Singapore Standard, 11 January 1955

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  • 16 1 Singapore Standard #ft A vH I.' fT*.i» SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JAMiARY 11. 19.^' It I»\<;ks 15 CENT&
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  • 55 1 GENERAL BOURNE BAFFLED rill I WPUR, nI ,h, War Office M n i about the < f 7v» another pl n "i British r to Malaya today s a mrnt to s (ones no* ristsinthe lrmj chiefs, 11 (icn. Sir Bourne. the Operations, mcd by -t h, additional Services mi
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  • 203 1 I Bri- I iptT.s had War on I squad- man a trained volunteer, is Malaya-bound at the 'urgent request' of General Sir Geoffrey Bourne. Director of Operations out there. "At once some new threat from the Red tertorisis is suspected, especially as it is learned that four Canberra
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  • 55 1 And From Canberra... f*WMU Jan io J Australian f-"J;- Minister, Mr. R sa.»| hen I* ■Mbat to his knowlcrifce J Plaiu had been made s ""'l lustralian Can v![ a Sabers to •Jjyato Join Roy a Vn CMberras there T h T C 1 R\l I U i" r t
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  • 558 1 50,000 Suffer Because Of 50 Terrorists FOOD BAN AND CURFEW IN CENTRAL KEDAH Keda S h UN wf F PATA^'' Mon The Central Kedoh War Executive Committee today launched ''Operation Mile," to deny food to Communist terrorists More than 50.000 people living m the GurunJcniang area are affected by the
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  • 273 1 And In The Selangor Swamps KLALA LLMPUR, Mon.— Fifty terrorists m the selangor south swamp area, who have been playing hide and seek with security forces for over a year, were rudely shaken from their muddy lairs early yesterday from a hail at fire
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  • 492 1 THE half-million dollar Ocean Park Hotel which has been a landmark m Singapore for the past three and a half years, closed down yesterday. The manager and operating proprietor. Mr. Myron D. Ling, m a statement yesterday, said: "Due to the breach of their contracts
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  • 154 1 SAIGON. Jan. 10. (Reuter) Vietnam's Police headquarters announced here today that three important Vietminh officials have fled Communist North Vietnam and taken asylum m the Frenchcontrolled port of Haiphong. They are: IDr. Tran Can Lai. Viet- minh Mayor of Hanoi City, who has been a
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  • 100 1 Grenade Outrage In Cinema ANCONA. Italy. Jan. 10 fAP) Police held 40 persons for questioning today after a bombing rampage m a movie house killed two spectators and wounded 41. While the cinema drama "Bread. Love and Jealousy," starring Gina Lollobrigida unfolded on the screen last night. an unknown person
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  • 31 1 HONGKONG. Jan. 10 (UP) Five delegates of a Dutch trade mission to Red China returned to Hongkong by train on Sunday after completing a trade agreement valued at £650.000.
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  • 118 1 TAIPEI, Jan 10 (Reuter) Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek* Director-General of Nationalist China's ruling party, the Kuomintang. today urged his party colleagues to "make it their ambition to be able to set a definite period of time for a counterattack against the mainland" m 1955. Speaking at
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  • 309 1 Traders Fear Rice Cartel Bjd_Jo_Corner Entire Import Trade No Evidence Of Dominance In Market, Says Govt. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— ln less than two weeks of Government giving up its tradmg monoply m rice, there are fears that a "cartel" is attempting to corner the country's entire rice import trade. A
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  • 142 1 Sheikh Does NOT Prefer Blondes After All! ARAB SHEIKH Izzat Gaafar. I of Kuwait, took one apprehensive look at shapely Italian blonde Mara Berni at Rome's Ciampino Airport, and then decided that perhaps a desert sheikdom I would be better off with veiled Arab beauties, after aU. The JuiUionaire sheikh.
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  • 19 1 HONGKONG. Jan. 10 <UP> A third squatter fire m ten days broke out today destroying 15 hu
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  • 141 1 TAIPEI, Jan. 10, (AP)— Chinese Communist airmen m three types of Russian-built planes bombed the strategic Tachen Islands today m the biggest air raid yet staged by the Reds against Chinese Nationalist territory. The Nationalist Defence Ministry reported a fourwave attack on the Tachens
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  • 46 1 JACKSON. Mississippi. Jan. 10 (Reuter) Police charged Wade Bowman. 24. with holding up and robbing his former employer of nearly S.kOOO about (MSI 5.000). He explained: "They took S8 out of my pay cheque every week for years, and that's too much."
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  • 35 1 LONDON. Jan. 10 <Reuter) Annette Mills. British Television puppeteer. and sister of actor John Mills. died m hospital here today. She had been unconscious since undergoing a serious operation last Wednesday.
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  • 50 1 COLOMBO. Jan. 10. (Reuter) The Ceylon Government has decided to allow non-Ceylonese to export sheet rubber to markets other than China. Government has also decided to increase the development cess on crepe rubber under a replanting subsidy bill, from five to ten cents per pound.
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  • 170 1 NEW YORK. Jan. 10 <Reuter> Mr. Dag Haramarskjoeld, the United Nations Secretary-General, and Mr. Chou En-lai. Communist China's Prime Minister, held their fourth and final meeting m Peking today. In a joint communique made available both at U.N. headquarters and m Peking they
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  • 94 1 Now It Is North-west Rail Men LIVERPOOL. Jan If) Rputen Throe hundnd rail way men pas.scd a resolution hrn- !a*l night calling for a rail .strike m the m«t.seyside area imlen presi nt pay negotiations vutc completed m 14 days. The men attended a n; ing called by the Liverpool
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  • 158 2 The Cops May Get A 'Blue Look' ALL members of the Singapore Police, except those m the traffic and detective branches, may have a "new look*' some time this year, a police spokesman told The Standard yesterday. A special committee is now considering which is the smartest and most suitable
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  • 124 2 NO FORCE ON BOOK BUYING KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Education authorities m the Federal Capital denied today that any school m the country was compelled to use text nooks of any particular publisher. Commenting on a report from Keiantan that Chinese schools would lose their grants If they did not u.se
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  • 93 2 THE man who brought the good news Mr. Yap Kirn Hock, Johore State Councillor and MCA Branch chairman, appeals to the people of Kulai (left; to help end the Emergency. hAr Yap, who is the first elected unofficial to be appointed to the State War
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  • 319 2 Mr. Yap Tells Kulai How To End 'Massacre' JOIIORE BAHRU, Mon.— Chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association branch here. Mr. Yap Kirn Hock today told the people of Kulai that there were two ways m which they could end the '"useless massacre' of the Emergency. Air. Yap, who was announcing
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  • 215 2 THE Singapore Coroner's Couit was told yesterday that three soldiers from the Royal Engineers went for a swim at Tanjong Belayer (Labrador Point) on New Year Day, but one of them did not return. A sapper. Michael Stanley Scarrr, aged 20. was lator found dead.
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  • 54 2 photo. S SIR ERIC Pride. Chief Medical Adviser (o the Colonial i 2 Offire. who yesterday visited Pulau Tekonff an island 3 Z" ,?i n ff a P orc 's Chanffi Point, examines an out-patient's C health record book m the island's clinic and infant
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  • 81 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A pretty 20-ycar-o!d girl. Lim Yoh Eng. today pleaded guilty before the F.rst Magistrate to a charge of dishonestly retaining jewellery and cash valued at $23. It was said that the articles belonged to Cheong Ah Yet. an amah m the household where Lim
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  • 327 2 Judge Praises Police Work In Reducing Crime JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. me first Assizes for the year here was formally opened by Mr. Justice Storr today. On mounting the Bench the Judge was accompanied by the acting Mentri Besar. Dato Wan Idris; British Adviser. Mr. D. A. Somerville; Mr. R Peel,
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  • 100 2 Principal Scares Thieves PENANG. Mon. The headmistress of St Georse\ Girls' School. Miss B CW man made two Indian prowU ers take to their heels when she snouted for help mi n the early hours of thil morning It appeared that Miss Chapman was m her quarters m MacAlistcr Road
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  • 229 2 Differs With Principal MR. Foo Chee Fong, who played a major part m settling the recent student demonstration at the Yock Eng High School m Singapore, has resigned his chairmanship of the se hool's Management Committee. Mr. Foo told The Standard yesterday, that he
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  • 162 2 Court Told Of Threat To Burn A House FIVE masked men rushed into a merchant's house at the 10th Mile, Yio Chu Kang Road. Singapore, on Oct. 18 at 11.30 p.m. just as he was about to close his main door, it was revealed m the Eighth Police Court yesterday.
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  • 64 2 Pilgrims May Fly To Mecca MALAYAN pilgrims who wish to make this year's trip to Mecca by air should register their names with the various pilgrim brokers on tb€ usual application forms by March 10 Aircraft will probnbly be available on charter basis Information regarding the schedule of flights and
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  • 81 2 CIOMN(, r ihb pore >estprd n Hff s Loose No 1 Rss fi h Dor. No. No. .1 Tone. s| u!n| after im-nuh, The prices «,f tll pirul. (Ddui, > LONDON Xl K R r No iKss >„,,' House TfnM >lond:i> s prices first srs M(in J Bli\r
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  • 143 2 Gets $200 Fine, 2-Year Bond PORT DICKSON, Mon.— G. Tymmnrtl-v former security officer of Perak and johorc m i; hotel room Police found 617 grenades, <;irtnd:* ammunition of different kinds, was today fined; and put on a $500 bond for two years. Mr B. C p
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  • 22 2 HONGKONi Specif! Stan< Closing pi ices o Kxch.mgo t to LI stcrli US$l; $1.8 SO. 181 to Rupiah; G tacl.
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  • 51 2 A SINGAPORE Irisha rider. Choo Chwec Ang. who cal.oH out to sailors as they emerged from Clifford Pier one afternoon, wai yesterday fined $10 m the City Police Court on a charßc of "loitering for hire Choo who pleaded guilty, admitted three previous convictions for similar
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 72 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7.30 p. m. Jan. 9 to 7.J0 a. m. Jan. 10: Spore (74F): Penan* (74F): Kota Rharu (70F); Kuala Lumpur <70F); Ipoh (70F); Kuantan (KBF). Maximum Temperature: From 7.:i0 n. m. Jan. 9 to 7.30 a. m. Jan. 10: Singapore (87F);Penang <9?Fi: Kota Rharu '85F»;
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  • 60 3 Culture Over A Cup Of Tea l£S HOTEL. Sin-, the rendezoriental; U discuss. Chinese, cultures,] arr N'anyang v ij-tang, n of Rev r and Islamic Madras p. bamed itce to a 5CIM>ho re- nfluence Italy veiled and rofessor He day en- l! v ii B 1 an 14. at m
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  • 54 3 coml Singapoi has sent Qii n thank- wing the Grand Cross of the md St. ;han, who j [small! world. rough reads: Muslim g ngapore ex- ny to Qu n and thank? the con- Xi Grand <- Ord( r St. nd St. G( rg< upon
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  • 27 3 C Longhurst P the Singaninal District r lay to tailing to ana obtain an n May 3 D( 17, within od. t9fl
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  • 323 3 PWD Begins Work On Anti-Flood Scheme In Bedok Resettlement SINGAPORE'S Public Works: Department has started work on a scheme v him it is hoped "ill put an end to the floods that wrought untold havoc m the Bcdok Resettlement area on two occasions last year. I'nder the* supervision of Mr.'
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  • 208 3 WORK on the park-fringed modern $600,000 crematorium for Singapore will begin shortly, the City Architect, Mr. W. I. Watson, told The Standard yester- day. The new crematorium, to be sited on 13 acres southeast of the Hindu Crematorium m Upper Aljunied Road. will be made
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  • 64 3 TO RUN IN B. TIM AH DIVISION MR. Lim Yong: Chua (above) chairman of the Ens Khoon School. announced yesterday that he will contest the Bukit Timah division as an independent candidate m the elections to the Singapore Legislative Assembly. Mr. Lim who claims to bp acquainted with thp ward
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  • 119 3 Contractor's Offer To Government THE inhabitants of Tcck Kee Village. Yeo Chu Kang Road, at the annual general meeting of the committee recently expressed thanks to general contractor, Mr. Lee Kirn Tah. for replacing a bridge destroyed by the recent floods. Mr. Lee replaced the former coconut trunk m the
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  • 41 3 LOW BOX Chwee was .sentenced m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to two months' jail lor stealing a fountain pen worth $31 from Won Siao Pang, at New Bridge Road, on the night of Jan. 8.
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  • 48 3 TWO Canadian wrrships will call at Singapore ok -lan. H> and will be m the Colony waters till Jan. 28. They are the Huron Mid the Iroquois, destroyers of the improved -Tribal" class. They are returning to Canada after operational service m Korean waters.
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  • 82 3 NO. this is no flash flood. Motorists alons Mountbatten Road yesterday noon avoided the salt water which overflowed from the river nearby. The water rose *.o ten feet three inches at 11.39 a.m. and part of the runwa> was flooded. Two Constellations which landed at Kalian^
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  • 484 3 *A~uJ^ Regent of Johore, the Tungku Mahkota, yesterday reminded 300 delegates U P *u Se tm9 neorl 70 'C00 plantation workers "i the State of their duty to work with Govern possible 0 Cnd fhC Emcr9enc as fl^'ckly as ma T
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  • 124 3 MR. Lim Choo Sye (above), a Singapore City Councillor, and a school teacher who has served for 29 years m various English schools, has been promoted to be headmaster of St. Joseph's Junior school. He first entered the profession when he was 17 years old and taught
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  • 70 3 A Persian Fantasy Comes True IN the trade between China I and Persia, carpets were toted on the backs of camels. In that era of fantasy carpets could fly. Today, that fantasy will become truth when 'J.~) Persian carpets will be flown to Singapore aboard a X.L.M. Flying Dutchman. The
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  • 62 3 THE ceremonial opening ot this year's Singapore Assizes will take place on Monday. There will be a service at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 10 a.m. which will be attended by members of the judiciary, the Bar. the Stafl of the Suorcme Court, heads of the Public
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    • 243 3 "SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS'* BLACK WHITE MILDER COMPETITION >fli BH V^ri IH <«fll B Folio ing a quarrel with Jane Powell Howard K«cl finds himself sleeping outside on the limb of a tree on his wedding night. One of the comedy moments from M-G-M's boisterous .CinemaScope musical, "Seven Brides
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  • 178 4 RAIN you can make it, but you can't stop it! MR E J. SMITH a research worker of the Co m m onwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization m Sydney. is returning to Australia after doing some work m Kiitain. He has been with C.5.1.R.0. for the past seven year>
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  • 109 4 MR. Allen 11. Acosta, managing director of the Far East Division of the Gamlen Chemical Company, flew to Singapore by X.L.M. yesterday. lie is here to consult the agents of his company the introduction of a new detergent which will cut down the working force of some
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  • 70 4 A COMMERCIAL clerk Ng Liang Teck. who claimed he had a clean record for the last 28 years, was fined $15 m the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday for committing a traffic offence. While driving his car at the junction of Kitchener Road and Serangoon
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  • 206 4 Admiralty Staff Union THE Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union which represents white-collar workers m the Naval Base, yesterday asked the Dockyard authorities to call a meeting of the Joint Consultative Council official negotiating machinery to discuss the outstanding claims of the workers President of the
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  • 119 4 New War C'ttee Holds First Meet MALACCA. Mon. The enlarged Settlement War Executive Committee held its first meeting here this afternoon. The committee was enlarged to bring community leaders and political organizations into closer touch with the Emergency m the same way that the Director of Operations Committee had been
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  • 59 4 Scottish Solicitor Admitted PENANG. Mon.— A Scottish solicitor, Mr. John Nichool Ross, was admitted to the Bar by Mr. Justice SpenserWilkinson, following a petition by Mr. Eusoffee Abdool Cader m the High Court today. Mr. Ross. a graduate of Glasgow University, practised as a solicitor for almost three years m
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  • 156 4 THOUGH it was declared cpen officially nearly a year ago. the $1,500,000 Fire Brigade's sub-station m Alexandra Road m Singapore has still not been fully utilised as intended, the Colony's Fire Brigade Chief. Mr. J. G. Shaw, said yesterday. Three fire engines and an
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  • 333 4 180,000 Students Go Back To Colony Schools IT was Black Monday for 180,000 boys and girls yesterday when all schools m Singapore opened for the first term m the new year. For thousands of six and seven-year olds it was the firsi time they had
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  • 278 4 BONO WILL GET HIS CHANCE- 18 MTHS LATER TWO hundred and fifty days after joining the Army, a soldier stayed from his unit m Singapore to live with his family m Johol, Negri Sembilan. 210 miles away. He was arrested by the civil police four years later m 1954-and handed
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  • 121 4 Vagrant Sent To Woodbridge PLEADING guilty to a charge of vagrancy. Omar bin Sarkawi. who was alleged to have been found wandering m the hacklane of Dcskcr Road at 1.30 a.m. on Jan. 10. told the Singapore Sixth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. J M. Dcvereux-Colebourn. that he went there only
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  • 70 4 KOTA BHARU. Mon.— Four community leaders were appointed to the Kelantan State War Executive Committee today, to implement th e Government's decision to expand operations committees to "pep up" the Emergency effort. The Mentri Besar of Kelantan. Tengku Sri Maharaja, welcomed three of them to the committee
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  • 28 4 MR A W Bellamy, acting Puisne Judge m the Federation of Malaya, has been appointed a Puisne Judge m the Supreme Court Federation of Nigeria.
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  • 310 5 WALK-OUT WAS A STORM IN A TEA CUP-LEONG Tpoii Won.— Yesterday'i walk-out by the Perak •JiSsive Party, durlii* a ■**U*f^ the Perak f^T Alliance Committee, was described by Mr. Leone r Kmli Secretary-General of the Malayan Chinese ration, and a senior member of this Alliance IV s 11 s a
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  • 53 5 He Used Force On Girl Jailed LUMPI K. Mon.- .:-old toseyen First i found ng cri- a teen- Of a year-old tapping Estate, morning Kaniappan er from clasped with the I nil my nd u<>t ith, M then n Pakiam. up to g Sundra- m took r an defence Ho
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  • 18 5 iiiigai ore kii g ur- the m is his I 13- i to i
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  • 60 5 OXG FOO was sentenced m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to nine months' imprisonment, to be followed by a year's police supervision, when he admitted assisting m carrying on a chap ii ki lottery at the junction of Rochore Road and Waterloo Street on
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  • 16 5 re's ny Mr ::,i--t to the Direcinto ninate the i resiirea.
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  • 31 5 Vbdullahwaa ■(1 m the licecourt ttempted d Sharitf mpnund S< rangoon p lan 5. th three to have p> h^ad SharllT n and knife. Jan i remanded until
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  • 53 5 HO AH Bee charged m the Singapore Sixth Police Court terday with being a member an unlawful assembly. m which on? ot them caused hurt to Yes Cheong the Chee Seng Chinese School on Jan. 2. Ho claimed tria' and was allowed (1.000 bail m two sureties
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  • 79 5 ABOUT 60 lightermen employed by Swce Hin Company of Singapore may go on strike on the second day of the Chinese New YearJan. 25— if their wage dispute has not been settled by then. The lightermen served a 14-day strike notice yesterday because they
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  • 158 5 Teluk Anson Prepares For Ruler's Birthday TELUK ANSON. Mon. The various communities here are busy preparing to celebrate the birthday ot tne Sultan of Perak on Jan 15. The celebrations will start with a ceremony on the Town Padang at 9.25 a.m. after which a cold lunch will be served
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  • Article, Illustration
    33 5 Standard Photo by AIR VICF-Marshal W H. Kyle the new Air Officer Commanding Malaya, reviews a "uard of honour on his arrival m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Yong Peng Seong
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  • 342 5 Brings Greetings From Bennett ALTHOUGH he had not been m Singapore or Malaya since the war days of 1941, Mr. W. S. Kent Hughes, Australia's Minister for the Interior and Works, said on arrival at Kallang: Airport yesterday that he had maintained close contact with these
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  • 41 5 THE Managing Director of Changi Bus Co.. Teh Ah Tin. was discharged m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday on two counts of failing to fit an elTicient speedometer m two of his vehicles on Oct. 12.
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  • 24 5 KAJANG, Mon.— lsmail b;n Haji Mohd. Amin 18. died today m Seminyih near here, after a fall fron a coconut tree.
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  • 47 5 A hospital attendant Lai Hock Liang, was charged m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday with stealing 13 half-pound packages of fresh butter worth MG.27 at th^ Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Jan. 8. He claimed trial an". was allowed $200 bail unii! April
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  • 113 5 KUALA LUMPUR, MonKhoo Teng Chwee. 18-year-old son of a Kuala Lumpur rubber magnate, today appeared m the First Magistrate's Court on charges of murder and voluntary causing grievous hurt. He was remanded until the preliminary enquiry on Jan. 17. Khoo was accused of killing teen-aged schoolboy.
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  • 99 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon The only case on the calendar for the first assizes of the year was adjourned to Fen 7 by Mr. Justice Storr m the Sunreme Court today. The accused m the case. Wong Sze Kirn. faced a charge of being m unlawful
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  • 270 5 150,000 LEAFLETS TELL OF PENANG POLLS Choose The Right Men Caution To Electorate PENANG, Mon. The Malayan Auxiliary Air Force air dropped during the last two days 100,000 copies of a leaflet telling the public how to nominate candidates for the Settlement's Council elections on Nomination Day, Jan. 13. Another
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  • 173 5 OPIUM valued at $170,000 was confiscated m Ihe Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday at Ihe conclusion of the trial of Ye \v Seong Kwee and Lee Ha» Bee charged with unlawfj. possession of 249 pounds of the contraband found m a taxi at Pasir Panjang
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  • 43 5 THEC-in-C. Far East Station, Admiral Sir Charles Lamhe. Will fly to Saigon for a short visit from Jan. L 5 to Jan. 18 He will be the guest of ViceAdmiial Jozan. Commander French Naval Forces m the Far East.
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  • 139 5 WHEN H M.S. Alert weigher anchor at the Naval Base at 10 o'clock yesterday, she hac on board not only the Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. and the Sen* ,r Officer of the Royal Malayan Navy Capt. H.E.H. Kleollt, but ahc two senior hands
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  • 164 5 THE Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday that a (32-year-old woman. Lee Yun, a patient of the Middle Road Hospital. had fallen from the first Moor of the hospital into an airweli on Oct. 31* last year. Senior Stall nurse, E. Brohier. said that Lee
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  • 93 5 Police Trace Car Used By Robbers SINGAPORE Police have traced a ar used by a gang of four armed thugs who robbed a farmer's family of $40 cash and a pair of earrings worth $40 m the Tampanis area on Saturday night The farmei was not at home when the
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  • 50 5 TOW AH TECK, 19 who took out a $5 dollar note from the pocket of a fellow passenger m a bus at New Bridge Road on Dec. 8. was set tenced m the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday to eight month's jail fo r theft.
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  • 76 5 THE world famous American Dianist Julius Katchen, arrived by air last night at Kallang Airport His first engagement before going up-country ii to judge i piano forte competition at B. AO p.m today m the Victoria Memorial Hal! Tickets for the adjudication may b? purchased from
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  • 101 5 Mariners Ask For Rise In Salary THE Malay Marine Officers' Association, vesierday has written to the Straits Steamship Co Ltd Singapore, to increas? the salary scales n| 1 the firm's Asian employees In the letter, the Association I stated that the present salary scales of the Asian employees were inadequate
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    • 477 6 JJURING the last few years diplomats, writers, journalists and others have tried to give their impressions of Soviet Russia through books and magazine articles. The sum total of their impressions is that the Communist paradise is far from being the type of paradise envisaged by the people of
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    • 325 6 I VERY once m a while, religious bodies m Malaya come out with a blast at what, according to their teachings and doctrines, constitute the evils prevalent m this country. And every once m a n 1 lT°!l lei have us believe that if these evils aie
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  • 1051 6  -  RICHARD LOWENTHAL By London, IN calling an AfroAsian conference to take place m Indonesia m April 1955. the Prime Ministers of the five Colombo Powers [India, Pakistan. Ceylon, Burma and Indonesia] have been careful to define its purpose m general and innocuous terms. No new bloc is
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    • 395 6 ALLIANCE LEADERS SHOULD TALK OVER LANGUAGE ISSUE Sir: The Standard report that a group of working committee members of the Selangor Branch of the MCA would ask Sir Cheng-lock Tan to press for the use of Chinese m the Federal Council has come at the right moment. All talk about
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    • 71 6 Sir; I agree with Mr. Aster Gunasekara that a good many people dabble m politics and make a show of being public spirited with an eye to their own interest and glorification. I think that the recent flood disaster showed very clearly who were the men and women that
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    • 262 6 Sir:— The bicycle is the cheapest known means of transport m the world, as compared with motorcycles, cars, and buses etc. Whilst people m all walks of life use them for exercise, pleasure, or transport, it is mainly the working class who form the majority
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    • 131 6 Sir: Sometime m 19"3 the public made contributions towards the building of a club for the youths of Negri Sembilan. This club was to be known as the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Youth Club. As far as I am aware, quite a large sum of money was collector™ rnmpnt
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    • 129 6 Sir; Hats off to the r'opncillors who h?ve bern fighting for the benefit of the residents m Katong District. Unfortunately. they have probably overlooked a big portion of Duku Road where It is so badly damaged that it is almost Impassable after heavy rains, and on
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  • 306 6 Tear Down Barriers IF we do not tear down the various political, social and economic barriers between Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, it would be only lip service to talk about co-opcratio n and mutual aid between the two areas. Sin Chew Jit Poh declares. As
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    15 6 "I'm looking for my husband. I sent him up here to complain about the noise!"
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  • 581 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA HATS off to the City Council Public Utilities Committee for what should be the year's most ingenious obituary announcement. In burying the Johore River srheme for a second time, the committee conveniently forgot the reason for Hs exhumation and Public Opinion of
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  • 352 7 Marilyn Wants Those Arty' Roles HOLLYWOOD, Jan 10, (Reu(cr)—A legal battle is brewing over Marilyn Monroe's plan to forsake blonde l> imlishrll roles to make films based on "great literature." Her studio, 20th Century Fox declared that after giving her the best build up Hollywood could provide, it would use
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  • 80 7 CREMONA. Jan. 10 (Reuter) An unconscious woman was ound last night spreadi on the top stairs of Torrazzo. Italy's highest owcr. and saved trom plungirito the stairwell only by her petticoat which had •t on a hook. woman. Anna Bclloni. had been lying there probably two
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  • 26 7 Egyptian National Petroleum Company has -truck oil at Balaaim m the Eastern desert, the Minister Commerce and Industry. Hassan Marey. announced yesterday. Reuter
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    65 7 photo. SUSAN Abraham. 24, ••the most photographed girl m Britain." married David Reid. 34, at St. Columba's, Pont Street, London, recently. She has been m the glossy magazines often during the past three years, modelling ball gowns, playsuits. summer dresses and tweed suits. The bride is sheltered
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  • 104 7 NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FOR NIGERIA LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 10 (Reuter* The GovernorGeneral. Sir John MacPherson last night announced the composition of the first Nigerian Council of Ministers under the amended Constitution. The new Council comprises three members of the Northern Peoples Congress, six from the National Council of Nigeria
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  • 29 7 1 '< (AP)-Adolf Galland, one *U nil f World War came back Btw air for. .i. ;V amid re P°rts that he would ln a rearmed Germany ntin« but
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  • 37 7 ..EW YORK. Jan. 10 (AP) Shopard Gibson Barclay. U.S. author and expert on oriago. who was known as c "authority on authories m the bridge world, died on Friday at Wickersham Hospital here.
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  • 191 7 Punishment Enough From A Back Seat Driver NORFOLK. Virginia. Jan. (AP)— There's no wrath '•*<? that of a woman orned. That's why Norfolk police Patrolman Robert M Ketner lan't give a ticket to a speeding motorist. Ketner stopped the man. a late-model car He 'Pn.ar-hed the car with his book
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  • 56 7 BRUSSELS. Jan. 10 (Reuter) —The Belgian Government is considering building a skyscraper almost 400 feet higher than the world's tallest structure the Empire State Bulldinj m New York. The skyscraper which would be built for the 1958 World Fair m Brussels would be 1,640 feet high with
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  • 241 7 Edith, In Israel, Shocks A Village TEL AVIV, Jan. 10, 1 i£ eU r Dr Edith Sum merskil], British Member ?i who i s touring Israel, was yesterday "ported to have shocked the people of a remote Israeli village by the unconventional way she registered a protest against what she
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  • 90 7 French To Withdraw I-C Troops SAIGON, Jan. 10 (UP) French High Commissioner Gen. Paul Ely said today Franco will pull her soldiers out of free Indo-China "Prolonged maintenance here of the French Expeditionary Corps i s not desirable," he said. Gen. Ely. who returned here on Friday after three weeksin
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  • 50 7 NICOSIA. Jan. 10 (Reuter) Th c British troopship Georgic carrying troops and their families home lo Britain from Singapore arrived here today She will sail ton orrow carrying 400 more mer and 100 families of the t9th. Field Regiment. Royal Artillery, which has been stationed m Cyprus.
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  • 50 7 POSITAN. Gulf of Salerno. Jan. 10 (Reuter) The French Premier, M. Pierre Mendes France, ended a week-end holiday at this fishing village today leaving by car for Naples and talks with the Italian Government m Rome. He and his wife are due m Rome tonight.
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  • 62 7 LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter) Mr. Jack Peters, centre of a recent dispute at London Airport which led to the sacking of 315 men, has lost his third appeal for reinstatement with British European Airways. A spokesman for BEA. a State air corporation, disclosed today that the
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  • 75 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 10 The following are the closing prices of rubber and m or the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 28 d. February 27id. March 27 id. April/June 17**. July/September 2616. October/ December 25 1 d January c.i.f. 27 |d. Tone Quiet. LONDON
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  • 351 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, (UP)— President Eisenhower asked Congress today to authorize a 15 per cent tariff cut over the next three years and many other steps to liberalize international trade as a means of strengthening the economy and security of the free world. In
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  • 352 7 SEATO ARMY PLAN IS SCRAPPED 'Allied Forces Will Stop Reds' LONDON, Jan. 10 (UP) The United States and Britain have agreed m principle to forego a big NATO-type standing army on the South-east Asia hot spot covered by SEATO, reliable diplomatic sources said yesterday. The two countries chose instead to
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  • 63 7 TOKYO, Jan. 10 (AP) Welfare Minister Yusuke Tsurumi said yesterday Japan would test the sincerity of Russia's peace feelers by asking about the fate of more than 57.000 Japanese still unaccounted for. Tsurumi said m a speech at Takamatsu that Russia's reply should help to
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  • 128 7 Car Bogey Her Luck Ran Out MAIDENHEAD. England. Jan. 10 i Router* Miss Vicky Martin. 24-year-old model and friend of the wealthy Maharajah of Cooch Behar. was one of two people killed when two cars crashed near here early yesterday. Miss Martin was driving one of the cars. In July
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  • 148 7 Thailand A Supply Base For Morphine GENEVA. Jan. io. (Heater)— Addiction to hashish is spreading m Western Europe, Governments wcie warned today. The Permanent C< ntr ,n 1 Opium Board laid Urn t« o main causes wttm the Immigration of North Africani and the stationing of armed Fa In an
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  • 71 7 SAIGON. .T;m. 10. (Router) —More than 200 H working at the new 9 Embassy m Hanoi, capital of Communist Northern vietl according to reports re;; here. Similar stnfTs are n i r 1 to 1 c employed ut the Comm Chinese and Polish emba Local Communists
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  • 38 7 HONGKONG, Jan. 10 < R< uter) China and Yuuo l;i--via have agreed to establish "normal diplomatic relation and to exchanse diplomatic representatives with the rank of ambassador, the N< w China Communist newi agency said today.
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  • 166 8 An Era Of Sweet Potatoes To End KKALA LUMPUR. MonThc glut of rice m world markets and its consequent de-control m Malaya has ended an "era oi sweet potatoes" for more than 2.000 prisoners m the Federation. They will now get four ounces ol under-milled rice, intead of 12 ounces
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  • 48 8 KUANTAN, Mon. The most up-to-date motor car showroom with service station m thr K.i t Coast was opened on Saturday by the Sultan of Pahang. at Telok Sisek Road, Kuantan. c Sultan's car was driven up to one of the two hydraulic jack for servicing.
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  • 50 8 TANJONG MALIM, Mon f Yee was fined $15 m the Tanjong Malim Magistrate's Court for riding a cycle without lights on Oct. 14. Tan Pong and Khat Kirn Hong were fined $10 each for! a similar offence on Dec. 18 at Main Road. Tanjong Malim
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    139 8 x Standard pholos by J (LEFT): Mr. and Mrs. J Chan Yew Wan pictured J J after their marriage at 2 the Eastern Hotel, Am- pans Road, Kua a J Lumpur, on Sunday. The J J bridegroom is a Police J Inspector at Batu Pahat, Johore and the
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  • 295 8 COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT IN SERGEANT'S CASE KIALA LUMPUR, Mon.— ln spite of the 5250-a--week the Pudu Police got "to keep their noses out of the activities of a fan-tan gambling den,'' they were forced to stage a few bogus raids or •'someone would have smelt a rat," it was alleged
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  • 36 8 MR. W. A. C. Goode. Singapore's Colonial Secretary, was yesterday gazetted to be the Governor's Deputy during Sir John Nicoll's absence from the Colony on a visit to the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands.
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  • 91 8 IPOH. Mon. Mr. Foong Khooi Wan. 52, a former secretary of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce and a Chinese school teacher, was found hanged at Gunong Cheroh on Friday night. The contents of two letters, said to have been written by Mr. Foong. appeared m a
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  • 91 8 BENTONG. Mon Loke Kam Tong, 19. of Loke YewStreet. Bentong. asked his married sister for a cash loan which she refused. He turned up during her absence and removed two gold bracelets from the wrists of his one monthold niece. In the magistrate's court here. Loke was
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  • 165 8 IPOH, Mon. The annual report of the Catholic Welfare Services has emphasised the fact that Catholic welfare does not only cater for Catholics. It made this observation because many people seemed to be under the false impression that this organization only caters for Catholics. An
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  • 48 8 BENTONG. Mon.— A 4'/-year-old housewife, Chen Kiew. a certified opium addict, pleaded guilty to possession of 8£ tahils of prepared opium. The West Pahang. Circuit Magistrate Mr. J. R. Whimster. fined her $500 or three months' imprisonment and ordered the opium to be confiscated
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  • 37 8 AT a meeting of the Muar Cnettiar Community at the temple m Bandar Maharani recently. Mr. M. A. Subbiah Cnettiar ot P.K.N. Co. Ltd. was appointed X a r w a r (trustee).
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    90 8 FIFTEEN- YEAR-OLD Chia Kirn Leong cuts his birthday cake at a grand party held at his home m Weld Road, Kuala Lumpur last Saturday He is the on v son of Mr and Mrs. Chia K->ng Hoik of Kuala Lumpur. His friends from left to right are- Misses
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  • 390 8 Consider Our Prop 0| For Elections Manife KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Associated Chinese Q Commerce have put before the Malayan Chinese Associate point memorandum on Federal elections, with proposals f 3r trade and industrial development and better utilisation of Employees Provident Fund. In forwarding the memorandum, the Associated Chambers
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    32 8 Ml v i j t>l< id b| 1 lH ml' thr M Nen v.ir ii Ill" is MIIY l«rk .v < II Ml |l ■trad Hi E m:ut Sinn Ijn.-.im prt i
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  • 200 8 'We Were Unlucky' Say Youth BENTONG. Mon. Three youths. Chan Hang, 18. Chau Nyam 17. and Hew Ah Kong. 13, were jointly charged m the Magistrate's Court for unlawful possession of 170 katis of scrap rubber belonging to the Sang Lee Estate, Karak. Bentong Chan Han? pleaded guilty while the
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  • 101 8 Tapah SC Was Found In Parit PARIT BUNTAR. Mon. A Special Constable, Mat bin Taib. 34. was charged before Tuan Sheikh Abdullah bin Sheikh Abu Baker here with having absented himself from duty without leave. It was alleged that the accused, stationed m Pekan Pasir. Bidor. on Oct. 8. was
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  • 67 8 BEXTONG. Mon.— For driving an unregistered unlicensed, and uninsured motor winch on Dec. 21 at the 104 th Mile on Manchis-Kuala Pada road. Bentong, 52-year-old, Chang Tang, was lined $1130 or four months imprisonment, by the West Pahang Circuit 'Magistrate. Mr. J. R. Whimster. He was
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  • 30 8 TAIPING, Mon. The Malayan Youth Council will hold a general committee meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday at 9.30 a.m., to discuss plans for a Malayan Youth Seminar.
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  • 80 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Mon. "We did not know there was a curfew alon? this road. We were returning home to Kulim from Taipins." said Scow Ah Chai. Chua Choy Kee and Ooi Chin Kcat. before Circuit Magistrate. Inche Hassain bin Hussein m the Nibong Tebal court for breaking
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  • 292 8 No Xmas Card, Says Inche Albakri i a LUMPUR, Mon.— lnche Mustapha Albakri. Federal Member for industrial and Social Relations, today ridiculed the contention of the Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce that it had been given a Labour Department survey disclosing: grave discrepancies between contract terms
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  • 37 8 MUAR, Mon.— For causing unnecessary obstruction by stopping his car on the road at Jalan Yahy a on Nov. 19 last year, Kueh Hian Yiau 29, was fined $10 m the Police Court here.
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  • 39 8 MUAR, Mon— For gambling m the open spae c of new V. Inge Pagoh, on Dor SI !.i Le e Ah Tor was fined $l r > by Mr. Hoo Ah Kow m the Muar Magistrate's Court
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    25 9 PHOTO. > k »in'S WW cotton, make *-y h 1,,' of th 's cabana coat. Ali of Mia S Ushed and laced WIDE WORLD
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  • 993 9  - Atomic Weapons Dictate New US Strategy ALASTAIR BUCHAN By Washington. THE United States army staff will play a vital role, m conjunction with SHAPE headquarters m Paris, m evolving a theory of land warfare to fit the facts of an era m which both tactical and strategic atomic weapons will
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    46 9 PHOTO. A resort charmer m red and gold, with a oneshoulder decolletage draped high m front, shown m Miami Beach, Fla. The dress Is m silky red cotton with a littlegold pattern. The open-front contour belt is gold, repeated m fringe at the top WIDE WORLD
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  • 132 9 CAIRO. AJOHAMED AHMED got IJ married here on New Year's Day— to THKEE different girls. Today, he divorced two of them and kept the one he liked best. Under a rarc-lnvokcd Moslem law, a man is allowed to marry up to four women at the game
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  • 525 10  -  GRANDMA BY WHAT TS YOUR favourite sleeping attire? Do j£ you like the luxurious nylon nigh\»s that arc so enchanting, but oh so expensive, or do you prefer the versatile and very popular pyjamas? (Perhaps you like to sleep ji; m a sarong, because it i>
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  • 526 10  -  GERREE READ By WOMEN THEY SAY are awkward creatures. You never know where you are with them. They are unpredictable, they have second sight and a sixth sense. Who says this? Why the men of course, but we must confess trfat it is all partly the
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  • 469 10  - Bosoms Are Still With Us DOROTHY ROE By New York designers have I revealed to America's fashion press that women 1 can look feminine and alj luring even though their 5 bosoms Co not precede I them into a room. Previews of new spring fashions were a distinct ret; lief
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  • 56 11 THE first Indonesian built aircraft is the NU 200 "Sikumbang" wh i c h has recently been completed and flown by the Aerot'»chnical Branch of the Indonesian Air Force Specified as a light ground support aircraft the Sikumbang is powered by a de of a 2io a
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  • 217 12 WORK BEGINS ON $1 MILLION HQ FOR GEO. SURVEY THE Geological Survey has already begun prefaminary work on clearing and levelling the Jite lor its new Federal Headquarters at Tiger Lane, Ipoh. Tne overall cost of the new building is estimated at more than $1,000,000. This sum of money has
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  • 174 12 PRODUCE REMAINS QUIET THE produce market m Singapore remained quiet m most sections yesterday with only little business reported. Coconut oil sellers at Penang indicated $50£ per picul. Spore Copra Association closing prices yesterday were: $31g and $312 P^r picul buyers and sellers respectively for January and $32 and $32*
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  • 183 12 OFFICIAL statistics showed imports of rubber into Malaya last year at 344,158 tons were well above the figure for 1953 (277,516 tons). Imports of rubber m December at 22,882 tons were the lowest for monthly tonnage for 1954. The rubber market m Singa-» pore yesterday
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  • 118 12 THE number of persons m civil employment m Britain has reached the new peak of 22,680.000. This return, for November, was an increase of 50.000 m one month, states the U.K. Ministry of Labour. The record has been rising month by month since spring last
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  • 56 12 A NEW type of safety-glass, which incorporates a conductor made of gold film, will be produced shortly by the Triplex Company. The gold film is transparent, and when used for an aircraft windscreen, for example, it is claimed that the new glass will require a lower voltage for deicing
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  • 53 12 H. M. S. Bulwark, a new aircraft carrier, has joined the Royal Navy for service with the Home Fleet. Two other new ships of the same class, H.M.S. Centaur and Albion, have been commissioned for the first time. These three carriers will make a powerful contribution to British
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  • 163 12 SIX highly-skilled Thai radio men are spending several months m the United States lor special television training. When they complete their course at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Institute m Neiv York, the men will return home to operate HSI-TV, Thailand's first television station. All
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  • 655 12 Rice Growing Methods Can Be Improved THE world is going to need more and more rice m the coming years and measures can and must be taken to increase production. Over most of Asia, including Malaya, rice is the staple diet and population continues to grow rapidly. If the East
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    28 12 AN artist's impression of the large laboratories, offices and museum building, of the Geological Survey Headquarters which will cover more than 24,000 square feet 01 floor when completed.
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  • 47 12 DR. SANTIAGO CLARET, leader of a three-member Cuban goodwill mission to Indonesia. Ceylon, Burma and Iran, indicated on his arrival m Bombay the possibilities of some sugar and rubber deals between Cuba and Ceylon and some sugar and rice deals between Cuba and Burma. AP.
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    24 12 THE N.Y.K. Line's Ataml Maru which ha s arrived on its first trip to Singapore and Federation ports, en route to Europe from Japan.
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  • 225 12  -  BERNARD WILLIAMS F inance And Co% By THE 7,600-ton freighter -p oss^ Atomi Maru, the forerunner cf f Ok being built for the Nippon YusenL of Japan, has arrived m Singo* maiden voyage en route to Cont^ from Japan. All these vessels Malayan ports. This postwar-built VtMtl passenger types
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  • 48 12 I I I and v. II ■1 I". P prolii to »:i i dw.il mi I b< m m 284 I I pen I Ij m» ni I to i I eomm< n I I th< larly m I favoun ram I tlv I rubb- r I
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  • 743 12 INDUSTRIALS FIRM AT WEEK'S OPENING INDUSTRIALS were firm on the Malayan share market at the opening of the week. There was little interest shown m tins and rubbers Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex. Bricks Prefs. 2.00 2.10 Ords. 2.65 2.75 Atlas Ice
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  • 21 12 A SHIPBUILDING yard at Hardinxveld, Holland, has handed over the 1,750-ton motor freighter Ara to the Finnish owners.
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  • 67 12 NEW sauiffs and coating »r > lMl> 1 jrr special name Kin irotin— has brrn lX produced by two leading steel comp«»"" xtf f States for certain applications for causes and coatings mre unsuilaM* r > The use of Klectrotin i» confined *j for motor cars and
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    • 560 12 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold Leasehold Properties To be held at our saleroom Nos. 14/16 Robinson Road, Singapore On Thursday 13th January, 1955 at 2.30 P.M. MORTGAGEES SALE:— No. 27 PULASAN RD. Freehold. Area 6.203 sq. ft. (Messrs. Wee Swee Teow Co. Solicitors). No 26 OWEN RD Freehold. Area 1,800
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    • 75 12 NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY (WF.A.O.) Johore Bahru No. 22 of 1937 Re JVfohamed Khalid bin Haji Ali of Land Office, Fontian. Clerk. TVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First md Final Dividend is intended to be declared m the above matter. All creditors must prove their claims on or before Bth
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  • 536 13 Bailey Tailenders Save The MCC HOBART, Tasmania, Jan m n**«* mined batting by Trevor Ball^ «K (Rcut 5 r) Deter tailenders enabled the MCC elicit 53 and c innings lead of 21 runs over attbtaJM^ 11 rst days play here today. Combined XI after two Replying to the Combined XI
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  • 52 13 F urownI" vlds n i avrll b b i n b 3 I B— (1 b,3 K»n Uavidfonnon I l/a B pnil u' Hird 9 idr^ n X If) B^naml I loUl 2« I 2 11 > i It l 4 Total 9 B ullI11 i M I W
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  • 10 13 luri— I r I Egypty j m of MaI•
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  • 67 13 KARACHI. Jan. P, (Reu ter) Ine Pakistan team for the second Test against India starting at Bahawagur. on .January 15 will be chosen from 16 players who were named today:— A. H. Kardar (captain* Fazal Mahmood. Imtiaz Ahmed. Waqar Hassan, Maqsood Ahmed, Mahmood Hussain. Khsn Mohammed. Shujauddin
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    3 13 DR. K. BANNISTER
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  • 143 13 "I'm Not So Fit" Chris JOHANNESBURG. Jan. 9. (Reuter) Chris Chata- way. Britain's Empire Games three-mile cham- pion, arrived by air at the Jan Smuts airport here tonight. He is to run m a three- mile race at the Johan- nesburg Harriers Golden Jubilee v^eeting at Won- derers Oval, Johannes-
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  • 29 13 STOCKHOLM. Jan. 9. (AP) Sweden defeated Russia 5-2 m the second match of the Russian-Swedish ice hockey return meet m Moscow today, the Swedish News Agency reported.
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  • 896 13 HONOURS LIST ANGER BRITISH SPORTS FANS JSLWwsnr grouse spreads LONDON Jan B i y V *L RN °N MORGAN dlsmayVto and <*«** fans were been honoured fn^hi S' R ger anni *ter had not whereas an M I BE »L?? W J e r 4 st of decorations Landy. went
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    • 380 13 SITUATION WANTED TTTELL EDUCATED, young ?T intelligent man. aged 27. 10 years experience. with thoroueh knowledge of Store Keeping. Stock Control work Costing Accounts. Correspondence. Box N0.T.1889 S.S. EDUCATION HOIUOEOPATHY is scientific cheap, effective, harmless easily learnt. Prospectus free For best postal tuition by Qualified doctors, apply:— Grace Mcdi cal
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    • 929 13 afsdfsdfsf SITUATIONS VACANT pHINESE Affairs Officers 1 v-* Qualifications: Candidates J must: (t) Be Citizens of the J Federation. (2) ordinarily have I attained their 24th birthday 1\ before Ist February. 1955. (3) I at least have passed the School > Certificate Examination (candi- dates who recently sat for the
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    • 922 13 ENCACEMENI IM-SEET. The engagement y announced on the 9th anuary 1953 between Tommy J im Boon Tat, elder son of ■T, Mrs. Lim Teck Soon and -ily Sect second daughter of dr. Mrs. Scet Teng Chye. ACKNOWLEDCMENF \W Y EOH c "cow cfiong thanks all friends and reent YeS i
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    • 199 13 flbncr By M Capp V v ROr/ECT^^- r OH, DON'T CARRY CM y^^l HERE "-IT SX/O* Af l\' KA.^T I MOST /AH SO/. r -lF VO' WERE </ /UZfyA E.XACK LV TH' V JL\ _.t< l^V^tA IRREPLACEABLE J (h-HAS?) SO STUCK OM THET )/W >SAME V .'JrrT arrTCDff' r^^ r
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  • 961 14 The Trial- Parade Of Malaya' s Old Home Guards! KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Some official of the Badminton Association of Malaya must be feeling proud that the game has had its first Thomas Cup trial... and why not? A trial was indicated, and they Kave put m the necessary effort to
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  • 254 14 "I AM QUITE satisfied with the performances of the first Thomas Cup trialists at Kuala Lumpur during the weekend," Thomas Cup coach, Leow Kirn Fatt, said on his return to Singapore yesterday. Three members of the "Old Brigade" Ooi Teik Hock. Wong Peng
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  • 200 14 POLICE Sports Club decided their Singapore division 1 hockrv match against G.H.Q. m the first half to win by two goals to one at Tanglin yesterday. GHQ were unlucky m that a few seconds befor e the final whistle, a terrific hook shot off W/O
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  • 238 14 THERE WILL be two runs each for Horses Class One and Class Four at the threeday Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup Meeting on Feb. 12. 16. and 19. at Kuala Lumpur. .The two special races at the meeting will be the Gold Cup Race over
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  • 727 14 Ten Olympic Stars In Team ComingTo Impress AFTER the impressive displays by Malayan hockey stalwarts against the Indian Hockey Federation, the Pakistanis are taking no chances and the team arriving m Penang on Feb. 15 for a countrywide tour comprise the cream of players from that
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  • 138 14 Pakistanis' Revised Programme THE Malayan Hockey Federation yesterday announced a revised programme of the Pakistanis tour of this country as follows: Feb. 15 PHF vs Federation Reserves (to b e confirmed). Penang; Feb. 17: PHF vs Penang at Penang. Feb. 18: PHF VI Pernk at Ipoh: Feb. ?0: First test;
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  • 37 14 SINGAPORE Recreation Club beat the Ceylon Sports Club 3 l m a friendly hockey match played at the SRC padang yesterday. Scorers were Klass. Carnegie and Martens for Rccs. Vanderput scored for the Ceylonese.
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  • 157 14 FA CUP 4th. RND. DRAW LONDON. Jan. 10 (Rcuter) The draw for th c fourth round of the Football Association Cup (matches to be playen on Saturday. Jan. 29) wa s made here today and resulted as follows: Wolvcrhampton v Arsenal. Bristol Rovers v Chelsea. Sheffield Wed. v Nott s
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  • 39 14 INDIAN Recreation Club whipped Rajaji Sports Club (i-0 m the semi-final of the Tamil festival Soccer competition played at Farrcr Park yesterday. Goal-scorers for the winners were Kr.shna 2 Stephen 2. and Gnani and Bala one each
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  • 37 14 SINGAPORE Cricket Club Women's beat thqr Girls Sports Club 4-0 m a Seven-a-side hockey match played at the SCC padang yesterday. Scorers for the SCC were D Mills (2) J. Atkinson and Mrs. Mertough.
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  • 567 14 SAFA Invite Reds The Don't Know They're RED A FORMIDABLE Austrian soccer team representing Vienna's Admira Sports Club will arrive m the Colony on Feb. 1 to play three matches here. This was announced at the monthly Council meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association held at SAFA clubhouse yesterday.
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  • 26 14 KUALA Malayan H j have i. rcncc. Si 4 pominj ji tpccia tra;i the Indu:i t Qtrn half. D Stcph( and Co I othor> ing.
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    • 65 14 n v WHAT HAPPENED to the promise of first class retCt Hum youngsters? The training classes and full time coaches? n<A ft A Or ha ihe hot air lulled the wite men hrnl minton to sleep the sleep of Rip Van Winkle! y>' A r BJU L L JE T
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