The Straits Times, 14 December 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times fie***" Kstd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TI'ESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1954. -ft- 15 CENTS
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    RELIEF STEPS TODAY
    618 1 Crisis this morning in South Malaya: New Colony threat THE Federal Executive Council and the Singapore Legislative Council will today discuss relief for the victims of the extensive floods in the Federation and Singapore. In the Federation the relief of Hood victims was placed on the ißenda
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    Mate kelp cash, food, othes
    265 1 Mate kelp cash, food, othes $75,000 up— LOTS more needed! FSffVTI H M H i I) H*s speed to i ■mt-hit area npoia 000 in 1 1 under H lit area ImmeI and already ip it I 1 up at L"ronß Salvation Army, will establish other centres if the need
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    YOU can afford 50 CENTS
    164 1 YOU can afford 50 CENTS SPEED is the first essential in helping the tens of thousands homele>s. without clothes and without food because of the floods. To feed, clothe and shelter them money is needed at once. Already over $15.000 has been sent to Straits Tunes o.Tices for the Sincapore
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    Thames towns knee-deep in water
    136 1 LONDON. Mon. MENACING new rains beat down in the flooded Thames River valle) today The rivi-r has already >vv"mp "d r(s of tnr »> lavln flrlds of Ktoli It hM ;il k surrounded two lori'c-x .«'<«« drowned gardens and farmlands on the estate Windsor Castle.
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    IT'S SAMPANS NOW-NOT TRISHAS
    53 1 IT'S SAMPANS NOW -NOT TRISHAS SAMPANS HAVE I AKK.N the i> > »l Irlafcaa in flooded Kota Tinssi In the picture above. sampan man is seen 1 paddling past one of the many swamped house*. Despite the 'loorts townspeople are cheerfully trying to help each other. Authorities say the situation
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    FLOODS FAIL TO STOP THE MEE MEN
    503 1 Its business as usual for them in Johore's worst-hit town From STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT KOTA TlN(i(;i. .Monday. 4 I HUH <.H this town is completely under flood waters, some Chinese businessmen are carrying on as usual. Mcc stallholders are doing a roaring
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    Grandmother to hang for murder
    97 1 Grandmother to hang for murder LONDON. Mon •THE Home Secretary refused today to reprieve Mrs Styllou Christofi, 63-year-old Cypriot grandmother, due to be hanged here on Wednesday for murdering her oaughter- in-law. Mrs ChrLstofi killed the I dauphter-in-law. 'iella, last summer at the West London flat they shared while her
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    'Newly weds' both women
    52 1 GREENWICH. England. Mon Two young "newly weds" were fined today on the ground that both were women. "There is more to marriage than the physical side," pleaded Violet Ellen Katherine Jonrs. 26. She posed as a bachelor "Victor Eric Kenneth Jones" to many Joan Mary Lee,
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    Doctor jailed
    35 1 KONG KONG. Mon. Dr Ng Yuk Kin. 39. was sentenced at Hong Kong Criminal Sessions today to five years' Imprisonment for raping a 24-year-old Chinese patient in his clinic on Aug. 28— Reuter.
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    Only 4days more
    59 1 Only 4days more O.4VE you sent in your 1 enfry for The MalE ayan Monthly's $20,000 Afust-Be-Won Word Mala 5 Contest "E"? If not, you s should post your coupon (uifh postal order) SOW. 2 This great all-Mnlayan contest closes on FRIDAY, E four days from today. s Your name
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    The Pope worse
    21 1 ROME. Mon The Pope had illghl temperature this morning and his dortor.s or-den-fi him to rest completely Reuter.
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    Rescue squads on the alert
    95 1 Rescue squads on the alert SINGAPORE flood relief squads are standing by to fight what could be the Colony's second disastrous flood in five days. Last night after a day of steady rain water lapp<d into homes at Woodsville and Potong Pasir. In the 24 hours ending at 7 p.m.
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    Canada's aid up
    21 1 OTTAWA, Mon— Canada will increase it.s Colombo Plan aid by $1,000,000 to $26,400,000 next year, newspapers reported today—Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
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    Over a million
    39 1 LONDON. Mon. The National Memorial Fund for the la'* 1 Kini> George VI -subscribed ii by people all over the world bftJ reached a total of £1.760.000, (about MS!S million i it his been announced. Reuter.
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    Adenauer fails
    29 1 BONN. Mon. Dr Adenauer West German Chancellor, today failed to win Socialist support for tho Paris treaties which will rearm the country and restore her sovereignty.— Reuter.
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      24 1 WEATHER FORECAST "Continuing steady rain for all areas south of Kuala Lumpur and Trengganu. It will last for at least 24 hours— probably longer."
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    'Duchess of Kent nay marry prince'
    126 2 'Duchess of Kent nay marry prince' LONDON, Mon. y II E Sunday Express said a report t iat the attractive I uche« of Kent was t .inking of marrying rown Prime Olaf of I irway "has been sweepi g European capitals for t ie last few days." "No one know*
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    0. ertime banned
    46 2 L ")NTDON. Mon. Busmen bee n an unofficial ban on ove time three London tra sport garages today to fori i their demands for higher ay. Busmen at three other gar; ges said they would start an overtime ban tomorrow. Re i ter.
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    U.N. unjust to us—Red China
    315 2 U.N. unjust to us— Red China PEKING REACTS TO CALL FOR RELEASE OF AMERICAN AIRMEN FANTASTIC RESOLUTION' DENOUNCED AS 'A RIDICULOUS FARCE' HONG KONG, Monday. (UMMUNIST China's official newspaper, the Peking People's Daily, declared today that "the Ui ited Nations has no right to interfere with hina's sentencing of American
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    Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN
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    CYPRUS: U.S. BACKS BRITAIN
    97 2 CYPRUS: U.S. BACKS BRITAIN NEW YORK. Mon. THE United States has decidid to vote against any Greek proposal n che debate in the United Nations which would change the .status of the British Colony of Cyprus, it was learned reliably today. The debate Is due to open in the Political
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    Mine death toll is now 65
    50 2 NEW DELHI. Mon— The death toll in the Madyapradesh mining disaster last Friday has risen to 65, latest reports said today. Rescue operations in the mine have been stopped because of pushing waters. The mine is located at Parasla. 20 miles from Nagpur. U.P.
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    X'mas in Moscow
    37 2 LONDON. Mon. Sir William Hayter. British Ambassador in Moscow, arrived here yesterday after spending ten days of his leave in Paris. He said he would leave on Friday to spend Christmas in Russia. —Reuter.
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    5,000 Indian chant "Ava, Ava'
    148 2 BOMBAY, Mon. XTI ARLY 5.C00 fans crying Ava, Ava," broke a police cc rdon at Santa Cruz Airport y» sterday when an Air India Ir ternational Constellation Cf rrying Ava Gardner from Si igapore to Rome landed. Ava did not leave the plane for 15
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    Be Proud of Your English
    540 2 (b) Everything is explained with the utmost simplicity. <c> You are not required u> memorise tedious lists of rules. You are shown how to avoid common errors and how to express yourself fluently and effectively How to Gain Language-Power The tuition Is planned on stimulating
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    Former S'pore parson died in forest 'from natural causes'
    154 2 Former S'pore parson died in forest 'from natural causes' CLECY, Normandy. Mon. rrHE Rev. John Gilbert Elliot. 62-year-old Nottingham priest whose animal -gnawed body was found in a forest near here last night, died of natural causes, police said after an autopsy today. Mr. Elliot was chaplain to the Mission
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    JAPAN WILL WOO CHINA, RUSSIA
    172 2 Shigemitsu to explain to U.S. TOKYO. Monday. JAPAN'S new Foreign Minister, Mr. Mamoru ShigeJ mitsu. may go to Washington to explain his Government's new plan for closer relations with China and Russia, the English language paper Japan News Report said yesterday. I The paper said
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    FILMSTAR ON DRUNK CHARGE
    96 2 FILMSTAR ON DRUNK CHARGE FILM star Brodrrick Crawford. New York actor Myron McCormick and actresAbigail '.dams were arrested hi drunk charges yesterday after their car ran into a fence. Crawford is a former Acadenn Award winner. Polire said they found McCormick. 57. sitting at the wheel of the car. The
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    Labour split in Australia
    81 2 MELBOURNE. Mon Political observers believe a split in the Australian Labour Party, which became apparent at the Federal Executive meeting here early this month, may result in the formation of a second Labour Party in the next elections. The industrial correspondent of the Sydney Sun Herald,
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    Soviet no puts 70 out of work
    55 2 STOCKHOLM, Mon—Seventy of the 230 workers at the Swedish Diamond Mine Boring Company here have been dismissed following the Soviet Union's failure to renew its contract with the company Under the lapsed contract Russia took about half of the company s total production,
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    Traitors expelled
    16 2 SEOUL. Mon. President Rhee's Liberal Party yesterday expelled seven members for party treachery— UP
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    Sea storm beats rescue bed
    53 2 HONOLULU, Mon. The Seattle fishing boat. Brothers, with two men aboard radioed the coastguard yesterday that she was "sinking fast" in heavy seas 60 miles from here. Two planes, three cutters and two navy destroyers Immediately went to the craft's assistance, but strong winds made
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    Police chief dies
    29 2 LONDON, Mon. Sir Alker Tripp, Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Metropolitan area of London from 1932 to 1947. died here yesterday. He was 71. Reuter
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    Girl shows prisoners how to bend bars
    119 2 MAIDSTONE. Mon. Asllm, fair-haired girl last nlßht showed 400 prisoners In the big Jail here how to bend steel bars. Stage and television strong fjlrl Joan Rhodes, during a concert in the prison gymnasium, offered each of four warders a three-foot 10/.g bar.
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    Ship N0.5 sails
    42 2 BARROW IN FURNACE. England. Mon. The oil tanker British Sovereign, fifth of the 32.000-ton ships to be completed for the British Tanker Company, the shipping organisation of the AngloIranian Oil Company Ltd.. sailed for trials from here yesterday. Renter.
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    GEM IN THE NEWS LEADS TO $35,000 FINE FOR TWO
    127 2 CALCUTTA. Mon— The Maharajah of Burdwan, the biggest landed estate near Calcutta, and the British jewellery firm of Hamilton and Co. of Calcutta were fined M 535.000 \xiay for the unauthorized export from India and disposal of the historic Jehangir
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    HORROR PLA CAUSES BIGGEST EVER
    143 2 HORROR PLA CAUSES BIGGEST EVER A PLAY on television last nielli'? 1 1 0 M*, J bl«e.t flood of nrotosts h h, rr>u^t?l Hundreds of angry viowor Pr knr.JMaT offices sayin K it was d£,k r Phr)r^ Bi •Horrible" and "Appalling I I I Hi I Tortur. wj I 1
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    Death for 5 'brothers' who plotted
    158 2 Death for 5 'brothers' who plotted CAIRO. Mon A PEOPLE'S Tribunal last night sentenced five members of the Moslem Brotherhood to death, four to hard labour for inc. five to 15 years' hard labour and 17 to 10 years* hard labour. They were accur xl of complicity in a plo»
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    25—and not out
    34 2 25 and not out LONDON. Mon— The royal research jhip Discovery celebrates the 25th. anniversary of her maiden <.yage on Tuesday Since sne wai launched in 1925. she has steamed some 500,0^0 miles.— Reuter.
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    National Gallery painting 'a fake'
    258 2 LONDON, Mon. A PICTURE dealer said here last night a supposed 16th century masterpiece being shown in London s world-famed National Gallery was not the original, but a copy. The picture is "The Virgin and Child with an Angel", attributed in the catalogue to the
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    Visiting France
    22 2 PARIS. Mon Admiral Arthur W. Radford. Chairman of the US. Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here yesterday from Washington. A.P
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    alayans in hospital et a call rom Lady T
    83 3 alayans in hospital et a call rom Lady T p.MM.N. MM. is|ll ,,l itnnaiight lVl \i Bramshott, j/P 1 1,, see two h r B1 !icnN ;u'.mitt- and r. They o*r' ..ulrts 1.00 f 1 zubtr bin t.. the nl which I Templer r is > link ,h military i""l
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    ivalry awards
    12 3 I o:ivcr Governor of ill m an- i They 'rdcr.
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    Nutting on Britain's Formosa is attacked YES, WE'RE INVOLVED
    225 3 Nutting on Britain's Formosa is attacked YES, WE'RE INVOLVED The outlying isles? Keep the Communists guessing, he tells a TV audience "VESTS W™ EPMSft*. Jfate to the United Nations, said here that a In T United N&£ For F owl uld be on a I nited Nations member "and of
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    13 men on trial in Egypt JEW: WE FIRED U.S. LIBRARY
    241 3 13 men on trial in Egypt JEW: WE FIRED U.S. LIBRARY CAIRO, Mon. EGYPT'S supreme military tribunal, trying 13 Jews on charges of spying, was told today that the American library at Alexandria was set alight as part of a plan to wreck relations between Egypt and the United States.
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    WELCOME HOME KISS FROM WIFE FOR AIRMAN CAPTIVE FROM CHINA
    93 3 FREED from the Chines*Communist prison. Squadron Leader A. R. MacKenzie, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, is reunited with his wife. The 34-year-old airman, shot down over North Korea in December 1952. was released at the Hong Kong border on
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    MR. ATOM DOUBTS THE RUSSIANS
    273 3 Will Ike's peace plan work? Washington. Monday. ATOMIC Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss said today that he was sceptical of Russian participation in President Eisenhowers atomic pool programme, and that without them the plan is not feasible. "We could not in common prudence deprive ourselves
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    Stocker faces charge of sabotage
    105 3 Stocker faces charge of sabotage PORTSMOUTH. Mon. STOKER mechanic John Lyon will be court martialled here on Thursday on a charge of attempting to sabotage the British .submarine Artemis. The charge alleges that on Nov. 24 he placed two grenades in different parts of the submarine intending to cause damage.
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    Jobs galore—in 10 years
    48 3 Jobs galore in 10 years NEW DELHI. Mon. The Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, said last night the Indian Government Is considering a plan to end unemployment tn the country within 10 years. He said American, Japanese, Russian and Norwegian experts are assisting in a preliminary statistical survey. A.P.
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    THE RED COMPANIONS
    167 3 or Soviet imperialism in Prague VIENNA. Mon. piOURES published in Czechoslovakia show to what extent the Soviet Union Ls dominating the economic life of this Communist staU. The situation :n Rumania. Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland is similar, according to reports reaching Vienna. Some of the figures in
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    News chief dies
    20 3 BRUSSELS. Mon. Count Arlrien van der Burgoht, president of the Belgian Belga News Anency, died here yeterday—A.P.
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    Moura: 25 up
    22 3 NEW YORK, Mun Moura Lympany, the British pianist, played her 25th anniversary concert last night at Carneeie Hall— A.P.
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    NU AND CHOU SIGN A PACT
    93 3 HONO KONG. Mon. China I and Burma yesterday an- < nounced they had plans to in- crease trade and communications between the two coun- trie> < They will plan for the op<n- t ing of a Sino-Burmese air 1 1 service, the restoration of
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    LONDON STOCKS
    384 3 LONDON. Mon. UNCERTAIN and generally dull conditions prevailed In stock markets today. Gllte (ell back in early dealings following small selling Induced by a rise In the bill rale la*t Friday and although prices rallied later extensive falls ranging to about a quarter were recorded Business in gilts
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Dei. 13. Cash Buyers t713: Sellers C7l3}: Forward Buyers fc7l2-i; Sellers C 713: Settlement C 713: Turnover a.m. 100 tons p.m. 40 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 LONDON. Dec 13 Spot 24\d Jan. 24 .id Feb. 24'« d Mar. 24'sd (an -Ma: 24 S.d.. April-June 24d.. ruly-Sopt 23\d. O< t -Dec. 23\d ><\ elf. 24'). d.. Jan c.l.f. 24', d. Feb. r if. 24d. Tone: Steady.
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    Grandma plagued by merry spook
    169 4 Grandma plagued by merry spook TELUK ANSON, Mon. A POLTERGEIST that has plagued Grandmother Mor binte Maon of Kamponsc Tebok Mufarat in north-west Selangor for almost two months, is on the warpath again, after her pawang. the third to be engaged, had failed to drive it out of house. Instead
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    Stabbing of padi planter
    51 4 ALOR STAR. Mon North Ktdah police have detained a Malay in connection with the death of a padi planter. Hamid. at Pokok Sena village. 12 miles from Alor Star on Saturday. Hamid was stabbed outside his house in the village. He died on the way to
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    Teach them politics, he urges
    81 4 Teach them politics, he urges PENANG. Mon. WE have come to the stage when everybody Is convinced that politico should be taught in schools. Mr. B.T.W Stewart, Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Penang. today told 25 teachera attending a civics course. 'I do not see how you can teach civics without
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    Found hanging
    22 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon. A labourer. Ons: Keang Yew, 47. was found hanging in the Jit Sin Chinese School tuckshop yesterday.
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    Comfort's the aim at new airport
    159 4 DESIGNERS of the new international airport at Paya Lebar. Singapore, are treating passenger comfort as a top priority matter. A Customs hall measuring 70ft. by 150 ft. will have facilities lor .simultaneously handllng arriving and departing passengers. Showers are being provided for transit passengers.
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    Defence witness arrested after murder trial 2 ASSESSORS TOLD YOU FLOPPED BADLY
    186 4 Defence witness arrested after murder trial 2 ASSESSORS TOLD YOU FLOPPED BADLY Judge orders them struck off list SEREMBAN, Monday. MR. JUSTICE ABBOTT in the Seremban High Court today ordered the names of two assessors to be struck off the list and a defence witness to be charged with perjury.
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    TEBRAU MEN SACKED
    148 4 'City can't afford to pay men who have no work to do 1 LABOURERS EMPLOYED on Singapore City Council extension works will have to go when the Jobs are done, said Mr. J. T Rea. Deputy President, yesterday. 1 He said the council could not afford to
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    Court official to be moved
    39 4 ALOR STAR. Mon. Mr. V R. T. Rengam. aslstant Registrar, Ktdah Supreme Court, goes on transfer to Johore Bahru on Jan. 1. He will be succeeded by Mr. Au Ah Wah. from Kuala Lumpur.
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    Quick recovery
    26 4 IPOH. Mon. Police in Johore Bahru have found a motorcycle lost by a carpenter in Ipoh on Saturday night A man has been detained
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    Planters fined
    52 4 PARIT BtNTAR. Mon. B Yelland and P. Farmer, two your** planters from Kuala Kurau. were each fined $100 in the Nibong Tebal court when they pleaded guilty to a charge of movinc two loaves of bread, two tins of sardine and a tin of milk into a food
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    Boy's death accident
    65 4 TELUK ANSON, Mon. At an inquest here on a six-year-old boy. Yeoh Ah Beng. the Coroner. Mr. D.C.I. Wernham. returned a verdict of "death by misadventure." Yeoh was killed by a lorry in an accident at the junction of Par'ln Street and Pasir Bedamar Road in Teluk
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    SINGAPORE MAN SEES TRANSPORT HOUSE AT WORK
    60 4 MR. DAVID Marshall, a Sin gapore lawyer, chats with Mr. Morgan Phillips. Secretary of the British Labour I'.irtv at Transport House, the London headquarters of the party. Mr. Marshall, a Labour Front candidate, in the Singapore Legislative Council elections, is in London to
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    FATHER, SON KNIFED IN SHOP: MAN HELD
    99 4 PENANG. Mon. A TOMBSTONE mason and his son were stabbed today at their shop in Pranyin Road Ghaut. A man has been detained. Chiang Cheng Poh, 59. received minor injuries. HLs son. Hock Chuan, a Chung Line High School student. Is in M'riou.,
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    The school of bright boys
    48 4 IMPING. Mon. The Hut Lian High School had 97 per coin passes in the recent Government examination. Out of 70 .students, 68 passed. The school also did well in the Government 6th Year Hiuher Primary Test 125 students passed out of 148 entered
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    Death fall
    28 4 TELUK ANSON. Mon. A coconut-husker. Tan Hiap. aged 50. was drowned when he i fell into an irrigation canal at the 38th mile. Sabak Bernam I
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    ROBBER VIOLESTED WOMAN: 7 YEARS
    170 4 ROBBER VIOLESTED WOMAN: 7 YEARS L^HOO CHENG HOCK unemployed, who robbed Mrs. Joyce Iris Hawkes. wife of a British Army sergeant, of $40 and later used criminal force on her, to outrage her modesty was in the Singapore Assizes yesterday jaiWd for seven years. Mr. Justice Whitton sentenced Khoo to
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    $80,000 FOR
    26 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Pahang headed the list for the amount of rewards paid tor information leading to the I capture or killine of terrorists
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    windoww wounded 37 time
    20 4 w indoww wounded 37 time .^Si I I Hi I could i|(;|r 1 M a m I M 9 I
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    New Year ball for funds
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    WHISPERS
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    COLONY SYSTEM WILL SORT OUT THE TRAFFIC BY ITSELF Thinking' traffic lights soon
    208 5 COLONY SYSTEM WILL SORT OUT THE TRAFFIC BY ITSELF Thinking' traffic lights soon 0SS WILL SEE FOR 0SELF DURING 0ADA Y IN LONDON of traffic lights, one similar to r ml roller lights recently installed J u l»c introduced in Singapore next L spokesman said yesterday. an electronic system, works
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    ey still d $5286 I party
    28 5 ey still d $5286 I party smau .1 hy hildrrn'it .vitur- hnu now. I of the U md HI v the H*ponr fami uh i and I SATA
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    Itch not eclared
    12 5 Itch not eclared bringing H today ho I ■eh, on ted to
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    Farewell to postal men
    99 5 Two retiring Singapore postal employees. Mr. Tan Kong Brne 'postal clerk timescalei and Inche Ahmad bin Abu tman timescalei will re- 1 valedictory letters on Thursday. The presentation will be made at the mails branch of the General Post Office at 2.15 p m. Still time
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    $150 FINE ON MINE LOITERER
    88 5 'Didn't like smoke' RAUB. Mon. A WATCH constable, Jamil bin Awang, 38. who was found loiterine at the Raub cold mine on Nov. 3, was fined $150 or six weeks' jail by the President of the West Pahang sessions court on Saturday. Mr. A. A.
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    Two accused of bookmaking
    49 5 IPOH. Mon— Khoo Ah Poh, 24, and Mohamed Ali bin Baharom, 55. were charged in the magistrate's court today with bookmaking at the Perak Turf Club on Saturday. They claimed trial and their cases were postponed to Dec 31 and Jan. 6, respectively for hearing.
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    an refused to go by meter: $20
    113 5 520 with Shen igers m <>n the his wife theatre in Orcharci Road and went into a taxi parked in front. The driver. Chia. demanded $1.20 when Seah said he wanted to %o to Alexandra Road When told he would be paid according
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    CHIEF CASHIER LOSES APPEAL
    191 5 Secret talk with jury criticised T OO WEE WA.v, former chief cashier of the Oversea Lj Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore, who appealed against conviction and sentence of four years' jail on two charges of falsifying accounts, had his conviction and sentence confirmed in the Court of
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    Criminal force alleged
    58 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Sohan Singh. 36. of Rodger Street, was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates Court today with using criminal force on Cheong Keng Ho with intent to outrage her modrstv at Batu Lane yesterday evening. Sohan Singh who claimed trial, was allowed bail of $500
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    Army driver accused
    42 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. I Private Maakip bin MohamPd. [aged 23. RASC. claimed trial here today to a charge of in- considerate driving in Bukit Bintang Road He was allowed $50 bail. The case will be heard on jJan 11.
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    THE BALLROOM CHAMPIONS GET THE CHALLENGE CUP
    53 5 MISS FLORENCE IH and Mr. Imi fCng Choon. who won the open Perak ballroom dance championship organised by thr Perak Dance Association, receive the "Huntsman Challenge Cup" from Mrs. I. K. Cheah. wife of the president of the Prnang Dance Association in Ipoh.
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    REPLIES WERE TOO LATE FOR PAGLAR
    91 5 REPLIES WERE TOO LATE FOR PAGLAR A paper tabled at today's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will contain answers to questions submitted by Dr. C. J Paglar before his death last week. This is the first time in Council history that official replies have come too late for a
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    FOUNTAIN PEN TRICK ALLEGED
    254 5 FOUNTAIN PEN TRICK ALLEGED A MAN cheated three firms of sets of fountain pens by saying they were for officials of India House, a preli- 1 minary inquiry in the i Singapore Fifth Police Court was told yesterday. In the dock was Vincent' Joseph on three charges of cheating. Inspector
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    Recruits' parade change
    42 5 The passing-out parade of the first national servicemen in the Colony, "scheduled for the Padang at 545 pm. tomorrow, will now be held at the Singapore Military Forces headquarters in Beacjj Road The Governor. Sir John Nlcoll. will attend
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    BACK—AN OLD FAVOURITE
    60 5 BACK— AN OLD FAVOURITE PENANG. Mon. Listeners to Radio Malaya's general network will be able to hear the return of an old favourite the lunch time request pro cramme. "Saturday Date on Jan. 8. Produced by Mike Ellery. the programme will now originate from the Penang station. Requests on postcards
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    Prisoners may end up in camps
    210 6 Prisoners may end up in camps JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. j -THE most difficult timei for a long-sentence prisoner was when he was discharged from jail, according to Mr. G. Carter, Superintendent of the Johore Regional Prison. Such a man had become, through the years, a subject of an organised life
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    Woman fined
    38 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Chu Ngu Moi. a woman employee of a pineapple estate. was fined $40 in the Sessions Court. Pontian. for having some biscuits, restricted articles of food, in a restricted areas without a permit
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    ELECTORAL NAMES GO UP
    67 6 The nairu of those who lodged claims against Singapore's new electoral register have been pu* up at the centres where tht registers wen Objections may be filed against any name in the claimant*.' list. All centres, except sub-post offices, will open from 8.30 a m to
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    Whoosh—and the proudest day of the major's life was a wash-out
    286 6 Whoosh and the proudest day of the major's life was a wash-out FLOODS BEAT THAT TRIP FOR THE QUEEN'S AWARD KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE floods washed out what should have been a A proud day today for Army Major John Tardrew. For this afternoon with other civilian leaders, soldiers and
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    Estate row settled
    50 6 TELUK ANSON. Mon. A two-day strike over the weekend by 60 labourers on the Melintang division of the Sungei Timah rubber estate 18 miles from here ended today. The labourers, who struck over minor grievances, will return to work tomorrow. Details of the agreement were not announced
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    He claims trial in 'hurt' case
    62 6 Sudarno bin Salamp claimeo trial in Singapore yesterday to a charge of caiising hurt ie two process serve-*. Slamat bin Haji Fadzari and Ibrahim bin Mohd Shariff at the 4' 2 milestone. Farrer Road on th* morninc of Dec 11 He was offered SI.GOO
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    Disorderly taxi driver
    86 6 Taxi driver Ng Thin Soh. who possessed a clean it cord for four years, was yesterday fined $7 at the Singapore City Police Court when he admitted to soliciting for passengers in a disorderly manner on a public road. Police Inspector M A. Majid. prosecuting, said that
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    Searchers find phial, letter to magistrate
    258 6 A NOTE PASSES HANDS— AND MAN ACCUSED OF THEFT IS LED FROM THE DOCK KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. pOLICE led V. Ramachandran from the dock of the First Magistrate's Court nere today and searched him. They found a phial half-filled with liquid and a letter
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    TAKE BACK SACK NOTICES SAYS UNION
    68 6 TAKE BACK SACK NOTICES SA YS UNION Xl ALA LUMPI'R. Mon. GENERAL meeting of A the War Department Civilian StafT Union today demanded the withdrawal of discharge notices issued to 24 civilian workers in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting authorised the executive council to open talks with the department. The 24
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    Penang Justice of Peace dies
    41 6 PENANG. Mon— A Penang Justice of the Peace Mr H. O. Sarwar. president of the local branch of the Overseas Pakistani League, died today, aged 81 Mr Sarwar a former magistrate, wrote several books on Islam
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    FAKE JOB GETTER CHEATED WOMEN
    109 6 FAKE JOB GETTER CHEATED WOMEN AFTER sentencing Teo Boon Soon, 26, to 18 months' Jail yesterday for cheating two nousewives of a total of $40, a Singapore Judge, Mr. F. A. Chua. said: "By your mean act, you have deprived the poor women of their hard-earned money Teo had Induced
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    THE OLD SINGAPORE FOR NEW ASSEMBLY
    162 6 THE OLD SINGAPORE FOR NEW ASSEMBLY k'HRF.K coloured litho- graphs more than 100 years old and two unroloured prints have beep bought for Singapore's new Assembly House at Empress Place. Together with these, due from London soon, will be an aquatint "View of the town and roads of simayore from
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    'ONE DRIVER ONLY' WORRIES UNION
    134 6 T*HE central executive council of the Singapore Fetrol Dealers Employees Union is concerned about a new order by Shell Company of Singapore Limited which affects its tank truck drivers. The order states that all I HS D tank trucks at the Woodland Depot should be
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    Accused of extortion bid
    76 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Police Constable Khor Scon Thiam, 27. was charged in the First Magistrate s Court here today with attempting to extort $50 from Chan Swee Chlng a shopkeeper, by threatening to cancel his licence. Khor who pleaded not I guilty, was aliened to have
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    Bus man is jailed for six months
    88 6 Bus man is jailed for six months TWO Singapore Traction Company ous conductors i were charged in the First Criminal District Court ve.ster- day with separate counts of criminal breach of trust of fares Tan Hong Hai pleaded guilt? to misappropriating 20 tnti on Nov 7 He was sentenced to
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    $2,000 for SATA
    31 6 Mr Chee Soon Keng. of Tanglin. has given $2,000 to the Singapore Anti-Tubercu- I losis Association to buy a i lighting set for its South I Winds settlement.
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    SURPRISE TALK IN COURT
    68 6 About 18 Special Constables., now under training, got a surprise talk on couri procedure yesterday. They had gone to the Singapore Fourth Police 'Jouxt to listen to court cases when the magistrate. Mr. J IC. DevereuxColebourn. called then up and told them to .sit on benches
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    ipiumtrap was Gestapo trick'—counsel
    278 7 ipiumtrap was Gestapo trick'— counsel t l ill- SERVES JUDGMENT MERCHANT'S APPEAL „\ST GRAFT SENTENCE \;\c VSSEY, COUNSEL, said in the L-ore < (>lirt Criminal Appeal yesterTjHarbour Hoard polite officer, Mr. R. 11 dad used Gestapo methods when he ishorc i» om S "'P consignments of and gave them to
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    7 7 intence cut cause of regularity E H
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    12 7 aman broke into home m one Sin- i I Sn. on i
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    5 7 30 dy found Ii r.tifipd
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    COUNCIL WILL MOVE INTO NEW CHAMBER
    56 7 COUNCIL WILL MOVE INTO NEW CHAMBER KUALA I.OIPI'R. Mon. Tomorrow's budget meeting of the Selangor Council of Stale will be held for the first time at the new airronditioned Council chamber. The chamber, which cost nearly $45,000. has Press and public galleries. The Sultan of Selangor will give his annual
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    Chinese guilds to protest
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Chinese guilds and associations in Selangor will meet on Friday to protest against the Federation Government's education policy, a commit t<-e meeting at the Siiangor Chinese Assembly Hall decided here today
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    ckpocket 's term cut
    39 7 ckpocket 's term c ut "en- $5 pore Reducing the sentence the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. said that there was an irregularity in framing the charge. Although the offence was not very pravc. Sng had a shocking record.
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    HE WORKS HIS WAY FROM GERMANY
    183 7 HE WORKS HIS WAY FROM GERMANY PENANG. Mon. A YOUNG GERMAN hitch hiker is in Penang after having covered 10,000 miles from Munich on foot, by car and by boat Rolf Hermann. 22. a toolrnaker, is on his way to Brazil to join his mother and brother. He arrived in
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    Manager fined
    33 7 Yeo Tian Kiew, manafier of Yeo Hiap Senc sauce factory at the 7th milestone, Bukit Tirr.ah Road, was yesterday fined $370 in Singapore for operating machinery without a certificate of fitness
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    BOY DROWNED IN MALACCA FLOOD
    169 7 Traffic can now go through T MALACCA. Monday. HE body of a 12-year-old boy missing since Saturday was found today along Wolfeirlan Road where the flood waters have subsided. Lee Ah Ngun. 'he boys, mother, said that when her 1 house in Bunga Raya Pantn
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    Gang fight in shop over woman
    75 7 Gang fight in shop over woman TEN Indians beat up two Malay brothers in a coffeeshop in Johore Road. Singapore, at midnight on Sunday. Police believed the brawl was over a woman. Stools were fluim all over the shop in the fight. The brothers, Kassim bin Dasii and Ahmad bin
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    Death of Mr. K. Chelliah
    48 7 Mr. K. Chelliah. a retired overseer of the Public Works Department. Singapore, died i at the General Hospital last night after a short illness. Mr. Chelliah leaves a wife and seven children. The funeral will take place at 5 p.m. today at Bidadari.
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    STEPPING OUT FROM THE CATHEDRAL
    43 7 AIRCRAFTSMAN Keith Br>.u,t of 1 Squadron. R.VU. lengah and Am raftswomaii June llollman of the \V \l M-letar. after their wedding at St. Andrews Cathedrai Singapore. Ihe bridegroom is fnun Queensland. Australia anil the hnde from Kent. England.
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    Triplets are doing fine
    45 7 The Hozack triplets, born at the Youngberg Memorial Hospital. Singapore, on Saturday. are doing fine. James. Christopher and Elizabeth are the children of Captain John Hozack and Mrs Elizabeth Hozack. The Hozacks have three other children— two girL and; a boy.
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    Orphans' party
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The YWCA this evening entertained nearly 30 orphans from the Pure Life Society, Petaling. to a Christmas party. Father Christmas distributed toys and sweets.
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    LOST HIS HEAD, FINED $100
    77 7 RAUB. Mon. Or man bin Nik Hassan, who said that he lost his head and did not know whiit he was doing when he punched a bus driver in the eye, was fined $100. or one i month's jail, at Raub Sessions Court. Osman, a
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    20 8 20 Word< S/0 <mrnfimim). THE DEATH occurred on 13.12.54 *x>. of Mrs. Glmarahamlne, Of Charles Nanayakkra of i, Ipoh.
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    27 8 ;n HWi $10 (minimum). I1R A- MRS WONG MOOK OW thank all Relati\es and Friends for ■..liable Gifts. Good Wishes and Telegrams on their Marriage on
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    255 8 :fl Word* fin I minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Eve: the Malay Mall' if you want to wt'l 000 word puzzle. IB CHRI8TMA8SSBI Let Cold Storage rater and provide j mr costumes. Catering Department, pore. COCKTAIL PARMESTICKS delightful cheese appetizers by Romary's make:? of biscuits Tor the Connoisseur. Agents Robinson's. KAYS
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Dec. 14, 1954. New Village Democracy
    629 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Dec. 14, 1954. New Village Democracy The New Villages have been out of the limelight for some time, since resettlement ceased ito be an Emergency priority. In recent months there has I been hardly any high-level mention of the problems of those whose future once
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    Flood Relief
    260 8 Money, clothes, blankets and food began to swell the flood relief funds in the Federation and Singapore yesterday as I the plight of the victims of the J week's heavy rains became I known Donations were headed by gifts of $1,000 by tho High I Commissioner, Sir Donald
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    Bedok Problem
    390 8 The Singapore Government should take the opportunity of today's meeting of the Legislative Council to explain its position regarding the Paya Lebar smallholders who were resettled at Bedok. There is the general question of Government responsibility for better drainage and other flood prevention measures at Bedok. and its
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    Russian aid speeds development of China's industry
    1065 8 AS her birthday gift to A Chinese Communism, now five years in power, Soviet Russia last month surrendered to China several commanding heights in the country's economy. On the face of it, this withdrawal looks like a mere elimination of points of friction.
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    On the Margine
    13 8 On the Margine At a recepi dun: Lost art R. ProgramiiM < THERE STASI
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      411 8 WAS delighted to see Readers letter in which he drew attention to our Background to Malaya series of books. In his comments with regard to their price there seem to be two separate issues involved: the economics of publishing and the apparent
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      ENFORCE THE LAW
      52 8 ENFORCE THE LAW T SUGGEST that if there ls a law forbidding spitting on the public roads and buses that it is about time it was more enforced. Travelling on a bus can be particularly unpleasant It Is no wonder the t.b rate in Singapore is so high (MRS.) H.
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      CROWDS AT THE HOSPITAL
      114 8 CROWDS AT THE HOSPITAL I HAVE for the past ten days visited the S.ngapore hospital in the evenings. I find a huge crowd gathered at the entrance to the Norris block and the Bowyer block so great that nobody can g?t through. I observed a man coming out of the
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      Passengers in quarantine
      82 8 INDIANS Go Into Quarantine" was a headline in connection with the arrival of the 8.500-ton State of Madras Out of 358 passengers 315 went into quarantine on St. Johns Island because they were deck passengers Is the Government of Singapore aware that every one of these passengers
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      'BETRAYED US' CHARGE
      106 8 ]y|R. Stanley Ponniah, eratwhlle Independent Town Councillor for Rahang Ward on the Seremban Town Council, has switched over to the Alliance. Having contested the first Town Council elections in Seremban as an independent candidate, his action In joining the Alliance amounts to a gross betrayal of his
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    ree men will build
    252 9  -  Pc ltoons rHfc XHE COUNCILOR AND THE GENERAL... Crossing by 0 ANSWER SOS TO SA YE 0 PASIR VILLAGE FROM ONLY LINK WITH STORE Singapore, a oiincillor and r cotnmandlse District. f,,, other to put a Kallang fctlni Potoiiß ion Road. Noodwaters M 1 1 ion
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    28 9 A message —and $1,000 THE LETTER sent to Tho Straits Times by Sir Donald MacGillivray yesterday. Enclosed was a cheque for $1,000 to the Federation Flood Relief Fund.
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    We've had a month's rain in five days
    133 9 We've had a month's rain in five days SINGAPORE has had only 5.40 hours of sunshine in the past five days. During the same five days last year the sun shone for 21.45 hours and there was less than an inch of rain. This year the city had more rain
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    Pest conference
    26 9 Experts from 13 countries met In Singapore yesterday to discuss means of dealing with pests and diseases that attack rubber trees and cocoa plants.
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    DRIVERS PRESS ON IN SPITE OF ROAD CLOSED' SIGNS
    651 9 DRIVERS PRESS ON IN SPITE OF ROAD CLOSED' SIGNS There was 6ins. of water on tho Ayer Hitam-Muar road at the 90th. mile. The Yon« Peng-Parit Sulong road was under 2ft. at the 84th. mile. The Johcre Bahru-Kota Tlngg] road was under several feet of >vater in many places. GEM
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    a bridge FOUR TEAMS RUSH AID TO BEDOK FARMS
    188 9 a bridge FOUR TEAMS RUSH AID TO BEDOK FARMS TiHE Government yesterday gave top priority to the 3,000 flood victims In Singapore's Bedok resettlement area. Four teams of investigators were busy assessing the amount of damage suffered by each household and its Immediate needs. The teams were headed by Mr.
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    Full list of flood relief fund donors
    390 9 THE full list of cash conations to the Singapore Flood Relief Fund up to yesterday Is: Mr H K Bodgers $1,000. Mr Tan Siak Kew $1,000. The Straits ximM Press Itd $1 00 U. Sir John N coU $^00 Miss Ava Gardner WOO.
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    Knifemen in hold-up
    40 9 A Chinese farmer was held up by two men armed with knives, at Ponggol Road, SlngaDore. at 5.30 a.m. yesterday. Both the men ran when the farmer shouted for help. A police patrol later held two men.
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    ONLY THE BABY DOESN'T WORRY
    37 9 THIS WOODSVILLE woman headed the queue for Straits Times Flood Relief Fund food at St. Andrew's School main distribution centre yesterday. Her baby, unawaie oi the disaster, siren* on. Straits Times picture.
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    GOVT. ACTS TO HELP HARDEST HIT SPOTS
    253 9 GOVT. ACTS TO HELP HARDEST HIT SPOTS THE Singapore Govern- merit's promise of immediate action on a flood clearance scheme for the Colony began to materialise yesterday at two of the worst affected areas. At KEDOK: Private land is being acquired to make the weather -battered Bedok resettlement area flood
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    THIRSTY BURGLARS
    126 9 Thieves empty the cocktail cabinet of liquor meant for a party KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. broke into two homes at Freeman Road A here last night and made off with the liquor stockin the home of Mr. A. H. S. i Reid, secretary to the Member for Transport, the
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    Plaque unveiled
    33 9 The Governor. Sir John Nlcoll yesterday unveiled a plaque at the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic. Shenton Way, which commemorated the opening of the clinic by the Duchess of Kent in 1952.
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      173 9 The weather MINIMI M TKMPKKATI KB (7.30 p.m. on Dec. 12 to 7 30 a.m. on Dec. 13 1 Singapore 75 degrees, Penang 72 Kota Bahru 77, Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 73 Kuantan 74. MAXIMIM TKM.'KRATIRE: 1 7 30 am. to 7.30 pm. on Dec. 13): Singapore 80 Penang 87.
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    40 10 A gay, yellow print crepe dress ivith finely pleated colic: and cuffs, designed by Arqele Delanghe. The matching yellow hat, by Herman Edwin. :s in panne •h-et icitft a wave brim and sprightly "V" decoration.
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    79 10 How they look at marriage VL'OMEN have a rosier out- look than men on mar--1 So reports a New York t research firm, which asked 1.200 men and women to give the first word which I came to their mind at the i mention of marriage. The researchers said words
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    BUT SPIDERS ARE CHARMING!
    571 10 ELIZABETH PAKENHAM introduces you to a child's smiling world which makes grown ups shudder and suggests that "crawlies aren't so "creepy after all IJAVK you ever been bewitched by a beetle, dazzled by a daddy-long-legs, spellbound by a spider, bowled over by a bluebottle? In other
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    Roman dresses will be on show on Roman Nights
    374 10  -  MAXINE RAKICH By YOU have a treat In store for you tomorrow If you are attending the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association Ball at Raffles Hotel. The organisers have called the two evenings devoted to this ball "Notte Romana." or Roman rhe
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    WHAT A LIFE
    250 10  -  Christine mim MONDAY CALL round to nese friend of mi, rears and sells birds. lum i want to bu i eengars. Judging by M to sell i imagine ma K k a large profit hobby, for each time i toe Price of a bird th my fancy
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    145 10 A COMMITTEE of the ■A American Council on Education is conducting a nationwide sur\ey on how to improve the education ot women. The commission, headed by Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel. Dean of Women at the University of Pennsylvania, is tactfully studying what Is
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Mystic British wife helped India to independence
    1495 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Mystic British wife helped India to independence 70-YEAR-OLD Englishwoman wearing a sari mounted a rostrum smothered in sacred marigolds at Calcutta, India, one December morning in 1917. Rebels, patriots, thinkers from all over the vast sub-continent hailed her as their champion as in measured tones she
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    GAMMON RISE 30 CENTS ON CAPITAL ISSUE PROPOSAL
    751 12 GAMMON RISE 30 CENTS ON CAPITAL ISSUE PROPOSAL HpHE feature of the Singapore Share Market yesterday was a jump over 30 cents in (iam mon, on the announcement that the company ire to hold a special meeting on December 2!> i recommend the issue of one share for every four
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    20 12 MNfiAPORK. Dec 13 TIN: m» por pi,,,, (down 3< crntsi RIBBKR: B] cento lb. (up flve-rißhths of rent).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    139 12 MELBOURNE, M A firm undertone wa.s rer In Investments MtnouKh pi ire tions were small on the Exchanse today. TracUr.i; moderately active with salrs lnf? a wide range. Silver an: utocks made a briehter shou.s an otherwise dull mining n Commonwealth lojh and firm. Loans 3.. r niih-aD
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    RUBBER PRICES
    131 12 December first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed :n Singapore j day at 82 cents a lb.. fl\e-r:. of a cent above Saturcv price. The clawing tone was atM price appreciated througho.;day on lack of sellers, trade and Australian ar Closinp prices yesterday in per lb were No I
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    33 12 On the free exchange mark Hong Kong vesterdpy. the dollar was quoted at 5.89' ca«h and 5.92 for T.T r Sterling was qi,ot«d al 15.71 one tael of cold a: 25fi
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    128 12 Sincapore Chlnew Produce F\chanje: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra steady; December $30 v 4 buyers »31 sellets; January S3 I H buyers. $31' C\M-onut oil: quiet; $49 seller.' tapper quiet, no biLslness reported. pn,e.. unrhanKed; Muntok white »208. Sarawak $207, I.ampoiiK black $143. H. C, It.
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    SHIPPING
    82 12 Ship* lying alongside the Sin*» purr Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Aso Mam I' 2. Burma 4 B City of Chicago 6 7 Benreoch 89. Steel DesKner 11 Benvenue 13 14. Wonoglii 15 16. Soudan 18 Selandia 19 20 Langsa N Wall 4 Petallng N. Wall 7
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    GUTHRIE RESULTS
    35 12 Outputs from estates and mines in the Guthrle Group In November ai nounced are: rubber 7.559 300 lh tea (blacki 200.000 lh palm oil 1.343 tons; palm kernels 421 tin ore 2.185 plculs.
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      Shipping goods to Borneo is cheaper
      341 14 Shipping goods to Borneo is cheaper CHIPPING facilities between Singapore and North Borneo were now both quicker and i cheaper, and as a result Singapore was holding j her own in this trade, despite big advantages possessed by Hong Kong in the shape of cheaper freight rates, said the British
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      BICYCLES ON SHOW TO WORLD
      198 14 I AST months 1954 Cycle Show in London waa the biggest of its kind ever staged. Not only were there morp exhibitors but the exhibitors themselves had more aooda to display. Export requirements were reflected In machines more closely resembling thr older roadster pattern. In
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      MORE RADIOS
      55 14 British radio exports will sft up a new record In 1P54 says the Radio Industry Council. They are now running at the rate of £29 million a year the figure for last year was £25.800.000 million. These figures include sound reproduction equipment,, where export value will approach £3.500,000
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      Tea dealers in Colony fear prices will go up
      188 14 Tea dealers in Colony fear prices will go up SINGAPORE'S Ceylon tea dealers who arc already worried abou* the steady rise in world prices for the commodity, fear further rises. A leadinc Colony importer is now quoting for his particular brand. 53.60 per Ib. (wholesale). When the price rise began
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      $10 million target is aimed at
      191 14 Ab&UKAISLt; COMPANY'S HOPE •PHE Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd. of Singapore, has so expanded its business that it now has an annual gross income of over $5 million, announced Dato Wong made this announcement when he addressed 150 guests at a dinner at Cathay Restr.urant.
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      COMPANY TO OPEN 3 MALAYAN CINEMAS
      222 14 COMPANY TO OPEN 3 MALAYAN CINEMAS jytORE than 400 guests "1 from all over Malaya i attended the official opening of the Princess i Theatre in Sungei Siput, i General Amusements (Singapore) Ltd.'s first cinema, last week. A second cinema, nLso called by the same name will be opened in
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      TROPICAL WASTES CAN BE USED
      197 14 EXTENSIVE and exacting tests of new types, of Bri- tish agricultural equipment, in Malayr., have indicated the possibility of cultivating water-logged wastes in tropical under-developed areas. One series of tests werr carried out at governmen agricultur.il stations near Ma lacca. the equipment use< being a
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      One car every ten seconds in U.K.
      378 14 ANEW car every ten seconds of the working day— that was the record achievement of UK motor manufacturers during October. With a total for the month of 64,900 units, the industry surpassed its previous all-time peak reached In May this year when 64.500
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      ELECTRONIC BRAIN WHICH COUNTS THE CAKES
      117 14 rpHE export sales manager of the world's largest caterers, J. Lyons and Co. Ltd. of London, Mr. G. M. Jacobs, passed through Singapore last week, on his way home after visiting Far Eastern and Australian agents. Lyons produced weekly 7,000,OOOcakos and buns. 1.250.000 Ib.
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    AN EX-OLYMPIC CHAMPION DIES AFTER A RING KNOCKOUT
    213 15 AN EX-OLYMPIC CHAMPION DIES AFTER A RING KNOCKOUT MaRI \ORK. Mon. L]l) SWniRS. 1952 Olympic heavyweight champion hoxrr. died yrslrrday 18 hoars after he was knocked out in a prufrsMcinal >o ul in Boston last niijht. It was the second boxing drath in three days. In Klamalh Kails. Oregon, on
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    RAFFLES HOLD IPOH SCHOOL
    81 15 OAFFT.ES INSTITUTION were lucky to hole the Anderson I School, Ipoh. to a .scorele.^ draw In :ugger match on the Victoria ground yes'erdav Fhe match was played throughout in the rain. > The Ipoh boys kept Raffles to thrtr half for long period.- and came near
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    SINGAPORE SCORE TWO MORE SWEEPING WINS
    573 15 VIETNAM'S Asian champion. Mai Van Hoa. was beaten for the fifth time at the Third Asian Table Tennis Championships, last night although Vietnam beat Indonesia 5-3 during the third day's play at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Mai's conqueror this time was the 16-year-old Indonesian
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    READING GO TO THIRD ROUND
    38 15 LONDON. Mon. Reading beat Gillingham 5-3 In their P.A. Cup .•eoond round replay at Reading today. Reading will now be at home to Manchester United in the third round on Jan. B— Reuter.
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    362 15 PHILIPPINES WERE FAR TOO STRONG BUT... 1 I;K ""Wyj" tampion and the Singapore run"er"P' 2" 1 Chew Hoe and Lim Hee Chin Z^h va °v° ny vesk rda > after a fortniuhf> ho mf h V'" S ffOn Jmd Pnom I>nt '"h
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    81 15 "CUBBY" AI.LFN, England cricket selector and former captain, (left) and Ronald Aird the M.C.C. secretary, (centre) meet an old friend, Lall Singh, the former Indian Test player who is one of Malaya's outstanding cricket figure*. This photograph was taken during, the cocktail party which
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      316 15 lIUCKKV KRIKNDI.V: Sit. v K 1 on nadanic: KAIIIKS INST. v Anderson School at R.I. BVDMIXTOX RAKH.KS INST. v Anderson Srhool Ipoh I .1 Victoria Srhool Hall. TABIK TI.NNIS THIRD ASIAN rhampionships. Badminton Hall from 10 am (three sessions) Straits Times Crossword IT mmmm I i in im in i^
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    482 16  -  JACK FINCLETON ENGLAND HAD BAD LUCK IN THE BRISBANE TEST *OW IT May v TURN MiZl CABLE from IFINAL DECISION ON HIS FITNESS I WILL BE MADE TODAY MELBOURNE. Mon. pNGLAND had their misfortunes with Godfrey Evans and Denis Compton in the first Test at
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    Compton out of second Test team
    117 16 MELBOIRNK, Mon. DEMs COMPTON will not be fit to play for England in thp second Trst against Australia at Sydney on Friday, it was officially announced today. Compton fractured a bone in the left hand during the first Test at Krish.mr. Compton earlier thought
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    CLUBS WILL TONE DOWN DEMANDS
    185 16 They decide on a compromise r rHt lourteen senior clubs affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Football Association have decided to play down their request for full representation on the S.A.F.A. Council next season. Instead, they have decided. unanimously, upon a. compromise which they will support
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    SEVEN FIJIANS IN STRONG SERVICES XV
    107 16 SEVEN FIJIANS IN STRONG SERVICES XV KUALA LUMPI'R. Mon. MA L KY A X Combined Set vices have picked a formidable side, which includes seven Fijians. for their annual muter match against Combined Civilians on the Kuala Lumpur padans on Saturday. The Services side will be skipprred hj lit Head,
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    R.E.M.E. in area final
    201 16 OOYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers i Workshops'! entered the Singapore final of the PARE L.F inter-unit rugcer competition when they beat Singapore Engineer Regiment by 10 points (two goals i to three (toy! at Gillman Barracks pMtaffej REM E will now meet OH Q I i
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    Richardson for Oxford
    130 16 BRISBANK AMERICAN tennis pl.iye Richardson learned las' that he had been elected to be a Rhodes scholar to Oxfoic. versify. Richardson, a member of the United States D..\L- Cup te;im Lpractlsing here for the inter-zone final with Sweden this week. He said he planned to read law
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    'Typhoon' Tyson shatters Victoria batting to give M.C.C. a lead of 51 runs
    350 16 MELBOURNE, Monday. T'HK M.C.C. tourists were 51 runs ahead of Victoria, with all their second innings wickets intact, at the end of the third day's play of the last match before the second Test :it Sydney, starting
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    SCOREBOARD
    103 16 M C IST. l\\M(TORI\— IST |\\> .McDonald c IMM l> Tfwm M Hallrlxnir b Tyson r K. Harvey b Tyson 11 .N. Har\i'\ b l>^m hamhers run cut l.<>\ton b Bailry _>.. Maddo< kv < C owdrry b Loader lohnMin b Tyson Hill not out Powrr b Tyson j
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    ANOTHER SWEEP BY CHOONGS
    84 16 ANOTHER SWEEP BY CHOONGS LONDON Mon. EDDIE CHOONO, the All-England badminton champion. beat follow Malayan Johnny Heah 15-11. 15-10 m the men's sinsles final of the London championships which ended at Epsom yesterday. Eddie and his brother David defeated J R Best and W.C. Shute. both England internationals. 9-15. 15-6.
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    PIRUZ APPEAL GOES TO B.A.M.
    81 16 KUAI.A I VMPVR Mon— The .ien Hwa. of Kuala Lumpur, h«\e appealed to the Badminton Association of Malaya against the slxtnonth suspension of Selangor's leading player Abdullah Pirui. This appeal should have come up before the sending committee 3f the B A M. In Singapore
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    DENMARK WIN TENNIS TROPHY
    50 16 DENMARK WIN TENNIS TROPHY STOCKHOLM Mon. Denmark won the King's Cup tennis tournament acain.-- 4 Sweden when Torben Ulrteh i Denmark i defeated Torsten Johanvvin (Sweden". 2-6. 6-4. 7-5 4-6. 8-6 in the first of two singles I matches here yesterday. Ulrlch thus Rave Denmark a winning 3-1 lead— A.P
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    DIES DURING GAME
    32 16 BIRMINOHAM, Mon. Collns Pollis, 24-year-old amateur rugby player, collapsed and died during a game here yesterday. He was injured in a collision and played on after treatmem but collapsed
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    227 16 BRISBANE Mon. i KOTH the Swedish and American Davis Cup teams were full of confidence today, i three days before their clash i in the inter-zone final for the right to challenge Australia. "We have never had such a good team." declared Gunnar Galin. manager
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    8 16 MALAY ACCEPT OLYMP INVITATI pHt fron Th i
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      66 16 TWO INDIAS PAM BEAT VISITORS* BOMBAY Mon. r FIIE Indonesian badminton Bhal 1 players. Kddie Ywmt and Son. Ferry Sonnexille. both 10-l lin I" thrir matches in the quart, r finals of the mixed douhltin the Bombay International tournament here jrwterdaj Yusuf and Miss Marcarei tr rfira i jyer d'nitrd
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