The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1954

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    Masthead
    22 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. 1 1 1 13. Singapore, Thurs.. Iter. 30, 1951. Price IS is
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    Storm raised over new city pay plan
    195 1 3.000 PROTEST TO COUNCILLORS 4 BOUT three thousand white collar workers of the Singapore City Council yesterday protested against a Finance and General Purposes Committee move to seek Council approval for a new pay scheme and conditions of service which they said had
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    Rubber gets nearer Dollar mark
    110 1 Rubber gets nearer Dollar mark VTITH eleven hours market *t trading to go before the close-down for the New Year holiday, the price of rubber within .seven-eighths of a of the $l level ln Singapore this morning. January first <-i\\dr buyers I ib. at the openin i of the market
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    PLANE CRASHES INTO MOUNTAIN: 8 DIE
    58 1 \X AMERICAN air force Flying Box-car A into a mountain top near New Hope. Alabama, relay, killing at least eight ol the occupant .vere two survivors. The plane era m scattering burned, kage ovi tly opei »arachut« t,,lf where the occu] to ea by
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    Tito sees Taj Mahal
    20 1 President Tito of Yugoslavia who arrived m Agra, India. day from Gwalior visited iaj Manai.- Reuter
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    MILD WINTER
    18 1 Very mild spring-like v continued over most of tin yesterday with temtures m the fifties. Reuter
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    Tro-dag fire hits 600
    12 1 SDChun after a t*o-daj ttlementi In i A.P.
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    SHIP FIRE IS OUT
    68 1 20-hour battle by firemen THK main fire m the hold. ol the Danl h freight Lexa i ,li L at 4 a.m. today. Fire tendei pore Harb i Bo d, winch pumped vater into burn!) top for tie- last 20 hours, ling by to pul out
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    FRANCO MEETS THE PRETENDER
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    Still improving
    5 1 A.P. Volcano panic
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    'WE DIE WITH ISLAND'
    166 1 'WE DIE WITH ISLAND' THERROR stricken inhabitants of tiny Salina Island, just north of Sicily (led m panic to the mainland last night when a new wave of earthquakes rocked the Island. Coastguard launches and fishing boats ferried more than 1,000 weeping women; children and old men away from their
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    Dash to rescue
    31 1 Two Japanese patrol b< are racing to the aid ol a 10,000-ton American I which has developed a leak 300 miles northeast oi the held Kurile Islands U.P.
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    NO MOVE FOR THIRD FORCE
    284 1 NO MOVE FOR THIRD FORCE Say Bogor men pHE five Colombo Powew India. Pakistan, (eylon, Barna and Indonesia at the end of their two-day talks yesterday at Rogor, decided to convene i conference of African and Asian nations m Indonesia m April and invited twenty-ive other nations to take part
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    DANUBE THREAT TO CITY
    71 1 rpWKNTY FOUR hour, Ol 1 rain raised the waters of tlie Danube to dangi r lev< Is yesterday and Vienna patrols were put along embankments to wain ol BOOd The Danube yesterd i unning n feel deep m last suninit i disas! ou., Hoods, it lumped
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    Eden to visit Singapore
    172 1 Eden to visit Singapore CIIR ANTHONI ll»l N the British Foi Secretary! he is expected te attend the SEATO conference to be held m Kant; kok towards the end <>f Fetroarj may rtsit Slngapeci before <»r after the taMu iir is also expected le rlaM Karachi, Men Delhi and Canberra.
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    TRICKY JOB FOR THE OXFORD DON
    275 2 TRICKY JOB FOR THE OXFORD DON Going to C/i m a with Mr. Dag A BRITISH professor of international law at Oxford yesterday began studying the legal background Mr. Dag Hammarskjold's U.N. mission will need m trying to win freedom for 11 American fliers and other U.N. servicemen held m
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    PROGRESS IN PEKING DUAL CITIZEN TALKS
    62 2 I>EKING RADIO announced yesterday that Indonesia and Communist China had concluded preliminary talks on dual nationality. These were held m Peking In November and December on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. These preliminary talks were satisfactory, it added, and had laid a
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    ASIAN POLICY 'DISASTROUS' McCarthy wants to get tough with Reds
    244 2 ASIAN POLICY 'DISASTROUS' McCarthy wants to get tough with Reds SENATOR Joseph McCarthy said m Washington yesterday that he would try to get g seat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee so he could influence the United States policies m Asia, but he conceded that his chances of getting i
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    COLOMBO PLAN TEACHER BACK
    46 2 picture. >Iiss Ivy Samuel, who was awarded a teacher's training scholarship to Australia under the Colombo Plan, returned to Singapore yesterday by sea. A teacher at the Raub ."Methodist Girls' School. Ivy spent two years at Melbourne's Toorak Teachers' College.— Free Press
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    French Deputy lifts another barrier
    231 2 MR. FRANCE STEP NEARER GOAL DURING the critical debate m the French National Assembly last night o n German rearmament, a Gaullist Deputy withdrew his proposal that the Government should appoint a watchdog committee m each house of Parliament to advise about any further increase
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    U.K.-CEYLON, PAKISTAN, INDIA FREIGHT RATES UP
    86 2 U.K.-CEYLON, PAKISTAN, INDIA FREIGHT RATES UP SEA freight rates between Britain and Ceylon, India and Pakistan are to go up about 10 per cent from Feb. 1, it was announced m London today. Rati irom north continental porU will also be ra:. lv on Feb. 1. to maintain parity t
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    THE UNEXCITING MARCH
    66 2 MILITARY bands m the new I West German army will play all the marches of the: old Wehrmacht that were not misused by the Nazis, officials of th e Defence Office m Bonn said yesterday. Bands wm avoid creatlni "unnatural exuberant excite menf among the popu; they
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    BBC PLANNING DECAMERON BROADCASTS
    46 2 fTtflE BBC announced m L London yesterday that it will soon start broadcasting Boccaccio's Decameron tales recently labelled as obscene by an English magistrate. The announcement said the series would be presented on the Third Programme at two- week m tervals.— U.P.
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    U.K. and France agree on war loss payments
    83 2 BRITAIN and France have agreed on war damage •ompensation to British iionala m French overseas territories. France is to give British nationals, whose property m these was lost or damaged In :he 1939-1945 war. comp* equal to that granted to Fri nch
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    'Quake recorder
    14 2 The California Institute of rechnology recorded 20 major earthquakes this year. A.P.
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    ADULTERY COST HIM HIS JOB
    79 2 A "ERMAN court h *T th:lt adultery fl r )Undl for firing a civil from his government The court ordered the dls missal of a married polfc. official accused of ha affair with a woman ployee mi n hi.s office. The official contended the relationship
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    MARGARET IS FOURTH BEST DRESSED WOMAN
    240 3 rpHE Ihu hess of Windsor tied J for second place with a m<»t'»r executive's wife m the list of the 13 best dresM-d women of 1954 announced m n,u York yesterday. PrineeSl Margaret was voted into fourth place by fashion designers, fashion editors. let]
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    MOTHER TALKS MAU CHIEF INTO SPARING HER LIFE
    419 3 MOTHER TALKS MAU CHIEF INTO SPARING HER LIFE A SIX-FOOT-TALL English mother. Mr.s. Loyal Camelley, yesterday related how she talked a terrorist general into sparing the lives oi hersell and her two young children when a 60-strong Mau Mau gang attacked her husband's farm mi n North Kinangop on Tuesday
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    Mr Peck was cruel
    97 3 piLM star Gregory Peck, r 39, was divorced ye ter day by his Finm h born wife, ireta who testified My husband told me that we would be better triends if we were re»t married." .She added m a h (>s Angele court: "Hi., cruelly began
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    This man LIKES life in prison
    154 3 HARRY Marks, 62, yesterday returned once again to the life he loves —m prison. He left the dock at the Old Bailey Central Criminal court In London to start an 18-month prison .sentence for theft. A detective inspector said of him: "He is a
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    PARKING GUIDE
    34 3 A proposal that kerbstones should be coloured black and m to show motorists where may park, is being considered by the National Chamber of Trade for submission to the British Government. Reuter
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    REDS FOR DIET
    18 3 Japan'a Communist Party vill have at least 50 candiin the coming Diet elec- lons.- A.P.
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    Alan Ladd was Britain's No. 1 box office star
    185 3 IHIE American screen star Alan Ladd and the British comedy "Doctor In The Hou were the top box office attractions m Britain m 1954, according to the annual poll of film exhibitors inlsed by the Motion PicHerald. London, results f which
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    CASH AWARDS OFFER TO ASIA AUTHORS
    110 3 CASH AWARDS OFFER TO ASIA AUTHORS P Ramon Mag- vorld etitl .to proi A 000 I Nine prizes ol I will on i inhppiie an j A who Three prli wil] be for th* tm ot articles on contempoi Philippines, any other a country or Am whole Tlie prizes will
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    NEW PRESIDENT
    31 3 me Sun Val Sen I ter ol Madame (.-\i.nv Kal hek, h&B been named pri Idenl of the Sino So- i [end hip A.sition, Peking Radio laid day. A.P.
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    5 DIE IN CRASH
    25 3 Five Chilean Air Force office, i died ■.>. hen their plane crashed yesterday while taking ofl from the Santiago ur sgfgf A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Dee. 30, 1954. PRIVILEGE ONLY
    255 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Dee. 30, 1954. PRIVILEGE ONLY \IR TEH CHOON KEAT. iYI writing m The City Unionist Annual, which is published by the City Council Services Union, states that the motto of the Council should be: "A home for every worker with a family." Mr. Teh evidently!
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    Resentment in the air
    715 4 Resentment in the air MICHAEL MANNING visits two troubles pots Cyprus, where pubs for British Tommies are springing up like mushrooms, and Israel, where a miracle of progress is afoot. HOLIDAY m one of I -id's trouble Why llOt I am tired Of p< aid relaxation. So. I picked up
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    Malenkov-new war hero
    192 4 Malenkov-new war hero THE latest official Soviet biography of Premier Georgi M. Malenkov portrays him for the first time as one of the significant organizers of Soviet military victory during World War 11, an aspect of his career that has hitherto gone unpublished. The biography, which appears m volume 2G
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    BY THE WAY
    278 4  - BY THE WAY Beadicomber WHEN a nan i If down by the Of his left on tin- spire 0 f storey building, v that honour waa ii that the human race S nothing more to di how fickle is public The heroine today Is t JJJj who skip> on an
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      24 4 RINGS OF DIAMONDS GEMS IN PLATINUMS GOLD, j I j^ With Smarts Efficient Workmanship G.C.DeSILVA&BROS 3, RAFFLES PLACE Singapore-I Tel: 831 15 5 > j
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      104 4 __nnH mm9mmK m mmmmmW 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
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    NOW THE JGGET GIRLS ARE OUT OF WORK
    214 5 NOW THE JGGET GIRLS ARE OUT OF WORK 'IX Malay joget modern hostesses who work at the Great World Amusement Park, Singapore will h to look for a new place to ear n their dance coup tonight. Reason: the Diamond Restaurant is taking over the joget hall for three months
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    $1,500 vote for bedroom
    65 5 An item for $1,500 repreiing Penang*s contribution towards the cost of furnishing one bedroom m Malaya Hall's new annexe m London is among 44 supplementary votes approved by the Settlement's Financial Committee. The committee's report, tabled at yesterday's meeting of the Settlement Council also provided $197,000—
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    Pakistan League's new officials
    60 5 Singapore's Overseas Pakistan League's officials for 1955 are: Patron. Mr. Khushi Mohamed; President. Haji Mohamed Khan: Vice-Presidents. Messrs M. Siraj. Mohamed Majammil. Lai Khan: Hon. Secretary, Mr. Manir Uddin. fl.sit. Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. S riioudhury; Hon. Treasurer, Mr Hakim Ghulam Mustafa; asst. Hon. urer, Mr.
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    Cinema show
    29 5 The Information Services, Johore, will give a cinema show "Rohani Steps Out," at the International Club for the Kluang Women's Institute on Jan. 4 at 5 p.m
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    'I WANDED TO FLEE TO DUTY'
    158 5 'I WANDED TO FLEE TO DUTY' DESCRIBED by the prosecution as a deserter wanted by the military police, Private B. C. Scully of the Federation Regiment claimed trial m Penang yesterday to twoj charges of attempting to cause hurt to a detective and attempting to escape from police custody. Scully,
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    FOR BEACH RD. EVACUEES
    57 5 $25 a month houses THESE are tlie houses the Singapore Improvement Trust is building m Guillemard Road to house the people to be moved from the Beach Road area. It will build r>K linflc -store\ (above) and ">0(; twostorey (rig;ht> units and rent them out at
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    EARL HERE ON WORLD TOUR
    61 5 THE Karl of Balfour has arrived m Singapore, by Qantas-8.0.A.C. Super Constellation from Australia. Managing director of Krun ton's (Musselburg), he is on a world tour of his agents and customers. He will stay m the Colony for a week. Tomorrow he will fly to
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    $1.1 mil. houses for attap dwellers
    238 5 THEY WILL BE READY IN MARCH rpHE Singapore Improvement Trust's $25 a month 1 low-cost houses now being built m Guillemard Road, near the Badminton Hall, will be completed by March next year, said the Chief Architect, Mr. S. C. Woolmer, yesterday. Already 202
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    Youth tries to attack woman
    46 5 Penang Police are looking a Chinese, aged aobut 20, who molested a woman m Dunn Road on Tuesday. The woman was walking home alone when the youth came from behind and tried to attack her He rode ofl on a bicycle.
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    Speech contest in citizen' week
    41 5 Al all-Malayan speech contest will be «n.e of the i features of Young Cltiz Week to be obsenred thro out the Federation from Jan 26 to Feb. 1. There vt ill also be poster and competitions.
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    RADIO MAN BACK
    23 5 Mr Claude Doral, a prome a. at Radio has returned tc f,.; apore after a six-month ÜBC litafl training course.
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      198 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 1 T ~Y7 1 i 1 I""" NAADA.' I I MANDRAKE/ J f NAAOA--|J I'LL rLOTHAR-1 1 NO KNOW. NO THINK ■-^_^l_-,V- IWW MBE"/ WHAT CN SPEAR GUN MUCH GOOD r fm\ r^ Jy YOU WERE 7/7 EARTH IS I (^AGAINST IT. SOMETHING
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      693 6 YOUR I LUCKY STAR John 10t,, v fern hax^ j Until.* chara.u, which will make it ,mp,.,iarM I E for you to learn to kno« m,,,, before >..u (.in t fv j to understand you: You have tabi.t llt| I ture, you ate caut.tuv <\? n shrewd m business affairs;
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U. K. dosing prices
      212 7 nm IOM V i'ir' i:if?BFH No 1 RSS rJ.I. European |?9f h-ivn n ports J«»n. 21 teUi i,i BBEK. No 1 RSS cJJ. European 27.) If buvei.s ■>„ ports Frb 2T'_. sellers 28 ItLBBEI No 1 RSS Spot 27 7 buyers 29 bu 28's sell- 29\
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      New York prices
      115 7 NEW YORK. Dec. 29. Previous loday TIN Straits spot and nearby 87.25 nom. 87 37 r.om. UN futures Dec. 86.50 bid -86.75 bid 87.25 asked 87.25 asked Jan. 8(1.50 bid 87.00 traded 87.25 asked Feb 86.50 bid 87.00 bid 87.25 asked 87.10 asked i Expired at noon
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      U. S. PEPPER
      50 7 Malabar was quoted at 42 i Awaiting release at 42. at 42. January shipment February 40^ to 41. January,' February and March (m et|ii:d monthly proportions) 40'j. Sarawak .spot 41. Lampong M><>t st 42 cents per pound sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m US cents per lb
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      29 7 NEW YORK, I)«'<. rreviou" lod.i* SO Industrials 398 51 401.J1 !fl Railroads 145.36 10 Domestic Bonds ***** 15 rtililies 61.43 61.78 til Stocks Composite Averages 148.47
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      102 7 Dec. 2f>. Previous Iod»> COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/*^ European delivered weight per long ton Dec./ Jan $200 sellers $205 sellers < OPEA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila. delivered weighi, per long ton unquotes unquoted OPEA. Straits. cJ.f. UK/North. Kuropean delivered weight per SSSK R»35 COCONUT OIL, crude, Straits.
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    Now all can wed at registry
    120 7 Now all can wed at registry NEW rules made under the Civil Marriage Ordinance. h come into force m the ation on Saturday, giv: District Officers and Secretaries Chinese Affairs powers to »rtn civil marriage cerernoIn the past m many States lea wanting to wed could choose only a religious
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    Church party
    25 7 St Chrtetoph r'a Cn Johore Bahru, Is holding party for children today at 5 p.m. m the ground! ol the Holj Light Church.
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    Filipino party in school
    58 7 Filipinos m Singapore v.ill I celebrate Ki/al Day today children's Christmas party In Stamford Girls' School. Watei 100 Street, at 3.30 p.m. The party i.s organised by UKFilipino Association. The Philippine Consul m Singapore, Mr. V X Abubakar and Dr a who Ing lecturei the Uni
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    Wolfare gift
    20 7 I fohore Bahru D Committee haa given the Johore TB Association m from ol recent Welfare Wtc_. I
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    GEYLANG SERAI FLOOD VICTIMS GET CASH TODAY
    163 7 GEYLANG SERAI FLOOD VICTIMS GET CASH TODAY victims m the Geylang srrti and T.ii st'n^ anas ol Singapore will he given relief iti cash «nd kind today. On Monday. 49 tons of rice and $81,004 In I wore distributed amoim victims m Other I f >f this $42,020 was taken
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    Big pay-out for teachers
    93 7 Big pay-out for teachers SfcPORE Iduc lon Department has itarl out Ritson arrean to more than 1,000 teachers. Payments began early this month. So far. 75 per cent of the teachers have received arrears ranging from $23.75 to more than $600 for the period June IG. 1953 to March 31,
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    Did not report: 5 month's gaol
    38 7 Ahmat bin Sirate, a Police Supervisee, who failed to report on Sept. 30 was sentenced yesterday m the Magistrates Court. Johore Bahru, to five months' gaol with effect fi >m Nov. 23.
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    Boy who stowed away on QE is ordered to be deported
    237 7 DEREK ALMOND, 19. a British orphan who stowed away nn :i ship to New York and then hitchhiked to Canada last October, said In Bellemille, Ontario, yesterday that he had been taking lessons at an evening instil ite m
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    Woman pleads guilty
    40 7 A pretty 25-year-old woman. Noik san Papasar. alias Mo raiai yesterday pleaded guilty m Kuala Lumpur to hoii.se breaking and .stealing a gold locket and a pair ot earring worth $250 at Ipoh Road on Dee. 10.
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    Bus strike: talks today
    59 7 Negotiations bstwei n the General Transport Oooi pany's striking bus drivers snd conductors and the man agement will start In Kuala Lumpur todaj Mr (J h Hunt neral manager f >f the company ht returned from Singapore' it ter consulting the bead office Today Is the
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    The vicar's snaps help keep his church open
    281 8 The vicar's snaps help keep his church open A ONE-MAN photographic business has been started to help keep a parson m his job at a village church. And the man who is running the business is the parson himself the Rev. Alfred Cheetham. 67-year-old vicar of St. Mary's, King's Walden,
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    X FOR CANING
    44 8 Tin British him censor has warned producer Ronald Neame that if he makes a pictun of the book "Spare the Rod" about a school divided on the merits of caning— it is likely to be given an X— adults only -certificate.
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    Lingerie is their business
    41 8 Lingerie is their business picture. I tOR males attending a > A: Keystone lingerie paI rade m Piccadilly. London, it wa.s strictly business. Among thc creat ions shown were styles inspired > from the new MG2M film. "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Reuler
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    BOAT RACE FEE UP
    37 8 Motorists must pay 7s. 6d. <2s. 6d. moret and cyclists Is. I <6d. more* to watch the Boat Race from land owned by I Brentford and Chiswick CounI cil, it has been decided.
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    ROMEOS, ROMEOS We're just friends, says Juliet
    302 8 ROMEOS, ROMEOS We 're just friends, says Juliet rpHE STORY of two Romeos was told m court re- cently. It started with Romeo No. 1, Geoffrey Finch, callI ing to see his girl friend. It ended with Romeo No. 2, Lawrence Levesque, paying out £14 10s. The one Juliiet Ut
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    'Honours' stolen
    44 8 Rings and two insignia ol the Companion of the Bath. and Commander Ordv r of the British Empire were found missing recently from the East Molesey (Surrey* home of Sir Guy Not t -Bower, whose brother. Sir John, is Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
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    Judge says: Army system broke up this marriage
    285 8 Judge says: Army system broke up this marriage THE Army's pay and promotion systems were blamed for breaking up the marriage of Sergeant James Thomas Rupert Broome. of the R.A.M.C. Mr. Justice Sachs, said m the Divorce Court that when Sergeant Broome and his wife werp m Hongkong there was
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    SHE'S THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN TOWN
    68 8 picture. iiiimiiiimiiiimiiiiiin 1>ATTI MORGAN'S mirror may not tell her she's the luckiest girl in town but E I that's what the smile says, twice over. It has taken seven years for the Australian j model to realise her greatest ambition to act. Now Patti
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    A BOY FRIEND ASHAMED OF HIS HOME
    283 8 A BOY FRIEND ASHAMED OF HIS HOME r V()M O'BRIEN iraa ashamed to bring the girl ht love,? 1 —thc girl from thc select suburb home to the house with the broken window and thc 9s :u\. (MS4) week rent. The shame of Tom O'Brien, 23-year-old Roy al Pioneer Corps
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    Frustrated men, those executives
    150 8 Frustrated men, those executives mi ORE than one m throe ifl senior civil servants i are sorry they went to work for the Government. E And almost one In live are frustrated. This is revealed h> a quiz among civil servants m Northern Ireland. quoted m this month's Journal of
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    HE REFUSED TO TREAT 'SHY GIRL'
    263 9 DENTIST'S ACTION IS UPHELD BY COMMITTEE A DENTIST i to treat i shy six-year-old '--irl bcca would not say "Good Afternoon' to him and said "No" when he a ked ii she want, d her teeth attended to. Quite right too, it was ruled.
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    Council seeks change in vice laws
    277 9 Council seeks change in vice laws MANY big property owning companies including the Church of England— will be liable to prosecution if anti-vice posala by Westminster (London) City Council adopted by the Home Office Committee on homosexuality and prostitution. The council are to recommend to the committee that the law
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    85 9 Chin Yu. star of "Tea- E house of the August E Moon*' recently met some Eof the puppets who are E S now taking part m the E S "Mandarin Mysteries'' se- E E quence from Ann Ho- E garth's Puppet Show at St. Martin's Theatre, London. E E The
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    Cooked by thc bell
    26 9 Blind housewives m Derbyshire are being taught to cook with electric cookers that ring bells when the joint or vegetables are ready.
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    But tomorrow's another day
    47 9 IT-CJ. ARMY trucks and cars (J O were left miles behind by British drivers yesterday. It was Road Safety Day. proclaimed by President Eisenhower to cut down accidents among American troops abroad And the G.I. speed limit was 40 m.p.h. fcr 24 hours.
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    FINDER REWARDS THE LOSER
    45 9 Pensioner Mr. William Payne, aged 70, last hi.s spectacle case. His cheap- tobacco tokens were m it. Recently the case returned to his home m Th^nu street, Hampton, by post with ss. "to get a smoke with" from the anonymous finder.
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    Killer, 16, is now 'model prisoner'
    278 9 /MIRISTOPHER Craig, the boy unman who .shot a policeman dead hi a roof-top battle m Croydon two years ago. has turned into the model Drisoner of Wakefield Gaol. its to the Prison Commissioners on the young murderer— he was 16 years i old at
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    SLAP HER, SIR!—IT'S LEGAL
    39 9 SLAP HER, SIR!— IT'S LEGAL -no tiptt mori F ilanoed Willis Van No.^dall durll ER^h,. took wm m eourl 'i »i v, r v l 1 1 wiiii.m RiriKd iald I a nd dap ><<■ equal. The case was dismissed.
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    THE HONEYMOON SPECIAL Tram for two is laid on
    151 9 THE HONEYMOON SPECIAL Tram for two is laid on many couples have a "honeymoon special" laid on for them. But that is what British Railway! did for John and Joyce llaekman.. of South wick. Sussex. They were married m Brighton, then began an all-night journey to a farm m the
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    ENGLISH JUDGE WARNS COLOURED LANDLORDS
    182 9 Evicted while family gets damages /COLOURED landlords were warned by an English J Judge about the dangers of evicting white tenants. Awarding £60 damages and costs for wrongful eviction against Mr. Oyesanya, of Outram-street, London, Judge Dove said, at Clerkenwell County Court: othe r landlords
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    BRIDE IS WIDOW AFTER FOUR DAYS
    54 9 Iflai Rosemary Alle) year-old daughter ol Captain Sir John and Lady AJI Hursley, near Winchester, uas I married to Mr John Perry, also 29 at his bedside at Birdhill, Clonmel. Co Tlpperary. He bad been 11] for i yt ar: tour day after their
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    Film actor injured
    46 9 RI -hard At!, nborough, 32I crei n knocked unconscious while filming i bh vst cently tn to I required n itltchea It d during a i»cen< -The Ship That Died of Shame wh< n n« wa wa .et. it fixed up idio tai
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    When a trout is in love...
    57 9 lI 'HAT happens when 1 I TT trout is m love It Just Iremhles did Ire-nhl m rs I<> foul out uh> I»r lad J«ncs is r\ penmen- j ting mill i earn) an elei j trteall] rlfcratad rubber trout m a tank full
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    They couldn't tell which one was the original
    180 10 They couldn't tell which one was the original ITALIAN artist Pietro Annigonl stopped work on hi.s portrait of the Queen and went to a farewell dinner party at the Montrose Club, oil Halkin Street m London. Then he started drawing again forging signatures. He and fellow guest. Mrs. Huntingdon Hartford
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    He played himself prostrate
    130 10 He played himself prostrate rpWENTY-ONE-YEAR OLD Jamaican pianist Nigel Coxe waa overcome by nervous j excitement after playing to a distinguished audience at his London debut The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, lent his house m Chapel Street, Belgravia for the recital At the champagne party Afterwards, Mr. Coxe was
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    Stamped revenue
    48 10 HARD PRESSED Israeli Treasury officials hope to raise an extra M 5 1.700.000 a year by a simple but effective I new regulation requiring all] firms and professional men to submit Invoices bearing re- venue stamp, on .ill tian- ions exceeding MsB'j and M*l7 respectively. I
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    Live long enough and you'll be 80!
    93 10 Live long enough and you'll be 80! IMGHTY tOLr-year-old Visli count Samuel presided at a London dinner to celebrate Sir Alfred Watson's 60th year as a member ol the National Liberal Club. Lord Samui began his toast by saving: "As one coelacantti to another. "We (octogenarians) are not as extinct
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    He showed the Queen how to pick pockets
    294 10 He showed the Queen how to pick pockets Fun i^fl^yygL^ the Windsor staff party THE Queen sang 'Have A Go, Joe" with Wilfred Pickles, learned how to pick pockets, operated a ventriloquist's dummy and generally livened up the staff party at Windsor Castle. When the band played a waltz she
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    Saved her parents
    94 10 Milena Siboni, a nine-year-old Italian girl kept her head m an emergency and saved the lives of her mother and father. An improvised repair to the gas water heater resulted m an escape of gas m the bathroom, and Milena's parents collapsed on the floor overcome by
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    Those orgies are a thins. of the past
    751 11 Those orgies are a thins. of the past reports SARAH ROTHSCHILD after a peek at „M mm minimi m mi Oxford •imtmmimiimmimt OXFORD is an unexploded myth, a myth that the town is a hotbed of wine, women and song, and odd young men ill leopardskin trousers. The truth is
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    Land beyond the Pole is a challenge
    154 11 Land beyond the Pole is a challenge AVAST area which no man ever has seen poses the greatest chalU nge to explorers. It is the "Land beyond the Pole," m the words of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. veteran leader of four Antarctic expeditions. Admiral Byrd refers to the great
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    First Mau Mau, now it's snakes
    169 11 First Mau Mau, now it's snakes 4 new SCARE an invasion of poisonOUS snakes is troubling Mau M;tu conscious Nairobi residents. Since the Start Ol th« rains some w< eks sgo more poisonous snakes than t vei before have bee n round kn the gardens ol Nairobi horn< v one
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      179 11 ___H~ SWp fit pyi ilH!S_fe^ j^ CLUBS ACROSS: 4 Sounds BB ottensne Uttk Ball? <6). 1 Garment for men. .sometime" 5 strugK i e j,ke broken nwe I transferred to horse <5i 6 A voi( j n the light f< «> 4 Took the throne for granted. fJ;im|) (5 «i««
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    Let your picture be a pretty one
    413 12 Some professional advice on how to bring out the best of yourself m your portraits for the New Year EILEEN ASCROFT writes for the women |)0 YOU make an attract. picture 0 Does your portrait radiate personality, interest or charm? Because so many
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    Are you a bore at a party?
    190 12 Are you a bore at a party? I3ARTY PATTER corned i A. ea%sy to some lucky i people To others, particularly the very young, it presents an agony of doubts and indecision Social Success cannot be i achieved ;n s;x easy lessons. i But there are certain safe 1 subjects—
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    WONDERFUL CALENDAR
    247 12 npHE Soviet calendar for 1955 is a wonderful thing that gives the people everything from historic dates to lessons on the evils of capitalism, instructions on washing babies' diapers and treating snakebite with vodka. It is printed by the State Publishing House of Political Literature, and on its
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    Baby is an artists' giraffe
    114 12 Tin most popular baby at the London Zoo this year is 10-week-old Christopher, the ghraflfe. Many of his visitors are artists. An official says: "We are thinking of nicknam- i vi i nn ii ii i m mil ii milium ing him 'the artists' giraffe.'
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    You may get a whale of a fine for this
    103 13 You may get a whale of a fine for this Pi wmm. to eafa I H fiMit blue wh.ilr while i m stieutai m Canada It uoiild rest you a M $***** line, two yean m gaol, or both That li Urn peaaltj fat taking under si/ed irhalCfl uinirr aaa
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    They don't know HOW to make love today
    880 13 They don't know HOW to make love today rpHE pace is slow m the A sleepy little residential hotel m Kensington. Elderly residents, many with canes, sip tea m the unlicensed lounge, gather round television m the evening. Everything is a little staid, a little stuffy. Till the lady m
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    Bridge Hand
    390 13 IN cheeking over the hands that have been played m any important team of four match, it is usual to look for those on which big swings occur. Ben is one. played m the World Championship, which produced a tie score but only cause both the French and
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    Golf unions behind test for youths
    185 14 THE first officially sponsored junior Open Golf Championship, that for British youths, endorsed by the four unions of the British Isles, will be launched on the course of the Pannal Club, Harrogate, on August 4 and 5 next. It is planned to precede it
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    Italian sets 4 speed records
    126 14 OKI UNDO CIHIRO. of Italy. riding a streamlined 75 c.c. Geccato machine, haa established four new world recordi lor supei lighi motor-cycli He rode nis machine on the Castelfusano circuit, near Rome, and successfully attacked the mile and kilometre records with both standing and flying
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    Black Pulot 1st past post
    66 14 pictures. ABOVE: Black Pulot. ridden by Mortimer, won the first race l>\ two lengths on the •econd iaj of the Penang Christmas New iTear Meetinn on Monday, beating Constellation (Bagby) and I>ynaaty (Mi (loud). LEFT: (.olden Lotas (I). Jones up) i> led m by Mrs.
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    Test batsmen not inspiring
    159 14 SHEFFIELD SHIELD QUEENSLAND defeated South Australia by 34 runs m their Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Australia's opening batsman Le-^ Favell who on Tuesday had special practice under the guidance of selector Sir Donald Bradman, scored 42. South Australia were all out for 218. Phil Ridings
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    BENAUD FAILS TO SAVE N.S.W.
    115 14 RITCHIE BENAUD. one of Australia's nominated 12 players for the thud Test, scored 64 for New South Wales yesterday, but he failed to prevent Victoria winning the Sheffield Shield game by 36 runs. New South Wales, needing 400 to win at Melbourne, were all out
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    JOHORE XI
    42 14 Johore's team to meet Malacca at hockey at Malacca today is: J. Ponniah. Dr. Ince. W. Vias, B. Fernandez, Abdul Karim < nil Johore Bahru Syed Jaffar. Bakar. Karim Adam Muar>, Rattan Singh, Mohd. Noor iKluangj and Peng Choon (Batu Pahat).
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    TEST MAN QUITS
    36 14 Gerry Gomes. 39 who played m more international cricket matches than any other West Indian, announced hi.s retirement yesterday, due to business pressure. He played m England. Australia. New Zealand and India- A.P.
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    Extra time in rugby replay
    83 14 QOYAL Australian Air Force and RAF. Changl drew three-all m the replay ol their Sanderson Cup rugby semi final al Changl yesterday. it was a forwards' game played Ui uul conuiUoiLa. Hughes gave Changi a half time lead by kicking a penalty goal The equalising
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    K.L. MATCH FOR S'PORE MALAYS
    25 14 this year Gold a Lnnen will meet tore M the Obnununlty implons tomorrow ii tlie Hoad y round, Kuala ___pur.
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    PAKISTAN COACH QUITS AFTER EXPENSES ROW
    287 14 PAKISTAN COACH QUITS AFTER EXPENSES ROW BERT RHODES, 38-year-old former Derbyshire cricketer, lias returned to England from a 87-day visit to Pakistan with a £-00 chip on his shoulder. He flew to Pakistan on November 19 loi v ching tour sponsored by the Pakistan Cricket Board, but he went home
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    NBA RATES NINO Ist
    133 14 THE National Boxing Associa. tion of America, yesterday declared Nino Valdes of the logical contender for R Marciano's world heavyweight title. m their winter ciation named \\n\ Cockell, the British heavyweight chamj E_sard Charles, former holder, as "outstanding b tins division. The Association confirmed they no
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    LUCY fOR S. AFRICA ON JANUARY 3
    43 14 JOE LUCY. British light-* champion, who must his title against Manchester' Prank Johnson before March 31 Johannesburg; on January i He lights Johnny van Rensburg for the racanl Empire title m J ihannesbum on January 29.
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    'WE WORKED A YEAR rUK THIS' Talbert tells the Davis Cup crowd
    381 15 'WE WORKED A YEAR rUK THIS' Talbert tells the Davis Cup crowd fHE gleaming Davis Cup passed from the hands of Australian Governor General Sir William Slim to (hose of captain Bill Talbert yesterday, and the American leader said: "This is a thrill I will never forget." A huge crowd
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    Golf 'rebels' committee
    95 15 rHE tournament golf professionals m dispute with the British lonal Golfers Association, the body, have formed their own 'tee. It comprises members from all l Britain and Ireland with Cotton .is honorary secretary. my Adam.->. chairman of the ,uv committee said yesterday:— .re a full] representative body
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    So they had a big fall
    212 15 HEART of Midlothian are doing quite well m the Scottish "A" Division, but the players were guests at an Edinburgh ice panto* I mime. Next day they had I big fall with a 3-0 defeat. Name of the panto: "Humpty Dumpty". piGGEST post-war spenden
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    RUGBY FINALISTS IN TRIAL OUTING
    94 15 West Yorkshire Regiment, who will meet the Pljlam m 'lie Malaye Dtstrtet Bnal of tne FA lib. IK mter-uiut rngßrr championship at Kuala hnm,>ur next month, were beaten hv 21 points (three goals, two tries) feO three [x>mt..s (tryj In theli practk i match again
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    SKATES FOR SYLVIA
    48 15 picture. \i\l.\ CHEESEMAN, Ike Olympic sprinter, J'Xtes it »'«'d on ice Instead of trade as ihc 'i"»\ ll( r thmond lee Kink. Sarrey. Syivia is prrpanny lor an nnera Ice skatiim Course" in which sr'-.i uHl-knoun Wetei of traik and Held are taking part Reuter
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    27 15 KUALA LUMPUF Wed. X j School, Bii hen both theli "A" and M B" teams lo Combined Malay Bchooh at Prin- Road here today.
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    CYCLING STILL HITS SNAGS
    38 15 CYCLING STILL HITS SNAGS ONE iA tion embn now controlling road un would not •.">:..'. I i Sat m other y •.d .m earh ip ;i new i oi on. I tl rel ■a ii win i event 1.178.
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    Boxer quits ring to read for bar
    231 15 MX Vi. tor Herman. «H that's the next title Scottish BjwdaM \ii Mrrni »n ,111ns In cam csterdav tins i m.o old Herman announced his retirement Irom the rillf m favour of readme for the lav. He ended a seven -> ear fighting
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    BADMINTON INTER CLUB FINAL JAN. 5
    220 15 BADMINTON INTER CLUB FINAL JAN. 5 MARIGOLD and Mayflower badminton partiee will mcc( m tha final of the Singapore int< r-Club senior chain-* pionship next Wednesday. Last night Marigold h* .tt Merrytlme B P 4 i m the semifinal. Marigold have held the title fur 'Ult i I i tWO
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    U.S. crowd boos German's win
    94 15 i>ktkr Mii» ii»t. German middle weight, knocked out ftnk ,mm of the United Btata >• iund "1 theii crowd ol tl v ICuellei winging liki wild man with 'both band knot ed Dvi :i. lt on hi back midway thr< Dvi ndo la) ml then
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      121 15 Sports quiz (1) Name the President of the Kadminton Association of Malaya. C>) Who did France's RoCohen fight to win the %or ld bantamweight boxing title? ,;{i Recently, m English Ihv I league soccer, two play „v were credited with scoring tin same goal an unpre- dented feat. What were
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    38 16 20 Wmrml S6' minimum NOR HI. EDITH EVELINE NORRIS. 81 years, passed away her residence. 792 Road (hi.s morning. The .-mice will be at 5 p.m. Ps .i Lebar Methodist Church, 'hence to Bidadari (ProCemetery, near Chap
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    IN MEMORIAM
    23 16 20 Wmrdt >6' (minimum) IN LOVING MEMORY of our ed mother Madam On^ Quee ho died on 30.12.46. Inserted her children.
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    Harringay and Bearer Bond C-C CUP PROBABLES WIND UP TRAINING
    386 16 Harringay and Bearer Bond C-C CUP PROBABLES WIND UP TRAINING Free Press Course Correspondent pOMMISSIONER GENERAL'S CUP probables wound up theii preparation on a firm track at Penanf this morning. Best performances were by Harrintjay and Bearer Bond. Ilarringav. with Mulley astride, beat Campus Belle (McCloud) m a testing tryout
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    KUC SENDS NEW YEAR WISHES
    191 16 KUC SENDS NEW YEAR WISHES I ill Mil; Kue. Russian holder of thr world three miles and .VOOU metres records. sent New Year greetings to Britain's brie Cbalawsy and /«•< hoslovakia s Kmil Z.itopek m a broadcast over Mom-ow Radio, heard m London \es lerday. Kue broke hal.4w.lvs "».U»0 metres
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    Doctor says Miller can bowl in short spells
    223 16 Doctor says Miller can bowl in short spells (^IL Langley Australia's wicJT ketkeeper. will be replaced by Len Maddocks of Victoria m the third Test against England which begins In Melbourne tomorrow. Langley had to withdraw because of an eye injury sustained m a Sheffield Shield match m Adelaide. Maddocks.
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    Ist SCHOOLBOY GOLF TOURNEY
    42 16 AUSTRALIAN golf professional Bill McWilliam, wellknown In Australia t >r his keen Interest In foster! lg scho >lboy golfers, is organising the first Australian Schoolboy's Golf Championship. It will tx played m Sydney irom January 4 to 7.
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    Dawson gives a hiding to Clayton
    151 16 Dawson gives a hiding to Clayton U.S. Negro boxer, Freddy 1 Dawson, won another fight when he defeated Marshall Clayton on a technical knockout In the 10th round of their 12 round fight at the Subiaco Oval, Perth. Dawson has i t yel lost a light m Australia. In an
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    BIG SWEEP RESULTS
    73 16 OK; SWEEP results on yesterday's races at Penang are as follows: TOTAL POOL: $199,500 FIRST: No. *****4 (559.850) SECOND: No. *****7 ($26,932) THIRD: No. *****1 ($14,962) STARTERS i 51.710 each): Nos. *****3. *****1, *****7, *****1. *****6. *****8. *****1. CONSOLATIONS (5598 each): Nos. *****1. *****8, *****3. *****0. *****6,
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    S'pore visit for Olson?
    242 16 S'pore visit for Olson? MANAGER IS PLANNING CIARL "Hobo Olson the world mUJlrarrlfhl boxing eh i»pion. is expected to rial! Singapore during a world tour starting m April. Olson will i),' ici impanied by two other leading U.S. box< under the Bame manager, Bid Flaherty. Flakei aid that !i° I
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    3rd big upset at Penang
    296 16 3rd big upset at Penang HOW THEY ran OIGHLIGHT of > 11 racing at Pen third day of the Chris! Year meeting wa.. a lar upset by the old ncr Demonic m the Div two 6 furlongs print. This Irish-bred geldl the coloui-s of lucky c p Liston beat Tia
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