Singapore Standard, 24 January 1952

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    19 1 Singapore Standard ■Ik IL snj X VOL. II NO. 206 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1952. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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    Russia 'Froze' Truce Talks, Allies Charge
    175 1 Russia 'Froze Truce Talks, Allies Charge TOKYO; Jan. 23 (IP).--The United Nations i .wnmaud said today that Soviet Russia "temporarily the Korean armistice negotiation* until it can ren iluatt' the current world situation. The statement was made m a weekly broadcast to Korea as Allied and Communist negotiators studying supervision
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    Girl Bandit Captured, 3 Killed
    152 1 Girl Bandit Captured, 3 Killed Xl ALA LUMPIR, Wed. Gurkhas waded chesthigh through flooded >wampy land yesterday m the Muar area of Johore to kill three bandits and capture a woman suspect. I v recovered one rifle and > shotguns from the bandits whose bodies have not yet been identified.
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    Nicoll Flies To UK Today
    36 1 iKONG, Jan. 23. (AP). Fearns Nicoll. Gov- > -jnate of Singapore, I :i^kong for London •iv aboard a plane assuming his Singa- >.:, has be ;i Colonial 4 Hongk ir i g since
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    We'll Wipe Them Out, —Ridgway
    128 1 TOKYO. Jan. 23 (UP) General Matthew Ridgway, Supreme CnmrnanAnf Alued Powers, today told the Philippine Congressional delegation that the United Nations forces m Korea will wipe out all Communist penetrations "to a man" should the Reds decide f launch fresh assaults. In a 30-minute conversation
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    61 1 Dr. Frank P. Graham, newly appointed by the UN to mediate m the dispute between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, stands between India's UN delegate Hardar Singh Malik (left) and Pakistan's delegate, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan before a Security* Council meeting opened m Paris last week. Dr. Graham still entertains
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    CID Men Nab Eight Gangsters
    122 1 CID Men Nab Eight Gangsters SINGAPORE Police last night arrested a gang of eight Chinese, three of whom were armed, at Kampong Tiong Bahru, one mile from the main road. Acting on information a party of police from the Hokkien sub-branch of the C.I.D. was lying m wait for the
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    Bomber Hits Tree, 5 Die
    59 1 DOWNHAM MARKET, England. Jan. 23 (Reuter)— Five British Air Force men were killed when a four-engmed bomber crashed m flames near here early today. A sixth man was found alive m the wreckage and rushed to h °The a plane a Lincoln a ni*ht flying
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    ARMS SEARCH WIDENED
    338 1 2 More Settlements Cordoned O f f; Graves Alleged Demolished ISMAILIA, Suez Canal Zone, Jan. 23: (Reuter) British troops today widened their search for arms and snipers m Ismailia. Two more Arab settlements were cordoned off before dawn for a house-to-house search. The area is just east
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    Saudi Arabian Proposals For Uk
    196 1 LONDON, Jan. 23, (Reuter).— Saudi Arabian proposals for mediation m the Anglo-Egyptian dispute have been handed to the British Ambassador m Jeddah. a Foreign Office spokesman said today. The spokesman said the proposals wore being forwarded to London by the Ambassador, Mi. George Pelham. The
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    3 POLICE KILLED IN DEFENDING HQ
    165 1 TUNIS, Jan. 23 (UP)— Three police were killed and two were reported missing today when an Arab mob, estimated at 5,000 strong, attacked the pojice headquarters and the headquarters of the French militia at M'Sak, 90 miles south of here. Today's outbreak brought the
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    Lin Shaping Plans For I-C Invasion
    89 1 TAIPEI, Jan. 23 (AP) —The National Defence Ministry said today that General Lin Piao, Commander of the Chinese Communist 4th Field Army, visited Kwangsi province last month to put into shape plans for a Red invasion of Indo-China it peace is reached In Korea.
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    Malayans Reach Rangoon
    52 1 THE three-man Malaya-Borneo delegation to the Eighth Session of thft monomie Commission fof Asia and the far *a*t havt arrivMUl Rangoon, a prttt release from the CommisslonerOeneral'i office stated yesterday. The thr»e men are: Dato Mahmud bin Mat, Mr. R. Jumafchoy, and Inch* Ismail bin nftSrSitoft'starti on
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    Russia To Help Mid-East Fight Against West
    159 1 Vishinsky Quoted: I^^ *I delusive f interview with its Paris correspondent: "The Soviet Union will try to assist economically and politically all Middle East peoples thirsty for liberty and independence to free themselves of Western economic domination." The paper quoted Vishinsky as saying
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    Squatters Get MCA 'Ang-Pows'
    66 1 THE Singapore Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association yesterday gave a Chinese New Year surprise to 13 squatter families of Braddell Road area by distributing to each family a $234 'ang-pow' (red packet). The M.C.A. have been benefactors to the Braddell Road squatters since last year
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    Don't Interfere, Warns Egypt
    96 1 CAIRO, Jan. 23 (Reuter)— The Egyptian Government today published the text of its warning to the United States, France, Norway Sweden and Holland on Saturday against sending naval forces to the Suez Canal zone m resonse to Britain's request. The Egyptian aide memoire said: "The Egyptian
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    USE CHIANG FORCES AGAINST REDS'
    165 1 TAIPEI. Jtn. 28 (UP) BgUr"* American Admiral Oi*rl;j MTCpoke, broadcasting «JJJ the Free China Radio, today South-East Asia* Alter citing the ?«>Weiniovtrcome b/ President Chiang Kai-shek and Governor X.c. Wu land others m Formosa, Cooke paid tribute *> ta« Chinesa who are still flfhtJng on
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    Churchill Faces Close Questioning
    147 1 LONDON, Jan. 23. (Reuter) The Labour Party's National Executive decided today that Prime Minister Winston Churchill should be closely questioned m the House of Commons on Far Eastern policy approved during his Washington talks with President Truman. Mr. Churchill is due home next Monday. Hp is
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    Sailing Home
    40 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 23. (APIMr. Winston Churchill sailed for home this morning aboard the Queen Mary. The ship pulled out of New York at 0«l 2 (Spore Time 1.42 p.m.) today. Mr. Churerjill retired shortly after boarding ship.
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    100,000 Go To Polls
    53 1 TEHERAN. .Jan U (AP) More than 100.000 Persi.ti went to the polls here yesterday m the biggest national election turnout m the <-o:jritry's history An estimated 10,300 troop* md police Cuarded the tensf city an«i its 108 polling booths Voting for Teheran's 1 deputies will continue
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    Malayan Leaders Attack Statement By Mr. Lyttelton
    892 2 Malayan Leaders Attack Statement By Mr. Lyttelton Standard Staff Reporter MALAYAN statesmen and community leaders yesterday strongly criticised the statement made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, when he addressed the Commonwealth Correspondents Association m London. The matter will be brought up m the Federal
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    41 2 paoio. MR E. H ALiilS. Chief Mainlciuncr Engineer of Qantas Empire Airways. Sydney, accompanied by his wile, reached Singapore by air yesterday en route to the Lmted St Mr S Aldis will visit Lockheed aircraft manufacturing air service via Singapore. Standard
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    Indian Assn. To Hold Buffet Party
    54 2 A BUFFET party with musical entertainment will be held at the Indian Association, Singapore, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Indian Republic on Saturday. Members who wish to attend are asked to register their names at the office. Invitation cards will
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    BID TO KEEP PARKING LOT
    311 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government will be taken to task by Mr. EC A. Mallal, (Progressive, City) m the i relative Council for it* agreement to lease parts of ie car park at Clifford Pier on which the Singapore t liamlu-r of Commerce and
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    'A Horrible Thing'
    55 2 "EXTORTION is a horrible thins. You put people m fear f violence if they fail to give you what you want," remarked Mr. Justice Rogers m the Singapore aTsnVissing an appeal* by 20--year-old Lav Chee Kioiig, under sentence of two years* imprisonment and one year's police supervision
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    Cabbage Growers Not Profiteering—Mrs. Eu
    241 2 Cabbage Growers Not Profiteering— Mrs. Eu CAMERON Highland could supply the vegetable needs of Singapore if the Emergency is solved but the growers should m the meantime be encouraged m their present period of difficulty, declared Mrs. Robert Eu, President of the Singapore Consumers Association, Tanglin Branch, yesterday. Instead, continued
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    Colony Burglars Are Using Cars
    369 2 Standard Staff Reporter A DAYLIGHT robbery was committed by a Chinese woman on Tuesday morning when she robbed a seven-year-old girl student at Fairfield Girls' School of a gold chain with a locket and jade valued at $200. The girl was playing m the school
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    Judge's First Death Penalty In Singapore
    95 2 FOUND GUILTY of murder on the jury's unanimous verdict, a watchman named Gura Singh was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Knight at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. It was the new judge's first death sentence m Singapore since he had been appointed a Puisne
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    'Shocking Record'
    71 2 ••YOU HAVE a shocking record and it is for people like you that the Traffic Regulations have been passed," Mr. Justice Rogers remarked m the Singapore High Court yesterday, dealing with an appeal by a young motor-cyclist. Low Chee Hiong, against a sentence of six months imprisonment for
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    TRISHA RIDER FINED $100
    64 2 CHEN YONO CHWEE. who appeared m the Singapore First Police Court on charges of riding a trisha without a licence and with a cancelled badge, told the Magistrate that if he had paid $40 to the constable who had arrested him, he would not be m
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    Lender Cleared
    42 2 SAJJAN SINGH, a money lender of Owen Road was acquitted m the Singapore First Police Court cf a charge of issuing a false promissory note as a security for a loan of $300 from A.G. Sheperdson on July 30 last
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    Eire Plan To Boost Granite Output
    208 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE City Council Engineer,, Mr. G. Edmund, has forwarded a schema to hire plants f rom I the Army, the R.A.F. and private sources to increase output of. stone at the Mandai Quarry. The scheme, already approved by the Public
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    94 2 FIVE HUNDRED instead of 370 poor Singapore children would have enjoyed the Overseas League Chinese New Tear Children's Party at the Great World yesterday, if the League had more helpers. The few helpers had their hands so full that they could not leave to round up more children as it
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    Retril For Eight Who Did Not Know
    260 3 Retril For Eight Who Did Not Know Man Lird Stall Reporter EIGHT CHINESE, who hod bam sentenced m the lower courts to three months' imprisonment for entering the Colony with<>jt passports, are to be retried on a different charge as a result of on appea* m fhe Singapore High Court
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    100 Rebel Against One Man
    77 3 Standard Stall Reporter REBELLION has broken out m the Singapore Post and TelemmunicatKUis Department r <rmed Staff Union, m^.c 111 100 members have sent m < petition to the Executive ttee of the Union exg "no confidence" m the secretary and asking replacement by one
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    His Fourth Conviction
    55 3 ird Staft" Reporter TV three-year old Koon Sail's appeal ntence ol 18 months] and two years' riston imposed m courts on a charge king m order to dismissed by Mr. gen m the Singai Court yesterday. Counsel, Mr. A. v. disclosed that Chiang t previous convictions been
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    'KISS ME'BOY GETS PRISON
    427 3 'KISS ME' BOY GETS PRISON ricture. Other pictures on page 10 NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Wong Ji Kirn, described by hi§ school master as a decent student, extremely popular with boys and teachers was sentenced m the Singapore Relief Court yesterday to two days 9 rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine
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    'THE OPEN DOOR RIDDLE'
    239 3 'THE OPEN DOOR RIDDLE' George Stephen, a Russian boy, told the court that he could not remember, whether he had told Wong of his address. Mr. Oehlers submitted that the prosecution had failed to prove its case. Its evidence was not corroborated while the defence gave a clear story. "The
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    'OYSTER DREDGERS AT SEA' TAME A FiRST
    281 3 'OYSTER DREDGERS AT SEA TAME A FiRST Ky MAXINE RAKICH, standard Staff Reporter V MERICA N Aubrey B me, has won the Loke Tho medal the Singa•re Art Society's most ted honour with hi 3 i of Oyster Dredgers g in o stormy sea off Vmerlcan coast. Bo line won
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    Matm n Gave Dud Cheque
    92 3 V INTENT NICOLINI, a :>r.>t,-ssional wrestler, ad.'""<d m the Singapore Hind Police Court yesterday It giving Sim Song Su of <>r, hard Road a cheque last J«aj for $210 for a Fye Kadio whea he had no bank amount at all. Vincent denied cheatl"« Abdul
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    NOTE FOR COKE MEN
    66 3 THE Controller of Imports and Exports m Singapore, will now consider applications from established firms to import foundry coke from the United Kingdom m 1952. A notice to Importers lawed by the Department says that applications should be by letter and state the name of the
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    Strict Check Did Not Prevent More Money Going To Red China
    192 3 Standard Staff Reporter Commumst China by &^c?HK Exrt^ ond the $2,950,000 were remitted monthly r year by the Chinese m Malaya to dependants behind the bomboo curtain." T Last year's total reached the record figure of $35,306,255. Highest figure
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    1951 Lost 24,250 Man-days
    159 3 1951 Lost 24,250 Man-days Standard Staff Reporter THERE were altogether four strikes, resulting m the loss of 24,250 man-days m Singapore during 1951, said Mr. W. I. Galletly, First Assistant Commissioner for Labour, yesterday. Although this record was not as good as that of the previous year, 1950, when there
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    Help U.N.A., —Lecturer
    65 3 UNGKU Aziz speaking at the Rotary Club Weekly luncheon yesterday asked Rotarians to help the United Nations Association to become a people's movement by getting more members. Ungku Aziz, the Association s secretary, outlined the aims of the organisation, which seeks to foster friendship and understanding among
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    WIDOW WEPT" FOR JOY
    201 3 widow, Madam i-oh Kai Chee wept tears of Joy last night when told that Standard readers had started a "Chinese New Year Fund" for her and her five young: children. The fund reached $345 yesterday. Madam Loh, broken by worry over her husband's death and the
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    DINNER FOR COL. BURGESS
    92 3 Miss Alice Lee, 22-year-old "nightingale of the Orient," who has sung before the King of Siam reached Singapore by air from Hongkong yesterday. She will sing at the Cathay Restaurant. Hongkong born Miss Lee who attended the Hangchow University, is on her first visit to Singapore.
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    RED CROSS LOOKS BACK
    249 3 By CHRISTINE DIEMER, Standard Staff Reporter A RESUME of the work done during 1951 and of that which will be undertaken this year was given yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the British Red Cross Society, Singapore Branch, at the British Council Hall. The report
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    OBSTRUCTION
    50 3 CHUA SHUNG SOO. a fruit merchant of Albert Street who pleadfed guilty to a charge ot obstructing the five-foot-way m front tof his shop by putting baskets 4>f fruit on it, admitted a previous conviction for a similar offence and was fined $75 m the City Police Court, yesterday.
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    51 3 SIXTEEN-YE ._.-OLD Yew Kai Ming claimed trial m the Singapore First Police Court yesterday, when charged with assisting m the management of an unlawful society called the Siong Gi Thoan of 108 group on Jan. 22. He was released on a $1,000 tyail In two sureties until Jan.
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    Union Probes A Dismissal
    80 3 THE Bukit Timah Branch of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union will hold a special general meeting on Saturday next to consider action about the alleged "unlawful" dismissal of a fitter employed at No. 1 Base Vehicles Workshop. According to Union members, the fitter, Mr. V.
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    Power Cuts
    194 3 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding today: DAY Union Building, Hume Pipe, Rheem, Ford, Bin Seng. Wire Mesh. P.W.D. Quarry, Nanyang Mfg.. Bt. Panjang, National Carbon. Princess Elizabeth Est., Dairy Farm, I'lu Pandan, Junuig 1, 3, Bt. Tiraah Village. United Chinese R. Wks., Lam Soon Cannery, Lam Choon R.
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    MORE HGs IN PERAK
    170 4 MORE HGs IN PERAK Standard Staff Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Home Guards and Kam- j pong Guards m various places m the Federation are doin? active patrols, hunting out and killing the bandits. The Home Guard movement made considerable progress during last year, jn expansion and improvement m efficiency
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    ABSENTED FROM DUTY
    146 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Jaffar bin Hassan, a 19-year-old Malay Special Constable was convicted by Che Harun m the Second Magistrate's Court today, and bound over m $200 for a period of six months for absenting himself from duty for more than 21 days without permission. Pleading guilty
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    BIG MEDICAL PLAN FOR KAMPONGS
    292 4 Chinese Doctors Offer To Give Voluntary Help Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed.— A .am of $750,000 is expected to be wed this ye ar for fhe Medical Department', .eheme t S^^ "J m the rural areas m the Federation ofMaUya, Mr. J. lA»e, leer™ to
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    REPUBLIC DAY
    62 4 KLUANG, Mon. A meeting will be held at. the Indian Association premises m Kluang on Indian Republic Day, Jan. 26. All Indian homes and business premises will fly the national flag. Mr. Chin Siak Seng was married to Miss Margaret Cheah, at the Church of the Visitation, Seremban.
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    Labour Party Welcomes Link
    317 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The IMP'S vicious attacks on the MCA-UMNO merger are the ravings of a soloist m a singing competition who discovers that two other sinuers will not sing solos against him but are singing a duet, said Mr. K. C. Chia,
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    TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR K.L.
    264 4 Standard Staff Correspondent VITA T A T TTATTITJO \l7rv/4. Kuala Lumpur, m keeping with most large towns and cities m the world?, will have automatic lighting signals at important road junctions to regulate traffic. Eleven new sets of automatic traffic light signals are being installed at
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    Broke Curfew
    25 4 For breaking the curfew order at Sagil, Tangkah, Tan Taw Lok, aged 38, was fined $25 by the President of Sessions Court, Muar.
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    Defence Training For Instructors
    151 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed.-€apt H. G. R. Stevenson, Chief Civil Defence Instructor, Federation of Malay*, for the Centra] Training School here, told The Standard today that a two-week full-time course 'or Dcnnanent assistant in* •tractors will bftfa ea\ Feb. 15. This eesjisi will cover lectures,
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    NEW POWER STATION
    49 4 •The new Conn a ugh t Bridge pow«>r station Uailg Which, uhrn com Pleted late this ye ar *jj generate enough Pottl r for the whoU» of s.i n Q Stote. This official picture was taken Central Bfedricit] h.. by Lee and Sons of k> Lumpur
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    Don't Be Used As Tools. Khoo warns Electors
    737 4 Don't Be Used A s Tools. Khoo warns Electors Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Speaking at an IMP election neettß? i the SCRC ground this evening, Mr. khoo Teik Ee. Honorai •> I n of the Central Body of the Malayan Chinese Association, warned < not to be used
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    Six Days Hard Labour For 'Hero'
    94 4 Six Days Hard Labour For 'Hero' KUAL/ pjiire su| himself a her the Second M... hum n when he s( ni.cn days' rig [or Ca polii't o/h c being a f had 18 pre> I T.;l SUX Eura: ■> I Zorru. s; j reported at I aw k wai ir
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    MCA GIFTS FOR CAMP INMATES
    145 4 THE Malayan Chinese Association's Johore State Branch are distributing Chinese New Year gifts worth more than $2,000 to inmates of the Leper Camp, the Welfare Home, the Prisons and the Majeedi Detention Camp. The gifts, which consist of fruits, sweets and other Chinese New Year
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    MR. M.R. IYER DIES AT KL
    122 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mr. M. Ramaswami Iyer, Senior Assistant Registrar. Supreme Court, Selangor and barrister-at-Law. died suddenly of m heart attack, at his residence m Circular Road, last night. He was 51. Members of the Legal Department and Bar woo hid seen Mr. Iyer
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    Power To Councillors
    66 4 Power To Councillors KUALA Discreti to Huni p require s m all m ■emi-per recent Pluming ji of the Con meetinc nevery new of $s.(J'»f' r nrc tary instal ation. The Com e^ however. requirernci/ the type of Mr. T.K M Councillors stai I tion next tn sanitary ii cost
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    Church Festival
    18 4 THE annual fesi Church of St. Pau, at the Third Ms Seremban. was cc < high mawandaj^
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    FIRST DRA WING OF PREMIUM BONDS
    78 4 —The lint Crawls* of Premium Bonds wffl take place at Selan* or T*rf Ctij at It a.m. tomorrow. Ins draw Is open to the public. Approximately 17.7 M Bonds wil fee entered fir the ff-aW and the first priao wUlbe $4.3*5 (2J3*^ W). The
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    TWO RUBBER FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN
    214 5 TWO RUBBER FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN RI Trade Ban Hits Workers Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed. Two rubber factories m Penally have closed down while others are only working part-time due to the shortage of wet rubber sheets, export of which i* prohibited from Indonesia as a result of the new
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    49 5 MB* D. MEAD. Member for Works and Housing, Federation of Malaya, seen receiving his warrant of appointment as a Justice of the Peace, Perak, from the Sultan, Sir Yusuf Izzuddin Shah, m the State Council Chamber. The presentation was witnessed by the Perak State Executive Council. Photo by Scoops.
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    The Tuugku Who Speaks Mandarin
    148 5 AMONG the recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal presented by the Yang di pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, recently, was Tungku Syed Abdullah bin Tungku Syed Omar, known locally as the Tungku who speaks Mandarin. Born m Negri Sembilan m 1916, the Tungku joined the
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    NO UNION MAN FOR SEMINAR
    106 5 THE SINGAPORE Government has nominated Mr. J. D. Haskins, First Assistant Commissioner for Labour, to attend the three-week seminar on labour inspection organised by the International Labour Organisation at Calcutta towards the beginning of next month. This was announced yesterday by the Commissioner for Labour,
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    Information Kiosk At GPO
    96 5 PROVISIONAL plans for placing a tourist and general information kiosk m the main entrance hall of the Singapore General Post Office have been drawn up and an official decision on the plans is awaited. The Public Relations Department said yesterday that if the plans were approved
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    Cooke-Labrooy Wedding
    104 5 IPOH, Wed.— The marriage of Mr. Harold V. Cooke, son of the late Mr. E. C. Cooke and Mrs. Cooke of Kuala Lumpur, to Miss Ivy Labrooy, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mn. C.H. Labrooy of Ipoh, was solemnised at the Elim Hall this mt*b> ing. > The
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    TEAM OF 30 WINS $55,000
    121 5 Itaadari Stall Correspondent ;»<)H. Wed A Seremban accompanied by fther, arrived m Ipoh itu\ returned with a for $55,006 after pre--5 m MCA Kotterj ticket N [*****6 third prize m I IW. Be ng with joy, the w0- prefera to remain .n kh said thai
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    'Bad Record' Man Fails In Appeal
    62 5 'Bad Record' Man Fails In Appeal REMARKING that the accused had a bad record and that he saw nothing wrong with the prosecution evidence, M: Justice Rogers m the Si:igaj re Htgh Court yesterday (i missed an appeal by a young man, Lim Lay Seng. who bad been lentarvred f
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    Province Bus Go's Plans Turned Down
    150 5 Standard SiuiY Correspondent BUTTERWORTH. Wed. The direct bus service between Butterworth and Nibong Tebal which was cancelled m 1931) is not to be restored after all. The Commissioner for Road Transport has refused the application of the Federal Transport Service Co.. Ltd., Butterworth, to
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    Victims Of Fire Get $50 Each
    193 5 Standard Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PAT AN I. Wed. Che A. B. Sheriff, the presiding Chairman at yesterday's quarterly meeting of the Kedah Sta f e Welfare Committee. urged District Officers to exert more effort this year m their "Welfare Week" drives. The Committee decided
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    32 POLICEMEN AREHONOURED
    235 5 32 POLICEMEN A RE HONOURED Mamlard Staff Correspondent M VIA TRENGGANU, Wed. On the occasion of birthday (tomorrow), the Sultan of Trengganu has roved thf auanl of the following honours to I nbffi of the l*t»lj«*e Forr«*i»: ngtrished Conduct Modal Perk- rti Terpfleh) nfl ag bin Said, Emergency Corporij bin
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    New Curfew Area
    13 5 LTRPEW has been de- •"<* Hukit MerUjam, Pro- 'Hesley. The curlnr
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    Holidays In Penang
    193 5 THE following have been declared Public and Bank holidays m Penan2 this year: Public Holiday* < Federal >— Chinese New Year (2 days) Jan 27th and 28, Federation Day Feb. 1, Good Friday April 11. King's Birthday June 5. Hari Raya Puasa (June 23 and 24. Hari
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    Kedah's Self Help
    12 5 •'WELFARE WEEK" project, m Kedaa last year realised $16.*****.
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    Sir Otto To nonour Mr. Lim
    121 5 Sir Otto To nonour Mr. Lim Standard 9tfff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. Lt. General Sir Otto Lund, Conuais-sioner-in-Chief, St. John Ambulance Association, London, will arrive here by air on Tuesday, January 29, to officiate at the investiture of the insignia of a Serving Brother on Mr. Lira Guan Choc. an official
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    Girt To Detainees
    28 5 CHINESE guilds and associations m Ipoh have contributed $7,000 to enable the 3.000 detainees at the Ashby Road detention camp celebrate the Chinese New Year.
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    New J.P. Honoured
    24 5 A LARGE gathering attended tiaf s or Kulrni to Dr.* MTfL" Yegappan. who was recently made a Justice of the Peace.
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    Customs Chief Answers 'Libel'
    332 5 Customs Chief Answers 'Libel' Stand ird Start Reporter JOHORF, BAHRU, Wed. •—Allegations made by maia Lumpur buuiutJilluCP hat the u|>r*nr^e m tin* »rire ef good* i* due to j lelays raus*-»l by Customs HHiriaU at the Causeway vere termed 4 *white lien ami without foundation/* by tfr. A. H. (iridley.
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      Caviar And Vodka
      831 6 gOMETHING has gone wrong with Western diplomacy m the Middle East. Nearly two hundred years of political experience m the Middle East has not enabled the Western powers to hold their own m this strategic area of the world. The Western world has had a series of
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    Review Views
    545 6 Review Views Not So Critical i ALTHOUGH rumours have, spread widely that Commun-, ist troops are massing along, the borders of Indo-China and, Burma, and that the American, seventh fleet has conveyed. Kuomintang troops to these countries, the situation m South -East Asia is not so cri-' tical as people
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    The Boy In Starch Of A school
    950 6 The Boy In Starch Of A school LETS go on an educational tour. Let us visit our schools. We will noi go m a b:g cur with a big noise. We will travel as we can by bus or bicycle or foot. No special arrangments will be made for our
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    Say what you Like
    311 6  - Say what you Like TAKAR c^^J+^^^m help me. I have failed. I hop, d I could ret a rood educ-ir,.,1 and father and Mother »,ij be pleased with me; I ret a rood job. Now I kn? w am a failure. I shall m. my Hfe a poor man l
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    Mr. Ham's "Mansion"
    294 6 Sir, I was indeed glad to read the letter of Mr. D. Robertson appearing m The Singapore Standard of January 21. Undoubtedly i was written by one with a good deal of knowledge of the whole facts of an old controversy. Now let me explain. It was
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    Misinterpreting I.M.P.
    132 6 Sir; I have a few comments to make on the speech of Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, MCAUMNO Candidate. He said "The Chinese were not only fighting against domination by a Foreign power, but they also wanted to be free from domination by the IMP." From these words one
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      JOHORE PASS SYSTEM IS BAD FOR TRADE
      374 6 JOHORE PASS SYSTEM IS BAD FOR TRADE Sir, The recent introduction of pass-system at the Johore Bahru Customs Causeway office has caused such widespread dissatisfaction among the traders that many have refrained from importing any dutiable goods for the time being. The Customs Auth^ritieg are introducing something new m this
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      Mercantile Employees
      143 6 Sir; When the whole world Is changing, the employers of mercantile firms do not seem to move with the times. This can be clearly seen m their attitude towards their employees. When every section of labour m Malaya has been given increased wages to meet the ever increasing
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    12 6 "Ten years' penal servitude?— Go easy, mind! one of our
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    BEHIND THE HEADLINES WAITING NATIONS
    282 6  - BEHIND THE HEADLINES WAITING NATIONS Jean Allary by United Nations, Paris. 'THERE are fourteen nations waiting at the door of the United Nations. They are waiting for the door of this International Club to be opened to them. Although the United Nations Charter lays down the precise conditions for admission
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    BUTLER: 'NO PHONEY CRISIS'
    294 7 UK Faces Worst Financial Trial In Past 5 Years LONDON, Jan. 23 (Renter). Mr. R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ye^tenlay told Britons they were facing a money crisis worse than any they have passed through m the past five years. 44 This is no
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    Cabinet Plans New Austerity Measures
    233 7 LONDON, Jan 22, (Reuter). The Cabinet met yesterday to plan a new austerity drive for Britain on line suggested by the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Conference. The measures propose! will add to the stern cuts made m November and mean less money m people's pockets, fewer
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    NATO Does Not Cover Suez
    74 7 NATO Does Not Cover Suez WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 (Reuter* Mr. Dean Acheson. the United States Secretary of State, told a Congressional committee that an attack by Egypt on British troops m the Suez Canal zone could not bring the North Atlantic Treaty into operation. This was disclosed yesterday when the
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    Malik Invited' To-Visit Egypt
    107 7 Malik Invited' To -Visit Egypt y»n»ni wan. «o n^n lne pro-government newspaper. Al Midyp said yesterday that Jacob Malik, the Soviet U.N. delegate, has been invited to make an official visit to Egypt. It did not say whether he has accepted. The Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Vishinsky, Jacob Malik and
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    Peking Angry At Jap Move
    132 7 .VU. Jan. 23 (AP)— Re 4 today charged that n*S decision io recognise rfettowtirt Chinese gov->-Hi m Formosa is a iskm" of a "reactionary itcd Japan" icith Ameperialisrn m preparr against "the people mtory at China." pa Vice Minister Chan Han-fu termed it "the most
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    9 Hurt By Bombs In Cambodia
    153 7 SAIGON, Jan. 23, (Rei ter). etminh supporters yester- jprcuri their time bomb grenade campaign to v.ih. capital of Cambo- exploding two time bombs i 'bed to a bicycle outside '!.!u-se restaurant. Nine I o(iians were .seriously Inred t 'asualties from time bombs ncnadea m
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    Burma Fears Red Attack
    112 7 ONDON, Jan 23, (UP) ra n at the presence of C Nationalist forces m mg Province. Northern ma, might provoke a Comattach on Burma from m Province were exv y a Burmese official sterday. said persistent re- Chinese Nationalist i b;nlt up m Kentung greauj exaggerated."
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    King To Leave Mar. 10 For S. Africa Cruise
    221 7 LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuler). King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will leave London on March 10 for a cruise to South Africa aboard the battleship Vanguard, Buckingham Palace officials announced yesterday. The visit will combine a goodwill mission with a medical
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    Ike Stresses Vital Role Of I-C War In Free World's Fight
    267 7 PARIS, Jan. 23, (AFP) General Eisenhower said yesterday that it was unfortunate that the war France was waging m Indo- China was considered at first as nothing else but a colonial incident. He also regretted that France had done
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    Robertson: Red Agents Getting Into Indonesia
    139 7 Standard Staff Correspondent MELBOURNE. Jan. 23.-The Communists were fomenting dangerous and explosive situations along the world's cold war" fronts— among them Indonesia—said Australian DirectorGeneral of Recruiting LafutGeneral Sir Horace Robertson yesterday. Addressing the Junior Chamber of Commerce, General Robertson who recently returned from Korea,
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    Faure Wins Vote Of Confidence
    41 7 PARIS. Jan. 23, (AP)— Premier Edgar Faure yesterday got a vote of solid backing from the National Assembly for his determination to hold riot-torn Tunisia, but to resume talks on self-gov-ernment m the North African protectorate.
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    5 Killed In Blazing Plane
    101 7 MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 23 (UP) —A twin-engine Lockheed Lodestar plane carrying five passengers slammed to earth less than 100 yards from the Big Eastern Airlines passenger terminal and burst into flames. Joe Grissom. operations department employee, said he saw two charred bodies m the wreckage.
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    Aw Backs HK Govt. Plan To Build School
    99 7 HONGKONG, Jan. 23 (ReuterAAP)— Mr. Aw Boon Haw, Governing Director of Sin Poh Amalgamated, Ltd. who recently celebrated his 69th birthday, pledged his support to a government scheme to build an elementary school for 200 pupils. Mr. D.J.S. Crozier. Director of Education
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    MUD BATH FOR CARS
    62 7 photo. Cars on the heavily-travtlled Benedict Canyon Road, leading from Beverly Hills to the San Fernando Valley, California, are trapped windowdeep m soft mud, January 16, during a respite m torrential rains which poured on southern California for two days. The storm, one of the most
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    Cadets' Mothers Upset By Driver's Sentence
    255 7 LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuter). John Sanwm, driver of a bus which crashed into a squad of Navy cadets seven weeks ago, killing 24 and shocking Britain with its worst-ever road ac«*"l*»nt. was fined £56 yesterday for dangerous driving. Samson's driving licence was also suspended
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    No Plan Yet For Pacific Pact—Dulles
    224 7 No Plan Yet For Pacific Pact— Dulles WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. (AFP). Republican adviser to the State Department John Foster Dulles said yesterday that an over-all security pact for the Pacific would be desirable but there were no present plans looking toward its development. Mr Dulles was testifying before the Senate
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    MacA Withdraws
    36 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 23 (Router) General Doug'as Mac Arthur. former Allied Supreme Commander m Japan, asked yesterday for the withdrawal of hi.s name from the Republican Presidential primary election m the state of Illinois.
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    Former US War Secretary, 22, Others Perish
    242 7 Former US War Secretary, 22, Others Perish PLANB CRASHES IN FOQ ELIZABETH, New fetwf Jan. 23 (LP).— An American Airline C!on\air, roaring through m blinding fog, crashed into a ron of hoiioe* yesterday killing all the 23 passengers and crewmen, including the former Secretary of war, Robert Patterson. Fire battalion
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    Jakarta Raises Smuggling Of Arms Question
    198 7 DJAKARTA, Jan. 23, (AFP) A Foreign Office spokesman disclosed yester day that the Indonesian Government has called the attention of the Philippines Government to the reported smuggling of weapons by the Dutch via the Philippines to west New Guinea. Philippines Charge d' Affaires Jose
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    New Thai Ruling On State Land
    74 7 BANGKOK Jan. 23, (AFP) The Thai Government has decided not to renew leases to gtate-own£d property given to aliens, mostly Chinese, whether for habitation or exploitation. In future state-owned property is reserved for official or Thai people's use only. This order refers mostly to
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      36 7 HKm^MI 'I I f POOR THIN<S— T| IMY TOY FAN I I Wm "••m ah- that fpfl s tzaab VLL BET YOU'RE IS JUST Om^===ir-~ HRga^ ON A HOT DAY LIKE THIS HOT, TQQ^r- THING^ iS^
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    Britain's Comet Jet A Miner Is Approved For Commercial Flying
    469 8 Britain's Comet Jet A Miner Is Approved For Commercial Fly ing 1 A NOTABLE event In British civil aviation ocI curred yesterday when the Minister of Civil Aviation, Mr. J. S. Maclay, handed to De Havilland Aircraft Company, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, a certificate of airworthiness for the Comet aircraft. This
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    Circus 'Babies' To Haul Timber
    232 8 Standard Shipping Reporter FIVE London circus baby elephants which arrived m Singapore, last week from the United Kingdom, left yesterday m the British ship Belaga for their new job of timber hauling m the forests of Borneo and Sarawak. The five elephants Myrtle, Anna Rosie,
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    Chinese New Year Flips At Kallang
    136 8 Standard Aviation Reporter ALL the Royal Singapore Flying Club planes will be m use on Sunday and Monday, when the public will have the opportunity to view Singapore from the air. Although the majority of passengers are women and children, every section of the
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    Fishing Operations
    27 8 BANGKOK. A Thai fishng company has acquired hree trawlers from the Philippines and plans to extend operations to banks now outide of the fishing industry's
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    Missing Passenger
    36 8 THE Kuala Lumpur Chinese merchant who was reported missing r o.n the P& O Canton is Mr. Yeo Khee Seng, and not Mr. Y. Chuan Ying. as stated m yesterday's issue of The Standard
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    They Will Study More Of 'Connie'
    98 8 Standard Aviation Reporter TWO Malayan aero-engi-neers Anthony Koh (32) and Abdul Manaf (40) of Qantas Empire Airways are being sent to Sydney on an extensive Constellation aircraft course. Holders of Constellation engine licenses, already, both men will sit for tickets on airframes at the
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    Seventh Red Ship
    34 8 THE seventh Russian ship lieginning 6TTfle-yeai f -iEW ho port yesterday. She is the 7,148-ton Kolkhosnik. carrying a 6,500-ton cargo of zinc ore to the Black Sea port of Novorossisk. photo.
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    R.I. Ship Stopped
    52 8 MANILA, Jan. 23. (AFP An Indonesian bound vessel reported to be "carrying supplies for the Indonesian army for six months," was stopped from sailing yesterday by the National Intelligence coordinating agency. The reason given was that the ship had loaded material from the Philippines not covered by
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      31 8 Despatches Today: North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei and Miri 8 a.m. by Kamuning. Sibu by Semenyih. Britain. N. Ireland, Eire. Europe. North and West Africa, West Indies (parcels only) noon by Canton
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    Malayan Spending Of US$ In 1952 Unlikely To Be Cut
    506 9 By f. J. LIM, Standorrd Market Reporter THE PROPOSALS put forward by the United Kingdom Government at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference m London, if adopted, are likely to hare the effect more of restraining increases m rhe expenditures of
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    Poor Returns For Foreign Estates In RI
    176 9 Poor Returns For Foreign Estates In RI ,rd Stall orrr* pondent Jan H.— Foreign t 1 1 r:g on tenta- Indonesia despite 1 its because "thej] ...v and disorder are j i y ba anced that no < tial ivitnest of events I tan hazard a guess i fa In
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    They Have Served Shell 399 Years
    238 9 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Jan. 23.— Twenty-two employees of the Shell Company m Negri Sembilan, who together have served 399 years with the firm, were given long service emblems at a ceremony here. Fourteen of the employees were from the company's installation at Port
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    AUSTIN CAR PRICES UP
    106 9 LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuter) The Austin Motor Company states that prices for their vehicles sold abroad are also affected by the increased prices for home sales announced on Jan. 2. It was earlier reported that export prices would not be affected. On the home market, the
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    BUYING RATES
    30 9 BUYING rates for U^ and 3tt 15/16 f0.0.). 33 1/16 and 33 3/16 d/st) on credit bills; US. 33» (90 d/st) or trade bills. Other rates remain unaltered
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    93 9 Picture shows ait aerial view of the Bungsar Power Station, Kuala Lumpur, which has a generating: capacity of 26,500 K.W. and supplies power to many outlying villages, plantations and mines. The Bungsar Power Station was badly damaged at the time of the Japanese invasion of Malaya. Rehabilitation, however, has proceeded
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    He Enjoys Sub-Zero 'Weather'
    187 9 He Enjoys Sub-Zero 'Weather' By MAXINE RAKICH Standard Staff Reporter AN ADDITIONAL 80,000 cubic feet of refrigerator space has been provided m Singapore, with the opening yesterday of a new bay m the freezing plant of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., at Borneo Wharf. Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Economic Secretary,
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    india's Three Needs
    47 9 Dr. J. C Warner. President o! the Carnegie Institute of Technology, said on his return to New York from a tour of India thai the three major needs of tha' country were improvement oi agriculture, education of the illiterate and development of industries. AFP.
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    CEYLON SENDING MORE RUBBER TO RED CHINA
    76 9 COLOMBO, Jan. 23 (AFP). The Polish ship Tohruk is m Colombo harbour loading a shipment of 500 tons of Ceylon rubber intended for North China. The loading follows several months of negotiations by Ceylon shippers. This will be the second shipment of Ceylon
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    Fiat Does Gruelling Trans-Africa Test
    323 9 ONE of the stiffest tests ever taken by a car maker to demonstrate the roadworthiness of his machine under all conditions was that accomplished recently by +h A ITlaf MMi«A*>n nf Ttll.lv. »UC IMI VWHVVI MM W» J The machine was the*- Fiat "Campagnola." The
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    Rubber Down In Dull Market
    133 9 Standard Market Reporter THE RUBBER market m Singapore was dull and featureless yesterday with prices fractionally lower tnan th ose on Tuesday. Sellers were somewhat reserved and trade inquiries were still poor. At the close, the market was dull at about Ualf-a-cent per lb. below
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    Japanese Sulphur For ECAFE Area
    30 9 Japan hopes to export 15,000 tons pure sulphur to the ECAFE region compared with 5,000 tons m 1951, when her production come to 150.000 trul*.
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    New Wonder Mixer For Singapore
    128 9 A NOVEL machine "which will do anything m the way of food preparation" will be a feature of the British Industries Fair this year at Earls Court, London. This new British product, called the "Magimix," has already had inquiries from Singapore, India, Switzerland, Rhodesia, Turkey,
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    RI LIFTS BAN ON FLOUR
    69 9 SINGAPORE Chinese traders were informed yesterday by the Indonesian Trade Commissioner that they could now export Australian flour to Indonesia but at the lower market prices prevailing there. This authorisation was contained m the Trade Commissioner's reply to a petition recently sent by the Chinese
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 9 HONGKONG. Jan. 23 -Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HK515.23 to £1 Sterling; HKs6.667stoUSsl; HK$l 820 to Malayan $l; HK$O 345 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold HK1327.625 to one tael.
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    RI Textile Needs
    50 9 HONGKONG. Jan. 23 (ReuterAAP) Indonesia needs textiles from Hongkong but they must be of better quality and at a cheaper .price. Raden Djuanda. Indonesian Minister of Transport and Communications and Deputy Chief of the Financial Economic Council, said today. He is en rout* to Djakarta from Japan.
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    NEW WAGE RISE IN AUSTRALIA
    51 9 MELBOURNE. Jan 5:5 «JP>:Basic wage increases ranging from 14s a week m Brisbane to Bs. m Perth averaging 10s over six capital cities arc announced These rises bring the Ausi alian basic wage to £10 <is ith the peak of £10 10s m New South
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    Profit-Taking In Raub Golds
    199 9 ProfitTaking In Raub Golds Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Wed. Profit taking eased Raub Gold shore prices today, but there were ttill buyers ot $3.70 ond sellers ot $4.10. The share market, however. was waiting results of testa j being made m connection with 'the reported discovery of BCheelite m the
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    COPRATRADED AT $35.50
    90 9 COPRA TRADED AT $35.50 Standard Market R«!><ni<> BUSINESS vai rep $:-i."»i per picul m the <■• linn of the Singapore produce market ye t< i day Coconut oil bad s-;r: per picul 00 I dill n, ti I I no buyer. Pepper price i s\\ c r. vi >)• nrhife
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    THE PICK OF THE PIX
    364 10 THE Singapore Art Society's third open photographic exhibition will be opened tomorrow at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, by Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. These five pictures published on this page show (Above): "GLORY" by J.T. Pan of Singapore. This picture, which won a medal m
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    Obedience Comes First In Training Of Gun Dogs
    880 10  -  JON by THE training for all types of working dog has changed considerably during the last century. One of the earliest manuals of training for the gun dog dates back to the early 18th Century, and here I quote: There are dogs,
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    ON THE AIR
    282 10 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE (484 m 41 m) 9.35 a.m. English Schools Broadcast; 5).5.1 Interlude; 10 a.m. Emergency News (K.L.); 10.05 Light Music: 10.45 Enrlish Schools Broadcast; 1 p.m. Light Music Medley (Earl Towner Orchestra); 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music (Joe Reichman Orchestra); 2 p.m. English Schools Broadcast:
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    CYMA CONCERT
    75 10 THE Catholic Young Men's Association, St. Joseph's Church (P.M.) will celebrate its Patronal Feast of St. John Bosco. on Sunday. February 3, with a renewal of Consecration of the Club to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, at 9.30 a.m., at its premises. A Variety Concert will be staged
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      184 10 n! Jj|3 rriODAY'S FORECAST:— Be careX ful today m your travels, m your speech over signatures, i contracts and money matters. Women, however, will find the morninr very favourable m many i ways but they will have to flfht off a tendency towards laziness. i d afternoon for manual l**fvr.
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    FIJI'S RUGBY STALWARTS MAKE THEIR STORE BOW TODAY
    419 11 FIJI'S RUGBY STALWARTS MAKE THEIR STORE BOW TODAY FIFTEEN hefty stalwarts from the Fiji Islands, where the main sport is Rugby (played all the year round), will make their Malayan debut this evening at Nee Soon against a formidable Royal Army Service Corps side. i <-•? a*. Several Singapore rugger
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    Mew Role
    46 11 picture. The Fiji Infantry Regiment Rugby team which will make its Malayan debut at Nee Soon today. In the centre, with ball, is skipper of the team, Sgt [simel Radrodro. while on his left is Major Korovula«T«a, the sports officer of the Regiment. Standard
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    Pahang's Hockey Side Confident
    117 11 Pahang' s Hockey Side Confident RAUB, Wed.'— Pahang HA. have selected the following players to represent the state m the forthcoming Quadrangular hockey tournament to be played at Ipoh this week-end. No change has been made m the team which gained the reputation as "Giant Killers" last year except that
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    An 'Absolute' Champion
    88 11 LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuter) Soviet Union speed skater Rimma Zhukov broke two women's world records at the Soviet championships m AlmaAta, Kazakh Republic, according to a Moscow radio message received here today. She won the 1000 metres m 1 mm. 36.6 seconds and the 5000 metres m
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    HK Rugby Team Plays In Japan
    44 11 HONG KONG. Jan. 23 (AP) Hong Kong's interport Rugby senior team left yesterday by air for a series of games m Japan. The team is led by honorary manager J. Redman and non-playing captain, H. M. G. -Forsgate.
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    Monte Carlo Rally Starts
    62 11 COPENHAGEN, Jan. 23, (AP). Monte Carlo Rally drivers who started last night from Stockholm and Oslo began to arrive at the Copenhagen checkpoint this morning. First to check m was Robert Nellemann, of Denmark, driving a Ford Zephyr. Half an hour later, officials said that 28
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    Office-Bearers Of Merridale Named
    85 11 AT THE 15th annual |«J«r a J meeting of Merridale B.P. of Singapore toe following were elected office-bearers for tne year:— Patron: John Wee. President:— Bob Quek (re-elected). Vice— Presidents: Yeo Hong Yeo Ang Ang Poh, Arthur Jsnsen., Secretary:—Heng Hock Wah (reelected) Treasurer:— Wong Chpo Yin..
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    Robinson Ready Again
    156 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 (UP) Middleweight champion Sugar Robinson, who has postponed his scheduled title boot with Honolulu's Carl Olson twice, assured gfromotor Dill Kyne today that he definitely would be here on February Robinson mailed Kyne a $2,500 "appearance bond check and agreed to a forfeit
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    Malays Will Hold Hockey Tournament
    76 11 The Federation Malays will meet m a quadrangular hockey tournament m Seremban during the week-end Chinese New Year holidays. The programme is as follows: Jan. 26 Negri vs. Selangor and Perak vs. Pahang. Jan. 27 Perak vs. Selangor, Negri vs. Pahang. Jan. 28 Negri vs.
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    Queue Forms Up For Walcott's Title
    162 11 Queue Forms Up For Walcott's Title BOSTON, Jan. 22 (UP). Promoter Sam Silverinan of the Callahan Athletic Club said he offered Jersey Joe Walcott a $150,000 guarantee and 4-0 per cent of the gate to defend his world's heavyweight title against Rocky Marciano at Boston- m June. Silverman made his
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    Championship Tennis In A Heat Wave
    244 11 ADELAIDE, Jan. 23 (AP)— Mervyn Rose today defeated Ken Rosewall m the first quarter-final of the Australian National Tennis singles m heat wave conditions at the Memorial Drive Courts here. The score was 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 6-2. About 2,500 local fans turned out
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    TIONG BAHRU RUN T-TENNIS TOURNEY
    80 11 A TABLE Tennis Tournament will be played amonst the members of the Tiong Bahru Community Centre for the singles championship, doubles championship, junior singles championship, junior doubles championship and women's singles championship. Entries will be free and those who wish to take part are requested
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    Pulo Bukom SC
    33 11 ANY Club or Association wishing to play friendly gj*m< rof soccer with th€ Pulo Bukom Sports Club are asked to contact Chia 3uck Phuang. th< Honorary Secretary, at Pu!»» Bukom.
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    BADMINTON'S GIANTS IN ACTION TONIGHT
    503 12 i Standard's Badminton Reporter FOR ONG POH LM, who will meet the Malayan champion, Wong Peng Soon, m the main event of tonight's finals of the Singapore championships, victory will mean more than just another title or even the realisation of an ambition he cherished
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    Boys Steal Show In Boxing Finals
    432 12 Army Were Champs THE SINGAPORE Police Boy Cadets stole the show m the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's finals last night at the S.V.C. hall. Mohd. Noor Bin Dalip and Hussain Bin A. Rahman fought out a very thrilling bout to the aDolause of the
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    Israel Out Of Winter Olympics
    75 12 OSLO, Jan. 23 (AP)— lsrael, whose belated entry for the 1952 Winter Olympics was accepted by the Organising Committee on Jan. 9, has decided to withdraw from the games, a spokesman for the Oslo Organising Committee said today. This withdrawal reduces the number of participating
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    Recs Oust Varsity In Hockey Tourney
    386 12 SINGAPORE Recreation Club just managed to eliminate the University of Malaya m the Singapore Hockey Association knock out tournament tie played on the padang yesterday. They won by the odd goal m five after being held for the major portion of the match. I
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    They Hope For Swim Honours
    136 12 BUDAPEST, Jan. 23, (AP). Hungarian swimmers hope to play a prominent role m the 1952 Olympic Games. According to official statistics, excellent individual results and good averages were achieved on 100 and 200 metres free style. Geza Kadas, a finalist on the 1948 London Games
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    SCS SOCCER HOSTS TO VISITING SHIP
    170 12 SINGAPORE Cold Storage trounced M. V. Somali 6 l m a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday evening. SCS set up a fast pace and ran the visitors off their feet early on. For the "Somali" Kidney, Hayes and Ellis played well.
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    Social Athletic Elect Officials
    108 12 THE following will be the offi. cials of the Social Athletic Party for the year 1952. Patron Mr. Koh Beng Sum (re-elected). President Mr. Heng Song Hoe: vice-presidents Messrs Charlie Kang Wong Tet Conn and Chong Kirn Peh Hon. Secretary Mr. Koh Keng Hiang (re-elected) hon.
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    SEDGMAN FUND PASSES £5,000
    67 12 SYDNEY, Jan. 23, (AP). —-With one week to go until Frank Sedgman's marriage, the wedding gift fund conducted by three Australian newspapers for his fiancee, Miss Jean Spence. of Melbourne, now totals £5,357. Of this total the Sydney Daily Telegraph collected £3,862, the Melbourne Sun Pictorial
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    Last Penalty Decides
    225 12 A STRONG SCC 'A* side emerged winners m a tough rugger encounter with RAF Changi on the padang yesterday evening winning by six points (try and penalty) to three (a try). The penalty, latt m the game, settled the issue. The RAP rid. Played the "SnJ? JihLt
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      29 12 IflMßpfJ HIGH TIDES at the principal resorts m Maiayt: TOD** A.M. PM. Singapore 7.18 10.22 MafiTcca 10.16 10.17 Port Dickson 8.57 8.58 Port Sham J.SJ 3.35 Penang 10.51 11.04
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