Singapore Standard, 19 January 1955

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  • 11 1 Singapore Standard ]<»». SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1955 11 PAVES IS CENTS
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  • 47 1 i ive Asler the l will on L third SaturI G rnment ..ird has fixed oy the iblic nt la n<• its ;ve aid ar- H ns this ting of ire way lmpor- there •■esbion I Rendel will be r be I I clear I I
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  • 56 1 HI. Jai 18 'UP; een 31 i t .ving not t trry i r pick r ft...' Pan-American ard Transthe 1 1 air ,*ant unrestrictidoo" r Vj The I a small and intf. warn to have I■ air traffic a pari ol the back- nt negorToAY Jan. VJ, i
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  • 84 1 TOKYO. Jan. 18 Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama has received a letter from an unknown sender who threatened ,to kill him unless he either effected a merger of Cons .-vative political parties or resigned from office. The sender of the letter threatened to murder Mr. Hatoyama or set
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  • 27 1 HEADS ot major U.S government atomic laboratories began closed-door discussions yesterday of whether any changes are needed in \he Atomic Energy Commission's security system.— A.P.
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  • 379 1 Land, Sea And Air Attack On Tiny Chiang Outpost Ylkiangshan Is Doomed TAIPEI, Jan. 18, (AP)-The Chinese Nationalist Defence Ministry tonight indicated Chinese Communists might have captured strategic Yikiangshan Island, some 200 miles north of here, in an amphibious assault. A Ministry communique said the island had
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  • 204 1 POLICE SEIZE 12,000 LEWD PHOTOS Anti -Vice Raid On S'pore Studio THE Anti-Vice SubBranch of the Singapore C.I.D. last night cracked open the vast and lucrative obscene photograph racket. Anti-Vice detectives, led by their Chief. Mr. J.E.S. Dawson, raided a photo studio in Selegie Road and seized 12.000 copies of
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  • 271 1 Board's Offer Is Rejected PENANG, Tues. Nearly 1,400 dock workers here will go on strike at 1 p.m. tomorrow, despite the findings of a Court of Inquiry and a new move by their employers to resolve the dispute. The workers arc all members
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  • 220 1 Strike To End Tomorrow KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —The Federal Capital's bus services which have been crippled by a strike for the past 27 days are expected to be restored completely by Thursday morning. A negotiating committee of the 360 bus drivers, conductors and mechanics, of the
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  • 158 1 KENYA OFFERS AMNESTY TO MAUS NAIROBI, Jan. 18. (Reuter) "Sky shouting 1 planes Hew low over the Kenya hills today broadcasting an amnesty offer and a new surrender call to thousands of Mau Mau terrorists in their forest hideouts. Millions of leaflets are being scattered from the air and by
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  • 83 1 130 Letters And Only One Reply TOKYO. Jan. 18, (AP).— —Six months ago a Tokyo housewife wrote to newspapers in the United States. Canada India, Australia and New Zealand, urging a ban on atomic weapons. She got 3,00 prompt replies. Four months ago shc» dispatched 30 letters to Russia and
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  • 166 1 t DAMAtE to the Gosling! Guiding at the junction of /'.unson Road and y ßoon lVt Street which caught' fire in Singapore late on Monday night is estimated at $70*000. of which approximately $20,000 was office material and furniture destroyed by the tiames. The blaze
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  • 49 1 RANGOON. Jan. 18 (Reu-| ter). Seven police were killed in a battle with 50 Mon rebels who attacked a party of Government officials south of Moulmein on Sunday, a report reaching here said today. The Mon rebels are demanding a separate State in south-east Burma.
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  • 30 1 CAIRO. Egypt, Jan. 18. (AP).— Seven Egyptian Jews were committed to the Military Court today for trial on charges of Communist activity and conspiring '.o overthrow the Government.
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  • 94 1 Important Victory For Mao TAIPEI. Jan 18. <AP) The eapture of tiny Yikiangshan would bring the Communist Chinese within gun range of thc Tachens. The Nationalists have been predicting that thc Reds would trv to take the Tachens. It would be both politically and militarily important for it would give
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  • 106 1 Girl, 11, Held In S'pore Brothel Raid TWO girls, one aged only 11 and the other 17. were rescued by a party ot the Anti-Vice Sub-Branch ol the Singapore CID when they raided a brothel in Desker Road yesterday afternoon. The younger girl who was scantily clad was found in
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  • 135 1 LONDON. Jan. 18. (Reuter) Newly-developed British radar equipment, and rockets, launched from land and sea, will be used whe.i scientists start their "mass attack" on the upper atmosphere in 1957. Announcing this here last night, the Royal Society said the operation code named "Operation Geophysical
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  • 67 1 NAGOYA. Jan. 18 (UP) A young Japanese couple today did not want an orthodox church w 'ding bi'. o.:e that Wf heavenly So Tatsuya Kato. 24. of this city and !^-o Kawa 21 climbed nearly 600 feet up a tclc^^on observation tower and got married. They climbed the
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  • 67 1 Peking Claims Surrender TOKYO. Jan 19. (IP) Radio Peking today announced thc Nationalist defenders of Yikiangshan Island surrendered on Tuesday, shortly after 4 p.m ((HOO GM" 1 to Red invasion troops from the mainland Thc broadcast monitored In Tokyo by United Press. said thc invasion was preceded by an a
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  • 77 1 WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 (AP) —Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a ncw* conference today that thr United States would not object if thc I nii.fl Nations should undertake to arrange a cease-fire In Formosa Straits between thc Chinese Nationalists and Communists Mr. Dulles said he did not
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  • 63 2 You Can Give This Child A Future! By forming a kongsi and collecting as little as 10 cents a week from each member during the year, you can collect $1000, with which you can adopt one of these crippled children irom the Red Cross Crippled Childrens Home. Tanih. Merah. For
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  • 43 2 MADRID. Jan. 18 (Reutcn Hundred Royalists today staged the first monarchist demonstration permitted under the present regime when they warmly welcomed to Madrid Prince Juan Carlos. 17 of Bourbon whom General Franco is known to favour as the future King of
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  • 359 2 Association Is Told: You Are 'A Trifle Smug And Provincial' Lin Hits Back Af Alumni THE Chancellor of Nanyang University, Dr. Lin Yu-tang, yesterday criticized the Alumni Association of Malaya for being "a trifle smug and provincial" in setting itself up as the standard for Nanyang University to follow. He
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  • 118 2 CI.OSINCfl rubber prices (cents per tb in Singa pore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 KS S Spot • Loose 97; 98J No 1 K.S.S tub Feb. fl '8i 981 No. 2 fl •71 97; No. 3 9 li 1 < i 1 7 Tone: Quiet and slightly
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  • 203 2 SCREW PUT ON SMOKY VEHICLES KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federation Government has tightened up the law against vehicles emitting obnoxious smoke jets, but scores of them werc still spreading their dirtyblack clouds on the highwav today. The new law has been gazetted and offending car owners can be fined upto
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  • 82 2 SHE WAS FIRST TO SEE FIRE l ONE of the first people to spot Monday night's i re n thc second floor 5 Jf Gosling building in C C Kobinson Road Singa- 5 I E? r e was 15-year-old Elaine Joseph (above) -J Elaine, who is a punil J J
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  • 279 2 2 Cheques Were Dishonoured CHOP IN. am Yong, suing the Nederlandsche HandelMaatschappij N.V. (Netherlands Trading Societv) for damages, claimed in the Singapore High Court yesterday, the bank had wrongfully dishonoured two of their cheques involving $5,302.94, although there was sufficient funds standing to the credit
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  • 209 2 MOTHERS JOINED FIGHT CHILDREN STARTED M A DISPUTE between two children led to one of their parents sustaining a fractured fi p e Singapore First District Criminal Court was told yesterday. May Kin Lin. (53) a housewife, pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt to another housewife. Nal Ciew Chen* W.
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  • 24 2 BELOW: Aftermath of C the fire. Notice the J distinct slant in the I dome of the building.— 2 Standard photos. i"
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  • 200 2 Polls MR. A. J. BRAGA, Labour Front candidate for the elections to the Singapore Legislative Assembly, yesterday warned the electorate not to vote for "money mad and power mad" candidates. This Colony lawyer who is contesting Katong Division against another lawyer, Mr.
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  • 269 2 I JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Cpl. Arthur Patrick Crane, ot* 221 Vehicles Battalion. RAOC. found guilty todav at a court martial' held at Majcdee Barracks, on a charge of allowing I prisoner in his charge to escape, was sentenced to be reduced to the ranks. Crane had pleaded guilty to
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  • 111 2 Bedok To Fight For Payment DESPITE heavy rainfall last evening more than 1.000 flood victims of the Bedok Village. Singapore, held a mass meeting to consider the refusal of the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W.A C. Goode. to their demands for compensation for their losses in the December floods. The meeting
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  • 237 2 Varsity Head Here h Standard Stall Kqx>rtfr STUDENTS from Singapore and li are to be invited by the Philippine Cmm at the University of Philippines under u students programme, this year. This programme, whicii South-cast Asia, will streng tween the Philippines anu said Dr. Vidal A. Tan, p:c his
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  • 109 2 Union Pins Its Faith In McNeice THE Singapore Citv Co Electrical Workers' Union I pinning its hope on the President, Mr. T.P.F. M< Nei I finding a satsfactory solution of its dispute with the Co. in "We place full confident e Mr. McN'eice averting thf I pending strike." the Pr.
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  • 88 3 Alumni Association, Malaya, in its official refuted statement by the Deputy Director f Services that there were a large number of Log ,0(al ni(rrs who had S° ne abroad for [niinations. the Association indicated. e higher qualification or other! is no larger than among the exLre ambitious ones, incidentally,
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  • 84 3 Electoral Errors Rectified A LARGE number of errors found In the preliminary 'oral registers for the April lative Assembly elections have been rectified. Final rolls will be out in about a month. The revised registers will ontain the names of 250 people whose claims for Inclusion in Uie rolls were
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  • 12 3 I I I I t n j be se Wk I
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  • 5 3 -Mind I m home
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  • 132 3 PRISON FOR CLERK WHO STOLE $9,000 r A CLERK employed by Malavan Motors. Orchard Road, stole $9,049 from th e oflice cash box on tlie afternoon of Jan. 15 after sending the watchman to buy himself a cup of codec, thc Singapore Fifth Police Court was told yesterday. The clerk.
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    31 3 photo. „v »>• mi,,'. V ak s Riven a chair and a cup of rroin St ohn Amoula»..c alter he '■'■■>„ antl ,ljn K e r at yesterday's tiistri- Shaw Bros mdard
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  • 296 3 We've Built More Than Lambeth MORE than 3,000 housing units are planned in Singapore for this year, as against the 2,800 built last year, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, President of the City (ouncil and Chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust, told The Standard
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  • 85 3 HIS QUERY GETS HIM ACQUITTED "IT IS an offence io stop a vehicle in the centre of the road, waiting to take a turn to the right or left? This question was put to the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday by a Royal Mail van driver of the General Post Office.
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  • 41 3 MR- R. G K. Thompson, now Secretary to the Member for Home Affairs Federation of Malaya, will relieve Mr. R. W. Jakeman Assistant Commis-sioner-General lor Colonial Affairs, when the latter goes on leave towards *the middle of February.
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  • 177 3 S'PORE TO SEE THE FOUR SLIT CHEONGSAM 'HU Chinese Swimming Club will hold the first ever Hongkong Ctaeongsam Fash'on Show in Singapore on Thaipusam-eve, Sv Feb. 6. Nine Chinese girls and one European have agreed to model the 16 eheongsams, which i elude some of the latest Hon&rkong creations, which
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  • 212 3 ANALYSIS of a red Chinese medicine powder called "chu sha shen sha." and other Chinese medicines has led to the discovery that these "cures" have been adulterated with lead compounds which, last year accounted for six cases of lead poisoning in Singapoie. A report
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  • 68 3 $60,000 Dope Seizure In Customs Raid A PARTV of Customs officers raided an occupied house in Chander Road _in Singapore on Monday night and seized 6() pounds of opium estimated at $60,000 in the Colony b!ar-k market. The raid was conducted after intensive investigations following a number of opium seizures
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  • 76 3 A PARTY of rcDresentMives of the Peoples' Action Party, UMNO. Malay Welfare Council and the Malav Union, paid a visit to St John's Island on Monday morning to distribute money and clothes to about 120 Malay men- women and children from Sekijang Kechil who are now sheltered
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  • 60 3 THE American President Lines passenger liner. President Monroe, arrived In Singapore, yesterday, with 51 globe trotting tourists The vessel is expected to continue her voyage from Singapore on Jan 23 Immediately on arrival in Singapore the visitors were whisked ashore in waiting cars to visit the
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  • 180 3 five katis of rice, one kati of sugar, one face tov. el and one tin of condensed milk each. As eat y as 12 o'clock on Monday night the old folks began drifting into the (ireat World and the New World where the distribution was made. By :i a.m.
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  • 16 3 NANCY KOH VIOLET HO DORIS LIM LAURA KOH LILY SIM
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  • 280 3 No Rocking Chair For Him, But The Call Of The Wild WHERE other men would retire and sink into an old rocking chair, eighty-year-old Ira H. Morse, indulges in a pastime that would tax the strength and guts of many a younger man. He is
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  • 79 3 THE Director of Dockyards. Vice-Admiral A. G. V. Hubback. C.8.. C.8.E.. accompanied by Mr. S. H. Wa'son. Assistant Dheetor of Dockyards, arrived in Smgapore yesterday on a toui of the Far East. Vice-Admiral Hubbick leaves for Hongkong on Friday and wbl return to Singapore on Jan. 29.
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  • 105 3 EX -HOT EL WORKERS TO STAY PUT ABOUT 20 pickets, all former employees of the Ocean Park Hotel. Singapore, closed down by thc management, have pitched a tent near the main gate of the hotel where they shelter from the rain and sun. One of the pickets Baid: "We will
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  • 204 3 NEW YEAR TIT -BITS TO COST MORE IN KL KLALA LUMPUR, Tue —Chinese Ncw Ycat delicacies and other tit-u. have alieadv be^un 10 swell the shelve*, of sl.c.ij A though thr Chinese C munist Government i- eskii for le.— the (Nicer to K Lumpur COniumOff BTO if hi^h as o<
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  • 85 3 New Filing Methods For Council EFFICIENCY In the Smq.ipore City Council li thwart* partly because thc Council is using "primitive and un fa-tory" ii ng equipment, Th.s is the opinion of the officers ot the Method! Organization! deportment who have been investigating into the Council'.- fi 1 n l: -tern
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  • 51 3 TANG Mun Chink was acquitted lfl thi Singapore A size Court yesterday, by Mr. Justice Brown, alter the .1 unanimously found bim n</ guilty of a charge of raping a girl under 14 yeai I of lfl a house in Duxton Road on July 11, last
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  • 40 4 THREE Cadet Inspectors and 14 recruits from the Police Training School Singapore, presented themselves at the Blood Transfusion Service Centre yesterda.v to give their blood They are seen relaxing after their donation Standard photo.
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  • 249 4 R.E.M.E. WORKERS PLAN SIT-DOWN STRIKE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Abouf 300 employees of fhe REME Workshops at the Batu Cantonment near Kuala Lumpur are contemplating a "sit-down" strike because the War Department would not agree to pay Chinese New Year advances to the 180 workers. An emergency meeting of the R.E.
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  • 157 4 Requests For Money Rejected KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The standing committee on finance gave Penang and Johore a shock in the Federal Legislative Council today with its refusal to recommend granting applications for 517.000 from Johore and $10,645 from Penang. Johore sought the monev to meet the cost of vaccination and
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  • 156 4 $7.5 MIL FOR 22 SCHOOLS IN 1955 SINGAPORE Government will build 18 primary I and four secondary English schools under its I $7,500,000 programme for 1955, the Senior Inspector of Schools, Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, said yesterday. All the primary schools will be three-storey buildings with 16 classrooms. Each
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  • 41 4 THE roof of a kitchen in the top floor of a threestorey building in Upper Chin Chew Street. Singapore, collapsed last night after a heavy shower of rain. A 13-year-old slightly injured debris. girl was by falling
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  • 40 4 HONGKONG. Jan. Spec la] standard ServiceClosing prices of the Hongkonto /r g todav 67 USSN ti» e i' lng: 55 868^5 to ffi 4 $18 54 to Malayan t- w onr in^onesian RuPiah; Gold $257 to a tael
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  • 266 4 Prosecution Is Criticised For Long Delay THE proprietor of Yong *?~J n fL Co '-J? weT Hokkien Street, Chan Keng Seek, was acquitted yesterday by the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. J. M Dever-eux-Coiebourn, for selling caustic soda without a licence an offence alleged to have been committed on
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  • 73 4 TI L case a sainst Binwani Murlidhar Udharam for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Ooh Hin Yean, mana^ingpartner of Universal Hotel on Oct. 17. last year, was adjourned by the Singapore Third Criminal District Court fudge. Mr. H. A. Forrer. yesterday. The continued hearing will
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  • 239 4 THE General Manager of the Shell Company of Singapore Ltd., Mr. D. H. Palmer, and 43 other members of the staff will be presented with long-serviee emblems at a tea party on Friday at the Adelphi Roof Garden Mr. Palmer and 11 others I
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  • 55 4 v v UE a Sin 8 a Pore Coroner. Mr. JW.T. Alexander, yesterdav reHr^ ed^. VefdiCt f "'Ound thf H ne ?u ?V he inc uir y the death of C.B. Menon. whose body was found floating in the sea. off Telok Kurau. on the evening of
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  • 422 5 \d Mine' Ot Talent Malaya Katchen CHRISTINE DIEMER, Standard Staff Reporter D by enthusiasm for the ''gold mine'' of talent he found in Jyon pianists, Mr. Julius Katchen, eminent American guest he Singapore Musical Society, yesterday obtained a large for rhc first music scholarship abroad ever set up in
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  • 179 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Tue?.— The preliminary inquiry be- gan belore Tuan Sheikh Abdullah bin Sheikh Abu Bakar In the Banda Bahru court into a charge ot culpable homicide not amounting to murder against middle-aged Bedah binte Aris. who is alleged to have killed her nusbana loliowing a
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  • 85 5 LUMPI R, lues —An Indian clerk, who M shooting in a curfew area near Lt .List night, walked into a Police ambush bunded, it was announced today. Ilr ft Lumpur. r f I be in I hot, (I nti nit P I v. ring ol r I p Indian
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  • 38 5 J' s Antboay, U nt 1 »l Malaya fe""? Corps, Flight i.t c °wmander of Wales Air L! orps i»<«w to K^ FHnht It V r Ml Kuala L*o rf h l« Il 5,!,r,,N ia the wwwwwwv
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  • 38 5 A "CHAP ji ki" runner. in Chwee Huat. was lined 00 cr three months' imprison- alter he had pleaoed ulty in the Singapore Second iminal District Court yestcriy to assisting in a public ttery.
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  • 105 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A 28-vear-o!d timber cutter. Sec Hock Hai. pleaded guilty in the Hign Cour: here today to particioating with two others in robbing a woman of jewellery worth SSI J. The robbery wa? alleged to have taken place in September last year
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  • 89 5 > STANDARD photo taken 2 aboard the Nieuw Hoi- land vesterdav shows 1* 1 from (left to righ') A; r J J Vice-Marshal F. K. W. C Scherger. Mrs. rus- 2 sanges. Air Marshal F. J. J J Fres.sanges (C.-in-C.) J J R.A.F. Far East. Mrs. 2
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  • 43 5 HAMID bin Jai a was sentenced to six months' jail in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to stealing an oblong mirror valued at 40 cents from Pok Kway Swee on Jan. 17 at a.m
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  • 203 5 An All -Malayan Air Force Unit SCHERGERS HOPES i~a_______________________________________. AIR Vice-Marshal F. R. W. Scherger former A. O.C, Malaya, who left for Australia, yesterday in the Niew Holland, envisaged great expectations for the R.A.F. Malaya, and the M.A.A.F., in a farewell statement to the Press just prior to his departure.
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  • 128 5 MALACCA. Tues. Father Hogan. the workers' priest from Manila, has urged listeners to interest themselves in the country's social problems and support responsible trade unions. He was addressing Trade Unionists and Socialists at the French Convent hall, last night, on "Workers' Problems." Father Hogan
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  • 61 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The iurror stall grades committee of the National Whitley Council met in Kuaia Lumpur todav to discuss thc new wage structure for thc country I postmen. Xo concrete dccisiotu werc taken. Further meetings will be held on the subject before the recommendations are forwarded
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  • 59 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Tues. Two men. Hooi Yot Wah and Khor Yong Seng, were fined 92,400 each bv Mr. J. G. Adams in the Nibong Tebal Sessions Court for possession of gold ornaments on which dutv had not been paid. The ornaments comprising rings, earrings, bangles, lockets. ear
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  • 49 5 KOH Aik Chong. 55, who was caught by a Poiice partv as he was writing out chap ji ki schedules in n house In J r Chiat Place. Singapore, on Saturday night, was sent to iaii for nine months in the Fourth Police Court yesterday.
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  • 113 5 Students Ask For Advanced Classes Back GRADUATES of the Yock Eng Middle School. Tanjong Katong. hav e sent a petition to the school's management board committee asking them to re-introduce the Senior Middle School Classes to enable them to take up advanced studies. Sinc e 1951, the school has catered
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  • 245 5 PENANG, Tues.— The IVnang Harbour Board Staff Association today rejected two of the three recommendations made by the Court of Inquiry into thc Penang Harbour Board dispute. "We wan; re-instatement ot the ticket seller with f 1 restitution." said Inch 0 Mohamed Sheriff,
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  • 141 5 Rubber Thefts Increase KUALA LUMPUR. Tuei A Police spokesman aid today that with the approach «>i Chinese New \car and th<; rise in the price ol lubbt r, there has been a "notice* able Increase' in the number of rubber thefts during the past lew days. Tiie latest theft occurred
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  • 146 5 KUALA LUMPUR Tm The First Ma f committed youth. Chin Lcm to lhe Huh Court for trial on laying a young Chim cn rouie to i midnight love tryst and robbing her v. rl t watch wi'h lis gold cli. iin. Tham Meng Ken.
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 544 6 A GROUP of Britons gathered together recently in London and with a "Save the future of Britain and the British Empire" slogan as their glorious goal, formed a new political party—tho "Elizabethan Party." They loudly proclaimed that their party was "pro-British", meaning, as they outlined and approved in
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    • 428 6 r^HE Federation Government has spurned the idea of granting an amnesty to terrorists lui king in the jungle. Considering the efforts made since 1950 to urge the terrorists to surrender, the results have not been quite encouraging because mostly the rank and file gave themselves up while the
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  • 347 6 Reviews of Views 'We Knew If j rriHE Secretary-General of the< 1 United Nations, Mr. Dag< Hummarskjoeld, has not failed< In his mission to Peking after all In spite of earlier speculate ions that he would, writes, Nanyang Siang Pau. < We knew it all along, the journal) continues, that
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 265 6 Isn't Inborn Desire To Oust Locals? Sir; Could G. P&cimanabhan and A. R.R. whc replied in your issue cf the 7th inst. to my letter on the* staffing methods of 'he local P.W.D., explain v hy it i.s that no sooner that one of their kind gets a ioothold in
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    • 234 6 Sir:— Your correspondent Mr. P.N. Potti ha.s rightly echoed the true feelings of thousands of services employees. What is now urgently required i.s. other things being equal, a written test for all the clerks and storekeepers, irrespective of grade, and the satisfactory ones given increase of salary. It
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    • 173 6 Sir; The Asian Students' Federation of Melbourne, Australia, will be glad lo help students who intend to further their education in Melbourne. In the past 6 years, there has been a constant increase in the number of students coming to Melbourne for their higher and
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  • 950 6  -  Philip Deane U.S. ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN; *.\\\\\\\\\\\\y tjW wwwwwwv 5 5 I in the first of I j two articles Delhi, 4 MERICA is now stepping up its aid to Pakistan zl but a good deal of that aid will be in the form
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  • 599 6  - A MILESTONE IN HISTORY J. Halcro Ferguson LONDON. r j;HE VICTORY of the People's National Party (P.N.P) in the Jamaican elections is a milestone in the history of the British West Indies. On'.y in Jamaica has a twoparty system really come to life: in most of the West Indian countries
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    • 37 6 ntort* dtiffs ttt 1 hin*>#t> ,\#>f#« Yvtir. JUST UNPACKED CHINESE BROCADE of different Design and SATIN OPAL GEORGETTE in y enchanting shades. Buy them now with confidence J MAGANLAL NAGINDAS CO. Singapore 7-85, Arab Street, Tel:- *****.
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  • 261 7 [)N fan. 18, (Reuter)— Britain's Navy Ljged last night that M a new generation of Id replace the present ageing warships. a lew hours after veteran Hamilton had criticised the "run navy which, he said, was at "an r before in living memory." The Admiral was speaking at the
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  • 22 7 A t and -eld l 1 I enaid ig 8 Oenl pened I and i nther. bomb I i > n fulrtn
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  • 47 7 MILAN. Jan. 18. (Reuter) rhe Mayor ot Milan called in police to quell an uproar at a City Council meetin' here last night when a Neo-Fascist mcillor tried to praise the ;.t e Marshal Graziani. hero the Mussolini regime, who died last week.
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  • 35 7 ADEN Jan 18 (Reuter) The Governor ot Aden. Sir 'lom Hickirgbotham. vesterlay announced that, a number of Legislative Council members will be eleeied next year lur the first time in the Colony's history
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  • 241 7 FAILURE OF A MISSION DY ANY YARDSTICK, SAYS KNOWLAND CHICAGO, Jan. 18, (AP) —Senator William F. Knowland declared yesterday that U.N. Secre-tary-General Dag Hammarskjoeld's mission to Red China "was a failure by any fair standard or yardstick." He referred to the SecretaryGeneral's attemot to obtain release of imprisoned American airmen.
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  • 60 7 NEW FERRY, Cheshire. Jan. 18. < Reuter) Eleven-ycar-o'.d Roy Johns, got excited watching a television programme on air warfare and was found dead in bed the next morning. A Coroner told an inquest here yesterday the boy must hav e had an epileptic attack during
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  • 234 7 LONDON Jan 18 (Reuter) The BritishTranaport Minister. Mr. John BoydCarpenter, has turned down a plan to build helicopter landing sites in Central London on bridges over the River Thames In a letter to a Member of Parliament. Lieut. Colonel Marcus Lipton. the Minister, said
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  • 27 7 BRITISH. Italian and other foreign but no American doctors are attending the 26th congress of Ail-Union Scientific Surgeons of the Soviet Union in Moscow. AP
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  • 62 7 SYDNEY. Jan. 18 (UP).— The second "lightning strike" by dock workers within a week today tied up 40 overseas and inter-State vessels on the Sydney waterfront. Some 5.000 workers were aifeeted. Workers said thc strike was called because a prominent member of the Waterside Workers Federation. Neville
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  • 45 7 LOS ANGELES. Jan. 18 (Renter* Film star Sonny Tufts, alleged in a law suit here to have bitten dancer Marjorie Van on thc thigh, has settled her claim for $26,000 (about £9.285) damages with a payment of $600 (£214).
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  • 33 7 A U.S. Navy Super-Con-stellation disappeared In the foggy gulf of St. Lawrence yesterday and all 13 persons aboard were feared drowned. Search v and p'--"\s reported no sierns of life.- AP
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  • 279 7 EDEN READY FOR TALKS WITH RUSSIANS But Arm Germany First LONDON, Jan. 18,— Britain's Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony tden promised last night to press for high level talks with Russia after ratification of the Paris accords rearming West Germany. In a speech prepared for broadcast over the British Broadcasting Corporation,
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  • 162 7 AVADI. India, Jan. 18. (Reuter) Thc Indian National Congress, India's ruling Party, will be asked to approve the admission of Communist China to the United Nations this year at its annual convention opening on Friday. Another resolution to be put befor e Party leaders at the
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  • 36 7 NICHOLASVILLE. K e ntucky. Jan. 18. (AP) A blast set oif at thc Farmers Bank early yesterday wrecked the building and scaled otT from would-be robbers a vault containing USSIOO.OOO i n cash.
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  • 211 7 'Follies' In The British Embassy MOSCOW. Jan. 18 (AP) The diplomatic J corps flocked to the Bri- tish Embassy here last night for the opening of the 1955 edition of the Embassy follies. called "Tonight at 0.30." The glittering audien- J ce jammed the whit? and gold ballroom as guests
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  • 100 7 Ike Seeks New Crisis Powers WASHINGTON. Jan. 18, (Reuter). President Eisenhower will seek Congressional approval for an emergency programme of controls to be imposed immediately in any attack on the United States, according to reports here. The programme would give him authority to impose price, wage, rent and other wartime
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  • 33 7 BOSTON. Jan. 18 (UP).— Twenty-two rioting convicts seized five guards at Massachusetts State prison today and demanded a getaway car as a condition for the release of their hostages.
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  • 182 7 BANGKOK, Jan. 18 (AP)— Orchestra leader Andre Kostelanetz returned safely to Bangkok yesterday but the chartered plane which dumped him unceremoniously on a sandbank on Sunday was missing somewhere in Cambodia. Kostelanetz left Bangkok early on Sunday for the Cambodian capital of Pnom
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  • 45 7 DAG Hammarskjoeld, left centre. Secretary General of the United Nations, and Chou En-lai. the Chinese Prime Minister, are seen surrounded by aides and Jh« nt ta,ks in Peking on the reie aS e of 11 lilted spies by the Chinese. AP
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  • 141 7 TOKYO. Jan. 18. (Reuter)— The English language newspaper. Nippon Times today begged Japanese pachinko (pinball) machine manufacturers to spare Asia from the "pachlng blight." The paper was commenting on reports that pachinko machine makers are seeking new outlets in Southeast Asia to compensate for losses
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  • 163 7 Modified H-Line For The Princess LONDON. Jan. 13. (Renter) Prineesi Margaret, voted on c of the world's ten best draaaed woman, ha en some "off the peg" cotton dresses several with a modified "H" line, for her coming trip to the Caribbean. The dressi ordered in a firm which turns
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  • 79 7 WASHINGTON. Jan 18. (AP). Two Republican S tors Charles E. Potter of Michigan and Everett Dirksen of Illinois yesterday questioned thc advisability of the U.S undertaking new hydrogen bomb tests this year Potter. member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he has no direct information on
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  • 69 7 Stondoid London Correspc ndent LONDON, Jon. 18—The following ore the closing prices of rubbei ond tin on the London Morket. LONDON RUBBtP Spot 28|d. February 28Id. Morch 28id. April/June 281 d. July/September 27id. October/December 27jd. February c.i.f. 28Jd. Tone: Quiet. LONDON TIN Spot £689 buyers, £690
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  • 333 8 Consultant's Report Being Studied Before Legislation KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation Government is to draft a legislation shortly to establish a Port Commission for Penang Harbour and allied installations, Mr. A. H. S. Reid, Secretary to the Member for Transport, told The Standard today. Commenting on
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  • 118 8 One Language A Time For Him MR. CHARLES Coltman, thc Food and Agricultural Information Officer, United Nations, who has spent mo'p than four years in Bangkok. was asked upon his arrival yesterday: Do you speak Thai Quick as a flash. Mr. r 'man replied: "No. I'm afraid to learn the
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  • 280 8 'Nobody Denied Franchise' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation Government today denied Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan's weekend allegation that by a mere stroke of the pen it had "disenfranchised" more than one million Chinese in the country. Sir Cheng-loek had stated during his presidential address at the
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  • 145 8 RAUB. Tues. With the relaxation of the curfew in all the new villages in the district and the return to increased rations, the 20.000 people living here are looking forward to a Chinese New Year that may be the brightest since the Emergency was declared.
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  • 36 8 TAIPING, Tues.— A large gathering attended the Tamilians Festival Celebration at the Young Men's Hindu Association hall. Upper Station Road here .on Sunday Dr. T. Markandu. who presided at the function, gave a n address
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  • 75 8 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues.— Police. Boy Scouts and school children will participate in a hig parade in this sea swept capital of Malaya's "Iron State" next Mondav in honour of the birthday of the their felicitations The Ruler will take the salute at this parade on the padane and
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  • 39 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Tues.— Inspector Abdul Ghani bin Mohamad Darus who was attached to the Bagan Serai Police Station, is spending his three months leave, in Klang. Inspector Webber from Ipoh has taken Inspector Abdul Ghani's place.
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  • 32 8 photo. Council (Seventh Da, >____*?! D vision Youth cal ideal Adventist vouH?- In M,i Chureh i. as ;he "W &*J?^!S£?__?____A^K c„ r 5_ Pieiure show, 'iSJW at a recent «!•>. Standard
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  • 132 8 IPOH. Tues.— The Perak Youth Council is calling on all youths in the State who are under 21 years old to join in the "Young Citizens Week" starting on Jan. 26, and ending on Feb. 1. Youths from English and non-English schools can participate in
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  • 76 8 KUALA LUMPUR. TuesAtan bin Salleh. 23, today claimed trial before Inche Mohamed Ismail in the Sessions Court to a charge of cheating a compatriot. It was said that between Nov. 24 and Dec. 14 last year, he dishonestly induced one Chen Choon to deliver to him
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  • 43 8 TAIPING. Tues.-The Councillors of Aulong New Village feted Mr. Chong Thian Keng Assistant Resettlement Officer Taiping, on Saturday, on the occasion of his being honoured by the Queen with the British Empire Medal in the recent New Year honours' list.
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  • 193 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Police Lieutenant C. A. O'Keeffe accidentally walked into ambush positions he himself had set a little while earlier near Kuala Lipis Pahang. on Sunday and was killed, it was announced today. Mr. O'Keeffe and his patrol located a terrorist camp and
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  • 151 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Junior Chamber of Commerce International has just recognized its Kuala Lumpur Chapter as thc national body of thc organization in Malaya. it was announced today. The Chapter has just amended its constitution to assume this new status. Other Federation Chapters of the Junior
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  • 239 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A pioneer "atomic study" is to be launched shortly in the Federation, to discover the mysterious disappearance of iron within the human system, leading to a very high incidence of anaemia in Malaya. First cf its kind in the Far East,
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  • 54 8 IPOH. Tues. Thc new Methodist English School at Malim Nawar was otlicial ly declared open by the deputy to the Mentri Besar. Inche Osman bin Talib, yesterday. Inche Osman stressed the importance of education and hope that each community would co-operate fully without prejudice in the building
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  • 106 8 IPOH Tues— The Chief Recruiting Officer. Major H. Drummell. will be visiting Telok Anson, to interview potential British army recruit?, on Fcb. 7 and 8 at thc home guard headquarters, from il a.m. to 2 p.m. on botn days. Strain born Malays Ch'nese. Eurasians and South Indians between the
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    29 8 FLYING Or.eer E. O. Davies h ns h T^ cer J Cadwalder, to cut tho Hridin* tion in the Nursing s: trr. Mr!s their marriage on Saturday PhotakYJ*
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  • 102 8 PEXAXG, Tues Mr C M Ramli, whose nomin.. papers were rejected bj Returning Officer la the West Coast constituency has written a letter, end bv thc Chairman oi r Negara. describing lhe incident on nomination d The Returning Officer. Mr R C Holden. rejected the papers o n the
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    • 297 8 IThis Singapore the emerald We Where East greets Wesl with friendly smile Tempts the tourists to stay awhile Spendings dollars in fabulous style. Like all good things there comes an end Back to their ships their ways they wend Their money gone no more to spend Back home lor more,
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    • 149 8 For straight backs and .^ttftj^L sturdy liml) MM f I 1 l^ta' __^^m%*m*m\\*\\w^m\\\*sMi\ L ________B_P^_____B Kk^ I |,^*«^fc Ju^'^^^^^l ____p ■___B__^ >> w><_ I W f a .-.-..Ml iliU _____fl^_)K________________________._. II \\\trm\\ I ml X I^\^^^^^^M^^ J^ t X _K_> I m X I ____r^ give your baby this pure
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  • 120 9  -  Mary Ma lone fcfaCcried the I rushing to "I a London ffc- "1 shall r I 1 js deeping," *<* and-white-L "She rannot of the clinic. "I don't feel well today, you know. "Oh, dear, oh. dear, I knew I was going to be iate..." Then the prince walked
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  • 21 9 f r bark in f wej added I f L ih V" -o pasted ia I F i I L_
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  • 182 9 JOAN CRAWFORD will star for Columbia Pictures in the Jerry Wald production, "The Queen tt<e." with Ranald MacDougall writing thc screenPlay nf the Edna Lee novel aad directing, thu.s reuniting •JM trio responsible for Mildred Pierce.'' which won Miss Crawford an Academy Award. Wald,
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  • 815 9  -  B ridge t Jones By ARLENE DAHL is onc of the busiest women in Hollywood. Besides filming she writes a daily newspaper column full of beauty ideas, and designs and sells lingerie. Now she's thought of a c w and original idea— designing personal calling cards for film
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  • 350 9  -  RALPH CHAMPION NEW YORK. RITA MORENO, co-star of "Untamed." with Susan Hayward, seems to be living up to the title of the film. She's going: around wearing a dainty necklace from which hang four teeth belonging to former bov friends! And, she told
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  • 308 9 HOLLYWOOD, Roscmarie Bowe is a young actress with a face like Grace Kelly and a body like Marilyn Monroe and that poses a dilemma. She's got to decide which rou^e to travel now that she's o n the threshhold of hei career. When the
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    46 9 PRINCE Vittorio Massimo takes a look at his new-born son in a London nursing home. The child was born weigh- "</ <S poundj JO ounces. The Prince and British actress Dawn Addams were were married in Rojne last April. He is 43, she is 24. (A.P. Photo).
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    • 28 9 Colls The Tune MOLLY: "I don't like Tom. Ile knows too many dirty songs." PEGGY: "Does he sing them to you'*" MOLLY: "Well. no. But he whistles them."
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    • 148 9 Dnce Upon A Time pl-.KHN. REYNOLDS' hobby used to be playing thc French horn. LINDA DARNELL used to chew hcr finger nails. GL'Y MITCHELL had three ambitions to retire his folks, own a ranch, and sing. He's now achieved them all. MARIO LANZA used to be a piano mover. FRED
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  • 701 10  -  Toni Marsh By both the bridesmaids and the ushers will of ccurse be greatly appreciatea as a memento by them. It needn't be expensive, as long as it shows thought and taste 2 Do remember one thing: your fett are J going to take a lot
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  • 135 10 'T'HE bride who really faces a problem is usually lhc more mature bride, the registry office bride, or thc second wedding bride. There are of course many more possibilities for such a bride, all depending on taste, weather and Inclination Wc saw a most adaptable dress for such
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  • 183 10 AS far as Singapore is x concerned, most of the large department stores will endeavour to cater to your needs, but there are two shops which specialize in wedding finery: Vanity, at No. 11 Battery Road, and Hilda's, on Middle Road. I* is practically impossible
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  • 280 10 'THE bride who takes the x trouble to have a really memorable wedding. is very likely to be the kind of person who would like to keep her wedding dress. possibly to pass on to a daughter. Until now. however, there have been slight snags in the
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  • 381 10 women will throw away their falsies, relax their waistliness and snug in their hiplines this spring, if they want to reshape their figures for the new silhouette The Paris-inspired H-line is all over the New York market, adapted in various ways by various designers but stressing throughout
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  • 171 10 A WOMAN never wants to look limp and wrinkled, but if a bride does, I a catastrophe. So be careful what material you chose for your dress. Organdy looks lovely on fashion photos, and tragic ?ar e ,^i U Ve sat on *in «ie ear. unless yon can
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    469 10 the accepted fairytales end with: and so they lived happily ever after. Unfortunately. very few pcop'e do U'/iv? Often because many of them still think of love and marriage in terms of a fairytale. Which of course, it isnM lar from it What makes a happv marriage? Or should
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    • 82 10 IT SWAYS TO RHYTHMIC TUNES! IT ROCKS WITH RIP-ROARING FUN AND LAUGHTER .'...IT'S M-G-M's Hi ziarnng JANE POWELL^% HOWARD KEEL /^r A BOISTEROUS CHINESE.NEW YEAR ATTRACTION jsooNi-C ATH AY-sooN!;! w' <Jule/cd>faa4e (V *fe&&J V-v s, cnet'r'incs 1 V&Mr J '^Vilf V^t" CUFF LINKS Isn^yrA f'm ■»WX'"j t-, studs f A&r<
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    • 594 11 j^EUTSCHER LLOYD jRC- AMERIKA LINIE JOINT SERVICE c „oa. Marseilles. Antwerp. Rotterdam, H.imburg O Bremen. Spore P S'ham 9»ntn*t oyD ..23/27 |an 28/29 |an 30/3 1 lan PAG 8/11 12 Feb 1 3 Feb 24/27 Feb 28 Feb 2 Mar K on Manila. Kobe Yokohama. Penang P. S'ham S'pore p
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    • 1182 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD, Td: 2412 SUSS 1 t incorporated m i.n«eport» I% ££T TIIE BLUE FUNNEL LINE oST C«^^» option to proceeo via other ports to dtie*a»to carta SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONOON b CONIININT Sinfjpore Oue Sails f S ham Penang Perseus for Clasgow |an l» AntHockus
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    • 793 11 MITSUI |5} HUE MOM JAtAH to. INDIA. BURMA, PAKISTAN KYORITSU MARU for Rongoon h,m '"'»> Calcutta ecu OBAN MARU tor i^ U fet I Feb 19 F cb A».A.a, FOR JAPAN Yokohama Nogoya. Kcbe i^j ma FUJIKAWA MARU 'ci r e S M J Moi'. Osaka v i. N or
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    • 778 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS 10 CONTINENT/SCANDINAVI/ For Aden. Port Said. Genoa. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Hamburg. Copenhagen. Cothcnburg and Oslo. S'pore P S'ham Panang "ASIA" 20/25 |an 26/26 Jan 27/28 |au xx) KINA" 20/25 Ftb 26/27 Ftb 28Feb/l Mar xxx) "MEONIA" 4/7 Mai 8/8 Mar 9/9 Mar xxx) "FALSTRIA" 15/19Msr 20/20 Mar
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  • 271 12 Ships In Harbour Tobacco Men Want This Bill Deferred OUTER ROADS Asha. Lingula, Ehiki Maru. Chin Lam. State of Madras Aldegonda. Langsa, Pertama. INNER ROADS Wah Sing, Teck Thong. Brenda Han Thale, Aik Hin. Tong Th;iv, Sam Jeronimo. Rok;tm Serdang. Puseng. Belaga Pangkor, Janssens. Hin Ann. Perint-.s. Laponda. Hin Cheong.
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  • 55 12 BRITAIN'S total coal output last year was a little higher than In 1953. At 223.795.000 tons it compared favourably with the 223.519.000 tons of the previous year. Although opencast production fell from 11.69 million tons in 1953 to 10.23 million last year, deep-minded output showed a
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  • 35 12 WE wish to point out that Union Locks, imported by William Jacks Co.. (Malaya) Ltd.. are made in England and not in Germany as appeared in a front-page advertisement in our yesterday's edition.
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  • 272 12 SCANDINAVIAN Airlines System beats the 700,000 passenger mark in the business vear 1953 54: In all 708,829 passengers flew on the SAS five-Continent route system, 40,000 more than the total number of passengers during the preceding year, reports Mr. John Hoyer, SAS Singapore representative. Of the
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  • 38 12 A GROUP of Netherlands concerns and a French firm have concluded an agreement to build a sugar factory at Madingou. French Equatorial Africa, and to lay out a large sugar cane estate in the Niari valley.
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  • 195 12 THE produce market in j Singapore was again quiet. with small business reported within quotations. Pepper prices were slightly steadier but little business was reported. Copra and coconut oil remained at about the same quotations as those prevailing on Monday. Coconut oil sellers at Penang closed at
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  • 115 12 EXPERIMENTS with rubberized roads in Malaya recently have resulted in the production in Britain of a tar compound containing natural rubber which if claimed to be the cheapest rubberized road surface dressing material on the market. e v,^^- ,ed „An S lovia it is a
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  • 331 12 Vessels To At Malay 3 By BERNARD W| L|l THE U.S. Fedcrol j> outhor.xcd the execution o^ fcrcnt.ol subsidy contract M sident Lines, under which fleet will be replaced with nage ot an estimated coo This contract lllov ff*l operation in wrvio Ports to Malaya and The ten-year pi
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    68 12 BELIEVE it or not but these four people and their luggage can be accommodated in this new German midget car which costs US$B2l (3.450 Marks). The new Kleinschnittger 250 c.c. two-stroke twocylinder 15 h.p. car has a maximum speed of 62 m.p.h. The car features front axle drive
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 196 12 THE price of rubber in the Singapore market touched Sl per lb yesterdav but closed at 98* cents for first grade rubber for February shipment, a drop of cent on Monday. i The market opened uncertain at around 99 cents per lb.,
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    • 146 12 LOSSES and gains were evenly distributed in the industrial section of the Malayan share market vesterday but the undertone was fullv steady. A small recovery in tin shares was reported but ruobers continued dull. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were* Buvers
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    • 66 12 A DUTCH firm, Volker Aanneming Mij.. of The Hague has concluded a contract with the Pakistan Government for the improvement of the port of Karachi. The project embraces the removal of 13 old landing stages and the construction of !rJIf W TK mi e co^rete quav
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    • 40 12 o ft L LAND W *H hold its 30th international exhibition of motor trucks, tractors, motor coaches, trailers and semitrailers, special vehicles, motor car accessories, garage equipKk et f- A n Amst "dam from Feb. 3 to 2.
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  • 42 12 AN Italian manufacturer has been awarded a USS 13 7.000 contract to supply electrical equipment to the United States Army the first such award since President Eisenhower liberalized "buy American" act restrictions on government purchases of foreign goods.
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  • 114 12 The directors of Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. reported a profit of £671.592 for the year ended June 30 1954. After providing a net amount of £323,448 for taxation and crediting surplus on realisation £19,253 and underwriting commission of 1.092. there remained a balance of
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  • 129 12 J5" Nautilus, (pictured above), the worlds first vessel to be propelled by atomic power, went to sea on Monday to begin a series of trial-runs The 2,800 ton blunt nose submarine, its generating plant capable of carrying it around the world without surfacing cruised down the
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  • 159 12 A SYNTHETIC resin, polyaminostyrene. a new compound for u^c in the treatment of hyperacidity, has been made available to the medical profession during the last few days. Research workers regard this substance one of a class of compounds known as ion-ex-•-fianse resins—as the nearest approach yet to the ideal
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  • 59 12 hli outline i .p. fa tion Pliin^ HishHu < «»untp ««n *qi h I »th*r J < «»untri^ l ■5 nai I I Hi J I>< wS (i.e. •'.ur.,;. pfrv»nn» traimu and iKI ..nd g Pn.,'**' tli.t fcfl iik n; I quirrd •It h pm of tr<hl« rqmpmrtt apprt.iaig
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    • 617 12 RCXTY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Section 103 unicipal Ordinance (Chapter 133) g up and Draining of lONIE HILL from R VALLEY ROAD to GRANGE ROAD. "IVOTICE is hereby given that the plan, specification, estimate and apportionment of expenses of making up and draining of LEONIE HILL from RIVER VALLEV ROAD to
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    • 472 12 FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES TENDER NOTICE. ''TENDERS are invited for the Repolisbing and Repair of Furniture and Barrack Stores during period 1 Feb. 55 to 31 Dec. r->'->. Spare parts, where required, will have to be provided by the contractor carrying out thc repairs. Tender Forms can be obtained personally, or
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  • 734 13  - BAG THE BIRDIE AT SQUARE LEG IN CALCUTTA... PETER WILSON £gr3gL%Lsnow--come for a laugh J!L f h^Junshine with V/ilson From Sineapare. Friday. THE next time they tell you sport is international you have my personal guaranteed hallmarked permission to tell them they're unlicensed liars. Why? Because of golf— golf in
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  • 271 13  -  Verity Gill MORGAN, Reuter's Sports Editor, has loversv rl cricket and this may go down Dne of the biggest crackpot schemes ever revolutionize the game. e ol Tuesdav (pa«e 13) under the And The Tails" he raised vhether the present system of i r one and asked if
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  • 108 13 3 REPLAYS YET NO DECISION LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter) —Bury and Stoke City, who have already battled for 5 hours 22minutes in 3 meetings, clash again on Wednesday in yet another attempt to reach the fourth round of the Football Association Cup competition. The Clubs drew 3-3 after extra time
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  • 138 13 SHA PICK 29 FOR SPECIAL TRAINING SIXGAPORE Hockey Association, in preparation for their return game against the Federation and the awaited visit of the Pakistan hockev team. will start their training tomorrow on the Singapore Recreation Club ground. They have selected 2!) players to attend tomorrow's training and the one
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  • 78 13 Aussies To Challenge In American Zone MELBOURNE. Jan 18 (AP) Australia wiil challenge in the American Zone of the 1955 Davis Cup Tournament. This was decided at a meeting cf the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia Council last night The Council gave no indication whether the team would first visit
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  • 154 13 INDON CHAMP SHOWS HIS CLASS By QUEENS CASTLE Mr B Hutagaiung the Indonesian chess champion who arrived by air on Monday was seen in acticn hour*; latet in the opening round of the Dutch Club's International Chess Tournament when he scored a brilliant 25-move win over the ex-British Ladies champion.
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  • 27 13 DUE to rain the hockey friendly between Singapore Cricket Club and Police scheduled to have been played on the SCC padang yesterday, was called off
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  • 103 13 he said there were crocodiles there, I'm not fooled that easily. He did a salvage job with his big brown right toe and it cost The Brigadier almost 2ftd At the seventh, driving off the ladies' tee. I achieved what I would have thought to
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  • 117 13 IT was The Brigadier who put the whipped cream on the round. As we approached onc. the last green, tiro, the rare- 1 course winning-post. and three, the outdoor children's party, a species of marines! seemed to overcome this militarv figure He
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  • 341 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Superiority behind the scrum gave Selangor United a well deserved 15 points (three goals) to six points (two penalties) victory over Selangor Club in a thrilling rugger match on the padang here today. This was the fifth encounters. Today's win which
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  • 1689 14  -  WINDSOR LAD Chestnut, Ore The Dangers By IPOH, Tues.— ENJOYMENT 11, a Full Bloom gelding, was far from disgrace in his recent efforts at Penang when he came in second to Ore and Bliss Fire respectively over six furlongs. He has made good progress since then and should make
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  • 80 14 KEW YORK. Jan. 18. (AP) Wcs Santce. holder of the American mile record of 4:00 6. will make his first New York appearance on Fcb. 5 in the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. The Kansas star's entry in the Wanamaker mile was announced yesterday bv
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  • 215 14 BAHAWALPUR, Jan. 18. (Reuter) When the Pakistan-India second Test entered on its last dav to day, Pakistan declared at their overnight score of 312 for 9 in reply to India's first innings total of 235. Kardar's declaration was a] bid to reach a
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  • 329 14 IPOH. Tues. Wonc Prn 5 Soon, who was surprising defeated by Ong Poh Lim in the singles fin~| of thc Siniu pore Badminton champion ship last Saturday. Mill have a chance to redeem himself on January 30 at Ipoh. on the second nisht
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  • 46 14 MCC RATTLE 328 IN 4¼ MOUNT GAMBIER. Jm tied up 328 in 255 minutes here [!l S a two days' match against a Suuk\* XI who replied with 4(1 for «n P Zi l«f plav I I H I I HI fl r JH td >cni
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