The Singapore Free Press, 19 December 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA jkl„ SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1952. PRICE FIFTF! KNTS
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    MALAYA SUCCESS AIDS ALLY
    308 1 hden on help by Britain for Indo-China nuv B o PARIS < Frida yJHh Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, told a Press conference m Paris yesterday Frenchmen would understand that the efforts bein£ made by the British m Malaya were comparable to theirs m Indo-China. 'The
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    BRAVERY AWARDS TO POLICE IN FED.
    26 1 BRAVERY AWARDS TO POLICE IN FED. I Reportt-r re pre- to for a war dec: c. of Keia Hen rei I school the MeUiii [or D.
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    School fees in Singapore will not be put up
    34 1 f Repot x ng DirecR. morning anwould be :iool fet :.ough the •en put up m 3 would 100 Colony 1 1 vernrs after picture
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    MRS. MANVILLE THE NINTH
    96 1 THE NINTH wife of the millionaire. Tonmiv Manville arrived m I.oiidon last week on a fourday shopping spree, intending to spend v: 2.000 on clothes. She was much distressed that she was not allowed to bring her bulldog Captain Bligh with her The bulldog was barred
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    THE DAY THE ROOF FELL
    49 1 picture. This is the upstairs room of the house m Kerbau Road, Singapore, where 14 Indians were sleeping when part of the roof suddenly collapsed early this morning. Two of the occupants are pointing to the damaged roof Story m Col 8. Free Press
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    WAY CLEAR FOR PACT
    82 1 COLOMBO Fri. Mr. Richard Senanayake. lon s Trade and Comm Minister, said yesterday lliere was now no obstacle m the way of a China-Ceylon liveyear trade agreement. Under the agieemena, it is •,;r.derstood, Chin a will sell 250, r OO ton s of rice a year
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    De GAULLE TO 'REST'
    54 1 General Charles de Gaulle will retire temporarily from active politics while he takes a three-month trip m French North Africa and Equatorial Africa, says A.P. His decision is believed to have been dictated partly by recent disagreements with some of his own party— the Rally of
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    Siamese twins cut apart
    291 1 CHICAGO, Fri. ONE of the Brodie Siamese i :ns, separated on Wednesday m an unprecedented operation, regained consciousness yesterday but the other's condition continued "precarious." The 15-month-old Siamese twins, joined at the top of their skulls, were separated m a gruelling daylong operation, which severed tissue,
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    SHOTS IN S'PORE ROBBERY
    157 1 SHOTS IN S'PORE ROBBERY Free Press Staff Reporter SHOTS were fired after a robbery m Singapore this morning, m which $370 was stolen from a Chinese driver and his wife living at the 8 2 milestone Tampenis Road. The couple were awakened at 2.30 a.m. by the loud and continued
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    BRITISH LEAD IN THE AIR
    33 1 William Littlewood, vicepresident of the American Airlines, declared m Washington that Britain threatens United States leadership m aircraft production "m quality of performance, if not m quantity.' A.P.
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    81,200 ROBBERY
    35 1 A Singapore businessman, living m Victoria Street woke up this morning to find one of his windows forced open, and cash and property valued at $1,200 missing. The police have detained a suspect.
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    Mercy sought for war criminals
    176 1 LONDON, Friday. JAPAN has asked Britain for clemency for both major and minor war criminals, it was announced yesterday m the House of Commons. The announcement came when Conservative M.P.. Mr. Gilbert Longden, asked what Japanese recommendations for clemency had been made and what Britain's
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    RUBBER DOWN
    23 1 Rubber m Singapore was 84 cents a lb. first grade January shipment this morning, 5 8 cents below yesterday's closing level.
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    MARTIAL LAW
    22 1 Martial law m Teheran will be continued for another two months from tomorrow. No reason for the extension was given.
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    Women will fight Mau Man terror
    107 1 NAIROBI. Fri. EADING Kikuyu women 1^ m the Nyeri district, including a district councillor, are to begin an anti-Mau Mau campaign throughout Africa to enlist support of all African women against crime and lawlessness. A Government spokesman said that 68 African resistance groups totalling
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    Demand for republic
    60 1 CAIRO, Fri EGYPT'S Socialist Party yesterday issued a manifesto demanding that Egypt be declared a republic. The manifesto said the nation had found monarchy an instrument of tyranny and exploitation to support imperialism and demanded a new constitution to abolish monarchy and set up the republic. The
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    SWISS LEAVE EVEREST
    39 1 The Swiss Everest expedition returned to Khatmandu the Nepalese capital yesterday at the end of their attempt on the mountain, says A.P. Members of the party looked pale and very much thinned by exhaustion and exposure.
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    Pirates in masks took cigarettes
    287 1 Pirates in masks took cigarettes TANGIER, Friday AN international procession of unshaven sailors, Dutch skippers and hard-bitten adventurers thronged an American consular court yesterday to continue the recital of a strange tale of modern piracy on the high seas. This time, however, machine-guns were the weapons instead of cutlasses. American
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    FILM STARS FOR KOREA
    48 1 Sixty-five film and radio personalities will leave Hollywood by air today to entertain troops overseas during Christmas and New Year. Four planes, taking off at 10-minute intervals, will transport the celebrities to Korea. Alaska, Greenland and Newfoundland and the Caribbean theatres of operations. U.P.
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    Two hurt in S'pore roof collapse
    51 1 Two hurt in S'pore roof collapse Free Press Staff Reporter rpWO Singapore Indi were injured when a portion of the roof of their home m K« rbau Road cuved In one o'clock this mornin viho m thi upper i injured. X A larknesft. the ali\t Ami A loi f dow
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    Chinese sot for big bang
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    ASIA FILM FOR U.S.
    12 1 A Phi film Qenghis X.» In the Reuter
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    Buyers Have to Start young
    482 2  -  LOUISE LENNOX by A i the Dir< Directors: one is M. r Wilkinson m, i> i c dir.ain m the group Mlss Wilk divided £139.626 among igh not m equal proportions. on is one of vomen ecut m. It I taken 30 years to reach
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    ARTIES HEADLINE
    16 2 Alt right. Butch, you can "tf >iou yon'te u'omc' >«mi rij(Hl hours for today!"
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    28 2 This picture, of ♦be Queen receiving a bouquet from a little girl at the Richmond Horse Show, was a winner in the Cameraman of Year contest in Britain.
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    165 shopping days to the Coronation
    746 2 and the peers are doing all the shopping— for coronets IN' 200 homes m Bri- tain, every mention the Coronation is another reminder that there are m i than there are now 165 shopping days m which buy that coronet. The 200 prospective shoppers
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    MAN MAKES WOMAN 'ELEGANT'
    332 2  -  IT is a woman who makes it possible to apply ''elegant" to an evening. And yet it is man's contribution that makes a woman elegant. His genius comes to light under the chandeliers, m the candle light. Brocades, satins, silks and velvets show their shimmering, dazzling,
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    SHE MUST BE SLIM...
    174 2 ONXE upon like the f. only criterion for and a pretty fj But today's Broadwa] aspirani be slii photogenic, and have had t two or three years of sint 1 and dratic lessons. It helps, too, to have •:"s livir. behind you and the renar or
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      148 2 New Crossword No. 848 CUES ACROSS 1. Guns, mules and footballers indulge m them (5) 4. Go as you please to becin with here (3). 7. He met Ann on her return B Welsh giant now King of Libya (5). 9. With which boatmen tackle marine creatures (7. 4). 11.
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      46 2 Solution To Crossword No. 847 YFSTERDAY'S SOLITION. Across: l. Inflammable 7. Predicative. 8, Extreme 10 Emu 11 Nil. 13. Tripoli. 15, Benediction! 17, Exeat. 18. Senor. Down: 1 Impregnable 2. Fleet 3. Aliment 4. Moa. 5. Baiae. 6, Executioner 9 Evinces. 12, Lance. 14, Orion. 16,
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      239 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, what success you attain will be due to your own personal efforts and not to "breaks." Your life may not be an easy one, but it can be a highly successful one, for jou have plenty of will, determination and perseverance. You are ingenious, inventive
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    Parents took turns to kidnap children
    87 3 Drama on road BRISTOL, Friday. > of two children who. it was rerc kidnapped by their father, snatchUiPir mother, and nearly kidnapped •old to the Bristol magistrates. d 29, asked for ■Idren. Daixian Carl aged months, and the' High •i injunction restraining ed 31,
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    point Count it Suit Bids
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    High prices for China
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    FED BEFORE KILLING
    10 3 FED BEFORE KILLING Often the p luxur bef o U.P.
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    Eat ice cream psychiatrist said to child
    50 3 LONDON, Pri. FO T -OLD I n his mother XS.P.C.C. InI strike him." A: .lid the b swich Juvenile ther: "That did .ther." 2 from ;i n d ..t it on, among other croam. Ti i him: "A: He was an approved school.
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    Preferred boats to wife
    62 3 iblished her pi cruelty. refused a decree nisi to la Joan Marie of EdenbHer husdid fend the pf the m illoiLsly to the wll i cted her. and rudimentary and inadequate provision ntain her and the two There were no I of violence. A aid ly
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    BALLET AT THE CIRCUS
    70 3 picture PAUSE FOR reflection '-old N a dia a. prima ballerina of the Sadler Wells Company and icith good reason. Nadia last night was among the ballerinas who performed before the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Gala Pergiven by the Bertram The
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    Wrong patient was drugged
    105 3 4 MAN who was taken to hospital with bronchial asthma died because a student nurse gave him an injection intended for another patient, according to a coroner's at Leicester. Mr. Ernest James Coles, aged 47, of Wyr.field-road, Leicester, was taken to Leicester Infirmar I emergencj The
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    NO. I KILLER
    43 3 Tuberculosis, the Number One killer among infectious diseases In Hong Kons:, caused more than six times many deaths during th first 11 months of 1951 than all other infectious diseases combined. A total of 3,154 people succumbed to T.B U.P.
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    VISIT TO SIAM
    34 3 President Truman will vi.si Siam if he makes his projected world tour after leaving 'iv- White-House m January he told the Foreign Mi. of Siam, Prince Van Wat.hayakon, m Washington.- Reuter
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    BUCKLEY
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    'Villain still pursued her'
    54 3 An Italian film producer Ferdinando Dozza, aged 34, wanted to frighten 24-year-old Marcella Casini, a beautiful, blonde extra, into breaking their engagement. So he took her to his Hat m Rome, gagged and bound her, then walked out and left her there all night. He was
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    JUDGE TELLS 'BORED' WIFE TO PAY COSTS
    294 3 BIRMINGHAM. Friday. i A JUDGE granted costs against a wife after dis- missing her petition for divorce as beef waste of the court's time." "If I am going to have many more wl bringing cases like this I shall have to cond them
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    LUSTY BABIES KEPT GUESTS FROM HOTEL
    226 3 RAMSGATF Fri. The trouble with I said Frank Roughtc that when one sta rying the others follow suit. !And he ought to know, because there were 25 babies m the house next door to his Ramsgate hotel. The trouble of Mr. Ju Valsey. as
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    They have time on their hands
    38 3 Japan's 12 top surviving war criminals the men who set the Pacific on fire 11 years ago are now .spending quiet lives m Sugamo prison. Reading occupies most of their time. U.P.
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    Marriage is her hobby
    65 3 ALEXANDRIA. Fri. FATIIIA AHMED i* a young woman who likes i change of husband. In four months she had three. She forged divorce pipers to get rid of them, and as she is very attractive had no difficulty m finding new husbands. When arrested, she said:
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    MONKEYS AS 'GUINEA PIGS'
    16 3 In orci about I R V, Cleveland, reproduce the dtae&i monkey U.P.
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    14 3 hers now romp] tern of which join and br;> the main stream poir U.P.
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    Jap gives a puff of goodwill
    22 3 Jap gives a puff of goodwill LIVERPOO. AILING Liverpool IS fOI :d> Wo i your i I He Mam, B m. 1
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    STALIN FOR X'MAS
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    MORE CARS
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      3 3 ANV6ODV COMINIO) *f
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY Dec, 19. 1952. On wrong foot
    118 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY Dec, 19. 1952. On wrong foot THF D- I I I to -red to the civilised •isible de- throughid Middle hand be detected and m t: the Arab world may well for: goodwill of the United States which m the future wil be necessary to
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    No hardship
    40 4 I EXACTLY the reverse is the J c *> the complaint ia\> been makir. the refusal of th* authorities to eons«n X them private eh a move would be retrogresre. The Chief Health OfflDoraisingham. e> to r of r-
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    U.S. Ignorance on Malaya
    769 4 U.S. Ignorance on Malaya [DON JDDONS DIARY I NEW YORK. T O one, except the 1 morons, expects the an war to come to an honourable overnight a result of Mr. Eisenhov it. but there is newheart and hope throughout this country. Eisenhower's most bitter critics are conceding that the
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    Tracing the 'Army of the Lost'
    603 4 Tracing the 'Army of the Lost' PARIS. FROM a quiet office on the Quai de Gesvres m Paris a search is going on for an army of missing people. The office is the headquarters of the Bureau of Research on Behalf of Families and its job has given Paris the
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    BEHIND PRISON WALLS
    650 4  - BEHIND PRISON WALLS MONTAGUE SMITH by THE most revealing of all annual official documents is that publish recently by the Home Office as the Report of the Prison Commissioners. In a sense it takes down prison Behind the: are shown how more U -000 prisoners m Britain are making the
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    'GOLD RUSH' OF 1952
    11 4 'GOLD RUSH' OF 1952 KA i J began it-.ii I many
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      27 4 USEFUL X'MAS 6IFTS FOR BplT^J Mi. M m GOLD AND WHITE GOLD P. H. H E N D R V Royal Jewell 78. NORTH BRIDGE RD SINGAPORE-6
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      214 4 Thank you, Mr. Payne LETTER TO THE EDITOR j > \A/E fa"? endorse your tribute to Mr. Payne and his men f or S > putting Hi* new power station so soon into operation and > to Hie Covernor for institting a sense of urgency into the pro- > ceedings,
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      20 4 i 5 6 days to Xmas! But there's still time to sen* a present homeWe're agents t* r INTERFLORA I
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    Protest at trade fee
    94 5 Protest at trade fee TKr Press Staff R«P«rter •HE Indonesian Government's "certification fee" of $4 for every $1,000 worth or Indonesian goods imported into Singapore was described yesterday by the Singapore Chinese, Exporters and Importers' Association as "a regulation unheard nywhere else m the world The association will ask the
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    These men are happy they went to gaol
    93 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THF Singapore Social Welfare Department is conducting an experiment to find out if they can institute after-care treatment for opium addicts released from Outram Prison. Probationary officers of the department have been interviewing addicts, who appear to be
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    CHINESE SCHOOLS CAN HELP MALAYA, SAYS A COMMITTEE
    139 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Chinese Schools Co-ordinating Committee considers that Chinese education has much to contribute to the creation of a Malayan culture and a Malayan educational system. The committee was set up by the Government to advise it on
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    Shops do brisk sales for X'mas
    117 5 Shops do brisk sales for X'mas PEOPLE m Singapore have already started their Christmas shopping and almost all shops m the Colony have reported good sales during the week. However, said a shopkeeper, "sales this year are definitely lower than last year." "People now are more careful about spending," he
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    MacD TO OPEN NEW CLINIC
    41 5 The Commissioner-Gene-ral Mr Malcolm Mac Donald will attend the consecration tomorrow of the new Church of the True Light at Dickson Road. Singapore, and open the chruch's new free clinic and kindergarten. The buildings cost $200,000.
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    9 ROAD DEATHS
    31 5 There were nine fatal traffic accidents m Singapore last month as against 13 m October Traffic accidents last month totalled 1,178 compared with 1,235 m the previous month
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    93 want to be nurses
    81 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A PPLICATIONS for the A nurses 1 training course will be considered for a fortnight after the course starts on Jan. 5, next year, Miss E. Rintoul, Principal Matron of the General Hospital, told the Free Press yesterday. Response this year
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    TRUST DECISION
    28 5 Singapore Improvement Trust authorities have decided against wiring of the Upper Pickering Street flats as a possible means of preventing suicides." because it is too expensive".
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    More Chinese for police next year
    129 5 More Chinese for police next year SINGAPORE Police will recruit more Chinese next year. This will be one of the first steps to improve relations between police officers and members of the public. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, yesterday said the Singapore police par )posal to promote friendship
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    RAIN SPOILT THE FUN
    39 5 RAIN SPOILT THE FUN Rain spoilt the fun when the American Club's Santa Claus (Mr. Bob Jansen, the American Consul) made a spectacular arrival at Kallang airport yesterday m a U.S. Air Force plane to greet 150 excited children.
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    KIWI DANCE
    35 5 Singapore's Kiwi Members' League will hold Its dance at the Raffles Hotel tonight. Fancy hats and streamers will be distributed free. Tickets $2 (men) and $1 (women) will be available at the door.
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    BETTER EDUCATED POLICE PLAN
    145 5 Free Pt» --s M.iff Reporter THE future minimum educatiocial qualification for a cadet inspector m the Singapore Police Force will be the Cambridge School Certificate or its equivalent. This new ruling is par' polis tandard members vi the force, the Commis- sioner- of Police, Mr. Nigel
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    PORK WITHOUT CHOP MAY HAVE WORMS
    334 5  - PORK WITHOUT CHOP MAY HAVE WORMS Health Officer says SINGAPORE'S Chief Health Officer, Dr. M. Doraisingham, said yesterday that he had strong reasons to believe that germ infected pork from the rural areas was being sold m the city. He warned housewives not to buy pork unless it bore the
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    FEWER ROBBERIES
    37 5 All types of crime m Singapore decreased last month. There were only 10 armed robberies compared with 15 m October. Unarmed robberies were reduced from 14 to nine; housebreaking? and thefts from 67 to 63
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    EMPLOYEES WARNED
    56 5 The Medical Superintendent of Singapore's Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Dr W A. j Balhetchet. yesterday said that any member of the staff who demanded money for J services rendered was liable to instant dismissal. There will be no change m the rates and taxes levied by the Singapore Rural
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    Awards for long service
    42 5 1)1 NLOP RIBBIR COM? salvers to seven members 01 tl a party at Tai Thonp ReMurant !lapp> \V«i pore. Mrs. R. Johnson, wife of H ing-director, giving a ml\ Yong Meng, who has served the firm for 3K
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    More water for Colony in week
    107 5 SINGAPORE will get gallons more water every day m about six da;* The water which come from T« brau v. I now being allowed to run waste till it is found baoteriologically free and fit for human consumption. When the second stage of the
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    LITERACY DRIVE
    19 5 The Singapore M Union i.s to start an lsla wide anti-illiteracy camp; among Malays early next year.
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    120 HAWKERS WANT A PLACE TO SELL
    28 5 120 HAWKERS WANT A PLACE TO SELL I^SPLANADE hay commodation at to thf oore H Union to plat Son he 120 affected h;. i ed tirm "We I
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    MILLS WANTS CRACK AT MOORE
    357 6 Maxim battered for 15 rounds !He finished the 10 th with a matching cut on the right cheek. Time and again Moore unleashed the full fury of almost a decade of frustration as the "uniied champion.'" only to find Maxim still on Ms feet. Maxim
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    Allen-Shirai fight is on
    56 6 FERRY ALLEN, E fly,;pion, I profight Louis Skena v completed arYoshio eight n m Tokyo. Manager Sharpie said that if Allen comes back from Japan the world crown, he will I put it at stake m a fight with Sker. The Shirai-Allen fight is f Q^Q
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    GERMANS FOR U.S.
    30 6 yHE first scccer club of Nuern- berg haa accepted an invin to play five games m the >s next May, the American Foorbali AssoNew York announced A.P.
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    Brown delayed again
    42 6 BROWN, the American neyro light-heavyweight r bo\ir. who is to fight Fiji™ champion Isimeli Raiiro at the Happy World Stadium on Boxing Day, Ins been unavoidably delayed owing to passport formaliti He will leave London tomorrow or on Saturday.
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    FORMER CHAMP
    37 6 FREDDIE MILLS, former world light heavyweight champion (right) is pictured here with MEL RKOVYN. who fights Isimeli Radrodro m Singapore on Dec 26 and Harry Sheppurd (centre). Mills" manager. BELOW: The new champion ARCHIE MOORE.
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    Plucky V.S. pack fight in vain
    252 6 TX the last match of their Singapore rugby tour A King George V School, Seremban, notched a total of 19 points against Victoria School at the V.S. ground yesterday. Victoria School failed to score. The Georgians gained two goals, two tries and a penalty
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    RAF XIs in quad hockey
    196 6 RAF XIs in quad hockey T'HE following have been selected to represent R.A F. (Malaya) m the Singapore Hockey quadrangular tournamenl tomorrow and Sunday. TODAY: v NAVY— L AC Moody (Kuala Lunipur>. Sst. Thrussel (Seletan. VV C Russell 0 L AC Kerry <Changh, F/O Wood (Chi AC Hashim < Kuala
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    Motor-racing promises well for New Year
    190 6 By E. PETFKs SINGAPORE Motor Club has dray,, un tive card of 12 speed and v coming season which gets annu J Reliability trial on Jan jby recent importation of famo L and sports cars, there is t that the new year will see
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    KEDAH IN GOLD CUP FINAL
    8 6 KEDAH IN GOLD CUP FINAL i. and tm
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    Bobby Langton refuses to go
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    WHO IS THE REFEREE FOR DEC. 26?
    212 7 WHO IS THE REFEREE FOR DEC. 26? The fight fans want to know i^x i v Free Pr orts Editor ().\L\ seven more days to go for the Isimeli Kadrodro v. Mcl Brown battle at Singapore's Happy World Stadium. This bout without doubt is the biggest boxing attraction of the
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    RUMANIA WANTS TO SEE MALAYANS
    64 7 PKNANO, Thurs Th« r«mUj formed Malayan Table rennis Association have been 'ormally '.nvlted by Rumania. ~onvenor of the 20th world cham)lonahips to take part m the urnament to be held m Bucharn March. 1953. Mr Chua Guan Lee. Hon. i a T T.A. 'old the
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    ROBINSON QUITS -OFFICIAL
    151 7 ROBINSON QUITS -OFFICIAL nson, world middleweight chammunced his retiremeiit from the n, Commissioner of the National esterday. I lave. I ble. -king n Tuipin, and m H b m the .ne. n Negro, over nds m 10-7 Ut 8.00" The solution London promoter to tnd Hi. But Solo.t ft London
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    Solomons delayed ?
    11 7 Solomons delayed Jon J his •nto the could not plane v
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    PERAK INDOCEYLONESE SHUTTLE DRAW
    42 7 PERAK INDOCEYLONESE SHUTTLE DRAW i m X and mi v A. d S. i turn I V K. :n v B Daz&zn 2nd nan and YeI L>avid; Veil M B&lakrishnan Women s liaci Kaur et B. de Kaur and a and B.
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    TIGERS WIN WATER-POLO
    10 7 TIGERS WIN WATER-POLO h fkf Sin i id to bo*
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    SOFTBALL MEET
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    ANDERSONS WIN 16-11
    148 7 Any forward Siew Kee ,led Ar.derson School to btftl St Xaviers Institution (Pcnang> by 16 points (two goals two tries) to 11 (goal, try, dropped goal) In their rugger clash m Ipoh yesterday. The game was hard and fast, and i .s deserved their win. iool scored
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    THE TIGER CHASES VSSIRATI
    123 7 BLONDE TIGER, who wr Empire champion Bert A tomorrow night lappy World Stadium, said last night that he has been chasing this fellow for a long time." The Ti^er. who weighs 13 st and is 5 ft. 7 m. hiph. has tied m Britain and the
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    Aussies trounce French XV 45-2
    34 7 rE Australian touring Rugby League team beat a French side by 45 Doints to two m a match at Nantes yesterday. At half-time the Australians led by .21-o.— Reuter.
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    VARSITY FADE IN 2nd HALF
    170 7 IJNIVERSITY of Malaya's Federation touring rug- ger team yesterday lost to I Kuala Lumpur Technical I College by 10 points goals) to nil on the Selangor Club ground. The game was fiercely fought and evenly played. Good work by the Tech.s. threequarter line gave them
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    Yorks star out of rugby trial
    133 7 Yorks star out of rugby trial JEFFEREY Butterneld, Yorkshire centre three-quarter, has pulled out of the second England rugby trial at Exeter tomorrow because he has not fully recovered from concussion sustained m the first international at Workington two weeks ago. His place m the "Possibles" back division will be
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    C.S.C. TABLE TENNIS TIES
    37 7 The following semi-final ties of the Chinese Swimming Club's table tennis open singles championship will be played on Dec. 23: m Wah Siant? v Jimmy Lim; Yap Sze Tao v Ns Yew Wing.
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    IT LOOKS LIKE JAKE HAS HAD ENOUGH
    158 7 By CONNIE RYAN pERHAi the end of the for Jake the i wa *nt *<- v and couldn't get m shap I had virus and could not To close observers of the boxIng busir emed to b< <t m the wind. In- actible
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    WHO WILL HE BE?
    18 7 The third man on Boxing Day— WHO? It's time the promoters revealed his name.
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    Hockey triumph for schoolboys
    486 7 Free Press Correspondent Combined Schools 3; Selangor "A" 3. /COMBINED Schools hit back with a flashing rally m the last ten minutes to earn a draw after trailing three-one m their hockey friendly against Selangor "A" in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. It was one of the most
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    Changes in Civilians XI
    49 7 There are two changes m the Civilians team a^air.st Army today m the opening match of »he quadrangular hockey toumam^t at the S.C.C. padang. V Oevadas and H. Hceden are unable to play and their places will be taken by Tahar Kafcl and F. Fernandez.
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    RASC XI for final
    50 7 The HQ. RASC iMO.R.) soc- cer team against Special Constabulary m the final of the G.O.C. Cup at the Police Training School. Thomson Road, tomorrow is Mom; Dollah. Mohd. Amin; Daud, Rahim, Hassan; Ahamd Shukor. Abu. Abdullah. Alias 1 and Ismail. Reserves: Wahid and Mohd. Salleh.
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    RUGBY UNION
    14 7 Rugby Union result: County championship: Hertfordshire 3 Dorset and Wiltshire 8. Reuter
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    Vic (show no mercy) Seixas gets a fright
    280 7 Vic (show no mercy) Seixas gets a frigh t AMERICA'S Davis Cup tennis team took a t\\< lead over the Italians m the inter-zone Una White City, Sydney, yesterday, hut it vh<> nothing which might lead to <ompb< Captain Vie Seixas. badly off I me, bn escaped defeat at the
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    Teck Chye & Kee Fong win
    131 7 Teck Chye Kee Fong win A.P. TECK CHYE T IM KEE PONG and Yeoh Teck Chye, second seeded pair m the men's doubles of the Selangor open badminton champion.*were taken to three sets m X Lumpur last night by Lim Koon Yam and Wong Peng Wah. Kee Pong and Teck
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    'SEDGMAN AFFAIR' DROPPED
    18 7 'SEDGMAN AFFAIR' DROPPED rFHL 1 1 he Sir N I might be tU! I he irouli that U.P.
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    Player came in a hearse
    46 7 rISH ll Sloan. senal and Norwich, with Peterborout hti way to the v Cuptie with roke c Th« came m sight was a h> returning from a Bl ed th( him who he wzs an. vited to "Jump b c delive'
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      50 7 Today's Sport HOCKEY: Quadrangular: Army v Civilians, 4 p.m. S.C.C. ground; K.\F v Navy, 5.10 p.m. SCC ground. Rl (i(iER: B.M. Hijjh School v Raffles Institution, Raffles Institution ground; Victoria School v government English S«hool Batu Pahat, Victoria School ground. BADMINTON: Senior inter club Semi final, SBA Hall 7 p.m.
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    £80 .M FOR EUROPE'S DEFENCE
    334 8 £80 .M FOR EUROPE'S DEFENCE Top priority to jets PARIS. Friday. f rilE NATO Ministerial Council, m a communique rduv, said that agreement was reached on financing a further part of the military construction programme for airfields communications and jet fuel supplies to the amount of approximately *™,wvU,wWO. The announcement
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    SILENTMAN WINS SEAT
    97 8 SILENTMAN WINS SEAT \PETOWX Fri. BRIAN HINTING. MP was yesterda> acquitted In the magistrate's court here of a charge that he had contravened a notice r v»»d on him by the M ni»ter of Justice by becoming a Member of Par liament. The notice was served under the Suppres- n
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    Debating team coming here
    59 8 LONDON. Fri rpHREE BRITISH univt graduates are to leave on a debating tour of unive: ca in India. Pakistan, and Singapore early In year, the British Council said yesterday. They will be m Sinu.tpore from March 5 to 15. The I will cor.sLst of Derek Torr.
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    Women's charter
    41 8 W omen's charter Women will have the right to vote, to hold public office and to exercise all public functions on equal terms with men under the terms of a convention approved terday by the United Nations Social Committee. Reuter Reuter
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    MAJESTIC UNITY, SAYS CHURCHILL
    97 8 LONDON, I ri. MR. Churchill reftrred m the House of Commons yesterday to the •'majestic unity of agreement" with which the Queen's new style and titles had been acclaimed m the Commonwealth. flexible new form of the Royal titles taking into account the different religious and
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    Spellman flies to Korea
    27 8 Francis Cardinal Spellman. Roman Catholic Prelate of New York, left by air yesterday to spend Christmas Day with American troops m Korea Reuter
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    CONTINUE U.S. AID BUT CUT ADMINISTRATORS
    238 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE United States Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Charles Sawyer, says the United States has "too many people and too many agencies doing too many things" m Western Europe, at the cost of waste and confusion. This was the meat of a report
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    Bank officials sentenced
    41 8 Seven of the eight leading officials of Austria's nationalised Kreditanstalt Bank, charged with illegal currency deals, were sentenced yesterday to terms of imprisonment ranging from three to six months. Fines ranged from 10.000 to 300 000 schillings. Reuter
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    Owners of Rose Mary did not approve cargo
    342 8 Owners of Rose Mary did not approve cargo ADEN, Friday. COUNSEL for the owners of the 632-ton Italian oil tanker. Rose Mary whose cargo is being claimed by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company said m the Supreme Court here yesterday that they cancelled a charter agreement so as not to be
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    GOOD VERSE BAD DRAMA
    271 8 The Cocktail Party T5. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party", the first signifi- cant venture Into modern poetic drama, is more suc< ful as poetry than as drama Ihristopher Fry has since contrived a more compatible marriage of the arts. If. therefore, the Arts Theatre production at the
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    Captain, sailors fight it out
    212 8 SAN PEDRO, California, Fri. A MILITARY cargo ship bound for the Orient returned to port early yesterday when a gun, knife and fist fight broke out among three husky crewmen trying to prove who was the toughest The ship, the Sea Ranger, turned back from
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    Heavy snow, gales in U.K. and Europe
    385 8 Heavy snow, gales in U.K. and Europe LONDON. Friday. TJEAVY SNOWS m the wake of battering sales "covered most of Central and Northern Europe yesterday with a white blanket but moderating winds allowed two big trans-Atlantic liners to get underway for New York hours late. Snow was reported from Italy,
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    Blackout schedule
    131 8 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: I WaU I t/a».»n Krlnc (i: Irafalsjar *i \n*o n kd. >\IV liont Buhru >a t anuh m People. Park N.inM>u Kd Lain >«»on Oil i.u.n Hin IK network an lory. Ki\«-x Valley Kd KtUinrv Kd Orchard Kd N\\ll l>i-vun»hirr Kd
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    EUROPE NEEDS GERMANY
    42 8 The French Fop ter. Mr. Robert Schuman. said m a speech at a luncheon meeting of the An, can Club m Paout a united E no security m the world and without Germany no Europe man who mi U.P.
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    VISHINSKY ATTACKED AT CONGRESS
    9 8 VISHINSKY ATTACKED AT CONGRESS A BRITISH n. Ha Reuter
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    JAP IN MANILA
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      9 1 Free Press Christmas Suppliment Friday, Dec. 19, 195 Z.
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      If the housewife went on strike
      337 1  - If the housewife went on strike Janet Grey says 1 >!p. iify Ihe heroine dinary von- •d. if I ovpn r I woi ip hey .m I a SPARE A THOUGHT FOR MOTHER. DONT LET HER GET TO THE STAGE WHERE SHE FEELS LIKE GIVING THE WHOLE THING UP kind
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      THE ART OF CHOOSING THE RIGHT GIFT
      604 1  - THE ART OF CHOOSING THE RIGHT GIFT Anne Read by JJAVE you ever noticed how me people appear to have knack of buying exactly the type of tfift you wish to receive while others do just the reverse? Now that the Christmas season is with us again choosing presents is
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      121 1 Gifts for Mama Papa by J 2 What Sap I Lou v by Mary Jru :ti 9 It's a Big B 9 Wh 9 Old Dear by Janu 9 Hoi and brate by Man Go to To Gough 4 Christ vi 4 Betty Gral>,, H Ranh
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      GIFTS FOR MAMA AND PAPA
      822 2  - GIFTS FOR MAMA AND PAPA OOSSIHLY the presents which tnke up most thought, time and trouble are those bought by youngsters for their Papas and Manias. My own two are taken out a few days before Christmas with money they have either saved or been given, and a morning is
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      15 2 photo. 'i big and small, are fa? toy train display m an American store USIS
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      What do your stars say for 1953?
      607 2 Forecasts lor people born under sians other than m the Free Press Christmas Supplement Of Dec. 16. CAPRICORN. (Saturn). Deiber 23rd to January 20th. IKELY to be an uneven kj year, showing business/ social advancements counterbalanced by financial or family losses. Avoid extremes;
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        109 2 Merry Christmas! MACLAINE WATSON Singapore Kuala Lumpur F F=-. Oil. niinniuniiii.'iHi, BOOK NOW FOR XMAS N£* YfAR'S £V£ FESTIVITIES AT RAFFLES XMAS EVE special > Crackers Cam Dec. 24th FLOOR SHOW ing 1C Dm XMAS NIGHT —special x^ Crat I Dec. 25th FLOOR Danr Dm BOXING NIGHT ca Dec. 26th
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      THREE MEN AND A STAR
      1345 3 THREE MEN AND A STAR A thing and i him friends Meha, disIhe won (I imiv md liarith of .^iey would house and :o the night. mes Asti them to me where he eood stock of bought -rhbou: th the ince had e who md could more proing and world,
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      Birthday cake for a Prince
      56 3 photo. Avvropriate for a descendant of sea kings is this fourth birthday cake for Prince Charles. Th e cake, made by a London confectioner, Ut surmounted oy a galleon m full sail. Birthday unshes are m the sails while toy figures man the ship, which
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      Christmas is where you find it
      1352 4  -  BILL NA UGHTON "Home for Christmas." That was the intention. But then it began to snow and the lorry skidded into a ditch. And Joe and I learnt that A story by "J MUST gel home For Christmas!" 1 shouted to my mate Joe.
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      THE MISTLETOE BOUGH
      1046 5 THE MISTLETOE BOUGH BEE WICKERSON retells some famous Christmas legends fill-] young girl m her rose coloured gown made a charming picture caught, ;is she was, m a fugitive ray of sunlight and framed within the lintels of a huge oak door. Her bright eyes sparkled with a Joyous, yet
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      The lighter side
      319 5 "Tommy." aske^ the Sunday school teacher, "can you teli me the two things necessary to baptism?" "Yes," came the rep.y, "water an' a baby." AN OLD LADY stood on the footpath, evidently to cross the road. At the moment it happened to be clear of traffic. "It
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      Spacemen rediscover Christmas
      818 6  - Spacemen rediscover Christmas NORMAN MOSS A peep into the year 2152 by o\< E j-^in it \v;is Christmas Eve on irth ;md Ihe spacewere lied on hai moorings day after !)av. slipped Qd m Aims;" usting adiring off so.. It t a load harnessed jnd .v— but of the But
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      PLAYING THE VERY DEVIL
      1398 7  -  GRETA BRIGGS The story of a Christmas play by TALKING of pan tomime", the old chap sitting m the shadowy corner said dreamly, though his alerl grey eve was fixed unwaveringly on me. The bar of the Red Lion was snusj and warm this snowy Christmas
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      Spacemen find Christmas again
      328 7 (Continued from Paae 6.) 'The spirit. And tell me", said the all-knowing creature "will the outward forms make for the Christmas spirit?" "Well, they help. We haven't much else to work on There's nobody around who celebrated a Christmas", I explained "Just some relics and the
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      The Proud Cracker
      1095 8  - The Proud Cracker AUNTIE KATHLEEN A story for children by WK usually begin thinking about Christinas m November, or perhaps even a little before that, but some people have to consider it all the year round. And if you ha<3 visited a certain factory last month, you would have found
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      573 9 been special v m must b i toilet. led on frock to attend mattve i wash >ld; t are id circulathe blood c to hands party l ers for wash night masith r or m leave this pat on a your I larly. ttengoing to
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      OLD CUSTOMS REMAIN DEAR
      479 9  -  Janice Poster by "MAKE us a ginger bread man, Mummy, like you did Fast year" said Elizabeth, "I would much rather have it than a Christmas Cake." And so I found my little cutter shaped like a man and began to make the cakes. As I
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      279 9 It's a big business in Scotland PRODUCTION of Christ- jnas cards m Britain is j now established as an important industry which gives employment to great number of people and, m Scotland alone, some thousands are directly or indirectly engaged m this occupation. The development o/ Christinas cards, as we
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      275 9  -  KLUANGER by I'LL TELL YOU of a Christmas m MalayaLong, long ago, m Fourteen Eighty-Four. Before Yd ever heard of Hari Raya, Or the bond that links J.B. with Singapore. A thing occurred, which really was unnerving, And frankly put me right into the
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      JOURNEY FOR THREE
      1935 10  - JOURNEY FOR THREE Anne Barrett by THREE TOYS. A BLACK BOY. A MONKEY AND A 1 THEY HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED IN THE HEART BY NEW PLAYTHINGS. SO THEY GO OUT INTO THE OF SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE THEM GOMEOXE switched off the light and open eel the window; moonlight spilled
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        275 10 Cire musical presents this year }oi# ir#7/ /#/iJ something at Mou tries within your g price range /rom Gramophone Records or Gift Vouchers at a few dollars to a piano or radiogram. j& //^;v a;v jo/we suggestions: Jff f> Gramophone Records Sfc A wide selection to suit all tastes, including
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      How the U.S. President and his family celebrate
      830 11  -  MARY WILLARD by TIIK FIRST family 1 of the United States spends the Christmas holidays with relatives and old friends, whether Ihev are m the White House m Washington or m their own home m Independence, Missouri. The Trumans hold the traditional
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      3043 12 Santa AND THE MAGICIAN BREAK UP THE PARTY" BELLOWED THE WIGGLE WAGGLES. "GRAB THE FOOD BURST OPEN THE SHOPS STEAL THE CHRISTMAS TOYS TIE SANTA IN KNOTS!" THE WIGGLE WAGGLES HAD SURROUNDED SANTA'S YARD WHERE ALL THE STORY BOOK GUESTS HAD BEEN HAVING SUCH A LOVELY PARTY. OH DEAR. WHAT
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        132 12 Rtf Mtf 0& j£3 %a £f«& 0T« &sk Good King Wenceslas looked out. Asked what cheering was about, 4 It's Christmas |oy replied the Queen, Somebody's serving Ovaltine!" fflßfo i\", ALL dood KAJ^, Wishes IfTyJ Christmas A WANDER LTD., !!■;«■»«■*»■< t»gii«i), sincapori-i. tm 'pm w« w« aIIRoADS LEADto I SINGAPORE'S
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        90 13 7 SSI V Do You?' Shopping at THE ARCADE NEWS CO. 8 THE ARCADE. SINGAPORE I Phone ***** B For All Yoi.r Ret during the XMAS and NEW YEAR Festivities Come and inspect our r of DIARIES. CHILDREN S BOOKS ANNUALS XMAS CARDS OF ALL VARIETIES AND XMAS DECORATIONS ETC
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      Go to town on your sweet course
      729 14  -  MARIE GOUGH advises IROI \l> Christmas time thcr 1 1 stive t<» be done than just the par<>i t hristmas i tning me of Liny or~ or just a ipper an ***** the menu. DOibut for RT CREAM PIE. i nne. und and
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      39 14 Tea party? They can keep it photo. No fancy recipes for me, mumbles Joey, the chimpar 'h e Dublin Zoo. His taste artu refreshment runs to something more exciting to judge by this picture of b u himself. Reuter
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        86 14 Christmas Crossvarrf 6 Bi™**"*" \fO W7f I ft> 111 (8 CLUES ACROSS: 3. Cake. 6. Stars do th 7. This is sung 9. He did this m a 11. Expression of a 12. King. 14. Yes. 16. Short for madam 18. St 20. CLUES DOW 1. Famous un ni'll get
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      930 15  -  Maurice E. Taggart by i I saj that I liked Geoi I don't think lib < him. iess of motor in- ol i many >f pounds I the vine .die tter the :ie busiI thought of Te d would be a class opening for the boy
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        143 15 Do Your Shopping at THE BRITISH AMERICAN NEWS CO. 18. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE, 1. Phone ***** for All Your Requirements during the X'MAS and NEW YEAR Festivities ac and inspect our range of DIARIES. CHILDREN S BOOKS ANNUALS XMAS CARDS OF ALL VARIETIES AND XMAS DECORATIONS ETC t SELECT YOUR
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      1751 16  - GREEN TEA JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU A tale of terror by JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU was born m Dublin, Ireland, of an old Huguenot family. He was the great grand-nephew of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the renowned author of "The Rivals" and The School for Scandal." He entered Trinity College, Dublin,
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        202 16 ■Xim Ijl I t^ Christmas fot children of aH ages Hund- t M of toys and useful gifts at competitive prices. M j*"** tc f c «"«ated ruboc ba€ > Xylophone. Rastic van < Pastry set. Musical plunec < Metal cash register. Baby gra'd J,,,^- Wire nail puzzle. Friction aeroplane
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        120 17 SPECIALLY IMPORTED FOR THE Christmas SEASON SMEDLEY'S QUICK FROZEN GARDEM PSAS RASPE ;S C 3 "KRISTAL" BHAND QUICK FROZEN BKUSSEL i BROA^ BCANS KASPSERR'ES STRAWE- ,£S SLICED Pk'ACH£S FRESH FROM THE GARDEN TO YOUR CHRISTMAS TABU W1" A HIIIIIMIIIIIITHf! JJMHUWUL fe^\" I J /m W P W Jj ff A]*
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      1152 19 NOBODY likes Christmas m Ihe country better than Betty Grable, and each year it's the custom of this star and her husband, bandleader H a r r v J a m c s, to spend Christinas at their ranch near the little town
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