The Straits Times, 25 December 1955

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES In Mala*?*' No. 1,061 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1955. 20 CENTS.
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    BUSES-ITS A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK
    446 1 BUSES -ITS A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK The Sunday Times wishes all its readers A MERRY CHRISTMAS PROSPECTS of getting Singapore's buses on the streets again before the New Year are bright. And it is likely that the Government will scrap its plans to set up a court to inquire into the
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    ALL EARS FOR THE OLD STORY
    56 1 CAROLS around the Christmas tree and a little girl listens in rapt attention, even the splendours of Santa ignored for the moment. And if you will look closely at the picture, you will see that the carols are in Chinese. The young singers are
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    COLONY PART OF FEDERATION—THE TENGKU'S PROPOSAL
    220 1 COLONY PART OF FEDERATION— THE TENGKU'S PROPOSAL KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. THE Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. in his speech at the UMNO General Assembly tomorrow will ask Singapore to consider joining the Federation as a member str*Be will also announce Alliance plans to set up In the Federation a
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    East Yorks sail home
    167 1 A happy Christmas and bright New Year, and a sincere hope tha# it will ser the end of the Emergency." Lt -Col. A. W. Edgar. Commanding Ofliccr of the Ist Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, said before he left with the regiment for Eng- 1 land in
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    Lock icon New Afro-Asian talks
    46 1 COLOMBO. Sat. A meeting of the Colombo Powers may be held in January und its venue is likely to be Rangoon. Ceylon is consulting the other Colombo Powers to call an early meeting to prepare the ground for the next Afro-Asian conference U.P
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    *****59 of Perak wins Xmas lottery
    118 1 *****59 of Perak wins Xmas lottery GSAR. Sat T( :.t pi 0 m the I il and WelJrawn here orak. The winning t> i m Ner,n j in IHe third to Perak. I3SO.0O0): J125,000>: I 1 I prize ($50,000); prt* $25,000 *****39 *****24. o purr.'-: iine la the following mberi
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    Martial law extended
    23 1 DE JANEIRO. B p denl N' rev Ra- ther month r modified v which has been throughout the late November.
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    Boy, 13, kills eagle
    22 1 13-year-old d boy killed a large Ith ins crook :i f t* r II eep on i here.
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    $*****: Mtvn shun
    57 1 $5 9 000: Mtvn shun THERE are two win- j ners of Straits I Times Word Puzzle "CC". They each re- ceivo 52,500 j They are: Miss |anc Ng Cek Hong. 212). Lorong i 29 Ceylang, Singapore: Ng Kwok Kit. 42 I Lorong M Telok Kurau. j Singapore. See Page
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    Lock icon Seria: A new oilfield
    119 1 SERIA. Brunei, Sat— The possible birth of a new oilHeld In Brunei State \v;us mentioned yesterday in a review of 1955 by Mr. R. E. Hales, managing director of the British Malayan Petroleum Company. Mr. Hales commented on the remarkable development of the Stria oilfield itself
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    Lock icon Mr. V. K. Menon is il!
    46 1 NEW YORK Sat. Mr. V. K Krishna Menon, India's chief delegate to the United Nations, is down with an acute attack of appendicitis, and confined to his New York hotel. Mr. Menon had planned to return to India yesterday. A.P
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    Lock icon For men only
    35 1 PARIS. Sat. The death rate among bachelors between 30 and 50 years of age is twice as high as among married men. the French Institute for Statistic and Economic studies reported today.-Reuter.
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    Lock icon Red offer rejected
    31 1 COLOMBO, Sat. Ceylon has rejected an offer from Communist China to supply French wheat flour in partial payment of the debt to Ceylon on the rubber-rice pact. U.P.
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    Cadets for England
    22 1 Nine cadets from the Royal Malayan Navy will leave Singapore by air on Wednesday for training at Dartmouth, England.
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    Dead man's head taken to police
    133 1 Dead man's head taken to police AI.OR STAR. Sat. A CHINESE squatter— his clothes splattered with blond walked into the Mata Ayer Police Station. five miles from Kangar. this morning holding a human head in one hand and a bloodstained chopper In the other. He then told threr shocked constables
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    Flood disaster-9 die. thousands
    167 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Sat. RISING floods yesterday forced a city of 12.500 In California into a massed evacuation and left at least nine people dead, scores missing and thousands hmmeless President Eisenhower has declared It a major disaster Helicopters, boat* and ariry amphibious craft rushed to stricken
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    CHEN TIEN TURNS UP AGAIN
    334 1 KLIAN INTAN. Saturday. THt VILLACt ot Klian Intan was sealed off today as Chin Peng's emissary, Chen Tien, had his fifth meeting with the Federation Government's envoys, Mr. Too Joon Hing, Assistant Minister for Education, and Mr. I. b. Wylie, acting Commissioner of Police The
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    Marshall deal for 'citizen expats'
    273 1 Marshall deal for 'citizen expats' THE CHIEF Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said last night he would be "sad to welcome" European expatriate officers m the Colony's public services if they were prepared to become Singapore citizens. He vi.so announced that there would soon be a rcshuille of his Ministers. Commenting
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      93 1 Wishing All Our I PATRONS FRIENDS c& A MERRY CHRISTMAS .md A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR A.L. ABDEEN LTD. EVVELLERS. CAPITOL BUILDINC N^fth Bridcc Rd.. S'parc-6. ->». sf» PX. P»- P& S3* GREETINGS to all our Friends and Patrons H N I We Wish You 5 3Snn\ CBMMSTMAS\ \x» 1
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    Can we speak with our dead?
    1253 2  - Can we speak with our dead? SHAW DESMOND -WWI MYT YOU ANSWER 9* HE ASKED By "Your dead are callin y. Why don't you answer?" A DEAD man asked me that question. His name was known on two continents, but living men and women, knowing of my inquiry into the
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    Her big crusade — for sick children
    549 2 Her big crusade for sick children TO Dr Wynne sharples. the verdict that her two children had an incurable disease was a call to action action to help them and others born with the same affliction The career of this 31-year-old American doctor has become a crusade on behalf of
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    The Cook and the kittens
    480 2 The Cook and the kittens THAT the weather continues delightful means 1 very little; we must wait and see. We have been able to plant more bananas, and to do rome cultivation. The labour force consists of the Cook, and the Tuan, both crocks, and Khcon, the 14-year-old. Our only
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    TIN HIGHER
    13 3 lee In Singapore was quoted as J 2 cents above the
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    55 3 ri>DAY: ri 13 am. CBU. 3Ul.i. I RROW: 7.2] ajii. (Blt. i .< it> p.m. i 71 1 6m.) -l> U 3.21 a.m. (,81t. M p.m. Bft. lin.i. Mr. Frost sails again Wilfred Frost, London 78-year-old collector, week-end for WestN( w Guinea to catch rare paradise. It is
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    7,000 lost their lives in Indian floods
    547 3 7,000 lost their lives in Indian floods From a Special Correspondent NEW DELHI. Sat. INDIA is fast recovering from the scries of disasters caused by flood, m and cyclone which the northern plains eastern coast in October and November ivmg behind wrecked mes drowned cattle md ruined crops. '•I estimates
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    SING A SONG OF CHRISTMAS
    15 3 Christmas comes to Singapore a party study by Freddy Ocy.
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    The hamlet of Christmas Pie
    79 3 LONDON, Sat. A HAMLET near Wanboroish, Guildford. Surrey rcjoi:cs in '.he nsme of •Christmas Pie" and although it boasts no post office it has a letter f>ox which bears its name. Correspondence collected from this box is taken to Guild fore and franked with the
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    IN LONDON...A MILLION STARS AND SNOWFLAKES
    536 3 IN LONDON... A MILLION STARS AND SNOWFLAKES From DOROTHY THATCHER LONDON, Saturday. OECAUSE it is Crown property, Regent Street in London's West End must always surpass other streets in Christmas decorations in honour of its Royal landlady, but this year Regent Street has surpassed itself! The crowds have flocked in
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    THE GOOD SPOTS
    496 3  -  Saiga i AMLIVG by ONE of the queries that I find most often put by correspondents is: What are the indications of a good fishing ground and why is it that spots recommended by successful friends seem devoid of nsh when you try the place yourself? Much
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    HELP FOR THE T.B. PATIENTS
    333 3 Now they will make shoes JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. I THE Johore Anti-Tubercu-I losls Rehabilitation Organisation JARO. for I short— has proved of great value to convalescent TB patients in Johore Bahru during the course of the year. Its workshop has now become well established, with
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    Flags for the tour
    75 3 LONDON, Sat. Buntings, flags and streamers which will flutter along the Queen's route during Her Majesty's tour of Nigeria are on the way to West Africa in the liner Accra. In the hold are also four brand new Rolls Royce saloon cars which will carry the
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      98 3 OS hotel! m X'mas and New Year's Eve DINNER and DANCE EXTENSION '.00 n.m. Special Dinner and Novelties $72.00 Per Perscn Nightly Dinner and T )ance from 25th to 30th December, 1955. < **/f*F&^& T*.& *rOl s=^ ?vK !^8 R« J^!»««K««»8f S3g 9 'To all who have flown with us
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    PIES
    474 4 them to have access to worthwhile material. It became a matter of delicate balance as to whether the s c i e n tlst would not be worth more to his country in Its own research est a b 1 ishments than he would be in a problematical espionage
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    Santa's gift
    25 4 It't Hi* morning tor Christmas stockings and this littU poodle was apparently just what Hollywood film star Anita Ekberg wanted from Santa Clam.
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    THE CHANCING WORLD OF ESPIONAGE
    311 4 THE CHANCING WORLD OF ESPIONAGE 'J'HE new spy has been brought into being by the new age. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima the whole course of war took a sharp and irrevocable turn. All weapons in use throughout the world became, if not obsolete, at least
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    HE'S MADE A 'GIRU WITH A WIGGLE
    161 4 FOR six necks the neighbours wondered what* Bernard Jepaon WC| up to. He dashed between his back door ani the workshop at the bottom of the garden, muttering calculations, scratching his tousled grey hair, and drinking coffee. Last 'reck Bernard let '"<' **cret.
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    'A PRINCESS NEEDS A JOB'
    461 4 WHAT does the future hold for Princess Margaret? Now that the crisis of her sad romance is over, the millions who desire her happiness are asking: "What next?" She has Just taken a personal knock of the kind which happens to most young people at
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    Death-in-the-air mystery solved
    252 4  -  ARTHUR BRENARD By DOYAL AIR FORCE doctors have made a st ling discovery which may solve the riddle o' dozens of crashes by single-seat jet planes Now the RAF. doctors beiieve they have the answer to the mystery DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS the thing that deep sea divers call
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    CHILD 'rather trying'
    27 5 A CHILD is "perhaps rather trying to a person away on holiday," thought the committee of No. 6. A CHILL can hardly be any-
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    GOAT 'not very pleasant"
    179 5 "Not a particularly pleasant creature" the clue for No. 2 of GG-4, points to GOAT, which is not particularly pleasant. A GNAT is not in the least pleasant Preference for GOAT. SLING was considered the more apt answer to No. 6. (It gives support of a
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    She marries an envoy
    58 5 LONDON. Sat. Evelyn Pinnock, 22-year-old daughter of Mr. F. F. Pinnock, a former Ministry of Food official, was the bride at a wedding in the Libyan Embassy, Princes-gate, London. She married his Excellency Assayed Busairi Shelhi, 28, Minister of the Royal Palace of Tripoli. Earlier they
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    Christmas spurred you on to greater efforts
    468 5 By THE COMPETITION EDITOR T"HE holiday season seems to have stimulated competitors in Straits Times Word Puzzle CC, and entries and quality were well maintained. Below are the comments of the judges on the most apt and accurate answers to some of the
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    Sound SLEEP is better
    134 5 SLEEP was thought to be the most apt answer to No. 2 of GG-6 (If sound and healthy, so much the better). SHEEP are not or much value if not "sound and healthy' and the phrase "so much the better" lacks force when applied to them.
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    They rose to fortunes
    47 5 LONDON, Sat. The apprentice and the office boy left £45.000 ($380,000) and £26,000 ($220,000) respectively In their wills published yesterday. The apprentice became managing director Mr. Walter Eckfond of Edinburgh. The office boy became company director Mr. Bertram Leonard Radford of Haverhill, Suffolk.
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    Record Playtime
    271 5 For that rowdy New Year party you may have in mind, there are a couple of records which will add their quota to the general din. Someone named Turk Murphy has recorded a selection of Barrelhouse Jazz which has an individualistic ring about it after all this slick
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    ONE WORD MADE HIS MIND UP
    292 5 ONE WORD MADE HIS MIND UP ALOR STAR, Saturday. SICK student at Kirkby asked for a priest three years ago. As one of his friends entered the room, the ailing youth addressed him as "Father." "And from that < than ever to become a Kedah sportsman and ly. I was
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    Music plans for Colony
    125 5 The Singapore Musical Society has announced its plans for 1956. The first concerts are being presented on January 4 and 6 when Benjamin Britten, the famous English composer, and Peter Pears, the eminent tenor, are giving two recitals. Negotiations are also in progress with the relevant
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    'Gondoliers' for new theatre
    61 5 The Teachers Traininc College is to present the famous Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "The Gondoliers" as the first production in the new Singapore theatre when it is finished. Those T.T.C. people who took part in "The Mikado" last year and would like to appear in "The
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    They lack a magic spark'
    343 5 They lack a magic spark' MOST radio folk will tell you there are only so many ways to present a gramophone record programme, originality, they say, Is out of the question everything has been done before! Which, of course, Is true. And as a large part of our radio fare
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      179 5 "To those who have flown S with us J and to those who have not mmmmk AIR-INDIA ijm' >, J INDIGESTION PAIN? STOP IT NOW! This is the fastest way to get relief from indigestion pain. Maclean Brand Stomach Powder acts fast! Nagging pain is quickly soothed away. You get
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      215 5 "SEITNOMO THE NEW SINGER AUTOMATIC 0^ It's advanced in design advanced in sewing 10L»aF i performance. Just think, you can accomplish over 101 stitch variations automatically. Decorative l stitching on collars and cuffs, on curtains, on slip- flP^B covers are done with the ease of automatic sewing. SINGER FASHION DISCS
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      100 5 Winning answers to Word Puzzle *GG* yHE $5,000 prize for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest CC was shared by Miss |ane Ng Cek Hong, 212-J. Lorong 29, Ceylang. Singapore; and Mr. Ng Kwok Kit, 42 Lorong M, Telok Kurau, Singapore, 15. Each will receive $2,500 They submitted sets of answers
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    HOW TO LIVE SUCCESSFULLY
    678 6  -  BRIAN WELBECK FIND YOUR WAY TO A BETTER FUTURJTIw ith Dr. Mth -OTHERS with other people is not always one of the things that just come naturally. This is seen at its most startling in the rate of marriage failures. But many of these marriages might
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    Will he pop the question?
    1240 6  - Will he pop the question? J AM 25-years-old and a x homely and frugal man. with a fair saving after working for five years. I have a good job and am hoping to go for higher studies, which I could not afford when I was young. I have only one
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    Superstitious? You're in good company!
    25 6 ,JF you are superstitious about black cats ladder* t mmmmM inVood^cofnvTv™ 111 that V U arel ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+.M.4++4 M tU4^A^. 1
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    Ylonoy is NOT ho important
    446 7  -  SYLVIA LAMOND S#ME PASHMN HIM* FROM BRITAIN By aid Mrs. Anne Lamhton, wife of Teddy Lambton,' the itisli race-horse trainer, "is the le;ist important factor in fashion >v can Ik- faultlessly tinned out on ;i shoestring" She is a consultant, recently chosen one of Britain's
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    HOW TO FACE UP TO CHRISTMAS!
    288 7  -  MAXINERAKICH By 1 Christmas day and :;ev< r way you look .iy is going to be ting especially if aye children, i sup•i have been up since ack of dawn although h.ive had but an sleep. Christmas Eve paron and on but It iot
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    WOMEN LOOK BESI IN PROFILE
    303 7 WOMEN LOOK BESI IN PROFILE Are you going to have a New Year photograph taken? ANYONE who plans to visit thp photographer soon .should consult lovely actress Diana Lynn. who spends much of her life posing before cameras. Diana, who is currently starin the Dean MartinJerry Lewis comedy "You're Never
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    STRIPES ON PARADE
    348 7 C TRIPES now spring smartly to attention in the fashion world, giving crisp precision to a variety of clothes in a whole array of fabrics Striped materials are used from morning to night and for every occasion. j Clothe; made with cleverly used striped ma--1 terial can
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    A-LINE THEME IS SO lA-LINE THEME IS SO
    101 7 A-LINE THEME IS SO l A-LINE THEME IS SO It is gay, it is startling. It is a new evening dress with the A-line theme by Christian Dior London, presented tn an exclusive series bw the Sunday Times, of fashions modelled by J. Arthur Rank film stars. The extreme simplicity
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    YOUR LIPS SHOULD BE JUST LIKE A ROSE...
    438 7 YOUR LIPS SHOULD BE JUST LIKE A ROSE... I IPSTICK is perhaps the first make-up a teenage girl uses in her experiments when she wants to look as pretty as her mother. It Is the crowning touch to a perfect make-up and the one beauty requisite which every woman would
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    GREETING
    60 8 •I- $10 (minimum). PRINCIPAL SPORE INSTI"f Science wish all both Past and Present A Merry Christmas'" and A N I km igioi unworn mn U ttM (m.nimum). MAS and NEW ::iNGS: Ood Bless Ood Ik 1 With You Are 1 lift anew By I Bact together With to Love
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES
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      i SUMMING UP
      386 8 SINGAPORE. DEC 25. 1955 It has been a memorable year for Malaya. In the Federation and in Singapore representative governments have been elected and the progress towards independence from Colonial rule has speed- B ed up in a manner which would have been considered fantastic a year
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    A Malayan looks at Christmas
    980 8  - A Malayan looks at Christmas T. C. KOH rDAY is the day when the civilised world recognises the sanity of living in peace and goodwill! In millions of human breasts today there is a warm feeling of kindliness and friendship. The suspicions and fears of yesterday are not allowed to
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    Drop us a Line
    1356 8 *j THE LETTER COLUMN WITH PUNCH fi. What Is the significance of the Christmas tree and where did it arise? CORNELIUS DE RIJK. Singapore. Like many other things ised .ra England the Christmas tree originated in Germany. Possibly Prince Albert had MUM influence in their introduction;
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    MONSTER OF THE BLACK CANYON
    372 8 MONSTER OF THE BLACK CANYON SOMEWHERE in the bl canyon off the New 2 a sea monster so strange it is known to Science, j Compared with it the coelacanth, which caused amazement when caught off the African coast, is a well-known creature. For the coeiacanth had at least been
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    Billy Budd
    273 8 Billy Budd IBUPPOBI would if I my dlnnei consist oj and durl in with papa) shout tii cleka." a making do 0I turkey, and wii bounteous The only crlej will be of heady liquid As that U apparently this has every proving a mas. God bli Billy Budd towards his
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    For first time in 7 years, border is quiet
    268 9 TURKEY AT HOME' FOR TROOPS AS WAIT FOR CHIN PENG BEGINS KLIAN INTAN, Saturday R seven years of jungle war, the whole Kedah-Perak-Siam border was quiet this morning. Operations were called off at midnight last Peng to come out and meet
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    A 'QUEEN' IS CROWNED
    37 9 MISS DIANA VOON, Cabaret Queen 1955 of Singapore's Happy Cabaret is crowned by the Cabaret Queen 1954, Miss Lily Wah. Runners up were Miss Betty Chan and Miss Lily Chow. Sunday Times picture.
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    GAMBA QUITS INQUIRY
    300 9 GAMBA QUITS INQUIRY trie* Gumba yc.ster- day wrote to the Minis- i Labour, Mr. Lim H Ie, Minister for resigning from ml lon inquiring j the Singapore bus HLs letter stated: irnlng at 11.30 I was ndance by appoint- > In the Chambers of I num. Justice Tan Ah 1
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    Anthems on final show
    169 9 The last performance of the present Radio Malaya Orchestra will include new versions of the state anthems of Brunei and Perak. They are being played at thp request of the two State governments On Tuesday listeners will be able to hear versions of the Brunei and
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    Car rally prizes
    28 9 Prizes will be distributed to winners, of the first Shell Malayan Motor Rally at the Adelphi Roof Garden, Singapore, on Jan. 2 at 7 p.m.
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    Man on charge of rioting
    65 9 Tham Khal Weng was charged in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday with rioting, In New Bridge Road on the evening of Nov. 17. Tham was alleged to have been armed and in the company of an unlawful assembly, with the intention of causing hurt
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    Music for public
    24 9 The Band of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers will play at the Singapore Esplanade from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    ROYAL MESSAGE FOR LOEWEN
    166 9 A ROYAL MESSAGE to Gen. Sir Charles Loewen, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Land Forces, has been sent from Buckingham Palace. It reads: "The Queen has j received the Christmas card which you have sent on be- half of all ranks of the Far East Land
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    A quack and his teeth
    95 9 A quack and his teeth A QUACK who practised dentistry without a licence was fined $75 in a Singapore court yesterday. He was Lee Meng Terk, who was caught by the police at Seng Poh Road on Dec. 19 at about 10.15 a.m. while extracting teeth from a Chinese woman.
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    Magician gives party
    57 9 Mr. Jimmy Cho o the Singapore amateur magician. and his wife will give a Christmas party to 120 crippled children at the St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital at Tay Lian Teck Road at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Toys for the children are being donated by Mr. Ang Soon
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    He denies attack
    45 9 Bakar bin Isa, of the 95 Squadron R.A.F. Regiment, pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to causing hurt to Jokri bin Been with a knife at the 16th milestone, Chua Chu Kang Road on Thursday evening. Bail was allowed till Dec. 31.
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    DANCING WATERS
    81 9 Dancing Waters, something different in show business, made its debut in Singapore at the Happy World Stadium on Friday night. For about half an hour, about 60.000 gallons of water sprouted, played and turned to alluring, dazzling forms. The hushed packed audience saw the colour-tinged water dance the
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    Today's picture going
    221 9 GARRICK: House No. 44 (Hindi) 1.30, 4, 6.30. 9.15; MornIng show Sword of Monte Crlsto 11 a.m. Tel. *****. KING'S: Demetrius and the Glacii^ors 1.15, 3.30. 7, 9.30; Morning Show Terrytoons 9.15 a.m., 11 a.m.. Tel. *****. C \THAY It's Always Pair Weather 11. 1.45, 4.19, 6.45,
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    42 EMPLOYEES GIVEN MEDALS AND CASH
    239 9 AT a tea party held on Friday Dec. 16 at the Fraser and Neave Pavilion, River Valley Road, Mr. E. L. Peake, Chairman of Directors, Fraser and Neave Limited, presented awards to 42 of the firm's employees for long and meritorious service. Those who
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    THE PILGRIM PROBLEM —MONEY
    109 9 IPOH. Sac— The leader of the Federation's pilgrim mission, to Mecca, Haji Mustapha Albakri, today summed up the pilgrim problem in I one word money. Haji Mustapha Albakri. former Member for Social and Industrial Relations, hasjust returned from his mission and is now writing hi* report
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    FATHER X'MAS IS HOT
    267 9 In a colony store PITY Father Christmas! Imagine coming all the way from the sparkling suuw of the North Pole to the burning heat of Singapore. And he works very hard, five hours a day, to meet all the children who have been waiting a year
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    Mr. MARSHALL EXPLAINS
    128 9 'THE Singapore Chief Minis- ter, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday said he was sorry to see a report of a meeting in London In which he was quoted as saying that the Labour Front Government could not get the money it wanted for social legislation because the Financial
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    Our famous camera contest
    92 10 Our famous camera contest S.S. Sukija of P.O. Box 1921, Singapore, wins first prize in the Sunday Times Camera Contest this week. He sent in the picture of the child engrossed in his book (right). Exposure 1/50; f. 11. Second prize to Kang Tan Tee Sum of 25 Merican Road,
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    The pirate-catcher in a night-cap I
    811 10  - The pirate-catcher in a night-cap I Donald Davies I pAPTAIN DONKER, |V> known as "Juragon I Gumok." was of Dutch I descent, a scion of the Malacca nobility. He com- manded an East India I Company gunboat of 27 I tons which carried two j cannon and 27 fighting Malays.
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    HOW TO ENTER YOUR PICTURE
    111 10 EACH week the Sunday Times is awarding cash prizes for readers' pictures. There is a first prize of $30, a second of $15 and runners-up each receive 55 A If you wish to enter for the competition send your entries to "Camera Contest," Sunday Times.
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    CHRISTMAS! IT'S A FAMILY TIME!
    854 11  - CHRISTMAS! IT'S A FAMILY TIME! JACK HAWKINS I By 1 pERHAPS I am cxpres- a platitude when that Christmas time time. It always n i cicf always will Yet lam amazed, t'l the thought- gleet that can cause op neat when a little Id make so much 0/ the most
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    Britain joins the 'family model' race
    476 15 Britain joins the 'family model' race ROBERT WALLING TESTS THE HUMBER HAWK ESTATE CAR P and coming are these cars In this been lap,.; me United States 1949. output d from one to cent, of total ir production. B itain la tarting 'o And, I from and luggage. t a
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    111 15 Popular Crossword Solution ACROSS: 2, Arts. 8. Shrds. 10. Voice 12 Drip It. Traders. IS, I Adagr. 16 Ratifying. 18. Emit. 21. Polo, n, Rice. 2S. Plot, 'ifi, Smears. 29. Strand. 32. Loom. 34. Acne. 37. Adit 39 iv.ii. 40, Intimates. 44. Leads. 45. Entrain. 47. Tare. 48, Stoat l
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    A WEALTH OF JUNIOR BADMINTON TALENT
    318 15  -  'CRUSADER' By A GRATIFYING result of the recent junior badminton tournaments between Singapore and the Federation is the amount of promising talent which exists among the younger players^ This was evident not only in the Federation teams but also with Singapore, too. Seiangor, however,
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    All mod. cons, in new -American cars
    541 15  -  CHRISTOPHER PAGE By *^"HE 1 956-model American cars have been revealed to the public and one can marvel anew at the ingenuity of the makers and their advertising agents. There is no doubt that for those people with the space to use them,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    42 16 2H H'.irrfs fin (minimum). THE FAMILY o[ the Mi Mr.v. Lim Chong Kent; inee Chla Kirn Neo), of 2«fi River Valley Road wish to thank n!l Relatives. Friends who sent Wreath. 1 Donations. Condolences. Lent Cars. attended Night Visit and Funeral.
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    GREETINGS
    60 16 M,.rrf« $11) < minimum). SHEELA NAIDUS and By. ins •nd Krishna. 78 Br.ink.vonw Road, wish their friends, relations and 1 officers with 1955/1956 Seasons) Compliments. TO ALL OUR cu.stomer s Rnd friend*, we say A Merry Christ- I mas and A Happy and Prosperous N( w Year. Anang (or
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    Lock icon MAZOOKA TAKES P and O CUP WITH 9.08
    2340 16  -  Palio scores easy win in Christmas Cup By EPSOM JEEP VI AZOOKA, with Shelley (leyer astride, clearly established himself as a sprinter of quality when he tarried 9.8 to a handsome 1\ length win in the P and O Cup over 6f
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    Ten Dollars shows a return to form
    174 16 BY EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Sat. T<EN DOLLARS (Talt) paceti newcomer Jack Drucc 111 in a splendid gallop over half a mile in 51 and 3f. In 38 1.5 on the training track at Penang this morning Ten dollars proved too good foi his
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    MCC OPEN PAX TOUR TOMORROW
    173 16 KARACHI, Sat. rjONALD CARR (Derbyshire). now fully recovered from a pulled muscle, will lead the M.C.C ttam when they open their tour nf Pakistan here on Monday ;i^ain.st the Karachi Cricket As:oclntion. T!ie M C C .side Un- the threediy match will be: I). B.
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    Lock icon Umrigar hits fast 82 off N.Z. tourists
    167 16 ■BNARBB, su:. !O. i\. UMRIUAK, the Incuan Te»t captain, was topscorer with 82 for the Indian Cricket Board of Control j'resideiii s XI when they opened 11 tnree-day I match here yesteidi.y againat (he touring New Zealanc cricket team. At close of Pi.iy.
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    ARYANS HELD BY MALAYS
    113 16 ARYAN GYMKHANA after leading twice in their match against Singapore Malays, failed to hold on to their advantage and were held to a 2-2 draw at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Half-time score was 1-1. Outside left J. Anthony and inside right Thangaraj scored for Aryan Gymkhana
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    Malayans win at badminton
    91 16 From Our Correspondent. HONG KONG. Sat. *|ALAYAN Indians beat Cralß--u engower Cricket Club by three games to two at badminton last night. Result-;: iMalav;iis fir^l i BarJit Rat beat J. Khoo 21-7 Gonzaga beat Wonc W;it Huns 21-17. Dajit Slnßh lost to G. Ma 1-21. Raj
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