Sunday Standard, 30 December 1956

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  • 25 1 SU N D AY STANDARD n m -M. tt m s. I Vol. VII. No. 180 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1956 20 PAGES 20 CENTS
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  • 263 1 Hidden Factors r, hi revolt is not merely a demon oration against the misgovernment of (he Republican authorities at Jakarta There are other factors seething beneath the ;l ,rfa<p. If Sumatra should secede front I and become an independent state it would suit the economic interests not only Mimatrans
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  • 90 1 BUT AS No. 29,050 29, (Renter) tier is officially was entered <rr m er of dm<{ people entry rJ the year sterday afternoon, it i lodi 7. ler is kept m ;r General Reqis--4r-r West Ger- d Berlin. entry rend: "T//C
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  • 23 1 IHE Chief-nt-staff of the Navy has ant > r .hipping move- mrnis to Sumatra, including those from Singapore, have boon resumed.
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  • 238 1 ...For S'pore A $20 Mil. Barter Trade Loss THE Sumatran rebellion has paralyzed Singapore's barter trade with Indonesia. And Colony traders estimate the loss m trade to be m the region of $20,000,000 a month. Mr. Lav Yew Hod, secretary of the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, which
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  • 90 1 JAKARTA. Dec. 29 'AP) News of an uprising m Celebes' Island was received here today. Celebes is at the opposite end of the Indonesian island republic from Sumatra where rebellious army factions already are defying Jakarta's rule. There was no indication the rebels had attempted
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  • 386 1  -  JAMES DAVID By Monopoly Is Their Prize, And It's A Scramble To Get In First SEVERAL FOREIGN COMBINES ARE USING THE SUMATRAN REBELLION TO WREST MONOPOLY OF THE COUNTRY'S RICH OIL RESOURCES, ACCORDING TO A REBEL LEADER WHO VISITED SINGAPORE LAST WEEK. The Sumatrans are
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  • 42 1 TOKYO, Dec. 21). (UP) More than 13,000 Japanese girls were "sold" for the white slave traffic by povertystricken parents this year police headquarters announced today. This was cited as a 30.9 per cent increase over last year.
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  • 199 1 MERDEKA m the New Year (hat's Mr. Lim Yew Hock's promise to Singapore, and here m this Standardpic the Colony's Chief Minister raises his hand to assure the crowd that the promise will be kept if they stand united. Mr Lim. who
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  • 205 1 A FEW hours after his arrival m Singapore yesterday, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, was at work— helping to bring the Malayan Airways strike to an end. Mr Lim met five delegates of the Malayan Airways Local Employees Union, headed by the president
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  • 61 1 IBAN RANGER WEDSANIBAN GIRL IN A COLONY CHURCH THE first Asian commissioned officer cf the Sarawak Rangers stationed at Port Dickson, Mr. Francis Bucking. was married m Singapore on Boxing Day to a Colony Ibanese, Miss Magdalene Kcdit. Mr. Bucking, who is also an Iban, is a second lieutenant m
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  • 90 1 SYDNEY, Doc. 29.— In a day of heat and strong winds, Sydney had an outburst of bushftres and industrial fires. With the noon temperature at 94 decrees and strong gusty winds blowing, scores of serious fires broke out m and around the metropolitan area. In
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  • 192 2 JAKARTA. Dec. 20 (AP) President Soekarno last night urged all soldiers and officers m North Sumatra to hand back the civilian administration to the proper authorities "m a wise, correct and rapid way." He ordered all soldiers to follow the instructions ot Lt
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  • 33 2 A TOTAL of 20.734,000 barrels of United States oil was moved to western Europe between Nov. 1 and Dec. 19. Secretary of the Interior. Fred Seaton, announced on Friday. A.P.
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  • 509 2 TUNKU WARNS: IF YOU WANT TO ALLAY MALAY FEARS... HE DELIVERS ANOTHER SHARP ATTACK ON MERGER PLANS From ANDREW ROTH LONDON, Sot.— "Keep away from Singapore and you will allay the fears of the Malays/ This was the brick which the Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul
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  • 215 2 DEFIANT NEWSMEN'S PASSPORTS REVOKED WASHINGTON. Dec 29 The State Department on Friday revoked the passports of three U.S. newsmen who entered Red China m defiance of the department's ban on travel to that country. A department announcement also said "their cases are bcin 2 called to the attention of the
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  • 68 2 Makarios To Leave On Jan. 1? MAHE. Seychelles Inlands. Dec. 29 (UP). Authorities here today would neither con. firm nor deny reports that exiled Greek-Cypriot Archbishop Makarios would be leaving the inland on Jan 1. They were commenting on reports circulating abroad that the archbishop, exiled by the British to
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  • 273 2 CAIRO PAPER'S DISCLOSURE CAIRO, Dec. 29 (UP-Reuter) The Egyptian Government newspaper, Al Goum Houria, said today British Lt. Anthony Moorhouse, who was kidnapped by Egyptian guerillas at Port Said, died of asphyxia inside a metal wardrobe^ where his captors had hidden him. It added the
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  • 76 2 UN Forces Move Into Sinai CAIRO, Dec. 29 United Nations emergency force troops of four nationalities have moved into the Sinai peninsula from the Port Said area following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the UNEF Command announced yesterday. Meanwhile. LieutenantColonel Abdul Hatem. Egypt's Director of Information, said tonight agreement had
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  • 13 2 UNITED Nations divers started canal clearing operations at Port Suez yesterday.
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  • 46 2 NEW DELHT. Dec 29, (AP) —Indian official* announced today that Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-rai will cut short his return visit to India No reason was given for the sudden change of plans, which involves postponement of a scheduled trip to Nepal
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  • 67 2 AUCKLAND. Dec. 29 (UP) —A series of earth quakes today shook New Zealand's east coast, sending thousands scurrying from their homes. No casualties were reported At Gisborne, with a population of 20,000. chimneys crashed by the dozens and window* were shattered over a wide area. Worst
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  • 192 2 WORLD SITUATION EASES -NEHRU NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (AP) Premier Jawaharlal Nenru of India who returned from the United States last night said the world situation loots a little better. He told reporters at the airport that "changes for the good have, of course happened, but these are minor changes
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  • 105 2 BAD LUCK DOGS HIM IN LONDON Loses Watch, Camera From ANDREW ROTH Standard's London Bureau Chief LONDON, Sat— The Federation Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, has really had a run of bad luck. After losing; his sold watch by theft on Christmas Eve, the next day he lost his cine-camera..
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  • 278 2 Britain, France Threaten To Walk Out Of UN Over Reparations Issue WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UP)— Britain and France may walk out of the United Nations m January if the Assembly passes an Egyptian resolution for a United Nations fact-finding commission to go to Egypt to assess the damage with a
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  • 92 2 No Fuel Ration For Tourists LONDON. Dec. 29 (AP) Visitors to Britain were given a green light on Friday for touring above and beyond the gasoline restrictions placed on British residents. The Ministry of Furl and Power said visiting tourists will be given enough gasoline to "meet their reasonable needs
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 234 3  - A FAMILY OF GRIEF. BUT MUM'S DEATHBED PROMISE WAS: 'KEEP SMILING' KEN JALLEH By THE children of one o f S^gapore's largest j; ur asian families will keep a promise they made to their dying mother to greet the Year without tears. You see, the Francis of 106 Norfolk Singapore,
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  • 73 3 Govt. Gives Lottery More Time SINGAPORE Government has granted the X-Ray Club an extended period for the sale of tickets for the Club's $100,000 limited sweepstake lottery. The new closing date is Feb. 28. while the draw will take place m public on Mar. 7. Only members may purchase tickets.
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  • 1039 3 But Only If There Is Complete Unity Among All A TRIUMPHANT, rednosed Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Tew Hock, promised to brins Merdeka as a New Year gift for Singapore ••provided there's complete unity." i D his return from rday m an Air rnational
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  • 27 3 THE Singapore Malay Union will hold a meeting next month to consider matters connected with the forthcoming Merdeka talks between Singapore and the British Government.
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  • 262 3 Radio Glances Back For New Year Programmes RADIO Malaya promises a long glance backwards hopeful look into the future m its special broader New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, a proMmne official told the Standard yesterday. the most important items will be two 1957 by the Commissioner-General of South-east
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  • Article, Illustration
    73 3 FIRST picture of the two gallant privates of the 6th Battalion, Malay Regiment, who on Boxing Day prevented the loss of modern arms to the Communist terrorists despite the death of eight col- leagues and severe injuries to themselves m the IVJanchis Road ambush. Private Ahmad, on left,
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  • 198 3 •TOWN Councils and other local Government bodies m the Federation have sent felicitations to Georgetown on the news of its elevation to City status on Jan. 1. But Sinijapore, Malaya's first R f >yal Charter City, will delay its greetings until the date m which the
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  • 238 3 MOTHER OF SIX FORCED 14-YR-OLD DAUGHTER INTO LIFE OF VICE SEREMBAN, Sat. Lee Wai Inn, 43-year-old widowed mother of six, broke down and wept m the Seremban Magistrate's Court today when she was sentenced to six months' jail for living on the immoral earnings of her pretty 14-year-old daughter. Lee,
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  • 110 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Lepers at the Tampoi Settlement, five miles from here, were treated to a bumper Christmas party this afternoon. In addition to lar^e helpings of food, each inmate of the Settlement was given gifts. Each man was presented with a face towel,
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  • 29 3 THE St. John's Ambulance Brigade m Singapore will hold its Annual Ball m Raffles Hotel, under the patronage of the Governor, Sir Robert Black, on Jan. 4.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 32 4 KTALA LUMPUR. Sat. Temporary officers m the Federation Government today demanded to be placed on the permanent establishment for all serving members above 45 eligible for federal citizenship.
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  • 80 4 DR. F. C. C. Benham, newlyappointed Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister, is due to arrive m Singapore tomorrow from the United Kingdom. Dr. Benham was Economic Adviser to the CommissionerGeneral for the United Kingdom m South-east Asia from 1947 to 1955. From 1942 to
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  • 19 4 SINGAPORE,' Sat. The price of tin on the local market today was $3855 per picul (Down $2£)
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  • 359 4 MR. and Mrs. Francis Lim Eng Siang after their marriage at the Church of St. Peter and Paul yesterday. The groom is the second son of Mr. Lim Yong Liang, of Singapore. The bride, the former Miss Mary Lee Chui Wan. is the third
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  • 333 4 MALAYANIZATION MAY HALT DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN FEDERATION KUALA LUMPUR, Sot.— Malaya's multi-million dollar development'programme may grind to a halt m 1957 the 'Merdeka year' if the Public Works Department is drained of its senior officers under the Malayanization plan, the Standard learnt today. Already 45 key engineers, architects and quantity
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  • 111 4 Malayan 's Success In Australia ADELAIDE. Australia. Dec. 29 A Malayan medical student and outstanding sportsman at Adelaide University has been awarded a prize for having come top m part of the annual examinations, and a prize for having been the best all-round student m his college. He is Mr.
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  • 133 4 PERTANG. Negri Sembilan. Sat.— Effigies of terrorists were carried today m an anti-Communist procession m this one-time notorious village m a rally organized by the area's Good Citizens Committee. The effigies were "shot and killed" by Home Guards at the end of the procession m which hundreds*
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  • 89 4 Bankmen Threaten Action Over Sacked Man SINGAPORE Bank r^ployees Union yesteßbJ threatened "dire conseg ences" if the Industrial Commercial Bank dtf within a few d' instate an employee Cj> missed yesterday. Mr. K. C. Thomas tary of the Union, calling for a genera U^ injf today to discuss missal said
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  • 76 4 YEAR'S JAIL FOR XMAS CARDS THEFT A Chinese who was caught stealing Christmas cards from a Singapore departmental store, was sentenced to a year's jail m a Singapore court yesterday. He was Lim Tian Hock* described m court as a "sick and jobless man", who was charged with the theft
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  • 37 4 A GARDENER Arumugam. 53, Assizes en a cW«J He is charged v J e 0 V |ushiapU; University as a i' m l c t u ft me University on we Oct. 26.
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  • 132 4 New Plans To Improve J.B. Town JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. —The Johore Bahru Town Council is to launch several new schemes next year for the improvement of the town's amenities, Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Shah, Alliance leader on the Council, s aid today. He was replying to criticism levelled at town
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  • 28 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Federation Government today banned the import and circulation of 29 Soviet and Chinese Communist publications, holding them to be undesirable.'
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 792 5  - ROCK you hep-cats! and razzle-dazzle you alligators! Richard See By exuberant youth seeking to kick over the j— traces of convention... ROCK 'N ROLL the name goes for both the music and the dance has hit the world like a ton of bricks. Wal^c down any street, and some place,
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  • 657 5  - Nellie joined 20 boys and cycled from Penang to K.L. and back R. VIJESURIER v\\\\\\wv\ By \\\Y\\\WV\ ONE day m October this year, the students m Forms II and 111 of Sing Kang Afternoon English School, Penang heard their geography teacher quoting Robertson of Brighton's famous statement, "Multifarious reading weakens
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  • 168 5 CAPTAIN M. Berk. Assistant Recruiting Oft'uer, will visit Muar and fiatu Pahat during Jan. B. and 11 to recruit men m all sections of the British Army as Malayan Other Ranks. Malays, Chinese, Eurasians and South Indians between 18 and 25 years of age. with
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  • 169 5 'THANK YOU, READERS, FOR BEING SO KIND TO US!' KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— Donors to the Standard's Christmas Cheer Fund today received warm thanks for their generosity from childreninmates of the Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement, who were visited by Standard's "Santa" last Saturday. The children of the Colony's Travers School, m
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  • 60 5 PENANG, Sat. Senior Aircraftsman, Christopher Flaharty, of the Royal Air Marine Craft Unit, pleaded not guilty m the Second Magistrate's Court here today to a charge <^f stealing a tricycle, worth $60, belonging to Lee Bong Tat, at Maxwell Road on Dec. 24. Flaherty, -22, was granted
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  • 41 5 PENANG. Sat— People who have been invited to the official opening of the Municipal Centenary Celebrations here on Jan. 1 are requested to be m their seats by 8.05 a.m. and not 8.15 a.m. as stated m the Invitation card.
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  • 236 5 The Westminster Choir Lets Its Hair Down! Standard Music Critic THE Westminster Choir. under its founder-conduc-tor John Finley Williamson, chose a varied and thoroughly enjoyable programme lor its final performance m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. And they let their hair down. The smiling faces, rral iaughter (m Handel's
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 583 5 i' <&'• Nobody's twisting your arm! 1-^1 We ore the lost people m tht world to insist BBsT^fl that yotf come to India. After oil, what is t h ere to sec? Yes, Everest is pretty high, but > V t h C n you are no Tensing. And what
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  • 1419 6 Terry Pilla y's SHOPPING GUIDE CARE of the HAIR ITnTrliisSßHß vMm JUST after Christmastide, Is no time to recommend any of you to buy anything very glamorous. Or even to talk about gift-buying. You are m all probability feeling sore about gifts, because somebody has turned uD'with a great big
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  • 583 6 SCHOOLGIRLS BECOME COUNTER ATTRACTIONS /")FF come the tattered satchels, out topple stuffy geometry and history textbooks into the nearest dustbin. This year's fifteen-year-old school-leavers are saying goodbye to the classroom to look for their first jobs. They are the luckiest of the century because they have a bigger chance of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 270 6 I EXTRA iIM JL.IM tiito I M^t Jj WATERBURY S COMPOUND X*€ p fit supplement your diet Vj^i dafly^tHth Watarimry'a Con*. SkMv pound I It's on invigorating \^Sfc£s\tonic that's pleasant tasting... a prortd help m building Extra Cn-rgy. |jffl Vr aterbury's Compound gives 70U vital nourishing elements BT^u that help
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    • 338 6 i^C iff i^A v *V^^B Bored with the same old meals PUT BOVRIL'S BEEF IN YOUR COOKING Stir t teaspoonful at Bovril into your ioup* »nA andmakan. It adds a rich beery flavour that mak exciting. And it stimulates your appetite and digest^? 01 When there'! Bovril m the cooking,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 41 6 _I I 1 V ]l bY *^»^mJ "i ..I L__ '^Bft "f shouldn't imagine the moths trill get at if, Madam. It'd hardly ba worth their while!" 4< l should like to thank yod for a wonderful evenine— but I can't!"
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  • MOVIE-GO-ROUND
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      710 7 DIGEST FROM STUDIO MAILS JJOLLYWOOD mementoes will be featured m several new pictures that will come this way, and the one worth waiting for is the set which will be seen for the first time on the screen when THE WINGS OF EAGLES is shown here. It belongs
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    • 690 7 PAGING OUR CITY FA THERS A VERY sore point just now is the way some local promoters treat famous personalities of the entertainment world when they visit our country. Once we had Johnnie Ray—he nearly walked out of the hall m indignation. Then the other day we had Benny
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    • Article, Illustration
      38 7 (H) Identity of three of the actresses: IIFRE wo have picture* of the stars who are featured at Cathaj and od«'on. Can you toll u<«? (A) Cast names of any three actors m this film:
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    1079 8  - The Z Letter Evelyn Hocquard By ZIS the 26th letter of the Alphabet and it stands m symbolism for the Planet Saturn. The single value is 2 6 8. The letter Z has the physical appearance of forked lightning. This describes the strong vibrations of the letter. It endows you
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  • 730 9  - BURIED TREASURE for SALE I 7 0?™ feet below *™n* m the centre at London w a shopping centre with a dazzling array cooda that attracts customers from all •rer the world. Here, protected by iron jji Jnlles, a 14-ton door and a small army of roving, uniformed guards, is
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  • 51 9 Hair styles for 1957, previewed recentiy at the New York salon of Peter Leonardi, hair stylist to Marilyn Monroe. Bottom to top: Jantice wears her hair m the "flying saucer" style, Sharli Wright's is called "Elvis Dip/ Eva Lynd's "mad monk bangs" and Mary Hartman's "jet
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  • 802 9  - IN MEMORY of Mr. CHASEN Agnes Brackman says NEW YORK OLD SINGAPOREANS will rem«nhfr Freddy Chasen. He was director of the Raffles Museum m the prewar era. Early during the Japanese invasion of Malaya back m 1942 Mr. Chasen disappeared at sea. Nary a trace of him has ever been
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 638 10 CO we come to 1957. It is going to be a critical twelvemonth and will put considerable strains on relationship throughout the world. Yet this is not without an element of hope, for some of the dominant signs speak of a greater effort at putting solid justice into
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 293 10 Birthdays SUNDAY.— If tackled energetically the year gives fine results. You have considerable settlement m work conditions. Something of the same kind is likely m private associations. Keep off changes which are not quite estentJnl and push projects forward for early results and tome big gains. MONDAY.— Though some doubt
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    • 269 10 sweet is m doubt. You seem disposed to make contacts that engender friction. But it is unquestionably a year fMed with promise of large achievement. THURSDAY.— You have a period of great unsettlemeni, then signs occur of an allround stabilization. This gives yon the chance you want for gains and
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    • 360 10 blenis arising from family questions. If you can treat the situation calmly and with tolerance, no harm need be done. You should avoid reactions on your work. JULY tl-AUGUCT 21 (Leo). —You ought to be getting out of the doldrums m most things now. There is a more progressive tendency
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    • 172 10 II vities. If you fail to apply this you will have reactions m domestic life and some risks to your position. Take the week calmly and upon routine lines. The numerous side-tracking ideas which occur can be pushed aside. Only that way could you expect to keep decent progress going.
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    • 126 10 Children Born This Week SUNDAY.— Staid and rather quaint m their ideas. They have a great fund of kindlines but prefer a quiet life. Interests probably include either agriculture or some outdoor iob. May be difficult, but make solid people. MONDAY.— Deep m sentlmon's and inclined to a philosophical outlook.
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    • 80 10 .iudurr."' There 5 sional cr,rr--- and very much THURSDAY.-Thej wl b* fortunate r aim ditions and to get wl l h throughout life. 1 r men's show a much social cr I I FRIDAY. r -beneath c.plined m be popu'Mtense r is no end to I and they may se'ec:
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    • 1107 11  -  PETER KENNERLEY Survivor 9 Eife—vitnessJVviun* o/ that fabulous O-Ship By QNE man is today able to tell the true story of the death of the Royal Navy's most fantastic ship, H.M.S. Fidelity. He SAW her torpedoed by a German submarine. That moment, as the Pic-, tonal
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    • 289 11 SICHTL V MAD iTTT ■j #O when George Moore, the Irish ££££$rr—--—h- j^ writer, was travelling: by train ~^y through a beautiful stretch of country 2 ~^fe*^^ I II he remarked to Ins companion, Dr. St. jjl 90 yy^" John Ciogarty: "I'd ten pounds*? Aj y/rtfl^y^'^LJc^^fcw 1 1 for a
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  • 311 12 Sayings Of The Week The test of friendship is to keep it when we do not agree— Mr. Nehru. I do not believe that nations anywhere any more can afford follies. Crimes, yes; but not follies. —Mr. William Faulkner Since I left the company it has been completely out of
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  • 1336 12  - MURDERER SURVIVED WHEN 40,000 PERISHED George J. Williamson By "FULL-SPEED ASTERNJ" L Captain Herb Askew's voice screamed down the voice-pipe. In my years at sea as his first officer, I had never before heard such terror m his voice. He was taut with fear. Our rusty old freighter groaned and
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  • 398 12  - Lancashire's Fight For African Market F AST year Nigeria importA ed 34 million yards of bait, the cheap unbleached grey cloth xchich is m great demand all over Africa. India's share of this vwrket was 31 million yards; Lancashire contributed less than one million yards. Now. an enterprising Lancashire firm,
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  • 319 12 A BOMBAY physician and teacher of clinical medicine has said Chloromycetin is a "very important and valuable drug, having a wide range of activities." Lt Col. N. S. Variava, M.D, of the G. T. Hospital, Grant Medical College and Parsee General Hospital, reported (Indian Medical Journal, 295, Sept.,
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  • 396 13 YOUTHFUL Singapore architect and painter, Mr. Ho Kok Hoe, further enhanced his versatility recently by winning official recognition m yet another field of art photography. He has been made an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Eldest son of the late Colony
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  • 478 13  -  WALTER THEIMER By Electricity Aids Research On Insect Language HAMBURG I"* Search work of ProJ««or von Frisch (Uni0/ AJ,nich> on the .-•^flf'/aoe of the bees °n the world over. I 1 1 are try.ng to work detaiU of this insect 0/ communication "f interest not cnomologist.
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  • 632 13  -  GEORGE MELL By MARRIAGE for money Is usually preceded either by a legal settlement or a dashing courtship designed to sweep the lady off her feet before she has time to reflect especially if she is a year older than the prospective bridegroom's mother. But when
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  • 410 18  -  KEN TOFT OLYMPIC HOCKEY SILVER MEDALLISTS ARRIVE IN STORE SAY THEY'IiE By SAME SIDE VERSUS INDIA WILL MEET COLONY TODAY DISAPPOINTED BUT PROUD. These two words sum up the feelings of the Pakistan's Olympic hockey team on their defeat to India m the Olympic final. The Pakistanis
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  • 18 18 CHAP •pon i South ir the first time the Tamils Meet on tne J!tt j^-ound today at
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  • 286 18 S.A.s 72 Is Lowest Since 1899 JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 29 (Renter) England, dismissing South Africa for 72 m the second innings this morning, won the first Test match by 131 rims. Only about 2,000 people were present to see South Africa resume this morning at 40 for
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  • 38 18 NEW YOR X, Dec. 29 (UP)- Sugar Kay Robinson, 35, but still explosive, will defend his middleweight crown against young Gene Fullmer at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night m the first title fight of 1957.
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  • 53 18 TWO final events for Men at the Tamils' Festival Sports Meet were held on the St. Joseph Institution School ground yesterday. Results were: One Mile: 1. M. P. Lin gam 2. K. S. Nathan. 3. M. Ponnusamy. Three Miles: 1. M. P. Lingam. 2. C. Sivanesan.
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  • 396 18 Saturday's U.K. Soccer Results LONDON Dec. 29. (Reul LEAGUE 1 Birmingham C 2. Bun. lev 0 Blackpool o. Aston Villa 0 rdiff C 2. Preston North E n irlton Ath 3, Sunderland 2 Chelsea 1 Leeds United 1 Bverton 3. W'hampton W 1 Manchester C 3. Luton Town 2 Newcastle
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  • 946 18 Changi Sports Review by Graham Turner! ENGLISHMEN will soon have to yield to the fact that hockey is no longer a girl's game. The sports critics, m their restless search for items of stunning interest, have produced all sorts of reasons for the
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  • 636 18 TENGAII narrowly defeated Seletar hy eirfrt points (one goal and one penalty goal) to five cue goal) m the semi-final of the Sanderson Cup at Seletar yesterday. They thus qualify to meet Chanqi m tin final. The gamo was a Oup-tic of the traditional type. Both
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  • 81 18 KRAMER SIGNS UP ROSEWALL SYDNEY, Doc. 20, (IP) lack Kramer announced today he sijrned Ken II osew a 1 1. Australian Davis Cup tennis star, to a professional contract calling for U5535,000 a year for 1057. In addition the 2?-year-old player, who teamed with Lew Hoad to turn back America's
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  • 102 18 TPCA Host To NS Youth KUALA LUMPUR, Sat Tamilian Physical Culture Association will be hosts to Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Youth Forum for their annual sport meeting to be held at the Victoria Institution ground here tomorrow. The following Is the schedule of events: 9.15 badminton (men and women) 10.30 to
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  • 223 18 FUSILIERS LOSE TO THE CLUB SINGAPORE Cricket Club scored a convincing victory when they beat the Royal Welsh fusiliers by 13 points (two goals and a try) to nil m a niffby match on the Padang yesterday. The game was hardly eight minutes old when the Club wore awarded a
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  • 2474 19  -  WINDSOR LAD By Big Sweep 4 C Tickets TOTAL POOL:— $163,250. Ist— *****5 (548.!>75) 2nd.— *****7 ($19,596) 3rd— *****9 9,795) STARTERS: (51,749 each) Nos *****0, *****4, *****9, *****6, *****1, *****3, *****2. CONSOLATIONS ($734 «*ajrh). Nos— *****3, *****4, *****1 *****5, *****2, *****8. 1t1248' 24*327, *****9,
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  • 199 19 NTi, Dec. 29, (Reutcr). Stanley Matthews, England's foremost soccer may don Hongkong colours and play with local Chinese against a Westnn soccer team expected here next May. I meeting of Football Asso•port Sub-Commit-nnnounced that had exto visit this to play In n mataches t
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  • 62 19 I.A. OPEN TENNIS G, Sat The Inti here will be tennia toumaall Indians, C'cyloncse, re- inns and Pro- during Ihe 5 ear holidays, he two events, and open Jhe matches will bo T on the I. A. courts ide courts as the tournament fro for ttw per event per tnci
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  • 17 19 SPORE 5 -0 I^fORE Sikhs beat '■jnterpatis by H at Kuala Lumay. y led I—o at naif
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  • 101 19 S'GOR SIKHS TOO GOOD KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Selangor Sikhs trounced Johore counterparts 11-1 m the opening match of the All Malayan Sikh inter state hockey competition on the Kampong Attap ground. The young Johore side were no match for the experienced Selangor team which included Gian Singh, Olympic player at
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  • 90 19 ADELAIDE, Dec. 29 (Reuter) A profit of more than ;TA40,000 is exported from the Davis Cup challenge round held m Adelaide this week. It will be divided equally between Australia and America as the challenger. 'The chairman of the Davis Cup Organising Committee, Mr. J S. Anfius,
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  • 165 19 Sir Donald Thrills Youngsters MF.LBOI'RNE. Dec. 29 (Rtutcr) Youthful cricket fans h;»/i a glimpse of departed glonrs at St. Kilda cricket ground today when Sir Donald Bradman batted again clad not m cricketing flannels but m a wellcut grey suit and a green felt hat. He took the bat when
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  • 119 20 Members of the softball team fielded by the American Consulate General m Singapore, which won the pennant m Singapore's first postwar softball league season. In the last game of the season, the Consulate Braves triumphed over the runners-up Lietzen's Bombers, ft 1. to take> the flag. Seen
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  • 489 20 Braves 9 Rally Was Season 's Highlight THE WELL-ORGANIZED 1956 SOFTBALL league was a biff success. Highlight of the season's league was the way m which the American Consulate Braves, managed by Jim Elliot, staged a fighting recovery after two straight setbacks to take the
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  • 79 20 Kiwis Beat HMAS Quickmatch 14 Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. managed to hold down a strong second half rally by H.M.A.S. "Quirkmatch" to win by 18 points (5 tries and a penalty) to 14 points (a goal and three tries) m their rugby friendly at Tengah yesterday. The Kiwis who led 12-0 at
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  • 326 20  - Need For More Hockey Umpires YAZIR MAKKAR By THl'<Rk ii a ?erj terioM shortage of qualified hockey umpires m Singapore, the Secretary of the S.H.A. Umpires Board. Major A. T. 11. Hatchard. told the Standard m an exclusive interview yesterday. Major Hatchard outlininc the now policy, said: "It la tlie
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  • 53 20 Mixed Foursomes RESULTS of the Royal Singapore Golf Club December 9 holes mixed foursomes (bogey). Mr. Mrs. J.D. Ferguson 3 down (Winners on first six holes). D.M Black Miss S.G. Prowd 3 down. Colonel Mrs. R.H. Keenlyside 4 down. W. Hannay Mrs. R.J Warren 5 down R.J. Warren Miss M.
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  • 29 20 FOLLOWING is today's Tamils Festival sports programme: Sports Heats for Boys at Rangoon Road School ground at 8 a.m. Chadu-Kudu Heats at Farrer Park Stadium at 9 am
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  • 208 20  -  BILL PATERSON By PENANG. Sat. The Penang rugby football season is approaching its end But from the type of rugby served up during the past few months, it is difficult for me not to pose this question: 'Is the sport of rugby football heading for rugby
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  • 390 20 Tan Howe Liang, Lifter Who Refused To Quit, Takes Title "BEST EFFORT I EVER SAW" so said unhappy but admiring Chua Tian Teck, coach of the Singapore Olympic weightlifting team at the Exhibition Building m Melbourne one night. He was commenting on the magnificent effort of
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  • 259 20 "WE DID our best for North Borneo," the Honourable Mr. Khoo Siak Chiew, Borneo's Chef de Mission, to the XVI Olympiad at Melbourne told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Khno expressed his opinion that he was somewhat iii>appointcd when Gabuh. Borneo's top hop
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  • 403 20 dressing room, when the wciKhtlifting eonte>t was over, after many gruelling hours, it was impossible not to feel genuinely sorry for plucky Howe Liang as he sat slumped on a bench, a paper cup of orange juice m one hand, staring m awful silence at the
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