The Straits Times, 22 December 1954

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    Masthead
    13 1 The Straits Times He***** Kstd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    JOHORE'S RELIEF SHOCK
    122 1 Flood aid calls doubled 25,000 a need: Money tins out j. BAHRU, Tucs. :\A 25,000 peo- pl t in Johore KH-e than double the ninhiT originally esti- led a will need finKjal aid following t floods. during the i ri that had loft and were liel centres.
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    ME AMONG THE MARXISTS
    40 1 Con- ncouraglng marry their So- r ll tted tha 1 17 young Red Chinese women cadrea and members of Pekinc's youth League married their advisers on Dec. 5 at v eddine ceremony in Can,n TT P
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    SULTANS GIVE TO FLOOD FUND
    494 1 Now the joint total tops $333,000 THE SINGAPORE and Federation Relief Funds yes--1 tcrday reached a total o:' $333,756.73. This dors not include the SU.OOO-plii.s raised from last a:ghts Radio Malaya-oru.m-s< d variety show at th<> Singapore Badminton Ha!l. (See Htt I.) In SIMiAPORh, $17,394.47
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    Two Colony triplets die: Third is well
    76 1 Two Colony triplets die: Third is well TWO of the triplets horn at the Twi>cr| Mcniori.il Hospital. Singapore, ten days lg« have died, lhe surviving child. Jamrs, who was born first, is reported to be well. Che other hoy. Christupher. died first, and then the uirl, Elizabeth. I he parents.
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    Tin pact no
    23 1 PARIS. Tues— France is unlikely to ratify the International Tin Agreement, it was learned from usually wellinformed quarters here today.
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    2 Egyptians get lifers
    38 1 CAIRO. Turv An Egyptian military tribunal sentenced two members of the Moslem Brotherhood to life imprisonment today and cave 93 others sentences ranßinK up to 15 years Eleven of 95 defendants were acquitted.— A.P.
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    She offered her life
    72 1 NOW GETS $120,000 NEW YORK, Tuc.v— A Japanese woman who offered her life to save Mr. Daniel Langford. j an American arrested in Japan as a spy during the war. was named today as the heiress to Mr. Langford's US$4O,OOO (Msl2o,oooi estate. Mr. Langford died in
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    The year's best films
    51 1 NEW YORK. Tiies The Anglo-Italian film Romeo and 'uli.'t has been voted the best foreign film ot 1954 by the Committee on Exceptional Films of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. On the Waterfront, a Columbia picture, was voted the best film of 1954.
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    Queen, Duke at Palace ball
    55 1 LONDON. Tues.— The Queen ;»nd the Duke of Edinburch danced for nearly three hours la.st r.ight with footmen, housei maids, pages and other members of the Buckingham Palace stalT at the Christmas ball. The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret also attended the party in the
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    Rubber hits 90 cents
    51 1 Rubber reached 90 cents a lb. on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday, but later eased on profit-taking and fell away to close at 89 R cenLs a lb. Thus wa. the first time that the 90 cents level had been reached since early in January last
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    No tanks-Swiss
    26 1 No tanks Swiss BERNE. Tues. The Swiss National Council (Lower House) today rejected a Government proposal to buy 100 British Centurion tanks for about £8.0(10.000. Reuter.
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    Police out after 'man in sea' report
    101 1 THREE MARINE POLICE launches used searchlights last night to search the sea off the Esplanade following a report that an unldentiflfd Chinese had jumped into the sea. Abbas bin Omar, a labourer, said that while he was sitting on a bench at the
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    NOW A JET HELICOPTER LINER AND BRITAIN WILL BUILD IT
    58 1 \N ARTIST'S impression of the jet-powered Fairey Rotadvne, which Britain plans to produce. The model has miniature engines in the rotor hlades for extra lift. There is a 47-foot fixed winfr with two 3.000 horsepower turbo props, giving a cruising
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    SMUGGLER MIKE WAITS to START BUSINESS AGAIN
    617 1 Once upon a time there was a man who told such realistic pirate stories... yyHEN parents on the Corfu complained during recent rtyafM that they couldn't get their children to bed until they'd heard the night's pirate story, the sports quartermaster, Mike Henderson,
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    Spy trial Jew found dead
    111 1 Spy trial Jew found dead CAIRO, Tues. MAX Bennett, one of a group of Jews on trial here, accused of being a member of spy rinti. was found dead today Thirteen people are accused before the Supreme Military Tribunal of spying for Israel i and attempting to blow up buildings
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    Eden recovering
    30 1 LONDON, Tues. Sir Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, is recovering from a chill and hopes to be "up and about" tomorrow, the Foreign Office said today. Reuter.
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    WHY DID YOUNG QUIT?
    98 1 MP seeks Government statement LONDON. Tuesday jIjRS. E. WHITE, Labour Member of Parliament, said iTI today she intends to seek a statement from the Government in the House of Commons tomorrow regarding Colonel Arthur Youngs resignation as police chief in Kenya. Colonel Young, City of London
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    Stalin Prize for Pritt
    34 1 MOSCOW, Tues. Mr. D. N. Pntt, Queens Couasel, a British lawyer and former Member of Parliament, has been awarded a Stalin Prize, it was announced in Moscow last night.- Reuter.
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    Night rumble
    25 1 ROME, Tues People ran from their beds into th« .street., when a 30-second earth tremor rocked thp mountain town of Ascoli Piceno. Reuter
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    AUSSIES 8 wkts standing NEED 151 TO WIN
    261 1 AUSSIES 8 wkts standing NEED 151 TO WIN SYDNEY, Tues. i USTRALIA. with eight wickets standing, need 151 runs to win the second Test. The bowlers were again on top today, and England, losing their last six wickets' for 92 runs, were all out for 296 in their second innings
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    Saigon visitor
    19 1 PARIS. Tues— Admiral Arthur Radford. chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Saigon today.
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    Penang dockers put off strike
    171 1 Penang dockers put off strike PENANG, Tues. OMIERE will be no dock A strike in Penang this Christmas. An official announcement this aftfrnoon said that the Penang Harbour Board Staff Association had •'voluntarily agreed" to defer the strike, which was scheduled to bc<i:n 2 a.m. on Thursday. The dockers will
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    STOP PRESS
    67 1 r k pi \s ro n wi rioiii < new LONDON in' .sir W knstsii i inn lull hint < d in lloiiM of Commons loda; th.ii Hi it. mi in i revivi U .'I I I HIM MllllxlM 1)1 \ll rt if* Timlin him to mil drl.i\'
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    THE POPE TO BROADCAST
    82 1 VATICAN CITY, Tues. rpHE Pope will broadcast his A greetings to the world at noon 1 1100 GMT' on Christmas Day. An announcement in the Vatican City newspaper Osservatore Romano said that the Pope would make an appear- ance at his fourth-floor studio window on Christinas
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      80 1 For NEWS and VIEWS THE PERFECT MEDIUM BUSH RADIO BRIGHT RADIO CO., 30V ORCHARD ROAD, S'PORE-9 Heap on more tcood The utnd is chill But let it uhistle as it tali. Well keep our Christmas merry still. SIR rtALTLR SCOTT A mem- Christmas to everybody I May all who enjoy
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    Princess' tour will cost $262,000
    228 2 Princess' tour will cost $262,000 /CHARTERING a plane to v; take Princess Margaret on her tour of the British West Indies in January and February next year will rost about VJl.'i.oon (M 31.000). Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, said in the House of Commons
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    Prize essayists for New York
    47 2 Mr Yum Kum Chuen of t.v Anglo-Chinese School. Singapore, and Mis* Tatty La:. Seokandar of Surab.i\a. Indonesia, winners of the New York Herald Tribune Forum essay contest, left Singapore yesterday for Ntw York. They plan to attend the Herald Tribune Forum there.
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    Enterprising thieves
    70 2 HAMILTON. -Canada i. Tues Thieves with an eye to the future raided the office or a making company- here Victoi Smith and Co, said ye terclav that two mtijlJ notebooks containing the records Of sr.lc. together with the comb:n. tions. of mom than 100 ■aft had been taken.
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    Children killed by link bandit?
    58 2 MANILA Ttol Hukbalahau bandits were blamed today for the murder of a son and daughter of a prominent Quezon, family. The bodie.s of Juan Caballer 13. and Herminia CabaHer, 9. found last night. Official* ■aid the two children had beer, abducted and held for a
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    Red aircraft attack island
    30 2 FORMOSA. Tu.'s Seven Chinese Communist aircraft today attacked NationaUsthold Ta.-hei: IM.ind off thr .southern coast Oj the Chinese Province Of ChekianK. No damaue waa reported. Reuter
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    25 SLEEP THROUGH CRASH ON THE LAWN
    99 2 25 SLEEP THROUGH CRASH ON THE LA WN WARE. (Hertfordshire), Tuesday A CANBERRA JET BOMBER, crashed on the "front lawn of a children's home near here last niuht. Khattering windows and bringing down ceilings None' of the children inside was hurt. One mrmber of the new was found dead nearby
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    Rebels in Moluccas smashed
    91 2 Rebels in Moluccas smashed JAKARTA. Tuos. AN Army commander said to•T. day rebel elements in the bouth Moluccas had been surrounded and their plan to invade Ambon Island smashed. "We have mow taken the offensive." Lieut. Col. Sukawatl. *>th Infantry Regiment Commander, added. He said three rebels trying to infiltrate
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    Scottish gales
    19 2 LONDON. Tues. Gale force winds today drove all shipping to shelter along the wist coast of Scotland
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    Britain rejects Soviet threat
    222 2 TONE OF THE KREMLIN NOTE IS DEPLORED IN WHIT£ THE PACTS TO FREE AND REARM WEST GERMANS WILL STILL GO THROUGH LONDON, Tuesday. |}KITAIN today rejected Russia's note threatening to scrap their 1912 treaty of alliance if Britain ratified th c Paris agreements to free and
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    To command U.S. Army in Europe
    44 2 WASHINGTON Tues.— The U.S. Army yesterday announced that Lt.-Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe is to be commander of US Army forces in Europe He will succeed Gen. William M Hoge, who retires at the end of next month— A.P
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    Ho's friendship
    44 2 HONG KONG. Tues. The Vietminh President, Ho ChiMinh. proposed a toast to Franco-Vietmlnh friendship at a reception in Hanoi yesterday given by his Foreign Minister Pham Van Dong, in honour of I M. Jean Sainteny, French Dele-Rate-General to North Vietnam -Reuter. I
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    BABY DROWNED IN DRAIN
    78 2 A two-year-old boy, Tan Ah i Yam, was drowned in a monsoon drain in Bukit Panjang' Village, Singapore, yesterday morning. Madam Ng Swan Bee told the Straits Times she left her son playing in the house when .she went to the kitchen i to cook. She
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    Fun and song at the Badminton Hall
    34 2 tWOOI the stars of Urn night s show |af| Z.iinal Alam. th, down from Penang by Malayan Airwm and right Miss Hwa Inoh er— Straits Tbnca nicture
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    'High Tide' amazed its sponsors and delighted 5,000 audience
    179 2 THERE can bo few more extraordinary itaLs in theatre history than the planning. rehearsing and sta-ing of a three-hour variet) >hcv. which played to some 5 000 people in r: days, conip! >te with a lavishly printed programme. Thi.s happened in
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    BRITAIN DENIES A SWITCH
    393 3 Nutting statement on Formosa raised again in Parliament Not bound to aid America if she's attacked through intervention in China LONDON. Tues rjOVF.RNMKNT spokesmen *J in both Houses of Parliament yesterday denied there has been any switch in British policy over the I ormosa dispute between
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    The World gets a respite from doom
    105 3 Th e World gets a respite from doom CHICAGO. Tu< s. IKS LAUG--1) aid today 1 < ivrd a lgo will yed by tidal nthquaki and the end rid la not at I Michigan n, physician i i came In outer hours and -I.') r Chicago's >f doom hart was
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    THE WAYWARD BALLOON
    33 3 Fiehtor < n a Royal Air :i 000 over England yester- day, heading for Europe. The balloon broke away from a base in North Wales and wa> travelling rapidly across counRcuter.
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    DON'T BE FOOLED BY RED CHINA
    252 3 7 icas there' man tells British traders LONDON, Tuesday. lIENRY WILLIAM CARTER, who for four years operated the Shanghai water works for the Chinese Communists, said yesterday it makes him "hot under the collar, now that I am home in England to hear the
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    4,000 homeless
    16 3 I Floods caused :.iins in Up-po-swept away 500 town of Kena morning and homelea
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    Tito-Nehru talks on 'peace area'
    154 3 Tito-Nehru talks on 'peace area' NEW DELHI. Tues. PRESIDENT TITO of Yugoslavia last night met the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, for the 1 fourth of a series of talks which the two statesmen are holding on world problems. During their meetings over the past four days, Mr. Nehru
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    Six die in crash
    27 3 MUNICH. Tues— Two freight trains collided in a dense log just south of here last night Six crew members were believed killed— A.P
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    'RACIAL UNITY' URGES U.K. COLOUR PROBE
    113 3 LONDON, Tuesday. RACIAL UNITY, an organisation working for closer understanding among people of different colours and creeds, announced yestrrday that it had sent a deputation to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. to discuss questions of accommodation, employment and social welfare of coloured colonial
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    Less rubber used in U.S.
    94 3 NEW YORK. Turs. The Rubber Manufacturers' Association estimates the total consumption of natural and synthetk rubber in the United States in November at 110.376 long tons compared with the October total 1 revised! of 113 749 'ons and last November's figure of 96.132 tuns. This
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    Andrews sister in suicide bid
    31 3 HOLLYWOOD. TuM. Sinucr Maxine Andrews, one of HM famed Andrews sisters, attempii'd nilclde today. Police »»W apparently Miss Andrews, 37. had takni sleepin R Pills -UP
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    ONE HUNDRED ORPHANS
    75 3 MEXICO CITY, Tues. Thirty seven people were killed and 28 injured, six of them seriously, when a bus over- 1 turned Into a ditch near Toluca, capital of Mexico State, yesterday. The driver, who was only slightly hurt, was arrested and charged with drunken driving Police estimated
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    AFTER REHEARSALS ARE OVER A BAREFOOT VISCOUNTESSA
    46 3 THIS is a si K ht that British television cameras will never catch Viscountess Boyle, a popular TV star, tired aftrr a long day's rehearsal under daring arc-lights, slips ofT her shoes and stifles a yawn. Paul Popper picture.
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    Hangman's home raided by Maus
    65 3 NAIROBI. Tues. Tht Mau Mau staged an unsuccessful reprisal raid today on the home o! Kenya's public hangman. Jack Airnsworth. who has executed more tnan 250 terrorists. Airnsworth, 33. who comes from Bingley. England, was at his home in Nairobi when the 3ang. armed with
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    LONDON STOCKS
    289 3 LONDON. Tues. THE two outstanding ienturcx of the stock markets today have been the pronounced dullness of funds and the marked strength of told shares. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £06 U Funding t% £103 —'4 War t%% £87:» —5/16
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. Dec "21 —(ash Buyers ttißfi; Sellers ili;87!; Forward Buyers UiBh' Sellers t«B7i: Settlement Cr»!i'.': Turnover a.m. H tons p.m. 140 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. Dec. 21— Spot 26 k d. Feb. 26d., Mar. 25 7 vd., April-June 25\d.. July-Sept. 25' d.. Oct. -Dec. >.Vvd Jan. c.U. 25 7 sd.. Feb. c.i.i. 25 13 16d. March c.l.f. 2j\d. Tone: Quiet.
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    Candle service
    33 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Selangor Christian Youth I Council will hold a Christmas candle light service on the lawn of the YWCA hostel In 1 Davidson Road here tomorrow at 6.30 p.m.
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    Gifts for wayward girls
    110 4 Gifts for wayward girls PENANG. Tues SIX Penang clan kongsis have promised to make annual eifts to helD maintain the Po Leung Kuk Home for Wayward Otrls. The Lim. Cheah. Yeoh and Tan kongsis have agreed to i contribute $100 each every INT. The Khoo konesi will eive $150 and
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    Council meeting
    16 4 TAIPING. Tucs Taipine Town Council will meet on Dec. 30 at 2.30 p m
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    The trains go through once again
    240 4 REPAIR GANGS TOILED ROUND-THE-CLOCK IN JOHORE Floods cost $500,000 in rail revenue FTLL railway services between Singapore and the Federation were restored yesterday, twelve days after floods damaged the tracks. The line was described as •officially clear" at 11 a.m.. and during the day
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    IT'S TO THE OVENS NOW FOR TONIGHTS DINNER
    36 4 IT'S TO THE OVENS NOW FOR TONIGHTS DINNER £1 WILLIAMS inspects soiue of the 16 turkeys Kith Chief Cook Foo Yong Seng before they are put into the ovens for tonights Christmas dinner— straits Times picture
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    Johore holiday
    26 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Dnly Christmas Day wiil be! Jbserved as a public holiday in Johore. The Customs office will also 3e closed on Saturday.
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    Fined $150
    24 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues —Jit Tins, of Kuala Sedili who moved a bottle of piiis from a restricted area, was fined $150 today.
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    Y.M.C.A. concert
    26 4 The Singapore V.M.C.A will hold a Christmas variety con- 1 em at the association hall I Orchard Road, at 8 p.m on i Monday.
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    200 1b. of turkey for seamen-with touch of a woman's hand
    165 4 200 1b. of turkey for seamen -with touch of a woman's hand THE 250 SEAMEN, who will attend the Christmas party at Connell House tonight, wiil enjoy a real home cooked Christmas dinner. This years dinner ha* the added touch of a woman's hand i Mrs. Winifred WillUms. assistant Superintendent
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    SENNETT FLOODS CLAIM DISPUTED
    197 4 '25 houses hit in one area* \IR. WEE SWEE HONG, a resident at the Sennett Estate. Singapore, yesterday contradicted a statement that only about nine out of 560 houses on tht estate were affected by the recent floods. He wxn answering Mr. C. W A. Sennett.
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    Crying man seized at S.I.T. flats
    97 4 Crying man seized at S.I.T. flats A WEEPING man was o\rrpouered and restrained from i limbing to thr top of the nun -I.,.. ■> Singapore Improvement Trust flats in Ipper Pitkerinc Street yes-tt-rday Thr attendant of a lorry p.irk M outside the buildme r:ns '■d thr alarm as the man
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    Girl had cloth: Fined $100
    49 4 PARIT BUNTAR. Tues I £fe Ah Mooi. 19. was fined $100 in Nibonp Tebal rourt fo- i trying to bring a restricted article into a food restricted ana She attempted to bring 1L" yards of cloth into Val Dor new village on Dec 15
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    SCHOOL REFUSES TO HAVE BAD BOY
    175 4 A BOY, who was placed on three years' probation for theft on condition that he went back to school, was produced in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday— i because the school refused to have him. The court was told that the boy, Tan
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    New school
    31 4 SITIAWAN. Tues. The' Roman Catholics here will I run a primary school (Standard I and Hi for boys next year. A temporary buildinß near their church is nearinu completion.
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    Labour Front
    24 4 The Singapore Labour uf°, nt wil J. hold a rall y at the victoria Memorial Hall at 4 P m. on Monday.
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    3 cleared 3 more for trial
    100 5 3 cleared 3 more for trial THREE or six people charged j with being members of an unlawful assembly and assault- i ing four people were acquitted without their defence being called in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yester- j day. the judge, Mr. T. Kulase- 1 karam, said
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    Strike ballot at hospital
    45 5 The Middleton Hospital branch of the Singapore Government Workers' Union will take a strike ballot on New Year's Eve if two woman attendants are not re-instated. The attendants were given a month's notice on Dec. 1 on the grounds of inefficiency.
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    ANOTHER 99,000 SET FREE IN PERAK
    314 5 556 square miles of Bagan Datoh and Bindings 'white' now Raja Muda exhorts: Hold on and gain still more IPOH, Tuesday. FURTHER 99,(100 people have been set free from emergency regulations in Perak. They live in the major part of the Dindings and in
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    LITTLE MADAME POMPADOUR
    35 5 IJTTLK LINDA OKI NBKRCi. dressed as Madame Pompadour, was voted the best dressod girl at yesterday's Singapore Swimming Club fancy dress Christmas party for li i )<l t n Straits Times picture.
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    Fewer in schools
    47 5 The Education Department reported yesterday a decrease ol 973 in the number of students in Singapore schools last month compared with October. The Department says this is probably becau.se many children, knowing that they would have to leave In December, preferred to go earlier.
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    Mr. Cooksey is the new principal
    57 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. StalT are now b*:ng recruited in England for the new Malayan Teachers' Training College, which is to open next year, at Brinsford Hall near Wolvcrhamplon. Mr. J. Cooksey. former principal of the Saint John and Saint Mark's Training College In London,
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    Christmas treat
    25 5 The Singapore Eurasian As- sociation wil! hold its annual children's Christmas party at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 1 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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    'CHARITY DIDN'T END with SWEEP'
    159 5 MCA says it with facts, figures IPOH. Tuesday. THE MCA (PERAK STATE BRANCH) denies in its annual report that it stopped its charities and welfare work since the MCA million dollar lotteries were dropped in June last year. The report will be presented at the
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    Flood appeal to Malayalees
    39 5 Singapore Kerela Samajam last night appealed to all Malayalees in the Colony to give generously towards the Singapore Flood Relief Fund. Gifts can be MM to the R Samajam office at 44. R.uv Course Road.
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    He paid $50 but it was not opium
    91 5 1 .IOIIOKE 1; Mil: 1 Tues. ONG KIM LIAN was arrested a few days ago in Kedii Lima new village and accused of having three katis of opium. Today, in the Sessions Court, the prosecution withdrew the charge because a chemist said
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    BRIBE CASE GOES TO LONDON
    68 6 Liari Teck Chrw. a retired businessman, whoso appeal against a sentence of two years' j simple imprisonment for corruption, had been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal, is now appealing to the Privy j Council. Llan was found guilt vof corruptly giving to a
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    He set fire to his wife
    303 6 SHE WENT A LONG TIME WITHOUT A BATH, SO.~ TOWN COUNCIL LABOURER IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER SEREMBAN, Tuesday. J^ YOUNG town council labourer poured kerosine oil on his wife's head and burnt her to death because she had not taken a bath
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    His N0.13 is 6 months in jail
    110 6 His N0.13 is 6 months in jail JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. (^OI SENG KEE, a prisoner who complained in court yesterday that he did not get a meal from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. whenever he was kept In the court lockup, was in court again today. He was charged with
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    Co-op chief is retiring
    32 6 Mr. T. F. Carey, of the Mali ayan Civil Sen-ice. Commissioner for Co-operative Development. Malaya, will be re- Urine on Jan. 2. He joined the service in 1926
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    Variety concert
    29 6 SITIAWAX Tues.— A variety concert in aid of the St Francis School building fund will be held at the Gandhi Memorial Hall. Sitiawan tomorrow at 8 a.m.
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    Vote against national class
    53 6 TELUK ANSON. Tue* A resolution to oppose the Inclusion of national classes in M:i'av schools in Perak and to urge the State Government to investigate and improve edu- cation in Malay schooLs wn> unanimously passt-d at a public I meeting of 300 Malay parents held here
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    MALAYAN GIRL HAD HER TEDDY BEAR AT LONDON WEDDING
    65 6 MISS YONC; Siew Lee brings her teddy bear along as she arrives at Caxton Hall. London, for her wedding to Mr. Ng Kam Kew. 23. a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the daughter of Mr. Yong shook
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    Transferred
    37 6 KLANG. T-ues Maji Mohamed Amin bin Osman. Group Assistant Registration Officer. Selangor Coast Klangi will be transferred to Batu Pahat. Johore. on Jan 3. Mr. Gwoe Teck Yew from Kedah will take his place in Klang.
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    They get power to 'take action'
    241 6 THE Singapore City Council Electrical Workers' Union has empowered its committee to "take action" if the council fails to Rive a satisfactory reply jto six requests by Jan. 3 The requests we.-c arranged on Sunday at a meeting attend\td by 1.500 union members. They
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    HE LEAVES LIFE SAVINGS ($270) TO THE TEMPLER T.B. FUND
    129 6 HE LEAVES LIFE SAVINGS ($270) TO THE TEMPLER T.B. FUND K Ll'MPl'R. Tues. AN 80-year-old labourer on a rubber estate in I'jhan- who dit-d recently in the (leneral Hospital Kuala Lipis, bequeathed 'ms life <-avinßs to the lid Irmpler U; Hospital .ippt-.ii fund. The labourer, (hang I mii;. had worked
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    Road crash kills man
    52 6 A 27-year-old motor-cyclist.. Hamzah bin Haii Karim. was killed in a collision involving a c.ir at the lunction of Taniong Katong Road and Mountbatten Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. Police last night appealed for anyone who saw the accident to contact Inspector G. Krishnan at the Sepoy
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    Meeting on candidates
    52 6 PENANG. Tues. Penang branch of the Malayan Chinese Association meets on Dec 28 Ito discuss the nomination of candidates for the Settlenu^elections in February. Candidates named by the MCA will contest on Alliance tickets. All registered Chinese guilds and associations have been asked to send representatives to
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    Old people get food, clothes
    42 6 IPOH. Tups. The Ipoh Women s Service League today distributed hampers to the old men and women In Kampong Tawas now village. Each person was given a suit of clothing, rice, sugar, soap, milk, sauce and fruits.
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    School show
    32 6 BUTTERWORTH. Tues The KampoiiK Bengali Tamil School will hold a cinema show at the St. Mark's School Hail on Dec i 26 and 27 In aM of Its building fund.
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    C.I.D. MEN SMASH GAMBLING RING
    99 6 C.I.D. MEN SMASH GAMBLING RING JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A RAID on Nov. 16 in Pekan Nanas new village by CID officers from here smashed a gambling syndicate. Thirty gamblers were arrest- cd. with the occupier of the house and two promoters, one of whom was a Singapore resident. They were
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    School party
    30 6 TAIPING. Tues.— The Weslev Church Sunday School will hold a Christmas party tomorrow at 4 pm. at Walker Road. The church carol partywill visit homes on Christmas Eve.
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    Boats capsize
    26 6 rERSING. Tues— Four flshine motor boats capsized and 15 kelones were destroyed durine the monsoon season in the Mersing area. There were no casualties.
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    An identity card case for trial
    64 6 An elderly woman. Mah Soo Neo. claimed trial in Singapore yostorday to refusing to produce her identity card to a police officer at the junction of Cuff and Serangoon Road* on the night of Dec 13 She was offered $200 bail in one surety
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    Routine visit
    33 6 Tlir Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mao Donald. Is making a routine visit to Hong Koiik for consultations with the Governor and other officials. He is expected back In Singapore later this week.
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    $6,582 for fund
    18 6 TELUK ANSON. Tues The Lower Perak Poppy Day Appeal Fund Committee rised $6,582 this year.
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    Burma's rice soon for Malaya's victims
    99 6 SINGAPORE and Federation i flood victims will soon get Burma's Rift of 100 tons of rice. The Commissioner General's office in Singapore, where the offer was made, has cabled Rangoon asking an agent there to arrange for the rice to be shipped to Singapore
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    Baby in pond
    20 7 Lim Chua Ah, aged two, ni found drowned in a pond at Jurong Road. Singapore, last night.
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    The broker who was bogus boss
    44 7 Goh Wan Sin. a broker, was d for mx months in Sinore yesterday for cheating a .-hop in Rochore Road of $180 worth of furniture by prett■nding to be the managing director of a firm on Dee. 11.
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    I DON'T BELIEVE THE BOY-JUDGE
    333 7 I DON'T BELIEVE THE BOY- JUDGE >rling acquitted In Kuala Lumpur High Court Defence: No corroboration and no case to answer Hv .K J ALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. pHK Moderation I Chief Probation Officer, Col. L. Morhnff, was today acquitted without his defence bein* called by Mr. Justice Wilson, in the
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    Sea Sports entries may be a record
    161 7 RKCORI) entrlet are expect-' 'd lot thr New V.ar'.s DaySi a Sports in Singapore. Malay fishermen from the surrounding Islands will turn lup in fancy racing kolehs, prahus. bugis boats and sampana as they have done for the past 116 years. There will
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    Bandit brush
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. Terrorists fired on Home Guards at Ulu Bendul new village in the Kuala Pilah district late last night. The Home Guards returned the fire.
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    Singapore girl wins laurels on London stage
    99 7 Singapore girl wins laurels on London stage PENNY MOKKFLL, a former Singapore girl, is winning acting laurels in London. Since leaving Singapore for London a year ago, the 17--year-old girl has appeared in the film "Design for Living 1 and several television shows. And she has just made her London
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    Mission lecture
    39 7 The Rev. Tracey K. Jones, pastor of the We.-ley Church. Singapore, will give a public lecture on "The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ" at the Ramakrishna Mission in Norrls Road at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
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    MIC elections
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malayan Indian Congress has invited nominations for the office of president for 1955. Nominations close on Jan. 10.
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    Chinese in split over language protest
    245 7 Chinese in split over language protest r/O officials of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce were attacked yesterday for asking Mr. Tan Chin Tuan to "hold back" thr Chamber's case for a multi-lingual Legislative Assembly. Mr. Tan. the Chamber's representative in the Legislative j Council, had been asked to take
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    Camera stolen
    26 7 i A camera worth $350. a wristwatch and $80 in Hong Kong currency have been stolen from a house in Wee Nam Road. Singapore.
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    A FRIEND IN NEED
    127 7 Singapore airman returns kindness of 'friendlu' Malacca folk MALACCA. Tuesday. AN airman at R.A.F. Scletar today offered to do flood relief work at Malacca— because the people are so friendly there. In a letter to Mrs. Cnnsdell. Social Welfare Ofticer, the airman writes: "I have been
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    Bail granted in theft case
    60 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Chen Yoon Loke. of Lokc YewRoad. Kuala Lumpur, claimed trial In the Sessions Court here today on a charge of stealing a handbag containing $65 and a Social Welfare Lottery ticket from Ah Loong at the bus stand in Pudu Road yesterday
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      328 7 Straits Times Crossword »1 2 3 4 5 ACROSS 13. Encouragement to a toddler. 1. Shaw Minus up defence needs not one's own (7>. (4, 3. 3, I). 14. Whooe game was— and whos« 10. Bobv »;ilk.-. to work (2. 3, 4). stakes were thrones" (Byron) 11. Picks up, after
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    DEATH
    17 8 20 Words .v/« minimum). IKINA: Hugh, aped "> n Kuala Lumpur >4. beloved son of Tom please.
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Wed. Dec. 22. 1954. Judgment Of Paris
    717 8 The Straits Times Singapore. Wed. Dec. 22. 1954. Judgment Of Paris Ratification of the Paris agreements, which bring Germany into the West European £nion, may prove easier than id been supposed. That is the after the first hours dabata in Paris, a debate which has found Mr. MendesFrance in fighting
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    State Councils
    376 8 At the budget meeting of the Negri Sembilan State Council, the State Financial Officer drew attention to rising Ilministrative costs. Wages and lowances have added $42(1.00(1 the annual bill, the result normal increments and resion in pay. This is a s-cri-is matter for an administm--511 which has had
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    More Synthetic
    139 8 There are signs that American rubber manufacturers have begun to switch back to synthetic. It is not yet an important change, but the coming report of the Federal Facilili I Corporation will be awaited with interest for the further light it may throw on this trend. Yesterday the
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    VOTING FEVER HAS NOT DIED
    158 8 VOTING FEVER HAS NOT DIED OEREMBAN, where the Alliance met its Waterloo, has not yet lost its election fever. Having unsuccessfully protested against my being returned unopposed, the Alliance is now struggling to obtain signatures of voters to documents allegedly relating to tenants' registration when, in fact, they are petitions
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        TOY GUNS STILL ON SALE AT IPOH
        44 8 I WAS under the imr>tli.it toy ptetolj and r.fles were not to be allowed to be imported. In Jpoh there are quite a number. They could bo taken for the real thing, especially at night. INTERESTED Ipoh.
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        STOP SMOKING
        29 8 SMOKERS should stop smoking in buses on rainy days when all the 1 shutters are closed. The stale air without the smoke la bad enough. COM.MONSKNSK Singapore.
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        SCHOOL INCIDENT
        27 8 rE incident at Beatty Secondary School involved only a number of boys of the afternoon school. It did not concern the morning school. RAYMIXI) Singapore.
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        SMART SOLDIERS
        44 8 I was present at the pass-ing-out parade of the first intake of the National Service men. The manner in which these men executed their arms drii: with faultless precision after only a short period of practice twin weekly is commendable. WEN Singapore.
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        ABSENT
        48 8 IT is most ironical to see no members of the so called Outboard Motor Boating Club doing rescue work during the floods. As far as I can remember, one of the aims in founding the club was to do rescue work in case of floods. ANTI-LAWAIi Singapore.
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        FLOOD BENEFIT
        38 8 THE recent floods are a gift to Malaya. It does not matter much if we suffer a little, but aren't we glad that the terrorists in the Jungle are having a tough time? P.O. A. Kluang.
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      The future of education in Malaya
      335 8 The future of education in Malaya YOU published a reported statement by the Mem- 7 1 OT Educiltion Mr. L. D. Whitfleld. to the rffect that a public corporation patterned on the of Malayan edllcationmade it clear that he was speaking in his personal capacity. But thf fact remains that
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      unity promises a new world
      142 8 unity promises a new world I AM a Chine.se with a natural bias in favour of things Chinese. All the same, truth compels me to say that I agree with Mr T. A. Mugan when he !-.ikes his statement: -In the British way of life I see a marriage of
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      DELAY ON THE TELEPHONE
      105 8 UP to early October Batang Berjuntai telephone subscribers were directly connected with the automatic exchaner at Kuala Lumpur. In October, a change came about whereby Batang Berjuntai subscribers became connected only to Kuala yelangor exchange, through which channel trunk calls had to be booked As a
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      NO PRIZES LAST YEAR
      204 8 I HAVE noted with interest the award of prizes by the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, under its city commemoration prize fund scheme, to candidates who did very well in the spring, 1954. L.C.C higher stage and certificate stage examinations. You reported that the city commemoration prize
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      Problem of parking lights
      157 8 tiOR years now I have beon r parking my car in the street outside my house at night without parking lights. I think thousands of car owners who do not have garages must be doing the same thing. Imagine my surprise a few days ago when
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    Qualifications of teachers: Reply to Professor Mason
    662 8 T WRITE to correct a 1 number of mis-state-ments in Professor Masons article on education problems in Malaya. The most unfortunate of these is the grossly inaccurate statement that in the Department of Education, Federation of Malaya, "a large number of senior posts
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    On the Margin
    14 8 On the Margin The A Well played >i r i 1 1 r STAXLI
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      608 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Warit fin (minimum). II/TON". To Edith, wife of R. L. Miltnn. Civil Aviation. Sara\v;ik. a son and a daughter on the 19th Decrmbrr at KurhinK. KOCH: wife of Derek, at Burns ir Hospital, on 21 12.54. a son. Brian David, both Words KM < minimum). THE ENGAciK.v.FNT
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    The fund has paid out $101,232
    338 9 ILL FLOCK TO ALL CENTRES: MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE OGALOWS WILL BE USED ()/l OLD FOLK, CHILDREN 0 EXPECTANT MOTHERS IyMFNTS from the Singapore Flood Relief f un ri headquarters rose to $101,232 yesterday t ht- rowner Road and Lorong tai Seni? Je,
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    Appeal for women volunteers
    81 9 Appeal for women volunteers gy^Oßl I LOOU REUEF littee is appeali volunteers to lothing .mil th< Flood R«ii tcrs 134. < ecil ceded from todaj t'»r work Ihe ilay. did like to help at the hradp Harvey chairman of ittee, i.i^i niffht Mouse to thr ap- hing had h sen
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    Nativity film
    9 9 ■i p.m. of the senior Bunday Ro..ci.
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    Holiday dance
    11 9 i '>.b. Slngaa New Viet B V.v.. tO '2
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    Colony funeral
    35 9 A large crowd of relatives and friends yesterday attended the funeral of Mrs. P. S. Samy, azed 57. at Bidadari Cemetery. Singapore. The parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes conducted the service.
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    BOY HAD OPIUM ROUND HIS WAIST-IT COSTS DAD $300
    138 9 ME BAHRI Itics— A 12--,ni m- hoy. searchJ it the customs station on ireval from Singapore. u;is tand to have throe kutis of i« opium tied round hi> Je onrt today he I with importing N I. oh'ti. the it on
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    It wan Richard's idea, and they got $102 for flood fund
    110 9 THESE youngsters from Serungoon Gardens Estate, both the children of RAF men, came into the Straits Times yesterday with $102.49 for the Flood Relief Fund. They had collected it by trudging from door to door around the estate. They
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    QUEEN GIVES MEDAL TO BRAVE Mr. PANG
    157 9 He rescued four trapped in mine KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Queen has approved the award of the British Empire Medal to a labourer. Mr. Pang Kwee Yew, 18, of Kelantan, for the part he played in the rescue of four men trapped in
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    29 BRAWL SOLDIERS HELD
    81 9 29 BRAWL SOLDIERS HELD TWENTY-NINE Malayan Other Rank* have been detained after a combined military-civilian poliet inquiries into a brawl at Woodlands Road on Monday night. The clash Involved 30 soldiers and eight civilians. Three of the civilians received stab wounds. Two of them. Lee Quee Ker ano Lee Kirn
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    $12,000 more for the victims
    74 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce ye.sterday formed an 11-man committee to collect funds to aid Colony flood victims. Witnin a few minutes, $12,000 was promised. The chamber's president, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, who is' chairman of the Flood Relief Committee, headed the list with $5,000.
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    FROM WONGS TO WONG-THE VICTIMS AID FLOOD FAMILY
    115 9 FROM WONGS TO WONG- THE VICTIMS AID FLOOD FAMILY TIIK Wongs of Potong Pasir, j Singapore, victims of the recent floods, have given 52.649.60 for the surviving members of the family of Mr. Wong Kow inn. Mrs. Wong and four members of her family were drowned when their sampan capsized
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    Christmas music
    25 9 There will be a service ol Christmas music by the choir at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church Singapore, at 10 a.m. id Sunday
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    School social
    24 9 St. Andrew's School Chapel, Singapore, will hold a Christ- 1 ir.a.s social in the school hall, Woodsville, at 3 pjn. on Sunday
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    The gifts still pour in for flood relief
    2075 9 pOLLOWING gifts to the F Singapore Flood Relief Fund were received yesterday. The Royal Navy and the staff and employees of HM. Naval Ba.;e $5.698 82. comprising gifts from: Capt. of the Dockyards Dept. $428.36, Chief Constructor's Dept. $303.40. Chief Engineer'^ Dept
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    THE DEADLY SEA SNAKES OF LOVERS' ISLAND
    274 9 THE DEADLY SEA SNAKES OF LOVERS' ISLAND Two swimmers were bitten, died PENANG, Tuesday. THE Penang Coroner, Mr. J. W. Ambrose, today found that a schoolboy, Imi; Han Lee, 9, and a shop assistant Siew Yuen Fong, 29, had died after both had been bitten by sea snakes while swimming
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    Kelantan jobs for Kelantan men first
    148 9 Kelantan jobs for Kelantan men first KOTA BHARU. Tiks. T«HE Kelantan State Council today passed a resolution calli; employers in the to use Kelantiin I "wherever practicable." All privately-owned I and industries in thi will be asked to adopt the local labour plan. The British Adviser. Mr D. told the
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    HAPPY NEW YEAR-BY BOYD
    51 9 HAPPY NEW YEAR- BY BOYD The Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, will broadcast a NewYear message over the BBC. Malaya:; U an heai the broadcast on the ;ce of the BBC 01 Jan. 1. at 0 30 a.m. 'J. 45 am and 6.45 p.m. Malayan
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    'Give blood at Xmas'
    35 9 The Singapore Blood for a Chi., tn bloud befora the hi in maintain the stock. Ti.c MTVi'i On Mr DtXOn C. that RTOUPI most wanted as most Asiar Diitient.s need ;i-.em.
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    Aladdin panto
    13 9 Tiie I lilitary Hospi' Ul State Club, Sin "Aladdin" pal lit.
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      147 9 The weather MIMMIM TKMPKRATrRK i 7 30 pm on Dec 20 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec I 21 Singapore 73 decrops. Penan? 173 Kota Bahru 72. Kuala Lumpur Tl' Ip.<h 73 Kuantan 71. MAXIM! MTKMPEKATI'RF. tl am. to 7.30 p.m. on Dec. 21 1: -Snu-'iipore 87. Penansf 88. Kota Bahru
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    New officials of centre
    105 10 Officials of the Pek Kio (Owen Estates) Community Centre for 1955 are: Chairman. Mr. Sim Eng Wah; vice-chairman. Dr. M A. Gabriel: secretary. Mr. Han Tow Rone: asst secretary. Mr B. A. Nathan: treasurer. Mr C. C. Especkerman. Committee: Ham. Ho Joo Huat. Yap Keng Soon.
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    Raffles Place land worth $130 a sq. foot
    141 10 THIS IS SINGAPORE CITY ASSESSOR'S VALUATION —BUT BIG STORE PROTESTS LAND in Raffles Place. Singapore, is worth $125 to $130 a square foot, according to the City Assessor, Mr. J. (J. Aspinall. He pavo this figure to thr City Council's assessment committee
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    MOTORISTS WERE TOO SHY TO DRIVE IN HERE
    47 10 THIS IS the neir City Cou»eil car park behind the forvier Tilok Ayer police station ttonp Cecil Street, Singapore. It ;r<7s nearly vacant when this picturt was taken because motorists did not know it was open. Straits Times ptcture.
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    Pakistan PM to stay in Singapore
    115 10 Pakistan PM to stay in Singapore THE Prime Minister of Pakistan. Mr. Mohamed A!i. will stay overnight in Singapore next Sunday on his way from Karachi to Jakarta for the Colombo conference there. Mr. Ali will be the cuest of the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. He will arrive
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    Girl poisoned
    28 10 A 19-year-old girl. Seah Kirn Lian. was found sufTennß from i poisonine in a house fa Jon Chiat Road. Singapore. y t I day afternoon. I
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    THEY DIDN'T KNOW NEW CAR PARK WAS OPEN
    150 10 SIN(.\POKK im.l.-rist- who h.td asked for a new car park to relieve the congestion in the centre of the CMj did m>t know >csterda> that one had been opened at Cecil Street. Instead, they continued to park their cars on both sides
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    Nanyang fund gets $14,231
    36 10 The Ruqruf Slang Pau Flood Relief Fund yesterday iToes. i reached a total of $74.L'-52.4;v Om.s received yestcrdav totalled 514.?31 25. Gilt* of clothing food and gifts in kind were also rece.
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Arnold Bennett lived up to role of a literary mandarin
    1759 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Arnold Bennett lived up to role of a literary mandarin iiiiiiiiu b^^^E^l^SElS^^B"" 1 II a large and elaborate apartment, Arnold Bennett, one of England's great modem novelists lay dying on a March night in 1931. A self-made man, he had transformed himself from a humlle Midlands
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      113 11 Sh<>rtock liolnu>s i'rnrh orvr door Mr! Trary Whosv tooth? Hl'' C *<tti^9 T™ E COUPT OPOFO CAME f THE EXAMINATION WIU. BE TIP THE TOOTH DO6S Tupwl •B 1 I y*ii -ii-> THROUGH VESTEPDAV. THE MADE IN TWE POSTING QOOM I PROVE TO BE WlS^ AND ;,T /tL tit'X TxrV
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    RUBBER ADVANCES TO 90 CENTS BUT EASES LATER
    373 12 RUBBER ADVANCES TO 90 CENTS BUT EASES LATER I JJUBBER reached 90 cents a lb. for January o n the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday* f or (January) No 1 sheet and a special srradc v actually done at 90] cents a lb. This further rise wa^ due to better overnight
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    282 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' a soeiatlon reported: •On the k£ share market rubbers were tta feature and there was a wnwi kl l* U .P quotations 'within satisfied buyers at the close Industr'als were ouietlv st^n, buMhe downward tren^l,/ Members reported the following J3.9T, ccl. W. Hammer $1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday the US dol lar aw quoreo' at 5 S»i fa and 5 93', for T.T. Sterling was qucfd it 15.70 and one tael of cold at 256
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    10 12 AUST RALIAN STOCKS Eler. z,:. Herald T:r 1.1 I ,A
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    20 12 Bark per lb. wn Mob Jan Nn 1 rss Feb. £> RSS Jar, l\ R.M.A. Res Tender Jar. February
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    17 12 *ir>taporf hinw f^ black peppe-dcV-V H. C. B. Lid. frwintirn H.C. B. l.ld. „,pr, pnJ
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      1078 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANT Two appointment:-; ot AntiMalaria Inspectors Applicants \Utii necessary trainii: crtence to apply to the under -signed no: :han Saturday «rh January Chairman, Ipoh ft Menglembu Town Council. Ipoh. 11th December, KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Applications OT inviKx' for the if Architectural Draugbtama in ihe permanent establishment ot
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      1214 12 NOTICES NASSIM CO., LIMITFD will Sell by PIBLIC AUCTION In their Sale-Rooms. TO DAY at 10-30 a.m. Bales Indian Carpets (New). THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Saturday 25th and Monday 27th December, 1954,
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      472 12 SHIPPING Ship* lying alongtidr the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expetted today are: Asia 12. Felix Roussel 45. Warla C.P Glenartney S9. Toreador 11. Le\a M.ier.-k 13 14 Eripire Halladale 15 16. Automedon 18. Stanvac Selo 19 20. Tung Song 1 N. Wall 4 and 5. Rengam N. Wall 7
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      242 12 KNUTSEN LINE fast and Regular Service fROM CANADA U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 OW Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P Swr rt Ptmnt "<*' Cjcrtrud Bakkc Elisabeth Bakkc 4 Dec 3 lan Sh" 6I" 7 Ogeka Bakkc 29 Dec 30 lan Fcb 2hi I Anna Bakke 8 Jar 7 Fcb 9
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      1004 13 s MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. T^Ti^ (Incorporated in Singapore) THE BLUB FUNNEL LIMB Tr.""" Oeat. ,00, Glasgow, SSM.tUSWK?SrpSK Smgoporo Due So,l» p. S hQm penona Dec 21/22 Dec 23/24 G 33/34 Dm 23 Dec 24/28 Dec 29/30 Dec 27 Jan 4 Jan 5/ 4 Jan Jon 3 Jon 6 Jan
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      1136 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Pert Soid, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg A Oslo S pore P. Sham Penong "PATAGONIA" In Port E c: A DIA 8/ 9 Jan 10/10 Jan 11/11 Jon i r JL A m J 2 /2 2 i< > 5° y
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      1050 13 euaoVTHE BEN LIME STEAMERS LTD. T M 7 j Singapore (Incorporoted in the United Kirxjdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penong Benrocch for Liverpool, Antwtrp, Rotterdam, Hamburg I" Pert Benevon for Hovrt, Rotterdam, Hull C- 23/23 Doe Benvorlich for Avonmouth, London, Rotterdam, Antwerp 23/30
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    Ah Chong & Tubby find a secret door
    968 14 Ah Chong Tubby find a secret door THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE SEEMS DESERTED UNTIL Tubby and his three friends are on a boat when they find a secret stream which leads through thick mangrove. Another boat is tied up to a tree and the boys follow a path up through the
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    A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PAGE
    33 14 I|V>NT miss the special children's page on Christmas MJ Day. It will be parked with puzzles and stories about I nele Ollle. Ah Chan, and all your favourite characters
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    Uncle Bill sends you a message
    303 14 IT is a curious thing, but I beliei'e that I am right in saying this, with the exception of the Dominio.t of Canada. I do not know of any other country that has specially issued a stamp for Christmas. I know of course that
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      297 14 EMBASSY HOTEL (Opposite Katong Park) 46, Meyer Road, Singapore Wishim; all their Friends and Patrons A MERRY X'MAS and A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR CHRISTMAS EVE EXTENSION $12.00 per person 2.00 A.M. CHRISTMAS NICHT EXTENSION $10.00 per person 2.00 A.M. BOXING NICHT EXTENSION $10/- per person 1.00 A.M. NEW YEARS EVE
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      151 14 |HOW TO JOIN THEf WISE OWLS CLUB J o^ w ii Jjj There were 1 3 correct gr entries lo our second w^rd puzzle Some of you forgot j^ 1 1 put your ages and others typed the entries instead of writing them However. I U selected the six winning
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      155 14 t«t this week None other jj[ than Santa Claus himsel* You may use either paints or r crayons to colour the picture SJ When you have tin, shed H Xjj write your name age and '<** address en a sheet of paper J* and don t f'vget to say \k
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      86 14 Yhcuo, johnny, coM£y\ j C^a J I PXACTIC£ GAMS ro~ p t>- f» r > wl 7>«r fMBKy vqj hav^ H ■V 'FVOttWiITTikTEAMTQA I Throughout Malaya MILO is '(q« m a valuable health -g !V ,-g It has a delicious chocolate f!jv OOru r SfJ MANUFACTURED BY THE mM rx
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    Royal Welch v Fijians clash today
    76 15 Royal Welch v Fijians clash today SEREMBAN. Tues. Till. Kovul Welch Kegum-nt will meet the tijians in a Malaya Di.strict zone final of the F.A.K.F.L.F. Rugby competition here tomorrow. The trams are: Fijians: Kavawa; Mucunabitu. N.i ha r,,. Rokuoa. Kaba; Gavidi. Sawana; I,oUu:i .iq t\ ■•i|;ui, K.i \u 1. 1
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    HE SHOULD TAKE XMAS CUP AT PENANG
    714 15 Golden Lotus does best workout Campus Belle in form again From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, TOM. GOLDEN LOTUS is in grand trim after a short spell and should gain some consolation for his narrow defeat in the Singapore Gold Cup by taking the Christmas
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    RUSSIAN SOCCER TEAM FOR INDIA
    45 15 MADRAS. Tues. At India s Invitation, a Russian football team will visl; India for six weeks beginning Jan. IS, the Madras Football' Association said yesterday. Fnc matches are to be played at Bombay Delhi. Calcutta. Madras i and Bangalore. A.P.
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    COHEN STOPS ROY ANKARAH IN FOUR
    188 15 World champion was too good PARIS, Tuesday. ROBERT COHEN. French holder of the world bantamweight championship, beat Roy Ankarah, the Gold Coast's former British Empire featherweight champion, in the fourth round of their ten-round non title bout here last night. Ankarah failed to answer
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    LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
    35 15 JOHANNESBURG. Tues. Jo« Lucy. British lightweight boxing j champion, and Johunny van Rens- burg, the South African title holder ire to meet foi the vacant Empli* ciampionship here on Jan. 29. Reuter.
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    ADZMAN RETAINS SINGLES TITLE
    58 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. S. A. Adznu.n regained ihe Selangor .schoolboys singles tennt; title when lie beat Sze-To Kok Yin 6-3. 6-2 In the final on the Selangor Club courts tlil., evening. Partnered by Khong Chal Seng, he also took the doubles title, beating Fadilllah Nor and
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    Singapore Sikhs for Seremban
    52 15 The Malayan Sikhs will be holding an inler-state hockey tournament at Serembun from Dec. 24 to 26. The following players will represent Singapore Sikhs: Sardara, Ujajar. ShaßiMiei Ajit. Hurdial. Kehar. Anoop. Sadhu. Beam. Dalbaia. Harbhajau. Mohlnrter. Gurbachan, B. S Soin, Hardeep. Harbev. Himmat. Gernail, Sewa, Sohan,
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    Mulley, fit again, will ride at Penang
    314 15 Mulley, fit again, will ride at Penang -JEEP'S JOTTINGS' ATHOL Mulley is right back .ii the running for jhe season's jockey championship. He will be back in the saddle at the final meeting of the season at Penang. Mullev broke his toe in an accident at Kuala Lumpur last month
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    ALLEGIANCE HAS STRUCK RIGHT FORM
    122 15 By EPSOM JKEP PENANG. Tui'^. A LLEOIANCE can be followA cd with confidence at the Penang Turf Club meeting now that she has struck htr right form. This DonateHo II mare shaped likt- a winner on the training track this mornIng when she raced stride
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    UMPIRES ABSENT
    30 15 IAIPING, Tues— Taipinj? Malays ;ind Colts A' turned up for their league hot-key match ye^erds.y but the game wa s not played. The umpires fallrd to turn up.
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    INDIANS COULD NOT BEAT KEEPER MATHOT
    197 15 GOALKEEPER Mathot was \I the Singapore Crickrt Club's best man in their 3-0 win at hockey over the Indian Association on the padang yesterday. Time and again he denied the Indians a goal with a splendid save. Indians began with a spell of attacking
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    WORLD BOXING CHAMPS
    77 15 NEW YORK. Tues. THE world professional boxing champions at the close I of 1954 are: lira vy weight: Rocky Marciano, (U.S. A >. Light-heavy-weight: Archie Moore. 1U.8.A I Middlrwright: Carl <Bobn> Olson. (U.S.A.). Welterweight: Johnny Saxton. (USA Lightweight: Jimmy Carter. <U. S.A.i. Feathrrwright: Sandy Saddler. (U.S.A. Bantamweight:
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      484 15 >y^r "I've just received your W BEAUTIFUL PRESENT I from S. P. H. dc Silva Ltd. ij What a lovely Gift it is." "Thank you DEAR, I was sure you'd like it, you know B have alicays Observed that 5 they are most Reasonable and I have the FINEST in
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    TWO OUT, AUSTRALIA NEED 15
    741 16  - TWO OUT, A USTRALIA NEED 15 JACK FINGLETON Second Test (bowlers' game) still in the balance CABLE froa Early wkt could change fortunes Statham, Appleyard last-wicket 46 may still be the tilting jjj f SYDNEY, Tues. rpHE Second Test here 1 is still in the balance with the scales slightly
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    167 16 ENGLAND IST INNS: 154 AUSTRALIA IST INNS: :!28 ENGLANU 2ND INNS: Mutton r Brn.iud b Johnston 28 Bailey r Langlry b Archrr < May b Lindwall 104 Gravrnry c I.anjlry b Johnston ('ottdrry r Archer b Brnaud 54 Kdrich b Arrhrr 29 Tyson b Lindwall 9 Evans r Llndwall
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    20 Ceylon University men here to do their best
    304 16 20 Ceylon University men here to do their best 'TWENTY young men x wearing colou rf v 1 blazers arrived in Singapore on the Asia yesterday determined to do their best durinu their short stay here. They were member-, of the visiting Univcr*it> of Ceylon rugby team which kl due
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    MILLER NOT PLAYING
    73 16 MILLER NOT PL A YING SYDNEY Tue; —Keith Miller. the Au-trali.in all- <>undrr who was kept out of the second lev, here with knee trouble. w.\s tod.ty pronounced u.ifit to appear for New South Wales Victoria in the Sheffield LMinr which itarta at the end 01 iln^ week. H<> is
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    Feith Cup money presentation
    52 16 The proceeds of the Feith Clip chanty soccer came, held between Singapore Business Houm FA and Singapore Police earlier in the season, will be handed over to the Federation of Boys clubs m presen ation party at Anchor Brewery Reception Room. 36S Alexandra Road, at 5.30
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    FERRY WAS ILL AFTER 12-HOUR AIR TRIP
    180 16 FERRY SONNEVILLE, Indonesia's badminton champion, admitted yesterday that he was in "bad shape" when he was defeated by A. Dewan] in the Bombay championships Sonneville and Eddie left' Singapore by air for Indonesia yesterday after compctinc in i Bombay. Sonneville, who was beaten
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    SOMDEZ SHOWS 'KILLER' LEFT
    195 16 A six-inch jolt and Danny teas out cold <2OMDEZ YONGTRAKIT. welterweight champion o! the Orient, exploded his "killer left punrh for th' :irs f time since his arrival in Singapore while spit at the Police Training School yesterday and wit: expected result a knockout. The unfortunate
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