Singapore Standard, 22 January 1954

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ghngkmgjhk m §l Vol. IV. >o. 20 1. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1954. TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS.
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    French Open Up First Big Offensive
    172 1 A BOARD A Troop 1 I tnsport Off Tuyhoa. -Chma, Jan. 21 "(AP) —F: ench Union forces. Si mcd ashore on the of Annam today and ed inland after occu- i g Tuyhoa, 250 miles! .-east of Saigon. French Command des- c landings as
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    OLD TEMPLE KEEPER ROUTS ARMED THUG
    111 1 T'.VO :hugs who tried to rob a Chinese temple m Lorong 2~ Geylang. Singapore, on Wed tesday afternoon ha.l a I i v when the temple keeper, j a:. d woman, snatched a I class r from one of them n\i\ x i cf
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    21 KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH
    40 1 ISTANBUL. Turkey. 7a:v 21 1 (API Twenty-one personal led and loin wne h>> v^vterday w ien a ma- 1 "ra.-; c -i w.;h a Ireigh txa n near Adana. Turkey, according to! eporta r-achir.2 he-re
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    RUSSELL IS ILL
    22 1 I kHL (Bertrand] Rossd, 81--y--. pbiloso] her, under- an operation m a London n «pita yesterday. Hs> condi- Reuter
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    THE CUGATS ARE ROBBED BACK HOME
    298 1 AFTER THEFT-FREE TOUR.. HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 21, (AP).—Bandleader Xavier Cugat who just finished a tour of Asia, including Malaya, and "didn't lose so much as a necktie" told Police that a masked gunman kidnapped and robbed him and his voluptuous wife, vocalist Abbe Lane, of
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    US Tin Stockpile To End By June
    301 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.— President Eisenhower m a budget message to Congress today said that the I'nited States Government will have completed its purchase of tin for the national stockpile by the end of June. Thus this budget for the fiscal year beginning July
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    Express Rips Into Waggon
    150 1 50-100 LOST KARACHI. Jan. 21 Between 50 and 100 may have been killed m the wreck of the LahoreKarachi express this morning, according to reports reaching here. Survivors who reached here this afternoon said screaming pas-engers were burned alive when the crack "Pakistan Mail" express bur.it
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    SOCCER POOLS GROSSED £68M
    50 1 LONDON. Jan. 21 (AP).— The British Government reported today that Britons bet €68,000.000 o n football pools during the last soccer season. It was a record high, comparing with a play of £58.500.--000 during the previous year. Government's tax bite on the huge outlay was £20,400.000.
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    UK To Buy Cheaper Rice
    61 1 BANGKOK. Jan. 21 (AFP) Agreement has been reached between the British and Thai governments on the purchase by Britain of between 276,000 and 400,000 ton s of Thai rice during 1954. it was officially announced here today. The prices were not yet fixed but it
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    DR. SUBANDRIO
    24 1 THE government of the Soviet Union has approved the appointment of Dr. Subandrio as first Indonesia Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Reuter
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    FOLLOW LIGHTS TO SAFETY, BANDITS TOLD
    152 1 XLI ALA LUMPUR. Thins. A Dakota "voice plane" today reiterated an air appeal to 40 Selangor terrorists, reported to be lurking on the outskirts of the Federal capital, to "surrender and start a new life." "Look for the searchlights and surrender m safety." said
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    23 Marines Feared Lost In Boat Mishap
    133 1 23 Marines Feared Lost In Boat Mishap INCHON South Korea. Jan. 21. (Renter) Twenty three American marines are feared drowned after their boat was involved m a collision with a tank landing craft carrying freed Chinese prisoners to Formosa this morning. The United States Navy has confirmed there, are four
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    Mr. Lint Is Fit For Work Again
    166 1 i Standard Staff Reporter FOR the first time since he was released by kidnappers on Monday night after a ransom of more than $100,000 was paid, Singapore millionaire Mr Lim Kok Gin met the Press m his green house m Branksome Road yesterday
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    Indians To Walk Out At Midnight
    237 1 PANMUNJOM, Jan. 21.— Chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, Lieutenant General K. S. Thimayya, said today Indian guards would withdraw from north camp at midnight on Jan. 22 after opening the compound gates. Communist Command has refused to accept the custody of 327
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    JAPANESE RIFLE
    29 1 AN old. rusty Japanese rifle, believed to be a relic of the Occupation was dug out of the grounds of Woodbridge Mental Hospital m Singapore on Wednesday.
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    Tommies Found Shot
    49 1 LONDON. Jan. 21. (Reuten. The War Office announced today the bodies of two British soldiers had been found early today m a rail- i way waggon m the Suez Canal zone. The War Office statement said the soldiers appeared to have been shot at close quarters.
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    WOMAN INJURED
    40 1 A 15-year-old married woman, Halimah binte Rahim, was seriously injured last night when she was knocked down by a car as she got off from a bus m Dunear n Road. She was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    GORBATOV DIES
    21 1 BORIS Gorbatov. 45. a favourite Soviet author, film writer and war correspondent, has died. Moscow Radio renorted yesterday. A.P.
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    1955 DEADLINE FOR FED. POLLS?
    226 1  -  K. C. ARUN Election Cttee Meets In Secret *y Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Federal Elections Committee which completed its report to the High Commissioner at o secret session today, is believed to favour 1955 the latest year for national elections. The 46-membcr
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    DOCK STRIKE
    21 1 MORE than 400 workers walked out at the London docks yesterday m a Hghtning protest against alleged victimisation Reuter
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    33 NEW STARS
    15 1 SOVIET astronomers have discovered 33 new stars. Moscow Radio reported yeslerday. A.P.
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    Moorish Leaders Denounce Sultan
    179 1 TETUAN, Spanish Morocco, Jan. 21 (Reutcr) Moorish leaders of Spanish Morocco today announced their refusal to recognise the authority of the new Sultan of Morocco appointed by France last August. The statement reaffirmed their loyalty to Sultan Sidi Mohammed. deposed by ru French last August ann
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    Volcano !s Spitting Fire Again
    76 1 Volcano !s Spitting Fire Again JAKARTA. Jan 21 (Reutei The Centra: Java \ol<anj Meiapi spitted fire again terday afternoon Scorching clouds consi^lin? of red glowing ash particle? were descending m severa directions from the 9.000-ft high r-ratei burnin£ «veiything m their way The observation post of the volcanologica' service at
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    CINEMASCOPE FOR PENANG
    23 2 PENANG T rs Work L« n of the Cathaj For 1 x i flrst C Pcnani i i keta .v >
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    Back-pay Decision For 500 Due Soon
    141 2 Back-pay Decision For 500 Due Soon Standard Staff Reporter About 500 temporary clerks employed by the Singapore Government will know next week whether: they will gel back-pay for j 21 months :n accordance with the V mg Award. The Vonfl Arbi: ratio.". Board ed 21 noaths* ba <-pay s C
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    'Fine Example' Of Citizenship
    124 2 CONGRATULATING Mr. Walter Neubronner on his successful arrest of a criminal suspect at Lavender Street last week. Mr. N. G. Morris, Commissioner of Police, Singapore, presented him with a letter of commendation, an inscribed memento and a cash reward at Police Headquarters, Pearl's Hill, yesterday. The
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    McNeice Explains Delay In Varsity Building Plans
    276 2 McNeice Explains Delay In Varsity Building Plans Standard Staff Reporter DELAY m passing the building plans for the proposed Nanyang University m Jurong Road by the Singapore Improvement Trust, is attributed to the failure of the I'niversity's architect m submitting an amended plan as agreed. Mr. T.P.F McNeice. Chairman of
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    Protest Over Transfer Of KL Doctor
    92 2 Protest Over Transfer Of KL Doctor KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A mass meeting of doctors and the Kua!a Lumpur pubiic is scheduled to be held at the Town Hall on Jan. 27. to protest against th e transfer of Dr. A. R. Kandiah. Acting Medical Superintendent of the General Hospital to
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    Late Mr. Pawanchee
    58 2 PENANG, Thurs.— A large gathering of relations and friends attended the funeral of the lafe Mr. H. Pawanchee, 60. retired chief clerk at the District Office, Butterworth, yesterday. The interment was delayed for his two ?ons. Che Abu Bakar and Che Abdul Hamid from Singapore and Malacca,
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    REQUESTS FOR PAY COUNCIL
    114 2 LONDON. Jan. 21, (Reuter>—Mr. Stan Awbery (Labour) asked m the Hou.se of Commons yesterday what requests had beep, received from the rubber workers' unions i' 1 Malaya to set up wages council machinery to settle rates m the rubber industry and what wa.<? being done to
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    $133,000 CASE IS THROWN OUT
    253 2 BEFORE the trial of two men, Ong Ah Tee and Lum Muk Foong— charged with bringing 180 bars of goM worth about 8133,000 into the Colony without a permit— could begin yesterday, they were discharged. They walked out of the First j District Court smiling.
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    Ex-Bandits Praised By Bingham
    112 2 Ex-Bandits Praised By Bingham PEN^NG, Thurs. Surrendered Communist terrorists, who had just returned from operational duties, were congratulated for the enthusiasm they were showing m their work by the Resident Commissioner Penang. Mr. R. P. Bingham when he inspected the men on parade this morning. The surrendered Communist? are now
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    106 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: I Tone: Slightly steadier. I Tim Pinn- The price of tin vestet day was S3I6J (down per picul. LONDON KUBBF.K No. 1 RS.S Settlement Bouse Terms. Thursday's opening: prices first session were: LONDON TIN Thursday's prices first session
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    HE FACES A NEW CHARGE
    73 2 PENAXG. Thurs. A preliminary inquiry has been fixed on March 5, when Tan Aw Bah. 31, will face a tentative charge of murder by causing the death of a woman. Chew Ah Nooi, at Rope Walk on Jan. 6. Whea Tan appeared m the Magistrate's
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    Judge Trapped A Burglar
    193 2 MALACCA, Thurs.— Lim Bock Lian, a youth from Banda Hilir, with several convictions for housebreaking. could not resist the temptation again on NewYear's Day. And the place he decided to break into was the residence of Malacca Sessions Court president, Mr D Anthony. Going into the
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    FREE EDUCATION COSTS MORE
    302 2 Lewis Replies To Brickbats' By The Public KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Education must be paid for by the people and education of the kind generally described as "free education" is most expensive to maintain, Mr. L. I. Lewis, Assistant Director of Education said over Radio Malaya this
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    Father O'Hara To Give Talks
    46 2 THE Rev. Father A. O'Hara will lecture on "Social Prob- !ems" at the Co:. vent School j Hall, Seremban, today at 7.30 p.m. He will give a talk on "So- cial Principles'" at Taipinf J Convent next Wednesday a; 7 p.m.
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    Perlis To Be Split Into Two Districts
    167 2 Perlis To Be Split Into Two Districts ALOR STAR. Thurs. Members of Kangar Town Board were today told that Perlis will s oon be divided i into two districts, admirus- tered by district officers. Making the announcement, the chairman, Che Mohamed Yusoff Haji Ahmad said that members must prepare thorn
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    BEEAD IS CHEAPER
    97 2 FENANG Thurs. Bread ■rices have been te^meed i m Penang. tbe Assistant j Controller of Supplies an- nount-ed today The controlled price*, of bread are: unwrapped half pound 13 rents, one pound 26 cents. one and a half pounds 39 cents, two pounds 52 rents. Wrapped. half
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    TEACHERS' TALK
    27 2 A MEETING of the Pa Teachers' Association v. held a'. Lady Treache^ Schoo.. Taiping, today at The subject wiii be Parent? Can Co-operate V. Teachers".
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    Spenders Pass Thro'
    63 2 photo. SIR Percy Spender. Australian Ambassador to the I nited States, accompanied by Lady Spender parsed through Sin gapore by Qantas BOAC Constellation yesterday en route to the States after a five- week holiday mi n Sydney They aif pictured outside the YIP room at Kallang Airport
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    FIRST APL SHIP IN '54 TO ARRIVE
    202 3 Standard Shipping: Reporter THE first American President Lines passenger liner to call at Singapore this year the President Monroe arrived yesterday with a large number of round-the-world tourists. She weighed anchor from San Francisco, on Dec. 6, and the passengers spent a gala
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    Plan To Interest Chinese In MTUC
    238 3 Plan To Interest Chinese In MTUC KI'AL A LUMPUR. Thurs. A three-pron»ed Federation- wide campaign is to be launched shoitly to >timulate the interest ot" Cninese worker> m the M.duvan Trade Union Movement, Mr. R. F. H. Cidick, Acting Trade Union Adviser, t»*ld The Standard today. P ore under way
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    $2,000 HOMES ON FIRE SITE
    281 3 Colony's Majo Housing Plan For Low-Paids A SELF-CONTAINED colony of low cost houses will arise on a site m Lorong Tiga, Gey* long, Singapore, where 4,000 people were rendered homeless m an attap fire on July 16, last yearGovernment has acquired about 6£ acres of
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    MP Queries Best-Seller Film Ban
    137 3 MP Queries Best-Seller Film Ban T.OXDOX. Jan. 21. (Reuter). Mr. Maurice Edeiman (Labour) asked m the House of Commons yesterday why the Colonial Secretary had banned m Singapore and Malaya the film based on Mr. Graham Greene's novel "The Heart of the Matter/ Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State for
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    Science Show
    50 3 THE fourth science exhibition of the Science Society, University of Malaya, will be held at the Faculty of Science. Bukit Timah Road, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 3 and 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. on Feb. 4. Professor R. A. Robinson will open the exhibition.
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    $1200 OPIUM FINE IS PAID
    75 3 TAN Ah Koon was fined $1,200, m default eight months' jail, m the Singapore Third District Court yesterday for possession of one and a half pounds of raw opium on Oct. 14, last year. The Court was told that Police Lieutenant C. Jacob? made a
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    M.O.R. Gets A $50 Fine
    73 3 HASSAN BIN ABDUL GHANI, of the R.A.S.C., was fined $50 by the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate, Mr. F. A. Chua, yesterday, for negligent driving. The offence took place at the junction of Hill Street and Coleman Street on June 1. last year. and resulted m
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    They'll Play For Charity
    122 3 THE ARTISTES, below, recently formed the "Kalaveni Orchestra" an amateur musical society. They will perform at the International Variety Show at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. to raise funds for the renovation of the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple. In the circle
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    Top Four Will Meet Aussie Team
    145 3 Top Four Will Meet Aussie Team THE first four placed couples m the 1954 Singapore Amateur Dance Championship which will be held at the Happy World Cabaret on Feb. 25 and 26, will represent the Colony m a contest against an- Australian team which will arrive here on Mar. 29.
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    They Had 8 Guns: Charge
    154 3 They Had 8 Guns: Charge TWO youths, Suep bin Dollah and Ahmad bin Haji Mansoor, came up for trial m the Singapore Assizes yesterday on three charges of being m possession of eight revolvers without permits. Suep and Ahmad were alleged to have taken the revolvers from the armoury of
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 3 HONGKONG. Jan. 21.- Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.28 to £1 sterling $5.82 to US$l: $1,814 to Malayan $1: $0,200 to one Indonesian Ruppiah Gold $249,375 to 1 tael.
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    Wives, Not Brides, Are Allowed Entry
    222 3 Wives, Not Brides, Are Allowed Entry NO brides have been "imported" into Singapore but many wives and children have been allowed m since the new Immigration Ordinance came into force on Aug. 1, 1953. This was revealed by Mr. J. L. J. Haxvvorth, the Controller of Immigration, at a Press
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    DESERTER SENTENCED
    87 3 A SINGAPORE court martial i yesterday sentenced Kuas bin 1 Hassim, of the Royal Army Service Corps, to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment for desertion. The court also ordered that Kassim be discharged with ignominy on the expiration of his prison term. The sentence is subject to confirmation. Hassim
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    Journal's Story Is 'Utter Rubbish; Says Malayan Mirror
    214 3 Journal's Story Is 'Utter Rubbish; Says Malayan Mirror THE Malayan Mirror, organ of the Malayan Chinese Association, has described as "utter rubbish" an article on Malaya published by the India Rubber Journal in its October. 1953 issue. The Journal said: it now appears that, with the prospect ol political power
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    66 3 THE new Diamond Theatre was brightly illuminated last night to mark its opening b v Mrs. T. P. F. McNeice. wife of the Singapore City Council President. It took nearly four months to renovate the theatre after it was destroyed by fire last October, had cost the owner. Mr. Oli
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      85 3 Weather Report MINI MU M Temperature: 7Ji) p.m. Jan. 20 to 7.30 am. Jmi. M. Singapore (75 F). Penang (74 F). Kota Bahru (71 F). Kuala Lumpur (71 F). IjxMi i 71 F). Kuantan 1 7! F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. Lan 11— Singapore (91 F),
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    Paramount Films Chief
    73 4 DIE in Singapore on Jan. 30 •n a four-day visit to this territory oo a world tour is Paramount International Films lnc-'s President Mr. George Weltener t above) who flifs here from Jakarta acrompanied by Paramount's Fa r Hast Division Manager Mr I C. Henry Mr. C.
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    Only Two Came Home
    103 4 SIX MALAYS went out to "atrr. she 1 fisn on the banks 01 Tengah River m Singapore, on Wednesday utternoon but on:y four came home The body of one of the missing men. identified as Samad b;n Buan«. aged 3.5. was found dead Moating on the
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    LORDCHANCELLOR SHOULD APPOINT COLONY JUDGES – SAYS JOURNALIST
    344 4 LORDCHANCELLOR SHOULD APPOINT COLONY JUDGES SAYS JOURNALIST Jl/DGES of the Singapore Supreme Court should be appointed by the Lord Chancellor from practising members of the Malayan Bar and not by the Colonial Office. This was one of the points m a memorandum sent by Mr. George Edinger. a barrister versed
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    St. John Ambulance
    45 4 DR. G Harida?, Commissioner of St. John Ambulance Brigade, Singapore, will present Warrants of Appointment to officers at the Brigade's Headquarters, Stamford Road on Jan. 29. He will also hand out certificates to the successful candidates of stretcher and foot drill examinations.
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    CANADIAN FLOUR MISSION DUE
    49 4 A CANADIAN flour mission \vi!i arrive m Singapore on Jan. 26 for a three-day study of the special requirements of customers here m order to asslsi Canadian exporters of flour. The leader of Ihic mission which is touring South-East Asian countries is Mr. William Ridde!.
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    Welfare Workers
    61 4 photo. TWO members of the Women's Volunteer Service in London, Mrs. L. Gilbert (left) and Mrs. A.G.T. Corder, flew into Singapore by KLM yesterday to carry on welfare work among troops in Malaya. Mrs. Corder will do welfare work among British troops and Mrs. Gilbert, among Gurkha troops
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    Officer Cleared On One Charge
    234 4 -FIVE OTHERS PENDING AFTER seven hearings covering 22 days, Lieutenant Commander George Ansell Hardcastle, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, was acquitted on an amended charge of criminal breach of trust of $989.95 m the Second District Court yesterday. Hardcastle was alleged to have committed the offence
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    INDIAN FLAG: DISPLAY EAN
    52 4 THE FEDERATION Government has restricted the ceremonial hoisting of the Indian national flag at public gatherings on Jan. 26, Republic of India Day Carrying or displaying the flag m processions or on vehicles is banned, but the flag may be displayed or hoisted m dwelling places
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    Variety Show
    22 4 THE Indo-Ceylonese held a variety show m aid of their building fund on Jan. 16 at Klang's Great World Park.
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    MAGISTRATE IS SORRY FOR HAWKERS PLIGHT
    181 4 Singapore hawkers have been let down by their champions. "It is a tragedy and I am sorry for them." the City Police Court Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn said yesterday. He added: "It will be a great day when they will not be let
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    TAX: HEAT TURNED ON
    85 4 SINGAPORE employers are required to make returns of particulars respecting employees of certain classes employed m 1953. under the Income Tax Ordinance, it is officially announced. The Income Tax Department has sent forms for completion to many local employers. Employers who have not been notified individually
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    JOHORE STATE LOTTERY IS BANNED
    315 4 JOHORE STATE LOTTERY IS BANNED It Will Hit Fed. Welfare Funds JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The Federol Government hos refused to allow the Johore State Welfare Committee and the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis to promote a State lottery. This decision by _the Fedeial Executive Count conveyed by the Financial
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    Seamstress Took Her Own Life
    144 4 PRETTY 20-year-old seam-! stress, Wong Ah Leng of Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore, took her own life because j she could not afford fashion- j able dresses, the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday. Hearing the inquest on Wong was her twin sister. Tears I could be
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    Mr. C. Will Have Table To Himself
    125 4 AT a tea party to b e given by the Shell Company of Singapore today for 52 employees who have served the company from 10 to 35 years. Mr. C. J. Cornelius of the Sales Department will be sitting alone at a table,
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    GOODE TO VISIT S.A.T.A. LINIC
    43 4 THE Colonial Secretary. Mr W.A.C. Gooae. and Mrs. Goode \vi i visit the Royai Singapore Anli-Tuberculosis Association".C Lnic today at 1 1 a.m. Tomorrow Mr. Goode will visit 'he Soria] Welfare Depantneni at Have'.o;k Road a: 8.30 a.m.
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    New Claims Submitted By Busmen
    117 4 New Claims Submitted By Busmen i THE S :j T: Ct mpany E nployees' j i sterday submitted i da mi b the Ira I i paej Nt ::hei C Union ti- w m Urn ugbi publicity oica settU H k ind -.•> has rrihrie some ■.< to its orig
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    THIEF RUNS INTO A IEC
    86 4 A LITTLE girl of Kuan B< < I 'ho givini < > m th< Eighth P i yesterdi I she k j I Mt grandfather w3* tricycli laden witl ctotfc p'.nt fheir shop In rtfc B Road t>n Sept 27 .si She wf r h
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    HAWKER FINED $1O
    24 4 FOR haw r. n < al -la an M ar, Tec Cheng T- j fined $10 by the M iai Magis- b
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    S'PORE ASSIZES
    23 4 THE next session the i Singapore Assizes will be be d m tin Supreme Court day, Feb. 1. at IBM turn
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    McLellan Replies To A Reader
    103 4 McLellan Replies To A Reader Standard Staff Reporter NO one who has qualified as a normal-trained teacher m Singapore before Dec. 31, 1941. will need to take a post-norma! course, the Acting Director of Education. Mr. D. McLellan. told The Standard yesterday. Mr. McLellan was commenting on a letter written
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    GIRL MISSING FROM HOME
    25 4 A 15-YEAR-OLD gin. Tan Ah Bock, was reported missing from her home m East C<>;,^" Road at 7 p.m. on Wedno<cay.
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    ROBBED RING
    33 4 A SINGAPORE taxi-driver was robbed of his gold ring by i a tare m the early hours ol Wednesday morning at the junction of Lim Ah Woo Road and Guillemard Road.
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    GEC Chief Arrives
    127 4 THE Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of (he General Electric Company, i Ltd., Mr. Leslie Carnage, j accompanied by Mrs. Gam age I (below), arrived m Singapore by air from London yesterday. They are to spend a month m South-east Asia, visiting GEC branches m Hongkong. Singapore. Kuala
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    NEW SITE SOUGHT FOR CREMATORIUM
    170 4 NEW SITE SOUGHT FOR CREMATORIUM THE Singapore City Council is now looking for a 13-acre site somewhere m the city for its $650,000 crematorium. Mr. W. I. Watson. City Architect, told The Standard yesterday that the Bukit Brown cemetery site will not be used for the crematorium. The Health Committee
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    'Reorganise S'pore Medical Dept.'
    305 5 Malayan Graduates' 1 Body Says: T i E Singapore Modi cal I Administration n m argent] aer.: oi reoiganisation with I v t -a :o finding ways and ■Kama of providing modern hospitals and specialist services, declares the editoi:a! ut the latesi Proceedings of the Alumni
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    33 5 I»ho4o. X I VI YEAR OLD William Chang (centre). sob of Mr and Mrs. Michael Chan? of Klang Routi. Kuala Lumpur, pictured with friends at his birthday party held m hk home. Standard
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    Association Formed To Support U.N.
    150 5 Association Formed To Support U.N. PENANG, Wed. An appeal •> everyone to take part m the m irk Ol Urn United Nations ••vis made bj the Resident C mußissioner, Mr. R. P. Bftnghano, at the inau^aral meeting it "he United Nations Association ol Malaya at the AngloChinese School Ha", today.
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    Mr. Awbery Queries Colliery Sackings
    224 5 LONDON. Jan. tl (Renter) Mr. Stan Awbery (Labour) asked the Colonial Secretary m the House of Commons yesterday if he knew that nearly 500 men had been dismissed from the Batu Arang Colliery, Malaya. a.-. >-v v d this was already hardship to .< township
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    3 CHARGES & FINE WAS $50
    62 5 3 CHARGES FINE WAS $50 VI ah Thurs. Sens Huat r of the Kajang Setao- eroent Vil .age. ownlas 'At-re fined c- |at bj In ie Ibrahim M m the Muar ale's rt on three J 9 large.- were: Ulffini an «sa persi a m the van. fa to disp.ay
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    THEY MISSED $175 DATES
    78 5 TAIPING, Thurs. Tuan Syed Agil yesterday fined two employers, Chan Ah Heng and R. Suppiah SlOO and $75 respectively for failing to comply with summonses to appear at the Labour Office. Prosecuting, Mr. A. Rengam, Asst Commissioner for Labour, Perak North, stated that defendants" labourers lodged
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    MARKET OPENING
    62 5 (iROUP photo taken at th? opening of Malacca's Dew $'.200,000 private m.trk-t. \hf Eng Sen? Market at Egerton Road. The Resident I'ommissioner. Mr. G. E. C. W siiwK. who performed the opeaia; cerenoay. is seated m the centre with a hat oa his lap. The owner of the
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    DYAK GETS A YEAR FOR MANSLAUGHTER
    236 5 SEREMBAX. Thins. The assessors yesterday returned a verdict" of manslaughter against Kino Anak Urek, a l*-year-old Dyak member of the Sarawak Rangers, stationed at Port Dickson, who was charged with causing the ■leath of a Chinese cook. Wong Lok Phon, alias Ah Fong. at
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    Govt. Is Accused Of Marking Time
    243 5 '20,000 DENIED EDUCATION 1 Standard Staff Reporter A CHARGE that Fedeiation Government is "still marking time" m coming to a decision as to whether adult education classes m new villages should be con- tinued by the Malayan Chinese Association with Government funds, is made
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    Canal To Be Widened For Flood Control
    144 5 SEREMBAN. Thurs.— Steps are being taken to widen the Temiang Canal which according to the P.W.D.. is the main cause of floods m Seremban town areas. It is also proposed to raise the canal banks and the culvert at Lemon Street, as the
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    New Type Of Furnace Installed
    140 5 New Type Of Furnace Installed KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Foundry shop proprietors from the Federation and Singapore, today watched a demonstration of the '"Fulmina'' cast iron smelting furnace, the first of its kind to be imported into the country. The furnace has been installed at the Kwong Hup Seng Foundry, by
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    THEIR 2-WEEK CLASS ENDS
    44 5 KUANTAN Mon. Probationer Malay School teachers of East Pahan« completed a two-week Normal class training at Kuantan Malay Boys* School. The ending of the training was marked with a concert staged by the trainees. About 200 people attended the concert.
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    Whitewashing Mission?
    737 6 THE Joint Working Party on the rubber industry is expected to finish its job of collecting data by June ot Ikfe year. It has circulated some thousands of quest fees In hundreds of estates and m the coming mt'ruhs some 200 trained investigators will visit some 3.000 srr.jil-h'>!dings
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    NEW USES FOR RUBBER
    422 6 By ENGINEER' THE little rubber bands that you can buy m the shops m Malaya are manufactured by local factories. Most people look upon these little bands as a handy substitute for string to t:e up a parcel or to hand out to the children for
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    18 6 then m the fifth round the fight got out of hand—and speaking as a ring-side observer
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    Review of Views
    182 6 Review of Views Decision Applauded UTUSAN MELAYU applauds| the decision of the Malayan[ Adult Education Associationl to provide tuition for the! thousands of boys and girlsj who have been "sacked"! from schools m the Federa-jj lion. "The authorities who clearly* have admitted their inabi-| lity to meet the problem ofs
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      Wake Up And Act Or Quit
      411 6 Sir;— There is considerable confusion over expatriation pay and nonpensionable allowance for expatriate officers m the minds of the public. The principle of expatriation pay recommended by the Trusted Commission m p'.ace of the former children's allowance (known a s Macgregor's Bounty) has been
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      231 6 Sir: The nobility of a wife wss praised by "Commonsense Adviser," because she offered to tree her husband who had taken advantage of her ill health and middle age and gone and fallen m love with his wife's best friend. He feels it would be better for
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      McNEICE REPLIES
      346 6 Sir: I wish to refer to the leader appearing m your issue of January the 20th. The Singapore Improvement Trust has not refused to pass any plans whatsoever connected with the proposed Nanyang University. The Singapore Improvement Trust was first consulted by the architect on behalf of the
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    Lord him Of Serangoon?
    1415 6  -  ALEX JOSEY M si la pi a n I ""V" JuOttD Oymore wants the MBrttish FFon+& o/ lords to be reconstituted so as to invluth* n<>bi*s front British Colonial territories and independent countries within the Common trvalt lt 0/ Frm*> Nations. He wvrote an article m
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  • SINGAPORE STANDARD CHINESE NEW YEAR Supplement
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      14 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD CHINESE NEW YEAR Supplement FOl'R PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1954 TrEE
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    • CELEBRATION STARTS ON FEB. 3
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        Festival Is The Year's Biggest To Chinese All Over The World
        1136 1  -  JAMES PETER CHIN By t HINESE throughout Malaya and m other parts of the world will on February 3 welcome their New Year m a grand manner m spite of the fact that the New Year will be the
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        It's Year Of The Horse—Everyone Must Work Hard
        628 1  - It's Year Of The Horse Everyone Must Work Hard CHRISTINE DIEMER By gINGAPORE i s a lucky city because it has no dismal letdown after the European holidays of Christmas and New Year. It celebrates, as a city that circles the globe m national holidays, perhaps one of the greatest
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        Even Law Could Not Forbid It
        1020 1 Standard Staff Reporter JF there is ever a festival dear to the heart of every Chinese it is the Lunar New Year, which on the Gregorion Calendar, falls this year on the third of February. On this day and for three or four days
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        218 1 The Tudoj 1 "Oyster Princess" tin feminine counterpart of the "Oyster s=r^g 4|'*..^ Prince", and has the identical Rolex SHU 1; '"">■?! feitures. The "Oyster Prince" was I Jj b>' a miner, a riveter, a pneumatic-drill IZI IV J j". oporitor etc., m the severest tests ever < "S-;'.l|iP deviwJ
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      Flowers, Fire-Crackers, Dancing Feature Festival
      1951 2 Flowers, Fire-Crackers, Dancing Feature Festival any other city where there is a Chinese community, Hongkong celebrates the Chinese New Year m a big way. With Cantonese forming the bulk of the population m that Colony, festivities are marked by the spirit and tradition as it prevails m the Province of
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      Kitchen Gods Asked To Make Good Reports
      587 3 A Legend From Ancient China RICH OR POOR, most non-Christian Chinese make some kind of offering to their kitchen gods who will then render favourable reports m heaven to ensure a fruitful year for the entire family. The favours of heaven are looked
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      Stage Is Set For Big 4 Meeting
      194 5 Stage Is Set For Big 4 Meeting BERLIN. Jan. 21 (Reuter) -The three Western for- j g ministeia are expect-' :o "clock in"' for next week's big four conference ast 24 hours ahead of their Soviet opposite number Mr, Vyacheslav Mov. I United States High Comsaid yesterday that n Foster
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      S. KOREAN DESERTS WITH PLANE
      103 5 S. KOREAN DESERTS WITH PLANE SEOUL, Jan. 21 (AP)— The U S. 8:h Army announced last a South Korean pilot rey disciplined for buzzing 5th Air Force headquarters lisappeared with a light observation plane on Tuesday. Eur.ier, the North Korean Pyongyang radio said a ROK officer had flown a fighter
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      RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
      76 5 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 21. The following are the closing pnees at rubber and tin on the London Market. AkinAkl DIIDDtfi Lurtuwn hupbck Spot 16id. Feb. I6id. March 16* d. Apr. June 16id. July Sept. 16sd. Oct\ Dec. 17 d. Feb. c.f. 16Jd. Buyers Quiet.
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      GEN. CHIANG SEES WASP
      49 5 photo. WEARING a Maf West life-jacket, Chiang Kai-shek, President of Nationalist China, returns the salute of members of the crew as he prepares to leave the U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp, after spending four hours aboard the vessel off Formosa watching simulated war manoeuvres recently AP
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      Ike Calls For More Atom And Military Aid
      582 5 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Reuter)— President Eisenhower today asked the United States to spend more money than ever before on atomic energy and military aid programmes to friendly nations. In his budget message to Congress for the financial year ending June 30. 1955,
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      Reuter Tops News Poll
      76 5 PARIS. Jan. 21, (Reuter).— The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said m a report yesterday on world news agencies that Reuter headed the list as the agency with the 'largest area of distribution." According to the report 55 per cent of the world's
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      US Plans Atomic Arsenals Abroad
      116 5 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP)— The U. S. Air Force decision to handle atomic weapons overseas at ''various worldwide locations" was confirmed on Wednesday by action of the Senate Armed Services Sub1 Committee. The plan came to light after Sen. Francis Case, Chairman of the Subcommittee,
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      COMETS ARE SOUND IN STRUCTURE
      317 5 Scientists Make Reports After Thorough Check FARNBOROUGH, Jan. 21, (Reuter)— Experts investigating the Comet jet airliner crash near Calcutta last May have dismissed lightning or explosions as causes of the accident, it wos disclosed here yesterday. Dr. P. B. Walker, head of the structures department
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      MOLYNEUX DEES AT 81
      81 5 LONDON. Jan 21: (Renter) Major, the Honourable Sir Richard Molyneux whose life Sir Winston Churchill once helped to ssa c died m London yesterday m his 81st. year. Sir Winston's aid for Sir Sir Richard rode m the charge of the 21st. Lancers and was severely
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      IKE TO ENCOURAGE U.S. INVESTMENTS ABROAD
      192 5 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP)— President Eisenhower made a series of tax proposals today designed to encourage private investment by U. S. citizens abroad. The President said m his budget message: "Our tax laws should contain no penalties against U.S. investment abroad and within reasonable
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      Policemen Burnt Me, —Kikuyu
      187 5 Policemen Burnt Me, Kikuyu NAKURA, Kenya. Jan. 21 (Reuter) An aged Kikuyu farm squatter bared his breast and stomach m the Magistrate's Court here yesterday to disclose wounds he alleged he received when two European Kenya Police Reserve officers ordered him to be spread-eagled ar-ross fire 1o make him talk
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      Jumps Out Of Crashing Plane & Lives
      128 5 Jumps Out Of Crashing Plane Lives 'NAIROBI. Jan. 20: (Reuter). A British soldier who jump- j ed from a plane just before it crashed m the Kenya jungle and lived was found today. A patrol found Lance Corporal Peter Derek Sieeman staggering through the jungle to- day after a day
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      TRADE EMBARGO APPLIES ALSO TO JAPAN
      238 5 TRADE EMBARGO APPLIES ALSO TO JAPAN LONDON. Jan. 21 <Rev- ter) A Government i spokesman m the House [of Lords said yesterday that the Government be- lieved thai only non- strategic materials were being exporicd by Japan Ito Communist China. Lord ESibank bad asked if .the Sovernmeni Knew ol ut
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      Chairman Named
      24 5 PARIS. Jan (AFP| The Pre ich Finan i imittec I Urn National y yesterday re-ei' A. Pierre MendeG Fran- as iti chair-
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      Britain Marilyn
      83 5 THIS i^ Britain's "Marilyn Monroe." She is lovely blonde 19-year-old Vera Day. as she appears m lite chorus of "Wish You Were Here" at the London Casino. She has been given a part m a new British picture. "Dance Little Lady" m whirh six plays the role of
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        51 5 j CHINESE NEWYEAR i WMy >. I ANGPOWS >^y EASY I MnUrVTT J «r^^J SOLUTION THfcSE PURCHASE 7TI T0 YOU 1 TOKENS ARE A GIFT I J AVAILABLE AT I PROBLEMS, j j $5, $10 UPWARDS fV/ j AND EXCHANGEABLE J^ I j FOR GOODS AT BOTH OLR STORES V
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        744 6 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG -AMERIK A LINIE JOIN! SKRVKE To Colombo Genoa Marseilles Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen > port r > ham Penang •TS Kxm»d HAPAG) Ist rail BJnMJn 28 29 Jan Ind imII i 5 27 Jan TS Werrasteia (NDL) 8 !3Feb 14Feb 15/16Feb H«n. Kons Manila Robe lukohama
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        1030 6 Rfeaaa BLUE FUNNEL LINE ,?ei:ttu (13 lines) <w im, S MAINhFIKLD CO., LID Pa p V incorporated In Singapore Cairlen option to proceed via other ports to load ana ilLMhuuf cargo SAILINGS to LIVEKPOOL, GLASGOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL POBTS. Due Sails P S'bam Penang l.aornerton toi Barcelona. Havra Liverpool Jan 22/23
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        940 6 Ist Atomic Sub' Tc Be Launched GROTON, (Connecticut), Jan. 21 (UP)— A new age dawns today with the launching of the first atomic submarine potentially capable of cruising around the world without surfacing. The (US) $55,000,000 Nauti-i nus, the first craft to be pro- rinnnikl/ 1 r\ CA I pelled
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        707 6 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FKOM SCANDIN A VIA/UK .'CONTINENT Spore P.S'bam Penang *KINA W for Djakarta, Kobsichang, Saigco Hongkong. Manila Kobe YokchamB26 38Jan 24 25Jan In p »rt -mitHtmJUk" for Kohsichang. Hongkong o 4/4Feb "MAGDALA" for Bangkok 11/13Feb 9 lOFeb 8 BFeb "SONGKHLA' for Kobsichang, Saigon. Hongkong. Manila, Kobe and
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      GOLD MART IS HARD HIT
      258 7 Buyers Are Scarce Despite Low Prices THE gold trade has been experiencing difficult times- Despite cheaper prices, buyers are hard to find m Singapore. The purchasing power of the public, m so far as gold is concerned, seems to have dwindled proportionately with the drop
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      LONGEST PIPELINE
      30 7 NEGOTIATIONS to amalgamate Trans-Canada Pipe Lines and Woboern Pipe Lines Co. and build the longest natural gas pipeline from Alberta to Eastern Canada opened m Edmonton yesterday. AP
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      SHARES
      133 7 MALAYAN industrial snares i were a shade firmer m the local market yesterday, while tin? and rubbers remained practically neglected. Sellers of tins quoted slightly luwer prices m sympathy with the lower tin metal price. Buyer.* Seller* Kiey ririrk Pret. 2.10 2.20 xd 8.8. Petrol 38/ 6 39/6 Goodwood
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      STRONG RICE DEMAND CONTINUES
      136 7 STRONG RICE DEMAND CONTINUES WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 (UP) An Agriculture Department specialist yesterday predicted ''continued strong" world demand would keep American rice exports "fairly high for the next few years/ Dexter V. Rivendurgh, foreign agricultural service expert just returned from Asia, said increased world rice production "may be offset considerably"
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      Traders Disappointed Over R.I. Meeting
      176 7 Traders Disappointed Over R.I. Meeting Standard Market Reporter DISAPPOINTMENT over the outcome of the trade talks between Indonesia and Malaya was expressed by Singapore traders yesterday. Traders say that the difficulties of business with Indo- i nesia over the past yean bw hex, wf'l-known to repeat. A spokesman of the
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      Submarine Engine
      49 7 ph.uc THIS picture, just released, provide* a view of the Und based submarine hull that contains the Mark 1, built by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation a* an experimental model of the nuclear power p'.ant. Mark 11. that is to propel the first atomic submarine. U.S.S Nautilus. U.P.
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        RUBBER DOWN
        80 7 THE rubber market m Singapore yesterday r:osec slighl v steadier after being qs;iet a 1 day. first prade nil r \Ft hrjorv shipment closing at 5 fiSJ rents per lb. (56i cents oa i Wednesday). (Ipeotmtry selling vva- larg*- i.v cespoi siblc f' j r Urn orop n
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        NOON PRICES
        79 7 SINGAPORE Chamtet f t'nmmercf Rubber A- ■■•r>, Ii a i nexm price.- t cents b.l vi stei day c Buver^ s« r j No 1 RSS Spo1 loose N< 1 RSS a b Feb N< RSS o.b Mar 55j No 1 BSS fob i Na 1 RSS f.aJb
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      PRODUCE
      92 7 kgjhvkjhvlglkh, a KLBfti nun ireo I npFB i y.;.. <- Singapor« product mai £42 i ordinf I tradei '!'•■.< i market m active md bi sk Li ading b day. B :\v md cated 54 r I Q sellers j ed |t7| pi i i with 1 i f
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      Mineral Ouiput Not Curtailed
      88 7 LD NATIONS ew V. rk). lan. 81, ''"P inp. price? ol some j have affie led c leu i countries m the pa I eat but have nol curtai le ition. tne 111 ted NatiM I j mif Comn v sioo lor A I the F^:
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      SYNTHETIC DECLINE
      137 7 WASHINGTON. Jan. SI (UP) Secretary of Commerre Mr. S:tv .oir Wicks reported today the Doited S-ate> need i 1.652,490 long toW of n«:ura:. synthetic and re-.aimed rubber! during the year which endec last June 30. On the whole, he said, worlr. supplies of new rubber were ample to
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        257 7 LTI Ab**er By Al Capp c ££zify> weddjn?>- thaw mo p***^ m hS^T t^4*^-V( SS»BSIK^ ESw 1 Alley Oop By V.T. Hamlin -\..^j>» •>"-->< fit Don mewt (evekvpoiv^LI I l^fiov vasiw j 1 1 how aboutTT"^^™ 1 1 I 1 I o»X *Sf^^OtXXAAIOUV^»IMOOV l£ W !^/L^*^^ aOMBONE STf&3 OSCAR, H«^/^ITS
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        495 7 cvcnbc KLVANG POLICE HAM) a* Fairer Park at (/oiiON AVION: Aan (Hindustani) 5.30 pm 7 30 and 930 p m V W C A- Malay classes 9 30 to 10.30 j BRILLIANT: The Iron IffistreEE 3< a.m. advanced; 10.30 to 11.30 and &30 pan. a.m.— beginner?. MALACCA CAWTOLTI^n M 5
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        204 7 SiINGEI PATANI L}t KKN'B: Go Fo: Bi ike and i< PENANG OULON: The Girl Who H... E\ erything 1 15. 3JI dIS < t 15 pJM LIIKf: Putera Sungei N < 33C 7 and 930 m PAKAMOTVT: The World T«n, C and 9 p m CSIXMtV: Oestinatk»B Gob 3 7
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      PROBLEMS OF LIFE AT 18
      903 8 PROBLEMS OF LIFE AT 18 HAT sort of person is the modern, city-dweilin? youth at the age of 18? A physician and a psychiatrist who have just completed a survey of the "sorting-things-out" age-group m an outer London suburb 85 representative young men of 18 just registering for military service
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      Dangerous 'Duds'
      213 8 HEIDELBERG, Germany —Ammunition fired m World II still snuffs out lives on Europe's old battlefields. In Germany, England, French, Italy and elsewhere m Europe where the icar raged a decade ago duds still lurk beneath war rubble. The U.S. Army maintains six explosive ordnance disposal squads which do
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      The Trade Of Words
      528 8 CASSANDRA SAYS: "The final trick is merely to get the words m the right order m a pernickety, choosy sort of way— like Shakespeare and Milton and Matthew Arnold did." a plodding hack; a slow, wise scholar going through the catacombs of the past to pierce
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        'AHMADIYYAT IS TRUE ISLAM'
        555 8 Sir. It is a well known fact that freedom of religion is one of the human rights and m this civilised world violence m religious affairs has become a matter of the past. In the following few lines I am giving a brief eye witness account
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        Solution Is Offered
        217 8 Sir; Trade Union Representatives to the Rendel Commission have claimed that they should be allowed to use part of Trade Union Funds to meet the campaign expenses of Trade Union candidates at Legislative Council elections. In England the Conservative Party finances at least some of its candidates
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        'WE'RE FREE FROM FILTH'
        69 8 Sir; A great deal has been said about polygamy and monogamy. But all these controversies only serve to lead into hotter controversies. Polygamy or no polygamy, without grudging the rights of women, I strongly believe that things are best as they are now. We, Eastern people,
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        247 8 the srcias AEVD YOU By RITA DEL MAR A KlUS— March 21 to Apm l'.t Do a bit moie than your snare or bring enlightenment. but don't let anyone pull ths wool over your eyes TAlKl'S— April 20 to May 20 Analyze sentiments before you yield, to them. Take no
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      ENGLAND ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY
      978 9 ENGLAND are m a strong position to achieve their first Test victory m the West Indies since 1935. When htolimever decided to declare the second home Innings dosed at 209 runs for six wickets, he set Button and his men the task of scoring
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      49 9 photo. FIFTEEN year-old Ellery Hatch (WA) knocks down I Walter Abeysekara m the j first round of their bout m J Perth. Walter went down for j the second time for a count of eight and was m a bad wa >' when the referee stopped the j bout. UP
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      Marjan Should Keeo All 3 Titles
      338 9 KIALA LIMPIR, Thurs.. Ismail bin Marjan the Malayan Thomas Cup player. is ♦'xpet-ted to retain his triple crown m the All Malaya Malays badminton championships to be played m Penang on February 3 and I 4. If there is a:s>up.e to orlei Marjan serious
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      England's 2nd Soccer Reverse
      59 9 England's 2nd Soccer Reverse BOLOGNA. Jan. 20: < Renter)— Italy beat England by throe goah to nil m an intermediate aoccei Internationa] here today fOf players under 23 years of ;rj;e. The Italians played fast lively football on a heavy slippery pitch bui England lacked thrust and rn ssed I
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      Root Dead
      26 9 WOLVERHAMPTON, (Enfr land). Jan. 21, (AP> Fred Root, an old time English Test ■ru-keter. died on Wednesday jlter a lingering illness, tie was 63.
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      Floodlit Soccer
      24 9 LONDON. Jaa 21. (Reuter] —In a Boodlit surcer match played here lasi night Bristol City and Tajduk Ciub of Yugoslavia drew one-all.
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      Randy Takes Tough 'un
      732 9 (Says Peter Wilson) RANDOLPH TURPIN, the question mark of boxing, should be back m the big-time boxing ring m April. He expects to defend his European title against Tiberio Mitri, the Italian, who is a former holder of the European middleweight title, Alex Griffiths, the Birmingham
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      Draw For Davis Cup
      129 9 MELBOURNE. Jan. 21, (Reuter). The draw for the Eu- ropean zone of the 1954 Davis Cup was made here today by Sir Norman Brookes. President i of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association. India. New Zealand and Brazil play m the European zone. The draw is (m
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      MOSCOW GIRL SETS RECORD
      51 9 MOSCOW. Jan. 20:' (Reuter). K. Shschego'.eeva, 20-year-old Moscow girl beat tbe world 3.000 metres speed skating record for women here yesterday. She clocked five minutes 9.2 seconds to better the mark of five minutes 13.8 seconds set by another Soviet skater Rima I Zhukova m January
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      Landy And The Magic Mile
      99 9 MELBOURNE, Jan. 20: (Reuter)— John L*mdy, Austrai iia's top miier, will attempt to run a four minute-mile here tomorrow night. He will ra^fc on a specially prepared track at a •'twilight" j meeting so as to avoid :he heat jof the d;iy. 1 Laady who
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      Man OS Determination
      85 10 Man OS Determination )-.)t; CAS.MIN. the over th.rt\ prop forward. Mn his utmost t'» halt under thrtv trsoa\ breakthrough from the scrummage m v?>terd.i^ Ru^by match. i>i« t'te The under thirty's w»a H Judc.ng b y the l<*>k t»a tr>on '< face, and the bark i«4 he seems to be
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      Henricks Conscious Of Neo
      249 10  - Henricks Conscious Of Neo ERIC RIEL 3\ SYDNEY. Jan SI (UP> Austul.aa champion swimmer J.) Henricks tonight hardly Glided h.mself when he easilj t!ip 110 vard>. heat m H.l sees. the winners >: the of the low other. succeeded In breaking however, is conscious S igapore's Neo Chwee ho is
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      SURPRISE BY BLUE RIBBON
      868 10 Windsor Lad Watches at Bukit Timah gets a Shows Promise For Tomorrow MAKING his effort wide out on the second track Blue Ribbon, with Apprentice John Manning astride, surprised track watchers at Bukit Timah this morning when he reeled off the three m 37 4/5 sec.
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      TRIUMPH FOR YOUTH AT SCC
      712 10 Beer Does Nat Revive Old 'Uns YOITH had its way m yesterday's Singapore Cricket Clubs under thirty versus over thirty game oi rusher on the Padang, but it was only after an all- i out assault on the rugger-rusty ancients who finally submitted by 10
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      From One Player To Another...
      52 10 OUR badminton-loving: Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, is greeted by young Ashok Kumar, one of the finalists of the Indian Republic Day's badminton tournament at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night. Making the introduction is the well known Ong Poh Lim. the Singapore Thomas
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      Fishermen For Regatta
      50 10 ALL FISHERMEN wishing U> participate m the Chinese New Year Regatta (Feb. 4) of the Outboard Boating Club of Singapore must send m their entries and fee of $2.50 to the Sports Editor. Singapore Standard, No. l.'S. Robinson Road, Singapore 1. not later than Monday, Jan. 25.
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      U.K. Rugby
      21 10 LONDON. Jan. 21 (Router) Yesterday's Rugby Union results are: Guys Hospital 11. Wasps 10; United Banks 6: Middlesex 20.
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      B'ton Bind India & Malaya: CG
      303 10 B'ton Bind India Malaya: CG Gomez New Champion THE Indian Thomas Cup team left us an abiding impression of resource, dash and skill, and rumours have been coming from India ever since of the new young players who brighten even further the chances of success, the Commissioner General for South
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      National Team Draw In 'War Of Vengeance'
      587 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Like eleven demons unleashed, an invitation hockey team composed of Negri, Selangor and Singapore players today brought a titanic war of vengeance against the Malayan national team on the HQ Malaya ground this evening, stretching them to a one-all draw.
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      Radin Mas Ramblers
      73 10 THE following h;ive been selected to play football for the Radin Mas Ramblers Sports Club against Singapore District on Sunday on the Fort Canning ground. Tony Adalia. Jahari. Samad. Chwee Leng George Phillip, T.C. Balan, Chong Chee Jabri Ebrahim Fali. Kadir. Hock Seng. Stevens Tan. Bakar. Omar
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      124 10 RECOGNISE the man with the cricket Hi You don't? Well, here's a tip:— Hes more famous at Wimbledon than at Lords, ar.d U< Englishman. If you're still doubtful about the answer, vee below. THE sportsman it name other t'nan this year's Wimbledon tennis champion. American Vic Sei.ias. This picture vns
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      Marrieds Win Kee Hock Cup
      263 10 AN opportunist goal scored by Seva Singh m the 55th minute of play, gave victory for the Marrieds m their annual Medical Services hockey match against the Bachelors for Dr. Au Kee j Hock Challenge Cup at Sepoy Lines yesterday. The match was decided by
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      KAMPONG LEAGUE
      57 10 BADAN KESENIAN A" XI beat Permuda Latchian by four goals to two m a Brewer i ies sponsored Kampong Soccer League competition game at I Alexandria road yesterday Chua Ban Rock refereed the game. Scorers for the winners 'were: Bu.iang Ahmad (2) Omar Syed and Leong Choon. Chee.
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      Soccer At Farrer Park
      54 10 William Jacki beaf Far* Juniors 2— l m a w friendly at Farrer Park >v> M day S orers were Cyril and I Said for J3i-k?. Ah Hong tin Jusioca In another Fairer Pjk friendly. Royal Ann] Paf Corps beat Roya Engineers 3—o. Barker 2 and
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        34 10 SPOI^ HOCKEY: SRC r RAT Chaiigl. SRC: SHA J I X.0.. L'mrersily 3rd t I biued Schools isL. Bit Timah, SCC 2nd. v. f? n Navy, SCC RUGBY: RJ 0 AU Whites. RaHles Inst.
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