Singapore Standard, 9 January 1954

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  • 18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ft 3H JL Vol. IV No. 191. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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  • 241 1 THEIR PASSING OUT WAS SNOWY ALDERS HOT England. Jan. (Reuter) Five young Malayan officer cadets did their best not to shiver as they stood stiffly to attention at aa officers passing out parade here yesterday. They were taking part m a ceremony which marked the end of a 16-week course
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  • 198 1 Allies, Reds Disagree On PoWs, India Is Left To Decide PANMUNJOM, Jan. 8 (IP)— Allied and Communist notes disagreeing completely on the release of war prisoners were disclosed today leaving to India the decision whether 22.200 captives would be freed peaceably or violently on January 23. Both the Communist and
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  • 33 1 KARACHI. Jan. 8. (AP) Abdu] Wahab Azza:n. Egyptian ambassador to Pakistan, left last night for Cairo to attend a coaference of Egypt's envoys abroad called by the Egyptian government
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  • 241 1 MAN KILLED IN CHINATOWN GANG FIGHT Standard Staff Reporter A GANGSTER killing unleashed m all its ferocity, was enacted mi n Pagoda Street m the presence of hundreds of Chinese last night shortly after 9 o'clock, when a 34-year<-old Chinese was brutally stabbed to death on his birthday by Chinese
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  • 131 1 They Ask To Join Big Talks D''F.SSELDORF. Jan. I The West German nmunist Party headquarters today appealed to ai! members t> reserve tomorrow and Sun'i jM a "grand action" m on for the four-power c m Berlin on Jan. 89 ?.r*v Executive publish- ifl the official Com- -.cwspaper Freies Yolk
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  • 36 1 TAIPEI Jan. 8 (AFP).— An entifled submarine was located bj direct observation somewhere the Taiwan! Cnari-^ ear'.y today. The Seventh Feet of the United' S'v?s and Nationalist Air j Force are investigating.
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  • 178 1 LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuter)— Legal instruments for the transfer of the Cocos Islands from Singapore to Australia, are still m the process of completion, the Colonial Office stated yesterday. Queen Elizabeth will visit the lonely coconut islands m the Incian Ocean on her way
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  • 44 1 HONGKONG, Jan. 8 (AFP) Han Su-yin, Chinese authoress of "A Many Splendoured Thing" and "Destination Chungking" arrived here today by air from Singapore for a two-week stay to gather material for a story on Hongkong for a holiday magazine.
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  • 31 1 THE Taipei Supreme Court yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of five National Assemblymen who had defected to the Chinese Communist regime with the fall of the China mainland
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  • 191 1 LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuter).— The medals of three dead men brought relatives to the Colonial Office yesterday to hear tales of heroism m the jungle of Malaya and the snow of the Falkland Islands. All three men were noted for their wonderful keenness and their
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  • 342 1 At The Big Finance Conference: STERLING HOPES RISE ...But Ceylon Warns Of A Storm Ahead SYDNEY, Jan. 8 (Reuter)— Mr. R. A. Butler, United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the Commonwealth Finance Ministers that their economic conference, *hich started here today, must stimulate not only greater trade expansion and
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  • 103 1 Only two witnesses were present m the tworoom office as Isabella and Jimmy exchanged vows and happily embraced. After the brief ceremony, they slipped into a motor car and headed for a secret honeymoon. Reports from Edinburgh said a plane was standing by there to fly
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  • 75 1 DIEPPE, France. Jan. 8 (Reuter) French astronomers said today they believed a meteorite smashing into the earth's atmosphere had caused an explosion which rocked Dieppe yesterday. The blast which shattered windows and doors here m the early hours of the morning was preceded by a blinding flash
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  • 20 1 THE Australian destroyer Arunta will leave Sydney on Jan. 15 for nine month*' corvice m Korean waters. Reuter
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  • 75 1 HONGKONG. Jan. 8 (AFP)' Japanese motorized junks engaged m smuggling operations to Communist-occupied Lap Sao Men island at the mouth of the Pearl River have been intensifying their operations during recent weeks, according to a repon m today's commercial daily. "Kung Sheung Wan Pao The
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  • 82 1 KELSO, Scotland, Jan. 8, (AP) Bolivian tin heiress Maria Isabella Patino, 18, and her dashing English lover Jimmy Goldsmith. 20, (pictured above) were married yesterday in this picturesque little border village a few hours after her father withdrew a court ban against the wedding. Tin
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  • 248 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Secret Societies have infiltrated and taken over a number of bonafide organisations as a cover for their illegal operations, the Registrar of Societies, Mr. J. B. Prentiss, told The Standard, today. r Mr. Prentiss said the majority of these societies were registered
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  • 96 1 HONGKONG, Jan. 8 (UP) A wedding banquet was broken up by police and the bridegroom heavily fined for violating the marriage law and for giving a lavish reception, the Kung Sheung Daily New s reported today. The Chinese language newspaper said the incident happened m Canton recently
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  • 77 1 MANILA. Jan. 8 (UP) Former Justice Secretary Oscar Castelo today pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder arising from the killing of a key witness against him m bribery charges filed by Senator Claro ML Recto. Manuel P. Monroy. the witness, was fatally shot last
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  • 57 1 LONDON. Jan. 8 (Reuter) Dr. Henry Pollard Hacker, former Malaria research officer for the Federation Government killed himself early en Tuesday morning by jumping from the roof of his London home, the Coroner's inquest decided here today. The doctor who was 60 did so while
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  • 56 1 QUEEN Elizabeth has made Mr. R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, a member of the Order of Companions of Honour, m recognition of the special services which he gave to his country last year during the illness of Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, and
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  • 27 1 A TWO-YEAR-OLD (M, Bay Siang Choo. was drowned when she slipped into a pond near her father's nig sty m Jurong Road. Singapore, yesterday evening.
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  • 93 2 Referendum In Malayan Tin Industry ly 'A: LUMPUR, Fri a refe I to be held m 'ne Via Fin Industry this tain its w ishes ation of the Tin is aY\A UM ere 1:1 pi luring the >•. :.r v me c I»r f tin produ red m I tor
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  • 281 2 Rural Dwellers Are Keenest KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. I —Cooperative Credit So-i cieUes m the Federation's rural areas were expanding rapidly, because they have proved a great help to the people, especially Malays. Mr. T. F. Carey, Commissioner for Co-operative Development said here today. Members of
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    34 2 A PANORAMIC series of photographs token from St. Andrew's Cathedral ond presented to the Governor Colonel Orfeur Covenogh m 1863 ond now presented to the City Council by his granddaughter, Mrs. H. S. Paterson.
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  • 137 2 Workers' Deaths: China Collects Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government sent $1,170 to Communist China last year as part payment of compenj sation to the families of a number of workmen who were fatally injured while employed m the Colony. The remittance will continue until the compensation is paid up
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  • 96 2 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. A watch dealer and repairer, told the President of the Sessions Court. Mr. B. V. Rhodes this morning that he was on his way to make a declaration at the Customs house when he was apprehended at Mitchell Pier by Customs officers. Chow, said
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  • 44 2 SINGAPORE Police are now investigating the theft of a unique golden lion from Raffles Museum yesterday morning Excavated m Ke-iah. the figure is of South InH -n origin. It is 2£ centimetres m size and bears the museum aumber *****,
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  • 265 2 Picture Gift To City ELEVEN photographs forming a panoramic view of Singapore as seen, from the base of the St. Andrew's Cathedral spire 90 years ago. have been presented to the Singapore City Council. The photographs were origina'iy presented to Colonel (latex Sir* Orfeur
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  • 108 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (rents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Sellers No 1 K.S.S Sgot Loose 56jj 57 1 No. 1 R.S.S. 57& 57? No. 2 R.S.S. 56? 56g No. 3 R.S.S. 54| 55£ Tone: Quiet. TIN PKICE I'he priie of tin vesterda y was $3193 per
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  • 42 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Thieves broke into a house m Thamby Abdullah Road on Jan. 5 and stole $500. Last night a small kiosk m Cross Street was broken into and jewellery and jade stones worth $870 were stolen.
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  • 243 2 Studios Turn Into A Plush Hotel WHAT was once the studio? of Radio Malaya m the Cathay Building, has now been reconverted at tremendous cost into one of the best hotels m Singapore today. This 60-room establishment, known as the Cathay Hotel, opens its doors today to people on the
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  • 2 2 QUEEN'S SCHOLARS
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  • 255 2 PRICES of text-books sold m book-shops m Government and Aided Schools will be very much cheaper this year. The selling price recommended by the Singapore Education Department is the nearest five cents above the cost price. r Schools have been instructed to make no
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  • 123 2 Marriage Row Holds Up Court PENANG. Fri.— A commotion was caused outside the Court this morning when a mother tried to stop her 15-year-old daughter from marrying a man whom the girl's father had chosen for her before he died a year ago. One of the Courts m session at
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  • 25 2 A GIRL. Chua Ah Chai. IT. was reported missing from her house mi n Angulia Park. Singapore, since 9.30 p.m. on Thursday.
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  • 17 2 Capt. Ong Tiang Wee of the Singapore Volunteer Corps has been awarded the Efficiency Decoration.
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  • 175 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government yesterday announced the award of Queen's Scholarships to two former Anglo-Chinese School students and the Queen's Fellowship to an ex-Victoria School student. The Queen's Scholars are: Mr. Lee Yong Leng. 23, (centre), a B. A. (Hons.) graduate of the
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  • 221 2 S'PORE GOVT. HAS JOB SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government will soon introduce t new scheme to train disabled workers to fit them intc local industries, Colony's Chief Employment Officer Mr. F. G. Tyson, told The Standard yesterday. This scheme, he said, will replace the existing
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  • 144 2 Amah's Cry Gets Thief Prison Term HEARING an uu "thief! thief!" peon. g a kampong. off L >yd Rose. i saw a man run (house. They chase-j him m the blukaj was hiding. In?pe- C J R Mason said m the SingafM t Third District Court .d. Inspector Mason was
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  • 307 3 THE Singapore Department of Education is now m the process ?f recruiting another 500 probationary teachers to staff the estimated 2 3 new schools being built this year and early 1955. Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, Senior Inspector of Schools, told The Standard yesterday that
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  • 116 3 Dy. Chairman Of Lords In Penang SANG Fri. AH political a England '.vere m iy with the prob.ems of ,n :n Malaya, Lord Deputy "hjirTian of c f L >rds, told The 5 ar i aboai I the C'nusan, arrived here, 1 3 i i y aid that they gel
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  • 103 3 TH£ Slngap r- A:.- -T •ber.j Assoc a rknow4"* with tb I •<•- -i j ionatiana I i i 1954 5 f A Annual Appeal >apore T C $10,Hongkong <c Sh n ghai Ling Corp- S5O >: M. F..:v v S. Grinberg, 52 Ltd $200; azo Laics
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  • 151 3 MEMBERS OF S'PORE FILM APPEAL C'TTEE THE following have been appointed members of the Singapore Film Appeal Committee, for three years from Jan 8, 1954. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice Chairman. Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim and Mr. Frank James, appointed by the Governor. Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj. Mr.
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  • 69 3 MR. J. S. XAIR was reelected Chairman jf the Portsdown Branch of the Army Civii Service Union for 1954 and Mr. J. T. Rocky Secretary. Other office bearers: Treasurer, Mr. P. Natarajan (reelected). Committee Members; Messrs. Dick Scow. N. V. Dharan, L. A. Miranda, Chua Ah
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  • 75 3 THERE will be traffic restrictions from 10 a.m. Jan. 11, when the ceremonial opening of the Singapore Assizes takes place. No parkins will be allowed on both sides of St. Andrew's Road from High Street to Coleman Street until after the inspection of the Guard of Honour
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  • 33 3 THE Ramakrishna Mission of Singapore yesterday acknowledged the following donations for the Mission Boys' Home (Orphanage) Mrs. B. A. Lalwani $200, A friend $51 and Mrs. Lachu Sabnani $50.
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  • 33 3 THE Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a meeting today at 6.30 p.m. at the MYF hall, Aljunied Road, to discuss plans for the first half of 1954.
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  • 157 3 ANG AH CHOO, a mother of three, was yesterday bound over m $100 to be of good behaviour for six months, by the Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, for attempting suicide. The court was told that on Sept. 3, last
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  • 89 3 SINGAPORE CAMP FUND SINGAPORE Branch of the Boy Scouts Association needs more funds for the development of a new camp site m Jurong. To raise the money, the Association will be selling (to members of the Movement) 100.000 stamps, printed m two designs. Sales of these Camp stamps will commence
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  • 192 3 Standard Staff Reporter LEGISLATION to enable Singapore's Director of Fisheries to control fish culture for food production and malarial prevention will be introduced at the next meeting of the Colony Legislative Council. The uncontrolled cultivation of fish m ponds, states the Attorney General, m
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  • 37 3 HONGKONG. Jan. B.— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $14.99 t 0 £1 sterling $5.***** to US$l; $1,806 Malayan $1: $0.22 to one Indonesia Rupiah Gold $250,625 to 1 tael.
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  • 77 3 THE Southern Branch of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, has arranged the following programme this month. A Clinico-Pathological meeting on Jan. 5. Mr. H.M. McGladdery will present cases at the ClinicoPathological meeting on Jan.
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  • 62 3 Rode Without Licence $150 REX Robert Cornelius, was yesterday fined a total of $150 j by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong. when he pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle without a licence and without being covered by third party insurance. In addition he was disqualified
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  • 56 3 THREE MEN, Abdulah bin Ahmad Yahshad bin Mohamed and Teo Kok Thoh yesterday appeared before the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate on a charge of attempting to commit robbery with a parang m Clementi Road on Jan. 7. They were ordered by the Court to be remanded
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  • 179 3 PENANG, Fri— Fully cloth-; ed, Mr. R. B. Lesslar of the Health Department. Butterworth, dived into the sea off Church Pier this morning to rescue Miss Vera Smith, a St. John Ambulance Nursing Sister, who might otherwise have drowned. Miss Smith, seated m the driving seat
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  • 211 3 AN interim injunction was granted m the Singapore High Court yesterday against nine workmen of the Endau Sawmill Co., Ltd., ordering them to quit their quarters at the Company's Lavender Street factory. The men, following a dispute with their employers, stopped work on Dec.
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  • 74 3 THE Singapore Council for Adult Education has agreed initiality to assist the Women's Council by running three classes for about 100 underprivileged girls at the Joo Chiat Girls Club beginning Jan. 15. The classes will be m the English language. Meanwhile, Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. Secretary of
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  • 52 3 THE Singapore City Association will begin registration of students for adult language classes from Monday. Jan. 11, to Friday, Jan 15, at 7 p.m. at Dorset Road School, Griffiths School, Towner Road, and Haig Boys School, Haig Road. Classes will be opened on Monday Jan. 18 at
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  • 288 3 SOME 150 guests from all communities m Singapore gathered at a tea party yesterday afternoon to honour Miss Freda H. Gwilliam, Assistant Adviser on Education to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and to open a two-day conference on Girls' Education. The
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  • 96 3 Watchman Stabbed In Left Arm Standard Staff Reporter A NIGHT-WATCHMAN was stabbed on his left arui when he foiled a bid by two men to break into a godown m Reclamation Road. Singapore. late on Thursday night The men came In a motor car and as they stopped m front
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  • 61 3 A HOTEL KEEPER on rhui sday nig I a youl ii n 1-handi us he nras about bo sU al sonrn thing bom a motor car park* d neai Urn hob W: R «d. Sing tpore. He phont d the p Hkse aad a pati »1 car
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  • 39 3 A SHOP En Geocge Street. just behind Singapore's Central Police Station, was burgled on Thursday night. Burg. ar> who forced then' way througl Iron! door tlso took iwaj I I IT cases of cigarettes worth SI. OOO.
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    • 69 3 Weather Report MINIMUM Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. Jan. 7 to 7.30 a.m. Jan. 8 Singapore (74F); Penang (73F); Kota Bahru (75F); Kuala Lumpur (75F); Ipoh (73F); Kuantan (74F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. Jan 8 Singapore (85F); Penang (89F); Kota Bahru not received Kuala Lumpur (89F); Ipoh
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  • 247 4 HE ADVISED FILM STARS ON HOW TO BEHAVE Standard Staff Reporter FATHER Albert R. O'Hara of the Society of Jesus, the technical adviser for the film version of A. J. Cronin's "Keys of the Kingdom/ is now m Singapore giving a series of lectures on socioeconomic questions to Malayan Catholics.
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  • 77 4 HONGKONG, Jan. 8: (Renter).—Magistrate H.B. How at the Kowloon Court today committed Private Samuel Brown of the first battalion. King's Regiment to the criminal session to stand trial on a charge on manslaughter. The charge is a sequel to a traffic accident at Faating, New Territories, on
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  • 79 4 SINGAPORE JAYCEES have handed to the Director of Education more than 70.000 Coronation seals and 100 folders, printed by the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce, for distribution m various schools. These seals were issued to publicise the City of Plymouth (England) m Coronation Year and to raise
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  • 29 4 THE Singapore Rural Board will levy a tax on each tappable rubber tree standing on rubber lands under 100 acres within the rural areas of '6.2 cents.
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    36 4 VICE President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Koh Teck Keng. cutting a ribbon to open an art exhibition held by students of the Nanyang Institute of Applied Art in the Chamber premises yesterday.
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  • 343 4 A BOGEY MAN SEEN IN HARBOUR? THE man with the goggles, left, is no bogey man. He is a local Malay skin diver who went down to inspect the plates of the ex-Red Funnel vessel Ban Hong Liong m Singapore harbour yester- 1 day. (See picture bottom 1 right). 1
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  • 183 4 TAXIMEN MAY GET BREATHER ON METER ISSUE SINGAPORE taxi-owners, whose fortunes have been fluctuating so often m recent months, are likely to get another breather for the installation of meters m their vehicles. An emergency meeting of the Vehicles and Traffic Committee of the City Council is to be held
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  • 136 4 AFTER fining Son Peng Kee (21), a delivery cierk, $250 for dangerous driving, the Singapore Traffic District Judge, Mr. F. A. Chua, told him that it was wicked of him to have alleged that another person was responsible for the accident. Soh was also disqualified from
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  • 39 4 MR. LIM BOCK SIM (29). one of two members of the Royal Dutch Airlines (X.L.M.) chosen by the firm to go to Holland for a 16-day retraining course scholarship, left tbe Colony by a KLM Constellation, yesterday.
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  • 276 4 SINGAPORE Fourth District Court yesterday had the rare experience of seeing a defence lawyer step into the witness box and give evidence on oath for his client. Mr. A. J. Braga. counsel for Tan Sai Bah. did this to prove that photographs taken by
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  • 199 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The award on the New Year warts of Malaya's 300,000 robber workers is expected to be ©ot by Jan. 20. Arbitration proceedings over the wage structure ended here yesterday before Justice E. N. Taylor Chairman of the
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  • 87 5 [R. M MOHAMED IS- President of the A f i i League, said La S >r« that if India was m.- ne, the Indian would shed tht lasi theix blood n elande r I aI, b4m waa ad m a el .4 at the
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    46 5 photo. MX. AND MRS. Fua Lai Tay (above) were married yesterday at the Sam Su n Chinese School m Ophir Road, Singapore Th,- bridegroom i* the Vice- President of the Singapore Coffee Shop Workers' I'nion and the bride is the former >liss Lin Horh Nee.— Standard
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  • 180 5 Sun Watching Cult Promises Immunity To Knife And Kris Attacks b A X A W A X, Fri. Hundreds of people m Kampong Sangek, Pontianak, have embraced a new cult which guarantees its followers immunity from knife, parang or kri s attacks. Who the leader of this religious cult is,
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  • 321 5 KEEN DEBATE TO SELECT MTUC MEN TO COUNCIL klala LUMPUR, Fri.— There will be a keen debate at next Sunday's executive committee meeting of the Malayan Trade Union Council when the selection of representatives to the Federal Legislative Council is discussed. Opinion of members of the Council are divided on
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  • 102 5 Target Is Passed For City Loan SINGAPORE City Council's 53U.000.000 loan is oversubscribed and no further subscription will be received, City Treasurer, Air. J. R. Hill, to.ri The Standard yesterday. The first 51 0,000.000 of trie 'oar; was over-sub?cribed within a week of its floating date m Ju'.y last year.
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  • 57 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Three more Communist terrorists have been killed and ;w o others wounded by Security Forces m the Federation. Four terrorists dressed m civilian clothes shot and murdered a Chinese labourer, Lee Hon. on Kerling Estate m the Kuala Kuou Bnaru district of Se.angor
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  • 51 5 SINGAPORE Government will present its counter proposals on the Ritson salary report, to the Council of Joint Action and T.E.C.S.A.M. representatives when it meets them o:: Tuesday at the Commerce and Industry conference room m Fuller ton building. The meeting will take place at 2.30
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  • 47 5 A 17-year-o!d youth saw his brother fighting with another man m People's Park. Singapore On Thursday evening. Ho tried to separate the two but got involved m the brawl arid was stabbed on hig right The man is still at large. J i
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  • 147 5 This Mag. Highlights Malaya AN ARTICLE "Malaya: Trouble Spot m South-East Asia" i s the highlight of the latest issue of Free World Magazine, issued free to the public at 26 Raffles Place. It is a reprint of a background publication by the United States Department of State for world-wide
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  • 31 5 A DINNER was held at the Vat Sun Restaurant, m Taiping m honour of Mr. Tan Pin Leng on the occasion of his promotion to Ipoh as Telegraph Master.
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  • 281 5 STRAPPED to their beds but happy and gay, children of the St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital at Siglap, Singapore, lustily sang a welcome to visitors at a concert celebrating the opening of a new ward yesterday. Declaring open the new $60,000 ward built by
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  • 219 5 Standard Staff Reporter PASSENGERS were hurt, crockery was smashed and three dents were made m the ceiling of a BOAC Constellation when it dropped into an airpocket en route from London to Singapore, its passengers reported last night. Mr. J. D. Hodgkinson, British Adviser to
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  • 135 5 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government yesterday announced the appointment of ten local men to posts m Part II of its Higher Services. Four of the appointments are to the Administrative Service. Three have been selected for training as probationers and are attached to the
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  • 64 5 SINGAPORE PolK-e nabbed a third man m the small hours jof yesterday m connection with the attempted armed robbery m a house m Ciementi Road OH Thursday night. This man is believed to have escaped m the darkness when a police party rushed into the house
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  • 34 5 A LORRY DRIVER. Ng I Chua. who overloaded bis vi c by over two ten v yesterday Bned s total ol m the Traffic Court. loon by Magistrate. Capta S&l th.
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  • 106 5 LOXDOX. Jan. 8, (AFP)— Vioe-Admira Sir Charles Lambe, C-in-C, Far Eastern Station, }et\ here by an Dig I lor Singapi ai the end ol secret oonbu I atione at the Adn i Iy, v. t'ne F.rs' Sea Lord. B leaving. Sir Charles "It wj-
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  • 118 5 THE Singapore Branch of the Roya. So ;ety for the Prevention <j- Cruelty to A? acknowledges receipt ol a sum of $505.60 fro:v. the following m response to the sc iety's Christmas Card appea I Mrs. Livingstone Sl6- Mrs K.M. Godwin (20; Mrs. A Burt S2O:
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  • 62 5 SINGAPORE Governmwf is :o introdiiQe bb amending Bih to vest me property ol a &i*- Co-operativ< Soci the name ol its q lidator T'n pn i■ t-operative s. \es Orr..- an dhw t I al ow tin liqui latoi to pa--. a good titU b eu
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  • 840 6 PHERE is no doubt that the Government of Singapore fa trying its very best to be nice to Chinese schools m the Colony. It is trying to make up for the indifference h.ch it has shown towards them m the past, and particularly before the war. waning over
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  • 1562 6 fHE ALARMING possibilities discussed m this article refer solely, m the first instance, to the economy of the United States. Other countries m the dollar currency areas will probably participate, to a fairly full degree, m the economic fortunes or misfortunes of the United States. But
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    • 464 6 Sir; Regarding Mr. Waimsley's letter about the Marine Hostel, we would like to point out that: I. Most Asian seamen knew for years that they could stay at the Hostel. There was an invitation for them m the form of a special little door at
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    • 231 6 Sir: Let me congratulate Mr. Manickam on his fair and sensible views on the various aspects of polygamy, and to say a few words by way of reply to Mr. Ben Yahaya whose letter brands as "unwise" the views expressed by Mr. Manickam. It might be true
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    • 247 6 Sir; What makes "Abdaz" so cocksure that to be given or taken m marriage is the whole and sole aim of a woman m life. There are men and men, and women would certainly want to choose their own life partners. If they do not succeed m
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    • 174 6 Sir: The troubles, moral or political, of men appointed to high office m the state has long been an accepted subject for drama and other forms of fiction. Monarchs have, from time to time, objected. The Emperor of Ethiopia, for example, is reputed to have allowed a
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    • 395 6 'Enough Blarney Already' Sir: There are people m Malaya who are simply clamouring for self-govern-ment. On the other hand there are people who feel that self-government would be almost a curse at this particular time. Is it not proverbial that no place m the world could boast of better administration
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  • 210 6 Review of Views A Vital Move SIN CHEW JIT POH I the arbitration of the i wage dispute in ttu i tion rubber had i vital move that w i 300.000 rubber l well as the indi What it has to decide 1 wage rate lor I trade situation H-
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  • 25 6 The Wttfl m t/. t ia?? c(7 6e ioo, called by a ??iore experienced player than our r- Cabinet or the the League. Lord 1937.
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  • 107 7 ■ANGOOR Jan. 8 tAP>— j I years of negotiations for Britisb-Burmes develop* of this nations ofl ie- 1 trees an Hearing successful I jtion. The Burmea Govenmenl a the British-Owned Bunnah i Company are g ittinf Una! b< 9 on a ola:: :o form a •t- x
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  • 348 7 IKE'S DEFENCE PLANS CALL FOR RE-APPRAISAL LONDON, Jan. B—Diplomatic8 Diplomatic observers here said last night the United States defence programme outlined by President Eisenhower yesterday allows room for the agonising re-appraisal of American policy recently threatened by Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State if Europe fails to unite.
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    45 7 photo. LOVELY Evelyn Ay, Pennsylvania's Miss America walks along the Crandon Park beach at Miami, enjoying the Florida sunshine m a topless dress. Th c beauty queen decorated one of the floats m the Orange Bowl parade which preceded New Year's Day game. UP
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  • 208 7 NATO IS SOVIET'S MAIN BOGEY PARIS Jan. 8 (Reuter) General Alfred Gruenther, A- antic Pact Supreme Com-: mandei said her e yesterday that the North Atlantic Treatj Organisation, far from be-, w.g a failure, had done so \.e that it had become the number one objective of the 1 Soviet
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  • 91 7 Karen Rebel Chief Gives Himself Up RANGOON. Jan. 8 (AFP).— Saw Michael, Commander of the Fourth Battalion of the Kawathulay-Karen Fifth Brigade, surrendered with 94. other Karens with their arms to government forces this morning at a village outpost m the Moulmein district, it was announced here. Saw Michael, one
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  • 75 7 VATICAN CITY, Jan. 8 (UP) The Vatican ruled yesterday that it is not sufficient for Catholics to watch mass on television and they still have the obligation to attend church m person. A Vatican press announcement said it was "worthy and significant" to watch mass
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  • 186 7 LE BLANC, France, Jan. 8 (Reuter)— Local ma- 1 gistrates today ordered a medical examination of Lucie Blanchet, a farmer's daughter, who called off her weddins- at the last minute on the grounds that she had changed her sex. Lode, '25. told reporters she had
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  • 102 7 MANILA. Jan. 8 (AFP) Co Pak, Chinese millionaire businessman deported to Taiwan m 1951 for subversive activities m the Philippines, was today included among the defendants accused for the murder of a Nationalist Chinese leader here m 1946. The murdered victim was Yu Kiat-ming. who was killed
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  • 82 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 8. The following ore the closing prices at rubber and rin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spor 17 d. Feb. March 17£ d. Apr. June I 7 id. July Sept. '7 id. Oct./ Dec. 17 id. January c.i.f. 17 15
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  • 53 7 ROME, Jan. 8, (AFP)— The Italian government is considering the restitution of the remains of the former Italian dictator. Benito Mussolini, to the family, it was stated here yesterday. Although no official confirmation has been made on the j subject, it is understood that [the restitution will
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  • 65 7 WELLINGTON, Jan. 8 (Renter).— Prince Charles is to have a three-foot model of a Maori war canoe as a memento of his royal parents' tour of New Zealand. Mr. W K. Dallas. President of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, stated today that he had
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  • 40 7 GENERAL Reza Afkhami, director of Iranian Railways, said yesterday 15 men have been 'jailed so far m connection with a Communist plot to blow up the vital rail line between Teheran and the major port of Abadan.— A.P.
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    47 7 photo. EIGHTEEN-year-old Fred Lilly nears the house of his girl friend. Diana Davis (16) at Denver, Colorado, after he had dared his lov e rival, Paul Brown that he could push the walnut with his nose from his home to Diana's m ?A hours. Lilly won. AP
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  • 64 7 ROME, Jan 8, (AFP) A young Sicilian government clerk, Gisa Terracciano, has started a survey of her own to contradict the conclusions drawn by the Kinsey reports on the sexual human males and females. Among the ten questions Gisa is asking are: "How can you measure
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  • 26 7 A MEMORIAL service will be held m Westminster Abbey at noon today for the victims of New Zealand s Christmas Eve railway disaster. Reuter
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  • 74 7 KAMPALA. Uganda, Jan. 8 (Reuter) Mr. J. W. Deegan. Uganda's Police Commissioner, said yesterday there was "no reason" why plans for the Queen's visit to Uganda m April should be altered. Mr. Deegan said: "As far as the police are concerned there is no deterioration m
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  • 33 7 MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8. (UP) Chinese Gen. T. T. Mow, held for extradition on charges of a $5,000,000 embezzlement, has been promoted to the position of chief gardener at the penitentiary.
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  • 288 7 LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuter)— The influential British weekly, the Economist, said today the appointment of General Sir Gerald Templer, now High Commissioner m Malaya, to command the British Army of the Rhine may give a false impression of the situation m the Federation^ It assorted that
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  • 115 7 WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 (AP) —Ambassador Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce has cut short her; consultations with lop officials here and pians to leave by plane for Rome, to observe at first hand ihe current Italian political crisis. Airs. Luce, who conferred on Wednesday wiih President
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  • 192 7 LONDON. Jan. 8, (AP)— Miss Jennie Lee, wife of Leftist Labourite Aneunn Bevan In an article from the Middle East yesterday, states that Egypt fears the Western Powers might be the aggressor against Russia and "drag Egypt into the war without its consent." Miss Lee
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  • 167 7 LONDON, Jan. 8 (UP)— Soviet Russia m a surprise deal with Britain has agreed to supply her with large quantities of two important strategic materials— iron and manganese— it was disclosed yesterday. Official British quarters revealing the deal said it was the first of its
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    42 7 photo. RAMON MAGSAYSAY (left) takes the oath as the third President of the Philippines Republic at a ceremony m Manila last week. Chief Justice Ricardo Paras (back to camera) administers the oath while Fred Ruiz Castro stands beside the new President.- AP
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  • 193 7 LONDON, Jan. 8 (AP)— Britain and the I'nited States have opened secret talks m Washington to m ork out the technical means of putting the Eisenhower atomic pool plan into operation, British informants said yesterday. British experts are learning exactly how the plan for
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  • 73 7 Kremlin Has Christmas Party Too MOSCOW. Jan 8 ASP. —All foreign correspondents accredited to the So -.1 Foreign Ministry wen- m vited this morning to take part m a Christmas i remony at the Kremlin a .<■!•«■ children of the Iwriti ..;i>i tal have bee n entertain ,1 at the
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  • 84 7 LONDON. Jan. 8. <AP>— ts- I by an Adriatic lood wh laid waste s.x village* the Po Rivet Delta, It; 9 braced yesterday lor m v perili from the North W whipped blizzards, bw across Western Europe iated dozers of Alp.ik lets. Tne snow;. ia-hec part
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  • 19 7 FIVE Egyptian dip stationed abroad have s< at their resignations to Ih< Ministry of Foreign Affan AFP
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  • 112 8 BRUSSELS, Jan. 8, (AP)— Official sources yesterday denied a recent report from Moscow that Belgian shipyards had negotiated contracts to build ten oil tankers for the Soviet Union. They said negotiations have been carried out by representatives of Belgian shipyards to build only
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  • 66 8 WHEN the aircraft carrier Eagle leaves for the spring cruise of the Home Fleet later this month. ""it will carry with it, the first squadron of fast jet fighters— Sea Hawks— which are to become the standard front line plane with the fleet. These aircraft will
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  • 88 8 Hongkong Oslo Air Route Plan OSLO, Jan. 8. (AFP)— The Norwegian ship-builder, Ludvig Braathen, who owns the SAFE airline company, has asked the Norwegian authorities for the concession of five years of an Os n .o-Hongkong route with several intermediate stops. The line, which would function with flights once a
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  • 29 8 A NEW regular shipping service linking Keelung with Hongkong and Korea and Japan will be inaugurated by the Taiwan Navigation Company, it was announced m Taipei.- AFP
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  • 229 9  - Singapore Transacts Big Copra Deals T. J. LIM By Standard Market Reporter SEVERAL thousand tons of copra worth a few million dollars were transacted m the Singapore produce market this week, according to estimates by leading traders. Business m copra has been brisk with buyers and sellers dealing m sizeable
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  • 99 9 SYDNEY, Jan. 8, (Reuter) Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, the I Ceylon Finance Minister, said yesterday he would press Ceylon's need for funds for rice production development when the Commonwealth Finance Minister meeting begins. He told a press conference shortly after his arrival here yesterday that Ceylon
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  • 160 9 Reds Dump US Dollars On HK Mart HONGKONG. .Tan. 8. (UP) Communist agents dumped more than USSSOO.OOO on the Hongkong market last month m reversal of normal buying, it was learned yesterday. Banking source! said within a few days t me. Communist quarters got rid of about U*****,000 m one
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  • 282 9 WASHINGTON. Jan 8 (IP)— A. C. G. Pie'nne of Ipoh, Malaya, said m an interview with the I nited Press today that tin producers m Malaya were greatly concerned over getting a high enough world price to permit the continued operation of marginal
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  • 19 9 THE Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China \ms opened a branr-h m Pnnm Penh.- A.F.P.
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  • 87 9 THE scene during the signing: of the first operational agreement between India and the United States under the 1953-54 Technical Cooperation Programme m New Delhi. The project to be financed under this agreement is the rehabilitation of Indian railways. From left to right (front) are Mr. George
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    • 142 9 RUBBER pi H-es dJ a<\ i > naif a cent to 57| oanl iior Brsf grade rubhei Eo :^'iuary shipment on quid y steady market m Singapore yesterday. Fair upcountry k i v dealers and a lection t trade was report' .c imoniiiig. Mar,:fa- showed nq Intenesf Some
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    • 72 9 SINGAPORE Cr.a tOei of Connnerrt H^ober Assoriatioo noon prtoe« I cer* Ib.) e.v'.erdav w,e'P: Buyei Sel ors No 1 RSS Spol looso :#>i No. i rss io o Jan ~:i No 1 KSs f o b r 2 RSS fo.b I Mo. 3 RSS b. Ij "4 RMA
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  • 112 9 tin riiaref c li; erday bul i a i shu;ed to be i tod ■r-busir.f-s < '»-r--day sh > an imp Buyer S e-t I wr f Orde 1 97 -j oo I CM LH t Singap ire d Swil 42- Sime D ÜBS M Straits r J £65
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  • 58 9 'i HE p I ;re mar.-. n Singapore yesterday d m sertior.K eo4 'or •opra wh< sizes -fc. ties changed hands Copra tor JftnmM V.'v; <: aro^: I 8 v v. ■r b1 |4Q 7 B on it ruai t t\ seller^ pr c ri $64 Sii produu M
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    • 391 9 LH Abacr ByAlCapp JgTT7N MA^R.£D.TOOAV M£AS > F*jrTMAi*rTZLD.SON.'.'-rr? VOUBOV.-T DRAG A 180 POUND J CAND^T^^^IOWyi J J SJo^'W^\ '^^y T* A "SPO# r rAYSH<jt.' fAST SANDBAG OUT OP _TH EN, AM lAS >W 7£ZZs\CrL-J AUcy Pop By V.T. Hamlin -Z 1* J o- >OJRETEU.IN' J |MYSO6H,AFTER\I AINT FORGAVE t^l^-— -^'COURfieMDUCOI^Ti
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    • 890 9 m^tiwmunitxmtmsf ■i—wm REX: Jazz >:•:,.<• 10. 12.30 Stand The Thief Of Ye << :n Hf iii k op 3- At Apache River 3. 6.30. 9.15 n.m. 9.3(J <m I) I Nbflpn REI SAVOY: D.l.mT In Unity Leung STAR: Choi Fa g^r. r-i w■«■> jm j^j and ch<j:l chew Peng 'Stage)
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  • 506 10  -  ANACRUSIS Music Notes JWIMi discussed the achievement and i>()tritions ut' the Musical Society m this column last week it would be churlish not to say a few words about our other musical body, the Chamber Ensemble, whose work, though less ambitious than that of the >lu>ical Society,
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  • 48 10 V B U Cvi fan tnat tg In a 3 t r.e t j :e H > ig R ?an i to 3 i m i city 'he p > wil oa MM ao bell r.e td S: jp ne! You're ag Ikt I Wail Strm JournuJ
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  • 621 10  -  DONALD ZEC Is Enough To Drive A Film Man Crazy d WIKO. Fri— At last this film about exKin: Kunxik is under way. Bui onh just. Il m and star Gregoi RatoH :'.-ii known what M m I)r when be ike "My Kinsd'vn for 4
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  • 938 10  -  Bill Webb Jones By HAVE you ever wished that you could take some of the musical sequences that have appealed to you from the various films that one sees and than joins them up to keep as a permanent record? If it could be done it
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  • 57 10 LAVA RAKI. the Ger-man-Javanese dancer who recently passed through Singapore en route to New Zealand to appear m the film "The Seekers" being made there, is here seen as Moana, the wife of the Maori chief, performing a traditional dance which promises to be one of the
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    652 10  -  BARRY OLIVER Uy \\v\\\\\\\\\v> A NEW star is shortly to appear on the Singapore stage. Stage Club has managed to obtain his services for "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," and though he is making his debut m show business, reliable information gives the impression that he will be a
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    • 370 10 *f RITA P£L MAR 1 tOD At > 0.1 Ol \lKi\j "The murk of the iminui tine man is thai he wants to die nul»!\ lor caose. whiie the mark ot a mature man is that fie Hants 1 to live iiumbl) ior one. i iUiam >u-kej I VVHKIJW lOK
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  • 690 11 FA CUP 3rd ROUND TODAY MIGHTY ONES WON'T DARE TAKE CHANCES LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuter)— Sixty-four football clubs go into action tomorrow m the Football Association Cup competition's third round and many of them will have visions of a Wembley appearance m the
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  • 97 11 HK Soccer Hopes Up HONGKONG. Jan. 8 (AFP> Hongkong s< "cet otTiiials. c ated over three dubbins meted ut to the British an it« hainpions. Pegasus. arc 4 ing all out to send a i v sc ectlon to play m Eng md Officials feel thai Hongkong can show Britain
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  • 29 11 MOSCOW, .'an. 8 (Reuter) hampion skater, O\eg Goi k and > 1X Soviet •katen tell fbl Japan today to take part i r the world speed skating championships.
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  • 90 11 TAIPING. Fri. Chinese 1 R- rreation Club beat w BriMilitary Hospital 7— 0 m a e-tennis friendly. Results (CRC players ment. Ned ftrsi I Singles: Fong Wah Sens bt Ha -".-Id 21-19 Tai Yoon I io s bt Southern 21-8. 21-15. N^ Swee Fog bi Donfteld
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  • 333 11 ADELAIDE. Jan. 8 (.Reuter) Rex Hartwig came close to bringing orY the biggest upset > of the season here yesterday when he took Lewis Hoad. on j current form the world's best singles player, to five sets m the Ail-Australian semi-final of j the
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  • 247 11 TAIPING. Ft. Possessing; a KttCf puck backed by fast threcquarters. Taiping District trounced 3 Coy RASC of Ipoh by .4 points |3 goals. 2 per.allies, 1 try) to three (1 tiy] m Perak knockout rugger Bxtcurc here yesterday. n the kickorT. Taiping red their
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  • 220 11 SYDNEY, Jan. 8 The New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association is already making elaborate plans to stage the next Davis Cup Challenge Round at Rushcutter Bay courts m Sydney. A senior official of the Association said m Sydney recently that the plan included
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  • 275 11 MANILA, Jan. 8 (Reuter)— Japanese swimmers last night set five allcomers records, a complete sweep m three events, m opening the women's side of the Philippines open swimming championships. Mesayo Aoiki defeated Philippines breaststroke champion Lolita Ramirez m the 100 metres breaststroke final m
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  • 389 12 He Can Beat Me, Says The Aussie Swim Champion MANILA, Fri. (UP) Australia's Jon Henricks, now m Manila and m the middle of an extensive training for the tough season ahead of him, thinks he can be beaten— by Singapore's Neo Chwee Kok m
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    49 12 With Latiff Wanderes' goalkeeper beaten and out of his charge, it was left to Amin and Syed Hassan (right-fullback and lefthalf respectively), to somehow scramble the ball away from this goalmouth melee. This incident occurred m yesterday's SHA Senior KO hockey replay on the SCC padang. Wanderers won 2—l.
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  • 79 12 MANILA Jan. 3 ■AP Japan^ X, broke '-he all comers I n the 100-metre freestyle ..c! to a trial victory m the F1 national >pen c ;-iVing '00 -metre f \usti i ia s Jon ji ted Tani m a ck finish Henricks stroke m 2:09.5 for
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  • 140 12 Gregory Beaten By Cut Eye last night's B Station, Sen> b tation boxing for the Sen V 3 f Cpl. Jregory, p c rbampion, retire with :\\c fad o4 t •,t :;rhtr EMA Farre LC Smith \B Bird rerror) b B Sn B rminj? tarn) p V -i-m-t \\»"sht: JT
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  • 43 12 Radin Mas Ramblers SC team against H.M.S. Charity on the Railway ground tomorrow is Tony Adalia. Sudin Mockmain. George Phillip. Samad. T. C. Balan. L. C. Len?. Dol Atan Kadir Yassin, Tahir Abu. Ahmad Jabri. Fali, Johari. Bakar. Stephen Tan. Bagong.
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  • 334 12 Shift Would Cost £2 Million SYDNEY, Jan. 8 (AP)— lt would cost the International Olympic Committee close to four and a half million sold dollars to take the 1958 Olympic Games from .Melbourne at this late date, a high Olympic official said here today.
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  • 96 12 Little Mo Scopes A 'Hattrick' NEW YORK. Jan. 8, ,\p> ror the third straight year. Maureen Connolly the world's tennis queen was chosen tVfit.iL- athlete of the year for 1!»53 m the 23rd annual Associated Press Year End poll Little Mo. who holds all the world's major tennis titles and
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  • 287 12  -  JEFFREY JAMES EARLY this morning: a new adventure will begin for a youns Malayan an adventure m a world of sport which will brine added glitter to this country. "< Neo Chwee Kok, the Singapore schoolboy, leaves by a Qantas Constellation with his coach and friend.
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  • 155 12 Rose And Hartwig Triumph ADELAIDE, Jan. 8: (Renter). Mervyn Rose and Rex Hart- wig won the South Australian lawn tennis doubles final today when they scored an unexpected victory over Lewis Hoad and Ken Rosewall. Rose and Hartwig won 6—2, 6—3, 4—6, 6—4. Hoad and Rosewall, both 19, whose contrasting
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  • 144 12 SOCCERITES TEAM FOR JOHORE BAHRU THE Star Soccerites team against Johore Bahru DAFA at soccer at the Johore Bahru English College ground today will be selected from the fellow- j ins* i L.S. Paul. K.G. Suppiah. Mok Moon Fook, J. Lopez. Low Kok Cheng. Lee Yong Kong. Ma mon. Abdul
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  • 176 12 PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 8. (UP). The Inquirer round robin professional tennis tournament ended m a threeway tie but Pancho Segura was awarded top prize of 54.000 because of most sets won m the three rounds of play. Segura set the stage for the deadlock with Pancho Gonzales
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  • 525 12 AT 5.00 p.m. today on the Fadang, the Singapore Cricket Club, premier rugby playing club on the Island, will endeavour for the fourth time to end the undisputed supremacy of the rugby "fanatics" from far off Fiji. What are their chances? For those
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  • 160 12 LONDON. Jan. 8. (AP) Table tennis star s from 38 nations have accepted the 21st world table tennis championship at Wembley on April 6 14. The English table tennis assoeiation said yesterday the tournament will likely set a record for size and the scope
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  • 126 12 Sembawang Beaten In Second Half SINGAPORE Recreation Club, j scored a convincing :J-1 victory j over R.N.A.S. (Sembawang> m j a friendly match on the SRC padang yesterday. Recs were the fitter and better balanced side. Their forwards showed speed and good stick- i work. Sembawang held the initiative i
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  • 391 12 PENANG, Fri.— Penang Chinese Football Association, playing fast, interesting soccer, defeated the St. Johns Old Boys, of Kuala Lumpur by two goals to one m a friendly match on Victoria Green today. Of the visitors, Rosario was prominent m both defence and attack, while half
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  • 498 12 Wanderers Loom As New Threat To Hockey Honours SINGAPORE'S only all-Malay team loomed large as the new threat to premier hockey honours when they surprisingly eliminated the SHA league champions, University of Malaya m the first round of the SHA Senior KO tournament with a 2—l score m a replay
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  • 131 12 Thomas Cup Draw LONDON. Jan 8. <Rev ter). Nine teams have entered the Asiatic and Australasian zone> of the Thomas Cud international badminton competition and the draw was made at Wimbledon. London last night The Australasian zone draw gave Australia choice of court for their encounter with New Zealand. In
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  • 57 12 INDIAN Recreation Club qualified to meet the Indian Brotherhood Soccerites m the final of the Indian Festival Soccer carnival at Jalan Bes.ar stadium tomorrow when they beat Sivaji S.C. 4-1 |n the semifinal at Farrer Park Yesterday. Scorers for IRC were: Osm'an (2). Syed Ali
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  • 103 12 LONDON. Jan 8. (Renter). With the transfer to Sunderland from Birmingham City today of Ted Purdon. the South African rentre-forw ard, Sunderiand have since the close of last season spent aimost 100,000 sterling on players. Purdon cost them about i £17.000 it \va- learned an.t
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  • 84 12 A NEW sports club Fai e» Juniors— has been formed and the office-bearers foi I ire: President; Tengku A.bd i bin Kadi; Secretary I Purasamy; Assistant Secrets Boon Ifong; 'I': i ati i i Song Chia: Kss etan surer: Sydney Enrique* Edward de Silva: Committei
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 10 12 •berlrSt CHROLON exposure meter S.T.Chew&Co. Singapore 7 i 3ab>mon ?oa4
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    • 89 12 si md WEEK-END at mi CITY'S POPULAR ATMOSPHERE "MiHT-SPOT! TO-NIGHT DANCING 9 P.M. 12 M.V Spec/a/ NANYANG SHOES NIGHT ATTRACTIONS 1. NANYANG SHOES LUCKY BALLOON DANCE Prizes courtesy of Nanyanp: Manufaolurin^ Co., Ltd. 2. Cecil WILSONS "Dancing-Time" ORCHESTRA Presents "Singing Hostess" Annie I>ee Singing all the latest song-hits. GREAT WORLD
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 34 12 *qpOßp^\ SINGAPORE RUGBY: Fijians r SCC at Padung: Police V 'Saints' at Woodsville: Army v Navy at HMS Terror. CROSS COUNTRY RACE Five miles race organised by Archilles Club at Macßitchie Reservoir 5.15 p.m.
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