Singapore Standard, 18 February 1953

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    11 1 SINGAPORE TIGERS STANDARD SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1958. TWELVE PACES r-u-
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    Zahara Faced A Robber
    32 1 Zahara Faced A Robber m\^~ a i ise 1 or i be 1 -Vs nd rth t hdj tr- Ie „u<Uit'l I">tis* art en r, be a n d HIS. on j
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    58 1 CHRISTINE Jorgensen. wh o underwent medical treatment, which changed her from a man to a woman, has returned home to the I nited States from Denmark. Christine. 26. who once served m the I* S. Army as Ccwgc Jorgensen. Jr.. stepped from an airliner at Idlewild International Airport, New York,
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    PURE ROUTINE -WAR OFFICE
    68 1 t LONDON, Fob 16. (Reuter) The War Office satf here 1 today that two British battalions wero being withdrawn the Suez Canal Zone "purely as a routine move [planned aary months ago". A War Office spokesman said "They will be replaced m Sue.' by other units.
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    PENHAS APPEAL IS LOST
    75 1 E ncil costs Pen- int, thy 'Vd> I D c fe, king on riage -before "an old Chinese gep.t.emari" m Singapore m December. 1937 was invalid. The main argument was whether the Singapore courts were right m deciding that a marriage celebrated there between a Jew
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    GRENADE GIRL TO DIE
    493 1  -  Privy Council Application Turned Down ANDREW ROTH By Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 17.— Lee Meng's application to appeal to the Privy Council against tha death sentence has been dismissed. Today, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decided not to hear the appeal from the
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    Britain Signals: 'No More Floods, The Walls Hold'
    403 1 LONDON, Feb. 17 Tides churning into the narrow southern reaches of the North Sea failed to breach the patched dykes of eastern England, The Netherlands and Belgium. As the crest approached, thousands of workers and engineers toiling on the walls halted their
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    IKE: NO BLOCKADE
    97 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, (UP) President Eisenhower told newsmen today that as fast as South Korean troops can be trained they will take their places at the front and other United Nations troops may be withdrawn from the front lines. Eisenhower said that as far as he officially
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    Stay Granted
    30 1 THE United States Court of Appeal ha s granted a stay of execution until March 30 to the Rosenberg couple. The execution was set for March 9.- AFP.
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    Five Men Sneak In
    96 1 GOVT. HOUSE CARS WERE AT AIRPORT Standard Staff Reporter FIVE Federal Legislative Councillors are to Stosapore after a 'hnsh-hnshyrrlval 1 by drfrom Knala They are: Dato Onn > bin Ja'afar, Member for Home Affairs. Dato Haji Abdul Malek, Mentri Besar pf Negri Sembilan,. Col. H. S.
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    Tanker For Reds: Paper
    75 1 HELSINKI, Feb, I ?v (^P -Owners of the Finnish tanker Wiima now anchored off Singapore with a cargo of aviftion fuel for Communist China are planning to sell the ship and its cargo to the Chinese Peoples' Republic the evening paper Ilta Sanomat reported today. lie
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    RUSSIA HAS BOMB
    10 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower ■aid yesterday that Russia has
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    Flood Fund Closes Today
    222 1 YESTERDAY'S donations to The Standard Flood Relief Fund m aid of the British and Dutch flood victims amounted to $155, bringing the total to date to $1,714.35. Tn a letter to the paper, enclosing a cheque for $100, a young Chinese who wanted to remain anonymous,
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    FOUR BIG BOYS AND A RIDER
    212 1 FOUR BIG BOYS AND A RIDER THE Singapore Fourth District Judge, Mr. J. B. Jayaretnam, yesterday sentenced, Lee Koh Yen, a detective attached to the Hokkien sub-branch, C.I.D. to nine months' rigorous imprisonment for striking a trisha rider on the face with the muzzle of his revolver. Three of his
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    Burma Rice £5 A Ton Up
    76 1 RANGOON, Feb. 17 (R^er, —Burma today put up by 4-5 a ton the price of rice exported through Government channels making the new price £60 a ton For sales through private channels the price will oe considerably more— last year it went up the
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    PANCAKE RACE
    14 1 MRS. ISOBEL DIX, 23-year-old housewife, set a new pancake racing record yesterday.
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    CAT WAS IN SUICIDE PACT TOO
    91 1 OSAKA, Feb. 17 (ReuterAAP)— Police here said an unemployed widower and his 16--year-old daughter included their net black cat m a "t*™» suicide pact" when they cut their throats last night, Th- bodies of the man. Yoshiro Masutani and his daughter Ke*o were M™ered
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    5,000 Squatters To Petition Templer
    157 1 5,000 Squatters To Petition Templer KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Five thousand Chinese squatters living m Kuala Lumpur are making a lastminute bid to stay the quit order issued on them by the Municipality by enlisting the aid of the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. They intend sending a petition to
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    Fed. Medical Council Voting
    105 2 PENANG Tuea.— The Mcdi a Council of the Federation of Maiaya. which held its first co mcil meeting m Singapore recently, has decided on the be I method of electing its 12 representatives on the Council. 3 spokesman of the Medical Services, Federation of Malaya, told
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    HIGHER PENSION SCHEME FOR SPORE COUNCIL
    239 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government pensioners may shortly receive increases m their pensions retrospective from Jan. 1 last year. At the Legislative Council meeting next week, the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor will move the adoption of a scheme for pension increases which
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    Jail Alarm Plan Tested
    63 2 PENANG, Tues.— Road blocks were put up m front of several police stations m George Town this morning during a practice of the police and prison alarm scheme which exists to cover jail breaks from the Penang prison m Jail Road. The practice lasted till noon.
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    Bukit Timah Reservoir
    52 2 photos. ABOVE: A bird's eye-view of the site for tbe new service reservoir at bukit limuh. BELOW: These huge eaith-movcrs are moving tons of mud from two hitts to make way for the reservoir. Tne earth is damped at the to** of the bißs to level a
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    2 Hilltops Sliced For Reservoir Site
    322 2 ENGINEERS from a Singapore contracting firm are sacmg off the tops of two juis behind Bukit Timah rlill to prepare the ground for a new service reservoir wh' h. when completed, will h. d SO million gallons of, treated water m reserve for town
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    3 Spore Armed Robberies
    141 2 VICTIMS LOSE $1,500 IN CASH AND JEWELLERY Standard Staff leportu ARMED Chinese robbers Cct more Hian $1,500 m cosh onci iwellj.*^ robberies m Singapore on Monday*?^ coses, Hie men were masked c :arf H There was also one case I e °PwJ several cases of theft—
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    Legco To Hear About These Clocks
    74 2 TWO large clocks at the public counter of the Singapore General Post Office have prompted Mr. John Lay cock (Progressive Katong) to table a question for the Legislative Council meeting next week. The clocks are out of order. Mr. Laycock wants to know how
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    Schools To Hold Daily Assemblies
    127 2 Standard Staff Reporter ALL Singapore Government schools will nave morning assembles if suggestions made by the Education Department are adopted. In a circular to all headmasters, the Education Department asks schools to hold short morning assemblies every day for the benefit of the children. At
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    Teachers Hit At Unified Service
    148 2 IPOH, Tues.— The lack ot provision for normal teachers under the unified education scheme approved by the Singapore Government, was strongly criticised at a meeting of the Perak normal students* club. These normal-trained teachers contend that for a period of three years before qualification a
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    Pg Had Few N.Y. Crashes
    53 2 PENANG, Tues.— Nine traffic! accidents were reported iv Penang during the 3-day Chirl 1 nese New Year holidays. This is three more than the normal daily average. Motor cars were involved m most accidents. Four people were admitted to hospital from these accidents, but none
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    Merchant Denies Letter Was His
    252 2 ABETTING FORGERY CHARGE A CASE m which a Singapore merchant was charged with abetting an unknown person m forging a letter was adjourned until today m the Third District Court yesterday because the accused was ill. The Judge Mr. II A. Porter, i asked for
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    Govt Urged To forbid Guardian-Ward Marriages
    595 3 Govt Urged To forbid GuardianWard Marriages W y jggwaii temOer S mdard Staff Reporter c Singapore Government to pass a ,ul lustim men from marrying their :!s vv is made by the president of Malay id4 !r \ssociation,Che Zahara binte Noor v i nday. -\l..nJ Jl,,,ia aas no Islamic law
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    Governor Heads UK Flood C ttee
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    Spore Jury Turns Down Insane Plea
    239 3 A DEFENCE plea that R. Sekharan, a Malayalam labourer of the Singapore Naval Base, accused of murder, was unfit to stand his trial on the ground of insanity was rejected by a jury when Sekharan came up for trial before Mr. Justice Knight m
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    Forum On University
    84 3 THE Singapore Institute of! Science is sponsoring a oublic forum •on whether there is room for another university m Ma lava, at its premises at 593-A, Serangoon Road, today. The Forum will begin a. 7 30 p.m. and speakers will be Rev Canon R. K. S. Adams,
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    Another $50,000 For Fund
    186 3 FLOOD RELIEF A THIRD remittance of $50,000 will be sent to Holland today by the Singapore Dutch Flood Relief Fund. This will make a total of $150,000 which has been collected from the local Dutch community and members of other nationalities. The money will be sent
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    Man Cleared Of Biting' Charge
    69 3 A YOUNG hawker. Too Keng Nam. charged m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with biting a policeman's hand, was acquitted. The policeman. Sardar AH. <=aid the accused bit him when he tried to arrest him for refusing to show his identity card Dr. Scow
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    OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
    34 3 photo. NO ONE was injured when this bus crashed into Anderson Bridge m Singapore yesterday afternoon. Glass was splintered over half the road and caused a minor traffic jam. Standard
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    War Victims Are Unaffected
    172 3 THE stoppage of allowances from the Far Eastern Relief Fund has not resulted, to any added suffering to Singapore war victims, a spokesman or the Social Welfare Department told The Standard yestejday. At its January meeting, the Far Eastern Relief Fund Committee decided to stop paying
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    Sad News
    31 3 THIS heading appeared m the Feb. 6 issue of The Standard. It announced a campaign by the General Post Office, Singapore to encourage courteous service among its counter clerks.
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    FIRST 'FLOOD AIRMAIL COVER TO ARRIVE HERE
    149 3 FIRST 'FLOOD AIRMAIL COVER TO ARRIVE HERE SAD news of the flood disaster m Holland was contained m this first-day airmail cover m aid of the Netherlands Flood Relief Fund, received m Singapore yesterday Mr. A. Witmer, .a local Dutch resident was probably the first to receive such a cover,
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    400 SIT Flats Ready By Mar. 1
    190 3 Standard Staff Reporter NEARLY 400 Singapore Improvement Trust flats will be ready for accommodation by the end of this month, Mr. S. C. Woolmer, Chief Architect of the Trust, told The Standard yesterday. Of these, 120 were completed last month and the remaining
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    Raj Wants 'Family Pay' Report Tabled
    340 3 Unofficials Are Interested' Standard Staff Reporter MR. C. R. DASARATHA RAJ (Labour Rochore) will press the Singopore Government, ot the next meeting of Legislative Council, to table the report of the Benhom Committee on "Family Allowance" for local employees. In a written question, Mr.
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    Can't Pay Fine "One Day In Court
    50 3 SOLOMON AARON, told the Singapore Fif:h Police Court Magistrate. Mr. D. H. Chapman, yesterday that he could not afiora to pay a $3 fine. Mr Chapman sentenced him to one day's simple imprisonment Solomon was found guilty of a charge of road obstruc'.ion.
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    To Address YMCA Meet
    91 3 DR. Paul Moyer Limbeit. secretary-elect of the World's Alliance of Y.M.C.A's, who arrived m Singapore on Sunday, will address a public meeting tomorrow evening at the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Singapore V.M.C.A. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The Governor, Sir John Nicoll,
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    THEY CELEBRATED
    51 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs.— A Dutchman. Korstanji Janus (30). seven Tamils and one Sikh were charged separately and fined a total sum of $90 m the Second Magistrate's Court, here today, for being drunk during the Chinese New Year holidays. Twenty-eight Chinese were fined a total of $430 for
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      45 3 STARTING today a film on the recent flood disaster m Holland will be shown at the Singapore USIS Theatrette, al Raffles Piace. The film will continue to be shown on Feb. IS, 20, 24 and 25. Daily screening hour is 1.00 p.m. to 2 > pm.
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    39 Reds Cave Up Fight In Dec.
    238 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —Thirty-nine terr orists surrendered last month .the highest since December. 1949. Sixty-eight were killed, 30 wounded and 11 captured. These figure* bring the total terrorist losses since the Emer-geti'-y to the end of January, to 3.852 killed, 1.979 wounded. 1.002
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    62 4 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 17. The followirg ate the closing ■rices of rubber and fin on London Market today:— LONDwK RUBBER Apr/June 22jd. July/Sept. 22id. Oct. Dec. 22Jd. Market: Very quite. LONDON TIN Spot £955 per ton buyers, £957 tellers. Three months: £939 buyers, £940
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    Muslim College
    23 4 THE Klaus: Istana of the Sultan of Selangor, who has offered it to Malayan Muslims for use as a Muslim College.
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    TV CHIEF THROWS A CHALLENGE
    344 4 Standard Staff Reporter A MAN with a strong faith m television as a medium, not only of entertainment, but of education, threw a challenge m Singapore last night. "Give me the license, and I will bring television to Singapore, ne He was 50-year-old Mr. Colin
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    C-in-C Visits S.A.S. Regt.
    70 4 GENERAL Sir C h a r 1 c s KeighCey. C- in-C, FARELF yesterday visited 22 Special Air Services Regiment at Sungei Besi. Accompanied by MajorGenera] Sir Hugh Stockwell, GOC. Malaya, General Keightley had discussion with the Commanding Officer, LL-Col. .IBM. F'oane. The C-in-C was shown
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    ACE BANDIT FIGHTING UNIT BACK AT TAIPING
    362 4 ACE BANDIT FIGHTING UNIT BACK AT TAIPING KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— After o yeor of successful operofions against Communist terrorists m the Kinta Valley, Perak, the champion bandit fighting unit of the Malay Regimen t the Second Battalion returned to its base at Taiping. The battalion, after operating m Pahang, where
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    59 Gamblers Fined
    47 4 IPOH Tues.— Fifty-nine persons, including 18 women, who celebrated the Chinese New Year with a game of "pakau" at three places m the Ipoh District were told by Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazally this morning that they were unlucky- Each of them was fined $20.
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    Egypt To Aid Muslim College?
    111 4 THE Egyptian Government may help r'alayan Muslims by providing trained religious professors for the proposed Muslim College, Mr. S. I. O. Alsagoff told The Standard yesterday. He said that he would be going to Mecca and Cairo shortly. While m Cairo he would take the
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    GEORGE MEDALLIST ON THEFT CHARGE
    197 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.-Police Lieutenant E J Wadge, recipient of the George Medal for his gallant action against Communist terrorists early last year appeared before the President of the Sessions Court' Mr 2- h Cohen > today, on a charge of housebreaking and theft of furniture
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    All Mum On NBLU Dispute Hearings
    156 4 COMPLETE silence has been imposed on proceedings of the arbitration court which began sittings yesterday on the dispute between the Singapore Admiralty and the Naval Base Labour l T nion.The court will resume at 10 a.m. today. Hearing opened before Mr. John Cameron, the
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    Pickpocket Jailed
    138 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— For picking the pocket of Chee Choy of $140, Lee Cheng, 27, was sentenced m the First Magistrate's Court, here today to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by 12 months' police supervision. KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Yeo Poon Choon, a middle-aged Chinese was today
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    1st Village Election In Johore
    85 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues The first local council election m Johore State was held m the village of Cha'ah m Labis, on Monday. Results of the election will be announced at a later date. The Local Council Elections Bill, passed by the Federal Government last year,
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    Ideas Post Box For Radio Soon
    74 4 RADIO MALAYA will start broadcasting its new fortnightly series "Post Box for Ideas" from Mar. 20. A number of listeners have already written m with 200-word suggestions on how to end the Emergency and how to make progress towards self-Government, These and other suggestions
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    3 Killed In Yesterday's 10 Accidents
    164 4 TILL late yesterday evening, there were ten road accidents m Singapore, three of which were fatal. There were altogether 13 casualties. The three fatal accidents resulted m the deaths of an 18-month-old Malay girl. Kasimah binte Salleh. a six-year-old Chinese boy. Ang Hi Teck.
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    Don't Rush Into Marriage – Priest
    198 4 Don't Rush Into Marriage Priest WHEN two people are engaged, they give their mutual consent to a life partnership, and marriage, according to many Chinese, is a renewal of that consent, said Father J. F. Kearney, editor of the Malayan Catholic News m a talk on "The Ceremonies of Marriage"
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    Escort To Take KL Couple Back
    66 4 A WOMAN. Olga Atkinson, and a young man. B. C. R. Steele, together faced a tentative charge of cheating, m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. They were alleged to have cheated Hock Lee Company m Kuala Lumpur of tinned goods. Bail of $2,000
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    Penana's International Fashion Parade
    50 5 j**, 50 women f n rh.s Inter by the 5 A n Penang at \ci md Hotel Standard Left to Ri^tit: "CORAZON OF MANILA", worn by Miss Lakshmi Menon. "CARMEN OF MADRID/ Miss Ruby Perero. "ELIZABETH I", Miss Colleen Fowley. "MIMI OF PARIS". Miss Lola Locke.
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    KL Judge Refuses To hEAR Case
    19 5 KL Judge Refuses To hEAR Case I a erfield raa ten S X AD. f I i ie is
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    KL To Hear Prom. Music
    82 5 KUALA LUMPUR Tues.— Res dents ol the Federal Capita and v sitora to the Lake I r ens -a j >c pv »vided with p enade m tsic, m future. The Genera Purposes Committee ot the X I-. Mun c pality *ided to draw up
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    KL CORONATION CONTEST
    149 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The four municipal wards m the Kuala Lumpur area will compete with each other for the best-decorated and illu- minated ward during the Coroj nation celebrations here m I June. The Genera! Purposes Lorn! mittee of the Municipality reI commended that the Municipal Architect
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    WEST COAST REDS LEAVE MALAYA
    842 5 (By special arrangement with The Times) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 17. A NUMBER of Communist terrorists have left Malaya for Sumatra, according to recently captured party documents. The names of nine party members are known, and there may well be more. Some small fry m Mm
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    National Body For Fed Govt Men Soon
    114 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Talks will be held soon a mon t; Feneration government administrative and clerical stall leaders for the formation of one big national union tn represent all government administrative and clen< a work- '< crs m the Federation i The new
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    Who's On Trial?
    719 6 f r\YO years ago, when John Eber. Samad. Dcvan Nail and a number of University students were arrested under the Emergency Regulations the startled public of Singapore believed that the Governrr» t have had good reasons for detaining a Dumber ol prominent citizens who until then had
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    My kind of woman
    853 6 DONALD ZEC puts a question HUMPHREY BOGART confeMlon on^oV^V^l acout the feminine type to HBBh T JUST want to tell you about four women. Four real hot babes that stand way out m my twenty-five years, movie making. Hepburn, Davis, Stanwyck, and now Bacall. When you've
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    Review of Views
    440 6 Review of Views Nanyang University NAN YANG SI ANG PAU again puts forth its argument as to why the proposed Chinese university should be called the "Nanyang University." The daily says that no misunderstandings are likely to arise out of the name. It would be inappropriate to name it the
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      Case For Splinter Unions
      312 6 Sir: I feel that statements by Mr. A. Doraisamy. newly appointed full time General Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union, contained m his letter of February 5, should not go uncorrected. If he had carefully read my previous letter, he would have noted that
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      LOTS FOR S.I.T. HOMES
      132 6 Sir; Interesting is the item about Dato C. J. Paglar wanting to draw lots for the allocation of S.I.T. homes and Mr. Chin Chye Fong's statement on the question of chaos m the S.I.T. When I contested the City Council elections last December, I did suggest
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      PLACE OF BIRTH
      214 6 Sir; It will be noticed that m advertisements for locally-recruited clerical and technical staff certain Government, City Council and S.I.T. departments require or do not require applicants to state their place of birth, and to come into the agerange laid down for particular posts, both temporary and
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      LACK OF SYMPATHY
      127 6 Sir; Is self-government possible m a country, where its people do not sympathise with the desires and aspirations of one another? The lack of this sympathetic attitude shown m the controversy over the establishment of a Chinese university m Malaya makes one doubt the possibility of selfgovernment.
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      USELESS EUSTACE
      17 6 "Heard of ships that pass m the night? Well, thanks to this dope, ours didn't!"
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    THIS WORTHY CAUSE
    295 6 Sir: Mr. Lim Km h e Yu's letter which appeared m the Straits Times of F^ b. ]I, 1953, i prises me gi atly. [1 is really absurd of 1 a to say that "with tin excel tion of a few bri anl and gisls. the Ch,
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    SINGAPORE'S LOW MORALS
    77 6 Bii note TiM desty is n among S The profi I Rusty foam shop md s tea^" act m thof Lota Lin S shows that some peon < geous enough their dislike tend I irther to aire;-: ly low of people In S g [1 if unfoii
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    US To Consult UK On War policy Changes
    320 7 oBff ASSURES MP* ,t b II (AP) Foreign Secretary ,Nl !i h inured Labour Members yesterday the A knows that Britain insists it must be i 5 h '7ore any major war policy changes. He n v i^ 1 ru ,HH#»nce that
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    Bill To Give 6 Destroyers To Formosa
    49 7 |!V i( ,s Fe*. 1.. M- Merino s v York) tain -he House Ameri- t„ National blockade of I mm the Ceaa- ..aland told the House to be no t on wee Stoles N-vy Satloas joint- hit the sx in r ,„ea
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    UK Ships UK Ships Stopped 40 Times
    40 7 UK Ships UK Ships Stopped 40 Times Fores n 8 rom a then asions Chinese i asions c by c tercept- th ugh appeared to g lerfllas a forces, ss ol life a •w 3 Sal lists c hands of
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    UK Truck Industry Is Freed
    103 7 LONDON, Feb. 17. (UP).— The House oi Commons last; n ghi final y passed the Bill denationalizing the trucking m- j dustry after nine months, during which the Conservative Government favoured its passage and the So,".a!i?*< opposed it. The B." was passed after a third
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    Signing New Sudan Pact
    78 7 photo. Premier Mohamed Naguib t C- of Egypt and British Am- J J bassador Sir Ralph Ste- I venson signed an agree- J ment on Anglo-Egyptian Z Sudan at a ceremony m Cairo, Feb. 12. The agree- J ment provides for a Suda- nese Parliament to
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    Naguib: Only Two Choices For Sudan
    93 7 CAIRO. Feb. 17— (AP)— Pre- nuei General Naguib told! reporters last night that when the Sudan exercises her right ol self-determination, she will choose between "'unity with Egypt or independence only." According to observers, he was answering critics of the recently-signed Sudan agree-, ment.
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    ARMED CRAFT IS STILL A MYSTERY
    79 7 HONGKONG, Feb. 17. (UP). Caot. George Lefevre. Australian skipper of the Britishregistered freighter Incharran. told reporters last night that despite an hour-lons chase he was not able to identify an armed vessel which fired on his ship without damaging it i last week. The
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    Iran Warns Tribesmen
    62 7 TEHERAN Feb. 17, (Reuter) —The Iran Government yesterday issued a stern warning to Bakhtiari tribesmen who have been causing disorders m the neighbourhood of Ahwaz. southern Persia. Foreign Minister Hussein Fatemi announced that those creating trouble and those aiding and abetting would be liable to execution or
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    N'list Raid
    46 7 TAIPEI. Feb. 17, (AP)— The official Central News Agency Monday sported Chinese Nationalist guerillas raided Michow Island early on Friday but said \he Communis already had pulled l ou t It was the first island-to^sland raid reported since President Eisenhower ordered deneutralization of Formosa.
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    US TO ACT ON YALTA
    304 7 UK Wants No Part In Repudiation, Says Eden WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 —President Eisenhower r*"*rj*°£ -ft sus*£ *Hs santf a-W I the United States Britain that does not agree with the one siaea icyu I any international agreement signed voluntarily Mr. Arthur Henderson, former Labour Air
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    Van Fleet Denies Offensive Call
    74 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 17, (UP). The Army said General James Van Fleet has denied recommending a United Nations offensive m Korea or urging the use of atomic artillery there. The denial was issued through the Army. Van Fleet, former Eighth Army Commander m Korea, is en
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    10-Min. Dogfight Over Hokkaido
    232 7 10-Min. Dogfight Over Hokkaido TOKYO, Feb. 17, (AP)-The Far East Forces announced today that m the air incident between Russian and American planes over Northern Japan yesterday the Russian planes made "head-on firing passes as U.S. jets which touched off a ten-minute air battle. One of the Russian planet was
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    N'lists Attack Burma Town
    60 7 RANGOON. Feb. 17. (AP). Muse, 80 miles north of Lashio on the Burma-Chin-ese border, was attacked by a strong force of Chinese Nationalists, said last night s official War Office communique. The Nationalists surrounded the battalion headquarters of the Rayah Rifles, burnt down the police station
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    Israel PM Rejects Red Charges
    53 7 Israel PM Rejects Red Charges JERUSALEM. Feb. 17. (Reu-ter)-Israel yesterday emphatically rejected Soviet cnari?es bl Tfl^v S r place with the connivance ot *%L?mmm^ broke off the that anlsraeli.offer.to provide police protection inside the legation courtyard was repectAd by the Soviet Minister. The rejection, the Premier added, 'facilitated the commission
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    Cold War Expert
    27 7 WASHINGTON, Feb 17 E«enhower yesterday named C D- ion 50-year-old New York publishe/of fortune maga vine as his special assistant m iSSSkToI coM frarjplannutt-
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    Adlai-Dulles Talks
    37 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 Adlai Stevenson vnU coni« with Secretary of State John Fnster Dulles and other ue nartment officials today m preSSSS for the. six-month round-the-world; trip }hat the Democratic leader will begin next month.
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    700 Are Ready For A-Bomb
    64 7 700 Are Ready For A-Bomb ttttt n^ oress yesterday re- S-CP3S i for the atomic bomb to oe AFP. SSK th.i cm SSK- Bi.'Jaft* power m the Middle UP. THE worst dust storm ta 20 years covered two «"irds ot hrth ce d M y id-wes? anTa tSchi&n.'coTwav. moved down
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    World News In Brief
    123 7 A BONE believed to be the rib of Folsommn nomad who roamed New Mexico (US) £efore the Indians has been found by anthropologists.^ iTTNf; PMJL of Greece has be?n m a G pp.rnVed bY the Quoen an honorary Admiral m. c British Fleet, the Admiralt, announced.
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    5-Power Talks On S-EA Defence Soon
    135 7 LONDON, Feb. 11 (Router) -Five power talks the establishment of a military liaison group to t» defence of South Fast Asia are bkHy to De ,n \Vashin S t(»n soon, a usually well-informed mm* ld iteSrlseßtaavei of the United States France. Bri tain Australia
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    GREAT STRIDES IN ASIAN WAR ON DISEASE SEEN
    220 7 UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 17, (Reuter) Mr. Maurice Pate, executive director of the International ChXen's Emergency Fund said !*«*gj»«£ the last three years Asia had made tremendous strides" m meeting disease among children. He told a press conference that the impression he brought
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    Iranian Oil Is Sealed In Venice
    95 7 VENICE. Feb. 17. (Bi Five thousand tons of tn fuel oil brought he« Abadan by the Italia i ti la j Mirieila were yesterday by Italian customs oflfo <rs n B dbckside storaae tank. The disputed oil will reo I there for two weeks
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    HOPE ABANDONED
    50 7 MOBILE, (Alabama), Feh 17 (UP)— The last faint to pi that any of the 46 persons on the National Airline? IK v that crashed into the Gulf ol Mexico might be found" m j disappeared yesterday after all the four life rafts the plans carried were accounted for.
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    More Cargo Ships Soon
    237 8 photo. Austasia To Start Service Standard Shipping Reporter A NEW shipping line, the Austasia Shipping Company, will start operating cargo ships between Australian ports and Singapore within the next few months. Headquarters of the 'iae owned by Frederick Leyland and Co., Ltd.. of Liverpool. England, will
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    1st Gas Turbine Tanker Ordered
    220 8 THE FIRST order ever given for a tanker propelled exclusively by a gas turbine has been placed with the Cammeli Laird Company, Birkenhead, by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, operators of the Shell tanker fleet. A single-screw vessel of 18.000 deadweight tons, she is scheduled to
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    BOAC Official Due
    33 8 Mr. Keith Granville. 8.0.A.C.'s Sales Director, arrives m Singapore by Comet from London today, for a two-day visit. Mr. Granville Is flying round lie world contacting sales agents anil representatives.
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    Turbo Test Flight Over The Atlantic
    96 8 LONDON. Feb. 17. (AFP).— The first turbo-propelled jet airliner to cross the North Atlantic arrived at Goose Bay airfield m Labrador from BriS tain yesterday. S The Vickers Viscount plane piloted by the company's test i pilot .Tack Bruce, left its base on Feb.
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    Cargo Burns In Docked Vessel
    81 8 I CALCUTTA. Feb. IT. (AFP) A considerable quantity of jute, tea and shellac aboard the American cargo vessel Steel Scientist went up m flames m Kidderpore docks. Calcutta, four hours before the ship was due to leave for the United States yesterday. The crew tried
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      636 8 CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Regular Sailings to China and Japan from Singapore. Port Swettenham Penang. Also direct Sailings from Bangkok and Indonesia to China Japan. Due Spore Due Penang From "Poyang" FeblG Japan. H'kong "Fengtien" Feb 18 Feb 21 Hongkong Sails Sails Sails Pcnanff l h l m J*X? For
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    Small Deals In Dull Share Mart
    759 9 SINGAPORE, Tues.— The Malayan share market I opened after the holidays on a quiet note with only a I small turnover of business recorded. The market was 1 featureless except for small deals with quotations re- I i.ij.ning practically unchanged from those on Friday.
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    Formosa Credit
    43 9 CREDITS opened by the Mutual Security Agency m Washington included US$26UOU for Formosa, for refrigeration equipment m military i^ses and for technical assistance Other credits were for Indo-China for lubricating products and USS 15.000 for Thailand for electrical sup- plies. AFP.
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    Malayan Bank Exchange Rates
    90 9 MALAYAN Exchange BanSs Association buying rates to merchants (ocr $100 Malayan) are: New York 33 (T.T.). 33 1/8 (0.D.), 33i on credit bills and 33 5/16 on trade bills (90 i d/st); Canada 32} (T.T.). 32 i 3/8 (0.D.), 32 5/8 (90 d/st). Selling rates (T.T./0.D.)
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    PHONE LINK
    128 9 IT WAS a 45-minute wait before the first radiotelephone call between Singapore and Bandoeng was established yesterday morning. The callers wer c Mr. W. L. Blythe Colonial Secretary, and Mr. Soetoto, Sec-retary-General of the Indonesian Ministry of Communications. After several tries, the call was finally put through. Earlier
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    MARKET NOT WORRIED BY JAP RUBBER BAN
    199 9 SUSPENSION of imports of Malayan rubber into Japan announced during the weekend is not likely to affect substantially the rubber trade m Singapore. Trade sources here feel that the measure may be a temporary one. The Japanese Government has stopped accepting applications for
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    Colombo 'Plan Clashes With FAO Work-DODD
    376 9 Colombo 'Plan Clashes With FAO Work-DODD WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Reuter).— Strong criticism of Britoin's Colombo Plan of economic assistance to South East Asia and the United States Point Four programme for bockward areas, come last night from Mr. Norris Dodd, Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    114 9 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb I m Singapore >e*ierday were: Bu>ers Sellers No 1 X S.S Spot Loose ISi ~<>i No. 1 R.S.S. 77 i 77 i No. 2 R.S.S. 72 A 73 No. 3 R.S.S. 6fH 70 Tone: Quiet. SINGAPORE. Tues I i>e price of tin
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    Produce Mart Opens Quiet
    136 9 Standard Market Reporter THE produce market m Sin-! gapore opened quiet m a I sections yesterday, largely on tne lack of inclination among a section of the trade to do business. Copra changed hand- at $39 per picul for February shipment, buyers for March quoted J
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    Korea Money Change
    61 9 SEOI T 17 FT) c South X an Go<. ernmenl nnounced Sunday I t the pri sent ROK cum -won will be chs d soon. AN raw i aterlalf factory > to be a«ni Bombay. toe by-p I w I :be used to make useful j cleaning
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    RUBBER DROPS 11/8 CENTS
    195 9 RUBBER DROPS 11/8 CENTS Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore continued to sag further yesterday, first grade rubber for March shipment closing at 77& cents per lb., a droD of 1£ cent? from the previous closing level. There was fair demand for the lower grades of rubber yesterday with
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      1069 9 Kota Bahrd *L.l=. J KEPPE.. ngg^^ktSS. MALACCA SINGAPORE Jfteifin. .ML2.5- 11 a». effiSfofSa^ ES3««. To:, g entertainment DIADV Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh. Penang Wiwii.i CAPITOL: Ku H::i Choi Choo 3. <MLISO» 2.30 pm. J"". (ANCHORAGE: Hat 6.30. 9.15 p.m. VM( Chess club 3 p.m: Volley- I K gala JjmPJ Services T&f
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    PINT-SIZE GLAMOUR GIRLS
    48 10 1Z 4: :r »«N a»d Iris Rosenfield, two and a dresses they are modelling m York. Roi i t) wears pink gingham with scallop- -^er, and kets. In, i,Tna ncirn, drew tf walloped m red\ with a Spanish touch m •i iniers on the hips.
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    BOTTLE FEEDING IS MADE EASIER
    609 10  -  OTHERS who are fortunate m being able to feed their babies themselves often have an absolute dread of having to bottle-feed their infants suddenly. Admittedly it's an awful nuisance and it's very hard on the baby, but, if through ill-health oi other reasons, a mother
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    For The Mem's Notebook
    172 10 IF you are thinking of covering a wall with /obric, all you have to do is cut the fabric to fit the particular area, and apply paste to the wall, not the fabric. Finish by pressing the fabric to the wall and smoothing out any wrinkles.
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    THOSE SIX HAPPY WINNERS!
    201 10 IN response to numerous requests from readers ire publish today a flashback of the "Miss Max Factor. Singapore 1953" held last week m which a Malay girl. Adeda Al-Johary. won the title and the prize money of SI. OOO, having been adjudicated the best looker by
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    BECAUSE HIS FAMILY WISH IT
    500 10 RECENTLY I became engaged to a boy who I have known all my life. Now I have been told that he has said that he does not want to marry me, but his family wish it. He has always been pleasant to me and appears
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    SHE PUT TAPESTRY INTO NEWER USE
    142 10 PARIS. The woman who x introduced tapestry, "the treasure of the Middle Ages," to modern fashion is protesting against imitators this season. Madame Claude Saint-Cyr, the Paris hat-maker, has circularised fashion writers with a letter deploring the "uproar" m the press hailing the adaptation
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    Can You Name This Actress?
    249 10 Can You Name This Actress? st^ontS^ «•>■. Th, ;:;""«'>.-. is pres, |ofa .,v ,r J B^ I film fans >! ito coiled (he a coupons f." lur b and s<'nd 1 1.. m t, T fl 1 the nam s he °*f ,her "a single rove, to 5? ft tdilor
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    KELANTAN AFA MEET HIS FRIDAY
    38 11 KELANTAN AFA MEET HIS FRIDAY m. The I Meets' 1 I Assail I I I I the I v year I I I c I I I I I I I H B I were ad- BJ I
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    World Rugby
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    3 Fugitives From The 'Skirt Curtain'
    85 11 The Bauer sisters dent like it and Gussie, of lace panties fame, joins m the out cry although Tennis is as yet ÜB dissenting opinions by shorts specialists Alice (left) and Marlene Bauer (right), aid tennis star Gussie Moran (centre), it looks as though
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    Batu Pahat Beat Mersing
    164 11 BATU PAHAT. Tues.— Dis-1 playing all round superiority,! the Batu Pahat District Hockey team easily defeated Mersing Distri ;>y four goals to one, m an mter-district match play- ed 00 the Government English S hool ground. From the start both sides atta ked m turns and
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    Lim-Elorde Fight Tonight
    49 11 MANILA. Feb. 17, (AP)— Filipino Flash Elorde, oriental bantamweight champion, enters the ring a 3-1 favourite against Lim Kee-chan, Chinese champion from Singapore, m a 10- round nontitle bout here Wednesday night. Elorde won the Orient crown from Hiroshi Horiguchi m a recent fight m Tokyo.
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    SRC Soccer
    66 11 THE following will represent the Singapore Recreation j Club m friendly matches I against Indian Recreation Club tomorrow and against Hongkong Shanghai Bank on Friday, on the Pauang: j. de Silva, L. Rodrigues. A. W. Fox. M. Carrol, R. Henderson, S. Orton, R. Stevens. L. [Rodrigo, O. Rozario.
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    LEGAL JOY OUT OF GRAND NATIONAL
    270 11 LONDON, Feb. 17 (Reuter)— There was more interest m betting on the Football Association Cup than there was on the "Spring Double" events, the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Grand National steeplechase, at the Victoria Club callover here tonight. Business was negligible on both races.
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    FA Cup Draw
    59 11 LONDON. Feb. 17. (Renter). The draw lor the quarterfinals of the Football Association Cup made here today resulted as follows: Aston Villa vs Everton; Arsenal vs Blackpool or Southampton; Gateshead vs Bolton Wanderers: Birmingham City vs Tottenham Hotspur. Matches to be played on Saturday February 28 with
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    Big Support For Rambler's Cycle Carnival
    81 11 More than 60 entries, Including those from Selangor and Johore, have been received for the Island Ramblers grand Chinese New Year Cycling Carnival at the SCRC ground on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 9.30 a.m. The events for women have been well supported and should
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    UK Soccer 'Bookies' Take Odds Against 'Double' By Arsenal
    321 11 LONDON, Feb. 17 (UP)— Soccer fans are busy telephoning bookmakers' offices m search of lucrative odds against Arsenal Football Club achieving the "impossible" feat of becoming the first team of this century to win a cup and league championship double. Bookies,
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    GATESHEAD CONFIDENT
    236 11 LONDON. Feb. 17 (Renter)— Gallant Gateshead, "giant killers" from the northern section Of the third division, are not dismayed at having to play Bolton Wanderers, twice winners of the trophy, m the sixth round of the Football Association Cup competition. "I have every confirier.ee that our boys will
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    UK Rugby Result
    18 11 LONDON. Feb. 17. (AP).— Rugby Union result: Torquay Athletic 5. Wasps 8. crowd of 8,000
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    DEATH
    17 11 S.N. Marshall died at '.is home m VauCiijse, New South Wsief, on the 16th February 1953.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    26 11 THE FAMILY of the lata Mr. Tan Chow Kirn thanks all Iriends and relatives who sent srreaths, scrolls, etc.. and intended the funeral v>n 13.2.53
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      379 11 NOTICES COLONY OF SINGAPORE THE DISTRIBUTION OF GERMAN ENEMY PROPERTY ORDINANCE. 1952. (Nc 11 of ISSt) THE DISTRIBUTION OF GERMAN ENEMY PROPERTY (No. 2) ORDER. 1951. (G.N No. S 549 of 1952) Creditors m the Colony m respect of any obligation incurred before 3rd September 1939 which was on that
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      618 11 SITUATIONS VACANT JUNIOR TECHNICAL ITRAHF) SCHOOL, IPOH. APPOINTMENT OF INSTRUCTOR. Applications are invitr,, Federal Citizens for apt itment as Instructor m Carpei try and Building at the >ye School. Bnlary HM x 12 IM Effl. ciency Bar/192 x 12 $360 p.m. plus Cost "f Living A. .tit at cvi 1
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      113 11 a "w~ "^i. ns -^S^ Ca^v^. /-am sV <~ --n. ~^x^\>J^-- "^a^^^^^^^i a irfc J I S»^''. *^af Katt _y TL v =5— 1 t s C Ti I I .■lassAsfi I a w^ jl VSfSSv a. *W''W II ***'Si' >l^^a^fc. .^BSSSSr^SSSSSSnr I'"^ tant I iaw J J bsssssssW. ar
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    Office-Bearers Of Social Party
    99 12 SINGAPORE Soda! Athletic Pt officials elected for 1953 were: Patron: K>h Beng Sum (re-elected). President: Heng Song Hoe (re-elected), VicePresidents: Wong Tej Conn. Charlie Kang. Chong Kirn Peh I re-elected), Fong Fook Tin i Wee Sai Suan. Hon Secretary: Gofa Keng Ii ing (re-elected). Hon. Treasurer:
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    Victoria School Still Unbeaten
    419 12 VICTORIA School, Singapore, maintained their unbeaten run yesterday when they defeated St. Joseph's Institution by three goals to one m an inter-school soccer fixture played on their home ground. Victorians have played four matches this season, winning thrice and drawing once. In yesterday's match, it was
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    RAFFLES WIN 5-3
    226 12 RAFFLTIS Instil lion beat a Sngapn o Cri ket Club scrate*] team 5—3 m a friendly -o^er match yesterday. Star oi Hie Rail es team was Kirn Chye who rored a hatrri Others wh played well were Safawi U Peng and U Alsagoff. The s rhoolboys won
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    Aussie Youth Boxers Coming
    119 12 WEST Australian Boxing Council will send a team of 20 boxers including officials to Singapore m April to compete against the Colony's youth champions. This visit S^^SZJ* mad e Possible if the WABC can raise £2,000 In a telegram to Mr B. L Dunsford. secretary 'of
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    KL Football
    34 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Soccer m Selangor started earnestly this evening with the inter-ward league competition on the YMCA ground where Petaling Ward. last year's wJrd P bT S |f-3 defCaled Bun r
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