Singapore Standard, 30 January 1954

Microfilm: NL8997
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    Masthead
    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ZXCV at M Sl Vol. IV. No. 212. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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  • Article
    THREE SCs DIE DEFENDING POLICE POST
    296 1 THREE SCs DIE DEFENDING POLICE POST KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Attacking with grenades and automatic weapons, a large force of Communist terrorists overran the Sungei Diam Police Post in the Tapah district of Perak early today. The raiders, estimated to be 100-strong. killed the Special Constable corporal in charge of the
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    Neo Sets Two New Records
    150 1 BOURNE, Jan. 29: —Singapore star Neo Chwec Kok won the Victorian -20 yards swimming title at the Olympic Pool tonight narrowly from Sydney 9tai John Devitt, setting a new event record of 2 mini 14.1 a The two men swam neck and neck throughout and
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    MARSHAL TITO RE-ELECTED
    50 1 BE! >RADE. Jan. 29 (AFP) Marshal Tito was today I led Prt^dent of the Peop e*a f* Repub::c of Yugo- i i t"-e second time ru:ining unanimous vote of t.-.e~ embex Yugoslav N'atkna A nnWj. T. -vas secret and the •> proclaimed immediate v r.t votes had
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    A 'WOLF BOY' IS RESCUED
    66 1 NSW DELHI. Jan. 29: (UP) Reports from Lucknow said today a Wild "woli boy" rescued from the jungle where he apparently u i; reared by wil t animals, is \-*v vr observation at Lucknow's Balarampur Hospital. Dr. D. N*. Sarma, superintendent ol the hospital, said
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    MISS CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
    62 1 MISS CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL photo. "KONG HEE FATT CHOY" which means "Happy New Year" in Chinese is the greeting extended by these three candidates for the title "Miss Chinese New Year" at a festival to be held in San Francisco's famed Chinatown. The winner will reign over the three
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    US SHOULD RAISE PRICE OF SYNTHETIC -LOCKWOOD
    940 1 THE UNITED STATES should raise the price or synthetic rubber by at least two or three cents (U.S.) per pound, to bring it closer to that which will have to be charged commercially, when synthetic plants are in private hands, Mr. Warren S.
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    BURMA VIPs ATTEND AW'S CELEBRATION
    143 1 71st Birthday RANGOON. Jan. 29 (UP) Robust and active despite his years Mr Aw Boo n Haw, "Tiger Bairn Kins" of Singapore and millionaire business magnate, today personally supervised donations to 11,--000 aged persons at Aungsan I Stadium here this morning, j Distinguished guests present
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    SIR DONALD LEAVES U.K.
    35 1 LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuter) Sir Donald McGiliivray left London airprot todav on his way to Malaya where he will take over as High Commissioner irom General Sir Gerald Templer next June.
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    PUSAN FIRE
    28 1 PUSAN. Jan. 29, (AP).— Wind-fanned flames charred a three-quarter mile stretch of hillside homes and shanties early today in Pusan's second disastrous "fire in three month*.
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    GOTHIC'S ESCORTS
    31 1 FOUR Royal Australian navy ships left Sydney yesterday to meet the Royal yacht 1 Gothic midway across the 1 Tasman sea and escort Queen Elizabeth into Sydney harbour. Reuter
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    DARING $11,000 GRAB ON S'PORE ROAD
    468 1 'Pepper Gang' Uses Three Cars Standard Staff Reporter USING two cars to force their victims' car to a stop on lonely Chua Chu Kang Road, five robbers yesterday afternoon snatched more than $1 1,000 from two NAAFI cashiers and in an attempt to throw
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    TAX ON VARSITY $ GIFTS WAIVED
    471 1 TAX ON VARSITY GIFTS WAIVED NanyangU. DONATIONS to the Nanyang University will be exempted from income tax. The Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nieoll, has agreed to this and officially informed the legal advisers of the University of this decision on Thursday. This wa s told to representatives of the
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    'Mr. Godiva' Cycles Naked Through City
    102 1 ADELAIDE. Jan. 29 (Reuter) A 24-year-old "Mr. Godiva" cycled naked through Adelaide's busy streets today to the heart of the city's business centre. Crowds of shoppers stared in astonishment as policemen pursued him. but he rode on unchecked by traffic lights or a motor
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    PAA GETS NEW SPEED RECORD
    55 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29: (AP) Pan American World Airways announced yesterday one of its trans-Pacific Clippers had established a new speed record for passenger planes on the Tokyo-to-Honolulu run. The plane. "Monarch of the Skies." travelled the distance in 9 hours. 44 minutes, eclipsing the
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    All-Out Search For Babies' Strangler
    164 1 LONDON, Jan. 29 (AP) Discovery of three babies strangled with nylon stockings and stuffed into suitcases touched off a nationwide search for their killer today. Police said they wanted to question thrice-married Mrs. Elsie Rodger, 37. estranged musing wife of a Leeds Street car mechanic.
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    Kidnapping: Man And Car Freed
    293 1 Standard Staff Reporter ONE of the nine factory hands detained by Singapoie Police on Thursday evening: in connection with the recent kidnapping of millionaire Mr. Lim Kok Gin was released yesterday— after 24 hours in Police custody. He is 35-year-old Lun Ah Kow owner" of
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    TALKS SOON ON U.S. STATUS
    59 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. V: (Beuter) The United S;.i ec and Sou'r. K bQ >:■ M Eorma negotiations soon t->r a:, agreement defining the tatus of American Corcei iu Korea. A was learned toa^y. Offi ■•ial? said it was expected! bo follow the lines of the agi
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    MORE BUTTER FOR BRITONS
    49 1 LOXDOX. Jan. 29. CAP).— The butter ration in Britain will go up by one ounce to four ounces P e r week from Feb. 21. and the price W I] so up by four pence pet pound from the same date. Parliament was told yesterday.
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    SCHOOLS STAY OPEN TODAY
    44 1 ALL E.'.g >h Bchoo in Singapore wrill remain open today to enable school chi Iren to have five days bo u-.v at i stretch lor the Chine— New Year cetebrati< S -'n00..-' ''■•>< or. Feb. 2 and reopen on Feb. 8.
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    LAW TO CURB USURERS SOON
    177 2 Colony Control May Be Similar To Federation Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government will soon introduce legislation to stop money lending at exorbitant rates of interest. Legislation will be based on the recommendations of a Special Committee and with few modifications, is expected to be in
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    Aw Family 'Get-Together'
    66 2 WHILE Mr. Aw Boon Haw celebrated his 71st birthday yesterday at Rangoon, where he gave a S?00.000 party to 10.000 aged people, members of his family in Singapore, (seen above) gathered at his Nassim Road mansion to mark the happy occasion. Banners and pennants decorated the garden
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    Negara's Launching Now On Feb. 28
    289 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Negara, aiming to become the Federation's first ruling party when elections come, will now be launched on Feb, 28, a week later than the date originally fixed. Reason for the change of date, the working committee of the "National Conference"' announced
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    HK EXCHANGE
    41 2 IIOXGKOXG. Jan. 29 -Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange tod.-iv were $10.18 to £1 sierlinass.7B7s to US.SI; ?1 81.1 To Malayan SI: $0,194 to on e Indo nesian Rupiah: Gold *248 r i!) to 1 tael.
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    Federation Day
    28 2 THE Acting Deputy High Commissioner. Mr. D.C. Watherston will broadcast a Federation Day message at 7.10 p.m. next Monday, over the blue network of Radio Malaya
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    Malayan Honoured
    126 2 MR. SIEW MM CHEE, (above), AssLslant Lecturer in Economics in the University of Malaya, has been elected a member of the Honour Society of Phi Kappa Phi of the United States for "attaining a very high standing in (Cornell) University." The Honour Society was founded to promote the
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    NEGOTIATING C'TTEE REJECTS 'TAYLOR WAGES'
    232 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. i The Rubber Workers' j Union's negotiating com- i mittee announced here today that it would not accept the ''Taylor wages" for estate tappers and field I workers in January, as pro- j posed by the 'Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association. Mr.
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    INDIAN FLEET FOR PENANG
    57 2 PENANG. Fri. February will see the largest concentration of Indian Navy vessels here for several years, when five ships of the 31st (Indian) Minesweeping Squadron visit the Settlement between Feb. 17 and 21. The ships are the IXS Bombay. Kokan. Rajputana. Bengal and Madras. After the
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    FOUND HANGING
    28 2 PENANG, Fri.— A 22-year-old trishaw rider. Ah Heah Nam. was found hanging from a basketball goalpost at Prangin Lane, this morning. No foul play is suspected.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    107 2 r CLOSING rubber pricey (cents per Ib in Singapore vesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 54 i 55 No 1 R.S.S 55 55* No' B R.S.S. 54fc 54; No. 3 R.S.S. 532 53} Tone: Steady TIN PKICE The price of tin vester day was $317£
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    SECURITY FORCES KILL TWO MORE
    163 2 1 Reds Give Up As KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Two more Communist terrorists have been killed and two others wounded by security forces in the Federation. Two terrorists have surrendered. Terrorists have killed two members of the security forces. i A patrol of the sth Battalion.
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    Be Prepared, Girls Told
    82 2 PENANG. Fri— An appeal to the senior students of the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School to undertake their responsibilities seriously and prepare themselves in these "momentous times" was made by Settlement Councillor, Mr. N. Ponnudurai. today. "We are a miniature league of nations." Mr. Ponnudurai said, "we come
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    A GOOD PRICE15 MINES OPEN UP
    93 3 A GOOD PRICE15 MINES OPEN UP KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. More Chinese gravel pump tin mines have opened in Perak in the last two months following the good price for tin. Last month. 15 mines were opened as against six which closed down. Miners, it is stated, are slightly more optimistic
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    ENTERTAINERS FROM HONGKONG
    76 3 HUNDREDS of Singapore Chinese film fans thronged the Harbour Board wharves yesterday to say "hello" to their latest movie hearthrob Miss Miranda Yong (below) who arrived in the Colony yesterdaj on the Royal luterocean Lines vessel Tjisadane with a group of singers, actors and actresses (above). Miranda,
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    Jury System: New Moves Are Studied
    171 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Although their appeal for a "trial by jury" judicial system for Malaya was thrown out of the Federal Legislative Council yesterday, the organisers are not giving up hope. "We most certainly are not going to take this set-back lying down because
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    ASP Fined $50 For Negligence
    122 3 ASP Fined $50 For Negligence G. V. SAUNDERS, ASP. was fined $50 in the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday, when he was found guilty on a charge of negligent driving resulting in a collision with an omnibus at Yio Chu Kang Road on Aug. 18, last year. The bus driver.
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    'FACE THE ELECTORATE' -COUNCILLORS DARED
    205 3 IPOH, Fri. Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, defence counsel in the Lee Meng case, today challenged Federal Councillors who had voted for the adoption of the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code to face the electorate if they dare when election comes." A staunch supporter of
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    TAIPING TAKES POLLS LEAD
    47 3 TAIPING, Fri. This town will be the first to hold elections in the State. Elections will be held in May but registration of voters will begin next month, at ten centres four in Kota. and three each in Klian Pau and Assam Kumbang.
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    MENTRIS URGED TO RELAX PROCEDURE ON CITIZENSHIP
    233 3 MENTRIS URGED TO RELAX PROCEDURE ON CITIZENSHIP KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Associated Chambers of Commerce of Malaya have appealed to the Mentris Besar of Selaiigor and Pahang to relax the strict procedures adopted in granting applications for State citizenship. Hitherto the authorities concerned have insisted that application forms for citizenship
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    Sportsman Kills Tiger
    114 3 IPOH. Fri.— Mr. Goh Chong Hong, a well-known Perak badminton player, showed that he is equally skilful with a gun when he shot dead a man-eating tiger in the Desong Estate in Langkap this morning. The shooting party of five was led by Mr. A. Abel, Emergency
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      66 3 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. January iS to 7.30 a.m. January 19. S'pore <74F>. Penang (73F). Kota Bahru < 7 F K.L. (GSF). Ipoh t(i7F>, Kuantan (G8F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m to 7.30 p.m. Jan 29. S"pore (88F), Penang (88F), Kota Bahru (86F), K.L. (92F), Ipoh i94Fi,
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    Local Boy Makes Good As Engineer
    147 4 Standard Staff Reporter FOR the first tim e in the history of Malaya, a Singapore boy has obtained the British Ministry of Transport Certificate (Marine Jngineering). He is 28-year-old Mr. Heng Chin Hin. who is now a Chief Engineer on board a British ship.
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    ELECTION POSTERS ARE AN EYESORE -MR. CHAN
    205 4 ELECTION POSTERS ARE AN EYESORE -MR. CHAN CITY COUNCILLOR HITS OUT: MR. CHAN Kum Chee (Prog. East) yesterday suggested that certain places should be set aside by the Singapore City Council for the posters of candidates in future City Council elections. He was speaking during the adjournment of the Council
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    Fans To Have Flood-Lit Soccer
    86 4 Fans To Have FloodLit Soccer FLOODLIGHTING of Jalan Besar Stadium will bring considerable enjoyment to football players and fans and "what is more important, will also bring in reasonable revenue." Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. President of the Singapore Citv Council said yesterday. He was seeking approval of a supplemental
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    EVANGELIST'S TEA PARTY
    42 4 A TEA parly i:i honour of Row Fr. .Jacks:;;), the wellknown evangelist of the Orthodox Syrian Church in South India, will be given by the Singapore Orthodox Christ:* n Church at the Capitol Blue Room at 5 p.m. today.
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    McNeice Had A Reply Every Time
    283 4 THERE were many problems, complaints and requests at the City Council meeting yesterday but Mr. T. P. P. McNeice, the President, took everything in his stride, and had a ready reply every time. Mr. Philip R. Williams (Lab. Rochore) yesterday asked the City Council
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    THUGS BEAT UP COUPLE
    86 4 Five men. one armed with a changkol, called at tailor's house in Gulcga Road. Singapore on Thursday night and demanded money. When the tailor said he had none, the thugs beat him up The tailor's wile tried to help him. a. id she. too. was assaulted.
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    Council's Thanks For Scholarships
    256 4 THE SINGAPORE City Council yesterday decided to record its "profound gratitude" to the Australian Government for giving scholarships to 22 local men under the Colombo Technical Assistance Scheme. Mr. T. P. F. M-Ncioe. Presi- dent of the Council, said if I Singapore is to advance, the
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    52 4 photo. REPRESENTATIVES of Nanyang University who met the Colonial Secretary, Mr W. A. C. Goode, to discuss matters affectins the University yester day. Seen in this picture are (left to right): Messrs. Lee Kim Chuan, Ko Teck Kin. W. A. C. Goode. Ta n Siak Kew and Tan Lark Sye.
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    'SINGAPORE IN THE SIXTIES'
    60 4 KOW Singapore looked and what it was like to live here 90 years ago. will be revealed on Feb. 5 at 8:30 p.m., by Prof. C. Northcote Parkinson. Professor of History, University of Malaya who will speak on "Singapore In The Sixties" at a public meeting
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    Robber 'Thumbs' A Lift To Steal
    152 4 Robber 'Thumbs' A Lift To Steal Standard Staff Reporter A MAN who "thumbed"' a lift from a delivery clerk, in Singapore, robbed the kind-hearted clerk of $650 which the clerk had collected, on Thursday night It appears thai the robber asked the delivery clerk for a lift in his lorry
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    Council To Study 'Extra Jobs' Poser
    148 4 THE problem ci Singapore City Council employees taking a second job is receiving consideration. Mr. T.P.F. McNeice, the President of the City Council, said yesterday. He was replying to an avljournment speech bv Mr. Son Ghee Soon (Prog. West) who said that several watchmen
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    More Pep On Label Than Pepper In Bottle
    187 4 More Pep On Label Than Pepper In Bottle THE proprietress of Chop Chin Yong, Ng Kui Cheng, was yesterday, fined $500 by the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, for selling a pepper mixture with misleading labels. The court was told that Ng sold the mixture in
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    BUS FIRMS MAY GET PAID IN TAKE-OVER
    344 5 Transport Body's Report Accepted Standard Staff Reporter COMPENSATION might be paid to private bus companies on the grounds of hardship, rather than as a right or obligation, when they are acquired by an independent Singapore public transport authority. This was stated by Mr.
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    Third Wife, Baby Found In Drain
    224 5 Third Wife, Baby Found In Drain A CRYING baby beside the body oJ its mother was found in the drain of the air well of a house in Sumbawa Road. The woman. Wee Cheng Suan (37), and the baby, were rushed to hospital, but Wee died of a fractured skull.
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    3 Jailed For $15 Robbery
    170 5 HONG HECK HOCK, aj married man with three children, was sentenced in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to eight years' imprisonment for committing an armed robbery involving $15. Kasava Dutt. who appeared with Hong on a charge of abetting the robbery, was sentenced to six
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    VIC-OPTIMISTS BRING LAUGHS
    121 5 SOMETHING old, something new, something borrowed, something not too blue, sums up the donald Davies intimate revue "The Vic-Optimists" that opened to a packed house at the Victoria Theatre last night. Though some of the wit seemed to go over the heads of the audience, there is
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    C-Plan Aids 22 To Learn Engineering
    318 5 THE technical co-operation scheme of the Colombo Plan will send 22 young Singaporeans to Australia next month on civil and electrical engineering scholarships, Mr. T.P.F. McNeice, President of the City Council, announced yesterday. Most of the group, The Standard understands. will leave Kallang Airport
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    Temple Dance
    57 5 THESE three amateur dancers. Ruktnini Men on (left) Eunice Parry (centre) and Rosalind Finch (right), who worship the deity, Vinayagar, in a "Vinayaka Pooja" dance, will perform tonight at the International Variety entertainment in the Singapore Badminton Hall. The show is to boost funds for renovation to the
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    BURLY LABOURER CATCHES A THUG
    159 5 FORTY-SEVEN year old labourer, Lim Kwee Hong, yesterday morning fought a life-and-death battle with an armed robber after the thug had relieved a woman of her jewellery in Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore. After a deadly five-minute struggle, burly Lim got the better of his man
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    BRITISH AID TO MALAYA WILL BE KEPT UP-BUTLER
    179 5 BRITISH AID TO MALAYA WILL BE KEPT UP -BUTLER LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter)— Britain will continue to give financial help to Singapore and the Federation because of the low price of rubber, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R.A. Butler, said here yesterday. Mr. Butler, who returned after attending the
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    Police Are Embarrassed —Magistrate
    156 5 Police Are Embarrassed —Magistrate MR. D.H. CHAPMAN'. Fifth Police Court Magistrate, yesterday told a lawyer that he was causing the police some embarrassment because they I I had lost a certain document t which he was insisting upon hav'ng produced .n Court. He said this after Mr F.R.N.H. Massey. defence
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    IT'S NOW A LEGAL MATTER
    72 5 THE Singapoie Joint Relief Organisation, formed to h< se 200 families the victims of the Xampong Bugis Fire in 1951 will <eek \ej.a\ opinion io de- cide if they can si the 80 Low-cost houses built lor the families. After their last meeting, the S.JRO
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    VACANCIES IN PRIMARY CLASSES
    100 5 VACANCIES IN PRIMARY CLASSES TlitßE were (>8 vacancies In Primary One Qassei five Government PriHiary setools En Singapore ves-,-r--oav. according to an announcement by Mr. T P II Lewis. Senior Inspector of BdMois There were also wwd« in '.he rural scbaoli i1 A Keiij;. Nee Soon and Sungei K"H it,
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    Frightened Men
    816 6 i YN'E need not be unduly surprised over the fact that the Federation Government has been able to carry the day en the issue of trial by jury. It would have .1 CNBC lot alarm and despondency if in a mpletely ru minated Legislature, the Government bad B
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    Review of Views
    320 6 Review of Views Taylor Award "Unwise" UTUSAN MELAYU describes/ the Taylor Award to rubber/ workers in the Federation as, 1 ••unwise" and which only the/ 'employers would be happy about." i The editorial points out thati the wage cuts would cer-/ tainly mean a lowering of/ the standard of life
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  • We, the PEOPLE
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      DEVAN NAIR REPLIES TO BLADES
      611 6 DEVAN NAIR REPLIES TO BLADES Sir:— Kindly allow me the courtesy of your columns to make a few observations on the comments of the Director of the Special Branch, Mr. A. E. G. Blades, regarding Mr. Lim Kean Chye's letter published in the last Sunday StandardAs one who has had
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      IPOH CYCLE BAN
      96 6 IPOH CYCLE BAN Sir;— Lately I have read in the Press that the authorities are considering whether or not to lift the Ipoh cycle ban. It has already been under consideration for quite a long time and by now I am sure they must have made up their minds whether
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      DR. LIN YU-TANG
      96 6 Sir;— When I read that Dr. Lin Yu-tang had agreed to head the Nanyang University, I felt very glad he is after all returning to Asia, and that Nanyang University Board could not have made a better choice. I think that not only Xanyang University and Singapore,
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      Asian Posts In M.C.S.
      280 6 Sir; I have read with considerable interest statements in the Press about Government's inability to find suitable men to fill Asian posts in the Malayan Civil Service. The statements referred to the fact that applications were invited from serving officers and from Honours Graduates of the
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    Karachi Remains An Officials' Town
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      152 6 PLASTICOTIZE YOUR CAR AND PRESERVE THAT ORIGINAL SHOWROOM SHINE HAVEN'T VOw 1 Mf A**? -ff^-vC v (3^7 WHAT A virn tHC mGHBOVaHBPbutictU IS REAUy COOP' Almost all cor washing is done with a soap or detergent o« scm kind now vcu con get a polish that will stond rhu trccment
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    BIG FOUR PLAN SECRET TALKS ON RED CHINA
    305 7 BIG FOUR PLAN SECRET TALKS ON RED CHINA chair S Secretar y of sta *e, wa s in the b> hnM terday l he Blg F Ur Foreign Mi nisters decided hold a secret session next week to reconsider the boviet proposal for a five-power conference with Communist China. i
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    'I AM IN LOVE WITH NARRIMAN'
    128 7 AIRO. Jan. 29. (AP)— 'i' D ove with N'arr..".an and link she cares ior me." tai was the reply last night j BUI, b.ack-haired movie Panel e! Atra>h. to tiona about talk oi marto the ex-Queer:. "D r'.y propaganda." spliit''d Naniman's lawyer. iharrarn Fabim.
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    An Alligator Kissed Her
    55 7 MUNICH, Jan. ?9 (Alderman film actress Josefin Kipper was "kissed" bv an alligator today and it put her in the hospital. She held a 'sator two feet Ion? in her arms while posing for a publicity picture. Suddenly the animal rolled his eyes, squirmed and bit
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    PUBLICITY WAS TOO REALISTIC
    78 7 STRASBOURG. Jan 29: (AP)— To give added publicity to a film entitled "This Man is Dangerous." a theatre manager published on Page 1 of the local paper a picture of the film's star. Edd:e Constantine, with the caption. '"This man is wanted bv "the police. Beware.
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    ILLEGITIMACY
    29 7 THE BISHOP of Dogrecheater, in a report published to--ia.v. blamed American serviceHMo aa being partly responsiC lot Oxford England having ■ic highest illegitimate birth v in Britai Reuter
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    GALES IN JAPAN
    26 7 FORT\ persons; were missing and feared dead today as galeswept snows lashed Japan's northernmost isiand of Hokkaido and parts of Honshu Island. U.P.
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    Mr. Chou Echoes Molotov
    107 7 Mr. Chou Echoes Molotov HONGKONG. Jan. 29:— Communist China's Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En Lai today backed the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov. in his call at Berlin for a five-power conference including China to ease world tension, Feking Radio announced. His broadcast statement said, "This hope of the
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    QUEEN LOOKS FORWARD TO NEXT VISIT
    350 7 QUEEN LOOKS FORWARD TO NEXT VISIT INVERCARGILL. Jan. LN I Renter) Queen K izabeth, in her farewell b:oadcast today to New aland, said: "Tonight the last of our visit to \"ew Zealand. For rather DO WC than five weeks my husband and I have tra- .led through y our rryside
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    Princess Of The Nile
    75 7 THIS dance scene by Debra Paget in the movie "Princess of the Nile" has become a victim of the cutting room scissors at the insistence of the Breen Office of the Motion Picture Producers' Association. The Egyptian "bauble dance" was ordered cropped from the film as
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    TITO WILL DEAL WITH EAST AND WEST
    313 7 TITO WILL DEAL WITH EAST AND WEST Relations With Soviet Bloc Hailed BELGRADE, Jan. 29 Communist Yugoslavia last night hailed improving relations with the Soviet bloc and expressed its willingness to deal with both East and West on a basis of "mutual respect." The nation's position was outlined in a
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    Pope Better
    20 7 POPE PIUS XII who has been indisposed, was reported much better yesterday by the Vatican Press Office. Reuter
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    Syria Moves To Put Down Riots
    220 7 BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 29.— Neighbouring Syria proclaimed martial law yesterday in several areas to stem bloody clashes and general strikes following the arrests of 10 political leaders yesterday, it was reported -i here. The worst clash broke out in the Druze Highlands traditional hiding
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    Missing House Is Sought
    63 7 Missing House Is Sought WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Jan. 29 (UP) Authorities searched for a missing house here yesterday. A constable last week tried to serve an eviction notice on some tenants in a three-room frame house and found no one at home. This week he returned and found the house
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    HEMINGWAY FLIES AGAIN
    59 7 NAIROBI, Jan. 29 (AFP) American writer, Ernest Hemingway, arrived here last night from Entebbe in an aircraft, the same type and the same pilot as the one which first crashed with him at Murchison Falls recently. Asked if he would write about his experience, Hemingway said, "I
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    STRIKE FIZZLES
    38 7 A NATIONWIDE wave of nuisance strikes intended to force the government to yield to demands for an 18 per cent increase in minimum wages appeared today to have fizzled at the main point of attack. U.P.
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    FORTRESS ATTACKED BY VIETMINH
    255 7 FORTRESS ATTACKED BY VIETMINH HANOI, Jan. 29 (AP)—Vietminh patrols made their first stab today into the outer defences of Dien Bien Phu, the last big French fortress stronhold in north-western IntioChina. The French said only a battalion or less of the estimated 40,000 Communist-led rebels in the area were involved
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    60 To Fight For 'Free' Jap Brothels
    87 7 60 To Fight For 'Free' Jap Brothels TOKYO. Jan. 29 (AP)— Sixty men £Dd women who claim to speak lor some 13,000 houseopened a campaign today to kill legislation which would control prostitution in Japan. '"Excessive control of prostitution win increase sex crimes and sexually-diseased patients", they said. The 60
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    75 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 29. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 16Jd. February 16 id. March 16Ad. April/June 16|d. July /September 1 7d. October December 1 7d. February c.i.f. 16£ Tone: Very
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    BRITON IS NABBED IN NEW YORK
    110 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. l'9. (UP)— Rep. Charles B Brownson said yesterday thai me United States [mm gration Service in New York has nabbed an Eng who may be able bo unravel the mysterious operations of a fabulous world-wide surplus propei ty syndicate Brownson is a
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    Police Seek Mad Razor Slashers
    95 7 Police Seek Mad Razor Slashers MONTREAL, Jan 29 (R ifcer) The entire police fol I here is today san hing lor two lunatics who between them have slash) I men with a razor In the last a k They struck again last in Montreal at opposite of the town, confirming
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    Be Patient, Dutch Told In Indonesia
    114 7 JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 29 (IT)— Netherlands High Commissioner, Van Bylandt, yesterday called on the Dutch community here to be patient, pending a full investigation of recent arrests of Dutchmen by Indonesian authorities. "I have full confidence in the firm will of the Indonesian Government
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    MOVE FOR UN SESSION ON KOREA REJECTED
    169 7 UNITED NATIONS. New Y< k. Jan. 2S (UP) 1 e B:g Three Western powcn ><. v -terdsy formally 1 1 <■ ted in effect tic i posal for a United Nal Bcnerai A if mil j deal with Korea On Fi With the
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    Return To Face Music, General Toid
    100 7 Taipei. Jan. t»: (AFP The Secretary-General ol Nations I yesterdaj aUenged .-idem L; Tsui t United States Free China to son the rather than rogat ry i En ok the Cent Kuomintang moutho.t Secretai -< k neral. co on a re dilated in v
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    Marine Supdt.
    55 8 photo. CAPTAIN Dennis Sinrlaire (left), former Cap tain of the ss. Benledi, arrived in Singapore by BOAC Argonaut yesterday to relieve Captain W. O. Atkinson (right) as Marine Superintendent of Ben Lines. Captain Atkinson is leaving on March 5 on seven months' furlough to Britain after three years'
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    Nato To Aid Navigation
    73 8 Nato To Aid Navigation T ..q. rr. PARIS- Ja»- 2»- (AP).-The |14 nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). rcwcoMnnnn plan to spend .000.000 in Europe and Turkey this year to bui]d alr fields pipe. lines, naval facilities and radio aids for navigation. NATO Headquarters announced yesterday that this
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    PORT STRIKE
    21 8 ALL services in Karachi's strike affected port will be maintained, a port administration spokesman said here on Thursday.- Reuter
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    BID TO CHANGE US STOCKPILE METHODS
    176 9 BID TO CHANGE US STOCKPILE METHODS A Lift For Remitted Rubber WASHINGTON, Jon. 29, (Reuter) United States Government officials ore meeting here to discuss industry proposals for changes in the natural rubber stockpile programme. According to press reports, the proposals, made by a six-member group of manufacturers and trade representatives
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    'Wonder' Drug Due In Malaya
    154 9 'Wonder' Drug Due In Malaya THE discovery of Achromycin, a new broad-spectrum antibiotic dru? similar to Aureomycin Chlortetracycline, and known as the "new wonder drug" was announced yesterday by Messrs. F. E. Zuellig (Malaya) Limited, Singa pore. Messrs, Zuellig local distributors for the Lederle Laboratories Division, American Cyanamid Company, New
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    Cheaper Rice Pact Signed
    82 9 Cheaper Rice Pact Signed BANGKOK. Jan. 29 (AF) Thailand sipned an agreement yesterday for the saie of between 276.000 and 400.000 tons of rice to British territories in South-East Asia this year. The territories include Malaya. Singapore. Hong Kong. North Borneo and Sarawak. The agreement provide? for price reductions of
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    JAPS STAGGERED BY INCREASE OF UK TRADE QUOTA
    196 9 JAPS STAGGERED BY INCREASE OF UK TRADE QUOTA LONDON, Fri. British Treasury negotiators have staggered the Japanese delegation, here to secure an increase of Japanese exports to the sterling area and a sterling loan. During the last year and a half, completely one-sided trade between Japan and the sterling ;:rea
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    Bid To Free Tungsten
    57 9 LONDON. Jan. 29. (UP)Tlie British Government began discussions in early January on ways avid means of decontrolling tungsten and returning the trading in this strategic meta] to private hands. Tungsten is the only imported strategic metal and one of the very lew imported materials which is
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      Demand for Low Grades During Week
      186 9 Demand for Low Grades During Week THE rubber markei in S:ngapore yesterday dosed steady at 55 cents per 1b lor first grade rubber February shipment < 54| cents on Thursday). Prices opened slightlv lower in the morning but steadied during the day. Moderate business was report e--. In their weekly
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      NOON PRICES
      80 9 SINGAPORE ■■Ifcin of Commerce Rubber Assoc a lion noon prices 'cen'c ■.->■ Ife I vt sterdav -vete Buv\ e No 1 RSS Spoi loos.. A At No. 1 RSS f.o.b Feb 54j 4j No 1 RSS f.o.b. Itai -4 No. 2 RSS f.o.b. Feb r ,-T >u N.
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      PRODUCE!
      104 9 'an pi oauci mi rkel in Singapore i etnaia quid yesterday with small business passing in copra. <"opra fo r February and Marc n BfaipmcuU quoted Me* pej picu; with aeUei S4 i Coconut oil seller- q died $67 per picu! with i around KSf. Pepper prices were slightly
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    Oil Mills' Production
    92 9 THE Federation of Malaya'e 67 oil nillfi treated 1'.'ti. 587 piculs of coprn and manuEactured 8fi.6"l picu e of coconut cake in December 1953 accord ng ti f !i u statistics. S' r ;ck= of copn u t -,<■ copra treated amcunted tu 10-4.1 (i4 p.(".;;s and
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    MR MEHTA DUE IN SINGAPORE
    63 9 AX li.diarj industrialist. Mr. Pramroz H. ML Mehta w I t visiting Singapore nexi month in the course of a business tr\j; to the Far East. Mr. Mehta is chairman the British India General Insurance Company Ltd. Ht is chairman ?.r,d managing director of 12
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    Britain To Trade With Soviet Bloc
    181 9 LONDON. Jan. 29. (AP)— Britain disclosed today she will open trade and financial talks soon with three Soviet satellites— Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. A. Board of Trade spoki said Britain mil no 1 a tei her embargo i I the expi 1 1 f
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    SHARES
    70 9 SHARE S ri s v. i re irret i ord I m Sharebrokers' A ocial i 'i i rtuu v.i'h one i •x--oepiii rifted INDCSTttlAI S c v. t Ord 24 G 2.92 21 Han W S I a Ond t MINING Ll/i II Pel cf R itau Etaub G
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    Hollywood Historama' Marks Half-Century Of Progress
    725 10 Mil r i >: ■♦mi i ij tnd Max I i". Ir )l<>ii> wutMl's noted in.ik > iuthi>r:!> .loins the r'dut'i- Jl lh«* H >: I -a iHHi Histor nn.i ii »|>l i> „i( row) (a) t iillr. 'ion of »«*re«>a »tars of tli<-
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    STAGEDOOR
    558 10  -  BARRY OLIVER By TPHE OTHER DAY, Stage A Club informed me that Browning will be Blacking, in their forthcoming "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." There \va^ nothing cryptic about this really. It just happens that the on!}' part in the play left to be cast was that of Robert
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    Liszt Story By Columbia
    99 10 4 *o: rMBiA Te tedeol rr V» mui u bi p "The Slorv Hi Kraiu l.i-.zf* is to >. J' re Iha i -'..-ras in April .r.d Iq ttua Hid discusmna tiav« begun be veen Droiucer William J. Fadimaa and levera] tnternationa celeb:.i:ed concer; u sts
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    Of Men And Music
    496 10  -  BILL WEBB JONES 'THAT talented musician. A song-writer, and band leader Gerry Soliano will shortly be starting a series on his Hammond oigan which will be broadcast from Radio Malaya on Sundays at 1 o'clock. This new series is ca^ed "Round the World in Music" and
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    CLARE TO STAR IN V.M.H. CONCERT
    778 10 Music Notesm By 'ANACRUSES' MAURICE CLARE, the violinist, arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong last Thursday. This brilliant 39-year-old artist, whom we heard in a solo recital last November, is to give a concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday, February 10. Mr.
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      179 10 BM i f -~rr Compliment to Tchaikovsky! In reviewing the Philips TCHAIIvOVSRV'S Minigroove 33 1/3 record- MASTERPIECES ing of Tchaikovsky's first Afio l 3 5 L FiMl Piano Concerto rendered Pimao -concerto, by Alexander Un.nsky SLtfX* and the Residency a;in( r Uninsky Orchestra conducted by AMlli L Pourlfe William van
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    NORTH RUGBY DOMINATION TO END TODAY
    894 11  -  BILL MOSS By ->7 a2T i P D m I° d ?T t he North will meet the South to decide the sastsift! Umon onnual Ru9by j— sive) and two -hattricks* (1934—36 and 1951—53) Vl <- l °nes u^S d/ inclui i S Ut
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    Good Show By REME
    167 11 DESPITE the fact that REME, a second division team, were up against formidable opposition in a Singapore Recreation Ciub side, they staged a commendable performance, though losing by three goals to one in a friendly game of hockey played on the SRC ground yesterday. Pennefathex opened
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    Lower Perak DFA Elect Officials
    60 11 TELOK. Anson. Fri .—Following were elected office-bearers of the Lower Perak District Football Association: President: Mr. Oon Seng Teong. Vice-President Indie Mohamed Hashim and Mr. A.O. Madhavan. Hon. Secretary Mr. R.G. Samy. Assistant: Inche Ibrahim Ayit. Treasurer; Mr. A. Xavier. Committee: Mr T.S. Ganapathi. Inche
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    Wife Sick So Ahmed Out Of Fifth Test
    55 11 HYDERABAD. Jan. 29, (Renter). Ghulam Ahmed, India's oil spinner and Captain of the team which beat the Commonwealth in the fourth test recently, will not piay in the fifth test, due to begin at Lucknow tomorrow. He said he cannot leave Hyderabad
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    Rajaji Meeting
    25 11 THE second annual general meeting of the Rajaji Sports Club will be he'd on Sunday at the Ceylon Tamils Association at 6 p.m.
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    Farrer Park Football
    95 11 RESULTS of yesterdays friendly soccer matches at Fairer Park were: IRC. beat AAA 4-3. Scorers for IRC. Osman. Salahudin 2 and Loganathan. For AAA Jui Kim 3 RMS. Charity beat Fathul Karib 4-2 Scorers for H.M.S. Charity were Hughes Murphy 2 and Dyson. For Fathul Karib. Sahak
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    CUP SOCCER
    40 11 INDIAN Youngsters wii] meet R.A.F. Changi for the V. P. Kanagasundram Cup to commemorate Indian Republic Day at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. Kick otf by Dr. G. Haridas. The presentation will be made by Mr. Gopala Menon.
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    ACS Beat YMSA
    27 11 ACS beat YMSA 4-3 at soccer yesterday. Scorers for AC?: Bin Seen 3 Kim Liat. For Sikhs. Jagat Singh, Bagh Singh and Atma Singh.
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    ASIAN GAMES' HITCH FOR COLONY CAGERS
    305 11 THE COLONY'S basketball team may not be allowed to compete in the Asian Games competition. This is because the controlling body Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation— is not affiliated to the International Basketball Federation, it was disclosed at a meeting of the Singapore Olympic
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    One Day Matches For SCA Tourney
    243 11 THE SINGAPORE Cricket Association, at its annual general meeting yesterday, decided, on a narrow majority vote, to introduce one-day matches in tournament games this coming season. But the rules of the tournament, drafted by a Committee, failed to meet the approval of the house.
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    $100,000 Offer
    39 11 TORONTO. Jan. 29 (AP) Frank Tunney, Toronto boxing promoter, said he had ottered a USSIOO.OOO guarantee to Rocky Marciano, world heavyweight champion, to fi gh t Tom m y Harrison of Los Angeles in Toronto this summer.
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    Today's SPORT
    29 11 Today's SPORT RUGBY: North vs South Jalan Besar Stadium. HOCKEY: SHA Senior KO: Latiff Wanderers rs RAF (Seletar)-SCC. CSC vs SCRC—CSC. FOOTBALL: MOR Cup semi-final Special Constabulary vs CRASC—PTS.
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    Four Horses Up A Class
    249 11 FOUR horses have been promoted following their performances at Bukit Timah earner thi s month. They ar e Bridge Law II Starry. Palio to class 1 and Spotter to class 2. Other particulars contained in the latest classification list issued by the SRA are: Transfers
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    The Line-up
    93 11 NORTH Aitken (Kedah); J. Borrie (Selangor). Breakwell (Perak), Willing ham (Perak), Clemo (Perak); H. Bennett (Selangor), M. Pestana (Penang); F. Tyrell (Selangor) Webster (Perak), D. W. A. Smith (Penang); Wright-Nooth (Perak), Me Walters (Selangor); D. Harper (Selangor), Ingle (Penang), Hanson (Kedah), SOUTH P. Ellington (Negri); 0. Dawai (Johore),
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    Perlis FA Meeting
    22 11 KANGSAR. Fri.—Per:;s Football Association will hold their second annual general meeting at the Indra Kayangan Club here on Sunday.
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    NS HOCKEY FINALISTS
    123 11 SEREMBAN. Fri.—ln ihe semifinal replay ot a knockout hockey match today Indians beat Malays 2-1. The winning goal was scored during extra time. Indians opened scoring ir the second half when Harben sent j a pass to Govindaraioo for the j latter to score. Malays equalis- j
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      388 11 NOTICES THE MAI AYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION ALL tiembers of the above Association En the Colony of Singapore will be closed i for business on Wednesday Urd i and Thursday 4th February. 1954 being Chinese New Year POLICE TENDER NOTICE hpENDERS which close at VJ. noon on Monday 15th February
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