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Title Section20 1954-01-02 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD DFAS S F m s. Vol. IV. No. 184. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY I, 1954. TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article, Illustration446 1954-01-02 1 'THE PLANTER' RENEWS HIS TIES WITH MALAYA THE man who helped pat the Malayan planter into world focus in his battle against the bandits, dropped ia on Singapore on New Year's Eve to renew ties with a country in which he served as a Colonel nine years ago. He wasStandard - 446 words
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Article175 1954-01-02 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A nine-man delegation of the Selangor Parents' Association yesterday concluded "satisfactory and secret" talks with the Mentri Besar, Che Othman bin Mohamed, on widespread public resentment over the dismissal of failed -overage stadents from government schools. A joint communique on the decisions reached175 words
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Article64 1954-01-02 1 PANMUNJOM, Jan. 1 (AP) Corporal Claude J. Batche--1.. rejected his Communist captors today and returned to thj American side with the jammer.* that it was "quite possible" other Americans will follow him. Batchelor said he wanted to return a month ago but feared for hi s64 words
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Article28 1954-01-02 1 JAPAIjr aihd Nationalist Chint have exchanged a series of recorded cultural radio broadcasts which; will be beamed in each country during the new year's feolidaya.— UPUP - 28 words
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Article, Illustration636 1954-01-02 1 Mystery in jungle KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Three tall, hairy beings with fearful fangs, but friendly manners, are today Malaya's New Year sensation, rekindling also worldwide interest in the possibility of their being the much sought after 'missing link' between man and ape. These excitingly636 words
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Article47 1954-01-02 1 SAIGON, Jan. 1: (UP).— Premier designate Prince Buu Loc today finished drawing up his cabinet which he hopes will create "a new, young and dynamic Vietnam" by giving more power to the nationalist north. The new government will be announced within a week.47 words
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Article56 1954-01-02 1 MOSCOW. Jan. I— (AFP)— The three Western Embassies here handed in their replies to the latest Soviet note at the Russian Foreign Ministry tods v It was understood that the Western Powers in their replies accepted the date of Jan. 25 for the Four-Power conference in56 words
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Article120 1954-01-02 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —In one of the most unusual surrenders of 1953, two terrori ists in Perak-gave up yesterday, after reading an airdropped government appeal to repent and retreat from Communism. They wet* living with another "comrade" in the Selama area, on a self-imposed120 words
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Article519 1954-01-02 1 TEMPLER 'S NEW YEAR OBJECTIVES Beat The Bandits Fuller Elections KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The winning of the fight against the Communists and successful elections in Malaya were two objectives which General Sir Gerald Tempter, the High Commissioner, urged the people to achieve during the New Year, in a broadcast over519 words
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Article129 1954-01-02 1 WILLIE SOH - POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT By WILLIE SOH Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Police have detained a man alleged to be connected with the shooting of Mr. Guok Sing Inn. manager oi the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Co.. Ltd.. on Thursday morning. Detectives of the Special Branch, assisted by Divisional plainclothes men129 words
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Article, Illustration83 1954-01-02 1 Wong Khye Yin - HEY PRESTO! Oh, what a beautiful doll Wong Khye Yin. ABOUT the biggest ap p lause magicianlawyer, A. J. Braga ever raised by a trick was when he produced 18-y e a r old Phyl Westerhout out of a doll house at the Sing apore Eurasian Association's dance on New83 words
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Article67 1954-01-02 1 LONDON. Jan. 1 (Reuter) The great door s of the Kremlin. Russia's most closely guarded fortress, swing bark > today t 0 admit the first of j thousands of Russian children, j Moscow Radio reported. For the next ten days Moscow school children will be allowed67 words
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Article31 1954-01-02 1 BUJANG bin Mohamed (41) was yesterday crushed between a motor boat and the Nuller Jetty in Pulau Brani. He died in a launch which was taking jhim to Singapore.31 words
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Article142 1954-01-02 1 THE first New Tear baby was born five minutes after midnight, yesterday, in lpoh The baby an eight pound boy was born to a cobbler. Soon Kim Seng and his wife. Chan Sook Ngoh. In Singapore, the first baby was born at 12.50 a.m.142 words
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Article52 1954-01-02 1 HONGKONG. Jan 1 (UP). Pope Pius has contributed US$lO,OOO to help victims of the Christmas night fire that left up to 60.000 Chinese homeless in Hongkong, #it was announced today. The office of the Cathoiie bishop of Hongkong said the lunds would be used toward j52 words
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Article39 1954-01-02 1 TEHERAN. Jan. 1 A guv- ernment spokesman announced j yesterdav Iran wili take ail possible measures durin£ the elections which begin this month to prevent Communists from winning seats in Parliament on their own or other tickets.39 words
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306 1954-01-02 2 THE PROBLEM OF SCHOOL SITES MAY BE SOLVED THE Singapore Education Department faces 1954 with great hopes of overcoming the difficulty of finding suitable sites for schools which the 1952 Report of the Department listed as the most serious obstacle to the building of new schools. pore. New buildings and306 words
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Article122 1954-01-02 2 Change Age Rule Union EMPLOYEES who are con- j victed and sentenced on minor; charges and who have no break in service, should not be dismissed, was one of the de- 1 nanda contained in a memoranchnn adopted by the! (iovernment and Ci'v Council; Laboi r Union at its -eventh122 words
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Article, Illustration41 1954-01-02 2 photo. Asuvt and LEFT: Scenes from the Eurasian Association New Year's Ere donee ot the Victoria Memorial Hall where nearly a thousand people rang in the New Year to the tune of the traditional Auld Lang Syne.— StandardStandard - 41 words
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Article178 1954-01-02 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Another trade union whose strength will be predominantly Chinese was formed in Kuala Lumpur today. It is the Selangor State Rubber Factory Workers Union which has a potential membership of 6,000. Acting as chairman on the invitation of the Selangor178 words
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Article, Illustration47 1954-01-02 2 MR. ABDULLAH bin Abdul Ghani of Jalan Jumat chief clerk to the Civilian Labour Officer at the Royal Air Force Maintenance Base, Seletar, who has been awarded the M.8.E., in the New Year's Honours List. He has been in continuous employ with the R.A.F., since 1935.47 words
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104 1954-01-02 2 IN the first Singapore fire for the new year a n Eurasian family of 12 were rendered homeless, yesterday. Th e fire completely destroyed the roof of their attap hut in Haig Road. The family— Mr. J. Rodrigues, a clerk, his wife104 words
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Article28 1954-01-02 2 THE STRAITS Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold its annual general meeting, and elections today at 7.30 p.m. at the Church Social Hall, Kampong Kapor.28 words
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Article78 1954-01-02 2 TO MARK the arrival in Singapore of Mr. Francis Wu. a photographer of international reputation, the United States Information Service, is offering the public during the week of Jan. 4, a display of Mr. Wu's photos and a special collection of books on photography and78 words
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Article22 1954-01-02 2 A PATROL o f the 2nd King's African Rifles killed a terrorist on Thursday in the Raub area of Pahang.22 words
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Article46 1954-01-02 2 A 16-year-old boy, San Teo Beng, who lives in Market Street in Singapore, was yesterday stabbed in the back during a fight with another youth in Cavanagh Bridge. He was taken to the General Hospital where his condition was reported "not serious."46 words
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Article39 1954-01-02 2 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, recorded a verdict of death by misadventure on Thursday, at an inquest on a six-year-old girl. Tan Moi Moi, whose death was due to an obstruction of her air passage.39 words
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Article, Illustration12 1954-01-02 2 who went to meet the delegation.- Standard Photo.Standard - 12 words
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346 1954-01-02 2 GOOD SUPPLY OF LIGHT, WATER AND GAS City's Pledge For 1954 SINGAPORE City Council greets its one million citizens for the New Yeor with on assurance of a plentiful supply of electricity, 90s and water during the year. City water engineer, Mr. W. S. Stredwick. told The Standard yesterdav that346 words
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Article138 1954-01-02 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Seriously handicapped by lack of trained staff, the children's service of the Federation Social Welfare Department will launch an extensive training: programme this year. The Department has already procured the mi Vices of a matron with several years' experience in cniid138 words
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Article68 1954-01-02 2 IN ORDER to comply with the demands of the increased number of Catholics and nonCatholics who attend the! novenas conducted by the j Redemptorist Fathers on Saturdays, the Redemptorist Mission, Thomson Road, has increased the number of novenas and also have altered the times. Commencing from todav68 words
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Article168 1954-01-02 2 Malaya's Loss Is Europe's Gain NEW YORK. Jan. 1, (Reuter) Malaya loss would be Europe s aain when General Sir i^iald Templer is transfer;-. 4 to the Command of the North Atlantic Treaty Ory^nisation's Northern my group in West Germany, the New York Time-.- said today. Hard J«h The papei168 words
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Article63 1954-01-02 2 FUNERAL OF SHOT MANAGER A LARGE number of people, including several Singapore City Councillors, attended the funerai of Mr. Guok Sing Inn. manager of Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company, who w..s shot dead by a Communist gunman on Thurscir.y morn'ng. Mr. Guok. who \va^ buried at Bidadari Cemetery, unsuccessfully r-ontested63 words
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Advertisement112 1954-01-02 2 GREAT WORLD STADIUM I GRAND VARIETY DOG SHOW AT f) P.M. TONIGHT INTRODUCING ARROLL, ALEXANDRIAN, PRINCESS BABT Special Prices $1, S2. (Childern Half Price) Please Come Early To Avoid Disappointment i HURRY: HURRY:! LAST 2 NIGHTS!!! j Performance Items: H9R99R9EBBHHHHi I Arranging Flush Cards Guarding Articles K>j Jumping lliach Tables112 words
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Advertisement34 1954-01-02 2 The world famous family of TIGER medicinal products CHINKAWHITE This invaluable Wind Mixture is an excellent remedy for Stomach Pains; Constipation, Indigestion Acidity, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite. ENC AUN TONG The Tiger Medical Hail34 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous71 1954-01-02 2 Weather Report MIXI M U M Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 7.30 a.m. Jan. 1 Singapore (75F); Penan? (73F); Kota Bahru («3F); Kuala Lumpur (72F); Ipoh (72F); Kuantan (70F) Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Jan. 1 Singapore OOF); Penan* (88F); Kota Fahru 83F); Kuala Lumpur71 words
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Article, Illustration152 1954-01-02 3 1 0,000 Watched The Sea Sports IT WAS like a Sunday at Collyer Quay yesterday. The offices overlooking the waterfront were shuttered. Few cars were on the road. But a milling throng of New Year holiday makers in shirt and sleeves, in bright new152 words
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Advertisement147 1954-01-02 3 OPENING BATS £*£0\& ON lith JANUARY 'H £T JK WOVADO SERVICE STATION MOVADO watches had been sold in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya for many many years These watches had given satisfaction to many thousands of Malayans and had contributed in no small way to the orderly habits and147 words
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194 1954-01-02 4 STABBED AS HE PLAYED MAHJONG, COURT TOLD A MAN tapped a painter on his shoulder and as he turned round, plunged an eight-inch dagger into his bosom. This was stated by Soh Ah Kow to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, at an inquest into the death of194 words
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Article161 1954-01-02 4 ACSU Views On Political Reforms THE view that it may be "presumptuous to expect a radical change in the constitution of Singapore in the near future" is expressed in the January issue of the A.C.S.U. Gong, the official organ of the Army Civil Services Union, which represents more than 12,000161 words
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Article22 1954-01-02 4 TEO KHYE HIN. a Singapore salesman, was on Thursday acquitted in the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate's Court of negligent driving.22 words
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Article, Illustration117 1954-01-02 4 He Worked To Preserve Old Relics MALACCA'S Resident Commissioner, Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom who received the C.M.G. in the New Year Honours List was a land revenue collector in the Settlement in 1947. He became Resident Commissioner on Oct. 25, 1949, after acting in that capacity for a month.117 words
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Article, Illustration274 1954-01-02 4 LAW WAI who admitted being a former member of the Quee Leng Tuan secret society was acquitted on a charge of extortion in the Fourth District Court on Thursday but before he could leave the dock he was brought up again on an amended charge of274 words
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Article, Illustration382 1954-01-02 4 MR. BLADES URGES CLOSER LIAISON WITH THE POLICE Standard Staff Reporter -OPERATION FRIENDSHIP'' between the police and the public is what the Director of the Singapore Special Branch, Mr. A. E. G. Blades, called for in his New Year message. He said, at a press conference on the eve of382 words
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322 1954-01-02 4 AN EX -WIRE MAN IS FINED FOR TAPPING POWER JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A former wireman in the Johore State Electricity Department, Omar bin Othman was recently fined $200 and ordered to execute a bond in the sum of $150 in one surety by the Johore Bahru Magistrate, Inche Sheik A.322 words
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Article114 1954-01-02 4 Oil Firm Manager Convicted KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— C. V. Allen. 2n employee of Socfin and Co.. Kuala Lumpur, was yesterday sentenced to one day's imprisonment and a fine of $2,000 when he was found guilty of criminal breach of trust of 4,000 gallons of palm oil worth $8,400. by Mr.114 words
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Article91 1954-01-02 4 AFTER three year.; of arguing over the installation of meter s Singapore taxi owners have at last toed the line on the City Council's recent law. Now, all the 1.500 taxis operating in the city will have meters within a few months. Technically speaking, all of them91 words
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Article71 1954-01-02 4 MR. N. A. Kularajah, president of the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union in a New Year message to members pledges to strengthen the organisation to serve their interests. He asked members to give their full support and cooperation to achieve this aim. Reviewing the71 words
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Article62 1954-01-02 4 SEREMBAN. Fri.— A mysterious fire broke out in the strong room of the Supreme Court here yesterday but the timely arrival of the fire-brigade prevented it becoming serious. Firemen were unable to force open the strong room door and had to tackle the fire by pushing62 words
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Article42 1954-01-02 4 PASSING -OUT PARADE TODAY SOME 90 recruits will take part in the passing-out parade at the Malayan Basic Training Centre, Nee Soon, today at 9 50 a.m. Brigadier E Clarke, the Director of Supplies and Transport. GHQ FARELF, will take the salute42 words
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Advertisement278 1954-01-02 4 J£l CATHAY OR6AHISATIOM J*V AHRACTIONS! "^p il f*i \i\ '1 kf il llauu 1:30 4 6 45 II THEY GAMBLED THEIK LIVES AND THE I FATE OF A WHOLE NATION! ONE OF THE iMOST AMAZING Ml^k STORY TO COME OUT J OF JAPAN! Martba HYCK William ANDREWS- Archer MacOONALU MORNING278 words
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Article281 1954-01-02 5 RURAL BOARD'S PROUD RECORD BUTTERWORTH, Fri.— The Rural Board has done exceedingly well and the results have justified the introduction of this "char- acteristically British institution'* into a colonial territory, said Mr. R. P. Bingham. the Resident Commissioner. Pena n g. j when he addressed the i members of the281 words
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97 1954-01-02 5 Klang Youth Discuss Need For Centres A MEETING cf representa- t; fa oi youth organizations in t• K nig Distri t was he:d r undei the chairman- jf Air J. S Henry. a Malayan delegate to the first i wealth Youth Comer- ei |in L odon .a.-t year. V "he97 words
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Article, Illustration46 1954-01-02 5 Standard photo. CINEMA MAGNATE Loke Wan Tho does a rhumba with raven-haired Laya Raki at the Island Club on New Year's Eve. Laya Raki will do a voluptuous Maori dance in a film to be shot in New Zealand, "The Seekers."Standard - 46 words
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Article278 1954-01-02 5 Mr. Hunt Explains LONDON, Jan. 1 (Reuter)— A letter from Mr. Nigel Hunt of Perak, Malaya, published in The Times here yesterday, said that though public exhibition of the bodies of dead terrorists was not the general practice in Malaya it was one means of convincing278 words
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Article63 1954-01-02 5 FOR failing to furnish particulars of his driver. Lee Bah Chee of Albert Street was fined $100 by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Howe Yoon Choruz on Thursday. Two other car owners. Chew Hip. Suan arid the Manager of Messrs. Sin Chew Brickworks Cu.. Ltd.63 words
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128 1954-01-02 5 SEREMBAN, Fri.— General Sir Gerald Templer completed an extensive two-day tour of parts of Negri Sembilan yesterday during which he travelled several hundred miles by helicopter and by road. When he was at Gedok Bharu Village. Sir Gerald advised the villagers, most of whom128 words
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Article48 1954-01-02 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The new foreign exchange regulations recently gazetted by Government will come into force today. The High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Tempier. has appointed the Financial Secretary. Mr. E. Himsworth as the Controller of Foreign Exchange under the Exchange Control Ordinance.48 words
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Article44 1954-01-02 5 TAIPING, Fri. About 180 children from Taiping Boys School and Pokokasam had a grand treat On Wednesday when they were entertained by No. 2 Supply Depot RASC. Following games and a magic show, the children were given a cinema treat.44 words
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Article121 1954-01-02 5 THE UNIVERSITY of Malaya Geographical Society is sponsoring a second series of three public lectures on geographical topics connected with Malaya and S. E. Asia. The lectures will be held in the Arts Theatre of the University in Cluny Road on Fri- j days at 6121 words
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Article45 1954-01-02 5 IXCHE ISMAIL bin Ali. Permanent Staff Instructor of the Home Guards. Alukim of Bangau. Pahang, has been awarded the B.E.M. This brings the total number of recipients of New Year Honours in the Federation to 59, it was announced in Kuala Lumpur. yesterday.45 words
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Article30 1954-01-02 5 THE High Commissioner. Sir Gerald Tempier. formally handed over the defence of Ulu Beranang Village to the local Home Guards after a two-day tour of Negri Sembi!an.30 words
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Article, Illustration88 1954-01-02 5 FOUR newly commissioned Malay officers of the R.A.F. Regiment arrived in Singapore on New Year's eve from Britain after successfully passing out from the Air Officer Cadet Training Unit at Spitalgate, Lincolnshire. Standard photo shows (from left): Pilot Officers Ahmad Shah bin Ha shim. (P?nang) Abdul88 words
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Article277 1954-01-02 5 First Drop In Accidents Since Postwar Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Traffic Police here are saying "Happy New Year" with a wonderful present lower accident figures for the last year despite increased traffic. During 1953 there were 3,790 accidents in which 49 were fatal,277 words
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163 1954-01-02 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE four members of the Committee of the Malayan Chinese Association, Singapore branch, who recently tendered their resignations to the MCA President, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, have withdrawn their resignations. They are: Messrs. Lee Kok Liang, Quek Kai KeeP. T.163 words
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96 1954-01-02 5 U.S. Banker On Malaya's Prospects SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1. (Reuter).— Mr. T. B. Coughran. Vice-president of the Bank of America said here yesterday that prospects for economic improvement and political stability in Malaya and Indonesia are good. Mr. Coughran, Director of the Bank's international department, told reporters that personal conferences96 words
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Article, Illustration39 1954-01-02 5 TWO lorry drivers. Lee Choon Tong and Tay Kim K'iat. who on Thursday pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Traffic Court, to carrying an excessive weight of rubber and timber were fined a total of $80.39 words
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Article, Illustration74 1954-01-02 5 photo. SPANISH acrobatic dancers. 21-yestr-old Margot and 39-year-old Chiwerto. pictured on their arrival at Singapore's Kalian? Airport on Thursday for a sixweek season at Raffle's Hotel. They were a sensation at Paris' Moulin Rouge and had made films in Hollywood. Mexico. Turkey and Cairo. Their full namesStandard - 74 words
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Article59 1954-01-02 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Delegates attending yesterday** joint meeting of the F.MS. Chamber of Warn and the All-Malaya Chinese Mineis' Association hem ■■or;>iaered a rapad an Hm tataraatiaaaj control on tin Bfhtca warn recently precented by Malayan delegates the Geneva oaatference. Yesterday' h meeting lasted about Eti j-59 words
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Advertisement173 1954-01-02 5 Twenty-five centuries in Time More than two and a half thousand yeai^'ci^u be Cb aese lot Ibe Uac rneans of this magnificent Candie Clock. In princip.e. U w Urn. nirnn jf simplicity. A slow-burning taper lies on a group of eveoly spaced vure supports, and burns one by one. leng'hs173 words
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Article900 1954-01-02 6 pVERYONE hopes but nobody believes that the Emergency will end in 1954. In fact the Emergency has become so much a part of our normal existence that we have begun to take it for granted- We have adapted ourselves so well to this unhealthy environment900 words
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Article60 1954-01-02 6 We the PEOPLE J. HALCRO FERGUSON of the London Observer broke an unwritten law in Bermuda. He stayed with a coloured family and when he went into a bank with a Bermudian woman who was a lawyer everybody stopped work and stared. In this article in which he utters a60 words
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401 1954-01-02 6 Sir: I have followed with interest the words of those who appeared to belittle the fact that there are guarantees of freedom of speech and Press written into the Soviet Constitution. When I say I have followed those words of belittlement with interest, I401 words
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Article176 1954-01-02 6 Review of Views Call For Strength CHUNG SHING JIT PAO in] its New Year message calls lor strength and faith among, the free nations of the world i against the forces of aggres-i sion. "It is only through i these mean s that righteous- ness can ward otTt: -dangers, that176 words
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Article68 1954-01-02 6 Sir; I am writing this in the hope that the Kampar cinemas will show some good pictures in their cheap matinees. Two cinemas in Kampar recently introduced cheap weekend matinees an advantage to picture-goers here but the films shown so far have been rather old. Moreover they have68 words
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Article382 1954-01-02 6 SELF-RULE FOR MALAYA Sir; Sir Cheng-Lock Tan's reported speech to the members of the Annual General Committee of the M.C.A., cannot be read but with a sense of dismay and fear. That a leader of his political standing can be so inconsistent and nonchalant in his statements to the public,382 words
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Article, Illustration738 1954-01-02 6 a college graduate with specialised training, but could not find an opening in his own field. Other people of his kind of qualifications, and of his colour, are often waiters, maidservants or even manual labourers. Even if they are professional or business men they are denied access to738 words
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1170 1954-01-02 6 Sir: The chairman of TECSAM'S letter which appeared in the Straits Times on Thursday has failed to disclose the real nature of expatriation pay. Expatriation pay is paid in some Colonial territories (not ail) on the principle laid down in Colonial 197 that "where1,170 words
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Article338 1954-01-02 6 (\S the first morning of a recent visit to the island of Bermuda, I walked into a bank with a young Bermudian lady whom I had long known in England; and who had been a frequent visitor to our house. At we went in the tellers stopped telling,338 words
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Advertisement123 1954-01-02 6 SINGAPORE tkjsb STANDARD INDEPENDENT MORNING NEWSPAPER HEAD OFFICE 128. Robiiwcn Rood. Singopore. Telephone Noe: *****—***** CoM* Ttlegroph Address: TKSERNEWS Singopora. BRANCH OFFICES LONDON 9mm 222. The Times Building. Printing House Squor*. London E.C 4. KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG 45 Sultoa St- 83. Cowon St.. 8, Ltith St., Telet 4588. Ttto123 words
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Advertisement15 1954-01-02 6 every purpose /^ip?i SHEW AN, TOMES CO., LTD A VaTy MARPEN HOUSE, SINGAPORE, TIL 112Z±J15 words
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Article163 1954-01-02 7 THE QUEEN VISITS A FAIRYLAND HAMILTON. New Zealand. Jan. 1, (Renter) Queen E izabetta and the Duke of E linburgh saw the New Year m amo.ig the scenic attractions at Waitomo, world famous for r.s cathedral-like caverns. Before lining at their hotel they spent IB minutes in the I underground163 words
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Article, Illustration26 1954-01-02 7 photo. THREE passengers were injured when this U.S. Navy P?V Neptune aircraft from Sangley Point, the Philippines, crashed and burned on Kai Tak airfield. Kowloon. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article62 1954-01-02 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. |AP) Representative Sam C i (Republican-Oregon] said jresterday the State Depai ne la b'~i > bought a lot the Marseilles ric as a site for office bui ding. B i Sate Department > -k •>■ oa i said the Departr baa62 words
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Article31 1954-01-02 7 DH a •ri Plesman, 4. Pres !< D I KL -I H al Ova.-. Airlines and t aviation. I 1 the Hague on < alter a sudden illo as.— E31 words
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Article342 1954-01-02 7 LONDON, Jan. 1 (AP)— Merrymakers in the streets and squares of Western Europe danced in the new year on Thursday, blotting from their minds for the moment the thought that 1954 could bring either atomic peace or despair. From Moscow to London Came342 words
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Article, Illustration323 1954-01-02 7 QUEEN HONOURS THEATRE LONDON. Jan. 1 (AP) Ine Queen today put the final >eal of respectability on American-born Jacob Epstein, former stormy petrel ot modern art. She made him a Knight. The title means the shambling, shaggy-haired sculptor, who Still taiks in the east side accents of his New YorkA.P. - 323 words
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Article, Illustration306 1954-01-02 7 REDS STEP UP ACTIVITY IN INDO- CHINA Hand-To-Hand Fighting HANOI, Jan. I—(UP1 (UP) Loyal French forces fought hand-to-hand bayonet battles with Communist Vietminh rebels yesterday as the Reds stepped up their activities on three Indo-China fronts. Close-in fighting took place on the central coast, south of this strategic city. andUP - 306 words
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Article175 1954-01-02 7 MEKNES, Morocco, Jan. 1 (Reuter)— Police here have opened an inquiry into a Moroccan woman's complaint that Sidi Mohammed, deposed ex-Sultan of Morocco, had her husband whipped to death for making love to one of Sidi Mohammed's concubines. The husband, a servant named Belkhir at175 words
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Article133 1954-01-02 7 S. KOREA MAKES A VEILED THREAT PANMUNJOM, Jan. 1 (AP)— A move by India, which sent 135 more Chinese prisoners back to Communism, so angered South Korea today that Foreign Minister Pyun Kung Tai made a veiled threat to free the more than 7,000 North Koreans in anti-Red compounds. "Unless133 words
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Article104 1954-01-02 7 Heiress' Marriage Questioned NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (Reuter) —The validity of the marriage of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton and Mr. Porfirio Rubirosa of the Dominican Republic, which took place here Wednesday at the Dominican Consulate, was in question today. Mr. Murray Strand, New York City licence clerk, said the marriage104 words
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Article195 1954-01-02 7 MEN IN ARTS of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, so was Daniel Lascelles. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Sir Thomas Gardiner, termer Director of the AngloIvanian Oil Company, moves up to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. He was a member of the British delegation that195 words
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98 1954-01-02 7 LONDON, Jan. 1, (Reuter)— A British soldier, 29-year -old Corporal Harry Partridge, landed from a troopship at Liverpool yesterday with his Chinese bride Betty Fung from Hong Kong. Corporal Partridge is taking Us wife to stay with his parents in London. He said today:98 words
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Article53 1954-01-02 7 PETERSBURG, Indiana, Jan. 1 (AP)— The parents of a two-headed boy said yesterday they have rejected an offer to put the extraordinary baby for exhibition. The father. Cecil Hartley. 44, said a freak show scout approached him in a restaurant and "I nearly punched him53 words
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Article20 1954-01-02 7 TWO-HUNDRED and hitysix overseas Chinese deponed by British authorities in Malaya have arrived in Canton from Hongkong. AFPAFP - 20 words
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Article22 1954-01-02 7 T.HE campaign to raise £1,000,000 to restore Westminster Abbey ended last night about £173.000 short of its target.- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article34 1954-01-02 7 TOKYO. Dec. 31 (AP)— The newspaper Asahi, Japan's biggest daily which claims ti.UOU.OOO circulation, a n nounced today it will start publishing an English-language evening edition on Jan. 20. photo.34 words
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Article91 1954-01-02 7 GOLFE JUAN. France. Jan. 1, (AP) A preuy young night club singer, whose beauty won her the patronage of the wealthy Aga Khan, was in hospital yesterday after an unidentified person threw arid in her face. Mile. Yvonne B'.an. 22. was attacked in a dark side91 words
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Article72 1954-01-02 7 HONOLULU, foil. iAPi Mrs. Lucille Armstrong, wife lof band leader Louis (Sal Armstrong, wa.s arrested PB«- terday on a charge of .qlir.g* abort US$5 WOt\ marijuana into the United States in a cigarette and I igarette stubs. Mrs. Armstrong to I aew»men she was u al72 words
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Article96 1954-01-02 7 BOMBAY. Jan. 1. (AFPi Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared in Mmgaon, near here today, India would not tolerate the presence of any foreign broofM on her soil under any pcefa Kt or under any shape or to' Referring to the proposed military pact between Pakistan and96 words
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Article67 1954-01-02 7 HONGKONG. Jan I (AFP) —A tola! of 58.20:- lost their homes in a di a fire which swept through I e squatter areas of Kuw Christmas night, according an ofii'iai Govern u ent yesti i day. This wac the tota registered ior reiiel the registration67 words
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Article, Illustration22 1954-01-02 7 U.P. photo LOOKING weary and weai ing the winner's sash Mis.* Marrella Mariani after winning the "Miss Italy' titleU.P. - 22 words
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Article15 1954-01-02 7 THE Panctten La i Commu listnight c lima first ever < UPUP - 15 words
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Advertisement151 1954-01-02 7 PLASTICOTIZE YOUR CAR AND PRESERVE THAT ORIGINAL SHOWROOM SHINE HA VI N'T fOU MIA HOT JJ?— V .4 4 JiiH WHAT A PIFFERENCe WGHBORnft&pUiticcU IS REAM GOOto Almost oil cor washing is don* with a soop or detergent of some kind now you con get a polish thot will stand151 words
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Advertisement54 1954-01-02 7 NEW STOCKS HAVE ARRIVED! £Mmfi|iLfc good uLnJJfK nr\ tastei j —^Zj^T^^^^lJl^^SK LI Q UEUR $16.00 Dox. (T5 \wT *tK\ I SHERRY SI 3.00 I J^B^BSfiSS^>w I«Z CHAMPAGNES26.OO TUMBLER i PINT $16.00 DOZ. JUG 2 PINT 9.75 E«di i $18.00 3 $10.75 $20.00 GRAPE FRUIT $29.00 Do«. 1 $23.00 FINGER BOWL54 words
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Advertisement720 1954-01-02 8 HAMBURG -AMERIK 4 LINIE AND NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD JOINT SERVICE 1* Caiaasb*. Genoa Marseilles. Antwerp. Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen S pore r Sham Penans TS. Nerfcarstria (NDL) Gdns IS 16 sJaa *Jan 7 BJaa T-S Essra (HAPAG) IS 2tlaa «/24Jai. 25 2fiJap Hoac Kong. Manila. Kobe J. Yokohama. Peaaag P.S'ham S'pore TS720 words
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Advertisement1216 1954-01-02 8 Ttk^am BLUE FUNNEL LINE wrMig (i.u^) MAIN.sFIhLD ft TO., LTD. ra Incorporated in Singapore Carriers opttea to prorred via otlirr ports to load and i nlscbarge rargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS. J Due Sails P. S'ham Penang t^yHops tor LiverpooL Dublin Swansea G33/34 Jan 4 Jan 5/61,216 words
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Advertisement1017 1954-01-02 8 SHIPYARDS GET SHARP WARNING LONDON, Jan. 1 (Beuter)— New orders placed la iritish shipyards for merchant vessels fell sharply luring 1953. Gross tonnage totalled sM,M*— a third of hat ordered in 1952 and only an eighth of the 1951 lglire. dustry was "frankly appreThis was revealed in a hensive" about1,017 words
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Advertisement732 1954-01-02 8 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA U.K. CONTINENT Spore P.S'bam Peua« "LALANDIA" for Bangkok 3 4Jan "JAVA" for Kohsichang, Saigon, Hongkong. Manila, Kobe and Yokohama 8 10 Jan 7/7 Jaa "PANAMA" for Kohsichang. Hongkong U/lSJaa "KINA" for Djakarta. Kohsichang. Saigon. Hongkong. Manila. Kobe Yokohama22 24 Jan 20 21 Jan IS732 words
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346 1954-01-02 9 WASHINGTON, Jon. I— The Soviet Union is selling big chunks of its gold hoard to pay for a hidden trade deficit economic experts said yesterday. The deficit apparently stems fi*om a series of adverse economic developments and efforts to buy more goods fromReuter; UP - 346 words
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Article41 1954-01-02 9 TWO new cement works costing about £5 million are to be built in the United Kingdom by Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers. They will each hav? a capacity of 175.000 tons a year snd building is expected to start soon.41 words
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Article205 1954-01-02 9 Warning On Tin Control LONDON. Jan. 1. (Reuter)— Mr. G.W. Simms, chairman of Sungei Besi Mines, has warned that if Malaya again participates in any form of tin control scheme involving restriction of production, prospecting and the future development of the industry will be jeopardized. He told a company meeting205 words
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Article98 1954-01-02 9 KARACHI. Jan. 1. (AP)— Mr. R.A. Butler. British Chancellor of the Exchequer, told pressmen at Karachi airport on Thursday that the best way to improve the economic situation of Commonwealth countries is through development of trade between all these countries. He said he was in favour98 words
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Article21 1954-01-02 9 BRITAIN will import £250.--000 worth of German commercial motor vehicles during 1954, it was announced in London.- APAP - 21 words
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Article111 1954-01-02 9 EK ßusiness To Exploit Thailand BANGKOK.. Jan 1 (CP>— A number of Hong Kontr iaetories are trying to meve into Thailand m alternatively set up local plants here, according to official sources today. Buv.mwv executives of the factories are making representations to the government for necessary permission. The Thai government111 words
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Article87 1954-01-02 9 MALAYAN banking statistics show the volume of operations during November at $1,432,943,000 in Singapore and $1,161,100,000 (51. 583.049. 000 in October) in the Federation ($1,281,748,000 in October Assets of Colony banks in November stood at $485,353,000 ($409,769,000) while those of the Federation I \ver e $244,412,000 ($243,131,87 words
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237 1954-01-02 9 MALAYAN products will be on display at the forthcoming British Industries Fair at the two great London centres Olympia and Earls Court and at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Rubber goods ann handicrafts wi oe amon? Um try's exhibits on show, j, 1 in237 words
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Article123 1954-01-02 9 Now Its Fats From News print RESFAR HES in thi United Kingdc n into f m ;i gai h'.d sugar v. into fat event to a tu n eial ■,r A rtment ol :.!>■ ed ebi rin th< M ier I T- dun ogy, D- TK. V.'u tei trying tte123 words
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Article87 1954-01-02 9 COXSJ R\ CTION v..,rk Mi or.e of the fast "caters Icere" to be built in Austra! b If planned to begin early rex' war at Geelong refinery. ».< j or Melbourne, according to i Shell Company press rtatettw W., n completed I>e ft 1955. the r.<-\:87 words
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Article72 1954-01-02 9 MALAY A produced I I3f ions of copra in estates ana 11.265 tons m smalim d ,g* during November, accoi ing to official statistics. The total production fiom both sources for the 11 rr.orlht of 1953 amounted to 138.651 tons compared with '42 190 tone for72 words
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Miscellaneous434 1954-01-02 9 Un Abner By 41 Copp I s J^t,^n^B^^i I H£ po^^s OFGoaa aajd I j Its ajsust-but- sudde.no.v- I I mo«tlm^o^bd> Y^^tf^^^JSf^S^^A SNOW FAU S p*- oogLE street:! AUey Oop By V.T. Ham/in L *-L-^ I I-j J hm^Ph! NOBODV EVER/^~S I ...THE VWV YOU'RE PUTTING }MW/iit y 1 e434 words
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Miscellaneous933 1954-01-02 9 lllLiiMliMiiiiMMMWWMiwi IB—— 1 9.15 p.m. [Hindustani l 3. and I fflSf'Sr^a. .-k 04 a. "S SIN: Fah Kai 12.30 p.m.; Fun STAK: Because Of Y.m Me INU APD RFf Hee Yun Kah 3. 630 and 915 dar;n\ 1.15. 3.30 7 an.: 5,3d p.m lnr P- m <il.^^K^ Nenlunes Ds,; .Vi:933 words
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Article, Illustration34 1954-01-02 10 H YAH, EVERYBODY! THF only reason why I've popped up on this page, says little Dickie, is to wish you all a very happy 1931— especially the readers of the Music and Stagedoor coloumns!34 words
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Article923 1954-01-02 10 BILL WEBB JONES - BILL WEBB JONES Ia column for [swing fans BY \VEKY Happy New Year to you .ill. and to the musicians who have toiled during the holidays to make your own particular holiday a success. 1 would add the thanks and ul wishes of a grateful publii.923 words
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Article, Illustration660 1954-01-02 10 ' Anacrusis - 'Anacrusis' Music Notes By WE HAVE long applauded W the thoroughness and tenacity of the Musical Society's organisation, not only as a performing body with its own productions, but as impresario, too. In Singapore the roles are necessarily and. at the commencement of a New Year, the660 words
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Article292 1954-01-02 10 PRODUCER Samuel Goldx wyn has urged the film industry to liberalize its code for judging the morality of films. Goldwyn's action was disclosed in a letter to Eric Johnston, President of the Motion Picture Association of America. The letter, released by Goldwyn's New York office, said' "unless292 words
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Article, Illustration872 1954-01-02 10 INFORMATION regarding 1 the Stage Club's next play "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" is coming to hand, and it is announced that Ray Coombs will be the producer. In the London production. Sir Cedric Hardwicke was in the role of the cold, sadistic, typically Victorian father that872 words
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Article465 1954-01-02 10 RITA DEL MAR - THE STARS AND YOU RITA DEL MAR lift EfPOtAV'fi qiot\iio\ < < 1 "Ring out th> old: Ring < in ilii new > 5 SATIRDAY FOR H\LK\ 5 ONE: Dayr.me offers tne be^ < 5 t:me for tne promotion < J> ;:id.vidua! interests, a- v.< i S as foi organizing465 words
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Article98 1954-01-02 10 SHE'S STILL AS FRESH AS A DAIS. T OYELY Anv Miller, Vke Thomas Edison, gen by on little sleep. She is one of the lev: stars who never lets her pic-ture-making interfere xvv.h her social life. Even trhe?i she has to be at set at G a.m., she wBU g<98 words
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Advertisement190 1954-01-02 10 EILLY M\Y AND HIS ORCHESTRA I Ntn m 9» a down the street CL ***** Chamta :r to *?n CL ***** CL ***** vn m M vntn 3by CL ***** tofidta (Tonight] Cl ***** M| s.'e-ir Ibi D n e CL ***** "^ere b na praai v r lot b190 words
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Advertisement161 1954-01-02 10 ■(^0 j 1%. T^e> rnosf perfect uny to hear Chopin! Listen to a famous ertuc... "recent MA^PILCI* recordings, which vie with each r other as regards quality of sound, Rec.Ul Kr 1, rend«rnow come up for review. In the •<! by Cor de Groo A *****: 24 pr* jde3 first161 words
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221 1954-01-02 11 WINDSOR LAD - SHANGRILA CAN WEST THE CG. CUP FIELD WINDSOR LAD By Shangrila earned promotion after his very fluent win over the St Leger distance in Class 2 at Bukit Timah last month. He gets 11 lb. less in this, giving him a first rate chance. Easily the most versatile performer at221 words
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Article127 1954-01-02 11 Windsor Lad Gay Reveller Goodwood VALIANT BOY C- PATROL SEA GIRT IWMy Corner Valiant Boy Campos BeUe Channel Putrol Sangfroid Channel Patrol GORING DEWIN DONCASTER Patrcnonx Frog II Why Worry r>w— m i Duncaster Jimson MAJESTIC SIGHT PALIO DENDRITE Palk> Sweet Dream sound Wave Sweet Drama Majestic Sight127 words
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Article263 1954-01-02 11 STOP PRESS TODAYS DOUBLE mn RACK TWO Race 2 is most open with Goring, Patechoux, Pasamora. Doncaster and Jimson having strong claims. Goring is an improving horse. This Turkhan gelding came into his own when he led all the way to defeat Patechoux over seven furlongs in division 3. He263 words
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Article376 1954-01-02 11 ASIA MINOR, Who Regrets, Pedometer, Badalona and Rubber Exporter appear to be the pick of Race 7. My vote goes to Pedometer who usually improves in his second attempt. Pedometer was not well served at the start— he was bit slow off his mark— but376 words
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Article240 1954-01-02 11 itifc going today is likely to be soft. Best Bet's fluent win over :he mile on the opening day entitles him for consideration. Be goes up 11 lb. He has developed stamina with age and should run very prominently. Lillibullero is another that should run well. His second240 words
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Advertisement194 1954-01-02 11 NOTICES IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA. IN THE HIGH COURT AT IPOH. NOTICE of Receiving Order Etc: In Summary Case: In Bankruptcy. No. 22 of 1953. Re: LIM SIEW YIN (f) Miner of 64, Caufield Street, Tanjong Rambutan. Receiving Order made: 27th April, 1953. Adjudication Order:194 words
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Advertisement519 1954-01-02 11 1 NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE BY COMPETITIVE TENDER— SURPLUS R.A.F. EQUIPMENT. CURPLUS R.A.F. equipment] is offered for sale by I competitive tender. This equipment may be viewed at the Sales Section, U.R.D.S. R.A.F. Maintenance Base, Seletar between the hours of 10.00 A.M. 12.00 noon and 2 P.M. 3 P.M. on519 words
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Advertisement523 1954-01-02 11 SITUATION VACANT TT/ ANTED immediately, press- I men able to operate Hcidel-j berg automatic and platen print- J ing machines and Centuretie printing machines. State expe'i ence, salary expected it copies of testimonial* to SINGAPORE STANDARD. 128, Rpbinson Rd I Singapore. 1. Apply by letters in the first instance. ACCOMMODATIONS523 words
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Advertisement1011 1954-01-02 11 Si and aid Service For The Unemployed AT HHR StRVICfc: Art unemported and ia need: T« help you to tind work the s»i»rapore Standard I nemplo.\ m*-nt ftureaa offers you free space ia 4»«& column Ium call *r «iit« roar local Stjudartf oBio« lor in ap plication mm which should1,011 words
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Miscellaneous1033 1954-01-02 11 TOD A Y 9 S RACE CARD RACE 1: 2.30 p.m.*- Class 2 Div. 2 6 Furs. 1 Sea Girt 3y S.OQ Mr. M. van Breukelen G v B °£?,c~it 5t4 Sangfroid 5y 8.12 Mr. Chan Lai Hong A.W. Sleigh ""ff*^ 3. 722 Channel Patrol Ky 8.t8 Mr. 4 Mrs.1,033 words
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Article2042 1954-01-02 12 WINDSOR LAD - WINDSOR LAD Whitney Brings In My Pearl By MAKING a great bid in the final furlong;, Carthusian, brilliantly handled by Athol Mulley, came through with a smooth run to defeat Harringay by threequarter of a length to annex the Club Cup over B'. furlongs for class 22,042 words
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Article, Illustration71 1954-01-02 12 ■5 TWO of SiMftWK's t 1 latest •skyscrapei* the Bank of China building: in Battery Road (top pic- ture) and the Asia Insu- ranee building in Finlay- Z. son Green (lower pic- 2 ture) were appropriate backgrounds to the New < j Year pictures of yester- day's New71 words
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Article463 1954-01-02 12 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. 1 (Renter)— The M.C.C. drew the first match of their tour in the West Indies, a two day game against a combined parishes XI yesterday. With Trevor Bailey and Denis Compton contributing 115 in a third wicket stand the tourists declared their463 words
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Article127 1954-01-02 12 Lee Is Amateur Athlete Of 1953 NEW YORK, Jan. 1. (Reuter). Major Sammy Lee, America's Olympic highboard diving champion in 1948 and 1952, has won the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the amateur athlete of 1953. Major Lee through being stationed in Korea with the United States Army Medical127 words
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Article, Illustration55 1954-01-02 12 SYDNEY. Jan. 1. (Reuter)— Jimmy Carruthers, Australia's world bantamweight champion will, owing to stomach trouble, be unable to fight Bobby Sinn, Australian title holder on Jan. 18. KEMPTON PARK: Jockey R. Francis comes to grief gracefully as Mailed Fist (Number 5) crashes at the last fence in theUP - 55 words
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Article138 1954-01-02 12 MELBOURNE, Jan. 1 (Router i Davis Cup stars Lewis Hoad (Australia) and Tony Trabert (United States) said her e today that they would not become professionals yet. They were commenting on reports that Jack Kramer the American promoter was anxious that they should join his138 words
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Article40 1954-01-02 12 SAO PAULO, Jan. 1, (AFP) Czech long distance runner Emil Zatopak last night won and broke the record for the New Year Eve race through the streets of Sao Paulo covering 7.3 kilometres in 20 mint, 30.14 seconds.40 words
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Article, Illustration147 1954-01-02 12 Kelly Voted Britain's Best Boxer LONDON. Jan 1, (AP> John Kelly, the Belfast bantamweight who won the European championship without. leaving home, today was voted the best young British boxer of 1953 by the Boxing Writers" Club. Kelly, who is 21, has fought 21 times as a professional. Every fight147 words
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Article76 1954-01-02 12 CALCUTTA, Jan. 1 (Re> i Ramanathan Knshnai. lo- year-old Davis Cup payei, j defeated India's No 1 Surnant Misra 6—l. 11— 9. S— 2 I reach the men's single> lin the National Lawn Tennis Championships here yester: Knshnan and Misra i- presented India against B^ gium76 words
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Article31 1954-01-02 12 TOKYO. Dec. 31. (AP (Russia mil send a strong I Ito Japan in January to jpete against the Scandina and American aces in the world speed skating chju:.: ships31 words
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Article272 1954-01-02 12 CALCUTTA, Jan. 1 (Reuter)— The Commonwealth touring side needed 40 runs with four wickets standing to take first innings lead over India in the third cricket test here today. At the close of today's play— the second day— Commonwealth had scored 199 for six wickets in272 words
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Article143 1954-01-02 12 Winds Blow And Landy Fails Again KERANG. (Australia). Jan. 1 (AP) Strong winds spoiled another stab at the four minute mile by John Landy today as the Australian won a special mile race in 4:13.8. The lean speedster took the lead at the start from three. rivals and won with143 words
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Article38 1954-01-02 12 NEW YORK. Jan. 1. (UP).— Police arrested middleweight boxer Jimmy Flood yesterday on charges of assaulting and injuring two patrolmen who stopped his automobile after he drove through a red light at an East Side intersection.38 words
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Advertisement74 1954-01-02 12 NOW SHOWING 1.45 4 tJt, 9.30 GUINNESS y< c riomefc Celia CARLO JOHNSON Plus Featurette JOHANN STRLSS* "TALLS OF THE VIENNA WOODS' t T>Jay Tomorrow 11 a.m. APRIL IN PARIS" (Tech.) HIJMWI IN tN«iLAND> botj Agents B. T. CHEW CO. 7 6-B Robinson Rood Spore 1 Tel: ***** I y*'-W*-^^'^^74 words
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