Singapore Standard, 6 May 1954

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD adsfasdfasdf 81 zfc 3H Jt Vol. IV. No. SOB. MISUAfUKK, IHUKMIAY, MAY 1954. TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    French, Rebels Fight Bitterly Sea Of Mud
    168 1 I French ond Vietminh artillery dering duels today as the weary es braced for another Communist-led n Phu's diminishing defences. nand said "relative calm" il the north-west Indo-China i s savage struggle which French strongpoint and to the bastion's vital co: Die n
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    Britain joins The J.C Airlift
    90 1 Britain joins The J.C Airlift I derman) lh c United in Europe .t j the stai t tt t.i French ii nts from Indo. liin.-se a \%_i> distish < I) irter tins supplies in the (inflict. ilt is the weeks under \merir.in i I v diverted .;n airbase in ■state
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    LABOUR GAINS 5 COUNCILS
    9 1 LABOUR GAINS 5 COUNCILS I I i 3 I'-
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    Vietnam Told To Hurry Delegates
    85 1 GENEVA. May 8 (Reuter)— ation here pn —ins th« Vietnim speed up the ani' ol the Vietnam peel the nexl Thi arrive I yest< i ay I f when elegates will rea h va. Tho deli I Cambodia ami La expected here tomorrow < Fi
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    Hull Has Faith In Fortress' Defence
    247 1 United States General John E. Hull, Cin C, United Nations Command, Far East, said on his arrival in Singapore yesterday that he does not think Dien Bien Phu would fall, if the French defenders continue to fight as they are doing now. He a
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    Army Revolt In Paraguay
    39 1 NEW VORK. May 5 (Renter* Radiu reports heard here today said a Cavalry Division lias revolted against the Paraguayan Government. Othei troops, and police have, gone to tiie defence ot tlie administration, the reports said.
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    67th BIRTHDAY
    15 1 THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. lebrated his 67tli birthday yesterday. Reuter
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    NEW MOVE ON POLLS
    259 1  -  ANDREW ROTH MPs To Ask For 'Workable Majority' From Standard Staff Correspondent LOND ON, Wed.— A group of Labour Members of Parliament will see the Secretary of Mate for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, on his return here to press for a workable elected majority in
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    And Backs Stevens To The Limit
    87 1 And Backs Stevens To The Limit WASHINGTON, May 5. (.\Pi P resident Eisenhower said at a press conference today that he backs the Secretary of the Army, Mr. Robert Stevens, to the limit in the Army's dispute with Senator Joseph McCarthy. The President said the lotted States had suffered a
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    C-G WARNS OF RACE STRUGGLE
    233 1 Dyaks May Seek Power' MR. MALCOLM MacDonald, fhe CommissionerGeneral for South-East Asia, warned yesterday that there is going to be trouble in Borneo "unless the Dyaks and the Chinese learn to work together as fellow citizens and as partners in a new nation." ll* expressed
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    S-E.A NATO' IS WELL ON THE WAY IKE TELLS PRESS
    205 1 S-E.A NATO' IS WELL ON THE WAY IKE TELLS PRESS WASHINGTON, May 5. President Eisenhower said today that the proposed South East Asia security arrangement is "in process -ftf formation." This fact, he said could be ot considerable we^ht in the Indo-China phase of the Geneva conference. Almost simultaneously in
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    Ban Pains Dutch Govt.
    74 1 THF HAGUE, Mav 5. (Renter) Holland protested to Indonesia today against a ban on the singin^-of the Dutch na- tional anti-flfc by the Dutch community ro Bogor in Indonesia on Queen Juliana's h;:ihday (April 30). The Foreign Ministry here said the Dutch High Commissioner in .Jakarta
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    SARA ARRIVES IN MELBOURNE
    58 1 MELBOURNE, May 5, (Reui '•*•_> Sara*' Saravanamuttu arrived in Melbourne today 6n a ten-week round the world trip. T {r met groups of students from Melbourne University and told of the times he enjoyed with Australians he met before and during the war years. He said
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    DEATH FOR 10
    32 1 THE Kwang: ung Peoples Court ha.s sentenced to death' ten Chinese accused of acting a*s secret agents for Nationalist China. according to the: Canton Communist newspaper Southern Daily. Reuter
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    GIVE QUEEN REST BRITONS URGED
    160 1 LONDON', May 5 (AP).— The tabloid Daily Sketch gave Queen Elizabeth II a new title today "Her Slender Majesty.* 1 The paper urged the nation to see she gets a rest when her world tour ends next week. Across its front page the mass circulation
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    HOPE FADES FOR MINERS
    56 1 GROSSETO, Italy. May 5. (AP).- -Hope ebhed here today for 24 miners trapped by an explosion in the Ribolla coal mine. The tinal death toll may exceed 40. The known dead reached 10 as res.-ue workers dag frantically in debris of the blast that yesterday run.'*
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    Sex Changing Millionaire Offered Mink Coat
    308 1 Sex Changing Millionaire Offered Mink Coat SAN FRANCISCO, Mav 5. John CabelJ (Bunny Breckinridge. 50-year-old San Francisco millionaire, .-aid yesterday he was going to Denmark in August to be transformed into Catherine Cabell. Breckinridge, who told interviewera he has "the soul of a woman," said he believed an operation would
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    Casey: 7 Did Not Talk To Mr. Chou
    84 1 AUSTRALIA'S Minister of Externa] Affa i Mi Richard Casey, said In Singapore yesterday that he did no! spea'k to C En-lai, Hrd Chinas Cl Delegate to the I Confe J it. greal f hia •ut he nquite ditfaret 'His Communism and hi.
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    Big-3 For Talks In S'pore
    132 1 Big-3 For Talks In S'pore GENEVA, May 3. (Reuter)— The 'Big Three' 1 Western powers, with Australia and New Zealand, will probably start military talks soon in Singapore on South-East Asian defence, diplomatic sources here said today. Main object of thc talks with which some of the nations In the
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    Federation Rice Prices Up Again
    41 1 KUAIA I U VIPUR >l free in "i has > by another M I eof t Immediately fol trie' quota t< 1 of free in l *i B qua •nk Go ernment ha lio in l* ition
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    CONFESSION' IS RETRACTED
    688 2 Bank cashier tells of a 'pure u, h wj I Didn't Go To Work Because I Was Sick' THE former chief coshier of the Overseas-Chinese Bonking Corpora tion Ltd., Loo Wee Wan, who admitted in a previous "confession" the* he took $250,806 from the vault of the
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    Negotiations On Pay For Labourers
    111 2 Negotiations On Pay For Labourers Negotiations are procec between Government ar.d the Singapore Public Works Labour Union on the system of graoi.'.g daily rated labourers' following the Introduction o! the Ititson Scale. The General Secretary of :'ne Union. Mr. A.K. Karuppiah in a press rezea^o say;, that agree* ment has
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    HK EXCHANGE
    36 2 HONGKONG. May 5 S Standard Service: Closi g •)f the Hongkong Exchai g* were $15.74 to til rterlinr $5.-4625 to US$l: $1,826 to \IV-V--van Sl; $0229 to one Indonesian Rupiah. Gold $245.75 to l
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    GANG FIGHT IS NIPPED IN BUD POLICE HOLD 5
    230 2 PENANG, Wed.-All radio cars were alerted last night when information was received that 20 members of a secret society had come from Kuala Lumpur to renew a fight with another gang in Cintra Street. On the afternoon of April 26. there
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    COURT TOLD OF YOUTH'S DEATH IN CAR MISHAP
    204 2 COURT TOLD OF YOUTH'S DEATH IN CAR MISHAP PENANG. Wed— Just after a nn tor acrideut in Burmah Koad on March 1 school girls j came rushins; up to the spot saying: "Better note the number a 5339. M A student of the Chun*: Ching Chinese Sthool. Teoh Tee Penj;
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    Drew Gun In Cafe, Man Fined
    153 2 Drew Gun In Cafe, Man Fined SEREMBAN. Wed -A buildng contractor. Ng Kim Chan. ■rai today fined $100 in the Sessions Court here for be- 1 having in a disorderly manier while carrying a firearm. The court was toid that Ng ■irew a revolver during a luarrel with Chow Tan
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    30 Students Visit Carcosa
    74 2 KI.\LA LUMPUR, Wed.— Hnrty itudents- lj •v<-from Ch Schools in Negri S this evening visited Car -osa K i Lumpur, residen e of I >. puty High Con Sr Donald Ma rGillh ray Mon of thorn are from schools in Seremban Kua .i Pilah. The si
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    73 2 photo. THK happy nun above is Mr M VV. Rjimi pie tured with his bride, the former MLs s S. Indrani. after thei r marriage at the I.ee Won- Kee (iarde n Cafe. Ku.ii.i l.umpur, lust Saturday. The groom is the eldest so n of the late Mr. and Mrs.
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    Loo Tells Why He 'Confessed'
    178 2 Loo Tells Why He 'Confessed' LOO Wee Wan all. gcri that after his arrest, a detective told him to admit his guilt and that if he did not he would be pun. hrd The Icisprt tor in charge of the police parly asked him what he had done with all
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    3 Malays To Be Elected From Settlement
    381 2 3 Malays To Be Elected From Settlement Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government has decided that three Malays are to be elected by popular vote from the residents of the Malay Settlement to its board of management. The election is expected to ake place by the end of this year. Only
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    Man Freed Because Of Car Break Down
    50 2 to ff^SLlK'S!*!.!!'^ -A* for a S u-»„,„ ns Tebal Mr. Hon i iSKf thl n**? Affairs Officer. Nibone sions Court. Mr J G Adams President of the Seslotte^^c^^hT t da <, T h b a u V t e o vil_i': M 'V*™
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    12 2 COMMODITY PRICES *i u s Ih N^» aaj US*, 9 "-I M
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    Accused Must Be In Court
    92 2 BUKIT MERTA.JAM. \\>d.— The Magistrate In. he Ha bin Hussein, today rsfuaad an application by iefen.e counsel. Mr\ S. Thi'lamuthu, for permission to withdraw the p'ea of guilty on behalf of his client. Lin Toon? Thye, who had previously pleaded guilty to returning to Malaya
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    FATE OF BOAT IS UNKNOWN
    50 2 NOBODY to know my Ash i>> !ki\ e -)eL'ti letaii Burmese u In Burn es* terr I i otT the lOUth H l< it j held at Mo gatiom. The Dep .1 1 I es. Singapon I i B Consulate ha I i the incident.
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    'People Tend To Ignore Summonses'
    84 2 'People Tend To Ignore Summonses' P FOP I.K tn SiagaP- I*ll1 11 tend to ignore summon*" aiaa.BC tag it >uiu theif cee venienre. Mr J. M l>< ti reux olehourn eeterda) told a nun aha *dd brother h_id gone iipcounii the night before he u.in have attended court. "This constitutes
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    Gratuity Benefit! Schemes For 10,3
    83 2 Standard v t»R Reporter MORE THAN 10.000 ri.iil) .ttfd rmplt-»iid Sin^aixire Cttj Caimril aril gtM> jj-^j benefit* of then gratvitj •cfc^l I i jdditan benefits ot the ptoposn] I'nmiaH Scheme. I i I ident Tund V. if |< The Counci *i i '.u> u fi
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    NEXT MEETING WOMEN'S CLUB
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    FSGEU To Take Up Steno Pay Row
    18 3 H m I Ir ii Kt I--1;' I I I I
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    ALUMNI ASSN PLANS PARTY
    9 3 ALUMNI ASSN PLANS PARTY I 1 s lad Frid
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    TWO SINGAPOREANS FOR PARLIAMENTARY STUDY
    107 3 TWO SINGAPOREANS FOR PARLIAMENTARY STUDY 1 VOON, May "> (ReuI Distinguished public R from many parts of B tmmonwealtJi have B >c. iaily invited lo A i course in Parli i procedure and Br lening here im Ireland a I ve m i iv. i i of the Northern Itv
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    DRIVE STOLE PETROL JAILED
    4 3 DRIVE STOLE PETROL JAILED
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    Ceramics, Bronzes At Chinese Art Show
    322 3 I I I I I I here I art.* for example the plex designs and strong, »i up e and at times almost ate, shapes which should itl id the attention of il lentg of the art. For the nan whose main concern U
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    MISDIRECTION BY JUDGE
    378 3 -So S.I.T. Mans Name Is Cleared By Appeal Court THE SINGAPORE Chief Justice, Sir Chorles Murray-Aynsley, yesterday allowed the appeal of Tan Yook Suan, an Improvement Trust investigating officer who had been convicted in a lower court of corruptly accepting $1,000. j Tan's conviction was quashed. He
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    154 3 TWO Singapore postal superin-j tendents with a total of ID years' service behind them jreeterday received valedictory letters signed by the Colonial Secretary, in i simple ceremony which marked their retirement from Government service. The letters conveyed to Mr Kiong* Thian Hoe. Chief Superintendent. with 3*> yeara* service, and >Ir.
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    Employees Told To Aid Fund
    53 3 Employees Told To Aid Fund THE ig sub-corn i ir- ire Fe lei ot Government v appe ile I r > i i nent empl >ye j r t-i mem the immit- Mr X. A, Kularajah *v> i -:.t empl >ye ll i the id." l > for a i
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    New Building For Airport
    58 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. j The Federal Capital will short-l I $400,000 airport bi ing im ng its landmarks, Sir' D<>:. i I MacGillivray, the Dep Hig Commi ssioner. iy du rin I visit the air traffic control offl m of the new building will begin in
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    Staff Sgt. Reduced To Corporal
    93 3 Staff Sgt. Reduced To Corporal STAFF Sergeant Lim Kim Beng i R.E.M.E. Training e was yesterday red i e I i the rank of a corpoi al VI irti il at Ayer K ijah R Lim was al > sei i msly repriman 1< I* was that Lim misippi »pi
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    New Decision On Br. Lawyer Sought
    223 3 Kallang Crash Probe: SINGAPORE advocates will decide all over again on Saturday whether Mr. Christopher Shawcross, British lawyer and tonner Labour M.P. should be allowed to appear in a Singaj>ore court to represent the 8.0.A.C. in the public inquiry into the recent Kallang Constellation
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    BOY (5) hALLS IN WELL-DIES
    74 3 SUNGEI PELEK. Wed— A five-year -old boy, Ah Leong. who fell into a village well yesterday while playing hide-and-seek with his eight-year-old sister, died before help arrived. It appeared the boy was finding a place to hide when he slipped into a hole and dropped
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    OLD BOYS TO FORM ASSN
    44 3 KUALA KANGSAR Wed.— OM boys of Clifiord School here met recently and unanimously decided to form the Old CliffordUni Association. The meeting convened by Mr V. Sabapathy was presided bv Che Hashim bin Alang Amin. ADO.. Sungei Siput North.
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    BARGAIN BUY!
    42 3 You can advertise your tieeds for a s little as ten cents a word ir the classified "olumns of the Standard. Advertisements accepted at 128 Robinson Road or at the branches of the Standard in Kuala Lumpur. Penang and Ipoh
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    ARSENIC CHARGE FAILS-JUDGE SUGGESTS PROBE
    271 4 ARSENIC CHARGE FAILS-JUDGE SUGGESTS PROBE JOHORE KHAKI". Wed. Acquitting: a hospital assistant, Syed Ahmad bin Haron, who was charged with giving arsenic injections to a woman, Yap Swee Kng, the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. N. I. Cohen, yesterday suggested that a departmental inquiry be held. Mr. Cohen said
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    $6,900 For Red Cross
    69 4 THE British Red Cross Si riety, Johore Bahru. raided j 00 53 on F.;.|; Day held in Ih. southern part of the State 1 1 y I ohore Bahru raised $2,484.--*iH Kulai -$801.55. Masai $187.39, Sungei Be; nes $59.70, Ulu Tiram $^61. Tebrau $108.83, R< ngi
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    MATINEE FOR SERVICES
    83 4 A SPECIAL matinee of "Holidav On lee" was staged at the Happy World Stadium yesterday for the benefit of Servicemen and their families. The show, sponsored by Fraser and Neave Ltd.. was in aid of the Armed Services Welfare Association. A total of 4.500 tickets at Sl
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    They Learn 'Safe Cycling' Lessons
    193 4 HINDREDS of Singapore boys go to school on bicycles. They ride on main roads and cross junctions during peak traffic periods. But. hew many are able to handle their machines properly and nre conversant with traffic regulations'* To answer this question, thc principal of the
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    Toothless Bandit Dies In Ambush
    109 4 hi Al LI'MPIK. Wed A t>o year-old bald and toothless terrorist, one of the oldest terrorists to be eliminated in the Federation since the start of the Entergeney. waa killed yesterday in the Kuala Kubu area by the 1 1 C.urkhas. He was Yap Pian.
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    BUILT HOUSE WITHOUT GOVT PERMISSION
    108 4 BUILT HOUSE WITHOUT GOVT PERMISSION THF 1 Rural Board prosecutor, ti d the eHy Po ice Magis. yesterday that through a complaint made by dec it Foncier. Ng Peng Koon was being charged for building a bOQSC without Government approval. "This house was '.md owned hy Credit Fonci- the prosecutor
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    336 APPLY FOR VOTE
    54 4 MALACCA. Wed.— A lurther 536 new voters wer« added to the Municipal electoral s (or the wei k I nding May 1. Although tne figure ia ."18 short of the previous week's registration there is every indication of at least l"( voters being on the rolls
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    LATIN NIGHT AT CABARET
    43 4 1 1 I- 1 Latin American Night Singapore'* Great Wt i d t»ardt n Cabaret, tonight. 1 r v j slso be a special attraction a Tango Competi- liH winning couple will I ue presented with a gilver cup.
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    NEGLIGENCE COST $200
    36 4 SYED Aljunu A juni.. d ts as f_; hi? li < nce was endoi by the Singapere First I": Magistrate Mr T K ram. yestt r nt driving resulting ii a two iars on
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    Oldest Tree In Malaeea Catches Fire
    75 4 MALACCA May 5 Onr of tlie Settlements eldest am,vinn.i trees i n town believed bv manv of tin- oid folks in Kam pont; I.imhonRan to be over Stl years "Id. suddenly caught fire today. The fire believed to have started from the foot of
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    58 4 THE Commonwealth's most modern .'{.300-ton cable .ship, the Recorder, was lauaehed in the Tyne on Monday. She is being built for Cable and Wireless I.td and is due to be completed early in the autumn, when she sails for Singapore to replace the Stanley Angwin This radio picture shows the
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    Two Yews For Robbing A Woman's Handbag
    254 4 Two Yews For Robbing A Woman's Handbag Pressing for a dcterrent sentence against Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Kahar who was convicted j on a charge of robbing a j woman of her handbag, the prosecuting officer.! Inspector Elam Din told the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday: "The offence is
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    NEW GROW MORE FOOD' PLAY
    171 4 700AcreSch e To Be Carrie Out Next VJ ___U__ A^t r. V Mandard 5i r 1 SINGAPORE Gc T£ considering a 700 acre i ct* *N production in the Color n implemented early ncx* .or The site, although Government for ft ment is now negotiat
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    Delightful 'Evening Of Song'
    225 4 STANDARD MUSIC CRITIC IT IS not often we hav* pp<~'! I unity f ht aring h unfa:- iai hsafed as by t'ne Musical Society's M An Evenof Song" in t'ne Victoria Hall last night ru .gh! ts inch it affo It vas as rare as the
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    Girl At Wheel Had No Licence
    144 4 Girl At Wheel Had No Licence WHEN a Singapore police patrol stopped a car in Ayer Raja Road one night, the officer in charge saw a girl at the wheel and a man beside her. The girl could not produce a driving licence. In the First Traffic Court yesterday. Kuniti
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    P.C. Accepted Bribe From Driver-$5OO
    122 4 P.C. Accepted Bribe From Driver-$5OO A SINCAPORE al constable, Mohamad Tahir bin Hussein, was fined ftftOO m the Third Crim na D Court yesterday alter he hau pleaded guilty to a charge of accepting a bribe o! rom a woman c.river. The charge said V hari corrupt y epted money
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    PENANC COUNCIL
    25 4 iMK iird "c seventh session of tm Settlement Counci wi \*e held it the Cou Chamber, P« Avenue on Mav 1 p m.
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    Income Tax Top $25.51 In 3 Mths
    10 4 Income Tax Top $25.51 In 3 Mths 1 A t
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    GAMMONS TO MOVE TRAIN TO GOVT. HOUSE
    239 4 ST. JOHN APPEAL Y/EEK THE prob em Of lhe Or| Co nmittee St John Appeal Week spon i f a r^e tram ha? now bet Tm Cha rman t the Organ; ising c". mmittee. Mrs. C. Bath saa: ast nig I thai Mr.
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    UNDERGRADS' FINAL EXAM.
    88 4 A TOTAL of I graduates of the Univarsit? I Malaya will be sitting for I I final examinations thii From Mav IT. II v.i lit the Diploma of Education examination From Mav 24. 43 Hon. and 75 General Deg ret will sit for their axaminat in Arts.
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    And Custom Revenue Goes Down
    14 4 And Custom Revenue Goes Down I I I I I I H I I
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    IMPRESSIONS OF INDIA' TALK
    38 4 A TALK on "Some* Impressions of India" will be given by Mr. Jee Ah Chian at the British Council Hall to-day at 8.30 p.m. The talk is sponsored by the East-West Society of Singapore.
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    Warning Crosses Appear On Buses
    27 5 Warning Crosses Appear On Buses It" 1 *arnhifs TL mlcr en found owned Chinese [this i i been death by Umun e he any k 1 SinMi
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    Permission Awaited For Flood Plan
    43 5 Permission Aw aited For Flood Plan ICi t j Co from I tfl la Mr. T. CounStai petite it ioi il ies in Sin a *ana l I. I flood U.i* road. e \rms- authoi i V -,>.,- Op: j from the Wai r
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    ALLIANCE MEN SEE TORIES
    20 5 ALLIANCE MEN SEE TORIES 15. Tui li nt ot Mi T H ex tcutive Lot'ne Milne erva- their •>• foi UMNO-
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    Compensate Workers Or Face Legal Action
    135 5 Compensate Workers Or Face Legal Action Employers Warned: »ment In Singapore will take employer who does not comMimes received during their departmental spokesman yes- terday. pokesman asked em- who have been injured for more than a ort to tiie Depart* i that this service free except for a possible p-fee
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    Red Cross Prepares For Big Flag Day
    142 5 Standard Staff Reporter IHF Singapore Branch of the British Ited Cross Society is busily preparing for its annual flag dav which falls on May X. the hirthday of the founder of the Red Cross organisation, Henri Dairaat. Ibe flag day organiser and ihziirnian
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    Planters Seek Legal Action
    219 5 Magazine Report Denied KIALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Incorporated Societ> af Plantera is seeking legal opinion on a report in a recent issue of the "New Yorker" which said British planters here had paid protection money to terrorists in the early stages of the Kmergency. The story,
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    AIR FORCE BAND DUE
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    NOMINATION DAY
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    ROTARY PLAN WILL HELP RURAL FOLK
    133 5 ROTARY PLAN WILL HELP RURAL FOLK '1 HE S i R tary Club has started i >*•.-•* "to help in rui ras help This was an■v Mr. Francis Tho- r of St. AnIrew's S h 01. speaking at the weekly Rotary luncheon at the Restaurant yesterday. Ths P m was
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    MALAYAN SHIP LAUNCHED
    91 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE latest addition to the fleet of the Straits Steamship Company of Singapore was launched last week from a Dundee shipyard. She is the Perlis. a vessel of approximately 1 .350 gross tons propelled by a diesel-type •-cylinder engine, developing 57.1 BHP and giving
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    Nat'l Service Registrants Total 22,000
    142 5 OVER 22.000 young Singaporean.- have already registered for National Service. Thia includes abcut 250 ivho vert registered yesterday fhe Sock.! Wo! rare Centre st l -im Ah Pin Road. Misunderstanding s" appears to continue about i lose arho wore i2»i year* age on March tl.
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    PICKPOCKET GETS AWAY
    63 5 A PASSF.XGF.R in a bus feb. someone removing his oney trom hi- breast porko' on Tuesday. Ho turned and saw a man hurriedly getting out of the moving He gave rha-o. A policeman on duty and .mother passenger Joined tiie <hase. but the pickpo -ket m ngled
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    CENIRES JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT RENTS
    119 5 CENI RES JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT RENTS SIN..APORF. City CouncillOTj Mr Lee Choon F.ug. one of 6.000 Singapore Improve- Trust tenants affected by increases said at a meeting ast night his rontiincrease of rents hv the SIT has got to be stopped* 1 "There is always a limit to' erything."
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    Oueen Mother Will Inspect Malayan Sarongs
    344 5 Oueen Mother Will Inspect Malayan Sarongs LONDON, May 5. (Renter).— The Queen Mother and Prince- s Margaret will see .-ome of the lovely hand -made sarongs and other articles Which Malaya plans to make tfie basis of prosperous cottage industries. The gorgeous purple? and mauves of which Malayans are so
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      HER 'WAX DUCKS' WERE TOO REAL
      138 5 HER 'WAX DUCKS' WERE TOO REAL AN OLD woman, the proprietor of Mee Hong Flower Shop was charged with obstruction. Smiling apologeti- a'.'y in the City Polioe Court the woman said: "I let some peop e se'l wax ducks' and sausages." "I sha!i give you the benefit of the doubt
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      "Confused? So Am I' — Magistrate
      64 5 "Confused? So Am I' Magistrate "No you're not.** the Magistrate smiled. "It says that you're being charged for 'displaying ten shallow baskets of vegetables for sale in a part of the market, a place other than that which is appropriated for the sale of such articles Quite difficult to understand
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      The Boys Courage Melted...
      96 5 The Boys Courage Melted A young employee of Chop Fook Hing proudly told tlie City Police Magistrate. Mr. .1. M. Devereux-Coiebourn, yesterday that he would represent his company. The Magistrate fixed him with a penetrating stare. "Do you realise the danger you are putting youi self into?" the magistrate asked
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    SUGAR TO BE FREED IN SEPTEMBER
    283 5 New Duties Are Levied KI J. AL^ LUMp UR, Wed.— The Federation Government has provisionally f,xed September as the date for the return of sugar imports to ordinary commercial channels. But with the handing-over, it will impose a seven cents standard rate import duty
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    Sights Royal Liner On Maiden Voyage
    216 5 THF. 10.000 ton Hamburg, cargo-passenger liner, named after the home port of the Hamburg American Fine, arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage to the Far Fast from Continental ports. The vessel whicii was launch ed hy Lottie Adenauer, daughter of the West
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    FINED $100 ON TRAFFIC CHARGE
    37 5 THOM \s Petei -Wood, who ii ned t f be Mm producer, was fined $1M by the lingopore Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Howe Vno:: Cho o!i a charge ol dangerous driv ng
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    Fed. Rice Imports Held Up In S'pore
    165 5 Fed. Rice Imports Held Up In S'pore KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —About ID. oon hn^ of i ice imfxii ted by Fedci ation rice dealers under the tree import system, arc being held in Singapore Government wcr p** downs.. The Stand learnt tod__\ Tht Federation C^vernim has p!a< e l an
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    MENTRI BESAR CELEBRATES 49th BIRTHDAY
    71 5 MENTRI BESAR CELEBRATES 49th BIRTHDAY ipoh m i B>- ..i il I' vnii birthday party at hi| B itei Roa ia>; night About ::oii guest i iron Perak Te pn r tiding The Bu td,, of P The Raia Mu i B i ei and 1 I P om< .-I
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    20 6 (tk* VW* oi Mttiayn) Ht*d OWfctt lIS Rebmm Umi* Sm r«i_tpft*<* Hm*t Slf T«fef«**-_.c A_Wr«* >. TIGttKIWS ««t^oc«. ....■..■■______________/::_i
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    Men At Bay
    872 6 \S the delegates at Geneva brace themselves for the discussion on Indo-China, scheduled for tomorrow, the 10,000 Frenchmen. Vietnamese, North Africans .ind Foreign Legionnaires besieged at Dien Bien Phu I ace themselves for their last win-or-die stand. At least French military observers expect that the fate of
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    REPUBLICAN NEW STRATEGY FOR ASIA
    1935 6  - REPUBLICAN NEW STRATEGY FOR ASIA Andrew Roth Vietminh ha* blown to bits By LONDON. r rHE fog of confusion produced by statements and counter-statements emanating from Washing, ton and Geneva has obscured oue of the Vietminh's most important victories. Whatever the fate of Dien Bien Phu, the Viettjjinh has already
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    Thursday Satire
    29 6  -  VICKY by vick QSjsWaaSwswafe.!- I BUSING IS Tt**»&Lt TUtY _>UVT II *WOH ttWlNfr T*t -EKOiaft!* j 1 i —i— i I r mm*\ Ht s' D owso»i'M(i.-L^E«..-'n.t~*
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    Malay Settlement Rules Ignored
    335 6 Sir: The Malay Settle ment has -ixpjncled roasMtrI ably sime the nar mainly I dur to the f.ut that it \s I the onl> SMC of its kind in Siagapore where Malays ran make a final retreat from the pressure of overt row ding in the
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      BOY SCOUTS AND YOUTHS
      260 6 Sir*.— I n the isi of lhe Singapore 91 o*ted 27th April 1954, th< u M i 3 report abb ll tht Buy S ll asking the Malayai v L 0.. bs a National C >* the We rid As* Yl ith wee.) It Ash in
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    ENLIGHTENMENT WANTED
    66 6 Sir; He seek enlighten ment. A candidate for offiee in the Singapore Teachers Inion. readily consented and Hf promptly *ont in his Nomination Form thinking that nominations were closed on 15th April. Now we read in the Press that Nomina tions are open till Ith •May. In the
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    Barefooted Villagers Heer Queen
    38 7 Barefooted Villagers Heer Queen i I i Q hi I Ze by. Cha ind Pi watch< hot! W the Q B of Edinb A Hi H as their pai ents V i an K m H* H H
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    47 7 photo. "ESMERALDA 1954" is surrounded by her pages. Eighteen-year-old Renee Dalberra was elected Queen of Parisian carnivals. Her title goes back to the Victor Hugo tale "Notre Dame de Pans" when the Hunchback ot Notre Dame was m love with Esmeralda, Queen of the Gypsies. U. P.
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    Han Shot Nine Inches Away: 'No Accident'
    95 7 Han Shot Nine Inches Away: 'No Accident' (Suez |Ri U• at a f alF iu. 1 .all tired l w il h the Royal ing Fusiliers woundan Egyptian civi ian. Si h Osman Sa ih, v\ Ah intent to kill was dropped. I nu I Halse >-»id Me- ley drove
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    SOVIET NOTE IS REJECTED
    90 7 MOSCOW, -d. Re Paki tan in h U haa reS otest ol e of Unil military tl Pakistan d pla rod. note d< i G .nent e I'SSR must be aware ol ent given fo the press by the Pakistan Foreign Minister on April 2 after
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    AIRLIFTS CAN USE CEYLON
    63 7 COLOMBO. May 9 CAP)— A 1 ernm-i nt source said today n wiU continue to pern I ding and servicof tn >p-carrying planes for Indo-CWna unti a easefire is agrei d on ard takes effe t there. He was referring to press rts the r.S. Air
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    CONSULATE SHUTS
    28 7 IHK Spanish Consulate in Gibraltar has been s< d for "an indefinite period." the Fr< gn Under-Secretary. Mr. Arthur Dodds-Parker, said in the House °f Commons.
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    WEST TO LINE UP POLICY ON ASIA ISSUES
    386 7 Two-Day Recess AtGeneva GENEVA, May s—The5 The Far East- conference paralysed by Western disunity voted itself a two-day recess last night to give the Western nations a chance to line up their policy on both Korea and Indo-China peace plans. On Korea
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    Egyptian Paper's Licence Annulled
    154 7 Egyptian Paper's Licence Annulled CAIRO. May 5 (Reuter) The Revolution Council today withdrew tlie licence of Egypt's mass circulation newspaper Al Misri, whose owners, the Fath Brothers, were given prison sentences yesterday for "corrupting the machinery of the Government." Police squads >p;i ed ofT Al Misri's offices end printing presses
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    Lyttelton Has A Fall
    34 7 ZOMBA. Nyasi Mav V (Reutei). Mi. O iver L3 ton. British Colonia Secretary. was severely bi ised yesterday morning when he sii] on the stairs at Govern n House here.
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      LONDON RUBBIR
      18 7 Spot \*\4* June 18*d. July/Sept. 18id. Ocl./Dec. Jon./Mor. 19 d. Moy c.i.f. ISld. Tone: Quietly steody.
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      LONDON TIN
      25 7 Spot £722/10 per ton buyers. £724 sellers. Three months £719 buyers, £721 sellers. Settlement price: £726 Sole Morning: 90 tons. Afternoon: 30 tons.
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    QUAKE ROCKS REGION TWICE
    57 7 ATHENS, dav 5, (Renter).— Earthquakes again rocked the devastated Thessaly region .during Ide night, driving the panic-stricken population out of doors to sleep. The Athens Observatory said the strongest shock struck the aiie of Sourpi in the Almyros area which has 2.000 inhabitants and 250 houses.
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    PRESS DAY
    35 7 LONDON'. May 5, (Reuter). Russia is marking her "Press Day" today with an exhibition j 1 ui Mo-cow showing the development of daily and periodic)al newspapers, according >'■> ithe Soviet news agency Tass. l
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    Menzies Stresses On Allies
    113 7 Menzies Stresses On Allies MELBOURNE, Australia. Ma> 5 (UP)— Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies said today u ;i s ties with the United States through the ANZUS pact "cons strengthened*' ner defence position despite Communist aggression in Malaya, Korea and IndoChina Opt g his Libera party's campaign tor the House
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    Fresh Turn In Darty's Squabbles
    104 7 Fresh Turn In D arty' s Squabbles LONDON May 5, (Reuter).— The British Labour Party's inten ea took a turn st night when the "repri-i ed" one et three unpaid Parliamentary w ips who defied them in "a.-* -day's hy boml*) debat The leaden had already c.^ led foi the
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    VAN FLEET ON TOUR
    65 7 TOKYO. May 5 (APi Genl al .tames A Van F* arrived in Tokyo today on an e\ten<i\e tw„ to three months' survey of military assistance needs tor Japan. Korea and Formosa. "This is not y hit-and-run proposition, but a n attempt to seriously survey the situation
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    HE WANTED 'INTERVIEW'
    68 7 TOKYO, Mav 5, (AP) An un dentifled man was caught last n iiht trying to sneak into P r i m e Minister Shigeru jTojihida*s closely guarded seaside residence, 30 miles southwest of Tokyo, ihe newspaper Asahi reported today. Interrogated by pohre. tlie intruder denied having any
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    Geneva Hunger Strike
    95 7 GENEVA, May :>. (Reuter)— A Vietnamese Vo Bong Thiet. 34, hag begun a hunger -tnke in a candle-lit tent near the Palace of Nations where the f»r F:,M conference [t meeting. Vo. short and bespectacled, Issued a gtatemeiit«last night Calling On the opposing blocs to Stop supporting
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    Bao Dai Calls For Unity
    106 7 Bao Dai Calls For Unity SAIGON, l. y rP) Emperor Ba.> Dai, chief state of Vietnam, today ui all Vietnamese. in Communist Vietminh. to i hi :i nd his n gime or domination hy China a*;d destruction in ic v. ar. ••Onlv national unity can our hom< and rrom I
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    CALL TO DROP C.D. SCHEME IN BRITAIN
    213 7 BIRMINGHAM. May 5 (Keuter)— A group of scientific workers last night called on local authorities throughout Britain to drop their civil defence schemes on the grounds that they bad been rendered "hopelessly inadequate" by hydro- gen bombs. Members of the West Midlands area
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    'Flying Barrel' Plane
    58 7 photo A CLOSE-UP of one of Sweden's "flying barrel" planes, which have a near &ni. speed and are said to lie better than the Russian MIG-Ua. The plane is shown in one of the undei -mountain hangars. The Swedes are massing their striking power beneath these atom-bomb
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    Premier Laniel Wants I-C Debate Postponed
    339 7 PARIS, May s.— Premier Joseph Laniel made Uie question of postponing art Indo-China debate until date considered suitable by the (iovernment. a quest imi of confidence when the National Assembly resumed its session here last night. The vote will be taken on Thursday afternoon.
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    U.S. WILLING TO SUPPLY ARMS AID
    220 7 WASHINGTON. May 5, (Reuter) The American Secretary of Defence, >Ir. Charles E. Wilson, said yesterday that the l'nited States was willing to supply France with any nu_.it.fi equipment French forces could use effectively in the Indo-China war. He told a presj con fen •'ne'e
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    SEAGOING HORSE
    34 7 A SEAGOIIS I Wi ight BNorth Carolina on i and iwom out to ira I lx>ats let OUt in pursuit. p irted do ess in 1 the rittei s aa av UP
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    Red Orders Expected
    50 8 HAMBURG. Maj 5. (AFP).— Shipping circles here declared the Soviet Union would :y pj<* large orders to German shipyards In order to block possible orden for the European Defence Community. These circle.-*; added thai iat ions were now in proat Howaldt and Kie l shipv ,i; lis.
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    U.K. SHIPYARDS MAY-LOSE ORDERS
    146 8 U.K. SHIPYARDS MAY -LOSE ORDERS LONDON, May 5, (AFP)— The increasing cost of building ships in British yards is beginning to worry Norwegian shipowners, and may force them to build elsewhere, Mr. Haakon Christophersen, President of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in London, told the chamber's recent annual luncheon meeting.
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    31,797 SHIPS IN THE WORLD
    53 8 LONDON. May .->. (AFP).— Lloyd's Register of Shipping reported yesterday that the number of ships in the worid. steam and motor, for the ><_-..] 1M5— 1954 was 31.797. with a tota! tonnage of 93.351.800. Lloyd's also reported that during the quarter ending September 30, ltSB,
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    BIG PROJECT FOR KEELUNG
    50 8 TAIPEI. Mav 5, (Reuter).— A U552,000,000 project for extending Keelung*g outer harbour laciliti rea ;v b-^en started i n the Northern Formosan p'M"'. Money will ho provided bv the American Mutual Security Mission to China. Improvement! Include a ?perial rargo wharf capable of berthing 20.0M-lon sseli
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    PESTS HIT COPRA CROP
    310 9 20,000 Trees Are Ravaged Special < *orre>|»on<lenl JAKARTA, May 5,— Official dispatches from Ternate, copra capital of the Moluccas, report- that more than 20,000 coconut trees have been destroyed in a locust plague. Worse still, the last developing monkey population is also playing havoc among the
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    Sawdust Is Turned Into Wood
    113 9 Sawdust Is Turned Into Wood MARKS TEY. Esse* Mav 3. (Reuter) A 48-year-old *.*igineer has invented a machine which turns sawdust back into arood. The giant £250,000 mach tucks m sawdust and wm d chippings at one end and churiis out sheets of tough wood boarding at tiie other. Wood
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    EXPORTS OF TIN
    29 9 1 IAL tcpo: tm to all .o in tries f' I •i i Ti (ii ration ot M i April. 1554. amoun d to I lons
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    Slubber That Actually Breathes
    103 9 I lILA-DELPHIA, 5, (Rt ler). Tho nv. Vis ae t. orporation yesterday reforted the >x v> riment;. evi -j menl of tn w rubl r produi I that rtual y I rea f h< bst. that J cousin to petrol** it laid H roul i oe
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    50 9 photo. THIS double-ended motor ferry has been built in Hongkong's Taikoo Dork yards for the British Malayan Petroleum Company of Singapore. They u ill shortly be shipped to Malaya, wheie thev will be used in ferrying the trucks and equipment of oil surveying crcw s across log packed rivers. A.P.
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    Brunei Plans Big Farming Project
    168 9 KUALA BELAIT, May 5. (Reuter)— As a move to bring down the high cost of living in the State m<! to provide exportable surplus agricultural products the Brunei Government is to establish hundreds of two acre vegetable gardens and larger farms here and at nearby
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    MARKETS
    135 9 RUBBER prices g Ung-i PW« market ft i- y < 'm, at I rent u >ve i ttday'i tvtla, first ur .he u_U. for May shipment ng at til centl per lh Small upcountry .ind lo ng wa reported lurind h< day Market opened „..nfl v tetter but wa--
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    SHARES
    118 9 THF y prices hi i tai muii in hoth the tin in n» dllfftl 111 r- i th'- M i) «->.; JTfltCI I A ter turnovi-i f i < Lilted at fr.i I higher levelr. Ru f ■haroi respond I I** n the «»thi'i •c--tion«. INDI Rmere Sriiera .1...
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    140 9 THC pi k«'t n gapon ijuihi ,'1 flight ly i n all i jrenterdajr with small ht 4 1 ..> 1 ng Com nut remaitM*. l 1 I marh t pi-wi M ♦1 1'- .mg. 1 pra <'(»' ned ite idjr I t ea>« n 1 ind el 1
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    BARGAIN BUY!
    43 9 You can advertise your needs tor as little at ten cents a word in the classified column! of the Standard Advertisements accepted at 128. Robm ■son Road or at the branches of the Standard ln Kuala Lumpur Penang and Ipoh a
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      396 9 *y Al Capp I W HMV-C ah'lu MO.UWAIHU" f an' mah baby W he. IS DW A»** '\\/fi< JUMP V ,TS •►'IPOS'SIBLE.*™* "WILL DiE?/-MCL 50MtTmN'.rf-ME-5 LiFTIN* I H_lT W,L ?yiVrtT V. \>* tf TtWmS I AH D-tONT WANT CAIN T RUN -Jf HIS LI'L FiW6£RS U^ 7 It|AP „L,^ ABE.'''
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      859 9 Vfl*»_*«»!ejt#gBawa»__^^ MIT II Ii a I l—i —-in m— mmm n— M| I MMI: The V hum Tne A ..n.i is insap o r ej I r uTr nn **V&w* IIIiSSSSms i !PIHI |< RELATIONS: free eriuca- \|«UM I*l.l \*l 111 M t:on__T. film show? at Sembaw..:^ AA.AEC J* P.
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    Pen Pals Wanted
    349 10 Daniel Peterson of 1«»». Telok Kurau Rd.. Singapore 15: Pen pals- wanted overseas and the Federation ol Malava: Hobbies: stamp collecting and pen-pal photos. Peter Hens of 693. Cpper Serangoon Rd.. Singapore W. Hobbies: badminton, movies, swimming and friendly correspondence: Pen-pals wanted in Malaya, Singapore. Borneo and
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    The Blessings Of Ramadhan
    827 10  -  F.M. Quraishy By A MODE of worship prescribed by Islam is tasting. This mode of worship is also common to almost all religions, but the form in which Islam has prescribed it is different from that recognized or prescribed in other religions. Islam enjoins upon every
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    96 10 i i itii riiHTiniiiii^Mii^T i "AT little hula girl I can see in thm mirmr tuf__rtaM .round the neck Yo* mean tZtTrTaUu ™V» "if Bra s> S'S "H" ft 22E "90. tens just an ordinaru tun. niri .i.. S K i Gosh ""d J"st think, a /ew minutes fffmj said.
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