The Straits Times, 14 December 1953

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    17 1 The Straits Times Nat* 4 1 1 He****** Kslablishcd 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1953 15 CENTS
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    SURPRISE MOSCOW MOVE
    381 1 Hopeful reply to Ike's atomic pool scheme LONDON. Sunday. [MM] KREMLIN in a surprise broadcast told the Soviet people last nijrht that President Eisenhower's atom pool speech was worth serious attention. A While House spokesman in Washington said the Soviet statement \\;is M mosl encouraging." British officials
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    Royal Command picture of the Queen and Duke
    76 1 THK ROYAL COMMAND PHOKMiKAI'H taken h> Baron .<iul released today shous the ()uecn and the Duke of Ldinhursh in the Grand Katraacc .it BurkinKham Palace. Th«-(Jut-en is in yellow tulU- rvtnniK simn with sprays of mimosa and gold paillette ein')roidw>. and is
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    INVITING -BUT A DEATH-TRAP
    283 1 INVITING -BUT A DEATH-TRAP Is> W. I TREVOR frill I. each :i( K.itoli'; I'.u k ■1 is rtne of Silica pores l.uotiritr swimming spo's. Hundreds ol people ra there during the week-ends and holidays to enjsj themselves. But under the cool. Inviting water is a death-trap for unWary bathers 1.
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    Duke chats with crew
    50 1 ABOARD THE KOY.V. TAGHT GOTHIC Sun Duke nl Bdinb irgh v »ited the engine room o I Oi 'Hue day. lie wa.s shown round by chlel engineer Oliver Chart M..- irt of an nforreal tour during which ne i poke to many ol th K< uter.
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    S. Korea repeats unification plea
    29 1 i (UL, Bun I today called on th I Nal lons to cotnnlt tr unl tier of Korea and thus justify the ■•supreme sacrifice
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    The hunt is on for the four killers
    90 1 The hunt is on for the four killers J>OLICE yesterday searched the hide-outs of secret •v men in Singapore for thi four murderers of Tan Sam Heng, aceri 35 a fruit seller, in Road. Tan. who was battered with pieces of wood on Friday, died shortly after admission into hospital.
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    Good trade in Formosa
    53 1 IPKH. Sun. Formosa reiri a favourable foreicn of nearly uss7oo,ooo for November, accordB i Taiwan. a released yesshowed a total of USs 10.678 000 in exports last month while imports for the same period totalled U559,988.--000 Of export items, sugar headf ri the list and rice
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    One body found
    52 1 TOBERMORAY Isle ol Mull he body or one of the 10 airmen in a Roy.il Aii For,,. Bhackleton aircraft v.'hich crasher! into the sea off i the Scottish roast last mcht. ivaa iound last night at Fiun- i iry, on the mainland sirio of h( Sound of
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    The Japs win
    26 1 BANGKOK. Sun.— The Japanese castle at Banskok'., titution Fair was awarded lir. t prize today lor "propagation <>i democratic under the constitution r.p.
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    LAST FOOD LEAK TO REDS SEALED
    114 1 KUALA UMI'IK, Sunda>. AS A RESULT ol the new order made by the Mentri Besar. Selangor, declaring the whole of the Kuala I.umpur administrative district a controlled area, all possible food leaks have been sealed, a police spokesman told the Straits Times today. Five
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    Wounded by misfire
    48 1 Lim Kwee Seng 18. of Vi toria Street. Singapore, wa. shot in a hand yesterday morning when a shot gun accidentally fired. Lim. with three friend*. WVi returning along Buk;t TlmaJi Road in a car after a nigiM shooting flying fox when the accident happened.
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    Xmas strike unwarranted
    60 1 Mr. R K. Palaiyan secretary of the Government and City Council Labour Union, said last night he considered there were no proper grounds for City Council employees to go on their threatened Christmas Day strike. Mr. Palaiyan said his union would advise its members to carry on
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    Man found injured
    49 1 An Indian. Mariean. ascd M who was found with head injuries in his hnm.' in New Bridge Road Singapore, last night, vas taken to the O< neral Hospital. A kanda stick wa.s f-mnd near him. The police believe his cotenant can help them in their inquiries.
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    Big speech by Dulles soon
    44 1 PARIS. Sun. United States Secretary of State John Foster I Dulles will make an address ol "worldwide Importance" tying in with President Eisenhower's recent atomic controls speech at next weeks North Atlantic Pact meeting here, authoritative sources said tonight.
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    Indonesian Govt. fears army crisis
    70 1 JAKARTA. Sun INDONESIAN Premier. Dr. 1 Sastroamidjojo called his I cabinet into extraordinary ■>n yesterday in the midst >iat observers described a* a mounting military crisis. I Strict lecrecy surrounded the meet in? the stutt palace. ODU*>sition parties in parlia ment introduced a bill on
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    N. BORNEO GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR HOME
    159 1 N. BORNEO GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR HOME ;^|AJOR-GENERAL Sir Ralph Hone. Govrnor of North Borneo since 1949, h ft Singapore for Britain on n irCBMDt from the Colonial Service i yesterday, with l.ady Hone ana their .son Richard Kir Ralph wa> formerly Deiputy Commissioner-General In I Suuth-La.st Asia and headed I
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    I KNOW WHO SHE IS—BUT NOT HER NAME
    321 1 I KNOW WHO SHE IS— BUT NOT HER NAME Clue to Malacca land 'heiress SOME of the mystery surrounding the Indonesian woman who hopes to take over much of Malacca when Malaya gains independence was dispelled yesterday by a man who knew her in 1918. But the woman's name If
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    Two envoys visit H.K
    67 1 HONG KONG. Sun— American Ambassadors to IndoChina and Formosa flew to Hong Kong today for a visit Mr. Karl Rankin. envoy to Nationalist China and Mr Donald Heath Ambassador to Indo-Ch'na arrived aboard an air forcp plane from Taipeh. where Mr. Heath had been visiting for
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    Mrs. Pandit will tour Asia
    38 1 WASHINGTON. Sun United Nations General Assembly President Madame V i i ay I Lakshmi Pandit has asked her government's permission to tour Asia, including the Philippines, in February, it wa.s learned today. UP.
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    Mclntosh lands at Hong Kong
    54 1 HONG KONG. Sun. Mr. Angus Mclntosh. of thf» Col°n- ial Oflicc's South Ea.st A.sia department, landed in Hon* Kong today for a one-week visit. Mr. Mclntosh has brcn on i tour of Asia to "learn about everything Hr has already! been to Malaya North Borneo
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    Nixon returns
    26 1 TEHERAN. Sun United states Vice-President. Mr. Richard Nixon, returns to Washington tomorrow alter a 10--week tour of Asia and the Middle East. A P.
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    Lighthouse ship hit by storm—6 lost
    61 1 Lighthouse ship hit by storm— 6 lost SARAWAK. Sun. THE liahthou.Ne tender Heartsease. bound for Kua.a Selalan?. capsized in heavy mm early yesterday morning at the Rejans river mouth Six of her passengers and crwair ttetrrt or mi.ssiiis. The bodies ot a member of the crew and a European child
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    Drought killing sheep flocks
    43 1 ALGIERS. Sun. Not a drop of rain has fallen this year on the high plateaux of Algeria. Hundreds ol sheep ar P dying ther> every day. and camels ar P the only animals standing up to the drought.— Reuter.
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    Talks go on
    21 1 TAIPEH. Sun— The Korean goodwill mission which arrived here yesterday continued conferences with Chinese Natioralist leaders today. Renter.
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    60 watch as Reds stab girl to death
    81 1 60 watch as Reds stab girl to death K. LUMPUR. Sun. FIVE armed terrorists Stabbed and killed two Chinese civilians in the Kroh area of upper Perak last night One was a 21 year old Ctrl. Thong Hin Ifooi, I tin min v worker. Sixty labourers were travelling home in
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    STOP PRESS
    146 1 HIsIIFM s» r iiim of r v ponced in la Dion I ■mt of Th »i t tip th Indnfor tli>- rom-f'-nd nl nnrl hleh 'p IkC «D--trninh retwJs" ?i«th DHMsa •<~rnpied Lal- all dnwn from the .ornes. They singled out ihe 21--yoar-nirt girl .md 42-year-old Lee cnong
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    Blaze near Chartwell
    49 1 LONDON. Sun Fire neaiiv destroyed a barn today on the estate of the Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill, at Chartwel! where he is spending the weekend. Fire brigades from four villaces rushed to light the fire while Sir Winston's son-in-law. Capt Christopher Soames, directed operations. UP.
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    STEVENSON WARNS AMERICANS: BEWARE OF DEPRESSION
    307 2 STEVENSON WARNS AMERICANS: BEWARE OF DEPRESSION PHILADELPHIA, Sunday. ]^JK. Adlai Stevenson hist night called for decisive action to ward off the danger of depression in the I'nited States. "Depression la a real frar for many of us." the 1052 Democratic presidential candidate said in a sprpch at a Party dinner.
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    Stars visit the Commons
    64 2 FILM star (linger Rogers and her French husband. Jacques Bereerac, on the terrace of the Houses of Parliament. London with Labour M.P s. Mrs. Bessie Rradriock and Mr. Tom. O'Brien. Ginger and Jacqiirs. in Britain to make a Him, were shown "around the house" by Mr.
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    JAPANESE BOATS CHASED
    99 2 SH I MONOSKK I. Sun. Two Japanese fishing boats «<Te chased by unidentified warships In the East China Bea i.tt' last nigh) and early this morning it was reported today The pishei le Cnmml this southern Japanese port .said the report was flashed here by the Japanese
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    Sir Oswald ('Heil'!) is at it again
    133 2 LONDON, Sun. QJIR 0.-'valri Ifosley, former k British K.i. cist leader. sairl yesterday his new -Union Movement" would put up Parliamentary candidates nrxt spring. tolcl a reunion of the East i End members of the movement a1 Dalston that there would b*» an
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    German Reds get together
    59 2 German Reds get together BFRLIN. Sun. N'Ue tune, the United State* Comn papi-r .n Brrlin. said today thai Easi Germany planned I li'.onn West German ('urama- i m.sts and Communi to East Berlin during the proposed four power conference. These were to no presented at a demonstration during the Wesi
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    The doctor leads a revolt plot
    128 2 n^vror^T BUDAPEST. Sunday. 4 PHYSICIAN, his wifp and thrre others werr vps- terday gaoled herp on rharges of organising to overthrow the Hungarian Government. Dr. Endre Cudar was sent- I enced to 14 years in prison while the others got prison terms ranging from
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    Reds expel 90 p.c. of missionaries
    52 2 \ATICAN CITY. Sin Chinese Communists have expelled 4.773 foreign Catholic missionaries since 13 4 7, Onerratore Roman o reports The Vatican newspaper .-aid thil la more than 90 per cent of the total of 5.496 mis.sionarie« In the country when the Crmmunists came to
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    Quake hits 2 countries
    73 2 LIMA Peru, Sun. A violent earthquake shook up Northern P(r u and parts of Ecuanoi yesterday and reports from Tumbe.s, a Peruvian city of 6.000 on the Eeuadorean border. Mid five people were ki;i^d there. Many were injured and many buildings, including the church I were
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    Bagpipe-playing peer arrested
    280 2 HE OWES HIS WIFE £80 LONDON. Sunday. ORD GLENORCHY. 34-year-old son and heir of the lJ Scottish Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, was arrested today while breakfasting in bed for failing to pay his wife £80 maintenance arrears. He was escorted from hi- one-room attic flat in
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    Biggest papers in history
    53 2 NEW YORK. Sun. Its B-E (Big Edition i day on the New YorK newspaper front today. The 11-day newspaper strike, which stretched ove r two Sundays, will make for the biggest publishing day in New York history as the papers try to catch up on accumulated
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    Transfer hasty'
    58 2 TAIPEI. Sun -Three Na- tionalist Chinese lawmauers have cabled Senator William F Knowlnnd of California, majority leader of the Senate I appealing for his good offices aqain-st what they term basty transfer to Japan ot Ameiicah control of thp Amami Oshima Islands between Okinawa and Japan proper. The
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    Police open war on 'road hogs'
    91 2 Police open war on 'road hogs' POLICE I. I i!I£EPLEFTII£SSWBI«IIII6 Owe l njhCu<iC&<i- m t ic THE LATEST Sincapore Traffic Police signboard <*ecn above) has been placed at the junction of Fort Road and Mountbatten Km Ml It reads 'Keep Left unless Overtaking' in English and in all the vernacular
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    Rumours denied
    37 2 WASHINGTON, Sun. US Assistant Secretary of State Henry Byroade yesterday emphatically rejected "rumours" that the United States pushed fran into resumption of diplomatic relations with Britain last week by threatening to withold economic aid.— A.P.
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    Royal visitor
    26 2 KARACHI. Sun.— Kin* FeLsal of Iraq will arrive here on January 17 on the invitation of Government of Pakistan, it was reported yesterday.— A.P.
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    Jan trade licences are extended for three months
    234 2 Jan trade licences are extended for three months jyjALAYAX traders have hern jjiven a threemonth extension to March. 10:>t, to use their 1954 quotas for importing Japanese textiles. Merchants in Singapore and the Federation worr, allowed to import textiles to the value of SBO million from Japan during this year.
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    GOVERNOR WILL BE THEIR HOST
    250 2 GOVERNOR WILL BE THEIR HOST 'J'WO Malay boys and their adopted mother, a British Red Cross worker, will leave Singapore by plane for Kuching tomorrow to spend their Christmas holidays with Sir Anthony Abell, Governor of Sarawak. They will be the guests of Sir Anthony at Government House, Kuching. The
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    PLAY TO HELP SOCIETY
    167 2 PLAY TO HELP SOCIETY KUALA LUMPUR, Sun "pHE Theatre Club, Kuaia Lumpur, has done 'The Holly and The Ivy." Wynyard Brown's Christmas play, extremely well. The audience on Saturday night applauded the cast of eight who. under the hand ol i Charles Seed, gave a polished I performance. Noel Thompson,
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    Go slow ends
    31 2 BOMBAY. Sun —About 2,500 press workers of the Times of India, yesterday agreed to arbitration of their wage demands and ended a montn's •'go slow" tactics.— A. P.
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    Britain refused Dig oil chance, he says
    146 2 MELBOURNE. Sur Britain had neglected a chance to share in the recent discovery of oil in Western Australia. the head of the firm which partly owns the oil drilling company concerned said today. Mr W. G. Walkley. head o! Petroleum Limited, was •ommenting
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    South Koreans expand army
    38 2 SFOUL Sun South Koreas army, already one of Asia's largest has been increased by iditinnal infantry divisions to jive II total strength of 18 divisions. Eichth Army Commander Gen Maxwell D r announced tooav.
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    Quake in Russia
    36 2 FRANKFURT. Sun. Thr Frankfurt Observatory on Frldb^rg mountain said a ma- I jor r-arthqmkr re^istemd I I n:uht was believed to be in Eastern Soviet Siberia or on thr Kamchatka peninsula A .P.
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    Reds go home
    39 2 NEW YORK. Sun —Mr Jacon Malik. Soviot Ambassador London and 60 otbcr Sovin diplomats and officials who have been attrndinc the United Nations General Assembly saiird for Furope today in the .j French liner Librrto' Renter
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    PEACE TALKS BREAK DOWN
    268 3 17. 5. walk-out after charge of 'perfidy PANMUNJOM, Sunday. A RED CHARC.E of "perfidy" stunjr U.S. envoy Arthur Dean into walking out angrily from a parley hut here yesterday after seven weeks of j wrangling and probably wrote "the end" to efforts here to set up
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    FOUR PRISONERS ARE MURDERED, 8 HELD
    115 3 PANMUNJOM, Sunday. INDIAN guards mesli'd richt North Korean anti-Com-munist prisoner totl;iv after the bodies of four murdered prisoners wore tossed out of his prison com- pound. The guards saw the four ocad in^n thrown across the bathed wire barrier late last nicht. an Indian
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    Mother of PoW gets $3,000
    61 3 (■<HI( A(.O, Sun <ni J racn businessman BftMai IttMM today to Mrs. Portia Hour J. Norman Piercr. rlcctrical contractor, M-nt thf money to help drfray Mrs. Howe's ••\jtrnses in her trip to Tokw». Piercr said he never had met Mrs. lloue i>ut sympathised "ith her
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    Japanese court starts trial of U.S. soldier
    99 3 Japanese court starts trial of U.S. soldier TOKYO THE first hearing in the trial ol Corporal Channey. 2*. ol I California, "n eh tempted rap,, and forcible rntrv into a Japanese home was held today at the Kyoto district court hi Channey is he ftrsi Ameri- can soldier 'n dp
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    Trade mission
    26 3 THE HAGUE. Sun P Minister of Industries A.idiil ©acam Khan .suri yesterday technical mission fron tan win come to Euro in two months AP.
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    Eggupt's girls learns to fight
    65 3 Till-: M:\VI.V set up National (.iianl of Egypt, in which several thousand young mm are now training: as volunteers, has started to accept cirls from the universities. Pictures show some of them in training. ABOVK: Two cirls struccle for a pistol as part of their
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    VIETMINH DRIVE FRENCH BACK IN BIG ATTACK
    257 3 HANOI, Sunday. THK VIKTMINH raised their Red flajr over the jfhost town of Lai Chau yesterday and speedily launched a pincer action against French-held Dien Bien Phu, its successor as the capital of the proFrench Thai tribesmen. French Union and Vietminh troops exchanged
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    New Govt. for Guiana next year
    87 3 GEORGETOWN, Sun. AN INTERIM government of j British Guiana will come into operation on New Year Day, Governor Sir Alfred Savape announced yesterday. He .said he will announce the members of the executive and legislative councils of tne legislature in a broadcast on Dec
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    Goodwill bid
    28 3 COLOMBO. Sun— Ceylon's envoy to Tokyo, Siuania de Fon.seka. has asked his government to let a coodwill mission Irom Communist China to come to Ceylon— UP.
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    SUEZ CANAL: BRITAIN SEEKS RIGHT TO RETURN
    250 3 SUEZ CANAL: BRITAIN SEEKS RIGHT TO RETURN WASHINGTON, Sun. Rl I I \l'.l I diplomatic sources said today Britain has informed the I'nited States she considers British and other Allied troops should bo allowed to use the Suez (anal area if the I'nitorl Nations recognizes an asRression has been maili*
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    Five drowned in ferry mishap
    50 3 PUSAN. Sun. -A Korean ferry collided with a United States army firo boat and sank immediately last night and police said live passengers were believed drowned in Pusan harbour. The ferry was reported to have been carrying 44 passengers but only 39 were rescued. U.P.
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    Pusan ablaze
    32 3 PUSAN, Sim.— Fire continued t(. plague already .stricken Puaan today when two Korean factories and several homes were destroyed in an early morning blaze. Damatte was estimated at $20.000.— UP.
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    BRITISH RAILWAYMEN DEMAND BIG STRIKE OVER CHRISTMAS
    205 3 LONDON, Sun. fTHE National Union of Railwaymen last nicht called a nation-wide .strike on Britain's state-owned railways effective on Dec. 20 to back up demands for al5 per cent wape rise. Union leaders turned down a Government offer of a 4s. weekly increase
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    Crush at shrine injures 1,000
    179 3 MEXICO CITY. Sun. FOUR persons wore killed r and 1,000 injured to- day when more than 500.000 Mexican Roman Catholirs surged to the shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe to honour the patron saint of the Americas. Red Cross officials said four died in tin
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    Hungary gaols six students
    54 3 LONDON. Sun. A Hunea- I nan county court passed Raoi terms of from seven to 14 years m six students yesterday for allegedly plotting to overthrow the state and prophesying that American and Yugoslav troops would soon march in to free the country, the official news
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    They crashed Iron Curtain
    46 3 NEW YORK Sun. -Seven Czechs who crashed through t:»e Ir^n Curtain in a homemade tank last July arrived in New York by Air from Frankfurt yesterday Thtv hope to make their homes in the U.S. but their present visit is temporary- A.P
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    Malenkov goes to a party
    42 3 LONDON, Sun --Radio Moscow sain la.st ni;:ht Soviet Premier Grorgi Malenkov attended a reception at the Ciech embassy in Moscow. marking the tenth annivtrsl avy (>i the siuninc of the I Soviet -Czech friendship treaty. I —UP.
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    Saar talks
    32 3 PARIS. Sun— A mpptinu be.vi m Konrad Adenauer the Wrst Grrman Chancellor, and If. Georges Bidau.' French Foreign Minister, on i the Saar problem wa.s held I here tonight. -Renter
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    Visit to India
    28 3 I CALCUTTA. Sun. A Philip-' pinp parlianw ntary mission may visit Indi;i in thp near futurr. Mr. Narriso Ramof. Philippines Minister to India. said. Router.
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    OPERATION SERVICE'...
    66 4 OPERATION SERVICE'... Yes. it's "Operation Service' week and to the rescue of the girl with a punctured bicycle tyre comes Inspector Anthony Petrus. of Ipoh. ABOVE: Bright-eyed. youngsters and their mothers watch Sgt. |amaluddin work the traffic I'gfcts in the model town at Hie Kuala Lumpur police depot. BELOW: A
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    Man behind the idea
    109 4 Col. A. E Young, above, former Commissioner of Police in the Federation, was the man who :iv birth lo the idea of "Operation Service This h.is been eminently successful. Col. Youn« mm <vid the CMC. for his work in M.il.-.y.i ABOVE Visitors learn the use of
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    NEW ROAD WILL CUT TRIP TO EAST COAST BY 80 MILES
    164 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THK .$7 l million road linking: Temerloh and Maran in Pahang will be completed by the end of 1955. The 28-mile road, when finished, will shorten the cross-country journey from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan on the
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    SVC dance
    33 5 MR. SIMON PKKKKA assistant commandant of the Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary, and Miss l.ili Ho. at thr force's annual social and d;incc on Saturday. About "»00 people attended. —S. T. picture.
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    Welcome home. Auntie
    127 5 ITTLE Mildred Koh, only four years old. waited for an hour at Kallane airport to kiss her 19-year-old auntie from Australia. Her auntie. Miss Joyce Cheonß. came home for Christmas with Hi others in a ()anta* Skymaster. Miss Choims. a student at Our Ladies' College in Perth,
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    80 veterans given party
    67 5 More than 80 officers and men of the Indian ArmyKorea veterans on their way nome after two years' Ml vies wore s'.vi-n I party by the Indian A tfon yesterdty shortly after they riockea at The veterans, who belong I to the 60 Field Ambulance Unit
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    $2,300 loan
    27 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— To help develop his attap business at Tanjonc Pelepas Johore, Sabtu bin Sedin. has been given I S2.3nn loan by RID 3
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    Jobs open
    16 5 BRUNEI. Sun.— There are a number of vacancies for Enclish school teachers in Brunei.
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    $100 delay
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Qui'k See Fong. who told the court that because his clerk was ill. his income tax return was late, was nned $100 in the police court, for delay in submitting the return
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    Official returns
    18 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Mr D. P. Rees. Administrative Officer. Segamat. returned from Britain during the weekend.
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    COLLEGE TRAINS THRIFTY OFFICERS
    134 5 COLLEGE TRAINS THRIFTY OFFICERS SEREMBAN Sun. THE Federation Military College, Port Dickson runits own bank to encourage thrift and teach the boys and cadets how to handle money. Commandant at the college. Lieut. Col J. Mahoney said today that the boys' pay. which varies according to age. is credited to
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    Home Guards get the keys
    47 5 JOHORE BAHRU Sun The Muar District Officer has handed over the keys of the gates leading to Bakri village, to the Home Guard With this the guard duties in the village have passed from the dolicp to the local Home Guard unit.
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    Samsu man is fined $200
    42 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Hun Kang was fined $200 in the police court today for having illicit samsu. The liquor was found in a pigsty Hun said the samsu was for his wife who had recently given birth.
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    New officer
    31 5 JOHORE. BAHRU. Sun— Mr. J. W. Watson has arrived from J entakab. Pahang. to take over as District Forest OPieer. Kluang. from Inche Maiid who is on special duty
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    Town hall plan
    31 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— The Johore Bahru, Town Council, wants a town hall and a stadium to be built in Johore Bahru under the Colonial Development Plan of 1955-1956
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    Home leave
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun —Mr. George, secretary to the judge. Johore. left today for India on holiday. He Will be away [or five months.
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    MTUC branch officials
    57 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.-In-che Mohamed Taib bin Ibrahim has been elected chairman of tin- Jobore State divi!.sion of the Malayan Trade Union Council. Hr was acting chairman ■luce the death of Mr. M. Kanthaswamy in June. Mr. S. Thava Raja, who represents the union on the Johore Council
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    $199,000 in 11 months
    40 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun General assessment has brought in more than the anticipated revenue to the Johore Buhru Town Council. The expected revenue was i $163 483 The amount colilected to the end of November totalled $199.415^
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    $120,000 H.Q. PLANNED
    122 5 MEW headquarters for tho St. Jonn Ambulance Association and Brigade in Singapore is to be built on a two-tcre site in Thomson Road. The land has hern ghren to j the uaociation by the Government The builriinß will cost $120,000. A parade ground for the Brigade will
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    Imams join Chinese teachers at civics
    137 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. 4 CIVIC COURSE for Imams— Malay rolicious] A teachers— and Chinese schoolteachers in Tronceanu beean in Kuala Trengpanu yesterday. The first in its kind, the course will last six days. i Thirty Malays and 30 Chinese I are attending. The course
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    LET PUBLIC SIT DOWN, GOVT. WORKERS TOLD
    114 5 'They pay your salaries' ALOR STAR. Sunday. WHEN members <•! the public call at (iovernment offices, they should be offered seats. Kedah's Mentri Besar. Tuan Mnh.imed Sheriff, today told Government workers at an Operation Service rally. "Yom moat bear in mind. Mud -that
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    SANTA CLAUS !N FACTORY
    42 5 I 111 I.IT TI.i; (.IKI avfa a Christmas from Santa Clans at the Hume Industry's' party for 2M i hildrcii. The kiddies had tea, cakes, iccrrciin and crackers. Thr party was held in Singapi>re. .yesterday. Strait* Times picture.
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    New party wins Penang elections
    253 5 New party wins Penang elections BUTTERFIELD. Sun. THE thrrr-morjth-old Province Wellesjey Labour Party won thr battle of the polls at Butterworths first Town Council elections yesterday. its candidate! captured lour of the six seats in the two wards, while the rival Penanf Labour Party failed to pain a place. The
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    $15,000 set aside for pension plan
    32 5 i BRUNEI. Run Brunei is tr Igo ahead with its scheme 10 old age and disability pensio" The Government has eaT marked $15,000 for initial 4*
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    Rotary talk
    32 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun [nche Ahrluhih bm Mohamed. of thf Jnhore Civil Service will talk to the Johrtrp Bahru Rotary Cl-.ib on Tuesday on Mohammedan Law and Modern 1 1 Society.
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    Resident dies
    31 5 B K R M B A N. Sun—Wellknown Scrrmhan resident. Mr. Manuel David, 50. died this afternoon after a brief illness. H<- le;ivcs a wife and 14 1 children.
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    Brunei branch
    17 5 BRUNKI. Sun. The firm rVilllam Jacks and Co.. Ltd.. has established a branch in Brunei.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    58 6 *n H'nrrf* Ml minimum MRS. M. C. NAIR of Cameron Highlands thanks all relative! and friends, who, In her rrrrpt Drre.ivem^nt. sent wreath<- and mes*.ic<"s of rnndnlrnrr. ;mri .ilt^nded tht- funrral ;>t T;upin>; ol ihr laip Mr, Charlrs Nair who passed away r,n the 6th Drcrmbrr, ir»=>3. hi Tapah
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      Breakdown In Korea
      751 6 The official Russian reaction to President Eisenhower's atomic bank plan differs somewhat from the blunt comment of RusMan press and radio, usually regarded as being quite as official a- the Foreign Ministry. But nil that Mr. Molotov's assurance amounts to is that the President's proposals will be
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      Sir Cheng-lock And Singapore
      531 6 The memorandum on constitutional changes in Singapore which Sir Cheng-lock Tan has I submitted to the Rendel Com- mission is of special interest in two important respects. Sir Cheng-lock, who writes a[President of the Malayan Chi- nese Association, now reveals himself as opposed for the time
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    The anti-Red captive faces ordeal alone
    922 6 ROBERT ALDEN tciu about 4«*n* and angry prisoners facing the hated Communist "explainers" under adverse conditions, since members (,f the Scutral Sntinns Repatriation Commission necessarily must ignore their pleas for release from questioning AFTER 30 minutes in the "explanation" tent at Indian Village, Korea,
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    THIS MAN HATES THEM, T00... ;
    33 6 THIS MAN HATES THEM, T00... C.S Marines restrain a kiikinc South Knrran r--p.itri.iir after he lunged at < Communist observers at right. The pri- 4 •••inrr was amoni; those exchanged during operation "big switch."
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      'Scientific issue' of tests on the horses
      492 6 THE overwhelming majority of the members of the Singapore Turf Club have accepted the opinion of the committee of the club that it is possible to ascertain, irom i the routine tests carried out, j that a horse "possesses ketos- j I teroids
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      They helped
      86 6 I WOULD like to thank the four young men from Kajang who came to our as sistance when my car stalled at the Campbell Road bridge. Dozens of vehicles from emptying cinemas rushed past (one actually scraping my rear mud-guard) disregarding the efforts of my wife and two
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      353 6 MR. Ramani's explanation of why he resigned from the Legislative Council show.s a line of thought which Is as typical of the local politician as it is unfortunate for Malaya. He says that thr Indians are a minority group, that minorities mu.s-f stand up" for their "riphts"
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    452 6 Foreign Secretary? IT is imprest me to find that Mr. Wilson Harris, the well--1 known London commentator on foreign affairs, former M.P for Cambridge University, hns named Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald as the he.st choice the Lah-, our Party could make for their* next Foreign Secretary. The
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    20 PASS FINAL MEDICAL EXAM.
    204 7 - But they must not use 'letters 9 for ten months TWENTY medical students of the Tniversity of Malaya who have passed their final examinations will not be entitled to use their degree in any form until the Convocation next October. Mr. W. D. Craig. University
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    Pick of the beauties
    106 7 MALAX Film sin Rusini (abave) has been picked from l(i lic.uitilul girls tn play in a film opposite Inrio- iH-si.in star K.ulrii Mmklnr. Morktor. who flev to Singapore from Jakarta last month, personally made the selection. Rusini. whose real name is Rucavah Mcrican. was horn in
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    Govt clerks dig a good deed
    85 7 Govt clerks dig a good deed i TASSEK GLUGOR. Sun I fiCVERNMENT clerks from Vl Penang and Butterworth today turned labourers hire for ;> day to dig 2.000 feet Of drain around the Ma Hua School playing field. This "Operation Service 1 team was led by the Settlement Secretary. Mr.
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    Now they will; train cadets
    85 7 Now they will; train cadets PENANG. Sun- Two locallytrained pilots of the MAAF Penang squadron— Pilot OfTicera Michael Griffin and Hil- I ton Price- have been appointed navigation instructors to Air Cadet officers. •This is part of their ndvanced syllabus." the chief Hying instructor. Flt.-Lt. T A. 3 Mac Donald.
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    1,000 attend district fair
    58 7 LENGGONG. Sun. The District Agricultural show at Lenggong. the first after the war. attracted more than l 000 people from the kampongs :n Upper Perak. The show was opened by the D. strict Officer Upper Perak. I Mr. C. G Ferguson, at the I Yeong Hwa
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    SCBA plans for New Year's Eve
    51 7 PENANG. Sun. The Straits Chinese British A.ssocir.Uon. Penang, will hold a dinner and dance at the Rubber Trade Association on New Year's Eve A toy party for members' children aged '2 or under will ne held at 5 p.m. the same cay at the
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    400 scholars look for a school
    129 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. TOP-LEVEL education officials here are trying to solve the problem of 400 .scnoolchilriren without a school. The 400 pupil? mostly Malays— have been told that they will probably have to leave their present school, the Pasar Road English School, early next
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    7 fires in 4 hours
    43 7 The Singapore Fire Brigade fought seven lallang flr<\< within four hours yesterday The nres were at Kheam I Hock Road. Tanjoni? Rhu. Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Bencihire Road. North Buona Vista Road. Ayer. Gemuroh Chanj,; and Labrador Road.
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    Two injured
    92 7 Two Chinese women were Injured yesterday when a earl they were travelling in crashed against at post-Box near the 10th map Mandai Road. Sineapore. One ol the women. Chan Tit Kew, =>3. wa.s taken to ho-spital. HIM II V 100 of No. 1 Nursinu Division of the St.
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    Miners form a union
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. -A national union of Malayan mmeworkers was formed tonight in a villace coffee Called by a group <>! Armn mine worki agreed to th< up of a national union which will speak for thousands <>f mine workers throughout the Federation. It will be
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    BACK PAY WILL SQUARE DEBTS
    165 7 A LARGE part of the $250,000 which 200 Singapore Government clerks are to receive 'n bark pay at Christmas will go to money-lenders Many of the clerks inter- I viewed by the R!rait.> Time> yesterday said that they h:»ri been loaned money month.. ISO °'i
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    The newly weds receive guests
    63 7 (I KSTS PAY TIIEIK KKSl'l( IS to the newly weds at thr bride's home in federal Hill. Kuala Lumpur. The bride is Raja Said Atul Azam. daughter of Major Raja lop, of the Malax Regiment, and the bridegroom. Tengku Mohammed Yusol' Shah Ibini Almarhum Sultan
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    100 strikers talk it over —then decide to 2:0 back to work
    202 7 100 strikers talk it over —then decide to 2:0 back to work Xl ALA LIMPIK. Sunday. IT will be "work as usual" tomorrow at the Joo Seng Rubber factory, near Kuala Lumpur scene of a lightning strike staged by the entire labour force of more than 100 on Friday. After
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    4 talked —only 3 to listen
    129 7 KLANG Sun A WOMAN and two littlt- toys comprised the audience at the students' oratorical contest at the Anelo-Chinesr School Hall here yesterday. The> were the mother and brothers of one of the student orators Thr onl> other people present were the four speakers
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    Aid for varsity
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Hwa Cheow Ladies Tailoring Instruction Centre will hold a display of dresses at the Chinese Assembly Hall here at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. The proceeds will go to th^ Nanyang University funds.
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    300 island farmers form co-op
    78 7 300 island farmers form co-op AN INDONESIAN farmers Co-operative association has been formed in Tanjong Pinang in Riau an island oft Singapore. Called the Koperasi Rakjat Tani Kabupaten Riau di Tandjung Pinang, the association has more than 300 members, most of them owners of rubber, cocount. and fruit plantations. The
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    Picnic party saves man
    58 7 Picnic party saves man A police constable, Arifin bin Majid. was saved from drowning off Ponggol Point Singapore, yesterday. Aifin was on a picnic parly organised by the Orchard Road Police Station. He was rescued by two other constables who applied artifi- i c-ial respiration and rushed him I to
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    Break in: three held
    55 7 Three teen-agers broke into the premises of Grafton Laboratories, in Collyer Quay, Singapore, yesterday. They got into the two storey building by removing some jtiles from the roof. A police patrol searching the laboratary liter found two boys hiding under some rags. A third boy was
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    Woman falls off bus
    47 7 A 74-year-old woman. Mrs G. E. Norris was injured when she fell off a trolley bus :n Upper Scrangnnn Road. Singapore yesterday. She was on her way to I church She was admitted to hospital. Her condition was describi ed as not serious.
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    Falls from tree, dies
    49 7 A 15-year-old boy. Tan Kirn Poh of Jalan Raja. Singapore, died after he fell from a ram butan tree yesterday. Tan was plucking the fruius iin the garden of hLs house when a branch snapped. He died a few hours after I admission to hospital.
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    Rao's farewell
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR, 3un.— More than 1.000 Indians gathered at the Town Hall here today to say farewell to Mr. T. V. Ramakrishna Rao. Agent of the Government of India.
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    INDIAN CONGRESS MAY LINK UP WITH ALLIANCE
    165 7 KUALA LUMPUB, Suncl.iy. THE question of whether the Malayan Indian Congress should join forces with the I'MMO-MCA on matters of national importance will he discussed at the MlC's annual conference in Fehruary. Since MIC leaders consider this question a major Issue, the MIC
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    And still the dinner fund grows
    71 7 A SERIA, Brunei, reader has A sent $20 t o the Straits Times for the Home for the Aged in Singapore where thieves recently stle 60 ducks and 35 turkeys th e old folks' Christmas poultry. This gift brings the total cash donations since
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    Parents were among first
    62 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.-Or-ia.ned in Penang last Tuesday by Archbishop I. vi.siting Papal Apostolic Delegate from India. Father Stanley Fernandez, sung his first Ma.-.s today at the Church ol the Immaculate Conception. Johorc Bahru. his home town. His father and mother. Mr and Mrs. B. Fernandez, were
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    Sir David to report soon
    57 7 Sir David Lindsay K> ir, leader of the three-rran medical education inquiry committee now in Singapore, has begun to write his draft report The committee arrived here from Britain last month to inquire into the future needs ot University Medical Education, and education in Dentistry
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    Govt. rice ration announced
    77 7 KUAI.A LUMPUR, Sat.—Government ration rice to be issued in Selangor, West Pahang and Tanjong Malim in the period Dec. 14 to Dec 27 will comprise: High grade Siam white rice, five per cent 3C cents a fcatii. medium grade. Burma NgaLsein rice (paroiledi is avilable for
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    Said farewell
    23 7 TAIPING. Sun. Graduan.l.s of the middle ill Hau Lian I High School, entertained their teachers at a farewell tea party here.
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    Show goes to new village
    80 7 TELUK ANSON. Sun. A show was presented at Bat 11 Duabelas new villac miles from here by the ne^ part men t of Information to celebrate -Operation Service" week. A play with racial harmony as the theme was included In the programme. The Resettlement Officer,
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    Magician to get garland
    47 7 Members of the International Brotherhood of Maciciaiu, Singapore Rinij No. 1 1 r> are paying tribute to a foreign magician. They will garland Porear on Wednesday at 9.30 p.m. This i.s thr flr.st time that such tribute has been paid to a magician.
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    Abdul arrives by motor chair
    73 7 MALACCA. Sun.— A form. 1 Singapore police constable Abrlui Wahid b:n Baba. who isuffering from sninal 'njurie^ resulting from a Run battlr with at Lorong 25 Oeylang, Singapore, in September 1950 was present at tr» 'Opera' Km Service" week d<-mon-.tration b y the Malacca Bre
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    Evil spirit of a mighty steamship
    706 8  -  DAVID DIVINE by 0 It was exorcised when two skeletons were found inside her THE GREAT IRON SHIP. By lames Dugan. (Hamith Hamilton). CAN a ship have an evil spirit? They used to think so in the days of sail, when men were closer
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    525 8  - A study in poetry Cyril Connolly "ii BAUDELAIRE: A Study of hit Poetry. By Martin Turned. (Hamish Hamilton. 215.) IN the last 30 years Baudelaire has quietly been taking his place as the supreme French poet since Racine and the greatest poet of the nineteenth century. In Britain, Swinburne was
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    1526 9 IHE horizon was stained blood-red L by the setting sun as the sleek Blackwall frigate, Madagascar, slipped out of m Hcbson's Bay, Port Phillip, on August 11, 1853, and headed east for England via the Horn. She had on
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      348 9 3 Show*: B, «15 Mi P .•(Mh < rnlury tax A Lavish I nirr i.iiiiiiii in Musiral "DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS Starring William lane Mit/i 1 1 si>i(. an <;ri:kr <i\^ NOi In Terhnlrolor l'«morr»*w m < m TAOAM i.o\f Mma" In Trehnlrnlnr SINGAPORE CEYLON JAVA J<T SOON ff^H
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      443 9 AMABMAN XMiMTS \s Bcdir <M.ipod from the Kinr Walkine inland, hr heard voirpn Hashlv. npdrr told h«-r who hr <if Sam;indal\ palarr. hr rrnrcled and soon iamr fare to farr with »•"»"> '»nd promisrd llnl if shr iliM hr h.id fMMi so miii-h x Invrlv sftnV Slir told Rrdrr that
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    SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
    847 10 rE following quotations' were those of the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, at the close of business on Friday:— |M'I>IKH,. B«}tr> seller. Alei. Brick* Prcfa i It, 1 30 Ords. 3.70 380 «uu let ISA J tt B M r'rutleea M con I in -smelt Prel l»/. Ord»
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    WALL STREET LOWER
    111 10 NEW YORK. Sat. 'pHE Slock market mnv- I 1 «1 to one-balan lorn for the j sixth successive d»v aeainut ai Background of further reports of declining employment md slow down in various business sectors. Trading was quiet and the mar- ket was not prepared to alter
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    MALA VAN COLLIERIES IN 'SERIOUS POSITION' COMPETITION FROM OIL
    1197 10 MALA VAN COLLIERIES IN 'SERIOUS POSITION' COMPETITION FROM OIL fpHE difTirultics experienced by X Malayan Collieries during last financial year were referred to at length by the chairman. Mr. J. Drysdale. at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday. Mr. Drysdale said "The future prospects of the company depend
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    Share deals reported last week
    346 10 Share deals reported last week THE following list of business done in the Singat pme share market last week is reported by one firm of brokers: IXM STRIAI.S ('"iisolidated Tin Smelter Ords. J4 Fraser A: Nea\e Ord.v $2 0(1 to Gammons $2 90 'o $2.gS. HUMWn $2 80. Hongkong A-
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      846 10 NOTICE THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Holidays Christmas Day, Friday. 25th December. 1953. New Year's Day. Friday. Ist January, 1954. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN I that on Friday. 25th December. 1953. and Friria\. Ist January. 1954 no vessels will be worked at the Board's wharves. Work will be resumed
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      993 10 P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from registered PWD. Contractors of Class "D and above v ill be received at the office of the State Engineer, PWD., Perak. Ipoh. up to 3.00 p.m. on Uie 21i,t December. 1953 for the supply and erection of steel framed workshop in the compound
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      599 10 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from P.W.D. registered Contractors will be 1-ccelvert I by the State Engineer. Perak. Ipoh. up to 3.00 p.m. on 21st December, 1953. for the Supply and Delivery of Metal from Waterfall Quarry. I:i,p.nK. for the year 1954. SUPPLY OF GENERAL STORES Tenders will
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    PRICES EASIER AND TURNOVER MUCH SMALLER
    1097 12 Share market review More buyers than sellers at Saturday 's weaker close By Our Financial Correspondent TV IK Singapore share market wcni through ;i rather disappointing period last week when the turnover became smaller and prices tended to ease as the week progressed. This
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    360 12 rpHE following dividends X were announced last week by companies operating; in Malaya:— WEARNK BROS.: final 5 per cent, and bonus 20 per cent, making 30 per crnt. for year ended September, payable Drirmher 23. books close Iteoember 18. HONG FATT: third interim of 5 per cent making
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    TIN RISES BUT RUBBER FALLS
    772 12 Tin and rubber markets TIN AGREEMENT POSSIBLE I'll I feature in the commodity markets last week was the sharp fall in the price of rubber, partly caused by the announcement from the I'nited States thai the stockpile rotation policy would be revised and that sales
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    STRAITS TIMES PRESS-KUCHAI TIN TAPAH RUBBER-KATU TIN BREDGING
    967 12 STRAITS TIMES PRESS -KUCHAI TIN TAPAH RUBBER -KATU TIN BREDGING r Company reports IN the year ended September The Stra'.ts Times Press Ltd made a net profit of $570,092. compared with $691,550 la the preceding year. This profit has been arrived .at after charsins $340,908 for I depreciation, and providing
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    West Bromwich again in the lead
    586 13 F.A. CUP SHOCKS LONDON, Sunday. yyEST BROMWICH ALBION, deposed as first division leaders last week by Wolverhampton Wanderers, climbed back to the top on superior goal average as a result of holding Arsenal to a 2 2 draw in a thrill-packed match in London
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    323 13 FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 2 West Brom A. Villa 1 Tottenham Blackpool I Newcastle Cardiff I Middlesbrough Chelsea 3 Manchester V HuddrrsHeld 2 Preston Manchester C. 3 Sheffield W Portsmouth 5 Liverpool Sheffield ltd. 3 Bolton Sundrrland Charllon Wolves 1 Burnley SECOND DIVISION Blackburn 3 Rotherham Brentford 0
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    Cardiff brilliant at Twickenham
    440 13 RUGBY UNION ROUND-UP LONDON. Sunday. PARDIFF. the only club so far to have beaten the All Blacks, were again in brilliant form at Twickenham, where they beat Harlequins kf 11 points to nil yesterday. Cardiff had 13 of the side that won against the New Znalanders
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    Swansea hold All Blacks
    123 13 LONDON. Sun. j 'THE All Blacks were held to their first draw of their tour yester- i day. scoring two unconverted tries to two penalty goals by Swansea. Swansea, with five Welsh internationals, took an early lead when centre three-quarter J. Faull scored a fine penalty
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    FLOODLIT PROBLEM
    120 13 By Special Correspondent LONDON. Sun nHO sii'l floodlights would end all Soccer's money worries? Crystal Palace. I can tell you now. lost £SCO on their game with Stade Francais Only 6.598 spectators turned up. Brentford are out of pocket after a floodlit trip to Gloucester. Oflhitl vir-v is
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    CUP REPLAYS THIS WEEK
    53 13 LONDON. Sun. FA. Cup second round matches drawn yf»terday will be replayed this week a.s follows: Monday: Port Vale v Southport; TueMlay: Grimsby v Witton Albion-. Wednesday: Brighton Wrexham; HartlepooLs v Northampton; Tranmere v Accrmßton: Walthnmstow v Ipswich; Thursday: Headincton United v \fillwall; Nuneaton v Queen's
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    Qantas-Raffles Badminton Club
    149 13 Officials tt Urn newly-formed Qantas-RaffW Badminton Club are: Patrons. Capt H hf. Birch. Mr H. G. D. Plant. Mr. Frans Schutzman. Mi. Yone Choo Nam Presidents: Mr. D. E Morgan. Mr. J. O. OSullivan. Mr. F. Splni. Mr. Ang Ann Lian. V:re- ■•residents. Mr A A Holland.
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      FIRST DIVISION
      192 13 P W D L F A pt* W Bromwirh 22 15 3 4 60 30 33 Wolves 22 1 4 I 3 55 31 33 Hudder.^neld ?2 12 5 5 40 23 23 Burnley ?2 14 0 8 50 39 28 Bolton 21 8 8 537 31 24
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      SECOND DIVISION
      186 13 Leicester Doncastrr Evert m Luton Birmingham Hotherhum Notts Forest Leeds Bristol 7t West H»m Blackburn Lincoln Swansea Fulham Derby Notts County Plymouth Hull City Brentford Bury nirtham r W D L F A pt.« 22 11 7 ***** 29 22 13 3 6 37 24 2!) 22 10
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      DIVISION A
      140 13 P W D L P A pt.* Queen o'South IS 10 2 3 41 22 21 Hearts IS 8 3 37 22 1!) Dundee 14 h S 3 19 16 17 Celtlr IS 7 3 4 26 10 17 Clyde 14 7 2 5 J8 28 1R Aberdeen
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      DIVISION B
      138 13 r w Motheruell 15 11 A! Won Rovrrs II R t-tenhnusertviir 15 R DunlPrmlln* 13 7 Kilmarnnrk 14 9 st iTnhmtom n 8 Morton 15 7 Ayr Utd. 13 7 Third Lai. irk 12 6 Cowrtenhfath lft fi Dnndrr ITtrt. II 5 Diimb:iiioii 14 4 QMtM Tiirk 13
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      196 13 f W U L. r A piIpswich 22 14 fi 2 46 23 34 Southampton 22 14 2 6 45 29 30 Bnshton 21 U 4 4 37 2ft 30 Rraritnc 22 12 4 6 43 31 28 Northampton 22 9 7 fi 46 2R 25 Norwich 22 10 5
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      194 13 ?ort Vale 22 IK I 1 43 8 31 jateshend 23 12 7 4 41 2* 31 Bradford 21 10 8 3 44 26 2J BMMhjf 21 10 7 4 31 24 21 Stotkport C. 22 10 ti 6 46 27 26 21 10 6 5 38 30 2t
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    COSMOPOLITAN TRACK MEET
    71 13 Entries are now invited for the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club's annual grass track championships to be held on the Singapore Recreation Club ground on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 3.30 p.m. The programme comprises four events. Half-mile sprint. 10-lap race for seniors. 10-lap race for Juniors, and one mile
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    STROUD TURNS PROFESSIONAL
    32 13 LONDON Sun. Roy S»rnud. tormrr English amatrur international forward, h;is turned professional and now plays for West Ham. Stroud played In Singapore last year for the Athenian League tourists.
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    Fedcraton win Police badminton
    103 13 Federation Polire beat Singapore Police by four games to one in the annual badminton match Btayod at Hill Street yrs'erday. Results (Federation players first t Sinflen: Insn Tajuddin bear V.S.C. Chrona Thiam Oee 15-7, 15-9: Cpl Da ha Inn leapt) bea' S. C. Abdul Ohanl IS-9.
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    SOUTH AFRICA IN STRONG POSITION
    226 13 DURBAN, Sunday. •THE New Zealand touring team scored 70 runs for the loss of two wickets at close of play in reply to South Africa's first innings total nf 437 for nine declared on the second day of their Test match here yesterday. After South
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    R.A.F. again champions
    76 13 DOYAL AIR FORCE won the inter-pprvlces rugby charnpioi* ship on Saturday by bea' ins Roya! Navy by lfi point* (two goals, two trlesi to 12 (four penalty (dais) after a Keen tussle n* Seletnr This was R.A.F. s third championship in succession. L.A.C. Pearson 2>. P O
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    OVERWEIGHT TOWEEL WINS
    77 13 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. Vie Toweel. South African featherweight champion and former world bantamweight champion, outpointed Ronnie Clayton British featherweight title-holder, over ten rounds hrre lart night. The bout, which was origin illy I billed as an eliminator for the Empire featherweight title, was fought at catch weights as
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    SCOREBOARD
    118 13 Hill AFRICA D .1. MrC.lnw b MarGibbvi S4 II II U.i it* b Overtnn 43 U R Kndean I. Mar Gibbon K. I iimlon ll>w h Reid 39 R. Mr I ran c < happle b Bla r 101 J. Watklns r Moonrv b M.n (iil)bnn 29 .1. E.
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    Bassett loses to 'unknown'
    140 13 BRUESSELS. Sun. DERCY BASSETT, American In- terim world featherweight champion, was outpointed »iere jast night by Joseph .lan&sens an almost unknown" Belgian lightweight, in a ten round non-title tipht Bassrtt Is interim wor.'d champion while Sandy Saddler is in the U.S. Army Baaactt attacked from the
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    53 13 LONDON. Sun. Yesterday: rugby league results were: Barrow II lelgh 7; Batley 11 Wldnes 4: Bradford Northern 8 Hvddprshelrl 11, Bramley 6 Warrlngt^r 1!): C.isticford 2 Dewsbury 14; Halifax 14 Ycrk 3; Hull 12 Featherstone Rovers 7. Hunslet 30 Doncaster 7: Ketihlry 12 Leeds 21: Rochdale Horn.-is 27
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    KELANTAN LEAD UNTIL LAST MINUTE
    320 14 Huck Gay saves S'gor in final SEREMBAN, Sunday. HESPITE extra time of ten minutes, Selangor and Kelantan drew 1-1 in the Football Association of Malaya Cup. final on the station padang here today. Kelantan, playing fast, clever football, surprised everyone. They had the chances to
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    Ngai breaks 2 flyweight lift records
    329 14 'TWENTY-FIVE-year-old N«ai Fook x Senc (S.A.W.L.A i beat si other rhaLs to w|b the flyweli;lH title at the nnual Sinuapore Amateur Wriphtliftlnc Frdcratiim Championships held at the H.ipjiy World Stadium last nirht. Fook Sens bettered the late Koh Enc Wanes records for the praai
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    BOUGOURE TOP RIDER
    179 14  -  EPSOM JEEP i;% IPOH. Sun. fVARNET BOUGOURES bnlvl Uani ridini credited him with four winners ;it the Pnrak 'full Club Deceirber meeting. This Australian jockey has now firmly established himself a favourite among punters. Georur Wood.*, had I toad mectinc with three winner and two seconds. Jimmy
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    Indians head for lead
    138 14 NAGPUR, Sun. i four wiclcet.s still to fall, the Indian XI needed 39 runs to tanlafi lead over tiie Commonwealth Uwrtng team at me end of the second days play in '.heir match here yesterday. The Indians had scored 271 for sl^ wl Mwcr to the
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    TRABERT IS RANKED No.l
    73 14 NEW YORK. Sun TONY Tralx rt. who won the I"■ national sincles championship. parted as the No 1 player in the m.i 3 rankincs of the United States I. awn Tennis Association However, in spleciini: Trabert in preference to Wimbledon champion Vie Seixas the men's ranking
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    FARRER PARK SOCCER
    68 14 S'ar Sofceiitcs heat H M.S. Birmingham 2-1 in a friendly sotcpi match ai Farm- Park ve.trir.n. Tencku Rahman and DoPah scored for Socceiitps; Fletcher lor H.M.S. Blnnincham. Star Soccptites "A 1 beat IT.iul Rahsia S.C. ft-1. Tahn ,3i. Shnwan md Mahmood scored for Soccer 1 tee: (-mail
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    STUNG BY A BEE, BUT HE RODE ON TO VICTORY
    204 14 MALACCA. Sun CIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD John 9oh. of St. Joseph's Institution. Sincaporp. set up h new r< -ord when he won the 30-mtle Mnlacra-Alor O.i lah-Malacca road rare held In connection with thp Malacca You'h Council's fourth anaoaJ eydtag carnival Mkty. His
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    Colony Police take all 9 fights
    351 14 SINGAPORE Poli.c boxers were too r.ood for PMaratkm Police and won all nine bouts in thplr dm poat-wai lalrti i iho Police Training school. Btatapan on -siturday nleht The F'eiieratlon boxers five of them Mibstitutps wpre clearly ontelaaaed by the earefully-tratned and experienced Sincaporp
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    Enola Gay should keep on winning
    442 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Sunday. AS THE SEASON draws to a close, trainers are makrx ing the most out of the promising material they have in their stables and it was no surprise that three newcomers— Little Andy, The Cydaris and Enola Gay won
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    115 14 Shirley Fry beats Hart for title BARRANQUILLA Colombia Sun CHIRLEY FRY of the Unnefl ■tatai von the women'.s Mnclr.-. rhampionships in the mtamatlona) trnris tournament here when she defeated Dons Hart 4-6. 6-4 7-a yesterday. A:-, Larsen. United State?; rn'crca the men Mnpies nn;<! by riefeatlnc ArgenMne rhampion EnrtqiW Mnrea
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    POLICE RUGBY DRAWN
    343 14 A PENALTY ronvrrted by full back Yap Bonn Keng lust before the firuil Whistle enabled Singapore Poiin tn bold Frrirnttion Police to a 3 3 draw m their rugger inat<-h ;it Thomson Road yesterday. Although U m .1 dose thing tor Singapore, v tv stole the show
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    MR. SINGAPORE
    53 14 Seventeen c »m pet i tors sent In their ntrtn fir the annual Mi n'upriiiion organised by Hi" sin-.. purr Amateur Welch'- I Hon. hut ,11 Mir eMmlnntl Hnppv W .-n last ntchf only in ti>..k prut All 18 urre se]e ted lo contest the linal, whuh will
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      171 14 J*!' y HEALTHY Or 7 *7 BEAUTIFUL I used to be afraid to look in my I asked m> friend the SSCM af her ■nrror. So very often my c>cs were lo\cl\ eyca. "<*pirc\ oc-Kiths," th« tired, rednmmcdandunattr.iLtue.. liml "Yuur*. can be the sjnie." So I used Optrex regularly, and
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      49 14 IKMKfV FRIKXni.Y: S.R.C. v Ti-rhnical ('olleje I Kuala i.umpur), S.R.C. padanc Rl <;RY S.C.C. W v All Hlurs. padanc (Mr. Brartlesi; Tollre v Technical (nllete (X.1.l al Depot. SCX V.X nusiniss Houses annual ;rner.il mc-niit. Shell House, TOd p.m. WKir.HTI.IKTIN(i COLONY rhampionships. Happy World 8 p.m. MORE SPORT-P. 13
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