The Singapore Free Press, 16 December 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press i irgest Afternoon Sale m Malaya N,, ill.!?. *mi;;iporr, Thurs., Dec. 16, 1954. Pricr ISCfti
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    Vegetables scarce in S'pore markets: And prices go up
    264 1 ONE aftermath of the week-end floods m Singapore is the scarcity of vegetables. And prices have :i, from 15 per cent to as much as 100 per cent. vegetables are unobtainable. The floods have washed away most of the colony's vegetable
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    BRITIAN RATIFIES TIN PACT
    81 1 11JUTAIN fcaa ratified ihe JJ International Tin Afcreeat the end of 1953. Sir Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, signed the ratification. Main purpose of the agreement is to stabilise world prices. In the .same document Sir Anthony declared the separate participation m the agreement of
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    POPE RECOVERS
    31 1 I 1 >pc again made some yesterday after a tern on Tuesday In his covery from a grave i by a stomach ailbut he is still very weak- Reuter
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    RUBBER UP
    23 1 Singapore Rubber •»pened steadily this ng with first grade, shipment, at 83 > 4 ib. 7 16 of a cent terday close
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    Malayan dollar is worth more
    131 1 Malayan dollar is worth more Dur Market Cftfip— iea< \y I n R trading conditions, i- rubber and luve Increa i d, 1 $30 million, the n currency m circuist two ted In a furthening of the ■:n. t Btertn Exi resterday itea by a furnny to bring ling price
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    SUBMARINE AGROUND: 3 BELIEVED DEAD
    177 1 Workers leap to safety 'THREE workmen are believed to have dird In the submarine Talent, which was .swept from a dock m Chatham, near London, yesterday when the dock collapsed. The submarine was swept crewle.s.s Rcrou the River Medway and went aground m about .six
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    FLOODS RISING: DANGER HOUR IS 3 p.m.
    251 1 FLOODS RISING: DANGER HOUR IS 3 p.m. It will rain all day today m areas stretching from Singapore to Trengganu, according to (he weather experts. The downpour will be heavy at times. Danger time m Singapore will be 3 o'clock this afternoon -high tide. JKAV r Y monsoon rains which
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    Clothing, Cash, Workers
    124 1 Clothing, Cash, Workers rpllF. oinmittcr itf the 1 Singapore Flood Kelief Fund this morning appealed for more donations m cash and for more clothing, tinned foods, milk, blankets and any other goods of an essential nature. The public could help, the committee said, m the following tasks: As despatch workers
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    Stamps worth $5,000 stolen
    38 1 Four albums of stamps worth $5,000 were .stolen from a European household m Evans Road, off Bukit Timah Road, yesterday afternoon. Three of the albums, minus the stamps, were later found m the garden.
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    MPs ROWOVER MAU MAU 'FLOGGINGS'
    345 3 JMo more than strokes' says Minister f ABOUR members protested In the lloux,- <>f lJ Commons yesterday About punishments Imposed on Africans held In Mai Man detention camps m East Africa The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, had detailed the penalties
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    Ike explodes theory of 'flying saucer'
    104 3 Ike explodes theory of 'flying saucer' 1)RI nidi n I Eisenbowei told Wi Waihington conference jreaterJio ii»- had been assured ls wrong to believe 'flying saucer> rain* Iroin an OVtside planet. He made this comment asked to give h\opinion on fly inn saucer phenomena and on rep«»rt> tliat some European
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    U. S. firm to build portable A-plant
    159 3 rr v >mic Energy Commls--1 iion announced m Washin yesterday a contract lor instruction of a nucl< ar r plant capable of being and transported by jh< commission said tv Loc( motive Company sign, build and test-op-rai the prototype of thi.- soi "package"
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    Seaplane jets
    24 3 The U.S. Secret. i rv of the I Mr. Charles Thomas the navy ii.is seaplane let bombers In the experimental staee. A.P.
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    LATE PLEA FAILS TO STOP HANGING
    319 3 MRS. Styllou Christofl, a 53-! year-old Cypriot, vester day became the thirteenth woman to be hanged m Britain. She went to the scaffold at Holloway prison m London for having murdered her daughter-in-law. Until a late hour members of; Parliament, including three barristers, tried
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    BACK TO WORK
    21 3 Jacob Malik left New jo yesterday on the Queen d^th to resume his po>t as Unbassador to London
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    GOING TO KOREA
    27 3 Maj. Gen Merril Twining, Deputy Chief Of Staff at US. Marine Headquarters was yesterday assigned to command the l.st Merino Division m Korea.- A.P.
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    Serousily ill
    32 3 Philippine Senator E.staban Abada la still m a critical condition m New York Hospital. Ho ha.s been m the hospital for a month with liver and kidney ailments. A. P.
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    S4MIL. CLAIM LOST ON SHIP EXPLOSION
    132 3 I PERIAL Chemical Indusy oi Australia and New the dear j Uv after a judge freed urn, pi :i ii responsibj S V! x > )losl() n which claimat Melbourne on BR vf XI)lo iu n aboard the f? -romptfd the O wn-LO,OOO-ton vessel,
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    David's Xmas hope vanished with the trees
    74 3 D\\ id Parker, v ea Lerprisftnf 11 war-old i)o\. was out «»i tasineai resterdaj v PlUtfcurfti before he eovM make his first Bale. Davitl l»r<uiuht M>!10 worth <>l hristmas IrCCS. lie si. irked them at a corner I <» t then ireafl to
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    Brotherhood had revolt arms ready
    58 3 ()Ni »f the sentenced itn an others wi I to ole'.s Coui t in f »r plOttin 'iliie. Major Salah BaJem, Mini for 1 (i the extent of the Brotherhood i conpli.. t< pow( He said they had more than .i million rounds ol ammunition
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      130 3 I CHILDREN'S jtj^ HAND-MADE PARTY DRESSES w|S[?'"^^ I I/ 1/ I /or fAe festive season! I*( '%'CM:^M--M; OR (.AN I) IF- W^CX^jFw^' *'-"-/?3L-^?? With delightful j ~S—^^^ j motifs, m pastel 3 SILK DRESSES i I'mk. 1 cllow or J Delightfully hand embroidered and smocked, m White with embroidery Sizes
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 1954. Opinion The mixed marriage
    284 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 1954. Opinion The mixed marriage A brains trusts team m Kuala Lumpur lias been debating; the I blt-m of mixed marriages as a solution to the racial problems of Malaya. It decide d that mixed marriages would be no solution at all. But
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    A land of uncertainty
    528 4  -  HENRIK KROGIUS THEY LIKE MARSHAL TITO BUT NOT HIS REGIME hy v<)R all tho lmprover tnenf since President Josip Broi Tito broke away from Russia m 1948, the Yugoslav people still have little confidence m laws. Yugoslav! interviewed from the Slovenian Hepublic m the north, to
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    BY THE WAY
    361 4  -  UNKNOWN FORTY-ONE years ago today a City alderman found a youngster playing a cheap violin m a deserted vegetable warehouse m Hackney. Today that youngster controls the largest dial-cutting busiriess m Europe, and has iuat been elected to the Sidney Fletcher Memorial Institute, which is run m
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      He calls it frustration not apathy
      165 4 He calls it frustration not apathy yOU deplore the apathy 1 of the people elections and self-govern-ment I deploi frustration over i I and self-governm* by lb c c of the electoi who against their will had been included by automatic registration. The iigure.s for the I bership of our
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      SO FRESH!
      15 4 DUBLIN grocery adv. ment: '"The eggs wi tomorrow are still In th( ncns.
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      28 4 EXCELLENT RINGS OP DIAMONDS fir GEMS IN PI. MINI Me (.OLD. X Wit h Sma rt it Efficic n t Workmanship G.C.DeSILVA&BROS 3, RAFFLES PLACE Singaporc-1 Tel: *****.
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      96 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience 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 30,000
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    LOCAL MEN REJECT CITY PAY PLAN
    205 5 IT WILL FURTHER DIVIDE THE STAFF T■; UK»I Senior Offictssociatian of the ore City Council ■yd the latest pay ,1 S of the Finance neral Purposes P tho scheme to most of the tan', cuts leave »ge faculties. that the scheme, it ,ugh, may
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    TOYS AT THE HOSPITAL
    41 5 >H, Thurs. Santa Claus ribute toys from a re to the children's the Ipoh District o n Monday. iristmaa party is being hv the Perak branch British Red Cross Sothe Women's Service Kue and helpers at the
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    FIVE-YEAR PLAN
    27 5 •(A. Thurs.-A muni- committe.e appointed a five-year pro- of capital works has .^"jmended that the municiaoorL r acqulre land wort h 000 for town improvement
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    NEW CLUBHOUSE
    31 5 TAIPING, Thrus.— The new clubhouse or the Kwuubml a*> sociation will be opened by th» District Officer. Larut an«l M&tanß Mr. D. R Home, on Jan 12 at noon.
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    TREAT FOR CHILDREN
    39 5 k hundred children of ben of the RailRecreation Club -m K apore, will be l^eU to a Chriatr mas party by the club president, Mr .A. L. Baxby, on Dec. 22. A cinema show will follow.
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    Now there's another hour for the road
    303 5 TIME for "one for the road" m most Singapore bars will from now on be later by one hour on Saturday nights and public holidays providing the bar owners apply for an extension. Mr. Lim Jew Kan. president of the Singapore Public House
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    DREDGER TO CLEAR BLOCKED DRAINS
    45 5 Many mtll irtlg atlon drams m tlie Sengganuig (inuiian'' Irrigation area have be< ome badly lilted. Th«-y will be cleared by a Miiiput dredger winch cost the Government $16,000 it will ais<> be used at sri Menantl on sinr-kir work.
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    JOHORE POLICE TOLD: USE COMMON SENSE
    274 5 Four waited two months for trial TWO months elapsed before four Chinese women, charged with possession of foodstuffs m a food-pro-hib'ted Johore area, were brought to trial m the Johore Bahru Sessions Court. The court's president. Mr. N L Cohen, severely criticised the police
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    'OFFICER BEAT ME' CLAIM
    66 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Sin Wah. 25, claimed m the First Magistrate's Court hew yesttrday that he escaped from Police Lieut. T. N. Edwards, who had arrested him. because Edwards had beaten him Sin claimed trial to two charges of escaping from custody and stealing a bicycle
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      72 5 iiiiiiiiiiiiiMdiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiinniimiiiiiiiiuiiiiiitiimiiii •miii iiim hiiihiiiiiiium Paris New York TQRLJ LIPSTICK I 4 is B^^ /A IB ifl l U 10 EXCITING SHADES I SOLE A y* kl\\ I.WW rM| B.TII f%> SINGAPORE. PENANC. K. LUMPUR H I|IIM i !^!WIW^^IW»W Wf 1^ W* MWn Gt/b fAaf p/ease /asf through the years!
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      105 6 MANDRAKE by Tee Falk and Phil Davis STAR 1 >* 1 Iimpo^s ppepawo f '.\r~v ;t see this tmrc shI B°55 t<ld: W ixV or J) i Ambl11 JARZAN_^ by Edgar Rice Burroughs I /Jf LI V MM c :i: v<c t%\"- J I x > -v.-»- -v£-r £-FS T:
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U. K. closing prices
      194 7 i o\i><>\ n.r 1 Preil— Today l KSS ci.f. European 24 7 1H bUJ 24 9 16 sellers -7 16 sellers So 1 RSS c.U. European 24, btl 24', bu 14 I Ml Spot 24 bu I 24 bu- 25 sellers I sel l RSS Settlement
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      New York prices
      107 7 NEW YORK, 15. Previous Today Tl\ straits spot and nearby 89.37 nom. 89.25 nom. JIN mtures Dec. 89.15 bid 89.00 bid 89.50 asked 89.10 asked Jan. 89.15 bid 89.00 traded 89.50 asked Fefr. 89.00 bid 88 90 bid 89.50 asked 90.00 asked Ton i Steady. SALES: Two
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      U.S. PEPPER
      41 7 Malabar was quoted at 43. 43. December shipment January 41 v 2. January, and March (m equal Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib. monthly proportions) 41. Sarawak spot 42. Lampons spot 43 cents per pound sellers ex-dock.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      24 7 Previous Today M Industrials 387.03 388.92 Kuln.ads 136.58 137.16 M D— mtk Bonds 101.25 101.18 tJ Stocks Composite Averages 143.49 144.00
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      129 7 Dec. 15. Previous Today foi'lc\ I'hilippines cj.f. UK North. $197 .sellers 1 97 L quo' ed European delivered weight per < OPR Philippine*, f.o.b. Manila. red weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted COPR.%. vp.iits. i-.i.f. IK North. £72^. buyers -^£73 buyers iropean delivered weight per £73
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    GOVT. TRADE TALKS WITH CHAMBERS HELD UP
    132 7 between the Comand Industry L><"nt ol the Singapore nd the Chamof C pee on the 'ible relaxation of importt control* will not Place until after the ar. H Clcßg, Director of :md Industry said chances of' the rting earlier were remot °n for
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    ALLIANCE FIGHTS CASE OF 83 BANNED SCHOOLBOYS
    120 7 ALLIANCE FIGHTS CASE OF 83 BANNED SCHOOLBOYS Umno-mca Alliance memberi m the Jttere State ouncil will urgl (lovernment .it the Dim. IK meeting: to hike immediate steps to admit into the English College the S:{ boys who were turned awuy for lack of accommodation. The 8!i hoys already have pased
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    HOME FOR A HOLIDAY
    64 7 MISS Cecilia Kaan returru-d home yesterday for the first time m three years to spend her Christmas and New Year holiday with her parents. She has just completed her studies at the George Taylor Coaching College m Melbourne and wants to be a nurse. After the
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    Philippines invitation to S'pore YMCA
    79 7 rriHE YMCA Youth Centre m 1 the Philippines is inviting Singapore YMCA to send two leaders to attend a five-day "National Student conference" to be held m Bagnio city, beginning on Boxing Day. The pair will also be invited to participate m a series of
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    Wage claim at C.E.B.
    53 7 Claims [or increased wages by iaily paid worker* ol the Cen Lral Electricity Board will be considered at i lull meeting of the Board m January. The management agreed to the claims to the Board after a meeting with represen tatives ol the C. E M
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    S'PORE BICYCLE DEALERS ASSN.
    39 7 A» the annual general n t>l the Singapore Bicycle Association the foil >wIng were elected ofllce-be for 1955 President: Mr. Nk Boon Lang (re-electedi Mr N" Kmi Koh; treasurer: Mr Hoi B committee memaj named.
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    Students form new society
    66 7 Students form new society ANEW urbanisation Singapore District Student* 1 Society of Incorporated Secretaries has been formed In the Colony. At the inau'-.ural meeting held at the V.M.C.A. hall m Orchard Road, it Wla decided that membership should be confined to registered .students who are not members ol any other
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    M.C.A. WANTS KULAI RICE BAN LIFTED
    58 7 The Johore branch of the M.C.A. has decided to ask the Government to lift the rice restrictions m the Kulai district. A similar ban affecting Scudal and Kampons Scudai was lifted last Saturday. The reduced rice rations were 3, 2 l 2 and 2
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    HOTEL BURGLED
    35 7 A thief broke into a room of a hotel m Napier Road. Singapore, an Tuesday night and stole a handbag containing $30 and $20 worth of valuables belonging to a European woman lodger
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    Do you wish to study Hindi?
    52 7 Singapore and Federation students who wish to sit for Hindi examinations, to be held under the auspices of the Dakshinj Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras, are requested to forward their applications before Dec 27. They .should be addressed to HP Sabah (Malaya*, 5. Ciombak Lane,
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    TEAR-GAS BOMB PANICS 800 DANCERS
    295 8 Firemen and police called to restore order at hall HUNDRED daacen panicked. Girls fainted and a street A was parked with screaming people. lire tenders, ambulances and police ears were (ailed to restore order. All because a tear-gas bomb had fWIC off. Fifteen casualties were
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    Shot girl was told: Don't meet boy friend
    155 8 }jV)K nine months I.V year-old Anita Sten and John Allen carried or a secret courtship. Then the girl's parents found out. Next day Anita wa« found shot. She died yesterday m hospital. Both John and Anita lived on the Cardiff corporation housing
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    THIEF GETS $420 FROM CHURCH SAFE
    100 8 THIEF GETS $420 FROM CHURCH SAFE A thief stole £45 <Ms42o> from a church safe while the vicar was conducting morning service. The money, m copper and silver, was part of the proceeds of a bazaar at St. Michael's. Edmonton, N. Mr. John Shepherd, a sidesman, discovered the theft. The
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    Seaman given to melodrama, stabbed barmaid
    282 8 4 SEAMAN aged 27 who stabbed the 42-year-old barmaid he wished to marry was said by Mr. Michael King, defending m a case at Hampshire Assizes at Winchester, to be a young man addicted to melodrama. The stabbing. Mr. King added, arose out of
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    POSTMEN DON'T WANT POOLS ON XMAS DAY
    195 8 POSTMEN DON'T WANT POOLS ON XMAS DAY A UNION branch representing over 5,000 postal decided to appeal 10 loot ball pool promoters to cancel their coupons fcr Christina* Day, which falls on a Saturday this year. The Manchester amalgamated branch of the Union of Post Office Workers passed a resolution
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    GIRL FOUND BURNED IN FIELD NEAR HOME
    58 8 GIRL FOUND BURNED IN FIELD NEAR HOME GWYNETII JONES, a 27--year-old farmer's daughter, of Clomendy, Llangain, near Carmarthen, was found burned to death m a field near her home. Alongside the body was a zinc bath containing tr;M« of petrol and an empty f«" jr gallon tin. A note, believed
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    FAULTY PHONE REVEALS SECRET OF DUKE'S SPEECH
    477 9 was all about Canada 'fill: NUMBER Mr. Tom Driberg, \U\. dialled on (In 1 telephone from his London flat was WHltrhall 6240 rhe reply he expected was: "House of Commons." Bat instead he heard a man say: "Prince Philip want! some figures." Mr.
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    900 polio victims go to a party
    204 9 900 polio victims go to a party NINi: HUNDRED polio victims wt-iil tv a party m London and had a wonderful time. Some were carried on stretchers m to the hall at Tottenham, by Boy Scouts and ambulance men. Some wheeled themselves m their own invalid chairs. They all joined
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    Police plan to scramble radio
    46 9 To stop owners of new very high-frequency radio sets lis-tening-in to police transriissions, Scotland Yard's radio system is to "go secret." Experiments are being made to find a "scrambling" device small enough to fit into the lightweight sets on police vehicles
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    Girl who will never hear plans a recital
    145 9 A 16-YEAR-OLD «irl who has never heard a note of music will be playing the piano at a public gatherIng this Christmas. Mr. Ronald Hyett. Suffolk mlftSioner to the deaf and dumb, said: "I have never known Of such a thin^ before.
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    BOY TRAPPED BY CAKE TIN
    48 9 ATWO-YEAft-OLD b«>v put his mother I ntm cake tin on his head and it slipped and ht'tanic wetlgi'd under his nose. Paul was freed by firemen who hurried with wire gutters and a tin opener to his home m Sundale Avenue, Selsdon Surrey.
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    GIRL ATE TOFFEES AS FIREMEN FREED HER
    59 9 LMREMEX gave toffees to six-year-old Kathleen Nea- lon while they took apart the desk In which she I trapped her legs at St. Jam* hool, I I i ondon. failed to fr< md ftremei mm One kept X while ili,- [n .1 few
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    More cardinals
    40 9 !o me the numbi r of cardinals t.ctii the standai d numb 70 to N or 100, V olßcials b<-i.' Si x tan will b< appol I m m«-xi<-() Japai P i■ S and cu.u.i.uL liv.L cuLii recenUy.
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    A crash—and bust 13 was broken
    138 9 A crash— and bust 13 was broken \V' ALAN LENNOX-BOYD. Afl Secretary ol State for the es, hastened to the and there it 1 portrait m plaster. very good," he commented. A tin.' likeness. 1 And Miss iry. the sculptress It, was well pli rt *JJ i a private view
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    ANITA IS A GHOST GIRL
    60 9 ANITA IS A GHOST GIRL TINY and attractive ghost' is Anita Ellis, 26, an American cabaret singer who starred m the television programme "Quite Contrary" m London. Anita has been the screen "ghost" voice for Rita Hay worth, Vera- Ellen and Jean (ruin. She is known m the entertainment world
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    Merry Princess leads a high kicking can-can
    250 10 Merry Princess leads a high kicking can-can and shows how to do the Bunny Hop I>RINCESS Alexandra pulled a face at Miss Louise tie Chimay and caused the complete collapse Of an eightsome reel at Claridge's m London, a few nitfht ago. The Princes* and her fellow dancers burst into
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    Eyes of the dead are on you here
    403 10 Eyes of the dead are on you here mHOUGH nearly three mil--1 lion Parisians hasten about the streets of the great capital, the remains of six million lie m the Catacombs. There, m the galleries of ancient quarries, bones from old cemeteries are stacked as neatly as bottles m a
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    But how does 'PET' prove she HAS grown up?
    651 11  - But how does 'PET' prove she HAS grown up? THOMAS WISEMAN LOOK! MR. clakks LITTLE "*GIRL IS 12 YEARS OLDER WITHOUT A DOUBT.., by |)ETULA CLARK'S win--1 ter sun-tan, expen.ly acquired m Majorca, was beginning to lade. The sweeterthan saccharine manner, expensively acquired Fast Molesey. showed no sign of vanishing.
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    Europe agrees with Jim
    223 11  -  Michael Ruddy says IT HAS GIVEN HIM THOSE EXTRA POUNDS! WALKING down Roxbur v Drive, a mile I(^m my cottage m Beverly Hills, l met 1 Stewart Inspectlawn fronting bIC is that i.ii.» \x\ his lile. he despite a cation film, "The LaramU which 1 c(»mpleted
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    He scoffs at being called a 'king'
    293 11  - He scoffs at being called a 'king' BOB THOMAS 4 fi eh 20 years m me movie business, I'm not going to work my d nil Tin 1 I >'k Ing He -a.i.> r on s ire In his usual off-handed manner. hi- man with hC lacks jiiV pi He
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    Which ace makes one an ace of heart-throbs?
    858 12 WHA'I the "l: IS? Is it a I smile or his voice, his or bn ftdth of shoui(i< rfl Is it H or is it the way that he looks at her when lie says r i talk, flattery, succe Of the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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      109 12 The STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL for 1955 has been widely acclaimed as the BEST yet produced. Here is a quality publication pages of superb colour pictures, 25 fully- illustrated articles, Fresh supplies of the Annual are now available. |P^ If you have not already got your copies, order from your newsagent
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      292 12 I I r'^lK 1 1 I j 1 CLUBS ACROSS 3 This marine isn't m uniform for commercial reasons (10). INo take manuscript about the hp of she take part m the domalna <6>. rice? <7» 4 A .sauce that two sailor.-, might w ithdraw from an unfinished Mk for
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  • Is LONDON the wickedest city of all?
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      ITS A YAWN WHEREVER YOU GO
      234 13  -  SEFTON DELMER lONDON'B naughty a mile simply cannot c pete In i)Td/> nneu with oi the Larger Continent** citi know. Take a. walk dov.ii any o! the streets around th< Mi In Par M I ..i. ".s Kurfui rstt ndamm Take i<> k at
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      NONSENSE! YOU OUGHT TO SEE NEW YORK...
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