The Straits Times, 11 February 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times. Mat**?* Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, FKI AY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955 15 CENTS
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    500 PLANES for MALAYA
    239 1 They 'II plug Asian defence gap SEATO APPROVAL ALL THAT'S NEEDED NOW WASHINGTON, Thursday. )RE will be the central base for a comnrish Australian-New Zealand air ing 500 planes under a SEATO defence plan announced today. i,K in Singapore and the Federation will v (I to
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    ONE FALLS—4 MORE FALL
    443 1 ONE FALLS— 4 MORE FALL Death No. 17 at Pickering Street sets off series of accidents A MAN fell to his death from the nine-storey Singa- pore Improvement Trust flats in Tpper Pickering Street at 6.20 a.m. yesterday and started a series of serious accidents involving falls. Four other cases
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    Shackles away
    10 1 Prisoners i were un•wlng the 1 decision Reut-r
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    4 Canberras due today
    99 1 4 Canberras due today I in K CANBERRA jet bomb its are due in Singapore today from Britain. Their arrival will prove Britain's air intentions in the Far East, the Permanent I'nder-Secretary of State for Air. Sir James Barnes, said when he arrived at Kalian* Airport yesterday. He added that
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    Lock icon Mohammed Ali may visit Sudan
    39 1 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Mohammed All, Pakistan's Prime Minister, plans to pay a short visit to the Sudan In March. The visit would be the first by a Pakistan Prime Minister to the Sudan.— Reuter.
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    Get your copy TODAY
    85 1 Get your copy TODAY THE Ma layan Monthly's $20,000 Must-Be-Won ConE3 test closes a wetk 55 from today. If you have not al~"z ready obtained your entry coupon, do so NOW by buying a EE copy of Malaya's leading pictorial monthly. Entries for Contest "C close on Friday. H Feb.
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    Lock icon BABY No. 2 IN TWO MONTHS
    78 1 j DELAWARE, Ohio, Thurs. MRS. BERNARD SCHNEES is going to become a mother lor the second time within I two months. The m medical case was reported here yesterday by Mrs. Schnees and her family physician, Dr. James G. Parker Mrs. Schnees, 35, gave
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    Death easier...
    37 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. Walton Hall Smith, aged 57. former Hollywood writer and novelist, yesterday shot himI self rather than face a canj cer operation which would have left him speechless, the 'police said.— A. P.
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    Lock icon IT'S ALL OVER
    164 1 Buildings blown up as Tachens evacuation is completed TAIPEH, Thursday. T ARGE columns of black smoke rose above the Tachens today as the total evacuation of the islands was completed. Explosions echoed across the sea as demolition squads de.stroyed all buildings likely to be of use to
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    Lock icon A Prince's plan
    28 1 THE HAGUE, Thurs.— Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands will leave for the United States on Sunday to plan an international conference on world problem*..— Reuter.
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    Now the rich men
    424 1 MILLIONAIRES AND NEAR MILLIONAIRES form a party COME of the richest and most influential members of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce have formed a new political party called the Democratic Party. It will contest the Legislative Assembly elections in April and the City and Island
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    MAUDRENE YAP WEDS IN BRITAIN
    87 1 MISS M\l I»Ki.M YAP and Mr. Kenneth Bedell (above), whom she met in Singapore, were married at St. Julian's Methodist Church, Newport, Monn.outhshire. last Saturday. The bride's father, Mr. Yap Pheng Occk, a Singapore Legislative Councillor, flrw to Britain for the wedding. Miss Yap met
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    Talks with Bulganin?
    61 1 La ter Church ill LONDON, Thurs— Sir Winston Churchill reaffirmed today that his policy was to .seek a four-power conference which would include Russia "at a time when it seems likely to yield genuine results." He was answering Labour queries in the House of Commons about whether
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    Lock icon PFLIMLIN
    53 1 ...he may be France's new Premier PARIS. Thurs. President Rene Coty today called on Popular Republican Pierre Pflimlhi (pronounced FleemHkA) to try to form Trance's 21.-t post-liberation government. Conservative Deputy Antoine Pinay today told the President he could not form a government after four days of abortive consultations with
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    Party sacks its 'rebel'
    75 1 The Singapore Progressive Party has expelled its "rebel", Mr Slni Bene Seng, one of Its members on the City Council, for conduct prejudicial to the interest; of the Party. Mr Sim had ignored a Party agreement not to make any changes in the standing committee of
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    Enlightening...
    38 1 CRANFORD. England. Thurs Cranford's Chief of Police put a guard yesterday over the lights in a new highway tunnel here. Neighbourhood children had discovered that the clobes were lust the right size for space helmets. A P.
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    2 die in crash
    36 1 BATU PAHAT, Thurs— Two motor cyclists, a Malay and a Chinese, were killed when they collided head-on in Senggarang Road last nlßht. The Malay had a pillion rider who was slightly hurt
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    Lock icon Death costs doctor $21,500
    122 1 Death costs doctor $21,500 LONDON. Thursday. A HIGH Court here yesterday ordered a woman doctor to pay damages for the death of a woman patient. It awarded the husband £2.500 $21.500 1 for her loss as a wife but rejected his claim for her loss to his career Justice Sir
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    Lock icon To gambling: £550 million
    54 1 LONDON. Thurs. Britons spent £550 million on all forms of gambling last year £52 million less than in 1953 the Church's Committee on Gambling reported last night Gambling on horses and greyhounds was down on the previous year, but football pool betting rose from £70 million
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    Lock icon We STILL hold H-bomb lead, says U.S.
    123 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. American officials exoressed confidence today that if Russia had ever held any advantage over the United States In hydrogen bomb development, it had since been overcome Atomic experts, commenting on claims made on Tuesday I by the Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr.
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    Lock icon Soviet A-car
    27 1 BERLIN. Thurs An East German newspaper said today that the Soviet Union is developing an atomic car that can drive for weeks without refeulling —UP
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    Lock icon New trade pact
    30 1 BUENOS AIRES Thurs. Argentina ha* delivered the final draft of a new trade treaty with Britain. Mr Keith Unwin, British Commercial Minister, said here last night. Reuter
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    Lock icon Swedes say yes
    18 1 STOCKHOLM. Thurs Sweden's Parliament has accepted an invitation to send a delegation to Russia.— AP.
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    BOY OF 5 HOLDS THE CLUE
    149 1 BOY OF 5 HOLDS THE CLUE Riddle of death in bathroom A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy hold.s one of the main clues in the death of the 45-year-old amah, Sheo Ting who police believe, was murdered on Tuesday Sheo Ting, employed by a Lt -Colonel of the Royal A/my Medical Corps, at
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    Lock icon Indian Socialist Govt. quits
    19 1 TKIVANDRUM. South India. Thurs— lndia's only Socialist State Government, in TraV3ncore. Cochin, resigned today. Reuter.
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    14 held in predawn swoops
    125 1 14 held in predawn swoops KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. LXSURTEEN Chinese, six ol them students and two school-teachers, -were arrested by Spei*ial Branch officers in Selangor yesterday In nre-dawn raids at houses in Kuala Lumpur, Klang nnd Banting. Books and pamphlets were found in the houses, a Special Branch .spokesman said
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    67 1 MOSCOW 4TTACU OMMOWBALTI LONDON llnirs M,, row R «du> vaid tmiKlH that i oinmiiiiKiii. ixMirrl ?ftrr rtccil < MnMßwealih Prinip Minister-"' frtin mi I oiulon slimier! Rnl.iin and i rrt.iin nthrr (omit nrx" mti-ndrfl |s kmii I'nitfMl Stairs in "pollrv nf iinrfrrnuiimc pr;«<-r ami i ill Itv nf
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    HE STAYED DEAD THIS TIME
    83 1 EL MONTE, California. Thurs Mr. Harry Appcrson was in a hearse enroute to a mortuary last Sept. 1 when he revived and persuaded the driver to take him to a hospital. A chronic sufferer from .1 heart condition, Mr. Jones had I been pronounced dead
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    Lock icon 28 H-bombs can cripple U.S.
    402 2 AN ATOMIC SCIENTIST SAYS THAT ONE SUPER MISSILE WILL KILL EVERYONE WITHIN 10,000 SQUARE MILES CHICAGO, Thurs. TWENTY EIGHT hydrogen bombs dropped on the northeastern United States would atomise an area normally occupied by 50,000.000 people and containing more than two-thirds of United I States
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    THE SOLDIER AND THE CANE
    193 2 THE SOLDIER AND THE CANE Stop flogging orders by colony courts, M.P. urges Govt. LONDON, Thursday. rpHE GOVERNMENT promised in the House of Com- mons last night to look into the differences between colonial civil law and military law on the question of flogging. This arose out of a motion
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    Lock icon DIVORCE FOR HEIR OF EARL RUSSELL
    79 2 DIVORCE FOR HEIR OF EARL RUSSELL CAERNARVON. Thurs. Viscount Amberley. heir to Earl Russell Bertrand Russell, the philosopher, was in Wales yesterday granted a decree nisi because of the adultery of hLs wife, Susan, daughter ol the late Vachel Lindsay, the American poet. The decree becomes valid in six weeks.
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    Mao comes out
    28 2 LONDON. Thurs. Mao Tsetung last night made one of his rare public appearances at a memorial service to an old associate. Chan Lan. A P
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    THE STILL SMALL VOICE
    83 2 LONDON, Thurs. A wou'.d- I be robber who was betrayed by his conscience was sentenced to 18 months' jail. Frank Grundy 23. admitted hitting George Thompson. 64. a second hand dealer, with a pistol. But instead of snatch- ing Thompson's money Grundy went next door to
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    Lock icon RED CHINA APES RUSSIA
    120 2 New service rules HONG KONG. Thurs. \fAO TSE-TUNG, head of Communist China has signed new conscription regulations for officers modelled on those of the Soviet Union, the New China News Agency reported today The regulations lay down the sources from which officers will be drawn, the
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    Lock icon Bandit victim leaves £809
    45 2 LONDON. Thurs— Mr Tony Wingfield Hunt, of Glendale Estate Bahau, Neari Sembilan, who tit killed by bandits last October, left estate in England valued at £809, it was announc- i ed today Mr Hunt was assistant manaeer of the estate —Reuter.
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    Lock icon One big union
    34 2 MIAMI, Thurs. Negotiating committees for the American Federation of Labour and the Congress of Industrial Organisation yesterday agreed to merce their rival labour union grocpa into a single powerful federation.— A.P.
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    Lock icon 'CAN'T SWIM' GOLDFISH DOES FINE IN LIFEBELT
    114 2 'CAN'T SWIM' GOLDFISH DOES FINE IN LIFEBELT NEWCASTLE ON TYN K Thurs. Seven year old lan Miller reported today that his pet (joldflsh Peter. who cannot swim, is (cettinc around nicely In a lifebelt. Peter flipped out of his bowl recently in a burst of hicn spirits and damaeed his
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    Lock icon Chiang men learn American technique
    33 2 NATIONALIST CHINESE troops crawl under barbed wire during training somewhere in Formosa, instructed by I'nited States officers. The training is similar to that given American infantrymen. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon YOU CAN ROLL UP THE MAP—PEER
    274 2 YOU CAN ROLL UP THE MAP— PEER If Malaya goes Communist LONDON. Thursday. f ORD OGMORE. the Labour peer, declared here yes*J terday that if Malaya Roes Communist, -you roll up the map of South-East Asia and the Far East, because you will not want it again in our lifetime."
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    Lock icon Danny helps the children
    58 2 NEW YORK, Thurs. The world premiere of "Assignment children." Dannv Kaye's 20-minute colour film of the activities of the United Nations Children's Fund in Asia, was held at the UJX. headquarters today. The U.N. Secretary-General and Mr. Balachandra of India, chairman of the fund board, sent
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    Lock icon Distress call
    33 2 HALIFAX. Thurs.— The Nova Scotia marine radio reported last night it had received a distress signal from the 7,232-ton Greek freighter Dlrphys. which said Its propellers had been swept away. -A.P.
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    Lock icon Indonesia waits
    23 2 JAKARTA. Thurs. The Indonesian Government intends to postpone negotiations on Japanese war reparations until after the general elections in Japan. UP.
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    Lock icon Judge dies, 58
    26 2 BOMBAY. Thurs. Justice Ganpat Sakha ram Rajrdhyrisha, 58. who presided over the Indian Press Commission, died trom a heart attack this morning. Reuter.
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    Lock icon It was touch and go for lovely June
    82 2 JI'NE THOKBI N (above), will act in "Tituch and t»o." her 11th film in five years. It was touch and S<» for June, originally chosen to play tii<- screen daughter o( Jack Hawkins in th> Michael K.ili mi |..iliiiu Studios pic ture-
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    Lock icon Fighters crash
    28 2 ST. JOHNS Thurs Two L'nitrd States Air Force F-9o Starfni jet fighters crashed \esterclav near Goo.se Bay. Labrador, and the four crew I were killed AP
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    Lock icon Churchill fund is closing
    45 2 LONDON, Thurs The Sir Winston Churchill Presentation Fund, set up to commemorate the Primp Ministers 80th birthday last November, will close on Feb. 28 Ai: interim cheque for £150,--OPO us handed to Sir Winston on hi.s birthday on Nov 30. Renter.
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    Lock icon Farouk (I won't pay) sued by Dior
    187 2 Farouk (I won 't pay) sued by Dior PARIS. Thurs. Lawyers representing former Kin* Farouk of Egypt and fashion magnate Christian Dior will clash in court today over 11 evening dresses they claim Farouk bought for his exQueen Narriman. At the same time, the court will hear another suit brought
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    MAN TAKES TWO MYSTERIES TO HIS GRAVE
    437 2 MAN TAKES TWO MYSTERIES TO HIS GRAVE In hospital. ..out. ..and in r,,,, tyilKN RAM SAGAR X.XI. a labourer, died he left behind two mysteries, neithi has been solved. MYSTERY No. 1: Who or what h Road on the night of Oct. 16, and br< MYSTERY No. 2: What led
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    The same folk
    10 2 BANGKOK Siamev though Kind ol Phao Sriyanon
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    Pacts approved
    22 2 hONN. Thurs —The economic rommittep of the Bundestag iMt iiisht approved the PariS treatlM to rearm West Gernian.i A P
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    She waits a year on ranch for love
    133 2 She waits a year on ranch for love KKKItVII.iI A rum fl from 1n.,,1.. in* on a ranch Texas sailor h will «oo and win a bride. The sailor I met Maaretn Arundii >„ If ivc at Portsmoull land, last jreai i was jj.iiiu to days, h, (1,,, time to
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    MURDER BID ON A PREMIER —BY POST
    34 2 MURDER BID ON A PREMIER —BY POST SAARBRt Thurs. Tin- Saai an un. v the Saar P: A stab parcel del home had "would inflicti:. person open.:. The police inqui: been >et un. H
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    Bing is better
    20 2 SAN; A MOM' B.r._: Crosl an operation J movaj o: to leavi here to norm complete r^
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    Refugees arrive
    12 2 NEW YORK Seventy-* hr>homes in the I arrived b\ yesterd;*
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    DOCTORS TELL of NEW T.B. WONDER DRUG
    70 2 WASHINGTCA NEW anti-biotic drug called A moved all traces of tubrrciilo ber of test patients, three doctors at a Government conference on tui» Tin K i Dr i B i ;Tn n potential tested. itppressivi the condll suffering fn ary tubei Of the
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    Welcome, stranger
    50 2 BANGKOK, Thur> Blame** newspapers have reported Bangkok s prostitutes are preparing to welcome the ISO members of delegations to t!ie SEATO conference which opens on Feb. 23. The newspaper Chao Thai tiuoted one brothel owner as boasting: "A number of my eiru can speak English a!recd\ A. P.
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    Siam's show
    11 2 KOK will exhibit the ik I In Tokyo froo
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    Lock icon IKE MAY CALL HIS OLD PAL ZHUKOV
    317 3 IKE MAY CALL HIS OLD PAL ZHUKOV loviet Defence Minister is I can do business with 9 WASHINGTON, Thursday. KM EISENHOWER yesterday recalled asant relations with Marshal (ieorgi now Soviet Detente Minister, during i r 11, nnd held open the possibility that unite him to visit the Tnited States. raised
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    India asked to study effects of H-bomb
    165 3 India asked to study effects of H-bomb LONDON, Thurv I ORD RI SSELL (BrrtRumM) —i» las) iiiiit't I"' la( a-'k' 1 Mi Nehru, India's Prime Minister, to appoint a ..ii to invistiit< in- pffecti "f the bomb :iiid siih- ii i; tn. Hndingi fen thiworld private meeting »f military (iroup
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    Dog lives again
    17 3 Thurs. Radio reported that a had restored that had been id' for 30 mm
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    Italian shake
    15 3 A .-t ions damaged builured :i number V in Monte I r P
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    Lock icon Avalanches bar resort
    51 3 PARIS. Thurs— About 3.000 people In the Val d' Iserr winter .sports centre in the French Alps were cut off today by avalanches which cut roads, railways and electricity. The situation was critical in the Savoy region. Rivers all over the country were .swollen by heavy rains.
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    Lock icon Congratulations
    26 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. The Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai. today sent a message of meetings to Marshal Bulganin on his appointment as Soviet Premier.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Canada visit
    20 3 OTTAWA. Thurs.— President Paul Eusene Masboire of Haiti and his party arrived here for ;t six-day visit. UP.
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    Lock icon TAX MEN FACE A SHOTGUN
    83 3 Cornwall, Thurs. Mill. 58, a car I rolling his gar- i with a shotincome tax om- to collect £2,000 Court says no debt. Mr. Hill tin hired yesterday: "All we have left is our home and 1 1 will -see the income tax people don't
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    Lock icon First go up, then turn the engine
    106 3 AT NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK, the BHI Aircraft Corporation showed a jetpowered vertical take-off and landing aircraft powered by two Jet engines iinuiiiii ii on an axle each side of the body. The engines can be turned from a vertical position for take-offs
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    Lock icon FRIENDLY VISIT
    200 3 Princess Margaret spends the day with two childhood companions BRIDGETOWN. Barbados. Thursday. PRINCESS MARGARET today interrupts her tour of r the West Indies for a visit to two of her childhood friends. i She will spend most of the day with Michael and Jerem> Tree, sons of Mr.
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    Talk in our parliament, says Russia
    114 3 LONDON. Thurs. ri I new Kremlin regime suggested last night that the lawmakers of the countries of the world make personal appearances and even speeches in each other's parliaments as a way of easing international tension. A declaration adopted by the Supreme Soviet put
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    21 3 PARIS, Thurs. Yugoslavia handed over a document ratifyine the convention setting up a European organisation for atomic research. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ike will still cut forces
    57 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Eisenhower sees no reason to abandon plans to reduce the numerical strength of the armed forces following the switch in power in Russia. Mr. Charles Wilson, the Secretary of Defence, told reporters of the Presidents view. It is planned to reduce the
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    Lock icon £27,000 win for couple
    43 3 LONDON. Thurs— A couple, who have been married for more than 50 years, found prosperity yesterday— thank-s to some good football forecasting. William E Tull. 81-year-old Londoner, won £27.000 on a football pools coupon. His wife Ls 82.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Madam Chiang
    28 3 TAIPEH. Thurs. Madam Chiang Kai-shek has taken personal charge of more than 100 war orphans who returned here from the Tachens in US warships yesterday— UP.
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    Lock icon DIDN'T SALUTE: 2 JAILED
    100 3 FORT WORTH, Thurs. A| Carswell Air Force Base airman yesterday was sentenced to five years' jail by a General Court Martial for refusing to] salute an officer. Don L. Tidwell, 21. Hot Springs Arkansas, was found ciiilty and plven the prison term plus a dishonourable discharge
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    Lock icon 'WAR MORE LIKELY' WARNING IGNORED
    190 3 'WAR MORE LIKELY' WARNING IGNORED WASHINGTON. Thurs. 'THE U.S. Senate last night approved the treaty with Chiang Kaishek committing the U.S. to defend Formosa and the Pescadores, despite a warning by Senator Wayne Morse that it made war more likely. The vote was 64 to six. Senator Morse said: "Chiang
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    Lock icon General stays
    42 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs— The US Army acted yesterday to keep Ma j. -Gen. William C Chase chief of the U.S. Military Assistance and Advisory Commission, in his key post on Formosa, although he will soon reach the age for retirement.- A.P.
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    Lock icon NEW FLOOD THREAT IN SUMATRA
    137 3 JAKARTA. Thursday. NEW areas of the flood-stricken Djambi district of south Sumatra are threatened by swirling waters. Although In the higher districts the waters have dropped by five feet and more, the excess waters carried to the sea by small rivers are expected to sweep
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    Lock icon Bulganin is 'very nice'
    62 3 BONN, Thurs. The West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, said last night that he met Nikolai Bulganin in 1939 "and I had a very nice impression of him." Dr. Adenauer told German correspondents that Bulganin, the new Soviet Premier, who was then Mayor of Moscow, visited
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    Lock icon Poached eggs? No, just clouds
    34 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs— Peoplo reported seeing "flying poachrd fggs" In the sky here last ni^ht Put the Weather Bureau gave this explanation: whirling masses of air which precede thunderstorms Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    438 3 I/ONDON .Thurv F-NCOURAOED by the overnight recovery on Wall Strict and in the absence of further adverse polli ttcal development;,, generally firm conditions returned to the stork market today and by the rlose I'>'»K list of «alns had been established. Olltedged stocks opened uncertain but later went ahead
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. Feb. 10. Cash Buyers C 716; Sellers C 717; Forward Buyers C7l8 1 Sellers €719: Settlement t716; Turnover a.m 170 Ions: p.m. 90 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON. Feb 10 Spot 30 -d Mai 30.'» d.. April-June 30-vd.. JulySept 30'« d. Oct. -Dec. 29 \d.. Ffb c.l.f. 30\d.. March c.l.f. 30'^d April c.i I 30 1 .d.. Tone: Firm
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    Buddhist Union officers
    64 4 Mr. Tan Keng Lock has been re-elected president of the Buddhist Union in Singapore. Other office bearers for 1955 are: Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Chew Keow Chim, Tan Kirn Teck. Ong Soon Ec, Teo Beng Chye, Teo Kwang Leng and Chua Poh Choon; secretary, Mr. Llm Kirn Kiat; treasurer,
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    Founder's Day dinner
    46 4 The Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association, Singapore, will hold its annual Founder's Day dinner on March 1 to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the school. The dinner will be at the Lee Kuo Chuan auditorium of the school, Barker Road, at 8 p.m.
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    'Harboured Red' says charge
    43 4 NIBONG TEBAL Thurs. H'ng Ah Kueh, 71. of Changkat, was charged in the magistrate's court here today with harbouring Kee Chang Koay, an armed Communist terrorist, at Changkat on Feb. 3. H'ng was remanded in custody till Feb. 17.
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    An Admiral to run Penang harbour
    227 4 'Father of Pakistan Nayy 9 will succeed Chrimes: He'll bring 'know-how* on port development KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T^HE Federation Government has appointed a new (and separate) chairman for the Penang Harbour Board, it was announced here today. He is Vice-Admiral J. W. JefTord, "father"
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    EMBRACE LED TO SHOOTING
    289 4 He found wife in other man 's arms IPOH, Thursday. A SPECIAL constable returned home one day to find his wife in the arms of another man, the Perak Assize Court was told today. The following day. after a quarr-'l. the constable shot the other man.
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    HEATH MAY BRING NEW JAZZ TO SINGAPORE
    105 4 HEATH MAY BRING NEW JAZZ TO SINGAPORE FAMOUS English dance band leader. Ted Heath (above), and his band may give a one-night show in Singapore early next month when they pass through on their way to Australia and New Zealand. A Singapore sponsor is negotiating terms with Heath. Heath is
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    Request for higher posts
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation War Department Civilian Staff Association is to ask for five new higher appointments for locally engaged staff at its meeting with the Command secretary of General Headquarters. Far East Land Forces, at Ipoh on Feb. 14. The appointments are: Unit welfare
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    'I was attacked' —he says
    58 4 'I was attacked' he says ALOR STAR, Thurs. A, padi planter, Hussain bin Rejab, reported to police today that he was attacked by a Malay with a parang while taking his buffalo to graze at Padang Kampong PLsang, eight miles from Alor Star. Hussain was later sent to Alor Star
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    That Council meeting is again put off
    116 4 That Council meeting is again put off KOTA RHARI Thurs. ELECTED members of the Kota Bharu Town Council were today again unable to carry out their threat to boycott the Council. A meeting originally scheduled for last Monday was postponed for a second time. The President. Dato Nik Mustapha Fadil.
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    Science Society gives talk
    44 4 Mr. A. W. Burtt, Director of Chemistry, Malaya, will cive a talk in Singapore today on Science in criminal investigation." The talk, sponsored by the Fcii-nce Society of Malaya, will be at the Shell theatrette, Collyer Quay, at 5.30 p.m.
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    SALESMAN JAILED
    107 4 Sacked, he knifed his bosses KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. /^HOONG SIN YAU, a salesVj man in a local biscuit factory, who pleaded guilty to three charges of attempted murder was jailed for five years by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Mathew. in the High Court here today. Sir Charles
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    Arrested after 33 years
    49 4 Chua Kane: Swee, who was alleged to have been banished from Singapore in September, 1922, was charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with having returned to the Colony. No date of his return was given. Chua was remanded in custody until Feb. 17.
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    Stole pen
    21 4 IPOH. Thurs For stealing a fountain pen. Lim Choon Bin. 25. of Taipin*. was today jailed for six months.
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    Councillor offers to swear on Bible
    288 4 SEREMBAN. Thurs. A Labour Councillor on the Seremban Town Council today invited an Independent Councillor to swear on a Bible or in church. The Labour Councillor. Mr. Lam Teck Choon. denied that he had used the words "that coffee shops run by Cantonese are
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    Jammed gun costs a Fijian his life
    130 4 Jammed gun costs a Fijian his life KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A FIJIAN died yesterday because a fellow soldier's Bren gun Jammed. A patrol of the Ist Fijians was In ambush In the Pagoh district of Johore when a terrorist scout leading a gang of five walked into the ambush. The
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    Christian centre
    57 4 The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry W. Baines, will dedicate the Student Christian Centre of the Malayan Christian Council at 9, Adam Road, Singapore, at 5.15 p.m. on Feb. 24. Sir Sydney Came, ViceChancello- of the University of Malaya, will give the opening address. The Centre
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    Malay concert
    28 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The organising committee of the Muslim College of Malaya Fund wil" stage a concert in .Malay at Kuala Lumpur on I Sunday night.
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    THE BITTER PILL
    177 4 'Multi-vitamin tablets* were a few vitamins short trader fined $50 'THE manger of a Singapore dispensary bought "multi-vitamin tablets" at an auction and put them on sale. But the tablets did not contain all the vitamins described on the labels, the First Criminal District Court was told
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    LOVE COOLED-SO SOLDIER TRIED TO FORGET
    168 4 LOVE COOLED-SO SOLDIER TRIED TO FORGET He went absent for a month A BRITISH soldier went absent without i. his wife's love for him had cooled if] court-martial was told yesterday. Sapper Kenneth Douglas Williams, Squadron, Singapore Engineer Remm.;.guilty to being absent without 1954, until his arrest by the military
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    She helps father to buy ships
    112 4 Helping to buy ships ls all in the days work for 20-year-old Jovanna Dolcetti. Jovanna is in Singapore a.s private secretary to her father, Italian shipowner. Mr Renzo Dolcetti. Last week Mr. Dolcetti bought the Shell tanker Fullina, which has been lying in Singapore's
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    His slayers were insane
    73 4 IPOH, Thurs. A verdict of murder by three fellow patients who were of unsound mind u;t returned today by the Coroner. Capt. Salleh bin Sulaiman. at an inquest on Chan Chong Hin. 49, an inmate of the Central Mental Hospital, TanjonRambutan. Chan Chong Hin. who wai
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    School party
    26 4 Old pupils of Katong Convent School, Singapore, will be guests a*, a tea party at the school tomorrow in celebration of its 25th aniilvt-.c.\ry.
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    Man tells of extortion bid
    42 4 PEN ANO Thui Investigate Madras Lane resi Bonn Ihv.i. thai I er.v had tried to from him. The met hou>e anci demanded birth rerti: Teoh ter" for ?300 Or.r of the rtran r cordinu to Teon object
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    Bandits flee, leave food
    36 4 ALOR STAR. T fled wh< on thei Kamu, Nort K A patrol o[ No 1 P Force found 50 k. and 300 gantangs oi follow- up operation. The bandit thick i.i. I
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    'Win-my-chum'
    16 4 The Geylai Methodist Youth ore, will hoi my-chum" pn School hall, Alju 6.30 p.m. tomorrow
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    STREET LAMPS STOLES
    41 4 PENANG. Thurs. The Penang Rural Board yestenia> warned Ballk Pulau district villagers that their street lights would be withdrawn U i they did not co-operate vttfa the authorili after the lamp." 1 Thi DOrts been smashed hoi II
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    DANGER OF WAR WITHIN
    414 5 Communalism may lead to internal strife, he warns yHE president of the L Singapore Progressive Party, Mr. C C. Tan, yesterday warned that unless Singapore tried to eliminate communal ism now there was danger of internal strife. Mr. Tan was commenting on a plea by Mr.
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    $1.8 MIL. CLUB FOR ASIAN SEAMEN
    110 5 $1.8 MIL. CLUB FOR ASIAN SEAMEN apore OoTernhas prepared an Asian flub at Beach •he new KalInclude an 00l sleeping 150 seamen mbly hall. ooms separate rhine.se and ition rooms, for "on and a badi romet up soon, Attendant as which will ol the SingaAssociation trade unions, for estamanaging the
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    A national union for Govt. clerks
    107 5 A national union for Govt. clerks PENANG, Thurs. A national union of Government office workers in all States and Settlements is to be formed in .Vlay to replace the Federation of Government Administrative and Clerical I'nionv The new union will be inaugurated on May Day after an annual delegates' conference
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    STRIPES MAKE THEM SEE RED
    181 5 Hospital men threaten to strike SINGAPORE hospital attendants do not want to wear red stripes or any other markings on their uniforms. If this and four other demand;; are not settled within the next 14 days, the Singapore Medical Workers' Union will hold a strike
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    GANGSTERS HELD IN AMBUSH GET JAIL
    115 5 PENANG, Thursday. bushed four secret society members in town last night. In the Magistrate's iftornoon, the four men were each jailed for six months. Chuan Leok Seng, Neoh Tliean Seng. Lee Soon Chye and Ho Ah Kan —said to be all of the "08'
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    MAN WHO LOST TEMPER LOSES $100
    50 5 MAN WHO LOST TEMPER LOSES $100 BAL. Thurs.— A irrigation in- .iiilteri when he two illegal Ashing mal the Province Magistrate's Court i i padi I d si nn for as- Inspector Wan 1 una^e and Irnent. ■lit he lost his saw his traps I i charged with i quitted.
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    Fatal dose
    20 5 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. Ooi Ah Hwa. 25. mother of two children, died in BuUerworth Hospital yesterday from susoected poLsonlna.
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    They want a higher value set on land
    118 5 A piece of land in Palmer iA Road, which has been acquired by the Singapore Government, was the subject of a valuation appeal in the High, Court yesterday. The land belonged to the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation and covered 660 I square
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    $314 more for flood relief
    85 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Latest donations to the Federa- j tion Flood Relief fund are: Sergeants Mess R^yai Air Force, Kuala Lumpur, $100; Staff of OCPD, Rengam. $43.05; Staff of State Engineer. PWD, Johore, $55; Staff of Controller of Telecoms, Johore, $13.40; Staff of Controller of
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    Certificates for first aid
    66 5 KOTA BAHRU, Thurs —The British Adviser, Kelantan, Mr. D Headly, went to Dabong new village in Ulu Kelantan today to present certificates to 16 1 new first alders in the kam- 1 p»ng. A hospital assistant stationed at Dabong and members of i the St. John
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    Power company chief coming
    51 5 IPOH. Thurs. Perak River Hydro-electric Power Company whit h provides lighting to 74 towns and villages, including 19 new villages, in Perak will be visited next week by Mr. 1 Hugh G Balfour. chairman of [directors, who, with Mrs. BalI four. Is due in Singapore on
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    Radio priest plans rally
    72 5 IPOH, Thurs— Father Patrick Peyton, radio and television priest will hold his first •family rosary rally in Malaya at Ipoh. He will visit Penang. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. The rally here will be at 6 30 p.m. on Feb. 18 at the St Michaels Institution grounds.
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    French troops pass through
    33 5 The 30,447-ton troopship Pasteur arrived in Singapore yeetertiav from Cape St. Jacaue.s with 3.500 French troops on board bound for France The troopship called for water, provisions and bunkers
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    Visit to capital
    26 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. R K. Tandon. Commissioner for India in Malaya, will arrive in Kuala Lumpur tomor- row for a two-day visit.
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    Arrested, jailed for 5 years—all in a day
    147 5 Arrested, jailed for 5 years— all in a day PENANG. Thurs. POLICE surrounded a shop in Penang Road early today and surprised three burglars inside. Led by Inspector Harri*. the police forced open the front door which had been locked from the inside. The men were arrested with four bundles
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    EDUCATION PROTEST —SOCIETY QUITS
    123 5 T*HE East-West Society has withdrawn from the Singapore Council for Adult Education- an oruanisation which it helped to found. The Society rrsignod in protest against a new condition which the Government proposes to attach to its annual adult education grant. This requirles the 18 mem- I
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    Society will appeal
    59 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Workers' Welfare Society is to appeal to the Hign Commissioner against the Federation Financial Secretary., refusal to grant it a pe.mit to run a $75,000 lottery. Th t .society had asked permission to run the lottery to helD rehabilitate squatters The society,
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    2 ACQUITTED OF ROBBERY, FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION
    106 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur.s. Two policemen were today acquitted by Inche Ismail, Kuala I umpur First Magistrate, on a eharue of attempted armed jobber} after the prosecution withdrew Its ca.se. Khor Soon Thiam, 27, and Yco Ah Foo. 26. both of High Street police
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    89 6 29 H'nrrfa 110 (minimum). FOLLOW PBDAfl '>•'>' I" thf 'Matey Mall U wln that II MAPKI INI California I from moniliiK chores U) Informal dinner*. All tlM up to 18. DONALD MOORE PRO1 TTONS Thomi lialx Pfebniarj Mth, March i 3rd, 9 Memorial ii.iil. ANNOUNCEMEN I'" All ISM. Tommy
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Feb. 11, 1955. Formosa: The Way Out
    700 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Feb. 11, 1955. Formosa: The Way Out That the evacuation of the Tachens has been all but completed without serious incident is no guarantee that the luck ;md the good sense will hold. Nation ilist guns have fired a dozen rounds, and Communist batteries have
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    Dispute At The Base
    329 6 Dispute At The Base It is difficult to reconcile talk of "strike notice" by officials of the Singapore Naval Base Union with the very limited dispute which is at the bottom of the unrest in the dockyard. There are three issues the pay of the fire brigade, the union's request
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    Curtain Trips
    215 6 The ingenuous excusing of trips behind the iron curtain which has been offered by Mr. Goh Kong Swee, President of the Malayan Students' Union in London, presumably was written in all seriousness. If so, it helps to explain more things than Mr. Goh intended. The issue is the
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    VILLAGERS WELCOME THE VOTE, BUT THEY'RE DOWN TO EARTH ABOUT IT
    883 6 VILLAGERS WELCOME THE VOTE, BUT THEY'RE DOWN TO EARTH ABOUT IT WILLIAM FISHInurinff thf nn't'is the i»t*»ctoratv (CANDIDATES who plan to barnstorm through Malaya's rural areas vote-ratching for the Federal elections next June should be prepared to do more listening than talking. Many people to whom the candidates listen will
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      Subsidy for padi as an aid to cheaper food
      325 6 Subsidy for padi as an aid to cheaper food UVERYONE is in sym- pathy with the padi planters and sincerely desire to see them happy and well provided for. but this should not blind us to the hard facts. It is wrong to argue that the padi price is much
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      IGNORED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF
      147 6 IGNORED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE I bout; lit a radio about eighteen months ago. m> wife and I have written more than fifty letters and post cards to Radio .Malaya. Singapore and Kuala I. ii m p ii r requesting songs. Even yet. to our disappointment, not
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      Learner driver in trouble
      362 6 COME weeks ago I was teaching a friend to drive and whilst we were proceeding quite steadily along the Dunearn Road at about 5 30 the p°llc.e stopped us at the junction of Dunearn and Whitley Roads. We were told we were committing the offence of
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      MCA SALESMANSHIP
      114 6 the MCA. wa,s permitted to run its lottery it received unanimous support from the people because the profit was to be used for welfare work, particularly for the poor Chinese squatters. Not so very long ago the MCA. lottery was banned. Immediately the MCA. stopped all welfare work
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      Religion brought to ridicule
      155 6 rpo a Hindu, a temple is a X place of worship not a show place. It is a revered place and he enters it In a clean but simple dress, barefooted and in deep humility. Smoking, spitting, chewing betel nuts, etc., are not allowed. But what
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    On the Margin
    129 6 On the Margin The tge-old rt n jjhilo line by 1 "l Romi Ho ra'u two thou bequeath a sa; in gn He wtv rendered man in atrocious Democrar; from the mortil election prlmi distinguish! Spe: temp' i Of tl Soy. r to unple Tlie Nazi h July ;i; I
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    'WE ONLY WENT AS FRIENDS' ACCUSED
    64 7 'WE ONLY WENT AS FRIENDS' ACCUSED in a 1 had m Choone senior -:.000 from ::.z her Road house tte with Thiam i were :tfmptine to Madam I, Chin had once thought vaulted' n Chin's saw .lmed Chin f riei ■d c Chin and the a copy of a I
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    Court usher jailed
    17 7 I a, a \vrn> .">o paid to rent of years the ester--ving a on
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    New officers
    12 7 I the SinMethodist r :r»55 will Geylang hurcl E inday.
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    Asiatic Society
    7 7 I inch of the Raffle."
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    ACTION PARTY TO MEET
    44 7 I Art ion Party. meet on Sun- hether it gislative n In April. Mr. hv Kuan Yew. the seckid that if it wa.v decided to put up candidates. th> meeting would discuss who they should be and the party platform.
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    Millionaire told: Promise you won't pay son's fine
    732 7 HE TOOK FATHER'S MONEY BUT COUNSEL SAYS: ALL IS FORGIVEN NOW COURT GETS NAMES OF 3 BANK CLERKS MALACCA, Thursday. HIGH COURT JUDGE today fined a millionaire's .on $4,000 after accepting his plea of "fUitty" on a charge of dishonestly misappropriating two
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    Begum to talk about women
    38 7 mid Ah. Indian social worker for the wel- rights of women, will talk about the "Status of women of the world today at mala Club. Moulmein Road. Singapore, at 4.45 p.m. on Moi
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    Annual dinner
    22 7 The Chinese Association. Singapore, will hold Its annua'. dinner at its clubhouse, Seraneonn Road. tomorrow There will be dancing dinner.
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    Council films
    26 7 The British Council will present a programme of Commonwealth films at the Counnl Hall. Stamford Fmd. Singa- 8 30 p m. on Feb. 18.
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    Artists kept tiger in their house as a model
    181 7 Artists kept tiger in their house as a model VLTHEN Prof. Wu Kung Foo. 51. a well-known i Hong Kong artist, was learning to paint tigers he stayed six months in rhe home of a friend in China. The friend also painted tlgen so he kept one in nis house.
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    Fund drops $25 million
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs— A total of $54,089,240 was paid into the Employees' Provident Fund last year a.« against $56,513,609 in 1953 Last year 11.671 Government and private employers and 731.425 Government and prl- J vate contributors to the Fund were registered. Withdrawals totalled I $1,956,729 in
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    Labourers hurt in blast
    59 7 Two labourers. Wee Dick Beng. 23. and Jusoh bin Abdullah. 27. were badly burnt on their faces and arms when a fault In an electrical win they were working on at a City Council disposal centre in Park Road caused an explosion. Wee was admitted to
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    Methodist talks open
    52 7 KLANG. Thurs— Dr H. B Amstutz. central district superintendent of the Methodist Mission, yesterday opened the first quarterly conference of the Methodist Church at Banin p 20 miles from here. Officials of the church are the Rev. J. A. P. Oswald; secretary. Mr. Daniel Jayaratnam: treasurer, Mr.
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    Three held
    23 7 KLANG. Thurs— Police last night arrested three men suspected of stealing pieces of iron from Belfield Bridge which is being dismantled.
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    Hindu religious leader greets his followers in Singapore
    107 7 SREKI.ASKI KINDRAKtIM ADIGALAR. 28. the youngest head of a Hindu "mutt" (a diocesp*. who arrived at Kallanc Airport yesterday from Kuala Lumpur on a South-East Asian preaching tour ""hp Singapore Tamil community gave him a warm welcome. Representatives of local Hindu temple*
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    600 STRIKERS GO BACK TO WORK
    184 7 But they may walk out again IPOH. Thursday. THE nvo-day-old strike by 600 Chinese, Malay and 1 Indian workers on four dredges belonging to the Southern Malayan Tin Dredging group in the Batu Gajah area will end tonight. The strikers are return- i ing
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    Guide to the polls—on 300,000 cards
    105 7 Guide to the polls on 300,000 cards rl Singapore Public Relations Department is printing 300.000 rards telling voters where polling booths will be erected for the Legislative Assembly elections on April 2. A large number of posters will also be posted all over the island riving detailed in- i formation
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    Two stabbed in fight
    54 7 Two Singapore Harbour Board labourers were taken to the General Hospital last night with stab wounds after a fight in Hoe Chiang Street, off Taniong Pacar Road. Tan Choon Kirn, aged 27. of Bukit Teresa Road, had neck wounds: Tlong Ah Kuan, aged! 28. of Duxton
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    War relics
    27 7 Twenty-two rounds of shell casincs were found in Lorong 24A Geylang Road. Singapore, yesterday. The caslnes were believed to be left-overs from the last war
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    Combined test
    18 7 A combined police-military exercise to test the communl- cations .system, will take place ion Feb. 22.
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    Typewriter theft
    41 7 A typewriter worth $240 was stolen from Block No. 3. Singapore Kallang Airport quarters, on Wednesday morning. Platform stolen A traffic police points platform was tit'len from the junction of Park Road and New Bridge Road. Singapore, yesterday morning^
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    PREHISTORIC MAN FAKED BLOOD RITUALS
    325 7 PREHISTORIC Inhabitants of I Kclantan smeared their dead with crude paints derived from red stones and used the same mixture as a substitute for blood In rituals This revelation was made yesterday by the Director of Raffles Museum. Mr. M. W. F. Tweedie. at the
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    COURTS CAN SAY: NO MORE DRINK FOR YOU
    223 7 COURTS CAN SAY: NO MORE DRINK FOR YOU Legal adviser explains order KUALA LUMPUR. ThUl OFFENDERS released on bond under the Criminal Procedure Code can not only be restricted in employment and residence but can also be ordered to go "on the water wagon" if th*» court thinks fit. Mr.
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    'We speak for whole Chinese community'
    194 7 MCA EDI CATION COMMITTEE KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. rpHE Malayan Chinese Association's education com- mittee today disagreed with thr statement by the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacOllllvray, that it was not fully represent;. i A fr\r the mm. today: "Thp enmoralsti of representa- MCA Chinese
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    Worker was beaten up, says union
    106 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Than. THE WORKING Committee ol the 1.300-strong Kuala Lumpur Municipality Workers Trade Union today demanded immediate disciplinary action against a health inspector who was alleged to have assaulted v union member. A spokesman of the union told the Straits Times: "One of
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    English widely used in Japan
    50 7 Mr Ken Ninom.ya. Japanc.-c Consul-General in Sir last r.ight said that E. considered to be an international language is already being widely used in Japa:. He was speaking to the East -West Society on "Japan Tomorrow" at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road. Singapore.
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    Found hanging
    19 7 A 40-year-old farmer. Gch Say Tee. was found hanging in a house in Jurong Road. Sineapore. yesterday.
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    Disorderly: SlO
    23 7 Muthusamy was fined $10 m Singapore yesterday foi derlv behaviour in front of the Singapore Harbour Board quarters on Frb. 9
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    15 7 M rxplrw UVM HOI prandrhlldr*n B 22. Fount John'; today frorr to Ctthollr dpmetprv
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      186 7 The weather MINIMI M TEMPER\TIRE -7 30 ;p m on Fob 9 to 7 30 a.m. on Feb 10': Singapore 75 decrees. Penatiß 75. Kot;i Bahru 74. Kunla Lumpur 69. Ipoh 73. Kuantan 73 MAXIMIM TEMPERATIRE i t730 a.m. Is 7 30 p.m. on F*b. 10 1- Singapore 90. Ppnang
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    211 8 600 START ON ROAD TO THE NANYANG TMORE THAN 600 stu- dents have applied to join the preparatory classes to be started by Nanyang University next month. All who pass a written test et the Kwang Hua School tomorrow will be admitted. The number of passes Ii exprrted to exceed
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    Robbery and hurt charge
    74 8 A tentative charge of rob- bery was preferred against Lre Koon Bock in Singapore yesterday Chief Inspector Abdul Rahman bin Hassan alleged that \.oc with an unknown person, snatched a gold bracelet worth $525, from a woman. Lim Guan Heang. at Kirn Pong Road on Feb.
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    Remittances
    20 8 Family remittances from Malaya to China last month 1 totalled 52.775.107. of which I $1,832,347 was sent from Singapore.
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    Emergency 'could end this year'
    107 8 KLIANG. Thur«. THE Director of Operations, Lieut. -Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, told Johore Chinese leaders here yesterday that if they got among their own people and exhorted them to give information to the Government the Emergency could be ended before the end of the year.
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    ADMIRAL TO VISIT WEST COAST PORTS
    81 8 ADMIRAL TO VISIT WEST COAST PORTS Rear Admiral E. H. Shat-! tock. Flag Officer, Malayan Area, will leave Singapore on i Wednesday in H.M.S. Alert on a visit to Kuala PerlLs. Port j Dickson, Kuala Kedah, Pulau > Langkawi and Lumut. The Admiral wil. pay a for- mal call on
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    Selangor Malay teachers plan protest to Govt.
    109 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rpHE Selangor Malay Teachers Association will consider protesting against the introduction of national type classes in Malay schools. The Kuala Lumpur branch will submit a resolution at the annual meetIng at Klang on Feb. 18 and 19 urging a protest
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    A woman's dangerous charm
    327 8 Her looks 'influenced' magistrate, says counsel APPEAL JUDGE FREES MAN —'HE SHOULD GET BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT' JOHORK BAHRtI, Thursday. VjR. JUSTICE STORR was told in the High Court here today that a circuit magistrate had decided a case of house trespass on the good looks
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    Missing boy is found in park
    51 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs G. Balan. 13. of the Methodist Afternoon School, who was reported missing from his home from last Friday, has been found. He was to have cone to school that morning His elder brother. G. Sangaran. found him at Coronation Park on
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    His birthday presenta ticket to health
    244 8 His birthday presenta ticket to health TONY CHOK. of Sin- gapore, who is 30 tomorrow, says it will be the best birthday he has ever had. And his best birthday prei sent is a six months' stay in the United States, to be followed by a world tour i all
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    53 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A six-man delegation of the Malayan Indian Congress will meet UMNO-MCA Alliance leaders on Monda> at Kuala Lumpur to discuss the proposed triple link-up in State and Federal elections. The M.I.C. working committee lfcst week decided to take up this question with
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    $1,288 gift to SATA
    29 8 Latest gifts to the Slnga-1 pore Anti-Tuberculosis Association totalled $1,288.32. Gifts in kind were also re-, celved by SATA from Borneo Company and Shell Company.
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    FEDERAL CITIZENS DOUBLED
    69 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —I There has been a big increase in the registration of Federal j citizens in the last few months. The total now is estimated at well over 100.000. Detailed figures are not yet available, but judging from the statistics supplied by some of the
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    14 8 MJt AND MRS. SMITH.
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    IT'S MORE $ FOR S-EAST ASIA
    148 8 IT'S MORE FOR S-EAST ASIA THE BANK of America is very interested, in indus- trial development in South-East Asia, the bank I executive vice president, Mr. Russell G. Smith, said on arrival in Singapore yesterday. I Mr Smith said the Bank of America, which ha s 4.500.000 depositors, had a
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    TWO BANK CLERKS FOR TRIAL
    156 8 TWO bank clerks and a businessman, accused of fraud and abetting fraud in connection with discrepancies in the accounts of the Ban Hin Lee Bank Ltd.. were committed yesterday for trial before the Singapore Hi?h Court. The\ were Ang Soo W.ih. a ledger cleric. Neo
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    School gives $23 to SATA
    66 8 The principal and staff ofl the Duchess Road School have sent a gift of $23 to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association in memory of Huang Shi whose mother is a member of the teaching staff. Huang Shi. 17. second son of Mr. S. F. Huang, secretary
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    Overseas League
    23 8 The Overseas League. Singapore branch, will hold a Chinese New Year dinner at the Capitol Restaurant at eight o'clock tomorrow night.
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    JUST FOR FUN— THEY SANG OF LOVE
    133 8 JUST FOR FUN— THEY SANG OF LOVE r'ENTY-FIVE husky men serenaded two pretty ground hostesses in a customs hall at Kallang airport yesterday. The .serenaders. many of them bachelors. harmonised a song of love in German a.s they surrounded the hostesses, who were too overwhelmed to move The men are
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    Gambler fined
    24 8 Teg Loke Tin, was fined $10 in Singapore yesterday for Rambling in front of thr Rangoon Road English School on Feb. 9.
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    The big change Malaya
    63 8 The bi g change Malaya CABBTS KUALA LUMI THE A x ter I Affairs, Ca.s' today with the I of Operat Gon. Sir Oeofl "We of thf Em< i Mr. Casey 8a d "And from from < "then remark ible .SPcn: well on Mr Ca Gen H i Commission) MacOUllvray
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    16 8 KUALA LUI The High C in appoina.s the F( General has emir on
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      403 8 25. Sufferings of photographers' Straits Times Crossword *£lS.*V* 27. Sheepish rwnenltlon sign (7i 28. Season of Inexperienced youth? 1 2 3 HI 5 29. Records for jockeys? <5V i DOWN Hi HI HI H H turn! «9i rr— S5S§ TJT" 2. Short curly telephone rail? (7i <HI 3 Mb blts
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    1641 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Count Rumford, the many-sided genius and adventurer iiiiiiiiit piiH'l!H;iiri;MiM;ii;[.'Miu:?;\7:!;u.' /l N extraordinary procession wound slowly L through the streets of the Bavarian city of Munich towards the Church of Our Lady one day in 1793. Some hobbled on crutches, some were blind and groped their way
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      174 9 Sherlock Holmes She was late ■j j I _^i— -~-v s^B. *a 5 41PEADY BEENJ FOB. Et^ZAHCE jf^XB&M CUBT/IIN LKTTiL SABU Mvk Travtf A news stand ~i3HHHHH| [SAM CATCJ-lEmY /ArV.VOu] fLDCXf>LLOJ,DOMEA PAVOR.'I f~~ MFANWUILE SO TW-RE UASN*T BEEN ir^iPSf^ J J 5^ niAr DOWT STAND BETWEEN ME n^Z^f^pZ «=c g
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    Lock icon World use of rubber is increasing
    168 10 WASHINGTON, Thurs. WORLD production and TT use of natural rubber showed an increase in a report issued by the U.S. Commerce Department. Based on estimates of the International Rubber Study Group, the department said I production in 1954 totalled 1,802,500 long tons as compared
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    MALAYAN OIL DEAL WITH RED CHINA
    163 10 SOME sales of refined coconut oil In new drums to Red China have now been definitely reported and the price at which these transactions have taken place is suggested to be In the region of $55 per plcul f.ob states the weekly produce review
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    188 10 Singapore Chinese Produce 1 rhanxe: noon prices per picul yesterday were Copra: quiet; February $30 1 2 buyers. $30 3 4 sellers: March $30 3 4 buyers. $31 sellers Coconut oil quiet; bulk $48 sellers drums $50 sellers f unchanged >. Pepper: quiet, no business reported; prices unchanged;
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    1000 10 AT their 4 p.m. meeting yes terday the Singapon 1 members of the Malayai Share Brokers' Association is sued the following list of re vised quotations:— 1 1 I I'.u- r- I't Ale». Brlcki Pref 200 2 10 onu i.M i.n Ada* Ica 12 2$ 13 2*
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    35 10 Outputs from estates and mines In he Outhrle group. In January, innounced are: rubber 6.490.700 lb.; r» (black) 183 500 lb palm oil 1.097 lb.; palm kernels 349 tons; tin tre 2.465 plruls.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    18 10 January rubber crops announced' K«n|m 252.500 Ib Radrlla 18 800 lb.; I mird MaUrra 126,058 lb.
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    PESSIMISTIC SELLING ON I LOCAL SHARE MART CONTINUES
    848 10 PESSIMISTIC selling continued on the Sinjjapon Share Market yesterday as the result of the Russian and Formosan crises and losses wore recorded on a hroad front throughout the entire list. Yesterday's losses were on a steeper scale than In the previous two
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchame market Ir Hong Kong yrsterria,. the US. dollar was quoted .SOl for cash and 5.93 i for TT Sterling was quoted at 1567 and y one tael of gold at 259' i.
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    79 10 WASHINGTON. Thurs The Unlt«d States SeoreUr, 1 of Stat« Mr John Poster Dulles., was asked today to return all German a.sset.s loren in the Untied Sues vince the second world war The request was made in R letter from Mr. Frederick l.lbby i hf.lrman of the committee f»r
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    226 10 Ship* Ivine alongside thf Singaporn Harbour Board wharves i.i *vpfyt*d I. (day are: Pyrrhtis 12, Chandra 45. Etorofu Maru C P.. Glrnearn 6". Akita Muru 8 9, Brnlomond 11. Karimata 13 14, Steel i Navigator 15 16. Arila Maru 18. Selannnr N. Wall 8. Tak.su ng 21 22.
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      348 10 MALAYAN RAILWAY TENDER NOTICE Applications are Invited for the erection of Two -2 Ton Electric Portal Jib Cranrs at Port Swettenham Wharf. 158 packages of parts for the two i rranes will be delivered to the sueI cessful tenderer at Port Swettenham. Specifications, site plans, and other particulars can be
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    JAPANESE PLAN TO TAKE LESS TIN
    262 12 JAPANESE PLAN TO TAKE LESS TIN pLANS for operating a tin mine in Siam with Siamese capital have been announced by mining interests of the former Mitsubishi j cartel, in Tokyo. If the scheme poet through it will reduce Japanese tin Imports from Malaya and result in conserving Japan's sterling
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    55 12 riTHE 9.000 ton North German Lloyd liner Bayernstein A which is due in the Colony on her maiden voyage on Monday. Having accommodation for 86 passengers and an operational speed of 18 knots, the Bayernstein has a black hull, white superstructure and the funnel is
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    251 12 T<HE 9,000-ton Bayern- stein, belonging to the North German Lloyd, is due to arrive in Singapore on her maiden voyage to the Far East on Monday. Launched at Vegesack on October 12, last year, the Bayernstein is the last of
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    PENANG WAS BUSIER
    403 12 \S2 Malayan trade through port up 35 per cent jvl -i-i I I a drop of $10 million in her total foreign trade, Penang's general trade in 1954. totalling $1,072 million, was "quite satisfactory." Inche Ismail bin Mohd. AH. Settlement Economic Officer, told the Straits Times. The
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    BIGGEST SALES OF GERMAN BEER TOOK PLACE IN 1954
    183 12 BIGGEST SALES OF GERMAN BEER TOOK PLACE IN 1954 r) celebrate the successful re-introdui-tion into Malaya of Beck's Kunchi beer, Sime Darby and Co. Ltd.. the agents, held a wholesalers' dinner in Singapore, on Sunday. Last year saw the biggest post-war sale of Kunchi beer in Malaya, following the complete
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    BRITAIN MANUFACTURED ONE MILLION CARS
    154 12 BRITAIN'S car and commercial vehicle production passed the million mark In 1954 for the first ime. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the total was 1.038.34 -769.169 cars and 269,665 commercial vehicles, each the highest annual figure yet, and i together over
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    BIG CHANCE FOR LOCAL CITIZENS IN INDUSTRY
    403 12 IT WAS a big occasion 1 this week for the members of the Singapore Association of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries whose first annual dinner was attended by the president of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries in Great Britain, Mr. B. G. Porter,
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    139 12 MR. J. M MASON, chairman of Boustead and Co. Ltd has been appointed a director of the Metal Box Company of Malaya Ltd. Mr. Mason has been appointed to the board in succession to Mr. H J Payne Formerly manager of Botistcad's branch in Kuala
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    81 12 AIR. J. H. HARRIS, second princi] Norwich Union Fire Insurant vistinp the Society's organisations In Ceylon. Singapore and the Federation i Mr. Harri Society In 1914 vice at ham h' i head offlo In superintend he I ippointed ral mar.. Hi!- In in» thi
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    126 12 U.S. PIONEER COMPANIES WILL MERGE 'FHE merging of two large American companies. Carrier Corporation and Affiliated Gas Equipment Inc. has tentatively been approved by the boards of directors of the two concerns, subject to legal requirements. This was announced by Mr Cloud Wampler. the Carrier chief and Mr. Lyle C.
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    76 12 President impressed in Colony M R 11 presidi I KLM pon thi tour ol seas offlci Hf wa Airpoi Imprea Mr. V. executivi the com] year, folli the foun Albert Pli 1953. 1 years Two rnonl appointed i president Mr president berp. with years, Joinin service Mr A Jakarta Anuto
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    91 13 THEY GET AWARD AGAINST MARIGOLD BadminI ion have 1 vet B.P hampionippear for month. met pt their o have the anothei lr own refused •ponment Bouraelhough two of Cup trial »ore on Thr annual the s.B.A. iril 16. Silver Jubilee [the asho iid have will now ith a ill be
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    37 13 Chinese swim Chinese Swim gala in K.L. Thur!>. Chi nwu swimming the PW< i Ma n:'er iwimmini Ul be the Sv :nimniK Club, Swtmmlnc Club M A':, f: n me of Individual '.or both men and up.
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    178 13 Thurs. (.ood Manners i Manning) jalr. in 39 4/5 nn the i i. 'day in n.orrow's front at the d Manners ap- iity in hand. in top form. ill "Mulleyi beat Jones) over Mappy Life was eager to show his heel.- but was hard h^lri
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    36 13 CALCUTTA, Than. India have decided to invite the Pakistan cricket team to tour during the Dcxl cold weather or in 1956. Mr Amn.ini Gnosh. secretary of the Indun Cricket Board of Control. Hid.
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    35 13 JOHORE BAHHV. Tluirs. —The Johore Bahru Rifle Association intends holdinß the Ro;. .il Johorr Challenge Cup Shoot during the last wffk in March The meeting is open to all rifle clubs in Malaya.
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    51 13 LONDON, Thurs.— Yesterday's F.A. results were: ScottLvli Cup i fifth round replays I Ayr United 2. Inverness I Caledonians 4 (score after 90 minutes 2— 2 i; Dundee 0, Rangers 1. Irish Cup first round replay > Glenavon 5. Distillery 1. Iruh j League: ciiftonvlUe 5. berry City
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    79 13 LONDON. Thurs pHILLIP POVALL. the successful north country jockey. has accepted an engagement to rive in Singa- pore this season. PovaU finished his apprenticeship with Percy Vasey. the Weatherby i Yorkshire i racehorse trainer, last December and, being no longer required for National Service,
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    28 13 CHELSEA goalkeeper Thomson punches clear during the F.A. fourth round Cup tie between Chelsea and Bristol Rovers, which Chelsea won 3-1. Reuterphoto.
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    272 13 Newly -promoted Dockyard earn replay vs C.S.C. pEYLON SPORTS CLUB were held to a one-all draw by the Second Division league champions. Dockyard S.C., in the last first-round fixture of the Singapore senior knockout hockey competition at Balestier Road yesterday This was a good start in senior hockey for this
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    224 13 Magyars suspend three players Til lvI I of Hungary's best footballers, members of the national team Gyula Grosits, Sandor Geller and Istvan Kovacs have been punished by their Government, the Hungarian News Agency announces. They have been forbidden to take part in any sports activity and banned from visiting sports
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    324 13 KARIM'S GOAL SAVES JOHORE Services 3; Johore 3 JOHORE saved them- selves from defeat in their hockey match against Singapore's Combined Services at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday with a goal scored five minutes before the end of play. It was a see-saw game, with Johore having the greater numbe: of
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      56 13 Rt'GGKR S.C.C Seven-A-Sldf (First round I RAF. SHetar 'A' v I; l I.i vi h r. padang. HOCKEY II: II Mil S.R.C. v 3 BOD. p.irtun»; S.C.C. v B O D C A.. padanc BOXINC. SI\(i APORK District intrr-unit rhampionship I final i. Badminton Hall. X p.m. SO< rR BARTI.EV
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    'Unfit' men can play for MCFA—if they wish
    537 14 'Unf it' men can play for MCFA— if they wish SAFA COUNCILLORS AGREE TO REQUEST, THEN PUT THE SELECTORS 'ON TRIAL' T*HE FIVE SINGAPORE A Chinese players invited to represent Malayan Chinese Football Association against Admira Football Club of Vienna may play in Sunday's game at Kuala Lumpur— if they
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    PHILLIPS IS READY TO TACKLE
    40 14 OOITH Johore's Dr. PhiliO lips (right) sets ready to check this dribble by Lloyd, of R.E.M.E.. during vt-ster day's "sevens" fixture on the padang when R.E.M. E. eliminated South Johore by 13-3. Straits Times picture.
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    HOLDERS KNOCKED OUT IN FIRST ROUND OF S.C.C. 'SEVENS'
    326 14 HOLDERS KNOCKED OUT IN FIRST ROUND OF S.C.C. 'SEVENS' R.E.M.E. 'A' 13 South Johore A' 3. rpHE reigning champions. South Johore "A", were put A out in a first-round tie of the S.C.C. seven-a-side rugger competition yesterday by R.E.M.E. "A" who scored two goals and a penalty to Johore's single
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    Hamzah gets two underthe-bar tries
    244 14 Hamzah gets two under-the-bar tries RAF Tent* it 'A' 8; Police 3. ¥>OLICE put up a spirited Ml performance to hold the strong R.A F. Tengah "A" team to a narrow eight points (goal and try) to three <try> margin in the S.C.C. "sevens" competition yesterday Police suffered an early
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    They had no opponents— so played themselves
    173 14 They had no opponents so played themselves RAMC 'A. 14: XX.MX BY 0. R A.F. CHANOI "A" and B teams did not turn up for their first round matches tn the S.C.C. "sevens" meet yesterday and walkovcr.s Were awarded to RAMC. "A" and RE.M.E. "B" respectively. So these two trams,
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    FIRST ROUND ENDS TODAY
    47 14 Culv one more fixture is left to complete the first round of the B.C.C seven-a-»lde rugger competition This game, betwwn RAF Selrtar 'A 1 and RAF Tengah "B'\ has been fixed for today Tbe Mvond-round games will be played on Mondiiy and Tuesday
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    CLUBS To GET $600 MINIMUM A SEASON
    143 14 K> Our S«ccer Rm, rjoon noi teams ol sion of Amateur Fool datum's tion cam< day's co Thr council commrnrla*. and ad:: of a payment Ol $<J0( playine in thi this season This hand< I boon to tho team. and year i »*s
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    RECS WHIP S.C.C. FIVE-NIL.
    39 14 Singapore Recreation Club defeated Singapore Cricket Club 5-0 in a first-team friondly hockey fixture on the SCC padang yesterday. S.R.C. scored only one f;oal in th I Coutts. Then, on Coutt.s Increased th tens again
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