The Singapore Free Press, 2 December 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Large*! Afternoon Sale m Mala V. HIM. Singapore, Thurs., Dec. 2. 1954. Price 15 Cts
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    A Straits Times man took picture of year
    157 1 A Straits Times man took picture of year I>ROrDEST man m Mahiya m fact m all the world, he says is Sum Kai Faye (above) staff cameraman of the Straits Times Press. For Sam. it is announced m London, has taken the "Best news picture of the year." He won
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    Red bait fails again in U.N.
    95 1 Red bait fails again in U.N. T'HE Soviet Union yesterday moved m the political committee of the United Nations General Assembly to call an international conference of nations interested m the settlement of the Korean question. But the Russian demand that both Communist China and North Korea be invited to
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    LONDON WARNED
    149 1 IN London last night, says Keuter. Sam Kai Faye vv:»uld have been pleased if he could have seen his I.<»ndon rivals old Fleet Street hands who know •-very move on the board iUi/yiag his prize- winning picture. A hundred of the best pictures entered m the competition were
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    WAR IF CHINA ATTACKS
    307 1 U.S.— Chiang pact T»HE United States and Nationalist China have concluded a mutual security pact to protect Formosa against Communist aggression, the American Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, announced m Washington yesterday. Under this treaty, the prohibit* result of a Communist attack on Formosa
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    ANOTHER MALACCA AREA DECLARED'WHITE' TODAY
    120 1 ANOTHER MALACCA AREA DECLARED 'WHITE' TODAY A NOTHER part of Malacca, covering an area of 127 square mile* with a population of about 40,000, and an adjoining area m Negri Sembilan were declared "white" today. This brings the total white area m Malacca to 447 square miles or two-thirds of
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    SMUGGLED GOODS WERE SOLD AT NIGHT
    73 1 RECENT customs and police raids m Darwin have broken up one of the biggest smuggling rackets m north Australia for years. Smuggled goods Bald to have b<vn brought from Singapore m raf Hastings transports, were lin packages marked "Top Secret. Woomera." In one private
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    RED AGENTS HELD
    22 1 Seoul police have arrested four Communist agent* who .smuggled narcotics into South Korea to finance their espionage activities. A.P
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    PRINCESS INVITED
    27 1 Mayor Fred Hume has in"iU>d Princess Margaret to visit Vancouver next August to open the 1955 Pacific National Exhibition, it wa.s diaclosed yesterday.- A .P
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    HELD IN CHASE
    27 1 Two policemen patrolling Franks Estate last night, jnd a man crouching m a drain. When the man ran away, they chased and arrested him.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    31 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first oracle, December shipment, at 80 cents a lb., 11 16 of a cent below yesterday's close.
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    They feel the pinch
    22 1 IfUSSIA nrdrreri V pOUHg <>m inn I •com the fttry Ute for :p iron to feed b furna
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    Hid 3 days to 'surprise' his wife
    145 1 Hid 3 days to 'surprise' his wife VI R Norman Herboldt, of the A Malayan Aborigines Department, who flew to England lor ;i gurpriM reunion with his wife, said on his return to Singapore thu morning he was thrilled whrn be me! his wife during the BBC. 'Ask Pickles" pCOfrmmme.
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    West must keep 'old' weapons to deter Russians
    317 2 West must keep 'old' weapons to deter Russians CIILRCIULL WARNS: A-lIOMR IS NOW OUT-OF-DATE HUT... TIIK Prime Minister, Sir N mslon hurt full, \n tcrda> warned t lie West that to rust MMc its < onventional weapons would "lav the whole of Europe open to Soviet suh jugation." He told
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    COLONEL ON MISSION
    37 2 COLONEL ON MISSION Col. A. K. Mitra Indian Military Attache m Indonesia, who arrived m Singapore y«'st<Tclay from New Delhi frith a iimr mun Indian Air Force mission on the wav to Indonesia.- picm rv. Fn-e Press
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    STATE PUBS BRING IN MORE MONEY
    99 2 STATE PUBS BRING IN MORE MONEY JJRITAIN'S State-run public houses made .1:167.321 profit m the year ended March 81 last £7,000 more than m the previous year, a government report disclosed yesterday. The State management experiment which goes back many years is confined to a total Of 212 licensed premises
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    New fish found
    28 2 A Japanese .scientist ha.s found a new fish off Bhikoku Island. It is yellowish-red, about 4 inches lunu and has a bis h« ;«d.- A.P
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    YOSHIDA HOLDS OFF THE 'QUIT NOW MPs
    129 2 pRiMK Minister Bhlgeru 1 Yoshida refused to tell an tipposition-controUed Diet yesterday when he will resign and Warned that Japan must reject Communist friendship offers. The 7G-year old premlei fac»d a barrage of question! m both Houses lor the Ai tirm wur a
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    Senate censures McCarthy
    105 2 rnHE UJB Benat roted 1 night U cen ire Benatoi jr,' eph m«' »ft i Republican, Wisconsin) i« r his alleged c uf an elections subcommittee which investigated his finances m 1951-52. The Senate approved the first oj two recommendations censuring Senator McCarthy thai Kutlty of "ob
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    E. German army plan a 'bluff' says West
    98 2 E. German army plan a 'bluff' says West \LLUD quarters m Ber- lin said yesterday that the Moscow conference threat to set up a Com- mutiist Fast German army is pure bluff. The East (ierman Prime Minister, Dr. Otto (irote- uohl, told the satellite security conference that his Government would
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    U.S. CRUISERS ARMED WITH GUIDED MISSILES
    170 2 U.S. CRUISERS ARMED WITH GUIDED MISSILES "MILITARY experts sale yesterday that two guided mis ile.s cruiser* will join the United States fleet 8008 and .spoke about progress m the development oi automatic weapons of all types Maj -Gen Leslie E Simon. Army Assistant Chief of Ordnance, told thf American Ordnance
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    HRITAM SCRAPS A-A GUNS
    39 2 The Defence Minister. Mr. Harold Mac Millan. said last night that Britain would "forthwith" be«in scrapping its anti-aircraft j, r wns as they are now outmoded by Atomic weapons and hush-flying planes or rockets.- U.P.
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    'PAY-OUT TO PoWs HAS ONE saving GRACE...'
    166 2 'PAY-OUT TO PoWs HAS ONE saving GRACE...' JAz'ANb agreement tc pay a further &4V 2 millio, pensaticn to former A. soners-of-wai will Anglo-Japanese reiat: the London Time.'No mf.net a rv compensation can erl^ce the bitterni by many ordinary cltiz the frightful suffering ed upon prisoners of war by Japanese brutality.
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    MAN SHOT KISSING PICTURE
    186 3 Police kill love-crazed fan m theatre YOUNG MAN was shot to death yesterday on the Stage of an empty Los Angeles burlesque theatn m a sunfmht with police who tried to arrest him hairTaSh'' CtUreS he callod my red Police said the dead man, Roger Wing
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    22 outlaws surrender then get a pardon
    167 3 22 outlaws surrender then get a pardon rnHE first Tunisian bandits Fellaghas) to surrender er the Franco Tunisian amnesty laid down their arms frateur region of Northern Tunisia yesterday. uty-two out of an estl--1 100 bandits m the reiccepted the offer. 3 French officers accompanying the Tunisian Government's emissariei stood
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    JAPS 'SUED' FOR SHIP LOSS
    68 3 CWEDEN has lodged a claim with the Japanese Ooternment for about 131.000 for the 10.5.s Of the 10.000--ton Ningpo, off Hong Kons On Dor. 15, 1941 rh*' Briti.sh frnvernment rrfuied to pay compensation because the .sinking vaj necessary "m the interests of the prascmtion of
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    NEHRU DENIES PAKISTAN SPY RING CHARGE
    114 3 THE Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru told Parliament yesterday that India had protested to Pakistan against a Pakistan police search of the house of Mr. R. Tiwari, an Indian High Commission i :nployee ,on Oct. 30. He labelled as "unfounded" rts m the Pakistan
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    Mau 'Brigadier' is killed in ambush
    115 3 Mau 'Brigadier' is killed in ambush AMAU MAU gang leader, who called himself "Brigadier" Juma, was killed by a patrol of the King's African Rifles m an ambush on a coffee ridge, near Nyeri. it was learned yesterday. The leader's sten gun and four full magazines were captured by the
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    SEVEN TO LIVE
    20 3 The Shah has reduced the leath sentences of seven convicted Communist army officers to life imprisonment. U.P
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    Bank of Israel opens
    35 3 The Israel State Bank, officially named "The Bank of Israel," began operations yesterday m Jerusalem under the of Dr. David Horowitz, former director general of the Israel finance 'Ministry.- A. P
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    New chimney shot soot on guests
    113 3 r i IVIc dignitaries gathered behind Mayor Leslie H. Hammond as he kindled the fire to open officially a M 52 .100,000 incinerator at Retina, Saskatchewan. A feature of this inciner^tor is that it gives off no odour," the mayor said as he jnrust
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    BRITAIN IGNORES PERSIAN AIR BAN
    95 3 Britain will ignore Persia's announced ban on foreign aircraft using Bahrein airport without Persian permission, official quarters said m London yesterday. Bahrein i.s an important stage point for British Overseas Airways Corporation flights to India, Singapore and Australia. It has had treaty relations with Britain
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    We're not dumping products—Yoshida
    87 3 We're not dumping products— Yoshida THE Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Yoshida said yesterday he thought be had cleared up unisunderstanding m Britain about Japan supposedly dumping products made with underpaid labour on the world market. Replying to questions m a Diet debate, Mr. Yoshida said he featured British leaden when
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    GO AHEAD AND SMOKE SURGEON
    101 3 Z" 1 i. i 1: n ol Or William K. not i li i ".mi »re jurDr. RlenhofT, wh< il li a member o! the Scientific Ad--1017 Board I I the Tobacco Industry Committee, •fi difi not believe .^m«>kIng had M any thing whatever to
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    The Pope improves slightly
    46 3 Pope Pius Xii yesterday took a f :iik m his apartment m the Vatican Palace tor the iir.-.t time In four days. Thi.s marked a slight nnprovement m his condition after ii relapse of his stomach ail— nif-nt la 1 week. Reuter
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, DEC. 2. 1954.
    • Opinion
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        THE OPIUM EVIL
        259 4 THE OPIUM EVIL Singapore i. waging war on two fronts against the opium evil against trafficking m the clru^ and, by making ade q v ate provision for treatment, against addiction. 'I3oth fronUs are important but the authorities appear to be more concerned, and rightly, with reducing supplies. The .smaller
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        TRIBUTE
        107 4 Malaya joins m the congratulations which have ben wld« ly accorded Singapore's winner m the news section of a pr»ss photo- j Kraphy competition open to I Britain and the Commonwealth. The winner, Bam K;<i Fajne, membei of the Bti Time 1- stall, has won a d unction which
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    be neutral, Japs advised
    538 4  -  RAY FALK PEKING'S NEW FRIENDSHIP CAMPAIGN' by oed china baa opened an Intensive friendship campaign aimed at Japan and within the framework of Communism's world -wide peace offensive. The objective is to drive wedge between the United States and Japan. The Immediate aim is a neutral
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    Joe McCarthy for President in 1956?
    364 4  - Joe McCarthy for President in 1 956? JAY G. HAYDEN by 'PHE LAUNCHING of a new "big name" drive In the United States last week to obtain 10,000,000 signatures to a petition opposing censure of Senator McCarthy has added to a premonition, already strong among top Republican strategists, that Mr.
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      28 4 EXCELLENT RINGS DIAMONDS GEMS w I PLATINUM GOLD. r Vl h Snin it Cr Kffirien t I Workmanship G.CDe SUVA BROS. 3. RAFFLES PLACE Singapore- 1 Tcf: *****)
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      98 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience 5 m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR, (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6\ M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS: 11,000 to
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    PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE NOT NEGLECTED
    267 5 IT IS not true to say that students m private schools m Singapore are bein& neglected and forsaken by the Fducation Department, said Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, senior Inspector of Schools, yesterday. He was commenting on a readers letter m which a student
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    Pianist fell in love with her voice
    125 5 Pianist fell in love with her voice a BOUT 18 months a«o as a young Chinese piano student was practising hard he heard the soft voice of a girl singing. lie found out later that it belonged to 19-year-old Lai Yok Kiew who had joined his musical society for singing
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    Journalists meet
    19 5 Malay journalists In Singapore will hold a meeting on Sunday m Onan Road to form an association.
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    ART SOCIETY TO ADOPT A BROADER POLICY
    141 5 OECAUSE it is felt there is a need for a "wider approach" to art m the Colony, the .five-year-old Singapore Art Society has decided to alter its constii it ion. Mr. Ho Kok Hoe, chairman of the society, said >terday that the objects
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    Gurkhas kill bandit, wound one
    66 5 Gurkhas kill bandit, wound one KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A PATROL of the 1/10 Gurkha Rifles last night killed one of four terrorists contacted m the Kulai area of Johore. The others, one of whom wa.s wounded, escaped. A patrol of the Ist. Fijian* exchanged fire with a terrorist m the
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    More time to inspect rolls
    76 5 [\RAFT electoral registers ran now be inspected from 8.30 a m to 0 p.m. at all centres pt .sub-post offices which close at 5 p.m. Hours for inspection previously were from 9 't.m. to 5 p.m. Mr. M. Ponnuduray, registrar >l elections, Singapore, said he
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    Youth accused of car theft
    46 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur Yap Hinß, 18, of Pudu Road yesterday pleaded not guilty m the Sessions Court to stealing a motor car at Pasar Koad on July 15. He was granted $1,000 bail and the case was postponed to Dec. 24.
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    TODAY—IT'S KATONG
    96 5 TODAY— IT'S KATONG 7TM>I>.\Y"S map of SingaX pores electoral divisions is of KATONG. Katong is the biggest electoral division m Singapore with about 22,000 voters. Its boundary begins at the junction of Geylang, Paya Lebar and Lim Ah Woo Roads on the north, running along Changi Road to the north-east
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    WHO big help in war on malaria
    125 5 f)R. John W. Field, told a dlscussion group at the i Second Asian malaria con- ference m the Philippines last week that the field work of the World Health Organisation had "galvanised" government and civic agencies m the war against malaria. Dr. Field,
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    SCHOOL DANCERS
    71 5 This folk-dancing pair Were among pupils m the Primary C lasses at Pearl's Hill School, Singapore, who -lu'mml a slum as part of the closing day programme m the school hall. Later, they sane round a decorated Christmas tree and had cakes and drinks. In thr audience were
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      365 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I WHAT W SEA'S CALM AS AI I YOU MUST BELIEVE ME.'THESfJ f^l ]TnOW,K*OW- GET SOME HAPPEWEOJj PONO. NOl/VRFCKAGE. 'THINGS 'LATCHEO ON TO US rV: I• J 1 J SL€EP. TELLUS ABOUT HOW'S HE HF SWALLOWED HALF w ■< MAY HAVE HAD A
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      657 6 1 YOUR I LUCKY j STAR nORN today, you have a keen sense of the high value of co-operation when it comes to getting worth-while projects done. You know how to make large-scale plans; how to secure the help of others and then how to carry the project through to
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. dosing prices
      173 7 LONDON. Dec. 1. Previous Today i JV, KSS JZU >.»r.p,»n gU/W bjgJTJ 23 71. h I No'l Bss'*Bpot M* buvpr.s 24 buyers X Nn i 2ft sellers 24 sellers i- so I KSS Settlement 24'- buyers 23 buveii Vnrm° lan 24V, sellers 23 seller? ,/khkr No IRSS
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      New York prices
      86 7 NEW YORK. Dec. 1 Previous Today TIN StraiU spot and nearby 90.25 norn 90.37 nom.. Dec Xl S:S!&d j aiL 89.65 bid 90.00 bid 90.20 asked 90. 45 asked Pej, 89.50 bid 80.90 bid 9010 asked 90.35 askeJ 1 Quiet. SALES: Nil. i:iKBi:B fut.res. Dtc. M.. 27.85
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      U.S. PEPPER
      42 7 Spot Malabir was quoted at 45. ■iber shipment 44. January 42. >: PMjnmry and March (m monthly proportions) 41. Sarawak Lampong and Ceylon spot all at 45 cenU per pound, seller ex dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      126 7 Dec. 1. Previous Today I'KV Philippines ci.f. UK /North. $192 sellers $194 sellers I uropean delivered weight per n Dec. Lan COPRA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila, unquoted unquoted «ivii\eied weight, per lonp ton Mraits c.i.f. I'K/North. I uropean delivered weight per li.n X ton Dee./ Jan £7p;
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      21 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Previous Today S Err.. SS Sfg SSB? Bonds M Stork* Composite Averages 141.65 140t)i)
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    THIS FAMILY OF 3 AND 2 CHIMPS ARE UNHAPPY
    29 7 picture. THIS IS the unhappy Nuefield family— Papa Joe. Mama Lisbeth, carrying Pedro < riL-ht >. and Mariana with Pancho. Free Press
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    Term-end social
    34 7 TAIPING, Thurs. Marking the end ol their final term, more than 100 men and women of the adult education classes here held a social at the Kini: Edward VII school hall yesterday.
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    They do not want to be in S'pore
    340 7 4 FAMILY of Hunsarian-born entertainers— a husband and wife, a niece and A F tw^chTmps arJTn a Singapore "Happy Home" boarding house m Cairnhill Road but they are far from happy. The Nuenelds— Joe, Lisbeth, Mariana, Pedro and Pancho, are stranded m
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    $230,000 for school hostel
    57 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A new hostel to provide accommodation for outstation students attending the English College is to be built Sit a cost of about $230,000. In addition the College Is to have a new assembly hall costing about $106,000. This will replace the present assembly
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    WORK-NOT HOLIDAYS FOR COUNCILLORS
    145 7 r |iHE Singapore Legislative -I Council is not expected to Unsolved till February or March next year, as there is plenty of official business to «'ttled before the new titution is inaugurated. Councillors will bypass their tomary two-month rece.ss after the meeting this month. In fact
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    Duke lends gift yacht to show
    216 8 Duke lends gift yacht to show THE Duke of Edinburgh's yacht Coweslip is to be brought to London from the Solent for Britain's first National Boat Show, opening at the Empire Hall, Olympia, on Dec. 30. Coweslip, one of the famous UfTa Fox Flying Fifteens, was a weddine present to
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    WARTIME BAN GOES
    93 8 UP the gangway of the 29.000-ton liner Orsova after she docked at Tilbury recently went 150 people to meet relatives and friends and so ended a 15-yrar-old wartime restriction. Until now people meeting a ship wen kept on the dockside a regulation to control the movements of
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    He's 'Prince Charming'
    83 8 IMIK ten prettiest mem- i bers of the "lonely I He irts Club" recently j chose their Prince Charm- Ing at the "Chantllly" m j Montmatrc, Paris. Prime (harming was j Jean lirclotiniere, singer i m the new operatta, Tampanilla," currently I running m Piris. Picture shows
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    HE FLUNG WIFE'S EGGS AND TOMATOES AT CHAIRMAN
    313 8 qiHE first egg came out of the brief case of share- holder Frederick George Perkins and went whizzing m the direction of the board of directors assembled for the annual meeting of Sidney Flavel Co., Ltd. A tomato followed. Then came. But
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    Model is cleared of killing man
    137 8 AN all-male Jury recently acquitted 22--year-old Sydney cover girl Shirley Beiger, charged with murdering her boyfriend. The judge had warned them they must not be swayed by pity because Miss Beiger "is not an unattractive young woman." The packed court clapped and cheered the
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    MYSTERY GIFT
    20 8 A mystery gift of £100 m notes has arrived by post at St. Mary's Church, East Hounslow Middlesex.
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    NYLON IN VAN COST 2 MEN £2,000
    203 8 CUSTOMS officers stopped a van. And later two men were fined £1,000 each because there were 2,140 pairs of U.S. nylons m the van. The men, Geoffrey lan Beale, 23. former member of the crew of the liner Queen Mary. and Charles Raymond
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    AFTER THE BALL IS OVER
    50 8 Applicants for licences to serve drinks at public dances until mid-night on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve were told by the Lambeth magistrate, Mr. Geoffrey Rose, recently that he would not grant them unless proper arrangements were made to take the catering staffs home.
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    Husband wins prize
    120 8 After his wife left him MRS. Irene Alice Gloster served a divorce petition on her husband. And shortly afterwards he won £37,500 m a football pool. Mr. Commissioner Blanco White commented on the win m the Divorce Court when he granted Mrs. Gloster a decree nisi on
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    Catholic girl wins fight against father to wed
    147 8 A ROMAN CATHOLIC girl won permission to marry her Church of England sweetheart despite her father's objections on religious grounds. The girl 19-year-old Mary Bernardetti Matthews, a Wrac stationed at Wotrerley, Worcestershire, told Birmingham magistrates that her soldier fiance was to be
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    THE PICTURE OF THE YEAR
    13 9 Straits Times cameraman Sam Kai Faye took it
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    QUICK THINKING IN CRISIS WINS HIM FAME
    775 9 QUICK THINKING IN CRISIS WINS HIM FAME THE picture above of the Constellation crash at Kallang m March taken by .Straits Times Press photographer Sam Kai Faye went 1 und the world and was printed mi n the national dailies 1 1 many countries. Yesterday the picture was acei aimed
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    One for the road, & all for safety
    235 10  - One for the road, all for safety CIIAI'MAN I'INCI/EN h run EEN men a.- ng UfMf :ii UK. G V ernment's expense tit it idenUstfl c.vi measure exactly how drink effecti driving .;t,y. After drinklßf the equivalent of up to tlir<»- doublt whiskies they are being b- ■••rl n jlu
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    EIGHTEEN HAVE BEEN MURDERED
    451 10  -  Lance Keyworth Finland's taxi-drivers are unhappy by IN AUGUST this year 1 two young Finnish Army deserters brutally killed the driver of a taxi they had hired. The principal culprit received a. life sentence— a very severe punishment m Finland, where a slaying of any kind
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    GAOL' FOR CARS
    63 10 VfONSIKI IC Andre Dubois, 1»I chief of Paris police, has a dusty answer for drivers who break no parking rules. He has asked the Govern iiwnt for power to haul off any ear found wrongly parked and throw it m the link up. Owners will have to
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    THEY PAY FOR SUPER ROAD
    143 10 AN IDEA for cur-clogged country roads comes from Italy where pay-as-you-drive super-higbwmyi have proved irrcssful that more are to be built The.se highways were first constructed by Mussolini to heic solve .strategic problems and also to combat unemployment. Since the war the highways have been
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    Road patrols for Austria
    103 10 ROAD patrols "based on the British models" (e.g.: AA and RAO are to be introduced throughout Austria following visits to Britain (to watch motor patrols at work) by members of the Austrian Automobile, Motor Cycle and Tourins Club. By next summer Austria hopes to have patrols
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    They beat Disney at his own game
    582 11  - They beat Disney at his own game LEONARD MOSLEY m ONE of the pleasant things about my job ■is Film Critic is the encouragement it gives famous producers, direc5, or stars to ring me up and say: "I've just finished my latest epic. No one else has seen it yet.
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    Thought he was 'Abe' even off the stage
    391 11  -  HAROLD HEFFERNAN by WITH TWO profes- sional "ex-Lincolns," Raymond Massey and Richard Burton, looking over his shoulder, Hollywood newcomer Stanley Hall had good reason to be nervous as he played the part of Honest Abe for the assassination scene m "Prince of
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    AFTER THE WEDDING
    41 11 Film star Pier Angeli and singer Vie Damone who were married last Wednesday m St. Timothys Church, West Los Angeles, pose for this picture outside the rhurrh < I soon after the ceremony at which Father William < O'Shea officiated.
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    'Immortals' are being jazzed up
    207 11 'Immortals' are being jazzed up •IT Happened On«- Night." the 25-year-old Clark Gable CUndette Colbrrt 1 r-deluged v inner will be remade into a mu.siral. June Ally.son i.s set to play the lead and her husband. Dick Powell, already .signed as the director, may also act the Gable role. This
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    NOT the Calvert Story
    124 11 —but the similarity is there ANEW film starring Jean Carson is being planned at Pinewood about a young trumpeter who becomes a tremendous success and sells a million copies of one record. Producer Julian Wintle says it is NOT the story of Eddie Calvert, the young:
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    La Pompadour
    37 12 picture. Present and past fashions meet to make 'Madame Pompadour' a neat Utttc cap for 1954 wear. The shell cap is m lemon velvet with a contrasting black velvet chignon completely covering the hair. Reuter
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    Britain's PRIZE exports are her 'nannies'
    375 12 Britain's PRIZE exports are her 'nannies' A LITTLE-KNOWN Bri- tish export, as characteristically British M muffins and afternoon tea, is m demand m every country m the world— the British "nannie." Tall, severe, disciplined, one sees them m their starched hygienic uniforms taking the world's most important children for their
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    You can get GAY on a cup of coffee!
    325 12  - You can get GAY on a cup of coffee! JOHN WREN by- ONE thing I envy about the Italian his ability to get as gay on a cup of co flee as most of us get after a quarter bottle of champagne. To the Italian good coffee is more than
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    PARTY CAT
    72 12 A CAT went to a dance m Kensington wearing a. Mack bow tie. em- broidrred with the red "flying sword" of <»01 i Squadron Royal Auxiliary 7 Air Force. The ca,t a half-Siam-I ese called Pilot Officer Squibb is the squadron's mess pet. Squibb spent most of Jm
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      265 12 CLUH ACBOtI CLUB! DOWN: 1. He mml.t m an older grade L She p e tees on a liice S r ie Vt h m r fOrelKMer 2. NT'tarJinK uleas (7). 3. Uklng ior Miuce? (6). 4An Ml cart CM prove sticky! 4 Wfllki thoUl tl means o[ 10 comotion
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    18 13 "Grandma can't find her Sunday dress— what was the dummy you burnt on Friday wearing at the time?'
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    You've got to be HUNGRY to tackle this spread!
    631 13 You've got to be HUNGRY to tackle this spread! PATRONS DON'T ARGUE -THEY SIMPLY EAT says Michael Manning HAVE just Had a memorable dinner at Vassilainas', the shrine of Greek epicures. This Ls no ordinary eatingt. Here you must be ingry and show it. You can't or order or argue
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    Bridge Hand
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      8 goals a match for 3 years
      330 14 8 goals a match for 3 years *;iGirr goal! a match! That's not J a bad average over any period of soccer time, but Newbury Rangen, who play m the SmethwicJc i Birmingham > League have averaged that for the pa.st three years! Their league record is: Played 61, won
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      HE TOPPLED LANCASHIRE AND BRADMAN
      439 14 HE TOPPLED LANCASHIRE AND BRADMAN -TO BECOME A CRICKET LEGEND VOW and then there comes to the game of cricket a county player around whom there develops an aureole of legend and mysticism, lending magic to their names, enchantment to their deeds, sorcery to their exploits. Such a one was
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      Russia enters table tennis
      48 14 THE organising committee of the World Table Tennis championships has announced that 45 countries have entered for the 1955 championships to be held m I trecht. Central Holland, from April 15 to 24. Russia will compete m the championships for the first time. Reuter
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      SINGAPORE RUGBY XV
      64 14 THE Singapore Civilians side for their H.M.S. Malaya rugby match against NegriMalacca on the S.C.C. padang on Saturday is R. F. Williams (Naval Base); T A. Roper. J. Barnes, H. Pigou G F Taylor; G. Phillips, P. Dowling; S. F. Armitage, D. Kennedy, D. C. Erson; L.
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      S'pore women's XI for quad
      90 14 The following have been Invited to travel to Kuala Lumpur at weekend to represent Singapore m the quadrangular meet J* tweei Singapore Selangor, Negri Semhilan an ir n E ng: MacMullan (Captain,, F/O J D DavLs (Vice Captain' Miss" S. Atkinson. Sgt S^ Dav Vs.
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      R.A.S.C. BEAT NAVY 20-6
      45 14 Royal Army Service Corps beat Na^T Base by 20 points it ow goj.^ to six (try and penalty* to the rugger match at the Naval Ba.se y< MSr™y scored three tries and Bland one for R.A.S.C. Rodwell irude all the conversions.
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      99 14 Sports quiz tl) The present Test series between England and Australia is the (a) fortieth (b) fifty-second (c) sixtieth to be played. Which? (2) Which two track and field athletes won two or more gold medals m individual events at the Helsinki Olympics? (3) Has any horse won the Singapore
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    FIJIANS FLAY SERVICES IN FLOODLIGHT FANTASY
    451 15 Free Press Rugby Reporter FijiMS 24; Services 0 (three goals and three tries) nNK more case of a team facing the Fijians with high hopes, and leaving the field with a high store against them. After last night's floodlight victor} at Jalan Besar Stadium
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    OLYMPIC CHIEF 'AMAZED'
    91 15 OLYMPIC CHIEF 'AMAZED' MR Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee, said yesterday that he was "amazed by physical prowess" he saw during a visit to Moscow last mer for the Soviet annual ts Parade." The United States should ■:»lMde itself into believing ii was the greatest sports na:n
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    Star doubles men beaten
    71 15 HABERT and Vie Selxas America'! two ranked players, 1 leading Australian pair, Hoad ;md Ken Rosewall m a B live-set doubles semi-final tartan lawn tennis chamnt Melbourne yesterday. Americans, who won 10-12, 3-6. 6-2, 6-4, will meet another 'ralian pair. Rex Hartwig and n Rose, m
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    KAMPONG LEAGUE
    63 15 1 the breweries Kampong .tc-hes played yesterIda Latehan "A" beat Per- 'Khan "B" by 7—2 at F and I mail (3), Raw! (2), JumMKJ Super! scored for the win;»nd Hahat scored for Latehan Adam refereed H mixmg Tan Jong Rovers beat •h Rangers 3—l on Breweries ""i Hanan
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    IT'S A TRY!
    25 15 picture. Cawa skids across the I >>'•»• with Services captain Head on top of him to score the Fijians' second try.- Free Press
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    CRAZY' RUGBY PAYS OFF
    260 15 bruKe through the onrushing attackers, and was crossing Services 25 m half the time it takes to pronounce his name. He didn't make the trylme but a bunch of Pljians were well up m support and Cawa took the ball on to score with Services skipper
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    Hutton's gift to the Aussies
    415 15 rpHIS first Test at Brisbane will *t rtniembcrod as Hut ton's Christmas gift l ralim. It was lost on the first day when the En^uuia raptain made his decision to put the Aussies m the bat. Ih( last England wicket fell i at twelve minuto.s
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    Scoreboard
    123 15 AUSTRALIA lxt Inns 601 for 8 derl. ENOLANH Ist Inn* 19f i:\(,! AM) 2nd Inns Mutton low Miller 13 Simpson run oat 9 Kdrirh b Johnston Bft May low Lind»all 44 Cnwdrey b Rrnaud 10 Bailey c Langlry b Lindwall 23 Tyson not out 37 Hrdsrr r An-lii'i b
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    6-2 HOCKEY WIN
    22 15 Nee Soon Garrison trounced Kuval Malayan Navy »i-2 m a friendly hockey niadh pllJTd at Net fto.m yes'■l(l; IV
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    STAN MATTHEWS HERO IN ENGLAND TRIUMPH
    436 15 STAN MATTHEWS HERO IN ENGLAND TRIUMPH ENGLAND beat Germany m the football international m London yesterday by three goals to one. At half-time England led I—o. England goals were scored by Roy Bentley. Ronnie Allen and Len Shackleton. Alfred Beck ■cored Germany's goal. The German team was far different from
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    LITTLE ANDY SHAPES LIKE A WINNER
    643 16 ABOVE ALL m anotiier yood run -Free Prtm Course Correspondent I ITTLE ANDY, with new jockey Bill Elliott wtride, shaped like i winner L on (he training track at Ipoh this morning when he skipped :;s 2 :> sec. OH a soft track with
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    Doctor orders Shirai to bed
    269 16 Doctor orders Shirai to bed JAPANESp: Rywelghi boxrr Y(jshio Bhiral has been m seclusion for three daya nursing a head contusion receiv.-d when Patcual Perei of Ar^> f. tint dethroned him from the world championship tail Friday, Bhirai's manager announced last night. The former flyweight kini^'.s injury U 'absolutely nothing
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    Eddy will not defend title at Sussex
    97 16 Eddy will not defend title at Sussex From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Wed. ALL ENGLAND badminton champion Eddy Chootm. i who had already passed one of his bar examination*, is "ivrtm more time this season to law studies and will not defend his singles title m Sussex championships this weekend. Choong
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    HOAD TOLD: SNAP OUT OF BAD FORM
    243 16 HOAD TOLD: SNAP OUT OF BAD FORM W HOAD, individual star of Australia's Dai J victory last year, reportedly was yesterr ed tie may be left out of the 1954 challenge round un he snaps out of his slump. Concern over the jroui attitude and performance reached Sir Norman i
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    DEATH IN THE RING
    65 16 FjiNGLISH welterweight Bobby j (Cannon-Ball) Callaghan. who collapsed after a boxing match at suburban Leyton on Monday, died yesterday after an operation m a London hospital. Callaghan fought a draw with fellow Londoner Don Sleet. On the way back to the dressing room he complained of
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    RECS BEAT ARMY
    19 16 (Singapore Recreation Club beat the Army 5-2 m a friendly hockey natch on the padang yesterday.
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    EDWARDIANS TO MAKE A TOUR
    52 16 TAIPING. Wed— Kinu E VII School, of Taiplng, will mak ten-day rugger tour ol Malaya from Dec. 10 to 21. They will play at Kuala Lun Seremban and Slnfapon Edwardians have ftlread} Penaa^ Free School. St. Xa Institution. Ibrahim Schoo son School and Sultan Hamld
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