Sunday Standard, 4 December 1955

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  • 18 1 SUNDAY STANDARD *1 #J iJH _Vol. VI. No. 151 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1955 24 PAGES 20 CENTS
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  • 423 1 RAHMAN'S NOTICE TO LONDON 'Give What Is Ours By Right' Tunlcu ibhl P^ UR/ Sat The Federation Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, served notice today that the Alliance ™*E re| r SCnt tiyes were 9omg to London next month not with a begging bowl m our hand but to ask
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  • 52 1 FOUR men, one armed with a revolver and two others with knives, entered a house m Tembeling Road. Singapore, yesterday, and robbed the occupants of $3,984 m cash and jewellery. Three of the gang were masked and a fourth wore dark glasses. The robbery took place
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  • 220 1 Tunku Explains Bar On Talks klALA LUMPUR, Sat— Iunku Abdul Rahman, the Federation's Chief Minister told the Legislative Council today he had turned down relaests by various politiI parties to participate in Uie forthcoming meeting with Chin Pen? "because responsibility for the talks iaUs fairly and squarely on the shoulders
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  • 66 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE SOVIET NAVY IS HOT A BALANCED FLEET Article by Hanson W. Baldwin.. Page 6. WHAT ELINOR GLYN SAID ABOUT MARRIAGE By Betty Ross Pcge 7. DOWN UNDER: Australian newsletter by Jim Henry Page 9. X'MAS IN THE ANTARCTIC. Continuing t'ne voyage of the U.S. Icebreaker Atka with
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  • 48 1 A patrol of the 4th Battalion, the Malay Regiment, found the pilot and the passenger of the Auster aircraft, reported missing m the Bidor area of Perak two days ago. Both are safe and well. They were lifted out of the jungle by helicopter yesterday.
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  • 24 1 LAS VEGAS, Nevada. Dec. 3 (AP)— Anatole Litvak, 52. Russian-born Hollywood movie director, and Sophie Bourdein. 30, French model, were married yesterday.
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  • 28 1 EL PASO. Texsu*. Dec. 3 (AP)— Actress Linda Darnell yesterday was granted a Mexican divorce "without bitterness" from her brewer husband. Phillip Liebmann of New York.
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  • 245 1 BIC FIRE AFTER CRASH LONDON, Dec. 3— Twelve people were killed and nearly 50 injured when the front coach of an electric train overturned and caught fire after colliding with the rear of a goods train at Barnes, on the south-west outskirts of London,
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  • 294 1 AIR FORCE POLICE MAKE 'PAY-DAY' GIFT ONE of the most spontaneous contributions so far made to the Singapore Standard Christmas Toy Fund came yesterday from the Royal Air Force Police and Police Auxiliary, Changi. Sub Inspector Mohamed Kassim bin Mahat. accompanied by Warrant Officer R. J. Wyatt, entered The Standard's
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  • 59 1 photo. ALL set for the opening of the Miami Beach, Florida, Winter season next month, Barbara Mason models the lost word in beach chapeoux. Hundreds of gaily coloured cellophane streamers reach to milady's toes from the crcwn of natural Italian straw. The cellophane cocoon
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  • 259 1  - YE GODS, HEAR US OR ELSE... MR. M. DAVID TAMBYAH Final Edition By COLOMBO, Sat—Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to day warned of untold tragedy if "the selfish gods enshrined m the Bank of England and Colonial Office" refused to accede to the legitinvite aspirations of the people of
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  • 26 1 CLEVELAND. Doc. 3 (AP) A blues composer and early exponent of boogie-woogie. Charles Edward (Cow-cow) Davenport, died yesterday at his home. He was 63.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 43 1 B PASTEURISED fOR YOUR PROTECTION colo storageTcreameries ltd. %3^ KLM will soon be occupying |PL^* their new ground floor w&* office m the T. ASIA INSURANCE ffi BUILDING tA Mr\ modern sky \f~S&%rL jffi /Mr /0^ mia mww* l »»t»iw S^ 1 jdy
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  • 369 2 CITY NEEDS SIX MORE SWIM POOLS One At Farrer Park Wm Cost $450,000 SINGAPORE needs of least the more swimming pools for the public, Mr. W. Irving Watson, City Architect, told the Sunday Standard on the eve of the completion of yet another new pool— the $450,000 Farrer Park Pool.
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  • 48 2 photo. MR. T. A. Simon, President of the Singapore Hire Car Association, giving $100 to the murdered taxi driver, Lau Ker's wife yesterday. In the picture (from left) are: Lau's wife and children,- Mr. Ong Kim Seng, secretary of the Association and Mr. Simon Standard
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  • 118 2 CABBIE'S FAMILY GETS AID THE helpless family of the murdered taxi driver, Lav Ker, received $100 from the Singapore Taxi Owners and Drivers Co-operative Society fund yesterday as an initial relief. Lav. who was found murdered beside his taxi on Thursday morning at Changi, leaves behind his aged parents, wife
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  • 316 2 WITH last weeks cash donations of $569.30. the Christmas Toy Fund now stands at $8,112.94, and The Standard gratefully publishes its thanks as follows: Previously acknowledged $7,543.64 Staff of Messrs. Borneo Sumatra (Mi Ltd. Singapore 131.20 R.A.F. Police and Police Auxiliary Changi. Singapore 100.00 All aboard M.V.
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  • 44 2 MALACCA, Sat. St. Francis' Association has decided to drop the idea of creating a funeral benefit pool for its members. T e Ass ociation had found that to establish this benefit it would have to give up society. M an ««**<»
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  • 51 2 LEONG Fong Saw claimed trial m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of assaulting Mrs. M. E. Court, with intent to outrage her modesty, on Nov. 2 at 4.45 p.m. m the five-foot way of Bata Shoe Co. Leong was remanded till Dec.
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  • 750 2 Rahman 's Notice To UK From Page 1 Minister reiterated that the Alliance declaration to maintain their position as constitutional heads of states was not an idle promise or an empty pledge. "For the. first time m history, Malays, Chinese, and Indians have joined together m common loyalty to Malaya
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 328 2 V i I I I 1 I i I I used to drift from job to job. Then I bought a Carrier Room Air Conditioner. I'm still drifting from job to job but, boy, is my bedroom nice and cool! i| i HlnlK I llj i Por over fifty years
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    • 310 2 FOR SALE LX)» SUPERB TAILORING *v Suits Shirts Uniform? Breeche* Ladies Costumes Dresses etc Please visit Natr Tailor* 4. Tanglin Rd. Singa pore. All sales under guarantee Prices verr competitive. Reiro deling and repairs also undes taken. TNCUBATORS If you want A good hatching results, always use "Goulburn" Kerosene Incubator.
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    • 482 2 CLAgiFIED^ ENCAOnir NT pAN-TAN Chew Ke Wf^Ts of Mr Af an d Miv, ch^Vv; APPLICat:, v MW°E r $480. Aw >M t390, t allowance WALIFU ITloss i will be fiven to ing a Senior k cate and a S.-n r I! 120 w.p.m. y*A{ termediate Chartered 1( ,of{ tarie* or
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  • 36 3 THIS BOARD on the Power House beyond the bridge at' the north end of the town shows the flood level In January, 1948 one of the worst floods m the town's history.
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  • 397 3  - PLAN TO END FLOODS IN KOTA TINGGI M. T. YONG Work Starts Next Year By A NEW plan to beat the floods m Kota Tinggi, which occur almost every year is to be implemented immediately. The proposal is to build a new town, a few miles south of the river
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  • 51 3 THE Commissioner for New Zealand m South-east Asia, Mr. Foss Shanahan, will leave Singapore for Bangkok today to attend a meeting of the SEATO Council Representatives. The Council will discuss and review current activities and recommendations for the future. He returns to the Colony on Dec.
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  • 205 3 Rubber, Tin Up Again RUBBER and tin prices m Singapore continued their upward trend yesterday, tin rising by $1.50 to $388 per picul, the highest since April, 1953. and rubber by cent to $1.31 3/8 on a steady market. The firmness of the overseas markets m these two commodities c
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  • 57 3 THREE films on Japan's industrial development will be shown at the Japanese Consulate General m Oxley Road, Singapore, on Friday at 6 p.m. Twenty minutes of screening will be devoted to each of the lilms—"Farming Machinery of Japan.' "Textile Machinery of Japan," and "Hoist with
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  • 151 3 NEW PRES. JACKSON BRINGS X'M AS CHEER Standard Shipping Reporter THE 12.800-ton President Jackson "pilot vessel" of American President Lines' gigantic M 5600,000,000 ship replacement programme arrived m Singapore yesterday on her round the world maiden voyage. Dressed with flags and bunting, the ultra modern cargo-passenger vessel glided to her
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  • 59 3 A MAN living m Singapore's Exeter Road woke up yesterday morning to find himself poorer by $830. While he was asleep, a thief had stolen a wallet containing $630 from his trousers pocket. The thief had also taken a key from the pocket to open a
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  • 40 3 A SINGAPORE lawyer. Mr. R. K. Brooker, has been engaged to appear for James Chan, a Straits Times reporter, m the case m which Japanese boxer. Mitsou Yamamoto, Is charged with I causing hurt to the journaI list.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 520 3 Musical Society Piano Contest HPHE Singapore Musical Society will hold its pianoforte competition for 1956 in the middle of March, on the same lines as the one in January, 1955. There will be three grades in the competition: Open: with no age limit and an entry fee of $10; Senior:
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  • 1020 4  - A STUDY OF FIGURES The Nine Digits Add Up To Our Daily Existence EVELYN HOCQUARD By IVTUMEROLOGY is the practical application of the primary laws of mathematics to the material existence of man. There is really no occult or supernatural power m numbers themselves. THEY SERVE AS THE KEY TO
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  • 154 4 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, declared open the St. Andrews School fun fair m aid of the new chapel to be built m the school's compound, yesterday. Mrs. Thomas later helped to supervise a food stall at one wing
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  • 158 4 Gifts To Muslim College THE following donations were received for the Muslim College Fund. Kampong Kapayang: Haji Abdul Raffar bin Hajl Abdul Rahman $500, Md Najume bin Md. Shahudin $400. Tanjong Tulang: Perak Roadway Limited $1,000 Abu Hassan bin Haji Ismail' $500. K. A. Mohamed Abdullah and Company $600, Che
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  • 30 4 Photg. REV. Robin Woods, Archdeacon of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, with his wife at a lucky dip stall during the St. Andrew's School Fun Foir yesterday. Standard
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1236 4 CUT OUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO MAKE UP YOUR GIFT LIST \g9BS JjV ijr A TRADITIONAL CAROLS A k, Songs at Xmastide—77ford Girls' Choir LF 1027 Birthday m Bethlehem— New Sym- kI. jX Sacicd Songs— Bobby Breen with phony Orchestra and George iS, ?7 Bruce Campbell Orchestra LF 1028 Mitchell Choir
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    • 79 4 ll anttottncittfj* another service /^f\ customers yiSITWRITEAWAT'S RECORD BAR on the rround floor where Mrs. Connors and Miss Blifh will help you choose your Christmas muslo on 'H.M.V.'. Columbia D e c r .1 Brunsvick. Parlophone. London and M-G-M LP Records. You may also buy Gift Tokens for your friends.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

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    36 5 erday. Photo. SINGAPORE'S Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, hands Madam Yong Ban Lee, a member of the Singapore Hospital Reserve, an Efficiency Bar at a ceremony held at the Civil Defence Headquarters Standard
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  • 180 5 SINGAPORE'S Health Minister, Mr. A. J Braea yesterday appealed to doctors and trained nurses to join the Singapore Hospital Reserve. Mr. Braga made this appeal when ne presented Efficiency Bars to 29 members of the Reserve. 13 women and 16 men at the Civil Defence
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  • 58 5 THREE toughs rushed into a room m Singapore's Joo Chiat Place early yesterday while a "wayang" boss and his wife were counting the night's takings. The trio beat up the man while his wife shuddered m terror. Before they fled, they snatched a wristwatch from the
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  • 155 5 HE "Invasion" of Malaya Indonesian language 1 destroy Malay, deInche Zainal Abidin Ihmad, Head of Depart Malay Studies, Uni- of Malaya, in a talk on "The Development of MaSi udies" over Radio Ma- night. S me people feel that this *ale invasion by Indon Malay
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  • 20 5 HE office of the Thai Con--General m Singapore I be closed tomorrow. It birthday of the King -iiiand.
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  • 292 5 100 MEN STOP BUSES FROM RUNNING They Are 'Trouble Makers 9 Saus Kuek CftM HUNDR L E u." trOuble mflkers m fen Singoporc Chinese bus companies ore holding up a settlement of the dispute between the managements and the Bus Workers' Union. The managements want to sack 75 of them
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  • 50 5 TWO men hurled stones at a lorry when it was leaving a sago factory m Lorong 17, Geyiang, Singapore, yesterday. The lorry's windscreen was damaged. The incident caused the lorry to go off the road and crash into a house. No one. however, was injured.
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  • 83 5 THE 1.500-strong Singapore Government Clerical Services Union, yesterday decided to join their counterparts m the Federation to fight for better wage scales and improved conditions of service. Mr. N.A. Kularajah. president of the Union said last night *Thi s decision was taken m order
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  • 43 5 THE Malayanization Commission will hold a public session tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the Conference Room, P.R.O Assembly House. Oral evidence will be recorded on: the Audit Dept: the Treasury; Survey Dept: Income Tax Dept; and Superscale Clerical Officers.
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    32 5 MR. AND MRS. CHUA NAM SENG after their wedding at 246, Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Chua is a Colony businessman while Mrs. Chua is the former Miss Mok Lai Hoong.
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  • 158 5 Father X'mas In Snag HUNDREDS of excited children waiting for Father Christmas m Singapore yesterday were kept m suspense. He had landed at the wrong pier. Children and their parents lined Anderson Bridge and the scheduled landing site where Father Christmas was to be greeted by "hula-hula" girl Marjorie Almodiel,
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  • 61 5 SIX men entered a house m Telok Blangah. Singapore, last night and beat up all the four members of a family. Teo Teng Chiang. 20, a schoolboy, said that his grandmother had earlier had a quarrel with a sub-tenant, over the rearing of fowls m the
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  • 23 5 KOTA BAHRU. Sat. The Sultan of Kedah arrived here by plane on an unofficial visit. He is proceeding to Kuala Trengganu.
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  • 158 5 Changi Graveyard Murder DETECTIVES have questioned a number of known "pirate" taxi drivers m connection with the murder of cabby Lua Ker, 43, m a Changi graveyard early Thursday morning. This followed an order by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. O. O. Griffiths, who is m
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  • 76 5 A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was killed and two others— his father and sister— were injured Vhen their tricycle was involved m an accident with a taxi at Kampong Bahru, Singapore, yesterday. The injured were admitted to the General Hospital. The girl is m a serious condition. The
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  • 42 5 A YOUNG man was removed to the Singapore General Hospital last night with a stab wound on his chest. He was found near the back stage of a Chinese cafe m a Park. Police have recovered a six inch knife.
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  • 155 5 Abortion Trial At Assizes A Singapore woman, Meriyam binti Nainasma. who was alleged to have caused the death of another woman. Rami binti Ahmad, by inducing a miscarriage, was yesterday committed for trial at the next Assizes after a preliminary inquiry into a charge of causing a criminal abortion held
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  • 60 5 NEW YORK. Dec. 2 (UP)— Dow Jones averages: Stocks: 30 Industrials. 20 Rails. 15 Utilities. 65 Stocks First hour of trading: 480.86 off 0.53. 165.12 off 0.16 65.89 up 0.05. 172.59 oft 0.13 Closing: 482.72. 165.45, 65.87 173.00. Bonds: 40 Bonds. Closing: 98 60. The Dow Jones
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    • 19 5 v L\\\ v«/v/ S-t Vi f" j >&/ fl lIV 1 iV mj J*^/ i /^^<%f II I I I
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    • 377 5 WHAT SECRET POWER DID THIS MAN POSSESS? ■gj B^B _s^_w( _3tk _E^_^^_i___^_T^ _B_y^_]T_j d -^9^^^- _E^^i_k^^ ISAAC NEWTON (A Rosicrucian) WHY was this man great? How a religious or/j.mlzation) include! does anyone man or woman m its membership people from achieve greatness? Is it not by every walk of life
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  • 360 6 Two Basic Truths THE most constant demand throughout the world of today is for the provision of a good education for the younger generation. There is growing urge for better facilities for teaching and learning. The problem of meeting, this demand m Malaya is just as urgent as
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  • 587 6  -  LOUIS C. D. JOOS By BRAZZAVILLE, French Equatorial Africa A beautiful pale mauve flower m a bunch of green lacquered leaves has become a deadly threat to navigation on African rivers. One September day m 1954. people m the busy boats that ply
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  • 2096 6  - THE SOVIET NAVY IS NOT A BALANCED FLEET HANSON W. BALDWIN By Military Editor Of The New York Times JHE existing Soviet Navy is not a "balanced" fleet m the traditional concept of the term. Its heavy ships are of negligible importance. There are no aircraft carriers m commission or
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 1299 7  - What Elinor Glyn Said About Carriage BETTY ROSS DGHKGH PART II >_\ SENSIBLE girl should aim at marriage because that i, (he meomng o* life. No single existence con be r7 le un«nis N h°.d." er h W f R BUT TO ME, HER r SHE COXFIDED k S SFCRETS
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  • 288 7  -  S. Ramachandra A STREET NAMED AFTER A TRAITOR h •■■si"*"" z i ODDITY FROM a map of Singapore Toicn m 1901 find that Mansoor Street, wkieh joins Hifih with Colombo tour/, didn't exist then, tiui i/i the 1913 map prepared by the Hon. t\ i I'i^olt, Colonial England
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 597 7 -the very best of toys jt Meccano quality toys will give you the most happy hours II j of your life. With the Meccano Ufl I/// building units you can build jff 1 1 bridges, cranes, helicopters, etc pXJV \l( With the Hornby and Hornby-Dublo V trains you can build
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  • 1151 8  -  EDIN PETERS Open To Sports, Touring Cars By MOTORING I\JAIN topic m motoring circles is the first annual Shell Malayan rally which starts from Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Dec. 31. The organizers have announced the acceptance of 100 entries and competitors are now busy
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  • 62 8 photo. NEIL MONCRIEFF has the honour of winning the Singapore Motor Club's driv ers' championship for the third time in four years. MoncriefT is pictured here in the Cooper 1096 c.c. which he jointly owns with Jimmy Milne. Milne was runner-up to MoncriefT in this year's S.M.C. drivers'
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  • 102 8 RADIO TALK BY ACE DRIVER p.m. Stirling Moss, world famous British racing driver, will give valuable advice on the sport m an exclusive recorded interview with R. G. Martin himself a well-known international rally driver. Moss will discuss the fort hcoming Malayan motor rally and compare Malaya's first such event
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  • 591 8  -  RUE SCRIBE bff WHAT a lot of models there are to choose from these days. Even m Malaya, where import restrictions limit the range of new cars, anybody can make a purchase to suit his particular need. Of course, by "anybody" I don't mean
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  • 161 8 A TWO IN ONE HOLIDAY A FIVE-DAY overland tour of Japan from Yokohama to Kobe during cherry blossom time next year is being offered by the Singapore American Express Co., Inc., Adelphi Hotel Building, at $365 per person. Thi* i s exclusive of the fare for the 21 day trip
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 421 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA y For Aden. Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp Rotterdam Copenhagen, Gothenburg ond Oil o Spore p. ss om x) "SONGKHLA" 4/5 Dec p^^ •xx) "FALSTRIA" 22/24 Dee 25 25 D cc 7 *xxx) "MEONIA" 29/31 Dec U x) Colls Beyrouth, Gdynia. xx) Colls London
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  • Article, Illustration
    1660 9  -  Jim Henry with [(Our Queensland Correspondent) rf-txH the announcement \Vt»y the Malayan Govmen i that "full-scale against the Comrrorlsts has been [C d. the Australian re exercised with ,-stlon whether the m troops In the will be m It up to eck, or whether their more passive ing"
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  • 611 9  - CHANGE OF STYLE IN THE OPENINGS Queen's Castle By I CHESS YJ^HILE the basic principles or fundamentals of chess remain constant, it is interesting to note t>e change in style wrought by theories and discoveries in the openings, even during the last few decades when just after World War I
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    94 10 THE ilayah W'eison basketball team of Thailand, here for the third annual tournament for the IS anyang University Cup now being played at the Happy World Stadium, paid a visit to Mr. Aw Cheng Chye, chairman of Hate Par Brothers 9 at his Tiger Balm office
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  • 31 10 MAXWELL Sports Club -at Fathul Karib 3-0 m a friendly soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Ramlee Mokri scored two goal? and Ali Aftar scored the other goal
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  • 319 10 Negri-Malacca Didn't Have A Chance JOHORE BAHRU, Sat— Johore qualified for the final of the seasons HMS Malaya Rugby Cup competition today when the state finished its engagements with a 47 points (seven goals, four tries) to nil victory over Negri-Malacca here
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  • 535 10 SELANGOR TAKE ROAD TO RUGBY FINAL Whip Penang: 1 More To Go Selangor 11 i- PeBan Goal Penalty, try. Referee:— W. T. Dunne. By HARRY SOARS J t lA *i~ KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.-Selangor cleared the stiffest ta"*fer™* Jf^hf brightened the state's chances of entering the final-when Ian Chandler and his
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  • 292 10 THE visiting Selangor women's hockey team proved their superiority without a doubt when they beat the Colony women 4-1 m their inter-state hockey encounter on the padang yesterday. The rain-sodden ground did not hamper the visitors, who had things their way throughout.
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  • 122 10 RUDY Mosbergen of the Singapore Recreation Club "Reds" was m great form yesterday, scoring all the goals m his team's 5-0 over Indian Association, m their Singapore H.A. Div. 1 league hockey match on the padang yesterday. He netted the goals off short corners. POLICE Sports Association,
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  • 257 10 SELANGOR BLUES IMPRESS SELANGOR scored a well deserved 11-3 victory over a much fancied Singapore XV m the opening match of the Southern section's All Blues Rugby competition played on the Police TrainIng School ground yesterday. The Colony Blues dominated the early phase of the game but they seemed to
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  • 64 10 LAST night was a night of celebrating for Colony soccer champions. At the Southern Hotel, the Singapore Chinese Football Association had a dinner party to celebrate their winning of the MCFA Cup and the Singapore Community league At Pulau Brani. Marine Department Sports Club, who accomplished a soccer 'double*
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  • 154 10 SINGAPORE Malays trounced Johore Malays 5-0 to win the DunJop Cup for Malay c 11 tr °P h y permanently. Salleb Kurshi gave the Colony Malays their first point when he accounted for Omar Yahya of 15-5° re m strai h t sets
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 61 10 SOCCER TIGER CLP GROJ'P "A". Queenstown XI vs. Baden Kesenian at Farrer Park. GROUP ~B".—Buona Vista Rangers I's. Alexandra F.T. at Farrer Park. FRIENDLY. Rajaii Sports Club vs. Springdale Sports Club at Farrer Park at 5.30 p.m. HOCKEY Selangor Women vs. Singapore Civilian Women at S.C.C. at b.15 p.m. BASKETBALL
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  • 135 11 THE internationally known younger brother of former world champion, Barney Ross, this picture of the American Negro, Milton Ross, especially flown from Manila yesterday show s at a glance that he'll be touch opposition, perhaps, too tough, for the Fijian Terror lukana when they meet at
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  • 109 11 SHA Silent But Not Discouraged Over Defeats G. N. OEHLERS, president of the Singapore Hockey Association, said yesterday that the SHA were not in the least discouraged over the recent defeats of Singapore's national team in the Federation. The association would continue to train selected players and prepare for their
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  • 224 11 S. YOGORAJAH. the usually talkative honorary secretary of the association.. when asked what he thought of the Federation team, replied: **No comments. I've nothing to say. But if you want to know something, the rain Is doing a great deal of damage to the SHA league. Some
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  • 92 11 F A. CRABBE, thePre.dent of the Singapore Club, who are organisthe first annual Shell layan Motor Rally which from Kuala Lumpur on niber 31, is confident that meeting would turn out k be a success. Ke should know. Crabbe leads the committee, and for the past
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  • 159 11 < MA\ behind the successes of the Marigold Badminton Party, Colony champions in 1952, 53 and 55, is their benevolent, president, KOH TEIK EE. j A one-time player himself (last appearance in the veterans 9 doubles in 1941), Teik Ee has not only been the
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    427 11 HDGJ GHDK GH Karim Aims To Return 'Down Under' AM I N ULLAH KARIM, 20-year-old SeUngor inside-left, is a near certainty for the Malayan Hockey Federation team which will play in the Olympic Games in Melbourne next year. But Aminullah will be no stranger to Australia— or the Australian
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    • 80 11 PA. 7A 7 240 SMASHES THROUGH ~^^^f^^^^ AND SETS UP NEW WORLD WATER-SPEED RECORD at Lake Mead, Nevada on the 16th of November -v -_L I __L m.D.h. PA HI DDE 1 1 'Q Dl lIPRIRn I UAlflr D-ULL v DLUkUiiiii I used Mobiloil and was fuelled by the makers
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    • 45 11 ALL Ki.li'IM CYCLISTS KXOW These Cycles are winners. SUN ENGLAND PARKES ENGLAND FREJUS ITALY A! %<> Outstanding C YCLE SPA HE PARTS. olso on view ot No 322 New World Pork Nightly. So'e Agents: Hup Teck Trading Co. 11 Cuff Rd. S'pore 8. Tel: ***** nnnnunnnnnrrannnm
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  • 143 12 From WINDSOR LAD IPOH, Sat.— So What, cleverly ridden by apprentice Alex Baxter, clinched a neck decision from Captain Valiant m the main race for Class Two horses over 9 furs, today, the opening day of the Perak Turf Club's December Meeting. Baxter
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  • 394 12 Saturday's F.A. Soccer Results LEAGUE DIVISION I Birmingham City 4. Arsenal 0. Burnley 2 Manchester City 2. Everton 3." Chelsea 3 Luton Town 3 Cardiff City 0. Manchester U. 2 Sunderland 1. Newcastle U. 3 Bolton W. 0. Preston N. End 2. W'ton W 0. Sheffield U. 2 Aston Villa
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  • 48 12 TOTAL POOL $234,321 Ist Prize No. *****3—(565,296) 2nd Prize No. *****1—(532,648) j! 3rd Prize No. *****7—(516,324) STARTERS ($3265 each): Nos. *****0, *****6, *****7, *****4, *****7. CONSOLATION PRIZES ($l,OOO each): Nos. ,*****2, *****2, *****6, *****6, *****3, *****8, *****1, *****5, *****4, *****4. TREBLE TOTE: One winning ticket: ($1,343).
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  • 1960 12 ALL THE RESULTS A ND DIVIDEADS RACE ONE Horses Cl. 2. Div. 3—6 Furs. Ms. J.A. Chippindale Lee Kirn Puat's 208—155 JETTY 8.05 (5) Hudson 1 Mr. Yap Kirn Hoes 248—143 LITTLE JOHN 813 1 Tait 2 351—310 Arch Side 8.10 (2) Mortimer 3 499—399 Ore 8.08 (3) Mawi 4
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    • 125 12 GENUINE SPARE PARTS For complete satisfaction, wise motorists buy only genuine LUCAS spare parts. You can select your requirements from our large comprehensive range which is always m stock.. We invite you to call m today. m. FAR e^j M OTORS LTD. 54, Orchard Road. Singapore. Federation Representatives: WEARNE BROS*
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    • 198 12 KOllllFllX 2i ■OlllirifX 3$ O| ll| coi§ BEHN. MEYER ft CO. LTD.. P.O. Box 2000, UamPATERSOH, SIMONS ft CO. LTD., Kmli Lu.pu,, p c M J TODAY AND EVERY i I PUBLIC HOLIDAY j t J X Tea Dance 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. t BRUNO PAOLETTI j <v and His
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  • 1385 13 CHRISTMAS IN THE ANTARCTIC S 0 9 the hi «*oric voyage of the U.S. Navy's icebreaker ATKA COMMANDER GLEN JACOBSEN as told to Sidney Shallet Part II (HRISTMAS was spent at seo-rather lonesome despite ingenious efforts to decorate the ship and choral singing organized by Ucutcnont La.rd Moore. Only a
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  • 1441 13 Radio Shack Built On 1940 Camp Found Force veteran of Operation High Jump; Francis J. Toothman, aviation machinist's mate; Boatswain's Mate Second Class R. L. Delashaw, and Ship's Journalist Robert W. Dietrich were sent m by helicopters to which drift out to sea to haunt mariners. Finally came the day
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  • 64 13 A HELICOPTER leaves the U.S. icebreaker Atka, carrying a member of the U.S. Antarctic scientific expedition to the site of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's 1939 camp site m Little America. Walls of ice under tremendous pressure from inland glaciers had covered the old mooring site for
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    • 47 13 .^x-i<Xv:x JxTißlHß»Baaßßßfct.v>;v> Santas Pin-up Quench jrour Chri»lnia« lhir»t ,0^ AJV^ ii >i»h FA R> cold Red Lion wonderful /!-J orange pr pineapple. V /^C»t>^O Malayans and Santa have enjoyed f >j I 72 Chrutma«'« wiik Fra««r A Meave'a < N^^^ I cheerful, friendly drink*! #^y Ss v^^^'^ i
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  • 773 14  - 'Life and Loves' of one king Steve Neon Reviewed by- WHISPERS a ravish, ing beauty dining m that lamed Monte Carlo nightclub: "WHO IS THAT MANr Says her escort: "He's ABDULLAH the GREAT... great according to some ladies... but NOT m History." Then we get a closeup of that opulent,
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  • 144 14 SINGAPORE cinemagoers will be given a "bird 9 eye view" of the colossal machinery of Britain's No. 1 film company, the J. Arthur Hank Organization, when its 45 minute featurette, THE WORLD OUR AUDIENCE, is released here. It reviews the success and progress of the British company.
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  • 447 14 puts Christine Diemer m a r>t A I Sk\7 I 'AMArMAA If j\ V I/nrPirPP **W'J Vlil Vll II -ww m m m laliHait \m s\ *i A |*****11/) V llAAfl JIVIIUCI f ITIVUU A LAS, poor Harry! For a 11 creature who doesn't do a
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    • 294 14 YxArHX^^KMUSATIOH ATTKACTIOMS H fcimW U lift 11 a.m. 1.30, 4.00, 6.45 flA'AllilllMMIir f«0lt-4IO9 and 9.30 p.m. KERIS FILM PRESENTS A HEART WARMING DRAMA! WITH MALAY AND HOKIEN Aj^^A KERIS FILM PRODUCTIONS MEMPERSEMBAHKAN <$3»S\ TIWGWIKfKASEHKU ROOMAI NOOR NOLLY LIM M. AMIN PRODUCER HO AH LOKE: DIRECTOR L. KRISHNAN I, PLEASE NOTE
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    • 341 14 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTR?(Jj f jl iiiriSbirSg J BRUTAL ENTERTAIi\Mt\I! N J TMB OUMT WITH §t LOaOto gUnq Un Kj 1 THE NIGHT T J I HOLDS TERRORiL/W 1 JACK MILOV VINCI VjL* /•n^^ S KELLY* PARKS -EDWARDS Q j 1 JOHN OAVIO 9p>&V I^J CASSAVETES -CROSS «^1 > m
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    1282 15 GOLDEN GIRL TfJE SCREEN'S By* Our Hollywood Reporter Grace Kelly, Holly- .wood's most-in-demand i star, looks the elegant I young ?ndy she is in this .attractive portrait made 1 during filming of her 1 latest picture for Alfred Hitchcock, "To Catch a Thief," m which she stars .with Cary Grant
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  • 639 15 TELLING TALES by Bridget Jones HOLLYWOOD. J\|ITZI GAYNOR, married a year, has some advice that young wives may find hard to take. She says: "When your husband comes in tired and irritable from the office and flies off the deep end at you, it's really a sign
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    • 123 15 Gillette^ 'Rocket' razor set CLICK &^^rt y^ New blade Is loaded <^.^, twist i §U Sw^^^^jpß IP^ iP?™^ B The razor's ready "^7*^3^^^ -^^^^^^^S^Ml Quick-f«cd Dispenser Quick-action Razor P Quick-feed Dispenser 0 -dH^I-^ anda old Mad* naiMoc* Blue Gillette Blades sharpest m the world yS^A The Gillette Rocket Set is
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    • 231 15 1471 jitf^ y '//I Two beauty aids to \j| flatter your loveliness Pond's Face Powder and Lipstick— th* choice of lovely women everywhere m POND'S OFFER YOU two wondcrfuf. beauty aids, used by lovely women, throughout the world. To enhance your natural lovelincm choose your shade of Ponds Face Powder.
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  • 816 16 EGGS are the magic ingredient m cooking. At the wave of a fork, they can be turned into omelettes or meringues. Beaten into sugar and flour, they become a cake! Today, RECIPAGE gives you some exciting and unusual egg dishes. A dozen eggs yield as much body-building
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  • 345 16 A FEW weeks ago a wealthy American lay awake m bed, tossing and turning —an insomnia sufferer. He tried to recall the best night's sleep he'd ever had. He remembered that, five year s before, he had slept soundly at sea m the Queen
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    33 16 Photo). This straight hanging tabara blouse and slim skirt combine to make a dinner dress. The material i 8 porcelain blue satin. Worn by Pagan Grigg it was designed by Frederick Starlet. U.P.
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    173 16 POOR WIDOW DIES.... 1 When elderly Mrs. Margaret Ann Mactear died last week her neighbours merely sight J. "The poor wid o v/ died." But when she was taken to a tuneral parlour, the undertaker immediately called the Police Department. He had found, secreted m her corset
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    • 228 16 i S^y^Vi perfect So simple to give .so lovely to receive > P^y Luxurious Lavender sets I practical Beauty sets -r^^^^N^ precious Perfumes |C Sensible luxury for men. '|§|yARDLEY YARDL6Y 33 OLD BOND STREET* LONDON sfirs's. ■'■;*l^S8Myiyi*l*"»*«! > jSiKfflcj fffvv 988 ??^v^Rv^^^^b^^^^^^FX'*''""*'***'''"''**X*X*"$ v*^''-ji?s5Sfij8^^^BP •*5i«Si!"vS8c""'"' 'lioijpOpv?* y jSpfftinTTm c?38 HE nfi^F^**^^S^wP3Rffnr^PP*'*'.'**.*'."i*i*.'-'-''**''**''*i*i'M
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    • 287 16 more hearty, Dry ttose .:t:-- Leal o, childish tche. tnd pur., _|g^g^^^^^aw •oothed iway safd» v%, V »>-^^ of orangC8 disio^ I (i 3r v) pidly lnd act quicWy t TH ""t! 1 chlld °-^£l fir lTj i ANGIERS JUNIOR "^"i aspirin AvaxlabU from all chemists and stores JOSEPH TRAVERS
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    • 154 16 THE STARS AND YOU TO D A Y' S QUOTATION: "The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions." —Cicero. SUNDAY FOR EVERYONE: This day should be devoted to rest, light recreation. Attend to health, necessities, minor matters. Exert tolerance and tact in contacts with
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    • 116 16 VIRGO— Aug. 23 to Sept. 22— Seek some relaxation, mino r pleasures. Steer clear of complications, out-of-the-way places 99 LI »*A-Sept. 23 to Oct. 22 Relax, rest; be restrained with elders; avoid risks concerning friends, loved ones 21 SC T^"O-Oct. 23 to Nov. ?;T o da 7 calls for Patience,
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    • 172 17 JP I iwHHowtiv^-v j% I I -^J H£y. HENRY/ )f=^; hS^ '^Jf 0 SOMETHING j 1-gW^ VftNNA TEH VAr? jr^ Y\ 60 INTO WAJTER^ I Vv J raP C APF.FU L I *aj^ J*v I Ht if A I I II u i \m Sf JUf^m ft I Mw^^^Sm, I
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    • 284 18 (<S> KEEP A SHARR WXTCM ON !r^ W/7H H/M HERE, WE'LjIj mm fcj ff II Ml I THE PR/SONB&S. BSP£C/ALLY\ HA VE A/Q TROUBLE" r~^ I HE kVHii I YOUNG, CLARK <^— —-——A \'PEGSUAD/N l "H/S FATHER I VJFS/ THEY'RE IOO/</n\ X AFTER THEY G/VE UP 1Ve\\ TtHEN HE WKOH
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    • 294 19 i u (TV? PlSHlNf POLJ& STAYS &JT, G\G.&., I YE«. SUNNIM 1 TH* &OACT- I>^ V H6R.E/ WES'KB 6>OlNf I WHAT IS Aw DAV ATI I 3BT OOlfsi 1 >A/HY YA i S^TL \WATgK 9KCUN6/ V THE SEASHORe I I TAKINi' THAT OAfc? WE 6TAeT TM 1 /-^1 I j
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    • 298 20 I^Vr^PM'J F^^k! 50^! I WAI 1 CANT WAprt— T^rLLV-srl^l YES.SIR! ILL REALLYj-w/ OW, HAZEL! WAVT^ l^,k\^ A^Jr,^^ir^l TO SHOW &OXTsJr\G° ALONO^ NAIL 'EM THIS f-^ inriLL VOU HEA^V IJ6JI5%S^ 4^1: I My N EW >^ T 1 1^-- |^ANDCHAT> l^THE NEWSJr-^LTI JrEMEMB^R ED GREGG l^ll KNOW HOW YOU PEEL! O^RRY
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  • 1707 21  -  MICHAEL CHOONG Short Story by •THERE'S on acute shortage of amahs i* ju-i... A newspapers which, of course h« hi* V"' oeeordi "9 to wonder that even hubby's leave is due, ?sed housewife with -c grey strands m neglected hair is pack up and
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  • 359 21 By A Special Correspondent f\NE of the queerest spot-prizes ever offered In Britain will be won by a dancer at a charltyball to be held next March m Woolwich, London IT IS A FREE FUNERAL, PROVIDED BY A LOCAL UNDERTAKER. For sheer novelty it
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  • 21 21 ANSWER: Athens (Greece), Ajaccio (Corsica), Stockholm (Sweden), Rome (Italy), Moscow (Russia), Tirana (Albania), Dublin (Eire), Madrid (Spain), Edinburgh (Scotland)— Amsterdam.
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    • 225 21 What more can you do te ORE baby comes, and after, the strain on yoor resources Is lt its greatest But you are prepared for it You eat well and wisely; ou take plenty of rest However, to be safe, there is something fc ore that you can da Take
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  • 104 22 5 SFEAKINIi OF t ICTUBfcS J 2 Name 5 J Address 5 xi ue Camera Used 5 S J j. Aperture *j 5 Speed Film *i AttOVE: "KnocL.Knock..." by Miss M. C. Thum of 6 Argus Lane, Penang. Solida III, A f8, i/50th, Perutz. KKiAtW; "Splash" by
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    • 92 22 fM 1029 X ly to India h *TEN SERVICES WEEKLY CHOICE OF ROUTES to Calcutta. Delhi, Bombay, thence to the Hill Stations. Frequent connections m Singapore to and from all points on Malayan Airways network. tmte'Tel 1 2760n° A n' Api l° intCd A J ent r Ocean BMim* >"B°Pore
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  • 1216 23  -  ARNOLD BRACKMAN America's Blind Learn About Malayan Industry by STANDARD'S NEW YORK BUREAU CHIEF THE story of rubber, from how it is qrown In the Federation, shipped from the Colony and manufactured by a great industry in Ohio, USA, is today being told to the
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  • 1286 23  - Lady Templer Visits Institute For Audiology ANDREW ROTH by Standard's London Bureau Chief I LONDON I •T'm ruthless m exploiting the Press," said Lady Templer with a anile. But this Pressman for one was ready to be exploited. Lady Templer was touring institutes for the deaf with Soon Cheng Sun,
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    • 89 23 Vof* Wk grown ups II Bl make sure it's y CAMPBELLS rA##WM/ I For cou S hs colds, mJUilijflA Wm congestion of the ™**&1 Sm chest and hoarseness, tSm Powerful yet palatA JSjw able. There is no ft L# Ju "^^^k better remedy. fBM Make sure it's 1 H COULDINCS
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    • 359 23 I Doctors prove 1 1 PALMOLIVE SOAP can bring II you a lovelier skin m 14 Jays/ I H«r« It th« doctor.* W f loawty Plan t Ak^ «**^^p I f Waih your fac« with JS^ M t Palmoliv* Soap. "T 2 Manogo iff boaury lath«r on jg Tt^^t-' to
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  • 369 24  -  Pat Jameson OWNERS! By FRENCHWOMEN love love, Ger-j man women love their husbands, but Englishwomen they love their dogs!" exclaimed an astonished Continental visitor at a recent London dog show. His astonishment was justified. All around him hundreds of women were cuddling and cosseting their lap-dogs
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  • 135 24 WHAT did people use before soap was invented tt JOTS of things, like X potatoes, wood ashes, 5 powdered egg shells, and Q soapwort, a flower whose XX leaves and roots contain XX soapy constituents. Soap as we know it j existed about 2,555 years XX ago.
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  • 74 24 WHY DO WE CALL SOMETHING WHICH IS USELESS AND EXPENSIVE A WHITE ELEPHANT? JN Siam the white elephant was regarded as sacred. It was never put to work and was kept m expensive luxury. When a member of his court fell into disfavour the king often used to
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  • 229 24 Armed To Teeth— With Apples JTOR the next three years 200 of Britain's schoolchildren are to be given an apple a day m a bid to keep the DENTIST away. Where will the apples come from? Britain's fruit growers have responded to an appeal and will donate all the fruit
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    • 154 24 t <• *<w ata^t^t^^ mtm^ tm^ I y greater than ever for 1956 1 j NEW FEATURES. ..NEW STYLING NEW COLOURS Tike a good look at the good looks of the new VanxhalK I j The wide view panoramic rear window and the slimmer windscreen pillars are new. New too
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    • 47 24 'Fortunately my client kept »n her lettera from this < *—<gr C ==^^^i2SjE^^ /rH^^^^^^M l/ll L j fl How can^l pootaUly remind joo ol C*i*nov»? He drad!" I {lJ<4\ I f^Ut I t^^^P f |j| I wast Ulie Gcortt borne— UiAt s sure tirn heV bad month.* ftf^VVVQ^tftftf^^^
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