Singapore Standard, 3 March 1953

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    10 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD kj"2 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1953. TWELVE I'AC;ES
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    SOVIET ENVOYS SHOT IN BURMA, IGNORED ORDER
    176 1 SOVIET ENVOYS SHOT IN BURMA, IGNORED ORDER Mar 2 (AP) A Burmese ot and severely wounded two Russian Embassy staff early r v ignored his halt order at an d area. l rmv M Anikine. (36). ■nd I);. M. Barbizo (33), a 1 ice i i.ori'.ies said the ■i drove
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    Chambers Told: Aid University
    20 1 Chambers Told: Aid University rter Chii ganisag them 1 I n Comv the tmber o-opi i a- om- 1 r
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    Quit Japan, Soviets Told
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    Red Cargo Seized
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    Support Pledged
    11 1 nippoi t Secretary an i Launchn candi- r A.F.P.
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    Adlai Begins Orient Tour
    39 1 FRANCISCO Mar. 2 Stevenson. the D< vatic presidential randidav arrived here night two-hour L Angeles, S this afteriiaer Prc#i- W son icr The Orient. T.s a plea- I time to do that is I Another
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    3-DAY VISIT
    39 1 THK C\vr.ir.anc'er-in-Chief of French Ail Force m IndoM ral L.M. Chassin. mpanied Madame will arrive m Singafiom Sa;g. :i at Changi on Friday, tor a three-day perI i>it U tl c Commanderiie f Far East Air Force.
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    Britain Acts
    66 1 TEHERAN. Mar. 2. (AFP) Britain has promptly reacted to the Persian drama by sending the Commander-in-Chief of British Middle East Land Forces Sir Brian Robertson to Iraq which has a joint frontier with Iran. The British Government is perturbed at the turn of events m Persia and particularly
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    PROBLEM POSY
    92 1 TIIE S E two huge baskets of flowers posed a probleir for Malayan Airways at Kalian* airport yesterday. Problem: How to transport them by air to Kinnt.ui without being damaged, or have the water spill out of the baskets. However, a promise was nude that the airline would
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    SCIENCE & THE ARTS OF PEACE
    146 1  - SCIENCE THE ARTS OF PEACE Nehru iii NEW DELHI. Mar. 2 (Reuter) Prime Minister Nehru tolct Commonwealth defence ■dentists today he hoped they would help to create an atmosphere In which science could be diverted to the arts of peace. Otherwise science itself might be killed. The Indian Premier was
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    Liners Collide
    29 1 THE French luxury liner. La Marseillaise, and the i.oB:>-ton Norwegian vessel. Hermelin. both sustained damage yesterd.iy when they brushed against each other off Yokohama har- tour. AFP
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    'Pyjama Premier' Makes Comeback IRAN CRISIS
    406 1 'Pyjama Premier' Makes Comeback IRAN CRISIS TEHERAN, Mar. 2.— The Persian capital is m an uproar. More than 10,000 angry people demonstrated today before the Majlis (parliament) building m support of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, who vesteriUy fled from his b me m pyjamas to escape a pro-Shah mob. Dr.
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    Death Strikes
    316 1 AT MSBBL PAKTV St.md.ird Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon —Death visited a Malay wedding m Kampong Bahru here yesterday and started a chain of strange event* involving the principals until the aid of a Malay "bomo" was sought. *#Jo#ff<>" 4 ill It' ti Inche YiiMif bin Awal <4:».
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    4-Point Red Offensive Is Hurled Back
    91 1 SEOUL. Mar. 2 (AP) The Chinese Reds hurled their biggest attack m months when 750 screaming Communists crashed against Allied lines last night but to no avail. The Comaiunists jumped off on a three-mile front under a curtain of artillery fire. They hit at
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    Cow Killing Starts A Riot
    65 1 BOMBAY. Mar. 2. (AP) Three people were killed and 11 injured m a riot here yesterday when a procession, protesting against the slaughter ot cows, was stoned at Viramgam. near Ahmcdabad. Mobs fired houses and la people were arrested m the not which occurred during
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    Everest Men 'Hopeful'
    38 1 COLONEL John Hunt leader of the British expedition, said on arrival m New Delhi yesterday he was "very hopeful of conquering Mount Everest" as the explorers were better equipped than any pre- vious expedition. Reuter
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    Inspection Trip
    28 1 UNITED Stales Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott left Tokyo yesterday by air lor Korea to inspect U.S. air force units and installations there.— A.F.P.
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    THANK YOU, SAYS MARSHAL
    69 1 It's a long stretch, but Marshal Tito Yugoslav Chief of State, entered into the spirit of the thins with a smile as he accepted a bouquet from a little ffirl across the rostrum of the People's Front Congress m Belgrade, when h e recently opened the
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    THEFT NO. 1: STOLE FOR BOY FRIEND
    136 1 HONGKONG. Mar. 2. (AP) A 2(i-year-old spinster, who was afraid that the man she wanted to marry would not have her if she did not give him anything, was accused m the Hongkong court recently of stealing money from her father !o buy
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    THEFT NO. 2:- FROM A GRAVE YARD
    40 1 FOR stealing a bundle of flowers valued at HKSIO from a cemetery, Kwan Wai, 27, a flower stall boy. was sentenced to two weeks m prison by a Hongkong court recently. i AP
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    CHURCHILL'S NO
    513 1 Commons Told: No Question Of Barter LONDON, Mar. 2.— Prime Minister Winston Churchill today turned down an offer from Hungary to free British businessman Edgar Sanders m exchange for Lee Meng, woman Communist condemned to death m Malaya. He told the House of Commons: "There can be no
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    Flying Colours For The Comet
    42 1 MANILA, Mar. 2, (Reuter) Britain's Comet jet airliner has passed efficiency tests conducted by the Civil Aeronautics Administration here and will soon obtain permission to use Manila's international airport, the Philippine Government news agency said today. photo.
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    Daily Paid Govt. Employees May Get Monthly Pay
    233 1 THE Singapore Government may soon review the categories of its employees with a view to determining which of them should be daily paid and which monthly paid. An indication that the Government is prepared to undertake such a review has been given
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    Free For All In Colony Bar
    62 1 A FREE for all fight broke out In a bar at Bras Basah Road, Singapore, late last night, when bottles and chairs were thrown about. No o*n c was seriously injured. The fight broke out after the proprietor had an argument with a waitress
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    Reynaud Falls III
    26 1 PAUL Rcynaud, former French Premier, was suddenly stricken with a lung illness and fairly high temperature yesterday on a visit to Japan. A.P.
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    Rockefeller Impressed By Malaya
    106 2 MX. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 111, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, vaid after his fourday visit to Malaya yesterday that be was impressed with "the reestablishment of security m the country to a substantial extent; of the driving ahead m the economic field; and the natural resources
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    British Varsity Debaters Coming
    67 2 DEBATING tram of three :iis from British UnivcrWlll arrive heie on 'In .r lay f»>r a series of deba». The three are Derek Ton ofl B ingham University, James ter of Edinburgh Uni- ity, and Alan John Smith t University College. London Tne British team will
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    RENT REPORT WELCOMED
    364 2 Tenants Should Be Protected—Councillor THE report of the Singapore Rent Committee recommending a new deal for tenants was generally welcomed yesterday. Mr. J. M. Jumobhoy, City Councillor, so id he thought the Legislative Council should give urgent consideration to the question of protection of those tenants who
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    286 People Naturalized Since 1951
    277 2 SINCE December. 1951, 286 <.Vr »tea of Naturalization have been presented to Singapore applicants, says an ofticial statement last night Of these. t;»s were non-English tpfiking A- present. l"i.> Englishspeaking applicants, and GO non-Eng'ish-speaking are bein^ dealt with. The following have been granted Certiflcatei ot
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    37 2 photo. Mr. Lim thia Chan. youns«* >t son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Kah Tionjf. and -Miss Kg Joo Tec, eldest dausjliter of Mr. and Mrs. Ng Eng: Bens, who were married m Sinaauore Standard on Sunday.—
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    Mooring Forbidden
    41 2 FINES o-.a' ing about SI. OOO were Imposed by the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate, yesterday, on 24 men and two women for mooring their boats along Boat Quay when they were not engaged m loading or unloading good<.
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    Union Hits Govt. Delay In Parleys
    123 2 THE negotiating committee of the Singapore Technical Employees Union at a meeting over the week-end .strongly criticised Government for its delay m fixinc a date f° r I negotiations on the union's demand for increased salaries. Mr. R. Ramaiingam. spokes- < man of the
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    POLICE GUARD ON THEFT CHARGE
    67 2 A GUARD of the Singapore Royal Naval Police Force Hussein bin Joned. pleaded guilty m the Third Police Court yesterday to theft of a fountain pen, a leather purse and $316 belonging to an omcer, A th e time of the alleged theft, he was
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    95 2 The new .id intuit of the Mala\an Auxiliary Air Force (Singapore Squadron) Group Captain R. E. Bain arrived by Qantas BOAC from London yesterday. A retired R.A.F. officer with 28 years of service. Group Captain Bain served with fiehter squadron* m Africa and the MiddJe East during World War 11.
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    EX. CO-OP CLERK MISUSED FUNDS
    149 2 MOHD. AMIN bin Mohd. Jamil (27) a former chief clerk of the Singapore Police Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., pleaded guilty m the Fifth Police Court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of 58,586.50 belonging to the society. He was remanded
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    DRIVER FINED
    64 2 NG AH HOCK. lorry driver, was yesterday fined 575 m the Singapore First Traffic Police Court for neg!i-l gent driving mi n North Buona j Vista Road. The case was a sequel to a I collision between the accused's lorry and a military truck. A witness stated (hat
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    115 2 •MR. A. D. Shroff, (centre). Indian industrialist, arrived m Singapore by X.L.M. Constellation from Bangkok yesterday to visit the local branch of the New India Assurance Company of Bombay, of which he is chairman. He has also been inspecting other branches m Japan, Hongkong and Bangkok. Mr. Shroff, who is
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    Fired Roof, Court Told
    104 2 DESCRIBED by the medical officer of Singapore Woodbridge Hospital, as 'abnormal" Krishnan Padmanabhan was tentatively charged before Mr. E. H. D'Netto m the Third Police Court yesterday with causing mischief by setting fire to a house In Coronation Road belonging to Lim Ah Tong. Medical evidence
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    Fugitive Was Rearrested
    120 2 THE two-day freedom of the Singapore fugitive. Koh Thian Lye. who escaped on Saturday while m police custody, came to an abrupt end when he was rea nested by a detective yesterday morning hiding m a tonykang lying oIT Boach Road Charged m the Singapore Third Police
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    New Singapore Under Secretary
    61 2 MR. J D. HICHAM, former head of the South-East Asia Department. Colonial Office, London, is due to arrive m Singapore abjarri the Canton today. He will take over from Mr. R W. Jakeman as Under Secretary, Singapore. Mr. Jakeman will, for the time being, remain m
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    STRANGER CAME TO HER BATH
    73 2 A 15-year-old married Singapore Malay woman -was about to take her bath when the door was pushed open by a si raider who. she alleged, molested her. She screamed and a neighbour came to her aid. In the Second Police Court yesterday, the stranger, Govinda
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    Lottery On Sate
    80 2 THE Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society sold over 1,200 tickets to its members yesterday the first day that its $30,000 lottery was placed on sale. The lottery is to raise funds to support Red Cross activities such as the new Crippled Children's Home at
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    JOBS FOUND FOR 814
    94 2 THE Singapore Government's employment exchange Xound work for 814 people last month 624 were women. More than 1.330 people approached the department for help m finding jobs during the month. Labourers and amahs topped the list of those applicants who found work through the department. Jobs
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    $1 MIL PROPERTY SALE IN S'PORE
    145 2 PART of the property of the late Dawood bin Hadjee Hassan estimated at 81,000,000 will he put up for sale m Singapore today, the second of four days' public auction. Of the 20 lots of property belonging to Dawood bin Had- j j?e Hassan
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    S'pore Coastal Survey Will Start This Year
    225 2 A COASTAL survey »f S j n l!mr year which will enable Govern J*• h* coastal opportunities for tin- de recreation and commerce. Mr D. II the diagnostic survey team. told Vh day. antJ a*O He said that this sum work of the
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    HELD ON ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE
    70 2 A SIXGAPORE youth. Kak Wah. was brouunt hi Mr. E. H. D'Xetto m 'he Third Police Court ye tentative charge of armed robber y. Chan was alleged t 0 have been armed with a pistol when he robbed a woman, Lim Lai Kian. of Jewellery
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    UNIONS TO DEMAND JOINT TALKS
    15 2 UNIONS TO DEMAND JOINT TALKS I Union, Th^v I wage unions the nai Is v
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    ADMITTED HE WAS NUISANCE
    9 2 ADMITTED HE WAS NUISANCE with :i man, He imprist
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    CANCER CLINIC PROPOSED FOR SINGAPORE
    208 3 Specialists From Britain Che new clinic would set up s a large radium department. At present there were long lists ■»f patients, many with cancer awaiting treatment at the Governmeni hospital. Dr. I. up./ i s QQf o f tne c ig nt of the
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    Canadian Comet Due In S'pore
    10 3 Canadian Comet Due In S'pore s I S s v
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    Armed Men Rob Varsity Student, Girl
    18 3 armed A\\d ied ttie lt Hyde: -.une I The driver the were
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    Robber: 'Your Money Or Your Child'
    151 3 «i? XE i° f fo:lr ar ™d robbers who entered a house In Singafh»d and asked its motherwant your child Of Ther* m a sequc i to this In the Singapore High Court yesterday, when Tan Beng senf was sentenced to seven years rigorous
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    34 3 photo. A 30-minute blaze caused all this damage m a Singapore hook-binder* store at Havelock Road ye>terday. Picture ■him what is left of the stor P and th e stationery kept m it. Sandard
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    MOR Show Is A Success
    85 3 F. Malay Other Ranks' 1 Concert PCee S nighi •..-.< a gi eat Ti is a reU Bture i Malay raitt ..;ds for :.iro. ■lohd Zain. I. .nee Cpt I ihim. Lance Co' Ah nad and ki the :\x)ps In laughter with their while the
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    6 JOIN TANJONG KATONG SCHOOL
    128 3 Standard Staff Rei>orter ABOUT half a dozen girls from Singapore Chinese senior middle schools have been admitted into Standard Seven classes m the new secondary English girls' school at Tanjong Katong, Mr. G. P. Darke, Chief Inspector of Chinese Schools, told The Standard yesterday. It
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    HUA BIAN OFFICIALS
    261 3 THE following wtre elected officers ol the Hua Bian Association for 1953: Patron: Chioh Oh Mee. Quck Senfl Lip. Tan Kuan Sal. Tun Sin Peng, Pang Chens Woon, Tans Eng Yong. .1 Stong, Lim Kirn Lee. T.,n Jin Chwee, YCOW Ah Turn. Qna SiOM Bee. Kon S.vee
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    $610 Taken From House
    112 3 A SINGAPORE Chinese living at Lorong 17. Geylang Road, lef his house for lunch on Saturday and when he returned home he found his house had been broken into and sSGIO stolen. Earlier, a police sergeant chased and caught a snatch thief who attempted to make
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    New Towgay Sites
    144 3 SINGAPORE'S towgay growers, whose wells m th e city ■rea will be closed by the City Health Department, have been asked to look over alternative sites m the rural areas by the Food Production Unit of the Survey Department. On Friday, a number of growers from th
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    ACS GUARD OF HONOUR
    109 3 NEARLY 2,000 boys of the Singapore Anglo Chinese School, paid tribute to their founder, the late Bishop \V. F. Oldhani at the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium yesterday. Addressing the boys at the 67th Founder's Day serv>> the nrcsidrnt of the ACS Old Boys' Association, Dr. Arthur
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    Firemen Saved Huts From Blaze
    158 3 Standard Staff Reporter n i L A^GE fire m a bookbinders' establishment m ilavelock Road, Singapore, early yesterday morning, caused an estimated 880,000 damage. The flames at one stage threatened to spread to two rows of attap dwellings near the book binding shop, but firemen
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    No Expansion For Adult Edn.
    104 3 THERE will be no further expansion of adult education classes m Singapore this year. Mr. P.K. Hernon. organising secretary of the Council for Adult Education, said yesterday. ''We have barely enough funds as it is. After paying the teachers and supervisors." he said. The Council
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    Tour Committee
    39 3 At a meeting held at the vivekananda Ashram. Kuala Lumpur, it was decided to j form a "Sivananda Malayan Tour Committee" to make arrangements for the tour of Swami Sivananda Saraswati j m May or June I
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    FOR FLOOD FUND
    21 3 THE Klang Town Board labourers collected $163 to help victims of the recent flood m the United Kingdom.
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    PLAY TO AID FLOOD FUND
    67 3 TO boost the British Flood Relief Fund, the Stage Club is presenting an extra show next Sunday of the play "Trespass" which opens its i season for the Singapore public on Thursday at the Victoria Theatre. Next Sunday's show i.~ timed to begin at 9
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    MALAY PICTURES TO BE SHOWN IN UNITED STATES
    273 3 MALAY-LANGUAGE films produced m Singapore will soon be shown to audiences m the United States for the first time. i ■> A 12,000-foot colour film called "Bulopinthu" ('Flute") will make its debut m America m May, Mr. MM. Maalai. general manager of
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    Time Table For Varsity Entry Exams
    189 3 UNIVERSITY of Malaya entrance examination for 1953 will b e held m Singapore and throughout th e Federation from Mar. 16—20. Time-table-; and instructions have already been sent to all candidates. Any candidate who has not yet received the Registrar's not e of instructions
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    Police Seek Owner Of Pen
    54 3 THE Singapore Police anxious to contact the a i of a Parker fountain |>- n which is now m the custod the Kandang Kerbau Police Station. The name "Tan Mang Tuck" is engraved on the pen. The claimant should got m touch with Detective Inspector
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    8 Colony Men For Aussie Seminars
    240 4 Standard Staff Reporter FOUR Singapore Government and four City Council officers will be leaving for Australia soon for seminars m public administration. One man from the Federation will attend the seminars, three from British North Borneo and one from Brunei. The seminars. lasting for,
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    Charity Drama
    28 4 THE Slage Cub m Singapore is giving an additional performance of "Trespass" on behalf of the Briush Flood Relief Fund Appeal on Sunday a: J» p.m.
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    Is Taxation Too High?
    115 4 RADIO Ma'.aya will broad- < ether discussion In ne varies designed "To Start You Talking" at 8 p m. today. The eel under discussion is "Is ttion too high 9 ThOM aking par* are Mr. Gerald Hawkins, m the chair. Mr. Lee Mook Sam. trade union
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    73 Cts. Was Lowest Price
    104 4 IMPORT of fibber from 1 i \<> Singapore for i '\i\ and smoking has j decreased because Ini sia il selling directly to Amerit Il this continues. the local rubber factories will m heavily affected, states the! annual report of the .s gapore Chinese Chamber
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    Police Seek Eye-Witnesses
    74 4 SINGAPORE Traffic Police are seeking eye-witnesses of an accident near Lorong 20 on Geylang Road on Sunday evening. when a 36-year-old woman. Lee Sai Hiang fell oft an omnibus. She was taken to hospital but died early yesterday morning. The accident occurred at about 5.15 p.m. and
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    S'pore Bank Clerk Faces 9 Charges
    143 4 A SINGAPORE bank ledger clerk was yesterday committed to stand trial at the Assizes by the Sixth Police Court Magistrate after a preliminary inquiry into nine charges of manipulating accounts involving a total sum of $10,000.81. The clerk. 26-year-old Giok Kay Seng, is alleged
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    Debate On University
    126 4 THE Malayan t T niversity Debating Union decided that the niovoment to form the Nanyang University does not de- serve the support of the public of Malaya, after a two-; hour debate at Central Hall. Sepoy Lines, last night. The debate was won by the opposition, which
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    FLOOD FUND AT $106,425
    331 4 SINGAPORE donations to {he Governor's British Flood Fund reached yesterday noon $106,425 13. Donations received In the las- 24 hours are: Brought forward: $9:>.097.8.r Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association $2,500. Mr D. H Palmer $1,000. The East Asiatic Co. Ltd. $1,000. Anonymous $1,000: Mr Mrs.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    67 4 i Ston«v>»* London Cortesocndent LONDON Mar. 2. The following are the closing price, of rubber and tin on London Market today: LONDON RUBBER S *>°' 22fd. Apr./ June 22Jd. July/Sept. 22id. Oct. Dec. 22id. Morch c.i.f. 22id. Market: Dull. LONDON TIN Spot £958 per ton buyers,
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    THE CHOICE IS YOURS, SAYS GAMBLE
    284 4 MEDICAL knowledge of family planning gives families the freedom to choose the number of their children and the time of their birth, without sacrifice of fully satisfactory married life said Dr. Clarence J. Gamble, the 59--year-old research associate at Harvard Medical School before he
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    Festival Ship Capt. Prefers Freighter
    397 4 Standard Shipping Reporter THE commander ot history's only Festival Ship, the 12,400-ton Campania, arrived m Singapore yesterday as the skipper of a common, unpretentious freighter. He j s 54-year-old Captain Frank Septimus Thornton. 0.8.E. from Newcastle-on-Tyne. now m command of the 7.681-ton British Prince. And
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    Can You Name This Actor?
    302 4 STAR CONTEST No. 5 ALL tbroogb this weefc with the exception of Sun* day, The Singapore Standard presents the fifth series of a new contest specially designed to interest Malayan film fans. All you have to do Is to collect the pictures and coupons for
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    Trial Described As 'Sordid Tale'
    435 5 PENANG, >lon.— Described by the DPP Mr D M K. (irant as a "tale of sordidness. butchery and intrigue the trial began at the Fenang Assizes today nolore Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson of two Malabari Muslims, Mohamed. son of Ali and Dollah bin Abdul Itahman
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    Abduction Of Girl Charge Fails
    135 5 KLANG, M<»i! Four lull no were arcuaad of g\ v confining the 19--j fain ii iter oi It milk ci mrei .i< quitted m the X aw a District Court. The fir!, Parvathy, alleged I- it I .1 m on Now 5. la>t ve*r, ihc
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    29 5 THE Conference of Rulers at the last meeting decided to donate $8,600 to the High Commissioner's Flood Relief Fund. This sum was paid to the Fund yesterday.
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    83 5 One of the most interesting exhibitions of the Coronation display materials and souvenirs which opened yesterday at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore is the complete miniature of the Royal Coach m the Coronation Procession accompanied by a Sovereign Household Escort. Displays include seals to silverware with photo graphs of the
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    Indians To Discuss Plea To Templer
    126 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A proposal is to be discussed at the meeting of the Federation Indian Chambers of Commerce here next month to tend a joint delegation of Chinese aiui Indian businessmen to see the High Commissioner, General S:r Gerald Templet, asking him to
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    Stole Shoes At Chettiar Temple
    54 5 BAHRAX bin Mohamed appeared before the Muar Magistrate on a charge of stealing a pan of shoes m front of the Chettiar Temple at Ja'.an Meriam. Muar. The Magistrate ordered the father to execute a bond for his son's good behaviour for one year m
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    $454 More For New Varsity
    34 5 KLANG. Mon.— About 400 students of the Wah Keow Chinese S'-hool. K'ang. collected $454.70 for the proposed Chinese University Night class students of the ichool have already collected $205.
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    Gets 72 Months For Possessing Opium
    248 5 PARIT BINTAK, Mon.— Phua Taw Kee, 29, of Parit Haji Wahab. was sentenced to 12 months* imprisonment and fined 52.000, m default a further six months' imprisonment, by Mr. E. V. A. Peers m the Sessions Court when he was convicted on a charge
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    Illicit Opium Trade Tops Malayan Smuggling
    320 5 olinn \t L UMPUR Mo"— Opium smug?rod! 2*t the b 9 eif orm of conrrobond I'"* Malaya. Nearly four tons of opium market were seized last year. Wal^ Ugg n' S Uy eV ry means t0 brin R °P'"m into pounds of S^ mS
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    48 5 THIS boy scout from Jinjaug New Village, six miles from Kuala Lumpur, shines a brass panel on one of the doors m Kinn'.s House. residence of the Hi«h Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. Three scouts from Jin jinx worked at Kind's House for money to swell Scout funds.
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    Charged With Murder Attempt
    118 5 KUALA LUMPUR Mori Two young men were produced before Sheikh Abdul Rah- 1 man m the First Magistrate's Court here today on tentative charges of attempted murder and attempted robbery. One of the men. Chien Kok Cheng C!L'). W a s alleged to I nave attempted
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    Lectured On Local Govt.
    86 5 TAIPING. Mon. Two British Council representatives visited Taiping to give lectures last week-end. Mr C. H. Wilmot 0.8. E. Deputy Controller of the Council's Commonwealth Division, and a Freeman of the City of London, lectured on 'Local Government In Action" at a meeting sponsored by the
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    7-Storey Hotel For S'pore
    88 5 7-Storey Hotel For S'pore A MODERN nine-storey building m Singapore which will house the new 7-storey hotel and restaurant is approaching completion at Rochore Road. It is built by Wee Thiam Siew and Co. Ltd. The ground floor will be used partly by a firm and partly by thr hotel
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    3,000 Malays Told: Work Hard
    151 5 *h, p^ CCA y™--The UMNO chairman. Tunku Abdul Rahman exhorted Malays to work hard lor their own and the country's political advancement and economical improvement. He added UMNO was fully conscious of its responsibility to its members and the people. Tunku Rahman was addressing some
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    All Set For St. John's HQ
    173 5 IPOH. Sun.— At the annual general meeting of the Perak branch of th 0 St. John Ambulance Brigade yesterday, the Chairman. Yang Mulia Raja Musa bin Raja Mahadi. told members that the erection of their new headquarters, costing about $80,000. would begin soon and
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    School's Fun Fair
    26 5 TAIPING, Mon The Hwa Lian Public* Scho<»l heid a very successful fun fair over the week-end m aid of the school building fund.
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    Sentence On Teacher Cut
    123 5 KUANTAN, Mori. Abdul Rahman, alias Abo! Etodrigues, had his sentence tor cheating reduced to 12 months' imprisonment by Mr. Justice A. W. Bellamy m the Kuatitan High Court. A teacher m a private school, he was convicted m the lower court of a charge of cheating
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    Indian Congress Elect Officials
    102 5 AT the annual general meeting of the Indian Congress. Masai. Johoie. the following members were elected office bearers tor 1553: President. Mr FS. Velieth. <re-elecied>. vicepresident. Mr. P. I. I). Cruz, secretary. ||r MB Gome/. »reelected >; a»^t secretary. Mr a A. Netto. treasurer. Mr T.
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    Kedah Ruler Visits Krian
    138 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Mon. The Sultan of Perak wrai warmly welcomed when he visited the Krian Distrid over the weekend. He h;»d talks with t h e la'ayats and the people m the kampongs, calling unon thorn to cooperate with the Government fully. Government officials ard leaders
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    $2,750 Theft At Kampong
    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. Thieves broke into the hou of Malay al Kampong spinch 3rd mi X ang and stole jewellery and rash amounting ;<» 12.750 w Saturday. Anothei house at Kampong I.imau behind the Lucky Wor i Park was broken into on Friday nigh! and $230
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    Be Proud of Your English
    211 5 Improve Your Speech and Writing m A Few i!our3 Are you conten' with tht way you sr-eak and write? Arc you sure that you air riot making mistake.- that cause people to underrate yoLJ 7 Thousands of men and women are handicapped In this way.
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    The $25,000Thank You!
    787 6 E cannot blame Mr. C. C. Payne, City Electrical Engineer, for not having rejected the $25,000--bonus that the grateful City Councillors insist on prating into his hands. After all. ii the City Councillors wish to c-xpress their gratitude m terms of dollars and rents, it is not
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    Review of Views
    326 6 Review of Views Unmarried Women WHAT will happen to the thousands of Malay girls who wul become grown up women withovit husbands? This question is put by Utusan Melayu to Malay political bodes, particularly UMNO. The question of Malay women should be given more attention and investigation should be instituted
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      Why Not $10,000 A Month
      425 6 Sir: I was surprised to read In your paper of the $25,000 bonus to Mr. C. C. Payne and a further extension of his service to 1955. This makes a third extension which is quite unique m the history of City Council Administration. Perhaps the
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      CITY FATHERS PHASE NOTE
      98 6 Sir: Alexandra Road and the Kampong inside (oppoiite the B.M.H and near A. 8.C.) it would seem is Inhabited by the people of lower caste. A though it is within the Municipal area, the authorities do not pay any attention to "he sanitation of this locality.
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      THE CASE OF SAMAD
      306 6 Sir: If Mr. W. L. Blythe's intention m turning down UMNO's request to se c Che A. Samad Ismail, former editor of the Utusan Melayu \va s to create the impression among us that Che Samad is a very dangerous man, I am afraid this subtle
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      Lee Meng
      58 6 Sir; I cannot understand as to why there should be so much fuss over Lee Meng the woman bandit sentenced to death. Why is she so important? Why was no fuss raised over Mat Indera, who, m my opinion had ffreater reason to be shown the consideration oi
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    682 6 CASSANDBA soys: '7/ this friendship goes every ih ing goes' 9 LONDON. THE "Sunday Pictorial." the "Evening Standard." "The Times" and the Sunday •'Observer" have all been attacked m varying degrees of violence for criticisms we have made (also m varying degrees of violence) about the
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    The "Truths" Exposed!
    887 6  - The "Truths" Exposed! Alex Josey Malayan Affairs by TRUTH" is a British A weekly magazine ol comment Because the editorial policy is Right, and I am Left. I buy the magazine to read for myself the foolishness Of which I know these individualists to be capable. Judge this for yourself
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    CRUISING TAXIS
    147 6 Sir; Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles, has lately resorted to a most unfair means of apprehending cruising taxis. I refer to the vehicle inspectors of his department who now go about m plainclothes like the "C.1.D." men whose duty it is to arrest
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    Sanders' Wife To Ask UK To Accept Lee Meng Offer
    423 7 Sanders' Wife To Ask UK To Accept Lee Meng Offer LONDON, Mar. 2 (UP)— The fair haired; wife of a British businessman m a Hungarian jail' said yesterday that she would appeal personally to the government to accept a weird Communist offer to barter him for Lee Meng, a Chinese
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    76 7 Li»ut-Grn. Hsu Pei-kan, Deputy Chief of Staff. Nationalist Chinese Army, followed by Lieut Gen. Chiang Wei-kuo, son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, reviews his honour guard at 6th Army Headquarters. The Presidio, San Francisco, last week. At Chiang's right is I.ieut.-Gen. Joseph M. Swing, fth Army Commander. The Captain of the
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    20,000 Guerillas Active Off China
    254 7 r i Special Correspondent I ,v proximate 2t,tH Chinese Nationalist guerP raiding the China mainland from a P „,m> oil the roast within the past year f intentions do not appear to be limjrih militap at 'he moment. V T:u> Nationalists now control >i: ofl
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    UNUSUAL MUSEUM FOR SALE
    97 7 I UEMEN M I hjvtoru bones l ll| IS death p| Ml it^ found bj 11 m th« Hi\«t H mi n huMnev»maH. |ft Ifl dl? i'(t brokra potters i, durinc ii. Miii walk later ,l pjrt> "i «'l<J >mi* UultT iitrrested ia prerrlits .iud speat
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    Westward Trek Worries Reds
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    Why Sweden Won't Give US Bases
    77 7 WASHINGTON. Mar. 2. (UP)— Swedish Ambassad Enk Boheman said here that Swedes leaf it the United < States were to establish bases In Sweden "it might provoke serious counter measures from the other sides." Discussing Sweden's position m world affairs m a radio interview
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    Author Sees Emperor
    44 7 TOKYO. Mar. 1 (AFP)— World renowned French playwright Jules Romains and his wife were received m audience by Emperor Hirohito at his Imperial Palace this morning. The couple arrived yesterday on the French liner La Marseilaise for a four day visit.
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    Elections-Mao's Way
    69 7 ElectionsMao's Way SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 2, (AP).— The Communist Peking radio said Sunday Red China's leader Mao Tze-tung has proclaimed an Election Law "m accordance with the actual conditions prevailing m the country. The law denies the right of franchise to landlords who have not changed their social status," lunatics,
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    36 7 The nine-day auction of the contents S*ft? h J U ?J^ dios, which have been cosed hy J. Arthur Rank °I* n F*h *>4 on Stage Five there. This was the stage on let."— A P.
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    'Bakayaro' Starts Row In Jap Diet
    156 7 'Bakayaro' Starts Row In Jap Diet TOKYO. Mar. 2, (AP).— Japanese Premier Sh'geru Yoshida yesterday called a political opponent "stupid idiot." then apologized immediately but tlie incident precipitated an unprecedented move to censure Yoshida. If passed, the motion of censure could pull down the government or result m dissolving the
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    KOREAN FLARE-UP
    40 7 TOKYO. Mar. 1 (AFPV An Eighth army spokesman said that intense fighting flared up on the western Korean front yesterday when Chinese Communists hurled a battalion against United Nations positions |n the strongest attack for the past month.
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      Evatt Backs Big 3 Talks
      84 7 DR TI EVATT. leader of the i Federal Opposition, S Inev that he »m•- hoped that talks hei President Eisenhower Marshal Stalin would take and that British Premier 'on Churchill would be into join them. Evatt who was a former dent of the United N;iMons
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      44 7 A BOMB exploded last night m Tunis m front of the Villa of the Mohamed Ben Salem, son-in-law of the Bey and Minister of Health m the Nationalist Government ousted by the French last year. Nobody was hurt but there was some damage.- Reuter
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      31 7 POPE Pius XII. the 261 st head of the Roman Catholic Church, yesterday observed his 77th birthday and also the 141 h anniversary of his elevation to the Papal Throne. AP
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      59 7 A RADIO commission is shortly to be appointed by the (iovernmrnt of Ceylon to to into the Question of introducing television m this country. A STORE hou?e on a farm owned by Lord Egcrton of Tatton at Njoro, 120 miles we^t of Nairobi, was burned to the ground Sunday night
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      41 7 RADIO Liberation, a new transmitter operated m Munii-h by anti-Communist emigrants from Russia, beamed its first broadcast today across the iron/"/' tain. The radio will tell the Soviet of the ideas and work of their countrymen now living m exile.- Reuter
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      18 7 ELIAHU Elath. Israeli Ambassador m London, wIU /5T present Israel at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11.- Reuter
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    Secret Arsenal
    60 7 A SECRET arsenal manufacturing crude rifles pistols and ammunition for the guerii las was discovered m Pingnam. West Kwangsi P rovince nrtP( The discovery was repor ted m a Communist newspaper tne Workers' Daily of Wurhmv which taid the found m the basement of the Sin Hwa Hong
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    Call To Exchange Atom Spies For Oatis
    285 7 Call To Exchange Atom Spies For Oatis NEW YORK. Mar. 2 (UP) Robert A. Vogeler, former prisoner of the Hungarian* Communists, said yesterday that the United States should offer to spare the lives of condemned atomic spies. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg m reTurn for the freedom of cap- tive American
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    Balkan Poet Hailed
    133 7 Balkan Poet Hailed MANCHESTER. Mar. 2 (Router) Today's Manchester Guardian expressed satis- (action at the new Balkan alliance between Yugoslavia. Turkey and Greece. "It is, of course, the common danger from a neighbouring empire that has brought them together, but the same kind ol threat has no* often had the
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    GAULLISTS HIT AT EDC TREATY
    184 7 PARIS, Mar. 2 (Reuter)— General Charles De Gaulle, leader of the French Peoples Rally (RPF) said here that the European army treaty was "wholly unacceptable, with or without protocols/ He was addressing the RPF National Council. The council had earlier adopted a motion condemning the
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    Reynaud Warns Of Red Ruse
    218 7 TOKYO, Mar. 2 (UP)— Former French Premier Paul Reynaud today warned the West against falling victim to the Soviei scheme of tying down Western military forces m Asia while Moscow prepares to strike m Europe. He heartily praised the Eisenhower Administration's policy of rushing expansion
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    PAPER BANNED FOR A YEAR
    70 7 LAHORE. Mar. 2. (AFP)— The Punjab Parliament last night banned. for one year, the newspaper "Zaminda" which is the mouthpiece of the present agitation againsi the Foreign Minister Sir Zafrullah Khun and the Quadiani Sect to which he belongs. The "Zaminda" has been opposing Quadianis
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    174 7 VAN FLEET FREE TO SAY ALL Korea Probe WASHINGTON. Mar. 2, (Reuter). Congressional leaders said here that they had been assured that General James Van Fleet would be free to say anything he wishes when he report! to Congress this week on *he Korean war. An influen;ial administration official who
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    USAF 'Ice Island' On World Tour
    212 8 WASHINGTON. Mar. 2, (ReutciV— The United States Air Force's floating "Ice Island'" is making a slow trip around the top of the world and may m time be on the Russian side of the North Pole, the Air Force. «^id. Already 'Fletchers Island" as
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    7 Ships Crash. As Fog Cripples UK Sea Traffic
    212 8 7 Ships Crash As Fog Cripples UK Sea Traffic LONDON, Mar. 2 (AP) Four persons were believed drowned, seven ships were damaged m collisions and at least six others grounded as dense fog crippled sea traffic from Britain to North Germany yesterday. The 2.160-ton Norwegian motorship Baalbek, groping through the
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    KOREANS SEIZE JAP VESSEL
    100 8 TOKYO, Mar. 2 (UP) The newspaper Mainichi reported that the Korean authorities had captured another Japanese Ashing vessel m disputed waters off Chiju Island, south of the Korean peninsula. The Mainichi said rrew members of a fishing boat which escaped the pursuit of a Korean coast
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    34 8 TEHERAN, Mar. 2. (AP) The Soviet Government has j agreed to rent the nationalised Iranian Fishing Company's 14 fishing boats. Soviet Ambassa- j dor Ivan Sadchikov told For-' eign Minister Hossein Fatenr
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    58 8 LONDON, Mar. 2 (AP)—Britain's aircraft exports reached a record figure of £44.000.000 ii 1952 nearly double the 1947 level, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors announced. Exports will increase, the societv added, "because overseas sales of the gas-turbine airliners are only just beginning and have as
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    Jap-Denmark Air Pact Signed
    82 8 TOKYO, Mar. 2. <AP).— The Foreign Office announced that an agreement between Japan and Denmark on air services \vn> signed In Copenhagen by Shiroj' Yuji. Japanese Minister' to Denmark. and Danish Foreign Minister Ole Bjorn Kraft. Under the agreement. Japan i< granted the right to open
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    JAP MISSION
    34 8 AN 11 -man Japanese official economic mission arrived m Baghdad yesterday to negotiate economic and barter agreements with Iraq The mission will leave for Teheran after a four day stay here. Reuter
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    Japs To Scrap 347 Old Ships
    50 8 TOKYO. Mar. 2. (AFP). A total of 347 out-dated ships aggregating 469.000 grt>ss tons will be scrapped m five years. according to a Transportation Ministry survey today. These ships including some 0.^.000-ton vessels. represent about 24 per cent of the present Japanese merchant fleet.
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    India Food Imports Up
    78 9 NEW DELHI. Mar. 2 (AP) India imported 2.540,000 tons of food grains during the ten months ending January. 1953, it was officially announced. Speaking m Parliament. Food Minister Rafi Ahmed Kidwai said nearly hall of this amount rame from the United States. Here is the break-down
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    Loan For Japs?
    35 9 TOKYO Mr. 2 (AFP) -The World Bank is considering a loan of between U5530,000,000 and U5550,000,000 to aid power development m Japan, according to Sankuro Ogasawara. Minister of International Trade and Industry.
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    JAPS AGREE TO FISHERIES TALKS
    165 9 TOKYO, Mar. 2 (UP)— The Japanese Government has decided to accept Australia's proposal to begin negotiations for a fisheries treaty m Canberra m April, reliable sources said here. These sources said the official notification would be transmitted to the Australian Government through Japanese Ambassador Haruhiko
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    World Production Of Industrial . Goods Up
    232 9 World Production Of Industrial Goods Up NEW YORK, Mar. 2 (AFP)— World Indus trial production more than doubled m 1952 compared to the 1929 level and more than trebled compared to the 1932 level, the United Nations Statistical Annual for the year, published today, revealed. U.N. experts pointed out that
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    68 9 R M RNARD Dock r British millionaire, was fined *->0 m London last Friday for an offence against British currency laws when he visited the French Rivier\ m his luxury yacht. The magistrate ordered Sir Bernard to pay -;>0 guineas costs. v J AP photo shows Sir Bernard (right) seen
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    URANIUM BOOM 15 MAKING NEW MILLIONAIRES
    383 9 TORONTO. Mar. 2 (UP)-A little old lady hauled out a horde ot yellowed mining stock certificates from a trunk this week and discovered she had a 3 t>oo per cent profit. She Wti DIM of hundreds of person* counting their fortunes into millions today
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 9 HONGKONG, M;ir. I—Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were Mr>BB to £1 sterling: *tf.o22;> to US$l: Si B^2 to Malayan $1: $0,225 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $2 ..< j one tacl.
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    E.C.A.F.E. Meet Has 'Gone Well'
    141 9 MANILA. Mar. 2 <AP)— Asian countries arc more con- scious of their role m building up the world's postwar economy. Dr. P.s. Lokanathan. ECAFE Executive Secretary, said. In a statement on the progress of the 35-nation trade promotion conference sponsored by the U.N. Economic Commission
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    Smallholders To Improve Their Rubber
    161 9 JAKARTA. Mar. 2 (AFP)— Rubber smallholders m Indonesia are planning to improve their products m order to occupy a better position In the world market. A service conference, the first since they have organised an association of their own. is now being held m Bogor,
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    Trade Statistics
    44 9 MALAYAN statistics of external trade for December 1952 together with annual totals for last 1 year will be available for sale to the public at the Government Publications' Bureau. Fullerton Building, Singapore. from today. The price, excluding posiuge. is $8 per copy.
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    TIN SHARES IN DEMAND
    773 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Mon. Buying interest was still maintained today m Malayan tin shares with prices tending to harden slightly. Industrial shares continued to attract investment demand. Rubber shares were inactive. Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref. 2.15 2. .'5O Ords. 4 10 4.20 At!.).* Ice
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    Rubber Declines ⅞ Cent
    149 9 Rubber Declines Cent Standard Market Reporter RUBBFR prices In Singapore declined by 7/8 cent per !b. on a quiet market yesterday, first grade rubber for March shipment closing at Tfii cents per Ib. Local and upcountry selling was largely responsible for the drop m prices. The easiness m the Miaikct
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    112 9 COMMODITY PRICES r it CLOSING rubber I prices (cent*, per tb> i* Singapore jesierdai I were: I TIN SINGAPORE, Mm, The price of tin today wa s MTSI. Down \2l vis. LONDON KUBBbK Monday's opening pried per Ib. were Buyers bellers No. 1 U.S. Settlement House Terms LONDON TIN Mondays
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    Coconut Oil Mart Quiet
    138 9 Standard Market Reporter THE produce market m I Singapore wu auiet m the coconut oil section and slightly easier m copra, frith only .small businesa In cop*. a < terday. Copra for March shipment was done at $40i pvi picul v/ith further sellers -j\ the price
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      10 9 'fftimpte of Chinese history I I gkR MEDICAL HALL 4&
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      78 9 Independent Morning Newspaper This morning daily h published m Singapore and it circulated throughout South -Eoir Asia 9 "Srngoport Standard" it devoted to local newt and picture*. In addition, it carries a world-wide coverage. "Singapore Standard" features articles with a mass appeal and aims at giving the public its impartiol
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      568 9 LtapOßE S..».V" KI< AN AII IVS M WS?£w«i2-j h^'C/lfV 11.13. «,m Kois 6°? f a P«n«n. "n f O.ARY LNOONBMA.* A.RWAV* J& CT&MS- fi^ m IGAMM 10 am .> m vLV S rom 73° ••m' to fjl Pal«mban C ,c;A346> 12 25 fe™am? ooi Sln a^re Nil. Jn SURFACE MAILS
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    'Bala Negra'
    438 10  -  OSWALD HENRY L^E^^l DSJFHASJDLKFJSLKDJFLKJSLDKFJLKSDF GLAMOrR boy of Hongkong'* Cantonese movirs Cheng Kwaa Mm teen-age dancing star Chow Loh Wall at welt nine hrachton riten by iK N rn < ment at Capitol Restaurant to inaugurate >iar> season m ih°*? M B— < Ml I ROPIW I parked RtM»r
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    Seven Events In Kedah Gymkhana
    349 11 Seven Events In Kedah Gymkhana Broadway Bill (Miss Crawfords Bay Gelding> nuK le S° r d edah Gymkhana Clubs Brown Gelding). Montecarlo <!,t e Riviera 1 /M«. Chippindalef Bay Ge?<l: QarfS. *ES*J**« Timah t?J c C übs Bay Gelding). cl^ZT^iS^ f Pahang S Br^rG^din^"-' Granville>s BllSt Mare') (Dt>CtOr Coche Br
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    Motor Club Officials
    73 11 At the fifth annual general meeting the following have been elected office bearers of the Singapore Motor Club for the year. President: E. A. Crabbe; Vice President: J. N. K. MoncneiT, Hon. Secretary: J. M. Bruce. Hon Treasurer: P W Corner. Committee: E L G Bailey, R.
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    Best Type Of Ambassador
    78 11 new hayfn\ Connecticut, Mar. 2 (UP).— Yale swimming ouch Bob Kipbuth today received the honour o( the Japanese people as "ambassador of the best type Japanese Consul General H. Shimadsu presented the coach with a bust of Kiputh. It ie a gift from the Japan Amateur
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    CONFESSIONS OF A GUSSIE (Lace Panties) MORAN
    424 11 PALM SPRINGS, California, Mar. 2, (AP) uorg:eous Gussie Moran, who found her professional tennis career a one-tour affair, sort of yearns again for the luxurious life of an amateur. The shapely 28-year-old who gained worldwide publicity when she appeared at Wimbledon a few
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    8 11 CiUSSIE MORAN yearns for the good old days.
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    Japs Want Shirai To Fight Soon
    287 11 TOKYO Mar 2 (UP) Japanese boxing: fans arc disappointed at the "inactivity" of world flyweight boxmgr champion Yoshio Shirai, boxing; expert Hiroshi Ijuin of the Mainichi newspapers said today. When is shirai going to Aght? i.iuni asked, pointing out that m two weeks it
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    DRAWN GAME
    42 11 TANJONG MALIM. Mon. Methodist English School hold the Kuala Kubu Police to a goalless draw on the school ground. The tield wa^ flooded due to a heavy rain, and both sides could not make much headway with th e ball.
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    NATURALISATION
    48 11 NOTICE is hereby given that SZE CHUSIAN of No. 5. Lloyd Garden.,. Singapore is applying to the Governor for naturalisation. and ;hat any person who knows why naturalisation should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary Singapore
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      288 11 THE PENANC TURF CLUB STUNG MFKTING, 1953 (OI'KSE CASH SWEEP ADVANCE BOOKINGS Members are advised thai as ha.^ been necessary to ■hodule 0 Races each day.no Ugh Numbers are being for the ninth Race and any numbers already sold will lot apply to Rare 9. E. H. BULFORD, Secretary. NOTICE
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      804 11 SITUATIONS VACANT STENOGRAPHERS Tn lous Government iJeparlmcnt^ Salary scale $192 \2\ 211, H 228-12A-276/B/288-12A 336 dm, PiU^ C.O.L. and Singapore lowa nces. Total emoluments^ Present range from a n Inilial ot i^A m Wlt t" ann u«iJ increment to $534 p.m. In addition a Housm« Allowance is paid m liru
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      561 11 ANNOUNCEMENT NEW K. >n- mi.rnfni. ifternoon, rm nity flr.ct rate I ira M „l i;y uloring a spe< v 9 Off S^S^'r" SITUATIONS VACANT APPLICATIONS are invited for the following apprentice appointments m the P imic Works Department, Singapore:Civil Engineering. Mechanical. Electrical. Architectural. Quan. my Surveying and Enjjinec-img PesiKn. QUALIFICATIONS:
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      106 11 ■■> ST .r W"^ UF r y lOUTSIOCR.Y x MEANS VOO y FO« YOU-BUT I WON'T JOP IT-GOOD FO" r wT'^V^i" 5 "\V /^Q^ MUST--^/ commit MuDftra rr MW.fi lil Itches 4l^/ v /^rAV^jJ^^ I %^A^o^i I'm 'o^inw^^^l Wr\ -^wy^IMU^HMPq Hj—! h-| h-j j I *^X^£ 9 1 TF^j j
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    Men Who Watch
    49 12 photo MOKK iKm I..M»i> t tU f»N turned up laM n :«t th»* Happy World StsdiOßl to s<*f Ike Molliatns and K.I! Ip play exhibition m.it< lies. Pic luri- .s Sir Joha Kearn Nn»»ll. tho (fov«*iiior of Singapore and other V.I P.* iralchiai th** K»»mes. Standard
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    Pompee To Fight Radrodro
    126 12 Pompee To Fight Radrodro LONDON, Mar. 2 (Reuten i de Pompee, of Trinici hard-hitting cruiserweight tampion of the British West indies, U t« l i Radrodro, light-heavyweight charnr ion oi the Orient, at Singapore on Api ii Pumpee. "ompanied by manager Mi lark Burns and Hector ('<>. arm British I
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    Rajaji Win 3-1
    28 12 RA.7.UI Sj U b to «m )ali Ti n b 3 R" "> Scor«i-a fnr R c. wr-» o tl^rtTmiihu S. P. X irl, tnd Sa'hJ
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    Indian To Be UK Coach
    55 12 LONDON, Mar. 'J (AFP) The Indian tc>i cricketer Ker o who arrived here yesterday told the Sunday Express correspondent it; George Town. B 1 itish Suian i > < ci day that Is retiring from active play i•■ v. Indies i t i coach m
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    Schoolboys Show Soccer Talent
    426 12 The "three musketeers" of th t B:\rtlcv Secondary Srhool Mi'tcr te.nn— left to ruht. K.ihim Minlat. Rakin.in l'lisof and U A. MallFfjlie -who were the t>ri!lk:nt m > «-st»M day's first 'omhined Schools trial at Brai iv.s.iii f<(ud. Kahlua «> the schemer. RahlM is the drihMer.
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    MOTTRAM ROUTS IP IN TWO SETS
    719 12  - MOTTRAM ROUTS IP IN TWO SETS DAVID TAMBYAH By FAST SERVICES BAFFLE MALAYAN SINGAPORE tennis fans, watching class tennis for the first time m many years, were thrilled by Britain's Tony and Joy Mottram m exhibition matches against Malayan and Hong Kong opposition at the Happy World stadium last night.
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    TRIBUTE TO A GALLANT OPPONENT
    158 12 Thp Mottrams and K.H. Ip leave for the Federation of Malaya on Wednesday for a series of exhibition matches at K.L., Ipoh and Penang. Tony Mottram told The Standard last night that the court at the Happy World was "difficult" to play on. He would
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    Kebenarans Beat Firemen
    123 12 DOMINATING play for the greater part of the same, Kebenaran Club beat Spore Fire Brigade 2 v m their SAFA Div. 3A. fixture at CYMA ground yesterday. Zaino Awang opened the scoring for XC In the 21st minute when he weaved his way through the Firemen's defence
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    SMWU No Team
    36 12 Owing to their inability to field a team for ttoh o SAFA division two league, the Singapore Medical Workers Union have withdrawn from the competition. All their matches will be treated as cancelled.
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    Fumbling Raja Forwards Did Enough To Win
    292 12 KOTA RAJA snatched a 2—l victory over Katong Sajarah m SAFA's division 1 match at the Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The match lacked the thrills and excitement seen j day before and early season soccer produced a marked lethargy among the players. i
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    Rain Stops Ipoh Soccer
    67 12 IPOH Won. Heavy rain completely washed out all soccer league matches mi n Ipoh today opening day of the soccer season here. In all four matches were "m° di:! r d t0 bo P J *yed, and although the players turned up it was round impossibly
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    KADIR SAVES THE RAJAS
    295 12 LeaeHag two-nil m the lint half, Kota Raja "A" tracked up m the second and shared points with RockUtes Sports Club m a S.A. r.A. Div. League soccer nutvh played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. The match, which ended m a twoall draw, w as fast
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    Rest XI For Sat.
    115 12 Rest XI For Sat. SING \POHE Amateur Football Association yesterday announced their selection of the Rest team which will play against the Combined Europeans m the Flood Relief soccer match at Jaian Bosar stadium on Saturday. Ohee Sent; Tigers): Johan (PBU). Teow Keng (Rovers); Yassin (Fathul Karib), Harith (Ti«ers) Capt..
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    Entries For Perak Cross Country
    146 12 IPOH, Man. A total of 2(i entries have been received for the second annual Perak Cross Country Championship over a live-mile count on March 8. Tlip race, which will start ■i»4 end near the Perak Turf C m iraadstand. has attractjfi five ronnen from Taiping,
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    PENANG RACE WEIGHTS SECOND DAY
    308 12 The following are i weights for second day o? the Penang j Turf Club Spring meeting (six races*. THE SPRING (IP Horses CL 3. Div. 1 5} Furs. Chirala 9.02 Palio 9.00 Dondang Sayang 8.13 Beech Pool 8.12 Coralita 8.10 Honest Way 8.09 Parachute 8.08
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    Yorks Draw First Game
    186 12 PLAYING their first game m the Colony since they arrived from Tnited Kingdom the Yorks drew I—l1 1 with GHQ Field Records at Nee Soon yesterday. It was a scrappy game made difficult with a high strong wind and the Yorks fully deserved a clear win
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    Tigers Trounce SCC 8-Nil
    11 12 Tigers Trounce SCC 8 -Nil 5 mate! s S arui Jin
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    RASC Win 6-0
    17 12 RAS< m Training V MOR A M yesten m Scon Ko<. ham (1). L
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    Boys Trounced
    9 12 Ut Batl thodist X Malim I 1
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