Singapore Standard, 2 March 1954

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD GHUHJ k m s. Vol. IV. No. 243 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    Man Takes Off Shirt To Save A Kitten
    310 1 Man Takes Off Shirt To Save A Kitten Bv JAMES PiITER CHIN, I Standard Staff Reporter 1 PLOP!— and a solitary] brown kitten dropped safely^ into a shirt u>ed us an improvised nacM net after beiilg trapped in the six-i imh*.ue chimney of al hou>*- a T-injons Pasar Koad f
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    He's Fired
    41 1 FA:: 3 -year-old tc t a High 1 in tada, hut ktK bf- u «r" ts cl«a prittm t Ml lilayer Duk* rgh. 1 f? 1 1 pp«a g 1 on w paper, ti s d -I-,-S > < .S- dard.
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    POPE'S 78th BIRTHDAY
    43 1 VATICAN CITY. Mar. 1 j (Renter) The Pope tonight continued to rallj from his illness, while preparations I were made to celebrate his 78th birthday tomorrow and the 13th anniversary ol his •■■:>[; Supreme Pontifl of I the Roman Catholic Church.
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    Angry Residents: Call For Flood Inquiry
    442 1 Standard Staff Reporter ANGRY residents of Singapore's Cambridge-Hertford Roads area, victims of Saturday's unprecedented flood which they term "an oct of the Citv Council and not of God/' yesterday called for inquiry on the cause of the flood. i :t-:dents will meet soon to
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    Custodian Troops Due
    56 1 HONGKONG. Mar. 1: (Reuter) Last contingent of the Indian Custodian Force on its way home from Korea arrived today in the British 4.000 ton troopship Jaladurga. It comprised 1.270 officers and men from the Dogra regiment, the Garhwa! rifles, the L'tith Indian General Hospital and Indian personnel
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    2 Women Stabbed To Death
    204 1 EDINBURGH, Scotland, I Mar. 1 (Reuter)— Detectives burst into a drab tenement flat here yesterday and found a mother and her pyjama clad 18-year-old son lying dead in pools of blood. Beside their stabbed bodies was the women's pretty 16--year-old daughter. Her throat and stomach
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    Give Up Seat MTUC Asks
    75 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.-r-The Malayan Trade Union Council has asked Mr. V. M. N. Menon to resign his seat from its Central Executive Committee because of his appointment as a "member" of the Federation Government. Mr. X. E. Nathan, Assistant > Secretary of the MTUC, told
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    Countess In A 'Beaver'
    50 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon A "Beaver" aircraft touched down at Bakrit Airstrip. Johore. this morning, on which was travelling Countess Mountbatten, who visited Muar District, Johore today. She was greeted at the airstrip by Doctor M. Zeviile. the Health Officer for North Johore. and other local officers.
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    TO CALL ON 400 COUSINS
    70 1 SYDNEY Mar 1. (Renter).— A Chinese merchant. Charlie Doo. left by plane for America today to see his brother —and -too American relatives. .t v i Mr Doo, 73, who has not seen his brother, a New York businessman for 50 years, has been in
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    CEYLONESE ALSO WANT MAN OUT
    169 1 IPOH, Mon.— A public meeting here last night of about 100 Ceylonese called upon Dr. M. E. Thiruchelvam, a member of the community to resign from the Perak State Council u in the interests of* the honour and dignity of the community." It resolved to
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    The Rendel Report Gets Guardian's Accolade
    233 1 The Rendel Report Gets Guardian's Accolade MANCHESTER, March 1: (Reutei) The Liberal Manchester Guardian said today Singapore "will leap up several rungs of the ladder leading to self-govern-ment if the plan tor constitutional change recommended by the Rendel Commission is put into effect". "For the first time there is to
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    RIOTS IN KHARTOUM
    301 1 Opening Of Parliament Postponed KHARTOUM, March 1 :_Violent "independence" riot-ing broke out here today causing the death of 20 persons and postponement of the opening of the Sudan's first Parliament. Crowds estimated at 50.000 surged around the Governor-General's mansion soon after the arrival of General Mohammed Naguib.
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    10,000 SUPPORT NEGARA
    125 1 10,000 SUPPORT NEGARA KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Negara. the Federations nascent non-communa] political party, rs > t e a d i y gaining ground as a national front." judging Irom the growing membership and the number of supporting forms receiv -i bv its sponsors, a party spokesmen told The Standard today.
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    Stop Press
    50 1 GEORGETOWN. Mar 1 (Reuter) —West Indies were all out for 251 in their first innings in the third test against England here today and followed on. England, who made 43-> led by 184 on the first inn ings. At lunch. West Indies had scored 41 for no wickets.
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    SYRIA: ATTASI IS REINSTATED
    244 1 Kuzbari Steps Down DAMASCUS, (Syria), Mar. 1 (AP) AntiShishakly forces claimed complete victory in revolttorn Syria yesterday and proclaimed the aged former President Hachem Bey El Attasi as Chief of State. Syria's Army Chief of Staff, Col. Shawkat Shekir, broadcast the proclamation over Damascus Radio after
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    Queen Is There TO Be Seen...
    94 1 Queen Is There TO Be Seen... MELBOURNE. Mar. 1: (Reuter) A member of the Royal household had told him that the Queen was not the slightest bit disturbed by people who stopped to look at her instead of the races at Flemington on Feb. 27, Melbourne Herald Columnist E. W.
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    ARMED THUGS ROB FARMER
    76 1 TWO armed Chinese, one with a revolver and the other with a knife, held up a newly married farmer and his wife at Ulu Pandang. Singapore, at 1.30 -a.m. yesterday and robbed them of 5214 worth of cash and jewellery. One of the ro'jbers was masked.
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    US SENATORS CALL ON EDEN
    55 1 LONDON. Mar. 1 (APRILS. Senators Styles Bridges (R-New Hampshire) and Sluart Symington CD-Missouri), on a survey of Western European defence production, were luncheon guests today of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and other top-ranking British Government officials. They arrived in Britain yesterday after brief visits to
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    Malayan Airways Plane Grounded
    45 1 A south-bound Malayan Airways plane was grounded in Kuala Lumpur airport last night, due to engine trouble. It will leave this morning for Singapore. All passengers from Ipoh and Penang are being accommodated ;n hotels in Kuala Lumpur for the night.
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    Govt. Policy On Ex-Detainees
    172 2 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Federation Government today reiterated its policy of encouraging employers to give employment to released detainees. It ga\e :h;s assurance in \iew of the charge made recently by a Malav newspapei that M .or.g as there was no clear ar^d definite order h
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    95 2 MEMBERS of the Women's Committee study the poster for the 77th World Day of Prayer on March 5, which will he distributed throughout Singapore today. Left to right, they are: Mrs. John Fleming, wife of the General Secretary of the Malayan Christian Council, Deaconess Olive Bell of St. Andrew's Cathedral,
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 2 HONGKONG. Mar. I; Special Standard Service: Closing prices if the Hongkong Fxch;int;e today ••ere 115-41 to til sterling: $5.***** to US$l: $1,818 Uj in 51: $***** to one Indonesian Ruppiah; Gold $249.73 to 1 tael.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 2 MRS. tUk Xmm y.r: ;i.--.ri •■.tm:.v. Ba.u Ga .i I all rel i vt- and o scat wreaths scrolls, valuable presents and attended the > I t ...-e M:- K..a V. Fati
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    Two-wife Bankrupt Spent $70,000
    185 2 MALACCA. Hon.— Yorig Pack Kong; 45. a bankrupt and sole proprietor of Chop Ban Chit, in a public examination of the firm's affairs in the High Court here yesterday admitted that he spent $70,000 of his assets in main*a:::::u the shop in one year ol trading.
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    Women Get Ready For Prayer Day
    151 2 Women Get Ready For Prayer Day PREPARATIONS were made recenlty for observance in the Colony of th e 77th World Day of Prayer, on Mar. 5, when members of the Churchwomen's Committee on Arrangements met at Trinity College, Singapore. One of the decisions made was to have posters distributed throughout
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    Ruler To Open Kedah Council
    51 2 PENANG. Mop.. The Sultan of Kedah v.i': perform the opening of The Council of State at Baiai Ee.-ar at 10 a.m. or: March 3: It will be the first meeting Df the Council under the presidentship of the New Mentri Besar. Tungku Ismail bin Fungku
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    DAIRY MEN TO STRIKE ON MARCH 13
    157 2 DAIRY MEN TO STRIKE ON MARCH 13 Lock-Out' Illegal, Says The Union THE threatened strike by about 240 dailyrated employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm Ltd. will begin on March 13, though the firm has served a one-month lock-out notice on them, a spokesman of the Dairy Farm Labour Union,
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    105 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING robber prices (rents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.SS Spot Loose 533 535 No. 1 R.S.S. 531 53? No 2 R.S.S. 532 535 No. 3 R.S.S. 522 521 Tone: Barely Steady. TIN PKK'b The price of tin vester day was 5325;. Up
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    IMPATIENT OVER BACK PAY ISSUE
    227 2 Standard Staff Reporter A 14-DAY ultimatum served on the Singapore Government by the Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union to set up an arbitration board to hear the case of temporary clerks who want 28 month backpay expires tomorrow. The Government is s'.r! "undecided" n
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    $5,000 BAIL ON BIGAMY COUNT
    70 2 EDWARD Pertiv A y Heyzer was ehai l.igamy in the Singao re Fifth Police Court, yester < It was alleged 4 rv Hfx;«r on Feb. U, in !94~ ag b w fe. namely. August Kg Bc>c Sok !i\ iiig, did mam another v. ian, Tan
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    SURPRISES BY OUR YOUNG ARTISTS
    330 2 OVER 400 people attended the Musical Society's concert by young Singapore artists in the Oei Tiong Ham Hall on Sunday night. The general reaction, judging by the keen applause and the remarks heard in the interval, was one of pleasurable surprise at the remarkably high
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    ACSU's Conference
    140 2 THE Army Civil Sen-ice i Union will ask the War De- 1 partment in Singapore to allow i its civilian employees who ai'e born in Malaya to accumulate their annual leave, if a resolution to this effect is passed at the Union's annual delegates conference on Mar. 14.
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    War Dead Honoured
    53 2 Pboto. Singapore's Welsh community stood to attention yesterday before the Cenotaph while two buglers from the Queen's Royal Regiment played the Last Post honouring those who had died in the two world wars. Dr. S. T. James, president of St. David's Society laid a wreath to mark
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    Aussie Builders Are 'Amazed'
    205 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S latest Fire Station in Alexandra Road, the new Nurses' Hostel in the General Hospital and the Pasir Panjang Power Station "amazed" 21 Australian building experts during a tour of the Colony yesterday. The visitors are members of an industrial productivity team. Mr.
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    HIT TRISHA
    38 2 CHAN Kaiig Chew of Siiai Road, was fined ?T5 bv the Saig^pore First Traffic Magistrate, .Mr. F.A. chua. yesterday when he pieariec guilty to negligent driving which result- 1 ed i a collision with a trishaw.
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    39 2 photo. Mr. Chidambaram Chettiar (r.gtit), cliairm :,nd Mr. C. P. Doraikanr.u. general ma:i.;;;»r of the Indii'i Overseas Eaiik Ltd.. Madras, who are on a short visit la the Bank's Fir Eastern branches, arrived in Singapore by KLM yesterday. Standard
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    RED CROSS LOOKS AFTER PENANG'S 20,000 CHILDREN
    189 3 RED CROSS LOOKS AFTER PENANG 'S 20,000 CHILDREN PENANG, >!on.— ln the Settlement of Penang, 35 schools with an enrolment of approximately 19,000 children, were provided with clinics staffed by volunteers and about 1,000 other children received treatment •nee a week. T as was disclosed in the a n B
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    SQUAD'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY
    109 3 PENANG Mon. -The Penang >l .r.t i Reserve Jungle S<i :.i r) whi h was responsible f >f the ki tw i Cbmmunisi tern i '*s in the Clertak Siin^gu] area in September. li>" vear, celebrated its third r v a* their headq ra in Pee] Aven
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    Shortage Of Vaccine
    73 3 Shortage Of Vaccine BITTERWORTH. >! n Owin- tj a shortage oi vaet'.nr the pvo-nionth period »'*>r Um i a«'cin itioa ol ail dt>,, aga •"t rabies which '*h to hav< eadM h ¥th, 11 i> bf.n^ \t -iiu-d i.itil a li v-.h i{ riv 'S, Ihtrt- sj ni.fiv docs on
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    FAILED TO LODGE TAX RETURNS
    136 3 FAILED TO LODGE TAX RETURNS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Sim See Song, a trader, was fined a total of $1,500 for failin? to lodge his tax returns with the Comptroller of Income Tax within the statutory period. Sim. had failed to submit his tax returns to the Income Tax Denartment for
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    4 WEEK-END THEFTS: $1,426
    92 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. There were foul thefts of cash and property a m ounting to 51. 426 ovet rhe week-end, here. A sum >f $660 was stolen from j house in Brickfields Road vesterdav even in sj while a few hour.-, eariier cash totalling (290.54) was
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    Details Cut Next Week
    41 3 TH E iel til cesults of the Cambrid E iminations ab e Mar. 8, Sing i;: a Education Department announced., yesterCan li latea arc rCQuested not make enquiries at schools tf it Education Office before this :r
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    Sale Draws The Crowds
    48 3 photo. DETERMINED to get the best bargains, crowds rushed into Wassiamull Assomull's retail stores, in High Street, yesterday, when the firm's annual "Cheap Sale," began. The sales will continue for a fortnight. Picture shows a section of the crowd at the hareain counters. Standard
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    Seven Japs Look Over Rubber
    115 3 Seven Japs Look Over Rubber PENANG, Mon- A party of seven Japanese traders headed by Mr. Rvohei Kurata, Director of the Nikka Rubber Com- pany of Osaka has arrived here to study the rubber position. They are guests of Mr. Heah Joo Seang at the Rubber Trade Association Mr. T.
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    Co-op Insurance Society Plan For The 'Small Man'
    281 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Federation's Co-operative Societies are planning an insurance organisation which will sell life policies that are as low as $100 each. Draft rules of the "Malayan Co-operative Insurance Society" have already been drawn up by a special sub-committee and
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    EMERGENCY CONTROL OF GOLD IS NOW CLARIFIED
    335 3 EMERGENCY CONTROL OF GOLD IS NOW CLARIFIED Will Not Affect Trade KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Secretory for Defence, Mr. A.H.P. Humphrey, said today that the Emergency (Control of Gold) Regulations, 1953, would not affect the interests of the great majority of goldsmiths and of trade generally. In a reply to
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    Talk On Elections
    46 3 THE Johore State Election? Officer. Inche Ismi bi n Ismail, and the Elections Publicity Officer, Inche Othman bi n AH, gave a talk to schoolchildren, teachers and members of Chinese guilds at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises. Batu Pahat o n Sunday.
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    $4,000 Joss Factory Fire
    93 3 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. Aroused from his slumber by an "intense heat" a caretaker of a joss stick factory at Bagan Lallang, Sungei Puyu, yesterday, discovered that a big pile of gunny bags in his room was blazing fiercely. He ran to the nearest telephone half-a-mile away to
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    BRIDGE OF KNIVES
    45 3 A LARGE crowd of devotees turned up at the Khai Thean Tay Temple, West Jelutong. Penang to witness the ceremony of the crossing of the '"bridge of knives" which was held on Saturday in honour of the deitv Thuan Kor Tay Ong.
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    Breakdown So Case Is Adjourned
    208 3 PENANG, Mon. A murder case was adjourn* ed by Mr. Justice T. C. Spenser-Wilkinson in the Assize court today because of a breakdown of the air-conditioning. Addressing the court, the judge said the aircondition unit had broken down often enough for him to know what
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    BOYS' BRIGADE GET COLOURS
    167 3 PENANG. Mon. The 2nd Penang Company of the Boys' Brigade received their colours at an impressive dedication ceremony held yesterday in the Methodist Church. After the ceremony the pastor, the Rev. T. Runyan inspected '.12 members of the Brigade under the command of Capt. Tan Chooi'
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    FOUNDATION STONE LAYING
    58 3 DR. W. J. VICKERS, Dire tor of Medical Services, wil lay the foundation stone of th new Alumni Medical Centre u the grounds of General Hosp, tal. Singapore, o n April 'A. The Alumni Association will also hold a dinner in his honour on the same day
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    Smelting Workers Demand Pay Rise
    173 3 PENANG, Mon.— The four demands of the Eastern Smelting Workers Union characterised by a spokesman of the Company as "not just and excessive" will be submitted by the Union at a special meeting between union representatives and the Company on March 4. The union's president.
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    Two End Jumping Course
    83 3 Picture. TWO airmen of the Royal Air Force (Malaya) Station Chans i. recently completed a parachute jumping course at the Far East Parachute School at Chantri and received inscribed Certificates of Parachuting. During the 10 day course they made three descents each from a Valetta of
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    ESQUIRE MAN DUE
    23 3 MR. Richard Joseph, travel editor of Esquire Magazine, is expected to arrive in Singapore' by Qantas/BOAC Constellation from Colombo today.
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    LOCAL MEN TO LECTURE IN BURMA
    103 3 LOCAL MEN TO LECTURE IN BURMA THE British Counrii Centre in Rangoon. Burma. ba* invited three Administrative Otiicers from Singapore to gi\»? talks on "certain*" current topics. The officers are Mr. George Thomson the Colony's Public Relations (Mtaer. Mr. A. Wear, Director of the Public Work* Department Bud Mr. 1
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    New Govt. Domestic Science School Opens In J.B.
    430 4 New Govt. Do mestic Science School Opens In J.B. JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Cutting the white silk ribbon across the door of a fine old mansion on Bukit Ledang early yesterday morning, the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Syed Abdul Kadir, officially opened the new Government Domestic Science School to further the
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    VARSITY PROGRESS IS HARDLY INSPIRING-PROGS
    465 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE White Paper recommendations that there should now be a combined development of the University of Malaya on the present site in Singapore and a new site in Kuala Lumpur, savours of "more divided counsels and political expediency," charges the Newsletter, organ
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    Foundation Of Wing To Be Laid
    148 4 Foundation Of Wing To Be Laid Standard Staff Reporter THE foundation of the 200--bed children's wing in the General Hospital, Singapore. Will be laid by Mr. Hit. Mlstri. brother oi the late N.R. Mistr: whose donation of 5W50.000 has marie possible the construction of the hospital. This children's wing will
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    Jailed For Cheating
    109 4 SALESMAN. Yeu Swe e Cheng, was yesterday charged in the Eighth Police Court with criminal breach of trust j amounting to $4,000. He was found guilty and sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment. Mr. J. C. Cooke, prosecuting. told the Magistrate. Mr. A. W. Ghows. that in
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    HAWKER IS BEATEN UP
    92 4 Standard Staff Resorter THREE men who had soft drinks from a hawker at Outram Road, smashed ud a glass alter drinking and refused to pay the money. Whe n the hawker asked for 1 the money, one of the men told iii.-n. '-Don't you know that
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    61 4 T. J. DA VIES claimed trial ::i the Singapore Fifth Police Court, yesterday, to a charge of criminal breach of trust amounting lo $7,500 cash between Nov. 1. L953 and Feb. 26. l!)54 while in the employ of Messrs. Shaw Bros., Singapore. Bail of $4,000 in two sureties
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    70 4 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 1. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 16 d. April June 161d. July September 16|d. October December 16Jd. March c.i.f. 16d. Towc- Q««e». LONDON TIN Spot £685 per ton. buyers,
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    Future Progress Of Malaya Bright
    194 4 RECALLING the "old days" when he first came to Malaya in 1950, the retiring Australian Commissioner, Mr. L.R. Mclntyre saw growing enthusiasm for future improvement and progress in Singapore and the Federation last night in a farewell talk over Radio Malaya. Regarding the Emergency in
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    $470 Haul By Burglar
    83 4 WHILE a Chinese family were away from their home in Smith Street. Singapore, on Sunday night, a burglar stole cash and jewellery totalling $470. The Intruder was seen leaving by an eight-year-old girl. She gave a description of the burglar to the police and a suspect
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    NEW TREASURER
    31 4 THE advisory committee ol the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore, yesterday elected Mr A., Panachand a s its treasurer in place of Mr. R. M. Krishnan who is leaving for Europe.
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    DRIVE TO FILL 500 POSTS IN THE G.C.S
    237 5 DRIVE TO FILL 500 POSTS IN THE G.C.S Youths Offered A Steady Career Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government will soon start a recruiting drive to fill 500 vacancies now existing in its General Clerical Service. With a good Cambridge Senior examination result this year, the Government expects many candidates to
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    300 Apply For Bible Classes
    146 5 300 Apply For Bible Classes RE than :SOO paid app!i'rom all over Malaya bam received for the ':> e Correspondence Course tuted for the first time i year bv Trinity College. R.v Frank Bairhin, New Tes■nt and Theology Professor at the College and Director of Course, told The Standard t
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    WOMAN STOLE HIS MONEY
    57 5 A GERMAN seaman yesterrcported to the Singapore thai a woman stole $3 hi'e he was asleep I a MM Buftalo Road at Sunday. Bt -a:,; Uwl at 4.3*1 an:, the woman wraa in the room. Wfecg he woke up at 7. 30 a v he checked
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    LIGHTER WORKERS WANT NEW DEAL
    140 5 THE Singapore Lighterage Workers Union yesterday submitted a six-point claim to the Eastern Lighterage Company for its immediate consideration. Mr. N. Thunkasarr.y. aoiie-at a meeting of the workers on tary of the Union told TheSunday. Standard that the decision to He said the firm's employees
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    69 5 photo. ABDUL RAZAK. 8, sat down in the chair with a wary look in his eyes and waited for Dr. Chong Kee Neo to plunge the needle into his arm. His face twisted with anticipated pain, but after it was over he said it was not so bad. This happened
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    BUSINESS BAD IN '53 -CHAMBER
    108 5 BUSINESS in Singapore was bad last year due to the fall of rubber price.', Mr. Tan' Siak Kew reported to a meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. Tan was presiding over the meeting for the last time. New office-bearers will be elected
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    Books On Show
    53 5 AN exhibition of British books. consisting of 2.500 volumes, will be held at the British Council Hali in Singapore from March 9 to 19. Irom 9 a.m. to 5.:50 p.m. The ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya, Sir Sydney Caine. will open the exhibition on March 8
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    Stop Sending 'Any' Inspector-Magistrate
    469 5 Stop Sending 'Any' InspectorMagistrate THE'City Council must stop sending "any inspector of whatever rank"' to prosecute cases in the City Police Court, said the magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebouin. yesterday. 'TThe City Couri h;;s already j written al some length to the City Council aboui this with the result,
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    WARNED NOT TO TRY AGAIN
    90 5 CHIX SIAK HONG, who had several previous convictions, was yesterday warned b v the i Singapore First Traffic Magis- tratc, Mr. F.A. Chua, that if he committed another offence. he would be disqualified from j driving for several years. Chin was charged with driv- j
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    COURT SEQUEL TO LOST POLICE GUN
    232 5 A .38 REVOLVER snatched from a detective during the December H)5O riots had its j sequel in the Singapore Ninth IPo ice Court yesterday, when 1 Chionh Ann Hock of Boon Tiong Road was tentatively i charge,! with unlawful posses- sion of a firearm,
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    Weekly Tourist Air Service Soon
    173 5 WEEKLY Tourist Class air service will be inaugurated in April on the joint Qantas BO AC "Kangaroo" Route between Sydney and London via Singapore, the local manager of Qantas Empire Airways, Capt. H.M. Birch, announced yesterday. The first flight will arrive in Singapore on April
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    Indian Crew Repatriated
    156 5 THE 52 Indians and two Ceylonese crew of the Indian freighter Asha that limped into the Singapore Outer Road s over a month ago. were repatriated to India on a priority passage yesterday, on the 8.1.5.N. vessel Santhia. The men were all smiles, at tlie thought of
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    FORCED LICENCE
    32 5 A 54-year-old trishaw rider. Wong Ah Yew, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to a charge of j forging his trishaw licence, j Sentence was deferred until today.
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    TERRORIST GIVES UP TO DRIVER
    143 5 TERRORIST GIVES UP TO DRIVER KUALA LUMPUR, Mo*.— A 4i-year-oifi Chinese terrorist named Yu Sheung. surrendered to a bus driver in the Kuala Pilah District of Negn Sembilan yesterday The driver took him to Dangi Police Station. The terrorist had buried ktil shot gun and later :t was recovered with
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    STABBING INCIDENT: MAN HELD
    89 5 STABBING INCIDENT: MAN HELD SINGAPORE Police yesterday detained the husband aH 17-year-old Indian woman shortly alter she was fmrnd stabbed m Alexandra Roan Married two year.-. lgo, the couple have a M-month-old child but alter frequent quartets, the woman left bei busband and wen: back to < j with her
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    500 6 (^PENING the fifth session of the Federal Legislative Council on March 18 last year. Sir Gerald Templer. the High Commissioner said, among other things that he considered the time had come to put aside any thought of pulling as three separate teams and to pull as one.
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    342 6 Chang- Wu Dispute a time r.rP. the fate ol the '..hole island han.ys in the b.t'.a:: With the Wcsteni PoWCTS, particularly Bi tain France, ready to rite it ofl at the ming Geneva C nference, it was must unfortunate Natii nalist Government to be the centre of what was purely
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    1138 6  -  ALEX JOSEY THE LEGCO SHOULD INVESTIGATE In Todays Malayan Affairs Says I AM told that there is a possibility that questions may soon be asked in the House of Commons about the Singapore Government's secret agreement with Malayan Airways. It is believed that full
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      355 6 Sir:— Apropos Mr. Alex josey'a excellent article in. T)w Singapore Standard of February -t>. one aspect that should be defined quite clear/;/ tj that certain fea-' tnres are notercorthy about the existing trade unions Ji this country. Mode/fed though they are on the British pattern, our
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      130 6 Sir: Ret: Letter -under the heading ''Those Exam Passes* 1 in Saturday's issue. schools in the Federation are not the only ones that thoroughly weed out probable failures year alter year until absolute "certainties" only are left to obtain their wonderful School Certificate results. The same process but
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      JOSEY'S MEDAL
      75 6 Sir; —I note from your issue of 26th February that one of the medals that old campaigner Mr. A. Josey has himself pinned to his battle blouse is a General Strike (1926) Service Medal. Mr. Josey was 16 at the time of the General Strike and it seems
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      ALARMING ?
      78 6 ALARMING Sir; With Inspectors of Schools concentrating inure and more on the administrative side of education, it has become the fashion now to leave inexperienced teachers and their wards very much to themselves. This trend is obvious from the Cambridge results which were published recently. Periodical inspection of tutorial work
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      180 6 Sir; Some light is shed on income tax evasion in Britain by a short article in "The Economist" of January 30. 1954. Figures were reproduced to show that the number of cases rose from 1.411 in 1948 to 9.836 in 1953. the rise being steepest during
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    645 6 Controversy Surrounds Sir Evelyn I NAIROBI THE announcement i that the Governor 1 of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Bor- ing, is to travel to Britain early this month for six weeks medical treatment, has aroused much speculation here. It is no secret here that Sir Evelyn has been ill for some
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    253 6 Review of Views Let Them Command i UTUSAN lie ayu < tfalav Regimeni 1 Conned ft has the Mi ays. i ed in the fane in tough ag a in g Reviewing tht ICa I S pa>: 21 yi Ibj gallanU y and to 5 duty of the [ala i
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    French Pin Hopes On Knocking Out Major Red Force
    317 7 HANOI Mar. 1, (AP)— French Union Forces are pinning their hopes of striking a major blow against the Communist-led Yietminh by drawing into battle three, and possibly four rebel divisions around the dust bowl fortress of Dien Bien Phu in northwestern
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    39 7 photo. PORTRAIT of >ladame /einad Nahav om-p nicknamed "The TrUf Queen ■I K^ypf*. when her husband." WAFD partv leader Nahas Pasha, was Premier in 1981. Madame Nahas is now o n trial for torruptiiMi and abu>e of power. UP
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    37 7 ONDON, .1. I. (API B: pi roughi Scol i the Brsl tu I B: with 1 le S the A an I nerce in a that pi pects for turning bust- re Son
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    20 7 RTHING I AP idaj tinf dents a I gkonf rt ■•>: the I going th] English-i ibei
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    BANK CLERKS STAGE STRIKE
    70 7 SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar. 1. R-.- iter) The ioveriunenj late o: emergency in BUS Ol 1..". mites ar-u:::,! Santiaj jrest rday because dis- ■■■<> w (re :< ared in "he strike oi bank clerks. I ancelted for hroops >li >e who have *entrated in then- barThe strike
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    A Hot Reception
    64 7 photo. TILDA THAMAR (left), an artiste from Argentine, sets about French authoress Caro Canaille during a recent reception given in Paris by Caro on the publication of her book "Stars in Their Slippers." Tilda misunderstood a sentence in the book which described her as riding "a poil."
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    Economic War Is Important
    21 7 UP] R ton lie and bai s n a I run roa t addi lor t.-.e V
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    CHINESE TROOPS MOVING SOUTH
    168 7 HONGKONG, Mar. 1, (Reuter)— "A correspondent" of the local senior morning English language newspaper the South China Morning Post reported in an undated message today about 70,000 Chinese Communist soldiers passed through Central China last week on their way to south west Kwangsi Province by railwav.
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    45 7 phuttk WHILE Parisians are still shivering in the cold, spring and >ummer styles are already brifiniiin? to evoke seaside va»Ctions oa th«* Riviera Parisian Shirtmakers show, right. J--?ach cns-iiible in red and white by Noveltex. and a taa £ad cxr.im atfipei tkixt, ttom Sviiic- UP
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    SERVICES STRIKE HITS WINTRY TRIESTE
    304 7 SERVICES STRIKE HITS WINTRY TRIESTE TRIESTE, Mar. 1 (Reuter)— Trieste inhabitants hoped negotiations here would soon end the three-day-old strike which has forced them to walfc to work muffled up against the whistling Bora wind Municipal services of this cj p li ted city stopped at mi night on Thursday
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    Jaycees Award P.I. President
    149 7 HONGKONG. Mar. 1. (AP) —The Fourth Regional Asian Conference of the Junior Chamber of Commerce International i tided a four-day meeting yesterday with awards to outstanding members and resolutions for action to solve Asian social problems. A special award was granted, to President Ramon Alagsaysay of
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    POPE BETTER
    36 7 VATICAN'. Jar. 1. (Reuter) Pope Phi- XII who has been sutTerinr; fro.n a severe stomach ailment tor six weeks. was stated last night to have made a ""marked improvement"' in the past 24 hours.
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    India's Aid To Victims
    60 7 SYDNEY, Mar. 1 (UP)— The Indian Government will donate AH 1,000 toward helping flood victims on the north coast, Premier. Mr. Joseph Cashall announced yesterday. He said the Indian High Commissioner General, Mr. K. Cariappa had made the oiler on behalf of his government. The amount
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    Experts Probe Opium Origin
    36 7 UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 1. (■^P) Three scientists will meet today at the United Nations headquarters to evaluate progress made thus far in developing methods to determine the s^osraphiciii urigin oi' seized opium.
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    LEAVE FOR STUDY
    39 7 FOUR senior Indonesian Army officers left lor the United States yesterday to study military affairs. All hold the rank of major which in the Indonesian Army is the title of an officer commanding a regiment.- Reuter
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    PLEVEN TO URGE I.-C. PEACE
    353 7 Effort Is In Good Faith, But No Illusions SAIGON, Mar. I—French1 French Defence Minister Rene Pleven flew to Paris yesterday and informed sources said he will recommend France seek to negotiate an end to the eight-year-old war in Indo-China in good faith but without illusions."
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    Train Jumps Rails, 9 Die
    109 7 BAGXF.RES DE I.UCHOX. PYRENEES. Mar. I, (Router)— Nine people were killed and four seriously injured yesterday when two cars of a mo mtain cable train packed with holiday skiers jumped th< ra Is and era- 1 a <•! i .690 down a ravine here, after
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    PLANE SPOTTED
    34 7 RAPID CITY. S.C.. Mar 1 (AP) A search yr.^ia yt fcerday spotted wreckage ol a Western Air lines Convair which crashed Friday with !.:ne poison- aboard about 90 n,,xs west of here.
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    83 7 TO ENCOURAGE tourists from abroad and to «ive them an idea of the gaiety of ninht life to be found iai London, the Duchess of Westminster and some of her friends put on evening clothes and turned film extras voluntary, unpaid. At the Cafe de Parta night club they took
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    MANY MISSING AFTER BLAST
    34 7 PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 1 (AP) An explosion rocked two buildings in South Philadelphia last night, one of which contained a social centre in which dozens were reported missing following the blast.
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    Earth Tremor Rocks South Australia
    109 7 Earth Tremor Rocks South Australia ADELAIDE. Mar. 1. (Renter) An earth tremor lasting 20 seconds rocked parts of South Australia at 3.40 a.m. Jocal time today. 'Terrified people rushed into the streets of Adelaide and the suburbs as homes and buildings rumbled. Masonry tumbled in many places, cracks appeared in
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    Nehru Says 'No' To ike
    78 7 NEW DELHI, Mar. 1 (UP) Informed sources said yesterday that Prime Minister Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru has rejected an ofl'er of United States military aid to India made in a letter from President, Mr. Eisenhower. The sources .said Mr. Nehru refused the offer in a letter
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    ROOSEVELT'S LONG TRIP
    73 7 SAX FRA.\ T CISCO, Mar. 1— (AP)— The 45,000-ton aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt largest warship of her class ever to operate in the Pacific sailed through the Golden Gate Sunday morning. The huge carrier, too wide a beam to pass through the Panama Canal, made the
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    AKIHITO'S TUTOR
    30 7 AKIHITO 'S TUTOR NEW YORK. Mar. 1. (AP) Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining. former tutor for Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, is one of the new directors of the Japan Society.
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    DULLES TO TALK ON COMMUNISM, COFFEE
    132 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, (UP) Secretary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles yesterday flew to Caracas for the tenth inter American conference where Communism and colYee are likely to be the chief issues. Mr. Dulies. is determined to seek action to block any spread of
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    JAPANESE WILL NOT SURVEY N. BRITAIN
    159 7 JAPANESE WILL NOT SURVEY N. BRITAIN SYDNEY, Mar. I iAP 1 e United States has bowed .> Australian protests and »n I not employ Japanese on .< joint survey she is to f the Australian-adn.iii.-'i red island of New Britain. Pi e 1 Minister Robert Met./!' I noun^ed yesterday. Australians,
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    40 7 SYDNEY ifl Flu head offi B New S v." filming all i beq clears. Cheques ..t. fed into a machitu i a small ofll >k at I ;of 300 a minutt jgraphed oa U 'res:ttanl ftlm.
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    370 9 PAA TOURIST FARES TO CIRCLE THE WORLD PAN AMERICAN World Airways will inaugurate low-cost tourist fares in the Pacific on April 1, thus forging the last link in an air tourist network around the, world, Stan Gluck, PAA's district traffic sales manager, announced yesterday. The new fares, which have been
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    33 9 CURRENCY allowed per pa?senger on disembarkation in Ceylon is Rs. ]:i(> in Ceylon or Indian currency or SBG in Malayan currency. It \va^ announced by the Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya yesterday.
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    RUBBER
    141 9 THE rubber market in Singapore yesterday closed barely steady at 53 5/7 cents per Ib. for first grade rubber for March shipment (53 7/8 cents on. Saturday). Traders showed no inclination to deal, in the absence of any indications from overseas. Little business with upcountry centres was reported. Overseas
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    107 9 THE produce market in Singapore was firm in copra but dull in coconut oil yesterday. Copra for March and April shipment was quoted at $36 5/8 per picul buyers with sellers around $36 7/8. Good business was reported at quotations. Coconut oil sellers indicated SSBA per picul. Fair activity
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    Talks Started On Sugar Deal
    45 9 TOKYO. Mar. 1 (AFP) The Japanese and Nationalist Chinese governments have started talks on a sugar deal involving 300.000 tons of Formosan product to be exported to Japan during the current year, according to well inform- ed sources today. j
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    Industrial Shares Maintain Rise
    717 9 THE rise in Malayan industrial shares in the Singapore market was maintained yesterday while tins responded to the continued rise in the metal price Rubber shares remained neglected. INDUSTRIALS I— Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks O: ds 3 40 I 50 Pi el. 2.10 2.20 xc r\ti_*
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    35 9 CEYLON, Mar. I Minisi Comi Mr. R. I S a <c sa ay a Don iall f price of 1 a o it j on d t I ndOtt BUCt)
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    Does Your Baby Play You Up?
    595 10  -  C.B. ACWORTH All Quiet On The Home Front? Or- By 1 \RE you as clever as your small child your two. year-clri or three-year-old? CMMtob, little children especially, are far more* cut« than their parents think. They may not be able tc put it
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    423 10  -  Nadeane Walker QET OUT the calorie char's, girls. Here CQnM the new Spring Styles from Paris. With the publication or the Bist pictures from the fashion shows, you can see lot yourself that m js: of the new dresses lit like a bathing suit right d
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    631 10  -  MARY BROWN Advises I'Hr > a V:;-: >•.•; ;n parOn the i ouch a I -.1 sir! site, eyea downcast, ■•i isped. .■< 4 bei »r« her, a young mi dui nurs nervously; "Mi-.-. Caroline. You must be Jwire that t'i>r j Ion? time
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    485 10 STRAIGHT from the London and Paris dress showings of last week come these unusual and eyecatching creations which Associated Press photographer! clicked for worldwide circulation. (Top" row, No. 1) These two outfits were in the Spring Collection of London designer Digby Morton. On left
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    411 10 T HAVE been in love with a married man for some time, and recently discovered thai I am going to have his child. My parents are eld fashioned, and know nothing of our association and I ant afraid to tell them. The man refuses to divorce his
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    351 11 Another B. Guiana Crisis Calls For Police Protection GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Mar. 1 (Reuter)— A police riot squad will stand by and police strength in the ground will be doubled when play resumes here today in the third cricket Test match between England and the West Indies.
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    Ali Tamby Decides For Muar
    171 11 Ali Tamby Decides For Muar MLAR. Moo. Playing in iur.il weuthrr before a large niwd. \lujr Combined beat Singapore .Malays b% three goal* to two on Saturday. Within seven minutes from the start Muar opened the score through Peng Chuan whu^e long !ob entered the net Undaunted by Vnis setback.
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    105 11 FOSMER Australian open golf champion, Eri Cremin. wi i lead an overseas go g to..r this year. Qantaa Xonptre A r 9 is .jrrar^-;^ the to wfl] leave SydneA or May 8 an I tin.^T ;a I > < Mav 21. Apart from organising > ompe':T:o::»
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    28 11 MEXICO City, Mar. I— (AP) vany Palmer, ol Char'.jrc NX ■■'< i tt on the t (or a 1 re :::::er i At > Una's Roberto the
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    221 11 DUBLIN. Mar. 1 (Reuter>— Ireland have made two changes in their Rugby Union team to meet Wales on March 13 compared with the 13 which beat Scotland on Saturday. P. Berkeriv (Lansdownes) p!ay s fullback in place of R. J. Gregg while J. H. Smith
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    41 11 -SANTIAGO. Chile. Mar. 1 i Renter > Brazil beat Chi'e -'—0, alter leading I—o at haifMne i n the qualifying group ll" of the World Football Cham- 1 pionshi] -ere today. Chile .-..id previously been beaten twice by Paraguay in
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    142 11 Difficult Task For England GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Mar. 1 (Reuter) The England captain is almost bound to make West Indies follow-on if they fail to get 45 more runs when the third cricket Test resumes here. With two days left and the pitch still playing splendidly West Indies are 241
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      43 11 NOTICE NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL S.S. "RAKI" arrived 1.3.1954 NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES T^OR Discharging part con- signment. Berthing 2.3.1954 5.11.8. Godown: 11. General survey will be held !on the 6th March 1954. NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL 41. Robinson Road, Tel:— *****
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      580 11 NOT! MUNICIPALITY OF MALACCA. APPLICATIONS are invited r% from British Subjects, Federal Citizens Or persons eligible to become Federal Citizens for the following appointments in the Water Department: (i) Superintendent, Bukit Sebukor Filtration Plant. Salary scale $396x18- j $486 (consolidated) per, mensem plus Cost of Living Allowance. The total emoluments
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      589 11 CES MUNICIPAL TENDER yENDERS are invited for the supply of Hard Wood Poles as follows: (a) 100 poles to be delivered as soon as possible, and (b) 400 poles t o be delivered in lots of 80 poles per month for five months. Tender forms and specifications and al! necessary
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      809 11 SITUATIONS VACANT APPLICATIONS are invited for appointments as clerks, State Clerical Service. Higher Division (Men Women) and i clerks State Clerical Service. Lower Division <Men». Salarv Scales for the Higher Division are as follows:— MEN. School Certificate 5102x6 114' 132x(M44 15(ix12-204 21(5x12 300 Standard VIII «90xti-108.'12(;xtJ--144 156\12-204 r 216x12-300. Standard
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      865 11 Standard N j ice Fcir The LWuiploved AT IOIE ShRMCt: Are job uii« inploM-d and in need; To 1 help yon find work ihe Siugap«»r e Standard I nem ploy men 1 Bureau offers you trie space i n this column. Just call or write >«ur local Standard office for
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  • COLONY SOCCER SEASON OPENS
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      JALAN BESAR JITTERS HIT FATHUL KARIB
      630 12 JALAN BESAR JITTERS HIT FATHUL KARIB FAMED Fathul Karib^whose stock was once held in high esteem, took a tumble when they were trounced by s—l by last year's second division champions, Police S.A., in the opening game ot the 1954 SAFA Senior Division League at Jalan Be>ar stadium ye>terday. 1
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      CA TAKE THE DIV. 2 OPENER
      265 12 Kim Kee Heads il \IKOWYV Sports Club did everything but score in their division 2 league opener against Chinese Athletics with the result that they were forced to concede to a une-nil defeat at Farrer Park yesterday. -.vas wet alter a e a:. this
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      FRIENDLY
      17 12 IX a friendly mal h Fan Part jrestei lay, OTEJ beat Rovers Juniors "^vo foa s
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      Eddie's A Dutch Champion Now
      295 12 HAARLEM. Feb. 28 (Keuter)— Eddie Choong of Mateyi won the men's singles title -when the badminton championships of Holland ended here today. All other finals were won by Danish players and all the champions of 1953 were beaten. Choong beat Joern Skaarupj (Denmark) Js— 9,
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      THE FIRST TO SCORE
      60 12 THE honour of scoring the iirst goal of the 1954 Si4FA Senior Division League ot Jalan Besar sti.dinm yesterday went to Osbert Rozario, Police S.A. insideleft. JudghiQ from the tremendous efjort behind his shot, and the cheeky grin on his face, it wasn't one that could
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      SUJAK BEATEN
      59 12 Action pictures of yesterday's division 1 game show. Police centre-fonvard, DoVuh Anaullia, has Fathul Karib's goalkeeper, Sulaiman SujaJ:, beaten long before the ball entered the net for Police's second goal of their s—l5 1 victory over FathuJ Karib. In the loice-r picture, Fathttl's Sulaiman Sujak, putting every ounce
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      Alexandra Wins in 3A
      37 12 IN the only division 3A league match played yesterday. Alexandra FT beat Kebenaran Club 3-2 on the MFA ground yesterday. Hassan 2 and Hamid scored for Alexandra. Juraimee netted both goals for Kebenaran.
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      Corinthians Go For Goals
      450 12 Corinthians Go For Go als NEWLY promoted Singapore Corinthians, last year's unbeaten junior league and cup champions, went for the goals when they met Young Men Muslim Association in the opening SAT A Division 2 league match at Farrer Park yesterday. Trailing one-nil at halftime, Corinthian's made a fighting second
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      WITHDRAWN
      43 12 TAMIL Brotherhood Association received a walkover in division 2 league. They were supposed to meet CYMA (PM) in the opening fixture. CYMA (PM) have withdrawn from the league and all teams drawn against them will receive walkovers. 1 Immigration S.C. have also
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      Weights For Penang Races
      203 12 PENANG, Mon.—The following are the weights for four races on the second day of the Penang Turf Club race meeting: CL 5. Div. I—ai Pasamora 8.13 Winner House SO7 Sea Wolf 9.00 De-Win 8.1! Hooghly 8.05 Picture House 9.00 I na ware 8.11 Actor II 8.01
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      TODAY'S STATE HOCKEY
      106 12 TODAY 'S STATE HOCKEY THE following payers have been selected to p'.ay for an SHA XI again.-t Johore today The game has been arranged to give the Johore side practice before they meet the Indian Tourists here on March 10. V. X. Pilay: R. Barth. Ajit i Singh: Gunendran, Velupillai,
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      BARTLEY BOYS BEAT JOHORE COLLEGIANS
      313 12 A CLEVER goal by Palania-i pan, three minutes before the tal \v:: -'.'e. paved the way for a Bartley Road School vi tory when they beat the visiting Johore English College; I y a solitary goal in their inter-school soccer match; played in puddles of
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      Boys Whip RI Masters
      73 12 RAFFLES Institution Boys I j beat the Staff 2-1 in their anj nual hockey encounter at I Bras Basah Road yesterday. The boys had their masters i i under control. In th e 10th j minute left in Thomas Wong opened the score for the boys,
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      'SAWLF VIOLATED RULES OF GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP'
      178 12 WL Party Claims CLAIMING that the Singapore Amateur Weight Lifters Federation had 'violated the fundamental rules of good sportsmanship,' the Singapore Young Chinese Weight Lifting Party have resigned from the Federation. The Young Chinese WLP had been a founder-member oi ihe Federation, and yesterday.
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      112 12 No, this :> Rof o Sfr(i?fs T: compettttott. Bui you can re cog* >e 'Cmrmen Miranda' here, certainly detente m g «''d tip for tamoriMV. O/ course, Eta good old /oofeey Gordon Lanso I W, fl'id he HNM fl pri^*' .'or benig The funniest 'lady' at the recent Fancy Dr
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      Spoon Shoot
      44 12 RESULTS of the Singapore R.: e Ass ition spoon i held < n S lay wen N- s r [r E M I hell 66; Hand s re SR (b) Miss B. J Etelenius 67; Handicap ire SR (b. Mr. B :ig^^ 68
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      74 12 SOCCF.R: SAFA League. Div. 1 KoUi Raja v. Marines at JBS: Div. 2 BODCA r. T. Bahru Rangers c: BODCA; Div 3.4 KML r. Seletar F.C. at Farrer Park; SHB Police V. Radin Mas Ra-nblers at SHB: Div. 3B B Bulan v. Gymkhana S.C. at CYM.4. Inter-School St. Anthony's v.
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