Singapore Standard, 16 March 1954

Microfilm: NL8999
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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD m m m S. Vol. IV. No. 237. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1954, TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS.
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    Crash Victims Laid To Rest At Bidadari
    455 1 Standard Staff Reporter AS the sun dipped into the horizon, 17 victims o# Saturday's Constellation erash nine Known, five unknown and three whose identities w-re doubtful were buried m Singapore's first mass funeral at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday. A along one little path
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    All Salvaged Royal Mail Is Sent On
    129 1 ALL n ifl i n *h€ ■r abed C mstc I i i posted j. the :<'»^ al o d a itralta has b n en rlosed (fosii enve opes and despat rbe I to the C cni Postmaster. 8.. kii n Palace
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    CHIANG URGED TO MOBILISE
    39 1 TAIPEI. Mar. 15. (UP) The National Assembly today urged Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government to complete mobilization for his long-promised counter-attack against the Chinese mainland. The Assembly urged that finaS preparations be made within the year.
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    '999' Call Opens Anti-Crime Wezk
    355 1 Aid The Police— Goode Standard Staff Reporter THE SPECIAL and drastic powers sought by the Singapore Police to fight secret societies, spring "directly from the reluctance of ordinary members of the public to fight the evils," declared Mr. W. A. C. Goode. the Officer Administering:
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    REBELS STORM FORTRESS
    426 1 Reds' Ail-Out Attack On Dien Bien Phu SAIGON, Mar. 15: (Reuter)— Vietminh rebels threw wave after wave of troops ogiinst the French Union forces, defending the Tonking mountain fortress of Dien Bien Phu, today, m the biggest battle of the seven-and half year old Indo-China war. Many
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    Ah! Cheroots For Milady!
    70 1 LONDON. Mar. 14: (Reuler 1 Sunday Express columnisi £.);i:ai-r. Hardcastle said today the story was getting aro md that Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister "is fon i oi -»v occasional cheroet, -ikes to smoks them m private**. H» predicted a craze for cheroot 3 among tha
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    THE CREW WAS THERE
    57 1 ABOVE: The 17 coffiins lined up m two rows at yesterday's mass burial service held at Bidadari cemetery, Singapore, for victims of the air crash on Saturday m which 33 were killed. BELOW: Three members of the crew of the illfated Constellation iialking out of the
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    'ETERNITY'IS VOTED FILM OF THE YEAR
    121 1 'ETERNITY' IS VOTED FILM OF THE YEAR NEW YORK. Mar. 15 (AP) A nationwide poll of US. movie critics picked "From Here To Eternity" as the best picture of the year, the trade publication Film Daily has announced. The movie; which previously won the New York Film Critics' Award, was
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    Stop Press
    35 1 LONDON. Mar. 15 (UP) British Foreign Minister. Mr. Anthony Etfen today rejected Red claims that the West agreed to a live-power conference with Communist China m accepting: the Geneva Far Eastern peace talks.
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    DOC FELL 50FT.
    31 1 FOUR firemen and an officer from the City Fire Brigade, last evening, rescued a little dog who fell into a 50-feet-deep bore hole m Bukit j Baiok. Singapore.
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    UNIVERSITY GRAD IS 1st. ENVOY
    146 1 UNIVERSITY GRAD IS 1st. ENVOY Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government announced yesterday that Mr. H.F.G. Leembruggen. an officer m the Administrative Service has been selected as the firskjnember of the proposed Pan-Malayan Foreign Service. He will leave Singapore for Britain some time next month to undergo the first phase
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    QUEEN & DUKE GO 'REEFING' IN MOTORBOAT
    86 1 QUEEN DUKE GO 'REEFING' IN MOTORBOAT MACKAY. AUSTRALIA, Mar. 15, (AP) —Queen Elizabeth and th e Duke of Edinburgh left the liner Gothic m a small glass-bottomed motorboat yesterday to look down at the underwater sights of the Great Barrier Reef. The Royal pair spent some hours moving m an
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    DAKOTA TURNS BACK TO S'PORE
    39 1 Standard Staff Reporter TWO aircraft, a Dakota and an Anson, were yesterday involved m two separate I incidents at Kallang Airport.! photo. .THE ANSON BEING TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR BY A JEEP.- Standard
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    And Anson Towed Away
    151 1 The Dakota, a VR-SCO belonging to the Malayan Airways, left Singapore at 6.44 a.m. yesterday for Kuching, but had to return to the Colony after 80 minutes of flying, due. it is believed, to engine trouble. The plane landed safely at Kallang and the 11 passengers
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    Crash Victim's Husband Breaks Dawn And Sobs
    145 2 Standard Staff Reporter AN import, and export merc!v>nt, Mr. Lim S-iang ll in whose 22-year-old wife was kil'ed m Saturday's air trash at Kallang. collapsed m the arms of his relations on his return to Singapore from Indonesia by Garuda Indonesian Airways yesterday.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    115 2 COMMODITY PRICES rLUSINti rubher prices nr.its per 1b iv Singapore yesterday »ere: Buyers Sellers Xo 1 K> > n U oI Loose 54 4 54 No 1 R.S.S 54 i- 54! No. R.S.S. 54{ 54 i No. 3 R.SS. 531 SSj Tom-: Steady Quiet. UN MMI The prit-es of tin
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    SLEPT IN PARK -COURT TOLD
    42 2 \INE Chinese were charged hi the Si:igapore Fifth Poure Court yesterday after being arrested for sleeping m People"? Park. on Monday morning. They were otlered bail of 5250 each a: id the case postponed to Mar. '22.
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    CASE SENT FOR RETRIAL
    68 2 MUAR. M m. Mr, Justice Pa Ston m the Mnai Assizes today a lowed the appea. by the Public Prosecutor, Johore. agaimi the acquittal and discharge by the Batu Pahat Magistrate m Me charge bra ighi igainsi S;ng Lian Express Ltd. lox carrying excess passengers. He
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    New Service Station Opens
    99 2 DATO Ibrahim bin A. Rahman. Deputy Mentri Besar of Johore, yesterday declared open the up-to-date Shell Service Station near Police Headquarters. Johore Bahru. This is the first Shell station for Johore Bahru and i is run by the Johore Petrol Supply Co. The Dato's car was
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    Remains Of Mr. Soedibbio To Be Flown Back
    153 2 Standard Staff Reporter the aasi at Mr. R. 5 .-v t• ne of 1 i>< pv en? -i:;es>:iien 1..:. ::esia and i of Saturday's d, ste ation crash wi be fli ra by b.oa.c to Scmaranf for buria Yesterday, an offl rial
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    65 2 photo. THE new President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ko Teck Kin (second from left), seen receiving the seal of office from the out-going President. Mr. Tan Siak Kew (extreme right), at a handing-over ceremony at the Chamber yesterday. Mr. *an Phong Geek (extreme left) and Mr.
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    Police Thanked For Help
    87 2 THE Commissioner of Police, Singapore. Mr. X. G. Morris, ha.« received a letter from Mr. Robin Rendle. Chief Operations Officer (Navigation Services), Department of Civil Aviatioi:. expressing his thanks and a > preciation for the action taken by :he Police at the scene of the air
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    'Indians Will Play Big Part in New Malaya'
    259 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Member for Home Affairs, Dalo Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, said today that the Indian comm unity had and would continue to have a prominent part m the affairs of this country. He said that the appointment of an
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    CHINESE CHAMBER WILL CONTEST ELECTIONS
    407 2 CHINESE CHAMBER WILL CONTEST ELECTIONS New Six-Point Policy THE new President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber c* Ccm merce, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, statec yesterday that the Chamber will s sortt ort a campaign to put up suitable %an didefes for the Legislative end City Councils and support other enndi
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    Research Made On Leprosy
    212 2 Research Made On Leprosy AX extc leprosy is g the Sungei Buiofa La men! by t!> Depai Bacteriology of th of Malaya. Tnii is one o: researches being md the Univen it; the annual n nor' I naic year 1952 'S3 is terday. [n this re--, are used. I' wmt
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    DR. VICKERS TO PRESENT MEDALS
    39 2 THE Director of Medical Service?. Dr. W. ,T. Vickers. wiii present medals to 42 blood donor? at a presentation ceremony at 3 p.m. today at the Blood Transfusion Centre at the General Hospital, Singapore.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    42 2 HONGKONG. Mar. 16:-* Special Standard S< rvice: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $1502 io £1 sterling: $5,845 to IJSSI: $1,819 to Malayan SI; so 214 to one Lndo i nesian Rupriian. Gold $250. to i 1 uiel.
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    Union Wants New Scales From April
    171 2 FHE Local Stiif? Union representing about 1.20 d civilian employees of. the Air Force, yesterday asked the Air Ministry authorities to implement the revised wage scales with effect from April. 1953. A. decision tc this effect was taken at the Union's executive committee during
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      98 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: from 7.:; t > p.m. on M;ir. 14 to 7:U) a.m on .Mar. 15 Singapore (7.) F.i. Penan? (71 F.I, Kola Ha'irt> (7.". F.i. Kuala Lumpur i.?, F.i. Ipoh (70 F.i, Kuantar (7'! F.i. Maximum Temperature: from 1.'.',9 a.m. ti» 7.:;>i p.m. Mar. 15 Singapore (XI
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    MORE 'AUNTS UNCLES' NEEDED
    275 3 Welfare Official Appeals For Children's Sake THE appeal made m January by the Social Welfare Department for "aunts" and "uncles" to children m the Welfare Honors of Singapore, was renewed yesterday at a P. ess conference by Mr. T.P. Cromwell, Social We 1 fare Secretary. At
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    Giovanni Gets Paid- Just To Pick Pockets
    254 3 IHfKTY-FIVE years of pocketvir^ has {siven Dr. John Giovanni a v Ii >' "The world's most successful -professional 1 pickpocket"— and he retth m M Aetnally, he's not th? bad man yvj ma\ think him to be for he \\\*> this to amaze
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    Flower Show In April
    133 3 THE Sin *ap >r= Flower Show for 1954 ill j? held at the H ippy W »rl I 5 idium on Apr. 2, md I, under the auspices oi the Singapore Gardening S>c el y. Exhibil j w. I b livi led into eight sections: Orchids
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    TWO TEENAGE GIRLS MISSING
    45 3 TWO teen-age girb were reported missing from their homes yesterday. They are a 17-year-old Malay girl who has been missing from her home Pasir Panj3tig since 6.30 p.m. yesterday and a 15--year-old Chinese girl, missing from 11 p.m. on Sun lay.
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    SILENCE AT MEETING FOR 2 WHO DIED
    81 3 A I n >- ry ol 1 bankV M Ct M Chi: iwltn mi Mr. S Gupta, the Kj.-j::4 airport i s wed at i gen i* 1 iting of .1 moons .1 Urn Congress off i bearers Presid nt b S Man:
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    PATRON FOR CLUB
    12 3 .1 Camera Club I r 'v- ComR P Bingham
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    FLIES IN FOR MASS BURIAL
    53 3 photo. >!K V SNOWBALL. BOAC Far Easl manager arrived m Sin4ii)<)j> by BOAl' Argonaut linn Hongkong yesterday ai'fin:>on. Weiuißg a dark >uit and a black tie. he toM rt"j:i>rtfrs he was m a hurry t.> attend the ni^ss funrial >t" the victims of the tr»>!«
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    BARTER TRADE GETS R.I. NOD
    49 3 RUBBER originating from Siaka Siri, Indrapura, Supatra, i can. be exported once more to Singapore under the 30-70 per cent barter regulations, the Indonesian Consulate-General m Singapore announced yesterday. The quantity to be exported to Singapore, however, may not exceed 150 tons per month.
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    58 3 A TOTAL of 441 students who aspire to enter the University of Malaya this year sat for the first General Paper of the Entrance Examination yesterday. In Singapore. 154 students took the the examination at 'the University's Oei Tiong Ham Hall. Picture shows a section of the Singapore students sitting
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    NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR ARRIVES
    90 3 DR. R.H. BLAND. th e former Director of Medical Services (Eastern Region) Nigeria, (right) who succeeds Dr. W.J. Vickers as Director of Medical Services. Singapore, arrived m the Colony last night. Mrs. Bland is expected m Singapore m the Autumn. On his arrival at Kalians Airport.
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    Malay Equivalents For Common Terms
    228 3 THE DEPARTMENT of Malay Studies at the University of Malaya proposes to work on fixing Malay equivalents for the more common modern technical, social and political terms and expressions which' are worrying Malay newspapers and their readers. This is stated 111 the annual report oi
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    Appeal To Privy Council Is Allowed
    135 3 Appeal To Privy Council Is Allowed l tit aingapoi l niei justi Sit Charles Murray-Aytu yestei laj granted an app itton Em leave bo appeal to t ii 3 Privy Council against 3 decision of the Couri >f Appeal m regard 10 a claim Ear lamafas by Walter Allan ftalch
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    SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL PLANNED
    197 4 —To Co-ordinate Research Work Standard Staff Reporter THE Acting Deputy Commissioner-General, Mr. R. W. Jakeman, will head the Administrative Committee of a Pan-Malayan Scientific Advisory Council, which will co ordinate research organisations m Singapore and the Federation. The two Governments and the University of Malaya have
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    Major Is Acquitted Of Charge
    137 4 MAJOR Richard Kenneth Dowse of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was acquitted of a charge of "ir.treatuig a soldier by striking him" by a General Court Martial held at GHQ FARELF, yesterday. Major Dowse was alleged to have kicked and struck Private John
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    JOURNALIST FINED $500
    44 4 RALPH P. Modder. a Singa- pore journalist, was fined $500 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for 12 months. m the First TrafficCourt, yesterday. He was found guilty ,of I driving a car while under the influence of liquor.
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    Preliminary Review By Bank Mission
    244 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The World Bank .Mission, now m Malaya to conduct the country's firstever economic survey, has just begun a series of significant interim meetings to review the ground covered by its members during the past ten weeks. The 13-man mission, headed •by Sir
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    ARMOURED CORPS CHIEF ON VISIT
    71 4 ARMOURED CORPS CHIEF ON VISIT THE Director of the Royal Armoured Corps, Major-General R. B. B. B. Cooke. above, who arrived m Singapore on Sunday, left Kalians Airport yesterday for Kuala Lumpur by Malayan Airways. While m the Federation lor one week Maj. Gen. Cooke will visit the 12th Royal
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    SCREAMS OF WOMAN ROUT 3 KNIFE MEN
    97 4 THREE men, armed with knives, forced their way into a flat m Asia Gardens, Singapore, yesterday afternoon and held up a middle-aged Chinese woman and her daughter-in-law. While two men stood guard over the daughter-in-law, one thug attempted to snatch a necklace from
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    Untitled
    43 4 nhntn SINGAPORES Commissioner of Police. Mr Nigel Morris. look on with the Officer Aoministering: the Government, Mr. W.A.C. Goode. and members of the public as a police officer demonstrates at an exhibit m the Crime Prevention Week Exhibition at Happy World Stadium Standard
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    CRASHED MAIL IS BEING SALVAGED
    74 4 CRASHED MAIL IS BEING SALVAGED A high proportion of the mail from the crashed Constellation has been saved. Salvaged mail posted by the Royal household has been, enclosed m fresh envelopes and despatched to the Court Post-M.a s t c r. B v c k i n g ham Palace.
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    2 GET JAIL FOR FRAUD, FORGERY
    158 4 A. RAHIM KHAN, who unsuccessfully contested I the 1950 City Council elections m Rochore Ward a s an independent candidate, was yesterday sentenced m the I Singapore Fourth Police Court to 10 months' rigorous imprisonment on charges of fraud and forgery. Khan was charged
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    DEFENDER'S OPERATION A SUCCESS
    265 4 Standard staff reporter AT dawn on March 8. a 3.500--ton destroyer. H.M.S. Defender, quietly steamed into the upper reaches of the Johore River waters that are uncharted and devoid of navigational buoys and flushed terrorists out of their lairs with a one-and-a-half hour barra.ee of concentrated
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    Thief Took Jewellery
    58 4 WHEN a Malay woman who was sleeping with her daughter woke up on Sunday night she found a thief ransacking her cupboard. Sh c groped m the for the cupboard key which was under her mattress arid found it missing. She then shouted tor help <v.'(i the
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    HE WILL WORK WITH TEMPLER
    77 4 BERLIN. Nov. 15 (Reuter)— The former British Commandant of Berlin, Major General E. F. C. Coleman, left here yesterday by road for Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany. He ha? teen appointed Chief of Staff to the Northern Army group and the British Army of the Rhine
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    Pickets Lie Across Entrance To Check Lorries
    379 5 Pickets Lie Across Entrance To Check Lorries Police Rushed To Farm As Standard Staff Reporter ABOUT 50 men from the Reserve Unit of I the Singapore Police were rushed to the Dairy Farm at Bukit Timah Road yesterday when the 240 employees of the Farm, who hare been on strike
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    Trishamen To Earn For Varsity
    83 5 Trishamen To Earn For Varsity X V LUMPUR, M I trishanicn m K. .i i will donate tbc i ran foe one daj lo tbc ing Unh ersitj B 4 F :nd. the S? angor d;\ii -'a ronunittec o' the Nan- f '::n era 'y Fund baa Tied. D>■ OR)
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    Labour Schools To Train Leaders
    191 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Singapore Federation of Government Employees' Unions has been entrusted with preparing plans to run labour schools to "train a cadre of leaders" among Government employees m Singapore and the Federation. This proposal was first discussed at the meeting of the Liaison
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    ROAD DEVIATION
    35 5 ALOR STAR. Mon. A deviation of the road near Sungei Patani to eliminate level crossing holdups, will be made this year at a cost of about $180,000. the State Engineer, Kedah/Perlis said today.
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    New Outboard A Boon To Fishermen, Sportsmen
    361 5 THE first 25 H.P. Plus Mercury Mark 40 outboard engines ever to reach Sin»agapore are here and should prove a boon to out boarding m the country, both for fishermen and sportsmen. A "straight m line" four cylinder job, the Mark 40 is
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    Experiments For Better Child Health
    236 5 TWO new experiments for the better health and better living of children who attend the 16 Social Welfare Centres of Singapore, have just been introduced m the Upper Serangoon Centre and the Malay Farm Centre. They will be extended to others when success is assured,
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    Employees Offer Wage Cut To Keep Factory Going
    150 5 Employees Offer Wage Cut To Keep Factory Going KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Executive Committee of the Selangor Rubber Workers' Union is holding an emergency meeting tonight to find a last minute solution to save 309 workers from being thrown out of work. The 300 workmen will be out of employment
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    Motorist Saw Inspector Shot
    358 5 Coroner's Court Told A MOTORIST, whose name is withheld for security reasons, told the Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday that he saw four gunmen struggling and shooting at Sub-Inspector Tan Ah Seng, 46, on Mar. 3 m Serangoon Road. He said this at an
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    N.A.P. TICKS OFF SEENIVASAGAM FOR HIS ATTACK
    344 5 N.A.P. TICKS OFF SEENIVASAGAM FOR HIS ATTACK IPOH, Mon.— The National Association of Perak today issued a statement m defence of Mentris lies a r participating m politics as a reply to the attack made by Mr. D.R. Seenivasagam, a Vice- President of the Perak Progressive Party, at a public
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    ARTS THEATRE
    40 5 THE Singapore Art- rheatre will be holding a pulj'ic casting audition for their May produr- lion. "The Deen Blue Sea." by j Terence Rattigan on Wedres- day a; 7.30 p.m.. at the Teachers' Training College Cairn- hiil Road.
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    Lingui Profits
    141 5 LINGin T> reported a pr to Oct 31. I!*": after providing Ui v X lorn and tion, depi i i ings and ma replanting i bai .■< and on c.c. Venture .-to k The credit lasi account C 116.698. making £222.463 aw i table Cos prial on Reserve
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    MENON LEAVES FOR INDIA
    64 5 MR It. (iopala Menoi R prcacntative of the I meni (<\ todia m Ma i a rompanied by bis famil? for Madras yesterdaj Rajuia on home l<a\. Ho wiii l>e c'.\\d\ i i Malaya lor tint-" month: i:ig Kfhion period Mr M Kiiurano th- F,r Set
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    NEW MAGISTRATES
    19 5 MESSRS B A. PlaM and Tang Hoii 111 ag have appointed a- Second I Magistrates m Pahang.
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    Impossible, Tungku?
    859 6 QNCE upon a time there lived a fox. He was an intelligent healthy and lovable fox. He might have been the happiest fox m the world but for one very sad thing. In was very troubled about his tail. Many were the days and nights he spent on
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      Legalised Book-making FOR AGAINST
      902 6 Legalised Book-making FOR AGAINST Sir: Previous corresi pondents have been vociferous m their objection to legalised bookmaking. Their j arguments vvere based solely on moral grounds. To braud legalised bookmaking as immoral is absurd. Illegal betting exists m our midst. Does making it legal immoral when it increases revenue by
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      Speak Mind
      145 6 Sir; No one with a sound philosophy of life, will have j read the recent reports m the press On legalised gambl- > Ing without serious concern. No intelligent person will doubt that the existence of < enforced holidays primarily S devoted to religious wor- 5 ship, contributes
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      BON VOYAGE
      79 6 Sir;— l read with a deep 5 regret the new s of the im- < pending departure of Mrs Z M. Hudson, the honorary I Rehabilitation Officer at the Royal Singapore Tubercu- lo.sis Clinic. 5 1 I believe that many fellow patients would like to join 5 me
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    WATCH THIS BILL TODAY!
    1478 6  -  ALEX JOSEY Alex Josev Warns Legislative Councillors [Malayan I I Aftnirs SHOULD any policeman, no matter what his rank, have the right to arrest a man, and lock him up, perhaps for 14 years? Should any Government official have this power? Because more than half a
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    231 7 TRADE TALKS WITH CHINESE REDS POSTPONED L ON DON, Mar. 15 ,Keuter) Between 35 n d 40 British businessmen who were due to leave here b> air yesteri; for East Berlin for !r:l de talks with repreiMtives of the Chinese I >;nmunist Government t- told at the last moit that
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    85 7 iSHINGTON, Ma:\ 13, "c. > Mr. Rjv C < ..4'nt t.iat the -.j head off his atoi Joseph M Car- fr.:- N lg C HUB 90 taring to I .m Air Force base c mn **a Dumber lea thai wou] eni hearings.* 1
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    19 7 19 ed from S to i ns for highei v rk ng I ins
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    Re-deploy U.S. Troops In Europe' Call
    223 7 Re-deploy U.S. Troops In Europe' Call iSHINGTON, Mar. 15 jivsentatives of iC Armed Services tec have proposed c Defence Departm v out a re-deploy-I Amencan troops pc, as a result of yifWlt reluctance" It nations to join an :^':onai ainiv. -ontained m .I d ;p by the six a es,
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    OWNERSHIP OF U.S. BASES IN P.I. CONTESTED
    322 7 OWNERSHIP OF U.S. BASES IN P.I. CONTESTED 99-YEAR-OLD LEASE MANILA, Mor. 15, (AP)— A United Stctes claim to ownership of certain military and naval bases m the Philippines was reported rejected last night by a Filipino Committee studying the issue. The Committee, headed by Vice-President Carlos P. Garcia, will submit
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    Mao Has Asthma, Recovers
    74 7 Mao Has Asthma, Recovers TAIPEI. Mar. 15, (UP) Communist Chinese leader. Mao Tse-tung, long reported seriously iH, has rallied and is on Hie way to full recovery, it was reported here today. The Tatao News Agency, publication of the Nationalist Chinese Ministry of Interior, said the Red leader had suffered
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    Montagu's Second Morals Charge
    179 7 WINCHESTER, England, Mar. 15 (Reuter)— Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, 27-year-old bachelor peer, and two other men, pleaded not guilty here today at the opening of their trial on homosexual charges. Accused with Lord Montagu were his second cousin. Michael Pitt Rivers. 37. and Peter Wildeblood, 30,
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    HE SAYS U.S. TELLS A LOT
    105 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 15 (AFP).— Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Allen W. Dulles, declared m an interview published m the United States World and News Report today that the United States was telling too much to Russia. He said: "Sometimes we
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    LAWYER SHOT
    32 7 AN unidentified terrorist shot and killed Si Abdalaziz 2*ouaq. a Moroccan lawyer m! Casablanca and member of a j well-known Rabat family out- 1 >ide hi? home recently. U.P. j
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    MORE PAY FOR U.K. TEACHERS
    54 7 LONDON. Mar. 15 (Reuter) —New pay scales for teachers at British' state schools from Apr. 1 will add another £793.000 to the nations annual bill for education, it was announced today. Men teachers who hold "good honours degrees" will receive another E3O a year and
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    71 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 15. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 16Id. April/June 16|d. July September 16|d. October/ December 163 d. March c.i.f. 16 3/16 d. Tone: Very Steady. LOKDON TIN Spot £720 per
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    He Didn't Count Birthday
    65 7 NEW JERSEY, Mar. 15 (UP) Although yesterday was his 75th birthday, mathematical wizard Dr. Albert Einstein tried to keep Sunday as normally routine as usual. But he could not completely succeed. Besides a birthday cake which hi s housekeeper-secretary Miss Helene Duka prepared for him. the
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    'New Look' For US Arms Programme
    161 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 15 (IP)— Defence Secretary Charles E. Wilson said today the government's new look" military programme will provide "adequate" security, under present world conditions but may be altered if conditions change. He forecast further cuts m military and civilian manpower, reduced armament production,
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    FATEMI FOR TRIAL
    25 7 I TEHERAN, Mar. 15. CAP)— Former Foreign Minister Hussein Fatemi, arrested last Saturday, will probably come to trial m about two months.
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    They're Most Popular
    74 7 HOLLYWOOD actress Marilyn Monroe is seen above as she appeared at dinner last week with Man Ladd to accept the award of "Photoplay" Magazine at Beverly Hills Hotel. Beverly Hills. California. B:)lh were named "most popular". Suspended by the Twentieth Century-Fox Company m Jan.nry for failing to
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    288 7 DAUGHTER IS ALL WOMAN' -PAPA LONDON. Mar. 15 (Reu;ter)—The father of sex changed Roberta Cowcll said last night that his daughter *is now completeI ly female.'" Sir F.n)e:i Cowi denied a nevv.-papei- report that Roberta! who was once Robert Coweli R.A.F. fighter pilot and racing i motorist was not a
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    23 7 MOSCOW nev yesterday the s reme Soviet three officials \\z> iot followei the renti P. By. \<. surho executed a ■;a;* UP
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    Russian Wives Forced To Divorce Britons
    148 7 LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter)— i William Ricketts. 51, on? of four Britons, who heard yesterday they had been divorced by their Soviet wives, said today: "My wife did it under threat." Mrs. Ricketts with Mrs. John Burke, Mrs. John Bolton and Mrs. Patrick Henderson
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    INDONESIA CUTS PRICES OF COPRA
    317 9 INDONESIA CUTS PRICES OF COPRA Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Mar. 15.— The Indonesian Government, m the wake of copra price declines at Singapore and Manila, has ordered a 10 rupiah cut m the purchase price of copra here. This cut goes into effect tomorrow. The Copra Fund, a government cartel,
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    MARKETS
    148 9 REPORTS that Japan had opened licences for 2,000 tons of rubber for March-April shipment stimulated the mar- j ket m Singapore yesterday, but otherwise the market was i I featureless, first grade rubber i for April shipment closing un- j j changed from Saturday at 54| i cents per
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    PRODUCE
    89 9 THE PRODUCE market m Singapore remained quiet and slightly easier yesterday, with only small business passing. Copra changed hands at around $33 per picul with buyers around the level and sellers at $33|. Coconut oil was dull at $53 j j per picu; sellers at Penang. Singapore produce prices
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    Increase In Exports
    95 9 Increase In E xports LONDON, Mar. 15. (Renter): British exports rose three per c-ent m the first two] months of 1954 compared with j the same period of last year, j the Board vl Trade announced, i But they were seven per j cent down on t lie average for
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    World Rubber Production
    46 9 World Rubber Production NEW YORK. Mar. 15, (AP) —World production ol natural rubber totalled 160,000 long tons m Janu; ry, cortiparcd with 165,000 tons m the I month a ytar atgo. Consumption amounted to 137,500 tons ■m January. ;:nd inrrease ol 5,000 tons over January. 1953.
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    More Interest In Tin Shares
    710 9 THE weekend rise m the tin metal price caused interest to be focussed on the tin mining section of the Malayan share market yesterday where all price movements were towards higher levels. Industrials were quiet with an irregular trend. Rubber shares remained neglected. Changed prices
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    Director On Tour
    38 9 photo MR. STANLEY J. HARLEY. chairman und m***imt director of Coventry Gauge and Toul Company. England, accompanied by his wife (above), arrived m Singapore by Qantas 3OAC Constellation from Sydne> recently <>n world tour. Standard
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    AN EYE-CATCHER!
    57 10 SUMMER evening coat for the Modem Miss of I!>.>4— -in j a design which goes back a thousand yens. The coat, 2 m silk, was made m Rome, Italy. Ths design was copied j from y.irt i>f i mosaic m» the Cathedral of Ravenna, C Northern Italy, former
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    Having A Baby Is A Great Experience
    727 10  -  Margaret Scott i by 1 2 TT'S ALWAYS a great thrill <• when a young couple know for sure that they are 1 to become parents m the not- so-distant future. t 2 Most young parents-to-be m fact have the greatest desire to
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    'Dear Joy Jones...'
    403 10 RECEIVED many letters last week from people who all wanted their problems answered m my Sunday Standard column. This is well nigh an impossibility as pressure on space necessitates keeping replies to a minimum. I would, however, like to ask readers who wish to be answered on
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    A SMART GIRL CAN BE SMART PLAYING DUMB
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    Bombay Flash Has Many Challengers At Manila
    937 11 Bombay Flash Has Many Challengers At Manila i s I*4 :rst a series of four articles on the D k° a l u G I s n lllr »la specially written v- AFP by V.I. Kolatchoff, leadin Q sports journalist m X ■■:<> r.'i.l Comm ttee member of the Hong
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    82 11 Mil In 'heir koul socm Bxc:.4 Waii Cm c ins (hold- i wincing 6 > X a a Kangsar t Taip z were 5 iperiOT oettc "i'.ree ball :"ou^h _> and Ahmad In the M oi.d ha C, Taiiated p a and added U r>-f thru
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    Dunlop Tup Badminton
    71 11 Mon. St-iangor beat i Perak o:-..- t 2 m a ftrsi round •of the D .vp Cup i IminI at the A iatioq 1 i the weeken t Malaya s ML Omar x I Kamar A. Ta .1 A N'oor lin hd Da 15. 15. nd Ta
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    MOREA BEATS DROBNY
    137 11 MOREA BEATS DROBNY CAIRO, Mar. 15 (AP) Enrique Morea. the giant Argentinian, yesterday won the men's singles title m the Egyptian International championship with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1. 6-4 victory over Jaroslav Drobny, title holder since 1950. The game, irr which topseeded Drobny was rated favourite to third-seeded Morea, started
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    NEW RULING WILL AID 'HOME' PLAYERS
    330 11 LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter)— Recruiting of overseas players by English county cricket clubs will be restricted by M.C.C.'s new ruling that such players must reside three years m the county for whom they intend to play. Hitherto overseas players UK uding some test stars
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    Selectors May Spring Surprise
    502 11 LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter)— When England's soccer team to meet Scotland m the vital World Cup preliminary match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on April 3 is chosen it may contain one big surprise. England's captain and right-half m 55 internationals Billy Wright may be picked for
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    LANCERS BEAT FED. REGIMENT
    69 11 TAIPING. Mon. Twelfth Royal Lancers of Ipoh qualified for the final of the North zone competition for the Caldbeck Cup here yesterday, beat- j ing the Federation Regiment 4—2. The Lancers adapted themselves well to the slippery turf, and their outstanding player \va s centre-forward Johnson
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    X-Country Run
    36 11 BIRKENHEAD, England. Mar. 15 (AP) Gordon Pirie, brilliant young British distance runner, won his second English Cross Country title on Saturday over a 9 2/3 mile course at Arrow Park. His time was 50:55.0.
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    Belgium And Portugal Draw
    91 11 BRUSSELS. Mar. 15 (Renter) Belgium and Portugal drew o—O m a n international toofball match her c yesterday A crowd of 40.000 saw both sides miss chances. Portugal were faster and dominated the first half but lacked accuracy I m front of goal. The Portuguese fell
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    Compton Doubt For Australian Tour
    215 11 LONDON. Mar. 15 Denis Compton may be unfit for the English cricket team's Australian tour next summer. According to reports circulating m London Compton is playing cricket m th e West Indies against doctor"? orders. Some experts say he had been playing against doctor's advice
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    BRAINS TRUST HOPES TO HALT SOCCER DECLINE
    652 11 LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter)— Never before has i English public opinion been so alive to the prestige value of international football. Setbacks m the 1950 i WorLi Cup followed by mediocre performances against lusroslavia, the Argentina, the "Rest of the World" and finally
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    BRAZIL RETAIN RECORD
    113 11 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 15 (Reuter) Brazil retained their unbeaten record m the World Soccer Cup qualifying competition when they beat Chile I—o here today before a crowd of 125,000. Brazil have now beaten Chile twice and Paraguay once j Paraguay's only defeat. They meet Paraguay here
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    Standard Service For The Unemployed
    62 11 Standard Service For The Unemployed AI YOLK StfiVlCt; Ar. yoa uiicnipluyed and m need: "T« help \<»u find work the Singapore Standard I nmipUtvinent Bunau on«T> \ou I roe vjvace m this column Jus- (i or wr u e your lo<i! Standiru uflic^ for a o anplir.uion f, >rm W
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    ISLANDERS DO WELL ENOUGH TO BEAT REME
    564 12 PILAU BRANI UNITED, who made short shift of their first opponents, m the SAFA Senior Division League, had their work cut out m beating first time out REME by 3 goals to 1 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. For REME, despite having to
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    240 12 Carson Cup To N. Perak TAIPING, Mon. North P.i j;% beat South Perak 7 6 i:. Qm G. L. Carson challenge t:;.>. y here yesterday. Res>u *.s were (North Perak player; mentioned first) M >so> Tay beat Leong Siew Went t, A. Hazari tea: X < Ah Choon B—6.8 6.
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    37 12 IN a f' en<fly game of soccer p«-»yed at Farrer Park yesterday OTEC beat Rovers "A 4-1. T>mnnv Misson t .?> and A!i sc wred for OTEC and Mat Xoor <c'-.' 4 or the lasers.
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    Junior AA Beaten 3-0
    93 12 JUNIOR AA suffered a defeat m their opening game against Singapore Harbour Board Police at Balestier Road ground yesterday l<)iinJ by :5-0 All the goals were scored m the second half Scorers were Angullia. Jalil and Minioot. Mr. Manhire refereed and tl^e teams were: Singapore Harbour
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    Joe—Heavyweight Hope For Britain
    430 12 Joe Heavyweight Hope For Britain By PETER WILSON LONDON Mar. 15.-Joe Erskine, triple amateur heavyweight champion— he holds the A.B.A, the Army Tt he I? BA titles h ad a sensational professional debut at the > ictoria Hall, Hanlev. H« knocked out AH Price, of Worcester, after only six-: teen
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    WEIGHTS FOR 12 RACES
    577 12 WEIGHTS for 12 races for the first and second da: (of the Singapore races are. CL. 1 Div. 1 l» Fur*. Forest Beau 9-90 Euphrates 8-13 Talisman 8-1? Millionaire 8-oti Rubber Exporter 8-05 Cinema II 8-03 Fairy Tale 8-03 MetrosUr 8-00 Kingporl 7-13 Purple and White
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    421 12 PENAN G, Mon.— Last year's champions. Chinese i Club, got off to a good start m the opening match of the season when their centre-forward Lee Ah Loke scored a goal m each half to clinch the first division game against the Indian Recreation Club
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    DRAWN GAME
    22 12 KEBERNARAN and Young Companion played to a I—l1 1 draw iv a Div. JA SAFA game at F.ScN. ground yesterday.
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    INS6-A-SIDE SOCCER
    93 12 SEREMBAN. Mon. The Xegri Sembilan Football Association's six-a-side tournament for Taylor Shield began here this afternoon on the Station padang when two matches were played off. In the first match NS Chinese Recreation Club "D" team drew with PWD Sports Club "B", each side scoring a goal. Low
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    Crowd Won't Budge So Referee Stops Game
    427 12 Crowd Won't Budge So Referee Stops Game KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The official 1954 Selangor soccer season was ushered m today not with a bang: but with a blemish for the initial first division tie of the Football Association of Selangor league between the UMNO Youths and the Selangor Indian Association
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    SCC Heading For Div. One Again
    383 12 SINGAPORE Cricket Club, relegated from Senior Division last year, showed promise of prom I again when m their second outing on the Padanterday, they trounced a strong Young Men M Us Association combination to the tune of 7—2. Thi> '< their second win. Club
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    6-3 TT Victory For Mansfield
    105 12 I Mansfield S.C. beat R.A.F i Seletar by 6-3 at table-tennis i during the week-end. Detailed results were i Tenj> Kirn Yong lost to Sugari hood 1-3, Chan Sin Cheng beat Dearman 3-0. Thong Wong Choy {beat Fisher 3-1. Ng Kwong Juek lost to Boddy
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    Social AA Win
    38 12 SOCIAL Athletic Party, with better forwards, gained full I points m their opening match I when they beat Singapore Civil Service Association 3 t m a S.A.F.A. Division 3A League match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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    Bartleys Lose
    33 12 BARTLEY Secondary School suffered their second defeat when they went down to the St. Joseph's Institution by 1 4— 2 m their inter-school soccer match played at St George's Road yesterday
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    One All Draw
    23 12 In a friendly game of soccer Played at Farrer Park yesterday i C.HQ drew one all with Bonieo j Motors.
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    Reason For Fall Of Amateur Sport In UK
    674 12 Reason For Fall Of Amateur Sport In UK i LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter) Many are the reasons put i forward for the decline of I Britain m amateur sport, i That there has been a decline j I is generally regarded as an j established fact with some t notable
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    SAFA PICK 16 FOR TRAINING
    58 12 SINGAPORE Amir f baJ: Association players for Asian Gaming starting Sunday. M i at 8.00 a.m. They are: Chee Benc I Skinner. Kok Seng i Keng. Vassin, I. Va 5 b H Weag, Hee Jong Omar A Ismail Yusofl. Pang 5 Hock. Boon Seong. A,
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    57 12 A TEAM to represent Singapore A" against the Chinese F.A. at soccer on Thursrijy will be selected from the fol- lowing: W. Skinner an I Narayanan: Kok Seng, HsHassan: Kirn Beng. Van-Wj sam. Hee Jong. Osman Job,, and Daud Rosan: Abd. Zainal Siang Hork. Malleques.
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      70 12 Today's Sport SOCCER: Div. 1— Fathul Kanb vs. A.A.A. Jalan Besar. Div. 3A: Alexandra F. I. vs. Seletar Football Club—S.H.B., Die. 3B— Malay S.U. vs. Kinta Rangers CYMA, Div. 3C— Cosmos vs. Argonauts Farrer Park. Inter-School: AngloChinese School vs St. Patricks East Coast Road St. Anthony's School vs. Serangoon English
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