Singapore Standard, 20 January 1955

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  • 17 1 Singapore Standard fc A, ;ji I V>. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1953 1 1 PAGES 15 (KMS.
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  • 473 1 Russian-Type Bombers And Jets Yikiangshan Is Put Under Red Provincial Govt. TAIPEI, Jan. 19. Thc Chinese Communists today launched a 200- bomber raid on Tachen Island, 200 miles north of Formosa, less than 24 hours after their invasion of the tiny Nationalistheld outpost of Yikiangshan which
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  • 63 1 HAT AR? Asks ICCAS i single ps fired' r.v :an LIC- »re today ished"' is a interview, he i tingle shot Bred m tbe I rted i m the t re- i na. capil I after Hd'-d an All- 1 rI ituation i c Islands Is r m- Moluccas fi
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  • 38 1 WN Jan. V). 'Mint Eisenywterdaj he militan aurasiders either lhe island Kored bj the ■uaunists, or f»c*.n Islands, U the defence JON an ln r Hammarskp»ve Mr. Dulles report nn his ■"> to frro J] pnen held as
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  • 408 1 $12 Mil. British Grant For RAF In Malaya 'INFRA' DEFENCE jSET-UP PLANNED O1 *"l _^7 O4 mm -a, ,J 1 1 Sunday Standard headline of April 25 1954 Expansion Of Airfields For Canberra Landings KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Royal Air Force today took the lid off a mammoth defence Infra
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  • 56 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A Royal Hampshire officer yesterday had a miraculous escape m an action m the Ulu Selangor district, when a terrorist 4rtmM-~l!Tr~f.f-j' right chest but was deflected by a compass he carried m his pocket. The officer suffered no injury at all m the engagement
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  • 68 1 $100,000 Dope Seized On Ship SINGAPORE Customs yesterday seized 100 pounds of opium worth $100,000 m the engine room of the vessel Prosper, soon after she sailed into Colony waters from Bangkok. This is the second time within a week that alert Customs officers have intercepted opium bound for SingaDore's
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  • 48 1 NAIROBI. Jan. 19 (Reuter) —Captain Venn Fey. 35--year-old leader of a tracker combat group which has had many successes against the Mau Mau. has resigned m protest against the new surrender terms offered to the terrorists yesterday by the Governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring.
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  • 49 1 LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19 (AP). Actress Karen Verne, 36. won a divorce after testifying that when her husband. Harold R. Susman, 55. was out of town, he'd call her almost hourly day and night. Miss Verne, former wife of actor Peter Lorre, charged cruelty.
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  • 17 1 A LIGHT earthquake was felt m the Tokyo and Aomori areas of Japan yesterday. AP.
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  • 62 1 LONDON. Jan. 10 (AP> The British Board of Film Censors announced today it has banned Ma lon Brando's picture of motorcycle hoodlums. "The Wild One." Thc Board's Secretary. Mr. A.TL. Watkins. said the censors may change tbeir minds but they consider the picture "would have a
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  • 48 1 TOKYO. Jan. 19 (AP).— The Rising Sun emblem of Japan will take to the skies tomorrow for the first time since the Pacific war when the U.S. Air Force turns over 59 planes, including eight jets, to the fledgling Japanese Air Force
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  • 83 1 First his WIFE, then his MOTHER Now Dr. Sam's FATHER Dies CLEVELAND. Jan. 19 (AP) Dr. Richard Sheppard. 64, whose wife committed suicide after their son was convicted of murder, died last night at a hospital of a respiratory ailment. His son. Dr. Samuel Shcp- pard. 31, broke down m
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  • 223 1 THEY ARE 'GUNNING FOR MacD' IN MALAYA LONDON, Jan. 19, (Reuter)— The mass circulation Daily Mirror today praised Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commis-sioner-General m Southeast Asia, and alleged that his efforts were being sabotaged by certain people m Malaya. "Trouble makers m Singapore are gunning for Mr. Malcolm Mac
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  • 125 1 MELBOURNE Jan 19 (Keu ter) Mr Robert Menzies, the Australian Prime Minis ter. is to ask the United States to collaborate with Australia and Britain m providing a "police force" garrison o» troops m Southeast Asia according to the Canberra correspondent of thp
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  • 336 1 Last Minute Phone Call From Spore Did It! PENANG, Wed.— A dramatic last-minute telephone conversation between the Deputy Commissioner lor Labour, Mr. J. Grundy, and the Chairman of the Singapore and Penang Harbour Boards, Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, averted a dock strike here today. "Ftf
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  • 106 1 sfcoUL Ja,n. 19, (Reut) A South Korean Ifcy' i^jor threatened General Maxwell D. Taylor, United States Far East Army Commander, with a loaded .45 calibre pistol yesterday. An announcement said the incident took place during a top secret briefing at the South Korean
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  • 47 1 KINGSTON, Jamaica. Jan. 19 (Reuter). Final results of Jamaica's general election give the Socialist People's National Party, headed by Mr. Norman Manley. 18 seats m the House of Representatives. The Conservative-minded Jamaica Labour Party, ousted from power m the election, holds 14 seats.
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  • 47 1 MEDELLIN. Colombia. Jan. 19 (AP).— The U.S. Air Force rushed aid today to the crew of one of its rescue amphibians which crashed m the Andes 50 miles south-west of here. First reports from the site said two airmen were killed and four were injured.
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  • 48 1 GEORGE TOWN. British Guiana. Jan. 19 (Reutcr>.— Mrs. Janet Jagan. secretary of the left-wing People's Progressive Party, was released from prison yesterday after serving a sentence for three offences under the Colony's emergency regulations. "It was hard labour, cooked and sewed." she told reporters.
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  • 40 1 NEW YORK. Jan. 19 <UP> Paul Sanche. news, film and radio corre pondent for the National Broadcasting Company is believed h^ld a prisoner by the rebel forces m the Costa Rlcan conflict, NBC said today.
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  • 87 1 After TV Show, 200 Job Offers London. Jan. m (Reuter) A 24-year-old holder of the George Medal, chosen to appear m a 8.8.C. television programmo here last night, mentioned quite casually that he was out of work and soon afterwards had the offer of about 200 jobs. The first was
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  • 492 2 GUIDE YOUR CHILD WELL IN THE FIRST 5 YEARS 1% 40 tn an Says A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, Mrs. Elizabeth Picton-Howell told members of the Singapore International Women's Club at their weekly meeting yesterday: "The happiness of the world lies m the hands of the women." And quoting: Bertrand Russell, she added:
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  • 66 2 SHIA LIM TEO. 22. who had three previous convictions was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment to be fol!o\ved by two years' police supervision, m the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday. He was convicted of theft of a box of clothes, a camera and a Parker pen
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  • 226 2 Most Beliefs Are Erroneous BELIEF m lunar influences still continues to play a considerable role m biology and medicine m many parts of the world, writes Prof.* R. Hoeppli m the Alumni Association, Malaya, publication. Prof. Hoeppli who is attached to the Department of Parasitology. University of Malaya, states:
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  • 119 2 The Answer To A $2,000 Oil Quiz MORE than 4.000 gallons of diesel oil have been "written oil*' the Singapore City Council's studbooks. Reason: The oil. kept m storage tanks at the Pontian Waterworks, formed into layers of sludge. Two Councillors who asked for an explanation for this loss (this
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  • 73 2 PROVIDENT FUND: 'ARE WE IN IT' ARE Chinese school teachers subject to the provisions of the Government Provident Fund regulations? The Singapore Chinese school teachers, after a conference wrote to the Chief Inspector of Chinese School* to clarify this point. If they are included. they want the authorities of Chinese
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  • 184 2 A 'Circus' Ship And Two Destroyers Arrive THE roars of wild animals mingled with bosun's pipes, when the arrival of a "circus" ship coincided with that of two Canadian destroyers m Singapore yesterday. T1 1° i ''9 r cus" ship KFM's freighter-passenger vessel Kasimbar. carried a cargo Of hons, tigers
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  • 125 2 ICFTU TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES THE International r federation of Free T Unions plans to extend i work m Malaya. The ICFTU. repre ttts tive m Singapore, Mr Q Mapara, told The Standa that if Malaya was t. self-governing nation it v important for her te h i free democratic labour
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  • 111 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib In Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No I RSS *pot Loose 90 i 09] No I K.SS lob Feb. 99 J 99J No. 2 982 99 No. 3 9G 96J Tone: Steady quiet. lIN FKICH The prices of tin *es terday was
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  • 252 2 KL Bus Services Are Back To Normal KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The garages of the General Transport- Company here, buzzed with activity today as mechanics prepared thc Company's fleet of buses and toxics to take thc road again tomorrow morning after being laid up for 28 days. This morning, the Company's
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  • 129 2 Wan Hamid Asks About His Job INCHE Wan Abdul Hamid, a Johore Government scholar m the United Kingdom whose scholarship was withdrawn for alleged violation of General Orders when he visited the Soviet Lmon and Red China, has written to the state Government asking whether it would take him back
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  • 113 2 Key Red Is Killed By Ex-Comrades KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A patrol comprising IUITei ered terrorists yesterday k. Ed Chee Tuck, a Comn. Commissar. mi n the R.. Panjang Forest lUstnrt They seized a PtVOlvtl magazines. ammunition, a grenade and two pa In the neighbouring Bukit Chegar area of Kuala Bahru.
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  • 64 2 Muslims Anxious Over Missing Thai THE AM-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Singapore, has written to the Colony Government renewing ltl request for assistance m Investigating Uie rase of the Siamese Muslim leader. Tuan Haji Sulong. who ha* been missing f or some time. A spokesman of thc society said last night
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  • 56 2 A PARTY of Customs officers recovered UOO Ibe, able tobacco from I plot of ground m Vccra. Road, Singapore early fester* day morning. The tobacco was h under a tarpaulin. It icved that the contraband ira left by a band of to! smugglers, to be pk-kc
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  • 20 2 KABAKA 'S SON THE wife of the exiled Kabaka (Ruler) of Buganda gave birth to a son m Mengo Reuter
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 72 2 Weather Report MI\I M M Temperature: From 7..J0 p.m. Jan. 18 to 7..",0 a.m. Jan. 19. Singapore (71F): Penang (7bF.: Kota Rahru (7f>F): Kuala Lumpur (7.1F); Ipoh (7JF); Kuantan (7?F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.:i0 p.m. Jan. 18 to 7.:,0 a.m. Jan. 19 Singapore .84F): Penang <89F); Kota Bahru (81F): Kuala
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  • 228 3 fc a Sccre- C Goode, that he l ?ot .pie who fee political [{.seeking :.onal mdermine •iation I thl when > the new J tered Bank nso n Road. he was people L ds and i: and f(ir this will lead rdo (treat damage he said. But fconfidence m
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  • 260 3 MOKE is not likely to have enough doctors till I!>.>B, the Colony Director of Medical ir. R. H. Bland, told the Press yesterday. t I tin.. D:. Bland said expansion of the i s will be restricted until 1958. The main trouble h.s DcDartment was facing. Dr. Bland Mid,
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  • 50 3 found Third )i r1 yes- 1 ting a Dn 13. last I I Sar the Kith to si x to be 1 i police I one prose* another I ki d, stop- were J* nded his jji, p. cious Z I the two L V hour J l .-.fied
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  • 14 3 liaa been the eting t( I the ent i-t.iry Worand Leila ation Buan
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  • 29 3 I httle r< llln Mr X an ing i Koh Ann, Borneo knocked I military on Dec, j en h.v a £■011 bin Sf With a •'lv him.
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  • 338 3 'I have CONFIDENCE in the PEOPLE of S'PORE, soys Goode a geographical focus for trade. Through the merchants and the bankers "we are creators of trade." Banks, he said, also provide means for the economic development of Singapore and Malaya. With the island's rapidly increasing population. Singapore must broaden her
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  • 173 3 3 A BELATED Christ- > mas card found its way J into Singapore yester- 2 day from a little place called "Singapore" m the 2 J big city oi Chicago, J J U.S.A. J J Thc 10 m. by 7 m. card, addressed to
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  • 89 3 THE threatened strike by about 3.000 employees of City Electrical Department, Singapore, scheduled to start today has been postponed indefinitely. I This follows a decision taken by the City Electrical Workers' Union to give more time to the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, to
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  • 316 3 MAN WITH 12,000 LEWD PHOTOS IS JAILED A POLICE party under Singapore's Anti-Vice Chief. Acting Superintendent of Police. Mr. J.E.S. Dawson, raided a photo studio m Selegie Road last Tuesday afternoon and found 12,000 obscene photographs, including an album full of lewd negatives. This was stated m the First Criminal
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  • 89 3 THE Lord Bishop Suffragan of Willesden, the Rt. Rev. Gerald Alex Ellison, who is now m Singapore, on a visit, j is to be made Bishop Designate of Chester, as announced m Eng'and The Right Rev Ellison, who arrived m Singapore from the Federation _ast Saturday, has
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  • 155 3 NEW YORK. Jan. 19 I (AP)— What is described as the first superMarket m the western hemisphere has been ooened m New York by Mr. Raymond C. Tong, a businessman from Hongkong. Mr. Tone came to the United States m 1947, I took
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  • 233 3 Witness Tells Of Death Threat AN accused person m an extottion case was alleged! to have threatened the; chief witness with death ifj] evidence was not given m j his favour. This was related at a preliminary inquiry m the First Criminal District Court yesterday when an odd job labourer.
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  • 84 3 ALOR STAR. Wed.— The Kedah Rice Millers' Association met today and agreed unanimously to contribute 100 bags of rice to Singapore to help victims of the recent floods m the Colony. The rice, collected from member mills, will be dis- patched to Singapore, as
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  • 22 3 THIRTY-NINE gold Tish worth $200 were stolen from a fish pond m Jalan Hong Chye m Singapore on Tuesday night.
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  • 247 3 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, returned a verdict of suicide yesterday at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of a woman patient, Lee Yun, who fell from a window of her ward on the first flcor m Middle Road Hospital on
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  • 49 3 FOLLOWING were elected office-bearers of the Singapore Kunrakudi Adikalar Reception Committee. at its general meeting yesterday. President Mr. V Pakirisamy Vice-president— Mr. P. Govindasamy Pillai. Secretary Mr- G. Sarangapani, Asst. Secretary Mr. P. Subramaniam Chettiar Treasurer Mr. PR., AM. Manickam Chettiar and a committee of 40 members.
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  • 168 4 THE English language qualification for Singapore Legislative Assembly candidates has come to stay. The Government has no intention of allowing a multi-lingual legislature. The Standard reliably understands. Reports that the Colonial Secretary would announce the lifting of the ban on non-English speaking candidates at the
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  • 370 4 Japs Deny Undercutting Standard Shipping Reporter THE wor m freight rotes on rubber and latex shipments from Malayan ports to Japan is being intensified as shipping companies continue offering cargo space at successively lower rates. Wm Representatives of the major Japanese shipping lines resident m
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  • 115 4 Govt.'s 'No' To Chinese Students THE Registrar of Societies. Singapore has rejected an application from Chinese Middle School students to form a union. At an emergency meeting held yesterday. the students decided to re-apply for registration They state that the object of forming the union is to promote closer relations
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  • 38 4 HONGKONG Jan 19.— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15 72 to £1 sterling. $5.***** to US$l: $1828 to Malayan $1 $0,178 to one Indonesian Rupiah: Gold $257,125 to a tael.
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  • 57 4 PASTOR F. A. Mote, president of the Far Eastern Division, Seventh Day Adventist Church, congratulates Pastor Clyde C. Cleveland (right) on his promotion yesterday as president of the Indonesian Union Mission. Pastor Cleveland was Secretary-Treasurer of the Malayan Union Mission before his new appointment. Mrs. Cleveland looks
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  • 380 4 Appeal Against Crown's Award For Land TRUSTEES of the estate of Ec Chin Liang (deceased) appealed m the Singapore High Court yesterday, against the Collector of Land Revenue's valuation of their land which was acquired by the Crown for housing development, m August 1952. The appellants claim that the Collector
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  • 46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. School fees amounting to $653 were embezzled by a clerk of the Government English Preparatory School, Muar. last year, and had to be written off as a loss. This is revealed m the first report of Johore State Councils Standing Committee on
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  • 88 4 SHB Union To Decide At Meeting THE 2.500-strong SineaDore Tu es/aV^conS ™<^ s action to settle it, outoSS claims with the Board Tho Secretary Mr A n_-_ raisamy tod Th* J vestpr/a'v «v c Standard yesterday, that workers were becomms impatient at the t ß h°e?r rd elai r m
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  • 70 4 Finance. The report says on the recommendation of the Medical Superintendent. Tampoi Mental Hospital, and the DPP the c.erk was not prosecuted mZ?. h i s releas e from the Mental Hospital the clerk did not report for duty and subsequently resigned The Headmistress of the
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  • 153 4 BECAUSE his plane arrived m Singapore last night 28 hours behind schedule. Lord Hore Belisha, the former British Minister for War, missed several important engagements, including a dinner and a tour of the Colony's housing and school projects. His plane was delayed m
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  • 116 4 Hawker Got A Slap From Woman A FOOD hawker. M. R. Pakeer Mohamed, was fined $50 or two weeks' imprisonment m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for using criminal force on a housewife with intent to outrage her modesty. Kasminl binte Ishan told the court that while she was
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  • 76 4 City Resident Loses $700 Jewellery MR. F.VV. DUNHILL. an employee of the Gestetner < Eastern) Limited m Singapore reported to the Police yesterday the loss of a 14-carat gold Omega wristwatch presented to him m 1953. On the back of the watch is engraved: "F.W. Dunhill. m appreciation of 25
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  • 50 4 A SINGAPORE City Council driver, N. Velu, 37. was set upon by four thugs and stabbed m MacKenzie Road, while he was on his way to work yesterday morning. Velu was admitted to the General Hospital. Police have detained a man m connection with the attack.
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  • 455 5 Court Told Detective Asked For $700 To Release Schoolgirl Vw I, A Loh the c a a to- was a ;D n lined corpoL f >■ ok Le, L. veiy charged with corruptly obtaining $700 from Chong Hai m McNair Street, on July 31 last year
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  • 254 5 MCP REPORTED TO HAVE OVERRUN VILLAGES JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— The squadron of paratroopers who are due m Malaya soon from Britain, is expected to be sent to the MalayanThailand border to deal with the "serious situation" which has arisen there, The Standard was reliably informed. Tlie paratroopers were asked
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  • 129 5 Rent Value Of Property 'Artificial' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A citizen here pays only $10 m assessment fees a year as compared with the $60 paid by his counterpart m English towns. Mr. C. A. J. Potter, the Municipal Treasurer, told Reparians today. He pointed out that the assessment levied by
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  • 12 5 Wed,f: B iruddin Inwas Settleand ite Haji The S -HtV"
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  • 78 5 BAIL ol $6,000 m two sure- ies was offered 22-year-old (Joh Ah Chin yesterday when he claimed trial m the Singapore Eighth Police Court to a harge of possessing 800 pounds of Siamese tobacco and 330 pounds of tobacco leaf on ••hieh duty was not paid.
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  • 53 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Siah Ah Tun. of Belakang Passar. was sentenced In the Sessions Court. Kluang. to six months' imprisonment for being m possession of chandu, on Nov. 14. Siah had come out of prison a few days previously after serving a sentence for
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  • 80 5 MRS. LILY CHAN, who will sing al the Chinese New Year Ball ta be held at Singapore's Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday. Feb. 5, m aid ot the Singapore Anti Tuberculosis Association. The Governor. Sir John Nicoll, will attend the dance Tickets (S>
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  • 92 5 KUALA LUMPUR Wed.— The University of Malaya had 'every hope" of starting a Department of Tamil studies "weii before the end or toe quinquennium 1.054-59", Sir Sidney Came, the Vice-Chan-cellor, declared today. In reply to a Legislative Council question by Mr. K. Ramanathan. he
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  • 32 5 PENANG Wed A $60 gold ring was stolen from a snirt hanging on the wall of a niosque m Perak Road yesterday. No arrest has been made yet.
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  • 36 5 LIM Ah Moi. the S-yeex-old girl, who wa s Injured when a coconut tree crashed on her house m the U.angi aiea cvi Saturday, died m th e Singapore Oeneral Hospital, yesterday.
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  • 94 5 3 Years' Jail For Communist Song Writer KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mow Sui Yong. an unemployed labourer who told the High Court here on Monday that he had composed Communist songs "to lift him out of his moods of depression." was today jailed for three years by Chief Justice, Sir Charles
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  • 70 5 PENANG. Wed.— The Resident Commissioner. Penang, has approved the lifting of the curfew m the controlled area m Penang Island on the nigms of Jan. 2:}. 24 a nd 25. on the occasion cf Chinese New Year. The controlled area includes part of Aver Itam
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  • 139 5 Craftsman Used Force On Girl, 15— Fined $100 KUALA LUMPUR Wed— X Suppiah, 30 year-old Gov ernment craftsman was today fined SlOl by the First Magistrate who found him guilty ol using criminal force on a Eurasian girl with intent to outrage her modesty Buxom. 15 year old Juana lobo
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  • 98 5 MRS. EL. BEAUMONT CLARKE was a very anxious woman yesterday. She waited at Kallane Airport. Singapore for the arrival of her brother from Britain, whom she had not seen for VI years, and wonderec 1 whether she would be able to recognize him But she
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  • 320 5 He Wrote To His Girl: 'Can I Have Two Wives' PENANG, Wed.— A pretty 27-year-old woman, Lim roll Bee, said m the Sessions Court today that she did not know that a Chinese press reporter Koay Hong Khoon, whom she married m Penang on Sept.* 4, last year, had been
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  • 123 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government proposes to take no further action m the matter of 54 Malay pearl divert now under contract to an Austra ian firm, o.her than examining the terms of agreement under whic h they wore engaged Confirming that the divers
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  • 98 5 Lumberjack Gets A Yeat's Jail KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. See Hock Hai. a 28-year-old lumberjack, was today sentenced to a year's jai! by Chief Justice Sir Charles Mathcw for joining two compatriots m robbing a woman of her jewellery See, and the two accomplice- who are sti. at large, drove up
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  • 219 5 Bandit 'Editor' Killed In Ambush KUAL A LUMPUR, Wed. Lung C hcc, Pahang's Number One Communist propagandist, has been killed by thc First Battalion of' thc Northern Rhodesia Regiment m the Kuala Lipis district, it was officially announced today. In an action connected with operation "Apollo" he fell OO Jan.
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  • 42 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Federation Coverni collected 135.646.000 m I tomi import and Export D m December, it wa today. This brings ih,> t<>t 1 1 Customs Revenue for 195. to $318,163,620 with rui 15J664W6 m excise H> Irene
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  • 41 5 .lOHORE BAHR.' Wr! Keh C.eok Eng a woman who kept a sundry good, ihop fined 13,000 m th. s. Court today for being m p< sm of 23 trtom f cigarettes on which duly had not been paid.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 412 5 s anclard *mzMlmancLc at a Glance AP O dTi ill ,;kv "'V,?,'," 5 m 5 5 12 3 3 IV E J JVn;ii»« n.38 am |S ft. 3 m) RKX: The Iton Glove 12 45 3 6 4.' rf 1110 :>m (<j ft. m). ancl .1.13 p.m i L2._f-_/_>l_ SURFACE
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  • 952 6 Singapore Standard Official Bias AT yesterday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council, the official reply to the questions asked by Inche Mohamed Rashid on expenditure on purchase of newspapers and periodicals and on advertisements revealed discrimination against Asian-owned newspapers. In 1952 the Federation Government spent 525,086.39 on a certain class
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  • 1237 6  - Suspension Of Popular Government PHILIP DEANE Last of two articles On U.S. aid to Pakistan By II r rHE increasing American J- aid to Pakistan vvill be administered m that country by a Government which appeared to have given up democracy— at least for a while. Policemen m uniform and
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  • 411 6  - PERAK POLITICS A Split In The Alliance? Leong Hew Meng By IPOH. ILL the Perak Progressive Party break from the UMNO-MCA Alliance over the question of nominating candidates for the Elections? I think it will eventually lead to that if they stick to their original demand for a selection committee
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  • 431 6 Review of views End Colonialism Task 'IVS task of any Party aspiring for national freedom is not to "improve colonialism"' but to sec to it that the era of colonialism m this country is ended, says Utusan Melayu m an editorial. The paper comments on a speech by Dr. Ismail,
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  • 458 6 A I ALAYA Is over one thousand miles away from the Straits of Formosa. This, however, does not mean that the latest happenings m that sector are not likely to have repercussions m this country. Experience during the five years the Communists have spread terror and death throughout the
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    • 190 6 Sir; Your emphasis on the height above sea level of Muka Head lighthouse, and its presumed benefit to mariners If entirely misplaced; because we cannot se c the ruddy light when we are most anxiou s to do so. on account of it being too high, and therefore
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    • 59 6 He will Be last Sir; In reply to Mr. Lee Chwee Sent I shall try to let him know exactly where the activity is taking place m respect of Electricity supply to Frankel Estate houses. Firstly, it starts from the City Hall then proceeds to Frankel Estate and lastly m
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  • 505 7 No Objections From The U.S.— Says Mr. Dulles WASHINGTON, Jan 19, (AP)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles opened the door yesterday for the United Nations to arrange a cease-fire halting the spreading war m the Formosa Strait between Chinese Communists and Nationalists. He said at a
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  • 113 7 ONE thousand and seven hundred miles of horizon arc shown m this photo made from 100 miles up m the air by a camera mounted m a U.S. navy Aerobee sounding rocket during a record-breaking flight from White Sands. New Mexico, proving ground. The camera points toward
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  • 158 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, (UP)— Egypt and the Philippines signed a treaty of friendship here yesterday, stipulating that there shall be "perpetual peace and everlasting amity between the two republics and their peoples." j The treaty also provided the two nations shall not use force to
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  • 90 7 Anti-Bandit Offensive Is Launched BISKRA, Algeria. Jan. 19 (Reuter) Five thousand troops supported by planes and armour began an offensive this morning against outlaws m the Aures mountain region of Algeria. The troops moved into position yesterday m the Craggy mountains, hideouts of bandits since terrorism flared up m Algeria
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  • 67 7 SAIGON. Jan. 19. (AP) 1 The government yesterday decreed drastic reductions m farm rentals m the first step of a land reform programme it is counting on heavily to defeat the Communist-led Vietminh. A reduction m farm rentals, amounting to 50 per cent m some cases, marks
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  • 175 7 Defence Chief Warns: Final Showdown May Be In Trade WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 t (UP)— Secretary of Defence Charles E. Wilson said yesterday the "final showdown" with the Communist world ma.v come m economic, political and propaganda areas rather than m military fields. For that reason. Wilson urged Congressmen to strengthen
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  • 45 7 II India ntration Ltic and be lett; l er can airline rlcan li PA A. I r vr it< reI ()i nt to ling air I wo mg X- pan-Ameri-f v. rid Air- ni n v to i- BOAC will Indian India ol Ne*
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  • 29 7 I Jun 19 ince i S :ot- liam:' l i wdrop" I .11 tho land I thaw J id to of j I ra- j several f I
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  • 24 7 (AP) i' <_ i- ndo 1 si be trie J m liro. said he the job of Ministo be < Reaid he Guiza-
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  • 16 7 I I Reuter. Air -lined j I for 'vith returned! rning \amind niat The 1
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  • 30 7 Thc Formosa Defence Ministry said yesterday that Lt.Gen, Pao Chi-huang. former judge advocate-general of thc Chinese Nationalist army, had been executed for corruption and abuse of power. A.P.
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  • 104 7 Ex-King To Work For A Living LONDON. 19. (UP). Former King Peter of Yugoslavia and his raven-haired Queen Alexandria announced yesterday they are going to work so they can live m the manner m which they are accustomed At a press conference, Alexandria said. ''I'm going to write my memoirs.
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  • 34 7 MILLION GIFT NEW YORK. Jan. 19, »AP) Myron C. Taylor, who served as presidential representative at the Vatican m the *****. has given US$l,OOO,OOO to the New York Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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  • 60 7 BATTLE CREEK. Michigan. Jan. 19 (AP) The mother of a slayer-son committed to a hospital for the criminal insane died yesterday beneath the grinding wheels of a speeding passenger train. Police said Mrs. Pearl Roscoe. 65, ran onto the tracks, folded her arms, faced the
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  • 38 7 CAIRO. Jan. 19 (Reuter^ The Egyptian People's Tribunal today sentenced _n absentia two former Egyptian army officers to death by shooting for their alleged part m the Moslem Brotherhood conspiracy to overthrow the regime.
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  • 30 7 M. EDGAR FA'JRE, Finance Minister, will take over the French Foreign Ministry from the Premier M Pierre Mendes France m tht near future, informed Government sources srid Reuter
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  • 236 7 DUBLIN, Jan. 19: (Reuter) Counsel for the Irish Government suggested here yesterday that the Dutch KLM airliner disaster rt Shannon Airport last September might have been due to the captain relaxing after an unnerving take-off Counsel Mr. Scan Macßride summing up at the end
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  • 75 7 Standard London Correspcndent LONDON, Jan. 19 Thc following arc the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 29: d. February 29. d. March 29 d. April June 28 :d. July/September 28 id. October December 28 d. Februory c.i.f. 28id. Tone:
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  • 64 7 NEW DELHI. Jan 19. (AP). —A special inquiry committee into the Kumbh Mela tragedy. In which at least 400 to 500 persons were killed. has blamed "defective" traffic arrangements. The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival involving religious bathing, attracts millions of worshippers At the Mela held
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  • 48 7 MONTREAL. Jan. 19 <AP> Police found the body of a 65-year-old woman chained to her bed m her dirt-floored, tow-storey home m nearby Pointe St. Charles. They expressed belief she had starved to death but had not been the victim of foul play.
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  • 198 7 Now Alcoholic Milk In Four Flavours LONDON. Jan. 19. (L'P) Britain which invented the steam engine and built the first jet plane gave the world alcoholic milk today. It comes m four flavours whisky brandy, rum and gin. Government officials announce! they have granted Mortlocks Modern Dairy a license to
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  • 83 7 SMOKE and flame billowing behind it, this F-84-C. Thunder iet blasts into the air to become the first piloted plane to be airborne from a zero-length launcher. The U.S. Air Force and the Martin Aircraft Co., ar*. using platforms mount d on trucks to explore
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  • 112 7 CAPTAIN GETS £4,000 IN LIBEL ACTION LONDON. Jan 19. (Reuter)— 1 A New Zealand sea captain whose ship was forcibly seized by Chinese Nationalists near Hongkong, was awarded £4,000 sterling damages wilh costs by a jury m a libel action here yesterday The Captain Mr James MoncriefT Hood. 56. of
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  • 186 7 Nautilus: Test Was 'Perfect' GROTON. Connecticut. Jan. 19. (UP) Word was nth. from the United States Nautilus last night that the perform* ance ot the atom powered submarine on her first day of sea test was "perfect." A message from thc sub's skipper. Commodore Eager. c P. Wilkinson. sa.d the
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  • 53 7 SANTA MONICA. California. Jaa \9x (AP) Bing Crosby is to have I kidn y stone removed at St .John's Hospital today, his dOCtOr reported. Dr. Frederick Schlumbergcr termed it I major operation Md .said CtOtby (Fill be m surtjery an hour or more No complications m expected.
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    • 57 7 You are? Well, come to our Toy Department where you will find new models and fresh stocks of the standard range No. 622 10-ton Army Truck $2/85 No. 470 Austin Von "Shell" $1 25 No. 981 Horse Box $6 25 No. 982 Pullmore Cor Transporter r $6/25 also Dinky Builder
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  • 63 8 You Can Give This Child A Future! By forming a kongsi and collecting as little as 10 cents a week jrom each member durinQ the year, you can collect $1000, with which you can adopt one of these crippled children irom the Ked Cross Crippled Childrens Home. Tanah Merah. For
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    • 346 8 Trade Union Federations Can't Keep Political Funds KUALA LUMPUR/ Wed. Thc Select Committee appointed to report on amendments to the Trade Union Ordinance has recommended that, for the present, Amalgamated Trade Unions should not be allowed to have political funds, so long as their constituent units continue to exist. In
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    • 227 8 Defence Planning Unit To Cost The Govt. $20,000 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federal Legislative Council was asked today to approve various sums of money for a defence planning unit organized under the Commissioner for Civil Defence. The following sums had been sanctioned by the Finance Committee m this behalf: $16,034
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    • 166 8 Siam Death. Railway: Japs Offer Damages 1 KUALA LUMPUR. 2 Wed. Japan has offered a total of K.WW (535,- t 2 090) compensation for the relatives and de- 2 C pendants of the thou- J sands of Malayans who J lost their lives building the infamcus Burma- 2 J Siam
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    • 88 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Legislative Council was today asked to sanction $233,000 towards grants-in-aid to vernacular schools following tho revision of the salary scales of teachers of English m them. All posts affected are carried on State and Settlement estimates. The new scales are
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    • 87 8 TELOK ANSON, Wed.— The General Working Committee of the Sultan of Perak's birthday celebrations thanked all organizations which contributed towards the cost of the Silver Casket and Silk Address presented to the Sultan on his Gsth birthday. Contributors were: F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce (Perak Branch), Perak
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    • 389 8 'They're Doing Alright' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federal Legislate, Council today threw out a proposal to draw a deal line of demarcation between the interests and tinu tion. of the Agriculture and Veterinary Departments, v avoid overlapping of efforts and promote greater
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    • 67 8 TAIPING. Wad.— Mr. and Mrs. Anthony celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary here yesterday. Mr. Anthony* is 73 years old and his wife 68. They have 39 grand children. They were married m Penang and came to Taiping to settle down. Mr. Anthony, who retired lrom Government m
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    • 92 8 SETTLEMENT SUBJECTS C AN BE BANISHED I KUALA LUMPUR. Wed i The Federations banUhment law is applicable to naturalI born British subjects m th. Settlements of Penang and Malacca just as it is to other i resident m the country Legislative Council was i today. This reply was given b\
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    • 228 8 Mosf Of It Went To h KUALA Ll'.MPl R. Wed Tv were given 55.039 worth ot ftfc_J advertisements out of a total ot ffijltfi for the recruitment of staff m 1 <» >4 Council was told today. Nine others listed b reply to a question by
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    • 86 8 KAMPAR. Wed.— Tho Deputy Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Osman bin Talib, recently declared open the $17,500 Methodist English School at Malim Nawar. The school, which has five class rooms, was built with donations from commercial firms, including a grant of $3,000 from the Methodist
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    • 74 8 Sitiowan Fair In Aid Of Anti-TB Fund SITIAWAN, Wed.— A fun fair m aid of the AntiTuberculosis Aasoci at i o n Fund will be held near the Town Board market here from Jan. 22 to Feb. 7. There will be gaming stalls modern joget. as well as pretty crooners
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    • 65 8 SEREMBAN, Wed A new English school will be opened here on Feb. 10. under the direction of Mr. T. Kahima Singh, a local businessman and a former teacher of the King George V School. Known as Mahima Singh Institution, the school will be conducted at No. 2
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    • 37 8 KOTA BHAEU, Wed Th* vehicle ferry at Pasir Mas i rosed for repairs for a piri, d pJ- W V Veeks AU vehicles o Pas r Mas will have to go via
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    • 71 8 KOTA BHARU, Wed. T^° in S ers p a' Leh Tapang and Hassan Pasir Puteh will sing "Berdiker Barat" J Kelantan Malay Folk Song* ta Fund° thG Kelantan Welfare Thursday. Feb. 10 has been flre a Fu__H a n Kelan L an Welfare *und Day to be
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    • 132 8 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Enrolments m P'ederation schools dropped by 19.731 between June and September last year, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. Up to June last year there was a total of 833.622 pupils m schools of all types m the country, but
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    • 216 8 British Protected Persons: No Discrimination KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation Government today denied there was any discrimination m Australia's treatment of British subjects and British protected persons although persons of non-Euro-pean descent m neither category are admitted for permanent residence m that country. inai Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, M en
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    • 186 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federation of Gold Merchants' Associations have reached a compromise with the Federal Government on a clause m the new Minor Offences Ordinance which forced 'them to retain «old Ittd other articles for three weeks before disposal The Select Committi* ap pointed by the
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  • 34 9 Underwater Film Premiere Jonc Rusitard Fgon c water, aquas, to i premiere n iy co-star, illeled t Howard p-oduced cd Gt memond IS end jnged i Jcne Rusire on the 1 tho Silver P.
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  • 22 9 MBIA HASES DOLL KER' D '1 the 1 r r The igned piriamilj •ppa. ndus. iarac I i i 1 re --'reei
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  • 539 9 MADRAS. 'THE .sixtieth session of the Congress is to .able at a new township. Satyamurti Nagar, near Avadi. 15 miles from Madras, from Jan. 21 to 23. Almost the last nail has b n driven into the great amphitheatre. which has three ornamental gateways. the centre one
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  • 722 9 r FHOUGH Avadi has for A the present appeared to steal the limelight, vital issues are still hanging fire m New Delhi. The Government of India has been m consultation with British and Russian experts on the steps further to promote India's steel industry. It is today reported
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  • 723 9 Turko-Iraq Pact Will Cut Across Arab Policy CAIRO. THE decision of Turkey and Iraq to enter a s soon A as possible into a military alliance to guarantee the security of the Middle East has cut clean across Arab League policy and set Iraq on an independent line which is
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  • 155 9 LIKE TO OWN A SHARE? Marilyn Monroe, pictured m on unusual pose says she's a changed girl now that she's a big execute says she may even start wearing underwear again. The blonde eye-catcher claims the reason she formed her own company is because she's tired of playing sexy, brainless
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  • 48 9 JN the crowded tube train a young man accidentally trod on a woman's foot. "Clumsy idiot!" she snapped. "Do you think my feet were made for a fook to walk oo?" He stared her full In the face, then replied: "1 should imagine so, madam."
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  • 952 10 IVO matter whether yours is a toddler or l teenager, all parents think their o/Ispring are terrific, and most parents take a pride and joy m their children Mothers with small daughters m particular have a lot of fun dressing them prettily it's like playing dolls again, oniv
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  • 1373 10  -  TONI MARSH By ARE you already starting to get grey hairs at the thought of your child's approaching birthday party? It usually is a day of trials and tribulations for the Mummies and Dcdd.es, not to speak of broken valuables, messed up rugs, and at least one
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    • 332 10 mODAT 8 QUOTATION: 22-Act to improve work proI Aciency and capture notice of Men are apt to mistake thoi e on }oi) Accept a IIM strength of their feel- modest position. Inc for the strength ot their IHO— July 23 to Aug 22— Direct energies toward attamargiunent. T\w heated mind
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  • 189 11 .gpAPTg shipyards comSf m.r 50 ,00 rOSi tOnS ant vesseis ta 1954 —the first time such an annual rate has been achiev--3Lv nc the war -and U.K. 2252 ar Uj u total order books stand at about 4.250,000 tons gross. Commenting on these justissued figures, Mr
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  • 57 12 $3.5 M. Crosby House Opens THE Singapore Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, yesterday opened Crosby House, the new $3,500,000 Chartered tank Building at Robinson Road. This building provides another landmark for Singapore. (Right): A view of the seven-storeyed building. A section of the premises is seen m picture
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  • 240 12 40 TONS OF PEPPER TRANSACTED ABOUT 40 tons of black and white pepper was transacted on the Singapore produce market yesterday with the quotations for all varieties of pepper showing improvements. White Muntok and Sarawak pepper showed increases m prices to $212 and $211 per picul respectively, while Lampong black
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  • 36 12 A AIOTION picture. "Hogs for Profit," is to be shown m various hog-raising areas of the world as the result of its selection as an educational aid by the U.S. Foreign Operations Administration.
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  • 150 12 OI TER ROADS Asha: Elisabeth Knutsen; Chin Lam; Aldeeonda: Anking INNER ROADS Wah Sing; Larul; Belaga: Pangkor: Sedenak: Hai Seng Hin: Tong Thay: Selangor: Lee Seh: Laponda: Nanyang: Tong Beck: Kajang: Janssens: Henrik: Padea: King Bay Bangeai: Segamat: Tung Song: Kah Poh; Loh Sic: Burumun: Langsa: Teck
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  • 63 12 R ACHI Jan. 19. (Reuter) T he People's Republic of Pakistn HaS °sercd5 ercd t0 buy from return i 6 J Ute m fa ctnrrH r I? 0 1 f ™nilracturrd goods, including textiles and machinery. The suggestion was conveyed to the Commerce Ministry officials
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  • 32 12 THE Banana Board an. nnr* nCed Kin^™ that c"Ports of bananas to Britain ne?? on_? ai ca in *2 54 tota,led ii.W7.000 stems. Exports fell behind schedule lateta the year.
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  • 4 12 LANDMARK FOR THE COLONY
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  • 29 12 A SIX-MAN travelling trade mission has left Osaka by air. for a two and half months tour of eight Middle and Near East countries- U.P.
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  • 250 12 Standard Market Reporter MR. D. T. ASSOMULL, President of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, forecasts good prospects for the Malayan textile trade m 1955. The trade has been picking up steadity m the past months because of better demand from the neighbouring countries,
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  • 88 12 LIFE insurance in force in Japan at the beginning of last year had increased by 547 r r over that in force at the beginning of 1948. the Institute of Life Insurance in New York announced. Other countries where life insurance had made great gains
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  • 29 12 THE first tanker built for the Netherlands since the end of the war by Japan will be launched tomorrow, the Hitachi Shipbuilding Cnmnan« «i__ nou need.— UP
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  • 132 12 RUbbfcK prices on the Singapore market f| narrow range at just under the $1 per lb. mo r Ctuct!; price reported having been 992 cents for first Qro j Prices closed at 991 cents, a rise of If cents on T Quotations opened steady on the ne\v s ofT
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  • 152 12 GERMAN CAR PRODUCTION FORGES AHEAD WITH an ami,. m 1954 of approxi 670.000 automobiles German car pro.: increaeed ilx I 1948 monetary i This is all the :c markable lince the I I increase Ol lnd Ist I duction In the Ft Ii public has incn 250' m tl.e iame
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  • 269 12 WESTREX. Ltd. and the G.B. Kalee Company of England are the latest manufacturers of motion picture theatre equipment to sign licensing agreements to produce Perspecta Stereophonic Sound Integrator Units. Thi s was announced yesterday by Mr. B. Landau. M-G-M territorial Manager for Malaya. Westrex. Ltd. will
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  • 173 12 Weekly Letter]]} WASHINGTON. Jan. l q Th< close look at the proposed fiscal year 195b' cannot help „ul! fiscal progress it represent*-^ higher revenues, a substantial n: In fact, the inti lpat< statement, refleir flow of money Into sury and out to the p show a surp vi roc
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  • 155 12 USAF Does Not Need Long Runways TIIE U.S. Air Force doesn't need long runways any more to get its fighter jets into thc air.^ It can launch them from a 39-lOOt plat lorm mounted on a truck. The Air Force has announced it had launched F-84 Thu nder jets from
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    • 1092 12 9PW<O0000«0»)MWW8800««O«0WM> w W»W o W'* w THE SINGAPORF HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Holiday Chinese New Year's Day, Monday, 24th Jan., 1955. "IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that vessels alongside the Board's wharves and working before 11.00 a.m. on Sunday, 23rd January. 1955. will be worked after 11.00 a.m. on that day
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    • 288 12 FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES TENDER NOTICE. TENDERS arc invited for the Repolishing and Repair of Furniture and Barrack Stores during period 1 Feb. 55 to 31 Dec. 55. Spare parts, where required, will have to be provided by the contractor carrying out the repairs. Tender Forms can be obtained personally, or
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    • 150 12 ■il_._w![--!_^^^ THE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 134> Notice of Preparation of Amendment to the General Improvement Plan anrier the Provisions of Section .Vir 2) of thc Singapore Improvement Ordinance Amendment No. 2 ot 1954. |V OTICE is hereby gix en that m pursuance of ih« powers conferred by sub-section (1)
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  • 673 13 HANS FIND THE WEST )RKS TOUCH They Win As Usual By H. A. SOARS A L c UMP VL *?««work and opportunism i ng Fipans to a iV-1 1 points victory over the West Yorks thf final of the Federation FARELF Rugby Cup compel on carters Malaya Command stadium here
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  • 105 13 Badminton l I(I t.i play i, Singapore bib competiMoflovy r Uve officially LwXn P fnr homlion for PL of thei* C r imis rs an mdisKens Siang, fctarj of the jliM losed this tid that the was lodging a strong protest against lhe Marigold move. Because of the urgency
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  • 218 13 Fit To All But North Selectors JK2F' We* Jimmy Meikle, who was surpris- dr °PP° d f™m the Rmlk tc m for lhe annual ?_?wu y w l,ass,c the fcouth because of an alleged doubt m his physical fitness, turned out for his Club—the Cheng Wah— m today s friendly
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  • 18 13 DUE to rain mo?t hockey matches scheduled to have been played m Singapore yesterday were cancelled.
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  • 239 13 STATHAM ROUTS SA COUNTRY: SIX WICKETS FOR 3 MOUNT GAMBIER, Jan. 19, (Reuter)— The MCC gained their tenth victory of the tour here today when they beat a South Australian Country XI by an innings and 177 runs with 20 minutes to spare. The countrymen totalled 100 m their first
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  • 80 13 The Lucky Mil 1ion MELBOURNE. Jan. 10 (Renter) —By the time the fourth Test ends m Adelaide (January 28/ February 3) more than a million people will have seen the England cricketers on the present tour. At the close of the Launceston (Tasmania) .natch last week the gross attendance at
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  • 118 13 Ceylonese To Invite Russian XI COLOMBO. Jan. 19 <UP> The Ceylon Football Association is making efforts to get the Russian football team, which is due to play m India this week, to come to Ceylon for a few games. A. W. Musafer, secretary of the Ceylon Football Association, said the
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  • 57 13 Brigade To Hold Swim Carnival THE Singapore Boys Brigade will hold their annual swimming carnival m the Gillman Swimming Pool, off Pasir Panjang Road, at 2.30 p.m on Jan 29 Eight companies will take part In the carnival and there will be invitation events tor the Life Boy Team, the
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  • 349 13 Floodlit Hockey Trial Wins The Players' Approval By EDIN PETERS FLOODLIT HOCKEY after last night's trial at Jalan Besar stadium, you can say that again. The unanimous verdict of players who played the first night hockey m this country was summed up m one word: EXCELLENT! The trial, which war
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  • 94 13 MOSCOW. Jan. II (AP) Russia's leading snorts paper. Soviet Sport, yesterday lauded a Japanese wrestling team that the Soviets defeated 6-2 m their first freestyle match on Monday night. Soviet Sport said this is the first time m history that Soviet and Japanese sportsmen met
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  • 105 13 WILLIAM Jacks Sports Club held their third annual general meeting at their head office >n Ocean Building on Tuesday and the following were elected ottieials for the current year: Honorary patron: Mr. E. A Stewart: Patrons: Mr. H. F Clements. Ifr. K. S. Murray. Mr. A. J.
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  • 51 13 BOSTON. .Tan. 19. (Reuter) Sandy Saddler, the world featherweight boxing champion, knocked out Lulu Perez, a leading contender from New York m the fourth round of a ten-round non-title bout here last night. Saddler is to defend his title against Teddy Davis of Connecticut on Feb.
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  • 33 13 VVG CDR C. E Beamish scored a hole m one at the Koyal Island Golf Club on Sunday when he drove a distance of Itf yards into thc ninth hole.
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  • 145 13 THE following weie elected to serve m the Management Committee of the Amicable Athletic Association for the year: President: Mr. Chan Chei Seng; Vice-Presidents: M Howa Soo Hoon. Gan Kee Tian Anu Lian Kiv. Robert Teow, Tan Quee Phuan. Le,. Siew 1..-i Ang Soon Hoc. Low Hung S
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  • 58 13 LADIES— LATEST CUT! Bad First Clam Perms from $10 00 using the hest AMERICAN Helene Curtis preparations and latest perming equipments at the well known Salon. MAISON MODERNS 126 Orchard Road Phon e 826a:t whole day an Saturdays. With soeci I permission from The ommi«sioner of Labour we will
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  • 2241 14 Shamrock Slipper Comes Through In Storming Finish BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $253,700 1st Prixe: *****5 ($71,110) 2nd Prixe: *****5 ($35,555) 3rd Prixs: *****0 ($17,777) Starters ($1,975 each): Nos. *****4, *****7, *****3, *****6, *****6, *****1, *****0, *****9, *****5. Consolations ($1,000 each): Nos. *****2, *****5, *****9, *****2, *****8, *****0,
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  • 111 14 By QUEEN'S CASTLE riJ? J HE SEC( > NI > ROUND of the International ri.fh%l° U i men t played last ni ht a t the Dutch anntA Indonesian champion, B. Hutagalung gave anoth er impeccable performance, easily beating the Malayan champion, Richard Lim
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  • 679 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The cream of Federation's hockey stars will be participating m the Malayan Hockey Federation annual festival championships on the Headquarters Malaya Command Stadium here this week-end. MHF stages the North versus South classic on Saturday. On the following day.
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  • 372 14 ♦ho« SI AP RE Re creation Club "Reds" trounced round' o? m thl eS^ he BIUeS W b 71 to enter th SSS KnaXnL Hockey Association Senior nl^vPH U J^ th 0n W c i ltlon m a Preliminary round tie
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  • 280 14 M'as-tu-vu Cazalct 9 Statecraft Cara let 10 Red Rube Cazalct 8 Munster King 11. Cazalct 8 Witty W. Hall 10 Stormhead W. Hall 11 Punchestown Star Lea 11 Another Rake iilman 10 Dark Stranger Private 10 Dunbov II Bruce 1 1 Victory Morn J Dixon 11 Red
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  • 233 14 »v TIM Mv ROYAL TAN vi, ,f Hih last year will almost wSJ 1 with Mont Ttemblant taTM when the handicap i s n X l f X •"■•V:...j l I I i ,UI nmoiam I*s Nvhon sc r I I Karli Mist n 1953 Laal was given 12-4
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  • 373 14 Malacca Players Shine In Vain By GEORGE TACT MALACCA, Wed.— Malacca players have every Rood rfi* their performances, at the South Zone quadrangular hotkn nw Malacca during the week-end. It is true that Malacca did not field any player with a big name m t
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