Singapore Standard, 17 January 1955

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    16 1 Singapore Standard a*, m j *i 196. SINGAPORE, MOMMY, JANUARY 17, 1953 12 PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon NESTY TALKS WILL TAKES A AR TO START
    310 1 NESTY TALKS WILL TAKES A AR TO START ,rE BAiIRU, Sun. It will take at ion ths before the leaders of the Communisf Party and the Alliance \o open discussions on the proposed rrms a" ex terrorist said yesterday. who hold a high post 1 The Standard that any would
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    Lock icon US Army Chief Leaves Taipei
    39 1 TAIPEI, Jan. 16 (Reuter> General Charles L. Bolte. t. Chief of Staff of the United States Army, left here today after a two-day study of Chinese Nationalist forces and talks with General Chiang Kai-shek.
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    Lock icon Sultan Honours Woman
    32 1 THE first woman recipient of the Perak Meritorious Service Medal, Che Khadijah binte Abdul Aziz, a Perak State Councillor, pictured here receiving her award from the Sultan on Saturday.
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    Lock icon Russia Offers To Accept Bonn
    250 1 Drop Paris Pacts First' MOSCOW, Jan. M (Renter) Russia *yesteraa> offered to recognize the West German Republic as a step towards German unity provided she drops plans to raise an army within the Atlantic Alliance. The oiler was contained in a statement released by the
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    Lock icon A-REPORT IS STILL MISSING
    106 1 LONDON. Jan. 16 (Router) Scotland Yard detectives continued their intensive search last night for an atomic energy report which vanished on Tuesday from the office of Sir Henry Self. Deputy Chairman of the British Electricity Authority. Police have hounded for the report on possible industrial uses
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    Lock icon 900 FRANCS FOR HOOTING
    57 1 PARIS. Jan. 16. (Reuter)— Paris motorists will pay 900 francs (18 shillings) fines on the spot from tomorrow for hootinc even accidentally or parking in a prohibited space. Meanwhile, the newspaper. France Soir. has offered a free trip to Denmark for the best pedestrian and traffic
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    Lock icon Amnesty—Sign Of Weakness Says Economist
    303 1 Amnesty— Sign Of Weakness Says Economist LONDON. Jan. 16 (Reuter) The Economist, a leading British independent weekly. has advised against offering an amnesty to the Communists in the Malayan jungle. The Economist said the suggestion that the Gov'•rnment should declare a general amnesty ignored the fact that a great deal
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    Lock icon Rahman's Warning To Taxpayers
    313 1 Rahman's Warning To Taxpayers $363 Million On Emoluments Alone PENANG, Sun. If Malaya gets independence, there is no question of reducing taxation unless expenditure can be reduced appreciably or there is a windfall from rubber and tin t Disclosing this to The Standard, the UMNO President, Tungku Rahman said that
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    Lock icon COSTA RICA OFFERED PLANES
    207 1 COSTA RICA OFFERED PLANES WASHINGTON. Jan. 16, (AP) The council ot the Organization of American States (OAS) n&pved rapidly early tocusv toward making U.S. lighter planes available to Costa Rica to help the Central American country ward off air attacks on her cities and towns At a dramatic middle-of-the-night session,
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    Lock icon AIRLINER CRASHES IN FOG
    125 1 AIRLINER CRASHES IN FOG LONDON. Jan. 16, (Retlter) A Viscount airliner with 31 people on board bound for Rome. Athens and Istanbul, crashed when taking off from London airpoit, todaV. >• Three peopi* were injured The plane was badly damaged. The British European Airway> said the piano had LVJ passengen
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    Lock icon Sharks Eat 2 Survivors
    50 1 GUAM. Jan. 16 <AP> Five survivors of the 48-loot motor vessel. Rota, rescued yesterday told of seeing two of the crew eaten by sharks The U.S. Navy destroyer escort. Whltefaunt rescued the men 24 miles off Guam where the Rota was found wrecked by heavy seas.
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    Lock icon Malenkov Is Not Opposed
    119 1 Malenkov Is Not Opposed MOSCOW. Jan. IG, (Reuter) —Mr. Georgi Malenkov, the Soviet Prime Minister, was unanimously adopted as candidate to the Supreme Soviet for one of Moscow's constituencies, at a meeting yesterday in the Moscow Naopine Building Works. Other candidates chosen on Saturday for election to the Supreme Soviets
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    Lock icon Their Homes Are Better Than Ours
    91 1 LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter) —Mr. Clement Attlee. British Labour Party Leader, said yesterday that ihe new houses in the south-west London borough of Lambeth were better than those he had seen in his recent visits to Russia. China, Berlin and Singapore. He was attending
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    Lock icon POPE TAKES MORE FOOD
    45 1 VATICAN CITY. Jan 16 (UP)— Pope Pius XII. slowly but steadily recovering from a near-fatal rollap.se 45 days aqo is taking increased quantities of food and hopes he will soon be able to say mass personally again. Vatican sources said today.
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    31 1 PRIME MINISTER Nehru is described as an "outstanding statesman of India" in Volume 29 of thr Great Soviet Encyclopaedia, ju.st ofl the press in Moscow. A .P.
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    235 1 Social Welfare Lottery Results KUALA U'MPL'R Sun The first and second pri?c* oT the ttth lottery of the Social and Welfare Services Lottery Board drawn at Bentong today went to Johore. No 1M1771 won 5.500.000 while No ttttSM won S 10!). 000 The third prize went to Negri Sembilan for
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    22 1 f IHK 6. 757-ton Japan* 8 ship A.sakasan Muni, ran aground near Hoedcken;k**rko on the Western Scheldt. Holland, yesterday.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Recruiting For Army
    69 2 PENANG. Sun.— The army recruiting office at 41 Ntrtham Road, Penang. will remain open between 8 a.m l< 4 p.m. daily in order to interview potential Malayan recftiitg for the British army. The recruiting oflTi. c-i will also visit the Bukit/ Meitajam police canteen on ,lf»ti. IP
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    64 2 TAIPIXG, Sun— l Me eight evening classes run by the Taiping Branch of the Perak Adult Education Association will reopen tomorrow The classes are held at lwc< centres—Kin? Edward VII School and the St. George's Institution. New students are a>ked to report at either centre on
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    Lock icon RELAXATION OF REGULATIONS FOR HAWKERS
    178 2 RELAXATION OF REGULATIONS FOR HAWKERS THE Singapore City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, yesterday told the Hawkers* Union, that it was not within his power to allow them to enjoy "temporary respite from arrest and prosecution" during: the New Year season. In reply to the Union's request. Mr. McNeice
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    Lock icon Amnesty Idea Is Not New -Manyam
    157 2 Amnesty Idea Is Not New -Manyam AN AMNESTY for the members of the Malayan Communist Party is the oniy solution for the political and economic interests of Malaya, Mr. S. S. Manyam. the newly elected president of the Singapore Labour Party, said yesterday. He said that the question of granting
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    56 2 RAUB. Sun.- Mr. K. Nagalingam. technical assistant. Special Grado. attached to P.W.D.. Temorloh. has been promoted to the Superscale Grado. Mr. A. A. Ash. technical assistant. P.W.D.. Raub. has boon promoted to Special Grado. Ho is at present on a month's leave and will be transferred to Temerloh
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    64 2 MALACCA. Sun. Rev Father Walter Hogan. a well-known Manila priest, will arrive hero tomorrow by air. Ho will give a talk at the French Convent hall at 5 p.m on "Communism ?nd Liberty Are Contradictory." Father Hogan. a Jesuit priest, is a director of the
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    Lock icon Fire Renders 150 Homeless
    50 2 ALOR STAR. Sun. A hundred and fifty persons were rendered homeless today, when a /ire broke out in Tanah Merah. 11 miles north of Alor Star. A row of 12 attap houses were gutted by the fire, which was reported to have started in a bakery.
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    39 2 PENANG. Sun. Mfmben of t lie Australian Air Training Corps who are now touring the Federation will arrive at RAF. Butterworth on Monday. They will be met hv officers and cadets of Pcnang No. 2 squadron. F.M.A.T.C
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    62 2 SERVICE MEDAL AWARDS FOUR prominent Prrak citizens who were awarded (he P-rak Meritorious Service Medal on the occasion of the Sultans Birthday. Thc> are (top to bottom): Mr Lau Pak Khuan. OB E.. J.P R vv Brother Denis of St Michael s Institution, Ipoh; Mr. J I) Harrison, former Chief
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    233 2 Killed Man By Discharging Gun Rashly Police F J 2.H°F«r J A K Hl i U Sun Wi «less Operator G. Bolton, of No. 4 cousin, the death of t bin M^sfe^ffire'l'onTutiVu^ The incident occurrcrl on Ocl Ifl at 11 p.m. when Bolton and another
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    59 2 -Photo by Photo Supply. MORE than 150 prizrs were distributed to winners of competitions in drawing calligraphy. photography.' essays, music and claming held at Singapore Happy World in connection with Tamils Festival. Picture shows Dr. P T Nathan, winner of the veterans race, receives a walking stick from Dr.
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    33 2 PENANG, Sun. The joint rhairman of the Alliance in Pcnanq. Mr. Zainal Abidin. smd today that Alliance candidates for the Settlement Counril election! will be starting campaign speeches in five days.
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    Lock icon Farmers, Tappers Queue For Rice
    162 2 Farmers, Tappers Queue For Rice SEREMBAX. Sun— Over 8.500 fanners and tappers in the Bahau area of Negri Sembilan are now qucueiTig up twice a day for cooked rire in central kitchens established by the State Government. This revolutionary scheme Which was started* here recently, is part of the huge
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    346 2 Jump To $1.20, Soysj PENANG, Sun. President of the Fedcr Qr j 0 Associations, Federation of Malaya, Mr. Heoh J Oo V^ that considering all the circumstances and bearing > of rubber, it was inevitable for rubber prices to soar"* a pound during the current year. Up Mr. Hcah
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    Lock icon $2,979 For Malacca Flood Fund
    153 2 $2,979 For Malacca Flood Fund MALACCA. Sun A further sum of $2,919, has been donated to the Malacca Flood Relief Fund, bringing the total to $11,025. New donations are Atlas Ice Co.. Ltd. $500; Lau Leong $300; Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan $200; Chop Guan Hong $200; Tay Aik Seng $200;
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    Lock icon One Dead In Landslide
    58 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Sun Four Chinese labourers, who were working at the Ulu Kenas Quarry, a lew miles from here, were seriously injured yesterday when earth and stones suddenly collap>ed on them about 4 p.m. All four were rushed to the Kuala Kangsar Hospital, but one of
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    Lock icon SATELLITE TOWN'S RESIDENTS WARNED
    224 2 KIALA Ll'MPl'R, Sun —The Petaling Jaya authority warned "tida-apa-minded" residents of the Federal Capital's satellite town today that unless they quickly paid their land premium and quit rent, "their homes would technically belong to the State." Mr. W.F. Grieve, administrator of the township, declared today: "Such
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    Lock icon Dazed By The Waves
    83 2 PENANO, Sun. A Chlnett girl ttudent, Chan Ai Peng. 19. who claimed trial to charge of attempting to commit suicide t>y jumping into the sea off Gurney Drive on Dec. 12 told the Magistrates Court today that she was dazed by the waves. "I went there
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    Lock icon Week-End Weddings
    169 3 (LEFT): Mr. Koh Boon Chong and his j bride, the former Miss Cheah Bock Yee, a nurse attached to the Kluang Guernment Hospital who were married in Singapore recently. The bridegroom is the Director of Chuan Ilin Tobacco Factory. Ltd. and the eldest son of Mr. Koh Puay
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    Lock icon 1,500th Bandit Gives Up —And He's AT op Red Too
    262 3 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Sun. Rayuan, a Communist district committee member in I'ahang, came out of the jungle yesterday to become the 1,500th terrorist to surrender since the start of the Emergency. Rayuani formerly the right hand man of Osman China.
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    Lock icon More Blood Needed
    92 3 IX view o' the forthcoming Chinese New Year holidays, the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service is hoping that more people will donate their blood Last week. 137 people. including 51 Asians gave their blood Among them were 31 men and four women from I RAF Sclctar. eight men
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    Lock icon They'll Still Get Pensions
    40 3 SINGAPORE Government employees who quit the service aftei being elected to the Legislative or City and Island Councils. will become eligible for pension if an amendment to the Pensions Ordinance is passed by the Colony legislature.
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    Lock icon FINED $250
    32 3 .lOHORE BAHRU Sun. Tan Hie Chec. of Pekan Nanas. was fined S'-^O in the Sessions Court, Pontian. yesterday, for being in possession of sugar and salt in a prohibited area.
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    Lock icon INFORMER IS TREATED AS HOSTILE WITNESS
    159 3 INFORMER IS TREATED AS HOSTILE WITNESS SUNGEI PATANI, Sun. An informer, Ramli bin Mat tea, 39, alleged in the Sessions Court here today that he bought two tickets pertaining to the 100 character lottery for Police Inspector Syed Jallaludin bin Syed Mat Noor. Inspector Jallaludin la bein<j charged with abetting
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    Lock icon UNIONISM & RELIGION DON'T MIX
    299 3 UNIONISM RELIGION DON'T MIX Steer Clear Of A Split, Says Lee PENANG, Sun. The chairman of the Labour Parry of Malaya, Mr. Lee Moke Sang, today called on the trade union movement in the country to keep itself free from religious interterence. Mr. Lee who was addressing the annual general
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    Lock icon A Musical Event Of Distinction
    326 3 Standard Music Critic SPLENDID technical control in the service of intuitive interpretative ability combined to make last night's piano recital by Julius Katchen a musical event of distinction. Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor were vivified by rhythmic precision and dynamic forthrightness. the effect of
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    Lock icon CALL TO A PEN OWNER
    42 3 A '"LUXURA" fountain pen on which is inscribed "Alexander Young Ong K.V." has been found in the Joo Chiat area of Singapore The owner is asked to contact Inspector Sta. Maria of Joo Chiat Police Station immediately.
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    Lock icon Incessant Rain Causes Floods
    172 3 STC Bus Service Held Up FOURTEEN hours of incessant rain in Singapore, once again flooded the tow-lying areas yesterday. In the city, water rose waist high in New Bridge Road, opposite the Singapore Police Headquarters. It was impassable to traffic for more than two hours. Shops
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    25 3 Photo. THE floods yesterday aff-cted a portion of New Bridge Road, opposite the Singapore Police Headquarters. Photo shows traffic passing through the flood waters.- Standard
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    Lock icon S'pore Will Not Be At Jamboree
    105 3 S'pore Will Not Be At Jamboree SINGAPORE will not send a delegation Ol Boy Scouts to the World Scout Jamboree at Niagara. on Lpkc Untaria. Janaria next Summer, the Dcp Jty Chief Commissioner. Mr L A Woodford, to'd The Standard yesterday Air Wood ford cxp ained that because of the
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    Lock icon GOVT. SHUTS DOWN CLUB
    41 3 SINGAPORE Government has dissolved the Pei Wah Sports Club because "it is being used for unlawful purposes and for purposes incompatible with the peace and good order of the Colony." it was announced in a Government Gazette.
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      640 4 School Days Are Happy Days Dear Boys And Girls IN THE FEW weeks that we have been running the 'Young Folks' Page we have shown you quite a lot of children working at their hobbies. Most of these children have been from England so none of you know them. Don't
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      325 4 SO you got your bicycle for Christmas! Now you'll want to know how to keep it in trim. First of all, here are a few warnings nobody likes too manv "don'ts" but >' ou NviH need to remember them to ride on the roads
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      394 4 The Six Best Novels Of f 954 SCHOOLBOY JOHN HORDER. who broadcasts about BOOKS tor the B 8.C., picks the best six novels of 1954 HAVE in front of me six novels of all kinds. But which of them. I wonder would you like most t>A F ir r^ on
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      105 4 Athens, Greece. V^OR a long time Princess Irene. 11. and Princess Sophie, 13, of Greece have had a Shetland po».j in their country palace near Athens. But they nad no pony trap. So their mother Queen Frederika. wrote to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen if she could
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      224 4 At School With Snakes JN parts of Florida, America, where there are many kinds of snakes, schoolchildren never know when they might come across one. So that they can learn about the snakes' habits and tell which are harmless and which are poisonous, they are given special lectures by an
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    Lock icon I FLED 9 TIMES FROM MAN IN LOVE, SHE SAYS
    232 5 r piK trouble with Leonard Jackson was that he was too much in love with Marie, a petite expensively dressed Frenchwoman with flashing black eyes. His pursuit of Mrs Mario Beith, 32. landed him in gaol yesterday. Last night the
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    20 5 "n iD >°u tell him straight out that you loved him?" No had to squeeze it out or me."
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    280 5 AT LAST COMES AN ANSWER gCOTLANO YARD have T call^ off their hunt tor The Black Orchid, a mys- en L w man crook believed to be behind many of the 3°Jl s f n sational robberies Fnr -ft e lai three years. For The Black Orchid has now been
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    284 5 So HappyWrecked A Store "THIS younff man went berserk." a police witness told a Nebraska. I' S court recently. The man was accused of smashing a plateglass window. lurning over a shop displa> showcase, and assaulting a police officer. He pleaded guilty, and asked for leniency on the grounds that
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    8 5 "Who's pullinff my leg? n s the baby!"
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    525 5  - 'SWAP SHOPS' TAKE BACK 350,000 GIFTS Lewis Onslow By From New York IJEPARTMEXT stores in America are crowded with after-Christmas "swap-shoppers"— people who didn't like their Christmas presents, so are taking them back to change them for something else. It's a practical American custom. There is such a huge crush
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    156 5 VICAR is asking his parishioners to boycott South African goods "This is my protest against the Sooth African Government's harsh treatment of coloured people," he said last week. Thi» vicar is the Rev Hubert Trapp. of St. Mary Magdalene's Church. Pidinjjton.
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      428 5 r |"O|) s Qi oi ATION: x i A \v»m; mii.t a m'liiu*. to create a t:ood liiishand."--|talz;u-OV?. IN A^ lOK 'MKV- J J»nk. Avoid uoseU. chance- 5 K-'ifi: keep clear of comnii- 1 1St sharn Practices. »t? ,u Ut:e tact in dealings with others From mid-eve- < ng: overcome
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      857 6 Demigods Specialists AT the seventh annual general meeting of the Malayan Chinese Association at Kuala Lumpur last Saturday, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan voiced the feelings of Malayans when he said he resented those who came to Malaya to assume the role of demigods or overnight specialists competent to comment on
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    674 6  -  ALBERT E. NORMAN. By Chief of the Australasian News Bureau of The Christian Science Monitor Indian element on Fiji and Mauritius puts pressure on. island aborigines. SYDNEY, A WALK through the old streets of Port Louis, Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, or the more modern
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    764 6  -  KENNETH HARRIS fjgsdjg By LONDON, THOUGHTS of the next general election are occupying the mind of both political parties. They are most obviously occupying that of the Conservative Party last week I came across the first of their posters. As far as the Conservative Party are
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    65 7 photo. JAPANESE: firemen staged their colourful annual naceant in the grounds rf the Imperial Palace in Tokyo ?ecert"v drawing a huge crowd. Some 2.500 firemen and 104 en fines took part in the show, which wa™ hi R lihVhlcd by tup-uf-tho-ladder stunts. Photo shows groups of
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    180 7 THIRD SINCE EMERGENCY NAIROBI, Jan. 16. (Reuter)— General Sir George .-rskine, the East African Commander-in-Chief, and Mr Evelyn Baring, Kenya's Governor, are to make a new peace offer within a few days to Mau Mail terrorists in Kenya, it was learned here last night.
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    120 7 SOMERVILLE. Massachusetts, Jan. IG. l AD— Police said yesterday they are investigating a girl teenage club which reportedly required new members to have sexual intercourse with a boy at initiation. About 20 girls and a larger number of boys were said to be involved. Four girl juveniles
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    62 7 LONDON'. Jan. 16. (Reuter) —The development of the South-east Asia Treaty Organization and the present situation in Malaya will be discussed at the conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers to be held- here from Jan. 31. The countries represented will be Britain. Australia. New Zealand, Canada,
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    99 7 Shirle y (15J Turns Widwife In Crisis "\(,i()V Courl i ncestcr Jan. 16, (Reuter)— loheV; h0 *tt school only recently, was r uul r >^terday when a nurse s car )H her from arriving in time. v;il^d now to -1 to Id M SI irley daugharrived. aby tlly "Without Shirley's
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    80 7 'Poisonous Tongues' Led To Death norland, A jud^e I the three brawl aether ;inalls rder of Benson. duced -i on Mr the Ve r<Jlct of e dis. nf n. Mrs. Saran Tallon and her daughter, Mrs. Maud Irving and one of the men. William Hayhurst. The other man, Fred Tallon
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    344 7 Hold-up With Gun In One Hand Baby In The Other HOUSTON. Texas. Jan. 16, (UP)— A 22-year-o!d mother, carrying her baby in one hand and gun in the other, stuck up a liquor store here to get US$5O to bail her jobless husband out of jail. But the venture was
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    75 7 Five-Point Anti-Cancer Campaign BERLIN. Jan. 16. i ßeuter) A German cancer specialist, Professor Otto Warburg has urged a five-point plan as the basis of a campaign to reduce the incidence of cancer. It is: 1. Don't inhale cigarette smoke: 2. Ban diesel oil fumes from the streets; 3. Forbid curing
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    68 7 COLOMBO, Jan. 16, (UP) Authoritative sources said yesterday Ceylon will send diplomatic representatives to France and West Germany soon, but that no diplomatic relations will be established with Red China. The sources said that Premier Sir John Kotelawala who opposes diplomatic relations with Red China, holds
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    53 7 THE audience at the Duchess Theatre, last night gave a rousing reception to Mr. A.E. Matthews, the 85--year-old actor who defied illhealth to play the leading role in "The Manor of Northstead." He was back after missing a performance— the first time in 70 years on
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    26 7 LIMA Peru. Jan. 16. (AP)— Raul Pinto, former Peruvian Ambassador to Rome, yesterday was elected President of the Supreme Court of Justice.
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    207 7 IT WAS just an ordinary coat to Ted Petersen a fashion that everyone in Canada wore when he bought it in a Calgary store. But when Ted, 68, Heft) reached London yesterday on his first trip from Canada in twenty years to see his
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    279 7 Formal Report From Dag Expected WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, (Reuter)— Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge. I'nited States Ambassador to the I'nitrcl Nations, said yesterday ho was "confident" that the imprisoned American airmen would be released by the Chinese Communists. Mr. Lodge made the comment
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    56 7 VATICAN CITY, Jan 11. <Reuter> A 15 mlnut* examination nf the Po| a by ProfesM)r Antonia < rini. a gastric ipecialist i Saturday, established tti it the sick Pontills condition was "fairly good." it v^i. disclosed. But tho special; I recommended the Pope to »>•»
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    175 7 Talks With Reds 'Brighter Hopes' PARIS. Jan. 16, (AP)— Premier Pierre MendesFrance told his countrymen last night his talks with Italian and West German officials could help in an eventual conference with Soviet Russia. The Premier spoke on a nation-wide radio ?nd television programme following a formal report to President
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    50 7 BEIRUT. Lebanon, Jan. 16. <AP > Turkish Premier. Adnan Menderes. yesterday explained to Lebanese Premier. Sami Solh. the contents of his recently concluded Turk-Iraq defence agreement. A member of the Turkish delegation said that, though Lebanese leaders have not eiven any formal reaction, they were "reasonable and
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    41 7 MOSCOW. Jan. 16. (AP) The Soviet Union announced yesterday that it was sending a delegation to Scotland to take part in an international festival honouring Poet Robert Burns. The festival is scheduled for Jan. 17 to 25.
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    131 7 Breach Of Truce Protest HAIPHONG, Jan. 16 (Renter) Vietminh authorities have protested angrily at France's shipment from Haiphong port in Northern Vietnam yesterday of the electric generating plant, formerly installed in Nan Dinh. 42 miles Southeast of Hanoi. it was authoritatively learned. The Vietminh complained to the French and the
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    43 7 SUN VALLEY, IDAHO. Jan 16, (AP) The 20th threestar pin for performance and sportsmanship awarded by the Sun Valley ski club in its 14-year history has been given to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Queen Soraya of Iran.
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    92 7 DURHAM. North Carolina. Jan. 16. (Reuter) Doctors said yesterday they had given 184 pints of blood by transfusion believed to be a national record —to a man here during the last nine days. The patient. Mr. Willie Cooke. 31, is ahaemophilic— one whose blood dor not normally riot.
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    473 9 dsjskjks twit c- V A M rk «t Correspondent back more than 13 month. find a ht^ haV e t0 K formance in the volume of taSnU tran/ac^" S PCr The comparative stability of rnhw S week undoubtedly inspired hope that th "li augmented
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    34 9 ALFALFA seed production for 1954 in Canada has been estimated at 3.340.000 lbs. of clean seed only about onethird of the 1953 production and 70 per cent, less than the 1944-53 average.
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    80 9 photo. LEPETIT. a Milan firm manufacturing antibiotics, has a drug, Streptopas. which is claimed not to build up resistance in germs in the cure of tuberculosis. This was stated by its manager, Mr. VVilHam Baker, who flew in to Singapore for a visit. The drug, which is used
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    356 9 Business Done In Week BUSINESS clone in shares fmm Jan. B—l4. INDUSTRIALS: Frnscr Neave Ords. $1.98\ and $2.00 Federal Dispensary $3.37i. llammons $3.25 u> $3.30. Hongkong Bank Colonial $1060 to '51. 140 to $1,135, llo.igkong Bank London £110 to £120-13/lb\ Wm Jacks $3.60 to $3.70. Jackson Co. Sl.tiO. Malayan Breweries
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    233 9 Standard Market Reporter FEATURES of the rubber market in Singapore in the past week have been the consolidation of prices at the mid-nineties and the narrowing of movements which have given confidence to the trade. Rubber at a dollar a lb. is still within reach but
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    138 9 Oriental Telephone Electric Co. Ltd. Shareholders have been informed by the company that a total of $15 million was to have been paid to the company on Dec. 31. 1954 on account of the purchase of the Singapore and Johore undertakings and that interest at 4.2% from Jan.
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    32 9 VIETNAM and Japan are on point of concluding a barter agreement. under which the former will supply all its remaining rice stocks —estimated at 400,000 tons in exchange for textiles.
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    47 9 THE F.A.O. Far Eastern Regional Office has announced that Portugal has become a member of the FAO-sponsored International Rice Commission Portugal thus became the 26th member natior of the Commission which while primarily composed of Far Eastern nations, is truly international in character.
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    32 9 THE caranday palm tree of Paraguay may soon become one of the principal dollar earners of that country The caranday is valued as a source of a hard vegetable wax.
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    111 9 NOT since 1948 have Britain's men and women and children saved so much money in a single year. The figure for 1954, at £1.248.000.--000 Sterling* was £106 million more than in 1953. Withdrawals were down by £20 million. Announcing this overall improvement of £126 million on the
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    108 9 THE British Government's continuing confidence in the country's aircraft is underlined bv Mr. Selwyn Lloyd's announcement at the Rolls Royce works at Derby that an order had been placed for the de llavilland 110. This is a two-seat, allweather, supersonic jet fighter, for the Fleet
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    510 9  - Thefts From Ships On The Increase: MOVE TO HALT PILFERAGE IN THE ANCHORAGES BERNARD WILLIAMS By Iron. Ik c* M Ond s "»«99l«ng J)Xr b 5 ln 9°P° r e Inner and Anlt« R ads Ond W^»ern •Ml* 1 haS be com e increasingly difficult too, to determine legally where
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    63 9 TWO-PEDAL control is a feature of the Arm-strong-Siddeley Sapphire ti light saloon. In fact, three different types of transmission are offered in this British car One is normal synchronies h; another preselective (electrically operated); and the third is the fully automatic transmission. The model is finished in two
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    272 9 A STEADY improvement in Malaya's foreign trade is seen in the official statistics which/ up to the end of October last year, show the cumulative value of imports exceeding exports bv barelv $25 million. In October, imports exceed" exports by about $350,000 indicating the healthy position
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    119 9 THE problem of deficit financing for economic < lopment a subject of topical interest for many Asian countries is discussed in the latest issue of ECAFE's quarterly Economic Bulletin. In the light of a recent working party meeting organized by ECAFE in Bangkok the possibilities and
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    316 9 YEAR OF GREAT PROGRESS IN T.U. MOVEMENT cratic method of settling disputes." Commenting on the Court of Inquiry which set last month to hear both sides of the Harbour Board dispute.s, Mr. Kumaran remarked: "This impartial public examinat.on of the facts and circumstances of the disputes will, it i* hoped,
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    153 9 THE accounts of Malaysiam Tin Ltd.. for the year ended March 31. showed a profit of £8,203 with the brought forward from the previous year at £1.490. Provision for taxation was £3,724 and transfer to the general reserve £4,013. leaving £1,956 to be carried forward. The directors
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    94 9 GOAL of one million oversea visitors a year is now within sight of Britain s holiday industry, said Sir Arthur Morse. Chairman of the British Travel and Holiday Association in London Nearly 900,000 tourists from other lands came to the UK last year. when Britain's
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    229 11 tu 4 JOI| AN>"ESBURG. Jan. 15 (Reuter). Chris Britain's star middle distance runner, set a Southern Transvaal record for the three miles in a race here today against leading South African and Khodesian runners. Chataway who won easily, clocked 14 minutes, it secon ds,
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    515 11  -  Rafman Seletar Sport By The Section Hockey league is drawing to a close and Admin Wing appear to be certain winners. With two matches to play are only one point behind GLS who have completed their programme. GEB 'A* are on top at the
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    65 11 South hockey selectors met this evening to select the South XI to pla.v North in the annual North South classic at Kuala Lumpur on Jan 22 The South team is: Nadarajah (Sel), A Koelmeyer (NS); Chu* Eng Cheng (NS). Devindraii u*s M. Sheperdson (Sel). B Bambridge
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    54 11 ARCADIA California, Jan 16 (Reuter) A world record of one minute 40 8 seconds for eight and half furlonss was set yesterday by the Irishbred horse Poona II it was claimed here ridden by champion jockey Willie Shoemaker Poona II was racing in the $28,100
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    59 11 MALACCA. Sun. Negri Sembilan with five Federation forwards. became the South Zone Quadrangular champions when they surprised Selangor with a 3-1 victory at the Banda Hilir ground today. A hattrick by Bakar Said was largely responsible for Malacca beatinc Johore to the tune of 5-1 in
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    57 11 LIVERPOOL. Jan. 16 (Reuter) —Gordon Pirk*. one ot Britain's best athletic prospects for the 1956 Olympic Games, was beaten into sixth Place in the Inter-Countries cross country championship over seven miles here yesterday. .Winner was Ken Morris, ot Middlesex, in 37 minutes 34 seconds. Pirie. who was running
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    565 12 WINNER WAS THE WEATHERMAN 41 Matches Off LONDON, Jan. 15 (Reuter) Today British football programme was won. with little opposition, by the weather. A snow and ice in some places complicated by a thaw struck the severest blow in the peace-time history of the spoit to cause 41 of 62
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    374 12 UK. SOCCER Results Positions LEAGUE DIVISION 1 B] ickpool D. Wolves 1 2. •Bolton Huddtrsfield •Card ft i !har I inchester U. l /erton 1. Burnley 1. C 2, Leicester 2. Por1 m< v 1. A>\on Villa 2. Sheffield Wed. 1. Sundcrland 2. m o. Arsenal l. Broimvich Sheffield U
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    56 12 picture by A LIME-OUT scene in Saturday's HMS Malaya Cup Rugby final played at the Headquarters Malaya ground, Kuala Lumpur. Froyn left to right John. Edington (Johore), Maior Organ (P e r a k), Pat Edington (Johore) and Pcrak's Hambling. Perak iron the Cup again at
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    39 12 BRTSSELS. J?.n. 16 (Rcuter) —Miss E. Wertl and J. Just (Austria) beat Miss R. Rowc (England) and S. Caficro (France) in the mixed doubles table tennis here last night. They wen 211-20. 13-21. 21-17. 21-15.
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    676 12 BELGIAN A HARD-HITTING MACHINE By our Boxing Reporter GAME, plucky Lim Kce Chan. The experience, stamina, and punching: power he didn't have agahist world number four bantamweight, Pierre Cosseyms of Belgium, he more than made up for in guts. Kco Chan
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    143 12 FROST, ICE SNOW STOP RUGBY —While frost, ice and snow caused wholesale cancellations of Rugby Union male Ire* all oye r Britain, the wcaliier conditions did not prevcr.l several games being played ii the extreme south-west of England. On a waterlogged and at Devonport. the local Services team defeated United
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    38 12 BANGKOK, Jan. 16 (Reuter) wall Thorn Birkenheads. welterweight champion pf Britain and Europe outpointed Thailand's Soft.' dej Youngkitratt, welterweight champion of the ?it en b in J* ten-round non? title bout here tonight
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    565 12  -  Jeffery James UPSETS PENG SOON SETS M h FROM Singapore champion to Malaya's number on P Poh Lim took exactly 56 minutes to make the journey Uni Peng Soon off the pedestal he had occupied ever s iiu p I > Dm cillllfi a lesson to signal his return
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    258 12 los/ N/g/i/ s B'ton Finals Oil): Toll I.im won another Colony title last night whin he partnered Ismail bin Marjan to beat Wong Pen* Soon and Teoh Peng Hooi. !5-€ l.i-10. Poh I.im milled triple honours when ho tost the mixed doubles tie.. Partnerins Ong Siew
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    71 12 BOMBAY. Jan. 16. (Renter) India will meet Hongkong on March 8 and 6 at New Delhi in the Asian 7onc final of the Thomas Cup badminton championship. the All India Badminton Association announrcd here today. The statement was made with the provision that the da'es
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    34 12 LONDON. Jan. 16. (Router) —Rugby Union Results: Devonport Services 6. United Services < Portsmouth > 0Exeter 12. Paignton 3; Falmouth 0. Saint Ive.s 3: Newton 3. We.ston Super Mare 11 Panryn 3. Cambornc 3.
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