The Straits Times, 5 April 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY. APRIL 5, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    GARRISON HOLDS FAST
    89 1 ABOVE: Mi. ami .Mrs. John lunies-Koss, who will be hosts to the Oui-i-M and tin Duke of Edinburgh when they arrive at the Cocos Islands in the Gothic today. Popularly known as "king" and "queen" ol the islands, here they are dressed informally at their horne she
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    200 Reds left dead in fort's barbed wire
    342 1 200 Reds left dead in fort's barbed wire HANOI, Sunday. J'HK French Hijjh Command announced today that the defenders of Dien Bien Phu had beaten off the Vietminh who attacked for the first time in the south-western corner of the fortress. The Vietminh left 200 killed dangling in the barbed
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    Miss Tang was sure she'd win
    151 1 M;x- i MeH ""U. :'n lour irln- mi;iii> limes test, s;iid vrv,t sh<- was eenfling correct at ar-old Bank of rk, who is the I iug"hter of a 10, had been to win i<t iv monlh.i i rodld hardly siccp ie iring of my
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    NEW PEAK IN TIN PLATE
    63 1 THE HAGUE. Sun. World tin plate production in 1953 n ached a new peak of 5.790.000 tons, the International Tin study Group reported yesterday. Figures for 1952 and 1951 respectively 5.427.000 tons and 5.679.000 tons. US. output reached a new record in 1953 at 4.162.087
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    LOST INCA CITY SOUGHT
    46 1 I A 25Amerlca with juard- Ed by a barbarous Indian tribe (ailed the Machagongas. The castor oil and fireworks are presents for them Tile younc British explorer, Mr. Seba-stian E. Snow, plans to reach Callao in Peru in :.hout three \i-rrks Router
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    'Head' and wife found stabbed
    74 1 'Head' and wife found stabbed \,ik uonc emu sins, ncad- master of St. Andrew's Middle School. Singapore, and tils wife were admitted into the General Hospital yesterday suffering from knife wounds. Mrs. Dong Met' Sang Peony la a teacher at the St. Andrew's afternoon school. Mr. Don» was injured in
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    Police fire tear gas at Cairo rioters
    165 1 CAIRO, Sunday. I POLICE fired tear gas shells at rioting students in Cairo yesterday to smash their demonstration in support of the ailing President. General Neguib, and against Egypt's ruling Revolutionary Council. The students hurled stones at the police who fired over i
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    Golden Blowpipe runs again
    29 1 Golden Blowpipe runs again KOTA PHARU Sun. Vh<Sumpltan Emas rOoMen Biownlnel PXpretS reached Tumpat tonlfhi to re-open the Brit normal train mtvlcc to the. East BCMUt .since 1941 I
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    Rackets may spoil tour end
    110 1 LONDON. Sun RACKETEERS are preparin to cash in on the return o the Queen and the Duke o Edinburgh next month. Rey nolds News said today. "Owners of Thames Rive, craft are being offered large .sums for the chartering o. their ve.sseLs for the day.
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    Official is suspended
    77 1 Cabinet order JAKARTA. Sun. Dr. Soetiarsono. Asian section chief of the Indonesian Foreign Office has been .suspended from his post on orders of the Cabinet A report here said today that Dr. Sjedarsonos suspension was connected with the question of setting up a joint Jiipanese-Indonesian bank The
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    Less rubber used in US
    96 1 sumption of new rubber In the United States during February totalled 95.137 long ton* compared with 97,100 in January, the Rubber Manufacturers Association reported. The February total consisted of 46.613 long tons of natural rubber and 48.524 of synthetic rubber. In addition, the industry used
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    Jordan protests
    43 1 AMMAN. Sun. Jordan has lndperi two complaints with the Mixed Armistice Commission against Jewish shootings in Jordan territory -Reuter. W^nflf ftfl 'llllll'V UI IV Ull ttlFUvj LONDON. Sun. --Restoration work begins tomorrow on Westminster Abbey, for which £970.000 has been collected.
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    England tie Test series
    74 1 KINGSTON i .l.in.ii... i Sun.- England won thr fifth and final Test by nine wickets here yesterday to share the series with the West Indies. The. West Indies were all out for ..Hi in their second innings, leaving Kngland a day and 7'! minutes to score
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    Stockwell greets his successor
    271 1 THE G.O.C. PUTS ON A SONGKOK MALA M'Ml't'K. Sunday. I lEIT.-<iEN. <;. K. Bourne, the new General Officer Commanding. Malaya, arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Singapore this morning accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal F. K. W. Scherger and (ien. Bourne's ADC. Capt. W. L. Brinson of the
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    GERMANS MUST HELP—EDEN
    150 1 GERMANS MUST HELP— EDEN LONDON. Sun. V|R. Anthony Eden, tho POffClgn Secretary, said i today It wa.s Important that West Germany should contribute M scum as possible to Its defence und thai ol Wi stern Europe. In a HMOiage <m the sth anniversary or the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. He
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    YOU may be 'Miss Malaya'
    143 1 YOU may be 'Miss Malaya' DON I DELAY your entry for the Miss Malaya Quest heaut> contest which may win you a trip to America and Ihp title of Miss Universe .ntry forms are available at the Capitol. Rex and Pavilion cinemas, at the ttralta Times Office. Cecil Street the
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    The Queen and Cocos it's up to the wind
    64 1 The Queen and Cocos it's up to the wind COCOS ISLANDS, Sun. THIS must be the only place on the Royal our route where we r ;uinot be certain the Quern will ever arrive even Ilxm^h it is now only a Jew hours before she is due, writes William Fish
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    STOP PRESS
    183 1 lIMI HELD IMBODLA Mill. ll M .1 ropm I i t mil urll h lOOdia lliv.til. bj in .iii.ii da uti r lanr; here. And it would not have to be very rough. Thk mo ruin a gusty wind sv rpt over the i.slp.nd' whipping the waters of
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    Bite: Six months
    32 1 LONEM in. Sun Dennli MeBride, ''.i. was gaoled months for biting off part ol an ear of a friend who trier to help him when he was dnink Reuter
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    4 hungry starlets couldn't wait any more
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    LONDON TALKS ON STORE
    146 2 LONDON TALKS ON STORE LONDON. Sun. TALKS here on the sweepinp constitutional changes proposed for Sinpapore by the Rendel Commission will be finished very soon. The Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. ha s had a busy week with departmental chiefs at the Colonial Office. Yesterday he had his first
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    Health drive begins
    108 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Thousands of pooplc in Kuala Lumpur were told last night and today that cleanliness wa-s something of supreme importance to any country and to every man. woman and child in it. Municipal vans went into kampongs reminding people i that If they wanted to
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    Police gives a party for him
    68 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Moro than 250 officers and men of the Solangor Police Volunteer Reserve held a tea party today at the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur, to tay gooribve to Mr. W M. Macleod. second commander of the P.V.R. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Maclood.
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    Pakistan-Japan trade pact
    38 2 KARACHI, Sun— The Pakis-tan-Japan trade agreement, which expired on March 31, I has been extended until June 30 Negotiations for a trcsh trade agreement between the two countries will begin in Karachi early next month.-
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    First 8 boys leave school of building
    124 2 They had completed an intensive three-month course as bricklaying ma-sons. Thry wrrr the first batch to graduate from tho school. The boys will rejwrt to the Labour Department tomorrow. The contractors will continue to train the boys. Before they left, Mr E. Bray,
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    Written off
    38 2 LONDON. Sun Workers it a pencil factory In Ponty•lun. Glamorgan, which dU-•ni-.M-d ball iU wurkiTN n-ciul v teeaun thMi— >>f work, ii;ivr protected bfciui.M- poplla in local schools luivc b<-rn usUrn French and Swedisti pencils. Renter.
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    A MID-OCEAN PICCADILLY A WAITS QUEEN
    457 2 A MID-OCEAN PICCADILLY A WAITS QUEEN From WILLIAM FISH COCOS ISLANDS, Sunday. THF Queen probably will not know it. but during her visit here ton orrow she will pass within smiliujr distance of Piccadilly. It is a street not far from the Clunies-Koss homestead on Hom<> Island. It runs parallel
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    THIS VASE IS 600 YEARS OLD
    148 2 THIS VASE IS 600 YEARS OLD TIIKKF rare pbM of Chinese ceramic art are to he exhibited from today at Raffles Museum. Singapore, in the "Treasure of the Fortnight" exhibition series. The pieces are all Mine Celadon :<•* 1 1 1 and come from the collections of Dato S. i).
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    NO SHORTAG OF RUBBER SEEDS NOV
    47 2 NO SHORTAG OF RUBBER SEEDS NOV KUALA I Tho r rr.s A our ol banning rubber are mac The r.Mil port surplus. "Malay i operation by exel i other eountri planting and a:: The Rubber Pri si] has foMnri froi that there did not any shortas oi
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    French Indians declare freedom
    30 2 PONDICHERRY in Pondiche iared th< i ent, b: ages .so fai French Indl ration Movement As Si police force Ui »1U ered their anna mm R>
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    Weddings with difference—in ta
    15 2 Weddings with difference— in ta LONDON day in "tax reta and moi niin>; i w;
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    BOYS' TOWN LEADE! WILL TOUR MALAY
    95 2 IjWTHER Nichola.-; H Wegner. Director nf Fat:ic:- Flana■;i:is Boys- Town. Nebraska, who i.s makine a thrrr months' lecture tour of J;ipan. j 'ho Philippines and Malaya, irrivea In Singapore from Manila today. N< xt weekend ho will go to Penang for week and then
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    YOUR RADIO LISTING TODAY
    313 2 SINGAPORE 7.15 a.m. 'I inn Sr. v..; ,v Oprnti>x Announcement; ilO Mornln Mar, 7 30 Ne\ss. 8-8 30 HliWhin In The -Sun, 807 English School Bl outlets!. 1111) ElltfllMi RcbOOl Broadcast 1 p.m. riMWI Suiiiitiii: > i .ii i Monday Matinee; 130 lime ISlkii.il Htid News.
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    Western powers call for halt to hell-bomb race
    155 3 I BRITAIN WILL KNOW t \ll ABOUT H-TESTS NEW YORK, Sunday. em powers yesterday called for a meet- the United Nations Pisarmament Cornend the hydrofei bomb race with n hours of an American move to place ation on the Pacific tests at
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    23 killed in Turkish plane crash
    13 3 23 killed in Turkish plane crash 9 the V Turn mld--9 I m >
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    U.S. sends tents for flood victims
    10 3 U.S. sends tents for flood victims ith 3d up have
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    Oath, then a murder
    80 3 NAIROBI. Krnva. Sun INDREW Stephens. four- veai-o!d son of a Royal An Force officer, playing on his new tricycle outside his BOBM at Kiainhu veslerdav ».'s slashed and almost ,|ecapitated hv a KikiiMi. man was eaaghi two hours with a bloodstained _P»«n knife in his hand
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    FRANCE'S GREATEST PILOT KILLED IN JET EXPLOSION
    246 3 Sandys sees death dive |<K.lMhs greatest test pilot trashed and died vesl>..f. t f sl y )ui ns oIT the mwesl W for Defence Minister K fllP I'.Wven and British Minister of Supply Duncan Sandys. Col. ConstanUne Rozanofl crashed in hi.s Mystere fourJet
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    RIFLES USED TO STOP SPEEDERS
    120 3 VINCENNES. Indiana. April 4— The head of th«poli.r here has told his men to use niles to halt saeeaiag motorists "who ■real stop irhea they are riven ample uariiiim". I'olire Chief .lames F. ll.irlou said police had used ucapons on three siMtrssivc nighti< this meek
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    New Ambassador
    32 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. Leo Yugoslavia'! neyr Ambassador to the United States. arrived here yesterday and said he would do his best to help develop friendly relations between the two countries. A.P
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    Battle on for billions in Congress
    176 3 Battle on for billions in Congress WASHINGTON. Sun. |>RESIDENT Eisenhower's administration opens tomorrow the first round of a stlfl battle with Congress over the new 53.510 million foreign aid programme to bolster the military and economic strength of tntl-Oommunist Allies in the East and West. The worldwide aid project for
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    New expedition
    37 3 BOMBAY. Sun. A fivemember British museum expedition arrived here today on th.ir way to Nepal where they will survey flora on two Himalimn pe.tks. Dhaulagirl and Annapurna. They will be in Nepal .seven months. Reuter.
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    RAF mercy plane crash
    55 3 CAIRO. Egypt, Sun.— A Briti.sh Royal Air Force plane, being used on a mercy airlift in the Iraqi flood crisis, last night was reported long overdue on a mission. It was believed to have crashed on Friday night south of Amman, Jordan. The plane, a Valetta.
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    Hush hush trade mission sets out
    59 3 LONDON Sun.-Foi'r United States officials are to tour Western Europe this week to eet support for the new EastWest trading concessions ayreed in London last week between the United States. Biitain and France. It is a "husn hush' mission and will cover most of
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    40 die in fire trap in Pusan slum
    182 3 PUSAN. Korea. Sun. a LEAKY gas main turned A "Little Chicago", a crowded packing crate slum, into a roaring tire trap yesterday in I which 40 people were killed The dead were piled on top of one another in their terrorised search
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    Jagan held for breaking Govt. order
    90 3 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana. Sun. IJOLICE yesterday arrested I Dr. Cheddi Jagan, deposed Peoples' Progressive Party Prime Minister of British Guiana, at Mahaocon. a village about 40 mllet from here. Police equipped themselves to (Bee possible rioting when they arrested Dr J;»Ran. They brought him
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    Mines decree
    42 3 I.A PAZ. BOLIVIA. Sun The Peruvian Government ha* I issued n decree authori.sin» the Banro Mintro (Mining Bank) of Bolivia to pay remunera1 1 v prices and tncoWOM the prwtnetn «f tin. wolfram, antimony, copper, gold, asbestos and sulphur- Reuter.
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    A-SHELTERS FOR ANTWERP
    87 3 BRUSSFI.S. Sun. f lEUTENANT-General Mau- rice PUniler, Head of Belrlum'l Civil Defence, .said today that Belgium would j in building her liist atomic air raid shelter at Antwerp on June 1 and .should have it "almost ready" by next autumn. He said other .shelters al.so in the
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    PRO-JUIN CROWD ATTACKS PREMIER
    318 3 PRO-JUIN CROWD ATTACKS PREMIER PARIS. Sun. pROWDS yelling "lons live Marshal Juin;' fought to overturn a car in which the Premier, M. Joseph Laniel. left a memorial ceremony for Indo-Chinese war casual- ties here today. Crying "Resign, you swine." the crowds struggled with cordons of police as the Premier pushed
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    French troupe for Moscow
    26 3 MOSCOW. Sun— Two plane loads of performers from the Comedie Francaise landed yesterday for a two-week show in Moscow and Leningrad. r.iiniii
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    TEACHERS' SCHOOL SPEED-UP
    39 4 The people's part in Malaya's life A MODEL of a Malayan co mmunity and the part each section plays in the life of the country which t» attractincj visitors at the elections exhibition at Johore Bnhru
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    Now top priority in S'pore
    160 4 Now top priority in S'pore BriLDING of Singapore's new Teachers' Training College has been .*nade top priority. Present estimate of the cost Is $4 million. Erection of the first buildings on the 13-acre site off Grange Roaa is expected to begin as early as July. Designs for these buildings are
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    Friday note for donors
    73 4 The Singapore Blood Bank will hold an extra session from 4.30 pm. to 6 p.m. at St. Andrews Cathedral Hall on Friday. Donors unable to attend during oflice hours, are invited to call. The Blood Bank, at the end of the last week, stood at: Blood
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    Police concert
    33 4 PENANG, Sun Miss Janet Bpell BBC singer, will take part in an all-community variety concert which Penang police will stage on April 10 in aid of Lady Templer's TB Hospital Fund!
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    8,000 more began school last year
    166 4 8,000 more began school last year JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. rpHERE were 112,255 children 1 —8.000 more than in 1952— in Johore schools last year. Dato Abdul Kadir, the Mentri Besar told the Johore State Council today. New schools were built, additional stun* recruited and trained and general progress' made though
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    RISE IN JOHORE'S PADI PLANTING
    196 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. REPORTING on agriculture in Johore in 1953. thr Mfntri Bo.sar. Dato Syed Abdul Kadlr, said in the Johore Council of State today that as a result of the fall in the price of rubber, the area of p.uii planted had Increased from
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    Translation plan for Singapore
    182 4 OFFICER MAY VISIT BIRMA THE Singapore Government may send an oliicer U) Rangoon to observe translation methods adopted by the Burmese Translation Society which is producing foreign technical and scientific material In the vernacular lanuunse. Thr Public Relation* Oil. t Mr Q O. Thomson to.d tin*
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    Pilgrim hostel for Penang
    45 4 PF.NANG. Sun. A Muslim hostel to house Mecca pilgrim* from the mainland will oe ouilr In Pcnang soon. Dr K Mohamed Ariff. the chairman of the Muslim Advisory Board, said the Government was considering ways and means to helD the pilgrims
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    Badges in aid of 'Health Week'
    33 4 BATU PAHAT. Sun.— Eighty women sold badges, car posters •md cycle pennants in connection with "Health Week" on Friday in the streets and the Government offices here.
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    Transferred
    22 4 KOTA BAHRU. Sun. Inche Ali bin Haji Mohd. Sahib, As>t Controller. Immigration. Kc\antan. has left for Kuala I iimpiir on transfer
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    Scouts vote on beret
    114 4 OIMGAHMI << Stunts Association has received instructions Iroin London imperial Scout headquarters to conduct a survey on whether si-outs should be allowed to wear the beret Questionnaires are now lie in:; sent round to scout groups. Mr. L.A. Woodiord. the Chief Scout (oniinis>ioner, Singapore, told the
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    THE $ OWED TO JOHORE
    36 4 THE OWED TO JOHORE JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. \r r< ars o; revenue in lOftl wen $605,601.56. it was Hated in the Jchorc Council for B today Land rents, totalling 5533J62, formed the major part ol the
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    Dental staff
    32 4 IPOH, Sun Amon? the 53 written questions tor thr Perak State Coum-il to answer at it netting on Wednesday are nine dealing with dental Offleen and dt-ntal n the state
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    Johore tells them how to vote
    40 4 Johore tells them how to vote THE JohoTi Qovei n" »j pic mr tin lr Br >l held in the A ■>: day exhibit ■I in Johon B iv by Dat The I I T will b r api I ment
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    Big day for schools
    25 4 Chine.se school st Sln-::i;; >ongs and ference has arr v shows for student The committee ol m( n I r dren.
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    Clerks to men on claims
    17 4 The Singapore Govei *ioo temporary clerks do abc i ivernment, M .1111.
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    Money sought
    15 4 'RE BAHRI 8 Johore Council of E proved today an ap to Johore
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    Army saves cat
    6 4 An Arm cat
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      199 4 SINGAPORE DIARY psSttSS «*&klf?" csrssvs" si iSrsssL te Shrew- Oe. Tu..» K Nan, Hall. Unl- cYllNKSI V > V stuff mwf versl.y of Malaya. Ciuny Hoad. 8 M J^Uai. )f? ,n"Tn.: F 7 p.m bodybuilding 5 p m b«UC1TY COVNCn.: Public exhl:>l- mint on 8pm it Manic F<o;ul tion ol
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    Victorian artist
    1033 5 TIMES special FEATURE HE popular conception of a great artist is usually a romantic and picturesque figure— Bohemian, eccentric, struggling with neglect and poverty, and with his genius unrecognised until he is safely dead and buried. Of the notable exceptions to this rule, no artist ever reaped more
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    288 5 Ru.skin was impotent. Ru.skin refused to defend the suit. The nullity decree was granted in July. A year later Effie and Millais were married. While London society deba,ted the scanda; in hushed whispers, MillaLs was already breaking away from the PreRaphaelite rebeLs. He wis anxious to regain the favour of
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    made sure he made a fortune
    704 5 unerring sense of what the Victorian public wanted. MillaLs turned out hLs slick and lushly-sentimental pictures. "Mv First Sermon" was used as a text by the Archbishop of Canterbury. More than 600.000 color reproductions of "Cherry Ripe" had been sold by 1879. Orders poured
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    DEATH
    17 6 ;n Hnrrf. -l« m.ntmum) NO PBNO tutorial Hart of Anrirrsfin School Ipoh, on 1/4 /54 a:
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    196 6 ;n l»orrf. fill minimum) POI i>\\ PEDAN 1 Bverj nay m M '.vant to wid i i .zzle. X! SIE MARY LTD 1 a Collection of Cottons and A: '-moon Procka Just Received. [AL SALE of ready made <>n April s I '.I 1800. AGE SPACE a.. .liable very
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. April 5, 1954. Hie Colonial Task
    769 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. April 5, 1954. Hie Colonial Task A short debate in Parliament on the responsibilities of the Colonial and Commonwealth Relations Offices has brought to the front a subject which in •it weeks has attracted the ;ii tent ion of younger members of the Conservative Party
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    Whitehall and the Governor
    450 6 Whitehall and the Governor After a week with departmental heads at the Colonial Office. Singapore's Governor has had his first Rendel talks with the Secretary of State. Officials in London know of no, obstacles in the way of the constitutional proposals going through, but the decision rests, of course, wih
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    Royal Air Force builds atomic counter- punch
    1226 6  -  WESTERN EUROPE i s spending record sums of money in peacetime on air power to block Soviet aggression. If war comes. Allied strategists believe the first "blinding"' phase will be fought out between giant atomic air fleets. West European countries are hurriedly spreading
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    Man-in-the-Street
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    211 6 MAN IS TO BE BLAMED MRS Shirin Fozdar's letter on the cubicle children is quite ridiculous! Has she never heard of the Red Cross, the Social Welfare Department, and the like The responsibility for children naturally rests with the parents who brought them into the world. There are numerous hornt
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    Treated with immunity
    95 6 I HAVE been licensed to drive in this city for many years. and have also held driving licences in other cities. I have yet to find the city where the cyclists and trLsha riders are; treated with such immunity regarding riding at night without lights. Can nothing
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    'HELP THOSE WHO HAVE TO WORK'
    188 6 I SUPPORT the views of Mr. Raymond Chan regarding the London G.CE. examination. This examination replaced the London Matriculation and London H.S.C. examination. Though Malaya abolLshed the matriculation examination In 1951. no arrangements were made tor the G.CE. examination to be held In Its
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    Whistles, rumbles from radio
    133 6 Whistles, rumbles from radio ALMOST every time one tunes on the radio to either the 41. 52 or G'2 metre bands "Radio Malaya) one olttnhasto listen to themosi uninviting and most un| ■ant Interference. This can be classified as: int» rference from nearby transmitters 'the aerodrome. Ttiecoins and military) and
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    'Courtesy at least, please'
    137 6 IN reference to the letter "Seven months to correct error." Mr. Tan Keng Wah has my sympathy. I waited .six months for a refund from the City Treasurer of $37 due from the deposit at an old address When I wrote to the officer in charge
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    The other side of the question
    119 6 MR RAYMOND CHAN m .n,s to lack logic. He iv the Introduction ol thr London University Overseas Grnenl Certificate »>l Education examlnaUons (ordinary and advanced leveta) in Malaya. Om- of the reason^ Mr Cnan Kivvs is that the unsue «afui candidates in the Cambridge
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    Curt answer—then an 'ultimatum'
    180 6 Curt answer then an 'ultimatum' OAVING noticed two debits under "gas domestic" in ii'v last month's consolidated bill. I returned it immediately to the City Council for correction, presuming the double entry to be a clerical error, ii. reply, the council said the second item referred to an earlier period.
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    On the Margin
    259 6 On the Margin Jobbing lnick\v a /1 Of COURSE [do join the 1 the h Singaporeans why, l woi d< i did thing »r L q German q 1942 when th< at Batu P Professor Joad similar wrote, "was it t Drake to --he .spy iu d oil thi wrong
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    Registration for the big call-up starts at 8 a.m. today
    205 7 REGISTRATION for national Mrvkc starts today at S a.m. at the National Service Office, Singapore Volunteer Headquarters, Beach Road. And yesterday 18-year-old srhoolboy Victor Wetsaid: "II we don't. Qgh( fur ourselves who else will?" required to register today are youths
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    ROBBERS BLANKET WOMAN
    179 7 (fen broke rr* „f forl >, in Sinrta morning m Ih r l)cl a blanket m B Koh Sle* ITlng, TIM lost about id Jewellery. V ..nir; Wj nnlj trousers. themselves iken from the |V i root ill, T hf H ire m.-sli WH ,nrl forced open
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    Methodist leader on tour
    7 7 Methodist leader on tour I- ith. th<
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    An all-Malay council
    82 7 CHINESE LOSES KOTA BAHRU. Sun. A Chill lUCC< UfUlly Contested first town council election al Pa lr Mas. Kelantan, yesterday. The other it candidates wi re Malays. Following were returned: llan Paslr Ward: Hassan bin Ha;i ismaiL Mohamed bin Harun and Haji Che Muda. Li 111 a;
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    School principal retires
    44 7 KLANG. Sun. Anglo-Chi-nese School Old Boys' Associative a farewell dinner the R'V and Mrs. Abel Eklund who ar< retiring to settle in California. Tin Rev. Ekiund was formerly principal of the school. Mrs. Ekiund was the founder Methodist Girls' School, Klang.
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    GORDONS REMEMBER
    47 7 11 in by the Rev. R If. Orter. The Rev. K. Licidel. Chapbe Buttalion, the Rev. H. Yale, assistant ChaplalnOeneral, FARELF. and the Rev. GMR Bennett, deputy •ant Chaplain-General. pore district, also took vice. The Gordons leave Singapore for Britain today in the trooBmplre Fowsy.
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    Old-timer will even ride camel
    146 7 MR. TOMMY Hetherlngton. 81. a New Zealander of pioneering stock, flew into Singapore yesterday on his first trip abroad in 60 years. He plans to go around the world including a 100-mile trek into the Sahara Desert. He told the Straits Times that his son
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    MCA WANTS CITIZENS
    69 7 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Sun. A door-to-duur dr:\r to get Chin.sc to become Federal citizens is to be launched by the S'.'iangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. Chinese eligible for Federal citisenxhlp will b<- told i>f the application procedure. The Belangor mca subcommlttee appointed to take charge ol
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    Council makes $44.000 profit
    58 7 The Singapore cit y OnneiTi system ol requiring depo.Mt from consumers ol electricity. water and gas has given it profit ol over $44. (t00. in spite of bad debt.v Fur the three years 1950 to Sept. 30. 195:*. bad debts came to nearly $:54.550. Against this
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    Villagers may get farm land
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Oovi rnment plans to acquire 2:::< acres of alienated land near Kulai New Village for i the people to plant vegetables. A scheme U) Supply water ill Kulai is also under study.
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    Council visitors
    40 7 .lOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mr. D. P. Rees. Administrative Officer at Segamat, and members of the Segamat Town Council were In the visitors gallery of the council chamber today listening to the proceed- 1 Ings Ol the Johore Council.
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    Costly silence
    43 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. —I Chua Tiont; Thye was today fined $S0 in the Polire Court for not declaring to the Cos- toms the 296 boxes of toy pistol caps he was taking into Johore from Singapore The duty payable was $5.
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    Shows by teachers
    28 7 KOTA BAIIEU. Sun. Tie Kelantan Malay Teachers' Association put on two variety concerts at Blarttv Park during the week-end in aid of the Lstiociatlon's funds.
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    BOY SAVES A FRIEND
    108 7 'Poor swimmer 12-year-old schoolboy, 'teo Teck Chew, was saved irom the sea >n Marine l'arade. Singapore, yesterday. Teo. who lives in Joo Uhlat Road, went swimming witn two friends. Ah Kirn and Ah ■tOf. He is I yoor swimmei. He stt-pped into deep water and went
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    $60 FOR SPRAY OF ORCHIDS
    88 7 rphe Singapore flower j show at the Happy World curled la.-t ni'ht with :i sale of orchids lrom Brl--1 tain I Thrrr was kcci> b.ddn the auction, conducted by Mr. Max LewU, one of the organisers. The highest price was $60 for 1 spray of
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    47 fly from Sydney at cut rates
    152 7 T-lIK first Constellation of the new Qantas-BOAC tourist service arrived in Singapore from Sydney yesterday with 47 passengers. They paid 20 per cent less than the normal fares. The tourist aircraft can carry 60 passengers —22 more than the normal services. They v.i.l
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    Penghulu cleared of corruption
    79 7 Penghulu cleared of corruption KUAI.A LUMPUR, Sun. The Penghulu of Petuling. K.n.i Shamsuaah bin Ruja Bhatan wai yesterday cleared by Mr K. R WhtHMlcr, President ul the sessions court here on a corruption charge. Raja Shamsu.sah was ekstffed .with corruptly accepting $50 lrom Ayoub bin Bail Ahmad to .show Ayoub
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    Flying club officials
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Kuala Lumpur Flying Club elected the following officials at it.s annual meeting last night: President. Mr. T Mailing; vice-president, Mr. T.A.L C'oncannon; captain, Mr. AG. Hunt, vice-captain. Mr. U.S. Field; committee. afesMl Chooni L'hoon Fatt. llei tor TalaUa, w. Mellng; member representing non-living member.
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    VILLAGE TOLD: GROW UP SOME MORE
    70 7 VILLAGE TOLD: GROW UP SOME MORE KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.- -Sir Donald MacGillivray, the Federation's Deputy High Commissioner, told villagers of Mfcchap Bahru, 16 miles frota Malacca town, to .show their fitness to ioin the settlement's "white* 1 area. He said the village had gFSWn up since Bss last visit two
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    NewG.O.C.in K. Lumpur
    117 7 "A great hand of friendship j is being put out to the services by civilians. Asians will accept the hand from the services so long as It is not given with a patronising air. 'We must come through on 5 level-pegging terms. Nobody wants patronage." General and
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    Red gives up, another dies
    61 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A platoon of the Second Battalion, Malay Regiment, yes- v terday killed a Chinese torro- S rist in the Slim River district of South Perak. A serenade I') detonator and fuse were found. A terrorist, Chan Lap. sur- < rendered to a
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    S'pore officers to study abroad
    142 7 Singapore City Council officers will shortly ro to Canada. Britain and Australia or New Zeaiand for technical studies, mainly under the Colombo Plan. Mr B. B. Carlos, Assistant Kirnicti (Sewerage), na.s reerlved an award irom the Onvt rnment ot Canada to ■tudv ■eweran rntlnrrrlin m
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    Surcharge given back to Sultan
    43 7 JOMOKK HAHKU. Sun. The Sultan of Joliores properties w>re wrongly asaewed by the Jottore Bahni Town n i v.i lor the period ItM la IM3. The Johore council of State today approved refund to Ihe Sultan of $11,743.
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    BRITAIN IS URGED: DEVELOP RUBBER. NOT SYNTHETICS
    213 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. I>RITAIN should ronsider subsidising 'libber rr- search and development in Malaya instead of synthetic plants in Britain. Mr. Tec Teh vire-presid-ent of the Federation Rubber Trades Association, said today. The Bri'ish Government COUld not entertain demand-. for subsidising synthetic plants
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    MORE PAY, SAY TAMIL TEACHERS
    97 7 TWELVE Tamil school rnmterday rloririod at a meeting n rciy.ir Gkjvernmeni to li scale of -ill trained teachers In Sincapor,-> Tamil schools. Thr- they -salri. thr teach Tamil school* "on par with T imll tt achen in Ensli- h sell The meeting requested Ooren meni
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    Reward for rescuer
    75 7 Reward for rescuer PORT SWETTENHAM. Sun -Mohd Said bin Hamid. 2fi. I railway employee, who saved a dock worker. Loo Choon Foo. from drowniim week ago. was rewarded with $63 by Loo's colleagues yesterday. Said was doing repairs al the wharf when he saw I. fall into the sea from
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    Talk on Temple of Angkor
    77 7 Mr M n r Stewart. lor in thf Commissioner fiUce will talk on "Reflections n n Angkor." tomorrow I British Council Ti e talk poi sored by th~ Singapore branch ol the Mnlaan Historical Society, will bruin at 3 ">o pm It will be lllusf
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      174 7 The weather MIM.MIM lIMPir.MI XI (7.30 p in. on A'>v 3 tv 7 M I M Apr 4 1 sinfct.i|>ore 7ti iCSjrWB. PBSMi 7.i. Koi. i Ilnliiii 73. Kuala l.uiiipur 75, lpoh 75. Kii.iir.ui TO MAXIMI M TUVIFKKATIKi:: 73D :i in. tu 73d pm. (in Apr -I > SiiiKupore 89.
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    Rubber jumps-but investor still hold on
    690 8 Rubber jumps-but investor still hold on MALAYAN SHAKE MARKET REVIEW ARE HIGHER By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT T OBODY could complain about Malayan markets 11 generally a st week with the price of rubber soaring, tin quietly buoyant and the Sin«ap»rt' Share Market still active on Saturday morning. Sentiment everywhere was
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    441 8 AISTKAI, AMALGAMATED TIN LIMITED: Under date 26th March directors iniorujed shareholders that they would not be receiving a dividend tor the first half of 1954 and it is doubtful whether any can be paid during 1954. The Ulu Yam dredge, now reconstructed, is operating profitably also No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    45 8 The Malayan Exrhancr Bun's. Association made the follo«ineMSMi In Its rates to merchants on Saturday Canada: buying. TT. 32 MM airmail. O.D. 32 7 16. 90 in 32 11 lfi credit bills. 32 3 4 Ml Mils; spllliik TT. or OP. 32 r*a<l\
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    DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED
    53 8 The following dividend Mas announced in .Malaya last week. Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd., Non-Cumu-lative Preference Stork: A balance dividend of 3'2 r i less income tax. for Ml ending March 31. 1054 payable on May 12 to members on register April 22. Register tlosrs April 22-28 for preparation
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    399 8 I^h f ?r 1O M I Vt S i f bUSin SS dOtle ta tht ■toWPW Sharp Market last work is reported by one Him of brokers for the period March 27 to April 2 INDUSTRIALS:- Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords 24 10' 2 and 24 9. Fraser Neave
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    RENONG TIN
    22 8 i The R*nons Tin Dredging I Co. Ltd. produced 1.838 piculs of ore in March, it is an- i nounced.
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    83 8 MIAN la B,;, TATIONS I i cided i<> n < <<" ut^ I im.i, prapertj rvbker Ii i>v the i < ii.iirrn.,,l cision iva* the land in |v,. iitr coconuts i ber, and a. lias .1 lai r rabbet throu invpstmenls i seen s ,i ((ll( h to si.ri.Kl
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    Cement Prices drops
    35 8 Cement Prices drops T... Luntpui I Ltd. start lor 19 Producti< live months The I Of th $2,480,708 I The (all In I the repori a competition whi pave to The ants In spec Dlani
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    Steady week?; for tin
    73 8 ¥>l BRER has been makmu I past week anci on Saturday reached 60i cents for April ftrsi price for four months. The price fell to 59,' cents a* the close on Saturday because profit takers came out in force to tak" Mlmilni of the situation and
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    Britain guards her quality reputation
    295 8 Britain guards her quality reputation THE President of Britain's 1 Board of Tradr. the Rt. Hon. Peter Thorn. croft, has issued a m age on the British Industries Fair, which will bt held in London and Birmingham from May \i to Ma\ 4. In his mittmtt Mi enfl I iv.<.
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    Rice the problem of nutritional value
    753 10  -  Allingion Kennard by- RICE: TROPICAL AGRICULTURE SERIES. By D. H. Crist- (Longmans, Creen, 355.) /CONSIDERING the respectable age of wet-rice cultivation, the diversity of variety and the immense geoßra- phical spread of the padifleld. it is remarkable how little the scientist really knows about
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    209 10  -  H« him lit Koiistatti II T WHEN I was playing in a match thr other day this quite ordinary deal cropped up. East -West were vulnerable with East the dealer. In Room One. Adam Meredith held the East cards and opened the bidding with One Spade North-South passed j
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    A shrewd observer behind the 'Curtain'
    334 10 By NICHOLAS CARROLL CLOSE CONTACT. By Brigadier C. H. Dewhurst, (Allen Lnwin. 12s. DRIGADIER DEWHURSTS name became almost legendary in Berlin D duriim his two years as Head of the British Military Mission to the Soviet Zone— "Brixmis." as it is called. This unorthodox
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    62 10 The Returning Waters. By Douglas Hewitt. tHeinemann. 10s. 6d. i A lively drama, its central figure a museum official, over-educated, paralysed by self-consciousness and inevitably unfortunate in his relations, such as they are, with the opposite .sex. Around this far from dynamic figure Mr. Hewitt sketches some acceptably
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    572 10 r» Remarkable Young Man. By Cecil Roberts. (Hodder Stoughton. 12s. 6d.i The remarkable young man of the title is Joseph Severn, the portrait painter, who nursed Keats till liis death, after which Severn was launched in Roman society by th«> Countess of Westmorland,
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      280 10 The Straits Times Crossword 9 Z Z Z Z Z|Z Z v is |H le \i 19 20 22 25 2* 25 27 "S"" ifc At BUSS 13. Braidea leuiher thon^ (t). 1. Dust a tie pin lanag.) (11). 15. DLsturbed by a foreign coin IX 1. Twins perhaps? (S,
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    ENGLAND'S NINE- WICKET WIN SHARES TEST SERIES
    536 11 KINGSTON, Sunday. J£N(JLANI) beat the West Indies by nine wickets with a day to spare in th-» fifth and final cricket Test here yesterday to share the series. West Indies were all out .*>!(> in their second innings, leaving Kngland to score 72
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    259 11 LONDON. Sun. Xl OB* UNION NMtlto: representative match: British A:my 1!T Freiuh Army 0 (played »l Twlcken- County Championship final: Lan- t> Midult.sex 2* < played at Blumlellsaudsi. Club matches: BlaikheaUi 8 United Sen ices Mioulh 3; Guys Hospital 0 Richmond 18. London Scottish b Saracens 3
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    Bromwich on top only on average
    339 11 LONDON. Sunday. \l Hill England and Scotland battled for international honours in Glasgow, chief interest in the League programme yesterday was focussed on the vital championship clash between West Bromwich and Wolves. We.st Bromwich. hit by International calls and injuries, went down at home
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    Choongs meet in singles final
    68 11 BALTIMORE. Sun IT will be an all-Malayan plavufl in the men s singles final of the Maryland International InvittUion Batlintn •>n tuiunament between ai l)a\id ChMMB, Bddlt, mo-nised as the world champion haninHlt'Wl player, defeated India*! No. 2 player T. N. Seth. 15-3. l.'-:< to
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    303 11 4 AUSSIES HELPED IN OXFORD WIN LONDON. Sun. riMIE lightrr Oxford crew swept to ii -H lengths victory over Cambridge in the 100 th University boat racf from Putney to Mortlake yesterday. Oxford, who won thp toss j ;iii(i chose the Surrey side. eaftnt the tortuous River Thames Comae of
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    293 11 Aslon AC. and Haikowyu plaj»<i !o s. oreless draw in a SAFA Dlv. 2 match at FarrtT Park yesterday most the last kick of i the match. England's scorers were Broadie (14 mm.), Nic hulls (50 mm.). Allen (67 mm.) and Mullen (82 mm.) It was England's fifth
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    93 11 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut. Sun -Kurd Konno o! Ohio Stale UniNnttJ broke the world 400 mttres tn-e-slyle MrtMßaM record here .asi '.a;!:: in v :ii!.n.. the American indoor 4(10 yarc.s title. Konno passed the 400 metr's mark In 4min 2b 7-ec comparfd with the official
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