The Straits Times, 22 March 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1954 15 CENTS Nat* 1 1
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    CRASH BODIES MIX-UP
    571 1 Two millionaires wrongly identified gINdAPORK polite announced last nijjht that two bodies in the Kallanjj air trash on March 13 were incorrectly identified. They were those of Mr. Eric Moller, SnrJ millionaire British shipowner, and Mr. T. M. Chidambaram Chettiar, millionaire managing director <>r the Indian Overseas
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    Mrs Riach wins with first try
    122 1 time lucky B. Riach. a v Ife from Sitiao shared the nea Word Puz/.lc i Ith two other surprise nday monunc. limed happily her good fortbe 'pho the first time bad entered ':tion. k It i.< ve:v mii ompetition. and ducatlonal value h wife
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    Moira will be Titania
    59 1 NOON. Sun. London's Vie Company" will give auction of Shakespeare unmer Night's Dream" th Amerira next autumn. tt ballet dancer of the Wellt company. Miss Shearer, will be acting Shakespearean part play. -nearer will play the i of the Queen of the Titania and dancr !H
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    S. AFRICA GOLD FOR U.K.
    135 1 CAPETOWN. Sun. rl ifTH AFRICAN FinMiniater said last tasa result of the de- 'iprn the London irkot. Soutn African nea will not be allowed morr to sell a portion of ;tput on their own. ;nes would in future t centre output to the Bank as
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    Much needs ventilating-Sir Miles
    85 1 Much needs ventilatingSir Miles LONDON. Sun. SIR Mttet Thomas, chairmai of British Overseas Airway Corporation, arrived here todn' from his "oti-the-spof investi nation nf the Constellatloi crash at Singapore. ■I am glad the public inqui ry will be a full-scale examina lion of all the factors, the na ture of
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    Baring on leave
    31 1 NAIROBI. Sun. Sir Eve lyn Barms. Governor o Kenya, left here last night b; air for England to begin si: week*' sick leave ordered b; his doctors.— Reuter.
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    This prawn was a $25 meal
    45 1 Tlii* prawn, 1 ft. inches Ions: and four inches broad was c-aught by a fisherman at Port Swottenham* A Klang Chinese rushed an offer of $25 for it*, but it arrived too late. The prawn had already been eaten.
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    A ttorney-General flies to London
    154 1 -For talks on Rendel report SINGAPORE'S Attorney-General. Mr. E. J. Davies. flies to London today to take part in talks with the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, on the Rendel Commission's recommendations for constitutional reforms in the Colony. The talks which will be attended by
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    13 executed
    32 1 HONG KONG. .Sun China has executed 13 alleged members of a Chinese Nationalist secret society said to be directed from Hong Kona. according to the official Peking People's Daily.-- Reuter.
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    A model for the Queen
    60 1 THE EXQUISITELY modelled eauestrian miniature of an 18th century French General is to be presented to the Queen by the toy firm which supplies prince Charles toy soldiers. The Queen has a collection of similar historical models. Admiring the model, made in plaster by sculptor
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    French airmen smash Reds' assault plans
    261 1 French airmen smash Reds assault plans HANOI, Sunday. THE French High Command threw the biggest air strike of the Indn-China war against Communist legions besieging Dien Bien Phu today. I A Frenph Army snnltp<man n. r rencn Army sponesman said the round-the-ciock air attacks had "delayed" the Communist-led Vietminh plans
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    Five hurt in Spore car crash
    98 1 FIVE peopl? were injured, three seriously, when two cars collided at the junction of Te!ok Kurau Road and East Coast Road. Singapore. at about 3.30 p.m. yesterday. All five were in one of the cars in the charge of a learner driver. Trio car
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    Freedom from Reds for 420
    49 1 TOKYO. Sun. Four hundred and twenty Japanese civilians and remnants of Japan's Kwantung army returned to their homeland yesterday after nine years of captivity in the Soviet Union. They were greeted by overjoyed and tearful relatives and friends in Maizuru. a naval port.— A.P.
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    Vote in Saar
    38 1 LONDON. Sun— A Council of Europo sub-committee agreed here yesterday, against the opposition of its German member, to a three-stage plan for holding a referendum in the Saar for or against Europeanisation" of the territory.
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    Gothic may be sent on trade tour
    126 1 LONDON. Sun. A LABOUR Member of Par- liament will urge the Government this week to send the Royal tour liner Gothic on a world cruise as a floating shop window for Britain. Mr. Norman Dodds said today the 15.902-ton liner, in vvhich the
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    Scoutmaster resigns from Reds
    76 1 Scoutmaster resigns from Reds NORWICH, Sun. DENNIS Wright, the young assistant scoutmaster who recently acted as adviser to 19-year-old Communist official Paul Garland in his appeal against dismissal from the Boy Scout movement, has resigned from the Communist Party. Dennis Wright. 22. assistant scoutmaster of a troop here, was also
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    OIL TALKS
    33 1 LONDON. Sun. Slow progress is now being made in the inter-company oil talks in London which aim to set up a consortium to market Persian oil. it is believed here. Reuter.
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    Reform demand
    33 1 KURNOOL. S. India. Sun. Five thousand peasants waving Red hammer and sickle flaes. beating drums and blowing trumpets marched through the streets of this state capital demanding Immediate land reforms. Reuter.
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    10 MORE SEAMEN JOIN STRIKE
    111 1 A NOT HER 10 Malay seamen walked ofT their ship on strike yesterday immediately the vessel came into Singajwre harbour. About 300 men employed by the Straits Steamship Com- pany struck work on Saturday for a 70 per cent wage increase The company recently gave
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    RAIL MEN TO VOTE ON STRIKE
    254 1 RAIL MEN TO VOTE ON STRIKE KUA:.A T.UMPUR. Sun. THt threat of a Malayawiac railway stoppage loomed nearer today when the central executive committee of the Malayan Railway Traffic Operators Union unanimously voted for an immediate strike ballot among its 1,000 members. The union also decided to send a representative
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    Siamese twins are dead
    63 1 GREENOCK. Scotland. Sun. Siamese twin girls born here yesterday to a 24-year-old Scotswoman, Mrs. Mary Mount, died today. The babies. joined at the lower part of the stomach, had spent the night in an oxygen incubator as doctors strove to keep them alive. But one died
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    Borneo holiday party stranded
    160 1 Borneo holiday party stranded THERE is no hope of an i x immediate airlift for a I group of stranded holi-day-makers in the North Borneo hill station of Ranau. a Malayan Airways spokesman said in Singapore yesterday. Tl^y landed there from Jesselton by small Rapide feeder service planes which have
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 DEATH THBEAT To I.ADV LYTTELTON LONDON, Sun l.niv Lyttelton, m lie of olonial Secretary, luu been siren person >i Scotland ard bodyguard became of letter threatening bet life, it v.is announced t *>«i > Router.
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    Robot jet men arrive
    61 1 BREMERHAVEN. Sun. The men of the first United States pUotlesa let bomber sauadron to be .stationed in Europe have arrived here by ship from Charleston. South Carolina. Major-Gen. Robert Lee. commander of the United States 12th Air Force. to!ri the 600 officers and men they were
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    Govt. splits up village of 'good neighbours' 300 CHINESE TO BE MOVED
    254 2 Govt. splits up village of 'good neighbours' 300 CHINESE TO BE MOVED MALACCA, Sunday. 1 IKK IN h Mow Uamponjr noted for its jfood racial relations will be ''disrupted if 11 Chinese families living among 19 Malay families there are resettled. The 300 Chinese have been ordered to go to
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    CRAZE FOR MONROE GLASSES
    154 2 TOKYO Sun. HUNDREDS of Japanese Birls. uhn ordinarily "would nol hr caught dead" wearing RjMMS, arc shyly approaching optical counters and ordering spectacles. Salesmen say it is the biggest boom in years. Some of the eirls arc buvirie two and three pairs in different coloured frames.
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    Envoy arrives
    20 2 LONDON. Sun The nrw Japanese Minister to Britain. Mr Takio Oria arrived hrre by air from Tnkyo. Renter.
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    Tax concession to officers
    46 2 LONDON. Sun— Special ar- i rangements have been marie whereby British officers ser--\nz with the Malay and Gur- i kha Regiments in Malaya can pnv Malayan income-tax, the War Minister told the Hou«r of Commons during the debate on the Army Estimates.
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    She's 107 now
    19 2 LONDON. Sun. Britain's oldest woman. Mrs. Julia Gray, yesterday observed her 107 th birthriav -A P
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    Sir Winston to retire, says paper
    165 2 Sir Winston to retire, says paper LONDON. Sun. T*HK Kewa Of T) r World sfiid today that Sir Winston Churchill would retire from the premiership when the Queen returns from her Commonwealth tour in May. Similar rumours have been current recently but there is no support for them in official
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    Rotary talk
    26 2 JOHORF BAHRU. Sun— Mr P G M Lee will speak on Fumigation to members of Johore Bahru Rotary Club at their tea meeting tomorrow.
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    Colony flood relief plan held up
    142 2 OINC.A"ORF.S flood relief scheme has suffered another hold-up. The Army will not allow City Council officers to enter its land at flu Pandan until the purchase price has been agreed upon. To end further delay, a Council com n it tee has de- cided
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    Hostess Nancy (1,509 hours in the air) wants to be pilot
    211 2 Hostess Nancy (1,509 hours in the air) wants to be pilot NANCY Kok. at 21, has more than 1,500 hours of flying to hei credit as a Malayan Airways air hostess, but she's not content with that. She wants to be a pilot. Nancy flies an average of 80 hours
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    Danger zone at Bikini tripled
    87 2 Danger zone at Bikini tripled WASHINGTON. Sun. THE US Navy confirmed that the United States had enlarged a danger zone fo r nuclear tests in the Pacific-, after a Japanese ship was showered with ash from a Bikini explosion on March 1. The Japanese Foreign Minister. Mr. Katsuo Okazaki. told
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    New chairman
    39 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mr. W. Edgar, manager of Kelan Estate. Kilai. has been elected Chairman of the Johorc 4 Planters Association for the y?ar. in place of Mr. R. A Coles who has been Chairman since 1951.
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    The millionaires come ashore today
    131 2 WORE THAN 150 taxis will be waiting at the Singaif* pore dockside this morning to take 500 American tourists from the luxury liner. Caronia, on a nine-hour tour of the Island and Johore Bahru. But Malaya will not be entirely strange to the Americans, who
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    PREFAB ISLES TO HELP DRILL SEABED FOR OIL
    100 2 SERIA. Brunei. Sun. rpwo irtiiii i.ii islands" 1 ir, to be built in the South China Sea about a mile offshore here next month to permit drilling for oil into the seabed Huge steel framework.s prefabricated on shore will be towed into
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    Malayans to go to Paris
    81 2 FOR YMCA TALKS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaya will be represented at the centenary of the worlds Alliance of YMCA's to be held in Paris in August next year. The ajinual meeting of the Malayan Council of YMCA's *as told here yesterday that 15 names had
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    Culture men collect ideas
    82 2 A UNESCO fact findinp mission has collected vital statistics from Singapore to h<Mp prepare its 1905-56 plans for Asia. This mission la visiting Asian countries for on-the-spot assessment of develop--1 ment problems. While collecting new idea.* the mission will al.«o take note of the progress of
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    3 lecturers for college
    43 2 LONDON. Sun— The Colonial Office has announced three appointments to the new Teachers' Training College in the Federation: Miss D. R Cattle. Senior Lecturer in Domestic Science; Mr. J. H Cottier. Senior Lecturer; and Mr P. B. Hilton. Lecturer
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    NEW SHOCK IK DRUG CASE
    241 2 ROME, Sunda, ANNA Maria Moneta Cftflio, star witness it n "druu orjjv trial accused Pioro Piccloni. s< )n Italian Foreign Minister. Signor Attilio Pfcc|< murder in a "testament" read to the court tod; The "testament" which police bad 1 1 Rome and finally tracked down
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    Mr Gumble and the cart horse
    96 2 Mr Gumble and the cart horse LONDON. s,,n (iiimblo explained now he came to t» i road with a hon< Gamble is i being drunk in i hone and cart. said In- M Gun «uit acroaa the ifts w hat\ mare lice officer, Gumbli <-d to his reel an over
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      462 2 2**''^'APORE ing; 12 p.m. Programmes in Malay; 7.15 ajn. Time Signal Open- As s 'nßaP"re; Encllsh Schooli tng Announcement; 7.16 Morning BroadcasU: 2.45 Close Down; j Star; 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mix- Station Opening: 6.10 Openlnp ture; 8 Rhythm In the Sun; 830 Announcement; 6.12 Winnie the Malay Housewives' Corner
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    EGYPT BLAMES COMMUNISTS FOR CAIRO EXPLOSIONS
    223 3 EGYPT BLAMES COMMUNISTS FOR CAIRO EXPLOSIONS CAIRO, Sunday. !>KeyptiM Government spokesman last nurht ♦i pjnncd on underground Communists" the explosions which shook Cairo in the last lour blasts which made a hi>r noise hut n lr damage and no casualties Major Amin Shaker, principal mier, Gaml Abdri Nasser said tho
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    30 seconds -then death
    61 3 XI H Sun. \\i i" ipon, ;i ran 'mU in 30 being made less factory f o S I Kfnor. indini nfltrer Vlountain *****- 'i thai de ui- beini m.uir kn,i\\n Ih.«l the ii i- the -.I-. ii bj Hitler'i i h« SorlH d I he
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    TWO NATIONS SHRUG OFF RED CHARGES
    29 3 TWO NATIONS SHRUG OFF RED CHARGES Sun. I Dutch nerican ith Paki I indiwould prow >rris. but ricpends on how note to Hol- Dutch Defence the United iadron I
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    POLICE HALT STUDENT MARCHERS
    94 3 POLICE HALT STUDENT MARCHERS SALONIKA. Sun Several nd university and college students demonstrated here yesterday fnr union nf Cyprus With Greece, but were turned away from the British Consulat< hv police and two companies of soldiers The demonstration was quiet and orderly at the beginning bat when the .students reached
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    Live and let live with China, Stevenson urges
    274 3 Live and let live with China, Stevenson urges >hW VOKK, Sunday. \|K. Adlai Stevenson says he believes the United iTI States soon will have to formulate a 'reasoned policy" on China, which he termed the key to problems in Indo-China. Korea and Formosa. Speaking last night at Har- yard University,
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    No children for Roberta
    74 3 LONDON. Sun 'pHE surgeon father of a sex operation Datient was quoted la^t nieht as saying he erred in savine operations had made the patient completely female." HLs daughter Roberta Cowell formerly Robert —never will be able to bear children, the father said in an interview
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    Dag back at U.N.
    35 3 NEW YORK. Sun— Mr. Da-i [ammerskjoeld. the Secretary reneral of the United Nation? •rganisation. returned to New ork by air last night from a nnrt visit to Stockholm and ondon. Reuter.
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    ARABS TELL U.N. OF ISRAEL 'AGGRESSION'
    215 3 Xjj NEW YORK, Sunday. V ARAB nations complained to the United Nations c 3 yesterday that Israel is concentrating troops on ?3 I the borders of her Arab neighbours. The Arabs said i £3 they would counter any aggression. *n The charge was denied
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    Ali denies secret pact with U.S.
    48 3 KARACHI. Sun- The Prime Minister. Mr. Mohamed Ali. told the Parliament yesterday that Pakistan had made no secret pact with the United States. He said there were no strings attached to the military aid to be given by the U.S.— A. P.
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    Crash kills 18
    23 3 ANNAPOLIS. Sun. A New York-bound Air Force plane crashed in flames south of here yesterday killing all 18 aboard. A.P.
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    Agitators gaoled
    21 3 CAIRO. Sun. A military court has sentenced two men to five years' j»aol for enijaeinjj in Communist propaganda. —A.P.
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    CRISIS IN FRENCH INDIA
    134 3 CRISIS IN FRENCH INDIA PONDICHERRY, Sun. THE FRENCH India Commissioner. M. Andre Monard. banned the assembly of more than three people on public roads yesterday after Socialist demands for French India to be merged with India. The entire military and police forces in the Pondicherry settlement have been I mobilised.'
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    Ali rejects dissolution
    78 3 KARACHI. Sun. MR. Mohammed Ali. Prime Minister of Pakistan, rejected a demand for the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly or the resignation of East Bengal Representatives in the Assembly. He said there was no lustirication for such action following the victory by the United Front over the
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    Trade talks
    26 3 CAIRO. Sun.— Cairo Radio said last night Egypt is negotiating a trade pact with Communist China like the one made with East Germany.— Reuter.
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    400 YEARS UNDER THE ICE
    135 3 ;w yuhk. sun— a ennean r nulekeeper had discovered :he body of a 10-year-old Inca girl in a mountain ice ?ave, a New York Times re- port lrom Santiago said yesterday. Ie body is beheved to be thej most perfect specimen of a luman figure
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    Unionist challenges Billy Graham
    214 3 Unionist challenges Billy Graham LONDON. Sun. WHILE Billy Graham, with the aid of cowboy actor Roy Rogers, drew 40.000 to a religious meeting today, a British trade union leader denounced Graham's "circus idea of spreading the gospel" and challenged the evangelist to "convert American troops littering our countryside with illegitimate
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    Newsmen appeal to Mao
    64 3 TOKYO. Sun The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan said today it has asked the Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung. to release two American reporters captured a year ago today The men are Donald Dixon. 26. of the International News Service. Richard Applegate, 41 of the National
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    Annam's former emperor dies
    49 3 SAIGON, Sun. Ex-Em-peror Than Thai of Annam died here yesterday. 76. Than Thai ruled Annam from 1887 until he was deposed in 1906. Later he was exiled by the French authorities to* Reunion Island in the Indian ocean. He returned as a private citizen —Reuter.
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    'Be smart' move
    37 3 WASHINGTON. Sun The Army may reinstate the old requirement for soldiers to salute officers even when off military posts. The Aimy-Navy-Air Force Journal. unofficial service publication, said yesterday a decision was expected soon A.P.
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    Big city plan carries modern amenities into the rural area
    189 4 Big city plan carries modern amenities into the rural area §IN(JAPORE City Council's public works committee has this month approved improvement schemes extending as far as the rural areas. One costing nearly 51. 500. 000 will bring modern sanitation to the Siglap area beyond city limits. The Rural Board is
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    Board giving its views on marriage
    82 4 Board giving its views on marriage SINGAPORE Government has asked the Hindu Advisory Board to give its views on the Hindu Monogan-.ous Marriage Bill which was introduced by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj in the Legislative Council last week. The Bill was read a first time. The Board will meet
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    WORKERS' HEALTH HIS CARE
    102 4 WORKERS' HEALTH HIS CARE QINGAPORE la to have an industrial medical officer who will visit tactories. study cLreases among workers and make recommendations to the Government to improve health and working conditions in industry. He will work together with the Government Health and Labour Departnv Officers in the time-scale of
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    New style in Govt building
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun new type of Quarters are beiru b'.Ut by Government In Johon Bahru. They are chalets fo: married people. Eleven are now being built a a cost of $ii 1.740.. 740.
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    Contractor fined
    33 4 TELUK ANSON. Sun Phang Pin Nan. a contractor on Tapah Estate, was fined $100 for failii.? to pay Provident Fund eontrin respect of his 45 labourers for March to May 1953.
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    SITE FOR CULTURE CENTRE CHANGED
    118 4 THE original site chosen for Singapore's $30n.0n0 cultural centre at thp lunctlon of Orchard and Killiney Roads —has been dropped. Public Works Department engineers have found the area unsuitable, a spokesman of the Singapore Council for Adult Education told the Straits Tir.e.; yesterday. It is
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    Motorists who 'jump the gun9
    96 4 Motorists who 'jump the gun 9 SINGAPORE motorists' grow•O 1 mc habit of "jumping the Run" when traffic lights turn from red to amber and green ■ns referred to by the Trrffic Police Chief. Mr. W R M. Haxworth. yesterday over Radio Malaya. "Motorists who are already stopped at a
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    Family affair
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Chong See. a^ed 61. was fined $100 here for permitting his house to be used for gaming He said that those gambling >vere his children.
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    DAIRY FARM MEN RETURN TO WORK
    97 4 DAIRY FARM MEN RETURN TO WORK WORK IN the Singapore Dairy Fa tin returned to normal yesterday when about 24!) employers resumed work after a .>evcn-day strike. The men are still under disnvssa! "oticcs. By the end of this -'tilth they must agree to fhe firm's new conditions of service
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    Memorial to Gandhi plan
    144 4 KIALA LUMPUR. Sun —The Sfiangor Indian Association decided at its annual meeting last night to help in the provet fo~r a Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Kuala Lumpur. Officials of the association eleced lor the year were President: Mr. V. M. N Menon. vice-presidents,. Dr. G. S.
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    History meeting
    31 4 KLANG. Sun. The First I Annual Meeting of the Klang branch of the Malayan Historical Society will be held on Friday at 5 p.m. at the High Scttool Hall.
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    Base men oppose pay plan
    224 4 Base men oppose pay plan T»HE Singapore Naval Base -I workers, numbering more than 10,500. are to oppose part of the new pay scheme proposed by the three Services. The Admiralty Local Staff Union, representing about 500 white collar workers, will ask the dockyard authorities this morning that about 150
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    Head men elected
    122 4 BRAPIT NEW VILLAGE. Sun —Twenty-four candidates contested the elections for head men in eight wards here. Elected were Mr Sim Cheew Seong. ward one. Mr. Tan Kirn Hoon. ward two: Mr Wong KetChnng ward three. Mr Khor Kirn Beoog, ward four: Mr Kuan Teik Chin, ward live.
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    Co-op houses completed
    62 4 TELUK ANSON. Sun. A $450,000 housing estate belonging to the Teluk Anson English School Teachers' Cooperative Housing Society.' will be opened by Mr. T. F. Carey, Commissioner for Co-; operative Development. Federation of Malaya, on Thursday. A garden patty will follow the opening ceremony. The estate stands
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    More will save
    24 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Malayan children's savings scheme is to be extended to vernacular schools, to bring in 50.000 more students.
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    Married in Taiping
    47 4 MR. SHIRLEY ROY WANIGASEKARA, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Don David Wanigasftkara of Ceylon, and Miss B. A Basraw ithie. ?oungest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Arnohs Appuhamy of Kuala Lumpur after their wedding at the Taiping Register office on Wednesday.
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    To talk on religion
    78 4 TWO INDIAN delegate* to the World Religions Congress which opens in Japan on April 3 are His Holiness Kivishwar Nityananda. a Tamil port and Master of Divinity (top) and Mr. Ratanrhand Hirarhand. scholar in Sanskrit (above) who arrived in Singapore yesterday on the Victoria. Mr. Hirarhand
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    Home Guard kills armed terrorist
    62 4 Home Guard kills armed terrorist KUALA LUMPUR. Sun A KAMPONG home guard, acting on information, killer) an armed Communist terrorist in the Slim River area of South Perak yesterday A patrol of the Ist. Fijians shot dead a terrorist in the Rengam district of Johore Another terrorist escaped Four armed
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    Singapore to get new promenade
    162 4 SINGAPORE is soon to have another promenade oesides the Princess Elizabeth Walk. I The City Architect. Mr. W Irving Watson. tr>id the Straits Times yesterday that the Marine Parade may be developed rapidly as a promenade Doubts about the future of a letty at the
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    Fijian wives for Johore
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— For the first time wives of Fijian soldiers will come to live in Johore. They are due to arrive in Singapore on April.
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    CUBICLE ARTIST FOR PARIS
    200 4 CUBICLE ARTIST FOR PARIS A YOUNG Singapore Chinese artist, whose home-cum-studio lies behind a Chinatown cobbler's shop, will, leave for Paris on Tuesday to further his art studies. He Is 23-year-old Kam ZinChoon, whose father is an oddjob man and mother a pavement story-book vendor In Telok Aver Street, where
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    Call to the chettiars
    91 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun A call to the chettiars to give their share to the social and political lite ot Malaya wa»s made by Dato EEC. Thuraisingham Member for education at a tea party here yesterday He <ald the chettiars had oeen conservative and backward keepina to
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    They need a clubhouse
    50 4 KUALA i L'VPUR. Sun— The club must have a clubhouse of its own. Dr C Chin, president of Kuala Lumpur Psychology Cluo. said today when he urged members to give their support for a buildinc fund Droiect Total membership of the club stands at over 400.
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    Feed the kiddies mothers told
    57 4 KUALA TRENGGANU. Sun. —"Don't send your children to school with empty stomachs the Mentri Besar. Dato Kam,aruddin bin Haji Idris, told 33 women at a civics course which opened here yesterday He also advised parents I not to take their children out of school when
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      297 4 THE SINGAPORE DIARY POLICE BAND: Public perform- SINGAPORE COUNCIL FOR p.m.; Junior Department meeting ance. Katong Park, 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 ADI LT EDI'CATIOX: Lecture 8.15 "p.m. pm. r-ourse on "Survey of Shskespeare". CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Stall meeting SINGAPORE CAMERA CLUB: R*d Cross bulldlnp. Stamford Road, 9 am; table-tennL-s 2 p.m.
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      Bullet and razor
      663 5 proand and nr 111 >>f his his picBai His Into Jen:ng nd the deb- numbered lenda on had 110. Dura; tloni I va>.:rI dis'n na famous Tom Thumb crowd than lydon 1786, •on of a Plymouth printer An Italian bookbinder rmby his lather fired his Imagination with
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      1294 5 _R^k.l L M kAI I 1 the bottom. For the next nine year.s. Haydon struggled in a mire of debts and starvation, bitterly convinced that he was an ill-used genius and the greatest painter of the a?e He finished two more vast cr.nvases. "The Judgment
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      142 5 SPivli 1 1 mif y 7r#*. #0 ##«> v.xitvi ■^^^^^■■^H^^PQ "fisjE.MC?. TPACV. BUT SIT f MQ "TRACV. I AM ONE OP "1 'AnD NUMBER FlVt IS THE ~1 THAT IS NOT WHAT L POWNIJ TUOSE UNRSPTUM4TE RCM ONE TVJATS CAUSING ALLTUE WELL. UNCLE KINCAID. j W 6H TO SEE r-*J
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    89 6 ;il H i.rrf. fill minimum) •\V PKDANT Iverj f-'V in U vain lo win 000 word p tnd Floor. 13 BatteiA Kr>. B CollccCotlons .md Cocktail Crowns makes of I (in loners. nnniK about it. At A NEW DISCOVERY in Figure < he P :\a\ at G. Ramrhand Ltd.,
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. March 22, 1954. Confidence In Sterling
    591 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. March 22, 1954. Confidence In Sterling i The greater freedom in the use of sterling in international markets announced by the Bank of England is only a -\rp towards the convertibility which the Commonwealth's aim. But it will have important practical effects on the use
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    Borneo Relents
    355 6 Some weeks ago an unfortunate Bornean villager was hauled into court and fined $300 for the heinous crime of having and using a power mill. The law says that rice must be milled by hand except when it is milled by the Government. The Government of North Borneo
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    Jungle Pests
    330 6 Johore planters are complainng. not for the first time, of the iepredations of wild game igainst which the planter and till more the smallholder are ilmost helpless. Indeed in its innual report the Johore Planters' Association puts the .mallholder and labourer first imong the sufferers. A labourer vas
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    'Problem child' of the Education Department
    1682 6  -  4 LMOST every day in the Chinese vernacular Press in Malaya there is some discussion on the topic of Chinese education, and very many interesting points are raised. If you look beyond the headlines, i'ou will see that there is an ever-recurring fear and
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      'POOL RESOURCES AND BUILD MORE HOMES'
      207 6 •OOMES for the work- i ers." if it were only true in deed as well as in intention, would gladden the heart of many a Colony worker! He could then without "le.i money" and at reasonable cost, own his little house, where his family
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      'Speed tip the assessing on estates'
      181 6 'Speed tip the assessing on estates' rnHE PRESENT process of X assessing the tax on a deceased's estate and the ultimate Issue of the Letter of Administration takes too long. Of course, the many dependants of those who have died do not know of the big task of our various
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      THOSE GAS RATES
      105 6 MANY people complain that!' in spite of normal condi- j tion.s, the bills from the City" Council keep rising without good reason. In one case the gas bills' shot up so rapidly that the consumer had to request the City Council to cut off the supply, remove
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    IT WAS NOT ANTI-LANDLORD
    161 6 AS a co-signatory with Mr. David Marshall of the memorandum on the Land Acquisition Bill I would like to quote and thereby also emphasize our appraisal and appreciation of the various estate developers. "As citizens of this city, we are natisfled that the genuine real estate
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    213 6 On the Margin The I a CINGAPORR m ambitious and must b( dv perh.ip.s tx musir i n c, anything el roundlngi i... In stuffy, soli I At iiiApr i we ilike the .St. M it sung in St And dral, excerpta I recitals and i fortnance by Coi I
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    Top-ranking terrorist 'scholar soldier' is bagged by the Gurkhas
    285 7 Top-ranking terrorist 'scholar soldier' is bagged by the Gurkhas MALA LUMPUR, Sunday NDKRLD lerrorisl has confirmed that ranking Communist executive killed b\ (iurkhas patrol near Laying Layang, lore, on Jan. 7 this year was l.oh Sau alias alias Ah Sau, a fanatical Party veteran one of the "scholar soldiers- of
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    Priests leave for Ceylon
    49 7 Priests leave for Ceylon Buddhisi pi iesi nerable K. I hrr.t. I iticivc i M I p. in iiui.i Mahindaraina ror Ceylon \\u\ irere thf Her. >t i of the Taipini pic Thcj will i l>im t four \cn.i.ihle r.in k.i Ihora is c MM tn "f the PcilHils
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    Annual dance
    9 7 R Sun Club held and )se at-
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    HOT WORK AHEAD
    76 7 VKS. it"«> hot work when you pl.iv in ili<- K.nuli>h budminl(in li.iiiipionsliips. MahiMi's Ann li o o n k o v li t to know she comes from a famil\ of champions. She is heen sliouinti a deluutel>niade (liinrsc fan to Brit.im Mary Cattle just before a
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    New way to spend leisure
    156 7 New way to spend leisure I^HK PFOI'I.K of the Rochore district of Singapore ire formini; a club for youne men. The nrst meeting of the organisers will he held on Sumlav at SI, l)e>ker Koad. All those interested may attend One of the oreinisers. Mr. A M. Kasul. >aid it
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    New union aims to take in 40,000
    63 7 New union aims to take in 40,000 KUAI.A LUMPUR Sun A NATIONAL union for all factory, mill, smelting works, workshops, sawmill. pottery works and godowu commercial workers was formed in Kuala Lumpur today. Called the National Union of Factory and Com merclal Workers, it has a potential membership of 40.000.
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    Spore dance challengers
    118 7 Four Singapore couples will compete with West Australian team tor the Orsl Aauteur Baiirooni Challenge tronhj of the Pederatlon Assin-iatlon ol Teachen ol Dancing at the Happy World Cabaret on March 31 and April 1. Three couples have alieadv been selected. They are Mr. Chung Chong: Fai
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    20 CENT COFFEE 'TOO DEAR'
    244 7 20 CENT COFFEE 'TOO DEAR' IB 20 CENTS too much to pay for a cup of coffee.' The Acting Controller of supplies. Singapore. Mr. W. W. Jenkins, thinks it Ls. "Oiven evidence." he told the Straits Times, his department could do something; about it. The question of coffee l)i ICe
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    Gaol for having scrap rubber
    31 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Ong Puan Liang was sentenced at the police court to four months' gaol for unlawful possession of 60 katis of scrap I rubber.
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    Position of Malays in transport
    143 7 LIVELY DEBATE EXPECTED KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. "THE problem of fixing a policy of preferential treatA merit for Malays in the Federation's transport ndustry is to be placed before the Legislative Council for decision. A white paper on the sublect will be laid on the table
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    HE WINS A SIX-MONTH TOUR OF U.S.
    59 7 HE WINS A SIX-MONTH TOUR OF U.S. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs n Penang. Mr. K. J. Henderson, has been awarded a Common wealth Fund fellowship. The fellowship will allow Mr. Heiider.Mm to spend between six months and one year In the I United States for study and j travel.
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    SHE FLIES IN WITH A SURPRISE
    105 7 W'hm Mrs. Norman ftyUge. wile of a cinema ■■nßlt in Australia. Hew into Singapore w>,lriil.i> I ruin S.wlncy. she h.iil .1 siirpri.se for a frirml in Sint;;i|»nrr. She I on v In the Biggest koala hear she I.hiii.l in Sydney— for Mrs Christina l.oke
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    CO-OP MOVE TO KEEP POLITICS, RELIGION OUT
    141 7 CO-OP MOVE TO KEEP POLITICS, RELIGION OUT IPOH. Sunday. THE PAN-MALAYAN COUNCIL of the Co-operative I'nion decided at its meeting here today that it must take steps to keep politics and religion out of thr movement and strengthen it It thought this could best I,« be done by naming a
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    Orchids win Banksian trophy
    284 7 Orchids win Banksian trophy PENANG. Sun. lITINNING most of the events TT in the orchids section. Mr. Ng Peng Wall was awarded the Banksian Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society for scor- 1 ing the highest number of! points at the eighth annual Penally Flower .show today Mr. Kg also
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    Moved pork: $25
    22 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Fo ii(ivin« two katLs of pork with )ut a permit Wong Yoon wa. toed $25 here.
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    MORE CYCLE PATHS FOR ROADS
    119 7 MR. W. R. If. Haxworth Singapore'a Tratiic Chtaf, yeserday said that be was not ■esponslbiP for the double path vay for bicycles and trishas klong Norfolk Road. The City Council madp it. he ;aid. Mr. Haxwortli was eommetltlr»t» on a Straits Times reader's complalol that
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    SINGER ALICE
    30 7 MISS ALICE LH, "the Nightingale of the Kast." who will sing in a variety concert at the Anglo-Chiticst- M-hool auditorium. Barker Road, on April 3. at 8.30 pin
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    OPIUM UNDER CAR SEAT
    90 7 TKMEKLOH. Sun. Mr. E. M Smallwood. Dre.sident of the West Pahang Sessions Court, yesterday sentenced Ng Kirn Teng. 42 to six months' gaol for possession of three katLs and three tahils of prepared opium. A policeman searched Kg'a car at the Karak-Mentakab gate on Nov 26
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    Athlete is gaoled for bid at extortion
    326 7 Athlete is gaoled for bid at extortion JOHORK BAHRU. Sun. I Low Kirn YPone. a local badminton and soccer wag .spntpnrpd in the Sessions Court today to 18 months' caoi for nttpmpting to extort money from Mrs. Ye.oh Hone Soo, wife ot a local doctor, by put tine her in
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    MCA GETS SET FOR POLLS
    83 7 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Sun The Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association yesterday appointed an 11-man committee to prepare for the Federal elections. This committee will bp rpsporsible for gettinc voters registered and helping Chinese to become Federal citizens or nationals. A member of thp Selangnr
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      88 7 High tides TOn«>: SintMpoie IMS am. IBi rt 8 Ins 127 1 pm. (8 ft. 7 ins p I i-,,,! imksoii t f.;t turn, i ft 1 tn.-i i r <ik i) m. ll it. i iiicin; Pen II];' m (I ft Ins I 2.10 pin TOMOKKOW: Slniritpo'f 1- >:>
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    UP-DOWN PRICES UNSETTLE TIN MARKET
    741 8 UP-DOWN PRICES UNSETTLE TIN MARKET Buyers holding off MAMJkYAN SHARK MARKET ll Witter Hy Our Market PONFUSION was the k investors on the Sins; week caught, as they wei and downward fluctuatu tin metal. Friday's jump of over $15 a picul in the price of tin at last moved tin
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    Eastern Bank report
    288 8 Eastern Bank report "Tine results of 1953 may be i- regarded as satisfactory, though trading conditions were not uniformly easy." says Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins Chairman of the Eastern Bank Ltd., in his annual report. "The adjustments which began in 1952 when the prices of agricultural commodities fell, continued throughout
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    Rubber firms to merge
    183 8 The directors o: Oriental Rubber announce that negotiations are about to be completed and a conditional agreement will shortly be entered into for amalgamation of the company with British Malay Rubber Company with effect from January l. 1954. An extra-ordinary meeting will be convened at an
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    375 8 'THE following list of business done in the Singapore j Share Market last week is reported by one firm of brokers for the period March 13 to March 19 INDUSTRIALS: Bt. Malaya Trustee Ex. Co. Ltd.. $6.75. Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords 25 3. Fraser Neave Ords $2.05 to
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    Indonesian trade taiks
    45 8 Tin: Indo mivsidii is nov lnSln»apor« rhe mission. «in,h !><■ headed by H m Ul i"> noniU Minisi,. I"-. tke Uk, «<•>■.■ von.lu.l.d Hh n Siniraporp trade wn. to j akarta ■arj The iKiss,,,, first which ha Singapore ■<■ with a«wer Us I signed >grr*i
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    27 8 MW BERENDAH l!| m COMPANY lIMM for 1953 $11:5.558 (25 2 10 dlvldi n Cost of pi of the ii; d lag 1.000 lbs year.
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    U.S. is using more natural rubber
    335 8 rOt#l/O#J##l MARKET OOTH tin and rubber w< "with price? moving mon than for many weeks past. Tin which rose by |15.124 per picul on Friday fell by $12.25 on Saturday Tin besjan the week at $350.75 per picul and finished on Saturday morning at
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    231 8 IMII-; folluuine divitlrnds were annuunred hy companies operating in .Malaya la*t week. FRASIK AM) NEAVI 1/ri): A lirst interim ilivi•U'ml ol m\ cents Mf ordinary >to«k unit. Mi I laetaae tax, Iw T**t endintT June M, I9M, ■i> able l« members on Kftotcr April 17. Books dose April
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      353 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KELANTAN GOVERNMENT No. APPLICATIONS are in Uted from suitably qualified person or fully qualified Technical Assistants who have passed the Technical College i Kuala Lumpun Diploma or Ita recognised equivalent and or «ho have passed the Second TechMral Examination now known as •lie Departmental Technical Exami: .''ion. for
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      527 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL A itions nre Invited for the followini; appointments: I (.A) Assistant Health Officer one apimintment. Candidates must hold a regLstrable quallflcatlon In medicine and should preferably hold a Diploma In Public Health or its equlvaleni or have had some experience in Public Health Work.
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    835 10 FOUR GUINEAS by Elspeth Huxley (Chatto and Windus. 215.). OOMEWHERE in the angular days between two wars, before society was being rounded-up into the Welfare Statr. I seem to remember Virginia Woolf lamenting the formidable limitations thrust upon writers by the class
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    565 10 MUCH ACCOMPLISHED— AND A PLEASURE TO READ OF IT ANNALS OF MEDICAL DETECTION by Berton Roueche (Collantx. 13/6) THE malaria, which is so much dreaded by the natives, lies dormant during the winter months, and seldom affects strangers With the heats of the tale summer this insidious ague -fever is
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    67 10 GO TELL IT ON TIIK MOUNTAIN. By James Baldwin. (Michael Joseph. 12s 6d.). A powerful and eloquent-ly-written novel of a Negro family in Harlem: sin and salvation; hatred between father and adolescent son. who is eventually converted to faith in a church cp.iled The Temple of the
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    399 10 Air Commando. By Serge Vaculik. tJarrolds. 155.) I^HE studied understatement of English war books is absent here. Serge Vaculik. a Czech with a passion for France, roars around battlefields, a gloriously natural character with an outsize in egos. When France fell he escaped to Spain; was put
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      330 10 The Straits Times Crossword 1 |2 3 T" 6~ 7*"" 8~ HZ BIOZ8 l0 Z Z Z 12 '3 20 Z^Z^Z 121I 21 Z 1 !IZZZ^! 26 ZZZ "28" W 29 t j 'pH "37" j i> !»»>>.". o. <Mi _<■_ ».i OdaO, .i.iv .>o ut.iei.ed 1. Letter-opener (4. 3i.
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    ENGLAND 332-4 AFTER LATE START
    362 11 }taji hits 135 and ComptonBlin3rd wicket stand |»()RT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sunday I H iNCELESS century by Peter May, his first Jand suite his Test debut against South Leeds in 1951, and an undefeated Si by i ompton featured Knjrlar.ds reply to the is 1
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    Campo wins in 11 rounds
    49 11 Taffj Hancock by a technical t clc\en-|i lound to :l >mplon Australian five '-ie'-entri of the >l >htp and the he Governanri Amusemeni ned nf^er tht liizv ith the 111 :r:nn head in points Mmd Ar.ri th« Hghl Campo nr.ri H »•.l c i
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    No title fight for Cockell
    21 11 xjjtU cham■■ii n from nis Euro«;:h Hem? N which :n Dortmui I Boxing I Oontre M
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    Kong win by 7-0
    22 11 I kono Bun Th» a:: XI bear Manila 7-n In ■•rpor; soccer ma' ■me Hong Kong lrci 4-0,
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    Halle bone 99 against N.Z.
    104 11 MELBOURNE Sun. The Neu Zealand cricket touru:.? were all cm for 367 or. the second day of the mater -ona here. Their lmt three sickatl added i:< morning M.i ■•Gibbon :hem m quick nme. >r.a made a good start and by •.he eloM had scored
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    SPORE T.C. WEIGHTS FOR WEDNESDAY
    448 11 W**"?* for Briradoon Ml Red Wol f II %M Rnl.ii V. "C" at B r<ali fill Troubadour 8.0.% ">dnr«l. °!I < (> r V i n rt.v r.V WCOIId Short llilirs ROH Klsh Kuda 7.10 ni\ of Ihr Singapore Gaj Co-Kd R fIT l»'f (lull
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    Technicolor ran 40 times for first win
    279 11  -  KPSOM JEEP »> hIKABI.K Technicolor ran in 40 rac^s. covering an estimated distance of .><) miles, before he scored his first win on the Malayan Turf, at Bukit Timah on Saturday, when he carried 9.0 to a stylish half-length win in the (lass
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    Allen's goal keeps Bromwich three points in front
    543 11 LONDON. Sunday. I^OCCER selectors from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales had a last look round yesterday before meeting next week to choose their teams for the remaining two World Cup Group Three qualifying games. Wales play Ireland on March 31 and three
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    FIRST TRIPLE SUCCESS FOR ENGLAND XV
    436 11 EDINBUROH. Sun. ENGLAND, superior In all departments, beat Scotland by two goals and a try <13 polnui to one try. (three points) in the Rugby Union international at Murrayfleld yesterday. Thus England gained their first i triple crown succeiw victory over I Ireland. Wales
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    I LEAGUE TABLES
    1086 11 P W D L F APM W. Bromwlch 3i 21 8 6 82 48 JO Wolves 34 3 1 S 8 80 49 47 Huddersfleld 35 16 11 8 63 46 13 Burnl«y 35 20 2 13 71 54 42 Manchester U 35 15 12 8 63
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    HAPPY TO WIN FOR MALAYS SAYS EDDIE
    632 12 Great badminton in doubles final From 808 I'IDGEON LONDON, Sunday. J^EIGNING champion Eddie Choong retained his All-England singles title at the <Empress Hall last night with a great 15-5, 15-6 victory over Don Smythe of Canada, before a capacity crowd of 9,000, and
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    Eddie's No 1 fan was ten-year old boy
    353 12 LONDON, Sun. pDDIE CHOONG is a '-'tremendously populai champion with everyone here, but with norn more so than a 10-year-old English boy. son of a tournament official. The youngster was never mor< than a couple of yards frorr Eddie whenever he was
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    TIONG BAHRU NET SEVEN TIMES
    73 12 Tione Bahru Rangers beat Tamil Brotherhood by 7-1 in a SAFA Oi\ league march played a; Farrer 3 ark yesterday Scorer? Ah Chonn I. Thian Teck 2 and Eric Vim >; sundram for losers. In the other S FA. Div. 2 socc. ie. also played
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    SOCCERITES 'A'
    49 12 Star Soccerites "A" kept thr!.inbeaten record In the SAFA Dlv. C league when they scored a 4-1 ictory over Police "tV at Police Gaining School ground yesterday. Scorers: Roberts. Han Menc Jinn, lazali Tahlr and Seah Jin Hum nr S.vcerltes: Talib for the losers. K. Mohideen rctereeci.
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    SPORTS DIARY
    83 12 ■ooca MIU'.MK (IP (semi-final re- i l»lay>: R..VS.C. "A" I M Kn. i R.A.O.C. A. Raja Knad. SAKA DIV. I: Chinese Athletic v Rrani. .1. Rrsar fttaritum. HIV. 2: S.C.C. v Corinthians. <.C.C. HIV. 3A: Tuan Monr 0.8.A. v luninr A. A.. Karrer Park; S.H.B. Police v X.M.1...
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    Signals are team of scientific hitters
    184 12 By 1 II MM r^ RRYCK f H.Q. Signal Regiment will be re- presenter; by hard-punching ooxers in the FARELF inter-unit semi-final against the Ist Battalion the King's Regiment at Tangliti Gymnasium tonight. Such crisn. Scientific punching is seldom found In so many members
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    ISLAND TITLE TO STIRLING
    241 12 Singapore champion, yesterday ,-on the championship of the Island Mub He beat Tom Pott.s two up in very keen final. Stilling won the Ist hole and 'oils the 2nd. Stirling took the ing 3rd and Potts the long 4th, to Mke it all square. The short
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    THE RESULTS
    107 12 RESULTS of «ll the finals in tin- 47th All-England badminton championships which ended on Saturday are: MEN'S SINGLES: Eddie (li i; (Malaya) beat Don Smythe (Canada) 15_5, 15 6. .MEN'S DOUBLES: Ooi Teik Hock and Onj? Poh Lim (Malaya) beat Eddie Choong: and David Chnong (Malaya) 18 16.
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    S'gor Malays rout Negri
    114 12 DUNLOP CUP KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. CELANGOR Malays beat Ne^ii Sembilan Malays 5-0 in the Southern section of the Dunlop Clip inter-state Malays badminton competition last night at the SBA hall here. Selangor Malays will BOW Beat Johore Malay-, the winners to play the northern finalists for
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    No score, but it's best game so far
    504 12 Rovers 0: ."Marines 0 THIS S.A.F.A. Senior League game between Rovers and Marines, two of the strongest club teams In Singapore, rewarded a large Sunday crowd :it Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday with the hist league football nf the season. There was no
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    J.M.F. WIN BY 2-0
    30 12 JOHORE BAriRU Bun Military Forces br:.i Uttl Hu 1-0 in a Johore Bahru FA semi-final match on the Trad School ground today. Wan Abdullah scored both
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    GOOD WINS M CEYLONESE AM THE UNIVERSITY
    368 12 By Our Cricket Reporter A rfOT-OUT 70, which Included )i roui i^ and South batsman S. I). William in Ceylon Sports Club's win by ?,<) runs ovc Cricket Club on the p^daiic yesterday. Williams domlnatod a third wickot partnership which brought the score
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    LE MERCIER 95 IN TRIAL
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    BRADDEU C.C. OUT FOR 21 RUNS
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