Sunday Standard, 8 January 1956

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      94 1 PA. 47-4 UPSET STOMACH HEARTBURN? p1 A A Give instant relief! Any time yo« overeat, re- Tnat wBy< your6 ,f wfyf member this you never fw fM rehef n<> know when it's going to matter when or where acid cause upset stomach, gas. heartburn or any other lndi 9«tion comes
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      8 1 FEATURE SECTION SUNDAY tiger STANDARD JANUARY 8, 1956
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      1587 1 PETERFTi! HILL tells the story of ml vivacious womanW in Singapore whom drummed her ivayll to world fame\\ and what she did\\ when a BrazilM ian maestro losM his baton |[j and what all wellknown bandA leader did whenk she proved him\ wrong. t 6 yrs Became
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      Lock icon For Peggy
      378 2 it's the lift of a Korean refugee* BURBANK, Calif. COME actresses crawl from their warm beds at 6.30 in the morning, breakfast briefly on a cup of coffee and maybe a piece of toast, drive a high-power-ed car to a studio 30 miles away in order to be
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      149 2 TJENNIS HOPPER, who does so well in "Rebel Without A Cause," says he is saving all his money just in case Warner Bros, should not take up the option on his contract. "Of course," he says, "if they Do, I'll be stuck with some £8,000." ERBOL FLYNN is
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      729 2  -  Bridget Jones The Douglas Bader Story PERSONAL CALL By LONDON. nPHERE was hardly a dry eye the other day on the x set at Pinewood studios, where they're making "Reach for the Sky"— the Douglas Bader story. They were shooting the hospital scene in which (he famous
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      Lock icon LONDON AWAITS THE PRINCE'S 'KISS'
      1862 3  -  ANDREW ROTH- r—By STANDARD'S LONDON 1 BUREAU CHIEF rr HE part of London concerned with Malava is in a sort of sleep, awaiting tfie "kiss" of the Malayan Prince to bring us back to life, now that he has banished the Red Knight back to
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      Lock icon U.S. Foresees Prosperous Year For Malaya
      1176 3  - U.S. Foresees Prosperous Year For Malaya ARNOLD BRACKMAN AWWWWWWV 111/ VWWWWWWU Standard's New York < Bureau Chief NEW YORK JF year-end business statements by banks, trading houses and major industries mean anything this past week here in New York, then Malaya should look forward to another big and prosperous year.
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      Lock icon TIME TO TAKE STOCK
      881 4  -  GERREE READ by TTiE can now sit back safely and say to ourselves "The holidays are over" The next step is to take stock of the ravages of too many late nights, too much alcohol, too much rich food, and the general effects of overindulgence. What
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      182 4 CPECIAL concessions for visitors to Britain have just been announced in the form of a Personal Discount Scheme. Nearly 200 leading London shops and business houses are guaranteeing from five to ten per cent the majority offer IOVb to all members. A wide selection of London's top restaurants
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      Lock icon The Hat was the Hit
      399 4  -  PEGGY BRIGGS by THE fashion hit of the year? It might have been an outsize string of coloured beads. It was nearly a long, lean jersey topping a swirl of pleats.... A scoop-necked cotton dress with a full, three-tiered skirt was also in the running
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      Lock icon Girls! Your Kiss Tells All
      480 4 "HO men judge girls by way they kiss?" was a question asked recently. "I certainly do," says S.A., "If a girl responds warmly straight away, she's loving, generous, casual, and probably has a lot of boy friends who kiss her. If she stiffens and tries
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      197 4 T ITTLE cakes are easy to ■L' hand round when there's company. Here are two special suggestions. EIGHT ounces flaky pastry; tinned strawberries; whipped cream. Roll out the pastry thinly and cut out an even number of rounds with a threeinch and a two-inch cutter. Put the rounds
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      Lock icon Absence Is The Cure-All
      289 4 ANEW kind of "operation" is helping: sick children in a way that has startled doctors all over the world. It is called "parentectomy." IT MEANS MERELY CUTTING OUT PARENTS. Dr. M. Murray Peshkin, an asthma specialist, coined the new word when he found that children who
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      215 4  -  Rita Del Mar FDGF TOI>AY'S QUOTATION: "The physician heals, Nat lire makes well." Aristotle. YOUR BIRTHDATE AND BIKIHSKiN ARlLS— March 21 to April 19 Be content with ordinary interests Protect your finances possessions TAURUS— ApriI 20 to May 20— Remain poised; avoid inharmony worry. Follow routine;
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      Lock icon Xmas Cheer For Record Number Of Children
      1896 5 Xmas Cheer For Record Number Of Children THE STANDAED S 1955 TOY FUND r_R THE fifth year in 1 succession, The 5 ngapora Standard thrall the generosity of readers, brought C stmas cheer and joy ousands of undereged children in both ingapore and the Federation. And from the scores c*
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        Lock icon The Toys That Brought Cheer To Kids In Malacca
        81 6 AT MALACCA More than a thousand toys bought in Singapore arrived in good time for distribution all over the settlement. AgVgk The picture above shows a section of the toys outside SSjM the entrance to the Rex Cinema when a mommcth
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        20 6 WHO'S AFRAID OF HIM THIS little orphan in Santa's arms was one of the thousands reached by Standard's Father Xmas.
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        Lock icon Health Officials Played Santa
        382 6 AT PENANG Santa Claus had a busy Christmas handing out toys to more than 600 children who have sent their grateful thanks through Mr. G. A. Kleinman who played Father Christmas to each and every reader of The Standard for his donation to the Fund. Picture
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      Lock icon They all had a Merry X'mas
      296 7 They all had a Merry X'mas SANTA CLAUS VISITS 8 ISLANDS OFF SINGAPORE Highlights of this year's Singapore distribution of toys was Santa's visits to no less than eight islands off Singapore where the children received gift parcels and cloth for Christmas. Picture above shows Santa handing out little Ahmad's
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      Lock icon Kinoshita Stars At Xmas Toy Fund Party
      338 8 LEADING stars of the Japanse Kinoshita circus thrilled a thousand underprivileged children of Singapore's Chinatown who turned up for The Standard's New Year party held at the Havelock Road Social Welfare centre on Thursday. On an open-air stage specially built for them, the
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        34 12 PROGRESS MOTORS LIMITED are proud to announce their appointment as Sole Distributors of HEAVY-DUTY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES We hold comprehensive stocks of LEYLAND spares PROGRESS MOTORS LIMITED ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED— FEDERATION REPRESENTATIVES
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        377 12 =TALENTIME VAUDEVILLE^ STARS ON PARADE to be held at Badminton Hall Guillemard Road Fri. 13th Sat. 14th JAN. at a-30p.m. Mb* Different Programmes Nightly /*Jfti Here's Something NEW! JpflK n preparation for j^ TELEVISION! t-'L J^HB^x ce ear Your Favourite Stars \|N|^^^^^B sing m: Malay, Chinese, English, Hindustani, Egyptian etc.
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        370 12 LONDON, Jan. 7 (Reuter) Football Association cup third round. Aston Villa 1, Hull City 1. Bolton W. 0. Huddersfield T. 0. (abandoned after 47 min play) Bradford 0, Middlesbrough 4. Bristol R. 4. Manchester U. 0. Bury 2, Burnley 2. (abandoned after 65 min play) Charlton A. 7. Burton A.
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      351 2 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS PATUIV^NOW SHOWING LjA I HAY J9S!^ 11.00a.m.-1.45-4.15-6.45 *i«.qwrDfnowig «i- 334QQ and Sf.aU p.m« A TRUE STORY THAT HAS BECOME A LEGEND.... M 0F A GIRL'S BEAUTY AND THE TWO MEN WHO ZJ| LOVED HER.... FATHER 1 AND SON! tfi»(WOLF OF SILA iSILVANA MANGANO Jy <MnHuufl*lKVMttoiut t VWwfrClli
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      354 2 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS ♦y ii lu.ia r^v, Voday/ l7?lgll*Jl nj^^ 11.00, 1.45, 4.00 mimmm! 6 3() nnd ?3o Please Note BOOKING OFFICF. XSKI^ PHONE NI'MBER IS NOW ***** BrPPP^« An Italo- Japanese Production^ %ada/mjt P (RAIL £^_JJHIA-.i^ Technicolor U Starring KAORU YACHIGUSA J MCOLA FILACURIDI X with full English
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      230 3 A COMPLETE LIBRARY in Two Volumes for ENGINEERS Kempt's Engineers Year Book. The standard and indispensable Book of Reference for Engineers of all kinds: providing a wealth of information over an extraordinary wide range of subjects, dealing with modern theory and practice in all branches of Engineering. Complete with comprehensive
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      79 3 I fc Picture Quiz 1^ y LeW«4 no. 7- V WORLD V 'J«i f Jli/ff isM""""t NAME the tmUS lakes which are ./'pcvit* pr M l- I shown in black in °ntai}| O ,ff^^ these nine panels. joTZr^'riu Then takin9 the li i isp ssii< nine initiai ietfers \/a^ v
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      253 4 What makes baby smile? Baby cries when his skin becomes inflamed and &or& But baby laughs when you dust him with Johnson'i Baby Powder at every nappy-changing time and baUv. time. Johnson's Baby Powder quickly dries op surface moisture— and that means no more chafing or soreness ffor baby's tender
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      151 5 y^Sl^*i«^^^^^^^?T^^^^^^^^?^^^^^^^^^B^^fc^^^^^^^^^~ >\« -*^^b^bbbbVJ9 Jf fy> 1 1 New 1956 FORD I The fine car...at half the fine car price with new Lifeguard design with new Thunderbird styling T?;^ with new Thunderbird Y-8 power z' IHF PRIDE YOU FEEL in the 'ong, low Thunderbird lines ot your 1956 Ford the contidenee
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      27 5 THE Sunday Standard regrets that "Speaking of Pictures" has been unavoidably omitted this week. This populor page of readers' photographs will again appear in next week's issue.
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      298 5 UNBREAKABLE «Bj^\^J I^ ——if Wkcn faulty kidney action allows harnrfu^^^^x imparities to remam m the body, the result is often 0V tackgrftt. eymptoms of rtaeonmtun or joint and mosclt paiml /§b Jtf m very wim to take a few Dc Witt PiUs .oceaaionaDv, bteun thu good diurmttc is specifically t»
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      174 6 35mm PENTACON The world's most advanced single lens reflex camera, with the PRISMATIC TELESCOPIC FINDER. The PENTACON Is a one lens reflex comera, which c^ng to its prismatic telescopic finder con be used for photogrcp H!fl 9 from eye level. When viewed through the pentagoncl roc* shaped prism, the finder
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      60 7 THE 35m SOCUL Er tlFA sj^*^ DRAW AT MALACCA ON ;4-2-58. c mm mm m^^^ 8 *yjii-v-^^' IB »^S is ""r v^~^w t Check »he»e advantages: fl^ j 5 V SLUMBERETTES TO EUROPE Mk T V QWJ COiVSTELLATIOiV SERVICE TO BOMBAY MADRAS Wspv f V CHOICE OF LUXURY AND TOURIST
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      75 8 ij^^ vamLl^* lirv.'.il -v RAT TO THE FORE -A FURTHER SUCCESS! i MESSRS GEORGE LEE LTD. SOLE MALAYAN DISTRIBUTORS FOR FIAT CARS Congratulate the drivers and navigators of the only three competing Fiats for winning the First Shell Malayan Motor Rally i TEAM AWARD LIM PENG HAN7LIM KOK LIAN MODEL
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    20 1 SUNDAY STANDARD *i jw «l jfc an Vol. VI. No. 185 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1956 24 PAGES 20 CENTS
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    46 1 Rita Hay worth's New Escort Radio photo from New York. RITA HAYWORTH, the film actress, ar Santa Anita races, in Arcadia, Florida, last week, with the Egyptian film producer, Raymond Hakim, who has been her frequent escort since her divorce from Dick Haymes, the singer. AP
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    90 1 PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuter) M. Pierre Mendes France has agreed to play second fiddle to a Socialist premier, should a Socialist be called upon to form the next government. It was learned from sources close to Socialist party headquarters that this agreement provided that if the p:
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    39 1 'TEN persons were killed r.d 12 injured on Saturday !r. a collision between a passenger train and a freight (rain near Katihar in Bihar rate, 150 miles north of Calcutta, according to reports reaching New Delhi.- A.P.
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    62 1 SANTIAGO. Chile. Jan. 7 (AP) The Government of President Carlos Ibanez backed up its declaration of a state of siege Friday with a display of force and the arrest of about 40 persons. Four tanks took positions in front of the Government Palace as police entered
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    Lock icon Navy Denies Labuan Plan
    82 1 LONDON, Jan. 7 (UP) Authoritative naval sources denied knowledge today of any plan to prepare the North Borneo island of Labuan as an alternate naval base for use in the event Singapore falls to the Communists. They said the cost of building a major base at
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    22 1 THE Dutch-Indonesian Ministerial Conference adjourned early Saturday without reaching agreement on any disputed questions, states an AP report from Geneva.
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    Lock icon Kidnapped Garrison Rescued
    73 1 ALGIERS. Algeria. Jan 7 (AP) Two thousand troops which had thrown a cordon around' Bou Zegza mountain, just across the bay from Algiers, returned to their posts yesterday after rescuing most of a small garrison kidnapped on Monday by rebel forces. Seven of the little force on
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    Lock icon Call To Reopen Truce Talks
    70 1 TOKYO, Jan. 7 (UP) A North Korean newspaper in an editorial urged the Malayan government and the Malayan Communists to reopen their truce talks, Radio Peking said today. "The Baling conference." the Pyongyang newspapei Rodong Shinmun said, "must be resumed on a fair and reasonable
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    Lock icon Gl's Banned From Red-Held Areas
    158 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, (Reuter)— A United States army order published today forbids army officers and soldiers who know official U.S. secrets from travelling in Russia, Soviet satellite countries or other "sensitive" areas. The order, which was dated Dec. 20. said: "The interrogation of such persons
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    Lock icon BRAIN WAR STEPS UP
    385 1 Govt. Letters To Sway Red Hearts KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The Federation Government mqy soon write to families and relatives of Communist terrorists appealing to them to induce their misguided ones to come out before Feb. 8/ or face sure death in the rain of bullets, bombs
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    31 1 THE NEW YORK Times reported yesterday that the Philippines would be chosen as the site for the Asiam regional research centre in the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Reuter
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    20 1 PRESIDENT Soekarno yesterday accepted with gratitude a new year's gift from Thailand 50 tons of rice. U.P.
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    Lock icon 'Oh! Those Cunning Indians!'
    164 1 LISBON. Jan. 7 (Reuter) Portugal in a communique last night said it had received reports that Portuguese flags and uniforms were being "clandestinely and illegitimately" made in Bombay. The communique, issued by the Portuguese Foreign and Overseas Ministries, said: The Portuguese Government has repeatedly received reports
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    80 1 HOW WET CAN IT GET? CALCUTTA, Jan. 7 (AP) Mawsynram held on to its distinction on Friday as the most rainsoaked place on earth. The village had 555.76 inches of rain in 1955. The figure is official, and came from Shillong, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Assam, 35
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    39 1 A FRENCH economic mission will shortly leave Paris for Hongkong on their way to Peking. There it will hold trade talks with Chinese officials according to a statement issued by the French embassy in London last night.
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    Lock icon Trouble Appears To Lie Ahead Of Asia
    242 1 TOKYO, Jan. 7, (UP)— Communist military forces in Asia outnumber the United States and its allies by better than 2-1 as new trouble rumbles in the Formosan Straits and the Malayan jungles. Red China and its allies could mount a massive air and
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    8 1 NANCY DRAPER
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    Lock icon It's Bicycles For Two Now
    228 1  -  R. G. PILLAI BUT SPOONING UNLIKELY By BICYCLES in Singapore normally meant for one rider can now ferry two but with this rider the extra person must be under 12 years of age. The bicycles also must .have a specially made seat for the other
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    29 1 YAN YOKE SENG, 13, was knifed in a fight between two schoolboys in the Upper Serangoon area of Singapore yesterday. Yan was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Lock icon Japan Told To Speed Up Her Army Plan
    168 1 Japan Told To Speed Up Her Army Plan TOKYO. Jan. 8 (Reuter) Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, today urged Japan to realize as soon as possible her plans to raise an army of 180,000 men. an air force of 1,300 planes and a
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    Lock icon Terrorists Blow Up Railway
    88 1 Terrorists Blow Up Railway IPOH. Sat. Terrorists last night dynamited and also removed two lengths of rails between Chemor and Sungei Siput. This incident caused a sixhour delay to the Southbound mail train, which only arrived here at 7 a.m. today. The scheduled time of arrival was 1.15 a.m. The
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    24 1 THE U.S. Air Force announced in Washington on Friday an additional contract for 248 million dollars worth of 852 heavy bombers.
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      135 1 VEW7-AXIA ™PW Ctonclit&md HARRISONS LISTER ING. LTD.. S'pore Kwalo Lumpur Penong Hudson's HI CujTuntkof, Jujubes STOP COUGHS, COLDS SMOKERS THROAT Scientists have proved conclusively that no fewer than thirtyjeight different infections may be traced with more or less directness to the human mouth as a focal or starting point. The
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      60 1 AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER by Jim Henry Page 4. BRITISH TRAD I TIONS ARE A WORLD EXPORT by L G. Pine, Editor of Burke's Peerage." Page 6. LYNDOE FORE. TELLS— Pcge 9. LONDON AWAITS "KISS OF MALAYAN PRINCE." by Andrew Roth. Page 15. PICTURE QUIZ "WHERE ON EARTH" Page 15* 1955 STANDARD
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      76 1 Ifiatrwh? ICE CREAM jPSF** 3^ HOLDS 4u me sees Final I Edition Speed. Punctuality. Reliability those are th« things that make C.P A.s service to Far Eastern (I Ports completely unsurpassed. CP.A. is J British Airline, manned by British Pilots, tnaio* tamed by British Engineers For all information concerning flight
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    Lock icon $50 Mil. Surplus Expected
    119 2 $50 Mil. Surplus Expected FEDERAL BUDGET KUALA LUMPUR, Sat Hie Federation of Malaya, which faced a deficit of $148.6 million in 1955. may now have a surplus of $50 million in the Budget. Customs and Excise revenue figures for December released today showed that rubber, which was mainly responsible lor
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    Lock icon Mr. Aw Fetes The Aged
    54 2 photo. MR. AW CHENG CHYE. Chairman of the Haw Par Brothers Limited, gave a party for the aged inmates of the Sisters of The Poor in Singapore on New Year's Day. In picture above. Mr. Aw is seen with the Mother Superior behind one of
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    Lock icon Recruiting For Army, Regiment
    76 2 IPOH. Sat.— A combined British Army-Malay Regiment recruiting team will visit here on Jan. 17. and 18, to interview potential recruits for the two services. Applicants will be interviewed in the Central Police Station between 8.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. each day. Candidates for the British
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    Lock icon Planes Delayed By Smog
    68 2 THREE planes due in Singapore yesterday were delayed because of smog in London. Last evening The Standard was told that EMSI4 from London via Bangkok was delayed 27 hours, BOAC flight 704 from London via Calcutta was delayed 48 hours and a freighter 8A776 for 50
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    Lock icon Baby Parade At Festival
    48 2 A BABY show under the auspices of the Singapore Tamils Festival Committee will be held on Jan. 12, at the Ceylon Sports Club premises, Balestier Road, between 2 and 5 p.m. All entries must be in the Tamil Murasu office, Lavender Street, by Tuesday.
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    Lock icon Azat's Dream May Come True
    478 2 STALL IN THE SHADE AZAT ALI, a 60-year-old tea-vendor, who said he had grown tired of pushing his Hand cart from place to place to earn his daily bread had a special request to make at the Chief Minister's "meet the people" session in Singapore,
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    Lock icon Malayan Rice For Stockpile
    96 2 Malayan Rice For Stockpile 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Bat The Federation Government announced today that the country's grain stockpile would re built only on local paci or e at 30,000 tons a quarter Tenders will be fesuec sho-t. ly for such purchases of A layan grain from licenced mfl. lers who
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    Lock icon National Union's 1st Branch
    85 2 National Union's 1st Branch MALACCA. Sat. SetO* ment government office k tkers last night decided to form a branch of the National Union of Government Office Workers, Federation of Malaya, at a meeting held in the court house. The meeting also decided to take over the Benefit Fund of the
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    Lock icon Curfew For Town, Two Villages
    130 2 Curfew For Town, Two Villages KAJANG, Sat. The "war" on Communist terrorists and their sympathisers is being stepped up in Ulu Langat after a lull caused by the amnesty and recent resounding success in the killing of Selangor's "No. 1 Red" Chen Loo. Today, the town of Semenyih and two
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      117 2 PA .76 2 K^ I PRIZE MONEY I I silver Trophies I ORGANISED ON BEHALF OF THE SPONSORS BY THE SINGAPORE MOTOR CLUB IN ASSOCIATION WITH FEDERATION MOTOR CLUBS. (APPLICATIONS FOR i To: The Secretary, i ENTRY MAY NOW BE j V.O^Sox wT* S SENT TO Singapore. THE SECRETARY Please
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      905 2 Standard cAlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE "JEM!— w iiwi.il i—— Water Babies': 930 Radio News|f mm a *«k^M^fl^ r v re€l: 945 Concerto; 10.45 *HanF\ I.M QADI) If f cocks Ha'.f-Hour'; 1115 Harnir.p Lr "A**Al W%jr<\S*Wl fc Oa Rhythm: 11.30 News ComSb jm mentary; 11.45 London Forum; S^"^^ I^^. 12.15
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    Lock icon NO P.A.Y.E. TAX PAYMENT
    334 3 Tudor Says Employers Won 't Like The Extra Expenses THERE is no call for P.A.Y.E. system, as operated in the United Kingdom, for Singapore, said the Controller of Income Tax, Mr. D. H. Tudor, yesterday. Mr. Tudor was commenting on a system suggested by a Standard
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    69 3 photo. THE Dutch ConsulGeneral in Singapore. Mr. D. G. E. Middelburg (left) toasts K.L.M.s General Manager, Mr. J. W. Turner-Lashmar, at the official opening of the K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines new offices on the ground floor of the Asia Insurance Building yesterday. In the centre is the
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    213 3 LACK of funds and the decision to await the arrival of the new librarian, which caused a delay to the new addition of Raffles Library is now over. Revealing this to The Standard yesterday a spokesman of the Library said Government has agreed to
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    88 3 Car Owners Say: End Jaga Kretas PENANG, Sat. Motorists are urging the police here to get rid of the "Jaga Kreta" racket, which has become a menace to private car owners. The racket is operated by street urchins, outside eating houses, cinemas, parking places and amusement parks. They demand 20
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    72 3 TWO hundred and eighty members of Singapore's Youth Council visited the British cruiser, Newfoundland, as guests of the captain, officers and crew yesterday. Leaving Clifford Pier In batches of about 50, they were met on board by the officers and men of the Newcastle and shown the
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    57 3 LOUIS KENTNER. the celebrated Hungarian pianist, will give two concerts in Singapore on Jan. 11 and Jan. 14. The programme for the first day includes selections from Mozart. Beethoven, Ravel. Schumann and Liszt. The second day's programme includes the "Appassionata" Sonata in F Minor by Beethoven, and
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    78 3 MEMBERSHIP in Raffles Library, Singapore, jumped over 60 per cent in 1955, says a report issued yesterday. There were 1,392 new members who retained their membership during the year as against 886 for 1954. During the last six days, subscribers have been re-re-gistcring and, in that
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    310 3 A MAN who fell into a pit while working at the Queen's Dock in the Singapore Harbour Board was found dead the next morning. This was said at an inquest on the death of Kanaga Sundram, a 55-year-old steam derrick fireman employed by the Gammon
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    190 3 Ex-Royal Marines Invited To Premiere ALL ex-Royal Marine officers residing in Singapore will be invited to the premiere of the film "Cockleshell Heroes" at the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 9.15 p.m. The film tells the story of a small band of Royal Marines who in WorVJ War
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    74 3 LONDON. Jan. 6 Discussing tin prospects for 1956 in their latest review, A. Strauss and Company say the second half of the year should see a surplus of the metal, the extent of which will depend on the speed with which the International Tin Agreement comes
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    175 3 RUBBER DROPS 3 5/8 cts. SPECULATIVE selling contributed largely to the sharp drop in rubber prices in the Singapore market yesterday. first grade January shipment closing at $1.21| per lb., a drop of 31 cents on Friday. The market closed quiet after having been weak most of the morning. With
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    62 3 BERAWI bin Bahrom. yesterday claimed trial in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court to a charge of theft of a bicycle belonging to Bujang bin Salleh at Geylang Road, on Jan. 4. He also faced an alternative charge of using it when he knew it to
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    147 3 AN OXFORD University expert on tropical agriculture, Mr. G. B. Masefield, is expected in Malaya about the middle of this year to carry out research in this country. Mr. Masefleld's visit to Malaya Is being promoted under a Commonwealth science bursary scheme of the Royal Society
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    1751 4  -  JIM HENRY his *-^^W\WV (Our Queensland Correspondent) DESPITE thot the outcome means that Diggers could be at the receiving end of bullets from jungle terrorists in Malaya, and sharing the dangers faced by British and other Commonwealth troops fdr many years, the reaction to the breakdown of the
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    1004 4  -  Evelyn Hecquard By NUMBER SIX is symbolized by a six-pointed star which is formed by the crossing of two triangles, significant of the Number Three triangle and carries some of the brilliancy of that number. Number Six is Indeed, a harmonious combination of the Numbers 2
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    41 5 photo. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM MURRAY SWAN, after their uedding at Singapore's St. George's Garrison Church, Tanglin, yesterday. The bride is the former Miss Felicity Coral Janet Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Martin of England. Standard
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    158 5 First Aim: 70,000 More Lines A FULL interim report on the expansion schemes of the Singapore Telephone Board a project which may run into several million dollars, is now being considered by the Minister for Works and Communications, Mr. Francis Thomas. Mr. Thomas told the
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    113 5 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Health. Mr. A. J. Braga. yesterday awarded certifii cates for the first batch of ten locally qualified Almoners at Ws office. Two of the Almoners. Miss B. C. Shushama and Miss lira Yong Siang, received their certificates in absentia. The eight others were
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    59 5 PENANG, Sat. Various articles to the total value ot $480 were reported stolen irom a Chinese temple in Machang Buboh. Province Wellesley. last night. Another theft case involving cash and property amounting $105 was reported to the police. They were stolen from the canteen at the
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    71 5 PENANG, Sat. N* Ch:n Crew. 24, was produced in the Magistrate's Court today vn two charges of robbery. He was alleged to have robbe.i Oh Yew Meng of cash and watch to the value of $38 and Con Saw Meng of jewellery valued at $142 at
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    74 5 MlXmi'M Temperature: I mm 7.30 p.m. Jan. 6 to 7.30 i m. Jan. 7. Singapore (74F). Penan? (73F). Kota Bahru 1 7 IF) Kuala Lumpur (72F). lpoh 171F). Kuantan (missing). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Jin. 7. Singapore (87F) Penins (87F) Kota Bahru (84F). Kuala
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    80 5 photo. photo. MR. AND MRS. CHRISTOPHER YEO after their marriage at the Bethesda Church. Pennefather Road, Singapore, yesterday. The groom is the eldest son of Madam Leonie Yeo while the bride i s the former Miss Helen Tay.- Standard POPULAR Singapore sportsman and teacher, Mr. Robert R. Subramaniam. with his
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    88 5 PENAXG. Sat. An Indonesian taikong. Roaman bin Ahmad, 37, was fined $3,000 or six months' jail in the Sessions Court today when he pleaded guilty to a charge of being concerned in exporting prohibited good s totalling 51. 406 at Penang harbour on
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    41 5 SINGAPORE pupils accepted for the secondary technical schools and commercial schools are to report on Mondav. The former at the Jalan Bonos English School at 1 pm. and the latter at Outram Road School at 8 a.m.
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    205 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat— The Johore Government has withdrawn the rice card rationing system from the 1 "White" areas. The concession came into effect from last Wednesday. This means that people living in these areas can purchase rice from any licensed dealer without producing their rice
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    51 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Communist terrorists fired on one of two vehicles of the Gurkhas training depot at the 2nd Mile, Bedong-Semiling Road in Sungei Patani district of Kedah yesterday, wounding the driver in the left arm. No casualties to the terrorists have been reported in the
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    316 5 GANGSTERS BRING THEIR CODE TO PRISON EVEN when they are thrown into prison, hoodlums belonging to the various secret societies in Singapore must observe the strict codes of their respective gangs. The 1954 annual report reveals the story of a prisoner who attacked a fellow inmate for breach of society
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    195 5 JOSEPHINE CAN'T BE PRINCESS It Is Against Muslim Law JOSEPHINE Trevorrow, 21-year-old English wife of Tunku Mahmud of Johore, will not be a princess. The law cf Islam forbids her having this title. According to the dictates of Islam, the title of Tunku. prince or princess, is hereditary through tne
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    116 5 A Minimum Pay Scale For Pastors MALACCA. Sat. Delegates to the Methodist Conference here today, adopted a minimum salary scale for their pastors. Thi s pay scheme will come into effect immediately. University graduates start with $350 a month, graduates of Trinity College $300. and conference course graduates $250 with
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    78 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Both the accused and his bailor failed to show up when a case for hurt was called out in the First Magistrate's Court here today. The Magistrate. Group Captain G. V. Howard, ordered a warrant of arrest against the accused. S. Ramasamy and
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    28 5 ALOR STAR. Sat. The Raja Muda of Kedah, Tunku Halim. today opened a new $220,000 cinema hall here. The theatre can accommodate 710 people.
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    18 5 CHUA AH TUAN, 34, collapsed and died while cycling along Singapore's Waterloo Street at noon yesterday.
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    62 5 CHILDREN of the Public Relations Office staff perform a hula dance under the direction of Mis s Margaret Tan in the St. Joseph's Institution hall, Singapore, yesterday. The occasion was the annual New Year party for the staff and their families. There was a magic show (by
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    204 5 BRITISH imperialism in Malaya as it did in Burma, India, and to a lesser extent in Thailand has produced a "colonial mind" which seems to be democratic, gentle, well-mean-ing and earnest, said Thai editor, Mom Rajawongse Kukrid Pramoj. in a broadcast over the 8.8.C. Third Programme
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    35 5 LIM Kim Yong. 55. pleaded guilty in the Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday, to a charge of possessing dutiable tobacco at the Inner Roads. Singapore Harbour, on Jan. 6. He was fined $150.
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    512 6  -  DENYS CORLEY-SMITH [By Correspondent, tcho recently completed a tour of South-east Asia] SAIGON, Vietnam: Immediate danger of a Communist thrust through South-east Asia has lessened according to national leaders all over this key area. Statesmen are no longer looking nervously over their shoulders,
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    1131 6  - BLOOD LINKS WITH BRITAIN'S ANCIENT FAMILIES L. G. PINE British Traditions Are A World Export By (Editor of "Burke's Peerage") THE influence of British institutions and traditions can be seen all over the world. Most countries with a democratic system of government have two houses in their parliaments and parliamentary
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    1042 6 The Mother Of Parliaments "HTHE Queen took her seat, and on the summons by Black Rod members of the Lower House filed in. A departure from the usual segregation of the two Houses. The Speaker in wig and gown was seated at a table in the well of the Chamber.
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    1271 7  -  Glen Jacobsen Continuing the historic voyage of the U.S. Navy's icebreaker ATKA By Commander as told to Sidney Shallet W& steamed into Atka Bay and found favourable conditions. It was 20 miles wide and went back into the ice barrier for a depth of seven
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    750 7 THE WORLD IN 1955 THROUGHOUT last year, diplomats of the free world strove to make peace a significant reality. Nations pooled their resources and efforts in order to give peace and prosperity to their peoples, and to defend freedom, if necessary, against aggression, whether by force of arms or subversion.
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    118 7 REPRESENTATIVES of twenty-nine nations of Africa ond Asia, sixteen of them members of the United Nations, convened in Bandung, Indonesia, on April 18 last year. In discussing the increasing importance of the participation of Afro-Asian states in world affairs, the Conference affirmed its abhorrence of colonial rule and
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    340 8  -  Ed in Peters By THE first Shell Malayan Motor Rally which came to an end last Monday afternoon was a tremendous success and that is the verdict of all the competitors. The 1956 Malayan motoring season has certainly got off to a good start,
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    46 8 photo. PERAK'S A. Brazier and P. H. Stewart, the winners of the first Shell Malayan Motor Rally are pictured above with three Johore Grand Prix winners. (From left to right) C. O. Jennings, Bill Ferguson, Freddy Pope, A. Brazier and P. H. Stewart. Standard
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    141 8 Another German Car Arriving IN about five days time another new make of German car will be on the Singapore roads. This is the Lloyd 600, Germany's challenge to the lower-priced cars. Guan Soon Transport Company in 28, Anson Road, Singapore are the sole representatives of the Lloyd in Malaya.
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    26 8 HERE's the colourful Lloyd 600 two-door sedan. The car has an air-cooled four-stroke, two cylinder engine and is fitted with front wheel drive.
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    696 8  - Get Acquainted With The Aronde 1300 Rue Scribe By STEP into the 1956 Simca Aronde 1300 and come with me for a "get acquainted" drive. Notice the interior lighting. The inside is lighted up every time either of the front doors is opened. I like the stylish interior too. Seats,
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    80 8 A LIVELY engine and good petrol economy, comfort and above average roadholding qualities are the outstanding features of the 1956 Simca Aronde 7300. It is compactly built, just the right size for city traffic, and yet four passengers can be accommodated with room to spare. Interior appointments are first rate
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    654 9 JUST about now millions of people are ruefully mourning the untimely end of their New Year resolves. Diaries which were started only a week ago are showing blanks. The festive highlights are already dimmed. Sad, Isn't it! This, however. Is where we ought to take ourselves hand. We
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    88 9 This Graph shows the approximate duration and value of the trends in important activities for everyone. By comparison with points made in the hints for the various Groups it is possible to time activities A Group enjoying, for example, financial opportunity would be likely to
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    763 9 MARCH 21 APRIL 20 (ARIES).— You need to get off the mark quickly this week in view of slight slackening of trends later. There are plenty of splendid opportunities for progress but financial results begin to tail off. At the same time it is worth noting
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    262 9 Children Born This Week SUNDAY, JAN 8 A rather cute type who can back their astuteness with an amazing courage. They will face difficulties with immense fortitude, Tough, sociable, and very colourful, they have choice of great tame or mere notoriety. MONDAY, JAN 9— Well integrated personalities with basic artistry.
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    355 9 SUNDAY, JAN 8— A period opens of great opposition followed by considerable success. Changes, possibly including one of location, help to overcome a main part of the difficulties. Fortunate new associations prove a stand by. and should exert a good deal of influence on correction of financial trends.
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    154 9 "TJ APPY birthday" is something an attractive auburn haired Yorkshire housewife is terrified of hearing. This year when her husband will wake her with these words and a cup of tea Mrs. W. Kilburn, of Batley, will spend her 26th birthday in bed, not because she
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    583 10  -  JACK CUDDY Eight Boxers Met Death By U.P. Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP)— Knockouts by Julios Helfand, Carmen Basilio and Floyd Patterson featured boxing activities in 1955, the most turbulent year in ring history. Chairman Helfand of the New York State Athletic Commission delivered the
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    511 10 Americans Can Regain Davis Cup This Year By STEVE SNIDER United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP) The world's three top tennis pros give the U.S. a "definite chance" of regaining the Davis Cup from Australia this year. Jack Kramer, Tony Trabert and Dick (Pancho) Gonzales. who touched off their
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    92 10 SPURRIER BEATS LANDY'S 1000m RECORD MELBOURNE, Jan. 7 (AP) Lon Spurrier, American holder of the world half mile record. shattered John Landy's Australian 1,000 metre record in a special event at an invitation meet at Olympic Park here Saturday. Spurrier's time of 2:23.8 was 7.5 seconds better than the native
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    76 10 LESSONS MAY LIFT 'EM /VVVVWWWWWWWAJ. TWENTY-J F O U R? Sheffield? United players j are going backs to school. They? are being sent? for five days' j special coachj ing to the F.A. school at Lilleshall (Salop) next week. United are second from 2 bottom in the First Divi- sion.
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    70 10 NO SCORE BY RASC SELETAR RASC and RAF Seletar played their rugby match without scoring a single point at Ayer Raja Road yesterday. The rain made ground conditions bad. and olay was scrappy tnroughout. Seletar had some good moves in the first half, but found it difficult to hold the
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    405 10 AFTER a scoreless first half, Singapore Cricket Club came back strongly to subdue the Army by six points to nil in a rugby match played on a waterlogged pitch at the Padang yesterday. The match was featured by the exceptionally high standard of play by the
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    92 10 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, (Reuter) Mr. Al Weill, manager of world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, said that the winner of a bout between Archie Moore, world light-heavy-weight champion, and 21-year-old Floyd Patterson would be a good match for Marciano. A Moore-Patterson fight would be 'a
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    51 10 ALEXANDRA Football Team ?av e Buona Vista Rangers a walk-over in the Tiger Cup Group A competition scheduled to be played at tne Parrer Park yesterday In Group B a solitary goal scored by Dexter Boyd enabled Queenstown XI to beat Badan Kesenian at Farrer
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    383 10 Thrills Spills In FARELF RE Clubs Regatta White Sails In The Afternoon «fc ALTHOUGH ttie weather yesterday afternoon could not be described as ideal for sailing enthusiasts, the first ever FARELF Sailing Club and the Royal Engineers Yacht Club Regatta got off to the flying A heavy shower of rain
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    132 10 Moss Wins NZ Grand Prix AUCKLAND, Jan. 7 (Reflter)—Stirling Moss, Britain's champion racing driver. r. the New Zealand Grand P- x today. Britain took first fi* places. Moss whose Maserati had a split fuel tank for the last eight laps was forced to DM** a short pit stop to get
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    383 11  -  JEFFERY JAMES -At Sending Colony's Team To Melbourne It's Practical A Painless Extraction By iF THERE'S one thing we have more in this island than in the whole of the Federation it is the number of muttonheads, the hypocrites and the sanctimonious who wouldn't
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      195 11 Here's To A Perfect Combination DR. HE AH HOCK Til YE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heah Joo Scans, will combine with Miss Flora Loke Keng heong in what will be a life partnership on Saturday, Jan. 14. at the Wesley Methodist Church at Fort tanning in Singapore at 5.
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      143 11 SULAIMAN A WANG is a? cyclist who deserves praise <• for endurance and for courage. 2 Sulalman cycled from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, <• and. from the Federal capi- tal. he took a train to Penang to compete in the 2 Penang Round. the-island 50-mile race. His efforts
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      129 11 SGT. "TINY" PARKYN of CLBJS.M \V SHOP, well-known in bo\ins*. rugger and cricket nrrles in the Colony, will be leaving thp Colony today to return to Britain. "T.r.v" has umpired many importani tuicfcet matches in the C 'v Federation and Penang. look an active part for
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      168 11 S RAMASAMY, pre-war Kinta and Perak Indians football captain for many seasons. Is leaving Butter- worth on transfer to Batu Pahat as the chief clerk of the Central Electricity Board there. When he was attached to the office at Kota Bahru from 1949 to 1954. he
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    206 11 THE disclosure by the Association of j Malaya president, Mr. Heah JJoo Seang, that his association would engage Wong Peng <Soon a s coach comes like a New Year greeting. most, ?mo.st welcome. It shows that Mr. Heah £and his men are very much
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    Lock icon Inter-Club Bowling In The Colony A Possibility
    409 11  - Inter-Club Bowling In The Colony A Possibility BILL FUNK By THE AMERICAN CONSULATE champion team of bowlers could not have staged a more dramatic curtain to a successful first bowling league than they did at the American Club. Playing consistently throughout, they held off the challenges of seven other teams
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    Lock icon Easter Cycling Meet Planned
    202 12 Easter Cycling Meet Planned MALAYAN Rough Riders, of Kuala Lumpur, the oldest cycling club in Malaya, plan to hold an all Malayan plank track championships in Singapore during the Easter holidays. Mr. Leong Kim Ling, honorary secretary of Malayan Rough Riders, disclosed yesterday that the meeting would be held over
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    Lock icon BLACKS' DAY
    16 12 ALL Blacks beat R.A.F. Changi "B" 12-0 (3 tries. 1 penalty) at Changi yesterday.
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    Lock icon SAT CHILDREN ARE UNDISPUTED CHAMPS OF SECOND SECTION
    119 12 SATURDAY'S CHILDREN beat Pin-Ups by three points to one to become undisputed winners of the Second Section in the Women's Bowling league championship at the American Club yesterday Mary Lou Mitchell, captain of Saturday's Children team, was the outstanding: bowler with 146-132-144
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    72 12 PENANG. Sat. The Balik Pulau branch of Penang UMNO will donate a silver challenge cud for the Inter-Balik Pulau UMNO branches soccer league this year. Seven Balik Pulau UMNO teams, and the Balik Pulau Police XI have agreed to take part in the league which will start on
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    Lock icon INDIA 537 FOR THREE
    38 12 MADRAS, Jan. 7 (Reuter) —India had made 537 for three wickets in their first innings by the close on the second day of the fifth and final cricket test against New Zealand here today.
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    Lock icon FIJIANS STORM TO 21-3
    537 12 Seianaor Club Take The Lead But Speed, Strength Decide Issue Fijian Regiment 21 pts.; Selangor Club 3 pts. KUALA LUMPUK, Sat. Four thousand voices including that of Sir Donald MacGillivray, the High Commissioner broke into wild, ringing cheers when lan Chandler landed a penalty goal. SELANGOR
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    23 12 R.A.F. Seletar 2nd XI beat Johore Customs by five goals to three in a friendly hockey match played at Seletar yesterday.
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    55 12 picture. BOWLERS of the Saturday Children and Pin-Ups teams taking: part in the American Club Women's Bowling Championship are: (left to right, standing) Effie Gotz. Grace York. Margo Anderson, Dorothy Bridges, Mary Lou Mitchell, Anita Bordwell, and Alice Critchfield. (Front row left to right) Maxine Spencer. Barbara
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    Lock icon Penang Set To Beat Johore
    410 12 PENANG, Sat.— Penang took a commanding four games lead over Johore in the Foong Seong Cup zone final played at the Han Chiang High School Hall tonight. Lee Hoo Chye, second singles, gained the first point for Penang when he beat Johore champion, Roland Ng
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    Lock icon Malacca Club Beat Blues
    37 12 MALACCA. Sat. a heavier pack enabled Malacca Club to beat the All Blues by 28 points (2 goals, 6 tries) to five (one goal) in a Rugby friendly' on the Reclamation ground today.
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