The Singapore Free Press, 27 December 1957

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press f Malaya Own hmily Paper W"\ o '"<• Siiißapore, Friday, December '!7, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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  • 147 1 SUKARNO DEATH PLOT: MALAYANS HELD |r TWO MALAYANS are being questioned in connection with the attempt on Nov. 30 to assassinate President Sukarno with handgrenades, an Indonesian army spokesman said in Jakarta yesterday. Lt.-Col. Ahmad Sukendro, Director of Military Intelligence, said the two detained Malayans were members of an organisation
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  • 138 1 Seaman saved by radio •n A\ RGENCY instructions IV radioed to a British ;hter wallowing in i heavy seas 300 miles west i i remantle saved the hie of a 42-year-old seaman yesterday. r.. En ighter Glenmoor. which carries no doctor. an SOS when seaman I und Hook was stricken
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  • 36 1 Sukarno for Delhi official PRESIDENT Sukarno is flying to New Delhi on Jan. 7 for a four-day "private visit," Indian Foreign Ministry sources confirmed yesterday. The British Premier Mr. Macmillan, is d"** there on Jan. 8.
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  • 195 1 rriHE repatriation to Hol--1 land of Dutch evacuees from Indonesia who have been arriving in Singapore lor the past three weeks «*nt into full swing today. Three chartered planes rave teen arranged for 100 of the 000 evacuees who disembarked from the
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    59 1 I'M- U.S President Truman yesterday />'' < h Monday television report to tin- nation on the na by President Eisenhower and Mr. John FOBiei Secretary of State ai "Ctobbledygo* picture. Dutch evacuees to board |> thry s embarked from a *X Waterman today. Special )Usrs toc.k them to the
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  • 83 1 DETECTIVE SHOOTS THUG DEAD \BINGAP( >RE detective Last night shot dead a 24-year-old gang iter In a Srl'cMc Ko.ifi full' 1 tl() l> I police aid the thUg about to lash a mcc ll< i with a parang The detectivi hid i i ii« dj p, ri d b I
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  • 35 1 January in I frade rub ber buyers I b opened li unsaDore hi. i morning ai ij C enl '.i It down eighths ol a cenl on rui day's close rhe tone wa
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  • 274 1 is flood-stricken Ceylon ur^ nth appealed to India for medieineg and rescue and food drop aircraft, a new disasu r overwhelmed the North Central Province where the overflowing Parakrama samiulra reservoir burst its banks. Swirling torrents from the !>O-siiuare mile artificial reservoir swept away homes,
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  • 99 1 g A SUDDEN typhoon g 5 J\ overturned 900 fish- g E ins boats in the East g S China Sea on Dee. 12, S g the Communist New g E China News Agency dis- g j E closed yesterday. g E Loss of life
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  • 107 2 Tanker resues 30 from sailing ship sinking in the Indian Ocean \S A DANISH tanker yesterday picked up lit) survivors S SS a\ from the sailship ii. Aserce off the Muldive ?> Islands in the Indian Ocean, the A P. Moller Line ft << announced in Copenhagen yesterday. The Danish
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  • 175 2 MR S. A DANGE. Communist General Secretary of the All India B Trade Union Congress, told the Congress yesterday that a strike .should be unionists' "last weapon." *Even i! it i.s resorted to. trade unions should always have in view tinIdea of settling disputes.' 1
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  • 63 2 THE United States Atomic energy Commission created a new office of Industrial development yesterday to encourage the growth of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The new office will advise private industry, and one of its major functions will be Ito develop programmes to
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  • 436 2 IM'SSIA, "the manipulating **> power' at the Afro-Asian rally that Egypt's President Nasser is holding in Cairo, is by deliberate choice represented by delegates from the Soviet's own enslaved colonies. Only the wilfully blind will Ignore this fact, or miss the j irony or
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  • 125 2 A peak year for smokes despite lung cancer scare rrhe us. Agriculture Department said in Now York yesterday a comparatively high level of sales during August and October indicated publicity linking smoking with lung cancer was not affecting the consumption of cigarettes. i The report said about 441.000 million cigarettes
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  • 251 2 RED CHINA 'HEROINE' FOR TEN YEARS IS DENOUNCED NOW A WOMAN who has been hailed in China for the past 10 years as the heroine of an abortive uprising in Formosa in 1947 against the rule of Chiang Kai-shek was denounced yesterday as a "rightist"' The Peking People's Daily, the
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  • 44 2 Seven-year-old Christopher Quillen was strangled to death in Georgetown. Delaware, when a stable window fell on his neck on I Wednesday night. He was asking for a last look at the pony he had received for Christmas. Reuter
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  • 32 2 A strong earthquake shook Jzmit in northwest Turkey for four seconds last night cracking walls and buildings, and .sending people rushing Into the sreeU in nanic. Reuter
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  • 51 2 Sarit faces break down IYJARSIIAL Sarit Thanarat has boon ordered by doctors in Bangkok to take a complete rest for two weeks amid unconfirmed reports last night that the Siamese Btroi become seriOUJ Ailing from o OS dl the liver. Saril i received a l)I l! si on two day
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 93 2 MB€)€}§£& for your week-end reading M I, Libertine" an 18th Century Novel by Frederick Ewing $5.25 "A Minor Portrait" a second novel by a local author G. M. Glaskin, $6.75. "Love Story" by Louise de Vilmorin $5.25. 'Voltaire In Love" the latest novel of Nancy Mitford, $10.50. Have you added
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  • 341 3 m ttvhs party hupv I ihvt§ $viU rvach ■f7 in thrvt* trvvlis ft,|, VIVIAN FUCHS' vehicle party have leit their advance base at south Ice "going fullH O i T for the South Pole, it was reported last Kj;ht from Shackleton Base. ft B/Ldr. John
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  • 275 3 US papers laud Queen's address: 'Rose serenely to the occasion' YORK newspapers were yesterday unanixl mous in praising the Queen's performance before the television cameras on Christmas Day. They all gave big space to her Christmas message, the New York Times and New York Herald Tribune printing it in full,
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  • 99 3 Pathe film pioneer dies t [FRENCH cinema p!oneer Charles Pathe hai died at lu.s French Riviera vin^i aged 94, it was announced In Monaco yesterday. Charles Pathe retired to Monaco .several years |M attct building up tiu* "Putlu" Film Company which la still run by his sons. He started in
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  • 28 3 Five Africans were killed In a fight between rival factions in the Port Eliza beth area. South Africa, during the Christmas holi- day. Reuter
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  • 109 3 Cut out that apostrophe: It's useless says head r pilF apostrophe A should be scrapped from the English language, a Scottish headmaster told the B I Educational Institute I of Scotland in Glas- gow yesterday. "It is utterly useless and could be dispensed with," Mr. H. J. Mee. H han,
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  • 49 3 FINAL count of Christmas holiday deaths in the United States was 2GB 215 of them traffic fatalities. Fires in the 30-hour period i killed 27 people and 2G died In miscellaneous accidents. The road deaths were the second highest since world war two Reuter
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  • 45 3 I A man who identified Wm 11 us -Santa Claus" visited the city jail In Hali- 1 fax, Neva Scotia on Christ- ciay and put up $40 (about £14 ss. sterling* bail r eight people arrested for I intoxication. Reuter
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  • 165 3 MONTY HITS OUT AT 'KILT' COLONELS: BANG THEIR HEADS piELD MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery said in Glasgow yesterday the two Scottish colonels, who resigned over whether their regiments due to be merged should wear kilts or trews, ought; to have their heads banged together. The dispute was "all nonsense," he told
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  • 56 3 rruu: Paris evening newspaper France-Soir yestn- v 1 day displayed a big front page Picture of Queen Elizabeth making her Christmas television broadcast with the caption 'This is the new look of Elizabeth— smiling, relaxed. Intimate. a 11 ..ii.iiju.f.inli slumril "the old look of the J
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  • 217 3 BUSH FIRES MAY WIPE OUT A TOWN BUSHFIRES on a 40-mile front are today threatening the tiny New South Wales town of Roto. The fires, which had been smouldering for two days, burst out again yesterday fanned by a light wind and helped by ceiWUTyhigh temperatures. The postmaster of Roto,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 51 3 I SOOGER I ATO MOP I (Special 26cm Type) I i ONLY I $14.80 I LIMITED QUANTITY I 1 BUY ONE TODAY I [Prices for other types I Of SOOGER remain I unchanged) 1 I U SENG MIN CO., LTD. I G North Bridge Road, 5 I SINGAPORE ♦Tel: *****
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    • 76 3 W& KM 253 %T«k ~O& 2K3 Wishing All Our Patrons Friends A Happy Prosperous NEW YEAR SINGAPORE DISPENSARY THE ORCHARD STORE 265, ORCHARD ROAD, 271, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE-9. SINGAPORE-9. TEL. ***** TEL. ***** 142 YEARS of experience $&l9gsi IN WATCHMAKING y^SS^fr^lN SINCE 1815 THI SWISS WATCH /T^\-^^m SINCt IBI> pOR
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  • The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Dec. 27. 1957.
    • 198 4 Opinion A friend as well ■TOO often we hear that crimes have not been leported to the police because people are afraid of retaliation by thugs and gangsters. That fear is very real to them and it means that many have more belief in the gangsters' power to harm them
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  • 297 4 A British girl new Luftwaffe VTRIM, attractive British girl of 23 is helping to train the new German Luftwaffe. At her slightest command a thousand beefy young Germans jump to it with a quick "Jawohl." The Rirl is Rosalie Millman, whose home is in Berkenham. Kent. She was on holiday
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  • 181 4  -  Beachcomber i^J^^^&^^B rpHE astounding discovery that gaping for hours on end at a television screen is bad for children's eyes < apart from what it does to their minds) will probably lead to special telespectacles, paid for by the ratepayers. The suggestion, by an "authority." that, the
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  • 461 4 Anti-Colonialism has marked United Nations debates for 12 years. What this holds for the future is analysed in this dispatch by a veteran foreign correspondent and news analyst. A FRICANS and Asians call Cyprus, Algeria and West Irian (West New Guinea) the "last vestiges'' of colonialism in
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 20 4 1-ntest Platinum Ciold ENGAGEMENT WEDDING RINGS P. H. HENDRY Manufacturing Jeweller 7K North Bridge Road, Singapore, 6. i Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 76 4 TK. 5 K)RTABLI TAPI Rr.CORDERy^§Ppj^^^^g^y| I Grundig leadership is I '^r I undistorted output, S^ I double trdck Recording, and 90 minutcs^^c^^ recording time are just a few of the TK 5's I outst.mdinj; fc.iturct. See and hear this NEW Crundig at your local dealers! I Model TK 5. PRICE
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  • 248 5 OFF- FOR THIRD TIME The s7,ooo bill for exhibition too high I T»HE "We of Singapore x Exhibition" which the Department of Information Services planned to hold in November has been postponed for the third time. REASON: The Government takes the view that the proposed cost $7,000— Is too high
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  • 188 5 Drive to use home timber— big saving I A COMBINED effort is beni g made by Singapore departments and certain sawmillers to pake use of more Malayan Umber. Co, eminent depart- ments indicated that previous difficulties in arranging for an adequate .supply of Malayan timber had at last been overcome.
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    66 5 picture. H For '7 years the Japanese have been breeding these roosters with tail feathers up to 25 feet long. H But the war destroyed years of hard work and I today the breed is almost extinct. R Now the Japanese government is subsidising I attempts to increase their diminished
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  • 30 5 I Singapore Federation i l> Clubs is to hold a tmas-New Year party Saturday from 8 p.m. tc ai the RafTlps InstiIn Braa Basah Road.
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  • 24 5 ■I yesterday issued 1 1 :,n Conference post* v mpa with a peace l| I "tyitinr n oli VP Reuter I
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  • 187 5 A new American gudf* get designed to 'put the finger" on car thieves in the act has aroused great interest among motorists in Singapore. Motor accessory firms In the Colony, which saw a spate of car thefts in recent months, are already making
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  • 235 5 3 A A RADIO VANS READY RADIO-EQUIPPED repair vans ol the Automobile Association of Singapore are to go into service before the New Year. The chairman of the association, Mr. W. G Thurs I ton, said radio-telephone equipment had been installed in the repair fleet oi j three vehicles. The
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 202 5 Breaks Record EVERYDAY SALES ARE HIGHER AND HIGHER AT SLASHED PRICES Utter Saving Greater Than Ever For NEW YEAR MEN'S SPORTSWEAR_ MA E T MEASURE T^YSON FAN^y' DACRON SUIT TROUSER SPORT SHIRTS H SHIRTS NOW $9.50 SNOW $24.50 >>-===— 100 DACRON TROUSERS MANHATTAN) $26.00 A Pair FANCY DACOMA 100% DACRON
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 104 5 Todays Radio Programme 115 cm Potpourri. IJO Tlttt t RtQUMt, prosr-ntrd by Susheela Signal and News: 1.48 Potpourri Dtvlj boo Radio Naturalist; momm- 200 Close Down; s.oo 8.15 Music ftom The Movies; 8.30 atriM Serenade a.30 itir World Anythiiu? to Declare?— presented In pfrtt- Eplsmi.' B; 6.00 Mail by K.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 28 6 To the touch to the tcsto, an I Accu-Ray Chesterfield satisfie most burns more evenly, SHU much smoother without hol spo or hard draw. CHESTERFIELD f^^j\ SATISFIES V
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 424 6 iiiiim iiiiiMiiiiiiiniiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiMiii' i ■H BJBIBSbBBBwJHB HBB^HB^BB| :''''x':.:- > 1 IJKFF lIAWKi: h\ Jonlaii ?!f^Lsf£* J fZ3Of?C EC> T O AGC£E JT ANO CEST NOW 1 I BiJT AS DAH/H BREAKS. A FLIGHT OF TAu^Ak.'^ JvjX 7j^ Atc^J"™" THE EV>L TAL ?AAr Ov DAWM TOMOCCOW LEAVE f=O<? r^E GEKOEZUCiuS >*J the
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    • 568 6 j •Aj '^H Born today, you are i I. >oul and seem to rind re-ii ?> Us I I Tp";;r n minglmy i«i;i m I Actually, you would maki > detective or an undercover ageni v I I know how to make peonl =Lv I the^^i^s^;;,- 1 1 1 Vision,
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 109 7 I NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Previous Today ,|U "P" 1 92 75 nom 92.87 noin futures contract Deleted contract i>«"c Bl 50 buyers Bl 75 buyer* 92.60 sellera 92 m-iWs Jau. yi 50 buyers lm75 buyera 92.50 sellers 92.75 sellers Quid BALES: Nil. .,K Futlirea Jan- 29.80
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    • 34 7 I new york. Dee, g& Previous Today r ß dustriali «».ll 434 10 Railroad* 95 7 9817 Domestic Hornis 8731 87 40 Utilities fi7 68 DO ks Composite Averages.. 143.75 145.51
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    • 62 7 tilalabai spot 2494, Lami>ong j quoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 34H» I awaiting release 34 1 afioats I to 23 December 33.. to 32 2, December shipment jpment. -3 l Sarawak spot 31.<, January shipment unliting release 23*4, afloaLs quoted, all sellers cx -dock. d r>
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    • 18 7 »[LIPPINE COPRA c-U. I'.S, ■.uitir ports per short ton $176 00 sellers $176.00 sellers
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  • 364 7 THE decision of the Mayor Of Singapore Mr Oiik Bug Guan, to lead a -.simple life" without any trappings of Office has created some awkward situations. The Chinese Chamber oX Commerce, whose offer of a Chain of Office for the Mayor has already
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  • 86 7 H The silent world of 20--year-old Audrey Wright, a tall and lovely brunette, ;H was broken at her wed- ding, when she said two words she had struggled for weeks to master "I will". Audrey has been deaf !r B ■■■■H O
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  • 19 7 France's 1958 austerity budget wa.s adopted by the national assembly last night at its second reading.— Reuter
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  • 44 7 Japanese Self Defence Board last night announced a single-engine training aircraft crashed into the .sea about four miles off Iwakuni, I Western Japan. The pilot and observer were missing. Five Coa.st Guard cutters were search- ing the area. Reuter
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  • 59 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 2.11 p.m. TOMORROW: :U3 a.m. E and 2.55 p.m. SUNDAY: 3.50 a.m. E E and 3.4ti p.m. E MONDAY: 435 am. E and 4. 53 p.m. E E TUESDAY: 5.28 a.m. E E and 6.31 p.m. E WEDNESDAY: 6.32 a.m. E and 8.20 p.m. E THURSDAY:
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  • 152 7 AN explanation for the shabby appearance of certain public buildings in Singapore is contained in the annual report of the Public Works Department for last year issued fßßiet" a< The report blamed till "arbitrary limitation" of funds, which led to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 52 7 Sol? Agents: ***»^!^^WwBi^P m^TO kiangwan(M)ltd! v 'y Singapore Kuala Lumpur— Penan* w, wedding PICTURES Make arrangements now for your photographs to be taken by FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or write to Free Press Photographic Dept. 1 40 140, Cecil S'MM-t 5m «por« THIS SERVICE IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN
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    353 8 Spending sprees ani UEACE in several or the World's trouble spots 1 and an uninhibited spending spree in many large cities, hare marked Christmas for 1957 In Western countries little has dampened the Christmas spirit and even from some Communist countries there hare been reports of lively preparations and
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  • 247 8 A BOUT 350 parties were held in Singapore dur- ing the Christmas season. There were also special air drops for troops fighting in the Malayan jungle. The heart of the city's shopping centre Raffles Place, High Street and North Bridge Road reported "very good business." Some
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  • 51 8 E While shepherds E watched. ...These E children from Sin=gap o r c evening E schools staged their E own Mandarin verE sion of the Nativity E Play recently at the E Chinese speaking E committee's party E /or £7ieftZ a^ E y.IV.C.i4. i4boMi 400 E children
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  • 67 8 25 *M«»*»»v»»M*«»<*««» ••WO*"**"' I Thousands of eh E ren, and adults. I E stood in the f\ rain in Hollands" E Ml ot Amsterdam E see Santa arrive tor annual Chrises cession. But M* I arrive Wirt ileip reindeer. As ca seen in m 5 above he ar-.ved tug
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  • FUND THE WORLD
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      109 9 this Christmas was I, because of income C| •'Hiring trade in l [7| t/16 nineties. I ri tsc families in big m expensive Christmas m aare a bleak outI v: >n/s //ie limit m B 'stores packed and ft 0/ Me Italian Christ■/>;v:V■'■(•*■<//. M>i£/i Christ|v:<; everywhere replacWuround the Christmas
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      83 9 Ml I I— >— I ing of five theatres in E Paris, a threatened strike of radio and tele- s vision technicians and a /Zu wave. 3 UNITED STATES New York's big department stores were jammed by shoppers delayed by the underground strike last week. CANADA: Children were
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      66 9 E The bright lights of Vienna transform this |j E gay city into a fairy- land this year with the I traditional illuminaE tions on shops and buildings being extendE ed to churches. The picture below i shows one of the gaily lit main streets. The cost of «SI
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      106 9 Tokyo is experiencE ing one of the liveliest and most carefree Christmas holidays E since the war. There E is plenty of money E about and the streets E of Tokyo are gaily fesE tooned with decoraE tions. E In the picture on the E right a workman is
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    • 86 9 The Christmas r Market in East z Berlin's Marx-Engels r Plat opened recently E anc j the motif was the Soviet earth satelThere were none of S the customary figure? such as angels, asv 5 ciatcd with a German g j Christmas. They are f forbidden by fr^c
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 97 9 I ONE-STOP SERVICE TO 1 I J\few*belhf I I EVERY FRIDAY I M Now yon can visit New Delhi, Agra and S ft the nearby Taj Mahal over the week-end! I M Pan American now offers a convenient H M new sei vice that leaves iian^kok every H B Friday
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  • 231 10 Mobile cure for old people A TOURING van with an electric treatment machine has brought new hope to old people paralysed by strokes. Surprising recoveries are reported by the Nuffleld Provincial Hospital Trust, which financed a mobile treatment experiment in Northern Ireland Treatment has been entirely in the homes of
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  • 446 10 THE CLUE OF THE RED BRICK DUST JAILED I MAN 4 YRS. C^OR three hours the two A men in the old green car drove round the streets of London's East End in the dawn wondering desperately what they could do about their old pal
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  • 187 10 A "SHOWER of missiles" was hurled at ex-Major John Stuart Boddington by his wife, 'the daughter of a distinguished surgeon." Among the missiles, said Mr. Justice Stevenson at Birmingham Assizes the other day were: Cups of coffee; A two-gallon milK bowl: An electric
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  • 128 10 The youngster on the left working overtime z before his voice breaks is 13-year-old Laurie lon- s don, probably the youngest ever pop-star. Laurie, still in grammar school from Stamford Hill. London has found fame in just two months It was then that he
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  • 135 11 these four photographs, taken by Mrs. Margaret Ch'ng Of Guun Hup Street Klang, secured her the award of Assoeiateship of the Royal Photographic Society of Britain. She la the first Malayan woman to win the award. The Afisoeiateship vaj given to her in recognition ol proficiency ol
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    45 11 A fine portrait of a pretty subject. ittis is one of the photographs which won Mrs. Margaret Ch'ng of ■Klang, (lie award of the Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society ["I Great Britain. She is the first Malayan woman to be thus honoured.
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  • 179 11 Q. I've tried experimenting with "backlighting" people as you have often su«j;i'st»'(i. in m black andwhite shots, the results are pretty fair hut whin I try to "backlight" with colour, the faces tin n out slightly bluish. What can I do i<» correct this? When i><i< i lighting a
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    30 11 Niree of Mrs. Ch'llf'l rCCCni prints wen' t<J <! and published in the Women Of Malaya *l«ndar f I9:»h, which is produced by the '<nru\ Institute of Alalava. THANKSGIVING
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  • 90 12 madras exporting iTI sources said Russia had contracted for large quantities of black pepper from tho Communist governed Kerala State. During December alone Russia had bought from Kerala 1.000 tons of pepper and had placed additional contracts for January and February, they said. Since last
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  • 36 12 Scheduled to visit Formosa early next year as Nationalist China's guests of state are King Hussein of Jordan, King Saud of Saudi Arabia and Premier Adnan Menderes of Turkey. U.P.
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  • 728 12 CHING-KUO: I'M BLAMED FOR EVERY UGLY INCIDENT lls I I i I sfik gyuityuyu LIEUT.-Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo, elder son of Nationalist Chin a's President Chiang Kai-shek, says every time something unpleasant happens in Formosa there are people who are quick to blame him for it. These, he says, are persons
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  • 25 12 Japan plans to Increase(the I number of its P»twtcng 1 in waters near Soutn Korea to ensure the jafg I fishermen I operating there U.P.
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  • 22 12 i I Radio Peking claimed 1 discovery of a > I field" in the Industrial backward Prince I Kweichow Jn Soutn China U.P.
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  • 26 12 Overseas Chinese in X' "j I are preparing to send a theatrical group to ror- g mosa next year to enter* tain Nationalist Chines troops.- U.P.
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  • 66 12 The Tokyo Ministry of Inter. I national Trade and Indus- try has cautioned Japa- I nese industries and exporters against "uninten. I tional" copying of foreign trade marks and designs in their exports. The If warning applied to cases of export goods produced in Japan at the request 1 of
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  • 353 12 Kishi warns S-EA about Red intrigue uioliukyuk JAPAN'S Prime Minister, Mr. Nobusuk* ir-J J has warned South-East Asia ''again^T l trigues of international communism n I ing: that if the area "succumbs to commnnSL' I the free world will face a grave menace Mr. Kishi, in a Tokyo speech, said:
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  • 112 12 T)RINCE YOSHI, yomiger son of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, has been given the nickname "Martian" at his college in Tokyo, because he has acquired a plot of land ov the planet from an enter- prising jinn oj real estate agents. Aged 22, he is probably the
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    33 12 picture. Miss Lili Soe Yin <cen- tre) who icas selected |as Miss University of 1957-58 in a beauty i contest held at the Rangoon University. Her runners-up are ThawdaThin def+>nr>ri Molly Hone. U.P.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements

  • 1038 13  -  ROBERT PITMAN happened in a Brighton hotel bedroom By all the book.s on spying in the shop. He had even Douglit fiction by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The total order had come to about £150. I said to the woman: I hope they're enjoying
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  • 285 13 J Crack in door\ was his clue] to freedom ESCAPE FROM MONTLUC by Andre Devigny (Dennis Dobson 16s). "|}AY after day I looked at those smooth brown oak (door) hoards without notic- ing anything odd about them. Then one day by chance my eye wandering
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  • 194 13 yllK STOWAWAY. By Simenon. Hamisli Hamilton. Us. 6d. A straight novel (no crime, no punishment) about a French ex-convict and a gentlemanly British card-sharper v*ho &0 to Tahiti In .search of the IOSf heir *o a cinemagnate's fortune An involved plot that takes time to
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  • 233 13 MAIGRBT9 T I I T i JOKE. By Simmon ll.un ish Hamilton Us i.«i Ordered to take a holiday, and umirr oath not to vl it hu office Hi pector Maig ret nlvc the ni'irrW fOf 1 doctor i wife »»v remol l)n fo
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  • 870 14 Allan Lewis sums up prospects for last day of Penang races HANDSOME and Peterpatch will not start in the (lass 3 Div. l sprint and their absence does not make it easy to pick. San Siro, Cembira, H. Line, Gay Hunter and Indian Heather
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  • 517 14 These horses will not run tomorrow 1 pKOHABLL lerateh- I i injis at Pfiiang I tomorrow are: Handsome. Peterpatch. I Dollar Factory. My I Darling, Peculiarity. Pinner, Beau Matin. Pearly, Puerto Rico. B I Admission, and Devon Belle. rownsman did better when Inning on Wednesday than in irevioua efforts when
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  • 154 14 Barracuda is one of best Cl. 5, Div. 2-6 Furs. Wedding W.iltz D.OO; (liret 9.00; Puerto Rico 8.13; Barracuda 8.12; Admission 8.11; Notaversc 8.11; Pepper Dealer s.ii; Devon Belle 8.10; Winner son; Rockei SUM: MOTie II S n 6 Kingfold 8.06; Prise Kutiy s.nt: All Well 8.02; Bacentaar B. 00;
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  • 220 14 STERLING, desp!t€ his severe penalty of 15 lb for his first win over It, lOOkg Rood in the main (Mas., 3 8U event. The handicap is ftbOUt 5 lb higher all round because of the mixed field, comprising Div. 2 and I)i v 3 iXTformers. Super
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 165 14 ■9 H II i i CLUES ACROSS ihe Zulu warriors t.4>. 1 Seized the bad egu (0), V 15emu.sed and undecorated 8 row makes the most Oi 'he i4j. books (61 10 Gray phlox for a wood en--9 should they ix? blondes? graving <9». (4, 3), 12 Ledge without money
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  • 364 15 Aussie rally aftet 162-4 I 4 L S THALIA fought |R\ back tenaciously IB^vicuiy In JohanIBifsiHirK after losing K.h.'ir flrst four wickets ■■for 62 runs In the first i t against South I the close they had ■v;:r.ial!v saved the i'ollowL plying to South Africa's X ings score oi 470
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  • 40 15 Flurry or ropes picture. ONE ON THE CHIN. Chinese scrapper Ray Ming Chan plants a straight left on Ronnie Manasseh's jaw in their ten round battle last night. Ronnie hit back strongly, und won a close points verdict.- Free Press
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  • 115 15 T United States are pintnelr staggering on 22-year-old Barry Kay today in B last ditch t( > wrest, the Davi.s Cup m the favoured Austra- 0-2 after dropping (> f heartbreaking fivelea matches on the nin B day in Melbourne fday, the Americans young MacKuy and
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  • 183 15 THE Australian Rugby Union touring team beat Combined Services 16-11 at Twickenham yesterday after trailing 3-11 at one stage of the second half. Half-time score was three-all. Two goals and a penalty goal In the last 25 minutes gave the Australians a weil
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  • 114 15 British Rugby Union results .ester day. Blackheath 6 Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present XV 19; Old MillhiMans 19 London r ßa.th 15 Old Blues 6; Bedford 22 Old Paulines 9; Bridg-A-ater and Albion 11 Clifton 6. Bristol 11 Newbridge 3; Cariiff 22 Wasps 0; Coventry
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  • 73 15 Barrow five Working! <>n iovin 12' Blackpool BOTOUgn 17 Donsix; Cnstleford Ifi Hunslet. in- Dcwsbury ttiree Batley 22; Hudderafield five Halifax as; Hull 12 Oldham five; Kcißhlry 1 Bradford Northern 21; Lwdi 28 Wakefleld Trinits 18 Leigh llt VVairiru:fon two: Hr..l»r!nlf Horne ti 10 Balford i' Swin *SJ!
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  • 425 15 RONNIE SLUGS OUT A POINTS WIN Police called to quell uproar By CHARLES BRYCE pOLICE had to be called to clear the Happy World Stadium last Elight when Ronnie Manasseh, former Singapore amateur, outpointed Filipino Chinese Kay Ming Chan by a whisker. As th<> referee collected scoring curds from* the
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  • 28 15 Duilio Loi, oi Italy, re talned hla European liyni weight boxing title In Milan last nighi when he beal Felim Chloccft, ol Franct, on points Reuter
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  • 250 16 HUSSEIN BARES RED PLOT IN MIDDLE EAST Kl\(i HUSSEIN of Jordan says he is confident of eventual victory In iiis struggle with "invading Communism, with all its wicked means. Intrigues and glittering propaganda." Communist infiltration In the Middle East, Hussein says, is a continuing threat to Jordan. The 23-year-old monarch
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  • 102 16 RI crisis ousts Merdeka as best news story riMlt: anti-Dutch campaign and crisis i IH X I overwhelmingly was selected as M "^m stor> in IM;>7. N l 1 Bitten in Japan, the Philippines H oai X fl and Singapore were polled hy the Associated p SB' They cast almost
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  • 123 16 BRITAIN'S Dirk Bogarde topped the poll as 1957 s I biggest box office money maker in a survey of 4.000 cinemas up and down Britain conducted by the American publication Motion Picture Herald About 95 per cent of all British cinema managers took part in the
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  • 132 16 WOLVES BEATEN Wa Qderers, E:^lish Football League leaders, had their splendid run of \s games without deuat brought u> an end yesterday when they were beaten i-o by Imtenham Hotspur in their first division ma toll. Bobby Smith. Spurs 1 burly centre-forward, scored the only
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  • 53 16 picture Ray Minn Chan (left) backs away from (i tWO-fisted onslaught by Rm >iic Manasseh. in their ten round buttle ai Singapore's Happy World stadium last night, Ronnie won on points, but so close was his margt n that fighting broke out among
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