Singapore Standard, 27 February 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD it m sl Vol. IV. No. 240. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    SYRIAN COUP: THE DICTATOR FLEES COUNTRY
    220 1 BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 26.— President dictator shakh of Syria resigned and fled the country !.u-e ot an army-led Nationalist revolt, Radio s reiwrted last night. Damascus announced thai Shishakly had! :..s resignation to Parliament The radio' a statement by Shishakly m which he an-'
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    Rulers Agree On Polls
    98 1 Rulers Agree On Polls iMPVK. Fri— The rl9 m the Federation *a*hti "i lar^e mea- sreeraettt" m their meetins: on the Kt-port. which hai -d. it wa<, officially :;-day. :e> will meet ajjaio \!..r:b 2T for "necessary ionsider.it ion and 'n' of the report. the National Conr.as submitted j-*-Ution" to
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    Call Up Law Starts Mar. 1
    50 1 ■♦•Bir of xinsaJur.n Nitoll has Monday. March 1. v on which the proi the National Ser1"53. will coir ia?< ftrit IIM c*w rules |*f- I Defence, there Singapore Civil t rp« Reserve 10m- members of the t.i,^<i by the Com- < !cr Civil Defence
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    A Thrilling Finish To 1,000M. Trip
    87 1 A Thrilling Finish To 1,000M. Trip PENANG Fri Fo t sun-; tanned < port i opei l f; -> i g end ol a /ag< ti m Singapore* "strict I r Biggest 1!: Ihree lai c flsh Sapped into *:^o boat a: a -^ord as the »ared Pei ang aid
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    Margaret At 3D Show
    77 1 Photo. PRINCESS Margaret, first member of the British Roy.il family to see a 3-D film, is pictured here m her seat at London's Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, ready for the charity premiere of "Kiss >le. Kate." last week. Seated with her are Denys Rhodes (right), w!n>se
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    Troops Kill Fifty Rebels
    71 1 JAKARTA. Feb. 26: (Reuler): Indonesian army tro >ps fighting Atjeh rebels m North S itra kille I 50 m mopping up operations and captured .cirge q lani ties oi supplies. Two promineni rebel leaders were among the dead. The supply haul included 10 rifles. two mortars
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    Queen On A Flying Visit
    52 1 MELBOURNE, Feb. 26. nj €U ter) Queer Elizabeth I nade a flying vi.it to country towns In two Australian states lay Vi >ria and Smith j Australia. Reliable sources said today Queen Elizabeth n has been inoculated for protection a gainsl a late summer outbreak
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    2 U.S. DESTROYERS GIVEN TO CHINA
    35 1 THE Unite.! States Government t day presented Nationalist China with two destroyers as symbols of America 3 iaith that "China wfll again prove stronger than the alien Intruder." Reuter
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    NEHRU, ALI MEET -BY ACCIDENT
    52 1 NEW DELHI. Feb.— 26: (Reuter) the Prime Minister of India. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. today had an accidental meeting with Mr. Mohammed All, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, only a few hotfrs after the official announcement that the United States had decided to grant military aid
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    Colony Doctor To Aid Hunt 'Snowman'
    227 1 Standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE doctor, E. P. M. McCarthy-Heyzer, will leave next month with a team of international scientists, on an expedition to the Himalayas to look for the "Abominable Snowman." Dr. McCarthy-Heyzer. who claims to have seen this monster on two occasions,
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    POPE BETTER
    28 1 j POPE PIUS XII ale solid food yesterday for the first time since he was stricken i". with gastritis a month a<zo. 'Vatican sources said.- UP
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    IMR Nearly Got Motto Of' Trickery'
    118 1 IMR Nearly Got Motto Of Trickery' KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Two hundred guests, including General Sir Gerald Templer, today roared with laughter when told how an extra snake m the ornamental grille over the door of the Institute of Medical Research could have changed its motto from "healing"' to "trickery". Designers
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    GERMAN SOLDIERS FOR EUROPE ARMY
    38 1 BONN. Feb. 26, (AP).— The j West German Bundestag (Low- er House), today approved constitutional changes authorizing the arming of a half million German soldiers to serve m the 1 proposed European Army.
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    After 28 Years-Woman, 67 Seeks Divorce
    238 1 After 28 Years-Woman, 67 Seeks Divorce AFTER living the past 28 years apart from her estranged husband. 67-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Carapiet. a teacher, of Woodsville, Singapore, detided that she wanted a dlvone. In the Singapore High Court where her petition was heard yesterday the Judge. Mr. Justice Buttrose, asked her:
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    NAGUIB COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED
    314 1 NAGUIB COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED Minister Accuses Ex-PM Of Sabotage CAIRO, Feb. 26: (Reuter)-General Mohammed Naguib, *ho was fired by his second-in-command, Lt.-Col. Abde! Nas jer, could hare been killed, following the coup d'etat on Thursday but the Revolution Command Council decided to let h;m live This was revealed by
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    Farouk's Ensmy Is Now No.2 Man
    139 1 Farouk's Ensmy Is Now No.2 Man CAIRO. Feb '< Commander Gama S iiciT.. the man who I ber two man" it new Egypt tto Inch a.< ed s strengthen ng h. my. Salen the :a!;r is regarded bj Urn tiotiai eginv a e>' a omplishmen( be Dim s a ice-
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    Stop Press
    36 1 GEORGETOWN. Feb U\. (Reuteri Knsland w»-r»* all out lor 4:>r> m their first innings af the third Test as^inst West Indies her^ !<i da\ West Indiev s«ored M for '.1 at lu n rli
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    Forged Letters From Admirals
    60 1 HONGKONG. Feb 26 (UP)— A man with a British accent swindled at least HK$lO,OOO from local merchants by using forged letters from admiral, and diplomats to line up advertising for a magazine he never published, it was aisc.osecljoday. advertising nrm to solirit advertisements for the proposed
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    Churchill's Govt. Meets On Egypt
    237 1 LONDON. Feb. 26 (Reuter)—Sir Winston Churchill and his Cabinet today discussed the eclipse of General Mohammed Naguib and the possible impact of the Cairo changes on Anglo-Egyptian relations. Also before the Cabinet was a Foreign Office appraisal 01 yesterday's successful revolt m Syria overthrowing Brigadier
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    BOR DIES OF POLIO IN HK
    56 1 HOXG KONG, Feb. 26. (tteuler) A British soldier has died from infantile paralysis and another is dangerously ill. j an army spokesman revealed mi n Hong Kong today. The two it, en came from difI ferent units but the Army said I there was
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    DR. INGE DEAD
    25 1 DR. WILLIAM R Inge, 93. fame I British churchman and former "Gloomy Dean" of St Paul's Cathedral, died yesterday at London.— AP
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    ANTI-DIPHTHERIA DRIVE FOR S'PORE
    428 2 STEP TO AVOID CALAMITY' Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Medical Services will, from Monday, start a continuous island-wide antidiphtheria campaign to immunize all children under the age of five so as to avoid a "real calamity" m the future. Deputy Director of Medical Services, Dr. M.
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    Big Guns To Fight Reds
    69 2 FOl'R more field suns have been sent over to the. Federation from Singapore to meet requests for artillery support against the bandits. For some time, a troop of fun* from the Ist Singapore Regiment Royal Artillery has been operating m the Federation. The Ist Singapore
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    Bazaar In Aid Of The Blind
    152 2 Bazaar In Aid Of The Blind THE 31 stallholders, representing 17 communities of Singapore, a s well as special food and variety stalls, for the 1954 Internationa] Bazaar m aid of the Singapore Association for the B ir:d. met yesterday to get acquainted with the snare they wii". be given
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    3 AMERICANS HERE ON TOUR
    64 2 THRFE American education.] Ists are arri\ ing m Singapore today from Jakarta m the course of a world tour. They are Dr. Arthur H. Compton. Chancellor uf Wash- ington University m St. Louis. Missouri, Dr. Everett R. C inchy. President of ihe National Conference of
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    Allied Navies Are Ready, Says Lambe
    174 2 THE RECENT naval exercise "Sonata" has taught the British, American and French forces m the Far East that they have the makings of a first-class team, and has proved that they can work together to meet the challenge of "anyone who chooses to oppose
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    73 2 Standard London Correspondent LONDOM, Feb. 26: The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 1 6 1 d. April June 16Id. July September 16|d. October December 1 6i d. March c.i.f. 16d. Tone: Easier. LONDON TIN Spot
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    STRIPPED NUDE? ITS NOT SO-CMO
    149 2 WOMEN probationers who recently joined the Teachers Training College m Singapore were medically examined with the "greatest possible consideration" lor their feelings, the Chief radical Officer of the General Hospital, Dr. R. Calde; wood, told The Standard yesterday. He was commenting on n letter by
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    The 3 Grandmas
    78 2 THE three noted Singapore grandmothers who will run the Grandmothers' Stall at the International Bazaar in aid of the Singapore Association for the Blind, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, on March 6. Holding three hand-sewn oldfashioned patchwork quilts made and donated by Mrs. Lee Choon Guan and
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    'Relax Control Of Rural Roofing'
    148 2 A RE-ROOFING from attap to corrugated asbestos for houses m the rural areas should be made without permission of the Singapore Rural Board, pleaded Mr. H.J.C. Kuiasingha. j At the Board meeting yesterday, Mr. Kulasingha stated that the City Council does not require this on
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    They Seek To Clarify The Rules
    95 2 THE SINGAPORE City Council will soon start negotiations with its various staff on the constitution of the proposed Joint Whit ley Council j for employees. Mr. R. Middlelon-Smith. told The Standard yesterday that the Council's Labour subcommittee ha s already discuss- 1 ed the
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    THESE ZEBRAS ARE A MENACE
    98 2 ZEBRA crossings are a I "menace" to everybody concerned. Mr. T. P/F. MeNeice, President of the Singapore City Council, said yesterday. Pie was replying to a request made by Mr. Sim Beng Seng j (Prog. Rochore) that a zebra crossing should be painted j near
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 2 HONGKONG, Feb. 26:— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.40 to £1 sterling; $5.8375 to US$l; $1,816 to Malayan SI; $0,210 to one Indonesian Ruppiah; Gold $250,125 to I Uel.
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    UNION MEETING
    25 2 THE EIGHTH annual gen- era! meeting of the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union will be held at Farrer. Park today at 1.30 p.m.
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    JOMMODITY PRICES
    105 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per ib.) Id Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.S.S Spot Loose 532 53 1 No. 1 R.S.S 535 54 No. 2 R.S.S: 535 53! No. 3 K.S.S. 521 52; Tone: Quiet. TIN PKR't The price of tin vester day was $320} Down
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    HE DIDN'T TALK
    50 2 OXG AH TEE. car owner, who failed to furnish the particulars of the man who drove i his car. and was involved m a traffic offence on Oct. 8. last year, was yesterday fined $150 by the Singapore Second Tra- ffic Magistrate, Mr. Howe Yoonl j Chong
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    Sydney Society To Welcome Malayans
    151 2 THE 150-STRONG Sydney University Chinese Students' Society decided at a meeting recently to make new Malayan students "feel at home' on their arrival m Sydney. This gesture to help their j fellow students from Malaya! has the full backing of the j i Overseas Students
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    Journey's End Is In Sight For 'Seahorse'
    308 2 Standard Staff Reporter AVERAGING 21 in.p.h. the Seahorse and its hardy crew of Emir men mere Bearing Peuang late yesterday, on the second leg ol their marathon 1,060-mile voyage from Singapore to P< Bang The first leg of the outward trip on Wednesday,
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    BERLIN GOES ORIENTAL
    80 2 TO win the struggle to wrest style leadership from the old established fashion centres of Europe, dress designers in Berlin have turned to Asian models and oriental styles. Reports claim the latest fashion shows have been breathtaking in "origin- i ality" and American women on tour are
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      70 2 Weather Report i Minimum Temperature: From. 7.30 bj& Feb. 33 to 7?0 a.m.! Ffb 26. Spore T*F'. Pen; ag 76F), Kota Bahru TIF K.L. (73P), Ipoh (73F). Kuantan TOF >. Maximum Temperature: From 1 am. to 1 M p Feb 26. Spore 192F) Penang (91F), Kota Bahru (86F X.L *94F).
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    LEGCO Opening On Mar. 16
    148 3 LEGCO Opening On Mar. 16 A GUARD of Honour mountI ed by the Singapore Volunteer Corps will receive the Govi ernoi Sir John Nicoll when he atrivts for the ceremonial opening oi the Fourth Session ,ot the Secon i Legislative Council m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Mar. 16. Sir
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    NEW $11,310 SUB-STATION
    55 3 THE Singapore City Council yesterday decided to spend $11,310 fjr the erection of an electrical sub-station at Frankel Estate. The Counci] also agreed to provide equipment for a childi roa*s playground m the recrea- tional rent re .it Alexandra |Koad Tiong Bahru Road la'jbourers* quarters at the
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    PROGRESSIVES WILL SEEK MINISTRIES, SAYS TAN
    215 3 PROGRESSIVES WILL SEEK MINISTRIES, SAYS TAN tuc D Standard Staff Reporter A* if u I r °9 resslve Party of Singapore will ?La-a t( Ut U P suff «cient number of cand.dates su.table and fit to hold portfolios, fiS2 P esident Mr C. C. Tan, told The Mandard yesterday. p
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    48 3 Photo. AIR Commodore G. P. O'Connell and Mrs. OTonnell who arrived m Singapore yesterday m the trooper Empire Orwell. Commodore O'Connell who was formerly Deputy Director General Royal Air Force Medical Services m London, will take up the appointment o" Principal Medical Officer Far East Air Forqp.— Standard
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    Council To Decide On Machinery
    129 3 SINGAPORE City Council Will soon have a definite policy on whether it should allow machinery to be operated in residential areas. At the Council meeting yes- 1 terday Mrs. Amy Ede. (Progressive.) objected to the issue of licences granted to two iood shops to operate
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    SAWMILL LICENCE IN THE BALANCE
    187 3 LICENCES for sawmills on I the banks of rivers and canals j m Singapore will be difficult to! get if the Singapore City Coun- j nil objects to the floating of logs m canals. The Council, at its ordinary j meeting yesterday, referred I back
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    ONE MAN ON RIOT CHARGE
    55 3 NG HUNG CHUA was charged for rioting m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. The offence was alleged to i have been committed at Clej menceau Avenue on Thursday, night. Ng claimed trial and was offered bail of S.'iOO m one surety. The case will
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    His 'China Wife' Brings Trouble
    235 3 A THREE-YEAR fight to get his "only lawful wile" m China, Madam Ong Chng, an entry permit to reside permanently m Singapore, has landed Teo Peck Chew, the husband, m trouble. Yesterday Mr. E. H. D'NettO. the Second District Judge, sentenced Teo to three months'
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    Johore's British Adviser Buried With Full Honours
    212 3 Johore's British Adviser Buried With Full Honours j JOHORE BAHRU. was m mourning yesterday when the remains of Mr. John Douglas Hodgkinson. British Adviser to! Johore who died on Thursday morn m?, were given military and police honours. The funeral service for the 47-year old Civil Service officer i who
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    Accepts Under Protest
    99 3 ABOUT 800 clerical workers employed at the Singapore Har. bour Board will get varied m creases ranging from $2.50 cts. !to Si <) a month on their basic wages from this month. While the Board retained the present 33-1/3 per cent, vari- able allowance for the clerks,
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    Exemption For Varsity Donations
    101 3 Exemption For Varsity Donations DONATIONS for the proposed Nanyang University will be exempted from Singapore and Federation Income Tax. the committee of the university was officially notified yesterday. So far there are more than 700 "members" people who contribute SI. 000 and more to the coffers of the university. Air.
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    TEA PARTY
    35 3 A DELEGATION of archi- tects from Australia will be entertained to tea by he Singapore City Council on Monday at the City Hall. They will be shown round the City in the afternoon.
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    Their Own Luck Not So Good
    108 4 THE twitter and chatter of Java sparrows were heard throughout yesterday morning: m the Eighth Court as nine "fortunetellers" who.se o\v n life predictions went wrong, stood before the Magistrate Mr. A. W. Ghows on a charge of professing to tell fortunes by using
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    Dairy Farm Strike Off
    67 4 THE threatened strike by about 250 daily-rated employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm Ltd.. which was scheduled to start today has been postponed to Mar. 13. A decision to this effect was taken by a general meeting of the Dairy Farm Workers' Union on Thursday night.
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    36 4 Dr. E. M. McCarthy-Heyzer, leader of an expedition thatleaves for the Himalayas next month m search of the "abominable snowmen," is flanked by two of his assistants. Mr. Tan Quee Hong and a Nepalese porter. Karso.
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    SCHOOL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
    52 4 OUTRAM School. Singapore yesterday held its annual prize distribution at the school premises; The principal. Mr. C. A. Paterson save a detailed history of the school, and hoped that it would eventually become a Secondary modern school. Mrs. McLellan, wife of the Acting Director of Education, distributed
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    33 4 photo. THE advance party of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (below) who arrived \j\ Singajjore yesterday aboard the trooper Empire Orwell. The Regiment will eventually relieve the Manohesters. now serving m the Federation. Standard
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    ALLIANCE HITS BACK
    234 4 Attempt To Cain Lost Ground' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A spokesman of the Ma- layan Chinese Association I described the outburst by Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar x against the Alliance on i Wednesday at a meeting of the Independence Party of Malaya as "the desperate attempt of
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    HE FLIES IN TO VISIT A SICK BROTHER
    144 4 HE FLIES IN TO VISIT A SICK BROTHER MR. STAN Grundy. 36-year-old miner from Done-aster. Yorkshire, flew into Singapore by Qantas/BOAC Constellation yesterday on the last Jap of his flight halfw a y across the world to be by the sick bed of his younger brother at the British Military
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    Gangsters Beat Up An Ex-Tec
    128 4 Gangsters Beat Up An Ex-Tec TWO MEN, an ex-detective and a labourer, were attacked by gangsters on Thursday night. At 6.30 p.m.. the ex-detective and his wife were walking along Joo Chiat Place on their way to a cinema when a gang of 15 Malays. Chinese and Indians stopped them.
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    NEW BUS ROUTES CAN WAIT (COUNCIL TOLD)
    297 4 NEW BUS ROUTES CAN WAIT (COUNCIL TOLD) Standard Staff Reporter MR. A. P. RAJAH (Prog. North) yesterday urged m the Singapore City Council that no new bus routes be considered until Government has decided "one way or the other" a recommendation to create an island transport authority. I He suggested
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    PART OF HIS JOB WILL BE TO WARD OFF THE USURERS
    144 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore City Coui yesterday Approved the appointment of a City Haii Steward who will also be Macebearer and Toast-caster. In addition, he aril] be the job ol removing moneylenders from the City Hail. Mr. T.
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    LONG SERVICE
    31 4 TWO long-service Postal Department men will receive valedictory letter? signed by the Colonial Sl tj tai 5 i I a ceremony to be held on A 1 1 3.
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    Tontine Head Took Poison At Cenotaph
    127 4 A "TONTINE"' organi-ei. j Loll Ah Chat. 58. took poison! because she found it difficult to I collect subscriptions irom mem- i bers. This was revealed m the Sin- j gapore Coroner's Court yester- day. at the inquesi on Loh. who' was found groaning
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    Woman 'Bomo' Wades Into Sea For Pebbles
    203 4 Standard Staff Reporter MALAY villagers from surrounding kampongs m Bcdok. yesterday collected alon# the sea wall to watch a woman ■'bomo/' who claimed to be possessed with the spirit of "Hang Tuah."' a legendary Malay warrior of the pre-Portuguese era, wade into the
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    Parents Asked To Apply To Schools
    85 5 ATION of pu-..-.ssion to Gov- Aided Schools 5, for children I 4*5 or 1947 and i Singapore birth J begin on; 43 wi:: be; ''.::e. 1. OB e will be ire a born in j or Hum who have j i in the Federa-
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    60 5 Photo. MR. J. ELLIS, technical director of Joseph Fretman Cementont Paints and one of Britain's leading paint experts (centre), arrived m Singapore by Qantas/BOAC Constellation from London yesterday to meet leading architects m the Colony. He was met at Kallang Airport by Mr J. J. Raper (left) and Mr. J.
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    GOVERNOR TO GIVE AWARDS
    28 5 VPORE*S Cioverr.or. Sir; wfll present I P>Ca MM at the i Y\ IS4 at 11 a.r:^ he wjE y.'.c:\.\ D l*s rDav linnet at
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    Act On Rendel Report, He Says
    293 5 A PLEA that the Rendel Constitutional Report for Singapore should not suffer the same fate as Dr. Hill's report on local government was made at the Singapore City Council meeting yesterday. Mr. Chan Kuan Cbee, Progressive, sai i the Rendel report :s the best
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    MENTRI URGES 'MODEL' POLLS
    255 5 MENTRI URGES 'MODEL' POLLS JOHOBE BAHRU, Fri.— An appeal to make "this first election to the State Legislature a model for the re^t oi the Federation," was made last night over Radio Malaya by the Mentri Besar, Dato Hajifcyed Abdul Kadir bin Mohamed. Saying that of all forms of government,
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    Claim For Tea Money Dismissed
    101 5 Claim For Tea Money Dismissed A CLAIM brought by a Sin- eaDOre businessman, Sect Tian Kit to recover $18,000 tea money from Tay Tian Guan waa dismissed m the High Court yesterday. The court held that Sect had railed to discharge the onus of i proving his claim. The plaintm
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    MAJOR'S WIFE LOSES JEWELS
    50 5 -\I\JOR attached to the, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; and livin* m Kheam Hock; I Road, Singapore, has reported the loss of a jewel box belongin? to his wife. The box contained a bracelet. ring silver necklace, brooch. bacf^e and imitation diamona 1 necklace all worth $500.
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    49 Receive Red Cross Certificates
    139 5 DURING the last three months 49 members of the British Red Cross Society in Segamat, Johore. have taken their proficiency examination in nursing and first aid. The results were recently announced and yesterday, the District Officer, Enche Hassan bin Abdullah, assisted by the Chairman of
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    Ruse Got Him 6 Months
    169 5 I THE RUSE of Ahmad bin/ Tobin to rob a 67-year-old amah, Yong Ah Kirn. by pro- misinfi to find her employment with a European family and 1 then robbing her of her gold i ear studs and $2.40 m January. ithfs year, yesterday got
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    298 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The new Virus Research Laboratories; of the Institute for Medical Research is a building of distinction and commands respect for Malaya m the scientific circles of the rest of the world. The High Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer, said this at tne
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    Chemist Held Not Negligent
    135 5 DR. F.C.B. Marshall, a chemist, was acquitted by the Singapore First Traffic District Judge, Mr. F.A. Chua. yesterday on a charge of negligent driving, resulting m a collision with a tricycle. He was originally charged with causing the death of a cake-seller, Lie.v Fook Heng. by
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF A.LS. UNION
    31 5 THE Blh annual general meeting of the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union wflJ be held today at No. 1. Farrer Park, Singapore, at 1.30 P m
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    Labour Joins In Demand For More
    184 5 THE Singapore Government and City Council I. a Dour Union yesterday asked do\ernment to increase basic wa^e rates of its d.iily -rated workers immediate^ la a statement. the I nion\ secretary. Mr R. X Palai>an said that if Government's senior officers including expatriates demanded
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    Commissioner To Meet Queen
    24 5 fig I y SUI singam, District Guide er. Soul meet the Queen at C as official repot the Perak Guides.
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    COUNTESS DUE HERE TODAY
    80 5 THE Governor of Singapore Sir John Nicoll. and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Super-indentent-in-Chief of St. John Ambulance Nursing Division, will inspect the Brigade's annual parade on Mar. T at 4.30. p.m. instead of 5 p.m. as announced earlier. Dr. G. Haririas. Commissioner of St. Juhn Ambulance
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    UEs 1953 NET PROFIT IS DOWN
    172 5 UEs 1953 NET PROFIT IS DOWN THE CHAIRMAN of United Sngineers Limited, Singapore, Mr. G. K. Wright, states that :he company made a net profit )f $1,766,648 m L9S3, v $660,147 less Qiao that earned m the previous year. In his statement, to be presented at the general txu el
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    JAIL TERM FOR SNATCH THIEF
    76 5 Afb r passing sentence or lone month's rigorous Imprisonment on Wang Chen for snatching the handbag of a woman, the Magistral W H. Davies, told him: "YouVi better 00l do it again". The woman. Ho Yeo::-. was doing her Chinese N Year shopping on the
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    21 5 A GENERAL n eetu I I Singap Kerala Samajarn (Seletai Ban will l>e held gju Theatn I 8.30 p...
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    643 6 jlu'.v d B '-■>■ have contributed to the i :O Nauuib by the delay m reacheSo Canal cannol be judged is i that revolutionary nationalists ■■>,• lerate forever foreign troops on their a gainst 1 oi the o untry. Gamal Abdd Nasser, the :uv; teader of favooi
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      OPEN LETTER TO ALEX JOSEY
      731 6 OPEN LETTER TO ALEX JOSEY M;j dear Alex: am someone who once, with much interest, redd your regular effort m this daily. }uive given it up. Why? My answer iy a criticism of uour attitude to what Han Snyiii told the Union oi Singapore Journalists a few days ago. 1
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      Those Exam Passes
      132 6 Sir: This is noi to bej little the achievements, self- i laimed or otherwise, of schools In the Federation having produced !>() to 100 j per cent examination passes. While this might deceive certain member? of the public, experienced teachers are not m the least im- pressed.
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      THANKS
      45 6 Sir: May I. through the medium of your valuable nns, extend my 'hanks and appreciation to the anonymous person who was good enough to return my lost Identity Card by post, thereby saving me a lot of inconvenience. M. X. NARAYANA PILLAI, Kuala Lumpur
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      Helping Students
      149 6 Sir; I have the pleasure to inform you that at a recent meeting m Sydney, the Overseas Students Bureau and the Sydney University Chinese Students' Society decided to help new Malayan students who experience difficulties on arrival. In the past, it has been said thai Asian students, apart
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      RAILWAY OVERTIME RATES
      200 6 Sir; The rates of overtime for Malayan Railway employees arc set out m the Stall' Manual but I have a certain misapprehension that m effect an entirely different table has been evolved not m keeping with the regulations. To bear this out. let me quote t lie
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      245 6 Sir; At the outset of the "much misunderstood, mistranslated and misinterpreted controversial subject" the Nanyang University, it would be appropriate to point out the meaning of the words Nan and Yang. Nan means Souih and Yang means Seas. Will future writers on the subject of this University
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    WEST GERMANY ARMY PLANNING
    707 6 From A Special Correspondent Of The London Observer BONN. REPORTS from Paris that French opinion is stiffening m favour of the European Defence Community as a result of the Berlin conference deadlock has given new heart to the Western German Government's military planners m Herr Theodor
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      287 6 UTL'SAX MF.I.AVr says that a large majority ol the 700 Malay boys and girls who recently i)o--t I •:.< Senior Cambr dge Local Examina--1 ion obtained (i > nrtde 3 paxes. Most ol those .Ed a Grade IHi probably be hunting lor fobs m the various government
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    Vietminh Spy Ring In France Smashed
    63 7 I >: (UP).— French liscli n c la Vietn ng \-ic^-.< proFran v 4 the tado-China S c m 'he Cha The B< gents were rge i of pj ssession m I c sin •hen m a top, rt was ect. •o the s>
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    FAROUK'S COIN AUCTION SALE
    27 7 AFP) Genera I out Fa i tion. tan tnd i IF j 9 >le attractioi United Stat< put v] pi uss id of
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    Leaves With Open Mind
    27 7 !6 >.-■;■ S ifl ghl X erations 3 I S of 8 with riva I pi ny I at the trooD things are pro-
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    Vietminh Blast A Military Hospital
    182 7 HANOI. Feb. 2C (IP)— Communist commandos, disguised as coolies, m a surprise hand grenade attack on ;i French military hospital at Pleiku m Central Annam badly wounded ten French Union soldiers, military authorities announced yesterday. 1 he 20-mun Red assault team stole iato the vital
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    23 7 photo. Tllk m-wly appointed British Ambassador to Iran Sir Ko^tr Stevens (left) hands his credentials to Iranian For eun Minister Abdullah Kntezam U.P.
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    US Orders Poles Our
    98 7 WASHINGTON, Feb 26, United S1 I .iv tojd P to its C .V X Deti The S tary ol State. Mr. F D es, seni a note the Po tsh Ambassador, Mr. W k icz, saying the tablj hi »enl erve no usel p p ise
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    Smuis Widow
    30 7 i JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 26 >AP> [sic (Ouma) Smuts. ol Field Marshal Jan >tian Smuts, died al Ow home m Irene, neai Thursday night at the Hi was sudden.
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    26 7 COLUMBUS. Feb. 2<> (AP.) Dr. Louis Mark. 61, noted tuberculosis specialist, died here yesterday of cancer. He had been hospitalized about three weeks.
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    'Chiang's Army Is Young, Not Old'
    161 7 J O. COT Al I i thai Chiang K. s *i a- t T -> Nippon T B .<-:.•• Mail, a Nal Chines* jrouDgeT fighting iiine 1 t K ie Ameri m ai ny at reals oi Worl I Wai He c Nippon T
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    CHURCHILL AGAIN CALLS FOR TOP LEVEL TALKS
    327 7 LONDON, Feb. 26, Sir Winston Churchill the Prime Minister, said yesterday he still thought a meeting of heads of state or governments with Foreign secretaries ''should not be ruled out." Churchill who was speaking m the House of Commons debate on the Berlin
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    61 7 photo. ACTOK Fred .Mm Murray and June Haver pause M Hh ramp of their plane before takinu nil trmm I.o» \n ■!<-. last week with l<i other Hollywood notables far tli< annual Brazilian lilm festival at Sao Paulo, last imk Imk who recently returned from a convent to resume h<
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    WENT ROUND HK IN SHELL
    55 7 HONGKONG. Feb. 26. (AP) Major J.G, Logan of the 32 Medium Regiment. Royal ArtilI levy, rowed around Hongkong island m a single shell m seven I hours and live minutes recently. This is believed to be the i first time this feat has been i
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    MILITARY AID TO PAX. 15 HAILED
    137 7 KARACHI. Feb. 26.— Pakistani Premier Mohammed Ali formally announced yesterday that the I nit* d States had agreed to grant military aid to Pakistan "Coming m the wake 01 hrn Pakistan-T trk< y agreement I study nrw I ■>: < ing closer co aboration
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    TANKER IN COLLISION
    60 7 ISTANBUL, Iteb. X, AP)— The 6.346-ton NTorwegian tanker. Svita. was m collision near the entrance hi the Dardanelles, Wednesday morning. the aeents, Dabcovitcfa, said I I Thursday. The agents declined to ideal iy the other ship involved. The Svita iv.d a huge ho'.e m her <:cie. but
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    Photo Shy Farouk
    83 7 CANNES < Franc* I 26. <AP>.— Kx-Kinv la rouk of Egypt today tried and failed to prevent a woman photography from snapping his l>" ture at the servant <n trance to the Suauk Hod I Majestic here. The former Monarch suddenlx the centre <»t interest on the
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    STEVENS GETS IKE'S SUPPORT
    141 7 STEVENS GETS IKE'S SUPPORT WASHINGTON. Feb. 26 (UP)— Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens said last night with President Eisenhower's backing that he will "never" let army personnel be "browbeaten or humiliated" by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. The statement, which also was approved by Defence Secretary Charles E. Wilson, followed a
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    SULTAN AGAIN FOR MALDIVES
    78 7 COLOMBO. Feb. 26, (AP) The Maldives group of atolls m the Indian Ocean are to become a Sultanate once again, it was officially announced on Thursday by its Embassy m Colombo. In January, last year, the islands, which had had Sultans for over 800 years, became
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    Attlee: Let's Face Facts In Germany
    167 7 LONDON, Feb. 26 (Reuter)— Mr. C. R. Attlee, Labour Opposition leader, told the House of Commons yesterday he disliked the idea of rearming Germany— but facts had to be faced squarely. Speaking on the second day of a two-day debate on the Berlin conference
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    800 Homes Wrecked
    73 7 SYDNEY. Feb. 26 (Renter)— An early survey shows thai m Lismore and district alone m Northern New South Wales, Moods damaged or wrecked about 800 of about 4.000 homes and damaged most of the city's :;nft shops and stores. Floods drowned approximately 3,500 dairy cattle valued at
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    4 DIE !N TEST FLIGHT CRASH
    41 7 NEW DELHL Feb. 26. (AP)— A director of the General Civil Aviation Company, L. C. Jain, said yesterday an Indian Air- line's Douglas Dakota DC-3 crashed m a test flight killing ail four persons aboard.
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    34 7 LONDON, Feb. 26 (AP) Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard A. Butler was invested with the insignia of a Companion of Honour by Queen Mother Elizabeth at a ceremony at Clarence House yesterday.
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    SPITFIRES ARE NOW RETIRED
    78 7 LONDON. Feb. 2(). (Reuter) Supermarine Spitfires. Britain's most famed iigliter planes iji World War 11, have now been officially retired aiter 15; years of front line service. Veterans of countless air battles, the piston powered I single-seater Spitfires. have finally succumbed to the jet age. The
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    32 7 photo. THREE lovelies dad m form fitting bathing suits prepare their skis for a downhill ride at IVlefieve. Fiance. A brilliant sun allowed such sun bathing on the crisp SHOW. U .P.
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    War Cabinet To Fight Mau Mau Urged
    138 7 War Cabinet To Fight Mau Mau Urged NAIROBI Feb. 26 (Heuter)— A "'war c;;binet of six men to direct the fight against Mau i I\lau terrorism was demand) I hero yesterday by the Execu- ti\'c Committee of ih<? European Electors Union Kenya's most powerful political organisation. Tiie Union announced m
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    THAIS GET READY
    88 7 BANGKOK. Feb. 26 (AFP)— The Thai Government today decreed that volunteers for I the Home Guard must immediately start training m the use of modern weapons. The government aim? to ■recruit 100,000 males from 14 Ito fiO years of aye to 40 out lof the 70 border
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    MAGSAYSAY IS STILL RESTING
    43 7 MANILA. Feb. 26. (UPi President Ramon Magsaysay with inflammation of his tonsils completed his third day of rest yesterday m his hometown Castillejos Zambales. He is expected to be back m 'Manila on Sunday, according to sources m Malacannan.
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    FRENCH ENVOY TO THAILAND
    33 7 SAIGON, Fei). 26. (AFP)— M. Raymond OHroy. French Minister Plenipotentiary and at present deputy to the Commis-sioner-General m Indo-China M. Maurice Dejean, has been named French Ambassador to Thailand.
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    QUEEN GUARDED AGAINST POLIO
    43 7 CANBERRA Fel 2< R > T:> q teen hat r- s eerum injection I I her agai:..-* polio ing her Australian m learned unofficially today. It is believed t!u serum gamma globulin v" to give protection ■> for about six week-
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    129 8 ABOARD the Scindia Line's 7,180-ton Jalaketu (above) is seen a fractioning column weighing 65 tons, 110 feet long and 10i feet m diameter, supported on wooden cradles specially constructed on the starboard deck. It was shipped from U.K. for India recently for erection as a vital
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    US. URGED TO JOIN INT'L TIN AGREEMENT
    322 9 US. URGED TO JOIN INT'L TIN AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, (IP)— Reliable I n <ed States sources said last night that Belgian Ambas ador Baron Silvercruys yesterday urged the United States to join an international tin agreement to stabilize tin prices. Silvercruys visited Assistant Secretary for Econo- mic Affairs Samuel
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    New Uses For Latex Cement
    120 9 NATTRAL rubber latex-cement composition^ are now being used as Boors m hospitals, school*, BMMf(ial and light industrial buildings, housing scheme> <if all descriptions. wtOMMy halls, and wherever a hardwearing surface is required. Th< Brii Rubbei D men. Board I ales ti > second I <
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      142 9 No Overseas Interest In Rubber THE rubber market m Singapore was notable for a complete lack of overseas interest, first grade rubber for March shipment closing at 53| cents per Ib. on a quiet market. Upcountry sold' only small quantities, while locally there was an absence of support even at
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      NOON PRICES
      75 9 I THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices (cents per Ib yesterday were: No 1 RSS Spot loose 53| 53J No. 1 RSS f.o.b. Mar 53* 54 Nd! 1 RSS f.o.b Aor. 54j 54', No. 2 RSS f.o.b. Mar 53f 533 No. 3 RSS f.o.b. Mar.
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      TIMBER EXPORT BAN IS LIFTED
      40 9 BANGKOK. Feb. 26. (AFP). The Thai government today I decided to lift controls on the I export of five grades of timber j which had hitherto been pru- hibited from export except on special permits
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    FAIR FOR PRINT AND PAPER
    121 9 THE Second International I Trade Fair Inr print and paper DRUPA (Drudc and Papier)— will be held m Dues-. seldorf (West Germany) from May 15 to 30. A spokesman of the Con-sulate-General of the Federal Republic of Germany m Singapore told The Standard yesterday the
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    79 9 SOME 450 manufacturer! m all sections of the British engineering mdi ■>' exhibit the.r products m- more than L 30.000 s.q. feel ol spa« of the Castle Bromwich. Birmingham, ai the British Industries Fair, whid is I be 1 held irom May 3 to 14. The
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    27 9 A Non-Slip Pitch Here THIS practice crickft pitch (above* at (helmsford is made of latex -cfinenl. It" non slip finish, smo'»i!:ni*» and durabilit\ used to full advantage
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    42 9 PROD UCE THE arfcet v gapore v iei botfc >upra and i it <W '< rriay with b I pasa- produ t-s (per 'imcu terd Gambier E. c $280; bete B; (Split i copra $35 j oconu tok W k white l -aa
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    815 10  -  BILL WEBB JONES By_ IT \l l v »>it,ii happens that dunng a «ntf up ol >.ome ■msicul th,- folks hi front (>t me ft)otli«hts set the cri-dii due to them, but the unveil hrrixrs i>r heroines who d<- an equal amount of hard »«.rk backstage
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    826 10  -  'ANACRUSIS' I MUSIC NOTES BY s .<\V\\\\\\\\\\V\VV\\\\\\\\\\\A\\\V\\V\VY\ iI.THOUGII the examina--v tii»a-s of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music have been held annually m .Malaya for the past >iv years. chamber musu- entries have been ci)n>()ituously absent. Piano candidate always preponderate, then violin and
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    819 10  -  JOHN HALKIN Ey r pHE Barretts of Wimpole Street is :i family play one of the type so beloved by the thousands of Aunties who balance their trays of tea so delicately during the intervals of Thursday afternoon matinees m the London theatre. Mama is dead, as she often
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    37 10 (Picture by VIJRIY beautiful, of course, and very attractive. But the m ore >ou look th« n n can't help wondering whether these painters sometimes don'l impro\e on Old Mm Nature. Bela Zola
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    MOVIE KISSES AREN'T FOR WEAKLINGS
    325 10  -  Director Sherman Says 'THOSE torrid movie kisses x the kind that singe the ed?e s of the film aren't for weaklings, according to Hollywood director George Sherman. They require stamina, plus the acrobatic prowess contortionist, all because ■•>: the unique demands of the camera m
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    A HAPPY PARTNERSHIP
    175 10 LUCY AND DESi r |"HE spectacular business 1 partnership of the famous husband and wife team of Lucille Ball acid Ded Arnaz ran be credited .to a telephone bill. "We spent only three years out of cur tea years of marriage together,** recalls Miss Ball of their
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    ENGLAND SAFE
    260 11 Hutton Hits 169 Out Of 401 For 8 GEORGETOWN. Feb. 26 (Reiiter)-England, two down m the series of five, enter the third day of the fhird cricket Test against West Indies today m a fairly comfortable position. After making 153 for two on the first day England yesterday
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    68 11 pictures. Scoops Oiur shot that failed to beat T. Nadarajah who is seen her* ~r fr,,,n left). An action shot taken in the match between fhl i^!i PP "I* from SasataUkaa (third f Jf»»22 X1 tf n 1^^.lw5^t3S^L5MSJ^ 5t9 a d th deration A Koelmever P. Sankev captain). M Shepherdson
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    Tourists Told: You Have Won Our Hearts
    216 11 Tourists Told: You Have Won Our Hearts IPOH Fri A> a token !rientl>hip. ihe Indian Hockeji Federation team. aah their manaser. %lr B.L Ciupta presented rt-r hotkey bulls and x bearmsj the Mgnj*>f all their pla>ers the Pf-rak Hockey A>>oition: the president, Mr. ,o lixm Hin?: the hon. t r.t.irv
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    County Rugby
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    KO FINALISTS MEET TODAY
    239 11 THE Singapore Hockey Association^ knockout competitions will conclude this evening on the SOT fM Lhere both the senior and junior u.r the associations trophies Oehlers t up for the Senior and Baskaran Cup for the junior champions. c Engineers B Singapore Hai p ayed at 4
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    St. Josephs Meet Their First Defeat
    119 11 ST. JOSEPH'S Institution mcl 'h'j'w first defeat of t he sea; when they played against Anglo Chinese School m nter-school soccer fixture > f Bras Basah Road yesterday. St. Josepi-.-. after a ye and Impressive start. cracked '.ip to lose 2-0, Credii must go
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    FINE SCC VICTORY
    93 11 1 WO goals down m the first Singapore Cricket Club recovered' m the second half to hit m seven goals oast RAF Tengah m a hockey friendly yesterday. The pub finally won 7 4. Th airmen dominated m ie -si ha I th Ash playing a dashing
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    STANDARD SC CRICKETERS
    79 11 THE learn to represent The Standard Sports Club at cricket against" th e Sindhi Merchants Association tomorrow starting at 11 a.m. on the Indian Association ground, Balestier Road, wi" be selected from: Lali SJngh (capt), Bill Moss. Liew Mdbk Voong. Bob Peries Ambrose Khaw, David Ihambyan Ken
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    BEER CUP FOOTBALL
    65 11 BAD AX Kessenian "A" drew with Alexandra football team 2-2 m the Breweries Kamp »ng League for the Tiger Beer Cup played at Alexandra yesterday. Sabari and LatifE scored for Kessenian while Hamid Ibrahi n an I Hassan Ahmad scored for Ah s ndi I. David LJ
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      531 11 NOTICES OCEAN PARK HOTEL EAST COAST ROAD, SINGAPORE. Y^ E, Siglap Development Ltd.. of Cathay Cinema, Singapore. 9 and Myron Ling of Ocean Park Hotel. Singapore wish to inform the public that: a) Siglap Development Ltd., will cease carrying on the business known as Ocean Park Hotel as from the
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    Chestnut To Score A Double
    98 12 v I thi ass J l lc rlongs c Eriska iti m I id si estnut r sin esda This i I lb. He ia a:. the I C B U i ist race i 1 the f Stl '.t f gjD »WU 4 third
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    UK Div. 1 Sotcer
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    CAMPUS BELLE LOOKS A CERT
    270 12  -  WINDSOR LAD By IPOH— King Crow or Campus Belle. This is a point which punters will have j to resolve at today's races, concluding day of Perak Turf Club's February meeting. These two horses clash m the main 11 miles event. King Crow came into
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    Cinder's Prince To Beat A Smart Lot
    274 12 Ra<e 5 is very open with Cinder's Prince, Wonder Lad, Melnik, Quicksilver and Blue Ribbon holding strong iaims for the main honours. My vote goes to Cinder's Prince, who should so one better since his second \a King Crow over furlongs on the
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    STOP PRESS
    583 12  -  C. BELLE MANAHIKI RACE TWO Goring Picture Fan. Hurry Up and Meath should tight out the issue m this and* I expert Goring to improve on his third to Gay de Lyon over 8| furlongs on the first day. Goring carries the same weighi as when he lasl
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    School Soccer
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    Going Fast
    19 12 THE i;i>iii!j tmlay will be vrr; as there has been n> r»m m Ipoh throughout thi-. week.
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    Kedak Gymkhana Entries
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    Standard's Selections
    156 12 Windsor Lad Gay Reveller Goodwood Scrutineer nnsiNtx kkk M.a «S AT N eS&Z?°* 1 Eriskay Chestnut Ufer. £1 Otoerntikm Observation Knskay »o\ereign Z Picture Fan ll rr yll> Kc Leader Picture Fan Hurry I \> Takdeer Heroic meatier CAMPl > BKLLB CAMPIS BKLLE SSn^iSe I 3» Kins Crow
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    1189 12 Standard's RACE CARD RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.— Class 2, Div. 1— 4 Furs. t. 384 Ambassador 7y 9.00 Mr Ong F. o Kong Hobta Do^S» 2 006 Theatre 8y 8.11 ''Brilliant Kongsi' 1 Martin x 3. 88 Butrm-ucl.i 4y 8.09 "l.. L. Syndicate" Wadsworth WttW 4. 735 White Carnation 6y
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