Singapore Standard, 10 February 1954

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD -M JL Vol. IV. No. 223. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954 TWELYT PAGES 10 CENTS
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    12 1 THE ABOMINABLE NO-MEN Further Outlook in Berlin: Hope of a Slight Thaw
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    Royal Couple Brave The Rain
    271 1 II m CASTLE. Feb. 9 (Beuter) —In spite ot drizzling rain the Queen j ■nd the Duke of Edin- j burgfc drove in an open I cai through cheering a -iked crowds lining Ac sliuti of Newcastle The appeared fresh ar.i .viien she alighted Roya!
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    Menzies Tries To Stop Row
    77 1 Fefc ap> ster R G. Men- per- i in1 e v set i cHs] i F jral Mi itary College f Cai >tu ieni t:. t ci ey cam Um pn entati ."h a1 ai g Qm a ess I Ai r ifles p ang
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    Tecs Destroy News Photo Of Queen
    128 1 Tecs Destroy News Photo Of Queen SYDNEY. -Feb. 9 (Reuter) The Sydney morning newspaper the Daily Telegraph to lay alleged that detectives "whisked' 1 one of its photographers to a police station yesterday and destroyed photographs he had taken including one of the Queen. In a frontpage editorial headlined "Petty
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    VIVIEN LEIGH HURTS WRIST
    81 1 LONDON, Feb. 9 (Renter^ Vivien Leii?h. wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, fell on the stage and broke her left wrist five minutes after the curtain went up at the Phoenix Theatre here last ni«ht. Although obviously m great pain, Leigh caried on with her part m
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    FAR EAST TALKS?
    49 1 LONDON. Feb. 9— (UP)— Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill said today there may be another conference on the Far East after the BU Four Foreign Ministers conference m Berlin. The Prime Minister made the statement while defending the presence of American air bases m Great Britain.
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    8 KILLED IN DAM PROJECT
    41 1 TOKYO. Feb. 9 (Renter) Police said today that eight j workmen were killed and lour others seriously injured yesterday when a concrete mixer j overturned at the Sakuma Dam project m Aichi Prefec- ture, Central Japan.
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    GOVT. EXPOSES 'AID THE REDS' PLAN IN PERAK
    245 1 SPY FOR.REDSi TWELVE arrests by the Police and security guards who are implementing the 24-hour curfew in Chemor town and four villages near Ipoh were announced by the Government yesterday. A police spokesman said, that the Communist body operating in the area
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    Rebels Within 8 Miles Of Royal City
    265 1 Major Battle Looms SAIGON, Feb. 9. French military sources said today that advance units of the Communist-led Vietminh had driven to within eight miles of Luang Prabang, royal capital of the Indo-Chinese kingdom of Laos. These sources said, however, that the main body
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    Leopold Flies In To Berlin
    130 1 Leopold Flies In To Berlin BERLIN. Feb. 9 (Reuter) The Austrian Foreign Minister, Dr. Leopold Figl, arrived here today by air from Vienna to attend the 1 Big Four talks on Austria which are due to start not j later than next Friday. The Big Four Foreign minis- ters demanded
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    63 1 CHINESE UNIVERSITY TOAST: Dr. Lin Yu-tang: (right), Mrs. Lin and M^ Lien Yin? Chow about to drink a toast to the Chinese University at a dinner m New York to celebrate the doctor's acceptance of the chancellorship of the University Mr. L.en a sponsor of the I aiveisity, made the
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    BIG SURRENDER DRIVE
    426 1 Leaflets Seek Out Terrorist Chief 'Bring Your Men Out And Live' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A million leaflets addressed to Chen Loo Key, State Committee member of the Selangor Communist terrorist organisation, have begun their descent on the Federal capital today, starting a vital phase of Operation Ivanhoe."
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    Pleven Flies In To Survey
    166 1 Pleven Flies In To Survey SAIGON. Feb. 9 (Renter) Rene Pleven. "Fiance's Defence Minister, today said here the "independence of the Indo-China Associated States was an essential moral condition for the success of the war against the Communist-led Vietminh insurgents" He added* that the "'earnest participation of the Associated States
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    ADMIRAL SEES NAT. OFFICIALS
    49 1 TAIPEI. Feb. 9. (Reuler)-Vice-Admiral Alfred M. Pride Commander of the United Slates Seventh Fleet, eonferr today with the Nationa I Chinese military commanders. Later he went into closed session with key officers of the American military mission to Formosa headed by Major- General William Chase.
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    Russia Invites Malaya
    148 1 Russia Invites Malaya COLOMBO, F. i. (H Mikhai > of the Ru leiegai 3 to ECAFE met ag in Randy, te<t 12 pi* each to visit the So\ u 1 in S -i- 1 s October. A. expenses incurred fa So\ iet Union terril rn Mi -Mi as ko thai
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    INDIAN STABBED
    20 1 FIVE Chinese gangsters a->t nighi stabbe<] an Indian trae-tor-operatoi a< a toddf shop in Si::2a!jO!v'i Etochore Cana Road.
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    He Shouts Naturally, Man Tells Magistrate
    251 2 A CROWN witMSI was to'd by Mr. FA. Choa, the Singapore Fits: Traffic Magistrate, not to shout u.ien replying to m N9 n pu: bj t;ie defen e counsel. The Crown witness, Rasoa Murukaiyan, Sixth Pohce Court usher, replied that it H bla "a"
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    INSPECTOR IS ACQUITTED
    48 2 PATBICK Eric Taj* a' iry inspector of the Ci:v s Bea th Department, was ester lay a "quitted and arged by Mr. R.W.H. Davies, the Singapore Sixth P- C Vlag trate. on a »cc >ting $30 from Phek Siok Eng >| Dunlop Si n Dec. [asi
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    Were You A Witness?
    63 2 SINGAPORE Traffic Police investigating: a fatal accident between a bicycle and a lorry outside the Tai Hong Biscuit Factory. Alexandra Road, at 7.55 am. yesterday, are appealing for eye-witnesses to come forward. The cyclist. 58-year-old Aslar bin Haji Adam, died on the wav to hospital. Witnesses
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    Gift For 'Jungle bashers'
    75 2 TWENTY gramophones with six records each, were presented yesterday at the SVC. Hall. Beach Road, by the Armed Services Welfare Association to Mrs V. Neele, Administrator of the Women's Volunteer Service, for distribution to ten service companies fighting the bandits. Each gramophone bore a name plate
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    'Uniformed Men Do Printers' Work'
    290 2 'U niformed Men Do Printers' Work' Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Printing Employees' Union yesterday alleged that members of the Police and Military are being used to "break the unity" of Straits Times' members of the union who staged a walk-out on Saturday. The Managing Director. Mr. A. (j. Simmons,
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    TALKS SOON TO REVIEW TERMS OF GOVT. SERVICE
    235 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE MALAYAN Government's Staff Liaison Committee will meet m Singapore on Feb. 20, to discuss various vital issues affecting the conditions of service of hundreds of thousands of Government workers m the Federation and the Colony. This is the
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    Assault By Woman And Son Alleged
    194 2 Standard Staff Reporter MISS LAM Pui Wah of Cantonment Road summoned her chief tenant Ng Kwai Yeong and her son, View Scow, to the Eighth Police Court yesterday for alleged assault and defamation of character at her home on Aug. 1- last year. Mr.
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    He Plans A Quiz On Unemployment
    264 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR. M.P.D. NAIR, Labour Legislative Councillor for Seletar, will move for the appointment of a committee to enquire into the extent of unemployment in the Colony and to find ways and means of solving i them. He will do this if
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    NO MIRROR
    45 2 A CAR owner. Son Ah Swee of Bukit Teresa, who permitted his friend to drive his car while not fitted with windscreen wiper and reflecting mirror, was yesterday fined a total of S2O 'by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. 'Mr. Howe Yoon Chong.
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    Technical Men Are Not So Keen—Report
    133 2 Technical Men Are Not So Keen— Report THE PROGRESS of science is advancing very rapidly and unless members strive to keep abreast of the times their knowledge will become antiquated, the Technical Association of Malaya's 1953 annual report just released states. Poor attendance at the lecture meetings and other fixtures
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    MAGISTRATE IS WISHED A LONG LIFE BY HAWKER
    143 2 MAGISTRATE IS WISHED A LONG LIFE BY HAWKER A 70 YEAR-OLD woman hawker. Tan Suat yesterday wished the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn. long life. Tan made this remark when she appeared before the Magistrate, for setting up an unlicenced stall m China Street for
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    Emergency Meet For N. Base Union
    220 2 Emergency Meet For N. Base Union Standard Staff Reporter THE Naval Base Labour Union, Singapore, will call an emergency meeting of its representative council "immediately" to ratify certain decisions taken by the Union's executive committee on Monday. The committee's decisions are being kept "secret" as the Union's General Secretary. Mr.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    113 2 C LOSIN U robber prices (cents per 1b.) in Singapore yesterday were: Bu>ers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 54i 542 No 1 R.S.S. 54? 54; No. 2 R.S.S. 54 Ml No 3 R.S.S. 53 J 53 i Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin venter day.
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    Ceylonese Officials
    81 2 KUALA KANGSAR, Tucs.— Ceylonese from Kuala Kangsai Grik and Sungei Siput gathered here ior the general meeting of the Ceylon Association of Central Perak. held at Clifford School. last Sunday with the pro-tern chairman Mr. T. A:nbalawanar, presiding. The election of office bearersresulted as foliows: President Mr. T.
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    CONTROL ON THE PLAGUE
    66 2 INCOMING passengers or, planes and ships from Indonesian port? may be affected by yesterday's Government Gazette notification thai plague exists m Central Java. A Health Department olfiriaJ at Kallang Airport told The Standard that if any passengers arriving from Indonesia, are found to have been resident
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    A BID TO STOP BICYCLE THEFTS
    149 2 Standard Staff Reporter IN AN all-out bid to stop bicycle the:: it; Sing* pore, the Police have decided to conduct ijiliiMatij checks on the roads. From today. Police offi mil stop bicycle? and rheck licence plates with the registration cards of the cyclists; "'ln
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HONGKONG. Feb. 9 Sp© Standard Service. C'io-ing prices I .c Bongkong Ebcchan^e today were (1516 "o £1 sterling J5.81 to US$l; SI 814 to Malayan Fl 50^02 to one Indonesian Ruppiah Gold 249.375 to 1 -at.
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    Keep Away From City, Man Told
    97 2 Keep Away From City, Man Told A FARMER v ed to havr t ;»r countrx ->ide wa s yf-»er-day fined Si us a pore City f Court Magistral Mi 1 M. De%ereux-C for <au*> ::g w suffrring to five f Tan. m mitigtl i "I live m th? side near
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    'JAYCEES' PLAN FIRST BRANCH iN THE FEDERATION
    229 3 Xt \LA LUMPUR, Tues. number of youths m the I il lapital are planiiii^ tv rvt-iid the activities [>i tn A-ijerifin youth movemeat Ike Junior Chamber ,»l Cunir-.ierce to the Federation Ihl- movement now has :n.>: m '.'OO.OOO members i unirr than :J.">
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    COURT AWARDS FERRY COMPANY NEW LICENCES
    369 3 COURT AWARDS FERRY COMPANY NEW LICENCES IPC Tta fs. The I ft Con -ivanicaIj m O ipany, Ltd. of L try be able es its pass- rvicc ben Un it .md PangI ad as a result of an oi made by Mr. Th >:^son m the -t he] > idav.
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    OFFICER GETS A KLANG POST
    61 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Haji Moh Amin bin Osman, Assist ml Registration Officer. Jbhore Bahru, has been transferred Klang Registration Office an i will be succeeded by In rh Isah bin Haji ArilT from Teluk Anson. Inche M >hd. Yunos bin Noriin, bis assumed duties as
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    Company Offers Locals A Change
    192 3 Company Offers Locals A Change KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Shell Company is throwing open a "wider field" of executive and specialist positions to Malayans. The Company Is fully convinced of the necessity of furthering the country's development through the stimulus and drive of Malayans themselves a spokesman of the Company
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    Union Offers $100 Prize For A Crest
    133 3 THE University of Malaya Students Union is sponsoring a crest contest and will award a prize of SI OO for the best entry submitted of a design suitable for use by the Union. The contest is open to graduates and members of the
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    'Wedding Expenses' Claim Is Dismissed
    254 3 'Wed ding Expenses' Claim Is Dismissed KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The First Magistrate^ Inche Ismail bin RSohdL Jamil, today dismisse i i complaint filed by a <h >pkeeper for $650 "marriage expenses" from a v." wnan. Kum irasamy, the shopkeeper alleged that he married one A m immafa on Sungei Choh
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    Many Races Work On New Year Ball
    220 3 THE three most widely known Chinese decorative symbols, the dragon, bamboo and cherry blossom, will transform Victoria Memorial Hall into a bower of Oriental I beauty for the Chinese New Year Ball on Friday, mi n aid of the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association. Although
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    Armed Robbers Escape On Bikes
    207 3 IPOH, Tues. Three men, one of whom was armed, made their getaway on bicycles last night, after robbing a young Chinese couple of their personal belongings at Ipoh's romantic night spot, the Coronation Padang. This is the first incident of j robbers escaping on bicycles
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    PROPRIETOR IS ADJUDICATED
    41 3 MALACCA. Tues. An adjudication order was made here today 'against Mr. Lo Kirn Swi, proprietor of Swee Motors, a firm of motor car and cycle dealers of Woiferstan Road, and receiving order was made ag3inst the firm itself.
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    HAD SHOTGUN, SENT TO JAIL
    42 3 MUAR. Tues. For being m possession of a shotgun and three rounds of ammunition without a licence. Yami n bin Haji Tahir was sentenced m the Magistrate's Court here to three months' rigorous imprisonment and fined SlOO.
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    S.I.T. TENANTS TO DEFY QUIT ORDER
    210 3 S.I.T. TENANTS TO DEFY QUIT ORDER They're Againrt Excessive Rates' Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Improvement Trust tenants at Upper Pickering Street "are prepared to stay put, and will defy a Trust order to quit," Mr, C. S. Lye, head of the Upper Pickering Street Community Centre, told The Standard yesterday.
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    Gave Wrong Impression
    93 3 IPOH, Tues. Commenting on a Sunday paper (not The Standard) announcement that a curlew has been clamped on 40 places m South Perak. the Department of Information here said the report tended to give a wrong impression. It explained that curlew has been imposed m the^e places
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    FUN FAIR FOR S.J.A.B. FUNDS
    69 3 PENAXG, Tue.-.— Th e local branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will hold a fun fair, in aid of its maintenance fund on Saturday and Sunday, on the Penan? Ciencal and Administrative Staff Union ground. The Prai branch of the Brigade will soon be
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    Extortioner Is Lucky To Escape Whip
    181 3 PENANG. Tues. A shopassistant From Batu Pahat, How Say Tee. 23. who >a:i lie came to Penang on "a holiday trip" on Oct. IS [art year vi, found guilty m the As Court today of extortfoo sentenced to lour years,' imprisoament. How was alleged
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    SEREMBAN'S JOB BUREAU
    76 3 SEREMBAN. Tues.— Serem-' ban's firs) Labour Exchange is expected to open m March, this yea i. Mr MR. Xaidu. Deputy Commissioner for Labour. N S told The Standard that the p< sent he p rendered by the Labour Office staff to the un« employed is purely jp
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    71 3 SFNIOR members of the Public Relations Office. Singapore, and their wives seen at a Chtees? New Year dinner at the Cathay Restaurant recently. They are. from left to Ti-ht Mr P.G. Peralta. Mrs. De Sou Za Mr. George G Thomson, Mrs. Peralta Mr. Cyril Ste Soiim Mrs. Fernandez Mr M.H.
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    26 4 MR. AND MRS. Anthony Gordon Lewis, who were married at the Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore, recently. The bride was formerly Miss Flora Therese Geraldine EzekieL
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    Banker's Funeral Today
    135 4 Banker's Funeral Today PENANG, Tues. Many of his relatives and business associates m Kuala Lumpur f;!: c l other parts of Malaya have arrived here for the furie-ral tomorrow of Mr. Chew Kam Chuan. a Director of {he Kwong Yik Banking Corporation. Kuala Lumpur, who died there last week. His
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    Accused Fights His Own Case
    378 4 Standard Staff Reporter ANDREW BENNETT, a representative of a firm at Telok Aver Street was alleged m the Singapore Assizes yesterday to have cheated two stall-keepers of a, total of $3,707 by telling them that he could get cigarette stalls for them at the Odeon
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    $1,000 LOOT
    28 4 MORE than $1,000 worth of cash, jewellery and articles were stolen by a burglar who broke into a house m Jervois Road, Singapore, on Monday night.
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    A.E.A. CEREMONY
    29 4 THE second graduation ceremony of the Butterworth branch of the Penang Adult Education Association will be held m St. Mark's School Hall, 0:1 Friday at 7 p.m.
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    POLICE HOLD 12 IN CHEMOR CURFEW AREA
    212 4 Bandit Tactics Are Hit IPOH, Tues. Police and security squads which are implementing the 24-hour curfew on Chemor and four other new villages m the vicinity have made twelve arrests, it was officially announced today. Commenting on the situation today, a police officer
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    'Airline Has Agreement With Govt.'
    470 4 'Airline Has Agreement With Govt.' THE Nanyang Airways, if granted a licence to operate, will bring about a new class of air passengers the class of people who cannot now afford to travel, Mr. N. L. Macassey. a Singapore lawyer, told the Air Transport Authority yesterday. The A.T.A. tribunal was
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    NEW ORGAN
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Methodist Tamil Church here will hold a Choral Service tomorrow at 6 p.m. The collection at the service will go towards the New Organ Fund. Two vocal solo.s will be sung by Miss .lanct Abraham and Mr. A. E. Navarajasingam.
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    Watson On Role Of The Architect
    223 4 Standard Staff Reporter BUILDINGS like people can either be pleasant and cultured or clumsy and uncouth, and it is the architect's job to see that a City is a pleasant place to live and work m. the President of the Institute of Architects of
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    42 4 photo. THE INSTITUTE of Architects of Malay a held their annual dinner at Raffles Hotel last night. Picture show s Mrs. W. I. Watson. Sir G. Rendel Mr. W. I. Watson Lady Rendel Mr T. P. F. McNeice and Lady Came Standard
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    OTHERS' VIEWS NEEDED AS WELL
    118 5 AN APPEAL to its 93 members to organise at It* j>t one meeting a year to »ive one's own point of view and to listen to those of others is made in a farewell open letter by ProItaMf KJK. Holttum, President and Chairman of the
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    Join Civil Defence -Williams
    108 5 Join Civil Defence -Williams RE BAHRU, T..e.~ n Bahxu Ci\ I Dei I C Stall Ofl; Mr a s, yesten ay ap- pee] I bore raa rd and ¥< t that "■>. ith ofiden -c lay be asses arc j D] t Ol M nr «-s Will DC *n uniforms.
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    MEETING TO FORM COUNCIL
    34 5 I ;t--.-De i rganisations Ln t Xi ian hai c been ittend a meeting E aid VII S rhoi I ping, on Fr ciay i v to forming a D>-
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    Refused To Pay $25 —He Goes To Jail
    216 5 Standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE taxi driver, Chan Yap Kara, was ye^erday sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment by the Singapore City Polite Court Magistrate. Mr. J.M. Deve- j r?ux Cole bourn for refusing to pay a $25 fine. Pv'tv Lwirdea, of Re§
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    JOURNALISTS ON TOUR
    26 5 photo. t j with an Indonesian official .centre) are (from left): Inch <M|l£yu Ray^t: .-O, and In,fa« A. Samad Iwnjui {Utus*» Melayu). Standard
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    140 5 MR. THEODORE L. Eliot, assistant vice-president of passenger traffic for American President Lines, arrived m Singapore by air from Bangkok yesterday, on a three-month Far Eastern traffic survey tour to gauge the potentialities of round the world and trans Pacific services. Mr. Eliot, accompanied by his wife, had already visited
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    Convention Will Study Elections
    244 5 KIALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The National Convention sponsored by the UMNO-MCA Alliance will meet here shortly to discuss the report of the Federal Elections Committee, Tungku Abdul Rahman, its president, told The Standard today. i ne Convent, in is one of: the 152 organisations who! submitted memoranda
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    ILLEGAL RUBBER
    29 5 FOR buying five and a hall katia ol r"V)er without a licence at Sungei Abong, Muar, Kee Kuan was fined <;T :i i!1 tr Muar Magistrate's Court.
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    $73 Fine For Knife Attack
    130 5 $73 Fine For Knife Attack ABDUL Manan bin Noor was yesterday found guilty in the Singapore Filth Police Court of causing hurt to Jantan bin A'im on Dec. 27, last year. a1 the servants' quarters in Tanglin Officers 1 Mess. Abdul was lined $75 or in default two months 1
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    BACK AFTER ECAFE MEET
    58 5 1 MR. D. T. ASSOMULL. Sin-, gapore delegate to the ECAFE meeting now being held at Kandy, Ceylon, returned to the Colony by Qantas/BOAC Con- j stellation last night. Mr. Assomull, who attended one session of the drafting committee meeting for trade j and industry, was
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    35 5 MR. AND MRS. P.G. VICTOR of Kuala Lumpur who were married at the Singapore Registry recently. Mr. Victor is an inspector m the Johore Bahru Police Force. The bride is the former Miss Premavthy Perera.
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    $2 Million Factory For Petaling Jaya
    171 5 $2 Million Factory For Petaling Jaya KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Petaling Java, Kuala Lumpur's satellite town, is i fast growing into an important industrial centre. Several business enterprises have p!ans to build large fac- tories m the area among them being a $2,000,000 factory for the Amoy Canning Corporation Limited, manufacturers
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    Went On A Spree With Stolen Cash
    108 5 HLA Toolseram. 18, climbed into his brother's room mi n their home mi n Still Road and helped himself to $100 from an almeirah. With th e money Hla went on a spree, going to the pictures three or four times a day.
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    CHEAP RICE PLAN EXPECTED SOON
    209 5 Free Trade Considered MR. TAN Siak Kew, Chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, yesterday expressed satisfaction over "the manner m which Government is considering the rice problem." Mr. Tan felt that Government realised that it would benefit the public if rice were de-controlled
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    Order For Arrest Was Withdrawn
    137 5 Order For Arrest Was Withdrawn A WARRANT of arrest, issued against taxi owner. Madam Lee Ah Kheng of Weld Road was withdrawn alter a few hours by the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate. Mr. J.M. Devereux-Colebourn, yesterday. Madam Lee who was to appear in Court in the morning as a
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    REDUCE DUTY ON MEDICINE
    78 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— i The Associated -Chinese Chami bers of Commerce have asked the Federal Government to reI duce the import duty on medic- al preparations. In a letter to the Member for Economic Affairs, the ActI ing President of the Chambers. j Mr. Chong Khoon
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    38 5 MR. AND MRS. Yeoh Thean Chye who were married recently at the Kuala Lumpur Registry. The bride is the former Miss Ooi Lean Choo. eldest daughter of the late Mr. Ooi Chiat Hooi and Madam Ang Bah Lee.
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    HAMPERED PC
    23 5 FOR obstructing a policeman m the discharge of his duties, Tan Keng Krok was fined $25 m the Muar Magistrate's Court.
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    WOMEN TAKE UP CIVICS
    65 5 KOTA BHARU, Toes. Sponsored by the Kelantan i branch of the Women's lnsti- tute, 100 Malay women from al! over Kelantan met at the I premises of the Persekutan j Kaum Ibu here recently to take up a civics course. Cooking, dressmaking, handicraft, first aid and
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      68 5 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. February 8 to 7.30 a.m. February 9. Spore (75F), Penang (76F), Kota Bahru (71F), K.L. (75F), Ipoh (73F), Kuantan (72F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Feb 9 Spore (87F), Penang (87F). Kota Bahru <86F), K. L. (87F). Ipoh (9 IF),
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    On Raising Hell
    771 6 J AST month General Templer gave a shocking but a sensible piece of advice. In a speech to Government servants m Segamat he told them that M they had any grievances they should raise "hell" until matters were put right. Unfortunately raising •hell"' is not a thing
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      Keep These Ambassadors At Home
      404 6 Sir: Will you please write another editorial and tell us just what are these Malayan diplomats going to do m India, Pakistan and Australia; i.e. beSides wasting the taxpayers hard earned money on useless diplomatic dinners and cocktail parties? I am not trying to be
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      VARSITY DRESS
      109 6 Sir: A member of the University of Malaya, m an open letter to an English daily, opened a discussion on what kind of clothing should be worn m the University. Could the authorities of the University of Malaya tell Us how the experiments are proceeding to find out
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      WHAT DID IT COST?
      107 6 WHAT DID IT COS T? Sir; Your columns have given quite a large space to the deputation from the Federation to the State of Brunei to J thank them for the S3O J million dollar loan, but I have :eei. no mention of official thanks from the Federation for a
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      Listen To Himself
      34 6 Listen To Himself Sir;— lf Radio Malaya intends trying out new Racing Commentators let the Commentator listen to himself first on a Tape Recorder. He might reconsider after broadcasting one session. RACE FAN Singapore.
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      CRITICISM IS GOOD
      157 6 Sir:— Hadji Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar, M.A., M.C.S.. retired First District Judge of Singapore, now living in Penang, commented on the article headed •'Purcell Hits At Tempter's Government" because Dr. V. Purcell has been washing "dirty linen in public." There is really no reason why Hadji Sarwar should
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      Proves Nothing Of The Sort'
      370 6 Proves Nothing Of The Sort' All Correspondence Should Be Short And To The Point Sir:-- So Es Poo Lai will seek right through an orchard for a mere two or three bad apples by which he muv condemn the crop? He should rather count bis blesiings. So the revoking of
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      Co-operate?-I Was Sacked!
      301 6 Sir: A reader (Limmy) wrote, m the Straits Times of the 26th ult., thai the public, not the police, should be blamed for the incidence of crime. Another reader (Realist) lamented, m the Free Press oi the Ist inst., the lack of enough public spirit here to
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      Polygamy Needed
      151 6 Sir. This letter is specially written for Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. Hon. Secretary of the Singapore Council of Women, who through her influence, are trying to prohibit polygamy. Here ar e a few reasons why polygamy is quite necessary. (a) Women now outnumber men. Germany and Fiance are good
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      G.E.C. Explains About The Stadium
      277 6 Sir. In your last issue of the Sunday Standard you published an article headed "Creditor Blacks Out the Stadium and described the auction sale which took place at the Singapore Badminton Hail for electrical equipment and fittings, which had been instigated by one of the
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      A Paradox
      153 6 UTUSAN MELAYtT I^rrett that Sir Thomas Lloyd did not state the reason why Singapore is not yet prepared to govern its own affairs. "Is it because we still lark in education? Is it because we do not have competent leader?? Is it because we are Stall ignorant of
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      Vietminh Offensive
      113 6 SIN CHEW JIT POH says that the present Y;etminh offensive in Indo-China has greater political motives thai itarj The dai y expi nion i K< jng to sta y pc in or.ior to bi 4 t; bargaining positi. r. m of pence t; No doubt. a sta •*>
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    He Is The Voice Of Red China
    890 6  - He Is The Voice Of Red China O. M. GREEN In Asia by TT NDOUBT* EDLY the man of the hour in Asia today is the Chinese Premier and Foreign Minister, Mr. (lion EnAai. America's Mr. John Foster Dulles may ask scornfully at the Berlin conference: *'\f ho is this
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    23 6 "That's the worst of this jjolf club!— Settle down to a rubber of whist and some guy wants to play golf!"
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    INDIAN SURPRISE -'GIVE PEKING A SEAT AT ECAFE'
    216 7 COLOMBO Feb 9 (AP)-india surprised delegates to the Imted Nations Economic Commission for \sia and the Far East (ECAFE) in Kandy yesterday bv proposing Communist China be admitted instead of Nationalist China. India's High Commissioner m Ceylon, C. C. Desai, who lect
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    Written Stamp Sells For £950
    129 7 Written Stamp Sells For £950 LONDON, Feb. 9 (AP) A homemade postage >u:iip which used to cost a British penny was sold yesterday for £950 (about >S Dot) Malayan) m the auction rooms of a Bond Street collector. The strange stamp, one of ten of its kind m existence, is
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    Mounting Unrest In Soviet Zone: Clashes Reported
    218 7 t KLIN, Feb. 9 (LP) s tween rebelli■Ba BlSl German woiknd Communist po- reported in the Soviet zone oi Germany :j-. 89 the Reds moved iisfa rumblings of a revolt eat G> r .;!ice ex ovex larknesa to .h, 1 lor i Casi
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    DEAN IS PREPARED TO RESUME TALKS
    161 7 DEAN IS PREPARED TO RESUME TALKS V ASHINGTON. Feb I Reuto: A State Despokesman 1 sterd thai re- Arthur S ates special envoy t Pan- munjom pre. Iras r >- ng brawn asbad i tact. Dean is pre- to F a 1 ids a P<- >c c ided thai the
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    Ice-Bound Volcano
    134 7 LAMML Finland: Geologist Mr. Okko looks at the thermometer reading after making a temperature check at a newly-discovered volcano at Lammi. The volcano is supposed to be unique and will be the subject of a report which Mr. Okko is making to the Geographical Society m Finland this
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    Millionaire Offers To Buy Out Food Ministry
    287 7 Millionaire Offers To Buy Out Food Ministry LONDON. Feb. 9 (Reuter) Cockney millionaire George Dawson who made a fortune selling surplus war materialsoffered yesterday to "buy out" Britain's Ministry of Food. He said he would pay one million sterling tor the Ministry's stocks of tinned steaks. He offered £20,000 plus
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    HK SAYS NO TO RED VISIT
    97 7 HONGKONG, Feb. 9 (Reuter) The British authorities here have refused an application from a Chinese Communist mission m Canton which wanted to visit Hongkong to "comfort" the 58,000 homeless from the biggest fire m the colony's history on Christmas night, usually reliable sources reported
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    P.I. AIM: ASIA FOR ASIANS
    65 7 MANILA, Feb. 9 (AP) High officials m President Ramon Magsaysay's Administration are backing an "Asia for Asians" policy designed to cement relations with countries suspecting the Philippines of too close ties with the United States. One of these supporters. Vice President Carlos P. Garcia said
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    MINERS' STRIKE
    25 7 MORE than 200,000 miners n key jobs m 15 major coal nines m Japan yesterday aunched a 48-hour strike for ligher wages. Reuter
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    72 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 9. The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 16|d. March 16Id. April/June 16|d. July/September 1 6a d. October/December 16gd. February c.i.f. 16 5/16 d. Tone: Steady. LONDON TIN Spot £65?.. IH-.
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    Make Reds Down Arms, He Says
    140 7 TAIPEH Feb. 9 (Renter) The Nationalist Chinese Premier, Chen Cheng, today called on democratic countries to "fully utilise their present superiority m strength, including their atomic potential, to make the enemy put down his weapon and come to terms with them." If not Mr.
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    US. TRAINING MISSION FOR I-C UNDER STUDY
    361 7 US. TRAINING MISSION FOR I-C UNDER STUDY Survey Of Malaya Likely WASHINGTON, Feb. 9,— Highly reliable sources said yesterday Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has urged serious consideration of sending a United States training mission to Indochina and has m mind two generals as
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    Britain's Second Note To Peking
    123 7 Britain's Second Note To Peking LONDON, Feb. 9. (Reuter) Britain will renew her demand to Communist China for ±120,000 compensation for the loss of life and damage m the shelling of a Royal navy launch oil Hong kong last Sepiember. usually reliable sources said yesterday. Communist China rejected the compensation
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    JAP WAR BRIDE LIKES AUSSIES
    67 7 TOKYO. Feb. 9— (UP;— An attractive 21-year-old Japanese war bride returned from Australia on Sunday, with stories of overwhelming kindness and cordiality extended to her and other war brides. The mother of a three-year-old son, Mrs. Fumiko Drover said she married Australian lex-Sergeant Brian Drover
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    Clutterbuck Is Confident
    73 7 MADRAS. Feb. 9 (Reuter) Sir Alexander Clutterbuck, British High Commissioner m India, told a press conference here yesterday that Britain had "the greatest confidence that neither the United States nor Pakistan would ever do anything, which would m any way injure either India or the cause of
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    STASSEN TO VISIT I-CHINA
    37 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 9, (UP) Foreign Operations Director. Mr. Harold E. Stassen plans to spend three days m Indo-China next week to sain a first hand appraisal of the needs of the war-lorn territory
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    WRECKAGE FOUND AT SITE OF COMET CRASH
    128 7 ABOARD THE SEA SALVOR OFF ELBA, Feb. 9, (Renter)— An underwater television camera yesterday revealed unidentified wreckage on the sea bed near the spot where a British Comet plunged into the sea last month willi the loss of 35 lives. A photographer, aboard
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    VICTIMS SAFE
    33 7 ALL Rye men. aboard tH American "Fiyins car" which crashed m Portugal early yesterday have been located and are safe, a United States Air Force spokesman said m London. Re uter
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    TV USED IN SEARCH FOR WANTED MAN
    105 7 HOVE. Feb. 9 (Reuter) Police were checking hundn da of report? today from hevision viewers who think they recognised William San Depina Heppei 55-yearn d Gibraltar-born art:.-: police seek for help In their inquiries into the mvi ker of an 11 -year-old g::\
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    PAINTER OF BIRDS DEAD
    55 7 LONDON, Feb 9 (AP)— The death of George Edward Britain's foremost pail :er of birds, was announced He was 03. During his lifetime. I painted every bird known v the United Kingdom Be painted 377 plate.- depicting 435 spede s for "The Birds tht British Isies"
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    NAGUIB ASKED FOR VIEWS
    59 7 COLOMBO Feb P. (AFP)— Sir John Kotelawala. Cej Prime Minister, ha« sem belli to Egyptian President, Gem Mohamed Naguifa and leaden iof all Arab countries m the Middle East asking then ta jsend m writing their views m I order that they might be p a
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    Waiting For The Result
    59 7 BERLIN, Feb. 9 (Reuter)— The four power conference m Berlin has coincided with a near standstill of the stream ot East Germans seeking political asylum m the West. West Berlin refugee officials said yesterday they believed this showed that many East Germans were staying: their hands
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      1127 8 Khzm BLUE FUNNEL LINE 'fg\tfs m nes) MANSFIELD CO., LTD. *Sgf c Incorporated la Singapore carriers upiiun to proceed via otber ports to load and discharge canto SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLAS(i()\V KiMMIN CONTINENTAL PORTS. Due Sails P S'bais Penan? tstyanax tor (Jenoa, Holland. London Hi Hamburg Feb It •vrriui!- ter
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      849 8 THE 7,200-ton Indian steamer, Jalaketu, is seen here workla? her way through an open channel along the edge of the ice pack m the Elbe River estuary, as she heads for her home port, early this month. The drifting ice seen m the foreground has almost filled the estuary this
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    RUBBER OUTLOOK IS HOPEFUL: ECONOMIST
    300 9 RUBBER OUTLOOK IS HOPEFUL: ECONOMIST THE outlook for rubber m 1954 Is "reasonably hopeful," according to the Economist m a survey of the industry. Natural rubber has not entered this year under the weight of a gross surplus of nearly 200.000 tons as the -Rubber Study Group last May feared
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    U.S. Plans To Grow Rubber Too
    147 9 U.S. Plans To Grow Rubber Too WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (UP)— Secretary of Agriculture E. T. Benson said today he will urge thai rubber and drug producing plants be set out on acres diverted from major crop use this year. Benson said prospects of more than 20,000,000 idle acres makes production
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    MILLS BACK TO PRODUCTION
    96 9 WITH the settlement of the strikes m th e United States can-making companies m the middle of January. U.S. M:; mills are now back to full pioduction, ac-cording to the February issue of Tin. Because of Ihe build-up of stocks as a result Of the strikes,
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    TIN RETURNS FOR JANUARY
    44 9 THE directors I Austral Malay Tin Ltd. announced the following returns i< r January: Thabawleife 776 piculs, Pungah Tin 768 piculs, and Austral Amalgamated 484 piculs (Asam ELumbang contribute), 695 piculs (Ulu Yam section) and (JM piculs (Puhong section It
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    'MORE MEAT FOR U.K.
    51 9 LONDON. F<b S The Conservative GovenuMaf is expected to annr.irue thp dat» for the endin.i; of mt.il rationing and thus all ration- ins in Britain iMs liwtansday. Meanwhile. Britons will *><■ able to buy all the coke tht-y want today for the f:r*t tinusince the war.
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    47 9 phuio. MR. M. A. SNOWBALL. British Overseas ft *«ys Cm tion Far East Manager m Hongkong and his v ,ie (ako. arrived m Singapore by BOAC Argonaut Monday o.i a five-day visit to see the Corporation's organisation heie. This is their fii>t visit **> the Colon y. Standard
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    'C' wealth Trade Being Sacrificed'
    219 9 HULL, Yorkshire. Feb. 9 (Reuter) Mr. Pa? irk Gordon Walker, Socialist former Secretary ol SI te, for ComniDn wealth Relations, charged the British <inservative Government here yesterday with **stcri icing Commonwealth economic development on the aitar of private profit." He said the boas! of Mr.
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    MARKETS
    115 9 THE rubbi .-i .pore yesterday v s te^ t pr^rie rub el tot F y shipment g at~54j (x r lb. (54] i < n M Tiit steadin y attributable I tory and short dov< i pui iu es. The iower i on ious ciay BttTi ted M buyers.
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    SHARES
    115 9 MALAYAN i ei oontinued I I ai Icef yesti it 1 again jrreg. Rubb vea were negkaci Changed pi m vet 1NIM STK1ALS Gammon 3 uo Jacks W 3 T2 M B:< veries 3 25 I 5 St< ims dp >u i S.jiit Darby 95 ii (.ni i I
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    PRODUCE
    88 9 THE pro- nai Singapore y* < day i quiet c\ no I :ne .s day's quotatu Fa:r bui::.c as r <;. Copra buyi Cot F y :.c. March er.: /id (4S 7 8 \v:th RK« i: 8 per picul. Coooouf o.' i er^ ed %%"S\ per picul. Singapuie produoe
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    'Brain' To Right Falts
    51 9 LONDON, i n A tTM n "ry ii automai ted red erroi $rm t r caused f at nterferenoi be ed i on Ii iw(( d tnd S ■y. yesterday. An electr j "brain" I 'he tested rv i tane Q ihe London-Cape Town r« r
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    Economic Plan
    34 9 COLONIAL Secretary Mr. Oliver I.y"" I outlii Ito the House of Co nmoni p< >' an econom c evetopm fi.ninic for British ana osling an timated <J '(XX) Icr the next five yearg,
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      802 9 SIN GAP ORE! l Tl ,!^S f v^ P S: I PENANG fSf **'*****rNX I\ Js zette No. 14; "Oul Oi the Dark-! Hfgg&u^. j^^ra I i'C.ss;" "Man on lie ....<. an< <>l)!.(t\; L La i /1! I]T .r ȣtar*^^ a^fc "Ti^^ "Man Lea r.is to Yi,im' 15 v.m. SET
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      CUTTING THE CAKE
      43 10 (Left): SATURDAY'S birthday ffirl who celebrated attainment of 24th year with lively party at Tiong Bahru residence was Lily Tan. youngest daughter of Mr. and Sirs. Tan Kng Hoey of Singtpore. Here is Lily about Jo cut the traditional cake.
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      BABY GIRL HONOURED
      53 10 (Above): TO wish their one-month-old baby daughter Janet good fortune in the years to come, proud parents Kok Foon and Betsy Chan threw bumper dinner for friends at Cathay Restaurant Saturday night. Happy "dad" is better known to the public as manager of this nightspot famed for
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      ENGAGED!
      116 10 tiEH IK < HI ui 1 .fills triumphant!} i»ejr auav batch of champagne Ito tlestroa in a irejsure hunt th hijlilightcd Chinese Ladies Asociation's Annual Uan<«* a ol. Amber Ruad. Siiu'.iporf o; Saturday night, gets helping hand from tilm magnate Lo' Wan Th«> when he lmd» I has more
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      NEW YE CELEBRANTS AT RAFFLES
      277 10 SINGING duo harmonising "Vaya Condios" over mike at Cathay Restaurant are orchestra leader H.H. Tann and. drummer Kleno Mart nez who soulfully put over current hit with expressive shake of heads to Saturday night patrons on crowded dance floor. (Below): Patrons, (tacking to this caravanserie
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      DANCING TIME AT BARTLEY ROAD
      55 10 DISCRIMINATING Singapore Saturday-nighters who like to enjoy their evenings m a cosy atmosphere now choose the New Country Hotel m Hartley Road for a rendezvous. Keeping a dinner-date also means dancing to the soft and sweet music of Sobrihno's band and listening to the crooning
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      BIRTHDAY 'DO' —PIECE DE RESISTANCE
      78 10 BIRTHDAY 'DO' PIECE DE RESISTANCE (Left): Saturday night was also red-letter day for Clara Anciano who was hosted to a party b y her husband and children at her Kirk Terrace residence. After cucktails came "Leclion." Candid camera (left) caught the Ancianss receiving the good wishes of incoming guests T.H.H.
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    WALCOTT SAVES W.I.
    719 11 Now It Is The Job Of Hutton Compton Scoreboard West Indies— 1st Inns: Holt c Graveney b Bailey 11 Stollmeyer run out 0 Worrell b Statham 0 Walcott st. Evans b Laker 220 Pairaudeau c Hutton b Laker 71 Gomez lbw b Statham 7 Atkinson c Evans
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    Indians Master Iverson
    150 11 Indians Master Iverso n Calcutta. Feb. 9 CReoten The Commonwealth touring cricketers wer c beaten by four wu-kets by the Prime Minis--ter's. XI m their three-day rnaritj match which ended here yesterday. In a thrilling finish only 12 minutes remained for play v. he n the home side, who were
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    Runaway Win
    31 11 TA1PING. Tues. Federation Reg: .ie": -scored a runaway 5-0 vietorv > V er tne Taipmsj Ramblers in their friendly soccer fixture esterday. Rowland i2> and M ere 'rse 5corers. i~~
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    30 11 Mohamud Mustapha. of Islah Harriers, winner of the 2nd annual State cross countryrace at Kampong Machangr. receiving the cup from the wife of the District Officer. Ha&him bin Uaji Mahauied.
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    Marciano Wants To Meet Charles
    519 11 NEW YORK. Feb. 9 (AP) Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, will not be seen in serious action again before he fights Ezzard Charles here next June mainly because his manager, Al Weill, does not fee) physically up to running a training camp at this time. underwent
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    Kiwis Must Score Fast For Victory
    185 11 PORT ELIZABETH, Feb. 9 (Reuter) New Zealand finished the third day of the fifth and final cricket Test against South Africa with a lead of 130 runs, with six second inning s wickets standing:. South Africa scored 237 to i gain a first innings
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    Scoreboard
    96 11 New Zealand— 1st Inns: 226 South Africa— 1st Inns. 237 New Zealand— 2nd Inns. F. Mooney c Va n Ryneveld b Adcock 9 M. Chappie lbw b Murray 8 M. Poore c Waite b Van Ryneveld 18 B. Sutcliffe c and b Van Ryneveld 52 J. Reid not out
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      285 11 NOTICES THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45) In the High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island of Singapore TX BANKRUPTCY No. 2 of A 1954. RE MOHAMED KASDAN BIN DIM AN of No. 13, Onan Road, Singapore. Receiving Order made 15th January, 1954. Date of Order for Summary Administration 23rd
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      598 11 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: J J Construction, Completion and Maintenance of BROOKE ROAD FROM EAST COAST ROAD TO MARINE PARADE under Section 103 of the Municipal Ordinance, Chapter 133. Close NOON— 23/2/54. Forms and details from City Engineer's Department (Room 218). RE: C. G MENON AND MENON
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      581 11 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPART- MENT: (A) Sale of Surplus Materials lying at City Stores, River Valley Road. Close NOON— 22/2/54 Deposit $100/- (refundable): and (B) Supply and Delivery of 70 tons Round Mild Steel Reinforcing Bars to B.S.S. 785/1938. Close NOON— 23/2/54. Forms and particulars for
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    8 12 Photos of XL Gold Cup day race finishes.
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    I Haven't Quit, Says Lim
    387 12 "I intend arrjing on boxing if t t BW OfltfS." says Lim Kee Chan l a >"<.*err.e::t to The Standard which ho lefeti "to the many inaccur; ca tv erni Qg myself which ycur boxing orres?i e-r. f Little Nene, has writt« f. The 5...-.
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    WE EXPECT STIFF FIGHT
    179 12 Tourists' Manager Says On Arrival "WE have heard of hockey m Malaya and we do not under-estimate the good standard," were the first words uttered by Mr. Sen Gupta, manager of the Indian Hockey Federation, who arrived last night with his 16 players by air from
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    SJI Off To Good Start
    165 12 SJI Off To Good Start ST. JOSEPH'S Institution opened their soccer season with an impressive 4 o victory over St. Patrick's School at East Coast Road yesterday. St*. Joseph's led 2—o at halftime. St. Joseph's were undoubtedly the better side. Their forwards, particularly, showed plenty of dash and good combination.
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    Cathay Cup Qualifiers
    130 12 THE eight qualifiers for the Singapore Island Club Cathay Cup are Mrs. Lindeboom 72. Miss Young 74. Miss Reilly 75. Mrs. Murchison 78. Miss Conway 80, Mr s Gaw 80. Mrs. Frenken 81, Mrs. Abbett 82. The draw for the first round match play on Sunday is
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    NSW Win By Six Wickets
    64 12 SYDNEY. Feb. 9 (Reuter) New South Wales beat Western Australia m their Sheffield Shield game here today by six wickets. Final scores: New South Wales: 297/9 declared (R Benaud 112, K. Miller 76. Gorringe 4/65) and 16/4 (R. Benaud 59). Western Australia 283 (Pat McCarthy
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    Bata Beat Dunlop
    27 12 BATA Sports Club beat L>unlop 4-0 m a friendly soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers were Gilbert Ismail. Peter and Peck Wai
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    POMPEY WIN REPLAY
    56 12 LONDON'. Feb. 9. (Reuter)— On a treacherous surface of sand puddles over frostbound turf. First Division Portsmouth defeated Third Division Scun»thorpe United 4—0 in the Football Association Cup fourth round second replay on Arsenal's ground yesterday In the Scottish Cup first round second replay. Third Lanark beat
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    Vohra Gets Winner
    225 12 Vohra Gets Winner PENANG, Tues. The Indian Association, strong favourites for championship honours m the knockout hockey competition, beat the Penang Malays m the semifinal by scoring the only goal of the match on Dato Kramat ground today. Malays knew they had only to blackout the Indian "star" inside left,
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    Inter-State School Cricket Proposed
    266 12 PENANG, Tues.— The Malayan Cricket Association will make efforts to encourage inter-school, interState cricket this season subject to the approval of the Education Department, the President of the MCA, Mr. Lim Khye Seng, said today. In this regard Penang will most likely take the initial step
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    NEO SETS UP STATE TIMES
    69 12 ADELAIDE, Feb. 9 (Reuter) Singapore swimmer Neo Chwee Kok broke two state records m the South Australian championships tonight. He broke David Stableford's two-day-old record of 28.6 seconds for 55 yards when he swam the distance m 27.4 seconds and m the 220 yards clipped
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    36 12 THE Indian Hockey Federation team arrived m Singapore yesterday for a series of games m the Colony and the Federation. They open their tour tomorrow against Singapore. Photo shows the team at Kallang airport last night.
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    JOHORE SOCCER CHAMPS
    208 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— The fir.st four places in the Johore Bahru D.A.F.A. league were decided on goal average. The Johore Military Forces who tied on points with the Rangers became champions by a very large average. While the soldiers lost two matches their rivals lost only one
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    SOCCER DEBUT
    26 12 TAIPIXG, Tues.— Making their debut on the soccer field this season. UMNO XI gave a good display to beat REME "B" 4 o yesterday.
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    Asholme Promoted
    132 12 ASHOLME. who scored a double at the XL races, nas been promoted to class \i. Three Dimension ;;oes up with him. Other details m the 'atest SRA classification list are aiver. he low. TRANSFERS: From Class 1 to Class 2 Ambassador; Indelible; The Tip; What Happened. Four to
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    Asian Tennis: Swedes Win
    63 12 MANILA, Feb. 9, < A P)gweduh tennis stars Lennart Bergehn and Staffan Stdckene/g ?u esterda v s^oked their way filial- f singles quarterfinal* of the Asian championt>mps. f T s t e ed BeJ-Selin easily dero Flllpino Man uel Eugenio 6-3, 6-2. 6-0. Stockenberg went to
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    Postals Beaten
    39 12 SLXGAPORE Engineer Regiment defeated P and T Sports Club •i-1 m a friendly hockey at f^ rer m 3^ S^day- Scorers wer c Mohd. Zain <2^ and Howard (1). M. Nicholas scored P and Ts only goal.
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    Krian Football
    18 12 PARIT BUXTAR, Tues.Knan Rovers beat Caledoma Estate 4—l m a friendly s«ece r match on Sunday
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    Weather Spoils 7-A-Side Rugby
    293 12 AGGRAVATED by uncertain weather and a late start; disrupted by a scratching plus a last minute postponement, the second day of the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side competition on the Padang yesterday, dwindled the day's four-tie schedule to two. The saving grace of this curtailed programme was
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    No Answer To Stadium
    94 12  -  Kuala Pilah SEREMBAN Tue=. i nual general mee';:.g (M Negri Semb:;an Footbal ciatioa \vi!i be held a\ the e I Sembiian Club a; 7 p rr V Friday. Reif- r\ng to the Btadiwn n the report sas t I ere e« be no uiswe when Seremoai.
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