Singapore Standard, 4 March 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Jfc 3H A Vol. IV. No. 245. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954 TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS.
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    Call-up Appeal Chief Is Named
    184 1 By JAMBS P. CHIN, Standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE Civil District Judge. Mr. J. F. William; will head the pea] Tribunal for the Colony'i national servicemen to be called up soon, i the Su idard waa told yesthai big appointment i I I't'te.i shortly and
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    Stockpile Rubber Calf
    60 1 Aaorew Roth WE N Wed.— The Br ->h n t• -as called upon itoo'n t .-lalayan rub r thai lis cheap. Thi was made ol Ui -S« re^ary ol Co On Doum of Commons aftern< by Laboarite Mr. a y e ry during a d:sss I the
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    U.S.UNVEILS BOEING JET
    110 1 SEATTLE Washington), Mil. 5, (AP)— Boeing Air- crafi yesterday unvei ed its )")i)-m.p.ii. jet airlinei its »hallenge to Britain's claims i\ji iupumacy in ro^imercial u> r planes. i:\-s companj hopes it will vtvj a, ihf world's airliner i :1 1957. Boeing was reluctani to give sp-^.ia: performance
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    INSPECTOR MURDERED
    383 1 Police Hunt Three Communist Slayers THUGS STEAL GUN IN DAYLIGHT SHOOTING By EE BOON LEE Standard Staff Reporter COMMUNIST gunmen yesterday murdered Detective Sub-Inspector Tan Ah Seng in Singapore in the presence of his 10-year-old daughter and stole his pistol as he fell before their bullets. An island-wide
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    SCENE OF SHOOTING
    70 1 LOOKING FOR SPENT BULLETS TOP arrow shows where Inspector Tan came out from. Bottom arrow indicates the spot where the two gunmen lay in wait for him. White circle is the spot where Inspector Tan fell after being shot four times. THIS StariHard picture, taken soon after
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    50 Named For New Council
    549 1 TO MAKE WAY FOR POLLS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The High Commissioner today announced the names of fifty unofficial members for the new Federal Legislative Council term, which officially came into being from the beginning of this month. With the officials, ''Members'' and Mentris Besar, the
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    Man With A Pole Routed Four Thugs
    116 1 Man With A Pole Routed Four Thugs AN empi <yee of Aik Hoe Rubber fa tory in Kim Chuati Road, off Paya Lebar Rond. Singapore, touted four gangsters who attacked a workmate on Tuesday night. A factory hand, Neo Cheng Chai. was attacked by the thugs after they had played
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    SIX MISSING AFTER CRASH
    54 1 LONDON. Mar. 3. One person was killed and six are missing as a result of a RAF Sunderland flying boat crash into the sea after taking off from Pembroke docks, today. Four other occupants of the plane were rescued. All hope for the other six airmen
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    ASIAN ASSN. STARTS APRIL
    41 1 TOKYO, Mar. 3. (AFP).— The Asian Association, which unifies over 30 private organisations connected wth SouthEast Asia, will come into being on April 1. it was announced by representatives of the Organisations who met in Tokyo today.
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    STILL PREMIER
    18 1 THE SUDAN Government yesterday officially denied a report that Premier Ismail el A.uury had resigned. A.P
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    24 Years' Service
    315 1 School, told The Standard that she was only three feet away from her father when the first three shots rang out. "I saw my father tali and I quickly ran back into the borne. "My mother asked me what happened .and I told her father had been
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    PROBE INTO EXTORTION RACKET
    160 1 PROBE INTO EXTORTION RACKET SINGAPORE Police are investigating reports ol mass extortion from shopkeepers in Upper Pickering Street and a street in the Alexandra Road area. Thills belonging to the notorious secret society Gang 08 have approached shopkeepers in these areas during the past month and demanded $2,000 frqni each
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    Congress Guards Doubled
    148 1 Congress Guards Doubled WASHINGTON. Mar. 3 Mr. Alvin M. Bentley, 35-year-old Republican congressman, wounded on Monday when four Puerto Ricans "shot up" the U.S. Congress, was removed from the critical list at his hospital today. But Dr. Joseph R. Young, Chief of Staff at the hospital said Mr. Bentley was
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    ROK & CHINA FOR GENEVA
    72 1 ROK CHINA FOR GENEVA TOKYO. Mar. 3, (UP)— The j Communist Governments of China and North Korea have j accepted invitations from RusI sia to attend the Geneva coni*ference, their official radio stations announced tonight. Peking Radio announced China's acceptance shortly before 10.00 p.m. in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo.
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    Man Mimics Marilyn
    48 1 HONGKONG. Mar. 3 (AP)— The- Chinese Reds, trying to mimic Marilyn Monroe's tour of South Korea, has sent Mei-lan Fang touring the Communist army camps. There were important differences, though. The main one Mei-lan Fang, possibly the world's best known female impersonator, is a man.
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    ATTACHE HELD ON ARRIVAL
    40 1 DAMASCUS. Alar. 3, (Reuter). Colonel Ibrahim Husseini. Syrian Military Attache in Washington, was arrested when he arrived unexpectedly a: Damascus airport yesterday. He was ordered to return to America and is due to leave Syria today.
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    THAI-RI "REATY
    24 1 THE first treaty of friendship between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Indonesia was signed yesterday i n Bangkok. Reuter.
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    Five Mau Leaders Reply To Appeals
    155 1 Five Mau Leaders Reply To Appeals NAIROBI. Mar. 3 (Reuter) Five local leaders of the Mau Mau terrorists have replied favourably to surrender appeals made by "General China" it was announced here today. "General China" (captured Mau Mau '"Number Two") was taken from his condemned cell in Nairobi to a
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    Pharmacy Degree Is Urged In Assn. Memo
    175 2 Pharmacy Degree Is Urged In Assn. Memo THE Malayan Pharmaceutical Association in a memorandum to the .Medical Education Enquiry Committee, recommends the continuation of the Diploma course in Pharmacy, and the dual control over pharmaceutical education by the University of Malaya and the Pharmacy Board. But. says the Pharmaceutical Journal.
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    Study Group Vacancies
    63 2 THE Study Groun Movemeni (Singapore) has a few vat\.:nes for study courses available immediately. interested persons are asked to apply at the British Council Centre. Stamford Road Courses on Mathematics (;p j to Inter B.Sc > Advanced English Comprehension, Elements of En^'i<h Law, History •i English Literature,
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    HK EXCHANGE
    45 2 HONGKONG. Mar 3 Spc ri I Standard Service: Closing i ric of the Hongkong Exchange I >daj ere $15.4 i to 1 sterling $5.***** to US.>l. <:3!K to Malayan v l: $0,21 o to one Indonesian R i: Gold «•_'-»<> 25 to 1 tael.
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    FED. GOVT. MAY BE BOOKIE
    270 2 Monopoly To Tap Big Profits Of Illegal Racket KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation Government' may shortly be asked to go into off-the-course book-making business on a monopoly basis, like the lotteries, to tap "substantial amounts" now netted by private bookies operating Illegally throughout the country,
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    Councillors' No To Colony Bid
    652 2 LEGISLATORS of Singapore yesterday were up in arms against the Government proposal to extend facilities for betting on horses by introducing the offj the-course totalisator agency system as in New Zealand. i VV.<t Pni'nril \nr< print nr'l frt hvr" iviuai v>uuiii uiui> uuiiiai it u
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    MORE SEATS FOR VISITORS
    63 2 MORE S EATS FOR VISITORS litCAubE of rearrangement in the seating accommodation in the Victoria Memorial Hall for the ceremonial opening of the fourth session of the Second Legislative Council on March 16, it is now possible to accommodate a larger number of visitors. Those wishing to attend should apply
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    HGs Ambushed: 2 Die, 7 Hurt
    353 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Thirty terrorists todaj&l j ambushed 12 Chinese members of the Kinta Valley i Home Guards in the Tronoh area of Perak and, in an j 'eight-minute gruesome gun duel, killed two of them I and injured seven. From prepared positions, spread
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    108 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cf-ats per Ib.) i n Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Sellers No. J ILS.S Spot Loose 53 i 53; No. 1 R.S.S. 53* 54 No. 2 R.S.S. 535 53? No. 3 R.S.S 52 i 525 Tone: Steady. TIM PKIL'E The price of tin veslerday was $3281.
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    Govt. Thanks Two Old Post Office Hands
    184 2 TWO senior postal clerks. I Mr. Osman Faraj and Mr. Lim ;Ah Kong, were the proudest 1 employees of the Singapore Postal Service yesterday when t h e y received valedictory i letters signed by the Colonial j Secretary, prior to their 1
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    COUNCIL QUIZ ON WELFARE
    104 2 I SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor for Changi, Dr. C.J. Paglar, will ask the Colonial Secretary at the coming Couni cil meeting whether the Government has a policy to care I and maintain people who are permanently incapacitated. He will also ask if there has i been any
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    86 2 MR. Desmond Flower, author, a director of the London publishing firm of Cassell and Company, arrived-in Singapore with his wife from Sydney by Qantas/BOAC Constellation yesterday on a three-month globe-girdling business trip. They were met at Kalian? Airport yesterday by a representative of the Company, Mr. D. C. Yeoman. Cassells
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    $4,150 MORE FOR SATA FUND
    119 2 THE Singapore Anti-Tubercu- losis .-Vpsoeiation yesterday acknowledged the following donaj tions totalling $4,150:— United Motor Works Ltd 1 $1,000; Ford Motor Co. Ltd' $300. William Jacks Co Ltd.J Henry Waugh Co. Ltd., Malayan Breweries Ltd. Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd., and Harper Gilfillan Co
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    END OF WAR MAY BE LONG WAY OFF-H.C.
    486 3 Kl ALA LUMPI7K, Wed— lt may be a considerable time before the end is reached and it may be a long t.ne before the last shot in this ideological war is tired, the Federat on Ili°jh Commissioner, General Sir <»era!d Tempier, told
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    FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION PLAN READY
    54 3 FREE PRIMARY EDUCATIO N PLAN READY Wed.— 1 Ua for edu ion in x s hooi 11m Stan ard on i been tudied j:: j Go report i ting N > pi inrided m Oi»ive o primary between •r miv I > h.-. )sr o| :s when I 060,600 for
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    65 LIFE MEMBERS JOIN RED CROSS
    205 3 FOOT detachments, four Associate groups, 158 members in the Junior Branch and 65 life members were added to the British Red Cross Society, Singapore Branch, last year, according to its report published yesterday. Total membership, inducting Detachments »nd Junior Red Cross, stood at ::,2()4
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    47 3 I Tan \>\v .1i n who were married in N l t'e K.uoa; Straits Methodist Church recentI brid--ron"i i» the son if the Ute Mr and Mrs. rai inn > The bride is Ru>i,. Goh Wee Lian, only d: uht-r of Mr jnd Mr v C>h Soon Whatt
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    Baiestier Centre
    142 3 The following were elected to i serve on the Executive Coi sieil of the Balestier Community Centre for L954: Patrons Messrs. Thio Chin Bee. Lee Choon Eng. Lea Kim Tan A. P. Rajah. Tan Chin Chua and Phay Seng Whatt. Chairman: Mr. Tin Hai long; I vice-chairman: Mr.
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    Music, Songs ALL Day Long
    153 3 ENTERTAINMENT on the hour throughout the day will Jjive Singapore's International Bazaar for the Blind. on Saturday at Victoria Memorial Hall, a true carnival spirit as well as the atmosphere of an exciting round-the-world shoppin? tour. Sonss, music and magic shows bv the Colony's talented
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    A.R.O. TRANSFER
    20 3 [NCHE EVlohd. Amin bin Dsman, Assistant Registration Officer, f thore Bharu. has taken >ver duties as A.R.0., Klang.
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    WAR AGAINST FAKE DESTITUTES
    282 3 WAR AGAINST FAKE DESTITUTES Welfare Dept Beg ins Probe 0 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Social Welfare Department is making a thorough review of cases receiving public assistance in an endeavour to stop large sums of money going to unscrupulous people passing themselves off as destitutes. i Investigation arrangements were
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    21 3 MR. ALPHONSO ADRIANO help s his bride cut the cake following: their weddin? in Seremban recently. The bride is Elsie Fredericks.
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    Province Dog Owners Are Warned
    174 3 PENANG, Wed.— The acting Deputy Veterinary Otiicer Penang, Mr. D. Gopha!. said today that the t worn on 1 h compulsory antirabies vaccination campaign of dogs over three months old has been successfully completed. Of the 15,718 do-is vacrinatcd. 5,066 were from George Town. 5,309
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    Y's TO FETE MISS LOWE
    66 3 A DINNER to welcome Miss i Phyllis Lowe, the new National Director of the Y.W.C.A., will j be given on Monday evening, March 8, at the "Y" building in Rattles Quay. Miss Lowe, who succeeds Miss Gertrude Owens in the post, will arrive from her
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    $1500 DONATED
    22 3 MR. Tan Boon Ktiak of Beach Road. Singapore, has donated 51. 500 to the Malaya I Hall Appeal Fund. I
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    Borrowed To Cover Overdraft
    160 3 A POLICE report was railed for in the Singapore High Court yesterday in con--1 nection with an overdraft of $100,000 allowed by a former sub-accouniant. Fu Tze Hsi, who appeared befora Air. Justice Knight for a public examination of. his liabilities. Fu. whose liabilities amounted to
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    INJURED IN MOTOR CRASH
    62 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Chinese was seriously injured j following a collision between I his car and a military lorry at the third mile, Ipoh Road yesterday evening. The man. Lim Peck, of Batu I Lane. Kuala Lumpur, was re- turning to the Federal capital j
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    31 3 PENANG, Wed.— The total exports of rubber of ai! grades to all countries from Singapore and the Federation during February amounted to 70.316 tot;,-. it was officially stated today.
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    72,000 Bicycles For Malaya Yearly
    229 3 MALAYA is on the top priority list of Raleigh Industries productions because she is Jthe most promising country in South-east Asia, said Mr. L. R Cooksley, Controller Eastern Division of Rudge-Whitworth Ltd., on Tuesday. He told The Standard at his farewell dinner given by Kee
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    CATHEDRAL PLAYERS' DEBUT ON MARCH 30
    173 3 Standard Staff Reporter t T AMATEUR dramatic group to be caMed "Thi? Cathedral Players" will scon be formed. It i. s expected thai the group will produce plays of all types religious, moral and secular at the St. Andrew's War Memorial Hall. Every Friday
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    The West kents Go Home
    108 3 The West kents Go Home SERGEANT R. Roberts (right) of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, affectionately known to his comrades as "Roberts of Malaya." sailed yesterday on board the trooper Empire Orwell for Britain. Roberts, who has been 1.1 years in the Army. is n<» j newcomer to
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    Seahorse Due Back Tonight
    131 3 Seahorse Due Back Tonight THE SEAHORSE and i»i CTCW of lour dar<? devils whi covered the outward royaga From Singapore to Penang (SV» miles) in -4 hours an.! 4'i minutes running time, began the return trip a? <j *o an. yesterday. The crow comprises Messrs M.C. YeoA. K.C Loh, Kok
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    JAPS IN JUNGLE TOLD TO, GIVE UP
    230 4 JAPS IN JUNGLE TOLD TO, GIVE UP Kt'ALA LL'MPIR, Wed. —The Federation Government is doing all it can to get a number of Japanese who are still in the jungle to come out and surrender, The Standard was told today. An official source pit tbc nuTiber of Japune.> e sti
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    He Impersonated Boss But Later Confessed
    161 4 He Impersonated Boss But Later Confessed FOR bluffing the City Police Court, Loh Jin Hai, a clerk of the Hin Ann Association, Waterloo Street, was held in police custody for a night. Yesierdav he was c'.iarged wiVn UM "unwarra:ite«i and unpardonable" offence of impersonating his bos-^. Qw president ol the
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    Polio: 2 More Cases In K.L
    200 4 -NO CAUSE FOR PANIC KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Two more cases of poliomyelitis have been reported here bringing the number during the week to four. The latest eases r.re a three-year-cid European boy in Bungsar and a Chinese one-year-old baby who is j now in
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    For Distinguished Service
    50 4 photo. ft CORPORAL Hamid Ariff, a member of the Jungle Squad of the Police Volunteer Reserve, Penang, receives a badge for distinguished service and for efficiency i n operational duties from the Resident Commissioner, Mr. R P. Bingham, at the. Penans Volunteer Reserve grouad on Monday. Standard
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    Company To Cheapen Air Cargo Set Up
    142 4 TRANSPORTATION of goods >y air from Britain to all parts if the world including the Far £ast is expected to be given a illip by a new private company ust formed in London. Under th Miie '"Groupair Cargo)". 17 rms with air 'reight
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    JCA Stands Firm On Ritson Issue
    128 4 JCA Stands Firm On Ritson Is sue THE Council of Joint Action, representing about 20,000 Singapore Government employees, j will not change its stand on the Ritson pay talks, The Standard understands. At a meeting of officials of unions and associations, affiliated to the CJA, last night, the Council's earlier
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    Jewels Were Found in 4 Pawnshops
    124 4 Jewels Were Found in 4 Pawnshops PENANG. Wed.— Jewellery worth $1,335 entrusted to a woman broker for sale were j later traced by Police to lour different pawnshops. This was stated in the Ma- gistrate's court yesterday when the broker, Aishah binte Che Mat, pleaded guilty to criminal breach of
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    LATE WIVES GAVE HUBBIES A SCAREI
    226 4 Standard Staff Reporter MORE than TOO jungle fighters of the Queen's Own Royal West Kents, who had mauled the Communists during their three-year operational tour in Malaya, paced the Singapore quayside restlessly yesterday morning in the belief that the Reds had captured 24 of
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    Driver Gets 3 Months
    100 4 A LORRY driver. Woo Sing, who had two previous convictions, was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore s First Traffic District Judge. Mr. |F.*A. Chua. on a charge of causing the death of 27-year- old cyclist. Ambika Rai, by a negligent act.
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    HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE DROPPED
    46 4 HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE DROPPED THOMAS Paglar was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of housebreaking. He was alleged to have broken into the house of Dato C. J. Paglar in Joo Chiat Place on Feb. 17. The charge against him was withdrawn.
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    POLICE FIND FOUNTAIN PEN
    34 4 SINGAPORE Police have found" a blue vacuumatic fountain pen with the name "B. Sharinghal" engraved on it. The owner should contact Detective Inspector Michael Chong of the Central Police Station.
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    $300 Fine For False Statement
    110 4 $300 Fine For False Statement PENANG, Wed A 50-year- 1 old Ipoh businessman, Xg Tat Hean, wac fined $300, in default, two months' Imprisonment in the Magistrate'? court here today for making a false statement to obtain an Entry Permit for his son, Ng Kee Woo. In August, 1952. Ng
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    SINGER AT GALA DANCE
    79 4 MISS MABEL We* Soo Bee above, wfli sivg ai the Singapore Youth Council Gala Dance in i)ie Singapore Badminton Hall on Saturday night. The dance hen bcetf organised to raise funds for the World Assembly of Youth, trhich will be held in Singapore during August <md
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    Bill To Control Midwifery
    91 4 Bill To Control Midwifery KUALA LUMPUR. V»\. A bill con ;datir._ evioiu laws relating to niwifery will ie inti d the F derai gislat e D ■V I The iR v :ii.: n passe n w. ap t a': States h the Fed i n. There w es'^ i The
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    Park Needs To Be Tidied Up But...
    105 4 Park Needs To Be Tidied Up But... SINGAPORE'S f.tlher Quay car part is K-.dh in need of rr siirfin^ and general i.Hsin? no But no pafelir ■■llmillj mi the Coloin M'< iik to b- r«*sponsib!* f«»i thi:The atlitii. City Council Fnci n r Mr B K. Thompson told TLp K;an
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    Chinese Nursery Gardeners Praised
    192 4 THE University of Malaya's Professor of Botany. R.E. Holttuni, yesterday praised the efficiency of Chinese nursery gardeners in Singapore. Speaking on "Gardening as a Hobby in Singapore," Prof. Holttum told members of the Rotary Club that Chinese gardeners were able to adapt plants very successfully to
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    IMMIGRATION POLICY IS BASIS OF FUTURE MALAYAN RACE
    393 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE immigration policy now being implemented in Singapore is one of the foundation si-ones from which a race of Malayans will evolve, I said Mr. J.LJ. Haxworth, retiring Controller of Immigration, yesterday. The policy, he staled, was still in
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    Man Gets A $50 Headache
    75 4 Man Gets A $50 Headache CiAN AM HOK cmU not turn tin in court last week because of a Ik i<iarhc. hp t<ild th< Citj Court Magistrate, Mr. J .M. Devtreux-CoVbourn yesterday. "Vou had a Leadacfe the Magistrate adred "Yes. your honour:" *"Is it better n«' Tcs Sir. 1 had
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    SYNTHETIC FIGURES ARE NOT HELPFUL: TRADERS'
    214 4 PI BLICATION of estimated production figures of synthetic rubber in the Inited States was ge erally welcomed by rubber trade circles in Singapore, yesterday, but leading traders felt that tin fi^ure/ would serve no useful purpose "unless they show a progressively lower output." They
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    ASTONISHING DEBTOR
    51 4 •IT IS ASTONISHING." said Mr. Knig Singapore High Court yesterday when a iipt r that he had incurtwl debts totalling c T.."i' a* earned between (SO and Si oo a month The bankrupt, E;c Kee Seng, pro- r piecegoods firm in Circular Kosci. blamed the e tec his
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      77 4 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: from 7.30 p.m. Mar. 2 to 7.30 a.m. Mar., 3 Singapore (74 Penang (74 F.), Kota Bahru (72 F.). Kuala Imimpur (71 F.), Ipoh (72 F.l, Kuantan (66 F.). Maximum Temperature: from 7.30' a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Mar. 3 Singapore (91 F.>, Penang (92 F.), Kota
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    'IGLOO' GODOWNS TO AID EXPERTS PRESERVE MALAYAN FOOD STOCKS
    363 5  - 'IGLOO' GODOWNS TO AID EXPERTS PRESERVE MALAYAN FOOD STOCKS K. C. ARUN By Standard Man uorr. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Two str a n e-looking structures off Circular Road in Kuala Lumpur are today intriguing passers-by as "possible counterparts'' of an Eskimo Igloo or a "'mark from Mars.'' To' asfirultinrali Medical
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    Curbside Oil Pumps To Be Removed
    139 5 Curbside Oil Pumps To Be Removed SINGAPORE oil companies are planning to remove curbside filling stations in congested areas. These will be replaced by modern filling and service stations. Mr. L. V. Taylor. Shell Co's Singapore Branch Manager, told The Standard yesterday during the past nine months his Company has
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    Student Posed As Police Inspector
    165 5 FEN'ANG. Wed A Senior i abridge Cert Bcate atunv.t. K Kxun&ah, \va> t/Uh ■-■•.'•<_• Ul three year>" .niprii nacni in the Swsiona Court today aftei he pleaded; fuflty to impersonating an inspector of police at the Generai Hospital on Feb. 13 ar.ti inducing Sirs. G.
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    These 2 Have No Takers
    152 5 These 2 Have No Takers Standard Staff Reporter NO APPLICATION has btCfl r^r v,' i tor two scholarships offered by the Singapore! F ition Department to do I a v> »r"s Bono its course in M it ii m the Uhiveisltjr T w shl tea 'hers have apf) ed Pot
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    ADDRESS BY LABOUR WHIP
    40 5 ORD Shephard Labour ie House oi Lords. .> visit to Malaya will a (dress the University S C ab OH the ""The Britiak Laboilff Party's New Pro at 8ll9 pjn, tociav at the Kits Theatre. arc welcome.
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    Library Receives Gift Books
    142 5 Library Receives Gift Books PRESIDENT ot the Rallies' Oli* Girls' Association. Miss, Evelyn Norris, presented books to Miss Hiivhclirte. the pnnfipal of the School recently, for the Buckle Memor- j iat Reference Library to perpetuate Ihe memory of the i late Miss Dorothy Buckle. a pa>t principal of the School.
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    MALACCA TAKES BIG INTEREST
    167 5 MALACCA TAKES BIG INTEREST Nanyang U. MALACCA, Wed. The Settlement Chinese are showing an active interest in the establishment of the Nanyang University in Singapore. A strong 58-man committee has been appointed for the Settlement to find ways and means to enrol as many members as possible lor the University.
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    NEW CONTROL ON ARSENIC
    40 5 ALL ARSENICAL preparaj tions will i n future be subject to Government control in the Federation, under an amendment ordinance to the Poisons (Sodium Arsenite) Ordinance of 1949. to be introductd in the Federal Legislative Council.
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    OLD BOYS OF ST. PATRICK'S
    39 5 A MEETING to form the St. Patrick's Old Boys' Association. Singapore, will be held at St. Patrick's School Hall on Saturday at 4 p.m. All old boys of the school are urged to attend.
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    Malayans Attend Int'l Music Camp
    248 5 STUDENTS of 18 nationalities including Malayans, attended Australia's annual Music Camp, held recently at Geelong Grammar School, near Melbourne. Among the 150 students I w.ere three boys, Philip Goh (19). of Kuala Lumpur. Omar Mahdar of Medan, Sumatra, and Oh Wie Tat (22), of Jakarta,
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    HIS ADVICE TO INDIANS
    99 5 MR. M. Gopala Menon. Representative of the G- ment of India in Malays, aas advised Indians to identily themselves with the people of this country for the attainment of self-government. Speaking at a dinner given In honour of Messrs. M.C.T.M. Chidambaram -Chettiar and C.P. Doraikannu,. visiting
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    Honour Great Malayans, Not Sun Yat-sen— Teachers Told
    354 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Children of Malaya should be brought up to honour the great men in the history of Malaya, and not of other nations, the United Chinese School Teachers' Association, Federation of Malaya, has been told by the Education Department. In
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    Chinese Schools To Apply For Aid
    269 5 CHINESE schools in Singapore are now prepared to apply for increased aid promised by Government in a recent White Paper if a letter which the Colony's Acting Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan sent to Mr. Lee Kong Chian is officially confirmed. Mr. McLellan.
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    7 Lovelies Vie For Kiwi Queen
    133 5 7 Lovelies Vie For Kiwi Queen Standard Staff Reporter SEVEN Singapore lovelies, one of whom is Gladvv Koh (above), will take part in tomorrow night's KIWI Queen contest in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Several others .n« remaining "anon.Miutu.o" until the contest actually .starts Mr. Ang Ah Veu. the j Secretary,
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    843 6 j^HE programme of Malaya's newest political party the Party Negara— is an admirable one. No sensible person can quarrel with its objects. National unity, a self-governing Malaya, the promotion of political, economic and social progress and the attainment of power by constitutional means are some of the
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    A Good Defence Against Cancer
    594 6 A Good Defence Against Cancer HOUSTON. TEX. (AP)— A happy, ram mind may be a i I good defence against cancer. So far there is a little e\*idenL-e that being, serene emutioiia'.ly can slow down the growth of cancer. Studies under way here are going even further to learn if
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    1389 6  - On The Road J.H. Burn, By F.R.S., Professor of Phai niacology. THE Second Inter- national Conference on 1 Alcohol and Road Traffic was held in Toronto in i September; the first was held in Copenhagen in 1950. That discussions on the relation of alcohol to motor accidents sJh o u
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      410 6 Sir; 'Interested's' letter under the heading "Che Zahara." has my .support. As a Chinese by race, but a Singaporean and a British subject politically, I would like to suggest to my compatriots here that the cause for which Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed has been pleading is
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      Barely 13'
      94 6 sir. Mr Josey was i barely sixteen when the j General Strike of 1926 occurred and if he had been working manually I for three year s he must have started when he was barely 13 years old. The Herbert Fisher Ait of 1918 made education compulsory up
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      Expand Post . Office
      103 6 Expand Post Office Sir;—l am writing this in the hope that the authorities concerned will expand the present Post Office of Kampar, for the convenience of the people. As Kampar is a busy town. the present >effices cannot provide spaces even for standing, especially in the morning when there is
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      Points Are Explained
      240 10 Sir; Permit me to explain certain points in connection with the proposed Outward Bound School in answer to enquiries which have been received. It has always been the intention, as I tried to make clear when I met representatives of the Press here on sth February, that
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      Whitleyism
      109 10 Sir;— Whitleyism is a specialised form of negotiating machinery demanding of stall representatives a high calibre of mettle, initiative tenacity. quick-wittedness and patience. The Whitley Council (Divisions I to IV) Staff Side should be congratulated for recording its first successful claim. It concerned doubling the emoluments of redoubtable Mr.
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    Review of Views
    363 6 Review of Views Net Too Helpful COMMENTING on the ov.terioraimg economic conaitio,. fa Singapore, Utusan Me^ay says that some of Hn City C'Mimciliors when jr. x v:< v ov the Press' re' e t; aa the subject were n< s Ijo helpful. "Tikk Is lit! e we can go about
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    25 6 "You will meH a tall d.uk man and in case its Hip p<*d your memory you shmild have met him an hour aso!"'
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    CALL TO REDUCE TROOPS IN MALAYA
    244 7 CALL TO REDUCE TROOPS IN MALAYA LONDON, Mar. 3 (Reuter) Mr. Emanuel Shimveil, former Labour Minister of Defence, suggested yesterday that it was possible to reduce the I number of British troops in certain areas without weakening Britain's strength. suggested such places as Ua'aya Hongkong, Bermuda,! the S..:ez Ca:ia!. Mr
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    JAP AMBASSADOR IN CONFERENCE
    33 7 IPANESE A nbassa lor to K s oichi Vlltsumoto ToJtyc nj ail Ust a "routine conferenih Pn nier Sbigerv V gn Minister K.. 10 •ther high-rank- a ofll "ials.
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    ROMULO ARRIVES
    25 7 e P Rom Pres leni Hamoo eavo^i lo I Si arrived in 'gton yestei la^ an I Bat»his mission ep n ters. I
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    The Queen Won't Visit Uganda
    72 7 The Queen Won't Visit Uganda Kampala Uganda, Mar. 3, Queen Elizabeth II or England ui ;i ot visit Buganda during her Royal tour of Uganda, it was disclosed here, today The decision follows the exiling <>f the Kabafca (King) of Buganda bv the British Colooial Office, last year. Meanwhile, oftn-ia-
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    51 7 LONDON. Mar. (AP) British film actress Dinah Sheridan, :i'.i, and John Davis, 47, managing director of the J. Arthur Rank Fi'm Organisation, were married today at a registry office. Miss Sheridan, who starred j in the screen comedy "Gene- j vieve," said she planned to give up her
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    NAGUIB HOLDS NOMINAL AUTHORITY
    444 7 NAGUIB HOLDS NOMINAL AUTHORITY Council Controls Supreme Power CAIRO, Mar. 3, (UP)— Gen. Mohammed! Naguib was restored as president .of Egypt on I the definite understanding that he would I. old only nominal authority and not supreme power, an official spokesman for the Revolutionary Council disclosed yesterday. The full story
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    Mari Will Do One Better
    70 7 i photo HOLLYWOOD actress Mori Blanchord convinced that "other bath scenes have been tiresome and tame," plans to do i the old bathtub scene one better when she does the stunt for her new picture "VerQ Cruz." Man odds a final punctuation to her remark
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    US. MAY SIGN PACT WITH BONN'
    204 7 BRUSSELS, Mar. 3, (Reuter) The Belgian Foreign j Minister, M. Paul Van Zeeland, warned yesterday of the danger that the United j States would tire of Euro- j pean hesitations to ratify I the European Defence Com- munity treaty and conclude a direct agreement
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    Huk Leader Told To Ask For Mercy
    90 7 Huk Leader Told To Ask For Mercy MANILA. .Mar. 3, (UP)—: President Ramon MLagsaysay informed Huk chieftain Luis I I Taruc he could ask for exeeu-j tive clemency should h e surrender and be found guilty by the court. The President made the statement in his reply to j Taruc's
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    HIS TRIPLETS SHOCKED HIM
    44 7 TEHERAN. Mar. 3, (AP) Teheran newspapers reported today that 75-year-old Abdullah Akhzadeh died of shock when his young wife gave birth to j triplets in the tiny Khorasan j village of Tabas. Two of the triolets also failed to survive.'
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    Labour Opposition To Defence Plan Rejected
    270 7 LONDON, Mar. 3: (Reuter) The House of Commons last night rejected by 295 votes to 270 a Labour opposition motion condemning the Government's £160,000,000 defence plans for 1954-55 after an appeal by Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, for a united front. bir Winston
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    HK Faithful' To Its UN Obligations
    153 7 HONGKONG, Mar. 3 (Reuter) Governor Sir Alexander Grantham told the Legislative Council today in a speech reviewing 1953 that Hongkong faithfully carried out its obligations to the United Nations in controlling exports of strategic goods and had strengthened its anti-smug-gling measures. '"We can now
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    COPTER PILOT GETS A BAR
    71 7 LONDON. Alar. 3 (Renter) F/Lt. John Dowlintv today received a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross from the Queen Mother at Buckingham Palace j for "outstanding services" as i a helicopter pilot during the j rescue of many wounded in Malaya. He was one of
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    118 Arrests By Naguib
    61 7 I CAIRO. Mar. 3. (AFP).— The Egyptian Government toi day announced the arrest of 1 118 persons who, it said, were' 1 J trying to create a state of 1 anarchy in the country. 1 The accused included Ahmed Hussein, former President of the Socialist Party,
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    Legacy: $2 To Buy Rope
    76 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 3, CAP) A Brooklyn man's will, i filed for probate in Surrogate's Court on Monday, showed j a single bequest to the wife. Two dollars "for a good rope j to hang herself. The will, drawn up seven years ago by Stefan
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    'Assassins Could Enter The House'
    164 7 'Assassins Could Enter The House' LONDON, Mar. 3. (UP)— The officers charged with protecting Britain's Prime Minister and law makers in I the House of Commons adI mitted yesterday assassins could enter the chamber but I said no special precautions would follow the Congres- sional shootings in Washing i ton.
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    Thai Envoy Warns The Free Nations
    231 7 WASHINGTON, Mar 3, (rP)-The Thai ambassador, Mr. Pote Sarasin said today that his country, like the United States, believes that the free nations of the world must be very careful "not to fall into any traps" when they negotiate with the Communists on Ko»-ea
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    ENVOY TO SWEDEN
    21 7 The U.S. Senate has confirm ed the appointment of Mi John M. Cabot, as Ambassadc to Sweden. AFP.
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    Pay Rise For The Regulars
    188 7 Pay Rise For The Regulars LONDON, Mar. 3 (Baiter).— The British Government ye--terday announced pav rises for sections of the 850.000- strong Armed Service* in t effort to persuade eKperten ed reguiar troops to stay in the lor es longer. The increases which sta I next month, were revealed n
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      103 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 3 The following are the closing sr.cei or rubotr j,,d tin on th London Market. LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN W 16,d. Spot £687 10s. per ton. April June 16Id. buyers, £690 sellers. c Three months £659 July September 16id. buyer £66Q
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      163 7 *m^_ uni) IfiflftKll^^LJ!^'* M nUr Serviceable garden tools Usual Sole BRADES BORDER SHEARS $13.50 $6 15 FUIUSE GARDEN WEEDERS 5.40 2 35 BRADES CLAW HATCHETS 525 265 GARDEN HOE HEADS 95 20 FRADES BRANCHING SHEARS 15 00 375 SCYTHE HANDLES 475 155 BESWAY METAL SERVING TRAYS Usual Sale 16" SIZE
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    FINLAND TURNS DOWN WIIMA INQUIRY' PLEA
    175 8 HELSINKI, Mar. 3, (AP)— Finland ha s refused a demand by the Polish shipping agency Polf racht for an inquiry into the circumstances in which A. Wihuri, owner of the 7,717-ton Finnish tanker Wiima, sold its cargo of fuel oil to the United States
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    INDIA SEEKS TO BUILD TRUCKS
    43 8 CALCUTTA. Mar. 3, (UP)— The Tata Locomotive and Engineering Company Limited, a division of the Tata Sons Ltd., is negotiating with the famous German motor firm Mercedes Benz for the manufacture in India of motor trucks and buses.
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    11,390 BABIES FLEW BY KLM DURING 1953
    149 8 AMONG the 599,650 passengers who flew by K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines last year, there were 11,390 babies up to the age of "two and 26,445 children between the age of two and 12. This makes six percent of the total. The percentage of
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      1171 8 iei: im BLUE FUNNEL LINE rasji. (?o. lines) MANSFIELD CO., LTD. pgjjaj? Incorporated In Singapore Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P. S'ham Penang Ascantos for Liverpool, Dublin Swansea t? 0. 33/34 Mar Mar 6/7
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    JAPS MAY TURN TO R.I. RUBBER
    285 9 Bid To Preserve Sterling Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Mar. 3 Japan is expected to turn more and more towards Indonesia for its rubber, according to trade sources here. Local dispatches have reported a slow use in rub- ber prices quoted at the Kobe Exchange
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    LESS PROSPEROUS
    43 9 MR. ARITHUR DEAKIX. General Secretary of the giant British Transport and General Workers Union, predicted that Brit;. in wag running on to s i "lets prosperous" period This might -ring aboul B penerr-' I election in Bte Ajutumn, h< said. fteuter.
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    89 9 photo Tl'E first tail-lev, De'ta jot Peyan PA-19 chair." French r.. te "fiying: win?," h^d it* first »Keui led recently at the MeliiK. Villaroehe Airfield aesr Paris. The aircrali we hs 650 kilov is 5. jj, 3 wide and 4.75 nr t loan. Its lHO-k.ln P Turkomfca jet eiuii,** pives
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    Geneva Talks To Determine Tin Future
    233 9 Geneva Talks To Determine Tin Future LONDON, Mar. 3 (Router) Although immediate outlook lor tile price of tin may be complicated by negotiations for sale of tin in eoncentrates between the American Government and Indonesia, Mr. S.H. Smith. Chairman ol British Tin Investment Cor- j poration Ltd. thinks- it rea-
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    MARKETS
    149 9 RUBBER: UP Vit RUBBER prices. in Singapore moved up by half a cent to 53 7/8 cents per lb. on a steady market yesterday (53 3/8 cents on Tuesday). The steadiness was attributable to inquiries from New York. However, only small business was reported by traders. Upcouniry centres showed
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    PRODUCE
    108 9 THE produce market in Singapore remained easier in the copra section and dull in j toconut oil yesterday, with only small business passing. Copra for March and April shipments closed at $342 per pi.cul buyers ami $35 sellers, while those for May shipments indicated $34| and $341- per picul
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    TEA BUYERS DENY COMBINE
    73 9 LONDON. Mar- 3 CAP) Britain"? tea-buying trade yesterday denied banding together to depress the price I Ceylon tea. The Ceylon Commerce Minister, R. G. Benanayake. charged last week a combine is operating fit m London. The Tea Buyers' Associati n denied "thai there is in existence
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    SHARES
    174 9 MALAY [ndusti continued to be torn >\ buyers more raw- the higiier leve em ne ol business was \vr lerday. Tin shan ope u [quid hwt besitant pi Dfit-tak ,g prices 10 d« line I 1 the d^y. T < secttoi the market do 1 d w ■■> f
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    A WARNING FROM O. E. E. C.
    855 10  - A WARNING FROM O. E. E. C. NORA BELOFF PARIS. Europeans are neither producing: enough nor investing enough to prepare themselves to balance their accounts with the rest of the world, once the exceptional influx of Unit- ed States defence dollars dies down. This is the ciux of the* fifth
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    28 10 photo. Shapely Camille Stewart be-ins her morning i exercises on the sands i at Miami Beach before i taking her dip in the 1 warm Atlantic UP.
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    64 10 THEY call her La Bommie. and it's dancin'. danein', swingin' and swayin' from morn to moonlight in her life. Her other name is Gloria Howard, and she has just arrived in Britam from- America to star in the new show "Jazz Wagon." which opens i> London. This is described
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      281 10 It I j££j>' j ~jr s liOUAY S QUOTATION: "Sometimes irbea we don't feel like Oursdies, it could be a good thin;;." Charles RiioiimYOl K BIKTHSIGN AND f'.llM'llii Ml ARlES— March 21 to April 19 G.le way to an urge for seclusion; concentrate on your private interests from midafternoon: rest
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    Argonauts Team Against Katong
    26 11 be seleet--1 Argonaut? ■si K in a SLA V A HIC g toUxhi Rah K 3 B J. Pere;ra P Hock tv
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    HK BANK FOR MORE HONOURS
    352 11 SBHFA League Starts HONGKONG BANK S.C, last year's Senior League and League Cup champions, made a good start yesterday in their opening League fixture of the SBHFA division One. when they scored a well-earned 4—l victory over a ten-man Singapore tol 1 Storage at tarrer
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    Results At Glance
    124 11 DIVISION 1: Mttnskong Bank beat Sin- r.ijx»re Cold Storage 4 l. I raser and Neave beat ±nmr Darby S.C 2— Breweries beat Shell 2 l. OIK beat Mercantile B.srk SC 4—l. Pul.iu Bukum beat Chartered Bunk s—l.5 1. DIVISION 2: tvni beat Netherland Ir;t?!;nsj Sotit-tv .5 2.
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    OCB Beat Boustead
    77 11 In the Div. 3 Business Houses Sorter iea«ue on The Singapore Rerivat ion Club ground. Overseas Chinese Bank beat Boustead Sports Club 2—2. fa the first ha'f. centre forward Ton Ch;n Oak beat the Boustead keeper and slammed On bail into the Del Ten minutes after the
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    Match Postponed
    27 11 THE SB.H.FA. Reserve League came between Fraser ai .Wave and Hongkong Shanghai Bank, scheduled to have been played at F N ground yesterday was postponed.
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    Ice Hockey
    20 11 STOCKHOLM, Mar. 3, (AP) Czechoslovakia defeated Norway I—l1 l in the world Ice hockey championships here today. I
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    F & N Lucky To Get Full Points
    319 11 F N Lucky To Get Full Points KKVSER AND NKAVE S.C, four times holders ©f the KO Cup were lucky to get away with full points when they met Sime Darby S.C. in a SBH Division 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. F. N. won 2—o. P!a> was
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    G. H. Kiat Heads Colony Team
    67 11 THE Singapore Olympic and Sports Council named Mr. G. H. Kiat to be the director of: the Colony's contingent to the! second Asian Games to be held 1 at .Manila in Mav. Mr. Kiat and Dato C. J. Paglar were nominated to represent the
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    BOGEY WINNERS
    27 11 MRS. McMullan, all square.! and Mrs. Teo 2 up won the j Singapore Island Club's February 9-ho'e bogey li A" and 4 'B" division? respectively.
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    Hiang Huat Brains Behind OTEC Win
    544 11 ORIENTAL Telephone Electric Company, last years Singapore Business Houses F.A. division one runners-up, got off to a flying start. Playing the newly promoted Mercantile Bank at the M. F. A. ground they scored four to the Bank's one. The fa nkers were h\ no
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      49 11 NOTICE NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES M.V. "B ANKA" ARRIVING 4;h March 1954 x Berthing: 4.3.1954 S.H.B. Godowns: 38 39. Genera] survey will be held on the 9th March 1954. No further survey will be held. NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL 41, Robins-.':; Road, TeL— 2l366
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      629 11 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. 'TENDERS are invited for the x erection of one pair of 2 storey low rental prototype houses at Norfolk Road. Tender form etc., may be obtained on payment of a deposit of $100/- which will be refunded if a bona fide tender is submitted. Sealed tenders are
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      647 11 NOTICES NATURALISATION IVOTICE is hereby given that X1 Mr. Ng Kah Yam of 353, Thomson Road, Singapore, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any i person who knows any reason [why naturalisation should not I be granted should send a writ- ten and signed statement of j
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    'Sluggo* Neo Returns 'I'm Nor Happy*
    393 12 only a handiul or swimming ian s were on hand at Kalians Airport yesterday to greet Singapore champion, Neo Chwt-e K.)k and his coach Kee Soon Bee On their triumphant return from an extensive tour Australia. The smailness of the crowd was due to
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    New Soccer Starts On Saturday
    187 12 A NEW Football league sets under way on Saturday, when the first match between the old boys of the Raffles Institution and Victoria School will be played on the S.J.I, ground. The league, winch is for a!! o'.d boys' associations in Singapore, will be for
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    Tourists Double Score Against NS In Return Came
    331 12  - Tourists Double Score Against NS In Return Came GILBERT FERNANDEZ By SEREMBAN, Wed.—More than 3.000 people today saw the visiting Indian Hockey Federation team repeat last month's victory over Nesjri Sembilan, but by a double margin—eight clear goals without conceding any. Rajagopal was again the magician witH the stick. Baibir
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    Trounce M. Bank 7-1
    232 12 Trounce M. Bank 7-1 Bre «res Sports L-iuo nanuei out l trouncing to^Mere Bank -'i •i S.B.H rA. Reserve League game ai the A.exa:: s Road ground yesteria v. o '.v r'3 superiority spec a v a the left Bank, won the sa:? t for the Breweries, who dictated terms
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    SHB POLICE TAKE THE JUNIOR TITLE
    330 12 SINGAPORE Harbour Board Police became 1954 champions of the SHA Junior Knockout Tournament by virtue of a 3 l victory over Singapore Engineers Re;iment in the final played on the SCC padang yesterday. Neither the heavy shower in j the second half, which rendered
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    No! No! No!! Malayans Are Not Yellow
    225 12 No! No! No!! Malayans Are Not Yellow YOUR sports writer "Linesman" of the Sunday Standard of Feb. 28 owes the true Malayan public an apology for branding them YELLOW. When "Linesman" wrote 'but ichen the acid test to their vaunted loyalty is applied via dollars and cents to send teams
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    LAST CHANCE FORSWIMMERS
    153 12 THE Singapore Amateur Swimming Association last aight fixed March 27 to be the last trial for swimmers and divers? I if they intend to participate in the second Asian Games. A panel of three was selected to pick all eight-man water polo learn to represent the Colony.
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    A PLAN TO PAY OFF SBHFC's DEBTS
    212 12 THE Singapore Badminton I Hall Fund Committee plan to hold cheap cinema shows in the hall to raise funds to help pay ort' their debts. Othefr i means were also discussed at a meeting held yesterday. Xhe committee is' indebted to the tune
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    EURASIANS RECAPTURE CUP FROM CEYLONESE
    592 12 The G. E. N. Oehlers Challenge Cup for the Singapore Hockey Association's senior knockout tournament, thrice successively held by Singapore Recreation Club since its inauguration in 1949, was regained by them in the fifth final yesterday. The SRC's 2—o victory over the defending champions. Ceylon
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    THE LION ROARS
    558 12 England Go For Quick Runs Win By 9 Wkts. GEORGETOWN, Mar. 2, (Reuter)— England cricketers showed fhey are not the "has beens" they were shown out to be by losing the first two Test matches with the West Indies. By winning the third game today by nine
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    Caldbeck Cup Soccer
    61 12 PLAYING on the BOD ground at Alexandra pester- S day, the 30th battalicfa RAOC j beat 221 Vehicles Bn 2—o in!/ j the Caldbeck soccer cup com- I I petition for army units in -j j Singapore. In the first half Cpl. Leigh scored and in the
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    Test For Colony Athletes Today
    289 12 WHO are the athletes who have benefitted from the intensive training given to them in the past two I months by British AAA senior coach, Syd Coleman, and, therefore, should be rewarded with a trip to A Manila for the Asian Games will be decided
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    Medals Only For Winners
    71 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Selangor Amateur AthleticAssociation today decided on lan economy measure of not awarding trophies or cups to i winners in sports events iv. future. Medals wili be given instead Following oflie bearers 1 were elected: President: G.H. Lang. Vice-President: N.M. Vasagam. Secretary Thong
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    Trainers Hope For More Hai
    122 12 PENANG Wed track here is rock hard r. to the dr.. spelt whi< h now prevailing here. 1 was a welcome dwvn i Monday but trainee an ing for^more rain bell Saturday. English jocke.. Dav> .1 who scored on Chestnut Jimmy Boy II on the
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    Mansfield Superior
    151 12 MAXSFIELD Spon Z trounced a nine-man H in bank team 4 l in tne > game of the Business H< Div. 2 footba:'. ie^.:* 1 on ram soaked BOC ground terriay. Mansfield were the team. Their forwards rings round tne Efande lefenders. I:; the irsf i Handelsbank'i keeper.
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      50 12 Today's Sport SOCCER: S.AT.A. League Div. I: Pulau Brani United I us Amicables, at Jalan Besar. Div. II; S.C.C. vs. SHB at SCC padang. Div. IIIB: IBS vs. Jollilads at Farrer Park. Tampenis Rovers vs. Traction Union, at CYMA ATHLETICS: S.A.A.A. Tri- > al at Victoria School ground at 5
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