Singapore Standard, 6 February 1954

Microfilm: NL8998
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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD FGNFJFGJF iW JL Vol. IV. No. 219 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS. photo.
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    PROSPECTS OF KOREAN MEETING ARE DIM
    203 1  - PROSPECTS OF KOREAN MEETING ARE DIM JAMES PETER CHIN Xx Standard Staff Reporter IHERE IS no immediate prompt- t of a political conferm taking place m Korea M 'ar a^ r he Indiar.i m tnjora can see. the :ef Public Relations Offi•r of the Neutral Nations' Repatriation Commission m R
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    COMETS TO FLY AGAIN Holy Wash For Nehru
    171 1 COMETS TO FLY AGAIN Holy Wash For Nehru THE BO AC Comet jeiliner service, which was susi^tulrd after the air disaster orT fclba will resume South ■Vfiitin route flights *-arly next month. Later, the Far fad service will be re-»u:nt-d Ih* Singapore Manager of BO\( Mr H >I. Birch, said
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    NEO WINS BOTH EVENTS
    46 1 PERTH. Australia. Singapore swimmer, Neo Ghwee Kok, won the 111) yds. free style championship of Western Australia m the record time of 60.1 seconds at Crawley Baths, yesterday •ja^najj -spuooes Z'LZ ux dOBJ qojejjs uoi^b^tau] spJBA gy am uoav os[e se.vv en
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    ENVOYS FOR S-EA VISIT
    67 1 SEOUL. Feb. 5 (AP).— Two South Korean envoys will leave here tomorrow on a onemonth diplomatic goodwill visit to South-East Asian countries to pave the way for a Far Eastern Defence Community »et-up. Th« two envoys of President Syngman Rhee are Maj-Gen. Chooi Duk Shin, former
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    Vessel On Malaya Run Strikes Reef
    159 1 MANILA. Feb. 5 (Reuter) A majority of the crew members of the 9,000 gross tons motorship Fernmoor which stuck on the London reef oft' Palawan Island m south-eastern Philippines this morning returned to the stranded ship this evening after spending eight hours on four
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    Routine Visit
    40 1 BRITISH Commissioner-Gen-eral for South-East Asia, Malcolm Mac Donald arrived m Hongkong by plane from Saigon yesterday for a visit. He made no statement to newsmen on his arrival other than to say hi s visit was "routine.": UP
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    Sir George Allen
    33 1 THE APPOINTMENT of Sii George Allen. former ViceChance! !or of the University of Malaya, as Secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was announced m London yesterday.
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    Laos: Rebels Poise To Strike At Royal City
    259 1 SAIGON, Feb. a (AP)— A showdown battle between French troops and the Communist-led \ietminh rebels for control of Luang Prabang loomed last night m the tiger-infested jungles surrounding the Royal Laotian capital The Vietminh's crack 308 th Division was within 50 to
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    B.O.R. COLLAPSES IN WITNESS BOX
    422 1 Nyalas Forest Shooting MALACCA, Fri. A young: soldier of the Gordon Highlanders, who was a member of a patrol that shot and killed two women and a man m the Nyalas Forest Reserve on Dec. 20, last year, swayed and nearly collapsed m the witness
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    SCHOOL FOR COURAGE
    735 1 Scheme To Provide Leaders' Training KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya will shortly join the United Kingdom, Germany and Nigeria as one of the pioneer countries to adopt the "Outward Bound" idea of leadership training. The principle of the Outward Bound School is to provide youth with opportunities, which
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    Dr. Lin's Hopes For The Nanyang
    210 1 Dr. Lin's Hopes For The Nanyang HOPES that the Nanyang University would achieve the position of the highest institute of learning m South-East Asia were expressed by Dr. Lin Yu Tang, the University's Chancellor, m a letter to Mr. Tan Lark Sye, Chief sponsor of the University. Dr. Lin's letter,
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    More 'White Areas' Soon, Says Templer
    309 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Touring Malacca today, General Sir Gerald Templer, went to Bertam Ulu, m the central district of Malacca to congratulate the people on the contribution they had made m enabling part of Malacca to be declared a "White Area." He presented the
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    SCHOOL BURNT BY FIREWORKS
    73 1 KUANTAN, Fri. Chinese Xevv Year fireworks set tiie Pei j Chai Chinese School at Aver Puteh on fire today. A Chinese girl was slightly injured. The whoie building was gutted Damage is estimated at 527.00 U. The fire is believed to have i started on the
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    POPE'S CONDITION CAUSES ALARM
    149 1 VATICAN CITY, Fri Unofficial reports said that the Pope is no longer able to take the purely liquid diet, which was prescribed for him earlier this week. His doctors are giving him injections. His personal physician, £rofesspr Riccardo Galeazzi Ist who today issued the first medical
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    EGYPT TO QUIT SUDAN IF...
    87 1 PORT SUDAN. Feb. 5: (Re:: ter) Major Salah Sa'em Egyptian Minister of National Guidance now touring the Sudan said here today Egyptian forces would not stay "one more minute m the Sudan" if Britain agreed with Egypt to quit and hand o\cr al] theii arms
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    FACT FINDER COMES LAST
    65 1 NEW YORK. Feu S (Ren* tei i Mi Mildred Hu^fa a Executive Vice Pi i >idenl ol I h F«l Fa A:r--: ill left New Yu: me yesterday lor a fa find trip to Japai uai H (■•..< N i and the Fai East. Her P-
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    MALAYAN TROOPS FOR SIAM
    162 1 MALAYAN TROOPS FOR SIAM BANGKOK, Feb. 5 (Reuter) Troops from Malaya will soon be stationed m Southern Ihailand near the Malayan border with headquarters m Singora to increase their effectiveness m the war against Malaya's Com mi v n ist terrorists, police sources told Reuter today. The sou: -f- said
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    BUT THIS MILK ACTS AS A PREVENTATIVE
    462 2  - BUT THIS MILK ACTS AS A PREVENTATIVE T. J. LIM By Standard Market Reporter ONE of the world's largest manufacturers of condensed milk has decided tc fortify their product -with extra Vitamin A to prevent keratomalacia I an eye disease which may cause blindness among infants and young children. The
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    110 2 COMMODITY PRICES L L O > I N o robber ■rices leeat« per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday wereBuyers Sellers No I BJSJ Spot Loose 54$ 55 i No. 1 R.S.S. Sbi 55i S; 2 RS.S 554 *52 S: 3 RS.S. 54 541 Tone: Dull. UN PKRfc The i>ri«-e of tin
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    YOUTH MOVEMENT PRAISED
    234 2 Strongest Body In S-EA- Howell PENANG, Fri.— Malaya set a good example by having a high level of voluntary youth work, and youth movements m the United States would do well to follow this type of activity. This was stated by Mr. Ernest M. Howell, a member
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    THEFT FROM CAR
    26 2 A GOLD watch worth $350 was stolen from an unattended car parked under the porch m a house at Orange Grove Road yesterday.
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    Protest Over Sacking Of Gas Men
    125 2 Protest Over Sacking Of Gas Men THE Singapore City Council Gas Department Workers' Union yesterday protested against the dismissal of seven masons employed at the Kallang Gas Works. In a letter to the City Deputy President, Mr. R. Middleton Smith, the Union requested the re-instatement of the dismissed workers. The
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    She Used 'Ang-Pow' As Bait
    110 2 She Used 'Ang-Pow' As Bait A CHINESE woman who used an "ang-pow" ag ba:: stole jewellery worth $200 at Upper Perak Road, S gtpore, on Thursday i jht, from ten-yeai-o,d p,The girl who hve- a. t. her parents wis m :e p ayground at about 7 '.>j dressed m her
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    HE WAS CRUEL TO CHICKENS
    58 2 FOR being crue. to J6€ chickens. Toh Ban X.at Rat yesterday fined $50 oy Mr A W. Ghows, the Sever. \h P Magistrate. Toh had crammed Ihc "6* chidceas m eight banab— and wire pen* large Mouaji *o tio^ri on]y 90 eh: -kerfortably. Tohs explanation
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    Two Fined For Cracker Firing
    65 2 THOUSANDS of Chine* M off crackers without p<?; sion during the past tfaCM days. A few of them wer« caught and charged [n \'ne Singapore courts yesterday Among them were Chan Pok Lam (IP. and Vat Chew who were ea-~h fi:.. j- i >5 by
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    RETURN PLAN?
    31 2 THIEVES broke into the office ot an insurance company m the Hongkong Bank Chamber?. Battery Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon anci got away with $150 m cash and four key?.
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    Two Ships To Pick Up Indian Forces
    118 2 THE Indian vessel. Jala- gopai, sailed from Singapore yesterday for the South Kore- j an port of Inchon where she will pick up the first contin- gent of the Indian Custodian j I Forces returning to India. The ship arrived on Tuesday from
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    Bus Firm Robbed Of $6,700 Cash
    211 2 BURGLARS broke into the offices of the Green Bus Co., Ltd., m Angullia Road, Singapore, yesterday morning, and stole $6,709 m cash from a steel cabinet. The burglars had removed the hinges of the door of the cabinet where the cash and bus tickets
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    43 2 photo. MR ARTHUR DONALD PRIESTLY, a technical expert, (abore) has been seat t« Kuala Lumpur under the Colombo Plan to become Principal of the Trade School tiiere. lie is seen with his wife and three children. Jenny (IT). Donah (15) and Nigel <!•). Standard
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    Tobacco Nets $5,700,000
    73 3 MORE than 53. 700,000 m tobacco revenue were oollected m the first month of the New Year nearly half the total revenue ($7,962,--000) collected by Singapore Customs during January. Last year's collection for the same period was $7,968.--000. The collection at the moment is "very steady." commented
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    Colony Wedding
    22 3 Che Selamat bin Marjan and Miss Fatimah binte Hassan, (above), were married at the Malay Women's Welfare Association, Singapore recently.
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    Factory Owners Told To Look Out
    176 3 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Chief Factory Inspector, Mr. J. A. Heaton, yesterday warned Colony factory owners that they will be prosecuted if they do not take sufficient precautions to prevent industrial accidents. He said that according to the Machinery Ordinance, all factory owners have
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    BRUNEI THANKED FOR LOAN
    396 3 BRUNEI THANKED FOR LOAN Ceremony Held In Throne Room KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation would hove had to cut down its programme for the next few years if help m the form of loans did not come from the governments of Singapore and Brunei, Mr. E. Himsworth, the Federation's Financial
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    ORATORICAL CONTEST PLAN
    70 3 THE RAMAKRISHNA Mission, Singapore, is organising an oratorical contest m English to commemorate the birthday of Sri Ramakrishna which falls o n Feb. 28. The contest will be held at the Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Homo, 179 Bartlev Road, 'at 9 am. and all schoolchildren are invited to
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    Did Not Appear
    34 3 S. E. MIZRAHIE of Cornwall Garden Jailed to turn up at the Singapore City Police Court yesterday. Mr. Devereux-C oleb o v m postponed the case for sentence till next Friday.
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    No Second Marriages, They Say
    306 3 A CROSS-section of Singapore public opinion yesterday disapproved of second marriages among Hindus solely because the husband did not have a male child by the first wife. Mr. C. K. Dasaratha Raj, Legislative Councillor, who is to introduce a Hindu monogamous marriage bill m the
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    Fills Vacant Post
    36 3 MR. TEO KIAK SENG, senior Chinese Interpreter will act as the Chinese Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Singapore. He fills the post made vacant by the death of Dr. Homer Cheng.
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    All Set For Gala New Year Ball
    133 3 BALLROOM and ballet dancing by Singapore artistes, as well as a variety of songs, will feature the 1954 annual Chinese New Year Ball for the benefit of the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association, to be held on Feb. 12. at Victoria Memorial Hall. TJie Ball,
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    We'll Be Glad To Offer Technical Aid
    143 3 We'll Be Glad To Offer Technical Aid KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation Government will be delighted to give technical aid to Brunei Mr. E. Himsworth, the Federation's Financial Secretary, said today. Mr. Himsworth returned to Malaya yesterday after tendering the Federation's official thanks to Brunei for her $40 million loan.
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    REDS FIRE ON A CIVILIAN CAR
    167 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Johore terrorists, resorting to road attacks recently, fired on several vehicles travelling m Johore m the last few days, but there were no casualties. Four single shots were fired at a military Land-Rover near Ayer Bemban m the Kulai district. The
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    Regret Over 'Codes' Bill
    87 4 THE Ma'ay Society of Great Britain "views with regret" the acceptance of the Criminal Codes (Amendment) Bill by the Federal Legislative Council at its ia i meeting i:i Kuala Lumpur. This view wa? conveyed \c the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal m a telegram sent by
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    S.B.A. HALL MAY CLOSE
    355 4 Today Fittings Co Under Hammer AN assortment of electrical appliances belonging to the Singapore Badminton Association will go under the auctioneer's hammer at 10.30 am. at the Badminton Hall today on the order of the Sheriff of the High Court. The auction is the result of
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    72 4 photo. THIS motor crash one of the worst ever m Kulai, Johore took the lives of two Chinese, still unidentified. and ooe Malay, Ahmad Yusof, of Pontian. on Thursday. Seven others were seriously injured. The picture shows the two vehicles, one a local taxi, after a head-on collision which occurred
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    'Unknown Language' Upsets Court Hearing
    292 4 'Unknown Language' Upsets Court Hearing AFTER pleading guilty m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday to charges of failing to furnish returns of his income tax for the year of assessment 1948, 1949 and 1950 within 21 days from Aug. 8, last year. Ng Ching Siew later, changed his plea
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    $50 IN FINES FOR SPEEDING
    69 4 GEORGE BOOKER, attached to R.A.F. Se^etar. was lined $25 by the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate. Mr. F. A. Chua. yesterday for driving at a speed of about 50 to 55 miles per hour along Bedok Road on Nov. 7 last year. Another motorist. Chua Ah
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    59 4 TWO Royal Malayan Naval Ratings. Leading Stoker Mechanics George McBreen and Mak Chew Ton?; will leave for England at the end of the month for training. They are the forerunners of a number of ratings of the various branches of the R.M.N. whom it is intended to send to the
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    Now They May Loiter — In Jail
    113 4 Now They May Loiter In Jail TWO Youths. Lav Kirn Lim and Lim Bak Song, were each sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday after being found guilty of loitering with intent to commit an offence. The Court was told that the two were
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    Husband, Wife Cannot Drive Now
    87 4 Husband, Wife Cannot Drive Now A husband and wife were fined SI SO each by the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate, Mr. F. A. Chua. yesterday for traffic offences.-, The husband. Gob Tian Chew, owner of a restaurant, was charged with abetting his wife to drive a car while not covered
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    ILLEGAL SALE OF POISONS
    57 4 THREE MEN. Ho Ban Lee, Foo Chee Thiam and Yeo Swee Hong pleaded guilty m the Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday to separate charges of hawking poisons without a licence. Ho and Yeo were fined S5O each while Foo. who faced two charges was fined a
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    Road Fatality
    43 4 ONE fatal accident occurred m Kuala Lumpur over the New Year period. A 70-year-old Chinese. Chu Chin Tuciy of Klyne Street, was fatally injured when he was involved m a collision with a van m Petaling Street on Thursday. nn j:.
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    COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO RETURN TO SPORE
    414 5 COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO RETURN TO SPORE w KI r AL i S*"! 1 111. 11 Ti MT J «stice Wilson m the High Court today dismissed an application by Leslie Marro for a writ of mandamus, commanding the Chief secretary for the Federation to permit him to return without
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    'This School Policy Will Help Reds'
    140 5 TAIPEI, Feb. 3: (Reuter) The Chinese Nationalist Koomintanf newsDaper. the Centra. Da:.v News, today criti-| cised what it said was the v of the Federation of Ma ay a m restricting the teaching of Chinese m Chinese ols. The newspaper claimed that t.-.e move
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    HMM! That Face Seems Familiar...
    140 5 HMM! That Face Seems Familiar... STROKING his cheek, the Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nii-011. seems to be nursing: Hmm! Familiar face, that now where have I met him before? It was his own photograph he was eyeing:, of Mane! The portrait was one of -SO picture* on display at
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    JAIL FOR BEGGING
    27 5 PANG HEOXG. who was caught begging at Raffles Pa c was sentenced to six weeks simple imprisonment m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday.
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    Negritos A Racial Mystery
    218 5 LONDON. Feb. 5: (Btuter) O::c of :he world's racial mysteries :s :he presence m A -.a of the Negritos of Ma aya. Dr. PH. A. Sneath ♦o d the Royal Anthropologies Institute her e last nisht. He sa:d the Negrito* did i-.ot nwmhk the other inhabitants
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    Ceylon independence Day
    91 5 TO COMMEMORATE i Z Peylon Independence 2 Day. Mr. M. Saravana- j muthu. Ceylon Commis- j si one r for Malaya held a Z reception at his residence m Nallur Road. Katong. > 2 on Thursday night when j 2 more than 500 guests J were present.
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    STRUGGLE SAVES FEW VALUABLES
    153 5 Standard Staff Reporter A HAINANESE printer, Yang Ching Ching, and a girl friend grimly fought off three Chinese who attacked them from behind near the Trafalgar School, Singapore, on Thursday night. Yang, who lives m Pasir Panjang Road, went to the Trafalgar School at about 10.30
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    32 5 DR. D. SUMITRO. Dean ot the Indonesian School of Economic Research, who is the chairman of the ECAFE conference and the chairman of the U.N. committee m commodity trade m Southeast Asia.
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    Big Varsity Ball Tonight
    96 5 ONE of the entertainment highlights this week-end the University of Malaya Historical Society Chinese New Year danee will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight. There will be floor shows and spot dances. Eilene Martin will dance the hula-hula and a "gypsy whirl," and exhibition
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    JAP FILM MEN HERE
    74 5 MR. MASO SOGA, managing director, and Mr. Shiro Kaga, sales manager of the Daiei Motion Picture Company, Tokyo, arrived m Singapore by air yesterday on a four-day visit to finalise arrangements for the showing of Malayan films at this year's motion picture festival t o be
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    Man Killed When Dock Collapsed
    129 5 Man Killed When Dock Collapsed THE SINGAPORE Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday recorded a verdict of misadventure at an inquest on Sow Thor, 34, a scrap picker, who died on Jan. 17 while breaking up the giant floating dock at the Naval Base. Another labourer. Soh Poh Tay, told
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    THREE FINED FOR GAMBLING
    74 5 TWO boys and a girl stood m the dock of the Seventh Police Court yesterday after they were caught by the Police playing "pakau" m front of the Alexandra Brickworks on Thursday. A pack of cards and SI .40 were ordered confiscated by the Magistrate. Mr.
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    CLERK'S DEBTS
    37 5 AN ADJUDICATION order was made m the Singapore High Court yesterday against F. E. Rodrigues, a clerk, who is indebted to a sum of $4,100. Rodrigues agreed to pay the Official Assignee S4O a month
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    Reaches Record In KL
    261 5 Reaches Record In KL KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. j The unemployment pro- j blem here "has attained proportions which can j really be called acute." Mr. j Sreedharan. Manager of j the Kuala Lumpur Employment Exchange told The Standard today. Since the exchange was started m the middie of last year,
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    'STOP ORDER' RESCINDED
    46 5 THE "Stop Order" issued by the Registrar of Trade Unions. Singapore, against the Pakistani Seamen's Union has been withdrawn, a'- 'ording to the Colo D y Government Gazette issued yesterday. The Order, made under the Emergency Regulations, was issued on Oct. 9, 1953.
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    New York Exhibit Offers Chance For Malayan Contributors
    408 5 New York Exhibit Offers Chance For Malayan Contributors MALAYA, Borneo and Sarawak, as well as Singapore, are particularly fitted to send contributions to the New York Museum of Art's forthcoming photography exhibition on "The Family of Man," Mr. Loke Wan Tho. Singapore camera enthusiast, said yesterday. "Although I specialise m
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    UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IS GETTING ACUTE
    203 5 UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IS GETTING ACUTE Standard Staff Reporter UNEMPLOYMENT is on the increase m Singapore. A numbers of workers ore being thrown out of employment every week from voriou* industries because of the trade recession or shortage of raw materials. Hundreds of workers are threatened with imme-. diate unemployment m
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    LIEUT. ON ARMS CHARGE
    72 5 PEDRO Lopes Lam. a Singapore Police Lieutenant, '■aimed trial m the Fourth Police Court yesterday. i o a charge of firing an automatic pistol negligently on Chinese New Year's Day. The prosecution alleged that Lam fired a shot from a .38 Astra at ;he Embassy Hotel.
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    ATTAP HOUSE BURNT DOWN
    54 5 AN ATTAP house m Koh Seok Lsn Road, off Changi Road, was completely burnt down yesterday afternoon before a fire engine could save it. Another attap house m Lim Teck 800 Road also caugn: fire, but a fire engine was on the spot arid saved it.
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    25 Women Practice Dentistry
    73 5 25 Women Practice Dentistry Standard Staff Reporter THERE am 22 Chinese women, not academically qualified practising den tirtry m Singapore. The Government Gazette issued yesterday revealed that £69 dentuta not academically Qualified have been registered under Division Two the Registration of Dentists Ordinance including the 22 women. There are only
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    Agreement Alone Was Not Enough
    125 5 TIONG Eng Siong told the Eignth Po i<e Magistrate Mr. A. W. Ghowc that he had made vp come to at; arrangement with Tsan Wing Kong, an 18-year-oli boy. over whom Tiong threw a cup of boi :ng water ou Nov. 27. Both of their,
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      79 5 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: from 7.30 p.m. Feb. 4 to 7.30 a.m. Feb. 5 Singapore (73 F), Penang (74 Fl. Kota Bahru 67 F), Kuala Lumpur (74 F). Ipoh (73 Ft. Kuantan (67 F). Maximum Temperature: from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Feb. 5 Singapore (89 Fl. Penang (92 Fi.
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    Red Light in Vietnam
    812 6 r PHE LATEST reports irom Indo-China indicate that the initiative, for the time being at least, has passed into Vietminh hands. The insurgents are it- ported to be within 65 miles of Luang Prabang. the royal capital of Laos. The French are making intensive preparations against
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    Malaya Needs To Pound Wealth Tables
    2137 6 —Says Andrew Hoth. The Standard 9 London Correspondent, m the first of two artistes. LONDON 'pHE recent Sydney Conference has demonstrated again that Malaya needs above all its economic independence. Or, at least, the right to participate m Commonwealth financial conferences not as the
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    Review of Views
    215 6 Review of Views Malay Ex-Servicemen UTUSAN MELAYU again urges' Malay ex-service men not 1 to form separate bodies but 1 to form a single Malay ex- 1 servicemen's association in-' >ter.d. The paper comments 1 on the formation of yet an-' other Malay ex-servicemen's association m Perlis recently. A few
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    16 6 Then on visiting day complications set in his wife caught him kissing the nurse!"
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      WASHING DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC
      257 6 Sir I was very much surprised to read the article headed Purcell Hits At Templet's Government published m your issue of Febntary Ist. I agree with Dr. Purcell' s saying that "the final verdict on him (Sir Gerald Templer) and his regime will be delivered
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      Phone Banged
      95 6 Sir; A friend of mine told me that dogs m Taiping should be vaccinated by 26--1-54. As two of my dogs would be affected, I telephoned the Veterinary Department. Taiping. and enquired when would be the last day for the vaccination of dogs and whether they could be
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      257 6 Sir. Congratulations on your editorial of Jan. 30 headed "Frightened Men" m which you discussed the Council Debate on the Amendment to the Assessors System. I agree with every word you wrote. The opposers of the Jury System ridiculed the small number of people attending the
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    RUSSIA'S NEW PROPOSALS ON GERMAN UNITY
    287 7 RUSSIA'S NEW PROPOSALS ON GERMAN UNITY BfcKLIN, Feb. 5, (UP)— Russia yesterday proposed formation of an oil-German government to organize SoViet style Tl free nationwide elections without interference of foreign powers." The proposal was made by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov m the form of a five-point plan submitted
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    48 7 photo. THIS i s Carole Logan. 18-year-old blue-eyed, copperhaired Scot holding the coveted trophy that goes with the Windmill Girl of the Year" title just awarded to her at London's famous 'We Never Closed" Windmill Theatte. Five-feet-two. Carole has two hobbies sewing and knitting. UP
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    AMERICAN ESCAPES FROM REDS
    167 7 AMERICAN ESCAPES FROM REDS WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Reuter) Mr. John Hvasta. an American who according lo the Communist Czech radio yesterday was released from prison, m fact broke out of prison and for months was sheltered at the American Embassy m Prague, the State Department reported last night. Mr. Hvasta
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    Dawn Addams
    22 7 LONDON, Feb. 5 (AP) Dawn Addams, the British fiim actress, and Italian Prince Vittorio Massimo formally announced their engagement yesterday.
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    KIDNAPPINGSPROTEST BY U.K.
    190 7 LONDON, Feb. 5 (UP)— Britain has protested to Egypt against the alleged kidnappings and detention «>t British servicemen m the Suez Canal zone, the Foreign Office said yesterday. A spokesman said the ca>*» of tw 0 British soldiers of the Royal Artillery who were seized by Egyptians,
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    Crowd Tried To Mob The Royal Couple
    96 7 BOURNZ, Ftb 5, (Re.;-> S HOwUa are rap.:: y j: iianc', a.x-ord-lon Wi ns the :":'->po:-.de:it I -.>nt: I 5, Wi.ham^ sterday broke n rs, tried lo fal visitors and ig thctnaelvea police SB '"ap- tinues c U will grow a the Queen
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    JAP HIMALAYA TEAM LEAVES
    45 7 TOKYO, Feb. 5 (AP) A four-man advance group of a Japanese Himalayan expedition left Osaka aboard an Osaka Shoshen liner for Calcutta, Kyodo News Service reported. This is the second attempt by the Japanese climbers to scale hitherto unconquered Mt. Manaslu.
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    35 7 photo. On the set of the new Halo American production "Mambu," Italian actress Silvana Mangano (left). Hollywood stars Michael Rennie and Shelly Winters, and famous coloured dancer Catherine Dunham, that during an informal gettogether. UP
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    U.S. ACCIDENTS
    41 7 CHICAGO. Feb. .3. (AFP).— The American National Sai'ety Council -aid yesterday that the DUmbei Oi accidental s in the United States for 1953 was three times higher than the number ol American dorinf Urn entire Korean m a r.
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    Christine Is Unable To Give A Show
    112 7 Christine Is Unable To Give A Show BOSTON. Feb. 5, (AP)— The City's Licensing Board has suspended indefinitely the entertainment licence of the "Latin Quarter" nightclub effective today and tomorrow just about the time Christine Jorgensen was scheduled to open a one week engagement there. A Board member, Clayton Havey.
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    Death Plunge In Manhattan
    43 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 5. (UP).— A mild-mannered clerk, facing eviction from his apartment, yesterday plunged 17 floors to his death from a Manhattan skyscraper. Two pedestrians were Injured as Robert M. Robinson. 53. fell amid a horror-stricken Broadway crowd.
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    ANTI-SUB HUNT IN CHINA SEA
    74 7 MANILA, Feb. 5. (UP).— The United States, Britain and France will shortly hold a ten-day anti-submarine exercise m the South China Sea, the United States Navy Headquarters at Sangley Point revealed today. Among those directing the ex- ercise will be Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Lambe. Com-mander-in-Chief
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    70 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 5. The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on th c London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 16j!d. March 16 id. April/June 16id. July/September 16sd. October/December 16 Id. February c.i.f. 16|d. Tone: Quiet. LONDON TIN Spot £650 per ton
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    '15 MINUTES OF UTTER POLLY'
    73 7 DEVONPORT. Feb. 5, (Reuter) A young stoker mechanic, was alleged at a court martial here yesterday to have smash- ed 59 pressure gauges and other equipment m the 13.000 ton aircraft carrier Ocean "during five minutes of utter j folly." The mechanic, 21-year-old j Alexander
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    SIX MORE A-CANNON FOR NATO
    93 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 (Reuter)— The United States Army said yesterday that another battery of atomic cannon was going to Europe to augment the battery of six big guns sent there last autumn. The battalion would give atomic fire support to the NATO forces standing m
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    23 7 photo. THE Aga Khan being weighed against platinum m celebration of his 70th anniversary as leader of the Moslem Ismail* last Wednesday A.P.
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    'WOLF BOY' IS UNHAPPY
    80 7 NEW DELHI, Feb. 5 (AP) Doctors treating Ramu the "wolf boy'" m a Lucknow Hospital say that after a fortnight he still lies snarling, m a pathetic huddle m bed and looks happy only when he is given raw meat, it is reported here. They are
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    He's After A Record
    60 7 BAGUIO CITY. Feb. 5. (AFP) There is a visitor to this city who plans shortly to establish a record for eating fried chickens. He is an American. Mr. Scott Mitchell, who will visit a well-known roadhouse to prove that he can eat more than five chickens
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    INDIANS ARE OVERSTAYING-R.O.K.
    117 7 SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 5, (UP). South Korea charged today that Indian custodian forces were illegally overstaying their assignment hi Korea and "have no business whatsoever' here. The ROK government issued the complaint m statement protesting the Indian refusal to release 17 North Korean and Chinese anti-Communist prisoners-of-war
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    Pilot Saves 14 On Test Flight
    212 7 BRISTOL, Feb. s.— One of Britain's two experimental turboprop Britannia airliners burst into flames on a test flight yesterday but its famed pilot saved all 14 persons aboard by diving the blazing plane to a swift crash landing on a Severn River mud bank.
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    POPULAR PERSON
    28 7 ARM I Kuusels Hi ari F land's Ifiss Universe < was picked the lar person m Finland m a nationwide po Helsinki magazine V \kU sanomat. UP
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    World Peace Is Possible—Bayar
    161 7 World Peace Is Possible— Bayar CHICAGO, Feb. 5 (UP) President Bayar of Turkey said yesterday world peace can be achieved only if all nations "walk together on the same path 1 and urged others to follow the example set by the Turko-Greek alliance. i Speaking to the Hellenic Society of
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    Lawyer And Prosecutor Sent To Jail
    94 7 Lawyer And Prosecutor Sent To Jail MANILA. Feb. 5. (AFP)— The ceiebratea Monroy muraer trial turned a bizarre twist yesterday as the special Government prosecutor and a defence lawyer were "jailed" by the Judge for contempt of court. The prosecutor. Andre? Reyes, and defence lawyer. Constancio Leuerio. almost came to
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    Martial Law Reimposed
    56 7 TEHERAN. Feb. 5. (Reutej Police yesterday retmposed martial law here and accused Communists and follower- of the former Prime Min.ster D; Mohammed Mossaoeq ol hand grenades and trying cibly to disarm Security Foresee during the past thret voting for the Persian St Martial law was lifted the
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    GIANT PLANE MAKES HER MAIDEN FLIGHT
    164 8 LONG BEACH (California), Feb. 5 (AP)— Douglas Aircraft Co., have announced that a giant troop carrying: plane— a combination propeller and jet driven transport —has completed its maiden flight successfully. The company said the plane, a development of the Douglas Globemaster, was taken up
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    LATEST B-36s FOR USAF
    78 8 FORT WORTH (Texas), Feb. 5 (AP)— Production of a new model of the B-36, designated the 836 J. is under way at Convair and deliveries to the U.S. Air Force already have begun, Mr. A.C. Eisenwein. vice-president and Forth Worth division manager, announced on Wednesday. The
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    Jet Planes For JAL Next Year
    141 8 Jet Planes For JAL Next Year NEW YORK, Feb. 5, (UP)— Japanese Air Lines officials here said they hope to initiate jet passenger plane service from Tokyo to San Francisco and London by the summer of 1955. The newly organized air lines first regular service, using Douglas DC-6Bs. started on
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    £6 MIL. CONTRACT
    28 8 A BRITISH ship builder signed a contract m Moscow yesterday to build 20 fishing trawlers for the Soviet Government at a cost exceeding £6,000,000. Reuter
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    RUSSIA OFFERS TO BUY £400 MIL. OF U.K. GOODS
    260 9 MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (AP)— The Russian Government yesterday offered to place contracts with British industries worth £400,000,000 sterling for delivery m 1955 and 1957. This offer was transmitted m a memorandum handed by Ivan G. Kabanov, the Soviet Minister of Foreign
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    46 9 photo. CARRYING out President Ramon Magsajrsay's recent order curtailing the export of all scrap iron from the Philippines. Customs officials, top. halt the loading of 7.006 toss of scrap iron o n a barge ready for loading o a the Japanese ship, Tatsuharu Mam, bottom. UP
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    Reduce Trade Barriers Call
    76 9 WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. (UP). Foreign Operations Administrate! Harold E. S:assen said yesterday that the United States should undertake programme^ to reduce, risks ol American investors abroad end to reduce trade barriers. He also urged continuing study of the simplification oi easterns procedure and ol the institution
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    OIL OUTPUT UP
    28 9 LONDON. Feb. 5. (Beuter) Oil production m the Middle Esst m 1953 increased by 16 per cent over 1952. the Petroleum Information Bureau announced yesterday.
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    A Recession Has Started, Says, Butler
    242 9 A Recession Has Started, Says, Butler LONDON, Feb. 5, (Reuter)— Mr. R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons yesterday t at the so-called trade recession m the United States had already started and that "we are already beginning to pass through it." He was opening
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    TURKEY ORDERS SUGAR FACTORIES
    41 9 SALZGITTER. (Germany). Feb. 5. (AP) The Turkish Ministry of Industry has ordered four sugar factories from two West German firms, it was announced Wednesday. Spokesmen for the two firms said total cost would be 73.000.000 marks (U5516,790.--000).
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    COLOMBIAN TYRE PLANT
    66 9 AKROX. Ohio. Feb. 5 CAP) Seiberling Rubber Co. has teamed up wilii a group of South American investors to build a tyre manufacturing plant at Xogota m Colombia, the rubber company announced on Tuesday The new firm. Vidnctons de Caucho Villegas. is expected to be operating on,
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    RUBBER MARKET REMAINS DULL
    204 9 THE rubber market m Singapore yesterday remained duil and inactive all day, first grade rubber for February shipment closing at 55jJ cents per to., (55J cents on Tuesday). There was little inclination on the ;:art of dealers to trade. In their weekly report. ilessrs. Lewis and
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    SHARES
    143 9 TH£ Ha ayan share et yesterday re-opened Chinese New Yeai oa a firm note with business :ij tins and industrials done at slightly higher Levels Rubber shares continued neglected. Changeu prices were INDLSTRIAI.N Buyers Se!leri b b netrai a 4<i Gammon 00 09 Clown Disp 2 45 2 H
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    PRODUCE
    79 9 WITH The Chinese Imob market stift dosed for the Ch:ne.-e New Year taoiiduyt yesterday there was hardly any activity m the Sm^npore market. Quotations rrmained sbout unchanged from Tuesday*! levels. The Chinese preduce rr..rket wiii re-open today Singapore proaj=2€ or'.ota (per picul) yesterdas B/ere:— Sambier $210; Bal. Cofle« S280;
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    NEW DRIVE-IN BANK OPENED
    51 9 MELBOURNE. Feb. 5 (Reutrr) Mjllioiii in 'i Brst driv* m ba:>k opened foi b i 'nesl yesterday Eight cars passed !he e..er'i window m the firs rri.:;utes, one of the firs; custooaerg being Lord Y)h:.:i:,:. o dirertor ol English. Scottish '<?.-. A AottraI'.lsn Bank Larr.ted Which
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    ANOTHER RECITAL TO FOLLOW
    758 10  -  'ANACRUSIS' MVSIZ NQ7ZS By A VERY satisfactory num her of seats have already bees booked at Robinson's for the Maurice Clare concert next Wednesday Feb. 10. In fact the response has been sufficiently encouraging for Mr. Goh Soen Tioe. the impresario, to arrange a further recital
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    OF MEN AND MUSIC
    510 10  -  BILL WEBB JONES By I HAVE sot two old friends appearing: m next Sunday's Rhythm Club Session at the Rex Cinema They are Dick Stabile who used to be m Gus Arnheim's Coconut Grove Orchestra way back m 1928. and Jimmy Dorsey, who came over to
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    STAGEDOOR
    814 10  -  BARRY OLIVER By VYKLL folks, here we are with what may well be my last Stagedoor. for. even as you ar? reading these lines, I shall be steaming out of Singapore harbour en route for the U.K. However. I have been able to get around town enough during the
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    THE CAUSE!
    82 10 AN EPIDEMIC of mysterlous ailments swept through the Long Beach Naval Station when cute little Jane Powell went on duty as a nurse m the sick bay for a scene of "Three Sailors and a Girl," Technicolour musical m which she stars with Gordon Macßae. Gobs ranking from
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    99 10 THE MEN scoffed Worn*,, play jazz? Wh>. it wi. enough to make Artie Sh s swallow his "liquorice sti< i. (clarinet, to those not m th. right'groove). Then alonto the Leicester-Squarp fan Club mi n London cam*- C.ra< i (Queen) Cole and h<r «1 1
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    1102 10  -  ALASTAIR BUCHAN I R e ports j I From Washington NOT SINCE the coming of the talking picture has Hollywood been m so much ferment and uncertainty about the future as m the last year. The year has seen a dismal parade of closing
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    MANAFF UPSETS & TAKES THE TITLE
    301 11 MANAFF UPSETS TAKES THE TITLE PENANG, Fri.— The Johore Malays singles champion, Omar Manaff giving a masterful display of courti raft, scored an upset victory over the Singapore Foong yeong cup and Colony junior champion. M. Sadali m tJie singles final of the AU Malaya Malays Badminton Championships concluded at
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    BAM Want YOUR Help
    129 11 An appeal for donations to the Teik Hock Pota Lim Fund was made by the Badminton Association of Malaya yesterday. The funds of the BAM are limited. Lim San Hai. honorary secretary of the association said, and about $15,900 is needed for Teik Hmk and Poh
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    X-Country Race
    29 11 KOTA BAHHU, Thurs. I 'ea'r. won Um CT0S8- race urganisi d by the a; Sports Cub. Tiie Snisli waa Mohri. f Islall Harrier?, a Abdul Rahn^.a: 1
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    STARS TAKE SHA TRIAL LIGHTLY
    537 11 ILYADAS, Dozey and V.X. Pillai excepted— they unable to turn out the Singapore Hockey Asso- «tion had 24 of their best prospects on view on the padang yesterday, undergoing their first trial to ihoose the Colony team m the Hockey International gainst the Indian Hockey
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    BIG MAN BIG CUP
    43 11 BIG MAN BIG CUP picture JAPANESE Sumo wrestling champion Yoshibayama holds the 65-pound cup presented to him m Tokyo on Jan. 24 at the end of the season's contests. The enormous muscle man had been undefeated m his fifteen scheduled matches. A. P.
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    CRACK PENANG XV ON THE TRAIL OF BLUES CUP TODAY
    376 11 PENANG, Fri. A crack, tough and well seasoned Penang All Blues team, captained by North scrum half, Maurice Pestana. will clash with their Selangor counterparts in the All Blues Cup Final at Ipoh tomorrow. And they intend to bring back
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    163 11 FORMER world speedway champion, Lionel Maurice Van-Praag. passed hrough Singapore by Qantas BOAC Constellation yesterday enrtmte to Karachi to be a pilot m the Pakistan International Airlines. He won the first world speedway championship at Wembley. London m 191.6. He has taken part m every international dirt track event for
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    BODCA, SCC DRAW 2-2
    77 11 SINGAPORE Cricket Club and BODCA drew two-all m a friendly hockey match played On the Padang yesterday. The SCC opened the score m the sixth minute through Bedford off a pass by Mcmullen. BODCA equalised through Kirpal Singh early m the second half and went ahead
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    Farrer Park Football
    84 11 FRIENDLY matches played at Fairer Park yesterday were: i Embarkation HQ "A" beat Fat hul Karib Sports Club by seven goais to three. Scorers for Embarkation- Rutherford (4). Melia (2) and Weir For Fathul Karib, Sana (2) and Rosdi. Indian Youngsters beat Midj dleton Hospital by four
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    SPOON SHOOT
    22 11 THE Singapore Rifle Association will hold a Spoon Shoofor members on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. at the Bukit Timah Range.
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    ACE DRIVERS FIGHT FOR TOMORROW'S FTD
    210 11 THE Chan brothers, Lye Huat and Lye Choon, will again dominate the field of ace drivers at Singapore Motor Clubs Half Mile sprint at Lim Chu Kang Road tomorrow, but with speed trials, being what they are, the record breakers will be hard to
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    39 11 MRS. Eu Klu.y H<->e nee Margaret Choo Guat Lin. beloved mother of Gaik Choc and Gaik Kirn and motner inlaw of Dr. Tan Ewe Aik. passed away peacefully at No. 5(5 Peruk Road, Penung on February 4. 1954.
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    All Malayan Bid To Topple The Fijians
    661 11 All Malayan Bid To Topple The Fijians Will It Succeed? This... By BILL MOSS JUST how strong are the Fijians, thus far, undisputed masters of Malayan rugger? Today should provide the best answer an answer we have tried so hard to find m the past— when a Singapore Cricket Club
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      86 11 PH! SINGAPORE RUGBY: SCC Invitation XV VS. Fijiavn at Jalan Besar stadium 5 p.m. Australian. Rules football: RAAF teams al Jalan Besar stadhi m 3 45 p.m. WOME.VS HOCKEY: SCC vs. Selangor Club SCC PaKUALA LUMPUR RACESSelangor Gold Cup Meet-final day. RUGBY: Set Club vs. North Johore-Padang Selangor Ssr'-ia-s VS.
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    S. Primrose To Win Open Race
    238 12 THE A.A. Henggeler Memorial Trophy, main race for class 1 sprinters, is most intriguing. Skryne Primrose looks as good as any. This five-year-old Hyacinthus mare gave a very good showing m her first race after a spell at the highlands on the first day.
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    Golden Sands 'For 2-45
    134 12 Golden Sands 'For 2-45 RACE I: Golden Sands was puti ng m h.» >.■-. work at I the rir. >h when :ie r^n ftfth to Passing Fair over 54 furlongs on the second lay. He will fi-.d the extra hall furlong to! h:j liking and with Ib. Less h* xv:
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    Thursday's Race Finishes
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    TODAY'S SELECTIONS
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    DRAW TO DECIDE RACE 3
    1352 12 Going Fast UNLESS there is a sudden change of weather the going: today will be fast. Race 3 is most open. The luck of the draw may be the deciding factor m determining the winner. Pick of f he lot are Little Andy, Orissa, Exhibitor,
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    MY GOLD CUP TIP IS S. EXPRESS
    472 12  - MY GOLD CUP TIP IS S. EXPRESS Windsor Lad Says KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— lt will be a very representative field for the Selangor Gold Cup today with 14 runners battling out the issue. I like none better than Scotch Express, a six-year-old Honeyway gelding. The race run over ten furlongs
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    Majestas Has Little To Beat
    135 12  - Majestas Has Little To Beat ETCHING 'CONNIE' NFNFGHJF Majestas, Oleander and One i Three One appear to be the pick of Race 2. I take the vastly improved Maje.stas to win. He finished fifth Co Lucky Nick and company over the mile and now appears 'o hav e trained on
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    'Connie' Better Over 6
    169 12 'Connie' Better Over 6 Race 6: Constellati down 4 ]b. since third t o Fair Madeline Trumpington II over furlongs on ;he trst went into the leal longs from home anj beaten mi n the run to 1 Six furlongs snou I s the ground. Trumpington II me stellation on
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