The Singapore Free Press, 8 December 1954

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya *****. SlnisMre, \Y<'d.. Her. g, 1954. PHeelSCte.
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    NEW PLAN FOR U.S. AID TO ASIA
    92 1 NEW PLAN FOR U.S. AID TO ASIA United States Secretary State, Mr. John Foster said at his Press con- .11 Washington yestervit the Eisenhower adjtration had accepted the principle that highly developed ries >hould assist the ►mies 6\ under-developed ms m Asia and other is Mr, Dulles made thus state-
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    Secret talks in Melbourne
    48 1 preservatives of the Far military staffs of France, the United States. Britain and N -v Zealand met m -secret m Melbourne yesterday for imini discussions with Ausiervice chiefs. The talks, a continuation of series started m SingaIn 1951. vill »o on until IV A.P.
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    Queen re-appoints S'pore Councillor
    39 1 Th (> leen has given lnstruc>r the re-appointment Mr. Rujabali Jumabhoy as a ainated inofficial member Singapore Executive il, it was announced m London Gazette last night. period of the extended tment <*nds on March Reuter
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    BIG FOUR TALKS: MOVES BY WEST
    257 1 BIG FOUR TALKS: MOVES BY WEST France seeks Moscow view JU\: FOREIGN MINISTERS of Britain, the United Stetei and France will try m Paris next week to prepare a co-ordinated drive for a 4 i*i# Four" conference between the Soviet and the Western powers next spring. This was stated by
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    Pelandok Specials
    46 1 HKRF are Pelandok's special selections for Ipoh races today: SPECIAL NAP Tarzan DOUBLE True Bell. Rubber Packer. TREBLE Abington, Misty Jadi, > Rubber Packer. Suggested bets on a < total outlay of 525; Nap. > win and place ($10): Double, two wins (S10) < Treble, one win (S5).
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    BEST BETS
    22 1 TRESPASSER: Rosalind EPSOM JEEP: Dantesque CALL BOY: Rice Mill POINTER: True Bell Other Ipoh selections are on the Back Page,
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    Australia bound
    21 1 m Herbert. British •sopher, lecturer, writer tves England to- m the Orient liner tor a visit to Mcl- U.P.
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    LAST CHANCE
    10 1 iblic Inspection o! Sinelectoral register ends •ck tonight.
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    GEMS STOLEN
    21 1 Thieves broke into a house m Balestier Road, EUngapoi i night and stole jewellery worth $390 and $liiu cash.
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    Divorced
    24 1 Jane Wyman, the film actress, ii. >reed from orchej tr t I ider Freddie Karger m Santa Monic t Callfornl i vre rd:iy
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    MORE U.S. AIRMEN HELD BY CHINA
    34 1 Tho United States informed the United Nations SecretaryGenera] lasi nighi that four additional American airmen were being detained by china m violation of the Korean armistice agreemeni Reuter
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    Xmas tree taken from garden
    51 1 A Geylans Road householder told the police that he found three Ynen cutting down I Christmas tree In his garden at about 12.30 a.m. today. When challenged, the men put the tree m a car and drove away. r lhr tree was worth ab ut
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    POPE: CALM NiGHT
    25 1 a Vatican source said yesterday that the Pope had a culm niizht and was able to eat "a little more. 11 Reuter
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    CANINE PARADE
    36 1 The Canine Welfare Assocla tion of Singapore held a dogs parade In Raffles Place this morning as part ol Its flag day m aid Of Its h une !>r stray dogs m Thomson Road.
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    FROM RUSSIA TO MAO: 300 NEW JETS
    90 1 I hai hande I over to Wna 300 new jot ►era and several »eed Jet fighters to n jets to the Natione, it was reported English langua lid the i Air Force had n i] P P< i quoting "reliable source aid 300
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    ONE WIFE ONLY ORDER
    32 1 ri""iii. Indian Government warned its employees today against 1 plural marriages. It ordered tint no Government worker with i vtiiV living iui} niaiij again without olliii.U ycrmissKjii.- AP
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    Toys missing
    17 1 Two bag <>i th :»h«>ut ik< ii from a hou m Blaii Road, i V.
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    SOS SIGNAL BY PLANE WAS ONLY AN EXERCISE
    134 1 SINGAPORE KM authorities today told the truth about that distress signal which ships heard on Monday from a Sunderland flying boat. The signal was not real. It \v;is part of ;in MtfCJU. The Sundrrland was takinf part m an exOTCIK with lI.VIS
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    RUBBER UP
    50 1 Th<> Singapore Rubber Mar ket opened on i steady QUlft tone this morning with ftrn grade December shipment, at 82 8 cents a lb.. 5 16 nt a cent above yesterday's close. Better overnight New York and I ondon prices were reported with factory buying m the U.S.A.
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    16 PAGES OF XMAS FUN
    126 1 16 PAGES OF XMAS FUN Erp m i;| 1 more im seasosial r«- ni E i'li; for >ou ir the second Krc Presi E Christmai Mipplniwnt v\ hi< h will l>e pnl>lish»(l ~z. tomorrow. Si\h m full si/r pmi's of <-n t• 1 1 tinifi stories, Articleg uml Bamea will
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      110 1 u oetCo^f' Nature intended all t<> enjoy complete \A W :irul peaceful ileep each night m order $f- —^F^i to K^in strength, energy ftnd confidence /J^ t<» sc.' th<-m cheerfully through the lien $tt'Q'\//%7^r'!n&f I iy. To some sleep COmei e.t>ily; j^V»4it*»-if othen must take st<«f)s to encourag( ii P
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    'The alliance means survival'
    174 2 ICHIRO HATOYAMA, who is expected to i ceed Shigeru Yo aa prime mini Ol Japan, favours lull di])lo maUc relations with feed China and Ru.v,ia b;. no change m Japan's Hi. lea with the United Bta •Jajjaii Burvivi only becau of its Security alliance with the
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    ALLIES ASK U.N CHIEF: GET REDS TO FREE 'SPIES'
    201 2 A RESOLUTION, sponsored by the IC Allied powers which fought m Korea, was officially tabled yesterday asking the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. I>:t^ llummurskjold. to seek the release of the II American airmen imprisoned by the hinesc Communists and "all
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    McCarthy accuses Ike of Red sympathies
    219 2 McCarthy accuses Ike of Red sympathies SKN'ATOR Joseph McCarthy yesterday accused President Eisenhower 01 having urged tolerance for Chinese Communists who tortured American .soldiers. Mr. McCarthy. •Republican) chairman of the Senate Investigations Sub-Committee, was condemned by the Senate last week for his conduct towards his fellow Senators. Yesterday he interrupted
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    A. locked bathroom saves family from amok
    238 2 A. locked bathroom saves family from amok I>ltl >KN( E <>f mind Hired a woiM.ui md her three children Iron beinf harmed b> the chi§el-wielding man who run amok m Singapore yesterday. Mr> Yap Boon Guan was at hone on the first floor of a shophouse m Tnwn.shend Road irhen
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    MINISTER TO SEE UNION CHIEFS
    53 2 Mr. John Boyd the Minister of agreed m London yi meet leaders of the 40 tisb Railway worker day to discuss a crisis which threat tnaa rail strikes. The Minister agi t 0 meet the union chi( they had told him m that a dangerous
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    LABOUR FAILS TO CENSURE GOVERNMENT
    64 2 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S government last niuht defeated by 298 votes to 269. a Labour opposition motion seeking to censure it fpr .showing an 'unwarrantable complacency towards the continued existence of social Injustice" m Britain. The motion also accused the government of a "doctrinaire determination to
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    PEACE OFFER WINS OVER 1,998 TUNIS BANDITS
    131 2 GENERAL Pierre Boyer De La Tour Dv Moulin. French Resident General m Tunisia, said last night that 1,998 outlaws had so far surrendered with 1.553 weapons r This made the proportion of arms to surrendering Fellaghas 77.6 per cent which French authorities thought
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    Reds attack Eden view on new U.S. pact
    88 2 liflE welcome by the British Foreign Secretary. Sir Anthony Eden for the United States security pact with Nationalist China will now probably affect relatons between Britain and the Peking Communist Government, say London diplomatic quarters. Sir Anthony hailed the treaty, which guarantees
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    ARMY MARCHES AGAINST DRINK
    44 2 A Salvation Army band and a girl's choir dressed m white were among a thousand people who marched on Parliament House. Sydney, last night to protest against legislation that would make liquor easier to buy m New South Wales Reuter
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    FIREMAN HELD
    25 2 Police arrested Takashi Ono, 26, a visiting fireman from Yokohama, for setting fire vc.storday to an empty police hut at Kamakura.- A P.
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    A GREAT EXPORT YEAR FOR BRITAIN
    83 3 A GREAT EXPORT YEAR FOR BRITAIN u[ the British r d of Track-. Mr. I In I. radon thai Britain of her best and looking for- even better more prosperous and going right direction. inflation," roft said m continuing with an agn < ment which that country to a mil
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    REFUGEE PROBLEM CRITICAL
    267 3 Siani Premier says: Issue may go to U.N. THi: PRIME MINISTER ..i Ni.im. Field Marshal x Pibul Songfram, said yesterday that his country s critical Vietnamese refugee problem may have t<> !>«' submitted to the United Nations. Comparing the problem with Burma's complaint Inst Chin. Nationalist guerillas,
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    MISS LA LOLLO STEALS SHOW FROM NATIONS TOP STARS
    79 3 MISS LA LOLLO STEALS SHOW FROM NATIONS TOP STARS r pilF Argentine Academy 1 of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences <!♦'- Ufered it', top awards to Argentina's top Bin stars on .Monday night, but Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida stoic the show. J he Usually large crowds at the presentation hall were
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    Negroes are warned: 'Blood will flow'
    138 3 SEGREGATION ROW BOILS UP 4 WARNING that blood will be spilled on the cum- il Negroes try to enter white schools m a v.us voiced last night at a meeting of the (Alabama) County White Citizens' Council. Another .speaker, Senator Walter Givhan said the
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    NEW MINISTER
    35 3 Dr. Syed Mahmud, 65, I Moslem, has been appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs under Premier Nehru. who continues a.s foreign Minister, it was officially announced m New Delhi yester- day- A.P.
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    THE FIRST SNOW
    22 3 Thp .season's first snow fell m England yesterday, reaching down a.s far u.s Hampshire on the south coast- A.P.
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    PAKISTANI: I'M READY TO GO BACK AND DIE
    165 3 \|R. Maulana Bla.shani, greybearded East Pakistan leader who Is threatened with death if he returns to Pakistan from Britain, said m London yesterday he Is ready to go back and be .shot, if necessary, to help the Pakistani people. Maj.-Gcn Iskander Mirza,
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    TUG SURVIVORS PICKED UP
    104 3 RESCUE ships yesterday picked up seven survivors and three bodlei ol the crew Of a tug which sank m the Btonn-tossed Gull ol Mexico on Monday evening. One of the crew is unac- nted f'»r. Coa.st Ouard hi adquarten m New Orleam indicated that he failed
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    Record grain crop in China
    43 3 I»kij c H ilture IV M Peking Radj cord grain h I 170 million The bro heard In Tokyi aid the rice crop wa ii" of flood [nci > ere reported m maize, millet, cotton, to! and peai A.P.
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    Railmen walk out
    21 3 tion ol French railway m< n walked ofl their |oba today In a I hour "warnlnit" >tnk» U.P.
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    'Baby flung from car' MOTHER ACCUSED
    46 3 'Baby flung from car' MOTHER ACCUSED V." OLD »ther r 11 1 i .rid thf I Fhe chl itru r. Akin told poll v loor "f ;r car four did f)l(i I n he Id md 'i him ii had ti r from t car A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 1954. Opinion SINGAPORE APATHY
    381 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 1954. Opinion SINGAPORE APATHY Elections Self-government How of ten baa this cry been voiced m Singapore? Often But recent developments make one wonder: Who really wants ejections Or .sell government for that matter? In the last rew days the p op] ol Singapore
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    Only ONE cure for traffic ills
    555 4 Only ONE cure for traffic ills *LET'S START OPENING UP OUR ROADS' THE rec< nt discussion oi "Wrong Wuy 'iritiiif" m Singapore has caused a reader to contribute the following remarks by Mr. Walter E. Hill. Managing Director o! Vauxhall Motors Ltd., on the subject ol roads m Britain. Mr.
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    'Friend or stranger' poser at Post Office
    432 4 LETTERS FROM FREE PRESS READERS MY WIFE has a small amount of money m the Malayan Post Ollice savin bank. I was successful m withdrawing part of it once. The second time I failed. A Postal official made ni» understand that it was
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    WEEKLY PAY: A NEW SUGGESTION
    112 4 II r HY not Pay-A.s They-Earn Weekly, Fortnight}? or Monthly as the employee requires? Friday afternoon.s could be set a.side as PayDay for any employee "wi.shin^ to draw a week's wages (or two week's or a month's accord i riK to what is to his
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      33 4 POCKET CARTOON B> OS Of ft 7 LANCASTER .\> I <cc it thr great question before the Tory Party is this has Sit Anthony not what it takes to face up to Qraham Sutherland
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    TODAY—IT'S GEYLANG
    126 5 TODAY —IT'S GEYLANG Today, the Free Press map of the electoral divisions of Singapore is that of Geylanfc. It is bounded on the north by a new drain starting from the western side of the Kalians River to the middle of Paya Lebar Road on the east. It then goes
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    Ceremony in temple
    46 5 Ceremony in temple A one-hour assembly ol idols known as Balastha panam," wan conducted at the Sn Senpaga Vinayagar temp] m Ceylon Road, Singapore The ceremonj urai a prelud to the $75,000 r n<-)vn on the 50-year-old temple. Two artists from India paint the temple domes.
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    Drowned in canal
    31 5 UK ANSON, Wed. A Lai Mun. 43 was when ho foil into an! nation canal m chui Chak 1 Vll1 about 20 miles «n here at the weekend.
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    Studies abroad for artists
    256 5 \rl Society's scholarship plan THE Singapore Art Society, under a new conation recently adopted, aims to set up a "scholarship fund" to send outstanding artists for udies abroad. Mr. Ho Kok Hoe, the chairman, said at the first rial general meeting on Monday ni^ht: "There a
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    10,000 WILL ATTEND OPEN-AIR MASSES
    231 5 MORE than 10,000 Catho- m Singapore are expected to attend two oi>en-air Masses today to' i lebrate the close of Marian Year. Boih Masses commencing at 5.30 i).m. will be held at St. Joseph's School ground m Bras Basah Roa and at St. Josephs C)
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    Tappers get pay rise
    69 5 AI.OR STAR. Wed. rubber estates In Kedah have j foi their workers the Improvement m rubbe.* priCl Chun" Shin Che, acting Deputy Com 01 r for Labour, Kedah and Perils, said yesterd P ece-rated tappers rec( ;i rise oj from thrt c to five cent* a
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    To talk on China
    39 5 Mr Richard Harris, corrwipondeni n limes, 1 til: on "A pecti <»i China m revolution i meetln if the University of \l;il:iyi Sodety at the Iri i heatrt*. Cluny Road, on Friday at 8 Dm.
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    JOBS PLAN FOR GAOL MEN
    69 5 JOBS PLAN FOR GAOL MEN If t: they n :ift from to phi Ind up m pr;. n tin. He hoped the Chii ru wou] ribe t<> the building schemt. Hie i sociation v,;us finding it hardei I work for atecharged prl 7T»^ tioi iuni work for 3 >p c
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      462 6 **%n I'i'Hlil^nillhlhJ^liiiM'kl your MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis! 5TA n _5 SOBRY l MADNESS? I I YOU'LL LET ME USE THE MACHINE, 1 I AMD WM£N HE IS AEIEASEO MOM an inventi> r milld TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1 1 Mllllp I 1 I t c 1
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    Round the World Market Prices
    5 7 Round the World Market Prices
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    U.K. closing prices
    204 7 LONDON, Dm. 7 Pretiou* Today N« 1 KSS c.i.f. European 23 13 16 buyers 23 1) 16 bir < 24 sellers 24 1 1 fl i •{>> cl.f. European :13 10 buyers ers M .sellers sei; so KSS Spot buyers 2-* en 24. Mtol M »A no
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    New York prices
    103 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Previous Today tin StralU spot and nearby 89.87 nom. 90.00 nom. TIN futures Dec 89.60 bid 89.90 bid 90.00 asked 90.00 asked Jan. 89.60 bid 89 80 bid 9C.00 asked 89.90 asked Feb. 89 55 bid 89.70 traded 89.87 asked TONE: Steady. SALES:
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    U.S. PEPPER
    42 7 Spo f Malabar was quoted at 44 40. Sarawak spot 43. Lampong pound. December ship- spot at 44 cents per pound, sellers men! ai 42 January 41. January- ex-dock. (equal monthly proportions) Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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    DOW JONES AVERAGES
    32 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Previous Today 30 Industrials 392.48 393.88 N Railroads 135.58 136.87 4(1 DomiNtic Bonds 101.29 101.34 IS Uilities 61.53 61.41 ti4 Storks Composite Averafes 144.35 144.96
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    Copra, coconut oil prices
    114 7 Dec. 7. Previous Today COPRA Philippines cj.f. UK/North. $199 sellers $198 sellers Kuroptun delivered weight per Ion;; urn Dec. Jan COPRA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila. d<>!i\<-t»'d weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted COPRA Mraits. c.i.f. UK/North. £73a 4 buyers £73*. paid European delivered weight per £741, sellers
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    SINGAPORE TELEPHONE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
    212 7 SINGAPORE TELEPHONE FUTURE IS BRIGHT A:\AL m Singapore early •car of the first of ii worth of new telet quiprnent will give Singapore Telephone a good start," the n, Mr. Loke Wan yesterday. -hcduled to take :ii the Oriental Teleind Klectric Co., Ltd., emit* r 31, when the Panv passei
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    Purse theft in gardens
    34 7 I'ENANG, Wed. At the Botanic Gardens yesterday, a schoolboy lost a purse containing $5 and his identity card. He went for I swim and lost the property from hi* trouser*
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    WANTED-3,500 MORE TEACHERS IN SIX YEARS
    194 7 T4IK Education Department is to recruit nearly 3,500 x teachers during the next six years to staff the Increasing number of English primary schools being: built m Singapore. The first batch of 600 will be taken m next year In three stages m January,
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    Combined air exercise was successful
    78 7 Combined air exercise was successful AN RAF spokesm.t: terday that n; It on jra by I B. Air force B-29'f were luccestfully Intered by ftghto The raid, carried out during the weekend, were part of combined USAF-RAF rxer bc^un List fear under the code name "Jo^ itick.** The west coast
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    No dodgers here, says Mr. Minns
    157 7 j^EW learner drivers m Singa- pore attempt to dodge a test by taking out a succession of provisional licences, the head of the traffic police, Mr. A. E. Minns, said yesterday. He was commenting on a report from Britain that Wolverhampton police knew of
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    CHRISTMAS PR VIEW
    417 8 CHRISTMAS PR VIEW Six year old Dhvegal shows her friends how to do an Indian dance during the Christmas party at the Tcssensohn Road Children Social Centre. It took a week for the' two girls at the bottom of the page to make their doll goats. Au-yong Sou Toh and
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    'TINS' cut down cost on broken crockery
    198 10 'TINS' cut down cost on broken crockery SHIP lin, are likely to become a brn item In Britain'! dollar export trad' because an American executive was so impn ssed aboard one of Britain's latest luxury liners iitted with antirolling devices. The executive. Mr. R. C. Lee. vice-president of a big
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    They'll seek data on upper air
    105 10 THE ire-covered Antarctic is coming to life as 29 observation stations are organised to join m an international scientific study. Present plans call for the stations to be manned by personnel of nine nations, including the United States. Most will be on the Antarctic
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    114 10 A new fire -fighting equipment was introduced to the public m a demonstration 1 Riven by members of the Kent Fire Brigade at the River Mole, near DorkingThr equipment includes an Inflatable rubber raft similar to the sra-.iir resell* 1 r.ift and dubbed 'Bikil It tarries three light-weight pumps ;i*>
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    One beam for phone link-up
    63 10 ALOW-COST microwave relay system to permit telephone services to be beamed from a central exchange to an isolated community up to 50 miles away, been perfected. It can be mounted on a telephone pole, tower or rooftop. Its built-in antenna is aimed at the central
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    Your heart and lungs can SAVE a 'blue baby'
    316 10 Your heart and lungs can SAVE a 'blue baby' Wihhl ht>oU-up WOULD you loan your heart and lungs to help save a child's life through heart surgery? It would mean undergoing an operation tubes leading from the child's chest connected with an artery and vein m your leg. Your lungs
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    Carp boosts rice yields
    185 10 GROWING simultaneous crope of fish and rico m the same fields Ls now an established practice m the famous rice ti. Ids at KotChant m Yugoslav Macedonia. The experiment, tn»-d last .war and repeated this year, has proved so fill that the Government Fisheries Institute is
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    Helicopter 'ports' on roof tops?
    84 10 THE world's airlines, beginning to plan now for future helicopter operations. have set up commissions of their own to examine the problems of flying m and out of the centre of big cities. A meeting m Brussels m February will study reports from the commissions.
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    35 10 Man looking at a model Bailey Bridge on show at the Public Works and Municipal Service Exhibition at Olympia, London, certainly knowi what he's seeing. He's Sir Donald Bailey, who invented the bridge m wartime.
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    1131 11 When I tried out for a school play they almost threw me out!' CONTIHUIH6 m *W GARDNER STORY AS TOLD BY J. M. RODDY i\.\ idiiKiied as she A studied my question. Carolina? Fields of on plantation* of tobacBanjos drumming and ,-hummin' m the „t cotton, my eye! it hard,
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    My sort of a wife for an eligible young man
    515 12 My sort of a wife for an eligible young man EILEEN ASCROFT answers the question that floored a quiz panel BILLY WALLACE must be one of Britain's mast eligible bachelor!. H<« is 27, not bad looking, and heir to a useful fortune. Yet when be a.sked, "What idvice can you
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    SHE'S NO ESCAPIST
    65 12 AT a Lebanese Embassy party m London, talk turned to the theatre. Socialist MP, Dr. Edith Summerskill, was asked If she ever had time to go. She consulted her diary and said; "Look not a single evening free until the end of January. i Anyway, why should
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    22 12 A SUGARED shaving soap is to be produced m America for those who like a quick breakfast while they shave.
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    Looks like lace but it isn't
    33 12 picture. The white hand-made cap, frilled to simulate Dutch lace, is made of straw and horse hair. The attractive model is 21-year-old Henrika Hendrike from Holland. Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
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    161 13 SO there you all arc, starting off the day with "physical jerks." All. that is, except Mr FLOP And m that I am on HIS side. Why? I object to the "jerks." It Rives die wrong idea about exercise. The essence of healthy exercise is
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    ZIPP GOES A MILLION!
    530 13  - ZIPP GOES A MILLION! JOSEPH EDMUNDSON fie m the pink wherever you seek FUN m the SUN By /jut of that deck-chair now! Its time to join MISS ZIPP, the Health Club's up-and-doing girl, if you want to get FIT the FUN way. Miss Zipp is today tackling her exercbcf
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    21 13 This is the ZIPP look: here's how to get it FIO > FOR THAT TUMMY flO. 4: TO Br AT THI OULOI
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    DRAW FOR WOMEN'S EVENTS
    282 14 DRAW FOR WOMEN'S EVENTS TABU TENNIS HERK Is the revised draw for the women's and mixed events m the third Asian Table Tennis Championships. commencing m Singapore on Sal urday Women's team championship for the Kama la X annum jan (up: KOCW v I long Kong; Formosa v India; Malaya
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    18 14 United States vrrsiis Mexico. John onnr*ll (No is surrounded by Mexicans m an exciting melee. Mexico won l-f.
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    101 GOALS IN 9 MATCHES!
    42 14 Wheeler Street Youth Club beat Constable street Juniors 16-0 m the Yorkshire Youth Soccer League. This brouKht their total of goals thLs seaaon to 101 m only nine gamee. They Have hftd but three scored against Ineai
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    12 ROUND DRAW
    20 14 Joe Pompei i Victoria) and Queensland aboriginal boxer Oiarrle Großan fought a 12 round draw at Melbourne
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    SPORTS QUIZ
    93 14 {It If you were al the Baseball round m England what same would you ex- pert to see? (2) With what sports do you associate; (a) Double header. (b) pike, (c) puck? U> For what sport Is the Eu Toiik s««n Cup contested iv (4) If you were
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    369 14 By JAMES GOODFELLOW personalities flocked into London last week. Among them were two business executives with ambitious plans for tournament promotion. They are sponsors of the tournament next May, when the first prize will be .c 1,000, the bigge.st yet m British golf. Said Mr.
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    SOCCER BOOM IN THE U.S.
    732 14 SOCCER BOOM IN THE U.S. Unbeaten record VISIT OK S at I S. s< hools and C«llefC campuM's this year were astounded at the amount o! i»CCCf action they saw. Formerly Anu'ri< the how< been winning popularit ly it has been included m the ai schools that f \<> inako
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    SANDS GETS TITLE BOUT
    130 14 rpHE New South Wales boxer, 1 Russell Sands, did not drop a round In beating Johnny Wheeler on points m a 12 round bout at Brisbane Stadium. Sands, the youngest of the fighting Sands brothers, impressed with his brilliant boxing and clever evasive work. Wheeler tried
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    TROTTING RECORD
    30 14 The Australian champion Pftcer, Ribands, won the New Zealand Pacing Championship over 12 furlongs at Addlngton, Chrlstchurrh, m the world record time of 3 minutes, 21 lIS accoud*.
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    There's money in pigeon racing
    352 14 There's money in pigeon racing THE month of December m Britain opened with an event of prime importance to thousands of bird owners all over the country. It was the international racing pigeon championship at the New Horticultural Hall, Westminster. London, the first for individual fanciers to be held anywhere
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    16 14 01 mm Mon« vafiu 3tn 'on <■*>' atnxoa (s) •J[OQ (g) punoj3 o J
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    POMPEE BLASTS DUTCH CHAMPION
    281 15 Smiling Sammy beats Ankarah x-Ol WDE POMPEE, Trinidad's light-heavyweight I champion, knocked out Wim Snoek, the lighttvrweifhl champion of Holland, m the third round a light-heavyweight bout at Harringay Arena, I ondon, last night. Pompee always boxing coolly had the best of the iment through the
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    FESTOON FETCHES RECORD £37,800
    163 15 A WORLD record price of <j 37.800 for a brood mare I by a British racener for Festoon win- this year's 1,000 guineas, tersaiTa December sales market yesterday. The •ok only 3 2 minutes. Illy was purchased by B A^kew. nrphew of film j. Arthur Rank,
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    AMPOL PRIZE
    15 15 Prize money for this year's Anipol golf tournament m Australia totalled Msll 1,750.
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    KOREANS HERE
    55 15 Eight-man team from South Korea consisting of o officials, two women players 1 four men players arrived I Kallang airport last night from Hong Kong for the third Asian Table Tennis Championships, which begin on Saturday. The Hong Kong team, expected on the same plane last night, has
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    Unlucky Tuli loses in 4th
    207 15 Unlucky Tuli loses in 4th VTAZZARFNO (iiannelli A^ of Italy, tIM Kurop* \m flyweight champion u.i> .1 somewhat hit ky winner of his international flyweight contest against Jake Tuli of South Africa, the former Empire champion, at Harringay arena last night. The referee stopped the fight m the Italian's favour
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    Rosalind Rowe loses final
    296 15 YIfORLD table tennis champion Ichuru Ogimura, fT Japan, was completely eliminated from the Scandinavian open championships yesterday when he and Elizabeth Thorsson, Sweden, lost m the semifinals of the mixed doubles against Ivan Andreadis, Czechoslovakia, and Rosalind Rowe, England, 21-12, 21-13. 21-12. On Monday he lost
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    Scots take on Hungary today
    149 15 Scots take on Hungary today SCOTLAND, with three r*w internationals and eight changes from the side held to a draw by Ireland last month, I face a stern task against Hungary, World Cup finalist, at Hampden Park (.Glasgow; today. After their unhappy World Cup experiences, when they lost to Austria
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    Penalty goal win for Cambridge
    43 15 Cambridge beat Oxford by three points to nil m the 73rd annual University Rugby Union match at Twickenham Fullback P. M. Davies .scored a penalty goal from eight yards inside the Oxford half m the tenth minute Reuter
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    REX HARTWIG IS ORDERED TO BED
    19 15 Rex Haitwlg was ordered to bed yesterday with a possible case of mumps.
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    JOE POTS 'EM ALL
    72 15 to equal his record JOE DAVIS, former British snooker champion, yesterday equalled his own world record snooker break of 146. He took all the bulls m his match at Leicester Square Hall aaainst Albert Brou n. Davis set tin world record m Manchester m 77.50. phujina
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    OLSON IS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
    55 15 OLSON IS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR IDDI.tWEIGHT champion Carl (Boboi OLson yesterday voted the Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque "lighter of tho year"' tor 1954 by the Boxing Writers' Axsoeiation. The 26-year old, Hawaiian born Olson will receive the award at the Association's annual dinner at the Hotel New Yorkrr.
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    THOMAS CUP
    28 16 DENMARK overwhelmed Wales m their Thomas Cup badminton tournament second round at Cardiff last night winning all nine encounters during the two days of the match.
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