Singapore Standard, 15 January 1954

Microfilm: NL8997
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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD £8. fa 3H Vol. IV. No. 197. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954. TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS.
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    SURRENDER AND GET AN 'ANG POW'
    249 1 Four* Million Chinese New Year Leaflets KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Government has hit on a Chinese New Year plan to get the terrorists in the jungle to come out and surrender. Four million leaflets which are j bein™ dropped in the Malayan jungles
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    Naguib Declares A Crisis
    126 1 CAIRO. Jan. 14 (Renter) I President Mohammed Naguifa today proclaimed a s-a:..> cf emergency! throughout Egypt follow-; ing the dissolution of the: Moslem Brotherhood and arrest of more than 300 of Ma leaders. General Nasuib madj the or.ier cs Military Governor- 1 General of Esypt 24
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    SHE FILES FOR A 'QUICK' DIVORCE
    35 1 'AR£Z (Mexico), Jan. 14: CAP' Marilyn Morrison Ray, estranged wife of weepm.* sin4^:- umic Ray. riled for a Mexican divorc-e yesP.;iv txp>e?:ed to arrive m E. Paso Texas, today.
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    Ex-Bandit Gets Leave To Appeal
    80 1 LONDON. Jan. 14 (Reuter) A former Chinese bandit named Wong Pooh Yin. alias Kuans Sin. who was sentenced to death m Malaya last July for carryIn; a revolver was today granted special leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against the
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    HE DONATES A MONTH'S PAY
    61 1 COLOMBO. Jan. 14. (AP).— Ceylon Premier Sir John Kotelawela has donated a month's salary to a fund for restoring a jungle shrine In central Ceylon. The premier said the gift was made to get the help of the temple's guardian deity to solve the problem
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    Bombs For Reds Shake Capital
    211 1 A BUT! ON HIDEOUTS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Royal Air Force bombers today pounded suspected terrorist hideouts around Kuala Lumpur m one of the most spectacular air raids ever seen m the Federal capital. British and Gurkha troops, Police and Home Guards lay m wait for
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    RENDEL HEARING OPENS
    24 1 Chairman THE THREE SPEAKERS: Che Ismail bin Bachi, Mr. K. M. Byrne and Mr. A. K. Karupiah. Standard SIR GEORGE RENDEL
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    Demand For Multi-Lingual Legislature
    837 1 Demand For MultiLingual Legislature Standard Staff Reporter A DEMAND for a multi-lingual legislature for Singapore was made m three languages by three trade unionists at the first open session of the Rendel Constitutional Commission at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday evening. The unionists stressed that the language barrier placed on
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    AUCHINLECK IS COMING EAST
    52 1 HONGKONG. Jan. 14. (Reuter).—Field Marshal Sir Claude I Auchinleck. former British wartime Commander-in-Chief i m the Middle East and India i arrived here today on the Blue Funnel ship Pyrrhus from i the United Kingdom on a rom- bined business and holiday i tour of the
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    16 DIE IN ANOTHER ROME AIR DISASTER
    190 1 ROME. Jan 14 (AP)— A four-engine Ph i lippmes Airline plane caught fire, exploded and crashed 100 feet from a big apartment building m a heavily populated area ol Rome today. All 16 occupant* m the Manila to London aircraft, were killed. The
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    BIG RUBBER TALKS TO BE HELD IN KL
    101 1 BIG RUBBER TALKS TO BE HELD IN KL KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Representative- ol vasections of the rubber industry m Malaya aril] meet m Kuala Lumpur shortly lor importair preliminary discussions conneitea W;th proposals to be laid bdore the next Internationa. Rubbei Study Group conference m Colombo m Mi\ this yeai.
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    ENTERTAINERS
    18 1 HONGKONG Chinese movie I starv are due to arrive m Taipei to entertain Natioi armed forces AFP
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    'EXPAT' PAY CUT OPPOSED
    61 1 THE Management Committee or the European Civil Servants' Association. Malaya, held an emergency meeting last night to discuss the Singapore Government's proposals, announced this week, to abolish progressively non-pen-sionable expatriation allowances. The decision of the meeting was not known till late at night, but The Standard
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    BOGUS TEACHER CHEATS A WIDOW
    69 1 A PERSISTENT 60-year-old widow. Madam Tan Thio, who tried so very hard for two successive days to get her two grandchildren admitted to the Bartley Road School, Singapore, was ultimately cheated of $20 yesterday. She was duped by a sleek well-groomed Chinese youth, who posed
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    VIETMINH ATTACK FRENCH FORTRESS
    195 1 HANOI. Indo-China, Jan. 14 (UP)— Rebel artillerysupplied by Red China, according to reliable reports today pounded at the outer defences of the isolated French Union stronghold of Dien Bien Phu, 180 miles west of Hanoi. The intense mortar barrage started yesterday marking the first time the
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    TWO-DAY VISIT
    35 1 GENERAL Otto P. Weyland. commander of the United States Far East Air Forces, arrived m Taipei yesterday fcrr'a two-day visit, AP General view of the Rendel hearing at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday.
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    Obscenity Passes By Old Russell
    92 1 LONDON. Jan. 14. (AP) Philosopher Bertrand Russell, who has been involved m these arguments before, declared last night that all laws prohibiting obscene books should be scrapped. Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrates." the 81-year-old sage told a meeting of
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    R.I. Probe On Straits Piracy Report
    135 1 JAKARTA. Jan. 14, (Reuter). Dr. Sudarsono. head of the Asian Affairs Department of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry declared today that the Government was investigating the reported detention of eight Malayan vessels by an Indonesian ship m December last year. He made the statement following
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    'CUT COLA AND RAISE BASIC PAY'
    421 2 Fed. Qovt. Officers Urge KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A proposal for consolidation of higher percentage of the present cost of living allowance to the basic salary for locally domiciled Government officers m the Federation, The Standard understands will be put forward by the Government Services
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    65 2 LT. GEN. G K. Bourne, whoj will take over from Lt.-Gen. Sir Hush StockweU as GO C Mala>a m April. Later, j after the departure of General Sir Gerald Tempter. General Bourne will assume the duties of Director of Operations as well as G.O.C. Malaya. With him is Mrs. Bourne
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    Security Men Kill Five Reds
    257 2 KI'ALA LI'MPIR, Thurs.— Five more Communist terrorists have been killed by Security Forces m the Federation and two others have surrendered. Two terrorists were lulled «l itrday afternoon m the Rut Musa area. Kuala Lumpur. b^ an avea security uaii A tifle, a shotgun, ammunition
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    Premium Bonds
    26 2 THE NEXT drawing of premium bonds will take place op Monday, Jan. 25, commencing at 9 a.m. at the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Rabies: 2 Days Left For Dog Vaccinations
    109 2 Rabies: 2 Days Left For Dog Vaccinations KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Dog owners have only two days left to get their dogs vaccinated against rabies. After Saturday, Jan. 16. any dog m the Federal Capital not wearing a vaccination tag will be shot and the owner prosecuted. The State Veterinary Officer.
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    Parked Car Is Stolen
    69 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Within half-an-hour of a car being parked m Loke Yew Road, yesterday afternoon, it was stolen. The owner of the car had gone to a nearby coffee <tall to have some coffee. It ha? been reported that old stamps valued at about 52.500
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    NEW CORONER
    26 2 MR K. T. ALEXANDER, 42. has just been appointed the new Singapore Coroner. He was formerly attached to a legal firm m the Colony.
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    2 MORE CINEMAS
    21 2 APPLICATIONS for two cinema halls at Rahang were passed by the Seremban Town Council at its meeting yesterday.
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    Step Up Savings And Sericulture
    222 2 WOMEN INSTITUTES TOLD KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Lady Templer, wife of the Federation High Commissioner, announced m Alor Star today that women's institutes m Malaya would shortly step up activity on two fronts sericulture and j savings. "We have started silk-worm rearing and have kept them
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    108 2 COMMODITY PRICES 6 CLOSING robber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 56 56 No. 1 R.S.S. 564 56{ No 2 R.S.S. r>Vj 541 No! 3 R.S.S. 56£ 562 Tone: Quiet. TIN PRICE The price of tin vester day was S318 per
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    HAWKER GETS AN ACQUITTAL
    69 2 A HAWKER who, a policeman alleged, hit him o n the head with an orange crusher while resisting arrest, was acquitted m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. Law Teck Lim, the hawker, denied this. He said it was the policeman who manhandled him and caused
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    Post Early
    29 2 THE Postmaster-General requests that greeting cards for Chinese New Year should be posted as early as possible m Singapore and the Federation to ensure delivery m time.
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    RING PUTS FISH PRICES HIGHER
    211 2 SEREMBAN, Thurs.—Allegations that a ring i s forcing up the price of fish m Seremban markets was made m the Town Council today. Mr. Gordon Hinds (Nominated) said that the price of fish is absolutely prohibitive m this town and it was obvious that a
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    69 2 photo. FOUR Lincoln aircraft, which formed the first detachment of Lincoln* of No. 1 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, under the command of Squadron Leader D. C. Saunders, arrived at Tengah. Singapore yesterday to replace the No. 83 Squadron, which i s returning to Britain. Squadron Leader D. C.
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    Federation Mail Lost In Crash
    261 2 THE Postmaster General, j Malaya. announces that air mails from the Federation addressed to the United Kingdom, Eire, North and South America and Europe (except Italy, Greece and Switzerland^ were on board the ill-fated 8.0.A.C. Comet aircraft which crashed north of Rome on Jan. 10.
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    THEY OBJECT TO CHANGES IN GOLD, TAX, BACCY LAWS
    377 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Malaya has written to the Federation Government, objecting to proposals under certain ordinances for control on gold, granting of "wider powers" to the Comptroller of Income Tax and an imposition of
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    HOSPITAL'S HEAD CLERK SENTENCED
    145 2 KUALA LUMP'-R Raymond Frois, 44 i chief dcrik of th. r B Hospital, v.-ho pfeadatf g ...:y ton prfatinf $:.8oo fta Junes and another trustee to him by Mn Pck Poh. was toe;-.} and sentenced i f Minpie irnprisonmev He w ;-.s bound o\ yebis in
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    7 Years For Armed Robbery
    117 3 7 Years For Armed Robbery TAX E.: Ton. found fllilty m the Singapore Assizes of r >bbing a [annex at Lim Chu Hang Roai. was sentenced yesterday to seven years' rigorous imprisonment In passing sentence, Mr. Justice Knight remarked '•Armed robbery unfortunately is rife m S::.4apore and must be punished
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    MYF ELECTION
    30 3 THE annual genera] business eting and election of iffice I > Methodist V th Fe ship, Singap m c District, take place lomortow at pja at Wesley Church Hal]
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    CANTEEN 10-CT SNACK IS HAILED
    331 3  -  PERCY JOSEPH Bedok School Does Away With Hawkers By Standard Staff Reporter THE Director of Education, Singapore, Mr. David McLellan, told The Standard yesterday that the replacement of the hawker system m schools by the school itself supplying pupils with a ten-cent snack of a
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    Women Lose Cash, Jewels
    71 3 A KUALA LUMPUB woman, ea Singapore t j visit fr ci fa i I nor i I »t containing &2 1 1 worth of cash ai jew snatched from her as she was waiting f«>r a bus outside I le Peopie*9 Park In \e.v Bridge Road,
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    3 U.S. B29 s COMPLETE EXERCISE JOSS STICK'
    367 3 AFTER impleting theii I three-dagr visit > Singapore and taki 13 part m "Evrcise g J o o Stick •y- the three Superfortresses of the 13th United Stai Air Force, under] the ona::u:. 1 of Col. W. C. Bacon, take off from
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    Sackings: Parents See School Head
    199 3 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Representatives of the recently formed parents' body called on the Rev. Brother Director of St. Paul's Institution, Seremban, and had a discussion lasting more than an hour. The Director was sympathetic to the plight of dismissed children, and told the representatives that out
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    EIGHT NEW JPs
    118 3 EIGHT new Justices of the Peace will be appointed by the Sultan of Perak today. They are: William George Scott. 65. general manager of the Perak River Hydro Electric Co Ltd. Tuan Haji Mohamed Eusoff bin Mohamed bin Mohamed Yusoff, Territorial Chief of Kinia. James Mackintosh, 46,
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    HOT MILK
    27 3 Photo. CHILDREN of the Bedok Boys' English School seen having their recess snack and a hot milk drink at the school's canteen yester day Standard
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    Changes In Legislative Council
    73 3 Changes In Legislative Council KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, has accepted the resignation of Mr. H. H. Facer, as an unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council. He has appointed Mr. Knocker to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Facer's resignation. Mr. K. J. Cumming
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    NO PMLP MEN FOR RANGOON
    93 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The "economic experts" of the Asian Socialist Conference will meet m Rangoon next month, but the Pan-Malayan Labour Party will not send anyone to attend the conference. Invitation to the "economic" conference was extended to the Malayan Socialist Organisation some time ago,
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    FIVE ELECTED TO COUNCIL
    41 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Five out of 12 Malays who stood for the local council elections at Minyak Beku Village m Batu Pahat District were elected yesterday. About 78.9 per cent, cf the population went to the polls.
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    Court Order 'Must' For Demolitions
    262 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has told the City Council that it would not approve giving powers to the Council to demolish unauthorised huts m the course of erection without recourse to the Courts. Some form of judicial sanction is necessary for the demolition
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    APPEAL FOR MORE FUNDS
    51 3 THE Singapore Ramakrishna Mission acknowledges with thanks the following donations received for the Mission's Boys' Home and appeals to the public for more contributions as the Mission needs $25,000 annually for expenses. Messrs. Manilal Sons, $250; Mr. J. A. D. Morrison, $100; Mr. Harbans Lai Sachdev,
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    She Screamed As Noises Woke Her Up
    131 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE young wife of a Malay Army sergeant m Singapore had an eerie experience just before dawn on Wednesday while her husband was away on duty. She was asleep with her- one-year-old son m her room m Alexandra Road when
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    Perak Ruler Celebrates 64th Birthday In Taiping
    235 3  -  LEONG HEW MENG By Up to 1952, the birthday of the Sultan of Perak had always been celebrated m the Royal Istana at Kuala Kangsar, and witnessed only by a few privileged guests. But last year the Sultan decided to break with tradition,
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    Three Will Get Bravery Awards
    455 3 IPOH, Thurs. The courageous and public spirited action of Mr. Paul Norris de Vaux Ensor m turning what might have been a serious ambush into a minor success for the Security Forces has received the recognition of the Sultan of Perak. For Mr. Ensor, a
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    Festival Date Set
    26 3 THE management of the Chettiars' Temple announced yesterday that the Thaipusam festival mil b e celebrated oa Jan. 19 THE SULTAN OF PERAK
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    FLAG-HOISTING
    17 3 THE Indian Association Taiping will hold a flag-hoist-ing ceremony on Jan. 26. 8 am. Ind:an Day.
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    An Ex-Terrorist Tells How Date Naning Was Killed
    472 4 An Ex-Terrorist Tells How Date Naning Was Killed MALACCA, Thurs.-— "Che Lah/' the former Dato Naning abducted by the terrorists one June evening m 1949 from his residence m the heart of the Naning country Taboh Naning 21 miles from Malacca town on the Simpang Ampat Road to Seremban, is
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    81 4 PAINTINGS of six artists. four of them are women will be exhibited today at the Singapore Art Society's exhibition of paintings and drawings at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road. 5.39 p.m. Among the artists are Paris torn .Madame Georgette Liying Chen. Phyllis Mackenzie. Catherine OrmLston. Professor Roy Morrell and
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    Assn. Plans Aid For Prisoners
    107 4 THE SINGAPORE Aftercare Association yesterday decided to tarn a sub-committee to fir.d <v<: ii anything 'an be <ione m the nterests ol prisoners serving sentence. The t n aa reached after a I the Asaociase Chamber of C P: eseni t the meeting m ncr
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    OFFICIALS OF J.B. CONGRESS
    81 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs New office bearers for the iocal Indian Congress are a> foiiows: President: Mr N Krishna Pi -lav Vice-President: Mr. E. A Maj.d. Hon Secretary: Messrs Herbert Samue 1 and K. R Krishna, Hon. Treasurer: Mr N Ye asamy. Committee: Messrs. A. M Ibrahim,
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    Bound Over
    39 4 A WOMAN. Lm Kuh. 41 J vis :m nd o\> r Ibf iar Court m trie s^ r. t: $3i :>•>:■ three nm otha for attempting tc rommit suiride by trying to hang hersell Aver Manis Estate, Bakri
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    RECEIPTS LOST
    28 4 MR. CHIA YEW KAY. Treasurer of the Singapore Study Gioud Movement, yesterday reoorted that official i receipts Nos. SGM 0051-0100 and 0">t1-0400 hav e been lost.
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    Owner And Rider Are Penalised
    140 4 i WHEN Puiice Lieutenant Vanderput was on rounds m a patrol car along Rangoon Road on Oct. 11 last > ear, he stopped a motor cycle and found thai the rider was m possession of Provisional Driving L:cen:e j but dla not display "L" plates.
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    INSTRUCTOR SENTENCED
    74 4 TFO PENG YAM a driving instructor living at 6U-A. Serancooi Road. Singapore was sentenced \o one year.- tail m the Fourth Districi Court yesterday, by the Judge. Mr J. B. Jeyaretnarr.. for attempting to extort -Si' from a fowl seller. Bt fore passing sentence the Judge told him
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    Armed Men Rob Couple In A Car
    96 4 Standard Staff Reporter A COUPLE m a »a r parked m a dark lane leading to Singapore's Farrer Park were held up by two thugs on Wednesday night. One of the thugs whipped out a revolver and told the i-ouple to be quiet
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    M.P.H. STRIKE CALLED OFF
    81 4 A STRIKE by 75 printers working m the Malaya Publishing House, scheduled to start yesterday morning, was called off almost at the last minute by the workers pending new negotiations with the company. The firm's manager. Mr. S. :R. Read, told The Standard that the workers
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    POLICE TO MAKE ARRESTS
    70 4 SINGAPORE police expert to make some arrests soon m connection with the beating up of a hawker m Upper Aljunieri Road on Wednesday. The hawker was attacked by some seven men with sticks and iron rods until he fell u.iconscious. It is believed a secret society
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    58 4 A TRIBUTE to the Government of the Republic of Indonesia was paid yesterday by a Capuchin friar and a brother who said there was no suppression of religion, least of all Catholicism, in Indonesia. Picture shows Fr. vau der Burst (left) and Bro. Nicephorus aboard the Willem Ruys, which docked
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    EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY
    56 4 AN experiment m demoeracshas been started b y the AngloChinese School. Singapore with the inception of a Students 1 Welfare Council last year, states the editorial of the school's magazine. This year's magazine is a bumper Coronation number containing a notable record of the students' scholastic accomplishments
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    MARRIED AT THE REGISTRY
    52 4 PENANG. Thurs.— At the Registry of Marriages this morning. Miss Wu Ling Ling was married to Mr. Ho Hoe Juat, a well-known sportsman. The bridegroom is the third son of the late Mr. Ho Toon Kirn and the bride is the eldest daughter of Madam Tye
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    Some Pastors Lack Learning
    189 4 Standard Staff Reporter A PLEA for "adequate" preparation of students before they join theological colleges and training schools to become pastors of churches m the East, was made yesterday by Rev. C. Stanley Smith, during his inauguration as Principal of Trinity College, at the Memorial Hall,
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    46 4 Standard photo by FOUR-year-old She c 1 a Nayar. (centre) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Nayar, Technical College lecturer is pictured above with her friends and relatives at a party held at her home at Gurney Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Yong Peng Seong
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    HK EXCHANGE
    45 4 HONGKONG. Jan 14- Special Standard Service: Closir.2 prices i of the Hongkong Exchange to- j da. were $15.18 to ill sterling] $5.***** to USSr-, SI. BOB to Malayan $1: $0,201 to one Indo- j nene^an Ruppiah Goici $247.00 J to tahel. 1 i
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    A New Bomber Squadron Lands
    241 4 FOUR Lincoln bombers of No. 7 Squadron of the Royal Air Force arrived at Tengah airfield yesterday for service m Malta va. r~ The giant aircraft. under the command of Squadron Leader D. C. Saunders, are the first detachment of Lincolns of No. 7 Squadron
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    Outsider Hurt In Gang Fight
    202 4 Standard Staff Reporter A FIGHT between two rival secret society ganps. interrupted by Singapore Police at the junction of Kampong Kapor Road and Rowell Road on Wednesday afternoon, was resumed at Raffles Quay yesterday. Armed with sticks and aerated water bottles more than 20 members
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    Robbed The Hand That Fed Him
    139 4 Robbed The Hand That Fed Him BEFORE passing sentence on a man who had stolen j nine lorry loads of granite from his employer the Second District Court Judge. Mr. E. H. D'Netto. yesterday told him that he had "rob- i bed the hand that fed him. In the dock
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    THE MAN NO ONE WANTED
    108 4 LIAK Chee Bah, 37. was de- j scribed mi n the Singapore j Fourth Police Court yesterday! as a person nobody warr.ee. j He is without a job and home. The $30 he got from the Social Welfare Department. Singa- pore, on Jan. 7 ia^ed
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    Chinese New Year Ball
    86 4 THE Singapore Anti-Tuber- culosis Association will ho;d j a Chinese New Year Ba'l the Victoria Memorial Ha!l on Feb. 12. The Ball is under the patronage of t tie Commissioner General Mr. Malcolm Mac- j Donsid and 'lie Governor. Bar I John Nicoll. The Royal Marine
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    Secret Societies Annoy A Judge
    190 4 Secret Societies Annoy A Judge KUALA Ll'MPl R Thur< —Mr. J. G. Adams. President of the Session* Court here said today that he was annoyed with secret societies and people who belonged tc them. "When I ***** m P her of year? &g t member- ol eel wao kidnapped, k
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    Two Wrestle Over Prices
    130 4 A TAILOR ar.c i bs wrestled af CoUyet Quay, Change A ey. yestei ;n as I It-time crowd £ath< round The fig! began tsi'.or and I wkei ar| ever the price ol v t m Change A'.'.ey. In the figbi that <>■ «ied I c hay
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    Gangsters Have Calling Cards Too
    116 4 SINGAPORE Pou. Wednesday yotmmrrr4 i Manet society ChiH<">- N \e-JLV greeting cards it or c l?t year -old youth < they stopped him v Taiijong Pa^ar ar»*a A Police spoke^tfUn >' d the fard s are given to shopj keepers and busiaes*n»fn stter the gangsters
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    Anti-Rabies Drive
    17 4 THE ami-rabies i\ ip ig« 1 Pahang is bow m I 6 m seven districts.
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    LEAKAGE OF OFFICIAL SECRETS
    279 5 Higham Warns The Unions And Associations THE Singapore Government will stop its practice of circulating confidential documents to all local unions and associations m future if it is found that leakages of the contents 6f such documents emanate from these sources. Thij warning was issued 'Of
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    NEW REVUE IN THE MAKING
    70 5 SIN lAPOKES youngest tr, Vernon Martinus. am 4 JVM B 9 Ml target, iate lor he present at. on of KVM "Sctw Business "'>*' with a 'ti:r-.n gT season I V: m Th-«rre. I c peitetinajMca wiD be m ':,e: ESkW Spirts Club 3 .r?
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    HISTORICAL TALK
    25 5 TALK the to py i t Lump;:' v. given G. r aw-v qs man[tl f h' Rsy ho ogy n Sunday, J] 17.
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    Salesman Is
    28 5 SIM RE esman, i S n S .v as yesterday -l the First Traffic J FA Chua, v OJ A J quall- >sea of nths He
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    56 5 THE firsi t "The H A itH a lagazine ith Ala', a van r. ias been •1^ Historical S '.I..aya. j atii aim is to I n the hnnot gfea and >itiea te dMm story :^port- art :n specialised jous. toi ol the magazine is T Cons
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    INDIAN MINISTER TO SPEAK HERE
    41 5 .:>.?. :nd!a\ nuance ROnfe- an D De^h- tx arriving m P°*« on Monday, from v Ml ay back to 2? Fpr;!< a a Public engat 5 p •a: j 3 y mi n the Indian A«ociattai premises.
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    T. Malim Mystery Animal
    343 5 T. Malim Mystery Animal TANJONG MALIM is m the throes »f a mystery which might, m a smaller way. compare with the ApeMan or even the Loch Ness monster except that **the thin?" is visible and living and can be seen at Batu Gajah. Perak. to whose Game Warde» its
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    Fined For Negligence
    92 5 had a previous convi rtion for dangerous driving and was fined $•!!>•). N'4"s mother said that at about 2.15 p. m on June 18. last year, as her daughter was crossing Ben^oo'en Street a car driven "very fast" kno/ked her down, and crashed into the signboard of
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    MEETING ON MALAYALAM
    35 5 THE cultural section of the Singapore Kerala Saonajara will hold a meeting on Jar.. IT at the Samajam Hall. 44 Race Course Road, at 4.30 p.m. The meeting will discuss Malayalam literature.
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    Club Premises
    21 5 THE Sultan of Pahang de- dared open the new Lo Pan Hen clubhouse m Workshop Road Kuantan, on Monday.
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    APEMEN MAY WANT CONSTITUTION
    150 5 THE British China Mail wrote yesterday that if Malaya's hairy apenaen proved to be the country's indigenous people. the constitution would almost certainly have ti» be rewritten. Renter reports t'ro.n Hongkong. "Baa:; will go the political mainstay of thos c who like to nrefice their arguments
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    Brigadier Tells Of Two Objectives
    287 5 LONDON, Jan. 14 (Reuter)— Brigadier K. R. Brazier Creagh, Chief of Staff m Malaya said here yesterday that Britain now had two particular objectives m the campaign against the Communist terrorists m the jungle: killing as many as possible of the top men and increasing
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    SHANKAR ON HEALTH TRIP
    45 5 Dr. A.E Shankar left Singa--1 pore by Qanias plane yesteraay for India to recuperate after his recent illness. He was accompanied by his wife. The Shankars will return to the Colony early m February with their two children, Umar and Kumar.
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    'EXECUTIVE SUITE' AUTHOR FLIES IN
    96 5 AMERICAN writer Mr. Cameron Hawley, and his wife flew into Singapore yesterday to gather material for a series of stories relating to such fields as the rubber and tin industries and the future of American shipping and maritime trade. Mr. Hawley is the author of
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    COURT TOLD OF MAJOR'S STRUGGLE WITH BANDIT
    200 5 RAUB, Thurs.— How a Major struggled with an armed bandit and finally overpowered him was described to Justice A.W. Bellamy at the Raub Assizes yesterday, when Kow Fan, 32, faced the charge of being; m unlawful possession of a shot gun and 11
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    STUDY GROUP APPLICATIONS
    93 5 THE Study Group Movement of Singapore yesterday invited applications to join study groups consisting of not more than 15 persons m each group to begin during the next three months m the following subjects. Elementary Economic (Jan. 28), Elements of English Law (March), Elementary Malay (Jan 15
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    RADICAL CHANCES IN MANY COLONIAL POLICE FORCES
    816 5  - RADICAL CHANCES IN MANY COLONIAL POLICE FORCES Sydney Taylor From a police point of view, both political and criminal, Malaya is probably Britain's most difficult territory to administer. By Following Lessons Learned In Malaya LONDON. (ReutersMany of Britain's forty or more Colonial police forces are now going through a period
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      90 5 Weather Report MINI >• I M Tcmprralure: Fr»m T3| p.m. Jan. 1:5 t v a m. Jan. 14. Sin<aporr TU F), P*-nara 1 74 F>. Kota B.ihru 173 F), Kuala Lumpur I*3 FK lp;>h |H F>, Kaantan Fi M ji nun Tf-mprrature: V r«ai «XI rr>. tc 7.20 p.m. I.i
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    The Doctors Arrive
    689 6 AN International Bank Mission o! thirteen experts ;rom eight countries will arrive at the end of this month to give us the once over and prescribe such 'vtdicine as our condition warrants For three-and- hIH months these thirteen men will, as it were, tap OH chests, scrutinize
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    Beware Of Moral Rearmament
    1215 6  - Beware Of Moral Rearmament ALEX JOSEY l Warn Trade Unionists To I Muluymn I I Affairs W^ftlf^/jjftafl J HAVE good reasons for believing that Moral Rearmament, a strange and tvealthy religious organization, is trying to infiltrate into trade unions m Malaya. Several months ago, the International Confederation of Free Trade
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      Education Dept. Memo Causes Worry
      453 6 Sir; May I plead the cause of teachers m Continuation Schools, particularly those who have passed the Teachers Training Course for Private Schools? There is much to look forward to m the new year but our spirits and hopes have been dampened on receipt of
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      UNION IS STRENGTH
      133 6 Sir:— I would like to express my sincere thanks and congratulations to "A VICTIM" for his letter which appeared m your paper on Jan. 11. As a typist I wish to say that his idea is a very appreciable one and I hope all typists and Unionists
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    Rent Protest
    140 6 Sir; I protest against the I recent 34 c increase m rent I imposed by the S.I.T. author- < ities on pre-war flats. No 5 reason was given for this I increase except o Memorandum I to the effect that the rent jj would be increased Trom Feb.
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    Plurality Of Wives
    279 6 Sir; I would like to reply to your correspondent "T.A.M." whose letter appeared recently m The Singapore Standard under Vne heading "Stop Exploiting Women." Plurality of wives are allowed among the Chinese and Malays because circumstances or jale makes it a necessity and not a luxury. c«
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    Car Prices
    103 6 Sir: In last Sunday's issue you published a "guide for new car buyers," which included a comparison table of United Kingdom and 2 Malayan prices. Although your correspondent mention- ed the fitting of such extras J as second screen wipers etc.. (m the case of the Austin <
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    Review of Views
    92 6 Review of Views Social Welfare Red Tape JTUSAM MELAYT mm t aim that the Social We fare Department only estigates rase- oi distress when it? attention is drawn to them by publi Ity m the Press. The e I toria sugpests 'ha: "unnecessary rid tape" should be don< away with
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    PUNISHING THE AFRICANS
    398 6 PUNISHING THE AFRICANS 'T'HE report of Urn mittee on co I p oral punishment which has laid on the table of Tanganyika Legil Council states that "p opinion is m flavour of rttaining corporal punisfa as a penal sanctic juveniles and ay I A great majority i I nesses who
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    INDIA MAY HAND OVER PoWs TO UNITED NATIONS-KHER
    329 7 INDIA MAY HAND OVER PoWs TO UNITED NATIONS-KHER LONDON, Jaa 14 The onversation between :he B. ■sh Foreign Secretary, A■" :iv EJen. ami the InHigh Commissioner m London, Ba Gangadhar Kh r. at 'he Foreign Office v --erday. dealt m particular v. m the Korean problem, it was teanrt tram
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    Scotland Yard Gets New Chief
    64 7 LONDON. .lan. 14. (Renter) Deputy Commander George Hatherill n r -e murder investigator and dope ring wrecker has been appointed Chief of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department, it was I announced yesterday. Hatherill. a tall, burly man m his fifties, will take over from Commander
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    Two Escape From Valley Of Death
    248 7 BREGENZ, West Austria, Jan. 14 (Reuter) Hundreds of rescue workers toiling m the hard packed snow of Austria's "Valley of Death"— where at least 87 lives have been lost— were given new hope today when they dug out alive two girls who had been
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    Bevan Hits Out At US Suez Policy
    130 7 JERUSALEM (Israeli Sector), Jan. 14 (AP).— Britain leftwing Labour leader Aneurin Beya n declared yesterday the request of the United I States and other Western powers to Egypt to join a Middle East defence pact m the event of an attack on Turkey
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    REDS ASK TO TALK AGAIN
    76 7 PANMUNJOM. Jan. 14 (Reuter). The Communists today called for an unconditional resumption of preliminary talks to plan a Korean peace conference. They suggested this when liaison officers met here today to consider resuming the discussions broken off by the United Nations a month ago after
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    GANG SWOOPS ON A VILLAGE
    45 7 JAKARTA. Jan. 14. (UP).— Eleven villagers died as a result of an armed gang attack on the village of Mandi Kapau m Southern Borneo, it was announced today. The news agency Aneta said the attackers set fire to the village.
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    TWO SOLDIERS MISSING
    69 7 CAIRO. Jan. 14 (Reuter)— Two British soldiers and a j British military vehicle have i been missing from the Suez Canal zone since Monday, a j British Embassy spokesman I said here Last night. The vehicle. carrying equipment for a services entertainment unit show, was travelling from
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    ATTACHE GETS PRISON TERM
    101 7 BONN, Jan. 14 (AFP).— Willy Kutscher, former press attache of the Western German Federal Parliament, was sentenced by a Bonn Court today to one year and five months' m prison, for handing out unauthorised information I to a foreign power. MARRIAGE for 25-year-old Lucie Blanchet will
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    76 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 14. The following are the closing prices at rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spor 17 d. Feb. 17 d. Marc* 17 8OApr./ June Hid. July/Sept. 17? d Oct./ Dec. Hid. January c.i.f. 16»d. Ton*: Steody. LONDON TIN
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    IKE'S NEW LOOK' POLICY
    353 7 Based On The Surprise Element Of Retaliation WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 President Eisenhower said yesterday that his country's new defence plan of swift retaliation against aggression is based on the proven volue of the surprise element of warfare/ hitting back when and where the enemy does not
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    SMART GIRL WON'T LIKE IKE'S POST
    152 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UP) President Eisenhower said yesterday he thought a woman could handle the presidency, but that she would not want the job if she were smart. A woman reporter reminded the President at his news conference that ex-President Truman said it was
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    U.S. BUTTER MAY GO TO RUSSIA
    139 7 WASHINGTON. Jan, 14, (AP) Russian bread may bespread with bargain P ioed American butter if the United States government approves g huge sa^ of surplus fioods io the Soviet bloc. The State Department wtM yesterday it is discussing wiih the Commerce and Agricu ..u
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    Mao Executes Two 'US Secret Agents'
    213 7 HONGKONG. Jan. 14— (UP) Cominuni.st Cnma executed two "secret agents of the United States" last November, mainland reports revealed today. The Peipmg Peopie'.- Da y. mouthpiece of the Red toventr ment. said a "'counter ttevo tionary ring" was rounded up m Tientsin. Of s;\
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    Rl SMUGGLERS ASKED TO PAY
    51 7 JAKARTA. Jar.. 14. (VP F :r trade rompamet Lnvi argescaie smugggiing oi rubber and other oonunod I <• .■<-.-• summer have been eu with smuggling. The Attorney-Genera; v m reported to have suggested <- settlement oi the cast having the companies pay 1 Indonesian government
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    THAI CABINET GETS READY
    168 7 gdgfdg photo. BANGKOK. Jan. 14 (AFP)— Ibe Thai Cabinet met n- 5 esl erd a y ad d ord ered i■. t Defence and Interior Ministries to ir.ake preparatory steps with o view to get rean> to mobilise the army reserve! if Vne international atuat lenly
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    Rl RUBBER PROSPECTS FOR 1954 NOT BRIGHT
    284 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Jan. 14.— Cold and startling statistics today clearly reveal the harrowing depths into which Indonesia's worsening rubber crisis has plunged. From a peak smallholding rubber export of 580.000 tons m 1951, the year of the full
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    POINTS FOR FREE TRADE IN MALAYA
    198 9  -  ANDREW ROTH By Standard London Corr. LONDON, Jan. .14.— Wan; Abdul liamid of Johore got m a sharp blow for Malayan economic independence m the letter columns of the Times, yesterday morning. He was replying to a cor- respondent who had insisted j on
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    Re-Export Ban Lifted
    44 9 HONGKONG, Jan. 14, (AFP) The Hongkong government has permitted Hongkong traders to re-export imported Japanese goods to Borneo and Malaya. This was revealed m a cabled report to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry from the Japanese Consul-General m Hongkong.
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    Everest' Ladder Is Popular
    115 9 Everest' Ladder Is Popular MALAYA is one of the duel buyers f jf sn aluminium iacider which was used and praised highly by the triumphant Mtt. Everest expedition last year. The ladder, made by a United Kingdom firm, was called "light, portable and quite strong enough for heavily laden climbers
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    PLEA 70 DEVELOP ASIA ACCEPTED
    217 9 SYDNEY, Jan. 14 (Reuter)— lt was authoritatively learned that the finance ministers have accepted a plea tor urgency m developing Asian areas made by the Ceylon Finance Minister, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke. Sir Oliver said here yesterday thai the Cominonwealtn Finance Ministers were agreed that the
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    EXCHANGE BANKS
    45 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks 1 1 Association buying rates to I merchants far Canadian dollars are: 32 (T.T.). 32 1/8 (0.D.). 32 3/8 on credit bills and 32 7/16 on trade bills (90 ■'d/st); selling (T.T./O.D): 31 11/16 reedy. Other exchange rates re'niajntd unentered.
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    RUBBER QUIET
    83 9 THE rubber marke" ,n Singapore yesterday remained quiet all day at about unhanged quotations fron. thu c un Wednesday, first gr.. rubbei for January shipment g quoted a', 56A cc. tl j r lb. (SI 5/i centi on W I ci;-\ i Continents and ted Kingdom buying B<
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    NOON PRICES
    78 9 SINGAPORE Chamber at Commerce Rusher Association DOOO prices i r-enls De: b yesterday were Buyers '>- e r s No. 1 RSF Spot loose 56 5tt No 1 RSS fob Jan 56« 5oJ No] 1 RSS fob 56j r^T No 2 RSS fob 56i 5«| No 3 RSS
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    SHARES
    93 9 MALAYAN .dustnal shares were ;.g«in t .^ier yesterday. Tins were irregular with an easier tendency. Rubber shares remaned negic -ted. B*-n- 0.70 0 i Aver Hitam 24/- 25 Hong Fait* 1.25 130 Krimat 13/3 13 6 Lcwti Peiak 11/7 11 10 R^niau 2 12 2 !5 Rj.mbulan 12/- 12
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    PRODUCE
    94 9 THE produce market m S.ngapore yesterday experienced a quiet day m all sections. with only =ma I business v ;np. Copra buyen for January and February shipment quoted S4!J while selierc mdi ed S4 l l per picuL Coconut oi, sellers qw "ed $t>?)l per picul with buym aro
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    HAMBURG-RI LINE TO OPEN
    91 9 HAMBURG. Jan. 14. Eta* tut— The Hamburg Amerika Shipping Line nas joint I M Java Shipping Coofenence and will resume its nner service to Indonesia towards the end of next month, tne Compaq v annou need here yesterday The Bt-ivife will— operat* from Hamburg via Bremen,
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      358 9 tun 4bner By A/ Capp >O feCOST IN v,£ A CENT A MINOTE-.-h CA'si*ir!5 1 J!- fr? b ITS .>''^ MStOE TH£ ROBOT HJWE-. S HITCHED. AH THiMK AH 7 Al" 1 I^/^NNH^ <^C/ 7 (V s' >&<& *X&X>' tb' REMEMBERED TO PUT n-ah <^ IT'S M^K'N' S^CH J G^J,Vrff
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      824 9 gMMwrnpfliijiiiiiiiiiii^i i '■jiiwiwiiji SAVOY: My Lonely Heart 3. 7aid < ISIN (JAP ORES 1 ::;r IJ|XljsS*fil Up V 1 fst&fj Rl'BY: Ji.- Fo You 12.4n 3 6.45 ?^r"x 51* JfwJrwr «1 a l<! JS rtl 1 wa£ American Wm T**^ „ja 13 KK\: Second Chance (3-D) 12 45. 5K5 ART
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    Taking A Letter In The Boss's Bedroom
    362 10 NEW YORK. 71/TOTHERS m New York sometimes worry about their secretarydaughters running into moral danger when they have to spend nights away with their bosses strictly on business, «f course. It is the sort of problem that arises more often here than m
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    53 10 photo. Shapely CHARLOTTE AUSTIN submerged herself m atmosphere during the filming of a movie about sponge fishing and came up with a bright idea a sponge hat. The deep sea chapeau is made from a hollowed-out uncured sponge, garnished with coloured sea shells and trimmed with a jaunty feather of
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    Earl Browder Poses A Question
    813 10  -  Gordon Walker -«y- Assistant Ovvrsvus Editor. The Christi n Science 3i ©iff #or. EARL BROWDER, who styles himself as neither fully Communist nor fully anti-Communist but who knows a great deal about both, has posed the question of the week on the subject of Moscow's
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    LOATHSOME MONUMENT TO FAROUK
    286 10  -  Donald Zee '"By* THOUSANDS of buyers from all over the world will soon crowd into ex-King Farouk's marble palace at Koubbeh, near Cairo, for the auction of his vast treasures confiscated by Neguib. They will find the palace as cold and impersonal as any auction room.
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      No Cure
      232 10 Sir; Reference "Conimonsense Adviser's" letter (Standard Jan. 11). it seems a great pity that over a period of years a man should be only attracted to his wife by her physical charm and nothing else. For such an outlook there is apparently no cure either mental or physical.
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      50 10 Sir: It is surprising to note that all S.T.C. buses travelling m the city are not equipped with First-Aid boxes, while most of the private buses are well equipped with them. Does the S.T.C. want its passengers to be helpless when an accident occurs? DAVID W. K. HO Singapore
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    SURPRISE SELECTION IN Wl TEAM FOR Ist TEST
    434 11 KINGSTON. Jamaica, Jan. 13 CReuter)— George Headley, 44-year-old English league cricketer, who was brought home to Jamaica by public subscription to play for the Colony against the M.C.C, is a surprise selection on the West Indies team for the first test starti
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    Caldbeck Cup Entries
    140 11 ENTRIES for the Caldbeck Cap. commonly known as the Arnn Cup. are now invited from all Vmiis m FARELF by the Secretary. Army Football Association. GIIQ FARELF, c o G.P.O. Singapore. In this knock-out t-oni-petition the champion*; of Malaya will meet the champions of Singapore m the
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    Army All Whites For Cup Final
    138 11 Army All Whites For Cup Final THE final cf FARELF Rugby Competition (Singapore Zone) Wi be played at Aver Rajah Road RASC ground on Saturday next. k;ck «fl at 5 p:n ■ha ro The finalists are GHQ FARELF and REME. Th e winners of this match w:ll meet tne famous
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    Gavilan Fights Olson In April
    233 11 CHICAGO. Jan. 14 (AP)— Canny Kid Gavilan, king of the welterweights, will get his chance to reign over the 160-pound boxing division with a middleweight title shot against champion Bobo Olson m Chicago Stadium on April 2. An Norris. president of the Internationa! Boxing Cab,
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    FA Cup Replays
    112 11 LONDON. Jan. 14 <Reuter>— FA. Cup third round replays resulted as follows; Fulham 0 Grimsby Town 0: (abandoned at half time owing to waterlogged ground. Replay r.ext Monday, January 18>. Luton Town 0 Blackpool 0. (extra time being played). Nor- wich CUv 3 Hastings United 0: i
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    OUT OF HIDING
    41 11 BUDAPEST, Jan. 14, (AP) Communist Hungary, which came out of hiding last year to defeat England 6—3 at soccer, plan to throw aside the Iron Curtain this year and compete m all major world and European sports meets.
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    DOCKYARD MD OFFICIALS
    66 11 OFFICE bearers of the HM Dockyard Medical Department Badminton Party elected recently are: Patron— Surg. Capt. E. G. B. Crawford; President P. M. Alwar; Vice President Peter Then; Hon. Secretary E. Rajaratnam. Hon. Treasurer— P. J. Gomez; Sports Capt.— A. Santhanam: Vice Capt— S. S. Nathan; Auditor
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    CUP REPLAYS WORRY WiNTERBOTTOM
    167 11 lONDON. Jan. 13. (AP). Walter WinterboMom. England's sorter tactician, said gtstenkkj the England underw 'am to play Italy will J»^t »a London three days D«-fon» the match and will have a du> training together at a Londoo ground. The totermediate match is at Bologna on lan
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    All Blacks Win In Last Minute
    239 11 All Blacks Win In Last Minute CORK CITY. Ireland. Jan. 14 (Renter)— A try m the last minute enabled the touring New Zealand Rugby Union team to defeat Munster here yesterday by two teies (six points) to one try (three points) before a record crowd. The pitch was m a
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    1 POINT DECIDES CHENG CHYE CUP FOR THE COLONY
    330 11 PERTH, Jan. 14 (Reuter)— Visiting Singapore boxers last night retained the Aw Cheng Chye trophy with 36 points to 35 win over West Australian police boys representatives. Both teams won 12 bouts during the series first half he!d on the night
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    No Track Stars In Canada
    183 11 VANCOUVER. B.C. Jan. 14 (UP)_The hast country to the 1954 British Empire Games probably will not place a single runner m any of the first three places of any track event, a Canadian sports writer claims. Eric Whitehead, writing m the Vancouver Daily Province, said
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    WORLD TT CHAMPION IS BEATEN
    158 11 PARIS, Jan. 14, (Reuter).— Linde Wertl of Austria beat the reigning world table tennis champion, Angelica Roseanu of Rumania m the final of the women's singles m the French open table tennis championships by 21—17, 12—21, 21—17, 16—21, 21—19. The defeat of Angelico Roseanu, as
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    Bigger Offer To Cockell
    83 11 EDMONTON, Jan. 14, (AP). Promoter Jack Berry said yesterday he has ofl'ered Don Cockell of Britain US$l5,OOO to defend his British empire heavyweight crown here against Canadian champion Earl Walls. Berry said he had no reply to a previous offer of US$lO,OOO. Berry's bid is the
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    Chwee Kok Swims Tomorrow As Cold Weather Clears
    355 12 Chwee Kok Swims Tomorrow As Cold Weather Clears SYDNEY, Jan. 14 (UP)— Singapore's Neo Chwce Kok. lone foreign participant in the New South Wales swimming championships, is certain to give Australia's young swim stars a tough trot. The championships commence on Saturday at a salt water, open air, tiled pool
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    LUCKY TO WIN SAYS SABA CHIEF
    189 12 SIN JAPOIUTS sporta officials j: s -I fai 3 yesterday ii•■ I congratulations to I :._v's v. urioua boxlag hi AaatnHa A.-' cables to the team retained the A.v g J.ve trophy was OM Pres: lent oi the Ci I U, Mr. T. P.
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    FAIRWIND BP ANNIVERSARY
    117 12 FAIR wind BP. will celebrate their sixth anniversary with i si a".:e and bu;Tet par;- ne SVC Hall on Jan. 1\ (rom 8 ojn. E EBce-bearers of the Party for r 4 are PatroDs: P F S oa J M- Jumabhoy. Chua Hock Seng. Haji Abdul Ma
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    STTA MEETING
    26 12 THE Singapore Table Tennis Aisociati >n wil] hold a meeting H Sunday at Dato C. J Pa"m's residence. 321 Joo Chiat !jce at •> p.m.
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    NSCRC Get A Surprise
    83 12 SERE.MBAN, Thurs. Th« NS. Chinese Recreation Club were eliminated from the KO h«x-key totxnia aenfl for xhe Van Gev^ei C. p yesterday when they were surprising beaten by The Malay Regimen! toon by three car goals. A::er a goa less first half Ismail opened the scoring
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    A NEW CAP
    32 12 LONDON. Jan. 14 (Reuter; J. P. Quinn of New Brighton is a new cap m the England team to play Wales m the Rugby International at Twickenham on Saturday.
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    HOCKEY FINAL
    20 12 THE final of the inter-unit KO hockey between REME and GHQ FARELF will be held at Tanijlin today.
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    Rejab s Two Tries Ensure Victory
    300 12 POLICE **A" were made to fight every inch of their way to beat a gallant and spirited All Whites XV by 15 points (three goals) to three (a penalty) m a friendly game of rugger at Thomson Road yesterday. The vtctu.v was ensured only
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    INDIA DECLARE AT 440 FOR 9
    287 12 MADRAS, Jan. 14 (Reuter)— India declared at 440 for nine on the second day of the fourth Test here today. At the close of play the Commonwealth had scored 22 for one wicket. India carried their overnight score or 218 for four wickets to
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    Anniversary Games
    33 12 THE Sports and Games m connection with the b"th Anniversary of the Congress Free English Schools will be held from 2 p m. on Sunday at the Rangoon Road English School.
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    Charles Wins In 2 Rounds
    152 12 Charles Wins In 2 Rounds CHICAGO. Jan. 14: (AP)— Ex heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles (189) exploded a second round knockout over Chicago's Bob Satterfteld, 180 pounds, m a boxing bout at Chicago Stadium last night to solidify his claim for a June title bout with champion Rocky Marciano. Charles lashed
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    Appeal To Footballers
    89 12 IPOH, Thurs. The outgoing Ipoh and District Football League committee has appealed to all soccer players to keep the game clean this season. The Committee says rough play marred last season's fixtures. This year's football season will be inaugurated with a game between the league and knockout
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    Choongs Lose In Canada
    77 12 MONTREAL. Jan. 14 (AP). Don Smythe of Toronto, the Canadian champion, won a surprise victory over world champion Eddie Choong of Malaya 15-12, 8-15, 15-13. m an exhibition badminton match played before 1,000 spectators last night. The Toronto player's victory followed another surprise result when Gordie
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    Carter Takes A Bold Step
    480 12 By A Special Correspondent LONDON Jan. 14. Raich Carter. Leeds United manager and one of England's all-time stars, would like the Football League to ban all part-time players. "Soccer suffers from the split work-play interest." he says. As proof of his idea. Raich has taken
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    FARNLEY IMPROVES ON TUESDAY'S EFFORT
    700 12  - FARNLEY IMPROVES ON TUESDAY'S EFFORT WINDSOR LAD By FARNLEY, with Viney astride, again impressed yesterday morning, when he completed his winding-up gallop to run the three m 37 15 sec. on a yielding track. This was the only workout under 38 and he did it with comparative ease, being on
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    30 12 Tennis queen Maureen Connolly. 19. of U.S. who was chosen as the female athlete of 1953. This is the third year m succession that she has been awarded this honour.
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    Bug Morning Gallops In Fine Style
    339 12 ANOTHER interesting trial that took the eye was that of Bug Morning (Mawi) who had Traducer (Bougoure) for companion in a half mile run. Racing stride for stride Bug Morning was half a length clear of Traducer at the finish, returning 52 l/5sec. for
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    6 To 3 Run m 38 By Sealed Orders
    313 12 SEALED ORDERS (Donnelly) provided a very interesting solo run from the six to the top of the straight. He ran home the three m 38 sec. going nicely all the way. This is a good effort. Watch this horse. Newcomer Jamaica
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    RM RAMBLERS
    47 12 RADIN MAS Ramblers team to meet Johore Prison at soccer at Kampong Bahru on Sunday will be selected from Tony Adalia, Johari, Samad Sakawai, Lim Chwee Leng, George Phlips, T. C. Balan. Chong Chee. Jabri, Ebrahim Fali. Kadir Yassin. Aziz, Stevens Tarf. Bakar. Omar Said.
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    3 Trophy Races For Ipoh Meet
    135 12 IPOH. Thurs— Three trophy races are included m the programme for the first race meeting this year of the Perak Turf Club on Feb M, 24 and 27 The trophy races are for horses class 2 division 1 over six furlongs (second run): horses
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    New Year League Off
    68 12 PENANG. Thurs— The Ptonaog Ho.-key Associ«tk>a has de :ded to scrap the New Year league which was scheduled to start today. "There are mar.y p avers a'so interested m cricket and it is we!! to avoid the possibility ot any he-key league extending wel] into the
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      40 12 SINGAPORE HOCKEY: SHA Junior KO loumeij SER v YMFA at Gillman Barracks: Services inter-unit KO final REME v GHQ at Tanqlin: Friendly —SRC 2nd v CSC 2nd at SRC. MEETISG: Senior Soccer Clubs meet at SAFA Clubhouse 5.30 p >'X
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