Singapore Standard, 11 February 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD hl m t Vol. IV. No. 224. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954 TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS.
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    Trinidad Says 'No Entry' To Jagan
    120 1 Trinidad Says 'No Entry To Jagan LONDON. Feb 10 (Rev- In) Dr. Cheddi Jagan. i deposed Prime Minister of British Guiana, and his former Education -Minister. Mr. 1. P. S. Burnham. have been r>iu>ed entry into Trinidad «>n their return home from I..»ndun it was learned here la-t n:i;ht. Oflkiala
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    HE STOLE GUN FOR GANGSTERS, GETS 18 MONTHS
    265 1 Standard Staff Reporter SAPPER Mohamed Mat Zain bin Bakar, 26. asto the Garrison Armourer at Nee Soon Camp Headquarters, Singapore, stole a .38 Webley and Scott revolver from the armoury and sold it to gangsters for S6O, a District Court Martial was
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    Reshuffle In Border Police
    89 1 Reshuffle In Border Police KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The .Malaya and Thai mbined Police establish: qI db the border regions these two territories beer, recently enlarged "T.d reorganised. A Federation Government t tya thai I i r i re< rganisaadditiona about the Party the frontier as a basi for more i
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    POPE IMPROVES
    41 1 TH E j imprc v< n1 fan Hie eon lition ol Pope Phis XII I who baa been Dl i< r the lasi 16 days rontinued jrestcrday, a Rorr.jri Catholic so m c m tlae Vati "an said. Reuter
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    RUSSIA PROPOSES TREATY
    262 1 A Fifty- Year Pact For All Nations BERLIN, Feb. 10 Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyochesfov Molotov, today proposed at the four power conference a general treaty on European security open to all countries and valid for 50 years. He also proposed the withdrawal from Germany of ill foreign
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    58 1 photo. SARONG FOR MRS. NIXON: Mrs Elizabeth Choy, Singapore's only woman Legislative Councillor, helps Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, wife of the Vice-President of the United States, try on a sarong which she received as a gift from the Malayan Legislator, while Mr. Nixon looks on interestedly. Mrs. Choy is on
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    Rebels Bombed Near Royal City
    265 1 HANOI, Indo-China, Feb. 10 (UP)— French pilots, flying U.S.-built Bearcat fighter bombers, today lowered a lethal curtain of fire m front of the threatened royal Laotian capital of Luang Prabang. ■j The vanguard of the crack Communist :s(>Bth "Iron" divii sion was knocking at the
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    Red Strike Paralyses A Waterfront
    66 1 JAKARTA, Feb. 10 (Reuter) Tandjcoig Priok was paralysed t° r one hour this morning b y a labour strike ordered the Communist dominated Union of Waterfront Workers. Nine enterprises. among which were the most important shipping companies. £odowos and workshops, were affe rted by the
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    Saudi Arabia's 'No' To U.S.
    58 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (A?) Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is reported to have rejected a United States offer to provide weapons to expand and modernize its armed forces. Informed officials said King Ibn Saud has informed the United States Embassy he consideri; unacceptable a draft of a
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    REDS ASSURED OF UK TRADE
    45 1 MOSCOW. Feb. 10 (Renter) Eight British businessmen tudav ended their two-week trade talks m Moscow with an assurance to the Russians that the British Government welcomed Anglo-Soviet trade expansion. Six of the businessmen left for Loiiduu and two for Warsaw.
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    Colony's New GOC Is Named
    160 1 LONDON, Feb. 10 (Reuter)—The War Office has named Brigadier D.D.C. Tulloch. of Headquarters Southern Command m Britain, to be General Officer Commanding, Singapore District. Air Marsha] Sir Donald Hardman, who has been chief of Air Staff. Royal Australian Air Force since January 1952. has been
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    FIRST MOSCOW TRAIN ARRIVES
    29 1 HOXGKOXG, Feb. 10 (Reuter) The first through passenger train from Moscow arrived 'm Peking yesterday on schedule, the Xew China Communist news agency reported today.
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    CAMBODIA BUILDS AN AIR FORCE
    29 1 PXOM-PEXH, Cambodia, Feb. 9 (UP) Cambodia today ordered 10 Japanese-rrtade light fighter-observation planes which will form the miciues of the proposed Cambodian air force.
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    Queen & Duke Meet The Lismore Quads
    118 1 Queen Duke Meet The Lismore Quads LISMORE, New South Wales, Feb. 10 (Reuter) The three-year-old Sara quads whose mother conces from London were present' i to Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at a civic reception heie today. i The two boys and two I girls were ushered up
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    Syngman Rhee Pledges To Reopen War
    211 1 I'm Not Bluffing, He Says By RELMAN MORIX SEOUL, Feb. 10 (AP)— President Syngman Rhee said today he is determined to reopen the war against the Chinese Reds occupying North Korea and he warned that, if necessary, he will go ahead without American support.
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    MISSILES FOR N.Y. DEFENCE
    81 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 (UP)— A Senate Armed Services Sub-committee yesterday approved Army acquisition of nearly 1.000 acres of land around New York City to set up "Nike" guided missile antiaircraft battalions. Sub-committee Chairman. Mr. Francis Case, said construction of the "Nike" sites will begin as soon
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    WANTED MAN IS ARRESTED
    57 1 BORDEAUX. Feb. 10 (AFP) Spanish police this afternoon arrested William Sanchez de Pina Hepper. an artist wanted by the British police m connection with the strangling of a girl at Hove. Sussex, it was learned here today. He was arrested m Irun. Spain, after having crossed
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    Pistols, Dope Slipped Over To Korea
    82 1 Pistols, Dope Slipped Over To Korea SEOUL. Feb. 10 (AP) South Korea's national police chief said yesterday that Communist agents are infiltrating from the North, bringing in radio sets. Rus-sian-made pistols, gold and narcotics. Chief Lee Sung Joo said the Communists appeared to have switched emphasis since the armistice from
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    DANCER LOSES DAMAGE SUIT
    69 1 DENVER, Feb 10 (API A million dollar damage s \i\ >y famous shimmy danoei Giida Gray againsi Co ia Pictures Corporation ha been dismissed m ttai F- a Distrid Cjourt. T di imaxed a legal fight started [a 1949 Miss Cray who charged that the Him
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    CJA AIDS DELAY IN PAY REVISION -UNION CHARGES
    205 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE Government and City Council Labour Union yesterday charged the Council of Joint Action with deliberately helping Government to delay the implementation of the Ritson recommendations. Mr. R. K. Palaiyan. secretary of the Union m a ■tatement issued yesterday
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    114 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cenU per Ib in Singapore vesterda> were: Buyers Sellers No I KS S Spot Loose 54 i 54; No I R.S.S 54; 54; No Z R.S.S. 541 54; No. 3 R.S.S. 53 j 5l>; Tone: Steady quiet TIN PKKfc ibe price of tin vester day
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    42 2 CHOW SAN' O.\N\ Bg« 74 j--ed .i i 0(3 p.m. Wed 10. 1y54. leaving ■onrn him. r.is wife sons-in-law. 3 daug !ei d jughters-ir. -'aw. and children. Funeral today 'tr.n 13 Wi kie Road it 4 I p.m. fur Bidad; ri
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    HK EXCHANGE
    39 2 HONGKONG, Feb. 10- Special Standard Service. Closing prices ut the Hongkong Exchange today were 513.1S !.> El sterling $5.***** > US$l; SI M 3 to Malayan $1: 50.202 to one Indonesian Rupp ah Go d -249.125 to l tael.
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    Penhas Wins Counter Claim
    307 2 A 'VERY UNLUCKY" building contractor. Yap Yee Boon, was told m the Singapore High Court yesterday that his claim for 5 83,278 against Isaac Penhas (tor whom he was under contract to erect five godowns), had to be dismissed. Instead, judgment was given for Penhas on
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    RED HQ. IN R.I. TALK DENIED
    82 2 JAKARTA. Feb. 10 (AP) Indonesian Vice-Premier Wongsonegoro said today it is highly unlikely that the Malayan Comma. lists have moved their headquarters from the Malayan jungles to Indonesia. The Vice-Premier, who is the top man m charge of the r.ation's security, was commentin? on
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    M.Y.F. NAMES NEW OFFICERS
    46 2 THE Pasir Panjaog Methodist Youth Fellowship elected the following orrlce bearers: President— Mr, J. Shadrak, vice president Mr M. James, secretary— Mr. S.R. Sivalingam, treasurer— Mr. X Selvanayagam Committee Messrs. P J. Lazar, P. Ambrose, D Devapiriyam, J. Solomon. W. S. Packianathan.
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    32 2 pnoto. "STRIKERS". carrying placards, began picketing at the entrances to the Straits Times build-, ing yesterday. Some of the picketers are seen above at the Cecil Street entrance of the building. Standard
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    SIX ARE FINED FOR SPEEDING
    49 2 SIX drivers who were speeding m various parts of the Colony were eac-h fined 525 by the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate, Mr. F.A. Chua. yesterday They were Tan Ah Lek. John Thomas. B.R Oesai, Chin Yui Kang. Tan Goo Yew. and Lye Soon Hin.
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    Union Appeals For Financial Support
    320 2 'Strikers' Put Up Pickets Standard Staff Reporter TjHE Singapore Printing Employees' Union yesterday appealed to all trade unions m the Colony and the Federation for financial and moral support m what they described as a "lock out forced on us by the em- plovers. For
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    OFFICIAL VISIT
    50 2 photo. DR. R. LEWTHWAITE. director of Colonial Medical Research and former director of the Institute of Medical Research, arrived m Singapore by Qantas BOAC Constellation yesterday on an official visit. He i s attending a conference on virus diseases. which opens m Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22 Standard
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    Penguin Attracts A Crowd
    106 2 PENANG, Wed. A six-month-old penguin from Gn enland, claimed to bo the only one m Malaya, is attracting a lot of attention h Aboul a foot high, the penguin has a grey, fuzzy head, a black-greyish back, white breast extended wings and webbed feet. The owner,
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    Kerala Holds Annual Meet
    111 2 THE first annual general meeting of the Kerala Sama- jam. Selangor, wwas. s held al the Town Hall on Saturday, Feb. (i, when the following oili c bearers were elected. Pr-sident— ?,lr. P. N. PiiiaU Vice-Presidents Mrs. Mary Kurivila and Mr. C. K. Abdullah. Hon. SecM-etary—
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    PICKNICKERS WILL BE RELIEVED
    156 2 SINGAPORE picnickers will b e able to drive to Chamvi Beach without bumping along the present route, when Government completes a new road along the beach at the end of this year. There will also be 50 changing rooms if the Rural Board approves the project.
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    NEW YEAR CARDS IN EXTORTION
    292 2 NEW YEAR CARDS IN EXTORTION Secret Society's New Racket Standard Staff Reporter HOW Chinese New Year cards were used by a new secret todgfa of Group 108 to collect ang pows from hawkers, ptostitu >_ theatrical groups, was related m a Singapore Court yesterday by k.s.f Tan Teck Khim of
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    Escape By Prisoner In Hospital Cell
    74 2 Escape By Prisoner In Hospital Cell KUANTAN, Wed.— A prisoner. Ahmad bin Ali. escaped from his hospital cell eai this morn:.-;" when he was allowed to go out for his toik I Ahmad was to appear in the Kuantan High Court this month on a robbery charge. With another Ma
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    Youth Leader For Indonesia
    54 2 MR. LEONARD A. Lam i bourne of Sydney. Secretary of j the Australian and New Zealand Secretariat. International j Union of Socia ist Youth, passj ed thro igh Singapore y> U day o n his r ay to [ndoi to attend the sixth anniversary pelebrationj of
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    Alliance To Consider Petition To Templer
    257 2 Alliance To Consider Petition To Templer KUALA LUMPUR Wed. -The UMNO-MCA-sponsored National Convention, at its third session m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, will consider a resolution to submit a petition to the High Commissioner of the Federation and the Rulers of the Federation on the Federal Elections Committee's report. If
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    Putting Colony On Map
    35 2 THE Singapore stand, (seen I above), prepared by the i Publir Relations Office m the recent Tourist Exhibition held in conjunction '.h th«Tourist Confer'-i- j n Manna The exhit. just end^d
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    HURT THREAT ALLEGATION
    55 2 A CHARGE of criminal :r> timidati was yvstenlay t.\p;air.ei to Teo Ah Urn m Urn Sing tpoi Fifth Police Cowl i fe i a i :zed to hi i !heng B- k C c Lee Kok Seng and Goh Cheng SI i Street so v. Rfc Ltd
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      70 2 Weather Report Winimutß Temperature: Fran T.:*.O p.m. February 9 to I ::0 j. us IVbruary 10. Spore (72F|, Pcauc (7«F Kota ISahru (70Fi. K.L. (7U I ip'JlJ (71F), KuaiUan (68E Maximum Temperature: 1: 1 1 7 JO a.m to 7..<© a.m. Fib Spore <B«*Fi, Penang [SSFi Kota Bahru iSUFi. K.L.
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    Newsman Gets Rotary Award
    323 3 MR. James Peter Chin Soon Swee of Singapore has b^t-n named one of lo» outstundin? graduate students from 11 countries to receive a Rotary Foundation Fellowship !or advanced study abroad during the 1954-55 >t hi>ol \t-ar. Thr award was announced b\ Rotary International, worldwide service club
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    Govt. Workers May Take Part In Politics If...
    244 3 Govt. Workers May Take Part In Politics If... THOUSANDS of industrial employees of the Singapore Government will have freedom to take part m loiil politics, if Government accepts a recommendation by a five-man committee of the Federation of Government Employees' Union. T:'.j committee has recommended that all restrico&s on industrial
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    Biscuit Man
    47 3 31K. J K. G VI. LS, minagins: ilirrcttir of Huntlev and P.ihn-iN Ltd., -,\h!) will arrive m Sia?.apore by air on S.itnrUay. lie* will mrt*t distributors o-' Huntlev and PilmtuV biaeaits m the (\>!tmv «nj the Federattm before I ivin; for liua^konsi on M.ir. 4.
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    Robbed Of Loan By 3, Court Told
    39 3 M. a i i i said this m the > resterX S A.' dSI nt 3 he ob- J c ac- a i j. 3 c: fang ithai i n on 1 ie
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    ST. PATRICK'S NEW OFFERS
    59 3 P It's Society, Un Dr D i I (Dean oi Fa rulty) r fi i are: V*■ I 3: 1) B S n res, tELJ Seci Ir D fc Murphy A i Sc Soltnt, er -i Ir. C. .v Sbang- Banking rp C vcdtd Dr. Gr
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    VARSITY HAS 256 MEMBERS
    28 3 *HE v Ur sterda* re 72 people n Singap '"me nbers" the /ersil i jjment .1 the 1 -a! or snr >et to 256
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    Frightened Of Gang— So He Moved Stall
    116 3 BA R Gob Eng S a told S 9a Mi QwTt J. M. IX?'. si C Ihat nrk at a p; rh I ha i New Marttet It 5i;ad«l guiltj 3^.^ was rfesd IIP by -he Magistrate I i«? ...2 a stall at
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    Maiden Run From S'pore Next Week
    79 3 Maiden Run From S' pore Next Week iition to the R F i Fleet the Soon B gh an -:i fox the [nd Palembang T s hei maiden voy- 1 ige f ran »r h ne port Singapore She '<■'■ take -leneral i s imatra and is ex- k in
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    FATAL FALL FROM ROOF
    68 3 A 33-YEAR-OLD labourer. Ab in' 'ah. died after the roof of a go- i a the Singapore Harbour Board I: bel rved that Mohamed. a steel erector fry trade, was n >rki >n Uie girdexs, when > tentalljr slipped and H* iustained severe facial m i
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    A Ticklish Job For The Port Doctor
    124 3 SINGAPORE Port Health authorities passed 46 corpses exported, imported or transhipped during the past year. Dr. K. Sivam, Port Health Officer. told The Standard yesterday. Dr. Sivam said that both the examination of corpses (deaths at sea) and their exportation. Importation and transhipment
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    GIFTS TO HOSPITAL
    81 3 THE following donations were received jy the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital last month: Estate ol Tan Soo Jin (deed.) $5,000; Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple $1,000; Mr. J. Drake Brockman $500; Inner Wheel Club M 10; Mr. Douglas Ede $32 Ka Singapore Harbour Board $250. •>
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    101 3 ONE -IIUNDRLD-and-fifty Ion? service employees of the Singapore Traction Company yesterday attend- :i net together tea party at Robinson's Cafe held in honour of the Chairman of the Company, 82-year-old Sir Thomas Strangman. This is the second visit of Sir Thomas to the Colony since the war. Sir Thomas arrived
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    A NEW PARTY TO FIGHT IN ELECTIONS
    378 3 A NEW PARTY TO FIGHT IN ELECTIONS S*pore Socialists Get Together A NEW political party based on Socialist principles is to be formed m Singapore shortly m time to fight the December City Council elections and the Legislative Council elections early next year. It is not certain what name the
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    Found Guilty Of Carrying Illegal Tools
    110 3 CHEW Soon Huat and Chong j Kee Song were found guilty m the Second District Court yesterday of t possessing hofisebreaking tobis at 3.30 a.m. on Oct. 10. last year. The magistrate, Mr. E. H. D'Netto, said: ""It is obvious that you two were
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    Freighter's Crew Decide To Quit
    251 3 Standard Shipping Reporter FIFTY-TWO men, officers and crew of the Indian freighter Asha, yesterday sent a petition to the Master Attendant, Singapore, informing him that they do not wish to continue their voyage to Japan. Their three-month Articles of j Agreement, which were signed [on
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    Sid Galistan Acquitted
    64 3 MR. HOWE YOON CHONG, the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate, yesterday acquitted and discharged Sid Galistan of Cumberland Lane, on the ground that there was no prima facie evidence that j he was negligent. Galistan was fined $20 on another charge of driving a motor cycle, while in
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    All Locked Up
    39 3 A BURGLAR locked up a woman and her daughter m their bedroom m Somapah Estate, Singapore, on Monday night after l ">e had stolen a handbag containing $10 and a wristwatch and some articles of clothing.
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    Disqualified And Fined
    71 3 FOR using an unregistered autocycle without a driving licence and without being covered by third party insurance, Lim Choon Hing, a mechanic, was yesterday fined a total of SlOO by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Howe Yoon Chons. In addition, he wa 5 disqualified from driving
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    Destroyer Due
    38 3 THE Canadian destroyer. Huron, which is returning to her port at Halifax after operating m Korean waters, will arrive m Singapore on Feb. 14 for a short operational visit. She will leave Singapore on Feb. 16.
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    He Paints With Knife
    103 3 SINGAPOREANS have seen finger drawing and the like but a sailorartist. George Deakens, has come up with something new in oil painting by using only a knife. The pictures, depicting Malayan .scenes have a bright and cheerful motif and are painted on wood. Mr. Deakens .said
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    MALACCA PLANS BIG WELCOME FOR YOUTH
    110 3 MALACCA PLANS BIG WELCOME FOR YOUTH MALACCA, Wed— A pi ogramme sub-con •m I tee has been appointed to i make plans to we to Malacca the 1,000 odd delegates from all over the world* to the first World Youth Assembly m Asia to be held m Singapore on Aug.
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    RADIO EXPERT FOR MALAYA
    61 3 UNITED NATIO I w E k. Feb 10. Edwai Kent, England. I tmmunical expert, will leave tl i sis! m a programme to ime and expan I 's radio ser\i. He is being .sent by tke United Nati i I nicai as-<-ion Mr. Edwai n organize
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    HUGE TERRORIST DUMP PAD ANTITANK GUN
    228 4 HUGE TERRORIST DUMP PAD ANTITANK GUN KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A largre terrorists' arms dump was discovered recently m the Mersing District of Johore by a combined Police and Home Guard patrol. The dump contained: one Piat gun (an anti-tank weapon), 18 Piat bombs with charges, caps and detonators, spare parts,
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    Queen's Royal Returns Today
    272 4 THE First Battalion. The Queen's Royal Regiment. \v:!l arrive :n Singapore at noon today m the t: -per Georgic. The Battalion is no- stranger tfl S:nyapo;o of Malaya. I ;r\ Wt.:e "vi>t here sevtn years a^o. H v n Ihc D from Sungei Patani m J;.
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    A Party For The Forces
    40 4 X' ALA LUMPUR Wed five Chi■tse me i < S< For. ea a Chinese New Year part> a' Uie Chinese Assemb y Ha h«»re on S. -ay DJ the- Se r!>y Forces' Selangox Amenities Committt c
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    Navy To Get More Recruits
    114 4 Navy To Get More Recruits THE Royal Malayan Navy will start reeruitinfi 70 members from Feb. 15. The Navy is open to recruits of all locally domiciled races, but the response from the Chjne^e has been poor. The branches that are open are the supply and secretariat. seamen, communications, engine
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    WORLD BANK MAN FETED
    50 4 IPOH. Wed.— Dr. Monture, o mining specialist of the World 8..:.x mission, now visiting Malaya, is to have an informal meeting with Perak Chinese mini rs this Sat. ai 10 a.m. Be will be entertained to a dinner by ihe Perak Chinese Mining Association tomorrow night.
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    Asia Travel Chief Meets Magsaysay
    77 4 Asia Travel Chief Meets Magsaysay DURING the third annual conference of the Pacific Area Travel Association. In Manila, from Jan. 27. to Feb. 1, President Magsaysay, of the Philippines, dropped m the Hotel Manila to see how talks were progressing. Above, the President links arms with Mrs. Boris Holland. Director
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    Evening Of Rare Delight
    323 4 MAURICE CLARE'S concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall last night was an unqualified success. Here is a violinist of high and versatile accomplishment, eschewing display for its own sake. but playing, nevertheless, with an admirable sense of style. In tlie predominantly 18th century programme, such things
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    His Choice: Own Up To Debt Or Crime
    228 4 MALACCA, Wed. Magistrate Ramanathan Iyer today told Tan Hock Siew, a telephone subscriber who denied liability :o the Telecommunications Department for his phone bi!!. that if he was. not liable, he must have committed a criminal offence by "impersonation and misrepresention". Mr.
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    Madam Eng Smiles Again...
    145 4 FOR the first tim€ since her seaman-husband. Lim 1> Tiong Siew, fell off a tong--2 kang and was drowned m 2 the Telok Ayer Basin. Singapore, on Sunday night. 42--2 year-old Madam Eng Ngah smiled yesterday. She smiled when she re--2 ceived SlOO m her cubicle
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    Patients Seldom Return To Woodbridge
    277 4 THE majority of patients who are discharged from Singapore's Woodbridge Hospital never go back, the Superintendent of Woodbridge, Dr. James Browne, told members of the Rotary Club yesterday. Speaking on "Life m a Menial Hospital.' Dr. Browne wittily referred to himself as "the chief m-
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    Meeting To Discuss Bill
    132 4 MR. G. SARANGAPANI, member (j the Singapore Hindu Advisory Board and Secretary oi thet Tamils Representative Council that represents 27 Tamil orgi nisations in the Colony, yesterday asked the Advisory Board to convene a meeting to give its opinion on Mr. C. R Das tratha Raj's
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    Quibble On Loan Flayed
    88 4 Standard Staft grpwln MR. John L.;.v< .v. statement bemoaning tht V lion's failure to extend "a public and ceremonial thanks* 1 I i Singapore's $30,000,000 has "besmir h< d th< nob e spirit" with which the loan sva; offered, Mr. C.R. Dasaratha Raj. Legislative Councillor, said
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    15-Year-Old Boy Missing
    43 4 RONALD A. Ha mid. 15 has been* reported missing fro n hi s home m the Boatmen's Quarters at 7j mile Bukit Timah Road. Singapore since 8 a.m. on Tuesday. He was last seen riding bicycle, registration number: SCC *****8.
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    Claims Trial To Trust Charge
    68 4 PANG CHUAN yesterday claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Police Court to a charge of committing criminal breach of trust of two typewrite: s and one steel filing cabinet j valued at $1,415 on Sept 18. last year, at Tanjong Katonj; Road. He was ordered
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    Officer Gets His Man In Malacca
    130 4 Officer Gets His Man In Malacca MALACCA. Wed. A young Chinese, detained by Malacca Police last Monday while hawking food m Bukit China ana. was identified m the Magistrate's Court today as Cioh Kec Vonfe Be is wanted by the Sin*:apore Police on a tentative charge of murder of Teo
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    TRAFFIC BRANCH
    21 4 THE [poh Traffic Pi m ihe Brigade m Bn sit r Road h iiie building rdjo: g ttu < iurt.
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    ALLIANCE CONFAB ON POLL REPORT
    149 4 ALLIANCE CONFAB ON POLL REPORT KUALA LUMPUR V. The national oonv sponsored by the UMNOMCA alliance wrill here on Sunday to "deviations'" betwe "Freedom Bluepnr/" and the report of the F Election? Committe Standard learnt fcod 13 A' be in| plenary session of t lion. which Pederai electi a twn
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    R.O.V. MAN ACQUITTED
    34 4 PETES K I >■(.«. regist thoughi he saw induct on 1 i Whatt, v.:.- he told 1 Po ice Magist I ol .n kii the He about So T gral pi] k
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    TWO BROKE MAN'S NOSE
    30 4 TWO BROKE MAN'S NOSE Rishai Singh, sent to Before sen1 D I F have been found g hurl to this Soh Oct. 3 live, he addice lieui >nd later i
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    AIR PICTURES ASSIST IN GEORGE TOWN MAP
    104 4 PEXANt;. W, .1. ihs takes iron-: !iu i have contributed largely towards the details of a new map of George Town, b I tne Survey 1) fa n has iust pro luo d. The chief surveyor. Mr B P. Walker-Taylor, told Tm Standard
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    'Strongman' Loke
    77 5 photo. I*; he Mipennan? Is he Captain Marvel? No he h none other than Singapore film nu.:nat» >Ir. Loke Wan Tho who looks very much surprised at having acquired s. :i :i i tauM-le bound figure. The figure h> vt>v>-r w»s fur anyone who cared to* put his
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    'BAREFACED SWINDLER' GETS 6 YRS.
    227 5 'BAREFACED SWINDLER' GETS 6 YRS. VNDKfcW BEXNFTT. who was i ii guilty m the Singapore Assizes i what the trial jucUe described as a •barefaced, impudent swindler," was sentenced ye>terday to >ix years' jail. with -:^h: previous cony.". including two m the United Kingd cheated Iwc Indian stall- a total
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    Masai Branch
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    East-West To Hold Forum
    37 5 THE East-West S 'iety oi a hold an iro- Forum at Ihe Sr I h Hall at 5.;.) pan. to- s R iman v. be In n i the -[> swi ■om the a
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    HIT PILLAR AT 50 MPH & DIED
    195 5 HIT PILLAR AT 50 MPH DIED THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, recorded a verdict of misadventure yesterday, at an inquest on Low Kirn Yam (19), who was burned to death on Jan. 22, when his motorcycle crashed into a pillar and caught fire. Low w_k seen taking a
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    FILM DIRECTOR
    66 5 pnoio. p.*. Jenkn Associated British Pathp fi!m director passed throogli Singapore b (Jantav BOAC ConsteBatiOg <:m Tuesday on his return journey to London after &pendin:j two months in New Zea\.\n directing the film of the Roya] Tour According to Mr. Jenkins, the film. Royal Tour •f New /"aland,
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    Interpreter Claims Trial
    55 5 VENUGOPAL, a couri interpreter, i k d the Singapore Sixth Po Magistrate two weeks ir= ■a.-e to be mentimed Ho w a s summoned for neg e rting to maintain his throe-year old child, Venugopal said he w mid claim tria The case was i p tstponed
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    $1,278 MISSING
    29 5 THE watchman, and the staff of a Singapore Chinese firm m South Canal Road found 51. 278 mi n cash missing from their office table on Tuesday.
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    'COMPLEXION' ON AWARD
    343 5 Taylor Report Had Damaging Remarks AATUC KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The failure of the Member for Social and Industrial Relations to reveal the source of the remarks against the Plantation Workers' Union of Malaya, which are alleged to have been made by Mr. Justice Taylor, has thrown a
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    In Dock For Another Man
    109 5 WHE\ the name 'Too Eng Poh' was railed yesterday m the Singapore City Police Court, a man walked into the dock and pleaded guilty to the charge of erecting a stall on a .-it.- not specified m his licence. The interpreter. Mr. Bek Swee Hoon,
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    Dinner On Board Ship
    88 5 Dinner On Board Ship THE Captain and Officers, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. entertained i members of the MRNVR Ad- visory Council to a 'Guest Night" dinner on board HMS Laburnum last night. Sixtyfour officers and guests were present. Picture taken on board the ship before the dinner, shows Capt.
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    NOT HIS CARD, CLAIMS TRIAL
    58 5 POXTIAX. Wed. Ibrahim I bin Sahadan of Kampong Serkat, appeared beiore the Ponfian Magistrate, [nche A'.: bin Haji Raya. yesterday on a charge of using an identity card not belonging to him. Ibrahim claimed trial and j was allowed bail of $500 m one surety
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    New Turbine Fire Unit For Colony
    147 5 New Turbine Fire Unit For Colony THE world's first gas-tur-bine-powered tire-fighting unit has been produced by the Rover Company of Birmingham and may be exhibited at the British Industries Fair to be held on May 3-14. The turbine unit has a single axial flow into a single shaft, centrifugal compression
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    Crashed Into Traffic Sign
    134 5 As Police Lieutenant W.A.H. Perera. was on Radio patrol duty at Bukit Timah Road on Jan. 25. he saw a car run into a traffic sign which was placed m the centre of the road. Approaching the driver he I found that he smelt strongly of
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    Robbery Bid: Clerk Knifed
    78 5 TWO YOUNG thugs on Tuesday stabbed a British Council clerk on the arm when he resisted their attempt to rob him at the junction of LoroMg .M and Te'.ok Kurau Road. One of the robbers snatched a diamond ring he was wearing and $3 from his
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    123 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll yesterday attended the exhibition of latest models of accounting and book-keeping machines, manufactured b y the National Cash Register Company Limited. The exhibition is being held at the Association of Engineers Building, Collyer Quay. Sir John was shown round the hall by Mr.
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    Tattoo Expert Gives Evidence
    224 5 LIM AH LIM, 18, who appeared m a Singapore Court last month with bare torso lull of tattoo marks, was brought to Court again yesterday, on a charge of being a member of an unlawful society. It was aKeaed by A.S.P. Lan Teck Khim that Lim
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    'They Lived Happily Ever After'
    94 5 THE Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. R.W.H. Davies. yesterday io:d a man and big wri£e whose case he was to have heard: "I wish you both the best c' luck.Junainah binte Monte] then l left court with her ex-husband. Siiadali bin Suro. who had been summoned
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    Bad Host, Good Premier
    481 6 JT takes a lot of courage for a small chap to tell a big bully that he doesn't like him. takes more courage for a small nation to tell the world's most feared country that it has no intention or entering into diplomatic relations with any
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    The End Is In Sight
    275 6 I ENGTHY liaily sessions and Mi tov*s smiling face notwithstanding, the B._ Pom Foreign Ministers U MMRD >■ hfiadilUJ I I fa me empty-handed. 'I here ere svgas tr.at the Conference m Berlin was Hearing i breakdown, with none of the four outstanding ques- BSr
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    15 6 And this is the newest rifle, Winston^the experts say it can only shoot eastwards: 9
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    A HOLLYWOOD IN THE EAST
    838 6 By A Times Correspondent BOMBAY. things m India are different, and the film industry is no exception. Perhaps its greatest claim for the support of the tilmgoer is its refusal to resolve every plot with a "fadeout kiss." In fact its heroines, who are very
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    ATOMIC MURDER
    126 6 U'ROM south of the border, down Mexico way, comes a strange footnote to President Eisenhower's call tor greater emphasis on xhe peaceful uses of atomic energy, A woman has been charged with murdering her wealthy husband with uranium nitrate. Tfie Senora has wisely tied the country, but t/ie
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      A BAD TASTE IN THE MOUTH
      348 6 I All Correspondence Should Be Short And To The Point Sir: Mr. Lim Kean Chye's letter from his hideout, published in The Standard recently, must have tried the consciences of many decent-minded citizens. I wonder whether the authorities realize that the whole affair of
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      Must Be Registered
      113 6 Sir: As asked by one of your correspondents "Curious" I am taking the liberty to answer some of his questions. Every Association which has a s one of its objects the improvement of wages or salaries of its members is a Trade Union according to the Trade
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    16 6 "Drunk and disorderly. Sir! Seems he was celebrating: his big pools win next week!"
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      Kashmir Question
      153 6 n was unfortunate, Utusan Melayu says, that the decision of the Kashmir Constituent Assembly to make Kashmir a part Of Inda did not attract as much world attention as it deserved. This is largely due to the more dramatic sessions of the Foreign Ministers' Conference in Berlin. Utusan
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    THE STRATEGIC POSITIONS
    1079 6  -  SEBASTIAN HAFENER BERLIN Of Russia And the West are summed up here by TX viewing the current Berlin conference, it is important not to confuse th c dominating strategic dispositions of the two sides with their day-10-d ay tactical moves The dominating positions have by now become
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    Dancer Breaks Arm
    69 7 INGA WI£RE srimuies im pain as her fractured arm >*> put ia splints seconds .iiU-r it was broken during i performance m Charlie F«JS Supper Club at Sherman Oaks. California, last week The accident occurred while being whirled over the head of her partner, liior Dm, seen
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    Scelba Ready To Head New Govt.
    130 7 ROME, Feb. 10 (AP)— Premier-designate Mario ><elba pulled to-ether a iour-party coalition last niiiht and appeared read\ to accept the Premiership officially. i oft i ing a Itb leaders a most cony since mi n the hope of a ght Italy a spell of
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    All Set For Nationalist Elections
    58 7 All Set For Nationalist Elections TAIPEI F R alist Nati a ad reported by noon A it thus a tioi q j:-. r tl .on. r a reeenl ation A n w I al >16. M gates the fix three H gkong and Macao. I S I ■ted I ftS-member
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    Britons Oppose Mr. Y's Entry
    22 7 Britons Oppose Mr. Y' s Entry DHA.M g F rg id let5 Sii a P i P Bar men 5 Y a
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    British Sports Cars Sales Up
    46 7 NEW YORK. F- 10 (AP>— oi Sunbx im-Ta boi auto-; mobiles m the U.S. iia\e more i Brian K. ot< s. ex- j •<r for tbc Roots ral n n p »rta He prerontinued v ai I A Britisii -ports ..ar.
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    Jet Record Shattered
    74 7 IIONOI.ILI. Feb. 10 UP) The Tokyo-Honolulu jet stream speed record was shattered again yesterday when a military air transport service C-!> 7 Stratocruiser flew the ;.'»00-niile distance non-stop m nine hours and nine minutes. The MATS plane knocked nine minutes from the record set yesterday by a
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    Scot N'lists Cause Alarm In London
    135 7 Scot N'lists Cause Alarm In London LONDON, Feb. 10, (Renter) —Scotland Yard have taken hush-husfa precautions against Scottish Nationalists suspected of planting a stick of gelignite m a mail box m Hammersmith, West London suburb, two nights ago. Police believe the incident may star! a wave oi Scottish Nationalist activity
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    BUSMEN HAVE THEIR OWN COLOUR BAR
    85 7 LONDON, Feb. 10: (Reuter).— The popular illustrated London paper, the Daily Sketch. said m an editorial today that several hundred bus lonductors m Birmingham "are threatening to resign if coloured men are employed as I us conductors." "There can be only one explanation of
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    AUSTRALIA'S FIRST ROYAL INVESTITURE
    43 7 QUEEN ELIZABETH bestowed honours and decorations, m the first Royal investiture ever held m Australia last weekend. The Queen is seen knight•ng Sir Colin Sinclair, President of the Royal Agricultural Society, at the ceremony m Sydney AP radio photo.
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    FRANCO-SPAIN WILL DEFEND MOROCCAN UNITY
    233 7 FRANCO-SPAIN WILL DEFEND MOROCCAN UNITY MADRID, Feb. 10 (AP)-Spain will continue to deiend the unity of its Moroccan Empire even though "violent French action" has destroyed the political foundations of the protectorate, Generalissimo Francisco Franco declared yesterday. He .spoke during a solemn ceremony at his Pardo Palace, in which a
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    WAR ACE KILLED
    39 7 I U.S. AIR FORCE Major Michael Brezas, World War II ace with 24 Nazi planes to his credit, has been killed in the crash of his .k J t plane in Korea, it was learned. A.P.
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    Rhee Sends Mission To S-EA Countries
    171 7 PI SAN. Korea, Feb. 10 (UP)— A South Korean mission departed for six South-east Asian nations today m an effort to weld them and the ROK government into an anti-Communist alliance. Maj-Gen. Choi Duk Shin who made a "survey" tour of the same areas
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    F.E. DEFENCE TALKS LOOM
    70 7 TOKYO. Feb. 10: (UP).— The United States military and < diplomatic officers m the Far j East departed today lor Wash- j ington and conferences ranging from South Korean and Jap- j anese defence build-ups to the situation on the Asiatic mainland. United Nations and United
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    TEN-DIVISION ARMY FOR MALAYA URGED IN PLAN
    273 7 Local Officers For Top Posts WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (HP)— Reliable military sources said here yesterday that Admiral Arthur W. Radford/ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, supports on a military level General James A. Van Fleet's "preparedness" plan to keep the Communists out of
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    U.S. Has 100 ABombs
    155 7 U.S. Has 100 ABombs STOCKHOLM Feb. 10 CAP) The United Slates Ls expected to have considerably more than 100 atomic bombs m stock at present and the Soviet Union might have .some 100 atomic weapons of both light and heavy types, Swedish Chief of Staff, General Richard Akerman. says m
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    AMERICAN BASES IN BRITAIN MUST STAY
    292 7 AMERICAN BASES IN BRITAIN MUST STAY LONDON, Feb. 10 (Reuter)— Sir Winston Churchill told the Mouse of Commons yesterday that the United States Air Force bases would continue m Britain "so long as they are needed m the general interest of world peace and security/ He was answering Labour leftwingers,
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    MOVE TO BAN REDS IN U.S.
    39 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 (AFP i Representative Martin Die s (Democrat) said today that he intended to bring before the House of Representatives a Bil! lo outlaw the Communist Party m the United States.
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    SECRETARIES SENT TO JAIL
    37 7 ACCRA. Gold r. Peb 10 (Reuter), Two former ministerial secrelaru s, Mr. Ohene Djan and Ifr Atlah Mensah. were each i Dtenced to two years imprisonment here y. U rda for accepting bribes.
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    'No Tear Gas For Jagan Backers'
    116 7 'No Tear Gas For Jagan Backers' GEORGETOWN, British Guiana. Feb. 10 (Renter)— Mr. John GuUh. Chiel Secretary <>1 the British Guiana Executive ouik i!. has denied that tear i,:is and other moans <»t farce would be used to c— lml any welcome-home demonstration when the Peoples Progressive Part, leaders, Dr.
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    MORE FOREIGN AID FOR ASIA
    58 7 KANDY F A East when »n <.:i nomi Luatio resumed at th< i. For Asi Xi AH" Fhe Indiai B. Lall, said that v.:: foreigii aid. so tries would not tx ta maintair. arc.-. n« S ci h< ip \va> welcome, he said, but he
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    75 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb 10 The following ore the closmg prices of rubber and tin on the London Market LONDON RUBBER Spot 16; d. March 16 id. April/June 16|d. I July/September )6|d. October/December 16£ d. February c.i.t. 161 d. Tone: Quietly Steady. LONDON TIN Spot
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      899 8 BIGGEST TANKER IN THE WORLD LAUNCHED IN U.S. QUINCY, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 (AFP)— The biggest tanker m the world, the 46,000-ton World Glory, was launched at the shipbuilding yards of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation here today. The tanker, which was built for the Greek owner, Stavos Niarchos. is the sixth
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    COFFEE TRADE SHOWS RENEWED ACTIVITY
    179 9 Standard Market Reporter THE coffee trade m Singapore which has been experiencing lean period since 1952 is showing signs of renewed activity, according to leading traders. The coffee market has been steady in the past months largely because of regular flow of imports from Indonesia.
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    Tin Deposits Discovered In S. Korea
    83 9 SEOUL. Feb. 10. (AFP)— One of the world's largest tin deposits has been discovered near Ulcbin, on South Korea's east coast, according to an American mining expert here. Frank Compton, adviser to the ROK Ministry of Commerce and Industry said more than US$200,000,000 worth
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      ROBBER STEADY
      150 9 RUBBER prices in Singapore yesterday remained at amund the previous day's levels, lirst grade rubber for February shipment closing at 541 cents per lb. (543 cents on Tuesday). Traders reported a rather active session with prices gpening slightly lower and improving later in the day. Manufacturers bought small
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      SHARES
      91 9 I THE Malayan share market yesterday followed the same I pattern as on Tuesday, industrial share? being firm and tins irregular. Tin shares were very much quieter, while rubbers remained neglected. Changed prices were: INDUSTRIALS I Overseas Assur. 13.50 14.00 MIMNSI Batu S« langi 80 .82 cd Berjuntai 22/3
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      PRODUCE
      103 9 The produce market m Singapore was active m copra and quiet m coconut oil yesterday. Pepper prices were easier at $340 per picuJ ior Muntok white ana $2;>5 for Lampong black. Copra for February, March and Apr;'. shipments were quoted $39? buyers and $39*' per picul sellers. Coconut oil
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    LESS INDIAN TEA EXPORTS
    30 9 CALCUTTA. Feb. 20. (AP)— According to this year's export quota, India will export 15.000.000 pounds less tea than last year. Last year's quota was 452.000.000- pounds.
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    Jap Machinery
    37 9 I ARGENTINA announced vesj terdav the successful comple- tion of negotiations to buy U5590,000,000 worth of iron. stee! and machinery from Japan and se":J the Japanese an ociuai <iim oi icod pioducisj annually. A. P.
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    RUSSIANS ARE BEHIND TIMES
    78 9 MOSCOW Feb. W (Reuter) One of the British businc men now endi;. 1 a two-week visit here said yesterday that Soviet trade organisations wanted to buy at 1950 prices and British exporters were thus faced with a serious costs problem. Another of the party said there
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    On Far East Tour
    93 9 MR. HERBERT F. Mitley. Division Traffic Manager of j Pan-American World Air- ways, (left) arrived heir j recently on an inspection.! tour of Far East PAA sta- tions. The PAA expects to be the first airline to bejiin the single carrier round th<world tourist services v\
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    RICE OUTPUT IS UP DESPITE WAR
    179 9 HANOI, Feb. 10 (AP)— A bumper, record-seeing rice crop for the 1953-54 season is forecast by experts oi the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture. Pre.'ucj tion is expected to hit around 3,000.000 Urns of paidy. tne pre-war average, m me years L 933-40 was 2,750,000
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      RED CROSS & ISLAM
      461 10 RED CROSS ISLAM Sir; The press statement made by the State Kathi of Kedah savins that "it would be against the Islamic faith for any devotee to put on a Red Cross" i s certainly overzealous Ind hasty. The Kathi has confused the Red Cross with tipe Crucifix and is
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      NATIONAL SCHOOLS
      91 10 Sir; N r.v lhat the foundatiori .j::e of the Pctaling Jay a National School has been [ai I. everybody interested m the school system here may fee] relieved* The mental tension is broken. But m what ways will "this National school be different from the schools already m
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    Cherchez La Femme?
    67 10 .1} you would like to J "chercfiez" thes? two beautiful "femmes" lyox can do so when the picture "The French Line" comes 19 Singapore soon. On the left is Suzanne Ames and on Die. right is Anne Ford. Mind you tliPij are only Wo 01 We many
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    36 MILLIONAIRES LEFT IN U.K.
    535 10  -  Kenneth Harris WUUUWIIwhViVUMMUUU gRITAIN now has only thirty-six millionaires, according to the latest figures from Inland Revenue collectors. Last year there were sixty. In 1939 there were just over a thousand. "Il's like this." an income tax official told me with a self-satisfied ?leam in
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      363 10 THE STIRS AND YOU =^f^=ißy Rita Del Mar TODAY'S QUOTATION: through long-time associations. .Manj a woman on the negotiations with aider folk tliri'siiulii vi torty never seems VIRGO— Aug. 2:5 to Sept 22 to grl IfcroagH the 4lin»r." Be tactful. dutiful regarding anrcemM Cox. higher-ujis. eHer folk, duties. THURSDAY lOK
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    CONTRASTS IN TEST CRICKET
    205 11 Face Saving Slow Motion By England BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. Feb. lO.-England faces get of a crowd weary of the painful batting of England •n a good pitch. They also slow hand-clapped during bowlers run-up and boy s chanted "We want «u? money back." K:-.i,''.and. who had 53
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    Scoreboard
    75 11 Utst Indies 1st innings 383 MCC 1st innings— 181 Mutton c Ramadhin b Valentine Witson st .Mi- Watt b Ram.idh n M»3 i K.ni; b K.imadhin Compton t Kin:; b Valentin*- 13 (.raven-> C A b Kunailhin 15 Palmt-r i- Walrott b Kani.ulhin 1 Baihw c McWatl b \tkin>on
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    Japs Move Up In Asian Tennis Do
    57 11 Japs Move Up In Asian Tennis Do \NH A Fe tC (AP) tting S Kar j. of Filipin< -> f < la ..d-se-r..- c Tin ed the Hli] i stcd r the fina >i ng If I S er frooi \Iiss P. P 7—5, A H todav me a Q
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    CARRUTHERS JAPAN BOUND
    9 11 SYDN1 I I I far in-
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    National BP
    65 11 THK X. mal B P. he r! era el sea Mr. Osman bin > 4 H j VTsi Singapoi and the IHci era w ere H a J C K .-ha; lent— A. P. Me.iMP,; c issein bin Mohd. secrei I bin Ha i NO. auditor Osman bin
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    TOWEL KEPT DAVIS CUP
    471 11 NEW YORK, Feb. 10, (UP Then arc sagas in ports if those who mid noi I— and to them was today 1 D is Cup kale ich pi nres agaii ai :;u-:v Is i re I than th I e of a er M r 1
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    42 11 Photo. A scramble for possession m the Charlton goalmo ;th Charon Mt kTT^ n inside ght Reg R > an oA), R.rtrl fthalf Cyril Hanmond (centre) and goalie Sam Bartram during: last weeks match at Charlton. which ended m a 1-1 draw A.P.
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    Cup Stars Have Lost Glitter
    549 11 LONDON, Feb. 10 (AP)-Cup holders Blackpool, packed with international stars, are caught m the dwindling attendances slump that has hit English soccer league clubs— and manager Joe Smith is worried. na .-,ar men include wing naestro Stanley Matthews, battering ram inside forward Stanley Mortensen, Scottish
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    Pirie Not To Run In Br. Games
    74 11 T. OX DOM. Feb. 10, (Reuter) G m Pirie, British hamnion, stated yesterday ttia'l he would not run in the British Empire and Commbnwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, this summer. He -aid travel ing makes him tired, and the distance to Canada is
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    Springboks' Run-A-Minute Win Record
    382 11 Springboks' Run-A-Minute Win Record PORT ELIZABETH, Feb. 10.— Scoring at the rate of a run a minute, South Africa yesterday registered their biggest victory m a Test series against any country when they defeated New Zealand by five wickets m the fifth Test match to win the series by 1
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    Referees' Classes
    21 11 Classes tor safa referees will be held from February 16-19 and February 22-26 at Jalan Besar at 7 p.m.
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    CRICKET RECORD
    61 11 PORT ELIZABETH. Feb. 10: (Reuter) John Waile, South Africa's wicket-keeper, set a world record with 23 dismissals m the Test scries against New Zealand which ended here yesterday. Waite took 16 catches and made seven stumping mi n the five Tests. Previous best was ~1 dismissals m a
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      221 11 NOTICES SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST HPENDERS are invited for the erection of 28 three storey blocks of flats at Alexan I Road Phase III. Fender form etc.. may be obtained on payment of u posit of $100/- which will be refunded if a bona fide tender is submitted. Sealed tenders are
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      978 11 SITUATIONS VACANT TECHNICIANS. TelcrcmmuniA cations Department, Singapore. Sa!ar> Scale: $10x6-1 14 /Is Technician'.- Exam/156x 12-252 2nd Technician's Exam 2<*4xl2 MA p.m Total emoluments :or caadi dates with minin inn quabfic; of passed Std vm in e lish School shall be $162.25 and for School Certificafa 1181 11 Age: 17—23 Applicants
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    Fijians Withdraw From 7's Rugby
    468 12 THE unexpected withdrawal of the Fijians from the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side competition, m it's third day on the Padan4 yesterday, caused a wave of disappointment amon* the bumper crowd no doubt there to see the Fijians m action— as well as taking much of
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    64 12 TVVO cup winners at K.L. being: led m by their owners. Left: Rubber Exporter, Franklin up, with Mr. Y. L. Lee, after scoring a double by taking the Henggeler memorial trophy. Right: Golden Lotus (McCloud) who won the Clold Cup over 1 1 miles m the record time of 'I
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    Schools Win 2nd Replay
    195 12 Schools Win 2nd Replay THE second replay between Combined School 2nd XI and Cable and Wireless in the S.H.A. junior hockey knockout competition *at Fairer Park yesterday ended in a win by 1 for Combined Schools. Cable and Wireless goalkeep >r played a grand game and saved his side from
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    YMSA Defeat Engineers 4-1
    43 12 YOUNG Men's Sikh Association beat Singapore Engineers *-2 :n a friendly s-occer at B.O.D.CA yesterday. Scorers for the Y.M.SA were Inderkeet Singh (2). Karam Singh and Harbajan Singh. Mike and John scored a goal each for the Engineers. 1
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    Thrills & Spills At Regatta
    209 12 Thrills Spills At Regatta There were thrills and plenty of spills at the RAF Seletar's annual regatta On Sunday when more than a hundred yachts of many classes took part. Throughout the day a s the wind freshened no less than 20 capsizes occurred and launches were hard at it
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    RAPC Beaten 3-0
    26 12 STAR Soecerites iieat the Royal Army Pay Corps. 3—o at a Fairer Park soccer yesterday. Rahim Omar (2) and Masuri were the scorers.
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    151 FOR IPOH RACES
    1030 12 1:'UH. w.-; A total Of 151 i >: «a h i been entered for the P ifc Turf C ub's February n »ting Fet 20, 24 and 27. Etltl onsi ted I 71 dasa 2 indH lass 5. »ri be i races on lay, seven on
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    RACING SCHEDULE
    78 12 FIRST DAY O 8, dii .1 2 9 1 in v i 2 a in Q i, liv, 1, 2, 3 4 5 irs SECOND DAY C; 2. :hv m I j, s. 4 6 fur?;. a. 5, div. 2. 3, 4 (j furs. THIRD DAY Ci. 2.
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    TOURISTS HAVE PROBLEM
    467 12 They Fear Wet Ground And Their New Boots ALL ROADS, today, will lead to the Jalan Besar stadium where the curtain goes up on the Indian Hockey Federation team's tour in Malaya. It is a rare opportunity for Mr. and Mrs. Singapore and family to see world-ciass
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    Sel. Has New Soccer Boss
    112 12 KUALA LV tP smg... vg-. la:: of j gam dyi o i soccer w\ era: me< ii ol Associa! ol S. anga Sun-: I Mr Singam for presii motet to 33. 1 Irom B announcement of cram's vicl The statemeni I said that v. ith
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    ARGONAUTS MAKE IMPRESSIVE DEBUT
    286 12 ARGONAUTS, a newly formed football club who will be playing in the third division of the Singapore league this year made their debut against Fraser and Neave Sports Club yesterday. The match, played at River Valley Road, ended in a convincing win for Argonauts by 4—1.
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    UTTER FARCE
    359 12 Pep~up Pills For Athletes ONE hundred British athlete? have become "Guinea Pig.s" in an experiment by a Barley Street physician who believes that pep-up pills, mainly of beef liver, increase human endurance. These athletes are swallowing two small pills a day and results so iar have convinced the
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    54 12 THIS is Sonny Chia. who has issued a challenge to fight Litn Kee Chan. "I am anxious to meet Kee Chan again to settle the issue once and for all as to who is the featherweight kingpin of Malaya today." said Sonny yesterday. Sonny hopes there will be a man
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    HIGH SCORING
    38 12 j EIGHT goals were scored on' the Brewery Sports Club I ground m Alexandra Road yesterday m the Kampong soccer League match lor the Tiger Beer Trophy. Badan Keseni■an "A" beat Alexandra Football Club 5— 3.
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    Meliar Nets 4
    27 12 EMBARKATION !!Q Town Rangers 6-1 a t FauciPark yesterday. Scorers for i Embarkation Meliar (4) Weir and a gilt goal. For Rangers I Adams.
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    Landy's Mile Bid
    199 12 Landy 's Mile Bid SYDNEY. Feb. 10 (AP) John Landy will have another crack at the world mile record tomorrow and for the first time since h e started, the potential four minute miler will have tough opposition. But this time the weather is against him. Over 70 points of
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    IRC Win 6-5
    40 12 IXDIAX Recreation Club boat Pulau Brani United 6 5 at soccer yesterday. Scorers for the IRC were Muniandy (2), Haludri:n. Omar. O.srnan and Loganathan. For tiie Pulau Brani United Ah Hoe sored (2). Samat (2) and Tabir.
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      53 12 Today's Sport H d i b s ,ai- > Stad n INTER-SCHOOL SOCCER: aartley St. Patrick— St Ro/J lea V.; torio vs FRIENDLY SOCCER: Trad >n Co. c Bintai g BkF I Pa rl-7-A. SIDE Rl »;BV: SCC W RE 'A'— t5.15 p. So t th J >'■ n r
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