Singapore Standard, 29 January 1954

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD DSAASDF jfc $1 s. Vol. IV. No. 211. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    DULLES ATTACKS CHINA AND SAYS: LET'S BE SERIOUS
    299 1 BERLIN. Jan. 23. (Reuter) —Mr John Foster Dalles, United States Sectj.ary oi State, today shattered the polite calm thai had enveloped the *-Four conference here n a blistering attack on nmunist China, which Vyacheslav Molotov inta to bring to a five,*r conference.
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    PPP LEADERS SEEK DAMAGES
    54 1 GEORGETOWN. British Guiana. Jan 28 (Reuter)— Mr. Rory Westmaas and Mr. Martin Carter, two leaders of the British Guiana leftwing Peoples' Progressive Party. are claiming 10.000 West Indian dollars (about £2.080) damages for alleged false imprisonment. Both allege they were falsely imprisoned between Oct. 24 and
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    BABIES FOUND STRANGLED
    38 1 LONDON, Jan. 28. (AFP).— The strangled bodies of three babies have been discovered at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, it was reported here today. An examination of the bodies revealed that the deaths had occurred several weeks ago.
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    They Force Royal Car To A Crawl
    199 1 DUNEDIN. Jan 28: Wildly cheering crowds pressing in from the roadside for a final glimpse of Queen Elizabeth forced the Royal car to crawl along at seven miles an hour until it was well on the way from here to Invereargill today. The
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    Ike Urges Policy For Trade Expansion Abroad
    204 1 Ike Urges Policy For Trade Expansion Abroad WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. President Dwight Eisenhower, predicting today that the American economy will resume its growth in 1954. declared that! "a policy to promote I economic growth and sta- 1 bility cannot be limited to our domestic affairs but must, of necessity, extend
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    BRITAIN FACES A BIG FREEZE
    66 1 LONDON, .la,-.. 28: (Reuter) B-. a:. r i today entered the third day <j' bei b:gges: freeze up since the crisis winter of iy47 with no change in sight Cold winds sweeping over the country direc: from the Siberian steppes sent overnight temperatures down to
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    CANADIAN FAIR
    22 1 MORE thai, 20 have already made reservations to exhibit a- the 1H54 Canadian international trade ia.i ofticials announced todav. UP
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    Kidnappings: 9 Men Detained
    193 1 POLICE RAID FACTORY THE SINGAPORE Police yesterday eveninf do- tained nine men "in connection with tiie recent kidI nappings," Mr. Peter Clague, the Police Secretary told jThe Standard late last night. The nine men were detained when 100 policemen and detectives, led by European and Chinese
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    REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR NIGERIA IS PLANNED
    118 1 LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 28, (Reuter) Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, the British Colonial Secretary, and Nigerian political leaders have completed work on a draft re- j vision of the Nigerian constitution to give increased powers to regional governments. The draft scheme regkmalises the judiciary, the civil
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    BODY TO STUDY CITY STATUS FOR KL
    165 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council is to set up a committee to consider making representations to the proper authorities with a view to changing the Council into a City Council. A resolution to thi? effect, moved by Mr. G. V.
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    Narriman To Marry Crooner
    121 1 Narriman To Marry Crooner CAIRO, Jan. 28. (Reuter) Beautiful 19-year-old ex-Queen Narr i m a n plans to marry an Egyptian film star and crooner Farid El Atrash after obtaining her divorce from ex-King Farouk, it was learned here today. Farid Ei Atrash hails from Ihe wealthy princely El Atrash
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    ASSESSOR SYSTEM STAYS
    1341 1 Big Majority Throws Out Demands For Trial By Jury KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation will not have trial by jury. This decision was arrived at by the Federal Legislative Council after a two-day debate on the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill, which allowed for a modified assessor
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    UK AGREES TO BUY THAI RICE
    50 1 BAN IKOK. Jar.. 28. (UP).— r t-;- wa« signed this 4 bcttrees Thai'.and and T United Kingdom for the ri »as« I Thai r.e this year >c 3r::^h terr.Tcr.es. The agrecnwni provides for ■i British to buy between 27->.<V)O to 4Pf.CfC tens of Thai
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    Red Trucks Take Korea PoWs Away
    121 1 PANMUNJOM, Jan. 28 (AP) Twenty one Americans and one Briton who turned against their home countries. sang, cheered and chanted today as Communist trucks bore them away o a:: unknown fate in North K^rea. Five Ailie.i newsmen watched silently a< the turncoats i:s rolling
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    Take My Children, Says HK Chinese
    190 1 FROM RICHES TO RAGS HONGKONG, Jan. 28, (UP) A once wealthy Chinese merchant who fled Communism in China has offered in a classified newspaper advertisement to give his four young children away "unconditionally" to good homes because he can no longer support them. Tung
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    Party Negara Deadline Is Feb. 21
    65 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Party Negara will be launched here on Feb. 21, the Working Committee of the National Conference announced tonight. The ceremony will be held in the Town Hall at 10.30 a.m. With the formation of the new party, the national conference,
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    GEN. KEIGHTLEY VISITS NICOSIA
    53 1 LIEUT-GENERAL Sir Dudlev Ward. Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff arrived in Nicosia yesterday from Singapore for a two-day visit. Accompanied by General Sir Charles Keightley, Com-mander-in-Chief, Middle East, he is to visit the army's newest camp now being built at Episkopi in the South
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    FLAG OFFICER
    33 1 LONDON, Jan. 28 (Reuter; The appointment of Rear Admiral Partrick W. Brock as Flag Officer, Middle East from next April was announced here today. He succeeds Rear Admiral G. H. Stokes.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    107 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 K.S S Spot Loose 544 54g No 1 R.S.S. 54& 545 No 1 R.S.S. 54 J 54 No 3 R.S.S. 52} 53 foae: Steady. Quiet TIN TKlt't Ibe price of tin vesterduv was 5.117
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    TRIBUTE TO AYOUB IN LEGCO
    125 2 TRIBUTE TO AYOUB IN LEGCO KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs, The Federal Legislative Co in ril today paid tribute U) Raja A.voub bin Raja Haii B. who relinquished his ■ppointraeat as its first C erfe ol Council yesterday Iq lake op another oust. Data Mabmad bin Mat. -.he S)p akcr. said Raja
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    MORE ADULT CLASSES SOON
    72 2 THE E*eople's Education Association of s ■■^pore is opening a new CdltTC of four classes i1 >■ ovei 14 yean o.d a Hm Tanjonj Rhu School. F.:.^ :s w: be taught, and each daaa will aocumit-iodate 31 pi;pi;>. Applications for enro'me:".*. mav be made at the
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    Thugs With Masks From One Gang?
    107 2 Thugs With Masks From One Gang? Standard Staff Reporter A BAND of masked robbers armed with daggers is believed to be operating in the Binjai Park area of Singapore. On Tuesday night, three masked men tried unsuccessfully to rob a farmer's hut in Bukit Timah Road just off Binjai Rise.
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    Six Men To Plead For Dr. Kandiah
    93 2 Six Men To Plead For Dr. Kandiah KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A six-man team will appeal against the transfer of Dr. A. R. Kandiah. Medical Superintendent of the General Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, to Sungei Patani, Kedah. This was decided at a public meeting held in the town hail here this evening
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    Stamps For Scout Fund
    51 2 Stamps For Scout F und SINGAPORE Postal authorities have informed tie coUect f°u U nl IS^S^ the Special Scout£2p s imloi i H the Juron S Scout Camp Fund musf be sender* StSUnPS Wroltgiy aJlxed retonwd to the o^ST 1 22T e tho saßd S« o nt stamps have been
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    WELFARE ASSN
    71 2 THE following were e.ected officials of the Malay Women's welfare Association at a meeting held re.-entiy. President:— Ch e Zahara bmte Noor Mohamed- Vieepresident:— Mariyambi Be Dinte Shaik Omar; Hon §i eC r fr ary ii~ Hazmat binte Modd. Russul; Asst. Hon Secretary:— Rahamah binte bnaik Hamudi; Hon.
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    Censure Move Is Defeated
    152 2 Censure Move Is Defeated KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Mr. A. D. York, President of the Municipal Council here today turned dow n a move by Mr. On:? Yoke Lin. leader of the UMXO-MCA group in the house, to censure Mr. S. C. Singam for quoting a "confidential document on the 3954
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    PIRACY PROBE IS STILL ON
    68 2 JAKARTA. Jan. 28 (Renter —It is very likely that Chinese pirates using Indonesian polire uniforms have been engaged in piracies in waters near Langkawi Island. Police Comnnssionet Aril Sutan Endahkajo stated today. Langkawi Island, north of Penana island, is Malayan territory. The Police Commissioner, who
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    GOVT. NAMES 7-MAN FUND BOARD
    190 2 Plan To Make An Early Start Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government yesterday named the seven-man Board which will administer the Central Provident Fund expected to start operating by the middle of this year, Mr. E. L. Peake, a Chartered Accountant and partner of Messrs.
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    Hardcastle Gets Off On Trust Count
    90 2 FIVE minutes after the trial of Lieutenant Commander George Ansell Hardcastle, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, began yesterday he heard the judge acquit him on five charges of criminal breach of trust involving $7,950.16. in the Singapore District Court yesterday. Mr. J.E. Hushes, prosecuting, told
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    CHAMBER TO AID HAWKERS
    49 2 THE SIN'GAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce agreed at a meeting yesterday to request the City Council to be lenient towards hawkers in view of the trade recession. The Chamber also decided to request the Director of Commerce and Industry. Mr. T.M. Hart, to decontrol rice.
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    Rural Board Retains Its Planning Powers
    230 2 Rural Board Retains Its Planning Powers THE SINGAPORE, Rural Board will retain its planning powers in respect of the Colony's neighbouring islands, it was agreed at a Board meeting yesterday. It was pointed out that the Board had recently rpade the Improvement Trust the .sole planning authority on Singapore island,
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    Newspapers Reject Govt.'s 'Pay For Pix' Plan
    173 2 Newspapers Reject Govt.'s 'Pay For Pix' Plan SEVERAL leading Singapore newspapers have flatly rejected the Malayan Information Service's "pay-for-pix" plan, according to United Press. The Federation Information Service's Director General, Mr. A.D.C. Peterson, announced on Monday that his department would charge newspapers for all photo-releases after Feb. I. In a
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    Petition To McNeice
    60 3 THREE associations yesterday petitioned the President of the Singapore Citv Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. to reronsider the Council's decision on new trisha licences and renewals after date of expiry. The petition was signed by the presidents of the Singapore Hired Trisha Riders' Association. th e
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    THEY ADMIT RECEIVING...
    62 3 THEY ADMIT RECEIVING. C. O. FERNANDO. T. E. Fernando and C. Batchelor pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday to a charge of receiving $1,075 worth of jewellery believed to have been stolen from a house at Lim Ah Pin Road on Nov. 14. The Judge. Mr. E.
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    Don't Allow Jewellery On Children
    81 3 Don't Allow Jewellery On Children Standard Staff Reporter IT IS extremely dangerous to let small children wear articles of jewellery in Singapore nowadays, a Police spokesman said yesterday. He said this following a report that a Eurasian girl was robbed of a $100 gold chain with a religious medal in
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    CONTRACTORS TO BUILD THE ROADS
    181 3 Standard Staff Reporter NINE miles of earth roads to provide access to agricultural areas under the food production scheme have been made up in Singapore's rural areas, Chairman of the Rural Board, Mr. E. V. G. Day. said yesterday. He was replying to a motion
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    ANNUAL BALL
    28 3 THE GOVERNOR, Sir John Nicoll attended the Annual Ball of the officers of the Far East Air Force Headquarters at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night.
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    COUNCIL QUIZ ON SPEECH READING RAISES A LAUGH
    239 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Federal Legislative Councillor today sent the House roaring with laughter when he asked for a ruling "on the number of times a member can look into notes during a speech." The Speaker, Dato Mohamed bin Mat, however, gave
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    NICOLL APPROVES NEW LOW-COST TYPE OF HOUSE
    313 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE FIRST 400 units of low-cost two-storey houses will be built by the Singapore Improvement Trust on a 13-acre site in the Alexandra Road area, on the outskirts of proposed Queenstown. ±enaers tor tnis project which will cost nearly $1,000,000,
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    Closure Of Leper Colony Postponed
    193 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The Federal Government's proposal to close down Johore's Leper Colony at Tampoi, as an economy drive, has been put off indefinitely as a result of a petition by the inmates to General Sir Gerald Templer last week. It was tentatively arranged that
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    FRANCHISE FOR BRITISH SUBJECTS IS OUT
    296 3 FRANCHISE FOR BRITISH SUBJECTS IS OUT KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A motion—passed by the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council on Nov. 30 last year that the Selangor State Council be requested to amend the elections ordinance so that British subjects would also be eligible to vote, was rescinded by the Council today.
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    Warrant Out For Hawker's Murder
    231 3 Warrant Out For Hawker's Murder The Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of Chiang Kiat Chew, following an inquest into the death of a bean curd hawker, Heng Hong Choon. Chiang was alleged to have beaten up Heng with a changkol on Dec.
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    Swamp To Become A Boating Lake
    88 3 Swamp To Become A Boating Lake THE Singapore Kallang Basin Committee has a plan to turn the tidal swamp in Kolam Ayer at some future date into a lake where boating and othar recreation facilities will be provided for the public. Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. President of the City Council, told
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    Indonesian Currency Rules Eased
    82 3 Indonesian Currency Rules Eased THE Indonesian Foreign Exchange Control Office has eased currency regulations for tourists and non-resident visitors coming to Indonesia for not more than three months, according to the United Press. The new rules permit entrants to keep foreign currencies and convert money into rupiahs at approved banks.
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    RENTALS TO BE REVIEWED
    72 3 THE Singapore City Council will review the rentals and working of the Esplanade restaurant, early next month, the City Architect, Mr. W. I. Watson, told The Standard yesterday. Some stallholders have written to the Council for reduction in rent and a few have been granted small
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    M.P.'s QUIZ ON WIVES IN MALAYA
    332 4 M.P.'s QUIZ ON WIVES IN MALAYA Same Rights As Others-Minister LONDON, Jan. 28 (UP) Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, Mr. Henry Hopkmson sold yesterday he was not aware that the morital rights of women in Singapore and the Federation were less than \n other comporable ports of the British
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    WOMAN AMONG 2 REDS BAGGED
    230 4 KUALA LUMPUR, i Thurs. Two more Com- munis t terrorists, a man and a woman, have been killed by Security Forces Jin the Federation. One terrorist has surrendered. One of the two terrorists was I killed in Kuantan area, Pahang. by Area Security Unit j
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    'Teachers Live As Labourers'
    114 4 'Teachers Live As Labourers' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mrs. Devaki Krishnan today ur&ed the Municipal Council here U "end the scandal of letting Tamil school teachers lire in labourers* quarters." Mrs. Kri.-hnau was protesting against an allotment of two quarters near a Tamil school in Cheras Road to employees other than
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    MAN STABBED IN THE BACK
    55 4 TWENTY three-year-old Tan Hwee Meng sustained a stab wound on his back when he was involved in a fight with 21-year-old Lee Ah Tee near the Bukit Timah Road Police Station yesterday. The man was admitted to General Hospital while Lee was given outpatient treatment
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    Mrs. Fozdar Hits At 'Ignorance'
    310 4 MRS. SHIRIN FOZDAR, Hon. Secretary of the Singapore Council of Women, asked yesterday why Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, was "not aware that the marital rights of women in Singapore and the Federation are less than in other comparable parts of
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    THAI VETERINARY CHIEF ON TOUR
    106 4 MALAYAN and Thai veterinary officials are holding a scries of discussions concerning veterinary and other allied problems. The director of Thailand's veterinary department, Mr. Vichitrprahankcrn. is in Malaya with a delegation specifi- cally to have talks with Malayan officials and merchants concerned in the livestock
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    POSTAL PLANS FOR HOLIDAYS
    109 4 THE GENERAL Post Office wiil be open from 9 a.m. to I noon, and other post offices and agencies, with a few exception^, from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. en Feb. 3 and 4; post offices in Tiong Bahru. Towner Road. Kandang Kerbau. Maxwell Road and
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    Boxed His Way To Freedom
    111 4 PENAN G. Thurs. One of Uvo youths detained by Customs officers at a pier here yesterday, punched his way to freedom. The youth struggled with a Harbour Board ticket cc! lector and a policeman, then ieapt into the sea and swam across to a nearby
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    'A Messe' Is Chosen For Rehearsals
    153 4 THE Singapore Chamber BftacnoUe has chosen "A Messe"' by Palestrina for study this season and choral rehearsals are bong held every Tuesday at Monk'a Hill School Members cf the Ensemb'e M eve_ that there must be Tanjy '.oca: singers who would be interested in
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    OFFICER'S TRAINING FOR CADET
    214 4 MR. CHIA CHENG LOCK. the only successful candidate to enter the Royal Malayan Navy as Cadet (S) recently, will be the first Singapore boy to go to Britain in April to be trained as a Naval officer. Captain H. E. H. Nicholls of the Royal Malayan
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    Villagers Are Warned
    74 4 IPOH. Thurs.— The people of Kamnong Coldstream, a \'ew Village near Kampar, were told by the British Adviser, Perak," Mr. I.W. Blelloch that their record needed improvement. The British Adviser said that there must be "far better co-operation with Government"* and warned that if there was "any
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    FATAL MISHAP: DRIVER FREED
    96 4 A LEARNER driver was acquitted in the Singapore First Traffic Distrid Court yesterday, on a charge of ra-nffrng by a negiigtn* act, the death of 56-year-c!d Er..c: O- Gai.stan. The driver. Lim Kch Chan. was defended by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. who submitted that there wai
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    PLEADS GUILTY TO CHEATING
    73 4 HENRY Timcthy Hogan pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesitrday to committing criminal breach of trust in rasped of $1,760 in cash between Dec. 2 and 30. last year. while in the employ of Messrs. Bc.rnec Sumatra Trading Cc. (M) Ltd.. Singapore. The ca-e
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    Pak. League Officials
    70 4 MR. KUSHI MOHAMED j was re-elected president of the Overseas Pakistani League, at its annual general meeting held yestertiay. The meeting also elected Messrs. Lai Khan. J. Kalandar Khan and Moulavi Gulam Murtuza as vice-presidents: Mr. Manir Uddin, secretary; Mr. Gulam Mohamed, asst secretary; Mr. Hakim Gulam
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    LECTURE IS CANCELLED
    50 4 THE PUBLIC lecture by Dato Sri Stia Raja Nik Ahmad Kamil, Federation Member for Housing and Town Planning, scheduled for Feb. 5, at the University of Malaya's Geographical Society premises. has been cancelled due to his departure for Delhi as the Malayan representative to the ECAFE conference.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 4 HONGKONG, Jan. 28— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15. 1t to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,814 to Malayan $1: $0,185 to ore Indonesian Rupiab; Gold $245.€25 to 1 taeL
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    TRIED TO EXTORT $5: MAN IS HELD
    205 5 A YOUNG thug tried to extort $5 from an old Longer in Singapore's Newmarket Road in the early hours of Wednesday Qg. e n the fishmonger told hi had nc money and away, the thug followfor a quarter of a and as the
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    Police Pension After 10 Years
    215 5 Kl ALA Ll'MPl'R. Thurs.— Police personnel who have completed at least ten years' service, are now allowed to resign and still be eligible for pension rights. This has been brought about bv the passage of the Police Pensions (Temporary Provisions Ordinance 1954. by the Federal
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    They Stand Trial For $15 Robbery
    132 5 They Stand Trial For $15 Robbery HOW, Tech Roch and Tan rjhong Seng stood trial in the S igap >re A^; i; > yesterday on i large d robbing a Chinese i (IS M :>:i ♦rial v.a< Kasava Dutt who faced a caaiga of .1 ting the two men. The
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    GOVT. OFFERS FREE GRANTS
    67 5 fALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Federatioa Government is igain offered 13 scholarr i three-year course at ege of Agriculture, S lang, this year. Applj af.ons should be ad>sed to the Registrar of the »ge, net .ater than April in ii Ja*es must possess j irade I or Grade
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    EXHIBITION OF PHOTOS FEB. 5
    46 5 THE Governor of Singapore. S i J dm Nico.i. will open the Singapore Ar- Society's Fifth Open Exhibition of Photographs on Feb. 5. at the British Council Ha:'.. Stamford Road. The exhibition is being held from Feb 6 to Feb. 14.
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    263 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— -Malaya will >e "greatly assisted" in her plans for national! Jevelopment and future claims for a World Sank aid as a result of the projected economic survey of the Federation and Singapore by 13 experts of the Bank now here. Sir Louis Chick, chief of the
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    VISITOR'S LOSS
    33 5 A DUTCHMAN, who visited Singapore recently, reported 1 to the Police yesterday the loss of a goid wristwatch. a cigarette lighter, a folding alarm clock, a passport and a I wallet.
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    STOREMEN ASK FOR PAY TALKS
    32 5 STOREMEN ASK F OR PAY TALKS ABOUT 42 storekeepers employed by the Singapore Government want an immediate salary revision They have asked the Government Storekeepers' Union to start negotiations with the Government.
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    Job Finding Service Free
    67 5 THE Singapore Government Employment Exchange has issued an attractive postter informing the public that its service is "free to both employers and unemployed." The poster says: "If you are an employer requiring staff of any category, or an unemployed person looking for a job, write, phone
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    ARTISTE ARRIVES
    104 5 MAURICE CLARE, the well-known violinist, (centre) arrived Singapore by Cathay Pacific Airways Skymaster yesterday, after a successful tour of Hongkong and Japan. He is pictured here with a friend. Mr R. S. Sadka, (left) and Mr. Goh Soen Tioe, who will be his impressario-per-former at his recitals at
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    Move To Detain Woman Refused
    149 5 TJIE prosecution's application yesterday in the Singapore Fifth Police Court to detain a woman for 24 hours, was objected to by Mr. P. F. X. Leonard, defence counsel. He said this after Agatha Cheong, who faced two charges of cheating involving a sum of $16.45,
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    ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN KNEE
    41 5 GOH AI HUAT, 30-year-old nephew of a Chinese towkay, was accidentally shot through the right knee by a pistol bullet yesterday evening in Clemenceau Avenue. His uncle was cleaning the pistol when the shot was triggered off.
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    Free Lecture
    34 5 PROFESSOR C. Northcote Parkinson will give a lecture to the Malayan Historical Society on "Singapore In The Sixties'* at St. Andrew's Memorial Hall on Feb. 5 at 8.30 p.m. Admission is free.
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    Weather Report
    64 5 Minimum Temperature: from 7.30 p.m. January 27 to 7.30 aan. January 28. S'pore (71F). Penang (72F), Kota Bahru (73F), K.L. (73F) Ipoh (71F), Kuantan (71F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. January 28. S'pore (83F), Penang (90F) Kota Bahru (84F), K.L. (87F), Ipoh (88F), Kuantan (81F).
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    SUCCESSFUL DIP
    33 5 A PICKPOCKET successfully stole a wallet from a fare in an omnibus in Bencoolen Street, Singapore, on Wednesday night. The wallet contained $20 cash and the mans identity card. j* v
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    O You Flirt!
    701 6 IT is as yet too early to say what the outcome of the Four-Power Conference in Berlin will be. But the preliminary flourishes show that Mr. Molotov is determined to play the more skilful role of a flirt. At K ast, so far. Mr. Molotov has not
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    96 6 Review of Views I I Destitutes NOW that the Chinese New' Year is approaching we are, witnessing thousands of old' destitutes receiving 'ang pows"' from philanthropic people, Utusan Melayu says. This should indeed be am eye-opener to the Social 1 Welfare Department to "rea-< lize the helpless poverty of a
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      325 6 Sir: Not only in Malaya and Singapore but throughout South-East Asia, probably no Chinese millionaire is better known or more respected than Mr. Aw Boon Haw of Tiger Balm fame who celebrates his "1st birthday today. Business enterprise, stern adherence to duty and a broad and great philanthropic spirit
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      1119 6  -  ALEX JOSEY B Br ten not opium $2,000,is BT and |p fo 'd W/igaporc a daj/ HFpoliee have this •lion why do they Wiash the gangs'? The BF r of the police is that PPPjapore could quickly be K* of gangsters if the public H^FTould co-operate. Declared Mr. Nigel
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    STABILISATION OF LAND VALUES
    1343 6 STABILISATION OF LAND VALUES CIB GEORGE PEPLER, Singapore's Town Planning Consultant, leaves for Britain this morning. Yesterday The Standard asked Sir George jor his reasons jor recommending the stabilisation of land values here. This is his reply: '"THE following are some of the reasons which led me to recommend the
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    Vietminh Troops Seize 3 Outposts
    136 7 SAIGON, Jan. 28, (Reuter) Communist-led Vietminh forces have captured three French posts in the past 24 hours round Quang Tri, 25 miles northwest of Hue, the capital of Annani, the French High Command announced here tonight. The garrison? evacuated the posts and withdrew to a
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    42 7 Photo THE first group of antiCommunist Chinese prisoners carry a large scroll-banner as they cross over from the demilitarized zone and reach the United Nations side after release from South Camp where they had been in custody of the Indian forces. AP
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    Press Council Won't Back Premier's Son
    170 7 Press Council Won't Back Premier' s Son LONDON. Jan. 28. (Router) Britain's Press Council, voluntary guardian of joumalistic standards, has refused to .support Randolph Churchill, (ourna si son of the Prime Minister, in bis battle to get a pa nphlet about the press distributed in Britain. A report issued today
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    BASRA CRISIS
    22 7 MARTIAL law which was proclaimed in the Basra Pto- itbei n Iraq as a re- on* oil fted loday.— AFP
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    CANADIAN PM GOES ON TOUR
    50 7 OTTAWA. Jan. 28. (AP).— Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent starts a "courtesy call" to 10 European and Far Eastern capitals from Feb. 4. Main stops of his six-week tour will be in Paris, Bonn. Rome. Karachi. New Delhi. Colombo, Jakarta. Manila. Seoui. and Tokyo.
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    POPE TO REST FOR A WEEK
    50 7 VATICAN CITY. Jan. 28 [UP).— The Vatican announced officially yesterday that Pope Pius XII is suffering from fatigue produced by overwork and must rest to regain his strength. High Vatican sources said [here" probably wiD be no papal audiences for at :c;i-' me week.
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    US Paying Half Cost Of I-C War
    152 7 US Paying Half Cost Of I-C War WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Reuter)— The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives yesterday heard Mr. Harold Stassen, Director of the Foreign Operations Administration, report that the United States was paying 55 per cent of the cost of military operations in Indo-China. The
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    HE LIVES ONLY TO KILL REDS
    146 7 TAIPEI, Foi Jan. 23 (AP> v. s Cbing, 27, ss ot anti-Com- Chiiu e Pi soneta of i k. rea now the Tahu uire..' L.ake) of j .uses i betwc I > j f."ia:i::ei to house I4.MQ °neri wbost repatr.a- ma completed jester- j
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    RN Carrier Maliciously Damaged
    131 7 RN Carrier Maliciously Damaged PLYMOUTH, Jan 28, (Reu;er).—Another British warship, the 18,000-ton light aircraft carrier Ocean, has been maliciously damaged at Plymouth, naval headquarters lere announced yesterday. A rating has been detained. Minor damage was discovered in the forward machinery space but it did not affect the ship's efficiency. the
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    $200 Mil. To Be Reduced?
    93 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Reuter) A United States Senate Judiciary Sub-Com-mittee recommended yesterday that about $200,000,000 worth of enemy property seized by the Government during the Second World War be returned to its former owners. The Sub-Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Everett Dirksen (Republican Illinois),
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    Storm Brewing Over N. Guinea
    189 7 CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 28 (UP)— A major political brawl appeared likely on the heels of disclosure yesterday that Australia has been negotiating with the United States on a project using Japanese survey teams in the New Britain and New Guinea areas. The controversy moved into
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    MOSCOW'S I-C PEACE BAIT MAY SPLIT WEST
    301 7 BERLIN/ Jan. 28 (Reuter) The three Western Foreign Ministers will strive to get Big Four talks started today on what they regard as the most urgent task before the Berlin conference solving the German problem. But Russia's Mr. Molotov, who wants first to
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    30 7 Photo. A NEW and charming study of Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernard who celebrates her 16th birthday on Jan. 31. UP
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    BLIND BOOKIE
    34 7 POLICE at Glendale, California, charged Frank Spagnuolo, a 32-3'ear-old blind man, with bookmaking and held as evidence perforated sheets of paper on which thej said he had recorded the bets in Braille.
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    25 7 Photo. MR. AND MRS. GoldsmithPatino honeymooning in Paris, are shown here at the famous Paris cabaret "Le Lido" on the Champs Elysees, last week. AP
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    EXPERT TELLS OF H-BOMB DANGERS
    175 7 EXPERT TELLS OF H-BOMB DANGERS LONDON, Jan. 28. (Renter)— Professor Robert Frisch, pioneer British atomic scientist, said in a lecture here last night that if a hydrogen bomb were exploded near a large amount of coba't (a metallic mineral) deadiy psrticles might be spread round the world. "But there would
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    91 Fatal Jet Accidents
    69 7 LONDON. Jan. 28. (Beuteri There were 91 fate* s< dents in Royal Air Force I aircraft in Britain during 1953 in which 112 RAF men were killed. Mr. George Ward. Under Secretary for Air, said yesterday. He told the House of Commons these figures were sligbi
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    Plane Crashes In Finland
    53 7 HELSINKI. Jan. 28 (Reuter) A Soviet fighter has crashed on the banks of the Saima Canal about 15 miles, from Russia in South Finland, it was reported here today. The pilot baled out safely and was taken into custody while guards were posted over the wreckage
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    Thai Reds To Stage Coup
    52 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (UP)— Newsweek magazine said yesterday intelligence reports had reached Washington that Communist agents in Thailand were planning a spring coup d'etat. The uprising, according to these sources, will coincide wjth a new offensive by the Vietminh in Indo-China." the magazine's Periscope
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    MADRID RIOTS -18 ARRESTED
    55 7 MADRID, Jan. 28, (UP) Police announced today the arrest of 18 "agents provocateurs" accused of turning students' anti-British demonstrations into bitter rioting against the police. Authorities did not disclose charges against them but said the number seized included ''former anarchists" who fanned students' feelings against Britain
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    ADMIRAL LAMBE
    22 7 VICE-ADMIRAL Sir Charles Lambe. C-in-C. British Far East Station, left Hongkong yesterday for Singapore aboard his flagship HMS Alert. AFP
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    67 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jon. 28. —The following are the closing of rubber and tin on the London Market. prices LONDON RUBBER Spot 16id. February 16Jd. March 16Id. April/June 16Id. July/September 16fd. October/December 16Id. February c.i.f. 161d. QUIET. LONDON TIN Spot £648 per ton buyers, £649
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    Sir Winston To Stay As Long As Fit
    125 7 LONDON. Jan. 28, (Reuter). Sources close to Sir Winston Churchill said today he plans to remain at the head of the government so long as he feels fit enough to carry out his full duties. The sources added he is completely undisturbed
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    WIDOW FACES ATOM SLAYING CHARGE
    105 7 WIDOW FACES ATOM SLAYING CHARGE MEXICO CITY, Jan. 28 (UP)— A widow accused of the "•atomic murder" of her husband, yesterday branded her step-daughter's charges "all lies." Appearing for preliminary questioning. Mrs. Lucina Alvarado. 47. said her husband, Alfonso Tessada. 67. died of "natural causes" three years ago and denied
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    20 MORE FREED
    19 7 EGYPTIAN military poiice yesterday released 20 more members of the dissolved Moslem Brotherhood in Cairo. Reuter
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    KABAKA CASE FOR HEARING
    67 7 LONDON. .lan 27, (Reuter). The legality of the British Government's action in withdrawing recognition of Kabaka of Buganda. the native ruler of Uganda's most important province, is to be tested in The High Court of Uganda, solicitors in London stated today. The legality of the British
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    23rd CHILD 'STUMPS' HIM
    52 7 COLUMBIA. Tennessee Jan 28, (UP)— Fate Kelley, 72. said he was at a ioss to find a name for his newborn girl because he ran out of ideas Eg naming his 22 oliier children. The girl, born on Monday night, ic the liMti child ol his
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    Two Hanged For Murder Of Girl
    195 7 AGANA, Guam, Jan. 28 (UP)— Two Negro air force enlisted men were hanged here today for tlie rape and murder of pretty Ruth Farnsworth on Dec. 11, 1948. The condemned men, Robert Burns. 35. and Herman Dennis Jr.. 25. were hangt o ai Northwest
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    314 HELD IN DOPE DEN RAIDS
    88 7 314 HELD IN DOPE DEN RAIDS x .0. Jan 28 (A IF c r.m- 000 policemen in i ?ii t raid ending earl> this morning descended on 902 suspected narcotic dens in the Osaka area and HMM a total of 314 persons including 11? women, it was announced here. It
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    AIR LINK WITH REDS
    109 8 OSLO. Jan. 28, (AFP)—A:-: j the result of an agreement 'signed in Moscow last week, the Scandinavian Airline System, can now book passengers to Russia and China. SAS is the only company in the world which has signed a direct agreement with the Soviet Company Aeroflot.
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    MARKETS
    141 9 Rubber Up %c. LACK of seller? in the rubber market in Singapore steadied prices at the close yesterday, first grade rubber for February shipment closing at 54 5/8 cents per lb. (54| cents on Wednesday). Prices opened at around 54 5/8 cents in the morning and remained level all
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    PRODUCE
    92 9 THE produce market 33 Singapore remained quiet in all sections yesterday with small business passing. Copra buyers for February and March shipment closed at $40J Ftr picul with sellers at S41. Business in copra was restricted. Coconut oil sellers indicated $654 per picul with buyers at S643. Singapore produce
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    Korea's 1st Car Factory
    54 9 HONGKONG. Jan. 28 (UP). The pro-Communist newspaper, Ta Kung Pao. said that j North Korea's first automobile factory will produce 6.000 cars yearly by 1957. Construction of the plant has not been completed but is "progressing intensively." The lepcrt said Czechoslovakian technicians are aiding the Koreans
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    RI-S'pore Trade Drops By $1 Mil.
    257 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACK MAN By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA. Jan 28. During the past year Singapore's entrepot trade with Indon o one ot the r.^ys to the Colony's economy, has fallen well ovei $1.( 000 (Malayan). And there is Uttl< project that this amount
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    'TRADE GOING ABEGGING'
    56 9 LONDON. Jan. 28, (AP)— The leader B# iwiiwid BriIhh trade mission to Russia said business "rurnnvg into mang mtlMons" ;.<- going abegging in the Soviet Ummm. "There ig am enormous potential market hrrt raid Mr. J.B. Scoit, spokesman jor a pnrty of 33 Britum businessmen who left
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    Federation Rice Areas
    100 9 THE AREA of wet i,r, dry rice planted and to be planted in the Federation cf Malays during the 1953-54 Kama wffl rover 87V. 640 acres. against 829/50 acres planted for ;he 1952-53 season. The area of wet rifle p anted during August b November, 1953, inclusive
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    She Sells Insurance
    118 9 MOO KIT TSUI, an insurance agent in New York who sold over SI.OM.tOO worth of policies last year and made $26,000. takes time out and looks up from her desk in her office in Chinatown s Mott Street. A spokesman for the Prudential I ife Insurant Company
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    BUTLER WELCOMES RANDALL REPORT
    384 9 NEW DELHI, Jan. 28— British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. A. Butler, told a news conference here that Britain welcomes the Randall report to Congress on world trade. If followed up by the U.S. Government, he said, it should contribute to widening trade throughout the
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    SHARES
    107 9 MA.Y I N shares ghtlj tr ia the loci t > (-s--terday, tin bam tinued kI b verf 11 t interesi r -s i led at j low 11.--iag to Shi rebrck' s i 1 .o' Chang vere: INDUSTRIALS Fi aa f e Ord« l W Gam 10 tM
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    PATENTS FOR NEW GADGETS
    70 9 LONDON, 'an 28 (AFP) A\ -to sex Ol r: en Wlc I e «f electron] b aio w y be gra.."- s by e B. "."-h governr m at. jiiri:.: Ik use of Comnru tu on Tu lay. President ol 'ne Board o' Trade, Mr. P<
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    53 10 photo. GLORIA NORD. skating star of Scandinavian extraction, meets Sonya Ek. Sweden's "Queen of Light," at a fashion show in London. Sonya. a professional model, was displaying British fashions. Before returning to Sweden she will appear in a BBC programme and an ice show mJ will christen an ea?le airline
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      100 10 S -The Beiak Ed ..-at.on Dep trtroent is 4 ■—4 Ua a lay on Federation Day. a•• Feb 1. j:. two days Wednc mv and Thursa 1.. F« 3 -itui 4 :jr Chimt Ne.v Year. Ml .iave *.j H tQ s-.'ho u f1- j m iarl of refemony, move
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      Is This Being Fair To Mr. Abisheganaden?
      596 10 Sir. —The recent report in your newspaper of the arrival from Australia of a new Master of Music for Singapore must come as a severe blosv to the public, teachers and pupils of Singapore schooK because Mr. Paul AbLsheganaden has been ignored and
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      109 10 Six I am a tea her of ish in the V na rular S "jh we u:..i I am surprised to ja:.i thai only J >hore. Per.ang, Province We esley. Perak, Selangor a:, i KedaJi ha become bera of n of sra of Ei in the Vernacular
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    54 10 photo. Bespectacled, Nancy Ann Miller could compete uith any 20-20-1 isioned beauty. The 21-year-old blonde from Mt. Prospect, III., named '"Miss Specs Appeal of J955," shows that glasses dont detract a bit from a gal's natural charms. She icon her title in a nation-uide contest conducted by the Bausch and
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    Cutting A Slice With An Ice Pick
    153 10 From JOHN WALTERS in Washington CiNE of these days we may be tackling the morning loaf with an ice pick instead of a breadknife, if U.S. polar explorer Rear Adm. Richard Byrd has his way. For frozen bread made by the American firm
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      414 10 THE STARS j I AND YOU I By RITA DEL MAR I 1 (TODAY'S QUOTATION: S 2 X "It may be that tbe race s < is not always to the swift, > nor the battle to the strong > > but that's the way to bet." S < Damon
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    Trabert Hits Out At Aussie Tennis Fans
    303 11 Trabert Hits Out At Aussie Tennis Fans SYDNEY, Jan. 28 (AP)— Tony Trabert, smarting over complaints here that his court manners aren't all they should be, retaliated yesterday by telling Australian galleyrites their own manners are pretty bad, too. And, he vowed, when he gets back home he's "going to
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    Ten Schools For Krian KO Tourney
    232 11 PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs schools are taking part in the Northern Zone of the Krian r .nter school knock out er competition for the i Haji Yusof challenge cup The champions of this zone will meet the champions ol the S ithern zone in the
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    Taiping Fed. Day Sports
    92 11 TAIPIN'G. Thun. Seven Boys 3 oo'.s will compete i iter-scboo] knockout soccer ompetitioa to be h«W ben on Federation Day. The s.no" s are the King Edward VII. St. George's, ronation Ens bh School, Taiping 803 s 1 School, Hua Li an, Malaj School and In^*B
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    Four Style Relay For Swimmers
    90 11 BRUSSELS. Jaa. 27 (AP)— A four-style team relay event i wil] be the main feature of the Feb. 28 inauguration of a new Brussels swimming poo 1 This b a re ay ra e by teams oi four swimmers, each team member swimming luo metres
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    Now At Raffles
    32 11 THE Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Federation will hold their dance at the Rart'ies Hotel on Friday, Feb. 5 instead of at SVC Hall on Feb. 6 as previously announced.
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    A Grand Sportsman For The Colony
    242 11 To the assembled ga- laxy of sportsmen in Sin- gapore comes a thirty- five-year old Aussie. Jim Thorns. This newcomer, to the Colony hails from Melbourne, where he has already made a name for himself as an all-round sportsman. Thorns has played nearly every
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    ARSENAL HUNT FOR 'CLASS' GOALKEEPER
    269 11 LONDON. Jan. 28 (AP)— Tom Whittaker, man- a^er of English League Champions Arsenal, is on the spot, and the man putting him there is veteran goalkeeper George Swindon. George, aged 38 and without a regular place in Arsenal's first team, is looking to the future
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    NEGRI AIM TO HUMBLE FIJIANS
    227 11 NEGRI AIM TO HUMBLE FIJIANS SEREMBAN, Thurs.— A strong Negri Sembilan Invitation Fifteen will make a determined effort to humble the all-conquering Ist Fijian Infantry Battalion Rugby team on Seremban's Station Fadang next Monday, Federation Day. Three Johore players, John Edington, Roberts and Carmichael, have been invited to play and
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    MEMBERS WANTED FOR GOLF CLUB
    157 11 MEMBERS WANTED FOR GOLF CLUB SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Efforts to enrol members for an International Golf Club in Seremban are now being made by an Organising Committee headed by Mr M.C.ff. Sheppard. A six Hole Course has been laid on a high land near 2\ mile Kuala Pilah Road and intending
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    Bankers In Semifinal
    96 11 SEREMBAN. Thurs.— The Chartered Bank Sports Club hockey team entered the semifinal of the Negri Sembilan Hockey Association Knock-out Tournament for the van Geyzel Cup when they eliminated the Seremban Police team by three clear goals in a match played here this afternoon. Superior speed and stamina
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    Soccer HQ For Teams
    88 11 ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (AP). The English and Scottish teams competing in the world football championships in Switzerland this summer will set up their headquarters in Lucerne, the championship secretariat announced today. The Australian team will live at Baden in the Canton of Aargau, and the
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    Shield In Memory Of E.I. Ponniah
    134 11 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— To commemorate the services rendered to hockey in Negri Sembilan by the late Mr. Edward I. Ponniah, a shield has been presented by a group of sportsmen headed by Mr. A. K. Retnam and Mr. John Kanagretnam. The shield will be utilised
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    Merrytime BP Players
    62 11 MERRYTIME B.P. to play Greenwood B.P. at No. 187-D Thomson Road tomorrow at 7 p.m. sharp in friendly badminton match consisting of five singles and two doubles will be: Willie Tay, Tan Loh See. Lim Kim Peo\\\ Lira Peng Hooi, Cheong Cheng Swee. Ong Tiong Gin. Chan
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      14 11 CSC DANCE THE Chinese Swimming Club monthly dance will.be resumed today commencing Jt p.m.
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    Penang Soundly Thrash Kedah
    309 12 PFNANG, Thurs. Penang's probable team to face the Indian Hockey Federation late next month proved their mettle in no uncertain manner when they beat Kedah 6-2 in an inter-state hockey match on the Western Road ground today. Penang took ten minutes to assess the strength of
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    LOUIS PICKS KID GAVILAN AND CHARLES
    291 12 tam YORK Jan n lUP^ ii 3 pi Ki Gavi'.an ~.e wor i mi I Ueweighl B. Olson and he Ez :ai Charles Ro -kg Marciano If 1 I fan a I K N yweight I saw 1 3 on-Bandy T Bin I I
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    Girls From Changi Are No Match
    161 12 Girls From Changi Are No Match GIRLS Sports Club defeated Changi Girls SC 4—l in a friendly hockey match played a* e SRC yesterday. i opened the scoring In the oth minute when inside right Mess bea: Race with a we placed shot. Chang] Girls replied with w i raids
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    ROUND 4 KO
    41 12 TOKYO, Jan. 28 (AP) Sfa feki Kaneko of Japan retained his Orien: feaiherwei^h: tout, by knocking out Larry Baa:an of the Philippines in the fourth rou:id of their scheduled 12-round roturn match at Tokyo's M?:no:.j l! ill tonight
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    30 12 TODAY'S SPORT KUALA LUMPUR HOCKEY: Div. 1 (South) P->':ce Depot vs. SCRC— depor PWD (Women) vs. YWC A— Brickfields. PENANG KNOCKOUT HOCKEY: Pti'.ang Soorts Club vs Indian Association Western Road.
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    SRC Elect Officials
    62 12 A if rts mxttiM of the S re Recreation Club the 1 s were elected o:V..:i j Cricket— Captain: R C Hoffman, Vice-Captain: e Le Mercie*, CooTenoar J Aeria Football— Cap:...- a Rozariot, V;cc-Cap;a.r. R. I. Hen- Mm, Convenor: A. Clarke flthlttk j Captain: R C Henderson.
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    Joe Carr Voted Golfer Of Year
    57 12 I «DOX, .Jar. 23. (ReuterV —Joe Can rr.e Irish golfer he Bri: -.i amateur S npionsh p last May haa !fer of the y-- the Associate B: tish Golfwriters. |rT p aye< j ?i r B r ta;n n the Wa ker Cup ten
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    Seixas Beaten By Rose
    205 12 Seixas Beaten By Rose SYDXEY. Jan. 28, (Renter). John Bromwich, former Australian Davis Cup player today reached the semi-finals of the Australian lawn tennis singles championship, an event he first won in 1939. Bromwich. who is 35 and one of the few prewar stars still playing in top ciass tennis,
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    Third Division Clubs Face Doom
    349 12 Says PETER WILSON LONDON, Jan. 28. I am wondering just how long the Football League will be able to continue with its present structure. For, believe me, the plight of Third Division clubs with falling gates and high taxation is, not to put too fine
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    Varsities And C'wealth Draw
    92 12 Varsities And C' wealth Draw BANGALORE. Jan. 28 (Renter The Commonwealth cricket team, set to get 172 in 77 minutes for victory against Combined Universities here. failed by only 40 runs. At the close of the drawn match thev were 133 for five. Centuries by D. H. Shodan (li).i) and
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    24 12 TWO who travelled a lon£ way to compete in the Monte Carlo Motor rally were the Glasgow sisters, Christine and Anne Neill, shown above.
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    ANOTHER CHANGE IN NORTH TEAM
    57 12 ANOTHER change has been made in the North Rugby XV against South in Singapore on Saturday. Jimmy Meikle of Perak \v:!l not travel and his place will be taken by J. Borrie of Selangor. In the South team REM Whittjr*a place as hooker will be
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    TEACHERS WIN
    24 12 KLUANG, Than. —In a hockey loi^r.e fixture today GES Tei hers beat A.T.C. 2— o. Sc wers were Ratnam SingMD Kah FOO.
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    KAMPONG FOOTBALL
    41 12 PEMUDA Lafehan beat Badan Kesenian 'B' by two goals to one in a Breweries Kampong League socce r match at Alexandria Road yesterday. for the winners were Yaman 2 and for the lowers Latiff bin Ali. Referee Haron Anguilla.
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    52 12 dhin w?th a L Stath aiß declared out Ibw to a ball from West Indies bowler S Ramadhin with his score at only one run during the last day's play o n Jan 21 i n the first Test match a t Kingston, Jamaica. The West Indies wo n by
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    SCRC BEAT HQ
    38 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— After a goalless first half SCRC beat HQ Malaya 2—o in a division one hockey league game at Pudu today. Both goals came off short corners by Kee Mun and Hun Leng.
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    Archie Moore Retains Title
    397 12 MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 28 (Reuter)— Archie Moore, 37--year-old, San Diego Negro retained the world lightheavyweight title here last night when he battled his way to a unanimous points decision against Joey Maxim of Cleveland. It was Moore's third successive title victory over the 31-year-old, former champion.
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    NEWCOMER KNIGHT GALLANT IS READY
    752 12 By WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Thnrs.— There were several delightful workouts at this morning's windingup gallops in preparation for the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting starting on Saturday. Most impressive among the class 1 horses were Dondang Sayang, Adelaide Star, Golden Dolphin and Skryne
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    Now He Wants Marciano
    218 12 Now He Wants Marciano MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 28. (AP). Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, having finally disposed of Joey Maxim as a challenger, clamoured today for a crack at Rocky Marciano's crown. That target, however, may prove to be as elusive for Archie as the light heavyweight title chance he
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    Teams For SBH League
    108 12 FOLLOWING are the teams which will compete in the Singapore Business Houses football league starting oxi .March 3. Division 1 Hongkong Bank. O.T.E.C, Fraser and Neave. Shell. Chartered Bank, Cold Storage. Pulo Bukom. Sime Darby. M.P.H. Sports Club, Breweries Mercantile Bank. Division 2 Stanvac. Malavan Airways.
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    Wimbledon Rush Is On
    138 12 LONDON. Jan. 28 (Reuter) Wimbledon has a n atmosphere of its own. The tradition, pageantry and excitement of thi s efficiently run tournament has for long made Wimbledon a unique event in the international lawn tennis calendar. The application list for reserved seats at thi s
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    Canton Wins Tryout
    210 12 Etching galloped three fur-' longs in 43 while Eudora (McCloud) took 42 1/5 sec. for the three going easily all the way. Quicksand (Awi) easily ran 1 the three i n 39 15 sec. looking a picture of fitness. Canton (D. Jones) and The Gift were kept
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