Singapore Standard, 5 January 1955

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    17 1 Singapore Standard 2^^ 2 #R v^ 5. tJT^JS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 m; 14 PAC;KS 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon Hunt Is On For $2,500 Mail
    73 1 Hunt Is On For $2,500 Mail POLICE and postal ™8° l hichdisva at inch of Office at is a xplanati Colony's IT. M L. re has I tal reguof the c mi.ssn .nibered SE 2166. Ed at the 1 Pos i n 1.45 p.m. and n f these register- tamed
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    45 1 HIS ANGER KILLS 5 CHILDREN SAGINAW, Michigan. Jan. 4 AP) An i nrag< d lather ov( r an U heater g a family quarrel. re that killed lldren throe own and criPolice said Eugene Pierce. tely overturned a scuffle on 1 with his faL.C. Valentine.
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    53 1 N VA, Fiji, Jan. I (Rmtrn- Suva, capital of the Islands, and other KtUenents «.f the sroup «ti hatt.ncd dov^n toJ^nt as the vvrathcr oflice hroadrast urgent hurricane warnin^v "if hurrUane circled ■Wthwest of the colony t'lniKht thrratenint; the uwawa Island> It is ex£<ted to hit S«va and
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    Lock icon 20 AUSSIE CADETS TO TOUR MALAYA
    209 1 Here On An Exchange Visif A ROYAL Australian Air Force York transport plane touched down at Tengah airfield at 5.45 p.m. yesterday, bringing 20 young Australian air cadets on a three-week visit to Malaya. They formed the first batch of air cadets who came
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    Lock icon 'Guns-For-Hire' Charge Made At Remon's Grave
    237 1 PANAMA, Jan. 4, (AP) Authorities pressed a nationwide search today for a band of unidentified professional killers accused of assassinating President Jose Antonio Remon at the instigation of his political enemies. The "guns-for-hire* charge was made by Minister of Government, Catalino Arrocha Graell, m
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    Lock icon Pope Told To Go Slow
    53 1 VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (UP) Pope Pius Xll's doctor warned him today against overwork after the weakened 78-year-old Pontiff suffered a return of his hiccoughs The hiccoughs returned last night, Vatican sources said, and the Papal physician, Prof. Riccardo Galep^zi-Lisi. told the Pontiff he must
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    Lock icon Author Sued
    32 1 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4 (AP). James A. Michener. Pulitzer prize-winning author of "Tales of the South Pacific," was sued for divorce on Monday by his wife. Mrs. Vange A. Nord Michener.
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    Lock icon Housewives Panic In Kuching
    228 1 Housewives Panic In Kuching Sarawak's Close-shop Move Grows ...AND FOOD PRICES SOAR KUCHING, Jan. 4 (Reuter)— The threat ened close-down of trading firms and shops m Kuching sent panicky housewives m the post few days to stock foodstuffs, resulting m some shops doing a roaring trade and charging more for
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    Lock icon 69 SHIPS MOVE SOUTH
    128 1 Suez Reopened ISMAILIA. Jan. 4. 4Heuter)— A convoy of 69 south-bound ships was °P the move again I through the Suez Canal today after the dispersal ■oi fog which held them back when the canal was reopened last night. Within 36 hours navigation through the canal,
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    Lock icon Electricity Men Decide On Strike
    80 1 MORE than 2,500 electricity workers are threatening to \Mk out on strike on Jan. 20. tft- the Singapore City Council does not 'reinstate two Employees, whom the City Council Electricity Department Workers Union claims were "wrongly dismissed." At an extraordinary meeting of the Union cqmmittne
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    Lock icon Colony's Pepper Trade Will Be Hit
    177 1 Colony's Pepper Trade Will Be Hit SINGAPORE'S rich pcpprr trade with Borneo will b« adversely affected by th< closure of business houM m four Sarawak towns a> a protest against a Government decision to Increase trading licence feeThe former chairman of the Singapore Chinese Cham ber of Commerce. Mr. Tan
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    Lock icon Nicoll To Tour Cocos Islands
    101 1 Nicoll To Tour Cocos Islands THE Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. will tour the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands from Jan. 10 to Jan. 26. it was officially announced last nisht. He will sail m HMS Alert. Arrangements for the tour had been made six weeki ago. On his return
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    Lock icon CONVENTION
    28 1 TAIPEI. Jan. 4 <Reutcr>.— The second convention of the Asian Peoples Anti-Commun-ist League will be held m Taipei on Feb. 22. usually reliable Nationalist sources said today.
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    Lock icon PURDOM FILES PETITION
    33 1 SANTA MONICA. California. Jan. 4 <Reuten.— British film star. Edmund Purdom has filed a suit for dlvom against Mrs Anita Purdom whom he married In London four years ago tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Hatoyama Woos Red China And Russia
    86 1 Hatoyama Woos Red China And Russia TOKYO, Jan. 4, (AP) —Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama today spelled out his programme for improving trade and diplomatic relations with Japans neighbours, Red China and Russia. Hatoyama. running hard for re-election m Match gave this order for •'removing obstacles standing the nations. 2- Li
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    Lock icon End Of Best & Worst Year
    47 1 End Of Best Worst Year LONDON. Jan. 4 (Reuter) —A London firm of bookroakers last night entertained 2 000 of their best clients to champagne and caviar at a party to mark the end of the best year on record for bookmakers and the worst for backers.
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    34 1 LONDON. Jan. 4 (Reuter) —Sir Winston Churchill's 80th Birthday Presentation tuna now understood to be approaching the £300.000 mark will not be subject to tax. it was learned here.
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    70 1 Cashier Out Of Singapore? LIM KEE SENG. 53-year-old cashier of Rotterdam Trading Company, who has been missing since last Thursday, is believed to have left Singapore. The Standard was reliably informed last night. There is also no trace of the missing $26,809 belonging to the Company. The possibility of Lim
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    30 1 TAIPEI. Jan. 4 (Reuter).— The Japanese Embassy here today confirmed that Mr. Kenkichl Yoshizawa would return here soon to resume his post as Japanese Ambassador to Nationalist China.
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    Lock icon RED PERSECUTION OF JEWS GOES ON
    137 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP> A U.S. Congressional committee reports that "persecution of the Jewish minority" m the Soviet Union and its satellites continues, despite an apparent change of policy after Premier Stalin's death. "It is less widely advertised and better concealed than In the
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    Lock icon CHANGES PLANE IN CANTON
    98 1 MR. HAMMARSKJOELD HONGKONG. Jan. 4 (Rcuter) Mr. Das Harnmarsk.ioeld. United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral, is due m Peking: today m an attempt to secure the release of 1 1 American airmen imprisoned on charges of espionage. Canton Radio m South China reported earlier today that Mr. Hammarsk.ioeld and
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    Lock icon RACE FOR TIME IN RAIL CRISIS
    176 1 LONDON, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— Sir Winston Churchill and his Government gained 24 hours today m their race against time to avert a paralysing nationwide railway strike due to start at midnight on Sunday. An emergency meeting of the Cabinet had before today a report
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    60 1 Drop To 97% c. RUBBER prices m Singapore dropped li cents per Ib. yesterday to 972 cents for first grade January shipment. following upcountry selling, reports of Indonesian selling m London and New York and the clearing of the Suez Canal to shipping. The market closed easier and irregular
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    68 1 JAKARTA. Jan. 4 (UP).— The Netherlands is Increasing her small naval force m disputed West New Guinea, reliable sources said today. A Dutch destroyer, formerly attached to United Nations naval forces m Korean waters. is to be transferred to Dutch New Guinea, the sources said. This will
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    Lock icon NEW PROBE IN DOMINICI CASE
    43 1 PARIS. Jan. 4 (Reuter).— The French Justice Minister. M. Ouerln de Beaumont. ha.s decided to order a new Investigation In the case of Oaston Dominlcl, condemned murderer of the Drummond family, a usually well Informed source said today.
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    Lock icon Sir John Visits Temple
    76 2 THE Prime Minislei of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala visited the Sri Sempaga Vinayagar Tempie m Katong, Singapore, during his recent visit to the Colony. Photo shows (left* to right) Mr P. Valuppillai. Hon. secretary of the Temple, Mr. \I Saravanamuthu. Ceylon High Commissioner- Sir John Kotelawala
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    Lock icon They Can't Blame The Typewriter
    125 2 THE Singapore Government is tightening its regulations governing the drawing of transport allowances by its employees. This, it U understood, follow the recent discovery of several "excess* 1 claims beinjj made. Beginning this month, officers claiming transport allowances must do so m their own handwriting.
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    Lock icon FIRE VICTIMS GET RELIEFCASH, CLOTHES
    96 2 KUALA LT'MPUR. T ies. The 140 persons affected by the "Xcw Year blaze." that gutted a rubber smokrhrn^e at the 31 Mile Klun* Road on Sunday, were tod.iv provided with msh relief, clothing and household equipment by the Solanqor Social Welfare Department. An official spokesman
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    Lock icon Hunters Find 2 Girls' Bodies
    42 2 beckley, West Virginia, Jan. 4 (AP>.— The bodies of two school girls, last sren m I a remote, heavily wooded surca n< ar their home last Nov. 1, were, found on Mon- day night by two hunters.
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    Lock icon Union To Break From Council?
    96 2 Union To Break From Council? KUALA LUMPUR Tues The 1.000-strong Malayan Railway daily-rated Locomotive Enginemen's Union is likely to break away irom the National Whitlcy Council (daily-rated), as it feels that its two-year-old demand for. improved terms of employment would not be successful otherwise, its spokesman declared today. The Standard
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    Lock icon DRIVING INSTRUCTOR JAILED
    334 2 Six Weeks' Sentence On Drunken Driving Charge KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Donald Frederick Perry, 29-year old Chief Driving Instructor of the Federal Police Depot, was today sentenced to six weeks' jail by the President of the Sessions Court for |n QCn jiving. The President further disqualified Perry, by
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    Lock icon MEETING OF THREE ADMIRALS
    155 2 THE United States Ambassador to the Philippines Admiral (Rtd > Raymond A Spruance. (centre) flew into Singapore yesterday with Roar Admiral H H Goodwin (left), Commander of the U.S Naval Forces m the Philippines, to return a courtesy visit by Admiral Sir Charles Lambe, (right) C.-in-C
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    106 2 CLOSING rubber pri< rs (cents per Ib.) In Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 971 97 J No I R.S.S fob Der 97? 98 No. 2 97 97J No. 3 944 95 Tone: Easier and irregular. TIN PRICE The prices of tin yesterday was
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    Lock icon Quarters: Dwellers Get Less Freedom
    101 2 A CLOSER watch occupants of g City Counc being kept by officials. In future, rmj) quarters must m six months thr people liv.ng v.ith Unices pr or per I I tamed from the i dent, the max of people pern./. m quarters is s x
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    72 2 MELBOURNE. Jan. 4 <Reuter). Australian gliding experts today claimed the British Empire record for a 310-mile flight m a sailplane from Narrandera. New South Wales, to Wangaratta. Victoria. The pilot of the glider was Mervyn Waghorn, of Sydney, who represented Australia at the International Gliding Championships m
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    Lock icon HIGH-SPEED MACHINES
    79 2 LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter)— Reuter's Fleet Street circuit delivering news to Britain's national newspapers yesterday switched over to highspeed operation with teleprinters turning out 100 words a minute. They replace standard 66 w.p.m. machines. The new equipm* nt r*. sponsible for this 50 p boost has been develops
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    Lock icon WOMAN DRIVER ORDERED TO PAY FINE, COMPENSATION
    260 2 WOMAN DRIVER ORDERED TO PAY FINE, COMPENSATION KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Jessie Tan. 30-year-old Government stenographer, alleged m the Second Magistrate's Court to-day that after a trisha had barged into her stationary car. its pedlar grabbed her steering wheel, yelled abuses at her and would not let her proceed. The stenographer
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      75 2 Weather Report MIN 111 V M Trmpcraturc: From 7. .10 p.m. Jan. 3 to 7..'50 a.m. Jan 4. Singapore (73F), Penaug (7 IF). Kota liahru (7:51), Kuala Lumpur (7'JF) Ipoh (71F). Kuantan (71F). Maximum Temperature: From 7..10 p.m. .lan. 3 to 7.:.0 a.m. Jan. 1. Singapore (87F). Penang (85F), Kota
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    Lock icon MALLAIG CLERK STILL MISSING
    119 3 MALLAIG CLERK STILL MISSING Martin 49-vcar-old d at Maliaig. Singapore residence C lissioner-Gen-Malcolm Mao •1 missing. >-Hay a detective from went to Johore Mr Frank >rothfr of the mlSB?i to connection with appearance. Johnson lives and family I Haron, Johore ink: "My brother ypc and I just md how he
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    Lock icon Woman Badly Hurt In Fall
    65 3 Woman Badly Hurt In Fall 131-YEAR-OLD woman. Lee P k Hii g Singkek :^1 15 feet to the first floor of a wnarket Road. mall hours j the head f idmitted m I I tion to the ral Hospital wife of ;i seaman ther of an ailing ftve- She arrived
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    51 3 IBiNED mine-layer ip of the Royal Alvsnabben Singapore on md-the-world »ison Officer, Jennings, and msul m Malaya. Hopkins will call P The vessel will .we on Jan 11 for I rew of 260 will '..t cadets from the «J JJava Academy who experiencing their first -as,
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    Lock icon Woman Scares Night Intruder
    38 3 Woman Scares N ight Intruder returned to her *jrloo Street. Sinday night to wding m the s it- woman, he v a- mt Pursued by ;oman and a neigh- he managed to disdajk lane after J!«J°L 100 yards.
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    51 3 PENAXG, Tues:— The Alliance here will be holding a meeting on Jan. 10. to discuss candidacy for the forthcoming Settlement Council elections. At a meeting of the Alliance held yesterday, it was agreed to include the Radical Party and the Malayan Indian Congress, Penang Branch, into its
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    Lock icon DENIES HE WAS DRUNK
    50 3 CHAXDAR SINGH was charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with being drunk and disorderly m front of trre Joo Chiat Police Station at about 3.30 p.m. on Jan. 3. Singh claimed trial and was allowed $50 bail. The case was postponed to Jan. 8.
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    Lock icon Rupiahs In Parcel Confiscated
    109 3 Rupiahs In Parcel Confiscated THE First District Judge. Mr. F. A. Chua, yesterday ordered the confiscation of 85.000 Indonesian rupiahs found m two tins of tea which was received by the Singapore General Post Office m a parcel from Hongkong. The parcel which arrived at the Post Office on Nov.
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    Lock icon They Seek New Life In Australia
    52 3 photo. ""^n *T Wp 'k »nd vu to seek a new if e Australia passed through Singapore 0 fle vv with ftt l!! cy^ wer c Barbara Korschelt. Hanna Trute and Eveline Titt;7J Greek and German immigrants to Melbourne m a charter, cd babena
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    Lock icon $300,000 WELFARE CENTRE
    369 3 Creche Hostel Right In The Midst Of Town of W T ER w f hree -V eor deloy. the Department $300 nnn W f!f are m Singapore will erect a fhV h? > •"u«t--storeyed building this year m the heart of the City to serve as a
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    Lock icon Party For Whisky Chief
    116 3 THE Directors of Fraser Neavc Ltd., gave a cocktail party last night at Raffles Hotel for Mr. E.L. Roberts. Director of William Grant Sons. Ltd.. the well-known firm of whisky distillers. Mr. Roberts, who arrived m Singapore recently, is on a Far Eastern tour, visiting; his
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    Lock icon Chairman Chosen But His Name's Still Secret
    171 3 POLYTECHNIC THE Singapore Governor, Sir John Nicoll, has already selected the chairman for the 17-man Polytechnic Board. But his name will remain a secret until all the other members of the Board are chosen. Mr. J. D. Higham, the Under Secretary, told The
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    45 3 MR. Arangasery Madhavan Nair. who was awarded the M.B.E. m the New V ea r Honours List. Mr. Nair is a member of the staff of Headquarters Far East Air Forte, and also president of the Ai r Ministry Local Staff Union.
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    55 3 TWO men. Lim Choo Tock and Kang Hing Tat, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday to stealing r;re from Telok Aver Basin on Jan. 3. The prosecution said the two 1C SSi shar P instruments b°"* th<? fice Out of the They will come up
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    Lock icon Mail From Malaya In Air Crash
    124 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Airmail correspondence, posted m Singapore and the Federation between Dec 20 and 21 and addressed to the American corr n^t (excluding Canada) and the West Indies may have been lost m the airliner th- crashed over Scotland on Christmas Eve the
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    Lock icon 80 FISH STOLEN
    25 3 EIGHTY Siamese fight ing fish worth $80 were stolen from a pond m the 14th Mile Woodlands Road, Singapore on Monday night.
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    Lock icon PC's Sprint After Semi-Nude Man
    69 3 PC's Sprint After SemiNude Man A POLICE lance corporal on rounds caught a Malay m swimming trunks after a 200--yard chase m Geylang, Singapore, just before dawn yesterday. He found a spanner and a screw driver tucked m the man's swimming trunks. The semi-nude man was peering into a motor
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    Lock icon HURT COST $50
    31 3 AMBAK bin Haji Hussain was fined $50 m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday for causing hurt to Julia binte Mohamed at an amusement park on Jan 3.
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    Lock icon Elaborate Programme For Sir Ottc Lund
    425 3 Elaborate Programme For Sir Ottc Lund AN elaborate programme has been prepared by the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Singapore, for the official visit of its Commissioner-in Chief Lt Gen. Sir Otto Lund.' The programme was approved by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. Sir Otto will arrive iii the Colony on
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    Lock icon Colony Homeless Dogs Had A Good Flag Day
    179 3 THE Singapore Canine Welfare Association collected a total of $2,800 from the sale ot flags on Dec. 8 last year The Flag Day for the homeless dogs of Singapore was successful, states the President of the Association, Mrs F Leon-Soh Of the
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      251 3 Under the Centrol Provident Fund Preliminary Registration Rules, all employers m Singapore except those who employ only domestic employees must register themselves with the Central Provident Fund Board within a month from 4th January 1955. Some employers will receive copies of the registration form CPF. I sent to them by
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    48 4 Mr. and Mrs. Chiam Ah Poy, photographed after their wedding recently at Kulim. Kedah. Mr. Chiam Ah Poy, the fourth son of Mrs. Chiam Kai and the late Mr. Chiam Kai. is from Klang. Selangor. The bride is the former Miss Tai Kooi Yin, of Kedah.
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    Lock icon Classic Chinese Play For Colony
    339 4 'WesternChamberlnEnglish THE Western Chamber, a classic Chinese play, which received a personal "rave notice" from the late George Bernard Shaw, is to be staged m Singapore. Written m the 14th. Century during the Yuan Dynasty, the play has been translated into English by Dr. S.I.
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    Lock icon Back From England
    41 4 photo. MR. DOUGLAS BROIIIER. who returned to Singapore by BOAC yesterday after spending 5V years studying electrical engineering at the Brighton Technical College m England or. a scholarship. He is attached to the Singapore Posts and Telegraph. Standard
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    Lock icon WOMAN ROBBED
    84 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs.— Two unknown Chinese walked into the house of a Chinese squatter while he was out shopping this morning and robbed $170 from his flightened wife. The men claimed to have come from the jungle anc told the woman that if she did not give them
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    48 4 THE Pck Kio (Owen Estates) Communit> Centre will hold two children's New Year parties one on Sunday. .lan. 1G at the centre's premises, No 148 Cambridge Road Singapore, and the other at Durham Estate playground All children living m the area have been invited.
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    Lock icon MOTHER ORDERED TO SETTLE PAWNSHOP
    160 4 MOTHER ORDERED TO SETTLE PAWNSHOP Boymonk Pawned Jewels For $1,010 A SINGAPORE magistrate yesterday ordered a mother, Madam Goh Kok Tin to pay a pawnshop $1,000 and redeem jewellery which her errant, boy-monk son had pledged for The son, Tay Sah Huat. who had entered the novitiate m a Buddhist
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    Lock icon He Offered Scholarships To Malayans
    168 4 He Offered Scholarships To Malayans PROFESSOR C. P. Fitzgerald left Singapore this morning for Sydney after offering several scholarships to Malayan University students doing postgraduate work m a variety of subjects. He is from the Australian National University m Canberra, a university no older than the University of Malaya "We
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    Lock icon Sea Sports Landed Him In Court
    80 4 MOLOK bin Andik told the Singapore Fourth Police Court Maglstraate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. yest rday that he came to Singapore by boat from an Indonesian island to see the sea sports on New Year's Day. He was arrested as he was going home
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    Lock icon 2 JAILED ON HURT COUNT
    65 4 TWO lightermen, T Govindasamy and A. Savindarajoo, were sentenced m the Singapore Third District Criminal Court yesterday to eight and 10-tnonths' rigorous imprisonment, respectively, on charges of voluntarily causing hurt to three labourers on the night of Oct. 23, last, at a bus terminus m
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    Lock icon Marriage At NewRegistry
    74 4 MALACCA, Tugs The Registry of Civil Marriages has now been transferred to the Chinese Affairs Department from the Malacca courts. The first marriage at the new registry takes place tomorrow, when Peggy Tan Kuan Neo, a member of a well-known Malacca Straitsborn family, will marry Eric Ong
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    Lock icon THE PROVIDENT FUND: 25,000 FORMS GO OUT
    168 4 THE Singapore Central Provident Fund Board yesterday sent 25,000 forms to employers m the Colony to enable them to register with the Board by Feb. 3. Those who have not received their forms by tomorrow, a spokesman of the Board said, should get
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    Lock icon Draw For National Service
    107 4 THE 400 Singapore National Servicemen who will undergo basic training this year, will be selected by ballot on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Singapore Volunteer Corps, the Defence Secretary. Mr L. 11. N. Davis, told The Standard yesterday. They will be given basic training m
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    Lock icon Sgt. Reduced To Corporal For Hitting MP
    371 4 Sgt. Reduced To Corporal For Hitting MP STAFF Sergeant Arthur Edward Rolph, 25. found guilty of "ill-treating" a military policeman, was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore District Court Martial to be reduced to a corporal. Rolph was stated to have kneed Sergeant C. Fish of the Royal Military Police, m
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    Lock icon NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL
    68 5 photo. ONE of the three primary schools of the same type which was handed over to the Education Department, on Monday. The cost of each school complete with ancilliaries (playing fields, etc.) is 5250.--000. Each school has accommodation for 500 boy s and girls m the mornings
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    Lock icon GIRL IDENTIFIED INSPECTOR AT POLICE PARADE
    328 5 Court Told PF.\ AMi. Tuts— Deputy Superintendent of Police, U r >. W. R. Marsden, told the Magistrate's Court at a preliminary inquiry today, that a 16-year-old girl, Loh Ceok Be, without hesitation, pointed to Police Inspector Lee Kirn Siew at an identification parade
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    Lock icon Art Club Show Opens Tomorrow
    177 5 THE Chinese V.M.C.A. Art Club will hold their Second Art Exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. when over 120 paintings and drawings will be displayed. The exhibition, which will be officially open by Mrs Elizabeth Choy, will last lor three
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    103 5 Promised Stout At Lower Rate PENANG. Tues:— Khor Ewe inim. 29. today pleaded guilty m the Sessions Court to cheatins Gan Beng Chei of $100 by falsely representing that he fx>uld get Bull Dog Stout for Gan at a cheaper rate at Weld Quay on Christmas Eve. Inspector Vijayaratnam told
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    632 5 Dismissal— Not Proper To Go Into Details —Harvey Board 'S^ittZ. P nOn9 HOrbOU J the ferry service, granting of longe"y« ol son IIJZ IL""' Y m% of the requirement that old unif Ssff Mr° P i en ed 'V he Hi 9 h Court today. by Mr
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    Lock icon 90,000 Cigarettes Disappear
    65 5 PEXANG, Tucs. Three cases of cigarettes valued at $3,600 were discovered missing from the godowr. of Messrs. Sime. Darby and Co., Ltd.. m Brick Kiln Road, ycsieiday. Each case contained 30,000 sticks of cigarettes. 11 is believed entry was made through a window from which two of
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    37 5 HONGKONG. Jan. 4- Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.58 to £1 sterling. $5.87 to US$l; $1,834 to Malayan $1; $0.180 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Go.d $255.5 to a tacl.
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    33 5 (TOP) Depicting a river scene, this water colour painting i s the work of Mr. Soon Chin Onn (Left) "A Singapore Factory' an oil painting by Mr. Tan Yee Hong.
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    110 5 H.C. Driver Seriously Injured PENAXG. Tues.— A Malay driver of a Province Wellesley Home Guard Land Rover. Arshad bin Ahmad. 30. was seriously injured as a result of the vehicle running against a trea at Permatans Berangan. 12 miles from Butterworth] this morning. The driver was trapped inside the Land
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    47 5 Photo by THE wedding of Mr II Vos>enberg to Miss Tony NlJman at the Cathedral of the (Jood Shepherd. Singapore took place last Monday. The bride was given away by Mr. Q. L. Oostergo. A reception was later held at the Princes Restaurant. Garden Studio
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    174 5 A FISHMONGER'S assistant. Ng Hong Chua, 21, was sentenced m the Singapore Second Criminal District Court to six months' rigorous imprisonment for assaulting Queck Teck Heng, an assistant m a rival firm, with an iron rod. The offence took place outside Ellenborough Market, off
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    104 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue*. Won« Kee Loko. 28. tofUttr bill collector of the Rtdiffiuion Limited, today pleaded guilty before Inche Mohamed bmail, m the Sessions Court, to criminal breach of trust ol $1,016 of the firm's funds. It was said m June last year he was m charge
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    33 5 MR. MOHAMED Vamin. Indonesia's Minister ol Education, flew to Jakarta from Kallang Airport yesterday after spending four days m Singapore. He would not say what he was doing m the Colony.
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    32 5 M. T. NADESAN. 34. was bitten by a snake la Pasir Pan King aroa of Singapore yester day. He was later admitted to the Clcncral Hospital f< I treatment
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      462 6 T^HE visit of an Indian social reformer has given rise m certain quarters to misgivings lest his candid views cause tempers to become unrestrained among some sections of the Indian community. Fortunately, such a sorry state of affairs has not arisen. However, his advice that Indians should
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      472 6 IT IS a strange- contradiction of present-day internationally accepted principles that while the work of scientists, inventors, novelists and song-writers are protected by copyright, people responsible for creating new designs and fashions m clothing and patterns m textiles are apparently allowed to infringe on each other's rights with
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      125 6 CIN Chew Jit Poh calls for a "manifold objective" for Malayan economic expansion because, as producers of raw materials only, "we are m a blind alley." In the present era when the majority of nations are making great strides m their economic development. Malaya is one of
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      123 6 r PHE latest Soviet peace offA ensive, directed specially against the United States.i was just one more Commu-i nist move designed to weak-i en the solidarity of the West.i according to Chung Shing Jit Pao. Malenkov understands perfectly, the journal adds, that 1 Western solidarity is
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      101 6 JVANYANG Siang Pan welcomes the New Year as the inception of a new era of peace. The journal bases its optimism 1 on the assumption that nobody wants an atomic war and everybody supports the use of atomic energy for peaceful reconstruction. Furthermore, the daily conti- 1
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      136 6 TNDIAN leaders should rely more on their own strength and the confidence reposed upon them by theirj kinsmen m this country to' support them rather than depend on the moral support of Pandit Nehru. Utusan Melayu says. The paper comments on a statement by Mr. K. L.
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    110 6 We Can't Forget The Trappings Of Wars Now Past And Gone: The Jackboots. Chinstraps hands-on-hips And Misled Men... Who Now With New Horizons View Their Past With Scorn. We Can't Forget The Little Men Who imitated Power With Those Same Trappings, legs askew Whilst On Our Isle
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    627 6  - An Interview With Ho Chi-minh DENNIS BLOODWORTH By Hanoi, Tuesday JN an exclusive interview granted to me today, President Ho Chi Minn stressed that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam had a close and special relationship with Mao Tse-Tung's China but that Vietminh policy m international affairs would be primarily devoted
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    115 6 "pIVE the older, married woman who wants a paid job equal consideration with other applicants. It's economically sound Irom the country's point of view, and I think it's a step m the right direction from the family's. They don't want Mother wrapped round their necks when they've found their
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    257 7 4-Power TalksSoviet Goodwill Is Needed First LONDON, Jan. 4, (Renter) -Soviet Russia must l uillingness to meet the West's terms for settling S rToDean Problems before Britain will agree to spon* Eur new lour power conference, a Foreign Office sor ilman said yesterday. spo .-Pa-ification of the Paris treaties to
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    81 7 PENDING. Berkshire, Jja eD'Thc Father Chnst--1 partment store X committed suicide at the -•.veek reign, it at the Frown. was left on Christmas Eve. addened and he gii.-sed himself c of his mind vis disturbed. Hewa- dearly d taddened when the time m e for
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    77 7 Diplomat's Wife Has A Breakdown BONN. Jan. 4 (UP)— Frau L S ilter. the diplomat's an mtcrnaincident when she re- to Britain a< an "enemy cufiercd a nervous nd was admitted to St. Markus Hospital yes- Doctors said Mrs. Schlitter, who Berlin of 1931. staisfactory" condition an may c able
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    64 7 TOKYO. Jan 4 (AP).— Two garagr workers. Nobuo Bumltomo, 23. and Kenichiro Bal 21. pledged m sake wine on New Years that they would abstain wi a year. Monday night Sumitomo. Q«tte tipsy, popped into a pub and found Sato downing on you." Sumitomo
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    63 7 BOMBAY, Jan. 4. (AP) The leader of a gang of 35 bandits which staged a battle with police left his hat and false beard behind when he escaped, the Madhya Bharat State Government reported yesterday. One gangster was killed and another was arrested after he had
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    64 7 LOS ANGELES. Jan. 4 (AP) A drunk charge against one of Bing Crosby's twin sons, Dennis, 20. was dismissed yesterday by a municipal judge "because the boy has never been m trouble before." Dennis was arrested early on Sunday when police halted a car m which
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    79 7 TED takes aim (above) as Rita waits for the shot and the Cameraman gets ready to take the picture. And with Rita sitting absolutely still (below) the bullet cuts through the card. To get this picture which actually shows the bullet just after it
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    144 7 Feat By A Man And His Friend TED TOON, of Upphigham. Kutland, is a local carpenter, but his pride and joy is m his three Alsatians on whom he lavishes his affection. In his spare time Ted has taught them so .nany clever tricks that he and his canine troupe
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    56 7 NAIROBI. Jan. 4 (Reuter) A Police patrol killed nine members of a 12-strong Mau Mau gang on a farm at Nyeri soon alter dawn today. The gang was led by selfstyled Mau Mau Brigadier Catane but a Government spokesman said it was not yet known whether
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    39 7 HONGKONG. Jau. 4 (Reuter) The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, left Peking yesterday to tour China, the Communist New China news agency said. The Dalai Lama has been m China since the Summer
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    168 7 TAIPEI, Jan. 4 (AP) If current predictions m Chiang: Kai-sheks capital are correct, a lot of interesting things affecting Formosa are going to happen m 1955. President Chiang, m his New Year message. summed up prevailing ideas by saying the Communist attacks on Quemoy and the
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    55 7 LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter) Two Scots girls who broke a window at the Prime Ministers residence at No. 10 Downing Street by throwing coke at it yesterday, were remanded m custody today for mental and physical reports. The girls were Jane Crossman. 18, of Cambusbarron. Stirling,
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    17 7 A DIRECT radio telegraph service was opened on Monday between New Delhi and Peking. Reuter
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    76 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jon. 4 The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONOON RUBBEP Spot 31 id. February 30Jd. March 29* d. April/June 28id. July/September 27 id. October/ December 26 id. January c.i.f. 28' d. Tone: Easy after
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    25 7 CL: At'/.'e. British Labour Party chief and opposition leader of the House of Commons, quietly marked his 72nd birthday on Monday. UP
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    186 7 MANNHEIM, Germany, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— A German woman is today suing: for a ban on publication of the two-volume autobiography of her ex-husband, a former sailor who is now a woman. The wife, Frau Elizabeth Gickeleiter, who has two sons of
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    373 7 Travel In US. Curbed WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP) The United States yesterday declared 27 per cent of the country off-limits to Russians m a frankly retaliatory move against Kremlin restrictions on the travel of U.S. citixens inside the Soviet Union. The gesture was announced
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    80 7 They Can't Even Go To Moscow MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 4 (AP) This northern Idaho city has been declared "off limits" tc the Russians. It is situated m Latoh county, one of the 15 Idaho counties which have been closed to travel by Soviet citizens m the United States. Local Muscovites,
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    159 7 DIJOHN. France. Jan. 4. (UP). Swedish Minister to Mexico. Sven Grafstroem. who recently headed the Swedish delegation to the truce commission m Korea, plunged to his death yesterday from the Cote d'Azur-Paris overnight Express train. Early police investigations indicated he fell accidentally from the speeding train.
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    82 7 Margaret To Travel By 'Copter PORTSMOUTH. Jan. 4. (Reuten— Prlnce.ss Margar. t may use a helicopter durinu next month's tour of the W. i Indies. It was learned h<r« yesterday. The new royal yacht Britannia leaving Portsmouth today for a preparatory "shakedown" cruise In the English Channel, will re hearse
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    112 7 PRESTWICK. Scotland. Jan. 4 (Renter) Workmen began today to shovel up 1.000 tons of top soil at Prestwiek Airport so that it ran be sifted for diamonds scattered on the surface m a Christmas Day Airliner crash. The diamonds valued altogether at between £800.000
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    33 7 A WELL-KNOWN Alphlno guide. Erminlc Piva, died at Zoldo Alto near Pbelluno. Italy, yesterday after falling on an icy road and hitting his head against a stone. He was 67. Reuter
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    56 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 4. (Router). Mr. Thomas Dcwcv returned to private law practice yesterday after 24 ycar< m public office. 12 of them a Republican Governor of New York. "Its a wonderful feeling." rv said. "Twelve years as Governor is too long. I no longer have
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    200 7 U.S. Is A 'Prison', Says This Woman SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4 <AP). A young Chinese woman physicist, prevented for more than two years from returning to her home m China because she might take valuable knowledge to the Communists, said here on Monday the United States had become a "prison"
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    366 8 A Suggestion By X.L's Traffic Police Chief KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —Licensing of bicycles will, as m the case of motor vehicles, be an "initial and fundamental measure to ensure their orderly and lawful use of the road, Kuala Lumpur s Traffic Police Chief, Mr. Norman Freeborn,
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    133 8 MUAR. Tues. The Chei Chlh Brass Band, the biggest and most popular of its kind In Muar. will hold a variety concert at the Chei Chih Assembly Hall on the night of Jan. 8 to celebrate its fourth anniversary. The night's programme will include a magic
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    73 8 KAJANG. Tues: The marriage of Che Haiznn. eldest daughter of Inche Mahmood bin Ahmad of the Public Works Department. Kajang. to Inche Abdul Murad bin Haj; Zainuddin of the Clerk-al Staff H Q.. Malaya Command. Kuala Lumpur, was solemnised at the bride's residence here yesterday. A large gathering
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    29 8 SEREMBAN. Tues Inche Abu Johan bi n Mohamed Johar, Circuit Magistrate. Negri Sembilan. will leave for the United Kingdom next week on a scholarship to read law.
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    20 8 MR. TAN HUCK BOOM and the former Miss Chew Siok Chin who were married at the Singapore R°gistry last week.
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    50 8 KAJANG. Tues. A District Disaster Relief Committee is to be formed m Ulu Laneat for full co-ordination of the activity of various Government departments Representatives from the Red Cross. St. John Ambulance Association, Boy Scouts. Youth Club. and public, will also be invited to join this committee.
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    117 8 Bound Over For Theft Of Clothes IPOH. Tues.— Yeang Keen Sheung. who was charged at a previous hearing before Magistrate Che Abdullah with theft of a pair of trousers and two shirts valued at $10. fared the magistrate today for sentence. At the first hearing iiis elder brother, Mr. Yeong
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    85 8 SEREMBAN, Tues Another branch of the Party Negara came into existence when a commitee headed by Dato Dagang Yunu s was elected to represent Paroi and Gedong Lallang The other office-bearers elected were: Vice-chairman, —Che Salehan bin Ibrahim; hon. secretary. Che Tamby bin Ahmad: hon. treasurer. Che
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    83 8 SEREMBAN. Tucs Che Mohamed Ami n bin AH. Mining Assistant. Negri Scmbilan. ha s left on transfer to Kuantan. An old boy of the Anderson School, Ipoh. Che Amin during his six years' stay m Seremban has identified himself with political and social bodies m the State Until
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    180 8 PENANG, Tues.— The Penang Division of the Malayan Trade Union Council, m its annual report to be presented on Jan. 16, alleges that transport workers are subjected to victimization by transport companies, which resent trade unions. "This is not only true m Pcnang but m the
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    50 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mr. K. T. John, until recently acting State Veterinary Officer. Johore. will leave tor Lucknow on Jan. 10. He has been selected by the Federal Government to represent the Federation at an United Nations conference on increasing egg and poultry production m Asia.
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    41 8 photo. AIR VICE-MARSHAL. W. 11. Kyle, who arrived m Sinca pore yesterday from Kngland to assume the post i Air Officer Commanding. Malaya, photographed on boarc! the Canton with Mrs Kyle and children Cherry (!>> ami li:a C»).- Standard
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    104 8 MAN REFUSED BAIL IN THEFT CHARGE IPOH. Tue: Woon Foo Yen. was today refused bail by Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli when he claimed trial to a charge of theft of gold articles valued at $202 at Kampong Simee on Dec. 31. Prosecuting Inspector B Tahir told the court that there
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    112 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two films about Malayan youth were the most popular Malayan Film Unit productions sent overseas m 1954, the MFW announced today. "Tomorrow is Theirs" a film on youth activities m general was sent to 28 countries Including Austria. Australia. Burma. Canada Ceylon, Egypt,
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    131 8 Sent To Gurney School JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Twenty year old Lee Jee Kiew. formerly of the Royal Malayan Navy, was convicted m the Sessions Court today of stealing cigars worth $315, belonging to Lee Lai Seong. a woman who m hospital at the time. She told the Court that Lee
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    56 8 SEREMBAN. T the annual general of the Negri Smi»> Operative Thrift Bociety. Ltd tinwere elected <••' for the year Chairman. Mr I I Gill; hon. secretary. U Keng Hock. h«in trea Mr. V. Mauricii. Messrs. V Kanth.iv Lee Yuen Menu. X A kerman. W. A
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    561 8 Court Told That Harlots In Malaya Make $50,000 A Year KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs.— Prostitutes m the Federation and Singapore are making up to $50,000 each a year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court was told today. Mr. E. Brown. Deputy Public Prosecutor, said this at the close of the trial m
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    170 8 PENANG, Tues.— The aim of the Penang Adult Education Association is to establish small libraries m the new villages, stated its Hon. Secretary, Mr. Lim Bor Yee, to The Standard today. Mr. Lim also said that one of their targets was to help m establishing a
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    47 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Tues Sennan. 24. son of Maniappan. claimed tri?' before Inche Hassan bin Hussein m the Nibong Tebal court to voluntarily causing hurt to Muniandy At the request of the prosecution the case 'vas adjourned to Jan 6. Bail of $250 wa s allowed.
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    166 8 MORE than 200 people, including the Commission-er-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. and the entire Consular Corps m the Colony, celebrated Burma's Seventh Independence Day Anniversary at the Burmese Consulate m St. Martin's Drive, off Tanglin Road, last night. Dressed m his national costume. Dr. Ba Thaung.
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    22 8 LIM Ah Kaw IT ».i drowned m the Poton« River last night !!<• (l the way to the Sin-'. Oeneral Hospital.
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    951 9  - 40 Swim-suits— And They're Always Dry ANDREA DOUGLAS CRANE WEDNESDAY FILM PAGE By AND HOLLYWOOD. IVfITZI GAYNOR, who recently married her agent-manager, Jack Bean, hopes that her athletic husband will cure her fear of water. The Bel Air house m which they will live after their honeymoon, has a beautiful
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    336 9 HOLLYWOOD. XJOBIN RAYMOND, whom Xi you will see m 20th Century-Fox's "There's No Business Like Show Business." invented what she calls her "Role Insurance Hairdo." Robin, who is of French-Portuguese descent, said: "When my hair was its natural dark shade, producers always told me they
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    126 9 41 lOANNE DRU was po«--j±j mff for a MKJ £j magazine layout, wearing 4j as little as possible. Her gj seven-year-old dftUfhtef .'M Nugie watched pio<< ft in«s for a while tlun (4j blurted out: S "Well, this is n fire f| thing. You IOOHf even let >>g
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    550 10 TONI MARSH DISCUSSES HATS AND BALI ART IT'S really odd, come to think of it. Nor so very long ago no sane person was supposed to be under the tropical sun without a headcovering. Hence the "mad dogs and Englishmen" ditty. Now, if one sees some elderly woman daintily tripping
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    370 10 JTITHOUT a great den! of j anjarc a shop opened siwe time ago (it 33 Tanglin Road u'hich seUs some of 'he loreliest of Indonesian and Balinese art vo longer need one ask friends xcho arc going to Java or Bali to bring back
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    49 10 JAVANESE beaujy painted by Hasim 5250/- at the Indonesian Arts Shop at Tanglin Road. Singapore. WALLHANGI INJ woven of I cotton. made like a painting. I m blacks blues and greys ExI quisite work I manship and lovely colours. $18/ at the Indonesian Arts Shop. Tanglin Koad, Singapore.
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    106 10 As for Paris* latest fashion: ANYTHING GOES You want to know what the big houses are advocating^ It's mostly Balenciaga and Givenchy toho are going all out for hats from daylight to midnight. Balenciaga has little white satin or ermine toques, uses ostrich feathers as trimming. He also
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    49 10 ITALIAN hat and has with hamhoo handle, hoth nnutc t of the same material featuring a white batkermind 4ni multi-coloured polkadots. S4O -the set. The has is Hit-proof-lined, so can be used either for shopping or hathinf togs. From The Little Ship. Raffles Hotel Singapore
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    311 10  - PUFF GO £4,OOO,OOO A YEAR Betty Law By IN Britain rvery year, more 1 than V 4.000.000 are spent on powder puffs. Which mran.s that, on an average each girl and woman m the country spends four shillings a year m puff-money. The idea of pufTinc powder on to the
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    78 10 CIR HUGH < sso> famous interior 1 rator. dorxn't likr I too lone m onr h«>tr« "Mayor it\ **!f\ when I wa% a llld never had a taomr. .says. "My parrnt^ «>*' m India and I *.i> to Kncland to >« h o1 llr
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    25 11 OFFICIAL sources m Rome recently confirmed the purchase by the Italian State Railways of the Ruhr coal mine, "Constantin der Grosse" from Krupp's.
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    123 11 COST of operating aircraft can only be kept low if all the component parts have an adequate length of serviceable life. In tuture, one of the most economical British aircraft, the Bristol Freighter. will become still more profitable to operate as the result of an increase
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    259 11 SAVILLE Row had better took to its laurels. Precision Sohth I 5 WOrld unowned eighth mile, has now come 2 mdLIV Phar <ie! su^es 2**£ exchange resins" are beins -tailored" to S u,t specific ap? plications with as much skill f" d ca .!"e
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      Lock icon Upward Trend In Rubber Is Now Reversed
      224 12 Upward Trend In Rubber Is Now Reversed Price Drops IV2 Cents Standard Market Reporter THE upward trend m rubber prices m the Singapore market suffered a setback yesterday when first grade rubber for January shipment closed at 97£ cents per lb., a drop of 1-1 cents on Monday, after having
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      341 12 Industrials Again The Feature INDUSTRIALS again commanded the major interest on the Malayan share market yesterday, while tin shares were irregular. Rubber shares tended to ease on profittaking. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: Buyers Sellers 8.8. Pcirol 33^3 33/9 Fed. Disp. 3.37 v.42 Gammon 3.22
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    262 12 HOPES that the remaining signatories of the International Tin Agreement would ratify as early as possible so that the scheme could become operative for the purpose of providing stability to the tin industry and enabling Malaya to plan for the future, were expressed by
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    197 12 Standard Market Reporter A FEW tons of pepper of all varieties changed hands m the Singapore produce market at quotations yestcrdav. but the market was quiet m all the other sections. Coconut oil sellers at Penang indicated SSOJ per picul. while copra prices were fractionally higher.
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    26 12 A JAPANESE trade mission is now touring the Congo, led by a civil servant of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Mr. Shunichi Azuma. AP
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    188 12 AMONG the latest arrivals of British cars m Singapore are the Rover "60" and "90" models. Both these models are sure to be popular with the motorist who is m quest of a car with beauty, coupled with high quality. Champion Motors Ltd.. the local representatives,
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    290 12 U.S. Businessman To Appoint Agents THE president of G. K. Garrett Co. Inc., Mr. F. G. Borowsky, flew into Singapore for a week's pleasure-cum-business visit. The firm manufactures spares for the American car industry with an annual output of US$lO,OOO,OOO. Mr. Borowsky. accompanied by his wife, is on a fourmonth
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    190 12 KUCHING, Jan. 4: (Reuter) Sibu, Sarikei and Binotang, three districts m the Third Division of Sarawak, are today m the fourth day of a ten-day close of shops period m protest against a new legislation concerning Sarawak's trade licensing fees, some of which were
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    74 12 LONDO.N i,. BriUte'i rcscrws r rs.M», do. i MMI thr ni s (irs Jg{ trrd.ix Tin- mm I .mount.,! f^ 000 to th, Iv and Can.ni., on rrum i v Bril.un Cinail.i mi I,' normal I t«ilv install Canadian mi of |»4C Finanu.i monthh lu,i r v ad\.m« r
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    196 12 Local Qantas Men Leaving For Aust. Standard Staff Reporter THREE employees of the Singapore office of Qantas Empire Airways will leave the Colony for Sydney on Jan. 9 on a "familiarization" tour. The men are: Mr. Russell Solomon, Operations Officer, Mr. S.K. Krishnan. Chief Clerk of the Accounts Section and
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    153 12 MERU TIN LTD.. reported a loss of £3.859 for the year ended June 30. 1954, according to the report of the directors. The total quantity of tin concentrates produced during the year was 241 tons compared with 308 tons for the year before. Debit balance
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    77 12 A NEW motor company called Auto Bianchi to manufacture a very small, low cost car and commercial vehicles has been established m Milan In partnership by the Fiat Motor Company of Turin, the Pirelli Rubber Company and the Edoardo Bianchi Company. The factory, plant
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    88 12 BOMBAY. Jan. 4. (Router) British investors are understood to have taken out shares worth Rs. 10.000 000 1L769.230) m India's new Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation, formed to assist the growth of private Industry m India. This is double the value taken out by the United
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    187 12 THE Financial Times maintains that the prosent buoyancy of the rubber market is due primarily to a strong statistical position. World output of natural rubber m l!*f>4 is tXptcted to exceed consumption by only .'15,000 tons, a surplus wh .< h is believed to have been entirely absorbed by
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      586 12 TENDERS INVITED ■TENDERS will be received J at the office of the Comptroller of Customs, Federation of Malaya, up to 1 p.m. of 15th January, 1955. for the supply during the first quarter of 1955 of approximately: 15,000 yards Khaki Cotton Drill. 20.000 yards Mock Cellular Khaki Shirting. 2,500 yards
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    295 13 H eads May Fall If Rising Sun Is Hot Hoisted vm !m (UP)— TH€ Amaieur Mvimming FedeXz nf Japan has mapped an intensive programme r3tlft l vrar m U" es t of top honours at the 1956 JjS^-cs m AuslraUa. ling lisap--00 Jap- xecube their Rag pring Jap- ng of
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    36 13 DAVIS CUP LANDS IN AMERICA 55 ANGELES 4. awn was the first eini S :tu c I j captai: m team which Kd the cv] landed -Sww' Gilbert r :hc rport i Scix- .ape and :ian<:
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    151 13 TPOH, Tue>. The last quadrangular hockey match m the Federation will take place here on Jan. 7. 8 and 9 at the Chinese Assembly Hall ground. This will be confined to the four northern states Penang. Kedah. Pahang and Peark the eventual champions to represent North
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    358 13 Him! He Can Lead British Sport the onp H a hnn P *°D ts stof y which I found most warming over the festive season was mfs present to F^ ip V% ding a specially mounted old medal as a Christ record eters> still the holder of
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    124 13 NEW YORK. Jan. 4. (AP).— U.S. Amateur G. Dichl Mateer of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, won the United States Open sqviash racquets singles championship yesterday by an easy 15-9. 15-5. 15-10 victory over Pakistan professional Azzam Khan. Mateer. holder of the American National Amateur singles title and ranked
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    69 13 "J RECKON the most ironical circumstance of the current sporting scene is that Sydney goes to the trouble of building a tennis stadium holding 25,578 people over ten thousand more than the accommodation round the Centre Court at Wimbledon— just m time to see the Australian
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    119 13 NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 3. (Reuter) West Santee. (he American mile champion, failed m a four minute mile attempt here yesterday. He clocked four minutes 14 seconds on a heavy track. He said the soaked ground and a two day delay of the race owing to
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    338 13 SEL. CRICKET NEEDS NEW BLOOD -EHRKE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Though Selangor Cricket has undoubtedly made considerable progress since the war, this is no time for complacency, warns Mr. R. C. Ehrke, President of the Selangor Cricket Association, m its annual report for 1954. He held that the Association could not
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    299 13 U.K. Soccer Fixtures For Saturday LONDON. Jan. 4. < Router >— Football fixtures for Saturday January 8: FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP THIRD ROUND Arsenal vs. Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers v.s. Swansea Town Blackpool vs. York City Bolton Wanderers vs. Millwali Bournemouth vs. Westbromwich Albion Brentford vs. Bradford City Brighton and Hove
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    48 13 ENTRIES arc now open for the annual Indian Republic Day badminton tournament to be held early next month. Entranre fees are: Men's singles mixed doubles $•>. men's doubles $5 and children's singles $1. Entries should reach Mr. A.P Menon 87-C Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore before Monday.
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    83 13 MANILA, Jan. 4 (AP) Swedish tennis Mars Sven Davidson ;»n l Lcnnart Bcrgelln will arrive on Jan. *J!> from Australia tor a scries <^f lournaments, the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation said today. The Swedes first will meet the Philippines m a three-day match beginning on
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    111 13 HONGKONG. Jan. 4 (AP) Several Chinese soccer players who have been playing for local clubs m the Hongkong Football League have left for Red China to train under Russian coaches to represent Red China m the 1956 Olympics, according to sporting circles yesterday. They said
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      697 13 ENGAGEMENT i^NCi- TAN. The engagement f was announced m London on December 31st. 1954 bet i Charles Tiang Hin. son f.' late M-r. and Mrs. Ong M Tat. of Singapore ;«nd I vJ"" d;<a 6 htr r 1 Mr Airg BC. Tdn. of Sing.ij SITUATIONS VACANT COLONY OF SARAWAK VETERINARY
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    607 14  - GEOFF DUKE'S SIX RULES FOR ASIAN RIDERS VERITY GILL By GEOFF Duke, No. 1 motor-cyclist of the world, who flew into Singapore yesterday en route to Australia, said on arrival here that Malayans could become world beaters should they follow six simple rules. Duke, who intends to take part m
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    53 14 HE DID 150 MPH WITH A SMILE GEOFF DUKE paid a surprise visit to Singapore yesterday m a Qantas BOAC tourist Constellation. He is on his way to race for the first time m Australia. When photographed by The Standard, requests for his autographs from bystanders quickly followed.— Standard Photo
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    207 14 NSW RETAIN SHEFFIELD SHIELD SYDNEY. Jan. 4 (Reuter) New South Wales, the shield holders, won their Sheffield Shield game against Queensland here today by 48 runs, final scores being: New South Wales 278 and 167. Queensland 230 and 167. Their first innings lead gave New South Wales victory as the
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    83 14 ROME. Jan. 4 (AP)— Horse raring ended m Italy on Jan. 1, but horse betting made two "millionaires" just the same. Italy has a Sunday horse races pool, similar to that based on soccer results. The pool also seemed to be near its death when tracks
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    271 14 IN the Singapore Hockey Association's quadrangular match played at Seletar yesterday, RAF Singapore became champions by beating the Royal Navy by three goals to nil. The game as a whole was not an encouraging spectacle ns the Airmen took things very casually and this, coupled with
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    177 14 THE first Thomas Cup trial is scheduled to take place at Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The games for the two sessions arc as follows: SATURDAY (Evening) Jan. 8. Lim Kee Fong and Tan Jin Eong vs Se3 Chin Leong and Lim Say Hup; Lim Koon Yam
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    46 14 HULL. Jan. 4 (Reuter) The former England footballer, Raich Carter, now manager of thj ~eds United Club, was mr-ried here yesterday. His bride, Miss Ellen Patricia Dixon, worked m the office of the Hull City football club when Mr. Carter was player-manager there.
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    84 14 A FLOODLIT Charity socrcr match m aid of the Flood Relief Fund between the S.A.F.A. and the Combined Services will be played at the •lalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, Jan 8. at 7.45 p.m. Gate admission by tickets at $2 and 11. The following players will
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    461 14 DACCA, Jan. 4, (Reuter) Pakistan and India drew the first cricket Test of their present series here today with the final Scoreboard reading: Pakistan 257 and 158 India 148 and 147 for two. After the tea interval. India were 85 for two and a draw
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    209 14 S'pore AAA 'Inquiry' On Coach AN article under the above heading was published m the Singapore Standard on Dec. 24, 1904 m which it was stated that a Singapore A. A. A. Disciplinary Board had recommended that CSMI S. J. Coleman, the athletic coach, should be suspended and the British
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    49 14 IPOH. Tues. The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya has increased the capitation fee from $1/- to $2/- for 1955. This means that a player competing m an open competition will now have to pay the L.T.A.M. $2/-. according to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Tan Chin Geng.
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    757 14 Need 165 For A Win MELBOURNE, Jan. 4, (Reuter)— Australia, needing 165 runs with eight wickets left, are, favourably placed to beat England m the third Test and take a 2-1 lead m the series. Set to get 240 to win, Australia were 75 for
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    112 14 KUALA LUMPUR Tues Se.angor I Hockey Selection Committee have named he following 10 represent the l l c South S^l'ot k hocke y championships meet between Johore. Ma'acca r i Sembila n and Selangor which will be held on Jan 14 15 and 16 at Malacca
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    84 14 OFFICEBEARERS of the Gymkhana Sports Club elected for the year were: Patrons: Messrs. Tay Soo Yong P R. William. So^ Ghee Soon and Lee Choon Eng; President: Mr. D. Arumugam. Vice-Presi-dent: Mr. M. A. Maieed: Hon: Secretary: Mr. C. P. Phillip. Asst. Secretary: Mr. S Knshnan:
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    61 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs. Kuala Lumpur Garrison edged Selangor Club m a hockey match on the padang today. Selangor Club had the better of the exchanges, but their forwards were erratic m their shooting. Garrison scored their winning goal early m the first half through their centre
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    153 14 K,NC.LANI>— Ist Inas H AI'STRALI A— Ist |nn> ENGLAND— 2W ln ni>r Lrn Iluttnn lhw h \nhr Hill Kdrirh b .lohnstor P. R. 11. May h InhMa Colin Coudrr> h Itrnjut D C S. oniptnn i Maddotks b Anhrr T. K. Railry not nut T. G. Kvan s r
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      26 14 Today's Sport HOCKEY: SRC vs. YMSA —SRC. RUGBY: SCC "A" vs. RAF Tengah Tengah, RNAS (Sefnbawang) vs. GHQ—Tanrjlin, REME vs. RAAF REME, Sanderson Cup Replay. Seletar.
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