Singapore Standard, 15 January 1955

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    17 1 Singapore Standard GHJ fc A, M E> i'»t- SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1935 II PAGES ir> CENTS.
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    Lock icon Widows Foil 3 Armed Thugs
    194 1 Widows Foil 3 Armed Thugs Übers 'Govt. Men Trick Misfires 1.. e wiles one of y Hod in Tras m cbtcr- ar-old p both Lumpur Sin- nths* H ..use V riivt Moor M :..n. to. E i were M for K) V t. Mcn?-Show L Your Pass!' b you are
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    Lock icon 'I Made No Deal With Chou'-Dag
    194 1 I'NITKD NATIONS, New York Jan 14 mv\ Secretary General Dag Hammarsk°oeld sa" d to'dly to* no deals of any kind" for the release of n American prisoners sentenced as spies were suggested bv either s.de in h,s talks with Red Chinese PremferChou En-Ta" He
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    Lock icon N'lists Bomb Red Guns
    80 1 TAIPEI. Jan. 14 (Router) The Chinese Nationalists today claimed further successes in bombing raids on Communist gun positions on Tienao Island and "fleet concentrations' near the Nationalistheld Tachen Island off the South Chckiang coast. Nationalist Air Force sourcos reported "good" results Five or six Communist vessels,
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    Lock icon AUSSIE DIPLOMAT
    24 1 EXTERNAL Affairs Minister Richard Casey announced in Canberra, yesterday that Mr. D. O. Hay had been appointed Australian Minister to Thailand. Reuter
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    Lock icon That Templer Park Tiger Is Dead
    76 1 SELANGOR'S Game Harden. Mr. G. Leonard (white shirt) takes a "dig" at the carcass of the Templer Park tiger which he shot on Thursday night near Kuang. The beast was shot as it stood over a carcass of a cow. It took 11 men
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    Lock icon THE BIG BEN SILENCED
    61 1 LONDON. Jan. 14 (Reu- Britons awoke today to the worst freeze up for eight years that even silenced the voice of Big Ben Parliament's famous clock' Sub zero conditions brought by a 16-hour snow fall over the city iced up the clock's workings at 3.24 a.m.
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    Lock icon Reds Capture Laos Forts
    56 1 VIENTIANE, LAOS. Jan. 14 UP) Communist-led forces last night attacked and captured two small posts in northern Laos in direct violation of the Indo-China armistice, the Laos Government charged today. The international armistice control commission immediately dispatched a mobile investigating team to the spot near Sam
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    Lock icon FREIGHTER IN GRAVEDANGER
    46 1 FREIGHTER IN GRAVE DANGER NORFOLK, Virginia. Jan. 14 (UP) The freighter s.s Steelore sent an SOS message intercepted by the coast guard today saying she is listing badly in the Atlantic 300 miles off Charleston. South Carolina, and that the crew would have to abandon ship.
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    Lock icon TREATY RATIFIED
    16 1 THE Nationalist Legislative Yuan yesterday unanimously ratified the United StatesFormosa Mutual Defence Treaty. Router.
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    Lock icon $45 MILLION SMILE
    95 1 photo. THE deaths of her grandmother and an uncle in less than a month have made Mrs. Collie Netcher Bragno. pictured here, 28. of Chicago, sole heir to an estimated SLV. million, (about MS4S million). When Mrs. Netcher Newbury died on Dec. 12. she left her estate
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    Lock icon Warship's Visit
    19 1 OTTAWA. Jan. 14. (AP) Canadian warships will visit India and Pakistan for the first time next month.
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    Lock icon $Million Ring Of Smugglers Is Smashed
    63 1 $Million Ring Of Smugglers Is Smashed TAIPEI. Jan. 14 (UP) Nationalist police authorities revealed today they had cracked a million-dollar smuggling ring which flooded Formosa with Hongkong luxury goods. Several Nationalist legislators were said to be involved. The ring reportedly used travellers and refugees to smuggle in high-priced luxury items
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    Lock icon Kissing Is Taboo On Korea Screens
    120 1 SEOUL, Jan. 14 (UP) Kissing and Communism are taboos on inoti n picture screens in the Republic of Korea. Both appear "unnatural" to the Korean way of life. Scenes with sex are care- fully snipped off the reels of foreign films before being shown
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    Lock icon 59 Reds Hold Out For The Sixth Day
    376 1 Hide And Seek In The Selangor Swamps Land, Sea And Air Bombardment Goes On Hunt For Elusive Chia Tien Liu And His Gang By J. C. BOIS, Standard Staff Correspondent TELOK DATOH, Kuala Selangor, Fri.— The grim, murderous game of hide-and seek
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    Lock icon CANBERRAS ARE COMING
    71 1 LONDON. Jan. 14. (Reuten —Four of the latest versions of the Canberra twin jet bomber in service with the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, are to spend threemonths on operation trials with the Far East Air Force the Air Ministry announced yesterday. They will leave on Feb.
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    Lock icon CHINESETOLD:'YOU MUST SACRIFICE'
    217 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, President of the Malayan Chinese Association, today reiterated his call to the Chinese community in the country to make its progress^ to self-government "an era of austerity and sacrifice." "There is no question of the Chinese keeping an economic hold
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    Lock icon Persian Visit
    29 1 NEW DELHI. Jan. 14 «Reutor)—Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, will visit Persia this year when he goes to Russia, a Foreign Office rpokesman said today.
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    Lock icon THE MAN THEY CAN'T GAG
    10 1 THE MAN THEY CAN'T GAG Turn To Pag a 10
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    Lock icon UK Atomic Document Stolen
    168 1 UK Atomic Document Stolen LONDON. Jan 14 <\P) The Daily Herald said todl) a top secret document glvin; details of Britain's most ad vanced discoveries in the u of atomic cneruy for kndu trial purposes ha.s bn n len. The Herald reported that brief-case containlof document vanished on Tin day
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    Lock icon Firm Has Plan To Train Xmas Islanders
    332 2 Firm Has Plan To Train Xmas Islanders CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Fri. Outstanding students and apprentices from lonely Christmas Island, hundreds of miles south-west of Java, are offered scholarships in the United Kingdom and Australia by the Phosphate Mining Company. The Governor of Singapore Sir John Nicoll. was told 1 his yesterday
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    Lock icon Bar Exam Results
    91 2 LONDON, Jan. 14. The following Malayans passed their Bar Examinations: Class III: M. S. bin Abas. Trengannu; Bahaudin bin Mohammed Yaarob. Selangnr; S. C. Chan. Selangor; Y. 11. Chre. Province Wellesley; Miss A. II Gwoh. Johore; E. Joseph. Ncßri Sembiian; K. Y. Khons. Perak; P. S. Lai.
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    Lock icon Suspected Poisoning
    26 2 TAN GEOK ENG a 26-year-old married woman, was rushed to the Singapore General Hospital from her home in Bco Lane, yesterday Poisonins Is suspected
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    39 2 HONGKONG. Jan. 14: Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15 60 to £1 sterling; $5.8675 to US$l: $1,834 to Malayan SI SO 170 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $257.75 to a tael.
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    110 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (rents per Ib in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* No I K.SS Spot Loose 955 No I K.SS fob Dec. 96 UH\ No. 2 951 95; No. I 92{ **2a Tone: Quietly ste*<iv TIN FKICfc The priie> of tin ves terday was ***** nei picul.
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    Lock icon EMERGENCY
    23 2 THE Governor of ISirjgapore, Sir John Nicoll, in a proclamation published yesterday, extended the period of the Emergency by another three months
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    Lock icon 5,000 CELEBRATE 4th TAMIL FESTIVAL
    373 2 As Symbol Of Unity ABOUT 5,000 Tamils of Singapore crowded the Happy World Stadium yesterday to celebrate the fourth annual Tamil festival to symbolixe the unity and promote the culture of 600,000 Tamils of Malaya. Meetings were held throughout the Federation to celebrate the festival.
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    Lock icon PASSION FOR NARCOTIC GETS 2 JAIL TERMS
    110 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl M- Justice H W Wilson In the Selangor Criminal Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeals cf two agerj men on their sentence of nine montns imprisonment each on charges of being in possession ot chandu and smoking paraphernalia. Di*
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    Lock icon HOMELESS GO TO ST. JOHN'S
    54 2 ABOUT 120 people comprising 14 families in Sekijang Kcchill off Singapore are now quartered at St. John's Island Quarantine Station as their homes were damaged by the high tide on Wednesday.' Most of them have lost their personal belongings. They are being given aid by
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    Lock icon Adventists Meet Today
    51 2 THE first meeting of the Far Eastern Division of the Seventh Hav Adventist Church begins in Singapore today and will continue unti. Jan. 23 It will be attended by more than M Adventist (Jhurrh leaders from Indonesia. Japan Korea. Malaya. Philippines. Hongkong. Formosa. Guam and Western New
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    Lock icon It Was No Tour For Cash—Hsiung
    305 2 It Was No Tour For Cash— Hsiung $20 Mil. Target Is Assured frh S T S UNG De n of the Faculty of Arts of the Nanyans University, yesterday said there was -a mistaken impression" that the recent tour of the Federation by the University Chairman, Mr. Tan Lark Sye
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    311 2  -  ANDREW FANG By MR. F. W. Twecdic— popular and hardworking Director of Raffles Museum, scientist, student of pre-history. and student of natural history. That was how the President of the Singapore Historical Society. Mr. Abidin bin Ahmad, introduced Mr Tweedie to members of the society last night. If he
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    Lock icon Assaulted By Four Visitors
    31 2 A MAN 111 Road. SinK.« up and of four m<n hou.xr l;f < n i someonr kn door. Up he stepped i it to Mf uh<> liad fjj
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    33 2 union. ln coiMi-ii lo ;> disahilM.r, rstabl.sh,,,." 1 r > funds. 'If., H and adopt QI has a «-iTp Ifd UP J£ best to m %X '-'I Kohl J? _>»t.ind.ir d t> >dit "I
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    50 2 BINGAPOttrwJ bet ol Lo laun< h ra!!i- of the Co vote. Todij Shenton w. tno pr< Mr. Krt Ti president, Qc I Sye. Ng A Hui-t I Be lore will be a and Chii 1 Up men were itafe, Next common i es to a pr the Q,n barrier
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    Lock icon Nanyang's Brush-Up Plan To Start In March
    184 2 Nanyang's Brush- Up Plan To Start In March A SPECIAL course for students who wish to "brush up" on weak subjects In preparation for the matriculation examinations of the Nanyang University was announced by Dr. S. I. Hslung Dean of the Faculty of Arts' yesterday The course, which has been
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    Lock icon THIS STRIKE MAY NOT COME OFF
    137 3 THE threatened strike by out -.500 employees of the Singapore City Council's Electrical Department, on Jan. 20. may not materialize. Reason The City Council ollercd permanent work to thc two retrenched workers formerly employed at the Pasir Panjang Power Station. The workers threatened to
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    Lock icon Johore Leaders Say Thanks To Mentri Besar
    270 3 Johore Leaders Say Thanks To Mentri Besar recently retired, received many messages of thanks fo? an At Home isas Among those present to do honour to Dato Sycd were heads of Government departments, Johore State Councillors and local leaders. Dato Syed played a prominent part in the estabishment of a
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    Lock icon Stole To Recover Back Pay
    118 3 Stole To Recover Back Pay PLEADING guilty in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday, to a charge of stealing four electric main switches, Mohamcd Ghazaly bin Osman said he did it because his employer failed to pay his salary for two months. The switches belonged to I Kim Cheng Radio
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    Lock icon Child Died Of Burns
    80 3 A WASHERWOMAN. Ong Sicw Eng. told the Singapore Coroner, yesterday, that the of her five-year-old daughter. Chew Ah Poh. caught fire in the kitchen of their house in Paya Lebar on Nov. 10. Chew died three days later i a result of the burns. Ong said
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    Lock icon Nanyang Kee Sie
    97 3 THE following were elected office-bearers of the Singapore Nanyang Kee Sie Kong Huay. at its annual meeting yesterday. President, Mr. Kee Koh K e o n g. vice Presidents. Messrs. Kee Chai Tng and Kee Beng Teck; secretary. Mr. Kee Boon Tee; asst. secretaries. Messrs. Kee Keng
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    Lock icon YEAR OF THE SHEEP GETS A LEAN START
    345 3 YEAR OF THE SHEEP GETS A LEAN START THE lean Year of th» Sheep looks like living up to its name if the lack of business Singapore traders have experienced in the past week is any criterion Although Chinatown ?i attracting the usual pre? Chinese New Year crowd of shoppers
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    Lock icon Anchored Ships In Harbour Collide
    200 3 Anchored Ships In Harbour Collide FOUR ships in Singapore's Inner Koads drafted their anchors, and were m\olved in minor collisions when a freak storm, backed by a fast rising tide, u hipped across the port between noon and 1 p.m. jesterday. The ships are the Torina. of the Far East
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    Lock icon $3,600 In Fines
    26 3 ABOUT 600 cases of ofTences by hawkors were dealt with by the Singapore Citv Police Court yesterday. Fines totalling some 5.3.600 were collected.
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    22 3 TAIPING, Fri.— The monthly meeting of the Taiping Town Council will be held on Thursday. Jan. 20 at 2.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon YOUTH HURT A COURT WATCHMAN
    211 3 A MECHANIC, Chan Ting Chee. 17. was bound over in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday, for causing hurt to a middle-aged Civil District Court watchman. Lopoh bin Amotan. in the discharge of his duties at Potong Pasir on Sept. 2. The Magistrate. Mr. J.
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    Lock icon Got Drunk While Checking Drunks
    220 3 Warrant Officer Reprimanded WARRANT Officer Christopher George Webb was on duty in the Britannia Club on the night of Dec. 19 when a party of French sailors "already in a state of drunkenness," entered. i They were singing and passing remarks at a party of
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    Lock icon They Were Wise To His Trick
    95 3 THREE gangsters. one armed with a knife, went to the house of a Special Constable attached to the Singapore Marine Police in Sembawang Road on Thursday night and demanded $1,000. "I don't have the money in the house." the S.C. told the thugs, "but
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    Lock icon UMNO TO SEEK HIS RELEASE
    59 3 THE UMNO branch of Parit Kuala Pilah in Negri Sembilan. has decided to ask UMNO Headquarters; to press for the release of Ahmad Boestamam. leader of the API. a Malay left-wing youth movement banned under the Emergency Regulations. Boestamam has been detained by Government since
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    Lock icon DENIES HE STOLE COINS
    47 3 S YUSSOF bin Sycd Ibrahim Shah, 23. was charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, with stealing $1 in coins, belonging to Chay May. at a house in Swettenham Road on Jan. 13. He claimed trial and was remanded until Jan. 17.
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    Lock icon MCA SOFT-PEDALS ITS SCHOOLS PROTEST
    222 4 MCA SOFT -PEDALS ITS SCHOOLS PROTEST To Await Results Of Negotiations KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A meeting of the Malayan Chinese Association's central committee on education today decided that there should be no hartals or drastic steps against Education Ordinance while negotiations with the High Commissioner were underway. These "practical steps"
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    47 4 French Visitors M. ROGER DUVEAU, French Secretary of Overseas Territories and his wife, arrived at Kalian? Airport, Singapore, by BOAC Constellation yesterday, after a tour of New Caledonia and French Oceania. M. Duveau will meet the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, before he leaves for Colombo on Sunday.
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    Lock icon Trousers Hem Used As Noose
    142 4 TAN Foo Loo, 60-year-old inmate of Outram Road Prison in Singapore, was found hanging in his cell on Nov. 21, last year, soon after he had, been refused opium, the Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Tan was serving a sentence for possessing the drug. A
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    Lock icon Police Keep Guard At Godown Wall
    76 4 Police Keep Guard At Godown Wall PART of Wailich Street in Singapore was fenced off yesterday as one of the four walls of a godown. the roof of which caved in on Thursday night, is likely to collapse. Policemen stood guard all day to keep people away from the danger
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    Lock icon 3 WOMEN FOR AUSTRALIA
    57 4 THREE women employees of the Singapore City Council a staff nurse and two health visitors are to go to Australia for further training under the Colombo plan. They are: Miss Tan Gek Kim (staff nurse) Mrs. Liang Geok Lin and Mrs Aw Ah Kee. They are
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    Lock icon Exhibition Of Photos
    89 4 THE Sixth Open Exhibition of Photographs will be held by the Singapore Art Society in the British Council Hall from Feb. 4 to 13. A total of 144 entries from 20 countries have been received for the two main sections pictorial and record. The judging of exhibits
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    Lock icon Scherger Says Goodbye
    106 4 Scherger Says Goodbye KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The man who directed the Royal Air Force operations In the most crucial period of the Malayan Emergency, ie-fi today for Australia to Uke up a high defence post. Air Vice-Marshal F. R W. Scherger. who nai also responsible for the rapid growth of
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    Lock icon PARKING BAN AT CATHEDRAL
    78 4 NO parking will be allowed on both sides of St Andrew's Road from High Street to Coleman Street until afier the inspection of the Guard of Honour at 10.30 a.m. aurin* the ceremonial opening of the Singapore Assizes on Monday Traffic will not be allowed to
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    63 4 SINGAPORE Traffic Police are to take action against motorists who refuse to give way to ambulances proceeding on urgent calls. Mr. A. A. Rajah. Chief of the Traffic Police, told The Standard that the men of his department will keep a close watch for offenders. Motorists
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    Lock icon Traffickers Go Out Of Business
    214 4 Seven Ringleaders Banished MANY big-time opium smugglers were pushed out of business in Singapore last year, the Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Mr. H. Me N. W. Richardson, told The Standard yesterday. This was achieved by effective anti-smuggling work done by the Singapore Central Narcotics Intelligence
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    Lock icon DANGEROUS DRIVER FINED
    54 4 KAMARI bin Haji JafTar was fined $150 in the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday on a charge of dangerous driving near the junction °r f n the Jast Coast Road and Nallur Road on Sept 14 last yenr As a result of Kamari's action, his car collided
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    Lock icon Bureau For The Flying Saucer Fans
    78 4 Bureau For The Flying Saucer Fans THE Universal Flying Saucer Bureau, which was formed in Singapore recently, has received the official blessings of the Colony Government. It has been exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance. Six other associations have been registered, it was revealed in the Government Gazette yesterday.
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    Lock icon REPORT ON DAMAGE TO ESPLANADE
    80 4 REPORT ON DAMAGE TO ESPLANADE A COMPLETE report on the damage done to Singapore's Queen Elizabeth Walk by the recent heavy seas affecting the Colony, including the assessment of the damage will be sent to the President of the City Council in the next few days. The City Architect, Mr
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    Lock icon Charged With Stealing $2
    50 4 A WOMAN, Tay Bept Neo. was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with stealing $2. belonging to Mr. E. M Clayton, at a house in Upper East Coast Road on Jan. 13 She claimed trial and $250 bail wa s offered until Jan. 21.
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    205 4 ...And A S'pore Club Entertains Him uii iiati o Standard Staff Reporter in m«Jf «t Vlk Snut an American artist whose works have been exhibits teaTv f hi p C T^""? art gaUeries in the United States, was entertained to tea by the President of
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    Lock icon They Sign The Same Book As Queen
    162 5 They Sign The Same Book As Queen FOUR Malayan air cadets during the course of a tour of Sydney this week were invited by the Lord Mayor to sign the <-itys visitors' book. K al of "on a visit to scheme an excnan g e air A rl^f ot J°
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    Lock icon The Charge Is Explained
    46 5 A CHARGE of abetting an attempted murder allegedly committed by Abdul JafTar and others at Serangoon Road o n Jan. 5. was explained to Yusof bin Rahim in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday. He was remanded in custody until Jan. 21.
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    Lock icon RAF REUNION
    22 5 OLD boys of the K.A.F. College. Cranwell, England, will hold their sixth annual reunion at the Adclphi HotelSingapore, this evening
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    Lock icon STORM FELLED TREE CRUSHES SIXTEEN EGGS
    121 5 A 200-FOOT tree (below) uprooted during a freak tornado in Singapore yesterday fell across the junction of Sri Menanti Road and Jervois Road and all the damage it did was to crush 16 eggs which were being hatched. The mother hen escaped but lost
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    Lock icon 42 Mixed Marriages Last Year
    71 5 ONE thousand three hundred and eighty-one couples were married in Singapore last year, 101 more than in i953, according to the Registrar of Marriages. Chinese weddings luaded the list with 1,15:1. lotiowed by 96 Indian marriages. 76 European 22 Eurasian and three Sikh Forty-two mixed
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    Lock icon POLICE TRANSFER
    22 5 KUALA LIPIS. Fri. -Police Inspector Mahmud bin Haji Omat. Assistant O.C.P.D. Kuanian, has been transferred to C.I.D. Headquarters. Kuala Lipis.
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    29 5 The Lord Mavor of Sydney. Alderman P.O Hills on the balcony of the Sydney Town Hall with the party of Malayan air cadets
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    Lock icon Amahs Hit By 'Self-Help' Trend
    165 5 Amahs Hit By 'Self -Help' Trend ™.rvl5 E yea J. 1954 has been a 4 bad" year for domestic with iu ln &*Q°™' Only 1,657 of 3,759 registered with the Colony Labour Exchange found work. in the previous year. 3.48y domestic workers registered with the Labour Exchanges of whom 2,205)
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    81 5 Three Face Allegation Of Robbery TAN Kian Seng and Ng 1 Choon Seng, alias Chor Huay were tentatively charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with armed robbery at a house in Killinty Road on Dec. 29, last year. Armed with a knife, they were alleged to have robbed
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      105 5 Standard cMlmcincic Information at a Glance I N (3 A P O R E S'PORE CO-OTEBATIVE IMDN: Tea na:ty In honour of Mr TK Carey at John Littles Cafe 430 :> m voi \<: >i\i.\\\\s CLtlB: Monthly meeting of the Executive Council, at Youth Council premises 3.30 p m CHINESE
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      145 5 SPORE I. \HOI'R PARTY: Annual meeting at South Eas Asia Hotel. Waterloo Street. 2 pm CONFERENCE Ot the Leaders of the Seventh Dav Adventist Far east Division, at Thomnson Road MM. M'llK \l. SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY Ol- MALAVA: V.s:t by Students a* Shell Installation in Pulo Bukom RASC CIVILIAN ASS\
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      541 6 rpHE future of the Chinese in an independent Malaya is a problem that is exercising the minds of the Chinese leaders and people in this country. From the bitter lessons learned in neighbouring countries during the post-war years, the Chinese here are seeking ways and means not only
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      251 6 'JpHE Federation Member for Education, Mr. L D. Whitfield, in his Thursday night's broadcast, stressed that the education policy was not a policy ot destroying any culture except ignorance. It "aims to give the greatest possible amount of a type of education which will fit young people of
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    865 6  -  William Clark By TEHERAN, Friday. IN an exclusive interview with General Zahedi. the Prime Minister of Persia, I was told that all the oil revenues would be spent on production and rehabilitation projects, and not put into the current budget of the Government. This is
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      851 6 No One Has Contradicted Nehru's Statement Sir: Regarding the Nehru Devaser controversy it is a noteworthy point that no one has even attempted to contradict the statement that Mr.- Nehru was supposed to have made. Even Mr. Thaver. President of the Malayan Indian Association, and an archcritic of the M.1.C..
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      108 6 Q*? ir: ,~T On Saturday, the Bth of January, 1955, at about 10 a.m., I fang up the Supervisor of the Registration Eranch. General Fost Office. Singapore, and asked him whether he could trace my registered letter from Kuala Lumpur, addressed to me at my residence, but which was
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    510 6 Review of Views i Important Problem TITUS AN Mclayu points out that whatever party comes into power after the next Federal elections, the problem of providing an educational policy which will meet the needs of the various communities in the country, would be .one of the most important problems to
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    350 6  -  UNKNOWN 'T'HERE is a saying that A when it rains it pours. This is what happened in the Federation this week. It poured advice on national languages. The Professor of Tamil, in the University of Ceylon. Rev. Fr. X. Thaninayagam. told hla compatriots in the Federal Capital that it
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    75 7 r 'UP) [1 bed j that 19-: .o the her body seven times. He then jumped from the train. The girl was taken to Hiroshima railway hospital where she died from her wounds. ?ano's body was found along the railway tracks in the city.
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    171 7 But Georgi Might Be A Tough Nut To Crack 0 Loilobrigida said ,j aV wcrid tension ftc Si she talked over pr.vatcly J Soviet Premier ,i Malcnkov. If course I would go IJS ia if it would help 1" said the j y octrcss, who hes^ met President Eisenhower,
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    131 7 TOKYO, Jan. 14, (Reuter)— An excited mob of Korean men interned in a deportation camp at Omura Southern Japan, tore down a wooden fencing dividing them from the women's camp and carried off about 40 I prisoners, according to Japanese reports reaching here today.
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    81 7 MOSCOW. Jan. 14 (UP) Soviet Russia said today she will share with the world her discoveries in the operation ol industrial plants with atomic power. The Russian announcement said a report on their operation will be made public before a United Nationssponsored conference on
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    105 7 Search Off For Missing Aircraft SAINT EVAL. Cornwall. Jan. 14 (Reuter)— The Royal Air Force yesterday called off an Atlantic search lor two missing planes with 18 men aboard owing to worsening weather. The planes. R.A.F. Shackletons on marine reconnaissance, and each carrying a crew of nine, disappeared on Tuesday
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    114 7 Grenade Thrower Found Dead VENICE. Jan 14 (UP) A demented custom? suard. who killed two persons and injured 44 others when he tossed grenades into a crowded movie theatre on Sunday, was found dead her e last night, police reported Po'ico here reported the body of Michele Cannarozzo, 49. had
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    393 7 STORM RISES OVER A BBC TALK ON GOD THE DEVIL LONDON, Jan. 14— (AP)— A storm developed in Britain yesterday over a radio broadcast that said children could now be told that some people do not think there is really a God "any more than there is really a Santa
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    53 7 An DER BY. Jan 14 (Reuter)An ord ,er for a modified version of th* DH-110 jet plane which crashed at the 1952 Jjarnborough air show killing f Pfopte, has been placed by the Ministry of Supply for the neet air arm The DH-110 is an allweather
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    45 7 WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. (UP)— The Duke of Windsor is scheduled to see President Eisenhower today. according to an announcement by the White House Secretariat Officials said that he will call on the President accompanied by British Ambassador Sir Roger Makins.
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    73 7 NORWICH. Norfolk, Jan. 14. (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill's Conservatives n-urowly retained their seat in a parliamentary by-election polled yesterday in the Norfolk constituency. The results declaied here today was Mr John Hill. (Conservative)—ls.ll9; Mr. John Stewart. (Lab.)— 14,254: Majority —865. The by-election was caused in this
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    79 7 LONDON, Jan. 14 (AP)-The Royal Navy disclosed yesterday it has developed a helicopter rescue system to snatch men from the sea in nets, like fish. The aerial "trawling" gear was designed by Lt. Commander John S. Sproule. The net. trailing a sea-anchor to keep the open side
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    148 7 Ike Wants 17-Year-Old Volunteers WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UP) President Eisenhower yesterday asked Congress to extend the draft for four years, set up a massive reserve training programme for young men 17 and 18 years old and ra;se the pay of the armed services. The Chief Executive's reserve plan called for
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    76 7 LONDON. Jan. 14 (Reuter) The Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, has given the assurance of "all possible co-operation from the Indian Government" in the production of a film of the life of Mahatma Gandhi, it was announced here yesterday. The film to be called "The
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    23 7 ISRAELI Foreign Minister Mosh Sharett told the Knesset (Parliament) yesterday that he hopes Israel ran c.-iablish relations with Red China UP
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    177 7 Fascist Salutes Songs At Marshal's Funeral ROME. Jan. 14 (Reuter)— Many mourners shouted Fascist slogans and raised their right arms in the Fascist salute at the funeral service for Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, last major figure of the Mussolini era in a small parish church here yesterday. Hundreds of special riot
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    266 7 NEW RED PROTEST ON GERMANY RearmamentPlan Violates Protocol' MOSCOW, Jan. 14,— The Soviet Union handed representatives of the Western European Union (WEU) powers notes last night protesting their plan to rearm West Germany. The Russians contended the plan would violate the Geneva convention barring weapons of mass destruction. The notes
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    56 7 Photo. PRINCESS Alexandra of Kent, shown recently here moving on at jne start of a hunt with the Pytchley from Guilsborough. Northants, was spilled while taking a brook shortly afterward. She wa s unhurt and although covered in mud remounted her bay hunter and continued to
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    188 7 Chiang's Bastion Is 'Re- Neutralised' U.S.-Formosa Pact LONDON, Jan. 14, (Reuter) Nationalist China's agreement not to invade the Chinese mainland without United States* consent amounts to re-neutralisa-tion of Formosa, the island headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang: Kai-shek, in the view of diplomatic quarters here. The agreement is contained in an exchange
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    37 7 BALDOCK. Hetfordshire. Jan. 14 (Reuter) Princess Margaret escaped unhurt when a car in which she was travelling was in a slight collision with another car on an icy road near here last night.
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    124 7 Haystack Search For Queen's Watch KINGS LYNN. England. Jan. 14 (L'P).— Three soldiers equipped with mine detectors joined royal attendants in a needle-in-the-hay-stack search yesterday for a wrist watch lost by Queen Elizabeth. The Queen lost the watch while walking back to the Royal Palace at SandrinKham with the Queen
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    48 7 FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 14 (UP) A C-119 "Flying Boxcar" lost an engine ov< t Fairbanks la: t ni^ht and S3 paratroopers wore ordmd to parachute before the pll<»t landed the bi« plum safely. It was the third C-119 which developed engine failure this week.
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    73 7 Standard London Correspendcnt LONDON, Jan. 14 The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin or the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 28Id. Februory 28jld. March 28 d. April/June 27Jd July/September 27 Ad. October/ December 2 7_d February c.i.f. 27id. Tone Steady LONDON TIN Spot
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    228 8 Templer Park 'Terror' Is Dead KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The '"Templer Park tiger," which frightened tnppers to this Selangor beauty spot and feasted on cattle on its precincts for months, is dead. •The 400 lb. beast was cornered over the carcass ol a cow near Kuang. at 7 p.m. yesterday by
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    38 8 RAUB. Fri.— Ho Chin Choy. 18. of Scmpalit New Village. Raub, who removed two torchlight batteries, without a permit, from the food restricted area of Raub on Jan. 6. was fined $25 or two weeks* imprisonment.
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    276 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— At next week's Legislative Council meeting Mr. Yeap Ctioong Keng, MTUC in the Council, will ask the Member for Education on what accepted expert opinion he introduced the recent "standardization" examination in the Federation's primary schools. .Mr. Yeap also wants to
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    48 8 MR. ERIC ONG KIM CHUAN and the former Miss Peggy Tan Kuan Neo. the first couple to be married recently before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malacca, the c?w Registrar ol Civil Marriages. iin^T t*»e new yet-un provided by the amendment to the Civil Marriage Ordinance.
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    117 8 JUDGMENT HELD IN CLERK'S APPEAL IPOH. Fri.— At the Supreme Court today, Mr. Justice Pretheroe heard the appeal of Lim Kiew Thye. a clerk in the Telecommunications Department, who was convicted and sentenced to a year's imprison- ment in the Sessions Court for allegedly cheating the Kinta Chinese Engineering Association
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    67 8 KUALA KANGSAR, Fri The Tsung Wah Chinese Middle ami Primary School here has a record enrolment of 1.800 for the year with more applications coming in Eight more teachers have been added to the tutorial start which now totals 48. Classes are held in the mornings and
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    328 8 Official Results Assessed KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The "Phooey" tests, which^ roised o storm of criticism among Malayan adults, were found to be "much too easy" for 14-year-olds among the 48,000 pupils who took them throughout the Federation, the Education Department declared today in an assessment of their results. There
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    132 8 PC ABDUL MAKES A PROMISE MALACCA. Thurs. Police constable Abdul Wahid Baba. a paraplegic patient in the General Hospital here promised Dato Sir Chenglock Tan to return to Singa pore where he could be better prepared for specialised treatment at the Stoke Mandeville Paraplegic Centre in England. Abdul made this
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    52 8 ADAM bin Mohamcd pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday to neglecting to register his 15-3'ear-old daughter. Amnah bte Adam, for an identi'v card between Aug 2. 19M and Dec. 21. 1954. He was fined $4 by the Judge. Mr. H.
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    187 8 SFREMBAN, Fri.— Members of the UMNOMCA Alliance will dominate the various subcommittees of the Town Council this year. They secured this domination by outvoting members at the Seremban Town Council meeting here today. Labour members. however, found a place each in the Health and Water and Traffic committees and
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    842 9  - STAGE DOOR JOHN HALKIN Theatrical Activities I^OR a lon* time, the musical circles in Singapore have been more fortunate than theatrical circles in so far as they have been able to invite some of the world's leading musicians to perform here under their auspices. While we enjoy and appreciate the
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    305 9 TJTHEL Barrymore took her 1 l 75th birthday in stride luring the production of "Young a t Heart" Warner Bros-' drama with music in vhich she stars with Doris Dan ""d Frank Sinatra. The anniversary fell on a Sunday so the Queen of the
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    151 9 "lUBAL TROOP," best- selling novel by Paul Wellman, has been assigned to William Fadiman for early 1955 production, Columbia executive producer Jerry Wald has announced. Russel] Hughes is preparing a treatment of the Western story, whirh ranges from the Dakota plains to the Oklahoma oil fields. Also on
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    811 9  -  ANACRUSIS itll'ililTl-'vft fM '-ViCF 1 Ili_sl W.ixn*i it ?sBi 3t _1 "_t I x J »_S m t jj..mL\ I. f g^^^^fffil JULIUS KATCHEN, who so affably identified himself with the educational side of music in Singapore l)v adjudicating the Finals of the Musical Society's Piano Competition
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    89 10 Peter Wilson cables his first sports report from Singapore— and here he is handing it over to Hubert de Souza of the Cable and Wireless booth at Raffles Hotel. The man who ranges the world to report the great events in sport, leaves lor
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    444 10 MR. SPORT That's Peter Wilson Jeffery James Catches Up With The Man They Cannot Gag THE oldish-looking man with the bristling moustache and a glass of beer didn t like the weather no t SincaDore's at any rate. 'Too hoi Much too hot." he said, wiping off the sweat which
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    71 10 A Chinese Feed Wong Peng Soon In Singapore, the world famous journalist hopes to: Enjoy a Chinese dinner ('iriend Freddie Mills has a Chinese restaurant, you know, and I DO LOVE Chinese food'). Watch a top class badminton match ('l'd love to watch Wong Peng Soon and Ong Poh Lim
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    67 10 RUGBY: R.N.A.S.. Sembairang vs. Naval Base (A) R.N.A.S.; S.C.C. (Ist XV) vs. French Air Force Padang; Negri All Bines vs. Singapore. All Blues Thomson Road; R.E.M.S. vs. South Johore. Ayer Rajah. HOCKEY: Dir. 2—University vs. R.A.F. Changi Varsity; C.S.C. vs. 5.H.8., Police. Balesticr. R.A.F., Changi vs. University (1)
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    527 10  -  H. A. SOARS HMS MALAYA Odds With MS Fijians Tip The Scales For Victory By KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Perak meet Johore In the final of the HMS Malaya Cup Rugby competition on the Headquarters Malaya tomorrow, and it would be fatuous to say that Johore with its generous
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    276 10 R 2 A L^ AI AYA T l3 FRENCH AF-3 2 goals, 1 penally goal Onc w™ Reirree:— Mr. Cessford. IN THE opening match of their Colony tour plaved at Seletar yesterday, the French Air Force Rugbv tourists from Saigon suffered defeat
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    369 10  -  LEONG HEW MENG By IPOII, Fri.— lf incentive alone can win a match. tlirn you <aj Perak beating Johore in the final of the HMS Malaya Kuul>n bq Kuala Lumpur this Saturday. Otherwise, write it down as another Job Consider these facts and you will see why Johore must
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    56 11 THE new drydock at Naples (pictured here) opened recently after those at Palermo. Great care was given to the rehabilitation of Italian ports in this postwar period, and they are now equipped with the most modern facilities for the repair, loading: and unloading of ships from ports
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      140 12 TRADE GAP NARROWED IN OCTOBER MALAYA'S foreign trade continues to show an improvement in October last year, according to official statistics issued by the Registrar of Malayan Statistics, Mr. R. Dow. The trend follows the better commodity prices, particularly for rubber, during the period under review. The trade gap has
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      65 12 TOKYO. Jan. 14. (AP)— Japan's Transportation Ministry yesterday revised its shipbuilding regulations. Kyodo News Agency said the move was made in anticipation of increase of trade with Red China. The Ministry dropped from 4.500 tons to 3.000 its minimum gross tonnage requirement for construction of ocean-going vessels.
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      153 12 THE price of rubber in Singapore closed quietlysteady at 96 cents per lb. for first grade January shipment, a drop of cent on Thursday. Quotations opened steady at around 953 cents and moved up to 961 cents on a somewhat quiet market. Fluctuations were within narrow limits
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    375 12 Weekly Rubber Report: THE rubber market now appears to be consolidating at around the present levels, after the spectacular rise at the end of 1954, says the weekly market report of Messrs. Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. Movements in price are becoming smaller and
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    40 12 MESSRS. Harrisons Crosfield report the following crops harvested in December Allenby 31,000 lbs.. Benta \l°cS^ )k S Jeram Kuantan ?u' OOO w lbs K undong 36.000 lbs., Mentakab 55,500 lbs Sungei Bagan 106.000 lbs. and Tanjong Pau 74.500.
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    83 12 China iith««?" aiD Plac^ d a ban on shi Pments to Red meTTmi th ut Ilssua1 lssuan ce of export licences. At the ki?l «h£h K al i° ma^ c the ban applicable to HongKinff which borders the Communist regime as exnnrt I?- 11
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    76 12 COMPANIES under the general management of Messrs. Osborne Chappel Ipoh. report the following returns for the last quarter of 1954 (in piculs): Chcnderiang 1.020. Gopeng Consolidated 2.296. Hongkong Tin 1.530. Kent (F.M.S.) 1.597 Kinta Kin 1.853. Kiilinghall 900. Malaysiam 579. Pengkalen 2.042. Petaling 7.404. Pusing 1.700,
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    20 12 REMINGTON Rand N.V., Hertogenbosch. Holland, a subsidiary of Remington Rand Inc., New York, has commemorated its 50 anniversary.
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    23 12 A FRUIT-JUICE powder made from tomatoes has been added to the list developed by agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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    204 12 THE produce maiket in Singapore remained quiet in most sections, with only small business passing yesterday. Copra was quoted fractionally lower for both January and February shipmen ls Coconut oil sellers at Penang closed at $50 per picul. Pepper prices were un changed from Thursdiv on
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    267 12 Govr. relM EXPORT rM MALAYAN rice imp Or en ß to import directly their ri Ce whomsoever they choose i n f 1 The Burmese Min D «n*M announced in Rangoon H nationality in Burma will H 1955 crop which is now Rice could be sent I with which
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    177 13 PENANG, Fri.— The undefeated Indian Association emerged champions in the Penang Hockey League competition when they beat the Old Xaveriaris Association by a solitary goal in the final played on the Victoria Green today. The game was a fast and well contested with both sides going
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