Singapore Standard, 26 March 1954

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    17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Zt 3*l Vol. IV. No. 267. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 195* TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS
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    Egypt: Civil Govt. in July
    79 1 Egypt: Civil Govt. in July lx (UP) —I '.'evolutionary M dissolved Ji m gramds the that toppled wifl then be i is officially i Uav. L»nt followed n a national an extraordi- the Revol::-^ amid re-* rift between ■ed Naguib lamal Abdel :v Naguib's I turn to civil -•rnment ffl
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    Horse Crashes Into Royal Car
    44 1 DE. > .:.ir. 25 (AFP) *:\>ope: the car carrying e:h and the Duka gh I ):n Adelaide ."i nment House ;ke through •es fan the c;ty .jv Queen nor tbe m ved but oo"ii ted iOr the ad his horse.
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    Singapore Comet Service May 2
    80 1 LONDON. Mar. 25, (Reuter)— The Lomlon-Singa-pore Comet service will restart m Mjy •>, a British Overseas Airways Corporation spokesman said today. The first plane on the London-Tokyo run will leave on May Tire first Cornel from Tokyo will leave or. May n. (formal Comet services
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    CORONER TOLD NOT TO IDENTIFY BODIES
    834 1 CORONER TOLD NOT TO IDENTIFY BODIES Crash Mix-up Inquiry: SAPORE CoroK. T. Aiexjn- Udd wsterday rand day oi an into a muE-un oi iiea or i Kalsh victims, that not up to him to identity oi ii -■>. i as set foi S mas inderasa nd T-.e c a finding
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    'Outlaw A-Bomb'
    27 1 DR. DONALD Sope* President of the Methodist conference, iti London yesterday, appealed to Christians everywhere to .iemjmd the outlawing of atomic ani hydrogen bombs. Reuter
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    Best Dressed Gent
    27 1 PRINCE Charles, who is five years old, was proclaimed m London yesterday by Tailor and Cutter to be the "best dressed gentleman on earth.'
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    OFFICER IS JAILED & CASHIERED FROM ARMY
    253 1 OFFICER IS JAILED CASHIERED FROM ARMY CAPTAIN Herbert Reginald Shemilt. 46-year--3ld British Army officer, fa to be cashiered from H« Majesty's Forces and serve six months' imprisonment, a Singapore General Court Martial decided yesterday. The court found him guilty ->t <onduct unbecoming o f an officer and gentleman." making fraudulent
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    Russia Accuses Four Of Spying
    183 1 MOSCOW, Mar. 25, (AP)— The newspaper Trud charged four members of the U.S. embassy's military staff today with spying on Soviet airfields and other important installations on a rail trip from Moscow to i Vladivostok. The embassy refused to comment on the charges. Trud, the
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    First Polls In Br. Honduras
    79 1 BELIZE., British Honduras, Mar. 25 (AP) The people of this British Centra! America roiony will hold their first <;erieral elections under the new constitution on April 28. it was announced officially yesterday. Setting of the date followed assurances by British Gov. Sir Patrick Renison that
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    Shot After Challenge
    53 1 PENANG. Thurs. A young Chinese cyclist was shot ihr-js times m the leg when he did not stop after being challenged by a police radio car m Ayev Itam Road tonight. His younger brother who was sitting on the pillion was not hurt. The injured man was
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    Mystery Explosion Kills Man
    70 1 BATU PAHAT. Thurs. A .Malay attendant of th e Sin Oman Seng Tobacco FactoLy m Jalan Rahmat, was kiiied yesterday morning when the factory's drying oven exploded. The Malay was attending to the oven, which heats the cigarettes, when there was a deafening explosion which rocked
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    ONE KILLED, 3 HURT IN ARMYMISHAPS
    106 1 ONE KILLED, 3 HURT IN ARMYMISHAPS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— One member of the Security Forces was killed and Jhree others injured m mishaps hat occurred during ihe past four days. Private Ziyalura Cilemba of the Sefond King's African Rifles died on Monday when a tree which h e was cutting
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    Blood Donors Rush To Save Maxim (12)
    162 1 AJELBOL'RNE. Mar. 2.5, fßeuter) AIL lines into Melbourne's Red Cross blood transfusion service were continuously engaged today after j newspaper appeal for blooj for 12-year-old Maxim Parsons, a haemophilia victim. Maxim, who 1.3 a son ol Mr. and Mrs. CM. Parsons of the
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    CALL-UP GETS GOING ON APRIL 5
    507 1 CALL-UP GETS GOING ON APRIL 5 Public Urged To Co-operate REGISTRATION for national service of 18 ro 20 year-old British subjects and Federal citizens residing m Singapore will begin on April 5. The Proper Authority, Mr. L. H. N. Davis, yesterday appealed for public co-operation and asked ail who are
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    OBJECTORS ALLOWED TO STATE CASE, BUT...
    184 1 ALL "conscientious ob- i jectors" against national s.ervice m Singapore will be allowed to state their case before the Proper Authority. Mr. L. H. X. Davis, but no "conscientious objector" will be exempted from the liabilities of the call-up. What constitutes the term "conscientious
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    These Are Exempted
    94 1 THE following are exempted from national registration: Members of the RMNVR. I SVC, MAAF. Police Force n I eluding Special Constabulary Corps, the Imperial Forces, i full-time Fire Brigade. Executive and Legislative Councils. i City Council, accredited DiplJ- matic or Consular Representatives, persons m holy orders, the
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    600 HOMELESS IN HK FIRE
    47 1 HONGKONG, Mar. 25. (AFP) About 600 Chinese were rendered homeless by a fire at the Tsun Van village m Hongkong's new territories this afternoon, police announced I tonight. One hundred and fifty huts were damaged and five persons 1 received minor burns.
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    Biggest Firebomb Attack On Rebels
    214 1 Biggest Firebomb Attack On Rebels HANOI. Mar. 25 (UP) French planes loosed the war's biggest firebomb attack against Communist-led Vietminh rebels rushing to the encircled French stronghold of Dien Bien Phu. the French High Command announced last night. The Vietminh rebels meanwhile struck back m the Red; River delta around
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    A Smiling Lad Is Returning
    254 2 SYDNEY. Mar. 25 (Reuter) Wan Mahadi biu Wan All, a KJyear-old Malayan orphan, will smile farewell to his friends when he leaves Sydney by a ir for home next week— and that smile has tafcen s i\ months' tedious plastic surgery work to restore. In
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    CALL-UP
    646 2 WHEN WHERE and HOW to register In Singapore" fit fl Ar€»u PROGRAMME for national service registration at the National Service Office, the Drill Hall. Singapore Volnateer Corps Headquarters, Beach Road. The following Schedule will be applicable for those working or living within ihe City. 1. Day and Date Monday.
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    Whitehall Backs 'Death' Judges
    500 2 NOTHING WRONG MINISTER LONDON, Mar. 25, (Reuter) The Secretary of State for the Colonies was asked m the House of Commons today to suspend the Malayan Criminal Procedure Code Bill, until the House had a full debate on it. The demand was made by Sir Leslie
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    103 2 COMMODITY PRICES i CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib mi n Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.S S Spot Loose s.~>i s<ii No. 1 R.S.S. 56J 501 No. 2 R.S.S. 551 553 No. 3 R.S.S. 54 1 54} Tone: Steady. TIN PKHF The prices of tin yesterday was
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    ANOTHER KILL BY SOMERSETS
    83 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A Somer.-et patrol has killed a terrorist of the 'Chen Loo group* 1 ha the Hawthornden Estate area ol rural Kuala Lumpur, it was officially reported today. In the Kuala Lioi s area of Pahang. a Police field force has wounded or.c of
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    M.B.T.C., PARADE
    25 2 A PASSIXG-OUT parade will be held tomorrow at the Malayan Basic Trainmg Centre. Nee Soon, Singapore Brigadier M.w. Roberts wiLL take the salute.
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    The Loss Of Chinese Neighbours Worry Them
    143 2 The Loss Of Chinese Neighbours Worry Them MALACCA. Thurs.-The ra'ayat of Kampong Sri Bukit Balu yesterday expressed the fear that the progress and development of their 100-year-old kampong might be retarded, and their home guards under-manned, without the co-operation of their Chinese neighbours. Inis fe;>r was communicated to an Alliance
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    Tempter Accu sed Of fleing Biased -MALAYAN MIRROR
    307 2 Tempter Accu sed Of fleing Biased -MALAYAN MIRROR KUALA LU M PUR, Thurs. The latest issue of the MCA" S Malayan Mirror, while welcoming the broader representation of political parties, has attacked the new make-up of the Federal Legislative Council, saying: "The High Commissioner could have been less biased by
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    Fishermen Stand Firm On Demand
    117 2 Fishermen Stand Firm On Demand ALOR STAR. Thurs Moie than 100 Malay fishermen of Kuala Kedah wno went oa I strike yesterday because foe I $30 bonus they drew last yeax has been reduced to half this year, are still idle today. Two representative^ from Chinese Bshing companies which employ
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    Compulsory Inoculation Is Urged By Alumni
    186 2 Compulsory Inoculation Is Urged By Alumni Standard Matt Reporter COMPULSORY inocula- tion against diphtheria foe Singapoi i ildren iv advocated by the Alumni Associat:-^; of Malaya, m its journal published, yesterday. i In BO editorial, the journal .say? this might be resorti "m the even! Further poo jresp..ns3 from the
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    FLOODS SUBSIDE
    17 2 Ti!E Seni X terday I 1 1 7 th I B SStfa tone S( g
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    Strikers Picket Before Union HQ
    184 3 Strikers Picket Before Union HQ StMdhWj Staff Reporter .STRIKING employees of: W Singapore 'Straits! bteamship Company yes- lerday picketed the Mas-' Jer Attendant's Office m Fullerton Building and the Malay Seamen's Union premises mi n Jalan Sultan with placards depicting the "hardships of seamen." PJjce stood by. but the !™*ew
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    Nair's Plan Is Attacked
    97 3 THE proposed formation of 3 Community Ser\ice League In b Rural areas by Mr. M P D Nair, Legislative Councillor for St-'erar, was altacked b* Mr. H. J. C. X uiin^h i it the Singapore Rura Board meeting yesterSpeaking during adjournment, Mr, Kulasingha pointed "j r
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    SHE WINS CO-OP AWARD
    116 3 MISS Mir-aret Rose de S* J*' the Co «»vent of w Holy Infant Jesus who s onp of the four winners of the Singapore Cooperative Union scholarships. Thp other winners are Chon- T<ih Kuan of Kames Institution. John Sam Ah Gnow of AngloChine^ School, and Goh
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    FPA Advice Offer: Take It Or Leave It
    247 3 THE object of the Family Planning Association oi Sin<ai>ore is to help those who want advice on family planning and not to force people to take its advice, the president of the F.P.A., Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, told The Standard yesterday.
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    NEW SITE FOR CREMATORIUM
    62 3 THE Singapore City Council is likely I > build its $600,000 modern crejn < r >rium near Aljunied Road instead of near the Alcßitche Reservoir as original v planoe i The C 'v Architect, Mr. W. I Watson, told The Standard yesterday thai Council officials i
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    TRADER IS FINED $1,900
    35 3 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs^—A small tradei m sarongs, Abdui having possession of uncustomed goods sarongs and ?j h valued >2.224.5n. he duty >n which amounted $444.*,). Th^ goods were found m his home.
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    CD Men Train On Radiac Devices
    176 3 CD Men Train On Radiac Devices THE Singapore Civil Defence Organisation has received a set of "radiac instruments'' to detect and measure radio activity m connection with the instructors' course j on atomic warfare. The Commissioner for Civil Defence, Colonel L T. Firbank, told The Standard yesterday that the instructors
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    'I Knew It Was Wrong'
    99 3 'I Knew It Was Wrong' FOR riding hi.~ friend's motor cycle without a licence and while not covered by insurance, Foo Jee Hen*, was fined 575. yesterday by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong. He was also disqualified from obtaining a licence for a year. In mitigati
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    SELANGOR v. W. AUSTRALIA
    72 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The West Australian amateur dance team will compete with Selangor dancers at the Selangor Amateur Ballroom Dance Competition to be held at the Bukit Bintang Dance Hall, Kuala Lumpur from Afjrii 1 to 5. Selangor will be represented by: T.K. Choo and Miss
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    UMNO Meeting
    32 3 THE United Malays National Organisation (Town Branch of S ngapore) will hold its annual General meeting at 10 a.m.. at the Arab Union premises m 'Seransoon Road, on Mar. 23.
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    Rotan for Cycle Thief
    54 3 IPOH Thurs*— An 18-year-old youth. Ng Cfaiap San. was today ordered by the Magistrate, Che Abdu 11 a n Ghazalli, to receive ten strokes of the rotan for stealing a Ng 'was also warned that he would be more severely dealt* with if he were to
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    Ford Cars: New Prices Announced
    106 3 PRICES of Ford cars m Singapore have been reduced Ito meet foreign competition. The Standard was told. The reductions came into force last month but were not j published because it was fear- j j ed demand would exceed supply. The Ford Consul, formally priced
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    EXTENSION TO I.A. CLUBHOUSE
    54 3 THE Singapore Indian Asso- j ciation plans to build an ex- 1 tension on their clubhouse, m Balestier Road, which was opened m July, 1951. A fun fair will be held on the grounds on Apr. 4, to raise funds. The extension will cost be- 1
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    Inter-Change Of Malay, Ceylon Music
    160 3 RADIO Malaya has despatched ivmrdinjjs of traditional Malay i"" 5 1 and music by Malayan Aborigines tor broadcasting m Ceylon m exchange for traditional music from Ceylon, including examples of Bait* music which originated from the Portuguese. The Malay music includes well-known Malay folk tunes
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    RICE RATION WILL BE MORE-AND CHEAPER IN FED.
    340 3 RICE RATION WILL BE MORE -AND CHEAPER IN FED. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The price of certain grades of rationed rice m the Federation will be reduced as from Monday. A.' the same time the ration scale for adults will be increased. Siajn 15 per cent white rice and certain Indo-China
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    BACK AFTER 22 YEARS, HE FINDS SINGAPORE 'SO NEW'
    229 3 BACK AFTER 22 YEARS, HE FINDS SINGAPORE 'SO NEW' 3ACK m Singapore after an absence of 22 years. 77-year-old Rev. F. H. j Sullivan of the Methodist Mission is greatly impressed with the progress m the Colony. ipeaking of the Singapore he knew 20 years back. Rev Sullivan recollected the
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    ELECTIONS IN NEW VILLAGE
    62 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— I Mela New Village, about 20 miles south of Kuala Lipis, heM its first elections on Tuesday. The Pa ha n 3 village hss 3 population of about 250. Seventy-eight per cent of thjse eligible to vote turned up to select a committee
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    Health Week For Kulim
    73 3 PENANG, Thurs. Eleven kampongs will take part m the Health Week competitions, for Kulim District to be held from April 1 to April 10. A competition will also be held for the cleanest and most hygienic coffee and eating shop m Kulim town. Winners of these
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    PEA The Pioneer, Says MacD
    190 4 SPEAKING at the annual dinner of the Singapore Adult Education Association on Wednesday night, at the Capitol Ballroom the Commis-sioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald said the People's Education Association, an affiliate of the A.E.A.. was the pioneer body for adult education m the Colony. tie
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    HE STRUCK WORKER WITH A HAMMER
    183 4 HE STRUCK WORKER WITH A HAMMER LIM Choo. a quarry worker. was .-truck on the head with a hammer after he objected to a neighbour's wife using a torchlight to dazzle him. The Singapore Fifth Police Court was told yesterday. This happened on the night of Dec. 5 last, when
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    LEAVE FOR FILM MAN
    66 4 MR. .JOHN DAI.TON. Singhi pore manager of the J Arthur Rank Overseas Film Distribu- tors Ltd.. will leave for Europe [by the Oranje on April 11. o:. four months 1 leave. He will b e relieved by Mr. John Westlake. assistant to the ptnerai manager of
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    HK EXCHANGE
    40 4 HONGKONG. Mar. 25 -Special J Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.68 to £1 sterling. $5,795 to US$l; M.824 to Malayan SI: $0,209 to one Indonesian Rupiah: Gold $24tT125 to I 1 tael. I
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    Man Chases Burglars In Street At 3 a.m.
    155 4 A man living m SeLegie Road, Singapore, chased i two burglars along the deserted street at 3 a.m. yesterI day but failed to catch them. Awakened by noises the man went to the window and saw someone slithering down a I drainpipe.
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    Varsity Course In Chinese Language
    271 4 THE Senate of the University of Malaya has ap- proved a course of study m the Chinese Language and i Literature which may be offered as a subject for the Pass Degree of B.A. The first year of the course is j now being taught,
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    ROAD INSPECTORS
    29 4 THE Singapore City Council Services? Union has protested against the recruitment of two Road Inspectors, and not Road Engineers, reported m The j Standard oi Thursday's issue.
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    Stood On Rock And Made Rude Gesture To Women
    219 4 Stood On Rock And Made Rude Gesture To Women PENANG, Thurs. On hearing the barking of dogs and the exchange of words a woman went out of her house to the seawall and saw her maid servant arguing with a man standing on a rock. When the woman asked the
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    CHIEF SCOUT TO OPEN CAMP
    61 4 LORD BowaJlan, the Chief Scout, will arrive m the Colony from Kunehing en Oct. 29 for a five-day stay. The day following his arrival Lord Rowailan will open the new $20,000 Scout Camp at Jurong. On Nov. 1 he will attend three railie? held m
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    CITY VALUE ROSE $6M. LAST YEAR
    243 4 Rents Climbing Down THE annual value of Singapore City jumped by more than $6,000,000 to $47,897,353 last yea r. City President, Mr. T.P.F. McNeice j states m his Administration report for 1953. With this rise m assessment values. Mr. McNeice records a decline m
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    Vickers On Need For UK Officers
    182 4 Vickers On Need For UK Officers THE need for expatriate medical officers m Singapore will g continue for some time "to come, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, told The Standard yesterday. Dr. Victors said advertisement^dn Br:ta:;. for three surgical and twc medical registrars was necessary "m
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    Season's Greetings Carried Threat
    230 4 DURING the Chinese New Year season, an odd-job man, Loo Kee, sent a veiled threat for money under cover of a seasonal greeting card to a well-known "i Chinese actor. In the Third District Court yesterday, be was sentenced to !19 months' imprisonment for! j attempting
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    Fell III In Court—Sent To Hospital
    146 4 Fell III In Court— Sent To Hospital A WOMAN. On e Sor Ching. 27, was yesterday remanded j m the General Hospital as she was still suffering from the effects of drinking a mixture of opium and water. Gag pleaded guilty m the Eighth Police Court to the charge of
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    'DESIRABLE FOR U.K. TO DEVELOP SYNTHETIC'
    163 5 I.dNDON. Mar. 25, <Reu-' I The Times said to- v might be desirable j Britain to develop idietk rubber "on a Lintial scale."* The i?ment that the synthepruduct is a threat to Livan production was i conclusive objection. W Howard, President leratioo of British
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    Charged For Car Theft
    42 5 Siew Peng was the Singapore c Court yesterday kUoj a car parked outOdeon Theatre on r. about 1 p.m n valued ai 51.900. Hi Chan Wan Seng. i:".uci trial and the, postponed to April I. SIM was granted
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    Aquarium Is Ready
    177 5 ...And Now 71 Awaits Fish—And Curator MR FRED AKHURST. curator of the London Aquarium, who is to organise and run Tor six months Singapore's Van Kleef Aquarium, above, m Kintj George V Park, will arrive m the ei*v o a Mar. ?<♦ from the Lnitfd Kingdom. Mr.
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    FORUM WAS 'LIKE HYDE PARK'
    514 5 FORUM WAS 'LIKE HYDE PARK' C. C. Tan Is Heckled Standard Staff Reporter HECKLED by a large audience during a debate at the Young Men's Christian Association last night. Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Singapore Progressive Parts, abruptly sat down and gulped down a glass of water. The
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    Exhibition Aids CYMCA
    62 5 PRESIDENT >f the Sngaoore Chinese Chambcf ol Commerce Mr. Ko Teck Kin. yes- terday upe"..: an Exhibition of; paint:::g.> by Mr. Wan?; Ay Yang, at Chamber premises m Bill Street. More than 200 of Mr Wang's pa.ntin^s are expected to be so^d and 60 per cent ol
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    SOLDIER IS ACQUITTED
    62 5 PRIVATE Thomas Turner of the R.A.F. Changi. who \va^ charged with causing the I death of a Chinese cyclist through a negligent act. was i acquitted yesterday without 1 his defence beins called by the Singapore First Traffic District Judge, Mr. F. A. Chuu. The offence was
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    QUESTIONS ON POLLS IN HOUSE OF LORDS
    145 5 LORD LISTOWEL. a formei Labour Minister of State for the Colonies, asked m the! i Hou.-e of Lords on Wednesday when the reports of the Seleci i Committees On elections ap- pointed by the two settlements iaad the states m Malaya other than
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    52 5 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 25: The following ore the closing rubber ond Ha on the London prices of LONDON RUSB^ m \6i Apr-rJ-ie J j.n. March g Tone: Qui>» After Steady. MarkeJ. %»™Z' H buyers, £725 sellers. Three moarhs £69, $<|Ie Mon|ing: 60 tons. Afternoon
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    BRITAIN MAY TRY HAND AT SYNTHETIC
    254 5 BRITAIN MAY TRY HAND AT SYNTHETIC LONDON, Mar. 25 (Reuter) Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, British Colonial Secretary, said last night that the establishment of a 'arg« synthetic rubber industry under Government sponsorship should only be considered "m the light of Britain's imperial obligations to countries like Malaya." Mr. Lyttelton was speaking
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    Out By Just 2Hr. 10Min., Says Charge
    128 5 A SINGAPORE Harbour Board Police Officer, A. Nonis. told a District Judge yesterday that when he told Peter Robinson, a free-lance photographer, not to enter Gate 8 because his temporary pass had expired, the latter drove his car straight m and muttered "I
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    SOUND EXPLANATION OF POSITION SAY RUBBER MEN
    152 5 SOUND EXPLANATION OF POSITION SAY RUBBER MEN MALAYAN rubber circles yesterday subscribed to the views expressed by the British Rubber Manufacturers' Oliver Lyttelton, when he told the Federation of British Rubber Manufacturers Association m London that the establishment of a large synthetic rubber industry under Government sponsorship should be considered
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    Govt. May Help By Subsidy—Lyttelton
    288 5 Govt. May Help By Subsidy Lyttelton use of natural rubber. t '"There will be areas, no i doubt, where synthetic rubber I has some gap to fill which cannot be filled by natural rubber but here I think the ordinary commercial instinct i |so highly developed m many lOf my
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    Stone Age Men
    861 6 THERE is, of course, something charming about th*> old gentleman who, though riddled with ijcut, rheumatism, piles, asthma, diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver, refuses stubbornly to take the pills, draughts and balms prescribed by his doctor. "There is nothing the matter with me," roars the old
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    944 6  -  Aster Gunasekera Asks ONE of several Bills to come before Ihe March 31 meeting of the Federal Legislative floiincil is intended lo amend the Registration of Pharmacists Ordinance which came into force two years ajjo. When the original Bill was published, it was pointed
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    246 6 Review of Views Trouble With Siam Police A TOST of the Malay fishermen 1X m Pulau Langkawi oil Kedah. have now turnw to other trades because their means of livelihood have been endangered by the actions of the Siamese marine polite, Utusan Melayu says. Many had already been arrested together
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      237 6 Sir: I admire Mr. Ferguson's sagacity (for sagacity it is) m having written such a strikingly capricious letter on Asians and their struggles for self-determination. Lord Jeffreys could not have wished for a more striking champion to come to the fore and defend him against criticisms levelled
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    Wake Up, City Council!
    1226 6  -  ALEX JOSEY Muluf/mm Attain 8b CINGAPORE is a city of about a million people, most of them Chinese. Of this million people about 40,000 are hawkers. They get a living, some pood, some bad, from selling goods and food from barrows and stalls m the streets,
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    Futile To Begin I-C Campaign
    229 7 NEW DELHI, Mar. 25 (AFP)-Speaking m Hindi tor the first time, m the foreign affairs debate, Premier Jawaharlal Nehru declared that it is tutile tor India to begin a campaign for a ceasehre m Indo-China, if the parties concerned did not Miisn it. But. he
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    CHESNEY WAS KILLER SAYS JURY
    90 7 IDO>i 23, Renter) asl Chesney i4s> smuggler 3 wife and ther- s~ rtua t ias on ring is t* and id hex (-styled g i rangled er i thai i w i tted sui- i t te etters I i g then I thai 9
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    39 7 Photo. THESE wives of foreign diplomats (Indo-China and Pakistan) m their lovely native gowns, seem well at their place m the reception hall of the Elysee Palace m Fans. President and Mrs. Coty were receiving the Diplomatic Corps. U.P.
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    CRACKDOWN ON SPIES
    39 7 FOGGIA. Italy, Mar. 25, (API Government agents armn inced yesterday a crackdown On a C :n-iVL:nist spy ring oper::';::.; near one Ol Italy's biggest -ir bases. The counterespi ge agents said 10 persona have Brresi I
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    Major Crisis Brews Over Army Treaty
    103 7 'PARIS. Mar. 25, (Reuter)— A major crisis is brewing m the French Socialist Party over the European Army Treaty, the ratification of which largely depends on Socialist support. Leading Socialist deputies are- planning to send to all local party branches next week a pamphlet
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    Geneva Confab Is Vital—Salisbury
    167 7 Geneva Confab Is Vital— Salisbury LONDON, Mar. 25 (Reuter)— Lord Salisbury, speaking for the Government m the House of Lords, said yesterday it was of "vital importance" that next j month's Geneva conference on Korea and Indo- China should succeed. Success would depend above [all on the attitude adopted by
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    'Insult' To Western Australia
    160 7 'Insult' To Western Australia ADELAIDE, Mar. 25, (Reuter) Western Australians consider that the Royal tour alterations due to polio fears are an "insult" and a slander on th^ir state, according to Mr. F.E. Chamberlain, Labour Party Secretary who said he spoke for 70.000 workers. Speaking m Perth yesterday, he said
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    RUSSIA ISSUES NEW THREAT
    48 7 CAIRO. Mar. 25. (Reuter)— The Soviet JJnion has informed Egypt* and other Arab countries that it would consider conclusion of any Western-sponsored Middle East military pact ''an unfriendly and even hostile act." directed against her, it was learned m well-informed quarters here last night.
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    LORD MONTAGU GETS 12 MTHS. FOR HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCES
    321 7 LORD MONTAGU GETS 12 MTHS. FOR HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCES HESTER, Eng and, Mar Lord ntagu ol Beau--27-year-old English a >enl to prison 12 -K>rcluy after o t had found h -i ty vl h ".MVjsexua! neea j Qg t -r stood pale and c dock beside kwo i q the jury
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    48 7 Photo. CIGAR m hand. General i Douglas Mac Arthur shakes hands with President Eisenhower as they pose outside the White House last week. The President said that with his discussion u.Uh Mac Arthur, they exchanged views on things generally without attempting; to come to definite conclusions. A. P.
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    BRITAIN WARNS EGYPT TO HALT TERRORISM
    256 7 LONDON, Mar. 25 (AP) The Churchill Government has formally warned Egypt to halt terrorist attacks on British soldiers or face indefinite occupation of the Suez Canal base by the 80,000-man British garrison. The Foreign Office said last night British Ambassador Sir Ralph Stevenson delivered
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    Shanghai Is A 'Dead City' Now
    90 7 Shanghai Is A 'Dead City' Now MANILA. Mar. 25, (AP). Shanghai today is far cry from the say metropolis it used to be when it was known as the "Paris of the Orient." a Filipino repatriate musician said. Mr. Deogracias Santos (47). a resident of Shanghai for 19 years, said:
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    SHADOWY GIRL
    81 7 SHEILA WONG, a Chi nes,, dancehall -hostess. who was seized off Hongkong last March by a Communist gunboat, has been identified by a photograph as having been seen m Macao last December. Wong was the girl friend of a Merchant Marine Captain Ben Krasner. She. Krasner. former I'nited
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    SEVEN HANGED
    34 7 j FIVE Kikuyu and two Meru tribesmen wr< re hang* d In Nairobi on Wednesday four for murder, two lor illegal possession of firearms, one f oi administering the M: Mau oath.
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    Talks On Israel 'Outrage' Is Urged
    163 7 Talks On Israel 'Outrage' Is Urged JERI SALEM, Mar. 25. (Renter) -Prime Minister, fctoshe Sh; rett disclosed m Parliament her e yesterday thai Israel has asked the Western powers lor an immediate session of the Security Council to discuss the "outrage" o; the bus massacre n Sc<:pio 1 Pa.>s. He
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    U.S. PLANES FOR HOLLAND
    103 7 THE HAGUE, Bo and. Hi 125 (UP) Defena Ifin Mr. Corn* Btaf told Pai ment y< sterday Am airmen an going i '••> I m Holland whetJ R likes it «<r not. Mr. Btaf U 6 Hoi first S that an American a I I m
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    UPHILL BATTLE AGAINST REDS
    86 7 MANILA, Mar. 25. (API The Catholic faith is fiighi g an unhill battle m Asia's i munist area<. Msgr. S: ML Sancho said after s toui r f Indo-China. Formo.-a and H kong. The Father Provincial of ttw Dominicao Mission repori d i that persecution of
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    Pope Has A Car Drive
    63 7 VATICAN CITY. i CAP).— Pope- Pius j took automobile ri ■<= I c Vatican gardens tot Hw time- since be becai ill ;wo tnoDttu ago. The 78-vl;,]- id bead c Roman Catholic O n accompanied y 1 physician. This wat the first 1 c thai
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    RHEE'S TERMS GIVEN TO U.S.
    63 7 SEOUL. Mar. 25 (AP).— South Korean President^ "\lr. Syngman Rhee called on the United Slates yesterday to help unity Korea by force or give him the Republic of Korea Army which needs no help "if peaceful efforts fail." Only if one of these conditions is
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    SHE'S NOT BITTER
    39 7 PRETTY 22-year-dTd Josefc Bergeal has been electee} "Miss Quinine" of 1954 by her classmates at the Pur:?-* School of Pharmacy m Paris. The pharmacy student will be crowned at the school's annual ball on Saturday night.
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    AN EXPENSIVE ERROR
    92 7 HONGKONG. Mar. 25. (AP) A Chinese bank m Hongkong recovered HK$5O,--000 on Mar. 3 which, by error, it had three years ago credited to the account of a client, the Tai Fung Hong Company. The company on Scot. 17. 1951, paid into its account a I cheque
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    PI Senator Accuses US Of A 'Stunt'
    128 7 MANILA, Mar. 25, (UP). Naeionalista Senator Claro ML Recto yesterday accused toe United Slates of resftrting to a "cheap and unsporting gtunt to force the Filipinos to surrender their sovereignty." It was the immediate reaction of the Magsaysay administration's foreign affairs expert on
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    ATOMIC TESTING AREA ENLARGED
    207 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 25 (Reutcr)— The Chairman of the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, Mr. Sterling Cole, said yesterday that the United States atomic testing grounds m the Pacific were now enlarged to guard against future hydrogen explosions sending damaging radiations out1 side the danger zone The Navy
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    THIRTEEN KILLED
    23 7 THIRTEEN persons, were killed and 35 injured m a riot at the Chandergena Paper Mills at Karnaphul on Tuesday. A. P.
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    113 8 Latest Radar To Guide Jet Liners CALCUTTA, Mar. 23: (Reuter) The latest type radar equipment will guide British Overseas Airways Corporation Comet Jet liners into Dum Dum airport, Calcutta, during the coming monsoon season, it was officially stated here on Tuesday. A London bound BOAC Comet crashed last May m
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    42 8 THE HAGUE. Mar. 25: (AP)— The Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) said it will step up its flights to the Near and Far East this summer. A company spokesman said some flights will be doubled and several tripled.
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    R.I. TEXTILE INDUSTRY NEAR CRISIS
    283 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Mar. 25.— Indonesia's textile industry is lacing its biggest postwar crisis. About two thousand mills, employing 110,000 people m West Java, are faced with the prospect of imminent closure. Mill owners have reported to the Government that
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    59 9 THE test installation of the third mod?] of the experimental jet aircraft engine built to the designs of Air i ;»im«odore Sir Frank Whittle, rtf tii? Royal Air Force. The engine will be seen by visitors to the Olympia section of the 1954 British Industries Fair (F-arls Court and Olympia.
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    BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR PRODUCERS
    145 9 LONDON, Mar. 24 (Reuter)— For the natural i übber producer m Malaya the immediate prospect if particularly bleak. Sir John Hay says m the annual report of the Linggi Plantations Limited. Til i ted out has to < c wr ti m timeri an i en
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    CREPE TO BE REPLACED
    59 9 LONDON. Mar. 25. (BeuteiJ Latex crepe naaj BOOn virtually disappear from the Ceylon market according to the Ceylon Chamber oi Commerce I annual report. Many producers of latex the report says are being forced to switch to more profitable sheet rubber. At the same time, unless
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    World Tin Production Decreases
    130 9 THE HAGUE. Mar. 25. CAP). World mine production of tin-»in-concentrates dropped m Jan. to 13,100 long tons from j 16.000 tons m Dec 1953, the i Internationa] Tin Study Group reported. Tin production decreased m all important areas, according to the report. February figures so far
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    YEN-SIERLING RATE RAISED
    73 9 TOKYO. Mar. 25. (AP). Japan raised the official Yen-; Sterling rate by 1.80 Yen to- 1 day. increasing the value of the British pound here. The change was made to conform to an improvement m favour of the pound m relation to the American dollar. A pound
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    TRAINING CENTRES
    40 9 TWO 1 raining centres to instruct Indian personnel m the operation ;md maintenance of heavy earth moving and construction equipment will be set ur Indian as part of the Technical Co-operation Programme, the F.O.A. announced m Washington, yesterday.
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    MARKETS
    85 9 THE RI'BBER marfcel m Singapore yesterday close* steady at S6| cents pet b. for first "grade rubber Aj I shipment (55| cents mi Wednesday). Prices opened abt ri quartet cent above ;■■< previous day's levels and h mained at tiit. level all day. An impnivemeni m volume oi business
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    NOON PRICES
    64 9 THE Singapore Cii.jouxi Commerce Rubber Association noon price? < cents pei ve--terday were No 1 RSS spot iooh .-'4 No 1 RSS (.o.b. April 553 No' l RSS f. o.b. M;:- 551 56 No". 2 RSS I.ob. April 55J No. i RSS f.'j.b. April -<4\ .4. RMA on
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    SHARES
    110 9 MALAYA! industri <s n ihe Singapore m i -.< I enaiaed irre gular v\ < ns >v( r« easi< i jrestei I ly. i Jing to tin Hal Kan Sharei rok< re 1 Association. R'•l er shares wen quiet. Cnanged ices: Buyer* crt Gammon I Hammei W 2.82 iik
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    121 9 THE product n Singapore i y weak m pra < a xv-onut o peste Smafl business v. s rep Copra quotations I April shipment IBeI at $30] ,< r pftuil if v at $30§. M 1.. ■< iS indicated S m <is Cooonui k P< ,ig Closed cil $53|
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    53 9 SYDNEY I > r) -F i <i s armed I tta de petrol m A rali without increa c < industry spi i said ght He ss I petrol i i tane og be on against But, po i ted, th« pel o ■< I i
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    22 9 EAST Berlin trade unioM eace oi a!! Benin transport workers on ADr S in tt* S* I vjet s« AFP
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    DE GROOT TO TOUR S-E ASIA
    850 10  -  ANACRUSIS MUSIC NOTES By /^OR DE GKQOT, the Dutch pianist who has achieved siu-h renown durin? the past few years, will make an extensive concert tour of South -East Asia next month under the sponsorship of Messrs. Philips of Eindhoven. The itinerary, commencing with
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    930 10  -  BILL WEBB JONES hy 3 KXTION of the Australian iVI girl Robyn Teakle. wh.» .had such a success with her songs m Britain after a great effort paved with many disappointments and frustration. brin?s to the fore two mi>re Australian son? writers who have £one to
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    674 10  -  JOHN HALKIN by REHEARSALS <re going well Eoi the S'ige Club's next product! >n, Ten Minute Alibi. which ir- to be presented at the Victoria Theatre on April 8 9 and 10. As usual with Stage Club productions, the proceeds of the first night's show will be donated to
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    P. VALE IN FOR LICKING
    502 11 West Bromwich's Orthodox Attack^ Will Be Too Good lnwnAW m R y STAN HALSEY J LOND 9 I I» Mar 25.— Can Port Vale win the Cup? sooner or later somebody has to stick out his long as well be DSWer Soccer s J ack
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    Rangers Were Lucky
    182 11 t>\\\ Rangers played with-ihrt-e of their regulars v mithu. Paul Choo and Singh and were lucky -.Id a strong Serangoon *'..:.}> Youngsters team to a jll draw m yesterday's •j V Division 3C league ,;.,uli at Farrer Park. Ma ay- should have ob- points. And the man
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    Steele Their Target
    158 11 Steele Their Target LONDON. Mar 25— Maaacev Freddie Steele. fhief pilot m Port Vale's great Cup and promotion challenge. Ls wanted by a famous top-clas s club. Dim-tors have already decided to make an official approach fo r his services. Any condition that he stays with Vale till the season's
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    UNION PARTY
    28 11 Unim BP ol Singapore wi'.i celebrate their Ist anniversay with a dinner party tomorrow at their home COUTt. A Joget Modern band will be m attendance
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    IDROS IN FORM & ASTONS ARE STILL UNBEATEN
    133 11 IDROS IN FORM ASTONS ARE STILL UNBEATEN i.X \\D performance by Idros Albar m goal saved promoted Aston Athletic Club from defeat when met Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club m VF.A. Division 2 league match at Keppel Road rtiay. The Harbourmen. superior throughout toned into a goalle>s draw. I I
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    Div 2 And 3 Trial Teams
    91 11 2 and 3 'earns an Besar ow tan -i !r:a: •d XI are aa "it "ban Ba f- .:er> Kee Hong Bahrui A U Sr:o f W bum SCO, B Chan See X i Pong (CA) SCO. 1 ahim BalVleij SCO. Bligh X n
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    32 11 KONG, Mar. 25. (AFP) s interport footballers I goals to two a^amst j combined Chinese f y. The team, now on y Ui 'he Colony, had lost! ■vf» previous matches.
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    PEGASUS HOLD HMS CHARITY
    31 11 PEGASUS drew one-a'l with HMS Charity m a friendly football match at Fairer Park yesterday. Tan Fong Chee scored *>r .Pegasus and Hughes equalised I for Charity.
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    Balestier U Improve To Beat BODCA
    170 11 SHOWING i nproved form. Balestier I v tbtained theii ::r-: ■id >:■> three i itings yester lay hen th< y beat BODCA 4-1 m the SAFA d 2 soccer "i the S\ Ge rge's Road ground Balesti< score m 1 "c a hen Ptota
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    103 11 KUALA LUMPUR. rhurs.— The Ist battalion, the Gordon j Highlanders will meet the Ist battalion the King's Regiment i Liverpool) m the final of the FARELF inter-unit boxing I championships m the Selangor Badminton Association hall at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The Gordons who are schedul- ed
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    18 11 THE Chinese Swimming Club will hold their monthly dance at the club at v tonight, j
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    28 11 LONDON. Mar. 24. (Reutei).j •Rugby League results: Brad-! lord Northern L 3 Hunslet 5 (floodlight); Leigh 21 Bramiey 10 (floodlight); Workingtoni Town 7 St. Helens 15.
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    Customs Subdue Awang The Scorer
    214 11 WITH a strong Customs defence keeping Singanore's \oalgetter, Awang Bakar much subdued Argonauts SC were forced into a two-all draw with Customs SC m a division 3 SAFA league match at St. George's Road yesterda>. The Customs 1 stars wtr* aefended Daud and Masri and
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    204 11 Scotland Make 5 Changes GLASGOW, Mar. 25 (Renter).— Scotland make five changes from the side which drew 3—3 with Wales last November for the World Cup', qualifying soccer match against England at Hampden Park her e on April 3. v The two changes are ner-es- < sary through injuries to
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      146 11 j NOTICES Royal Rotterdam Lloyd mv "KOTA INTEN" \RRIVED from U.S. Atlantic; Coast on 25th inst. at godown 44. Damaged pack- j ages may be tendered for sur- vey on Ist April from 8 a.m. :No further surveys will be j held. For Delivery Orders please apply to: Rotterdam Trading
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      580 11 NOTICES CITY CODNCIL OF SINGAPORE < TENDERS. SECRETARIAT: Making up and trimming cf Uniform Nothing for 1954. Forms from j fender Room. Second Floor, Secretariat (Room 235), City iall. Close N00N— 13.4.54. j FIRE 3RIGADE: Supply of i light Lorry/Van carrying •apacity J- ton. Tenders m j ;ealed envelopes to
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      584 11 MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG. r FHE Municipal Council in- vites applications fcr two vacancies m the Electricity Supply Department (a) One Graduate Apprentice (Electrical) (b) One Graduate Appren tifTe (Mechanical) Applicants should te be tween the ages of 20 and 25 and be Federal Citizens o British Subjects The
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    THREE RINGS SHOWS TOP FORM
    351 12  - THREE RINGS SHOWS TOP FORM WINDSOR LAD Beats Greet In Splendid Trial By BLUE RIBBON, with Faggotter astride, was the best worker when he easily ran the three m 39 sec. nicely on the bit. This Helois gelding is m splendid shape. THREE RINGS (McCloud) and GREET were also attractive
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    WEIGHTS FOR 3RD DAY
    333 12 BELOW are complete weights for tomorrow's races, third day oi the Singapore Turf Club's March Carthu-iiaa 8.0*» BI«MKKh,H MB Padi S«»n? 7 11) Snapdra*>fi 7.08 CL. I— DIV. I— >i K. Cmm Faint Ml MillMMuire S.I! Fairy Tale Purple and Whi!c- MM Adelaide Star MM Northern
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    First Half Goals Decide For Depot
    414 12 KI'ALA Ll'MFl'R, Thurs— Hanging on grimly to a single »oal lead they established m the first half, Police Depot today accounted ior the Selangor Indian Association m a first division league soccer fixture played on the Depot ;round. Depot won 2-1. tea >layed with
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    SCHOOL SOCCER
    76 12 IPOH Thurs, Cent i\ii Perak Combined Schools will nee; South Perak Combined >>.> at socper here on Sat;riiv j :1 th e Chinese Assembtji Ka ground. Following will represent Centra! Perak Schools: Pak Weug CYuk Choy), Chee Heng <v.; C »y>, T John (SMI). Su;m--r lin AS! i
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    MALAYAN BADMINTON MEN IN U.S.
    220 12 NEW YORK, Mar. 25. (UP)— A team of star Malayan badminton players will arrive m New York from London today t) play exhibition matches here on Saturday, and then play m Boston. Connecticut. New Jersey and Baltimore before going to Niagara falls for the American
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    607 12 LONDON. Mar. 25, (API.— Brii iin*a I >•.> b okmakers shori- the beti ni on c of the ired Coneybumn* last ni^hi .i.i rkers p< ured money >■■ the big Irish 8-ycar-uid npet foe the gruellkig Grand X iti m il Steep echase at Aintras >'.\
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    55 12 The Singapore schoolboy hurdler. Chan Onn Lens qualified for the 400 metres hurdles at the second SAAA trial for the Asian Games, beating the qualifying: time by .1 sec. at Victoria School yesterday. Onn Lens's time was 55.9 sees, for the event and makes him a prospect for an Asian
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    DIV. 3 SOCCER
    32 12 ;>; LUMPUR. Thurs.— Rovers beat the VOCS -i m a ision 3C fixture on the X t 5 Bahru ground In division soc vr t-' -> r".;on beat Sn.e!: 4 l.
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    If Was Another Heart-Breaking Day For Athletes
    393 12 If Was Another Heart- Breaking Day For Athletes ONLY two of the 11 athletes managed to beat !m the adverse ground conditions and the clock to quaii for the second Asian Games m yesterday's se. i athletic trial held at the Victoria School ground. T» successful athletes were Chan Onn
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    FEDERATION WILL SEND SMALL TEAM
    308 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Malayan Amateur Athletic Union tonight announced that it had set up a fund foi the purpose of sending a team to compete m the Asian Games m Manila m May. The Organising Committee for the Games, after a meeting tonight, decided
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    SBHFA Team Versus Malays
    39 12 THE Singapore Business Houses FA team against Malays at Jalan Besar Stadium on ."Monday has been selected as follows Skinner. Johan, Hassan, Kok Thong. Vass (Capt)., Hoon Leong. Mat Noor. Tahir, Boniface, Salim. Rahim Omar.
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    NOW HE ACCEPTS
    110 12 MELBOURNE Mar. 25, (AP) Australian miier John Landy says he will accent an invitation to run m Finland and Sweden this summer and a!=o will compete m the Empire Games at Vancouver. No dates were given. The lean speedster, whose best time this season is 4:02. rejected
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    First Time Out SRC Fail Badly
    283 12 FLEDGLING Fathul Karib S.C., hitherto pointless from three outings, yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium, helped themselves to full points at the expense of first time out Singapore Recreation Club, whom they beat 3-0 m an extremely poor game. The lion's share of the i
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    WOLVES HELD BY BOLTON 1-1
    75 12 LONDON, Mar. 24, (Renter). Association Football results: First Division: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Bolton Wanderers 1 (rearranged from March 13). Third Division (Southern): Reading 2 Brighton and Hove 1, Southampton 0 Norwich City 0. Third Division (Northern): Chester 0 Mansfield Town 2. Chesterfield 5 Bradford I,
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    Cardiff Win 19-13
    21 12 LONDON, Mar. 25, (Reiner) Rugby Union results: CarclifT 19 Brsstol 13; United Hospitals 14 St. Andrews University 3.
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    SI College Lose
    22 12 KOTA BAHRU. Thurs. Chung Hwa H'gii School beat ■he Sultan Ismail College :-SB— Tl In a friendly basketball match.
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    48 12 Singapore hop. step jump champion. 1 m Yoon just made tli<? zh-j"-for hi s second Asian Game, at the SAAA trials ji ria School yesterdjv t Yoon. who represented Colony m the 100 nitui^ New Delhi for the i: Games. yesterday junioH the qualifying mark feet without anvttiinspare
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    Gurkhas Make 2 Mistakes
    148 12 Gurkhas Make 2 Mistakes IPOH. Ihurs. A gift i 'red by one of the > own defender^ tad a ■> gave ;he [poh Police i tory En a Srst m match today. The Gurkha; played I > stage but a Ice wards the last few when they tmceded I*he Pu
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    MOR Cup Final
    46 12 THE BpacM Const* team again.-' the P ing School m the M 0 B fina' on Saturday a* R ground. A\ei- Raja Boa I be from Galistan. Ka Hashtm, Goviadasa bj Shariff. S. Bjk^ Yiwoi zah. D. Angul Bakai i sun. tOd Jallai
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      134 12 I KUALA LUMPUR SOCCER Dir. I— UMNO YOUTHS vs SCAA Kara- pong Bahru. Diu. 2 Police j Depot v s Sentul Worl;shops —Depot. Div. HB—TPCA vs I Sultan Sulaiman Clvb Brickfields. SEA vs Sel. j United Sentul. Dir. 3C Pudu Road SC vs Klang j Road SC—SCRC. PENANG SOCCER: State
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