the Straits' the 14 th chapter By lour Sin:.ip«rr friend's. John King. Kassim. Chandra and Ah Spur ha\r fallen foul of a group of pirates and smtigelrrs who call thcmsrlvrs the Black Dragon «ang. John. Chandra and Ah Seng,
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      STAMPS
      382 17 for junior collectors THE possession of stamDs and an outfit means that the collector is now faced with the task of displaying his stamps, tc the best advantage, in an album. There is no diffirulty in doing this after a fashion, but nothing expresses the knowledge or Ignorance of
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      22 17 Deep and crisp and even." Despite rile mow underfoot, hSeM young English choristers mad* an early start to fhii# wrol-singmg in Somerset.
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      To test your wits...
      189 17 To test your wits... HERE are three tricky problems lor you to work out. I used to know a man who had three sons. When the eldest boy was born his father said: "He shall be a soldier, therefore we shall name him Dnal." Then the second son was horn,
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      304 17 WATCH OUT! Bleeding Gums Warn Of Dreaded PYORRHEA -c- V If*— *^l i i i ii tMif^QIH 4 cat cfS May Have This Dread Enemy of Handsome Teeth, Healthy Gums If your toothbrush warns of 1 ..ding gvms, take action, lt-r this may he a sign of 1 i that
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      232 17 FAST DIRECT SERVICES TO EUROPE' YOUR CHOICE of 4 ROUTES CAIRO BEIRUT FRANKFURT $k ZURKH LEAVE SINGAPORE TODAY; BE IN LONDON TOMORROW Six services a week to London! Two Qantas "Constell ition" flights via Cairo; one Qantas and three 8.0.A.C. "Constellation" services via Beirut: a weekly Qantas "Constellation" flight via
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      37 17 PUZZLE SOLUTION 1. His name would be Ria. If yon reverse all three names, yon will see why. 2. Qneen Eliiabeth the First was never married. 3. Three rungs. The depth of water a makes no difference.
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      363 18 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE ALL MOTOR VEHICLB OWNERS are hereby notified that Motor Vehicle Licences expire oa 31st December. Application forms will NOT b* posted to owners, and owners arc therefore requested to obtain th« forms from any Post Office or any Petrol Filling Station. Licences for the Ist half
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      1541 18 > A^UACADA^I^I y \mm K^i TO SAVE JOMNNV eiN<sO, TM6 APE-AIAISJ *S J^^ S J '-^J J \9^ \T)7\ f l+ y t>ftn</ Hi matcheo AjPAory asainst the natives' mm^wW^ > -I i Tl^ TTf"^^^^ ITT "fl n^- Alu 'i A IT* S<€\\L\llf/- I"^^^ W SUPE«6TiriON 4 AND DPAAAATICALLV ENTECED
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    Nat Gubbins
    996 19  -  Queen Lottie, tlieDevilCat My Real Self By ON THE 14,000NIGHT MARRIAGE When ma.riage has lasted 30 ji-jih, only thif<- marriates in 100 go wrong, and after 4! y«axs we get down tv> the trivial hcure of onf in I<M)." ncvsrWy B«\l«r. reporlin« on the Rural Commlssi n on
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    Palatable
    12 19 Mary Murphy, Paramount actress, in a "different" kind of artistic pose.
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    This is the biggest crash of all time
    480 19 This is the biggest crash of all time TTHE most stupendous "crash" in creation is in progress. Two island galaxies, each comparable In size to the Milky Way system, with Its 100.000,000,000 or more stars, of which the sun is one of the more insignificant, are crashing head-on at a
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    2,000 PHONE TALKS IN ONE COPPER TUBE
    159 19 rjNLESS Professor Harold Monteagle Barlow, of Uni- versity College, London, has made a fundamental mistake, which is very unlikely, be has one of the most remarkable inventions since the war. It is a simple copper tv be about an Inch in diameter, which
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      317 19 GOOD NEWS FOR ALL LADIES l^tfho Kris 1 ti K3ke the new dretses for 1553 Mo.es^ WST ARRIVED tf World Fjißout EDITION ROGER'S 1553 Summer fashion? jj Please Note prices are deeply reduced. i ■Z LA GRANDE REVUE No. 30 $2.75 Ligno Nouvelle No. 51 $1.75 g Chic No. 36
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    Speed, Strength, Stamina
    819 20  -  'CRUSADER' Secret of the fighting Fijians— By MANY good, long kicks to touch, especially by the Selangor captain, Harry Bennett, were seen in last Saturday's H.M.S. Malaya rugger match against Kedah on the Kuala Lumpur Padang. Formerly, such nicely timed touch-kicks would have been 'loudly applauded. Last
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    SOME FACTS AND FIGURES FOR MOTORING JEREMIAHS
    814 20  -  Manning Blatkwood By rIE Malayan Jeremiahs who are always yelling that saturation point has been reached, in Singapore, particularly. In the numbers of motor vehicles the roads can stand would do well to read some Interesting figures I have attached hereunder. Britain has
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      180 20 fffff*ffWW WW WW WW W VWWWW9WWW I K •W W WW, WHITE 1 HORSE jdn Scotch Whisky ispl k.w[/// CTCSt emblazoned on Hk ttgrifi^ THm// a knight's shield pro- ty I claimed his noble another sign of worth: die white horse that !"T"" proclaims a Scotch a /Of whisky whose
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    detectives are safer for you to fly
    878 21  - detectives are safer for you to fly JEFFERY BLYTH By ALL over Britain the detectives' search went on. Pieces were obtained from an airminded lady of 70, from a boy of eight, from the Shetlands and the Channel Islands. Over 150 fragments were recovered by post and piece by piece
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      682 21 FICRRI BALM AIM Jm BW "That exhilarating first moment Love can light up at a glance as a cigarette lights up at a flame. That exhil- *i» t f I •rating first moment may be followed by f/j years of quiet satisfaction, deepening into unshakable loyalty. So it is with
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      118 21 HALIVITE in.ure that you've yu wß*^^K&& *A plenty of punch ond end keep you that way. P*'",;, I '■BJ H 'choo" on the btttio I**"- -> BORNEO r JQ&T^*** P 1 No cough or cold can UULJjiI withstand the gentle yet thorough acMon of Campbell's Cherry Couph Syrup. Irritation caused
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      252 21 jbvbV lawot I^BVa^f BvQ^ RBI ACROSS DOWN 1. Cheeky fts Miss Doris Waters? 2. Shape again (7); 3 Sarah (6. 2. 1. 5); 10. Film with a glare gets me cross with the willow <si; of publicity (9); 11. He married 4. What the Furies had no doubt Mussolini's daughter
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      GROWTH GLANDS MAY HOLD VITAL SECRETS
      347 22 By VV. KAEMPFFERT rpilE pituitary gland, which lies at the base of the brain, controls growth. If it is not active enough, dwarfs are the result; if too active, giants. Suppose that overdoses of pituitary hormone were given to rats. Would the rats develop
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      86 22 The five landing legs have dropped into position and man is abouJ to realise his greatest ambition to land on the moon (but only in theory). This moonship is the dream of Dr Werner von Braun. The rocket ship about to land on Sinus Roris. Beneath the radio and mirror
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      28 22 An American impression of a jet-propelled ocean liner of the future. In this design, the bridge slides along a track forming a self-propelled lifeboat in case of emergency.
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      31 22 America's giant new troop transport the Douglas Clobemastcr. The picture shows a view of th c nose, through which cargo is loaded. The aircraft can carry 55.000 pounds of payload, in-
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      WHY THE BEE NEVER LOSES ITS WAY
      334 22 rE bee and the horsehoe crab never lose their way. The reason is that their eyes are sensitive to polarized light. The bee receives the reflected image of the sun on the retina Of its eye by means of a polarized skylight, with
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      He wants to put roofs on cities
      299 22 He wants to put roofs on cities JF Prof. Ambrose M. Richardson, an American architect, has his wav the city of the future will be roofed by domes formed of plastic "pillows". Nobody will have to carry an umbrella, wear overshoes or shovel snow. When some adventurer returns from hiking
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      Danger? Send for Mr. Robot
      151 22 A ROBOT that will work with a sense of touch in handling hazardous objects may soon become a reality. Not only will the movements of an operator's hands be duplicated but the 'feel" of the work as weCl. The machine will be controlled from a
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    ITALY BEAT INDIA BY 3 2
    186 23 BRISBANE, Sat. ITALY, defeating India by tnree matches to two here today, qualified to meet United States in the final inter-zone Davis Cup tie, winners of which will challenge Australia for the trophy on December 29, 30 and 31, at Adelaide. Fauston Oardinl beat
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    BARTH S GOALS WIN
    32 23 Two goals by Ronnie Barth. one In each half, gave 9.R.C. a 2-0 win over GHQ FARELF in a SHA Senior K O. hockey tie at Tanglin yesterday.
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    PERAK TOO GOOD FOR ARMY H.Q, WIN 4-1
    180 23 IPOH, Sat. OLAYINQ raperlor hockey throughout Perak beat Army HQ of Kuala Lumpur by four goals to one In a thrill-packed match on the Ipoh town padang today. Though the Army showed plenty of speed they found the Perak defence too sound
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    RADRODRO WINS GAME FOR FIJIANS
    1035 23 THE FIJIANS, thanks to the mighty boot of skipper Isimeli Radrodro, remained unconquered after a great struggle in the mud in their game of rugper with Singapore Cricket Club on the Singapore padang yesterday. The final score was six points (two penalties) to the Fijians
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    RAF beat RN 3-0 to take Services title
    179 23 Royal Air Force 3; Royal Navy 0. pOYAL AIR FORCE won the Inter-Services rugger championship by edging Royal Navy by three points (try) to nil in a hard-fought game of rugger played at Naval Base yesterday. A heavy storm earlier in the
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    MEL BROWN DUE ON THURSDAY
    50 23 MEL BRO WN DUE ON THURSDAY Mcl Brown. Amrriran Negro light-heaiHeight boxer, who is (o fight I ijian champion Isimeli Hadrodro at the Happy World arena on Dec 26. will arrive in Singapore on Thursday. Harry Sheppard, Brown* manager, cabled promoter Nrne yesterday that Brown will leave London on Wednesday.
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    RAF MALAYA XI
    44 23 RA F. Malaya hockey team against Singapore Police today at RA F Seletar at 5 p.m. is S«t. Ormston: Sgt. Thomas. W Cdr. Russell: LAC. Kerry. Sgt. Scrafe, Fit. Bishop; LAC. Charlesworth. F O Dozey. W/O Durrant, Coello and Cpl. Halnes.
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    Penang win All Blues match with 14 men
    261 23 PENANG, Saturday. T^ESPITE the fact that they lost their stand off, M. Foley, through injury before the interval, Penang played better rugger to beat Perak in their All Blues match at Western Road ground here to day by six points (a try
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    South Africans' spirited reply
    178 23 SYDNEY. Sat. THE South African touring team put up a good display against the Australian XI here today, claiming seven wickets for 144 runs and scoring 110 for one wicket in a spirited first innings reply. At the close they were 202 runs behind the Australian
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    NS-MALACCA WIN TROPHY RUGBY
    225 23 SEREMBAN. Sat. ivEORI Sembtlan-Malacca gave their finest display this season wht'B they beat Perak In their Annual Farley-Robertson trophy rugger match on the Station Padang l-ere today. Negri-Malacca won by 15 points (four tries, penalty) to three (try). Perak wn when the fixture was last pluyra
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      566 23 V^^ "ijifTytrttXT^k Wlicn a major oil Company decided to go pnTTy) < Js^r^~T^ Mill ahead w ith a large-scale housing programme ■kJW. Ti&Jz-A _A2^mmw m Pers a > chose 'Arcon' because it f!4 flLzM^iff--}-,^ exactly fullilled their requirements. The X^^ g ~-«w.,f \l-JL' labour ai their disposal was able to
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    OCEAN SNARE COMPLETES A DOUBLE
    2886 24  -  EPSOM JEEP Tulloh rides three winners; Beech Pool highest with $162 By Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $389,336. FIRST: *****9 8106,802 SECOND: *****8 53,401. THIRD: 47t>944 26 700. STARTERS ($4,427 each): Nos: *****7; ?(,8t;i9; *****2; *****4; 2H56G5; 1K2915; *****6, *****4, *****4, *****6. *****4 CONSOLATION PRIZES (2.000
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    SINGLE WIN GSC ANNUAL HOCKEY
    51 24 In the annual Girls sports Club hockey match between the Single and the Married played on the Recreation Club ground yesterday, singles ran out winners by two goals to one. Miss Anita Ess, single leftwinger sccred both goals while Mrs. Ruth Pennefather scored for the
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