Singapore Standard, 8 January 1954

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD it $1 Vol. IV. No. 190. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1951 TWELVE PAGES 10 CFATS.
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    Russia Says 'Yes' To Atom Bank Talks
    319 1 Russia Says 'Yes' To Atom Bank Talks MOSCOW, Jan. 7— Russia announced yesterday that she was ready to join the United States m preliminary discussions m Washington on the problem of atomic energy. Moiotov gave the Soviet decision yesterday to American Ambassador, Charles Bohlen. An official c inunumque issued by
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    And So Love Triumphs In The End
    95 1 And So Love Triumphs In The End EDINBURGH. Jan 7 (AP) Millionaire tin magnate Anterior Putino >;:!ded tod.v to love's youn-c dream and uave up his le^al attfinpi to block the nurriage «»i lua beautiful 18 ear-old daughter Maria Isabela to a hind so me young English nun !'><* way
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    Rhee Is Planning New Move
    101 1 Rhee Is Planning New Move SEOI Jan 7. (UP).—Presia I tan Rhee called m his II reign minister for conference today Eighth Army threat r fighi South Korean troops if I to free 22.200 mist war prisoners be I ie Jan. 2 I .:e..K .'.:r.e. f Minister Pyun Yuos T
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    Driver Injured
    60 1 X \s:m Damn 20. a d il GHQ. \\a> knocked' > a last --s it close after inknown moIOS 1 the 4j BAA Pasir Pan 1 R d 'on n v^s re- 1 ><_-:•■ hfloih. hxtf C3PC witMSSCs Iq the tent ar« requested to re- "o tnspectox Ahmad
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    $319 M. NETTED
    24 1 $319 M. NETTED CUSTOMS collections m the Federation last year totalled $311,378,750, while excise duties amounted to 56. 744. 440. it 'am, announced yesterday.
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    ITALIAN TALKS
    39 1 R O M E, .Tan. 7 (AP).— President Luigi Einaudi opened a series of formal talks with political leaders today prior to calling a new premier to succeed Giuseppe Pella at the controls of Italy's iputtering government.
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    They Start To Plan Big-4 Meet
    160 1 BERLIN, Jan. 7 (Reuter)— Representatives of the American, British, French and Soviet High Commissioners will meet at the British headquarters m West Berlin today at 0930 GMT for their first talks on technical arrangements of the four power foreign ministers conference, British officials announced
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    LEFT COMMUNISM FOR WIFE'S SAKE
    47 1 SOBBIXG Kiyoko Araki reunited with her husband Claude J. Batchelur. the American prisoner of war who abandoned a Communist's Hfe m Korea to return to his Japanese wife. The reunion took place m an Army hospital m Tokyo on New Year's Day.
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    Reds On Sit-Down Strike
    117 1 Reds On Sit-Down Strike THREE Chinese, officials of the Consulate of Red China m Rangoon, caused a minor stir on board the Anshun yesterday, when they staged a "sit down strike." and refused to join other first class passengers m the ship's lounge to have their health papers examined by
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    SOVIET SUBS CAUSE SCARE
    67 1 NEW YORK. Jan. 7 (UP)— Six Soviet submarines have been spotted recently off the Philippines, Newsweek magazine reported yesterday. The magazine's "Periscope" column said '"the Manila government and United States force m the Philippines are worried over the number of Russian submarines sighted lately off the
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    HILLARY AGAIN
    25 1 SIR Edmund Hillary will lead an expedition m the late spring to mountains south-east of Everest with ceaks about 25.000 feet high- Reuter
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    KABAKA AIRS A PROTEST
    162 1 KABAKA AIRS A PROTEST VICTIM OF COLOUR BAR' LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuter) The exiled Kabaka of Buganda today protested that he had been made a colour bar victim by being refused a furnished apartment m a West-End luxury block of flats. The 39-year-old Kabaka. a Cambridge graduate, to^ reporters at
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    BUMPY RIDE FOR QUEEN
    124 1 HASTINGS (New Zealand). Jan. 7. (AP) The Queen started today on a 4!ii)-mile bumpy train ride lasting a day-and-a-half, with "whistle-stops" So that New Zealand countryfolk may see her. At the start of the royal tour* ljtli day, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh left
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    NEW U.S. DEFENCE PLAN OUTLINED
    869 1 'THAT precious intangible, the initiative, is becoming ours/ said United States President Eisenhower m his State of the Union message to Congress advocating major strategic changes m eluding more inter-allied atomic co-operation, manpower economy, improved mobilisation and continental defence. He said: "In the unity of
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    Hitler Is Officially Not Dead
    92 1 Hitler Is Officially Not Dead BERLIN Jan (Beuter).— An-i HH > and his Pi ipaganda Ministet JosH G lebbc s an t ofl v dead at Ear as the authoi I ec hei c are con serned. T..i nq. trar' s office ai i ced asi nig I that the
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    TAIPEI DEATH
    18 1 LIU CHIK.H. p th< Na( im yuan died m T day. H r nrai 4 UP
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    GET YOUR UNIONS TO MAKE HELL WITH GOVT.'
    193 1 Dissatisfied? Asks Templer KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— The Federation High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, said m Segamat today that m case of dissatisfaction with pay and allowances, Government employees could "get your trade unions to make such 'hell' with Government that you
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    Girl Born In Plane
    61 1 GANDER. Newfoundland. Jan. 7, (UP). A girl was born today aboard a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane as the aircraft neared the international airport here. Suzanne Van Bortel of Amsterdam. the plane's stewardess, made the delivery. ten minutes before the plane landed. The mother and child
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    Police Trap Armed Men
    101 1 By 808 PERIES Standard Staff Reporter A POLICE party, led by Inspector R A. Lawrence and j Inspector Tan Chin Wooi. laid an ambush and trapped two armed robbers at a house m Ciementi Road, Singapore. last night. The Police party had bf 0 waiting m
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    DOOMED BERIA SOUGHT BIBLE
    41 1 VATICAN CITY. Jan. 7 (AP)— The Vatira n Radio said today that Lavrenti Bei.;-. I So\iet police head, asked Coi a copy of the Bible before im execution. The Vatican Radio attributed it* report to Vienna dispatches.
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    Japan To Sell More Wool In S. Asia
    160 2 Japan To Sell More Wool In S. Asia Standard Staff Reporter JAPAN was looking forward to selling more woollen fabrics m SouthKast Asia m the near future. Mr. I. Tanabe. a member of the five-man Japanese woollen trade delegation told The Singapore Standard m a special interview yesterday. I trial
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    PEN FOUND
    29 2 SINGAPORE Police have re- .-red a fountain p<"i with m n>ri fedi S >" engraved >n it p pen Del \l. haei Choi 5, Centra! Po ice Stal
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    'BIG TIME'
    86 2 SOME of the "big time" opium traffickers were banished from the Colony laM year when the Singapore Customs Department seized a total of 6,379 !bs. of opium worth 82. 500.000 at wholesale "Black Market" value. Mr. R. S. Tufnell, Comptroller of Customs, said this was a "very high"
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    DROVE CAR HE HAD TO CLEAN
    92 2 W WSg asked to r sol into it ami c i a.<> But he drove it m B-saj manner, thai iped by a poHcemao Ken Market Road and it vas found he had no drivini Lbn Guan Cboon, Road, was vosteru-. ed .i total
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    Two Women Are Missing
    59 2 TWO young women were reported missing from their homes m Singapore yesterday. One was Kwek In Yali (21) of _'9Z Whampoa Road. She had been missing from 7. H0 p.m. on Wednesday night. The other, 26-year-old Ho Joe| Ngoh, was lasi seen m her house m
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    DOPE MEN BANISHED, SAYS CUSTOMS CHIEF
    152 2 Fines totalling 57.400 were imposed on others. Seized opium with high morphine value was sold to manufacturing chemists. This fetched over $250,000. In addition nine motor cars, three lorries, 16 boats, six outboard motors, six trishaws, 28 bicycles. involved m opium trafficking, were seized.
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    ST. JOHN'S TO BE CURE ISLE FOR ADDICTS
    175 2 Standard Staff Reporter OPIUM addicts m Singapore can soon reform themselves under ideal health conditions when Government converts the St. John's Islands into a "reform centre" for addicts m June this year. The scheme which will cost about $100,000 m its initial
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    No One To Blame For Accident
    165 2 A COLLISION involving a j military truck and a bus along Mandai Road. Singapore, on the night of Dec. 4. resulted m the death of a soldier. Allan May. and Loh Ah Krian. a gardener travelling m the bus. j And the Singapore Coroner,
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    STOLE FOWLS-2 SENTENCED
    85 2 STOLE FOWLS--2 SENTENCED FIVE men. Loh Ah Sun. Chong Hong. Loh Hong, Chan Chok Yuan and Chua Kong Soon were charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with stealing I'A fowls valued at $170 belonging to Tan Soo of Sims Avenue Market on Jan. 6. Loh Ah Sun and
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    35 2 photo. MR. and Mrs. J.R. Pollard photographed on arrival m Singapore o n board the President Grant yesterday o n a world tour. Mr. Pollard is a leading- American home furnisher and interior decorator.- Standard
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    Probation Law Gets Somewhere
    181 2 SOME juvenile delinquents turn out good when shown the gloved hand, others ignore it. When they tlo, the arm of the law reaches out and hauls them back to court. Last month. the case histories of four juvenile delinquents were closed for i continuous good progress
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    105 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING robber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singa pore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 57& 57s No. 1 R.S.S. 57* 57* No. 2 R.S.S. 56} 57 No. 3 R.S.S. 551 55 h Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The prire of tin yesterday was $320 per
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    Beware Of 'Con-Men'—Police
    148 2 Beware Of 'Con-Men'— Police MORE and more traders m Singapore have fallen into the wily trap s of "ConMen" (confidence tricksters) an<j hundreds of dollars are being swindled every day. The Police know of these going-ons which are increasing da y by day but they simply cannot do any- thing
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    More Men Did Not Pay 'Wives'
    251 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Social Welfare Department last month handled an increased number of family disputes involving complaints by mistresses that their men friends had discontinued their monthly allowance The Department's progress report for the month points out that m many of these
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    Not Too Sick For Robbery
    77 2 Standard Staff Reporter ON his way to his home m Thomson Road. Singapore, on Tuesday evening a labourer was asked by a man to put him up for the night as he was 100 ill to get home. The labourer obMged. Next morning he went
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    The 'Form' System For Fed. Schools
    84 2 KUALA LUAIPUR. Thure. A new nomenclature for Malayan schools h;-.s been adopted by the Federation I education auttiorfties. The nomenclature renames clr.sse> between Primary One and Standard Pour BS S'^ndard.s One to Six. Secondary v. i be known as '"forms." Tiiere will be four
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    43 2 photo MISS E.M. Fairbrother. an editor of Woman's Own (left), and Mr. Tom Moore, art director of the same woman's magazine, passed through Singapore yesterday by Qantas BOAC Constellation On their return journey to London, after a three-month business trip to Australia. Standard
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    UK Expert To Advise Phone Board
    84 2 UK Expert To Advise Phone Board AN F.XPERT fi British Genera] Post Office i arriving m Singapore to idvise the i iephone E technical neveloornLoke Wan Tho, the of the Board toid Th yesterday. The Boar- bas bed io Study and ever. 1 over the I e\ one undi tat
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    VARSITY'S NEW YEAR DANCE
    43 2 VARSITY 'S NEW YEAR DANCE THK UNIVEBSIT^ laya SI Dni< i a New v ir Ea;; it Oe Ham He iomonnw Admis ton prices S3; sing es2 and ta tion SI. Pi kets ar,- a at the U.nversity C at the B U
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      80 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: From 7..J0 Jan. 6 to 7..10 a.m. Jan. 7 Singapore (75 F). Penang (7.J F). Kota Bahru (76 F), Kuala Lumpur (72 Ft. Ipoh (71 F). Kuantan (7* p). Maximum Temperature: from 7.::o a.m. to 7.:i0 p.m. Jan. 7 Singapore (85 F). Penang (88 F). Kota
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    64 3 T.IE NVK i.ne Arhua Mj.u, thc.r.-h burtct^d by munsoou storm m the lad an Ocean for three NMOMn days arrived ia Sin^apoie uith a "live earso* 1 worth £25,000. looking hone the wene, after the heavy crossing The after detk is the temporary home of seven thoroughbred mares m foal,
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    Man With A Big Worry
    93 3 When met on board. Mr. Harold Loutii. who is looking aftet the aninvxls, was play:ns; nurse to his pmtom far^o and rather worried about th^ mares which are all m ioa!. But the veterinary officer of the Singapore Turf Club, who inspected the ani mals.
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    INCREASE IN EXPATS HIT
    100 3 SEREMBAN; Thurs.— The j Doe i m tva~e" m the numbjr it' expatriate officers m Qm Federation was deplored; by the Negri Sembilan Divi- sional Committee of the: Mi'.jvin Trade Union Council. Al i meeting here last night, I the committee that despite repeated assurances of
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    56 3 MR SUNG HO\ CHENC and Miss Lav Yoke Choy who were married Ib Kuala Lumpur recently— Standard photo by Yon,' Pen? Seen;. .MR. Cht-ah Tran Fn; is see« here hr p.n« his bnde to cut Cl^ir weddin;; cake at the reception lu-ld at the Majestfe Uotei KuaU Lumpur The bride
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    WORLD BANK AID TO BE SOUGHT?
    181 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— The World Bank Mission visiting Malaya at the end of this month, will be approached tor a substantial Joan to develop secondary industries in this country -j The Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The Standard learned today, has made this suggestion
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    NURSES DRIVE BIG SUCCESS
    268 3 A Milestone In Medical History, Says Dr. Vickers Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE will very soon be one of the few places in the world to have a sufficient number of nurses of good quality, in proportion to the population, the Colony's Director of Medical Services, Dr.
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    Answers Bedpan Critics
    151 3 Answers Bedpan Critics SINGAPORE'S Director of Medical Services Dr. W. J. Vickers described a s "completely untrue." reports that Colony nurses were dismissed for speaking to the press. He said at a press conference yesterday that certain nurses were asked to leave because they had fuiied m their examinations. He
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    'Citizens' Week' In Federation
    118 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Malayan Youth Council is sponsoring a "Young Citizens' Week" to be held throughout the Federation during the last week of this month and ending on Feb. 1, Federation Day. Emphasis throughout the week will be on ihe privileges and obligations of citizenship
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    BUILDING FOR STRAY YOUTHS
    66 3 PENAN G, Thurs. The Penang Youth Centre Committee is making great efforts to have a building erected for stray youths as early as possible. At a committee meeting held last night, a big programme of entertainment, to help raise more funds, was drawn up. Biggest item
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    14 3 a «nri4T jrathirinff the staff of Public Relations Office was held m the Singapore
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    NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED
    89 3 PENANG, Thurs.— A jury of three today returned a verdict of death due to natural causes, at the end of an inquiry into the death of a young prisoner, Chan S'.vee Wah A hospital assistant of the Ponang prison, 3eh Gin Cheng, stated that he
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    EXAM RESULTS
    30 3 MESSRS. Annamalay Nadesan, A.E. Quinn and N. Vaithinathan were successful at the Intermediate Examination m Law of the University of London held m Singapore m September, last year.
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    Plan For 'Below 23' Mixed Set
    91 3 Plan For 'Below 23' Mixed Set THE Young Men's Christian Association, Orchard Road, are discussing the possibilities of setting up a mixed Y.M.C.A.-Y.W.C.A. younger members group consisting of boys and girls below 2.i years of age. At present there is a need for more junior work m the V.M.C.A. which
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    HOMES SEALED & 3 PAID UP
    86 3 HOMES SEALED 3 PAID UP BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. Six houses within the Town Council area had attachment notices posted up on their doors this morning. They were for having failed to pay arrears of house assessment and con- servancy charges during 1952. The District Officer was present m person together with
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    PC Stole Ring And A Sarong
    164 3 PENAXG. Thurs.— A special constable. Hussam bin Mohd. Akl, (21). pleaded guilty m the Magistrate's Court today of stealing a gold ring and sarong, valued at $73, belonging to a police constable. Mohd. Shah, at the police barracks, Penang Hill, on -Jan. (3. The
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    KLUANG FAREWELL
    41 3 THE Malay Club, Kluang. gave a farewell dinner party on Wednesday, to Inche Bid m bin Login. First Assistant District Officer and Inche Yusof bin Hi. A. Rahim. Third A.D.0.. on their transfer to Batu Pahat and Mersing. respectively.
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    IA's TEA PARTY
    36 3 THE Indian Association, Penang, will hold a tea party on Jan. 10 m honour of Mr. T. V. Ramakrishna Rao, Agent of the Government of India m Malaya, who is returning to India.
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    SIX CHOSEN FOR PILOT TRAINING
    219 3 PENANG. Thurs.— Six out of j a total of 13 applicants have been selected to be trained as pilots, while 40 others have joined as ground crew, the Officer Commanding, the Pen- i ang Fighter Squadron. MAAF. Fit. Lt. C. F. Griffiths, told The Standard
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    Public Warned: Lock Your Guns
    278 3 SINGAPORE Police yesterday warned all licensed firearm holders to lock up their firearms m really safe places or to hand them over to the Police for safekeeping so as to ensure that they are not stolen. This warning follows a report that an Australian businessman
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    Gurkhas Account For Red
    123 3 Gurkhas Account For Red KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs One more Communist terrorist; was killed m the Kota Tingsi area of Johore yesterday hj a patr >. of Vt> 11 Gurkha*. S:x other terrorists contacted at the same time escaped. A rifle BffimnwiKnn and six packs containing iood were recovered. Terrorist yesterday
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    WOMAN HURT: MAN CHARGED
    47 3 PENANG, Thurs.— Tan Km Bah, 31, a I [er, daii led trial m the Mag trat I to lay to a charge ol causing hurt to a won m Chow Ah Nbot, v. Bop WaJk on Jan Bai'. [at hi i tan. M
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    A School For 500
    34 3 photo. FIVE HUNDRED boys will start their new term m this new building, the St. Michael's School m Moulmein Road. The School will be opened officially on Jan. 11. Standard
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    SIAM CUTS RICE PRICE
    402 4 Talks Opened On 1954 Purchases BRITISH territories m South-East Asia hove opened negotiations with Thailand on the purchase and price of rice for 1954, a spokesman of the Commissioner-General's Office told The Standard yesterday. For a number of reasons, the negotiations have been temporarily adjourned but
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    67 4 Two New Zealand farmers, >ir X B Johnson (left) and Mr T C. Grigs. p.i»rd through Smijapore by QANTAS BO AC Constellation on Wednesday for Colombo, on the first lap of their r ltjht-month slobe- girdling trip. Owners of a 1.000-aere farm and 3.000 sheep, at Canterbury, N.Z., the two
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    A PEANUT KILLED CHILD
    108 4 HALF a peanut killed a 15- 1 month child. This was disclosed before Singapore Coroner. Mr. Giam Chong Hing at an inquest held on the death of the child. Tan Cheng Wee. The report of the Government Pathologist said that Tan's death was due to respiratory
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    ACTION AGAINST PERMIT DODGERS
    271 4 KIALA LIMPIR, Thurs.— Mr. A. W. Hodges, Federation Comptroller of Inland Revenue warned today that his department would take "stern action" this year against businessmen who failed to comply with provisions of the Business Registration and Licensing Ordinance. The Ordinance came into force last year and
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    Workers Want One Council
    92 4 Workers Want One Council ABOUT p es of 5 Sty Council w ill have .< singie Whitley Council t<> represent tnem if proposal) la effect is approved oy the Council. The decision to organise the I Council was taken at a joint meeting of five stall unions and •■> representing
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    STC TO STUDY GROUSES IF..
    93 4 MR. A. A EWING. General \I. n ;er f tne Singapore r.\iv lion Company, to.d The s t lay that the C npan I consid r emp' cs 1 g inces hen they d »y a iwyei nenting or: \.\e II j afe dcci ion
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    HONESTY GETS A LIGHT FINE
    67 4 F( >R eing h >nest and plead-i-u gtli a N ar^e ofl b> .wag. a '.orrv ftoc I $19 by the S i^apore F rst Traffic' Magis.tr F. A Chua. yesterda i F w bo eat bom m Nl B x v Chin Swee Road
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    SCBA's Big Scheme To Grow Padi
    126 4 SCBA 's Big Scheme To Grow Padi PENANG. Thurs. The Penang Straits Chinese British Association plan to start a big agricultural scheme, and for this, they are to apply to the Government for land. The scheme was planned with a view to hep the Chinese m Penang and Province Wellesley
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    OPIUM FOUND ON OFFICER
    64 4 THE Singapore Customs at Ciitford Pier, detained an officer of a Norwegian ship lor the alleged possession of eight ibs. of ra»v opium yesterday. It is believed that the officer was passing through Clifford Pier, when the Customs officer made a routine check and found the
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    2 ARE HONOURED FOR SERVICES
    51 4 MESSRS L. R Shori and M. T. Pillai. of Raub. have been honoured by the Chief Scout. Federation of Malaya, for services rendered to Scouting m PahanS. Mr. L. R. Shori was presented with a medal while Mr. M. T. Pillai received a Letter of
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    Aldermen System 'Will Be Opposed'
    308 4 Standard Staff Reporter ANY move to introduce a system of aldermen into the Singapore City Council will be "strongly resisted by the people. Councillor for East Ward, Mr. Mak Pak Shee, told The Standard yesterday. Mr Hah said that with the experience the people of
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 4 HONGKONG. Jan. 7— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $14.95 to £l stoning $5.***** to US$l; $1,808 Malayan SI: 50.204 t o one Indonesia Rupiah; Gold $250 to 1 tael.
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    27 4 MR. M.Cff Sheppard. British Adviser, Negri Sembilan. making the presentation of a banner to the winner of the New Villages Basketball competitions held recently at Kuala Klawang.
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    'FILMS' ORDINANCE
    22 4 THE Singapore Government announced yesterday that the Ci i .tograph FJ'ms Ordinance. 1i)53. will come into forpe {rum Jan. 8.
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    Posed As A 'Tec, Given 3 Mths' Jail
    96 4 POSING as a detective at- tached to the Anti-Corruption Department a man told a Singapore Traction Company bus conductor that he was wanted for questioning and that he could settle the matter for a fee. This was related by Inspector Tuan S.
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    45 4 COLONEL T.H.H. Grayson. Provost Marshal of the Far East Land Forces (left) inspecting the Motorised Section of the 17th Gurkha Division Provost Company during a parade at Seremban on Wednesday. Col. Grayson is returning to England after two years service m Hongkong. Singapore and Malaya.
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    NIGHT SOIL STRIKE ENDS
    42 4 NIGHT-SOIL carriers m the rural district of Upper Serangoon and Yeo Chu Kang Road c who stopped work on New Year's day, over a wage dispute with their contractor employer resumed work yesterday after the dispute was settled.
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    GIRL FALLS FROM FERRY
    53 4 BUTTERWORTH. Thins. While a ferry boat was crossing the hargour from Penang shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday a Chinese girl fell m. The ferry stopped and a search was made but there was no trace of the girl. Up to 4 p.m. today, the body has
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    He Is Acquitted
    57 4 SIM AH CHUAN. who claimed trial to possession of dutiable liquor on Oct. 15 last year. was acquitted' m the Singapore Third District Court yesterday. Defence asserted that there was no evidence that Sim had escaped a Police cordon round a samsu still, but that he had
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    MORE ASIAN BLOOD DONORS NEEDED
    150 4 Standard Staff Reporter BECAUSE the proportion of people with Group "B" blood among Europeans is low, it is imperative that more Asians should come forward and give their blood as they represent the majority who require this type of blood, states the Blood Transfusion Service
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    MALACCA DECLARED WHITE' A THIRD TIME
    423 4 MALACCA DECLARED WHITE' A THIRD TIME KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Malacca Settlement, which has led other areas m the Federation m beating Communist terrorists, became "whiter" today for the third time. Ten and a half square-miles of territ ory on the main road between Masjid Tanah and Lubok China on the
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    He Made It 'Very Good' To Get Job
    100 4 A FORMER ship's foreman, Sudin bin Awang, was yesterday fined SI OO by the Singapore Sixth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. W. R. H Davies for altering his discharge certificate from **good" to "very good." The Court was told that on Dec. 28
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    New Bid To Settle Pay Row
    144 4 THE SINGAPORE Labour Department yesterday stepped into th-e dispute between the Printing Employees" Union and the Malaya Publishing House over a general wage increase i demand of M.P.H. entn oyees. In an attempt to avert a threatened strike Ly the S.P.E.U.. the Colony's Assistsnt
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    Ship Hits Barrier, Sinks Off Kuantan
    140 4 Ship Hits Barrier, Sinks Off Kuantan KCAKTAN, Thurs 75-ton motor vessel, Hong Lian 11, belonging to Hong Bee of Kuala Trengganu. sank with about 96 tons of cargo, a mile away from the mouth of the Kuantan river, after hitting a sandbank. The crew of 20 c- ipe nhurt. The
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    SACKED MEN: UNION MOVES
    63 4 THE SINGAPORE C Council Water Den rtmenl Labour U.'iioc aril emergency general dm Sunday to deride wbai should be taken bo re-ii 150 dismissed workers A Union officia te d T i Standard yesterdas thai I i union slready iv several representatives to tin City Cotinrii
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    STOLE $100 TO SEE A MOVIE
    77 4 NAI BIN KASSIM. an i ployee o^ a fishing stab Loyang. nan his case postfM i for aentenee till Jar,. i 4 the Singapore Sixth P." Court Magistrate, vesterdaj for stealing SI OO fron hie employer O an bin H. nid, Nai to. the
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    HAIR DRESSER LOSES JEWELS
    45 4 A WOMAN prep: toi of hairdressing i" Outram Road. Singapore, closed tne shop on Wednesday afternoon and wtn- o it with her When v■■ re :r a ed, Iwx hours later, 'hey found more than (3.000 worth of jewi esy missing.
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    COL. WATKINS IS MALAYA'S FIRST FIRE CHIEF
    193 5 COL. W ATKINS IS MALAYA'S FIRST FIRE CHIEF His Job To Bring Down $40 Mil. Annual Loss KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federal Government has for the #,rst time appointed a boss for its fire services and entrusted him with c/n^n™ 9 OW theb 9losS throu 9 h fire *<*°»inS oround
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    To Study lit Britain
    53 5 >!K M K.\JA(;ur.M.. v tevhnual a.>>ista.nt atla r* ffl to th t Teltvoms D«partn:ent tf!"*p*»one e\ihans*? m R^ala Lumpur. \%bo wil] be leaving fur Bntu.n -«hortl> to tike a tour.-.** m rud o an t l urrir communications on a I niti-'J Xatieas Tcrhn A^ -i>lanif
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    Found Girl In Bedroom With A Man
    77 5 AN elderly woman returned to her house m Singapore from market on Wednesday morning to find her" 15-year-old grand-daughter m her bedroom with a man. Seeing the old woman, the man sprang to the door and escaped. The distraught girl said the man
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    Driver Used A Forged Car Licence
    89 5 Driver Used A Forged Car Licence IP T its —Abdul F. i- m barocd Aron (28) m Sultan l T Colk c* I aj«ni B r t i -i(i ti I R ihman p aded I Vfag s1 rate be Al rj riving <. i i r renewal ol n
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    WOMAN HAD BOMB: CHARGE
    71 5 X \NTAN. Thurs. A g woman was allege, > ir. :< .a--ar. Courts yesterday I been m unlawful DOS- session ol a handKreiuuie and j i mat F< tSx fa .'.lc.-i: y, ite S g< Pandan area, fan X intan. i n Dei IT, last year.
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    Gurkhas Bag Four Bandits
    42 5 KUALA :.r\iPUR. Thurs.— T ..< <i c i >-• m *::v Rengam irea to was ivported I i d c< ttacted ten n lii'.fd three. A v pis znd a Bren gun A roi i nnte i tot irth terrorist.
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    3 APPOINTMENTS
    54 5 y ointments gazetti I m I m State 'aha: g\ Mr M H D itricl OrTk-er. Benti qj; Ch« I- "ail bin Ngah Manuki te ad as s r vt '1 vt> Eosi" neer. Coast; an I Mr. H ..I. J imes a I as State Agi I
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    Nine New Stations Are Being Built
    374 5 O.: of this survey, Governmenl baa drafted a policy foi tta Hi* services, ensuring that Ihey are standardised both m pmeni and training. Co. Watkins sa:-l a! equip- ■aw.-.- used by the tire brigades m the pwoeeaa of standardisation and to date. 24 1
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    TO CONSIDER GENEVA DRAFT
    80 5 IPOH. Thurs.— Ferak Chinese miners are to noli a meeting here o»i Jan. i:j m the Ferak Chinese Mining Association premises to discuss the question o tin restriction as proposed m the draft InternatiooaJ Tin Agreement drawn up at the recent Geneva conference. A decision fa
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    General And Author
    43 5 -Standard photo, by THE G.O.C MALAYA. Lieut. General Sir Hugh Stockwell (left) "pictured with journalist J>™» dc aasterS??"r r S??" ter ("Struggle For Europe")Wilmot at the Harlem Globetrotters basketball *>vhihitinn held at the Kuala Lumpur Cbenwu Stadium.- Yong Peng Seong
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    BOAC ARTIST HERE TO PAINT
    52 5 MR. F. WOOTTON. BOAC 1 artist, arrived m Singapore by QAXTAS/BOAC Constellation from London yesterday on a four-day visit to paint on-the-spot street scenes m the Colony. Arriving on the same plane, was a London BOAC ground hostess. Miss Pamela Battson. on a four-day familiarization
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    Red Letter Day For Pulau Tekong
    136 5 PULAU TEKONG, lying be- 1 *ea Sinjjaj nd J chore m IttUc b- have a s police bea tta i a dings tally opened oa < 1 ?i, 5,000 n ri tents TV.-* 3 be opened will -nt station by the 1 Commissioner of
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    'DO YOU WANT ME TO ROB?' COURT ASKED
    82 5 WHEN Mr. F. A. Chua, the Singapore Traffic Magistrate, disqualified a lorry driver. Tan Peng Seng, from driving all classes of vehicles for six months for inconsiderate driving. Tan looked hard at the magistrate and said: "If I cannot drive, do you
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    MORE TIMBER FROM FORESTS
    78 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation has increased its forest acreage and outturn of timber m spite of the Emergency and difficult logging conditions the Director of Forestry, Mr. J. P. Edwards, declared today. Reserved forests now total 12,474 square miles or 24.6 per cent of the
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    MTUC Will Pick Its Men By Rule
    147 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Malayan Trade Union Council has appointed a sub-committee at its highest level to draft procedure for selecting its nominees on the Federal Legislative Council, the General Secretary Mr. M. Arokiasamy, told The Standard today. These rules, which will be considered
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    Agreement Is Signed
    70 5 SIR JOHN SANDERS. general manager of the Malayan Railways, and General C. R. Seriroengrithi, of the Thai Railways, sign a joint agreement in the office of the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station following the resumption of the Bangkok Express directly linking: Malaya with Thailand after a break of
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    Colour Bar Story 'A Malicious Lie'
    210 5 STUDENTS' PARENTS ASTONISHED IPOH. Thurs.— Parents and relatives of Malayan students studying m Australia were astonished to read a Kielbourne report that there j were complaints of students living m Adelaide slums, because of colour bar. They termed the report as a malicious lie
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    Postmaster
    21 5 MR. M. Saravanmuthu. Postmaster. Raub, has reined from Government Service after serving the Postal Department for more than 30 year.-.
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    MCA: IT CAN BE GRAND FINALE TO TEMPLER CAREER
    349 5 Unofficial Majority KUALA LI'MPUR, Thurs.— The Malayan Mirror, organ of the Malayan Chinese Association, declaied i today that unless the Federal Flections Committee which is to consider its Working Party report on Jan. 21 recommended an "effective unofficial maioritv m the
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    LADY SUPERVISOR
    29 5 MISS Khoo. a Primary Specialist hi been posted to, j the Education Department. Raub. She \vi.! assume the dutie? of Lady Supervisor of 'Primary Education m Pahang.
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    Goodbye To Four Lincolns
    143 5 AFTER montiu? ...r B, c Tengah for Meg sterd m ning a ■.< --.jji- of their fl t to cay good-bye at tin uxc S.R.W. S Offioa mandtni Tenga ip Captain C jpigi v Commai No. 1. Royal A istra iai Air r Lincoln S i
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    Goode God, Man!
    748 6 TOO conscientious a civil servant might well be Mking for trouble. Instead of receiving a pa f on f-.c back he is likely to become something of a bad Kid. d black >heep, a spoil sport, a cad who lets the side down and or a trouble
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    CONDEMNED TO LIVE AS OUTCASTS
    647 6  -  John Walters By Washington, AMERICA'S most tragic children are •packing their bags again. And many of us are pray- ing that Michael and Robert Rosenberg will find a little peace m 1954. They've had neither for a long, long time. And if you thought that
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    I'M NO TRAITOR!
    1443 6  -  ALEX JOSEY maamii ag the Army Civil Service Union, probably the most competently run union m Malaya, published their own magazine, ''ACSU GONG." I was invited to contribute a short article. I did so with pleasure because I am a firm believer m the publication of more
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      A QUESTION & SOME REMEDIES
      287 6 A QUESTION SOME REMEDIES Sir; Now that the school scandal has been exposed by the parents, may I ask what steps are being taken to put matters right. As one who has been the Principal and organiser of two weil-known schools, I beg to otter the following remedy for such
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      UNJUST
      235 6 Sir; T.A.M. deserves con~ gratulations lor his outspokenness and his defence of women. Bui w h i I c stressing the need lor family responsibility he says "our forefathers of Da ruin's monkey period )i(id no need for all mat," I think, it is unjust to lay man's immorality
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      Booking Offices
      51 6 Sir: Can't the manager of the Malaya:) Railway provide separate booking offires (third class) for the south and north-bound trains at Kuala Lumpur railway station. The present booking office is insufficient to deal with large crowds especially when there are two trains departing m opposite directions AKD. Kuala
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      A CENSOR'S LIFE
      79 6 Sir: Poor Mrs X ha ring rather a hai I of it. A censor's difficult one, and I I that on the whole i i done an excellent the public. Her good w though, is son* over-ruled by the A; Board. I do not know ther "The
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    Review of Views
    135 6 Review of Views Press Conference 9 |UTUSAN MELAYU 1 the manner m wi.. Public Re".aiion 5 Department, Federation of Malaya ranges its press conferences It cites an instance when I c 5 Press was called to s ferenoe m Johore 8... Monday but arhlcfa atac j turned out to be
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    CALWELL HITS AT BUTLER TERMS
    189 7 CALWELL HITS AT BUTLER TERMS MELBOURNE, Jan. 7, (Renter) The Deputy, Leader of the Federal Opposition Mr. Arthur Cahvell today branded as "very unconvincing' a Statement by the British l Chancellor of the Ex-! chequer Mr. R.A. Butler 1 tnat Brtain was prepar- ed to rake i '.sks m finan-
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    Arabs Seek A Unified Policy
    107 7 CAIRO. Jan. 7, (Reuter) a Arab League Council meetle to open here on S x'M be of m> ante,* 1 a Leas ie spokesi said 1 The C as three man pom o la The ation »1 Arab r The etting up oi an Hish
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    Deserter (72) Asks Queen For Pardon
    119 7 Deserter (72) Asks Queen For Pardon ROME. New York State. Jan. T (Reuter). A letter is tta way to Buckingham Palace asking Queen Eliza- j befb to pardon a 72-year-old nan who said he deserted tram the British Army 51 years a-_w. The letter was sent nn behaU ot the
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    HAINAN DEFENCE
    35 7 AIR DEFENCE of Hainan Is and, off the South China oast, was reported to have ■:i strengthened with the recent arrival of another 100 a.r personnel and a marked increase of war ;s.
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    Laniel Wins Vote Of Confidence
    151 7 PARIS Jan 1 -Preouei Laaicl last night won m "no r Nations Assembly. g was 319 -o ±±9. lence taki a ;r.e premier's stponc -i debate is on government raised '°v various deI C 5tS lO 5tS I earlier or: »he Assemblj to I i
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    36 7 These tough French re-in-f or cements dropped by parachute m "Operation Castor" are pictured on their .way to Dien Bien Phu, 250 kilometers west of Hanoi, to counter the Vietminh rebels' menace to the French base.
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    FRANCE WANTS PEACE WITH HO
    181 7 PARIS, Jan. 7 (AFP)— Premier Joseph Laniel announced yesterday that France desires peace m IndoChina and would be prepared to negotiate with Vietminh leader, Ho Chi Minn. Laniel said: "We are the i first to have raised this issue. Ho Chi Miiih has merely, for
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    EARTH TREMORS
    24 7 MADRAS. Jan. 7, (AP) Earthquake tremors of more than" seven seconds duration were reported Wednesday from three places m Madras state. India.
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    45 7 Photo. ARLETTA MAY (34) former wife of the handleader Billy May pictured with Carlos Gastel. the day after their wedding m Las Vegas. Gastel was formerly manager to May who was marrying Gastel's former wife, Joan m Hollywood, making the exchange of mates complete. AP
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    Train Plot Is Smashed
    62 7 TEHERAN, Jan. 7, (AP) Iranian railroad police claimed on Wednesday they smashed a Communist plot to blow ur bridges on Teheran's vital rai; link with the Abadan oil area. They said they seized about 85 pounds of dynamite m a raid on a hotel room m
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    AUSSIE UNION OUSTS REDS
    61 7 CANBERRA, Jan. 7: (Reuter). Australian Labour Party candidates have ousted Communists from control of the powerful Amalgamated Engineering Union m a government supervised secret ballot. The election had been widely regarded as a test of strength and was the most significant union vote since the rightwing
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    Vicar Bans Dr. Fisher
    74 7 LONDON. Jan. 7 (Renter)— An Anglican Vicar has banned the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, from his church because of Dr. Fisher's connection with Freemasonry. The 43-year-old Vicar, the Rev. Hubert Thornton Trapp of the church of St. Mary Magdalen. Raddington. said the Christians' God
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    LOCOMOTIVES
    23 7 CANADA has agreed to give India 120 steam locomotive under the Colombo Plan deliverable at the rate of six every month. AP
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    73 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 7. The following are the closing prices at rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot Hid. Feb. /March 17ld. Apr./ June 17Jd. July/Sept. 17 id. Oct./ Dec. 17fd. Jonuary c.i.f. 17 1/16 Tone: Steady. LONDON TIN Spot £660
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    FRENCH MOVE ARMOUR TO DRIVE OUT REDS
    320 7 HANOI Jan. 7 The French threw armour tipped columns into Central Laos today to beat back Communist invaders and grab the initiative m the hit and run warfare as both political and military censorship was clamped on dispatches. The French shot a task
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    49 7 FOR his book entitled "When Women Drive." French author Jean Vertenel. receives the latest literary aw.ud of 1953. the "Tabou" prize i n the cav p of the famou> left bank cabaret "Le Tabou" with two pretty girls, Jacqueline Claudepierre tleft* and Lurienne Tombc (right) to congratulate him. AP
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    PAK. BLESSES AID FOR INDIA
    66 7 KARACHI. Jan. 7: (Reuter). —The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, said here today that American militar}' aid to Pakistan would not upset the balance of power m Asia. He also said Pakistan would not oppose India receiving military aid. "If India is m
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    Resigns After A Tragedy
    83 7 TOKYO. Jan. 7, (Reuter).— Eiichi Tanaka, Chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, yesterday submitted his resignation following the tragedy last Saturday when a crowd stampeded into the Imperial Palace grounds to pay homage to the Emperor. The? resignation of Tatsuo Takesue, Chief of the Imperial household
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    CHIANG MEN FOR KOREA
    58 7 TAIPEH. Jan. 7 (Reuter)— A Nationalist Chinese official mission headed by MajorGeneral Lai Ming Tong. Chief Of G-2 of ihe Ministry oi National Defence will leave shortly for Korea to make arrangements with the United Nations Command for the transter to Formosa of 14,000 anti-Communist Chinese
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    Scots Hit Royal Title
    87 7 STIRLING. Scotland, Jan. 7 (AFP)— The Scottish Nationalist Party issued a communique here last night, protesting against the reference to Queen Elizabeth, as Queen of England, m her Christmas Day broadcast. The party's executive committee stated that such "errors" had been made so often that they
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    15 Airmen Played Their Last Match
    136 7 LONDON, Jan. 7.— Fifteen airmen, returning to their base after playing a rugger match, were killed m an air crash, 25 miles North-West of London, last night. The only survivor of tf»e disaster is seriously ill In hospital. The men were from the R.A.F.
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    QUEEN MAY NOT GO TO UGANDA
    202 7 THE ROYAL TOUR KAMPALA. (I sanda), Jan. 7 (AP)— The Queen's visit to Uganda next April should be cancelled unlevthe situation m the native kingdom of Buganda improves, a high police officer said on Wednesday. Hovvevei al thou] I 8.--ganda Native Assembly passed a
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    THAIS LOOTED
    33 7 BANGKOK. .lon 7. (AFP). The Ministry of the Interior received a report Today \ha\' 36 Cambodians, dressed ob soldiers, crossed the Thai frontier yesterday and looted a Thin village near Chantanaburi.
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    MARILYN HAS DISAPPEARED
    86 7 HOI LYWOOD, .la;, 7. <AP* With 0 m and buzzing with the quest "Where ii rjlyn Monroe?" bei represenla- ye sc:n witii r.er y v tepho c Francisco. PICS :'v:: y .-ho ft| |1 g with the fa nily of her I former I sebalJ < 4
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    BUTTER COSTS RUSSIA MORE
    64 7 AUCKLAND (New Z«, Jan 7. (AP).— Eight tho Urns of butter have '•■<■. to R Bia cu;nng Ihe I Beason for nearly £3.000.00* *!k- New Zealand Dairy c.----'< Marke'ung Commission Final ni of the wndt i \v Dfofa Ham The U !5 to I 'AU a
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    AUSTIN PLANT
    35 8 VICTORIA. British Columbia. Jan. 7 (UP) British Columbia's Trade Minister Ralph Chetwynd announced that the Austin Automobile Company of England would establish a multi-million dollar assembly plant near New Westminster. 8.C.. this year.
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    Finance Men For Talks
    59 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7, (UP). Three high ranking British Commonwealth officials left here by Pan-American Stratoclipper yesterday to attend the Commonwealth finance ministers meeting currently being held m Sydney, Australia. They were Sir Oliver Goonatilleke, Finance Minister of Ceylon; N.Y. Jayawardena, Assistant Finance Minister of Ceylon,
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    BOAC WANTS TO EXTEND SERVICE
    154 8 NEW YORK, Jan. 7, (UP)— British Overseas Airways have announced it has asked the Federal Government for permission to extend its transAtlantic flights to Chicago. The airline said if the amendment to its foreign carrier permit is granted BOAC Stratocruisers will fly a Lon-don-Montreal-Chicago route.
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    U.K. EXPORTS HIGHEST FOR PAST 20 MONTHS
    250 9 U.K. EXPORTS HIGHEST FOR PAST 20 MONTHS THE FACT that United Kingdom exports last November reached their highest value for 20 months and that Britain's trade gap was narrower than at any point m the past three years, has more than a merely seasonal significance, writes John Kings ley, m
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    69 9 pnoio It (K Japanese Woollen Textile Promotion Mission. orgaaisei by the Japan Wool Spinnc Association, has arrived in Singapore on a South-East Asian tonr to survey markets for Japanese woollen textile. The mission is headed by Mr It. Ceda, (extrem* right). Others in the picture are frc-n left: Messrs. K.
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    Germans Undercut UK Goods
    130 9 LONDON, Jan. 7 (AP). German manufacturers are underselling British goods "all the time" m the Middle East. Sir Edward Denthaul, Head of a British Trade Mission, reported. j Sir Edward told a meeting of industrial representatives that "generally speaking there is no complaint about the I
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    Permits For Re-Export
    80 9 HONGKONG, Jan. 7.— (OP) —The Depaitment of Commerce and Industry announced on Wednesday that it \vi!l issue export licences for goods from Japan to be re-exported to North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei. The department said, however, that re-export of Japanese goods to other places will not be
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    TIN RETURNS
    40 9 THE directors of Austral Malay Tin Ltd., announce the following returns for December. 1953: Thabawleik Tin Dredging 50 tons. Pungah Tin Dredging 66 tons. Austral Amalgamated 15 tons (Asam Kumbang). 54 tons (Ulu Yam) and 45 tons (Puchong).
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    Malaysiam Tin Report
    109 9 MALAYSIAN Tin Ltd.. experienced difficult conditions during the pu.sl year, stated the chairman Sir Joseph Bali at the annual general meeting m London recently Tiie profit for the year, amounted 1o £6.975 which comparts favourably with £7.778 ior the previous year The increase m profits was due.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    25 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks Association selling rate to merchantc <o r French francs i s 1 1 360 (T.T./0.D.). Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    US TO INVEST IN INDONESIA
    74 9 .JAKARTA. Jan. T (UP)— Dr. Abu Hanifah, r- ad ol ihe Indonesiaa Delegation to the United Nations, said y 'hat United States cap:-.: sts are ready to invi-1 hen OB terms of mutual oeneßt He >aici he c >. j i d HUM American interests
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    East-West Trade Begins To Expand
    162 9 East -West Trade Begins To Expand NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (IP)- t:\panding East West trade has been quietly m progress for the past five mauths as a result of a "new diective" m I'nited States policy adopted at the orpins of the Allies. Following the statement bi Harold Stassen. Directoc
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    RUBBER
    80 9 RUBB r yesterda c by o\. c\ 57 5/8 pei lor tot gra k Em 1 aiy shipn a steady tact, at the se. The v- ■< ss .t. •■i' 3 market was a: table E ropaaa and l !)8which i prf no\e up fin i 57 Ihe mornii
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    NOON PRICES
    67 9 si.\ V'ORL t i L'umm. Rubbe noon e^ I cer b ve>.:e-<- vere. Bu><. ey No 1 Spot 1" »se s "i No. 1 RS6 tjoJb J ji. •'•"I tNo l RSS t.o.ft -V.. 571 No; 2 RSS I o.b. i No. 3 i.'^.S <■■ b R M
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    SHARES
    112 9 p .> i'AN industrii rts ft i a crt dc ;v. tin! wen ilar and £ra< li< iially easier i Maiaace. T:k n odeSt rise i»i both rabbet and tin prire 'd to WhKOOC th« share Bjye- Se --B Jacks, W Raid. 2 5S 0 StraiU 20 5o 2
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    PRODUCE
    90 9 I transa i-e pro iv a rr.*?« 5 >i« >•<"-•■ p«-r pn -j. «j' Jai y shipn 8 for Febr I opr 3 EndiealM $40 5 t p, m iMrS on an ;hat *1« r being a Co V. a hi urKi .ota'. erf quoting b*i'.i and st- $64
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    ONLY 2 TRADE WITH TIBET
    59 9 NEW DELHI. Jar, 7. (APH India and neighbouring Ne P*J are the only countries be>id« Communist China which maintain tr^rk with isolated T bet, an Indian Government spokesman reported yesterdsv He sa d that duri.-.g I nrft half of c fiscal year riding i g
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      264 9 UlAlineg ByAlCapp account TCJOAV *MAH-sOa»- ar>nTict>L winnpK- _J *****3*-B^U|jßp£y#^r w^W^i«3*^^f!Z^!!^^ Alley Oop By VT. Horn/iii I 5 ,V 1 JNO STC HE DB.IBERATELY I I NLITS! VOLTRE GONNA/v\'HK I'D PE I 11-B **^Hj|HSi^S «SSfe' i:A i ~/l THBOWH) AJWWIT MV GO TELL KING GUZ I CRAZY TO W MEBBE I
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      682 9 otM jQgfytff t 4te&stteetB&i&tss<&i<&9iw l l< k am n 1 im^mmm i ■iiiw»™»*-— 11l HIM >\VHTIMIAM: 741 ami PENANG Islngap o Rfl>£rh;'> !l; j4 Vi a;: ".-v: (OMMKINtM ON EDICATiON I \^^j&ff3s&£ 3-3(1." ovens for girls m the Colon> |**^^|R^H^fl \VI sii-*-:»H "3° POLICE BAND plays at X B i'
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      EDUCATION IN MALACCA
      863 10 Sir: I would like to correct the totally erroneous impression conveyed to your readers m the item appearing m the Sunday Standard of 3rd January, under the heading "Malacca Parents Are Disgruntled Over School Policies" and purporting to deal with educa:ional matters m Malacca. It is both
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      WHO IS TO PAY?
      222 10 Sir:— Th 0 revenue ol the City Council from licences, taxes, etc. from vehicles using public roads is about S3 millions per annum: against this the cost ot the City Council Vehicles Department is about SI million per annum, arid the expenditure on roads, drains, etc.,
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      LUST' ISN'T RIGHT WORD
      110 10 Sir: RM Manickam of Kulim, "a social revolutionary with unshakeable faith m the virtues of monogamy," said, without the animal lust of men such an evil (prostitution) cannot thrive m society." Admittedly men have a comparatively strong sexual appetite but "lust" is not the right word.
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      DON'T RELY ON U.S. PROMISES
      430 10 Sir; On Radio Malaya on Saturday night Mr. H. A. Campbell talked about rubber m the programme series "Saturday Spotlight." As Chairman of the Rubber Producers' Council Mr. Campbell is undoubtedly the right man to give such a talk. But his talk on Saturday night
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    STATUE OF AVA
    68 10 Bulgarian-born sculptor. Ass en Peikov. at work m his Rome Studio on Jan. 2, on a near-nude statue for which film star Ava Gardner is acting as model. The statue is for the film "The Barefoot countess", which Miss Gardner is now making m Rome. The veil,
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      266 10 «ISot Since 'WIZARD OF OV has there been any picture that provides such delightful flights ©V fancy as '5000 FIISGERS' Osicald Henry. AXD HERE'S WHAT OUR INVITED GUESTS SAI BENNY LEE &jjSffi%F^\% OMAR MOHO v <Bel W) Below I ROY ROGERS 3P^jK^ '"^uka^" Combined." lr 1 ■pHHB GOH JOO NOI
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    HUNGARY'S SOCCER WIN GETS 1ST PLACING
    622 11 HUNGARY 'S SOCCER WIN GETS 1ST PLACING Top Ten Sports Highlights Of 1953 LONDON, (UP)— Hungary's 6—3 slamming of England m international soccer's ''match of the year" here on Nov. 25 was voted by European sports editors as the top world highlight of the 1953 sporting year. The breaking of
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    Let's Hope They Make Us Happier This Year
    706 11  -  PETER WILSON By T HAVE picked the Sports- man of the Year (Gordon Pirie). I have listed the ten highlights of the sporting year and, by the way, my forecast that the Wales v. All Blacks match would qualify was most certainly
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    They Saw Something New In Boxing
    171 11 They Saw Something New In Boxing COLUMBUS. (Ohioi. Jan. 1 (AP) There was only one thing Columbus fighting fans were sure of on Wednesday: they had seen something new m boxing. The> were also pretty certain that a lightheavy from Detroit named Marth Marshall can whip Herbie Moore of Cincinnati.
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    Trotters In Australia
    95 11 MELBOURNE. Jan. 7. (AP). The Harlem Globetrotters basketba wizards of America. who lax i Singapore fans i introduced Australia htr fast real basketball at Koojong wntre court last on had a rapacity crowd roiling m the a:>:es with laughter. la bctwmi their downing stunts, the Globetrotters boat
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    ***** SEE SPAIN WIN
    172 11 MADRID, Jar.. 7 (Heuter)— Spam beat Turkey by four goals to >ne here yesterday m their group six oi the world soccei lampUmship. The return match between ♦he two countries, the inly two m this group, take- place at Istanbul on March '.4 and the s
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    Italians Win
    22 11 SAN REMO (Italy), -Tan. 7. (AP). Italy's National boxing team beat "Belgium 18—2 m this Italian Riviera resort on Wednesday.
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    Turpin's Manager Denies Reports
    187 11 LONDON, Jan. 7 (AP)— Randy Turpin's manager denied reports today that he has received a "substantial offer" for Turpin to defend his European middleweight title against Tiberio Mitri m Italy. Mitri. 27-year-old former middleweight European champion, lias been nominated official challenger for Turpin's title. '•Turpin is
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    Vietnam's Hope Is Soccer
    195 11 SAIGON. Jan. 7.— (UP)— The Vietnam athletes hope to make a good shew m the Asian Games to take place m Manila next spring especially :n footbal) and swimming, Nguyen Phoc Vong. president of the National Sports Committee said today. Vong. who is also president of
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    HUSH HUSH HUNGARIAN MAY BE WORTH £*****
    317 11 By A Special Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. Fourteen days of top secret negotiations ended on Saturday in the signing as player-coach by Millwall of a hush-hush Hungarian who, but for his political views, might have been played in the team which shattered England at
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    Football Ties For Saturday
    249 11 LONDON. Jan. 7.— (Reuter) —Football fixtures for Saturday. FA. CUP 3rd ROUND Arsenal v Aston Villa. Blackpool v Luton, Bradford v Man-che-.ter C. Bristol C. v Rotherham, Burnley v Manchester U., Chesterlield v Bury. Everton v Notts Co.. Hastings v Norwich. Leeds v Tottenham. Middlei'bro v
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      525 11 NOTICES ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED KUALA LUMPUR. nUTPUTS of tin concentrates for the undermentioned Companies under the management of Anglo Oriental (Malay) Limited for the month of December. 1953. are as flolows: Piculs Ampat Tin Ddredgiug Limited 1.863 Batu Selangor Tin Dredging Company Limited 570 Berjuntai Tin Dredging Limited 1.109 Kamunting
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      68 11 BROADCAST ON RUGBY TIU 8.8.C. w;'.! broadcast: uiefl on :he Rugby i m Internationa] match be- j en Ireland and New Zea- 1 Sal irdaj from 9 A5 m —11.33 pjon. Malayan Time on the (ollowing wavelengths: I 45—! 139 p.m. U 095 me s 24 80 Brtm M 5
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    WITH HENDRICKS PACING – WATCH NEO, SAYS COACH
    386 12 WITH HENDRICKS PACING WATCH NEO, SAYS COACH NEO CHWEE KOK broke the records— but it was his coach, Kee Soon Bee, who will accompany the Singapore swimmer to Australia tomorrow, who was the happiest. Soon Bee, covered with smiles, said that he had e\erv reason* to be happy. He had
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    After
    27 12 AND he comes out of tf>e pool, jast as tensed to find out how he has finished here is Neo after that 57.2 100 metres swim.
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    MCC MUST PUT UP WITH THAT 'UNLUCKY' PITCH
    420 12 Says PETER WILSON LONDON, Thurs.-The M.C.C. Cricket Committee has run into a distinct snag over Lnslands m-t-55 tour of Australia. The M. C. C. had asked the Australian Bojrd ot Control to cut out Brisbane, which has a sticky climate and is
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    Hockey Charges
    94 12 THE Standard learns that admission charges to the matches to be played m Singapore and throughout the Federation during the tour of the Indian Hookey Federation team will not be standard. They will vary according to the venue of the match. In Kuala Lumpur the rates will be
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    Preview To First W-I Test
    280 12 KING STO.V J AM AIC A. 3xn Reuter). After an extmaety satisfying cricket yi»- tor v esjerday by an innings and 21 runs over Jjmaua. which left a deep impression on West Indies critics, the M.C.C touring team play the Colony a vnind tune m
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    Wimbledon Gives LTAM A Headache
    82 12 IPOH. Thurs. Due to the difficulties experienced mi n the collection of money for Wimbtedon tickets supplied m the pasi. Mr. Tan Chin Beng. Hon. secretary of the Malayan Lawn Tennis Association, announced today that all future applications for such tickets will only De considered
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    KL HOCKEY RESULTS
    171 12 Xl ALA LI'MPUR. Thurs. The Selanjjor Eurasian Association, leaders m the Nortli section of the Selangor first division hotkey leasue. defeated the TPCA 3-1 m a friendly game on the Railway Institute ground here this evening Lionel Klassen. inside forward. £jve the E .lranians the lead bj
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    NEO SHOWS HOW
    460 12  -  FRANCIS BOEY TWO COLONY RECORDS CO AS WONDER BOY' ENTERS WORLD LIST By biJNLrArUKHiO uiympic swimmer, iNeo tnwee Kok, named m The Sunday Standard as the Sportsman of 1953, yesterday smashed two Colony sprint records and placed himself among the fastest swim stars of the world. Neo
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    New Year Hockey League
    113 12 PENANG, Thurs.— Tremendous interest m hockey has been whipped up m Penang because of the coming visit of the Indian Federation hockey team at the end of February. To keep the enthusiasm alive the Penang Hockey Association will run a second hockey league m two divisions
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    FESTIVAL SOCCER
    72 12 THE quarter-finals m the Tamil festival soccer were played at Farrer Park yesterday when Sivaji beat Rajaji s—o. the scorers being Gopal (1), K. Chandra and Sitharajan, two each. In the other match Indian Brotherhood soccerites beat Tamil Brotherhood Association 3 l. The semi-final between the Indian Recreation
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    Inter State Cricket
    50 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. At a meeting of the Malayan Sikh Sports Council last night the following were elected office bearers for 1954. Chairman Lall Singh; Secretary Kartar Singh; Assistant Secretaries Kirpal Singh and Inspector Singh. The Council decided to hold an inter state cricket competition, this year.
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    A Fight For Last Place
    130 12 Th e Army will meet the Navy at HMS Terror on Saturday to avoid bottom place m the Services Triangular Rugby tournament which has been won b y the RAF. The RAF narrow margin scores over Army and Navy show that this match will be
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    Snead In Open Golf
    53 12 MIAMI (Florida) Jan 7 (AP)— Sammy Snead, golf's hardest swinger, said last night he planned to enter the British Ope n championship next July. It will mark Sncad" s first appearance m the tournament m eight years. He won the British crown m 1946 but failed
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    LANDY TO TURN TWO-MILER
    293 12 MELBOURNE. Jan. 7, (AP). Australia's John Landy, fastest miler m action today, will switch from the mile to two miles when the athletic season is resumed here on Saturday after the Christmas break. Landy applied to Victorian Amateur Athletic Association yesterday for a special twomiie event
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    FORMOSA FOR ASIAN GAMES
    248 12 TAIPEI, Jan. 7.— Nationalist China will be fully represented at the Asian Games to be held m Manila m May this year, according to Gun Son-hon who returned here yesterday after a negotiation tour of the Philippines. Gun said China's part mi n the Games has
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    Naseda Ties With Taiwan
    53 12 TAIPEI. Jan. 7 (AFP) Naseda University, of Japan, tied with the Taiwan Universitly yesterday mi n the fifth of a series of baseball games. The score was 5-5. It was the first tie after ten consecutive victories against Taiwan teams. The visitors will return to Tokyo
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    Before
    22 12 BEFORE the plunge that almost breaks the Olympic 100 metres free style record Neo is all tensed for the word 'Go.'
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    4 Horses To CI. 1
    122 12 4 Horses To CI. 1 Four winners at the recent Penang race meeting Golden Dolphin. Kajestas, Carthusian and Golden Lotus have been promoted to class 1. according to latest SRA classification list. Other particulars are. From Class 1 to Class 2 Beau Temps; Trial By Jury: Theatre. From Class 2
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    Ben Hogan Voted Best Of The Year
    100 12 Ben Hogan Voted Best Of The Year NEW YORK. Jan. 7. (AP^ Ben Hogan. called by many tfc e greatest golfer who ever lived was voted the "Male athlete of the Year" for 1953 m ttta 23rd. annual year-er;d A^s-»-c:ated Press poll on We lots. day. Hogan, who won go^fdoa'j
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    RANGERS WIN
    40 12 JOHORE BAHRI". T In a thrilling soccei played at the rcade S ground. Johore Bahru Rangers beat MLolek 2 after tra 2— o. Scorerg for the Ranges Doi,ah Don. Mitchell »i Khaiiu. Kama] and I>■ scored for Alolek.
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      39 12 SINGAPORE HOCKCT: sha KO TowMi Lir/T Wanderers v V* 'vrviiy of Malaya at SCC; SRC v MAS at SRC. BOXISG: Sen-ices Boxing ft S-- '■> i mg a' 8.30 p.i'i. KUALA LUMPUR HOCKEY Friendly— Sela»gor Club r SIA on Padmg.
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      204 12 Police Cup Golf Draw Draw and star-tin? time> the ffolf competition for the Police Challenge Cup to b played at the Island Club on Saturday and Sunday arr. Jones v Murchison ZjM p n 9.30 a.m. Murphy v Paisiev !05 D'n v 9.25 am ftfartia v Chia Che:ig G 2
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