Singapore Standard, 24 January 1951

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard Jfcu I**l <k\l f£r I NO. 209 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1951. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 164 1 Standard Staff Reporter I \lM*> for compensation for injuries, including :,'e. theft or destruction of property Ml o( |he riots that occurred m Singapore on rT 11 and 12 nill now be considered by the rr.m.-nt of Singapore. flls \s is officially aunouiiced last night
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  • 46 1 lard Staff Comsp^mitui LUMPUR, Tues.— re the maximum -i Ch Mi t C raimunist m formulatChinese resolved ol the S ement tees 1 c setl Branches of nonby police 1 be an MCA S ib-Com-or Settlement ttees will em- selling
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  • 26 1 HK In No Danger, Says Mansergh •I ARMY Hongkong. tEA, 22— The 1 Sir Robe i- I today there Hongkong to .r alarm" and I r
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  • 139 1 Rubber Cargo Seized After Police Chase Siand.ird St.UT Reporter Rl FBBEB I opra cargo I tt< y at ?50.--OOC zed aboard a mol tongk a party of Marine :> c t the Sing pore River erday. e of suspected smuggled rubber was the made by th Police within two days.
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  • 88 1 As a part of a curtailed birthday celebration programme. Mr. Aw Boon Haw. Governing Director of The Singapore Standard, distributed cash gifts totalling HKsJf>.ooo to 4.500 aged residents of Hongkong last Monday. Top picture shows guests lining up at the B&FC u round early
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  • 212 1 Selection Under Manpower Regulations: Standard Staff jirrrspomlcnt MALACCA, Jan. 2.5. Selection of men to be called up by the Federation Government under the Manpower Humiliations should In* !>■> a hoard consisting of leading and responsible citizens of all communities, said Dato Tan
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  • 199 1 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. Leaders of all communities here generally welcomed the announcement that the first manpower call-up will take place early next month. In making this announcement. M: S W. P. Foster Sutton, Director of Manpower, said that the ftrsi ige group
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  • 105 1 Standard Staff Reporter THF. dead body ol a young European was found by the Police on the beach fronting Connaught Drive at Low tide yesterday. The body had been thrown up on the rocky beach by the tide. It was clothed m a pair
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  • 94 1 Standard Staff Reporter THERE were 29 identity card robberies m Singapore yesterday. Among the victims were some students from a Chinese school m Lorong 27, Geylang. Four robbers entered a house m Victoria Street yesterday and robbed 13 identity cards from the inmates. In the
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  • 242 1 'A n ti-Red Figh t In Malaya Perfected' RANGOON, Jan. 23 (Renter) Mr. Malcolm MacDouald, British Commissioner General m SouthEasl Asia, said here today that Communist terrorism m Malaya had not grown m strength daring the last year while the drive against it had been improved and perfected. He told
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  • 532 1 US Planes Down 4 Red Jets In Great Air Battle TOKYO, Jan. 23. (Reuter- AAP) Jet Bghten fought out their biggest dogfights and American fighter bombers made their biggest strike of the Korean war today. But United Nations ground forces roaming northward found their Communist opponents mysteriously melting away before
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  • 124 1 Late Sport MANILA, Jan. ?3 iPANA Awang Bakar carried Singapore to their third straight victory here today by a lopsided store of five goals to nil over the National Collegiate (NCA) team at Rizal Memorial Stadium. Awang Bakar, playing at centre-forward, scored four
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  • 224 1 LONDON, Jan. 23 (UP). Prime MinUter demenl Aldee »>ai<i today that Britain agreed to condetailing the ChfawM intrr>«Miti(»n m Mipporl of the a«;«:rrs>or m Korea hut v>r* not \et ready to consider further mea*ure-. The Pri:- M :;ister told the Commons that Britain still
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  • 122 1 R.A F. attacks against the bandits m the jungle were slightly stepped up yesterday with the improvement m flying 1 weather over Malaya. the R.A.F. said last night. Tempest tighter bomber-.. Brigand Light bombers nnd Li; medium bombers were out m a series of
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  • 57 1 Plane Search To Continue If Weather Improves INCLEMENT weatl i i ditions prevailing yesterday on the Malayan-Siamese border again prevented the RAF from making attempts to identify the plane wreckage which was spotted Monday last week. Should the weather improve today, it is expected that the search will be continued
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  • 23 1 Flu Epidemic In Britain Warning LONDON. Jan. 23: (Router) Britain's influenza ep: which has taken at least 1.4n0 lives m tnra weeks, today
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 44 1 /l SUNfHIEI* I They aD>ort> annoying glar»l Atailablr m various O^Mtris L C«l«aN Prom: F. J ISAACS. Optomrtrist St Optinan 1» A It THE ARCADE. (off Ralll«- Placp) Phone: Will TOLLEYS/ I I xy*^ |d V"- S^FSS^t\ Singapore Kua!a Lvmpsr Ipoh Penang IB— l
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  • 463 2 Co-ops In Malaya Want Govt, Help In Propaganda Work Standard Staff Reporter THE CO-OPERATIVE societies m Singapore and Malaya are dissatisfied >vith the inadequate assistance given by the Government to foster the movement. V motion expressing this view will be moved at the fourteenth Alt Malayan Co-operators Annual Conference to
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  • 52 2 REPUBLIC DAY INDIANS a Republic Day i 1 I "Die I flag h r from their nous I .on Ina pubW 5 5 b Mr. P. S. g institute ol Com- preside. M. B. S. Naidu au Ba Rai I m il and Hir:
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  • 22 2 Vice-Pi >idt,T nbly ot India. B Pal Is nd Cc pore for India 1 the si the I conferei
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  • 96 2 Wins $1,200 Scholarship EIGHTEEN-year-old S. T, Sundram. a first year Arts student at the UniVersits oi Malaya, has been awarded a Selansoi State Assisted scholarship foi 1951. The ralue ol the scholarship is $1,20$ paid terminally. Fhis wiil cover ill hts tuition fees, hostel charges and have something for his
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  • 159 2 TiiF FIRST traue union to be formed this year, the Singapore Oil Workers Union has applied for registration. It bethe 94th trade union of workers m the Colony. This union has a potential membership of 600 and comprises v. rkers In 'he various mills m
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  • 36 2 Clioo POX. Chun was sentenced 1 >vo months' rig m the Sii i] i P lice Court on Monday for stealing 15 pipe joint* Latches from the Municipal Buildings on Jan. i r >.
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  • 268 2 1 Unsolved Mur«!e*s Standard Su.ll Reporter REWARDS totalling $13,000 are being offered bj the Singapore Police for information leading to ih<arrests oi the culprits involved m I 1 murders committed during the past r*i\ months. The murder victims are throe detectives, a Traffic constable,
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  • 60 2 A POLICE Lieutenant Mr. A. C. Read was critically injured j esterday morning, when a Tr.iilic Department vehicle, m which he v, .is ti.ucllinu u<'nt off the road fend overturned m a drain. The accident occurred near the junction of Mountbatten Road and Crescenl I* ad.
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    29 2 photo. VVIT'I yesterday's sun, work was resumed on the new cenotaph at the Esplanade. This stouesmith is seen working on the figure "1:>42" on a block of granite. Standard
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  • 267 2 Standard Staff Reporter FKAR OF inflation, coupled vtiili the vast increase m banknote circulation causetl l>y the Ikkhh m rubhvr and titi, have induced the general Malayan public lo inx'st their savings m essential foodstuffs and <%>mmodities, said a prominent mcmlx r
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  • 95 2 A CALL to Government to grant an immediate interim increase m the cost of living allowance to ail employees m j Singapore was made yesterday by the Singapore Teachei Union. Mr. V. Victor. Acting Secretary of the Union, m a statement said his Union appreci
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  • 124 2 Chinese Among Donors To Riot Detainees Fund Stand id Malay Correspond k: FOUR CHINESE who preferred to remain anonymous donated a total of S4Od to the Singapore M T nion WelCommittee fund to help families of riot detainee?, irrespective of race. In a statement is urtf yesterday the Committee stated
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  • 128 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SIN c.\l "ore Trisha Owners Asso iation is to ask the Municipality to reconsider its decision to limit the licensing of trisha riders to 9,000. An earlier request was turned down. A spokesman of the Association told The Standard that the
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  • 225 2 Fine Weather Favours Hindu Devotees Standard Staff Reporter y AFTER several days of rain, fine weather favoured j 1 the devotees of Lord Subl' ramaniam yesterday when i the Hindus of 1 1 celebrated Tha'pusam. I Beginning: from early morning: kavadi-carrying devote; :■> a; ;■;>:•; .•■.'Pied by I their families,
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  • 184 2 Standard Mai. Reporter A! THOI GH Uw rice milli m Singapore have been forced to dosed down owing t«» r duced demand fot free markel rice I»y ihe general public m recenl month-. proprietors «»i mc n maining 2 rice milk are optitni 1 The
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  • 118 2 24 Malay Women For Welfare Duty Standard Malay Cotiespoaiatf TWENTY-FOUB members of the Malay women's branch the St. John A Brigade will volunteer for ity at the Social Welfare clinic, Chinese Methodist Church. Kampong Kapor. l: Friday. The women will take tun two at a time, for general nursing duties
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  • 51 2 Congratulatory meassages from the Singapore Colonial Secretary, Mr W L H -the, and th< I I pal President, Mr. T.P F Neici <» among nun I.'1 messages of good* ill coi m the Silver Jubilee sow < number of the Singap Muni- > cipal Elmployees' Co-ooeraUve
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 97 2 titstinviivv Svrivs of ROYU iLtI ww CRYSTAL "PRIMCESS" V >> i l l l (ut iila-^ linini:-. Aoir on Display for \<>ur early selection. SILVERWARE DEPT, PHONE 4649 3t RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE LIVESTOCK REARERS POULTRY FARMERS Make your farming a PLEASURE Save yojr feeding COSTS Reap m3 f PROFITS ls
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    • 188 2 CLASSIFIED^/ SITUATIONS VAgg* Servia be h d I required is S < Sal;. S6O 10 A UC I 1 i vrttfc h i and Sii re current rai AppLic: ti the P Hosp February aeeomp ied by to c *'M be ent< MAI U Ru,, \< f Applications are invited
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  • 137 3 *v dard Stall Correspondent U Mt'l K. Tors. The Kuala I.uinpur iv f.: U concerned that the Control of Buildilatioßs Mmonnred l» GoYcnuncni recently ip the lar^r iuimilmt of bousing schemes for ii^ emnlojeefti [1 has plans this year for putting
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  • 26 3 Malay Body Wants Men In Council K-portt-r x •ting held to request Johore to :he Union m ecided to a J ion tives for office m
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  • 31 3 $300 FINE IS CUT TO $10 Staff >rrr>pondent High Co irl It, dismi— I I.eong Chin Hi fine of :he fine. ted on a B r red a transac--3 reduced to
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  • 114 3 st.ind.ird Stuff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues, tmnection with the celebration of Indian National Day. on Friday, the SelangOl Indian tciation is holding a carnit on Feb. 3 and 4 when there will be two competitions for boys and girls. F >:• those 12
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  • 188 3 ARMY LAUNCHES LARGEST FE PROJECT IN JOHORE iVe^ Camp FTi// Hold A Garrison Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— One of the largest Military projects ever undertaken m Malaya, costing several millions of dollars, is mi n progress somewhere m the Johore vState. The project known as the FARELF Camp,
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  • 125 3 More Indians Than Malays In Muar Union Standard Stuff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. More than 100 Malay Governj ment daily paid workers at a j meeting held recently m Muar unanimously decided to join I the hitherto entirely Indian Government \V >rkers Trade Union. II is understood that there i
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  • 110 3 Standard Staff Correspondent r KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Chainchall Singh, 20-year-old ex-special constable charged with the attempted murder of a Chinese cotlee shop keeper at Sentul, put up an alibi when called on for his defence by Mr. Justice C. H. Whitton at the Selangor
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  • 91 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— A charge of using criminal force on a Malay woman with Intent to outrage her modesty, against 20-year-old Haji Yahya bin Haji Ahmad, was reduced to assault, by the First Magistrate. Mr. A. P. .lack, today. The complainant is a
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  • 80 3 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Haji Sunasi bin Haji Abdul Karim, a -48 year-old R'u;^ of Pontian, alleged to nave had m his I tssession textiles worth $165 when arrested at the Customs Kate on Monday, claimed trial when charged for failing to
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  • 233 3 FINES totalling $160 were < Levied on *-i^ht Singapore taxi drivers when they pleaded guilty to charges of operating their vehicles m the Federation withiul paying road tax, m Johore Bahru Negri Sembilan Ceylonese have organised a Youth League j the m lugural meeting will be held early
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  • 54 3 SEREMBAN, lues Fines totalling SSoO were imposed by Negri Sembilan courts on rice dealers who failed to affix and display price tags on rationed rice and sugar last week. Sixteen cases were heard m Rembau. twelve m Kuala Pilah. Fines at Rembau totalled $525 and
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  • 82 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Pleading guilty to a charge of possession of an axle from the Railway Workshops. Sentul. Aris bin Mohammed was today bound over for two years to he of good behaviour by Mr. A P. Jack. First Magistral e. A constable
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    25 3 Mr. and Mrs. Eng See long who were married at the Teochew Association, Batu Pahat, on Sunday. The bride was formerly Miss. Ng Geek Kwee.
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    45 3 picture Above is the new type of semi-detached Class VIII government quarters m Charmer Road. S^remban. for government junior staff which Sir Henry Gurney visited. There are eisjht blocks of If; houses. Work bej;an m August and the houses are now nearin? completion. Simpang Lima
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  • 137 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.:— A young Chinese, Low Kok Choo, who borrowed a wrist watch i'rom a friend on the pretext of buying a similar one, and failed to return it, was today sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr.
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  • 84 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The ?15.000 community centre m K:impong Bharu has been waiting for the erection of the steps leading into it. for the past two months. The Standard understands that unless further money is forthcoming it bids fair to being a white
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  • 107 3 MCA Backs Chinese Regiment Standard SlaiT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues:— The Standard understands that the Malayan Chinese Association wholeheartedly ports the formation of a Chinese Regiment. The Association, it is learned, will assist in the Formation of the Regiment, which will be placed, on the same footing as the Malay
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  • 215 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Tucs. The ceremonial opening of the first session of the Nfegri Sembilan Assizes for the year took place m Seremban today. Due to inclement weather, the customary inspection of the guard of honour was cancelled. Instead. Mr. Jus: ice Charles Abbott entertained
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  • 219 3 Standard Staff ('orre*.f>ondent KUALA LUMPUR, IWs. Sfpfci of fr.-h vegetables and fish from the Fed< ration to Sin«:afM»r<* will he "really retlueed if the current bad weallu-r (ontinues, as only a few lorries that now rarry the*e goods, due to the disruption of
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  • 203 3 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tucs-t-. couples were married at the Settlement's second Mass W. I ding Ceremony held at the Meng Sent Charitable Asm tion yesterday. Mr. Cheong Seng Wan. Picj sident of the Association i I ciated at the simple cere;, when rings
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  • 110 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues.— ln a i report on the progress of operative societies m Negri Sembilan. the Mentri Bn Dato Haji Abdul Malek. Ivealed that at the end of 194S there were 90 registered societies m the state as compared with 75 m
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 90 3 UUS OPPORTUNITY!! 7G S CHEAP SALE 1 giftag gifts for the season GIVE 'ity Best workmanship Design BVED CAMPHOB WOOD CHESTS a ~***~**~~*j|b jß^^^*?jp^s r"^^^F iZSIiS? 'discount !i> made by specialists engaged from SHANGHAI CHINA and !TtRE SCULPTURAL ORNAMLNTS VILD ANTIQUE (TRIOS ;!'>t miss th^s opportunity!! COME B \Ri.Y 1
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    • 74 3 George Lee Motors 200 CLEMENCEAU AVENUE TEL. 5338 5359. THE HOME OF RELIABLE SERVICE THE NEW 1951 ARIEL MOTOR CYCLES ARE NOW ON DISPLAY IN OUR SHOW ROOM 3 JO c v .WO v c iOOO c r From 5t. 2.10 m St. 0.10 MANY MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM UP
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 420 3 WTJo c r AnaJjjilgjiH SEREMBAN— Today °gffin «IBW V j S pathy MALACCA— Today Plaza* I Was A Shoplifter 1, 7 Re\: (Klang-): Pankajavalli Capitol: Laila Majnu 2.45, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. (Tamil* 3, 6.30 and 9 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. Sapphire: Vijaya Kumari Capitol (Klaus): Batman and Lido: Naga
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  • 454 4 Ipoh Suburbs Flooded As Kinta, Sungei Pari Rivers Overflow Banks Standard Sinft Correspondent lI'OH, Tues. Flood waters caused by heavy rainfall during the week, liaNe once again overflowed the banks of the Sungei Pari and part of Ihc Kinta River causing damage !o property and livestock but, so far, no
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  • 279 4 M MA II MPI K. Tues. The following flood n!>«>ri ha* been issued I>> i!i« Public W orka Department, Federation «>i Malaya: SKI. INGOR: At ;I L 5 a.m. t the X ing Bangi Road between the 18t and the 3H mile is flooded to a
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  • 158 4 Standard Staff Correspondent HI ITFKW4 >RTH, Tues. Public >«-r\ ice motor vehicles without cushioned seats uould not be licensed for use m Province Wellesley after Jnl> ihi^ year. This nah stated l»> tin* Chairman, Mr. S. i. Stewart a! a meeting of the
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 4 Group photo taken m honour of Mr. J. Sutherland, Sta tion Superintendent, Bungsar Power Station. X.1... who is going to England on leave. Sealed left to risht: Messrs. L. A. Lilies, D. Lee. J. Sutherland, Taj Sou Kia^ ana L. A. C. Day.
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  • 177 4 standard staff Correspondent BUTTERWORTH. Tues. The exchange oi passenger: from the buses travelling along the road from Bukit Mertajam and Simparig Ampat at the cross roads at Bukil Tengah was a dangerous practice. Mentioning this at the January meeting of ihe Province Welli Rural
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  • 55 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues.— The Sultan of Selan^or and the Tungku Ampuan, who paid a two-day visit to Kuala Kangsar U-ft for Kuala Lumpur this morning by car. During their stay here, the royal guests accompanied by the Sultan of Perak and the Raja Bendahara and
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  • 342 4 Sici»t<!a.<l Staff Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Tuts. A suggestion dial from a Long term point of i<w it would h<- better to put uj> a Bauey bridge over the !-irij> of water between Bagan Bukit Tambun m Province Wefledey South ami Batu Kavan. i\ small i^lalM^
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  • 75 4 PW Fears Drought Standard Staff Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Tues. Province Wellesley fears drought may sel m the next few months and lias adopted a water rationing scheme. The Executive Engineer, Mr. A. A. 1 isher. m a memorandum read out by the District Officer. Butterworth, Mr. S. T. Stewart, at the
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  • 102 4 BUTTERWORTH, Foes. A proposal that nrarninys should be given for the shooting of dogs b\ dog-shooters at Sunyei Hakap m Province Welleslfy Somh. especially m tin 1 earlj hours of the morning was made by the new District Officr Nibong T'-hal. Mr. M. K. Gordon,
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  • 101 4 PENANG, Tues.— Mr. Lim Khye Su. well-known cricketer, who is engineer m Wearne Brothers will be leaving by the Corfu on six months holiday m the United Kingdom. Mr. Lim accompanied by his wife and their nine-year-old While m England, Mr. Lim will take up a
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  • 47 4 BUTTERWORTH. Tues.— A sum of $70,000 had been earmarked m the 1951 Estimates for the improvement of the worst portion of the old Butterworth Town. This was announced by tin Chairman. Mr S. T. Stewart at a meeting of the Rural Board.
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  • 247 4 PENANG, luev— Shortage! of technical officers to do detailed investigations prevailed m the Income Tax Department here at present, Mr. R. E. White. Assistant Comptroller of Income Tax, disclosed to Tiie Standard today. "It is only a problem that can be solved by the
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  • 182 4 Stan<lar«l Slafl < <>rr< (Hii^nj k perlurlwd to h«ar that thrir rejEulai I oprratocl hv the I.im >vn^ S«M Hr- < i of the sUhI Inm <'«nii[jaiii«- m rcw I order for nupewdM from DrparlnH'iit |o DMMC npcraliii:: \\u ir Itam routr for a
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  • 88 4 3 Years For Axe Attack Standard Staff Con pond I IPOH. Tin Chinese shop a Keong, iced 1 three years' imprisonment today by Mr. Thon. Fi High Coui X he pley 1 I to a en of causing hurt to a I employee by means of Pleading for n Wong
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  • 11 4 BANDIT" LEADER KILLED •ilt<l ,011 <»f I f I I I
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 302 5 1 IT 1 Standard Stan Reporter i)i t!?f main causes which i» st*:i<!in£ todstnffa m Singapore skyrocket- niage *>f cargo ships lo bring ilu* stated by Mr. W. F. Pitzpatrick, :he leading provision stores m i an interview with The Standard
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  • 21 5 War On Prices West Ward Housewives Are Ready Reporter [ARKETI pro- zned to h :;.ied v Year I m < m i
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  • 558 5 DURING the height of the bailie of Singapore m February 1942, a medical student, Yoong Tatt Sin, was injured m Tan Tock Seng Hospital while on duty and brought to the General Hospital where he passed away. No undertaker could be found to
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  • 345 5 s> i .:i:jFsl >.:i. f Reporter CHINESE YEAR which falls «>n Feb. f> i 1 1 go »>.i record as probably tii< mosi expensive r\er for the Chinese population «»f Singapore. Celebrations, although restricted by the Emergency R( -illations, are <
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    63 5 i)«JOit>. PICTURE la! i»1 lh« ceremony of the World Red Swastika Society marking the laying til Tfou 5a «ol the society's new school buildins m Scmanah Estate, Chang* Ba ad V\ tto Mi i. Q i sv, Madam Wong Ec v-. v Mr Tai»TCheo g >Voon. w, itf«r Ph an
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  • 63 5 Drowns While Fetching Water A 43-YE OLD Sir ;apore Chines bourer. Poh Ah Sam, :..i di rwned m a tiflc k>l at tiie Lee Rubber factor 3 Geylai g < yesterday m it 1 and is beli v 1 [alien into the pool IHE Kamala Club's social to be held
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  • 161 5 S;i:ml:!nl Stall Rrporlcr A SIMPLE ;i!ii! impressive ceremony marked iht 1 laying of the foundation stone of th<* second Chinese elementary sc3ioo] <»f the World \\n\ Swastika Society, Singapore m Somapah Estate, off Changi Road yesterday. :.Tr. Ng Seng Phang, president of
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  • 235 5 FOOD FROM THE SKIES FOR SAKAIS SEVERAL lar-e hand, of Sakai. e\ arualt-J from iheir junkie haunt* and rnurrntralrd undrr police protection while pecorfty forccf eomh ihrir former li>in» area for bandits, uro bring fV<l almost eattreh from the air. an H.V.I. ipokeMNM haid \e*tenla\. About eighteen tons of flfs
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  • 38 5 THE S INGAPORE ChiVf Justice. Sir Cha Hurray- m the Hij4 i Court, on ty, dc\ I -..red Eberwein. an a( I en^neer, and Leona Elizabeth Wilhelmina and void, by reason of her prior subs
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  • 156 5 SIN G A PO R E yesterday basked m the first sunshine for many days. Washings re strung out m the comnds of houses m the residential are\ The Hindus were especially glad of the fine weather. being Thaipusam, they thronged the it and the
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  • 75 5 I iWIS were elected as of the Yee She ciation for 195! W rs Eu Keng Chce, E. Soon Howe, Joe Ah Chian J. P.. Eu Hai Lee. Mvi Kco. Yee Ka:..; i 1 E Sim Chua. Yee Kin Yin. Yee "ong Kay. Yee Tin
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    • 205 5 SSNGER CENTENARY S3si 295S 103 Years c! Sew: no Serviza o a IT r 87'S EASY WITH A HEW 331NGER SEWING MACHfNE Qrlcf SiNGER qwe& who oil 1&tAl/ adtMtoStMb; f You caa make the prei est clothes for loss than ha what they'd cost to buy: [t*s wonderfully easy with
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  • 764 6 JN the next war nations would be well advised to be on the losing side. Being a defeated country has its compensations. At least the fruits of victory are no less bitter than those of defeat. Consider the case of Germany and Japan. Just over five years
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  • We, the People
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      • 402 6 Eight Rising Prices Sir; The Singapore decision to appoint a special committee to investigate the price situation m the Colony is unfortunate and I hope the Federation Council will not make the same mistake. Every one m the Federation knows that the prices of essential food-stuffs, oil and fuel are
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      • 197 6 Ropes Not Committees Sir:— Your leader 'The Rule Of The Spivs' sets me grinning from ear to ear; but I am not smiling at some joke or indulging m secrei amusement for the simple reason that my throat has been cut right through. When the sugar ramp burst on the
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      • 182 6 Sir:— There lias been a lot of talk on Price Control of essential foodstuffs rec< ntly but have we not had enough of this price control m the past What was the nett result of this control? All the commodities tflffapp sared from all the shops m
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      • 123 6 R.A.F. Rain Or Shine S;r; Your Staff Correspondent, reporting upon the extremely bad weather conditions Malaya at present, said m Sunday's "Standard" that the weather grounded ail R.A.F. aircraft at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, January 20th. In fairness to the aircrews and army supply-dropping teams operating from Kuala Lumpur, you
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      • 51 6 What About Temporaries Sir; The Singapore Government is paying its Temporary Officers full rate of housing allowance as accorded to the permanent employees as from July I, 1950. Wny is this privilege denied to the temporary employees m the Government of the Fe teration <>f Malaya please? j Kuala Lumpur.
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      • 436 6 S r:— As the Principal and Or [aniser of a well known Private School. I endorse all th "Richard m yours of the 17th instant, but to make it really effective, it sh iuld mci ud c Mis i n schools. l I would suggest that
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  • 570 6  - Hitler— Poor Chap! CASSANDRA Ey yi\'. :;n;it and the famous air often destined t<> die with mundane and fooli ii words upon their lijis or stupid thoughts meandering across their minis. The *,n-.it William i»;i; <> i his deathbed was Brsi H attributed with the resounding farewell: "Oh my country!
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  • 726 6  - Where Does France Stand. ROBERT STEPHENS Inferiority (lorn pi tx, 11- r C Weakw69si Wor sen < d by mi Sus; From: I PARIS URING lite two «lavs General Eisenhower has juwt Bpent bere i liin trip roinul li'ik new European .riKh, he had an exceptionally fjood opportunity for the
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  • 18 6 Review of Views How fl ;ol Price' 'Act S ID. Ebeob frip G S I to b. |MI
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  • 17 6 Q -•> -ii let Aitu: hef through fiippia' counties! \\nat> tie ijamr i: ,und Briiain (?uiz
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  • 671 7 MODIFIES TERMS F CEASEFIRE IN KOREA LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 23 (AP) Communist China agreed m a surprise message yesterday that a ceasefire could be arranged by a sevennatioii conference on Korea, Formosa and all Far East problems. The Lnited States branded it a "transparent attempt to
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  • 167 7 LONDON. Jan. 23 (UP) I Prime Minister Clement Attlee and his cabinet held a special meeting at No. 10 Downing Street today to weigh Communist China's new proposal for a settlement m Korea. The hurriedly summoned session reflected the feeling m most of Europe
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  • 109 7 OKYO. Jan. 23: (.Renter-' t— Britain b non ulj n t rearming Japan for! nee as a practical decision I -.orating picture fall I observers stated Britain and most nations ap- j ed of rearmament—: Aus-I New Zealand are water tight iioi teguarda —it I
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  • 17 7 RIPOLI, Jan. 23 (AP)— A Air Force Thunder>' ras n issing since air fOfCt aniid.
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  • 93 7 Between them these lassies from the 2nd Crofton Park London) Company have 116 proficiency badges. They are for pretty well everything: except gloominess the one subject the Girl's Life Brigade doesn't encourage. The girls are (from left) Irene Fig?. 17. with 25 badges; Joan Howes. 19. with
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  • 25 7 I ton that it is winning the propaganda battle with the Communists m South-East Asia. -Suiqsir^Y uf pins uonea^sjUltupY uouHjado-oj oiuiouoj^i ouj, U.P
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  • 17 7 Geneva. Paris, Conne. EdinI burgh and Blackpool are possible venues tor this year's U.X. General Assembly.—R Reuter
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  • 135 7 VGTOif, Ja*. 23 (up) 0 tola here ex<.d<",i re doubt" s M nister Nehnt bet ide N-fd by the issodor to Bfo9--e S ■> r- m U ■ng to on c':M d.njs as re_i s 1 even 0 by commentator Drexo Pearson. Pearson said Nehru received
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  • 63 7 MOSCOW. Jan. 23. (UP)— lt was understood that the American French and British embassies' have received the Big Three replies to a Soviet note of December 30 regarding a Council of Foreign Ministers meeting to discuss the demilitarization of Germany, The Western replies are
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  • 68 7 'Long Struggle With Russia Ahead' Stassen PHILADELPHIA, Jan. .23 (UP)— Harold E. Stassen said that he believes the United States faces years or even decades of struggle with Russia, but not a third world war. He called for a long-range foreign policy to win victory for "civilization and freedom" without
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  • 256 7 ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Jan. 2.1 (UP)— Patrols on the western front prowled north of \hr United Nations line today without finding any Communist opposition or troop concentrations. A stall omcer said that interrogation of captured Communists indicated that the Reds were living
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    49 7 pnoto Mrs. Eva Duarte Peron, wife ot the Argentine President, is seen m the picture here holding a little girl, who has a doll and a toy dog which Mrs. Peron presented to her m her office m Buenos Aires on the occasion of the Feast ol Epiphany A.P.
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  • 115 7 VOLCANO ERUPTS,4,000 KILLED OR INJURED PORT MORESBY, Jan. 23 (Reuter-AAP)—Four-thou-sand natives have been burned to de?.*h or injured by flaming lava m the Mount Lamington volcano eruptions which started last Thursday, it was estimated m the official report given today to the Australian Government by Mr. Ivan Champion, Director of
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  • 185 7 FRANKFLRT, Jan. 23 (Renter)— Gen. Dwigfat D. Eisenhower met the Western High Commissioners at a two-hour informal talk today opening up the third week of inspection tour of Atlantic Pad territories. No official details were given of the talk but it was understood the Commissioners gave
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  • 109 7 Chinese Pledge To PI Govt. MANILA, Jan. 23 (UP) The three-day convention of Chinese business leaders from all over the Philippines closed j last night with the convention- ists pledging full support to j the Philippine Government m the fight against Communism. More than 300 delegates representing 126 Chinese chambers
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  • 44 7 PARIS. Jr.n. 23 (Renter)— General Alphonse Juin. 62--year-old Besident^Genera] of Morocco, will shoriiy be appointed head of ai] ground, air and naval Con es, .1 spokesman of the French Premier's office saiH. His offi^in! litlo will be Inspector-General of the Armed Forces.
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    • 35 7 President Truman lias nominated Vice Admiral John L. Ballentine, Commander of the United States Sixth Fleet m the Mediterranean, to be Commander of the Air Force oi the Atlantic Fleet.— Reuter
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    • 29 7 The United States decision that the future of Formosa will be considered only h its relation to American defences m the Far East broughi favourable and reaction here A.P
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    • 24 7 Communist Hukbalahaps b-im. Ed a Panay island village, destroying 41' nipah huts and leaving 427 persons homeless, the Philippine Red Cross reported yesterday.—A. A.P
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    • 17 7 New York city attorney Phelps Phelus lias been appointed Governor of American Samoa by President Trjman. A.P
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    • 34 7 Former U.S. Senator Elbert Thomas has left Washington by air for his Salt City, Utah, home en route to Honolulu to take up his appointment as High Commissioner oi the Pacific Trust Teriitovics. A.P
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    • 42 7 The South African government is to be asked to intervene for the release of Nazi war criminals still imprisoned by the Allies. A campaign to raise money for the relief of Nazi leaders still m jail is being launched m Transvaal. A.P
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    • 45 7 The Japan Pen Club hns decided to send delegates to the 23rd convention of the International Pen Club to be held m Lausanne, Switzerland, from June 2.1 The derision followed the receipt of an imitation from the I.P.C. headquarters m Lon- J don. Reuter AAP
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    • 32 7 The Indonesian President. D r I R. Soekarno and Madame j Soekarno are going to Manila next Saturday on a week's official visit. They will return to Djakarta on Feb. 3.— Reuter
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    • 18 7 Ten Swedes died m a collision between a train and a motorcoach near Soederhamn, N Sweden —R Reuter
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    • 51 7 Indian Ambassador to Egypt Ashgar Tyzee has presented a note from Prime Minister Nehru to Egyptian Prime Minister Nahas P ;ha, asking Egypt I > define her attitude to Communist China's proposal lor a c ference of seven powers inciuding India and Egypt to try tc end the fighting m
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  • 380 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (IP) General Omar Bradley has told Congress that there was "little immmmt now of the continental United States beinj; invaded and overrun." He said he believes that the Army. Navy ami air forces that are planned are -.iHicient **lo avert
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  • 155 7 A RADIO failure aboard m i R.A.A.F. l. a o bomber fi> ing from Singapore to Parwin, •Australia. yesterday caused many anxious hours for tht Operation? Sv.:T at Air Hea quarters Malaya, Change 'Area F ghl Control j Kaliar.g, RAA F, day. With a
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  • 62 7 HONG (ReuterAAP) The 1 kong Gov« rn--1 ment announo I y a flight of Vampire jet s w b t z, brought to f to **add 1 tnidable > uustinf fighter si The flight t step to re-equl» two R-. Air Force Spitfirt squ.- a1 Hong .z.
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  • 214 8 CANBERRA, Jan. 23 (AP) Australia is suffering a serious shortage of rubber with a reported reserve of only three months m hand. The \cliam Prime Minister, Mr. Arthur Fadden. today admitted the rubber pratfall was perilous*' and that the Government
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  • 1000 8 Argentine Can't Meet UK Beef Needs For Long BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 23.— Nearly 70,000 ton* of Argentine berf is lying stored m the Invzing chambers awaiting hwyere. Another 40,000 ton* is available for slaughter; and rhiiled-tvpe beef is beiniz sacrificed to canning. Meanwhile, the British and Argentine Governments continue their
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  • 94 8 New Talks On Raw Material Sharing Plan LONDON, Jan. 23 Reuter) -The North Atlantic Pact Deputies yesterday discussed the distribution of raw materials for their production programme, it is teamed lure. Dis« tssion covered the rere::: proposal of Britain, France and the United States for a series of internal inn,:'
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    69 8 iTcnire by THE different types of fresh-water carp are here seen being sorted out by a piscary and his assistant at a carp pond ia Polony Pasir. Singapore. The fish ar? r?ady for th* market m a y r> :ir. They are fed on grass and bean-cake. During tin* recent
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  • 125 8 The rs G >verr ment 1 itepa to encourage sharply .1. ;er produci of extra lung staple types o r cottoo for stock- ng under defence proime. T: pc of cott< »n is used principally m making strong thread and durable materials need
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  • 57 8 Burma Newspapers Seek ECA Aid RANGOON, Jan. 23, (Router): Burmese newspapi 3 now Very short of newsprint-have decided to ask the Government for dollars from the American Ec »nomic Co-operation Administration I -'-.able them to import supplies f] >m Canada. Burma depends entirely on foreign supplier to meet her requirement
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  • 48 8 WASHINGTON, Jan 1\ \P): I The U.S. Treasury position on Ja'i. 18 compared with a year ago: Total debt. L'S^2:v'».!»S»;.h.i9.- 096 on Jan. itf, c impared to U*****,954 928,380 a ye ago. Gold assets, U5522,468,956,290.66 1 cents on Jan. 1•. against U5524,425,761,196 a ear ago.
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  • 52 8 CINCINNATI (Ohio*. Jan. 23, CAP*:— The Proctor and Gamble Co., has announced an mere: vi about six per cent, m the wholesale price of its soap proi due's. The increase is the first by lie company this yen-, but i there were four price advances
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  • 43 8 The National Tube C >„ at Elhvood City. Pennsylvania. h;is i set an all-tii ty record. It J reports that the plant's 3,300 employees worked 5^689,891 manboura over 318 days without a single accident causing lost ol working time A. P
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  • 65 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE commodity markets n Singapo r e were closed yesterday with the exception of tin, which w;:s Quoted at $653.56 per pica!, a, r.,e tf $0.75 p?r pkruJ ca Moadays price. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce, thp Malayan
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  • 656 8 World Trade In 1950 Reached Post- War Record WOULD TRADE m 1930 readied a postwar record, <iaius having been reported m nearly all countries a> the I nited States led m the rearmament movement, writes Thomas F. Conroy m The New \ork Times InterI national Business and Financial Reriew. The
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  • 237 8 RED CH INA EXPORTS TOP IMPORTS HOxGK O N O. Jan. 23 (Reuter-AAP)— In ion months' trading from January to October 1950, Communist China recorded a favourable export balance of 32.23 per cent of the total imports, Peking radio rep In both the export I i port fields, state trad
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  • 105 8 THE FOURTH Congress on Large Dams at its meeting m New Dei:.: considered 42 papers, i ■'.I'ii'iJ 11 from Prance, nine] from the USA. aid seven from India, on methods for determining the maximum flo 1 discharge dams and the selection of sites for outlets
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  • 41 8 HONGKONG, Jan. 23 (Special I Standard Service) Closing prices j on the Hongkong Exchange today, were HK515.42 to £1 sterling; HK55.925 to US$l: HK51,735 to Malayan $1. TIKSO.2; 1 to one! [ndonesia Rupiah; tiuld HK$33O.- I '^75 a taeL
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  • 61 8 COMMODITY PRICES LONDON KUBBEB Tuesday's openinf prices per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Settkinent House Terms. M.ircli (iO'J. buyers «il d. sellers Apr. Jane. SB|d. buyers 59 d. seUen J: !y Sept ;'d. buyers 54 d. sellers Tane: Hesitant LONDON i:\* Tuesday's prices t;r ms> 6km. >.) 4 J11..:D buyers.
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  • 197 8 THE Journal of Commerce disagrees with most year-end predictions that defence production would cause cutbacks so severe as to reduce r.S. exports this year to 15 to 20 per cent, be'ow estimated I'SSin--00 mil: ion ending 1950, say a V,\ )ii repor*. ImA i
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  • 249 8 CLEVELAND (dm), fan. 2*. 1W world** potential mineral ur.'.i biological resources are adcaiia! to n:.rj all n of tfi^ trorid^n e\ei>eKpandiiig popaln !io;i if properl} developed and dMtribated, Hum Hbward I niveri»lt\ scienlisls dcciarcd ;:l a m<;!ini: <»l ill uneriean /lnnocialioii f<»r the Mlvancemeitl
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  • 138 8 New Malacca Campaign Standard Staff (-orrcsjKindrnt MALACCA* Toes. Restoration of Malacca* i riJ line to Tampin and her fret* |M»rt Htatu- arxl l t of harlK>ur facilities for oc<*an-«oin^ vcccrlt for revival of the Settlement*^ tradr arul M U( !j declared Mr. Tay
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  • 48 8 Spain-Pak Trade Pact Signed M \DRID. Jan. 2.'i Sp d Pakistan I svc -..jned be c their fi st trade ;ij^reement. Pakist.m will send Spain c CO I Bseed arid [lida m return for Spanish textiles, m:\c\. and c .rm-.ca! products. 1 agreement is valid for <>::e ■< n
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  • 9 8 TUNGSTEN USE IN AMERICA TO BE C URTAILED I
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  • 8 8 US Reciprocal Trade Act Renewal Urged I 0(
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  • 183 9 Heavy Cargoes For Far East Delay Ships From Europe BEC4I SE of ihe exceptionally lanze quantiaruo for -liipineiit from Europe to the a-r, including Malaya, delays m delivery are hmt* Thi- wjurniag *as given recently by a cono the Lines which include both British companies, Mich as tlie P. and
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    92 9 The 8.1. liner, the 7,933-ton Tairea, helped the Postal Services to deliver mail to the area between Penang and Ipoh when she loaded 150 bags of printed matter and 221 bags of parceis from Singapore yesterday. This mail had accumulated at the General Post Office. Singapore for three days because
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  • 36 9 Standard Staff Reporter Mr. Charles Arnoti oi the h ternatiana] Pre.-s and Pubiicatioos Division In the U.S. State Department arrived by Xl M Constellation yesterday on an inspection of L'.S.I.S. es m Malaya.
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    110 9 tmi Kaptein hs nakiume a! .i 'v hite hristns' sencLs shivers down I ■unmoored the popul.-.r Tr:in>pt)it oi KLM :io>.il h tima yr>t°r- i his return from I leave m tioli irlutc hrl^t- i ■C hf addrd aiu Irsl v bitei i^U i his V-rd^nhnut home ra Hoil.ind
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  • 40 9 PERMITS FOR 19 JAP SHIPS *RK. Jan. 2:i (AP)~ strj Trai rt announced building perd issued fur conof 19 ships totalling reports the Jommerce fro:r: additkns to Jamerchant me.: i approved by SCAR Vpross tons ci 1 be a 7.000
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  • 142 9 THK Hriiij-h V;\\ are l<> use more helicopters for defending >!:ip^ ai and for work, against submarines. Special tests arc now being carried out lo ascertain how these plains can be operated from merchant ships. A small platform for landings and dopartures has been
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  • 99 9 THE Air a t i iistry has n eived through the Foreign Office a ace of appreciation from Turkish Government for its j assistance m evacuating j wounded Turkish soldiers by air from Korea. The message, which ex- j presses the appreciation of the "splendid and
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    90 9 photo. Biggest warpiane: Pictured here at Lakenheath, Suffolk, R.A.F. Airfield is the world's biggest warpiane. the Consolidated Vultee B-36D Bomber. It is one of six B-36D's of the U.S. Air Force, that lunded at the airfield Jan. If) after a training flight of more than 5,000 miles from Carswell. Fort
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  • 58 9 HONGKONG, Jan. 23 (UP) The Indian steame; Islami arrived here with 14,000 bales of Pakistan cotton for Japan. She is scheduled to leave shortly for Japan to deliver the cargo. The ship is presently discharging a similar quantity of badly needed cotton for Hongkong importers, which
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  • 79 9 Standard Staff Reporter THERE was a flutter at Kallang Airport yesterday when Nurse Chong Ah Foo o! Joiiore Bahru Hospital did not turn up to catch the BOAC Constellation for Sydney. Together with Senior Staff Nurse Mary Tan of Johore Bahru and Stall Nurse Grace Yeo
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  • 92 9 SANTA BARBARA. Jan. 23 (AP) Chemistry professors at the University of California are offering gallium, a metal described as a "freak* because it is liquid at normal temperature, at a special, "research" price. Despite its unusual characteristics, no specific use has been found for
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  • 158 9 LIXDEX, NEW JERSEY. Jan. 23 (AP)— An American Lacquer manufacturing company here announced the development of a new plastic synthetic finish which it claims virtually eliminates a major problem In the use of guided missiles— the reflection of sunlight or moonlight off the stainle s
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  • 167 9 Singapore Flying Boat Saves US Fighter Pilot IN a perilous landing m senii-darknesg off the East coast of Korea, a Seletar-baned Sunderland flying boat Bawd the pilot of a "ditched" American fighter. The flying boat a unit of the British Far East Flying Boat Wing which operates from Iwakuni, Japan
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  • 137 9 NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (UP)— Charles Connally, editor of the Irish Echo said that the largest demonstration of protest ever held by New York Irishmen would be staged here tomorrow if the Dutch Government does not decide to withdraw its air units from training m Northern
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  • 139 9 Air Freight Increases BOAC's freight traffic to and from all parts of the m I I increased greatly during 1950. During the first nine months of lit;:' an average of 11 tons was carried on the Corpora- tion's aircraft every day. In the same period last year the figure had
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    • 165 9 (WiR ARRIVALS) I cnc DEPARTURES Arrivals C.P.A. DC-4 from Jakarta ETA 4 pm. KLM CONSTELLATION from Jakarta ETA hi 45 a m C.ARUDA INDONESIAN AIRWAYS DOL'GLAS DC3 rrooa lakarta Billiton Baafkok Sinkrp ETA UlO P.O.A.S. DAKOIA Trom Bangkok ETA "10 p.m. MALAYAN AIRWAYS DAKOTAS frooi Raala l.ampoi ETA y M>
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    • 145 9 INTIiiIemP EAST \SIATIC LINE outward rum turou* Feb. 11: India ior Bangkok, Hongkon-.. Manila. Feb. 18. Kambodia sails for H'kong, Kobe and Yokohama Feb. 21. Feb. 24: Lalandia for Bangkok Feb 27 f^oca! Bangkok Run In Port. Taluei for Bangkok. Homr.vaid via Colombo Red Sea. Jan. 1!4 Selandia. sails Jan.
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    • 149 9 Philippines. Hong Kong. Japan and US. West Ooast ISTHMIAN LINK For U.S. East Coast Ports via Port Swettennam Penan* ana Suez. Accepting ramo for oult PorkIn Port: Steel Vendor, sails -Jan. 23. In Port: Steel Fabricator, sails Feb. 29. Jan 27: steel fimira] sails Feb 1 Feb. 5: Stool Vuvatjer
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    • 263 9 COASTAL MOVEMENTS Arrivals fyesterday): Reiau from uiu Bernam, Seremoan at Pen ng from Mergui. Serdanu from Pontianak. Departures (yesterday): Kamuning for Bangkok, kator.g for iliri, ICallm for Trengganu, Seramp.ing for Penang. Stia for Belawan. Arrivals 'today): Scudai from Dun^un. Se^amat from P. Swettenham, Sem^ntan from S'bu. from Pontianak, Pulai Kidjang
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  • 115 10 I I VWOOD. Jan. 2:3:^ J i Buccaneer £n-ipire," a t wi spectacle of r.. c and adventure a l i a pirate ship, costarring Robert Mitchum, Domergue, Victoi Mature and Jaci Buetel. Will ade by Edmund Gramm t is an added feature
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  • 370 10 "My Daughter Joy" (based upon the novel "David Golder" by Irene Nemirowsky) is a London Films presentation of a Gregory Ratojj production. 1. George Constantin (Edward G. Robinson)? a ruthless, brilliant bu^'ness man, with a lust for power. is entirely devoted to his beautiful
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  • 111 10 f ONDOX. Jan. 23— A Gov•*J ernment-appointed committee has recommended that the British Broadcasting Corporation should keep its monopoly for radio and television programmes m British homes. It rejected proposals for sponsored radio on the Australian or American patterns. The committee suggested
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  • 588 10 SILK STOCKINGS— DO THEY MAKE A STAR T ONDO N, -Li WOJan. One of the few stars that Hollywood's produced m recent years is blonde Shelley Winters, who leaped into prominence by her outstanding performance as the hardbitten waitress m "A Double Life" with Ronald Colman. The film capital is
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  • 118 10 rpEL AVIV, Jan. 23:— Israel is 1- to have its "first theatre m the desert." The hall, with a seating capacity of 300, is to be built In Elath which is m the southernmost part of the country where it reaches the northern tip of
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    • 235 10 <£, &T[M AY^ JOHN WAYNE j^|^ ToMOHCV. '■^■JS\f SHOWS! I THE FIGHTING 1 „A m ,45 4.5 KENTUCKIAN fi ,45 9.30 PM. i A »EPU»UC P,CTU»i OPENS TOMORROW! from Ihe hall- oi MONTEZUMA TO Ihe shores ol TRIPOLI The GoU-And-Glory Story j^" of The U.S Marine. l iA J& Tripoli
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    • 680 10 Radio Programmes RADIO MALAYA Report In Amo>: 715 Song, of U U IU Sirklsi* It% (.uakang; 745 -Personality Parade"; <IVI Al>Mi« >tT M n m Newi In Mandarin: 8.15 ail>ll/*rUl\fc, Please Play for Me"— Teochew 9 (4*4 Metre, .od 0.1 Metre., (j$ "for^the ENGLISH PROGRAMME f^ g^ J gg^ J3
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  • 854 11  -  LILLIAN BUCKOKE In,, Pf 'roiKiN 0 > h <^s this i iras not exactly Imbrella trains one iTbicles I harming itteiteg noddy ill passerse going s, arid the are fust .vned ott .ie availof the Little received tbe at of bats Having stream into expc ed »sl ™.v
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  • 185 11 RAF(C) Yacht Chib To Ho!d Regatta I A LARGE entry has been < receded for the Royal Air 1 Forie Chanji Yacht Club I Regatta to be held at Changi on Saturday and Sunday\ I 1 Main entries are from the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, i R.A.F. Seletar, Royal Engii
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  • 65 11 THE following will play for all Blues against a Singapore Cricket Club "A" XV on the padang today at 5.15 p.m.: Yap Boon Keng, R. McCoy. Niaz Shah, Kassim Hus.>ein. Han Lok Juan, Hamid Omar, Mike Chua, David Adcock. W. Vaz. V. de Bruin, Ricketts, O::^ Thong
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  • 159 11 IPOH, .Mon. Sponsored by the (hen? VVah Football Club ol Ipoh. a party of eighteen Federation Footballers of various nationalities will make a tour to Bangkok where they are scheduled to play live y !mcs m aid of charity. They are leaving Pen;ui£ by
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  • 810 11 LONDON, (Reuter). Football league standing after Saturday's matches were: P W D L F A Pts i Totter. ham H. H If 6 5 sft H 38 Middlertrougb 27 ;d 8 4 04 38 3h Arsenal 28 IS 6 7 56 32 36 Newcastle v. 26
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  • 244 11 Hibernian 18 13 2 2tt HeaVis C M t 4 i 33 22 fi.-t.' crs II 8 I U II Cr 19 8 4 9<> 20 Morton 20 12 9 3 S<t 20 Et Ith Ro\crs 9 2 $1 Itt JO I Motht 16 8 3 5 39
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  • 79 11 Chang Seng Lung Tennis Tourney I id 20 lor the am lal Long Cup t< ii tournament m Negri Sembi an. This i urnament has been won by i Sembilan Chi I Ree. Club since it \v;. irated. Open to all affiliated clubs m Negri Sembilan, each is repi by
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  • 82 11 j ing i 1 1951 offi c Setia B v at the 4 ;<.l gc eral meeting hold r< Patrons: Dr. S. H. Ai-Junted. J.P n Kirn Lee, R. K. 1 I LS I're---idti Ism t elected >; Vice Pi m. Mr. S< < ri t.irv, Ibrahim
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 140 11 ir~~ y^Tx I r\A/Pii"rW^AMD MERE'S A Vi fA BOND THAT^fc ffl I f YES/ BUT f f JEEPERS! >. I lyig*^ I'M I DIME TO HELP YOU MEANS I CAN'T I L J^iTniNK Or A_lS fV' VE GOT TO BE AX c£^Y iFiMISHEDj/XBUV A BONdT/ I SPEND IT FOR M
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  • 663 12 THE City of Singapore Chess Team won the Mac Donald Cup presented by the Commissioner General, when they scored a convincing victory over the University of Malaya Chess Club m their first chess match played at Harrower Hall yesterday afternoon. After the adjudication of
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  • 139 12 THE Hoods m South Malaya have forced nine of the Army .boxers who have entered for the Malayan Individual Championships at Kuala Lumpur this week to scratch. Among them is Company Ser-geant-Mai or- Instructor Jones, who ia a former Army Champion at two weights
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  • 265 12 MADRAS. Jan. 23 (Reuter) Set 271 runs to make the Commonwealth replied with 2?."i for six. The match the fourth unofficial Test between India and the Commonwealth thus ended m a draw. The Commonwealth won one of the previous Tests, the other two being
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  • 257 12 SEVEN athletes, selected by the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council to represent the Colony at the Asian Games to be held m New Delhi m March, will begin systematic training under Singapore A.A.A. supervision from Friday. Yesterday, at the Singapore Recreation Club, the athletes
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  • 136 12 Ollie Davies Gay Reveller Minorou axcv 1 OANYMEAD BRILLIANT SON GANYMEAD KUt Finalist Finalist Princess Nufßeld uxcv 9 CAMELIA WHY WORRY FROG KACfc z. Agoko Announce Why Worry rP INSPIRATION SIX AND EIGHT INSPIRATION BALfc j. Pennyworth. Inspiration Six and Eight .*****" CAPTAIN YULE BEST BET AIR MAIL
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  • 1274 12 Standard's RACE CARD RACE 1: Horses, Class 4, Div. 3 6 Furlongs: 2.15 P.M. 1. 002 The Dancer 4y 8.13 2. 000 Bello 4y 8.11 3. 023 Finalist 4y 8.11 4. 003 Ganymead a 8.10 5. 230 Vanguard a 8.09 6. 320 Three Kingdoms 3v 8.09 7. 300 Brilliant Son
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  • 612 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES By WITH three good ones m Ganymead, Blue Eyes and „v and a possible fourth m Airmail, 'Doc' Rodgers of Penan?: i little difficulty m heading the trainers' lint today, the second Perak Turf Club January meeting. My two best bets are
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  • 70 12 Rf< »i. Ufl t. -I! lien \i-i-rdj^ mon horM-* i umnin d;M WtTt t.i k- Oct. Best throe by B ."n Unie tanre Cash I I Ot'r.< were I F and A M the sti Ladies F while up thi Inky B B iftei tin n< r
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 28 12 HIGH TIDES at the principal resorts m Malaya. TODAY: A.M. P.M. Singapore 12.19 11.18 Malacca 8.49 9.00 Port Dickson 7.30 7.41 Port Sham 6.42 7.11 Penan* 1.20 2.06
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