Singapore Standard, 25 February 1953

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  • 13 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD rtb v SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953. TWELVE PAGES Other Points:
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    63 1 Marguerite Cordova, a tot*** l hat-check girt, puffs on a cigarette during lunch rei ess m Criminal Courts Buildinss, New York. Mi>s Cordova took the witness stand m the compulsory prostitution tri.iLof Minot (Mickey) JelfcPte testify for the preset ution. lelke is Charged on the eighth fOUBt of a nine-count
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  • 27 1 [LES GIFFARD. 110-year-»rmet cricket »tar who I hjs parents and dumped bodies od a cliff m Cornwas hanged yesterday at il rfteld pri.-on. Bristol.- AP
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  • 21 1 THE US battleship. Missouri, went back into service yesterday when it shelled objectives m wonsan. North Korea. AFP
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  • 234 1 MANILA. I eb. 24.— Malaya's delegate to the ECAFE trade promotion conference, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, reported yesterday although trade declined m his area during 19.V!. the year was one of "unprecedented prosperity.** He said the development of secondary industries both m Malaya and
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  • 903 1 I. THE CRISIS 2. INDUSTRIAL PEACE 3. HOUSING LOANS 4. WOODBRIDGE VOLUNTEERS 'A Solution Must Be Found'— Nicoll Standard Staff Reporter A WARNING on possible conflicts among the three bodies administering Singapore the Legislative Council, the City Council and the Rural Board resulting m a deadlock m
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  • 85 1 MIRROR STARTS A NATIONAL POLL LONDON, Feb. 24 (Reuter)— The mass circulation Daily Mirror today launched a national poll to test public opinion on what role the Duke of Edinburgh should play m Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. The Mirror said: "The bigwigs are scratching their heads. Nothing can be
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    43 1 AMONGST yesterday's visitors for John Eber and his wife were his niece and nephew. Both agreed that they were highly delighted that their uncle was home. Nephew's stock phrase when answering the door to other visitors asking for John was "yes we got."
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  • 237 1 MR. JOHN EBER, the Singapore lawyer who was released on Monday after two years' detention under the Emergency Regulations, may go to Britain and practise law there. However, wherever I go, I want to go as a free man," Mr. Eber
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  • 91 1 PENANG. Tues —A sundry shopkeeper. Lim Kah Seng, and his w:fe wore robbed of .ieweilery and cash amounting to 53. 000 by four masked armed Chinese In the.r shop m Pulau Tikus Inst night. At the time, Lim was lying m bed while his wife was
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  • 31 1 MARSHAL Alphonse Juin of France, flew back from Tokyo to Indo-China yes:erday where he plans to use some Korea-tested American methods m expand- UP ing the Vietnamese army.—
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  • 47 1 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. Terrorist targets m Jemaluang. near Mersing Johore. were attacked by Vampires from RAF Squadron 60 based at Tengah. Hornets of No. 4a Squadron also continued attacks yesterday and today m support ot ground operations by the lst Cameronians near Labis, Johore.
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  • 151 1 SINGAPORE City Electrical Engineer, Mr. C. C. Payne, is to get a $25,000 bonus from the City Council "as a special case" and "on his acceptance m writing" of an extended term of service with the Council. This payment is recommended jointly by the Council's
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  • 95 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Rubber dealers m the Federation have donated about $3,000 to the High Commissioner's British Flood Relief Fund. Rubber dealers' firms who contributed are: Selangor and Pahang Rubber Dealers Association. $500; Bee Seng and Co., $500; Yee Seng, $300; Bun Lee Co. Ltd., $400; Seng
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  • 36 1 THE French liner. La Marseillaise, carrying French writer, Jules Romain, and about 100 Korea-bound Dutch and French soldiers would avoid the Formosa Straits on its wav to Japan, Hongkong sources said.- AFP
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  • 141 1 LEEDS (England), Feb. 24 AP )_The oldest burglar m Britain announced today, at the age of 100. that what people have been telling him for years is true. Crime does not pay. i. Bob Woolbridgt gay« this a s his firm conclusion after 82
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  • 71 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The only terrorist killed m the Federation, today fell to a patrol of D company. 2/2 Gurkhas, when they contacted nine of them m Kampar, Perak. Arms, ammunition, sacks of cooking utensils and food were recovered. In Kuala Kubu. Selangor, a -atrol of
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  • 28 1 CANADA will open new diplomatic missions m South and South-East Asia. Mr. Dana Wilgress Under Secretary of the External Affairs Department said m Ottawa.— Reuter
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  • 151 1 AMSTERDAM, Feb. 24 (UP)— The recent flood disaster which hit south-western Holland may advance plans to build a huge sea-dike closing oil' all the Zeeland and South Holland islands frcm the sea. The project which will be the greatest waterworks the Dutch have
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  • 119 1 THE Singapore Colonial Secretary. Mr. W.L. Blytne has rejected a request ot the United Malays National Organisation to sec Inche Abdul Sam: Ismail. formerly of Utusan Melayu. a Malay langu newspaper m the Colony who is detained under the Emergency Regulations. A spokesman of
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  • 177 2 Standard Staff Reporter TIIE period of claim for compensation m respect of Injury to a person m Singapore has been extended from one to six years as i» Britain v-pndmer.t to the Limi)l i Ordinance to this effect v have its first reading at
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  • 41 2 GANAPATHY i/o Sarethu mcd trial m the Singapore I Police Court yesterday on .i charge of cheating Pakir M lan of $730. He was allowed hail of il.ooi) .md the case was BOSt- ported for mention on March 3.
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  • 256 2 THK Singapore Government does not propose to change the scale of allowances for a married man and lu< family under the Income Tax Ordinance, as the sc:<V is considered "sufficiently liberal. 1 itated by Mr. WL. B mial Secretary m i a written
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  • 380 2 THREE MEN HOOK SHARK THAT NOBODY WANTS THREE galleymea of the Chusan which arrived i-i Singapore yesterday made history by catching a 14--foot shark with a line near Jardine Steps. There is no record of any sizable shark being caught by line m Singapore waters since the war. The three
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    77 2 MARGARET Shirley and Maurice Webber, the allAu.Mralian champion dance team, who arrived m Singapore by the Gorgon yesterday to begin their twomonth tour m Malaya. In private life they arc known an Shirley Angus and Frank Webber. Three hours after their arrival yesterday they were husy rehearsing m
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  • 81 2 SINGAPORE'S labourers 1 may now take a period of continuous leave instead of separate days, by mutual agreement between the employers and the labourer*. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed to examine and report on the Labour (Amendment) Bill has made this recommendation which
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  • 40 2 PENANG. Tues.— The annual general meeting of the welfare section of the Penang and Province Wellesley branch of tbe British Red Cross Society will be held on Monday at 1Q.45 a.m. m the council chamber Peel Avenue.
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  • 74 2 NEO Beng Kiat was I\ne<\ %MH) ia the Singapore Set nwi Traffic Police Court yesterday fos making a false declaration on Dec. 28 to the Traffic Poiioa. ihe prosecution stated that Neo wa s disqualified m 1950 from holding a driving licence J"i one year. Neo had
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    40 2 THIS 15 rhe 14-foof shark caught by three men of the Chusan yesterday, lt was hauled aboard after 45 minutes. The anglers were Keith Pascall (second from left) Cyril Skinner and George Handscomb (standing on both sides of lhe shark).
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  • 69 2 SINGAPORE Beach Road Police yesterday morning recovered the dead body of an 11-year-old Malay boy Jonet bin Sukim. from the Rochore Canal. The body, covered with mud and clothed m a pair of blac'.: shorts and brown shirt, was fouad sprawled face downwards on the floating
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  • 142 2 Tii£ Singapore Government has agreed to make an ex-gratia pa\ment of $1,500,000 to the City Council consolidated rate fund for 1952. This is one of the items m the Finance Committee's report which comes up for adoption by the Legislative Council today. Following the
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  • 68 2 A HUSBAND, who cheeked two Singapore hotels to verify his wife's admission of adultery. was granted a decree nisi to be made absolute mi n thre c months, by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray Aynsley In the Colony High Court, yesterday. Cited as co-respondent was Liew Pitt Tooiig,
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  • 293 2 NICOLL TELLS COUNCIL A START will be made as soon as possible with the construction of a new bridge over Singapore's Kallang River to relieve the traffic congestion m that area, the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, told the Legislative Council yesterday. "I have givea instruction
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  • 100 2 Three Jap Houses Auctioned THREE of the four Singapore houses earned hy Japanese before the war which were auctioned by \'u>sim and Co.. yesterday on instructions from the Custodian of Enemy Property realised a total of $352--500. Among the properties sold was the former Japanese Ciub m Seiegie Road. q
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  • 71 2 THE Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at a recent committee meeting, decided to accept offers of a three-acre plot at Sarimhun Avenue near Tengah. and a half-acre plot *t Siglap. The Tengah plot has been donated by Mr. J. Nassim. of
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  • 194 2 Dr. C. J. Paglar. the president of the SPCA. told The Standard yesterday: We shall probably set up an animal home and rehabilitation centre. There is s7ifftcient land to establish a boarding house for doss whose owners wish to go on leave, and a centre for strays who
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  • 58 2 THE Singapore Commercial Sub-branch, will remove from the C.I.D. building m Robinson Road to the Telok Ayer Police Station, on Thursday. A police spokesman told The Standard that the removal was necessary because of lack of accomodation m the CID building. The new e'eohone
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  • 61 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE NEW Rent Control Bill for Singapore, which was first read m June last year. Is expected to come up for second reading at next month's meeting of the Council. This is slated m a written reply to a question by Mr.
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  • 271 2 with an unknown man. The husband. Lee Soo Guan of the Registrar of Vehicles Office, who was represented by Mr. N. N. Leicester, claimed damages of $10,000 from Liew. The Chief Justice dismissed the claim Mr. Leicester told the Chief Justice that Lee and
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  • 116 2 THE London taxi, "gussie" is back m Singapore. Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Lobel arrived here yesterday having completed their Londonto Sydmey journey aboerrf her. J* Australia they completed more thu n 8.000 miles tiirough some of the most hazardous roads across deserts. They returned to Singapore
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  • 134 3 STRIKE THREAT BY C W BOYS CABLE AND WIRELESS telegraph messengers may go on strike if their demand for revision of salary with retrospective effect to January 1951 is not met by the company immediately. The strike threat is containi V n a T i ettcr to the company b
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  • 80 3 CHER 50 Singapore British firms will display coronation decorations and souvenirs at the Coronation Exhibition due to open at Victoria Memorial Hall on Mar. 2 at 10.30 a.m. The director of the advertising firm organizing th e exhibition said orders for some of the goods to
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  • 59 3 MOHD. SharilT bin Chedwta secretary of the Singapore Malay Seamen's Union, was charged m the City Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $3,180 belonging to the ian. between Apr. 30 and D^tv 30 last year. He claimed trial nnd the case tvas
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  • 95 3 THE ceremonial opening of the third session of the Singapore Legislative Council by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll was done with quiet dignity yesterday. The strangers gallery m the Victoria MemorY Hall, was hardly half I although invitations to many were sent. Top: The Governor, Sir John is
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  • 29 3 SEREMBAN, Mon. The executive committee of the Negri Sembilan Estates Asian Stall Union has decided to ask employers for a centralised provident fund for all estate employees.
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  • 171 3 CATHOLIC doctors m Singapore, Johore and Malacca have decided to start a cancer relief fund for the establishment of a treatment and research clinic. The doctors are members of the Southern Branch of the Catholic Medicai Guild of Malaya, which held its general meeting m Singapore
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    29 3 MISS Phuan Sieiu Chin (top) and Mr. Soo Yin who will sing at the S.A.T.A. Chinese New Year Ball on Saturday at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • 86 3 THE Malayan Chinese Association m Singapore has not decided what to do about the Financial Secretary's ruling that no M.C.A. lottery tickets could be bought by associate members. A spokesman of the Singapore branch told The Standard "no action" had yet been taken and they had
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  • 34 3 M. PAKERY, who was sentenced by the Muar Magistrate to six months' rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach of trust of a car, gave notice of appeal. He was allowed $1,000 bail.
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  • 180 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government could not find any solution acceptable to all seamen's unions with regard to the establishment of an "Asian Seamen's Welfare Centre" m the Colony. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe, said m reply to Mr. N.A. Mallal's
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  • 91 3 TWO public clocks hanging over the public counter at the Singapore General Post OfTice, and out of order since December last year will be repaired. New parts required to bring them into use again have been ordered. This is stated by Mr. W. L. Blythe.
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  • 89 3 CONSIDERABLE progress has been made m the preparation of the Master Plan for Singapore and m carrying out the necessary diagnostic survey, Mr. N.A. Mallal (Prog. City) was told by Mr. W.L. Blythe, the Colonial Secretary, m reply to his written questions m the Legislative Council
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  • 49 3 A general meeting of members of the Malacca Young Malayans Club will be held at the Malacca High School Hall on Saturday at 3 p.m. Election of office bearers and adoption of draft rules of the club will be the main items on the agenda.
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  • 168 3 Standard Staff Reporter A MOTION that the learning of English m Singapore has a more economic than social value was carried by a 20-vote majority m debate sponsored by the Singapore Adult Education Council at Gan En* Seng School hall on Monday. Main argument for
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  • 328 3 FAMILY PAY REPORT LIKELY TO BE TABLED Standard Staff Reporter _T HE "^port of the committee appointed by the Singapore Governor, Sir John Nicoll, to go into the claim of the locally-domiciled officer* for family allowance is likely be tabled at next month's meeting of the Legislative Council. This is
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  • 133 3 School Will Ease Lack Of Builders Standard Staff Reporter THERE is no shortage of essential building materials m Singapore, but there is a shortage of skilled labour, says an official reply to written questions tabled by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Prog. Balestier) at the Legislative Council yesterday. To further questions.
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  • 67 3 SIX- YEAR-OLD Malay boy Aris bin Kolop, who was yesterday reported being examined by a Melbourne plastic surgeon, was flown to Melbourne by a Royal Air Force Hastings, and not by the Royal Australian Air Force as stated. The Hastings was on a special training
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  • 126 3 SINGAPORE Government intends to rubberise part of the roads at the new International Airport at Paya Lebar. Mr. W.L. Blythe. the Colonial Secretary stated m his reply to written questions tabled by Mr. A. McLellan (Nominated) at the Legislative Council yesterday. Government. Mr. Blythe
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  • 105 3 Standard Staff Reporter NEGOTIATIONS between the Singapore Mental Hospital attendants and the Colony Government were held yesterday, nearly three weeks after a six-day strike at the hospital was called off. The attendants were represented by a five-man negotiating committee headed by their Union's official negotiator, Mr.
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  • 92 3 BURGLARS broke into an American household m Lynwood Grove, Braddell Heights. Singapore, while the servants were enjoying their day off on Monday, and took $2,818 worth of cash and valuables. The American couple was not m at the time. At 3 p.m.. when the wife returned, she
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  • 73 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A questionnaire will be drawn m by the Perak Chinese "ber -of Commerce to en- en-man committee taka out a case for repreation to Government reting repeal of the Regi;>tration and Licensing Ordinanea. Mr. Lav Pak Khuan. President of the Perak Chamber, m .i
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  • 102 4 CHINESE TEACHERS TO CONFER KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Chinese Middle School teachers m the Federation will gather here on March 6 for a four-day conference at the Victoria Institution beginning «n Saturday, March 7. On the day of their arrival they Will be the guests at a eocktai] party at the
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    62 4 A $40,000 new Home Guard Training Centre, the l.i v out of which resembles a new village. was opened on Sunday at BrmUm* by the Sultan of P-ihanff Picture showi th* Sultan diking ta some af thr staff instructor* who are undergoing a three-week retraining course I ooking on. is
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  • 50 4 MALACCA. Tues.— Malacca had a cloudburst yesterday afternoon soon after offices had cosed and workers were on their wav home. Several roads m the town were flooded. Alor Gajah. still experiencing drought. d:d net get the benefit of this cloud burst, for it on'y drizzled spasmodically •here.
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  • 97 4 IPOH. Tues.— Lau Kam Loy, aged 30. who said he was misled by the Communists, was today sentenced to death by Mr Justice Thomson for possession of a hand-grenade. Lav was captured by a Gurkha ambush patrol at Sauk Village. Kuala Kangsar, on Oct. 30. He
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  • 38 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.The Selangor Trained Nurses' Association will hold its annual dance at the Chinese Assembly Hall. here. Saturday. There will be floor shows and valuable pri2£s SL f £lv *7 to wipner* of >pot dances,"
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  • 202 4 PENANG, T»es. Art lovers teday met at the Robber Trade Association and decided U font an Arts Council in Penan*. The Resident Commissioner. Mr. R P. Bingbam. who took the chair, suggested that the objects of th e Art Council should be to encourage
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  • 37 4 PENANG. Tues. Mr. CM. Sheridan, legal adviser and Deputy Public Prosecutor. Penang, will be leaving for long leave by the Chusan this week-end. Mr. Sheridan's successor. Mr. D.M.X. Grant, has a! ready assumed office.
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  • 299 4 ~"COURT TOJLD Xt ALA Urn Tues.-When a Malay rubber Upper was reported missing an Aug. 7 last year a party was organise* and that sane evening his body was found m a ditch, the head almost severed At the High Court here to- day another
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  • 110 4 US ARTIST AT EXHIBIT MISS Jade Snow W««. (third from right) the wellknown ceramics artist front San Francisco, who arrived ia Singapore yesterday merning. attended the opening of an exhibition of modern Chinese art at the Singapore Cninese (hamber of Commerce. The exhibition was opened by the Vice Chancellor of
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  • 134 4 Lighter Union Re-born PENANG. Tues. The Penang Lighter Owners* Association which was struck off the Trade Union Re^Ui^r about two years ago is functioning again. The Association was struck off m Sept. 1951 for failing to comply with certain official requirements. Official peimission to function again as a Trade Union
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  • 97 4 A JAVANESE maidservant told the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate yesterday ihat at 2 a.m. on Dec. 2. last year. Aye men pinned her to her bed. gagged her and look her ieweilery. Aine binte Abdullah testified at a preliminary inquiry m which Saat bin
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  • 73 4 MUAR Tues.— Wong Yeen Chee, a field worker m an estate m Batu Annam was accidentally hurt while spraying sodium arsenite solution. The solution splashed on him wiien he fell. The Commissioner of Workmen's Compensation Muar, awarded him $150 >0 IN Ttt, Auala Kang^ar Magistrate's Court Khoo Kav
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  • 354 4 Sweets From jvi Sky For Vtf/ogJ MERSING. Tues.— Three j et y armoured tanks and a platoon 0 f IkK Gurkhas with Bren guns, pounded win, 2 might at a target area j ust perimeter of Jemuluang New V.|| 0a de tham one hour today. 9e
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  • 264 4 KUALA LUMPITB, Tues.— Mr. Justice Abbott and and Dato E. E. C. Thnraisin^ham. the Member tor Education, m a broadcast over Radio Malaya on the occasion of Scout Week paid tribute to the Boy Scouts of Malaya whe should be 'proud" of their traditions. Mr.
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  • 48 4 DON F( b 24 (R- —S» n ici i thf fight;.',:: bravery m X were tmoi ona wotr.cn uho vent to B i ham Palace ■wards froi < Queen Elizabeth p: mci l.i s and dual y to cad Pa rm Eh a i eks.
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  • 18 4 AN INJUI fisherman, Ng A.' he wm led his dea tiie Singap M day da
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  • 74 4 PENANG, Tues.— Penaag's first club for seamen, the new Mariners' Club m Light Street to be completed within the next few days will be dedio cated by the Ht. Rev. H. W. Baines: the Bishop of Singapore, at a n "unofficial*' ceremony next Saturday. Rev.
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  • 76 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Malayan Chinese Association lottery tickets m the Federation have been sold without restriction to members Following the condition laid down by Mr. W.C. Taylor, Vie Financial Secretary of Singapore, that they should not be sold to associate members, a Federation
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  • 24 4 mSS'mmmit ?5L S*" attacked **ne**. Wear Peh SSmLI^S'S; WaS S «£T** the Oty Police "4 b*a slashed her several times. chopper
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  • 188 4 KUALA LUMFUBs T^es.— Japan's two rubber baring representatives who visited Kuala Lumpur at tiie begmnmg of this week have returned ta Singapore en route home without eoncludra* any trade pact" V\Z r*" 1^ iv th Federation for the purchase of Malayan rubber. I
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  • 54 4 PRISONER JAILED ON HURT COUNT rua i i caus. i g tel lov. pi He v. n A m Joseph nf A pnsoi when v his i gh) round a knife m Din tried to si on his tO !he ,J MOtfe, io n hi? L wi m for him
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  • 129 5 Had Gold Bars Fined Osborne Victor Garland, a retired New Ztal a n d businessman, pleaded guilt v m the Singapore Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday t,, tailing to offer for sale gold worth $18,000 to authorised dealers. He wa s fined $100 m default one month's simple imprisonment. The
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  • 108 5 TOK AH WER. (17). told tlie Singapore Third Police Magistrate yesterday that when she got of! the bus at Swiss Road after night school a cyclist followed her. She ran home and told her brother. The next night the cyclist stopped her and kissed her.
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  • 64 5 A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl, Cheatn Ah Suay, slipped into a pot m which pigs' food was being cooked. She was scalded and died m the hospital a few days later. This was stated by the mother at the inquiry held m tb Singapore Coroner's Court
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  • 248 5 S'pores Administrative Set-up Must Be Changed COUNCILLORS AGREE: SINGAPORE Legislative Councillors gene ally agreed yesterday that readjustment was fieeded in the present administrative machinery Jut ny t0 P rcYent an overlapping of Mr. N. A. Mallal (City), said that he did not agree Mth the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. that
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    156 5 A MANNEQUIN show feat urine the latest Ame riean swim .suits and sun drevses drew a lar«p and enthusiastic audience at the Raffle* Hotel Palm Court last night. Six lovely Singapore were on hand to dis play 44 swim-suits and .;<» sun-dres.se> brought here by Cole of California (Australia) Ltd
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  • 139 5 THE method of appoint ins oflicrs to higher po>ts m the Federation Mill tary Forces was thp subject of two letters written h> *.h« General Secretary M iljy Regiment Civilian I ni ployees I mon to the Director. Federation Military I orees. He writes that
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  • 133 5 VARSITY CRITICS FLAYED H'kong Standard: HONGKONG. Feb. 24. (UP). The Hongkong Standard. io an editorial today, said that the critical denuncia- tion of the proposed Malayan Chinese University was "all the more lamentable because it >i\ows a general lack (d good sense ami fair play." The Standard, whose publisher, Mr.
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  • 80 5 THE Singapore Malay Women*! Welfare Association i proposal to raise funds for a mosque, convent and other Musiim social projects. by staging variety shows m lie Great Kastern Trade Fair si Geylang Serai, is not favoured by the Colony's Muslim Advisory Board. fhe Board has advised
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  • 54 5 SINGAPORE City Coun i!lors are expected to reject a recommendation by tlt<»ir Building Committee that the Council's Building By-laws !>e amended to allow petrol Ulinj stations to be built m bungalow areas. Many liave li sapproved of the large number <A stations that were allowed to spring
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  • 107 5 RAFFLES Institution will Once 2iZ,.*.'2. accommodate literacy classes for adults when' sessions resume Saturday at 6 p. iv.. Mr. B G Sahai, secretary o f the People's Education A^.-c»- -< lation. told The Standard last night that he had received Letters confirming that three assrooms each
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  • 88 5 HASHIM bin Haji Ismail, now serving a nine-month piison sentence, will have to stay m jail for an extra M days. Yesterday, m the Singapore Traffic Court, Hashim wis fined |150 for using a .notof car while not being covered by third party insurance.
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  • 51 5 PENANG. Tues. Pennng's dance hostesses, who recently threatened, to strike, have taken the lead to give monetary aid to the invalids at the Silver Jubilee Home m Sungei Dua. Eight representatives of the Penang Cabaret Girls' Union recently visited the Home to deliver a donation of
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  • 109 5 The nine remaining fishermen of the Kunyee Maru which drifted helplessly into Singapore on Nov. 14 will be repatriated to Japan on the Yoko Maru today. The Kunyee Maru. wooden ship of 5« tons, was Ashing m waters south of the Philippines when she developed engine trouble.
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  • 207 5 THE Governor, S;r John Nicoll, ve.sterdav contributed $:>OO to the British Flood Relief Fond wh i h has ex< eec^ed ii total ol $80,190.91. Tlie staff ol the Public R.. tions Office— the first Government department t;> send m a donation to the Fund
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  • 92 5 A SINGAPORE Police chase from Bukit 'Tunah Road to Coronation Road, the arrest oi a suspicious looking Chinese and the eventual round up ol four others, was related before Mr. Justice Knight at the Assizes yesterday. The case was m connection with four persons. Lim
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  • 54 5 WHEN an Indian. Abdul Kadir, wa s told In th e Singapore Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday that be would be deported, alter being sentenced for causing grievous hurt to a gunner. R.A. to -even months' rigorous imprisonment, he said he preferred a sentence of 20 years
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  • 43 5 FOR assisting m the running of a public- lottery, chap-ji-kee. a woman. Sia Be* Woo (29) was fined $100 m default one month's simple imprisonment m. the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. She was arrested m Amoy Street on Monday.
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  • 719 6 ]{!<;JJTLY Sir .John Nicoll's thoughts turned to tt«i^ oi constitutional reform when h« addressed the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday Apart sing the number of elected unofficial m the V ,:,rjl ,t been no major constitutional advance 1940 when the Colony took us first uncertain step towards democracy.
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  • 1314 6  - DULLES WINS EDEN'S HEART TEMPORARILY ANDREW ROTM 6* LONDON. IN the wake ol Mr. Dulles' whirlwind visit, Mr. Eden took a vacation. He .eft content with the belief that the much-feared Mr. Dulles, whom he had awaited with such trepidation, was really quite a decent and u~. <<.r--standing bloke. The
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  • 552 6 Lovely-ickle-ducky-doo-doos—or AngloAmerican friendship J'M a bit tired of the popular whining theme that Anglo-American friendship is an emaciated, delicate baby who will expire if anybody speaks above a whisper and says anything other than "Lovely-iekle-d ucky-doo-doos." Actually the brat is a very healthy brute. Uncle Sam and J. Bull have
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  • 146 6 Sir, I read lately m the newspaper that employees working m Singapore shops are being checked by Labour Officers, to see whether they arp over sixteen years of age. Concerning the above matter I would like to give information about some shops m Kuala Lumpur. Tod.i.y, well-known
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  • 111 6 E wish to tender our apologies to Mrs. Rusty Snelson m connection with a reader's letter headed "Singapore's Low Morals'' published m the Singapore Standard of February 18. 1953. The letter contained statements said to have been interpreted as an attack on the good character of Mrs. Snelson.
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    443 6 We, the PEOPLE Penalty Of Owning A House Sir: I am writing this letter to put on record my views regarding the assessment of owner tenants. At the last meeting of the Assessment Committee I made my point. which ol course found no support from the other members of the
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  • 141 6 Review of Views Higher English HIGHER Eng SP r Women i;« Utwan Mi me pu| report I Ma a., i. for imi advanced It IS I 1 I I is a i >'■ as an ex .mp'e Lmti Main ild ris i Details Wanted NANYANG SIANI Chinese Ane S i
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  • 9 7 Mau Mau Fighters To Get New Arms j i
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    63 7 J r "nii I,f h »«nde Viennese soprano Hilde Guedea. right, tests stay-on ISii/^vni opera star Blanche Thebom. left, for her role as the bear«--*-i\ v s Pl n^" during intermission visit backstage at Metiow*i 2 ""ik. lh opera, m which Miss C.iieden has the starring Wtm em at Ike
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  • 221 7 n LONI) N /f b 24 < Reuter > Field Marshal Sir H ilham Slim delaying his departure to Australia will fcive his expert advice on crucial Middle East defence problems direct to Prime Minister Churchill usually reliable sources said here. The Field Marshal
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  • 62 7 HONGKONG. Feo. 24. (AP). One ot Hongkong's largest weaving mills, the Wing Sang. i nporarily suspended business last week, company offi- 1 cials announced. About M 6 workers lost their' JObs. The shutdown was reported to be flue to tiie loss of husi- ne^ m the
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  • 43 7 SYDNEY. Ftb 24, (Reuter). The new Labour Cabinet of New South Wa'es was sworn .'.i here yesterday with Mr. Cahi l as Premier and -nre'- Labour was returned to i. nice m the state elections a week sst s. i urday.
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  • 44 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 24. (Renter). Eight Russian anti- Communist pickets shouted j "murderer" and threw leaflets i yesterday when Mr. Andrei Yishinsky Soviet Foreign Minister arrived m the Queen Mary. Mounted police held the pickets back. There was no violence.
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  • 81 7 RIO DE JANEIRO. Feb. 24 (APP) Tiie Brazilian i.owir c yesterday ratified the '.rv a^n t merit bct\w en Bi il and the United S 1 .'ion was passed by i- 'o 39. HELSINKI, Feb. 24 (AF) Finnish Government d night it signed a US* 120.--000.000 trade pact
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  • 136 7 TEHERAN, Feb. 24, (IP)-A serious dispute be tween Premier Mohammed Mossadeq and the Shall complicated Iran's political situation at a critical mo ment m negotiations to settle the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute. The Parliament met m tn emergency session last night to discuss the dispute between
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  • 67 7 I. ONDO X. Feb. 24: (Reuter) The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth m June will cost the British tax-payer nearly a million pounds sterling. Government estimates disclosed. The estimates showed that Parliament will be asked to vote £693.000 sterling for Coronation expenditure m the year
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  • 52 7 CAIRO, Feb. 24, (CP).— Egypt's political corruption Inves tiga ting Committee decided today to place former leader of the Wafd Party and Premier Mustafa. El Nahas, his wife and seven of his colleagues on trial on charges of illegally profiteering m cotton and making personal profits at
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  • World News In Brief...
    • 37 7 AI.AX NUNN MAY. who sti!! thinks he did the right thing m riving western atom secrets to Russia, is looking for a job. He registered at the government employment exchange yesterday tor a "scien- tific jub."- UP
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    • 50 7 KOREAN Foreign Minister Y. T. Pyun predicted that Russia, using Red Chinese and Japanese war prisoners, will "start trouble m Japan just as they did m Korea may be m a matter of months." He also said that an eventual war between the United States and Russia is "inevitable." UP
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    • 32 7 THE United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Allen W. Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence. He is the brother of the Secretary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles. Reuter
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    • 27 7 FRANKFURT Police yesterday closed down the central office of the Communist controlled West German Union of victims of Nazism and confiscated all documents they found there- Reuter
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    • 29 7 AIR Vice Marshal Sir Robert Ahingham George, new Governor of South Aus-' tralia, has appealed to Australians not to overtax the Queen's strength on her tour next year.— Reuter
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    • 29 7 THE White House Monday announced the nomination of Charles ("Chip") Bohlen as ambassador to Soviet Russia and Francis White as Ambassador to Mexico. Both are career diplomats.- A P
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    • 32 7 FOREIGN Secretary Anthony Eden yesterday welcomed General Mark Clark's initiative m asking whether the North Koreans and Communist Chinese would agree to repatriate seriously sick and wounded pri- soger* ci MlftTl Reuter
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    • 25 7 THE Sudan Executive Council, policy-initiating body m the government, is studying a law to ban Communism. The law was expected to be submitted shortly.- Reuter
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    • 25 7 SOUTH Africa is expected to end this financial year with a surplus of at least £9,000,000, the Minister of Finance. Mr. Nicholas Havenga announced. Reuter
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    • 33 7 FOREIGN Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden denied m the House of Commons yesterday that the French had asked Britain to extend their guarantee to the European Defence Community from *10 to 50 years. Reuter
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    • 57 7 THE Duke of Edinburgh made his second 'solo flight at White Waltham. Berkshire, yesterday three months alter taking his first flying lesson The Duke, now an Air Marshal of the Royal Air Force, is taking a regular service flying course to permit him to wear wings on both his Air
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    • 32 7 BRITAIN S first Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, will fly to Gibraltar on Saturday to watch the combined exercises of the British Home and Mediterranean Fleets, the Admiralty announ- ced.- Renter
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    • 37 7 MORE than 3,100 East German refugees sought asylum m West Berlin yesterday 600 more than any previous *iy refugee officials said. Almost 30,000 people have sought refuge m West Berlin since the beginning of this month. Reuter
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    • 24 7 NEARLY .'LOOO servicemen will be drafted into London lv help police control rr »wds and traffic during Queen Elizabeth's Coronation on June 2.- Reuter
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  • 296 7 Rearmament To Cost £109 Mil. MoreThanl9s2 LONDON Feb. 24, (AP)— Chancellor of l E che <i ucr R -A. Butler disclosed yesterdoy he will move forward m his next budget to one of the Conservative Government's big targetsslashing of Government expenditure. Butler
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    78 7 < Barbara Harmon, 31r year-old divorcee, on her J way to the Criminal x Courts Building, New S York, to testify against Minot (Mickey) Jelke. on trial on charges of com- C pulsory prostitution. Miss Harmon, mother of two children, has been i I, described by prosecutors as the woman
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  • 157 7 TOKYO. Feb. 24. <AP) Japanese Coastal Safety Force frigates will return fire and use force ir necessary to protect fishing craft, it was revealed yes terday by Goro Okada. Parliamentary Vice Minister of the National Safety Board thp Nippon Times, English-language paper. said he made
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  • 135 7 v LI^WARE, OHIO, Feb 24: (Reuter >— Senator Robert Taft. a member of the United States senate Foreign Affairs Committee said here that it wa s almost impossible to win the Korean war 'At present there is no solution to the conflict" he said
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  • 79 7 OTTAWA. Feb. 24 (UP). New Canadian high commissioners to Australia and New Zealand were named today by the Department of External Affairs. The Department announced the appointment of W A Irwin. National Film Board commissioner and former magazine editor as High Commissioner to Australia. At the
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  • 51 7 CAIRO. Ftb. 24. (AFP). An agreement for the application of the Point-4 programme to Egypt was signed here yesterday by the United States Ambassador Jefferson CafTery and the director m Egypt of the Point-4 oroqramm'e. and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi and Minister of Commerce He! mi
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  • 52 7 BERLIN, Feb. 24. (Reuter) —A West Berlin Court sentenced a former East German Mayor to 8 years' imprisonment for luring a West Begliner into East Germany The Mayor Gustav Thonack 49 was arrested when he applied for asylum m West Berlin as a political refugee
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  • 33 7 THE Queen will entertain President Tito to lunch when the Yugoslav leader visits Bi itain next March 2.,. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons A. P.
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  • 80 7 VALPARAISO. Chile Feb. 24 <L r P> —A military pan c highlighted the visit of Pn dents Juan Peron of Ai 1 tina and Carlos I ban. f Chile to this port yesterday Troops of Valparaiso ed an honour guard Peron placed a wreath al fl i
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  • 105 7 innn P v SA iuu ,ROREA) Feb 24: «■*»> Wearlj 1.000 North Korean prisoners of war ir allied hands vnt a petition signed m their own blood to South Korean 11 As mb,y PlMding that they should be allowed to hght the Communists "as loyal rili/ens of
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  • 64 7 BAGHDAD. Fen. 24, (AFP) —The Treaty of Friendship between India aud Iraq was ratified unanimously yesterday by the Chamber of Deputies here. Vice Admiral Ma Chi-chuang. centre. Commander- in Chief of the Chinese Nationalist Navy, shakes hands with fir cc I Hsu. /hinese legisJatnr, as Admiral Ma is
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  • 341 8 COURT MARTIAL TRIAL FOR ROSITA ATTACKERS LONDON, Feb. 24, (Reuter).— The British Foreign Secretary Mr. Anthony Eden said last night he had been informed that those responsible for an attack on the British ship Rosita more than two months ago were being tried by a Chinese Nationalist court martial. He
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  • 67 8 LONDON. Feb. 24 (AFP) A fleet of IX Soviet fishing ships, iccompanied by two larue supply ships, were reported off the Shetland islands North Britain yesterday. Nets and barrels were spotted on the ships* bridges indicating that the fleet was m for herrIng fishing.
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  • 119 8 BAGHDAD. Feb. 24. (Reuter) A German firm has won a contract worth the equivalent ;of £5,000,000 sterling to build the second part of the Wadi Tharthar scheme, one of ve large-scale irrigation schemes aimed at making Iraq one of the world's granaries. The firm i
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  • 85 8 LONDON. Peb. 24. (AFP).— "By tradition, aa we aa neces-l :*>'. Japan must have a power- o ean-foing merchanl navy/ ivrote rhe Tokyo correspondent <»f the Financial Times m a report on Japanese shipbuildi g i A: pres n t." he said, "Japan'i shipbuilding industry i-
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  • 117 8 BANCKOK. Peb 24. (AFP). Shipping runs between Bangkok and Communist Cninese ports have been abandoned following the withdrawal of the U.S. Seventh Fleet from the Formosa Straits. Shipping agents here reported that the risks of losing ships or cargoes on voyages to Communist ports through
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  • 68 8 VENTIANE, Laos. Feb. 24. (AFP) The stolen Thai Airways plane which, two moniUs ay), crash-landed into a rice Reid near Ventiane, was dismantled and transported to a nearby airport, it was revealed here today. The plane stolen from a Siamese aerodrome by two deserters erash-landod when
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    • 228 8 1 EAST ASIATIC LlSf «<MMN<* FROM SCANDINAVIA Si 1 ''Nil "PATAGONIA* for Adelaide. *k*m Melbourne. Bamie Syd- F '»»i, ney (not loading local t car «°> 1H »Fek r "LALANIMA" for Bangkok I/tl| at "INDIA" for Bangkok 18 »nu "MALAYA" for Adelaide, '-M.r I Melbourne, Sydney (r.ot loading local cargo)
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  • 12 9 RUBBER DROPS CENT „r l Hark i z I i i x
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  • 114 9 CLosim; rubber prues (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Bu>ers Sellers No 1 K.N.S m»»ii Lmm* 78 78 n<i i ks.s. 78i ;«i No. 2 K.S.S. 74 a 75 No .1 R.S.S. 70 71 Tone: Quiet. iin HNGATOU, Turs I hr prire ol tin today mis MTU.
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  • 24 9 BRISK bidding at an auction h.ng Keng Lee. Singapore. :ed In the sale of a property t1 Cantonment Road, for 1450.000 yesterday.
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  • 151 9 Standard MarrW Reporter SINGAPORE, lucv— In the MaJayan share market today, tin shares were firm and Mtivc, while industrials remained steady. Rubber shares continued idle. INDUSTRIALS Buvera Sellers i Fed Disp. 2.55 IAS 1 Gammons 2 91 :> 19 Straits Traders 24.20 24.60 S.
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  • 26 9 BANGKOK, Feb. 24. (AFP) The Thai Government is planning to amalgamate and control operations of local life insurance companies, it is learned here today.
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  • 202 9 THE HAGUE, Feb. 24, (Reuter).— lndonesia mine production of tin concentrates m January declined to 2,544 tons from 3,176 m December, according to advance statistics of the International Tin Study Group. The lower January production reflected the Chinese New Year holiday. January output
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    50 9 During his recent visit to Negri Sembilan, the Deputy High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, inspected the factory of the Dunlop Malayan Estate at l adang Geddes. Picture shows the Deputy High Commissioner (carrying a hat) being shown round the factory by the engineer of the estate, Mr. A. G. Kay.
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  • 130 9 Penang Traders Warned PENANG. Tues. The Senior Customs (Revenue) Officer. Penang, points to the increasing numl>er of requests made to the Customs Department by local merchants for permission to import commodities allowed on a quota basis. before AP forms were submitted to the Customs office. H e has informed the
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  • 85 9 LONDON, Feb. 24. (Reuter). Mr. Jiro Shirasu. personal envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida has arrived here for a three-week stay during which he is expected to discuss questions relating to Japan's economy. Mr. Shirasu who flew into London on Friday has already had
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  • 39 9 HONGKONG, Feb. 24—Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.92 to £1 sterling; $6.0400 to US$l. $1 B 3 to Malayan $1; $0,224 io one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $280 to one laeL the
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  • 76 9 NEW YORK. Feb. 24. (UP). New rubber consumption m the United States during^ January increased 4.45 per cent to 120,742 long tons from 115.600 long tons consumed m December, according to a monthly report released by the Rubber Manufacturers Association today. Consumption of natural rubber during
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  • 43 9 THE Secretaries. Turquand Youngs and Co. report the following rubber crops ior January: Alor Gajah 21,000 lbs, Ayer Panas 96.000 lbs., Glenealy 63,500 lbs., Khiang 50.500 lbs!, Pajam 121,500 lbs.. Talisman 29.800 lbs.. Teluk Anson 4-M29 lbs.. Ulu Benut 52,700 lbs.
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  • 132 9 TOKYO. Feb. 24, (AFP).— The Japanese Government will despatch Nobuhiko Ushiba, director of the International Trade Bureau, to Western Germany and France early m April, government sources said here. Ushiba's mission will be to arrange for trade programmes with the two countries m view
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  • 364 9 COLOMBO, Feb. 24 (UP) While the immediate official reaction m Colombo to the proposal of the Rubber Study Group which met m London, regarding the formation of an International Rubber Council is a attitude of 'Vait and see", private rubber interests here arc
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  • 290 9 COLOMBO, Feb.— 24, (VP).— Ships for carrying Ceylon rubber to China are arriving here sooner than the necessary quantities of the commodity can be gathered. Most of these are vessels chartered by the Chinese Government. i COLOMBO, Feb.— 24, Ceylon rubber to China are the
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  • 107 9 TORONTO. Feb. 24. (Rev* ter) The Standard Motor, Company of Coventry. England, plans a low priced sports car for North American markets and a small "economy" car for Europe and India. Sir John Black, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director announced here. Sir John
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  • 65 9 SYDNEY, Feb, 24. (ReuterAAP) The Australian Government will have to decide soon about making a trade agreement with Japan, said the Sydney Sunday Sun This has been made necessary, the paper said, because i the General Agreement onj Trade and Tariffs committee lot Geneva had
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    • 121 9 g^jß^lfc^ifei^ißJ^Sßteli x j r rtf n iff JLJp j Independent Morning Newspaper This morning doily is published m Singapore and if circulated throughout South-East Asia. "Singapore Standard" is devoted to local news -nd pictures. In addition, it carries a world-wide coverage. "Singapore Stondard" teatures articles with a moss appcol ond
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  • 510 10  -  joy jones I A.M a Chinese girl of 20 years, and am engaged to a boy I love very much. We used to speak English to each other, but his family only siM-ak Chinese and I v. i n't When I marry him I .shall
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  • 137 10 JiMGHT of Britain's top mannequins who flew to Switzerland last weekend, have shown J the gorgeous contents of leading designers' Coronation Year wardrobes to holidaymakers of all nationalities at St. Moritz. The parages, on a carpet over ice amid the snowclad
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  • 319 10  - MAMIE MAKES U.S. HAT -CONSCIOUS' DOROTHY ROE By TVEW YORK, (AP).-Hav-ing a hat-conscious first lady m the White House is like money m the bank to the U.S. millinery industry. The New York wholesale millinery district ivhich turns out the bulk of the millinery bought by the average American woman,
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  • 235 10 q^HESE are the days of the running nose and the hacking cough. The condition, commonly known as a cold, may be caused by the changeable weather, lack of sleep, unwise eating habits or a combination of all three. If you are one of the unlucky
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  • 290 10  -  ALICIA HART I) INK is one of the prettiest A points of interest this season. It has taken a bold stand m both fashions and cosmetics, and will have a direct effect on your appearance. Whether you plan to be "m the pink" from
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  • 356 10  -  GAYNOR MADDOX By rkURING Lent, vegetables combined wi:h eggs or cream sauce provide substantial meatless fare. The Italians are masters of this type of cooking and "The Talisman Italian Cook Book" is a valuable source of their best recipes. These recipes come from that book.
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  • 292 10 SSwfigjfl ALL through thii day. rhe Singapore suiS prcaevts the hhurt, urth >ta <>1 nen conies," designed to iniere t N film fins. *''l- i All sou lino i ft to collect the pi J coupons tor s «< send then 1^ lhe names tll
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    • 406 10 t* RITA DEL MR y rpou.tt W i|llil\l ION: X XII I know is what I Off •ii the papers." win Regete WEDNESDAY lok EVERYONI Ths Is a day when tee and emot. ons are aot tO h'.gh Let reason a-id toU '-.re protect you faom Rl Complete task* aid
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    282 11  -  DAVID TAMBYAH BRITISH STARS IN TENNIS TREAT fey HIE British Davis Cup player, Tony Mottram and h.s wife an equally famous English tennis lUrWw play exhibition matches at the Happy World stad h,m coming Monday and Tuesday March i 2nd Sd $2 starting at 8.15 p.m. each night.
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  • 159 11 IIPORI Amateur Athletic Association will urination for Singapore athletes at- thr British W coach. George Pallett's classes. m> \i m ma lion will be awarded special i 1 of I S" 1 t 1 t of correct baton passrelays They are won on the speed
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  • 117 11 THE SINGAPORE Amateur Boxing Association has offered the West Australian Boxing Council 50 per cent. of the net profits if they sent a team of 20 boxers to compete against the Co'ony's youth champions m April. Mr. McDermott, of the Police i Boys Boxing Council m
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  • 39 11 ST AXT HON V Boys" School beat the Serangoon English School 4-1 yesterday. Scorers were (for St. An- thony) Stevens. Cheng Teng. Sim Song and Sian Hock and 1 (for Serangoon E. S Sum 1 Soon.
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  • 61 11 Results of yesterday's friendly soccer matchet at Farrer Park: Indian Recreation Club beat GHQ Signals 2 o Scorers were Sulahudin and P. K. Samy. KPM Combined XI beat Mercantile Bank I—o. Scorer S. Majid. YSC Institute beat KML 4— 2. Scorers for YSC Choo Liang. If, S
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  • 164 11 PORT OF SPAIN, Feb. 23, (Reuter).-The West Indies pined a first innings lead of 36 runs against India at lunch on the fourth day of the third Test match was continued here today. They were dismissed for 315 m reply to India's first innings total
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  • 132 11 NKH YORK. Feb. B <IP> Two-Ton Tony Galento. who has boxed an octopus, two Baers, one bear and Joe Louis, is brushing up bis wrestling •holts" for a 20-day grunt and groan tour of Malaya. "I dont know whether I'm rassling rattlesuckcs or hoomans but for $10,000
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  • 151 11 IN ONE of the most thrilling contested hockey games played at Nee Soon this season. GHQ Field Records retained the Garrison Hockey trophy with a two-ail victory over MBTC m the *nal of the competition played yesterday. Both goals wer c scored m
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  • 132 11 A SNAP goal scored by inside-right Sahari a few seconds before full time gave Raffles Institution a three-two victory over St. Joseph's Institution m an inter-school football match at Bras Basah Road yesterday. Centre-forward Kirn Chve opened the scoring 10 minutes after the kick-off when he
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  • 120 11 THE second annual Teachers' Training College swimming carnival will be held on Mar 14 at the Chinese Swimming Club at 2.30 p.m. There will be 24 events of which the finals ol the 150U metres free style and diving (Men* will be held today at 4
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  • 165 11 VICTORIA School maintained their unbeaten record when they forced Bartley Secondary School to a threeall draw at St. Georges Kojd ground yesterday. It was a thrilling encounter, and after a series of near misses by either side. Rahman broke through In the 20th minute to open
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 61 11 NOTICE FRASER NEAVE LTD. ited m Singapore) Packing Coses tor Bottles /en trict the above cases, be n<,pected at the underlie protected by British ac taken forthwith against nging the above patent ng to be made or using such sent ot the patent holders. By Order of the Board, W.
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    • 56 11 Tour Contest Every day tner e will be printed In each Imi» »t .k a '."fflU ITS^" BUS 1 lb a wHt< 1 m i CORONATION TOUR CONTEST I Sponsored By Singapore Standaril-Alfrcd'a Coronation Souvenirs Mr./Mrs//MiM (in block letter*) ts the MOST POPULAR Sportsmaa/SportswomaB of Singapore and the Federation of
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    • 81 11 WIN ***** IN PRIZES! Yonr rtiaacc to win a nrlze m the MATAOOK SLOtiAN (ONTKsi as well as to try MATADOR Blades ior the tirst time: Ist Prize: $.-,on |>ins .->.-> ■on -oi.it nm prises. Vm 1 empty packet lor one entry. send as many as von wish. I.niriev cl«>*«»
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    • 667 11 NOTICES Re: NGEOW NIAN CHIN, Deceased. ALL persons having any claims against the estate of the abo vena mcd deceased late of No. 775, North Bridge Road, Singapore, who died on the day of Dercmber 195^ are required to send' particulars of their claims m writing to the Public Trustee
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    • 746 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENT iS?- *W rr, P'ietre?s. of Bonfl Kong H„tcl. Kuala Lumpur, tlvink all relatives and friend! who sent wreaths, tcre la express) ,ns of sympathy, loan ot cars, monetary gifts and i rtendej the tone:;,! the.r belovS mother. ANNOUNCEMENT AMPAT TIN DREDGING LIMITED Incorporated In England) Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Linnted, subsidiary
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 234 11 A>*^ Cs J?J >Oo FOOL/ LET H^M IN— ANP I'LL EXCOOZE WOF COUR St//- WANTED 7 GASPK-TU\S IS fn' £*VA > SPUV !rc> M EAM DOCE HIM TOTHE-c^x^BOVS": ME MAM- 4^ |K\'OW- < TO MEET *4 GREATEST SHOCK Wa-t k Another 1- it'll be the greatest shock th' reasom hollow
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  • 1576 12 Standard's RACE CARD RACE ll 2,00 p.m.-Class 3, Div. 5—6 Furs. 1. Bulilona 4v 900 Mr. KS. Leong RW. van Bkelen f f D'ncll.v 2 096 Bramhall Fiver fty 8.11 Ifl Mrs CJ. Longmore Hobbs ri" rv 3 v Irumpington II iv 8.10 Dr. Chua Sin Kah Hobbs t?t- ,f
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  • 1504 12 Heavy Track Is In His Favour By WINDSOR LAD SHORT HAIRS, a Foirwell gelding, who scored brilliantly over six furlongs at Kuala Lumpur, is expected to win the main sprint event for class 2 division 1 horses (Race 5) over six furlongs at Bukit Timah today, second
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  • 127 12 A SOCCER nfatch will be played between the Past and Present boys of the A.C.S. at Barker Road on Friday. Feb 27. at 5.15 p.m. The winning team will receive souvenirs presented by Mr. Tay Teck Eng. Mrs. Tay "will make the presentation after the match. a
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  • 162 12 BIG SWEEP RACE 9 Windsor Lad Gay Reveller Goodwood 1~"~ BADALONA BADALONA. BADALONA Bobsworth Bobsworth Bobsworth The Wasp Trumpington Colenso 2"~ HONEYMOON AMUSEMENT ABBOTSFORD Amusement II Honeymoon Munlee Magnificence Abbotsford Duke a~~" TALISMAN TALISMAN PHENOMENON Phenomenon Kiver Moon Kimflre Talisman Sealed Orders Ivernia FORGET-ME-NOT FORGET-ME-NOT APPLAUSE Kyegrass Gambar
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  • 222 12 ALADDIN carries the same weight as when he skipped his engagement on Saturday. There is nothing amiss with this Pictavia gelding— his three m 39 4/5 sec on Monday morning on a heavy track indicates that he is m fine fettle. He is making
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  • 37 12 DESPITE bright, sunny weather yesterday the going for today's races, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's February meeting, will still be soft as plenty of rain has fallen during the weekend and on Monday.
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  • 205 12 Coralita's second to Director over six furlongs on Saturday was a very good effort. She meets Director on better terms and with scope for improvement this Pink Flower mare should again be concerned m the finish. Director battled it out with Coralita m the last
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  • 167 12 9-35 MM I| Go 1 Better 35 MM. -j. second to tk!? ran a Padi Fie fn,?:.< n this. [j e JH 10 «J*i Is m ay« v« SCOpe f,, p, 1 benefitted SffiTS?B at the Hi «jj All 8.U53 making vi,, class 3 i J month 4 ■n
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  • 52 12 SEREMBA.V Moa-T Signal.- soccer team ban scored over the Ang c School by two goal >ne on S»> urday Woolard oponod Un midway m the fi: Military team who led n half time. On resumption. M school's inside rig but towards the c'/>se B: N scored the winning
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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