Singapore Standard, 29 January 1955

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    17 1 Singapore Standard Singapore "ft. JL *1 s I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY* JANUARY 29, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    29 1 UNKNOWN Will UNKNOEN Aussie UNKNOWN I H!: t in ??r. r.. I 1 be n stesadoi w High Cor. Mr C. B. F :r. Bang- Mr A L De-
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    Lock icon UNKNOWN BASES EFORCED
    20 1 UNKNOWN BASES EFORCED [*28tAP»_The Z m Okinawa Fs*drcns trom t 1 today. sg* FB^ SabreBJJK6 light FHS ot F94 Ljwr-borr.bers
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    Lock icon EDS BLOCKADE TACHENS
    358 1 EVACUATION PLANS ALL SET Sabre Jets Patrol Formosa As 200,000 Mass On China Coast 7u TA,PEI Jon 28 (Reurer)— Communist Chinese destroyers and torpedo boats were reported to be stepping up a blockade of the Nationalist-held Tachen Island today to prevent the evacuation of the 20,000-man garrison.
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    Lock icon THE GREAT LANGUAGE DEBATE ENGLISH TO STAY
    333 1 Multi-Lingual Motion Thrown Out Of Council By 73—5 Votes THE English language will remain the medium of expression in the new Singapore Legislative Assembly and City and Island Council. The Colony legislature >»>terday rejected by a 13-5 vote (with two abstentions), a motion
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    Lock icon Darul Islams Sneak Into The Moluccas
    86 1 Darul Islams Sneak Into The Moluccas JAKARTA. Jan. 28. (Reuter >— Followers of the outlawed Islamic Darul Islam movement have infiltrated into the various islands in the Moluccas, situated between Celebes and New Guinea, according \o reports received by the Indonesian news agency Pia from Amboina today. The Darul Islam
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    Lock icon Sir John Praises Achievements Of Colonialism
    727 1 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PROROGUED THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, yesterday praised the achievements of British Colonialism in the economic, political and social advancement of Singapore. Proroguing the Singapore Legislative Council to make way for the new Legislative Assembly to be elected in April
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    Lock icon US Fliers: 'No' To Relatives
    100 1 US Fliers: 'No' To Relatives WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Reuter) The State Department today notified the relatives of 17 Americans imprisoned in Communist China that it had reached the "reluctant conclusion" that it could not permit them to visit the prisoners. The Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, in an
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    35 1 BANGKOK. Jan. 28 (Reuter) Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, Thailand's Prime Minister, plans to visit the United States and England in April and May. it was learned in authoritative diplomatic circles here today.
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    Lock icon FOUR MEN TO DO ONN'S JOBS
    107 1 THE FOUR MEN who have been appointed by the Federation Government to take oyer the various jobs that were held previously by one man— Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afur, who has resigned from Government service to devote more time to politics. From left: Che
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    Lock icon BRITAIN AND U.S. TO INVITE REDS FOR CEASE-FIRE TALKS AT U.N.
    245 1 LONDON, Jan. 28, (AP)— Britain and the United States have agreed on a plan to invite Communist China to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss a cease-fire in the China fighting, official sources said today. These
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    Lock icon MOLOTOV ASKED TO CURB MAO
    158 1 MOSCOW, Jan. 28 (Reuter)— Sir William Hayter, the British Ambassador, called on the Kremlin today to ask the Soviet Government to urge restraint on the Chinese Communists and point out the importance of "avoiding any incident which might lead to general hostilities." Sir William Hayter
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    Lock icon Bank Rates To Be Increased
    76 1 THE Chairman of the Malayan Exchange Banks Association. Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, said yesterday there will be an increase in the Association's rates tor the purchase of certain categories of usance bills. A rise of i per cent on the minimum rates for overdraft
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    24 1 THE Philippines has decided to take part in the AfroAsian conference to open in Bandune. Indonesia, on April 18.- UP
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    65 1 photo. AP THE FACE OF FORMOSA: (A) is the area involved in the pact between the United States and Nationalist China to protect and hold Formosa; (B) is Toumen Island, a Communstheld outpost. 13 miles north of Tachen Islands where Nationalist troops are awaiting orders to evacuate. Red
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    31 1 PARIS. Jan. 28 (Reuter) The new French Foreign Minister, M*. Edgar Faure, today challenged the young editor of the weekly paper Express. M. Jean Jacques Servan-Schreiber, to a duet
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    Lock icon THE GREAT LANGUAGE DEBATE
    88 2 The Issue MAN WHO LED THE FIGHT THE MAN WHO FOUGHT BACK THE Singapore Legislative Council was asked yesterday to decide whether the language ban on election candidates should be removed, and multilingualism be introduced in the new Assembly. MR. C.R. Dasaratha Raj, who introduced a
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    Lock icon 'Must Preserve Democracy At All Costs'-Raj
    341 2 THEY WANT BAN TO GO THE Member for Rochore, Mr. C.R. Dasaratha Raj (Labour) moved a resolution which was in three parts. That the Council disapprove the recommendations of the Rendel Report that English alone should be the official language ol the Legislative Assembly
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    Lock icon 'A SLUR ON CHINESE STUDENTS'
    66 2 'A SLUR ON CHINESE STUDENTS' Mr Raj in replying: to the debate questioneti .»ir. c Souza's right 'to cast a slur on Chinese students" and to attack a member of the Chamber o' Commerce who had no opportunity of answering. He described Mr. De Souza^ speech as the "musings of
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    Lock icon IT IS HARD TO DECIDE, HE SAYS
    117 2 MR. THIO CHAN BEE (Progressive. Balestier) said he could not for long make up his mind on whether to vote for or against the motion. Voting for might be misunderstood. 'Voting against nvght be wrong," he said. But. he was in favour of
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    124 2 Unions Were First To Suggest It MR LIM YEW HOCK (Labour, Keppel) supported the motion. He said the trade unions were the first to suggest the use of any Asian •anguage in the legislature in a memorandum to the Rendel Commission. As a member of the Commission, he signed the
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    103 2 I HE Council rejected the motion by 13 votes to 5. Voting was as follows: FOR: Messrs. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, M. P. D. Noir, Lim Yew Hock, Thio Chan Bee and R. Jumabhoy. AGAINST: Messrs. W.A.C. Goode, P.F. De Souza, C. F. Smith, Ahmad bin Moh d.
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    86 2 LONDON Jan. 28 (Reuter) Mr. G.E.N. Oehlers. Singapore's Speakcr-clcct. has just completed his first week studying the procedure of the House of Commons by actual attendance there. "I am spending as much time as I can at the House," Mr. Oehlers told Reuter today. "I
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    Lock icon Tan Stands For 2 Main Tongues
    196 2 And Does Not Vote Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, representative of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said that as far as may be practicable, languages other than English, especially the language of the majority, should be permitted. He said the Chinese Chamber of Commerce "would
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    311 2 'Its UNKNOWN Vote UNKNOWN Stunt' —Good THEY SAY IT MUST I THE Colonial Secretory, Mr w opposing the motion said Mr ft to win votes for himself by inr^ He said he was surprise] thai 1 Chamber nor Mr. Raj did not oppose the language ban for nca the publication
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    339 2 I MR. P. F. DE SOI'ZA. nominated wai opposed the motion, said that Britain za people towards self-government must no; ii obligation to ensure that it does not m domination of the minority by the majority He said the debate on the motion in the
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    281 2 S'PORE NEEDS A UNKNOWN FRANCA-UNKNOWN THE Governor, Sir John Nicoll referred to language ban in his speech proroguing the Council. He said: "At this meeting We have had a debate on the resolution on the requirement that candidates who are elected to the new Assembly should know English. You have
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    199 3 Reds Plan To Set Up dictator S'pore' Emergency Regulation* Extended enty Regulations were necessary work or armed revo- ..nfrv by the Malayan CommuX Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.A.C. '■r'the Singapore Legislative Council, of Emergency powers for atbs, Mr. Goode said recent d by the Police indicated ere an international orgative and
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    158 3 HAPPINESS COMES TO ANNE TERRELL LONDON. Jan. 28 (RevSST Ha PPiness came on Thursday to beautiful Anne Terrell 24-year-old daughter of a former Singapore Chief Justice, who figured in a tragic suicide case last May. She married Captain Eric Longden. 32-year-old Superintendent in the Malayan Police, at the Kensington Register
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    79 3 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. X T. Alexander, yesterday ordered an immediate warrant of arrest against a lorry driver. Lim Her Pow. for causing the death of a pedestrian, on Nov. 23 last year along Jurong Road. 'I he pedestrian. Law Quee Eng. a woman aged 55. died
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    177 3 It Complied With PWD Needs SING A PORE'S Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. said yesterday in the Legislative Council that there was no need to investigate the possibilities of reconsidering the award of the $4,485,000 tender for the new Kallang Bridge. In a
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    88 3 Young Men Needed For The RAF YOUNG men between the ages of 18 and 33 are wanted foe inclusion in the next Royal Air Force (Malaya) Recruits Train. ng Course on Feb. 14. They should have at least fifth standard education in a Malay school or its equivalent and be
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    88 3 4 Cyclists Assault Watchman PENANG. Fri.— The Malay watchman at the Botanical Gardens. Noor bin Hussein, was attacked by four Chinese I cyclists yesterday evening Noor. whose duty was to stop cyclists from parking their machines on the grass, saw these four coming from the opposite direction on the day
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    28 3 THE Singapore Government and University of Malaya Dental Technicians will hold their annual dinner at the Diamond Restaurant. Great World, on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.
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    Lock icon UNKNOWN Denon' Or 'Money Isn't Everything'
    117 3 a. K^ Me,, *h 00 but '»>>s to regret it However the ending Is »"t too tragic although the moral is overplayed a bit throughout the film This picture was shown a* the South-east Asian film festival in Tokyo, and >s in Daiei-Eastman colour,
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    Lock icon S'pore Girl Off On A 17,000 Mile Adventure
    296 3 S'pore Girl Off On A 17,000 Mile Adventure A BIG adventure, such as every young person dreams of having, lies ahead for a Singapore girl, 22-year-old Miss Terry Pillay, who with three New Zealanders, two men and a woman, and an Australian girl, has just embarked on a 17,000-mile journey
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    70 3 Workers Seek Negotiating Machinery ABOUT 200 employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm will hold a general meeting next week to consider suitable steps to be taken in order to establish a joint consultative committee. In a letter to the firm's management. the Industrial Workers' Union of Singapore, which represents them,
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    Lock icon Thieves Get $704 Haul
    45 3 PENANG, Fri. Spectacles worth $704 and $15 in cash were stolen from a newly opened shop in Leith Street in the early hours, yesterday morning Another theft was also reported in Juru Estate where cash and jewellery, totalling $72") were stolen.
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    112 3 Alert Peons Check Shell Fire PROMPT action by two peons attached to the Shell House in Collyer Quay, Singapore, at lunch time yesterday prevented a fire from spreading. Seeing flames shooting out of the sides of a main fuse box on the ground floor, the peons snatched a fire extinguisher
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    84 3 The supplementary provision for the 1955 budget is for $212,500 additional expenditure in the Public Works Department. $76,980 for mechanical equipment in the Statistics Department. $62,000 for eontribut'on to the Rural Board and 51 6.050 for the purchase of a Mace for the Legislative Assembly, robes for
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    303 3 Garlick's Story Of The Royal S'pore Tuberculosis Clinic THE story of the remarkably rapid rise of Singapore's anti-tuberculosis clinic, which did not exist six years ago, is told interestingly and in detail in the book "Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic." written by Dr G. H. Garlick. Medical Director of the Singapore
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    215 3 Dame Sybil To Keep Promise DAME Sybil Thorndike, famous Edwardian actress. and her actor husband. Sir Lewis- Casson. will keep the promise they made when passing through Sin- gapore early this month and return to give three drama and poetry recitals in February. The new Donald Moore ProAuction which has
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    98 3 Fastest Sea Service To London Soon FROM London to Singapore in 22 days by ship is a new service which will be inaugurated this Spring by a wellknown British steamshio company, thus making it the fastest existing sea service between the two ports. A monthly service will be operated by
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    105 3 SINGAPORE Legislative Council yesterday sanctioned $705,346 as supplementary provision for the financial budget last year and $405,422 for the year 1955. The Council approved this extra money in accordance with the recommendations of its Finance Committee. In the 1954 budget there was no provision for
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    18 3 LADY MacGillivray has agreed to become a Patron of the Central Welfare Council, Federation of Malaya.
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    250 4 'Oh! H«? M« "ot A Robber' A FATHER'S indulgent attitude towards his erring son deprived the youth of a chance to be put on probation. Instead the boy was sent to prison for a year. The youth, Tay Swee Wah,
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    76 4 ACTRESS Lynne Raggett of the movies embraces her mother. Mrs. Ruth Raggett, in Los Angeles, after her release from the county jail where she served 50 days of a two-month sentence for hit-and-run driving. She was convicted last November as a result of the death of a
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    Lock icon Low-Cost Houses: 4,200 In 10 Mths.
    148 4 Low-Cost Houses: 4,200 In 10 Mths. IN THE last 10 months about 4.200 low-cost dwellings at rentals ranging from $50 and less were built in Singapore, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode said in reply to a question by Mr. Thio Chan Bee, at the Legislative Council meeting
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    51 4 COL. W. A. Muller, Inspec-tor-General of the Colonial Police, spent his time yesterday in the Singapore Police Headquarters in Pearl's Hill. He will visit the various police units next week and give a press conference in the Public Relations Office at 2.30 p.m. on Feb.
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    50 4 A 60-year old woman. Katherine Soo, was on her way to market yesterday, when she collided witn a straying cow in Middle Road. As she dropped to the ground, she was trampled by the animal an. wa s taken to the General Hospital with leg injuries.
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    Lock icon Man Is Fined $10,000 On Liquor Count
    146 4 A POLICE party led by Detective Inspector A. Gopalan raided a shed in Buona Vista Village. Singapore, and arrested a man labelling 252 bottles of dutiable liquor, it was stated in the Seventh Police Court yesterday. The man. Ng Aik Pey, unemployed, was
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    Lock icon Jailed For Being Disorderly, Appeals
    366 4 AN open air cinema and coiiee shop owner, Leong Chooi. was yesterday sentenced to 14 days' jail in a Singapore Police Court for behaving in a disorderly manner in public Mr. E. S. Dawson, an ASP. told the Court that on Dec 22, last year,
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    58 4 PENANG, Fri. Hundreds of empty beer bottles fell off a truck after it had rounded the bend oonosite the Penang Convent in Light Street just before noon today. The assistant driver of the vehicle Osman, was cut on both legs and taken to hospital by a
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    26 4 A 17-YEAR-OLD cyclist. Loh Chin Kin. was killed following a collision between his cycle and an omnibus at the 134 mile Jurong Road. Singapore.
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    20 4 ENG Chit Quee. 74. was found hanging in a house in the Beach Road area of Singapore yesterday.
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    159 4 FIVE Australian soldiers stationed in a hillock off the ninth mile Jurong Road, Singapore, were killed by the Japanese during the last war, the Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday The skeleton of one of them was found in a ash pond with 48
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    437 4 A FLARE-UP between the defence counsel and the prosecutor in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday caused the Magistrate, Mr. M. Karthigesu, to appeal to both parties for more co-operation so that the preliminary inquiry heard before him might not "get out of hand."
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    104 4 CLOSING rubber prires (rents per lb in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 X.SB Spot Loose 1051 105 i No 1 R.S.S fob. Feb. 105s 105£ No. 2 1044 1045 No. 3 norn 101g 101£ Tone: Irregular UN PKILE The prices of tin yesterday was $348 per
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    27 4 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. According to a balance sheet published today, the assets of the Indian Immigration Fund at the end of 1953 stood at $6,243,380
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    31 5 HONGKONG. Jan. 28: rial Standard Service: prices of the Hongkong age today were $15.68 sterling $5,885 to US$l: to Malayan $1; $0,175 one Indonesian Rupiah; $257,175 to a tael.
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    Lock icon Withdrews$180,000 From Local Banks Before H.K. Trip
    387 5 Withdrews $180,000 From Local Banks Before H.K. Trip THE Assistant Official Assignee, Mr. A. W Ghows, yesterday told the Singapore First District Criminal Court that a businessman, Koh Hor Khoon, withdrew $180,000 from various banks in the Colony before leaving for Hongkong in December, 1952 Koh, who was the proprietor
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    Lock icon DRAMA AT JAP REVUE WHICH AUDIENCE FAILED TO SEE
    312 5  - DRAMA AT JAP REVUE WHICH AUDIENCE FAILED TO SEE BOB PERIES By P- w Standard Staff Reporter first *h«w P !2 P cL n ft? fi t hf,ypaeked dudi ence that witnessed the in Sino«n f th l S *°f*" k Girl Troupe at the Majestic Theatre dramT** m h
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    Lock icon Two Wives Strange? But Father Had Three!
    177 5 Two Wives Strange? But Father Had Three! XL T \LA LUMPUR. Fri. Wong Kok Meng. a commercial house clerk told the Second Magistrate today that it was not strange tor him to have two wives when his father had three. Wong vas testifying in a suit in which Chen Ko
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    Lock icon Film Star To Speak For Braga Tomorrow
    97 5 AN ELECTION meeting with an entirely new slant will be held tomorrow by Mr A. J Braga the Labour Front's Katong Division candidate for the coming Legislative Assembly elections In this rally which is his first, a Malay film actress will address the
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    70 5 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. Five thousand school children will meet a the Kuala Lumpur Padang next Tuesday morning to hear a recording of the Federation Day speech by the High Commissioner Sir Donald MaoGillivray Uniformed units of the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides. Army Cadets. Air Training Corps, Boys'
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    Lock icon Bank Pays For Clerk's Mistake
    174 5 Bank Pays For Clerk's Mistake JUDGMENT in the sum of $5,000 and costs was entered for Chop Nam Yong by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday, against Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij N V. (Netherlands Trading Society). The award was the result of a civil suit instituted by Chop Nam
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    22 5 THE Singapore Legislative Council yesterday extended the Emergency Regulations for a further period of three months commencing from Jan. 99
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    116 5 DOCKYARD TALKS COLLAPSE A MEETING called by the Naval Base Commodore Superintendent at the request of the Naval Base Labour Union to settle three "problems." got no further than the first problem yesterday. The talks collapsed. The three problems which were scheduled for discussion between NBLU representatives and the Commodore
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    555 5 Got His Facts From Press Reports A MOTION to censure the Singapore Improvement Trust was withdrawn by the Member for Rochore, Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj. at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting, yesterday. The House however, heard Mr. Raj attack what he called
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    917 6 Formosan Frolics IT is just round the corner. The dreaded World War 111. The fuse in the Formosan powder keg has been lit and it is only a matter of time may be hours, may be days before it blows up. Red China is determined to see the
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    131 6 Review of View Formosan Powder Keg HTHE powder keg in the For--1 mosan Straits may go oil any moment and it is a matter of the greatest urgency to prevent the outbreak of another war. Nanyang Siang Pau warns. It ifl our hope, the daily continues, that the British suggestion
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    357 6 Sir;— Mr. W. C. Kent Hughes' (Australian Minister of the Interior.) statement that "hatred towards anyone brings hatred in return," is, indeed, very true. It is a warning in itself. No one can expect good from bad, except bj/ miracle Everybody admits that to win friends
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    599 6 We the PEOPLE FAITH IN SINGAPORE Why Bother About Us? Sir, With reference to your editorial of January 21 under the above heading, I asree with you that 4,Singapore of today is the outcome of the co-operation and hard work contributed by all the races who are resident there. While
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    218 6 fHE happiest man, although perhaps not the most enterprising, is he who has no bank interest nor hire purchase instalments to pay. Mr. A. W. Tuke, Chairman of Barclays Bank. M Y ic,ea a 9 en tleman is that combination of manners and character which has
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    1185 6  -  Warner Vanter By THE science of the study of the earth's crust is a spacious business, and geologists, in reducing their field work to intelligent analysis, need elbowroom at their headquarters in Malaya, for various reasons, they have been denied this of
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    132 6 COLONY Legislative and City Councillors are reported to have asked Government to impose a total ban on jackpots, also known as fruit machines and "onearmed bandits/ and the other member of the mechanical gambling family— pin machines— on the ground that they encourage gambling. As if
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    258 7 UNKNOWN And Gay UNKNOWN Were UNKNOWN In Prison 1 lan. 28, (Reuter)— Two war(H hjrrf l^ bour here >' est erda v were t(>^ the district prison for men and ft the one in the Strauss operetta Die L pri>«»n ers committed new offences tree and easy drinking parties. fi&*
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    68 7 HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 28. (UP) Porriorio Rubirosa will Hollywood on Saturday lo seek a divorce from heiress Barbara Hutton in his native Santo Domingo, his current amour. Zsa Zsa Gabor. said yesterday. The Hungarian blonde said she will join him later in New York, but she still
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    26 7 MANCHESTER. Jan. 28. (Reuter)— Manchester Univerwill start next month the first full-time university course n Europe for the training of atomic engineers.
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    65 7 NEW DELHI, Jan. 28. (AP> The Sacred River Ganges is threatening to undermine many of the famed temples and religious bathing platforms in Benares, one of the holiest of Indian cities to Hindus. Flood experts say the Ganges, through erosion of the river banks, is endangering
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    38 7 Sr Winston Churchill yesterday turned down a suggestion that he should appoint a Minister for Hone Security and a special department to safeguard the civilian population in the event of atom *nH hydrogen bomb war- Reuter
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    74 7 a 1 ~r school at Ansbach. Eugene's hands broke out in a rash. At the same time, Joseph, stationed in Berlin, suffered an identical rash. The 22-year-old Pittsburgh twins were transferred to the 2nd General Hospital here for treat- ment. Doctors found that it was
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    53 7 photo. LOVELY Italian screenstar Sophia Loren makes a pretty picture framed between two table companions at the second annual cinema gala organized by the film trade press of Italy, held at Rome's Grand Hotel. The event a spectacular sucsss, wrs attended by Italy's leading film stars
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    188 7 'U.S. Ahead In Air Race' WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, (AP)— Air force leaders said yesterday the United States has made "a marked advance" in its race with Russia to develop inter-conti-nental missiles and will eventually have atomic-power-ed airplanes capable of indefinite flight. General Nathan F. Twining.
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    81 7 LONDON. Jan. 28, (Reuter) The Londoner who has personally welcomed more overseas visitors than any other single Englishman, Mr. Donald White is to give up his job next Monday at Victoria Station, the capital's continental terminus. Mr. White the blue-uniform-ed "man from Cook's" has been greeting
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    39 7 PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday nominated former Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper to be Ambassador to India succeeding Mr. George V. Allen who was chose.i recently by the President to be an Assistant Secre- tary of State. Reuter
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    112 7 LONDON, Jan. 28 (Reuter) A call for a full official statement of the reasons that led to the resignation of Colonel Arthur Young, former Commissioner of Police in Kenya, is made today in a church missionary societypamphlet "Kenya Time for Action." It says "In the
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    195 7 LONDON. Jan. 28 (Reuter) Mrs. Agnes Empson, 49--year-old former beauty queen, was yesterday awarded £2,000 damages and costs from Mr. Cecil Montague Eales, 54, a Lusinessman, she sued for breach of promise to marry. Mrs. Empson once known as "Miss Venus of 1932"
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    72 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON Jon. 28 The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 30id. February 30Jd. March 30Id. April/June 30|d. July/September SOld. October/December 291 d. February c.i.f. 30|d. Tone Rather easier. LONDON TIN Spot £708 10s.
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    141 7 AUSSIES TO JOIN FIGHT FOR FORMOSA SYDNEY, Jan. 28: The Sydney Sun carried a front page headline "Australia Will Fight" on a report from its Canberra correspondent today that the Cabinet had "decided that Australia will join the United States in defending Formosa." The newspaper's correspondent said it was believed
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    88 7 Police Think Friend Killed Rubinstein NEW YORK. Jan. 28 (UP) A close and trusted friend murdered millionaire draft dodger Serge Rubinstein, or at least engineered his death, police said today. Police believed the murderer was a man but they did not rule out the possibility that one of Rubinstein's many
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    53 7 LONDON, Jan. 28. (Reuter) —The House of Commons sat until nearly 3.30 yesterday morning approving trie last of 42 orders revising parliamentary boundaries in England and Wales. Tired members tramped wearily out of the House after a session which began at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday when 220 orders
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    360 7 7fs A Delicate Situation LOiJPON Jon. 28 (UP)— Australian Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies arrived in London yesterday for the meeting of Commonwealth prime ministers next week and immediately publicly drew a Formosa line beyond which, he said, the Communists could not go without
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    188 7 Volunteer Air Group To Fight Reds Urged TAIPEI, Jan. 28 (UP) Major-General Claire Chennault today advocated establishment ot international volunteer group fliers like his World War II Flying Tigers to fight the Chinese Communists. The retired general said he has received "hundreds of applications from all over the world." "I
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    32 7 OTTAWA Jan. 28, (Reuter) —The Canadian Senate yesterday unanimously approved the Paris agreements providing for the entry of a rearmed West Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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    41 7 FORTY fishermen trapped in a deadly "black frost" aboard two British trawlers off Iceland were given up as lost last night. In addition, eight Icelandic fishermen were believed dead after their trawler grounded on Iceland's coast. AP
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    300 8 No Evidence Of Bandit Directives Via Bangkok KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Siamese Government has no evidence to support frequent reports that Communist terrorists in Malaya receive tactical orders from Peking through Bangkok, General Pnao Sriyanond, head of the Thai Interior Ministry, told newsmen today. y
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    127 8 PC Wahid Taken III In Rome ROME. Jan. 27 (Reuter) A BOAC airliner flying from Singa*>ore to London made an unscheduled stop at Rome's Ciampino Airport today to disembark Police Constable Abdul Wahid bin Baba. whose illness worsened during the long trip. P. C. Wahid, who was paralysed waist downwards
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    46 8 PENANG Fri —At the con-rUi.-icn of a preliminary inquiry in the Magistrate's Court today Savathimuthu, an estate labourer was committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of murder of a woman. Marimut'nu. at Carnarvor Street on Dec 23. last year
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    131 8 Talks And Lectures On History AS a prelude to a short series of illustrated lectures by Dr. Michael Sullivan lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Malaya, there will be four talks on Feb. 1, 8. 15. and 22 The subjects on which Dr. Sullivan will speak
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    102 8 Vocational Training Is Studied THE Singapore Government is considering recommendations made by the Colony's Chief Employment Officer. Mr. F. G. Tyson to provide vocational training for students leaving primary schools and not undergoing further education in secondary or technical schools. This was stated in the Legislative Council in a written
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    157 8 Malayan 'Methods' For Aussies KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Malayan jungle warfare techniques will immediately be made part of the training to Australian troops General Henry Wells. Chief of the Australian General Staff, declared here tonight The General today com-, pleted a quick inspection of jungle operations near Ipoh He said on
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    84 8 MISS Margaret Yip. wearing a black, form-fitting cheongsam was crowned the "Cheongsam Queen" of Singapore at Raffles Hotel last night. Her cheongsam was trimmed down the sides with gold embroidered Chinese characters to accentuate her figure. The show was organized by the Siglap Girls'
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    141 8 MRS. AW Boon How, wife of the late Governing Director of Sin Poh Amalgamated, has called for tenders for the construction of an aged home in Shatin, Hongkong. The building will be erected next to the Buddhist Po Yeh Temple, near the Shatin Railway
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    59 8 Gen. Phao Watches Sup ply Dropping photo by FLANKED by the Fedoration's Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. L. R. Carbonnel (far left) and the Director of Operations. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne (far right), Siam's Police Chief. General Phao (centre) watches a supply-drop-ping operation put on specially for him at Kuala
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    293 8 Lim Call For Govt. Action MR. LIM Yew Hock (Lab.— Keppel) demanded at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday that disciplinary action be taken against certain detectives whom he alleged were campaigning political candidates. Mr. Lim said that early in his election campaign in the Havelock
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    29 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The President of the 32 Selangor Chinese Guilds and Associations. Mr. Leong Chee Cheong, has resigned from the general committee of the Malayan Chinese Association.
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    60 8 PENANG. Fri. Subramaniam, 13, described in the Magistrate Court here today how he was shanghaied in the heart of George Town on Jan. 20 and taken aboard a tongkang in Penang Harbour. In the dock, on a tentative charge ot gross Indecency, was a tongkang man, Mamusah. 40.
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    248 8 COME HOME ALL IS FORGIVE HAJI SULONG UNKNOWN KUALA LUMPIR, Fri^H^S "stormy petrel" of South Siam S S mal life should he show up frnJ^^ posed exile, General Phao SrivaniL^N Interior Ministry, declared today Siam's "strong man" hcH out this assurance at a new^ conference climaxing his threeday visit to
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    46 8 IPOH, Fri— The one yoar sentence imposed of Lim Kiew Thye. a clerk attached to the Telecommunications Department here was set aside Mr the Appeal Court. In its place, the court imposed a fine of $400 or six months' jail in default.
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    271 8 GAMBLING 'Why protect The Big UNKNOWN And Hound The Small UNKNOWN Tan Says: 'Curb The Turf Club UNKNOWN THE Deputy President of the Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. called on Government yesterday to either curb the Turf Club or amend its laws to show impartiality towards "small-time" gamblers.
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    989 9  - The Changi Players Show JOHN HALKIN tiiiiii WHEN an invitation comes from the Changi Players, It is usually a guarantee of an evening's good entertainment. Performing at the Astra Cinema, they have more disadvantages to overc.me than the more central groups who could make use of the Victoria Theatre. The
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    1238 9  -  Kenneth Tynan By M. PAUL LEAUTAUD, the lone wolf of French letters who now lives a hermit's life on the outskirts of Paris, summed up his twenty years as a dramatic critic by asserting that the French had no genius for tragedy. Their theatrical gift. he claimed was
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    42 10 ...And, Unlike the hippopotamus, they don't think it's glorious. The English and Welsh Rugby Teams find it hard going at Cardiff, January 22. Referee Stephens, left, is just too late to stop the English scrum Williams punting for touch.
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    170 10 By Our Cricket Reporter THE Malayan Cricket Association has given the Singapore Cricket Associa tion the cold shoulder, but as I gathered at tbe annual general meeting of the Colony association yesterday, only ia a very gentle way. The Singapore Cricket Association's proposal to abolish
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    676 10 NO RUNAWAY VICTORY SOUTH TODAY North Are Capable Ot Grounding The Fijians By Our Rugby Reporter THE North/South match at Jalan Besar Stadium this evening is the climax of the Malayan Rugby Football season, and most appropriately, comes towards the end of the season after players in Singapore and the
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    59 10 THE Singapore Underwater Spearfishing Club will ho d v* next monthly meeting at i" Association of Engineers, *ai fles Quay, on Wednesday. All club members and interested in the sport axe m vited to attend Spearfishing will be hed Tomorrow around Raffles J- 18 house. Members asked
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    264 10 LONDON, Jan. 27, (Reuter)— Royal Tan last year's Grand National winner now owned by Prince Aly Khan has been allotted topweight for this years race at Aintree on March 26. In his handicap announced here today Mr. Dan Sheppard has taken 12
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    311 10 FED. TRIALLISTS MAKE CIAN SINGH HAPPY IPOH, Fri.— Making: their first public appearance since official training started four days ago, two teams from the Federation Hockey training list gave a rousing performance in a trial match played on the Padang today. The accent was on speed, and every player stood
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    52 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The Selangor Sikh Union will hold their annual sports section meeting on Sunday Feb. 6 at their premises at No. 3 Club Road. Members interested in cricket soccer, badminton and hockey are requested to be present or to contact Mr Pertab Singh, the
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    225 10 The Yanks Win Doubles Title After 22 Years By GORDON TAIT ADELAIDE. Jan 28, (AP) Tony Trabert and Vie Seixas followed up their Davis Cup triumph by becoming today the first American team to win the Australian National doubles tennis championship in 22 years They whipped Australia's Lew Hoad and
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    41 10 THE following players have been selected to represent the Arsenal Sports Club in a friendly soccer match against the Kent Youngsters at Farrer Park today: Ibraham. Arumugam, Jernil Singh. Maniam (Capt.). Ramanathan. Pakkiri. Robert. Ganesan. Subramaniam, William, Hashiam. Ramoo.
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    36 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The cricket sec tion of the Selangor Indian Association will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday Feb 1 at Taylor Road. All members interested in cricket are requested to turn out.
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    92 10 Perak HA Appeal For Donations IPOH. Fri.— Plans have been finalised for the visit of the Pakistan Hockey Federation team and the Perak Hockey Association are appealing to the public for donation towards the sponsoring of this tour costing $8-000. Any donor who gives more than S2O will be entitled
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    122 10 LEEDS. Jan. 28 (Reuter)— Draw for the First Round proper of the Rugby League challenge Cup was made tonight. Matches this season will he played on a one-leg basis only. Previously games were played home and away with the best aggregate qualifying. The draw resulted as follows:—
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    187 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Singapore Hockey Association's request to the Malayan Hockey Federation to stage the second 'home' International between Singapore and Federation at Kuala Lumpur instead of Ipoh on Feb. 6 was turned down by the Malayan Hockey Federation. Singapore had earlier
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    82 12 BRITAIN'S pharmaceutical exports are now a third of production. This was disclosed by the UK Minister of Health at a dinner held to mark the 25th anniversary of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in London recently. Earlier, the President of the Association. Mr. J.F.
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    340 12 MALAYAN BANK RATES INCREASE Overdraft Ch a May Go Up THE c^° nd rd S 0H R <Por te 1 THE Chairman of the MoL I Banks Association, Mr. G A p 1 yesterday stated that there w,j| m in the Association's rates for fh 1 certain categories of usuonce
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    291 12 A CALL by the British Overseas Mining Association, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. A. Butler, to cut taxes on oversea profits and income on British resident companies in his next budget, was yesterday hailed by a leader of the Malayan mining
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    192 12 Rubber Price Recovers And Closes 1½ C. Up Finance And Commerce RUBBER prices in Singapore recovered from the setback on Thursday and closed 1| cents higher at $1.05£ per lb. for first grade rubber for February shipment. News concerning Tachen Islands off the China Coast was largely responsible for the
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    123 12 OUTER ROADS Asha. Andes Maru, Chip Lam, Metta,' Aldegonda. INN^R ROADS Aik Leong, Labuan Hadji. Hua Meng, Naga Mas, Ginag Seng. Lam Ann. Hin Seng. Pasoso. P Kidjang Rawang. Cornfish. Kah Poh. June. Merlimau, Sin Bin Huat. Sofia. Beetong. Lucky Trader. Hock Hai. Stia, King Bay, New
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    23 12 CHEAP Egyptian rice has pushed traditionally favoured Italian qualities off the big North German market. Hamburg rice exchange official said AP.
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    126 12 On the Malayan share market yesterday industrials continued buoyant, while tins were quietly steady with variable trend at the close. Only small business was written in rubber shares in which there was little change. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers
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    47 12 MESSRS. Turquand. Youngs Co. reported the following forward sales of R.S.S. No. 1 for the period January/July 1955 at an average price of 95£ cents per lb.: Kluang Rubber Co. Ltd. 30 tons. Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Ltd. 60 tons and Pajam Ltd. 72 tons.
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    189 12 THE produce market in Singapore was quiet in all sections yesterday with little business passing Copra opened easy and remained quiet all day at slightly lower prices that those on Thursday. Singapore Copra Association prices yesterday were: February $31 buyers and $311 per picul sellers; March $31
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    70 12 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association rates to merchants are: London 2M 32 (TT. 0.D.); buying TT. 2 4— 5 32, 241 (30 d st). 2 4—5 16 (60--d st). 2 4— 13 32 (120 d st or four months); O.D. 2 4— 3 16, 2 4—9 16 (45--d'st).
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    66 12 New UNKNOWN Tin UNKNOWN UNKNOWN »n-<on<„, 1r31 ,.7< amounting to Wished a J Product*. a 2"« fir?! r r hiJ Previous T^ ton s <halW^. *t alvi rxtjaJ du( tion fi^ W c, Cht per In IK-, emotion of tin tj •>■•♦»»» tonvtfJ At the end^j there u* rp J
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    29 12 YEN UNKNOWN WILL UNKNOWN JAPAN! in Tokyo vesta impn Japa- 3 Th; i ane.^e exf, area to mm *J advantage wmm large j i Brit..i'. Router. A r A
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    406 12 POLITICAL uneasiness is expected to continue as an appreciable factor for the time being and the recent activity shows little indication of slowing down. says the weekly market report of Messrs. Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. At the end of the last week
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      678 12 NOTICES COUNCIL OF STATE (ELECTIONS) (SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS, 1954 REGULATION 5 (4) Notice Off Completion Of Supplementary Registers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the supplementary registers of electors for the constituencies set out in column (1) of the Schedule hereto have been completed 2 A copy of the register in
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      673 12 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE. I ISLAND OF SINGAPORE. Orieinating Petition No. 2 of 1955. In the Matter ot Carslake Limited And In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance No. 49 of 1940 ]VJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition tor confirming the reduction of the
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    1065 13 !},oas Play Controlled' „J Bowling 25,000 Crowd Watch Openers Blunt' Attack Test Scoreboard Australia Ist Inns.— l6l for four wickets: Colin McDonald c May b Appleyard 48 Arthur Morris c Evans b Tyson 25 Jim Burke c May b Tyson 18 Neil Harvey c Edrich b
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    435 13 Youngsters Fight Shy Of 20-year-olds SINGAPORE Amateur Boxing: Association's third annual Youth championships will be held at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Thursday and Friday only, instead of the originally planned four-day programme. This was decided at the Associations council meeting held
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    77 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor Club, fielding several reserves were beaten by the Eurasian Recreation Club by two goals to one in a hockey match on the Kuala Lumpur padang. Though Eurasians had more of the game in the first half. Selangor Club led I—o at the interval
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    23 13 LEICESTER. Jan. 27. (Reuter)—Leicester beat the Royal Air Force by 9 points to 8 in a Rugby Union match here today.
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    123 13 House Full For Wong Ong Clash IPOH, Fri.— lt will be a full house for the Peng Soon-Pon Lim clash on Sunday night. All tickets for that particular night have J* e sold out, and the organisers are at .t he m^"j devising ways and means of squeezing in actional
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      44 13 .\\\\\\\\\\*\\\V\V\\\\\\A\V\\\\\\\\** ADELAIDE, Jan. J n (Reuter)— Keith I :er, Australia's J ■minder, cut his y :d slightly during z z ne* practice here to- J "It is nothing" he J j said "and shall be z lo ba^ and boirZ H tomorrow/* J ."vwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww*
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      518 13 SI THAI lONS VACANI j 'FALLY CLERKS Local Ships ■l Knowledge of English and Chinese. Apply to Mr Chan. 16 Winchester House. YOUNG EUROPEAN desiring J- Planting billet in large group Z of Rubber Estates please contact Box T. 1903. J r TUITION! s /^LASSES For Decorative j v-« Machine
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      198 13 Ler By Al Copp \exCOOZE ME.MSTAH N LOOK. r f TH EV V^A^^? .(C f r 7 RGHTiM'DIA^SUH— J I ARE HAT AN' GLOVES. EACH -g'G^-E.?- J mmmCT. L»_ -AbU^O'GOTA f YOU l ITS HIS GLOVES GOT 6 <r^ FINGCiC >/ > -G'GGL£.->- |GGGL!MG?y Vv'MUT TICKLES FINGERS.T>? C_rC\i_Tfr, s sX/
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    1590 14 RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.-Horses Class 3, Div. 5-6 Furs. 1. 000 Siapa Tahu 5v 9.00 Mrs. J.E Martin Martin Mortimer 2. 6 Quick Profit 4v 5.13 Mr. <fc Mrs. S.K. Foo R.W van B kelen .Tait 3. n8« Big Hit 7v MM "Jcnat Stable' Rodgers McCloud 4.
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    1564 14  -  WINDSOR LAD He Likes A Wet Track By WITH champion Jockey Athol Mulley astride, ADELAIDE STAR looks like annexing the main mile race for Class One horses at Bukit Timah today, opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's January-February meeting. The "Star" goes over
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