Singapore Standard, 17 February 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD jfc ffl M. Vol. IV. IXo. 230. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954 TWELVE PACES 10 TENTS.
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    STRIKE: POLICE NAB 445 IN ROME
    80 1 STRIKE: POLICE NAB 445 IN ROME E Feb 16.— Two ere injured pel Big arrested demons trac centra of RRoem c Con ncr is m y slightly v have tw :hre\v nissioner, ested is the i. a C«nJo 1 rillor ie Rome —♦o is€ wages iky oew ex Maria jgered
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    POLICE BREAK UP TEACHERS' 5-DAY 'SQUAT'
    91 1 CUT I A. Feb. II S: ::4 p O I i ebnn day rounde c hers squatt t S 1 i c Government en 3in picketing lich has para^yse>; tra£H I >r *he last 23 ."00 West Bengal :e on a." un- .-..■ce M
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    4½ MIL TB JAPS
    28 1 AT LEAST 4,500.001 Japanese are sufferinj from tuberculosii j ■>: ling U a We.fare Ministry survey. Kyodo News Servi c reported r Tokyo. A. P.
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    DUKE OF KENT
    35 1 photo. THE 1)1 kE OF KENT (centre) shonn marching pa*t durum the Sovereign's commissioning parade at thr R»\nl Military Academy at Sandhurst. The Duke Mrt« not himstli among those receiiiita commissions. A.P.
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    MAU MAUSBURN DOWN 9 SCHOOLS
    232 1 NAIROBI, Feb. 16 (Reuter)— Mau Mau gangs have attacked and burned down nine Christian schools m the Embu reserve on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya. British army headquarters announced today. There were no casualties. Security forces clashed with several gangs m the Eastern Aberdares
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    CEYLON'S NEW HC
    25 1 CEYLON 'S NEW HC SIR CLAUDE Corea, 60, yesterday took over bis new 1 post m London as Ceylon's i High Commissioner to Britain. Reuter
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    Eden Asks Molotov To Withdraw
    142 1 Eden Asks Molotov To Withdraw BERI.IX. Feb. I*s (Router) —Air. Anthony Eden. British Foreign Secretary, today appealed to Mr. Molotov to withdraw his new demand, for the continue^ stationing of foreign troops m Austria and to sign the treaty m the form m which it now stood. Mr. Eden said,
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    He Makes No Secret Of New Job
    90 1 He Makes No Secret Of New Job LONDON. Feb. 16 (UP) Sir Percy Siilitoe, retired chief of Britain's Secret Service, said today he has been hired as a private investigator to crack an international diamond smuggling ring. Sir Percy said he will spend some two months m West Africa investigating
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    Cat's Nine Lives Didn't Worry Him
    68 1 HONGKONG. Feb. 16, (AFP) 1 A 24-year-old Chinese was yesterday sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment for slaughtering a cat with intent to eat it. He was arrested m the act of cutting up the cat's carcass. He claimed that the cat always stole
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    Cockatoo Is Murder Suspect
    70 1 Cockatoo Is Murder Suspect LONDON, Feb. 16 <AP) Cocky, a white cockatoo, was detained b y police last night under suspicion of killing hi s frail, 74-year-old owner, Mrs. Minnie Fletcher. A neighbour found Mrs. Fletcher, blood-stain-ed and unconscious, on the floor of her cottage bedroom last week. Near-" by
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    CUSTOMS MEN SEIZE OPIUM
    48 1 RANGOON. Feb. 16, (Renter) Custcfms officers chased a gang of seven alleged opium smugglers for 280 miles across Central Burma, last night. They arrested them near here and recovered Rs. 500,000 (£37.500) worth of opium. It is believed the opium was destined for Singapore.
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    DEEPER THAN EVER BEFORE
    74 1 DAKAR. Feb. 16 (Renter) Two French naval officers m a globe of steel plunged yesterday more lhan two-and-a-ha^i "miles to the Atlantic sea bed nearly 3,000 feet deeper than man has ever dived before. Peering through a "cyclop s eye" by the beams of powerful lamps
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    HE DIED TALKING...
    29 1 WHILE telling the story of his life to members of tne Fortuna Rotary Club m Eureka, California, yesterday. 75--year-old^ Mr. Bert Morgan dropped dead. A. P.
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    Chinese Nurses In England Receive High Praise
    245 1 Chinese Nurses In England Receive High Praise LONDON. Feb. 16 (Reuter) The "outstanding intelligence" of Chinese nurses from Singapore, i Malaya and Hongkong was i praised here by Mrs. Vera i Chapman of the Colonial Office. "They are ambitious and I determined to get on" she added. '-That is a
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    MENTRI'S TERM IS EXTENDED
    46 1 IPOH. Tues, Dato Panglima Biikit Gantang. 49, Mentri Besar of Perak, ha s had his term of office extended lor another three years on the •"invitation" of the Sultan of Perak. This will be the Dato'g third term as chief of stats,
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    'LET US STAY HERE'
    416 1 12 Ex-PoWs Seek Home In Singapore Standard Staff Reporter TWELVE of the 88 Chinese prisoners of war who arrived m Singapore aboard the Asturias taking the first contingent of the Indian Custodian Forces back to India want to live m the Colony. All 88 Chinese PoWs
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    SOCIETY GANG THREATENS PRESS QUEEN
    348 1 SOCIETY GANG THREATENS PRESS QUEEN *Pay Or Get Out' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Secret society thugs have warned Singapore's "Newspaper Queen," Miss Alice Cheng, now working m a cabaret here, to pay $1,000 or make tracks out of the Federal capital quickly. Miss Cheng came nere recently to work as a
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    Queen Unveils Memorial To US
    213 1 CANBERRA, Feb. 16 (Reuter)— Queen Elizabeth today spoke of the "great and real goodwill" between the British and American people when she unveiled the Australian National Memorial to the United States here. The memorial, a 285-foot high aluminium shaft surmounted by the American Eagle, stands
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    Troops Shout, Whistle As Marilyn Lands In Seoul
    79 1 SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Reuter).— A shouting whistling mob of soldiers greeted American screen star .Marilyn Monroe when she arrived here today from Tokyo. Miss Monroe, clad m Army shirt and slacks, stepped from the plane, took one look, and said: "My God,
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    UK Aid For Our Rubber
    275 1 -BUTLER PLEDGES LONDON. Feb. 16 iRe Mr. R A Butler, Chant c of the Ex.'neauer, told Bouse of Commons today I the B: ti Government ould do-a' could to help the pan R bber Industry. Mr. Butler was 'V P v I i question by
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    ONE-DAY STRIKE THREAT
    268 2 4-Point Claim Sy N. Base Workers AN emergency meeting of the 85-man representative council of the Naval Base Labour Union, Singapore, on» Monday decided to ask its 10,000 members to stage a 24-hour strike in protest against the "manner in which the workers' cases are handled by
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    Jap Ministry Lists New Export Items For Colony
    198 2 Jap Ministry Lists New Export Items For Colony TOKYO. Feb. 16 (Reuter) The Japanese Ministry of Trade said today items that Japan intends to export to Hongkong and Singapore under the new Anglo Japanese payments agreement included chemicals, galvanized iron sheets, cutlery, sundry goods, but particularly cotton and rayon textiles
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    Barretts Of Wimpole St. Acclaimed
    193 2 Barretts Of Wimpole St. Acclaimed AT THE Victoria Theatre last night, the Stage Ciub pre.-ented The Barretts of Wimpole Street. the well-known play about the love affair a* Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Prom the time that the curtain .-i > v. i/il-planned and well-constructed set. tltere was no
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    73 2 MR. STAN Gooze (left) director of photography, and his assistant. Mr. Martin Rolfe, of Associated BritishPathe. who obtained a "scoop" over other film industries on the filming of the Royal tour, m colour. They covered the tour m the West Indies. Fiji. Tonga and New Zealand. Both have taken colour
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    SOLDIER WAS NEGLIGENT
    52 2 CORPORAL D.R. Vernon. attached to the Signal Reg:ment at Tyersall Camp, was found guilty by the Singapore First Traffic .Magistrate. Mr. FA. Chua. yesterday of driving a military truck m a negligent manner resulting m a collision with a tax: on Aug. 0. last year. He was
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    Driver Freed
    44 2 IX acquitting 3n unemployed man, J.W. Been of Te'.ok Blangah Road, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, the Second Traffic Magistrate, said that there was insufficient evidence that Benn has been incapable of driving his car on the evening of Nov. 8. laSt year.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    115 2 COMMODITY PRICES U L O S I N U rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday iv ere: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.S.S Spot Loose 54? 54 1 No. 1 R.S.S 55 554 No. 2 R.S.S. 541 55 No. 3 R.S.S. 533 54 Tone: Dull NN PRllt The price
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    DISPUTE FOR LABOUR DEPT?
    43 2 THE dispute between the Singapore Dairy Farm and its 000 daily-rated workers for the re-instatement of a dismissed employee may go before the Labour Department. The Dairy Farm Employees' Union's strike notice on the Farm expires on Feb. 25.
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    Ist. CONVENTION
    34 2 THE first State convention ot the territorial associations m Perak of the Women's Institute of Malaya will be held m the State Council Chamber m [poh on Feb 24 at 2 p.m.
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    FACES CHARGE OF MURDER
    63 2 LEE MUN CHAT yesterday faced a tentative hafge of I >! r nary m;- m the Singapc re F P c Court. I; was alleged that he a three others caused the death of Teo Sab Tee at Pag da Street on Jar:. P.. this ytar.
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    Schoolgirl Led Him Astray: Court Told
    332 2 MAN ON RAPE CHARGE A 40-YEAR-OLD mee-seller, Abdullah, son of Abbas, stood trial m the Singapore Assizes yesterday on a charge of raping a 13-year-old schoolgirl, who, his counsel said, was responsible for leading the accused 11 astray." The incident w^s alleged to have
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    Crocodile Scares Off Some Prawn Catchers
    283 2 Crocodile Scares Off Some Prawn Catchers MALACCA. Wed. It is only a young crocodile about five feet long that has been wallowing about and ba.skiac on the mucUfluts off the 4th mile. Klebang Besar Road these las* few days. Yet it has become the centre of attraction of almost all
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    TENANTS TO QUIT 'DANGER' HOUSE
    158 2 PEXAXG. Tues. As a sequel to a fatal incident at Rope Walk this morning, when the floor of a* house collapsed^, killing a man. 0.C.P.D.". S. W. R. Marsden- on behalf; of the police made an applica- tion. m the Sessions Court today, for the
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    HE TRIED TO ROB: CHARGE
    64 2 A TENTATIVE charge of attempted robbery was preferred against Tan San Aw m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. He is alleged to have attempted to rob Leow Guaii Keow at the 14 J Milestone. Boon Lay Road, on Oct. 5. last year. "Bail of
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    WELFARE DEPT. RESCUES GIRL
    82 2 A 12i-YEAR-OLD girl who had been a prostitute mi n Singapore was rescued by the Social Welfare Department last month and is now being kept m a place of safety. The Department's progress report ior January stated that observation ha? been kept on places suspected of
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    HE MOLESTED SCHOOLGIRL
    79 2 WHEN a schoolgirl 14. was returning home one rainy night along Kirn Cbing Street." Singapore, she was confronted by a young Chinese who tried" to molest her. This was stated m the Seventh Police Court before Mr. T. Kuiasekeram yesterday, when Tan Kirn Coon, aged 17 was
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    HK EXCHANGE
    44 2 HONGKONG, Feb 16.— Special Standard Service: Closing prices o. the Hongkong Exchange today were S 15.34 to i sterli n g 5 805 to US$l: H. 814 to Mal^-an $1; 50.20.J to one Indonesian R un piah Goid $248.75 to 1 Uel.
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    A MAGISTRATE WHO TRIES 200 CASES EACH DAY
    232 3 A MAGISTRATE WHO TRIES 200 CASES EACH DAY -TWO J— ueiore ity Magistrate, Mr. M. Devereux-Cole- pated to be the rking" Blagis•vr.gapore he i verage of 200. m his spaI I atop the ken yestcr iay *ncl were lina] S5 either i tcencc r libited ar-eas. -u-ade >. ■■wed when
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    SIT Tenants Protest New Water Rate
    46 3 SIT Tenants Protest New Water Rate r lents of Trust C R pi I ">*■ v.k. Nab N s Tease m n 94 1 |9 are er in ted to c st." 3 'pc ted to I rtei -fore the v. M r Trustee, "k eterinf aa
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    This Bus Smoked
    15 3 -4 tor T i n Taj steps t taken to 'a buses
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    ROBBED OF $35
    9 3 I at the j 'amoenia Road,
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    'Tardy' Car Tax Payer Fined $500
    159 3 'Tardy' Car Tax Payer Fined $500 THE Singapore City Police. M a g i si a t c, Mr, J. ML D--. rre c-( debourn yesterday j China wh had it i ag C h an g j Road without i i «nee "You y nee I to be taught
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    THEY WANT 13 ACRES MORE
    44 3 TWO committees of the Singapore City Council are asking 'ho coming full Council meeting to recommend to the Government that about 13 acres ot land neat- Katong park should be reserve i for future a ipment as a park.
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    Well Done, Menon Tells Indian Troops
    262 3 THE pipes and drums of I the Seventh Gurkha Rifles I Band heralded the advent of I the first contingent of Indian I Custodian Fortes. who ari rived m Singapore yesterday m the trooper Asturias, after operational duties m Korea. Also on board were
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    HE WILL LEARN ABOUT DOGS
    62 3 A SINGAPORE Police officer will be sent to the United King- dom within the next few weeks j for a special training course. with ih c Police Dog Unit cA Scotland Yard. Four dogs ai'e expected m Singapore by the end of the year. The
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    272 3 Jobs For 'Some Of Them 9 AN EMERGENCY meeting of about 30C former employees of the Straits Times Press Ltd. yesterday rejected an offer made by the Press to re-employ some of them." A spokesman of the Union told The Standard that the workers are willing to return to
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    48 3 MISS Siuanne Colonel eldest daagfeter of Mi. X. A Colond of the Siimaimn" Government Treasure and Mrs. Coiond \va» married to Mr Anthony of the rneral Hospital stall a I Hrn Church ol Our l.ad> of Loordes on Sa'nda\. Ihe couple is seen above. K^v Fr. /kloysius officiated.
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    CLUB MEETING
    26 3 THE annual general meeting of the Krian Chinese Recreation Club will be held at No 1. River Street. Parit Buntar at B.:m p.m. today.
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    Machines Unsuitable In This Case
    99 3 Machines Unsuitable In This Case AUTOMATIC bus tick,; issuing machines to replace the present system of issuing tickets by band are unsuitab.e for use m a tropical climate like m Singapore. Mr. A. A Ewing, Genera! Manager ol the Singapore Traction Company told The Standard, yesterday The h^avy machines will
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    Shopmen To Meet Today
    54 3 THE Singapore Shop Employees' Union will meet to discuss a Government suggestion to have direct negotiations with shop owner.- Eoi regulating the working hours of shop employees'. The Union lias been trying to persuade shop owners to improve the conditions of service ot their employeeg and
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    'THE PLAYERS' AID THE BUND
    68 3 THE Is and Players. croup ol people m Singapore interested m producing pia\>. m i not belonging to any 013^1 tion. have donated $1,500 1 the Singapore Association I >■• the Blind. Mr. G. A. P. Butherlai president ol the hssm ia sa: .i v.
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    WOMAN MISSING
    22 3 A 24- YEAR-OLD woman, La i Koon, pep I missing from ha boa Beam Back Road bum c a.m yesterdaj
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    M.C.A.'STRONG MAN' COMMITTEE INSTALLED
    148 4 M.C.A.'STRONG MAN' COMMITTEE INSTALLED KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A "strong men Central Working Committee of 14 has been entrusted with framing policy and advancing the political plan of the Malayan Chinese Association. c At the helm of this Committee is the Association s President, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. Members were appointed
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    UNKNOWN
    275 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Four more Communist terrorists have been killed and a terrorist suspect captured by security forces m the Federation. Two terrorists are now known to have died m the jungle. One of the terrorists was killed by No. 9 Platoon of the 4th Battalion, the Malay Regiment,
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    170 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federal Revenue of 531 ,394,083 collected by the Customs and Excise Department during January fell short of the December figure by $252,094. Although the revenue collected on tin shot up to $4,109,124, an improvement on the December figure by $87,278, the revenue on rubber dropped
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    MALAYS PLAN YOUTH PICNIC
    65 4 THE Malay Social Association of Singapore is organising, a picnic at Telok Mata Ikan Changi. on Mar. 7. m which boys and girls from Johore Ba'hru will also take part. Those interested m joining the picnic are requested to j contact the Chairman of the I
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    Waitress Seen At The Cinema
    306 4 Bartley Road Murder ON THE night previous to the discovery m Hartley Road on Nov. 9, last year, of the strangled corpse of Ong Mvi Hong, 24-year-oid waitress, Ong was seen at a picture with a friend, a boy named Lim Tua Tee, 22. This
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    He Pawned 'Something' To Pay Fine
    94 4 A MAN had to pawn his I belongings m order to pay a fine oJ S2O, imposed on him i by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Howe Yoo.n Chojig. yesterday. The man. Ithrin bin Raiedin q| Shrewsburry Road, pleaded guilty to charge ol
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    FIRST COURSE IN BOTANY
    77 4 FOR the first time, the University of Malaya is conducting an honours course m Botany this academic year. The honours students and three others who passed the B.Sc. examinations m Botany m June 1953, spent a fortnight m field work immediately before the Michaelmas Term. under
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    Talk On Culture
    47 4 AIR. G. I.AKSHMI NARAYANA IYER. Manager of the Indian Overseas Bank, yesterday spoke on the '•Dynamics of Indian Culture." at the Gandhi Memorial Hall, under the auspices of the Indian Fine Arts Society. Mr. M. Gopala Menon. Government of India's Representative m Malaya, presided.
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    Man Killed When Floor Collapses
    92 4 Man Killed When Floor Collapses PENANG. Tues. A 44--year-old Chinese. Foong Hoong, was killed here today when the floor boards of his room m an old house m Rope Walk collapsed. His eldest daughter. Foong Choy Yoke. 8. \va s injured, whi'e his wife and two other children escaped injury.
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    New School Plan Aired
    67 4 A SEVEN-MAN delegation from the education sub-com-mittee of the Singapore Chinese Chamber oi Commerce led by Mr. Tan Siak Kew yesterday presented a counterproposal on further financial aid to Chinese schools to the Director of Education. Mr. D. McLellan. It is understood that the delegation had
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    77 4 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 16. The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on th c London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 16 Id. March 16|d. April June 1 6 id. July/September I6|d. October/ December 16|d. Morch c.i.f. 16 5 16d. Ton*: Dull. LONDON
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    Monday's Clash: 3 More Held
    68 4 Monday's Clash: 3 More Held THREE more men have been held by Singapore Police following the secret society gang clash involving 15 Chinese m Lorong 1, off Geylang Road, on Monday night. Police yesterday said the men are believed to be members of Gang 108 and Gang 24. Detectives .who
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    SC IS ON TRIAL FOR EXTORTION
    192 4 THE story of how a special constable and his friend allegedly extorted $30 from an Indian early this year at a shop m Albert Street, was recounted before Mr. H. A. Forrer m the Third District Court yesterday. The two accused are Balbir Singh,
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    Churches To Co-ordinate Work In New Villages
    132 4 Churches To Co-ordinate Work In New Villages KUALA LUIfP U R. Tues. Representatives of all Christian churches m Malaya, other than Roman Catholic, met here over the weekend to "co-ordinate*' their missionary and clinical work m the country's ne w •villages. At the annual conference of the Christian Council of
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    CURATOR'S JOB STILL VACANT
    93 4 THE Singapore City Council has not yet appointed anyone to be the first curator ol The proposed Van Kieei acquarium and is stili m correspondence with possible candidates, Mr. W. I. Watson, the City Architect told The Standard yesterday. He was commenting on ?.n Associated Press
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    Record Year Of School Entrants
    197 4 THE Acting Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan, said yesterday that 1954 has been a record year for the admission of new pupils to Primary I classes m English schools. He emphasised thai the total 1954 admissions to Primary 1 classes of 11.614 pupils far
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    OLD MAN IN DEATH FALL
    70 4 JOHORE BAHRU, T;:cs.— j Goh Say Why, employed at ;he Lee Rubber Factory, Scudai, was found sprawled m Js!nn Ibrahim this morning. He was believed to have fallen from the first floor of Tiong Yong Trading Company at about 6 a.m. He died m hospital
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    STUDENTS STILL OUT ON STRIKE
    108 5 IPOH. Tues.— The "strike" ;>v over 100 Malay students of the Junior Technical Trade School here entered its fourth day today. Che Hashim bin Mat Drls btate Secretary. s aid that the matter is engaging the atten- i Don of the Government. Questions on the
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    78 5 COL. L. T. Firbank, Singapore's Civil Defence Chief (left), pictured with his cousin, Mr. T. J. Firbank, author of four books, who arrived at Kallang Airport from London by Argonaut yesterday. His latest book "Log Hut" is now m the process of being published. This is author Firbank's first visit
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    School Theft
    19 5 THE proprietor of a Singapore commercial school m Alexandra Road yesterday, reported the loss* of four typewriters.
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    PAY COUNCIL FOR WORKERS IS URGED
    242 5 PAY COUNCIL FOR WORKERS IS URGED KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Rubber estate workers will press for the setting up of a wages council to investigate the entire structure of wages and working conditions m the Malayan rubber industry, The Standard was told today. This issue is separate from the present "pay
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    Council Seeks Vernacular Support Too
    148 5 THE Singapore Youth Coun- j Lei] is launching a campaign to i get vernacular youth groups j m the Colony to join the Coun, il. Mr. S.C. Wong, Secretary! Organiser of the Council told The Standard yesterday. A Liaison Sub-Committee has been formed to deal
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    Blocked Pathway
    36 5 THE five-foot-ways belong to the public, Tan Yew Chuan, managing partner ol Ta: Chee and Company, was told by the City Police Magistrate yesterday win d Bned >30. for causing obstruction with packing cases.
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    Jap Rubber Team Due In Colony
    107 5 TOKYO. Feb. 16 (Renter) A seven-man mission repre- senting .Japanese rubber im- porters and manufacturers was leaving here tonight by KLM for Bangkok enroute to Singa- j pore On a seven-week fact finding tour of rubber trade cen-j i tres m the Far East.
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    BOAC's Colombo Route Is Populer
    186 5 TIIK BOAC air route to Colombo which carried 70 people twice a week has become the heaviest m passenger traffic of all the airlines radiating from Singapore to other parts of the world, Capt. H. M. Birch told The Standard yesterday. He said that for
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    Model Traffic Area Would Aid Children
    218 5 SPECIALLY built model traffic areas where boys and girls can have a good time riding about on bicycles and tricycles and m model cars is a "sensible idea" which could be passed on to those responsible for the present planning of the City, Singa-
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    Police To Get New 'Ballet Proofs'
    187 5 Police To Get New 'Ballet Proofs' THE Singapore Police are to get a new type of bullet-proof vest that will be lighter and more comfortable to wear m this country. The Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque. said yesterday that bullet-proof vests have been m use b\- the Singapore Police Force
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    BMA Head Arriving On Apr. 2
    165 5 BMA Head Arriving On Apr. 2 ihl nrsi surgeon m me United Kingdom to develop th« technique of corneal grafting for curing blindness. Mr. J. W. Tudor Thomas. President o! the British Medical Associa- tion, is expected to arrive En Singapore on Apr. 2, during his five-week tour of B.?J.A.
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    TOUR OF OIL INSTALLATIONS
    56 5 I MR. C.W. I.avne. company representative of the California Texas Oi! Company (Overj seas) Ltd.. arrived m Singapore by PAA Skymaster last night accompanied by his wife. They are making an inspection tour of the Company's mii stallations m the Colony, Manila and Jakarta. They w:l
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    Team Spirit Behind Operation Spirit
    355 5 AFTER more than two months of close co-operation between Shell headquarters m England and Singapore m which the •'few m the know" were pfedged to secrecy, -Operation Spirit," the introduction of 1.C.A.. m Singapore and Malaya broke over our motoring colony at 4 p.m., last
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    Straits Times Dispute
    234 6 S a newspaper. The Standard tries to print all the relevant facts m its news ouumns. Qur editorial Ci lunUQ c.p.d OUT features contain both news and mment. Thus, as i wnnjpapcr, wt have published the ta abi -lit the dispute between The Snaits 1 tocil printing
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    Rhee And Chiang
    399 6 super-pal ad arch enein I he F East. Pn ad ni Chiang Kai- Chinese Nat t Government :-..< wn more ast tenes lei tan Pres lent I c oi Korea. ted by the risins tide of Communi>: il missions to lib t I "heir tour s m
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      Liberty, Equality And Fraternity
      299 6 Sir. Your recent editorial '"Frightened Men"' certainly does attract attention. The report and recommendations of the Federal Elections Committee are not broad and liberal «enough but they are worthy of study and consideration. Liberalism is more than a programme. It is an idea, or to state
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      WHIP THE ADULTERERS
      154 6 Sir:— "Rashid Baharoom" argues that polygamy is quite necessary because a) Women m Germany and Prance outnumber men; b) To enable women to marry men they love even though the men are already marI; c) Prostitution will be redui ed; I) Pre :.t men committing adult< ry
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      Give Them A Chance
      157 6 Referring to a rep m your iss c oi the Bth oJ Feb. headed -School F« es n Private S rhools Are Fixed would like to thank the Director of Education his kirui co-operation. However I would like to ref< i to the statement about the
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      The Sign Of The Cross
      112 6 Sir: Following the letter on Red Cro, s And Islam m your issue of February 11, I should add that the kampong Malays used to make a cross sign on a < -hi ld's forehead with charcoal, betel leaf water which is red and with
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      WHY THE DELAY?
      152 6 S f Why are the promotions of Perak Hospital Assistants being delayed for live years, while all other employees m ihc department have had their promotions m record time? Who is responsible for this unusual delay and redtape? some of our Council Members take up this question
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      BOUQUET FOR K.K.
      112 6 BOUQUET FOR K.K. Sir: May 1 be permitted sto otter my very sincere thanks, through Die courtesy i of your paper. to the Doctors, Nurses and all members of j the Staff of the Kandang C. Kerbau Hospital for the ex- C tremely efficient and kind Z treatment weted out
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      Governors' Portraits
      184 6 Sir: Portraits of four Singapore governors of the Indian regime are not to'be seen m Raffles Museum. which accounts for the blank between 182(3 (when Crawford left) and 1843 (when Coione! Butterworth assumed office). The governors with the year of their appointments, were:— R. Fuilerton 1826; R. Ibbetson
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    Reply, Mr. Higham
    291 6 Sir;— May I ask Mr. Higham (reported m your Uan. 2!» issue to be drafting a Moneylenders' Ordinance for 4«»3 Colony) these questions m the 'name of democracy; Mr. Higham says thai a Sele"ct Committee has been .studying the subject of moneylendinq and is now shaping the
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    Poorly Paid Teachers
    245 6 Sir: agree with "Johore Wick" m his letter published m your issue oi .leu. 13. was one oi the first batch o) Teachers of English m vernacular schools which the Government started m 1948. Bui I quit the job just soi c months after my qualification m
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    'For The Expats'
    121 6 Sir. I note that m a recent advertisement for a rnment post qua! I ied accountants were called lor. A nong those recognised were the Charter* d, Incorporated and Certified Accountants. 'None ot these qla ifical ions can be obl -< d y. The last na ned
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    Can Work Together
    188 6 Sir. The success of the UMNO-MCA alliance m recent elections m the Federation is clear proof that the two major communities ::i Malaya can work together. There is no denying the fact thai the good relationship that exists between the two communities was due 1o the able
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    NEW DEAL FOR Br. GUIANA
    534 6  - NEW DEAL FOR Br. GUIANA B- J. HALCRO FERGUSON .t\t\W\\\t<\\\\\\\\\Ut\\\t*W^^Wl r PHE FIRST concrete result of last year's ronstitu- tional crisis m British Guiana was announced m London last week when the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, told the House of Commons of the C 9 million development plan for
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      150 6 ONLY tin v this persist m sa; that the di Nat onal Convention held m X L impur Last S impracticable 01 p for tee Hah Com miss [oner and the B to accede to, says U\ In fan the demand J elections bo be held tfa year,
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      Three Obstacles
      68 6 SIX CHEW JIT POH ratj ■ad c their Future F There is c lOttt gre; a. futun m t aug Is that 1 obbetwii i tion rai L. 1 Pan-Ma ay on its tno\ <* to loin I i tioi.. v mention. "[1 h.'jji 1 thai r a
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    DID HE READ DR LIN'S LETTER?
    151 6 Sir; EMG of the Uhiversitv of Malaya wrote to the Straits Times On February i. expressing hu urorry about the academic standing o the Nanyang University just because Dr. L:m ¥u-Tang t E -l(i ca led him a "prineip; i gave New York reporters
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    Hats Off
    91 6 Sir; II was most disheartening to read of Malayan Airways' and Malayan Rail ways' opposition to Nanyaag Airways Ltd. when the issue tame up before the Air Transport Licencing Authority recently. So much is spoken nowadays about the high cost of living: and yet when a local-ly-financed airline
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    RUSSIA ACCUSES U.S. OF USING U.N. TO GET ALLIES
    152 7 KWDY, CEYLON, Feb 16 (Reut^r^ tk c Qited States of using the l United I Nation, t^h^ V nion > ester day accused! l.tary and strategic purposes S techmcal assistance programme! V Menshikov, 'he gate to the tenth I I Am,i
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    SPACE STATION IN 20 YEARS
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    SPAIN REGRETS
    10 7 Govern eni IB grets 1 British tv-Bril Reuter
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    WORLD WAR IS DISTINCT POSSIBILITY: ARMY BRASS
    122 7 Wll.V Feb. 16 <AP> 1 Philippine Army top I Ifflffti there may be t World War within ;rs. (•fa. Jesus Vargas. ,f Staff, revealed the ii army position on the iUionul situation yesbefore a Congression- oiumittee conducting i on defence outlays J i
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    ...And The Queen Smiled
    132 7 CANBERRA. Feb. 16 (Reuter) The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh smiled broadly yesterday when Mr. Lan Allen, County Party member of Gwydir and Mrs. Allen were presented to them. The Duke who is lift. 2 m. tall, had to look up to Mr. Allen who is
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    BANDITS :AKE £23,000 LOOT
    54 7 IPSWICH, Feb. 16— (AP>— Three masked bandits snatched i >oi i from a delivery on Main Street yesterday. Wearing the blue and white scarves of Ipswich Football Club boosters, the bandits rammed their car into the back of the delivery truck, grabbed suitcases contain ing the
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    Czechs Will Not Fight —Refugee
    149 7 FRANKFURT. Feb. 16,—-(Reu-ter) Jiri Sorm, a former Czechoslovak airman granted asylum m Germany .said here yesterday he believed '■most of the Czechoslovak forces will not fight" for the Communists though the police held was too tight for a popular uprising. Sorm. 22, was answering re-
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    NAVY DENIES RED CLAIM
    53 7 WASHINGTON. Feb Hl— (AP)— United States Navy records of the Korean war show no basis for a Communist radio claim that North Korea torpedo boats sank one heavy cruiser and seriously damaged two others. The claim was made Sunday m a radio broadcast from Chungking. China,
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    POPE'S PROGRESS
    35 7 POPE Pius Xll\s condition continued to improve yesterday and for the first time m two weeks the Vatican press office did not deem ii necessary to issue a bulletin on his health. U.P.
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    GEN. LINDBERGH
    25 7 PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday nominated Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. the famed trans-Atlantic flier, for promotion to Brigadier-Genera i m the Air Corps Reserve. A.P.
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    Two Machine Guns Found In Death Mansion
    355 7 Two Machine Guns Found In Death Mansion LONDON. Feb. 16 (AP) —Police yesterday found two submachine guns m the faded home for "old gentlefolk where fashionable Mrs. Isobel Ches- ney, 42-year-old gay alco- holic, and her title-loving mother were slain by a mystery killer. The discovery gave a sensational new
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    WESTS TEMPTING OFFER FAILS TO MOVE MOLOTOV
    421 7 WESTS TEMPTING OFFER FAILS TO MOVE MOLOTOV BERLIN, Feb. 16Th c Western powers i tabled a new proposal jot yesterday's secret session of the Big-Four meeting here to tempt Mr. Molotov to accept their plan to break the Korean deadlock, a conference source here said j last night. The source
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    CUSTOMS SEARCH FOR A-WEAPONS
    168 7 WASHINGTON, Feb. If, (AP)— Search for possible atomic weapons hidden m the hi£i;a^e of arriving traI vellers is now a part of the D.S. Customs Service job, it was disclosed yesterday. The House Appropriations Committee was so advised dur- ing the course of bearings on funds
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    Gas Explosion Caused This
    66 7 A SANITATION Depart meat worker steals brfare hunches <>l li.inar.a^ an bris alter a gas explosion m a wholesale banana dealer's store m N< v Vrtlk's 1 irsf Avenoe on Feb. 9. The explosion sliatli'Kd windows m eievei building* and m KVCMd pa:k<-d :u;;.. mobiles. Two
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    Russian Expansion After War
    89 7 Russian Expansion After War BERLIN, Feb. Xi (IP) A survey of postwar Russian gains completed this week by Western officials shows that Communism now controls nearly twice the area and lour times the population under Red control befefle the war. The prewar Co area of some B.OOO,(KM re miles has
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    Ban On Mrs. Curie
    45 7 CHICAGO. Feb. \(> (Reuter) Correspondence published yesterday showed that a membership application i'roni Mrs. Irene Joliol-Curie. French Nobel Prize physicist had been rejected by the American Chemical Society. 1 1«« Admission Committee of the Society said they believed she was a Communist.
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    RED 'MATA HARIS' IN BERLIN NIGHT CLUBS
    302 7 RED 'MATA HARIS' IN BERLIN NIGHT CLUBS BERLIN, Feb. 16. AP).— Those pleasant. English .-peaking girls m Rus an sector night clubs are actually Communist "Mata ffaris™ m search of information. West Berlin police warned visitors to the Big Four Foreign Ministers conference last night The warning, issued by Chief
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    Icebound In A Famous Harbour
    38 8 photo. TWO coasters are firmly bound by ice m the outer harbour of the port of Dunkirk, scene of the wartime evacuation of retreating Allied forces by a flotilla pf small crafts.- U.P.
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    TROUBLE BREWS IN PORT OF LONDON
    195 8 TROUBLE BREWS IN PORT OF LONDON LONDON, Feb. 16. (Reuter.—Tugmen joined dockers yesterday m a ban on compulsory overtime which will choke this great port to a standstill within days. The seven thousand dockers and stevedores have been banning overtime for weeks because they object to its being compulsory. Now
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    CALL TO AID S. AMERICAN RUBBER INDUSTRY
    187 9 CALL TO AID S. AMERICAN RUBBER INDUSTRY WASHINGTON. Feb. 16, (Reuter). Rubber manufacturers who are meeting Government officials here are urging the Government to find some way of continuing its support of a programme industry m Latin America. Some $300,000 a year has been coming from the Foreign Operations Administration
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    Raleigh Chief Tours Malaya
    59 9 Mr. L.R. COOKSLEY, Controller of the Eastern Division Export Department. Raleigh Industries. Birmingham, is arriving m Fenang by air. Thursday, on a business tour. After touring other towns m the Federation. h e will fly m to Singapore bn Feb. 23. He will be entertained to
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    SOAP PRODUCTION
    33 9 PRODUCTION of soap by 39 factories m the Federation oi i Malaya m December, last year, amounted to 214 tJTT hundredweights compared with 1H6.009 cwts m November, according! to official statistics.
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    Scheme For Smallholders
    83 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A pilot scheme to improve production of smallholding rubber has been launched m Kelantan. This scheme is to encourage smallholders to produce better grade rubber. Two rubber-processing de- i monstrations were held recently at Kampong Tok Boh and Pulai Cbondong m the Machang district.
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    Security For Foreign Capital Urged
    147 9 Security For Foreign Capital Urged JAKARTA. Feb. M, (Renter). The Indonesian Finance Minister Ong Eng Die yesterday announced that to develop foreign capita) investment security should m the first place be guaranteed. Elaborating on the Government stand with regard to foreign capital investments the Minister said: "Whereas the Government attaches
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    Rubber Shipments
    104 9 I SHIPMENTS of rubber from Malaya, including latex, concentrated latex and revertex. during January. 1954. amounted to 76.558 tons compared with 79,068 tons for December 1953, according to officia statistics. Of 76,558 tons shipped. 47. 2:i9 tons were from Singapore and 29,319 tons from the Federation. The United
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    Textile Trade With Japan Is Reviewed
    272 9 Textile Trade With Japan Is Reviewed Standard Market Reporter THE Malayan Governments are at the moment reviewing the whole luture of the textile trade with Japan, a spokesman of the Singapore Commerce and Industry Department told Th e Standard yesterday. The question of future arrangements regarding imports and licensing is
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    51 9 photo. MR. LESTER L Good man. executive ice president of Get* Bros 6i Co.. San Francisco, arrived m Singapore b> hLM from Bangkok re centiy on a globe -eirdlitu: tour of the compan> 'i offices. He was f»rmerl> a resident m Singapore when he spent 17 years m the Colony
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    Tin Imports Total 698 Tons
    59 9 IMPORTS of tin zna tin m concentrates into Bfalaya, excluding movements between inland states, during January this year amounted to 698 tons compared wth T«6 tons m the previous month, according to official statistic.-. Imports from Thailand during the month under reviewamounted to 578 tons,
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      RUBBER DULL
      57 9 THE rubber mark." i Sii gapore remained dull yesterday, first grade rubber tot Man -fa shipment closing a* ~<s i per lb. (55 3/8 OSBti or dayi. Small overseas ordei were received, but the market was somewhat besitani a- dw, according to traders LTpcountry centres quant it ics
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      NOON PRICES
      61 9 THE Singapore Cham! t Commerce Rubber A noon rubbc-! pric^s < r lb.) yesterday were No. 1 RSS Spot i ,©se 541 No. I R C S 1.0 b. M 1 No. 1 RSS t.o.b. A— j No. 2 RSS fob liar 54; No. 3 RSS Lob. 531
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    SHARES
    133 9 1 HERE v i sma meni m th< naustr i tioa < Malayan ritauv t• t, bui tins wen trregul > r les| le roven enl m th< prices i a Load i <\ Singapore yt>-terday. i i r shares attracted iTipr ved interest Changed prices wet- Buyers S.
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    PRODUCE
    98 9 FAIR ad >' was ported m the prod narkei Singapore yesterday; oopc waa steady, coi mut oil d i Copra < :,anged ban >• t around $371 per picul b v 'e.?-, ■with seller.- at S3B Coconut oil severs v ated $61 Tier picu] with no b re Singapore
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    COPRA OUTPUT 151.796 TONS
    59 9 COPRA ctj i i€ F( dei ation of Malay i ..,g 1953 amounted to L 51.796 toni Stxapared irfth 154,36 s tons. :n the previous year, tccor gbo offii ial h*a*.' io Of last year's pr 40.130 ton? were from c tates anid 1 1 LjM6
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      359 9 i Abner fiy A/ Cood dotte^Vh^, T^ja.vQ- COM£s j |JB flt.^--^st-^^ h *m h L 2Z c OWA-TH'PiPE//-DON'r> '^iHPf V^" v^« Hamlin >*. i- /k^<. J E Ao^MA3tr /-x OQ(» Mw ««2-^ LUCK S^ Y /INBOUND TO X SEE DECLARE HE BUSTEOI fhe Heart Of Juliet Jones n zrz- n
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      527 9 XHEOSOPHICAL LODGE: Advar MALACCA j S'JjftS^^Bfc'/ Day Celebration with tea parly CAPITOL: Shanghai Girl fMand- ".08 Fo:' S-00 ffpi. frt* and film show at 630 p.m. arm) 3. 6.45 and 9.15 p.m Shaw Orch: 130 New« 145 Y.W.C.A: International Women's IRS e«, Bah S Be1; (Hindustani) Lunch-T:me Prom; 2 „rr,
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    DOING THE TOWN
    715 10  -  a,krlheurtjwr WiUiMiiiMs£sa THE girl with the winning smile is none other than 21--year-old Lee Win Fonf who checks m all <he cash at the Cathay Restaurant. With the nighterie since its re-opening two years ago, Win Fong confesses she likes it here. It has been her first
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      267 10 The Stare And You Bj HIM WBL M TOf»Ar*e QUfM LOOK tliv.jrin' appran- i. irregular \erli v\ itii n person singular and itni> t future i.-n-.- Edou ird II U'EDNESDAI I OK I \IM\">M Ther« is a t< position o should be n\ pidc I, and Uoa a tnis ca
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    C'WEALTH WEAKEST EVER
    1029 11  -  LINESMAN Ghulam Ahmad 1 s 12 For 93 Best Of Whole Series By IT IS regrettable that the fourth team of Com- 1 monwealth cricketers to India was not of the strength J ;of previous such sides, particularly as The Board of Cricket Control was marking its
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    Charlton Fans To Toast Sam For 500th Game
    495 11 Charlton Fans To Toast Sam For 500th Game By JOHN FARROW. AP Sports Writer LONDON, Feb. 16 (AP)-Charlton Athletic soccer fans are getting ready to toast Mr. Charlton"—4o--y ear-old goalkeeper Sam Bartram to you. San plays "is 500 th .ensue B Charlton against Ports- b on March 6 and that's
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    UK RUGBY RESULTS
    73 11 LONDON". Feb. 15 (Reuter) Rugby resu Is: Rugby Leag le Cip Brsi round Brst leg: Be: cv le Rangers 13 Hudoersfield 20. Rugby League Co' Brst round second leg: Wheldale Colliery >ix. Wokington Town 32, Wheldale Colliery eliminated. Rugby Union Hospitals Cup first round: Guyi Hospital si*
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    FIFA Soccer For Juniors
    83 11 COLOGNE. Germany. Feb., 16 (AP- The Seventh FIFA: Soccer Tournament for Na-! uo'ial Junior Teams from 18 nations will be held m West Germany op. April 10-19. The Netherlands. Argentine, France, East Germany. West Germany, Hungary, England. Spa:n. Yugoslavia, Ireland,! Portugal. Luxembourg, Bel- j Rium, Austria,
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    Jack Arkinstall Wins 2 Titles
    56 11 BOMBAY. Feb. W (Renter) i— Jack Arkinstall (Australia) land Mrs Anjani Desai (India) beat G Vasant and Miss Laxmi Merchant 7-5 6-1 f^r the mixed doubles Utl« of the Western India hard court lawn tennis 1 championships. O n Sunday he beat Misra 6-4. i
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    World Skating
    43 11 OSLO. Feb. 16 (AFP) —The (world figure and dance skating championship was formally opened m the Oslo Town Hail today Eighty entries from 10 countries will participate m i the competition under the auspices of the Crown Prince Oiav lof Norway.
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    Scottish Cup Draw
    89 11 LONDON, Feb. 16. (Reuter) The draw for the third round of the Scottish Cup made yesterday resulted as follows: Queen of the South versus Hearts. Berwick Rangers versus Albion Rovers or Dundee. Patrick Thistle versus Peebles Rover s or Buckle Thistle. Stirling Albion or Arbriath versus Falkirk
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    HOAD TO PLAY BEFORE QUEEN
    144 11 MELBOURNE, Feb 16. (Renter). Australian Davis Cup hero Lewis Hoad has been included m the Australian tennis team to meet South Africa m the third test at Kooyong where the Queen will visit the second day on Feb. 27. Hoad will have a? his partner,
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    IRELAND MAKE TWO CHANGES
    113 11 LONDON, Feb. 16 (Router) Ireland's international rugby team to meet Scotland at Belfast on February 27 shows two changes from the side which was beaten 14 3 by England Twickenham on Saturday. Robin Godfrey (University College, Dublin) and Seamus Kellv (Lansdowne) replace A.C. Pedlow and W.J.
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    Floodlit Soccer
    26 11 LONDON. Feb. 16 (AP) Acerington Stanley, English Third Division team defeated Scottish club East Fife 4—l m a friendly floodlit soccer match last night.
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    The Story Behind England's Collapse
    202 11 BARBADOS, Feb. 16. Certain players are letting down Len Hutton, the captain— letting down England —on the M.C.C. tour of the West Indies. That is the j real story behind England's lamentable all-out score, 1 181, m the second Test Match here. Some players who
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      649 11 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE STALING JAVA SELANGOR TENDERS are invited for the A construction at Petaling Jaya of 1. Labourers Quarters 2. School Teachers Quarters. 3. 'Senior Officers Quarters. Plans may be seen and Specifications, Schedule of Rates and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Develop-' inent Office Petaling
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      507 11 DEATH Y^EE CHEOK WAH passed away" peacefully at Ins residence Coleraan Street. 7.30 a.m. Un 16.2.54. Funeral on Fridaj 19 2.54 S o.m. lor Bidadari ceme'.ery. Friends are reojaested not to send rany wreaOis. Donations to SA T A m tue memory will be much appreciated br hi> family. Opcountry.
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    GRANDEUR BEST ON HEAVY IPOH TRACK
    739 12 By WINDSOR LAD BECAUSE of the early morning heavy downpour only a few horses were sent against the watch. Best workers were Grandeur and Permita Dormez n, three in 40 sec, SALMON LORE and Agoko 40 2/5, FROG and DEWIN 40J and Zalovix 41
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    42 12 The Resident Commissioner, Malacca. Mr. G.E.C. Wisdom v introduced to th e skippe r of the Indian Hockey Federation Mde. Balbir Sinsh against Malacca on Monday. Others from nearest camera are Bakshish Smsh and Ram Prakash. I nipire Hicks is m background.
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    Bartley Defeat RI 4-3
    279 12 i A LOVELY header by Henry Wong m the last minute, gave Bartley Secondary School a we deserved 4— i victory over Raffles [nstitution yesterday, m one of trio most thrilling inter-school soccer fixtures seen so far. Bartley surprised the RaffleSians When they were three goals
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    McKenley Triumphs
    118 12 MELBOURNE. Feb. 16: (Rei» ter) Herb McKenley of Jamaica established a unique double tonight when he broke the 70-year-old professional 440 yards record with a time of 47. i seconds here. The former Olympic runner is the first man to hold both the amateur and professional world records
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    JB SOCCER
    67 12 JOIIORE BAHRU Tues Tambatan beat Johore English College 3-1 m a friendly soccer played here today. Ungku Hassan scored all the three goals for Tambatan. Robert scored College's only goal. vi i a. t i—tmntna. muse j iea Mnckland, C. C. Tan. Nigel Morris, Aw Chen ff Chye,
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    Civilians XI Vs Services
    60 12 THE Singapore Civilians I will meet the Combined Services and Malaya District at hockey on Sat. at 5.15 p.m on' the SRC ground. The following will reore- sent the Civilians: V. X. Piilai < R. Earth (Cap?.). Ajii Singh': P. Pennefather. S. Vellupillai E. Doraisamy. P.
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    Favourites Win As Expected
    428 12 ScyeTt ASide Rugger AS tXPtCTED, H.MS Newfoundland A." Royal Army >ervice Corps, Singapore Cricket Club "A" and KAr ien»ah gained entry into the semi-finals of the Singapore Cricket Club's Seven-j->ide Competition, by scoring ijood victories over Royal Signals, RE "B," RAF Seletar and RNAS respectively, m
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    Mayflower For Medan
    47 12 mi Mr Bad nintcn p'' consis ig o i ger m i pi ers i ive by A rays ai li a m play a series of exh s ai Medan Kane inager>, Won« Abd il Piruz, Se Tan Gu n Hong I > v
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    REDS LOSE AGAIN
    23 12 PLAYING their second game Qisl China yesterday isiting Hung nan ite I "1., omo- tx i railway n. four -;> A.F.P.
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    CSC DRAW RESULTS
    26 12 REST LTS of the Singapore CS C .i >re Ist ***** *****, 4th. i 3th. ;032, 6th. *****- I Bth. *****, 9th 1291a
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    Kampong Soccer
    21 12 B«uH 4 the B:oa\- > Kanv the Tigex Beer Kebenai an Club beal Bad m X 'ssenian "A" 1-0 Faharj
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    Death Of A Great Sportsman
    193 12 Death Of A Great Sportsman SINGAPORE'S veteran sportsman. Yee Cheok Wah, the man who represented Malaya against the All-India Olympic hockey wizards of 21 years ago. died yesterday at the age of 53. Cheok Wah is survived by a wife, two sons, two daughters and two grandchildren. An old boy
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    Women Athletes Stole Honours
    237 12 Women Athletes Stole Honours I^UALA LUMPUR, Tues Women Athletes stole the honours m the Selangor Amateur Athletic Association's meet m 1953, the annual report of the Association says. While Neela Rajaratnam. Annie Choong and the St. Mary's School relay teams established new state records m the 220 yards flat, the
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    Youth Soccer
    36 12 ENTRIES for the 1954 SAFA youth competition close on or before March 1. Those intending to compete are asked to send their entries to' the Hon. Sec SAFA, c/ 0 P.O. Box 1094. Singapore.
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    Lloyd La Beach Seeks A Lawyer
    224 12 MELBOURNE, Feb. 16 (AP)— Lloyd La Beach, Panamanian sprinter barred from the world professional footracing championships four days after landing here, went looking for a lawyer today. La Beach sought legal advice against the Victorian Athletic League, which decided to send him back to
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    CSC Draw With Latiff Wanderers
    186 12 CEYLON Sports Club drew i two-ail w:th The Latili Wan- derers m a keenly contested friendly hockey fixture played at Balestier plain yesterday. A feature of this same was the attempt made by both teams to follow the play of ihe Indian tourists. Ceylonese were
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    Fastest Indoor Mile
    71 12 MAS! LANMNG. Michigan. Feb 16 (Reuter) Wes !»Jntrr former I nited States mile champion beat the world indoor mile record here last night by covering the afiisiun mi n 4 mins. 4.9 sees. i^ J 7 h > p J. evioUt record was 4 mins. 5.3 sees
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