Singapore Standard, 20 February 1954

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD fc m Vol. IV. No. 233. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    Geneva Confab Hailed By West As Big Victory
    160 1 Geneva Confab Hailed By West As Big Victory WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.— High American officials td the Bi§; Four agreement for a Far Eastern aieieacc at Geneva a smashing victory for the atcn powers with the Soviet Union making the >r concession while the United States sacrificed c of its principles.
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    Mao May Be Sick
    47 1 SGKONG Feb 19 VP Mao Tie-tuns, boss r. <>! China may be ihe nO-vfar-n< se i*ad*r. from an .naportant meethiv :,.::■< Central Comi Pf.r:cjf- ha> rate•i >:■ r. a Hon^koiK i bealtt Priaiai radio saU vatation. I vi- -f f;rst tsme m four Mac ro;«i?>ed suih
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    Nats. To Return — Chiang
    167 1 Nats. To Return Chiang TAIPEH Feb. 19 (Renter) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek today reconvened the Chinese Nationalist National Assembly for the firs! time since h e left the China mainland. I:; the opening spec h he ie'/..»!v i thai bia a rtion would h isten the lestruction et the Chinese Conunuo
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    MECHANIC KILLED
    29 1 A 1-year- kid mot r i Tan Ah Kiak. v. as k •a ben his motoi ar met fa i m i A en ie asi nighi
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    Templer Angry With Sepang Villagers
    184 1 Templer Angry With Sepang Villagers KUALA LUMPUR, Pri An angry High Commissioner told the village committee of Sepang m Negri Sembilan today thai unless they helped Government with information he would punish the village. Tnc Huh C »Ti iss oner, General Sir Gera 1 c pier, •>] the ige o
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    Teachers On The Roads
    70 1 DEMON STRATOKs waged guerilla war against police and troops m Calcutta on Thursday night mi n the third day of riots touched off by the strike of M.OOO secondary school teachers mi n West Bengal. AP picture shows men and women teachers from Calcutta's non-govern-ment and
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    FIJIANS KILL A TERRORIST
    83 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A terrorist was killed yesterday m the Ma 'Okil area of Pagoh m Jqhore by a patrol cf the first Fijians. A pack was recovere I. I", the Muai area of Johore, yesterday, a patio! of the Special Operational Volunteer [Force contacted a
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    15 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    55 1 TUNIS, Feb. 19 (UP) A French military aircraft crashed on a mountain peak 36 miles from here, last night, m a flaming wreckage, killing all 15 of its passengers. The plane, identified only as a military transport, was headed from Lartigue airbase m Oran to
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    PETERSON TO BE PRINCIPAL
    38 1 LONDON. Fit— Mr. A!ex Peterson who rlies back to Malaya tomorrow will become Headmaster of Dover College on returning from Malaya next summer. l{.> lakes over as headmaster at end oi. U»« summer term.
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    MYSTERY SHROUDS MEN BOUND FOR VIENNA
    364 1  - MYSTERY SHROUDS MEN BOUND FOR VIENNA R. G. PILLAI By Standard Staff Reporter "The usual procedure is for I such people to represent j Malaya at conferences m! either Peking or one of the j capitals of a satellite country m Europe." he added. "They could then travel across Siberia,
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    Fed To Have Tin Control?
    210 1 Fed. To Have Tin Control? KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— ln anticipation of the acceptance of the International Tin Agreement by member nations, the Federation Government is setting: up a "Tin Restriction Committee" on which the Government, the employers and the workers will be represented, The Standard understands. Under the agreement, the
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    MISSING MEN IN PRAGUE?
    64 1 BERLIN. Feb. 19. (AP) Two British diplomats missing since may 1951 are living on a residential area of Prague reserved for Communist bigwigs, the West Berlin newspaper Telegraf claimed yesterday. Eastern journalists here for the Big Four conference said Guy Burgess and Donald McLean, the Britons
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    MacDONALD TO MEET PLEVEN
    47 1 PARIS. Feb. 19 (AP).— It was reported that French Defence Minister, Rene Pleven, now on tour m Indo-China. will meet Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. British Commissioner General m South-East Asia, and Mr. Harold E. Stassen director of U.S. Foreign Operation? Administration m Saigon shortly.
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    Rose Petal Farewell As Queen Sails For Tasmania
    207 1 Rose Petal Farewell As Queen Sails For Tasmania SYDNEY. Feb.— l 9: (Reuter). Rose petals flew into the Queen's face when a woman threw a basket at the Royal car during the fareweil drive to the airport m Canberra yesterday. The Royal yacht Gothic, now orf'her way to Tasmania with
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    'Taylor Award' Protest
    75 1 'Taylor Award' Protest KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A meeting of the Malayan Trades Union Council's VVorking Committee last night protested against the "Taylor Award" and decided to submit a petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. The meeting after discussing the award m detail, it wa
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    POPE ATTENDS MASS AGAIN
    75 1 VATICAN CITY. Feb. 19 (UP). The slowly but steadily recovering Pope Pius XII yesterday attended mass m his private chapel for the second time since a stomach disorder forced him to cancel all audiences late last month. The mass was recited by one of the two
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    MacGILLIVRAY IS RETURNING
    51 1 DAR ES SALAAM TANGANYIKA, Feb. 19 (Reuter)— Sir Donald MacGillivray, High Commissioner designate for Malaya, is sailing from here today for Singapore to take over from Genera! Sir Gerald Templer. Sir Donald MacGillivray has been visiting places m Tanganyika where he once served as a Colonial administrative
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    REDS WRECK TWO TRAINS
    121 1 RAXGOOX. Feb. 19 CAP).— Terrorist- wrecked two passenger trains m Burma yesterday, killing at least three persons. Two other persons were missing and many were reported injured. Adding to the young nations troubles, a report from Moulmein said a large fire there had destroyed 3.000 houses
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    'The Female Is More Deadly...'
    80 1 'The Female Is More Deadly LONDON. Feb 19. (AP) A Scotland Yard murder expert declared yesierda> woman is indeed the more deadly of the species. "Men K<*nerally kill quickly and mercifully." Crndr. C. H. Hatherill. head of the Yard's C.1.D.. told a meeting; of the Royal Empire Society. "When a
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    UN SECRETARY FOUND DEAD
    63 1 XEW YORK. Feb. IS, (UP). Polire announced today thai Jeanne Lord 26. secretary to the Pakistan United Nations delegation, was found dead iast night apari tneni here. Miss Lord, a British national. was found by a room-mate on the kitchen floor with the gas jets of
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    Vietminh Massacre Catholic Peasants
    156 1 Vietminh Massacre Catholic Peasants .HANOI. Feb. 19 (Reutei Several hundred Com-munist-led soldiers "t the Vietminh Rebel Army carried out massacre of Vietnamese pea-ants on the morning of Feb. 12 m the Catholic village of Than Thuone 8U miles south-west ot Hanoi. according to authoritative reports leaching here today. Tht report*
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    T.U.C. MEN DISCUSS AID FOR PRINTERS
    254 2 T.U.C. MEN DISCUSS AID FOR PRINTERS AN emergency meeting of the Malayan Trade Union Council's Working Committee m Kuala Lumpur has decided to appeal to all affiliated trade unions for urgent and sympathetic consideration of a request from the Singapore Printing Employees' Union for financial aid. The meeting also asked
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    'Driving A Taxi Is Bad Job'
    143 2 'Driving A Taxi Is Bad Job' "I AM giving up taxi driving as a bad job." Peng Ah Hee wearily told the City Police Court Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Dpvereux-Coleboum yesterday. Earlier m the morning, he faced three charges: For punching a Police Officer m the nose when asked for
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    SAUCE MIXED
    23 2 LEOXG KOK HIX of the Kuan Tuck Sung Sauce Factory, was yesterday fined $350 for artificially sweetening his product with Saccharin.
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    REAL DETECTIVE EXPOSES FAKE
    207 2 SAI.LEH BIN KASSIM, 18, yesterday pleaded guilty m the Singapore Eighth Police Court to impersonating a Pt^ic£ ojj^er oq an S/T.C. Bus "oil Dec. 12 lasf~year\~~ The prosecuting officer, Inspector J. C. Cooke, told the court that a detective boarded the bus at Finlayson Green and
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    CHURCH THIEF GIVEN 4 MTHS.
    130 2 CHUNG Chi Hong, son of a I Protestant minister was yesteri day sentenced to four months' imprisonment by the Singapore I Eighth Police Couri Magistrate, Mr. A. W. Ghows. for stealing $11 from the collection box m a Roman Catholic Church in* Victoria Street. He
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    DID DICK TRACY PROVIDE THIS MYSTERY?
    340 2 DID DICK TRACY PROVIDE THIS MYSTERY A BUDDING amateur detective, Ong Leng Gin of the University of Malaya, has come up with what he thinks might be the solution to "The Locked Door Mystery," which has baffled Singapore Police officials and the public these last few days. The door was
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    THESE MEN ARE 'DUMMIES' – LAYCOCK
    283 2 THESE MEN ARE 'DUMMIES' LAYCOCK Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr. John Laycock, yesterday described the trustees of the Nature Reserve (Bukit Timah) Board as "nothing more than dummies." Referring to the only meeting held by the Board on Oct. 2, 1952, since the Nakire Reserve Ordinance came into
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    COMMODITY PRICK
    107 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING robber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 K.S.S. Spot Loose 531 54! No. 1 R.S.S. 54£ 542 No. 2 R.S.S. 541 54* No. 3 R.S.S. 531 53* Tone: Ba.ely Steady. TIN PKICt fhe price of tin yesterday was $31 8f. Down
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    JAIL FOR HAVING RED DOCUMENTS
    199 2 ONG JIN HER, (25) was sentenced to four years jail by Mr. Tan Ah Tah, m the First District Court yesterday, when he was found guilty of having terrorist documents without any lawful excuse, m a room m Upper Dixon Road on Nov. 16 last
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    ACQUITTED
    31 2 TAX Chin Tiong was yesterday acquitted by Mr. R.W. H. Davies. the Singapore Sixth Police Court Magistrate, on a charge of cheating Hup Seng Heng Co., of goods worth $27.85.
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    SAYS HE DID NOT CHEAT
    75 2 NG AH PEE alias Ng Teng Hong claimed trial m the Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday to three counts of cheating Peter Firman of goods valued at $5,960. It is alleged that Ng dishonestly induced Firman to deliver to him two diesel engines, two filing
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    Motorists To Aid Each Other
    74 2 Motorists To Aid Each Other A SYSTEM of "honorary patrols" has been instituted m Johore Bahru to help motorists stranded by the wayside, *he Singapore Automobile Association's annual report stated. The system provides for one member of the Association to help another and will replace the Motor-cycle patrol m the
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    Doctor On Trial For Man's Death
    191 2 DR. F.C.B. MARSHALL stood trial m the Singapore First Traffic District Court yesterday on a charge of causing the death of a cake seller, Liew Fook Heng, by a negligent act at 2 a.m. on Nov. 5 last year m Balestier Road. Chee Kiat
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    ROBBED IN A HOTEL ROOM
    55 2 A 29-YEAR-OLD Australian woman, spending the night at Raffles Hotel on Thursday was violently pushed into her room by a European when she returned after a walk and robbed of 14 Francs a nd $1 (Malayan). The woman. Mrs. P. A. Kaiser, a transit air
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    HYDRANT DAMAGE COST DRIVER $30
    39 2 LIEW Eng Kwee. a bus driver, was fined S.Wi n the Muar Magistrate's Court for causing damage to a Government water hydrant and for failing to report the accident at the nearest po'ice p';nion.
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      80 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: from 7..J0 p.m. Feb. 18 to 7..U) a.m. Feb. 19 Singapore (74 Fi. Penan? (72 F), Kota Bahru (7J Ft. Kuala Lumpur Cl Fi. Ipoh |12 Ft. Kuantan |72 F). Maximum Temperature: from 7..10 a.m. to 7..50 p.m. Feb. 19 Singapore (89 F), Penang (88 Fi.
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    CAMPAIGN WILL TEACH ELECTION PROCEDURE
    294 3 CAMPAIGN WILL TEACH ELECTION PROCEDURE intPn^fiS a f or Slx weeks beginning. March 1, an 2XS? educational campaign on the procedure of elections will be launched m the Ipoh and Menglembu lown Council area. I h c IS oin P re P ar ation for polling day, tentatively fixed for
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    Discourtesy To AA Men On Increase
    161 3 Discourtesy To AA Men On Increase THERE WAS a n unprecedented number of cases of gross discourtesy towards the staff of the Automobile Association of Singapore by certain members and m one case, a European member was expel led from the Association for insulting behaviour. This is stated m the
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    TOP LECTURER IN DENTISTRY FOR VARSITY
    112 3 SYDNEY, Feb. 19, (Router) D;-. C. H, w:- iha n, Senior Lecturer m prosthetic dentistry at the Uni rsity >f Sydney, will leave I>r Malaya next month to take up an appointmeni to the 'hair of prosthetic dentistry at the University of Malaya. Dr.
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    APPEAL IS DISMISSED
    67 3 IPOH. Fri. Chan Yong Kuan. 48. cashier of the Telok Ansoti Branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, today had his appeal against a three-year jail term dismissed by Mr. Justice Thomson. Chan was convicted last .November by the President of the Sessions Court, Telok Anson on
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    $2,600 THEFT FROM STORE
    77 3 $2,600 THEFT FROM S T ORE KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Valuable articles worth about $2,600 were stolon from the local branch of .John Little and Co., here during thp early hours, yesterday morning. The articles included fountain pens, cigarette lighters, imitation jewellery and cameras. The firm was not broken into and
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    Phone Service
    21 3 TELEPHONE service is now provided to places within two miles of the centres of the principal towns of Kelantan.
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    Meeting Approves Low Cost Houses
    209 3 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri.— Unlike last year's Town Council, the present elected and nominated Town Council here is composed of members who are all English-speaking. At yesterday's monthly meeting of the Council, discussion over health town planning and financial matters were fully extended. From the minutes
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    MAN WHO CAME BACK
    80 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fr Twenty six year-old Yong Ah Ming alias Chong Chee Kong today pleaded guilty to escaping from the lawful -custody of the Kuala Lumpur Police nearly eight years I ago. Yong, against whom a charge J of illegal possession of a firearm was pending,
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    83 3 DR. John M. Laird (above), general secretary of the Chil dren's Special Service Mission and co-secretary of the Scripture Union, London, arrived m Singapore by BOAC Argonaut on Thursday. He is on his way to Australia and New Zealand. During his three-day stay m the Colony, Dr. Laird will give
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    PLAN TO UNITE MINE WORKERS
    340 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Malayan Tin Mining Employees Union of Perak and the newly-formed Ampang National Mining Workers Union have evolved a "master plan" to unite all mine workers into one big national industrial union. Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, an organiser of the Ampang organisation,
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    SENTENCE CUT ON APPEAL
    79 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Taking into consideration the fact that the appellant was a first offender. Mr. Justice Wilson, at the Selangor Criminal Court of Appeal today reduced the sentence of one year's imprisonment passed on a Malay clerk. Osman bin Ismail, to six months' imprisonment. Osman,
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    More Asians Wanted
    61 3 THE Singapore Automobile Association want more Asian members although there was a con. siderable improvement m their number which m 1950 was only 29 per cent of the total memberships. Asian members are asked to encourage their motorist friends to join the Association. At the end of
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    NEW U.K. TRADE COMMISSIONER
    47 3 MR. K. E. MACKENZIE, the United Kingdom Trade Commissioner m Malaya, will leave for London on Mar. 4, on transfer to the headquarters of the British Board of Trade. Mr. Edward Bower, until recently Director of the British Industries Fair, will succeed him
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    U.M.N.O. MAN WARNS GOVT.
    156 3 U.M.N.O. MAN WARNS GOVT. THE views on monogamous marriage expressed by the Singapore Council of Women is directly m conflict with the teachings of the Holy Koran, the Executive Committee of the Singapore Branch of U.M.X.O. said yesterday. Che- Syed Haron Al-Habsht, the committee's chairman, m a letter to the
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    INEFFICIENCY: $5
    27 3 FOR failing to maintain efficient control over his bicycle at Parit Jawa town, Abdul Raman bin Rajak was fined $5 m the Muar Magistrate's Court.
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    'High Birth Rate Is Crux Of Many Difficulties'
    265 4 'High Birth Rate Is Crux Of Many Difficulties' THE population of Singapore is growing "hourly" and each of these new arrivals will m due course demand "the most perfect medical attention/ the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, declared last night. Addressing graduates and undergraduates of the University
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    Thtd Trials Of An Hon.
    197 4 The Trials Of An Hon. Editor... THE Royal Asiatic Society suffered so seriously from printing difficulties and printing errors, ultimately contained m the journal, that they very nearly drove its Honorary Editor into a gas-oven. This wa s stated m the Society's junujj report for 1053 presented at its general
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    Fire Breaks Out On An Estate Roof
    123 4 PRAI. Fri. An esta;e manager was completely taken by surprise m his. bungalow yesterday when a Special Constable and others rushed into his compound to inlorm him that fire had broken out on his at tap root Calls were put through to Butterworth
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    Rode Motor Cycle With No Licence
    128 4 Rode Motor Cycle With No Licence A .MAX w'nn dahned that he was under the impression that he had a motor --yv'.e licence, w;is fined a total of $80 by the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate, Air. F.A. Chua, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to three charges of inconsiderate driving, driving
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    FIVE RESIGNED FROM MRNVR
    100 4 LIEUTENANT COM- 1 MANDFR Philip Stuart Demp- S€y and Lieutenant Jack Geary Oates have been transferred from List 1 to List 11. Singapure Division, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Colony Government Gazette stated yesterday. The Gazette also approved the resignation from the MRNVR of Lieutenant
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 4 HONGKONG. Feb. 19. Special Standard Service: Closing prices 10l the Hongkong Exchange today were *Is.:si iv sterling $5 825 to US$l: $1.81.1 to Malayan $1; 1 50.205 tn one Indonesian Rup•piaii Gold «24d..<5 to i lacL
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    Nair To Ask For Naval Base Probe
    151 4 Standard Staff Reporter MR. ML P. D. NAIR, (Ind. Lab. Seletar), will ask the Singapore Government at a meeting of the Legislative Council m March, to constitute a commission to study working conditions at the Naval Base. He told The Standard yesterday thai
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    DAIRY DISPUTE NOT SETTLED
    68 4 AN attempt iv the Singapore Labour Depaitment to; avert a threatened strike by about 300 daily-rated employees of the Dairy Farm Ltd. failed yesterday Mr. W. I. Galletly, Assistant Labour Commissioner, told The Standard that his department will try again to bring! about a settlement of
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    144 4 AT a simple ceremony wihc.i was heralded by the pipes and drums of the Far East Air Force Band, Seletar, and watched by over a hundred uniformed officers and men of the Singapore Harbour Board Reserve, Messrs. P.A.J. Parker and J.W. Hamilton were commission* d 2iiu Lieutenant and Lieuteu- ant
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    DOCKYARD GAVE WRONG FACTS, N.B.L.U. CHARGES
    274 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE Naval Base Labour Union, representing about 10.000 industrial employees of the Naval Base. Seletar, yesterday charged the Dockyard authorities with giving "wrong information regarding conditions of service of locally recruited workers to the First Lord of Admiralty m London." A
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    46 4 photo MR AND MRS. Yang Shun Chai. above, were married m Singapore yesterday. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yang Low of Miri. Sarawak, and the bride is the lomier Miss Khiew Sock Fong. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Khiew Kirn Moi. Standard
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    KIRKBY CHIEF TO HEAD NEW COLLEGE AT KOTA BHARU
    66 4 KIRKBY CHIEF TO HEAD NEW COLLEGE AT KOTA BHARU and are willing to release us. •Kota Bahru College is for all races m Malaya and will be run on similar lines to Kirkby. "If all goes well, we will be leaving for Malaya m May. Working m Malaya will be
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    ROYAL BUST COMPLETED
    55 4 PEXANG. Fr..— An art teacher iti a lot ol Ch inese school, Mr. Lee Hai Peng has' r-ompleted a bust of the Queen after spending o:jc-h;:nrired boars on tiie m rk. He has invited the Press and photographers to .see the bust at '■'> p.m. on lay
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    24-HOUR DUTY FOR AAS VANS
    40 4 THE Automobile Asso< lun of Singapore now ha? two repair vans on 24-hour duty throughout the year. Members can now call 0:1 the van to a private residence, but only m cases of absolute necessity.
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    Salesman Robbed Of $1,400 in Goods
    99 5 Salesman Robbed Of $1,400 In Goods Ma, one with a ■tin ether with a j .p a salesman at ge Read, bundled a 'a xi and 'ater f $1,000 worth -iii engraving I .v« rth $400. on ght -.v^.c aJso owned an amusenntnt hia .stall at 11 ictuiacd tc his
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    HELP FOR THE BIND URGED
    30 5 HELP FOR THE BLIND URGED B \HRU, Fri.— The strict Welfare appealing I i to repa rad oa which f blind they ;>! t »tt< ry person os i i the
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    Cyclists Fined
    11 5 X v 3 E Bagan i ad- and pleaded
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    FREE FROM ALL DEBTS
    58 5 y< icationa banki pi y. <-• api Slagh and ted a V I thai they MM fa id do D1 tthex two cases, Chee M la ned Ali bin Ibrahim and ph 1 era di rharge i. I paid 79 pet t>l and 73 of: «n1
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    53 5 The Singapore Boy Scouts' Band playing: m front of the Now Alhambra Theatre on the opening night of "Mr. Scoutmaster" on Thursday night. Twentyfive per cent of the nett takings for two shows on the opening night were given to the Singapore Boy Scouts Camp Fund by the Cathay organisation
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    CHEAPER CINEMA RATES STUDIED
    203 5 TIIP I standard Staff Reporter ih»J r hlff! a mi sion charges levied by Singapore m J^ are e P nvm many people of the lower income group from going to the cinemas Mr. M.PD. Nair, President I the S DgapofC Cinema Fan *ss at on,
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    SOLDIERS HIT ACCIDENTALLY
    96 5 SECOND l.\ E. I. Hanson of Isi Battalion, Manchester R- 5J »ent, was ac denta ly I while training his nan lers In Br< throwing on M a lay. W on guard on an estate v Sernb larj on the same Lan C oporal I. De:---1 the
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    39 5 MALACCA. Fri.— lnterest m the Klebang crocodiles has spread beyond the Settlement Many who gathered along the bea near the spot where the crocodiles were seen gamboling included visitors from Johore, Negri Sembilan and elsewhere,
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    92 5 A SINGAPORE taxi driver was robbed of a watch and SI 7 m cash on Thursday night by his two fares. The fares, both Malays, boarded the taxi at Jalan Euno? and asked the driver to take them to a certain hotel m Tanjong Katong.
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    NEW NAMES FOR GEYLANG ROADS
    129 5 THE large area of land m Singapore's Kal'iang Basin on either side of the far end of Lorong 3 from Geylang Road will from now on be known as Kampong Hock Soon. The Public Works Committee of the Singapore City Council which named this area
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    McNEICE IS DOING A 4-MAN JOB
    253 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE work now being done by Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, President of the Singapore City Council and Chairman I of the Improvement Trust will be undertaken by four people when the recommendations of the Rendel Constitutional Commission take effect, The
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    Bentong To Hold First Farm Show
    149 5 Bentong To Hold First Farm Show BENTONG, Fri.— Under the! patronage of the Mentri Besar, Pahang, the first postwar District Agricultural Show will be held m Bentong at the Sulaiman School on Feb. 20-21. A programme has been arranged by the District Officer. Bentong. Mr. M.H. Morgan. who is the
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    36 5 A .shopkeeper. Lee Aim. of Sungei Terap. Muar, was fined $95 by the Muar magistrate for offering controlled goods for sale without a licence and for being m possession of 173 i ration card:;.
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    39 5 1 A FAREWELL party <vill be given by the Coronation Boys Ciub to .Major John Kerr. Chairman of the Johore State and District Welfare Committee, before he 'eaves for the United Kingdom on retirement on Mar. :i.
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    7.000 Used Youth Camp In 4 Months
    147 5 1,000 Used Youth Camp In 4 Months Standard Staff Reporter ONE THOUSAND people from 20 organisations m Singapore have used the Tanah Merah Youth Camp since November last year. Mr Eric Wee. president oi the Singapore Youth Ct unci told The Standard yesterday that bookings for week-ends were heavy and
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    Nine Months For Attack With Scythe
    244 5 Nine Months For Attack With Scythe KUALA LUMPUR, Fr: Fi rty-six yrar hM S. V.> a cir.vt-r emph yed by a p company, was yesterday tenoed to nine months' i' [BOnmeni by the President of the Sessions Couri for causing grievous hurt to M. Chellathurai. a cloth vendor. Mr. P.
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    A YOUNG MAN CLAIMS TRIAL
    65 5 PENANG, Fri.— A youth Che Ahmad bin Che L trial m the Magistrate's Court yesterday m a charge of behaving indei eni before two we men witi intention ol insulting their modesty at Tanjong Tokong Road on Jan. LS. A request by the pi thai
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    ADJUDICATION
    22 5 An adjudication ordei made In the Singapoi c Hgh Court yesterday against P Nonis, s cleric, whose lia amounted to (5,340.
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    812 6 I'O mj the least, HmN will be considerable disappointment ij the Committee on Ihe Malayanr/.ation I the Civil Service does net produce a vigorous and p. a rtical report. Recent happenings m certain Government departments have been causing disquiet among Asian civil servants. The fact that well educated Asians
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    373 6 Review of Views Police Campaign UTUSAN MELAYU says that t'i c decision of the Singapore Police to launch an alt-out campaign against .secret societies and gangsterism m island is being retrieved with satisfaction by the public. Although the police emergency telephone No. 999; Utusan understands, ha^ been t'rec.v used by
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    CROOKS WORMING WAY INTO HOUSING AFFAIRS'
    341 6 'CROOKS WORMING WAY INTO HOUSING AFFAIRS' JRI D. tlie newspaper of the Soviet Trade Unions, complains m Moscow ihat "crooks and rascals hare wormed their way into housing affairs" where they take lodgings uiciui from deserving people and ciet them for themselves or their friends, Tlie Soviet Union )>rides iiseu
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      239 6 Sir: No! so very long ago it was mooted m the City Council that $300,000/-, plus, should be spent on beautifying the site of the old Shackle Club. Having only a few months before completed the oxnt nditure of over $600,--000 tiip Esplanade next door,
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      76 6 S Sir; Would you be kind enough to allow me a few words to explain to those readers who have asked me personally why I have not written anything about The Straits Times dispute, that MALAYAN AFFAIRS for Friday did not appear as usual because you. Sir,
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      Socialism Is Old Stuff
      189 6 Sir;— ln your Tuesday issue you published Alex Josey'i account o!' his address to the University Socialist Club. If the members of the Crlib swallowed all he told them then tiiey are very simple indeed! The truth of the matter is that "socialism" is old stuff.
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      68 6 Sir; I would like to express my sincere thanks to members of the Volunteer Police who help to maintain a civilised queue at the one dollar cinema ticket boxes on crowded nights. At long last women and elderly men can be sure of a fair deal at
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    15 6 I'm not silly! I've .seen you slide oft' without sayin' a word before!"
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    PROGRESS IN TANGANYIKA
    1324 6 li\ The Times Special Correspondent VV/HEN the Tanganyika Legislative Council debated constitutional reform m October, speaker after speaker, European, Asian, and African, rose to express support for the principle of equality of racial representation, but to urge caution m moving towards the introduction of elections and self-government.
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    30 7 „inn .it Miami Beach, i Sandy Pendry r she's wearing a or a turtle shell. mis found the shell and i under ti> escape iot Florida sun.
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    New Concept In U.K. Defence Seen
    237 7 LONDON, Feb. I»— (AP)— Prime Minister Churs Government yesterday put before Parliament a nl peacetime budget for 1954-55— £1,639,900,000 uns. This compares with £1,636,760,000 allotted the 1953-54 fiscal year ending In April. Thi White Paper giving the figures said the estimated total active strength
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    34 7 A Feto MReu- agai st police i I riots t :'< ke verc »ing -te prope. riotei nbe v i exn bded taH es on fl h ats ntering
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    MISSIONARY DIES
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    80 7 Sfondard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb 19. The following ore rhe closing o' ;es of rubber and fin on rh c London Market .ONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spor 16, d. 16, d. June 1 6 d 1 6 d. D•. :_•m o c r 16 d 16.
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    US SHIPS FOR P.I.
    22 7 s c; en oh ni ;e- < eased four sunke UJS V imarine i hasei s to the Philippines.
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    Turn In I-C War Viewed
    156 7 WASHINGTON Feb. 19 j (Reuter) Admiral Arthur' Radford. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, yesterday predicted a "favourable turn" m '.lie Indo-China war within a very few months. This view was given to a private meeting of the Far East Sub-committee of the House
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    ROYAL PLATE PUT ON SHOW
    61 7 LONDON, Feb. 19: (Reutei I q leen Elizabeth's State i 1 ate, treasure oJ hex ancestor:-. will be on show to the public for the first time from today until Easter Mondaj A collection ol nearly ''i' 1"1" 1 pieces glitters regally from red vc
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    Molotov Makes Final Statement At Big Four Confab
    224 7 Molotov Makes Final Statement At Big Four Confab BERLIN, Feb. 19 (Renter) M; Vyaclw Molotov m hL Bnal statement at 'ne B:^ Four conference festerda v said their exchange oi iews had "led to a more correct understanding of the 1 attitude" ol the four powers. As quoted by a
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    Marilyn's 'Script' Picks Up Mob Scene
    158 7 SEOUL. Feb. IJ* (AP) Marilyn Monroe's Korean tour, which winds up today, has had all the aspects of a film script and last night it picked up a mob scene Over the Eastern tront. 6,000 men of c !;i Division charged toward th« pUiv.e
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    BIG-4 TALKS END IN FAILURE
    541 7 But Molotov Yields To A Korea Peace Conference BERLIN, Feb. 19 The Big-Four Foreign Ministers last night admitted their complete failure to settle the problems of Europe, the main purpose of their four-week conference here. But a major concession by Soviet Foreign Minister Mr. Vyacheslav
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    SCOTS BIRTH RATE LOW
    61 7 EDINBURGH. Feb. 19. (Reuter) Scotland's highest birth rate m recent years was offset by emigration so that the population only rose by about 4,000 last year. Mr. A.E. Hogan, Solicitor-Genera] lor Scotland, announced yesterday. There were 00.909 births and .18.373 deaths for a net gain of
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    EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
    62 7 SEOUL. Feb. 1!) (AFP).— The editor of a Seoul newspaper, who had been sentenced to death by a Seoul military court on charges of Communisi espionage, was executed yes- terday by a firing squad. Meanwhile, President Syngman Rhee reduced the death sentences given two ronviris accused
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    Rocket 'Bombs' Fired At Marchers
    171 7 Rocket 'Bombs' Fired At Marchers BERLIN. Feb. 19 (Reuter) Communists launched rocket-propell-ed "propaganda bombs'' over the heads of thousands of West Berliners who staged a "march of silence"' last night to protest against Soviet Foreign Minister V. Molotov's "refusal" to agree to a unified Germany. Thousands of green leaflets showered
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    Amnesty Move
    42 7 MANILA. Feb. L9— <AP)— Move to giant general amnesty 1o the Philippines' Communist- 1 led link dissidents is gaining] support. Re]). Jacobo Gon/.ales yesterday introduced a resolution cal nig on President Ramon 1 Magsaysay to "issue an am- nesty proclamation."'
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    Former Adviser Flays Dr. Purcell
    305 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 19.— A former British Adviser to Pahang. Mr. Stewart Corry "blasted" Dr. Victor Purcell's "sneers" at the Federations election programme lor the Legislative Council, m a letter that appeared m the Manchester Guardian, yesterday. Mr. Corry complained that "it was
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    53 7 Ex-King Faroufc ol Egypt dir,e< OUI with "Mififi X. pies 1 Miss [rma Ifinutto %i tte Ro>e Gai?. m Ifante parlo, recently. The who i.- >. lo be see.:.,; v te i ot of Miss Minuti repot ted to ha-. c bo Lenged to a aue. by :■<; U rmer
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    Maintain Combat Strength In Korea
    203 7 ~*Urges Gen, Hull WASHINGTON. Feb. 19— (AP)— Gen. John F Hull, Supreme Allied Commander m the Far East, said yesterday there can be no further withdrawals of armed fortes from Korea without weakening the United Nations position there. Gen. Hul <-■ few toun before returning
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    Zahedi: Oil Sales Again
    68 7 TEHERAN, F< b. L 9 (Ri i ter) The Persian Prime General Faziollah Zahedi terday m a Teher; B roadcast that his d t's ture programme mcl w reopening of the oil industry m compliance with t lie will of the people." H< id the progra
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    Row On Overtime Work By Dockers
    162 8 LONDON, Feb. 19 (Reuter)— Port of London employers hit back yesterday at the 7,W0-strong: Dockers Union which has imposed a ban on overtime work, m the docks. They announced they would ask the Dock Labour Board to punish dockers and stevedores who continue to
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    PAL Makes New Plans
    70 8 MANILA Feb. 19. (AFP) Philippine Airlines might be directed to suspend international operations and concentrate on the improvement of the service on the domestic run. the Council of State, highest advisory body to President Magsaysay. has indicated. A Malacanan Palace release disclosed that a decision on
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    Successful Year For KLM Fleet
    126 8 DURING last year. the 1 X.L.M. fleet flew a distance of 48.754.000 kilometres, which is equivalent to 1,220 flights round the world. The total number of flying hours was 146.367, which j works out at an average speed !of 333 kms-per-hour. A single aircraft flying
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    DUTCH AIRLINE TO TRAIN PIA
    51 8 NEW YORK, Feb 19 (AP) X.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines announced it has signed an agreement with the newly formed Pakistan International Airline under which it will help train the new airline's personnel. The flying and ground personnel will be trained by i X.L.M. m Amsterdam
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    P.I. BUYS MORE FROM
    282 9 S-E ASIA MANILA, Feb. 19— (UP)— Vice-President Carlos P, Garcia said today the Philippines buys from neighbouring South-East Asian countries, including Vlalaya, nine times more than it sells to them He also said the Philippines has lost to India her premier position as the biggest American
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    MARKETS
    75 9 NOON PRICES THE Singapore Chamber ol Commerce Rubber Association noon rubber prices cents per lb.t yesterday were: No i RSS Spot loose 54i 548 No. 1 RSS i.o. b. Mar. 543 54| No 1 RSS f.o.b. Apr. 54| 55 No 2 RSS f.O.b Mar. 541 ™Z Xo. 3 RSS
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    PRODUCE
    57 9 1 HE procmce market m bmgapore remained steady m the copra section yesterday bill coconut oil was dulL Singapore produce prices (per picul) yesterday were. Gambier $210; Bali Coffee $280; betel nut S2B; (Split) $27; copra $39 coconut oil $62 (sellers): Pepper $350 (Muntok White); $345 (Sarawak white): $300
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    SHARES
    145 9 MALAYAN industrials m the Singapore market were irregular yesterday. Tin shares were easier, while rubber shares remained neglected. Changed prices were: INDI'STKIAI s Buyers Sellers 8.8 Petrol 37/3 37 9 B.M. Trustees 6.50 7 00 Con Tin S:ne!t Ords 24/9 25 3 Fraser Neave Olds 2.04 2.08 Gammon 3.00
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    Low Trade Balance
    79 9 CANBERRA. Feb. L« (Reuter) Australia'? overseas trade balance In the first seven months of the financial year was well U ow the corresponding figure lor the same period of 1953-54. Cotnmonwt alth s'i.tisik-ians' figures released here yesterday snowed that a: the end of January last. Australia had
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    75 9 MR. KENNETH FUNG PIXG FAN. a director of South Fast Asia Bank and Commissioner of the St. John Ambulant* 1 Brigade m Hon^kon^. who arrived m Singapore yesterday by BOAC Argonaut <m his way r.ume after attending the fcC AF conference m Ceylon. A former president of the
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    JAPAN NEEDS MORE HOUSES
    104 9 TOKYO. Feb. L 9, ;Ar>— A though the government oi I Japan has ofilcia ly sp< ast red housing construction during the nine years since the v^r. the i country L- ti ai 3,000.000 boosing units. Kyock New6| Service said yesten j No immediate solution v
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    Good Demand for Rubber In Week
    130 9 DEMAND for the lower grades had been reasonably ?ood m the Singapore rubber market during the past week, but buyers showed disinclination to follow any advance and operators grenerallv had Mt a^ yet sufficient confidence to support the market materially. [n theii [essrs. 1
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    REDS OUT TO SEIZE RESOURCES OF S-E ASIA
    206 9 REDS OUT TO SEIZE RESOURCES OF S-E ASIA T EW YORK. Feb l«— (Reutei An Assis tan! U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Waller S Robertson, said last night that the Communist seeking to d n nate Japan's na: trading an a and to I I.c natui il pesoi rcei tf
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    OIL COMPANY MEN STRIKE
    32 9 JAKARI S:x work I Standard V :nm pany field ai Bui „<• P. S S BUrted jresterday, pr I nsl th«- n anae< nf balls f Ol 11 r
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    38 9 SDVNFV. Feb H Thi A.ustr: of W< I Chu tefi hu Federa Gowernm< I y r of Australia's I c irplus and sell I a1 00 price.- for c tributioi i A ii n ounl ries
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    885 10  - HOW SAD CAN A GIRL GET ON £100 A WEEK? DONALD ZEC asks I N a softly lit luxury flat overlooking London's 1 fashionable Hanover-square. Joan Collinv problem child of British pictures, broods unhappily on the future. How :an sue be M >ad on her m) a week from Mr.
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    Clare Has Impressive Malaysian Itinerary
    755 10  -  ANACRUSIS MUSIC NOTES By TXTAURICE CLARE, the violinist who gave such a splendid concert last week, is enjoying an impressive Malaysian itinerary, thanks to the efforts of his impresario, Mr. Goh Soon Tioe. In'his self-appointed tasks Mr. Goh finds himself doing everything from providing a
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    69 10 THE Ballet 'Piege de Lumiere" ("The Light Trap"), by the Marquis De Curvas' Ballet Company is now performing at London's Stoll Theatre. The Marquis will be remem bered as the man who gave the big party at Biarritz last year. The Ballet deals with the affairs of convicts and butterflies.
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    OF MEN AND toUSIC
    631 10  - OF MEN AND MUSIC Bill Webb Jones By HERE'S good news for the folks that have the odd talent or two tucked away. Once again Messrs Shaw Brothers have started the ball rolling m their Amateur Talent Quest for 1954. so there is going to be plenty of scope for
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    STAGEDOOR
    470 10  -  JOHN HALKIN TPHE next production >1 U Singapore Arts Th< iti Will be The Relapse. \ir tue m Danger, which will be presented at the Victoria Theatre on March 11, 12 and 13. In producing this w itty and somewhat salacioiu Restoration comedy. Verner Bickley is fortunate m having
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    ONLY RAIN CAN SAVE MALAYA
    852 11  -  LIXESMAN Today's Hockey Test A t K.L. By thin« to slow them dow n *ill deluge of th c *md which fell on th c Federal Capital a rouple of hours after yesterdays match against Selan»or. and continued for an hour or mor c m
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    507 11 Sports In Brief DESPITE three five-minute periods of extra time, neither Singapore, nor last year's champions Malaya District, could reach a definite decision They thus share the FAKEI.F Hockey Champion ship with x jjoal each ;it T.ui^l'.n yesterday. It was j ose- and tena iousy fought oaj
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    350 11 GEORGETOWN. Feb. 19 (Reutert—The MCC were all out for GOT m their match against British Guiana here. Willie Watson and Tom Graveney took their 4th wickej stand to 402 before Watson was caught at mid-wicket for 257 scored m 5 hours 28 minutes and including two
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    31 11 THE Pakistan Foatball Federation's team for the Asian Games m Manila may stop over m Singapore from April 20 to play a couple oX games ia the Colon/. j
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