The Singapore Free Press, 24 December 1960

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    20 1 2?"EEPUP WITH THE LOCAL NEWS YOU MUST READ... The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    BIG LAST-MINUTE RUSH IS ON
    324 1  -  DAVID TAMBYAH shoppers throng the city streets ■0 M.\/)S OF DOLLARS CHANGE HANDS ON FOOD, CLOTHES AND TOYS: DECORATIONS, CRACKERS SELLING WELL Mums spend most of their the children I By SINGAPORE CITY. Saturday £JRO\VDS of shoppers, mostly women, thronged Raffles Place, North Bridge Road,
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    So much in The Free Press on Monday
    63 1 So much in The Free Press on Monday es on i lie Tree rj all the overseas S indav Sunday Ushc ci I n the fast, ilment new a that will led Press wUI i coverli Lay .-port Per ar g lividends, d-up by ttes a Sporting And n the
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    THOMAS CUP SHOCK: ONLY MIRACLE CAN SAVE MALAYA
    207 1 THOMAS CUP SHOCK: ONLY MIRACLE CAN SAVE MALAYA ONLY a Christinas Eve miracle can save Malaya m tonight's remaining matches of the second round of the Asian Zone of the I Thomas Gup badminton championships which started here last night. To win Malaya has to take four of the five
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    Twelve are off to Alor Star on Vespas
    140 1 Twelve are off to Alor Star on Vespas SINGAPORE CITY. SalTwelve members of the Vespa Club, including a woman rider, set out this morning on a 1.087 mile trip to Alor Star and back a journey which will take them three and a hall days. This endurance run. "North to
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    Death toll now 53
    26 1 MUNICH. Sat. The death toll m last Saturdays Munich air disaster rose to 53 yesterday when Anna From. 40. died m hospital.
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    His visitor-Ike
    16 1 WASHINGTON. Sat .—President Eisenhower interrupted his Christmas preparations to visit his valet In hospital.
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    ROPE-ESCAPE FOR THREE MEN AS LIGHTHOUSE GOES UP IN FLAMES
    208 1 ROPE-ESCAPE FOR THREE MEN AS LIGHTHOUSE GOES UP IN FLAMES DOUGLAS (Isle of Man>. Sat. Fire broke out m the upper gallery of the 143-foot lighthouse on isolated Chicken Rock m the Irish Sea yesterday, forcing the three keepers to slide down a rope to the dubious safety of the
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    U.S. admiral dies
    25 1 NORFOLK (Virginia), Bat Hear Admiral P. Mh.-sie Huphe.s, 61, Commandant of u<<- sth Naval District, died here yesterday of I heart attack.
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    Experts go aboard
    16 1 new YORK. Sat.— Salvage rx. pert* have boarded the crippled tanker Pine Ridge.
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    Baby born in bus
    19 1 LONDON. Sal.— A baby was bom m a bius us. It hu^eu outside a hospji.tl
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    Lock icon TEMPTED? THEN RING HENRY
    167 1 LONDON, Sat. -A Torquay hypnotist is offering his friends a novel remedy asuin.^t over indulgence at Christmas parties. The hypnotist, Mr. Henry' Blythe, baa -sent them Christmas cards bearing picture ot him.-elf and t ellint? them to phone him ii the temptations of the festive season
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    STOP PRESS
    208 1 MARRIAGE BOOM IN 1960 (A LEAP YEAR) SINGAPORE CITY. Sat Civil marriages tn t lie State ar? up by 52 per cent thi^ year compared with 1959 (COINCIDENCE NOTE: Thi.s is a Leap yean. The ngure by tomorrow will be about 3.500 and there are mure to Dome
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      23 1 .turns* 0 kadio 111 I J irisimas w e on the Free •tt wish all o£ i Merry Christmas. POPULAR MEN IHE WORLD
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    Belgian MPs slug it out in stormy debate on new austerity measures
    454 2 Belgian MPs slug it out in stormy debate on new austerity measures I by the FREE PRESS FOREIGN SERVICE piST fights broke out m the Lower House of the Belgian Parliament last Di-hi m ;i violent debate on Government austerity measures which set off Ihe wave of strikes now hull'
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    Kiss under mistletoe, then 75 go on strike
    193 2 Kiss under mistletoe, then 75 go on strike ILKESTOX. •England. Sat. Christmas kissing caused the second strike m j Britain within two days when 75 hosiery knitters j here walked out yesterday llowing the suspension of two colleagues for kissing a girl employee under the mistletoe. O:; Thursday 150 operatives
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    'SONS & LOVERS' (HOWARD AND HILLER) IS NAMED BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
    148 2 'SONS LOVERS' (HOWARD AND HILLER) IS NAMED BEST FILM OF THE YEAR Nt:w YORK. Sat "Sons i •:> the Bri- ..i, film version oJ i -a n dc( > famous >vel. was chosen yesterday the best film ol 1060 by hi National Board ol Re- Motion Pictures. I board also
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    131 2 SHIPPING IN PORT SHU'S lying alongside (he Sin gapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Ayutlua 1 '2. Glenorchy 4/5. Kapitan Kosko 6A, Robert Maersk 6 7. City of Wellington 8/9, Taipint; 10/11, Atreus 13/14. Adolf Wartki 18, Oliiida 19. East Sea N. Wall 4. Tronoh N. Wall oanana
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    Hong Kong prices
    58 2 HONG KONG. Pri. Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,445 51.450 stales sales Union Ins. Canton $124.00 $124.00 sales sales Wheelock Marden 9.55 9.60 sales sales H Kong phone $38.00 $38.00 i sales sales j Dairy Farm «fc Cold Storage $33.00 $33.00
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    Market indices
    29 2 LONDON: The Financial Times market indices for Dec. 2, last year, week ago. previous and yesterday's, respectively: Tins 233.2. 265.9, 258.4. 251.0. Rubbers 206.1, 188.6. 191.7, 193.3.
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    Nasser warns: It's war if Israel builds the atom bomb
    246 2 Nasser warns: It's war if Israel builds the atom bomb f ONDON, Sat,— President JL Nasser said yesterday that if the United Arab Republic was sure that Israel was building an atom bomb, "this will mean the beginning of war between us," Cairo Radio reported. "We shall have to destroy
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      113 2 LONDON. Dec. 23. Pre»iou» Today RUBBER No. 1 E n,l unquoted unquoted jan 25 516 ""•S" ~25 9/l« 25 9/U RUBBER N«. 1 RS» Settlement House Terms. Jan 25 916 25 916 Feb 25 96 25 9 L€ j TONE Quiet PEPPER: Whlti Sarawak f.a.q. C.i.f E
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      New York Prices
      54 2 NEW YORK. Dec 23. Previouo Today TIN Struts spot 101 2. r 101.12 RUBBER Futures Jan. 28.721 28 75 Mar 28.75 28.85 TONE: Steady. SALES: 12 lots. No. 1 RSS Jan. landed pnoo 28! 2*2 COFFEE: Futures 'B March Contract Mar. 35.64 35.69 Above prices quoted m
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      Dow Jones Averages
      34 2 NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Previous Today 30 Industrials 613.81 613.23 20 Railroads 129.10 129.65 40 Domestic Bonds M 66 54.69 15 Utilities 9V75 9^.71 55 Stocks Composite Avorageo 204 27 204.40
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      U.S. Pepper
      36 2 Malabar spot 44. afloat? 44, 'sr.. shipment 44. l-<in-:pong ?>p.ot 4i. ailoats 44. Jan. shipment 44. Muntok white ■pot 72, atloats 71. Jan. shipment TO. A hove prices quoted m L.S. tents p«»r it».
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      81 2 LONDON, Dee. 23. Previous Today COPRA Philippines e.i.f- U.K. North Europeon ports delivered weight per lone, ton Dec. *'*>• COPRA. Straits Borneo C.i.f. UK North European ports delivered weight per long ton Dec. 'Jan £63 l^ COCONUT OIL crude Straits e.i.f. European ports m bulk ter long
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    UP 21 DOWN 5 UNCHANGED 148
    860 2 NOTE: AH prices below are middle prices. RET TO MURINES. I set era capital issis. i Mil m ticfifiii eienrtliit, tielsliig firiiiM. I cli era fcaous issm. f aei exclilitg capital rttirt. t cer ss era capital ratm. I cl em iiriieaL c call
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    Big drop in U.S. intake of natural rubber
    648 2 Big drop in U.S. intake of natural rubber By the FREE PRESS MARKET CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE, Saturday. (CONSUMPTION of natural rubber m the United States has recently fallen for the first time below 30 per cent of the total tsage of natural and synthetics, says the Investors Chronicle, London. It has
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    LITTLE CHANGE IN RUBBER: TIN CONTINUES TO EASE
    101 2 LITTLE CHANGE IN RUBBER: TIN CONTINUES TO EASE dsfdfdfdfdfsdf LONDON. Sat.— Quotations at the opening were around Thursday's final levels and little further change occurred throughout the day. Business was confined to a few necessary deals to tidy books prior to the holiday. The close was quiet but the undertone
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    Imports from China
    31 2 LONDON: The Board Of Trade has published a notice to importers which sets cvi arrangements for the licensing of imports from mainland China during the calendar year 1961-
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    INDUSTRIALS FIRM ON QUIET DAY IN LONDON MARKETS
    24 2 INDUSTRIALS FIRM ON QUIET DAY IN LONDON MARKETS I lj c, ■'i I as E i nrm lj I*l markf Sightly l 0W!f Mlill!
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    New $42½ mil. loan to India from U.S
    14 2 New $42½ mil. loan to India from U.S M i HI I 111 M <.■
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      383 2 SHIPPING N.Y.K.LINE P. J r Z i'u 10 Jan ga Maru Rottl Bremen ft le Havre 2 1 ."9 Dec s-i V^-. I r i 5 Dde 8 '0 H* IfMM i 7 Hi Kquain *c" Said < tandrii i '0 Jin Zuiyo Maru for Momfc Dar-Es-Saltam c r a.
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      133 2 SHIPPI\<. BARBER LINE Ffiin USA t*ST COAST POfiTS via PANAMA iC^ AMUE! W.® ANO HONGf-CNL FEiRfIELD J»" FERN-VILLE FAR EAST LINES Fnw U.S.*. CULF PORTS »n P»NAVt 10? CF [is fi»;« I AND HONGIONG I CASTIEVILIE 6 ia« (fß(<e y BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINE I T»: NEW YORK. BOSTON. FHILAOELPMIA. BAITIMON MOBILE,
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    A joyless day for couple without a home for triplets
    309 3  - A joyless day for couple without a home for triplets S.B. CHAN By I SINGAPORE CITY, Saturday. QN the eve of Christmas, ;i gardener and his wife ;ne desperately looking for n home tor their triplets two boys and a girl. "We now have 10 children mu\ cannot afford to
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    50 CAMPERS HELP IN CHESHIRE HOMES PLAN
    104 3 50 CAMPERS HELP IN CHESHIRE HOMES PLAN C HANOI. Sat Fifty boys irom two hostels and 10 Bible clubs, recently completed their one-week camp at Tanah Merah, organised by the Youth for Christ. The campers were divided into five groups each group consisting oi 10 boys to work on a
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    Happy but homesick nurse now on way to Scotland
    182 3 Happy but homesick nurse now on way to Scotland MO 1 1 1 KANG, Saturday. pOX 2-J years, Miss Helen Ong Heng Neo had spent every Christinas with her family m Singapore. Bui this year, she will spend il m the middle of the Indian Ocean on her way to
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      73 3 jdsk gllkdh gsdrh oiuerpotu95 opjreope Em inol +a Ob i iif lex 44 0 Transporent plastic boxes 6 ozs. t fiwjj"iJi— i ll in Bags of 2 ozs and 1 IUA CO. 130 L^.ota Crescenr. Tel: ***** I ,6/e at all leading groceries ki M| p -Till- V\t. w^'/-- ELECTRIC
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      133 3 [Christmas Sale Now On! t I THIS IS THE TIME CHOOSE, CHOOSE I THE BZST FROM OUR I WIDE RANGE OF PERSIAN BOKHARA PAKISTANI CARPETS AND RUGS. IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO 1 1 SERVE YOU Visit IRANIAN carpets j 37, Tanglin Road, Singapore Tel: ***** j 4 P—
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      307 3 Christmas dance KATONG, Sat. The Singapore Amateur Arts League will be holding a Christmas social dance at St. John's Headquarters. Beach Road. tomorrow, at 8 p.m. r\DIO SINGAPORE j Midnight chimes; LOO Close Medium Wave: IT6 metres down. MALAYA Sbort Wave: 6J metro RADIO ffIALAXA i Prnmmme sum- P.M.: 1.15
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    Vive Carpentier,' they cried But soon chant was to turn to 'Vive Siki'
    1565 4  - Vive Carpentier,' they cried But soon chant was to turn to 'Vive Siki' ALAN HOBY UPSETS ARE PART OF BOXING ...BUT THIS WAS D|ff Er 1 by HE SPRAWLED, a macabre and sinister figure, face downwards m the gutter. It was four o'clock on a raw December morning and dawn
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    The Bat Flower is not very difficult to get
    635 5 The Bat Flower is not very difficult to get Answers to queries from readers \!>LU writes: *I j m inttTcstrrl m h. r v A ppeared in your f ls w llch lh.ro or buy then m Kualf Knur <m where u Sn Bign nia magnifiCa; iderstand you have some
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    THE CORRECT BLEND FOR OPEN-POTTING TECHNIQUE
    483 5 THE CORRECT BLEND FOR OPEN-POTTING TECHNIQUE Please define openpott ing soil and sweet textured soil. An open-potting soil con.~>i>ts of mineral sub>tance.^ (stones, sand, gravel etc.) and organic substances < decaying remains of plants and animals, m the right proportions so as to allow sufficient water to be retained tor
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    SWAMP MOSS: IT MAKES GOOD PACKING MATERIAL WHEN DRY
    326 5 SWAMP MOSS: IT MAKES GOOD PACKING MATERIAL WHEN DRY Could you please define sphagnum moss? 0 A family of mosses found growing m all countries ot the cold temperate zones. They grow hi swamps, sometimes actually m water, and have minute holes m the cell structure which make- them absorbent
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      12 5 GARDENING COLUMN Have you »jf^ I any questions? Just write m UPi
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      167 5 v^^^%^^ALL UNDER jHl^j'' ONE ROOF! .^HOp^B?3^^s^^' X' No need to go from shop to bop 7 •^B^^^eSßlbW search of you reouircincni you 11 lincl a coiripi<t' of mfts foi th< rlothf- pi ou,! r. town a* L qu;i' I '•^T "X^B^^P^^w Shop. r&L AND SEB FuR YOU RSI i -•"s
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      74 5 lIP KIRBY by John Prentice <Sc Fred Dickenson I i t yi j r M n i MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Pnil Davis THE HEART OF JULIET JONES by Stan Drake by Chic Young BLONDIE --n. j rr I [l —[i IT*S RAINING r DAG WOOD STICK **>- H
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    PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR
    484 6 uhyh;uhjuh;jh POLITICS S>°Ver! tainly Singapore's Prime Minister, 37-year-old Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who has worked untiringly as head of the Government for the betterment of the island's population. His aims to govern firmly but fairly, to make men with money to re- alise the stability and
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      713 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ANNOUNCEMENT Sg M orrix $6 (Minimum) AMAHL A THE NIGHT VISITORS vi.-i i. Pf rtormantjv, Victoria Theatre, ftJa* p m. L'Mh. Ticket* ut x M.C.A. Orchard Koad. Jvrtormance.". lint h Hooking Kotv.nson a. I AT YOUR SERVICE »i nrd*. >2 (*Tm.) Box j« ets. extra TOP QUALITY COLOUR
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    DON'TS for those who are going out on Christmas
    230 7 NGAPORE II Y. Saturday. c h;i\ c :i iiK'ss:ii;f for tin DONTS for those going out ms holidays. Mr. Lim Seng Secretary, jK<> advised khe police if Ihey intend going khan hours. Mr. Lnii told the Pre< Press: "We are doing
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    ILON ENGINEER HERE TO TUDY SYSTEM SINITATION
    45 7 ILON ENGINEER HERE TO TUDY SYSTEM SINITATION l)iviwn 1: _;inrrr i>ura, (r\ loii the m.iv- on -tud\ <>[ 11m \u r< the I r«'c ■Uftl tt» boul drain litli proitnrni tit's t Vvlon. iporr and ies m >t»uth~ provide u^ Mesa for present igatlofl an* 1
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    Fine Art Society officials
    24 7 Fine Art Society officials s s has (oi n iresn Mr. t. V. c members: >: Mrs. 1 dance i drama i ature' Mr. .J.li
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    DEATH
    10 7 mum i j Ba kstiei •o < o 4 p.m.
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    'Carnation Squad' is St. John champion
    111 7 'Carnation Squad' is St. John champion SINGAPORE CITY, Tues.— The champion home nursing and first aid team of the Workers Education Association's East Area Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade is the "Carnation Squad." Its members, who beat six other squads for the title, are Misses Jenny Cheng, Tan
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    Mechanic, 22, saves to open own shop
    137 7 BALESTIER Sat. -A I £3H» «S -nop selling it will be a profitable trade °After finishing hi* day's work m a factory workshop taßuWt Tlmah, Si&w can iisiiallv bo seen cutting S2S ibWOOO into sticks and refining them with a P< Each if
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    DANCER MADHAVI ARRIVES FROM MADRAS
    79 7 DANCER MADHAVI ARRIVES FROM MADRAS SINGAPORE CITY, Sat.-- -> A Singapore girl Miss Madhavl Krishnan. 18. who won tame as a dancerm Indian cities arrived here \y (Ur Ceylon from Madras With her cousin t Miss Ganga. Known as the Mahadv Ganga Sister.-.' they *ni SSmb Oriental and Indian Classical
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    He fell in love with her in church: Now he flies from Australia to wed her
    380 7  - H e fell in love with her in church: Now he flies from Australia to wed her A. RICHARDS By Singapore City, Sat. fJHRISTMAS brrngs home to lovely Joan Kosario the young man who left her two years ago to find a home for them m a new land. He
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    Students to perform at this 3rd anniversary
    95 7 Students to perform at this 3rd anniversary SINGAPORE CITY, Sat The Persatuan Muham:r.adiah Singapura (Malay religious organisation) will celebrate its 3rd. anniversary at the Overseas Pakistani League building m Serangoon Road tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. A spokesman for the organisation told the Free Press that items, catering for various tastes,
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    Fight thugs move
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Selangor Government has started a psychological campaign to win the confidence of the public against the State's estimated 5.000 secret society thugs.
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    6 POLY STUDENTS TELL OF TRIP TO JAKARTA AND BALI
    117 7 6 POLY STUDENTS TELL OF TRIP TO JAKARTA AND BALI SINGAPORE CITY. Sat.— Six members of the Singapore Polytechnic Architectural Society, who returned after a throe-week study-tour of Indonesia and Bali, gave their impressions of the trip at a meeting recently. They screened several colour slides of buildings and places
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    1,100 Malayan students fly back for 'year end' family reunion
    195 7 SINGAPORE CITY, Saturday. ABOUT 1,100 Malayan students abroad have A flown back to spend Christmas at home. Qantas, 8.0.A.C. and Air India have operated three special flights this month between London and Sydney, to meet this flood of passengers. The
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    Xmas party for poor children
    59 7 BEDOK, Sat. Mrs. L. V. Cheang, a social worker, will give a Christmas party to more than 50 underprivileged children at her residence m Bedok Road on Dec. 27. Besides the eats and drinks, there wil be a comic sketch by Mr. Larry Fenton. a
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    Private schools should be handed to Govt., says Rev. Charles
    172 8 Private schools should be handed to Govt., says Rev. Charles SINGAPORE CITY, Sat. Owners of small private schools should surrender their holdings to Government or other big private schools. This is the opinion of Rev. M.N. Charles, 62, the man who pioneered private education m Johore and established several private
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    Assembly's approval
    37 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. I'he Johore State Legislative Assembly has passed a bill whicji provides a total of 51.02j.200 for Sultan Ismail's privy purse and civil list and payment oi allowances to relatives and certain persons.
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    Sureini to dance at Sea View Hotel in aid of Garden Club fund
    209 8 Sureini to dance at Sea View Hotel in aid of Garden Club fund SINGAPORE CITY, Saturday. fALEXTED 14-year-old school girl, Sureini Sani, will give free performances of tultural dances at parlies and ni^hl clubs, during Ihe Christmas and New Year season. Her dances will Include Malay. Chinese. Indian and Indonesian
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    CENTRE TO HOLD COURSE IN SCIENCE FOR 40 STUDENTS
    116 8 CENTRE TO HOLD COURSE IN SCIENCE FOR 40 STUDENTS SINGAPORE CITY. Sat. Under the auspices of the Fun hi r Education Committee of the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa, a course of 10 lectures on General Science for members of the public will be inaugurated at the Tanjong Katong Secondary School
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    President again
    21 8 TAIPING. Sat.— Mr. Wong! Keng Ko was re-elected pre- sident of the Kwangtung As- I sociation. ONG....BEST ALL-ROUND RESULTS
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    Permits for Aliens
    25 8 PENANG, bat.— About 361 on-Federal citizens were ranted passes during the irst 11 months of this year 3 work m the Federation.
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    Mishap to ship delays Indonesia s floating fair
    138 8 Mishap to ship delays Indonesia s floating fair SINGAPORE CITY. Sat.— Indonesia's floating exhibition vessel •"Tampong Mas" which left Jakarta on Dec. 18 for a 75-day Pacific Area tour had to return on the same night owing to engine trouble. The ship was bound for Honolulu first before going to
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    Gifts for the aged
    44 8 SINGAPORE CITY. Sat. Members of the Ladies Woik Party visited the St. John's Home for the Aged and the Tavistock House and gave gifts to about 100 inmates. Each received cakes and sweets, a handkerchief and a new $1 note.
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    Thomas Cup: Nippy Thais outclass Malaya to take a solid 3-1 lead
    613 8 Thomas Cup: Nippy Thais outclass Malaya to take a solid 3-1 lead FROM PAGE ONE took experts by surprise. Mot observers believed the first round would be lost to India. The young Thai players, however, took six matches to three. In last night's matches two singles and two doubles most
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    It's their best present Son tells parents-I have won $350
    118 8 It's their best present Son tells parentsI have won $350 LAN MOK.A. S SIXGAPORE couple lia^Zj best-eve* Christmas from their son Idling Uiei award ;js the most brilli fourth yu;iv <>f tin architecture Adelaide University At his home m Si Mr. Ong Ken« Wee, a bui not hide his delight
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    Xmas Eve PHOTONEWS
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