The Singapore Free Press, 6 January 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya. .\o. *****. Singapore. Wed., Jan ft. 1954. Prire 15 ts
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    JAP AIRLINES FOR S'PORE
    195 1 Discussions on facilities Free Press Correspondent SYDNEY, Wednesday. JAPANESE passenger planes may soon be flying to Singapore. The Potsdam Declaration forbade Japan any aviation activity, but she is already well on the way to becoming "principal operator of commercial airlines in the Far East" CHEAPER FARES?
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    Invasion will take war to China, says Ike
    236 1 1)R1 -:r>ENT Eisenhower ad- Congressional leaders •<•-> that the United ild retaliate directly R. d China if the Chithe Korean war or :o-China. wer spelled out ica Far Eastern strategy at a White House with Republican and •ongressional leadei ting was called
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    Book on Hitler for Adenauer
    74 1 4 BOOK on Adolf Hitler was amono; car loads of gifts presented to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on his 78th. birthday yesterday. The book, by British author, Allan Bullock, was given by one of his staff but Dr. Adenauer ■^id "but why read about
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    DUCHESS NOW NO. 10
    92 1 THE Duchess of Windsor learned, of her fall from first to 10th place in the roster or best-dressed women as elected by the New York Dress Institute. To the reporters who conveyed the information to her when she arrived in New York from Europe aboard the
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    Rubber Price
    29 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on a quiet tone with January fir.st grade shipment at 56*/2 cent^, a lb.. 8 cent below yesterday's closing price.
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    Govt. men discuss rent rise
    123 1 Govt. men discuss rent rise Free Press Staff Reporter REPRESENTATIVES of Singapore Asian Government officers' associations are to discuss theproposal to make them pay an economic rent for their quarters and to cease providing houses in future. Some associations wer e surprised at Governments sudden change of ;)oley. It had
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    Sterling not after U.S. grant
    191 1 Sterling not after U.S. grant THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Gordon Menzies, said in Cnaberra yesterday that the coming Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference was not designed to transfer sterling problems to American .shoulders. However, he added, the difficulties of dollar trade both ways were also America's problem. A uresit
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    Tin king stops daughter's runaway wedding
    357 1 Tin king stops daughter's runaway wedding DON Anienoa l\itiin>. Bolivian tin mine millionaire, yesterday succeeded in delaying the wedding plans of the runaway daughter he is chasing in Scotland. The Scottish Court of Session granted him a temporary injunction against the issue of a marriage certificate today to the girl
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    BOYS ON MURDER BID CHARGE
    46 1 A 15-year-old Singapore Chineae boy living in Boon Tat Street, was seriously injured near hLs home when attacked by .uveniles. one of whom was irmed with a knife. Seven boys will be charged In the uvenlle Court today with attempted uirtter.
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    STRONG GUARDS FOR BERLIN
    310 2 Precautions to prevent riots during talks •"THE ltig Four arc expected to institute rlabor.it; security precautions in Berlin to prevent any public demonstrations getting out of control during the Foreign Ministers' meeting there this month, diplomatic sources in London said yesterday. The fear ol serious disorders
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    POLICE SHAVE OFF BOYS' HAIR
    114 2 POLICE SHAVE OFF BOYS' HAIR r—Strange World Aftek 1.000 boy.s and girla lrom eiuht to 18 had taken part iii a pro-Mo.ssadeq c!einon.sti.aion in Teheran, Persian police .seized .several boyi and shaved their beads. Girls win I IKLS were released ;iiier their f parents had pronlMd ilicy would behave Tiir
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    Britain hit by cheaper Germangoods
    93 2 Britain hit by cheaper Germangoods (M',kman manufacturer! are underselling British nood* "all the tune" in the Middle r-a.st, Sir Edward Denthaul )i«';i'i of a British Trade Mission, reported in London yestrr- day Sn Edward told a meeting of i Industrial representatives that generally there is no complaint about the quality
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    Koran saves murderer
    68 2 AN execution was postponed at the 11th hour in Karachi yesterday when the condemned man involkcri the Koran. The man. Mahammad Jutma, was to have been hanged for murdering his young wife, whom he suspected of being unfaithful. He petitioned Pakistan's Governor General, (ihulam M'hammed. laying that
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    Union acts to stop strip shows
    398 2 Union acts to stop strip shows r pm-: American Bmbasiy hai 1 been i ked to Invest! reports ol teenage girls dancing in the nude at United Stat< An- Force camp shows." 1 Idencc ol naked girls parabefore excited audiences oi ofllcera and men has n compiled m London bv
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    RUBIROSA WEDS HEIRESS
    52 2 HEIRESS Barbara Hutton and Dominican diplomat Porlirio Kubirosa (left), are married by Dr. Joaquin Salazar, Dominican Consul Genera], in his honx> in Manhattan, New York. Fourth from right is Barbara Hutton's son Lance. 17. Third from left is Major General Rafael Trujillo Martinez, who IT9I best man.
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    ITALY GOVT QUITS REDS STRONGER
    140 2 PREMIER Giuseppe Pella last night handed in the resignation of his five-month-cld Christian Democrat Government. A last minute revolt bv the leftwing of his own Party foiled a fortnight's efforts to reinforce the cabinet by a reshuffle sianted to the right. A 15-minute emergency meeting
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    SEAMAN FOUND
    42 2 Erling Jorgensen. an 18-year-old Danish member of the "crew of the India, who had been reported missing in Singapore, has been found by the police and returned to his ship, which sailed this morning. He got lost after a spree.
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    A 'HUMBLE REQUEST'
    52 2 The Buganda Lukiko »Parliament yesterday passed a resolution that a humble request be sent to the Governor Sir Andrew Cohen pointing out that "it would be difficult for Buganda to welcome the Queen in a .suitable manner so long as the recently deposed Kabaka was away from
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    Move to resume Korea talks
    170 2 Move to resume Korea talks 'IMIE state Depart™ 1 yesterday that the allies had begun informal cushions with the comn aimed at 'resuming tiu> sti peace talks. The State Department si an Mr. Henry Suydam the discussions were bom* r ned out through interned at Panmunjom He declined to name
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    Jagan's Party victory
    57 2 THE left wing Peoples" Progressive Party has gained control of the Central Executive of British Guiana's power! Transport Workers' Union in the elections for officers for 1954. The Party also own six tions of the Union's Trar. Department. The Party are already in control of two other
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    Libraries for rural areas: First set up
    204 3 pHE Kaflles Library has opened a branch at Lim Ah 1 pin Road, off the 6J mile I'pper Serangoon Koad. Singapore. It is the beginning of a plan to set up "Satellite*' Mrs Kay Hudson, Raffles told the Free Press erday: "There are
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    ADMIRAL DIES FISHTING FIRE
    48 3 fSii Guy Charles Cecil Chiel of British Naval the first two World War II and first ember of the CommonNaval Board died in ie, Dorset, England last 68. A Imiral collapsed while 1 local fire brigade to fire on the common ai his home.
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    CARDINAL GIVES $25,000 TO FUND
    39 3 50-ced hospital soon milt for the poor in Japan, with funds donFrancis Cardinal SpellI ran servicemen. 1 Spellman donated the building fund 1 match U5525.000 collected by Ina from service m Japan and Korea.
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    FRONTIER GANDHI' IS RELEASED
    38 3 Pakistan Government yesannounced the release of the political prisoners in the fchwest Frontier Province. nz the 45 freed was Khan dul Ghaffar Khan, former of the province's "Red »rganisation and known the 'Frontier Gandhi."
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    Memorial to Gandhi
    80 3 The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru yesterday inaugurated an international hostel built by 44 volunteers from nine countries in the village of Sewagram in Central India where the late Ifahatma Gandhi lived in a mud hut. The hostel consisting of three huts was erected by people
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    JOBS FOR 300 GIRLS IN PENCIL WORKS
    177 3 Free Press Staff Reporter [JONG KONG'S Pencil King, Mr. Ng Ip Hing, plans to start Singapore's the first pencil factory at the Improvement Trust's Sl2 million industrial town in Alexandra Road. The factory, he said, would give employment to at least 300 local
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    POPE PIUS X TO BE CANONISED
    46 3 The Vatican announced yesterday that the late Pope Pius X will be elevated to sainthood, at an outdoor ceremony on May 29 in St. Peter's Square. He will be the first Pope canonized in 241 vears. He died in 1914.
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    BEVAN IN HOLY CITY
    33 3 Mr. Aneurin Bevan. and hi> wife Jennie Lee arrived in Jerusalem last night after a twoday visit to Jordan. He is in Jerusalem as guest of the Israel Government.
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    There are nude models in S'pore
    191 3 There are nude models in S'pore 1 rce Press staff Reporter U' :n.n 30 hours of his Ival in Singapore, Mr. Wu. famed Chinese i said he found ■ult to get nude models Hong Kon-. was ottered models. i was made by a youns Mr. Wu had delivered on exhibition
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    FOURSOME JAUNT TO JAVA
    87 3 \|OTI, 7. Hiro, 8, Sundri, 11. I" and Lechman, 12, all children of .Mr. R. N. Yaswani, a textile rr-erchant. flew on their own from Jakarta to Singapore yesterday after .i month's holiday in Indonesia. It was a dream flight for them and here they are
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    Back to work in Serangoon
    89 3 SO\!E of the 30 scavengers of the Serangoon rural areas who were absent from work on New Year'.s eve returned to duty yesterday afternoon, just aa residents were preparing to bury the waste in backyard tren hes. The rest are expected to reeume work this
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    Five Japs are here to 'sell' woollens
    149 3 Five Japs are here to 'sell' woollens Free Press staff Keyctet FIVE-MAN Japanese trade delegation li in Singapore .ear up "prejudices" against nese woollen frabrics The Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Ken Ninomiya, yesterday ■aid he \va.s lending his conulate premises to th.> delegation to exhibit Japane.se wollen frabric samples tomorrow. Merchants
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    EAST-WEST TRADE TALKS PLANNED
    43 3 Mr. Gunnar Myrdal, executive I secretary of the United Nations i Economic Commission for Europe, leaves Geneva today on visits to capitals on both sides of the Iron Curtain to discuss new East-West trade talks planned for next April.
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      105 3 A nnouncing the arrival of latest dim I designs American Suiting mujn Trousers (made to measure) SI 9.75 mm Suits (made to measure) 567.7S Wi Please Book your orders early CHINESE NEW YEAR pp J hi cut ana cnltf EXCLUSIVE 1 L SHOP for j Tailoring is our Speciality A
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan, 6, 1954.
    417 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan, 6, 1954. GOVT. HOUSING Some heartburning i. k bound to be caused by the news that the Singapore Government proposes that in future it will not undertake to house its locally-domi-ciled employees. Briefly, the policy split* Government officers mto three chus.se^. first, the expatriates
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    The noise is Too Much for Mau Mau
    750 4  - The noise is Too Much for Mau Mau DUDLEY HAWKINS -j LINCOLN BOMBERS ARE BEING USED TO BLAST I TERRORIST HIDE-OUTS IN K£NYA. THEY HAVE 1 BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN IN MALAYA BECAUSE DIVE-BOMBING HAS STRUCK AT MAU MAU MORALE. "i i'a the noise that counts," said the platoon commander.
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    FRANCE GROWS RICE
    306 4  - FRANCE GROWS RICE STEPHEN COULTER French newsletter by I vj-; rrilE Indo -China war has indirectly provided France with flourishing new industry rice trowing. Disbanded troopxs and refugees from IndoChint first started the idea by cultivating rice on a small FtcaJe in the Camaraue area of Southern France. The experiment
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      15 4 LONGINES The World's Most Honoured Watch Si -I i' by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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    STORE SEEKS RUBBER FOR RICE PACT
    320 5 I Jakarta urged I to relax rules I Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE merchants have told the Govern-' merit that they would welcome an agreement with Jakarta to provide for the export of Indonesian rubber to Malaya in exchange for salt fish and rice.
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    S'PORE ASSIZES
    28 5 Singapore A-ssizes will be »usly opened on Jan. b< j preceded by a l n St. Andrew's Cathedwill be attended by rs »i the Bar and
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    DARK VIEWS ON TIN
    100 5 lies, manager Bolivian Mining CorI in La Via, yestertin situation would icute for Bolivia 1 fulfilled the con- <" sale of 10.000 ton.. the United States. dreads had 8,200 tons lie said and she to expand other c h as Britain, Ger- I many and Holland.
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    A police judge on film ban
    106 5 rE British film, "The Heart of the Matter," Heart of the Matter," banned by the Singapore censor, Mrs. Cynthia Koek, will be screened for the Appeal Committee shortly, Mr. Nigel Morris, the Colony's ComrVssioner of Police and vice-chairman of the committee, said yesterday. But
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    HIGH OUTLOOK ON CHESS
    49 5 picture. YOUNG man who can even rise above chess problems is Peter Ford, 1!, studying: the board from the back of his chair during the London Boys' Chess Championships at University College, Grower Street, London Peter is a pupil at Woodhouse Grammar School, Finchley. Reuter
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    Dealers asking double prices
    171 5 CROWNING STAMPS WITHDRAWN SINGAPORE stamp dealers are cashing in on the Queen's ten-cent Coronation stamps following their withdrawal from public sale. A Free Pre.vs reporter visited stamp dealers in the City yesterday, and found most of them asking twice the face value for the stamp. They
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    CANADIAN WARSHIP TO CALL AT S'PORE
    48 5 CANADIAN WARSHIP TO CALL AT S 'PORE H.M.c.s. Iroquois, commanded by Lieutenant Commander S G i Mooiv. wiU arrive at Singapore Naval Base on Jan. 9. v The warship, which hai a complement of 19 ofticcr-, and 2M men, is returning to Canada after operating m Korea. »i
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    Shops may sell 30-cent cameras
    143 5 A japanese-made camera which costs about 30 cents (Malayan* may come to Siii^ipore. A representative of a loral firm said yesterday inquiries would be made through iUs branch office in Tokyo. Box-sh;) ped and made of f)ur pieces of cardboard and sonu black paper, the
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      193 5 J jjA^JUI. phone 'B4Q7arrvtM Today: 3.15—6.30—9.15 p m South- East Asia Film Co. presents the Stars of MAVR A T M in their latest New Year Hit! Sptimm mum 4 hagufA WIT»f ENGLISH SUBTirilS m II r "Jfc" > I I "J I I M^^^^S II zX' tftoACt*Uf? U& 11
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    IN LIGHTER VEIN
    93 6 Aidtnt Racing Man a meeting: Well, is then I thing you fancy? Pietty young thing: Dm ju«l Jove a cup of tea. Amateur Boxer <to hi i between the rounds): I wish cou]< thai ■< How a that "< d make him U ever: thJ Second: That's
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      240 6 I FREE PRESS CARTOON PAGE MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davi: 1 1 1 TARZAN b/ Edgar Rice Burroughs ir (^s^s^^ —^s—z>4^ e-*<z~B2 a-.? a\a?v. A?>tAC2?-. r.~:\ asa^^':' THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris /l HAD A HUNCH > I DIDW'T EXPECT TO BBFWvOU HEAR^ V /QUITE ENOUGH.
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      549 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOBN TODAY, you lIIU womeu are apt t o d.\,| lt) your basu rluumctcrisUcs rather Uillerrntly >o lhat on Hi. I face you nuiy a,,p, u IJM u unlike, lou women an i. intulitne at times, aim, psythic— and will h. interested in the tfiritual and philosophiial
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    BRITAIN'S MODERN YOUNG MAN IS A DRIFTER
    455 7 BRITAIN'S MODERN YOUNG MAN IS A DRIFTER riOF three years two .social Y i \i.i ts probed the life of [tain's Modern Young Man "heir verict came out in these lazy, unambitious, apatic, drifting hori of the 9.000-word port, Study of Some Ass of <he Life and Health Men," quizzed
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    Riddle of girl who had everything
    231 7 visit out of London to find hei friend dead. The Westminster coroner has ordered an inquest. Friends of the family believe she had been worrying about the prospects of some examinations she was taking in the New Year. FOUND GASSED IN FLAT JEAN ELIZABETH
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    Whisky galore—but not yet
    119 7 Whisky galore but not yet 4 Li HOUGH Scotch, the dol- iur-earner, was freed in Britain from Government resctionj on New Year's Day, it be up to two years betore BntoiLs will be able to order brands. So said Mr. Philip Gee spokesman oi the Scotch Whisky Association. At present
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    Nelson touch—by tax men
    55 7 Nelson touch— by tax men P°fl tix |esrj Me ex-Servic°men' s Welcome Home Com/nittce at Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire, had funds Post Ofjice Savings Bank— and paid no tax on mThe Commissioners of Inland Revenue found out, and forgiven" arrears of £220. The toivn's New Year swgi to the tax men:
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    UP, DOWN, UP—FOR 40 MINUTES
    167 7 UP, DOWN, UP— FOR 40 MINUTES AN automata lift with two people in it went up and A aown-up^ddawn^.^^reyjloc, of flats Each time it stopped at a floor the couple, Mr. Leonard Sims and his 47-year-old wife Beatrice, tried to get the doors open But each time it shot up
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    So look out for X-ray detectives
    52 7 A PLAN to use X-ray pictures in identification work has been thought out by a young C.I.D. detective who was once a medical student. He is Detective-Sergeant George Williams, soon to be be promoted to inspector, who is now in the Commissioner's office at
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    BEES DIE IN FIRE
    25 7 Half a million bees died when their hives caught fire in the garden of Mr. Tom-Addb, of School House, Finedon, Worthamptonshire.
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    £800 RAM-RAID
    33 7 £800 RAM -RAID A gang with a ram fixed to the back of their car smashed in the doors of a Weybridse, Surrey tobacco warehouse and stole 90.000 cigarettes wortli about £800 retail.
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    Mother of 'miracle' devotion is fined
    332 7 Mother of 'miracle devotion is fined MRS. OLIVE NICHOLS, 24--year-old mother, who had been on bail over Chritmas after admitting shoplifting, was fined £5 by the Marl-borough-Street. London, Magistrate, Mr. Paul Bennett, V.C. "You have been very near a prison sentence," he said, "but if I send you to prison
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    ALL EYES ON THE CINEMA SHOW....
    108 8 par! peeJ Pictures by and shots taken number h c j I the Mount w Club clutchll creams and M as they gatherl the Luicinaj^B Right: Lirvngiß cakes and good th J Right: Mary de Cruz, aged one, wa s attending another party-her first.
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    'PHEW!'
    107 9 Phew! Miss Low Sow Yong found the gaieties of her party somewhat exhausting. Miss Oon Nyuk (left), took her pleasures more calmly and rather sadly. This party was open to mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters but all were "children" for the evening, however old they might be
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    Wife found murdered near broken telephone
    320 10 Wife found murdered near broken telephone STABBED. STRANGLED BEHIND DOOR MRS. Beatrice Elizabeth James, 42, wife of a draughtsman, was stabbed, strangled, and battered to death at her furnished lodgings in Second-Avenue. Wembley, London. She was found in the hall with 32 stab wounds. Under her finger-nails were traces showing
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    THE NOISY CAT
    67 10 A black cat its head stuck in u tin in i backyard off St Wandsworth, and ;ed its dn t > dustbin Resident hearini a clangin n n looked out and .sont in animal ambulant e. Hi i tin v.-.i cut oil I'i»m\<. in Nuuiisint is something
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    Clock-and one over the 19,000
    159 10 Clock-and one over the 19,000 I^HE small, quiet man walked into the bar of the Duke cl Fife public house, went to hi.^ usual place and ordered his usual pint— Just as he had done more than 19.000 times before. But it was not a usual evening for 70-year-old Arthur
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    Dank u— and thank you
    75 10 AftNUM OVNCa has appointed a i-iiiiifiiitte,. to ntudy the possibility of making Kngli^h the town* second The idea came from Councillor Ilendrilc Koch. He thinks Arnhem should be the town to start i "learn English" campaign because it was therv that British troops fought their
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    POOR BOY GIVEN A RICH FATHER
    286 10 FOR the five-year-old boy in a neat, grey suit there were coloured lights, and a bedroom of his own, at his new home with the well-to-do business man. For his two-year-old .sister there was her usual cot in a bedroom shared with three others
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    Thieves dress up
    37 10 Thieves broke into a Liverpool butcher's shop, put on the staff's white aprons and jackets, then boldly carried seven crates of turkeys, worth £160, out to a waiting van. Passers-by thought they were employees.
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    The home of the Can Can is saved
    238 10 The home of the Can Can is saved T»HE Bal Tabarin, gt| cabaret that shocked Europe 50 years ago with its under-dressed dancing girls, was sold under the hammer recently. And all Paris sighed with relief that Bal Tabarin, closed for 12 of the last 15 months is now safe.
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      66 10 I BIRTHDAY WEDDING GIFTS ill Sterling Silver, E.P.N.S. Ware. Crystal Ware High Class Watches. LANKA JEWELLERS, [THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) 20. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE 1. PHONE ***** .OCEAN PARK HOTEL BARBECUE GARDEN 4, with O f i M»»ic and Dancinf every nifht except \fonday jjm L. ALL DRINKS serred
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    Scientists Solve A Centuries-Old Secret
    577 11 Virulent epidemic wiped out ancient Indian civilisations piIREE UNIVERSITY of 1 Arizona scientists have disclosed a new chemical test which they say promises to solve a centuriesold secret that of a virulent epidemic which wiped out ancient Indian civilisation* and swept astatingly across the th.
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    Bridge Hand
    261 11 Eotb fide? vulnerable Scutb dealer Tbe lidding South We*t North Eaßt Paw 20 P*** a Pass 34 Pass «V Paw ll'kai should north bid-. nee his values aren't suffieienl <ies'e(; u. a slam, and since s bidding han't asked for a if tutta by North 'as foi I
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    Salute by the Twins
    37 11 photo. Twiii mannequin sisters Elizabeth (left) and Sally Davis of Hove, Sussex, give a New Year salute at the King Alfred Sports lentre, Hove, where the y keep fit between fashion shows. Reuter
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    Don't try 'perfect excuse' here
    246 11 way was too narrow for his car, so DC had to park in the street He vowed to have curbing put across it so it would cease officially-- to be a driveway. Threats oj political repercussions arc common as are the vague threats, such as
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      249 11 Today's Crossword a ~^^^l h m|^H fl B fl ~^i^^h r^P^BI JBB^H ■■f lHßH^^^ ACROSS Arrives, but not as an entirtiy <f> 1). 1 in aid of bii^ furry cretiturei ol 11 Ht maj need krom to help him the past <B>. 7 Architecture of .r- one (7). 13 Scare
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    291 12 Making a mark with wives IJOVH COK KKSrONDENTS who wrote ;i-iiin polygamy are no doubt Utopian* ;uwi idealists. It'i an i ;1 i bile all the things they mi for worn m are sound and noble they fail to perceive that they are prea< 'ijjil s certain "one-nees" for
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    TAXIMEN TAKING CITY FOR RIDE?
    366 12 ONCE again the weakness oi Singapore authorities in enforcing laws passed by the legislature is being demonstrated In the streets today. Although tho taxi meter decision came Into force at midnight on Dec 51, hundreds ol taxi cab plying lor hire openly defying the law,
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    TOO MUCH MUD
    135 12 \|v opinion of Mi. j. Jasood's 1 reply to me is that he |p talking through his Imt. In mv letter. I did not profess to be a defender of Uv. 1 SO-CaUed deviant; Co", boys. All I am really concerned about Is thai 'here has been
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    163 12 WIVES WON'T STAND HUSBAND SITTERS HAVING been asked to think it over." I must .say that Ml B. Thandapani is a strong follower of Eastern virtues This world of ours is certainly far advanced and girls are adoptIng Western ideas every day. I agree entirely with Mr. Thandapani that most
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    129 12 PERHAPS the City Council is not aware that notice boards outside sub-offices and sub-stations of the Water and Electricity Departments still bear the letters "S.M.C." instead of S.C.C.", for instance al Dunearn Road. 5 Only the middle initial M" needs be ch*n§td to "C". which Lfl simple. If
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    Solomon Likes To 'Swing' It
    473 13  - Solomon Likes To 'Swing' It BILL WEBB JONES By 11/HEN Xavier Cugat T? came to Singapore he attended Solomon's recital. And why not'.' What was "strange" in this 9 Long before he wai making a personal fortune as the "Rhumba King." Cllg.lt \v;k a violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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    BEATEN' INTO BALLET
    280 13  -  KAY MURRAY lIEOPLE sometimes tell Alicia Markova, "Oh, whatever you do seems to easy, you are lucky vet have to work »< hard as other poor dancers'." i whose Giselle ht by some to be are smiles as she a little man with ■herub belabouring with his
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    311 13  -  PRESTO Music topics by SICALLY WE are still I becalmed until April when Oroot. the Dutch gives a recital. Not La any resting on The Music Society is i least once a week Bt. Matthew Passion" is to be the great vent of 1954. Is
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      124 13 MUSIC QUIZ I'Jeux,' a F«illet on a romance of the »ennis court, first performed at Pans m 1913, is the work cf 2Kouiaviak is la I a double-bass trombone, (bl a quick Polish dance in 3-in-a-measure time, or (c) a popular tragedy-opera by Delibes? 3 'Marching through Georgia,' a song
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    'Junior' mother
    59 14 Mother if tennis .junior. Probably the first married WOirfl n to take part in the annual Christmas tournament of the British Junior Lawn Tennis Club, Mrs. Lorna Cawthorn was well supported at Roeha mpton by her husband and five-month-old daughter. Lorna WAI il the dav after the tourney
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    IT'S TOUCH TO FIND YEARS BEST FOOTBALLER
    641 14  -  DESMOND HACKETT K.v VOW is (he time when all sports observers start to A^ pencil in their list of probables for the Footballer of the Year accolade. This used to be a simple, joyous job. Today i 4 is a chore us grim
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    No we DON'T like to be beside the
    457 14 No we DON'T like to be beside the SOCCER MEN PREFER TO STAY AT HOME Free Press London Correspondent FHE aristocrat of Soccer, the First and Second Division clubs, have taken the road to Wembley, And, with special cuptie training in full swing, Britain's seaside resorts are full. Arsenal are
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    ONLY WAY TO BEAT THE REDS
    405 14 This report by a Special Corre>pundent tells of a boy athlete of IS im trains alone. His ambition i> to i iinic a crack hurdler and win a plate in Britain's Olympic lam of ISM, M he has given up all other sport. THE
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    QUEEN TO SEE FA CUP FINAL
    34 14 i Queen Elizabeth. the Queen mother, vod Princes.-- Margftn win attend the Footoall AttOCiatioQ Cup fin il a 4 the Empire Stadium. W^mblev on Saturday May 1- Reuter
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    Jap swimmers fear Chwee Kok
    159 14 Jap swimmers fear Chwee Kok TAPAN will be out to win every vent in the swimming competition of the Asian Games scheduled in Manila in May, an itive committeeman of the an Swimming Federation raid yesterday in Tokyo. 'The times may not be tacular because of lack of training facilities
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    PLUCKY WATSON SCORES 161
    479 15 MCC declare at 457 for 7 PIIK MCC. touring side gained a mastery over Jamaica in Kingston yesterday—the third day of their opening first class match of the West Indies tour. Jamaica with all their second innings wickets intact, finished 162 runs behind. In reply to
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    QUEEN'S HORSE SOLD ABROAD
    61 15 QUEEN Elizabeths race-horse Choir Boy, winner of about £4,000 on British tracks. has been sold to Uruguay. It is reported the Uruguay government bought the five-year-old thoroughbred. No sale price wae given. Choir Boy. winner of the 1953 Ascot Gold Cup over two and a half
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    Coutts stores twice in S.R.C win
    312 15 Coutts stores twice in S.R.C win S.R.C. .2; Army 0. OPPORTUNIST B. Coutts wai the star yesterday when 1 Singapore Recreation Club beat an Army hockey XI by two goal* to nil on the Padang. Playing at inside left, and well supported by Clarke and Wright, Coutts notched both goals.
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    GET READY FOR ROUND THREE
    533 16 —and FA Cup surprises DOMMH UM hum-drum Knclish IttCM "Z**** "g* third division and non-leaffue division clubt are exempt until the third round. Then they take pot lack with less fashionable neighbuors- and the games usually bring their full quota of surprise Hafltinga United. Headington
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    Hazare dropped from Test side
    151 16 r**m Indian Uam to meet thr 1 Commonwealth touring ride in the fourth unofficial Twt ■UrUng at Madras on January 13 shows five changes fron; th« i siriV which I<»m the third match in Calcutta recently. Thiee ntwcomrri to T9H cricket t/t inelu KB Hinivasan
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    'SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR'
    31 16 ALKKADV n.. voUs for M»U\a v SporUnuui of 1953" havt* started to poor in. Srnd yours to: "Sportaman of the Vear." Singapore Free Previ Cecil Street, Singapore.
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    NEW RULE FOR THE NEW BALL
    108 16 NEW RULE FOR THE NEW BALL Vffi Ctuurle PsJmmt, DMUUkgtf ofl A the mcc crtekd tmm m pnmoi touring In ttu Wkm Indtes, heiird from the W«-t Indl«; Boari of Control ye.'terday that the> ;irf igTMAblc :<• t^u■ dm rule of 65 over* Die n»-w hnll Is taken ;«[>p«rtnlntng In
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    Pirie must stay home—they say
    159 16 Pirie must stay home— they say THI KFEP PIKIK in Kiigland" campaign gained 1 momentive yesterday, as more newspapers set up a howl against the possibility of the great distance runner going to the I'nited States. (iordon Pirie, 22-year-old bank clerk with the tag of Britain's athlete of the y«\ar,
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    Trabert may play return against Hoad
    83 16 Trabert may play return against Hoad A MERICAS Tony Trabert is A the sole "foreigner" remaining in the semi-finals of the J3outh Australian tennis I champioshipt. He dominated match •cainsi Australia's Mer\yn Rose and won ka straight sets. The other iemlrlnalists. all Australians. bMt U.S opponents in the quarter finals
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    SOUTH AFRICAN GAME IS DRAWN
    177 16 £OUTH AFRICA, saved the third cricket Test against New Zealand in Capetown yesterday, despite following on and the game was drawn with the final scoreboard showing New Zealand 505. South Africa 326 and 159 for three. South Africa had won the first two Ttetta at
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    VICTORIA WIN
    68 16 yiCTORIA (403 and 300 for nine declared) defeated South Australia (28fi and 127 > by 290 runs in their Sheffield Shield match ended at the Melbourne cricket ground yesterday. Reuter QUEENSLAND failed by 47 runs in a tfallant bid to score 250 runs In 153 minutes for an
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    30 16 r pHE Peva.su> icxitball team oOOClUdtd their three game series in Horut<MM yesterday by losing to the all ChSeM XI by 4-1 after t ratline -~0 ,r halftime.
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    404 16 IT WILL BE NO PICNIC FOR THE CHOSEN 22 IS GOING to be eleven days of hard work for Q ()f I this country s best hockey players. They have b<> n .elected to undergo special training at Kuala Lumpur. The aim is to get them in trim lor matches
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