Singapore Standard, 11 February 1955

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  • 51 1 Fresh Floods Aenace jambi b. 10, .1. of Djambi S .:natra iling have and I carmall W'Tp nundate re■t the ict are d and arc cut people I ananas r ;;bout in 1 1 n typhoid, are •igp ol n p« tilled to and market i rr.erand inuoasrj works are
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  • 25 1 10. <KruIMlimlin ;i< Rene ti"ti to try to nnirnt. brttaa to iurity of the iblit.in Party lp|N»rti(| some of r Mendes- 9*>ln its,
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  • 90 1 TAIPEI. Feb. 10 (ReuteD— Vice-Admiral Alfred Pride. Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, today announced the completion of the pvacution of Nationalist civilians from the Tachen Islands. He said in a communique here that tho evacuation which began four days ago was completed yesterday morning.
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  • 21 1 MR MOHAMMED Ali. Pakistan's Prime Minister, plans to pay a short visit to the Sudan in March. Reuter
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  • 48 1 ™a 23 of^^b^J I^^? his <or y a large some of the destruction Tl ls u acr| al photo shows waters. t T P nhotn Tp cause d by the rampaging ter-Pa g e 3) P Ot (Plct "res of Djambi under wa?
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  • 255 1 S'pore Base For 500 Planes SEATO's Answer To Red Aggression BIGGER FORCES IN MALAYA WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, (Reuter)—Represervatives of the South-east Asian Treaty nations have reached agreement on united measures to block Communist expansion in South-east Asia, it was learned officially today. These measures will be presented for approval at
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  • 81 1 M. PINAY CAN'T GET MAJORITY, GIVES UP PARIS, Feb. 10, (Rcutcr)—M. Antoinc Pinay today abandoned the attempt to form France's 21st government. Deputy Jean Pupat. spokesman for the moderate parliamentary group, told reporters: "M. Pinay has abandoned his attempt because he could not find a majority." M. Pinay had left
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  • 66 1 4-Power Talks: Churchill Says It Again LONDON. Feb. 10. (Reuter) —Sir Winston Churchill reaffirmed today that the British Government's policy was to seek a four-power conference, which would include Russia, "at a time when it seems likely to yield genuine results." The Prime Minister was answering Labour queries in the
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  • 34 1 LONDON. Feb. 10. (Reuter) —Britons spent £550 million on all forms of gambling last year L 52 million less than in 1953. the Churches Committee on Gambling reported tonight.
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  • 72 1 Water Guns v. Fire Extinguisher ABERYSTWYTH. Wales. Feb. 10 (AP) A jeering student audience unlimbered water pistols and .drenched the guest speaker. Mayor Ernest W. Roberts, yesterday. Roberts in retaliation whipped a water-filled fire extinguisher from under his coat and sprayed the first two rows of hecklers. It was all
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  • 85 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Fijian soldier lying in ambush with his patrol near Pagoh, Johore. yesterday levelled his bren gun at a party of five bandits led by a scout who entered the ambush position. But the gun jammed when he pulled the trigger.
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  • 81 1 DELAWARE, Ohio, Feb. 10 'AP) Mrs. Bernard Schnees is going to become a mother for the second time within two months. The rare medical case was reported here yesterday both by Mrs. Schnees and her family physician, Dr. James G. Parker. Mrs.
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  • 202 1 LONDON. Feb. 10, (Reut cr> The Bishop of Johannesburg, the Right Reverend Richard Ambrose Reeves, said last night that the white man in South Africa must accept the fact that Africans must be given opportunities to develop skill in the economic field
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  • 259 1 SPORE WEDDING SHOCK THE young Singapore school teacher who married two women one for love and the other for his parent's sake is now left with only one wife. For the girl of his choir* h^s left the Colony for Ceylon, The Standard -was
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  • 57 1 FOGGIA. Italy. Feb. 10. (AP> Two months ago Michele L'Erario and his wife. Maria, suffered heart attacks on the .same day and were put to bed. On Wednesday Michele told Maria; "Follow me. our time ha.s come," and died. She died eight minutes
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  • 38 1 LONDON. Feb. 10. (Reuten Bis Ben. giant clock overlooking thf Houses of Parliament and famous for its chimes broadcast throughout the world, is to stop for two hours next year for repairs.
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  • 141 1 13 HELD IN KL DAWN SWOOPS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Special Branch of the Sclangor Police made a number of prc-dawn swoops in Kuala Lumpur and Klang today and detained 13 people who were described as "suspected leftist propagandists." Ten were taken in Kuala Lumpur while the remaining arrests were
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  • 76 1 Canadian Premier Has Hopes OTTAWA. Feb. 10, (Reuter) Mr. Louis St. Laurent. Prime Minister of Canada, said yesterday he hoped something would emerge from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference to ease tension in the Far East. He also said that his view on the Formosan crisis was that Chinese off-shore
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  • 52 1 SANTA MONICA. Feb. 10. (Reuter> Bing Crosby, who underwent an operation on Jan. 19 for removal of a kidney stone is due to leave St. John's Hospital here today. He will record several radio shows at his Holmby Hills home before going to Palm Springs for
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  • 49 1 FRIBOURG. Switzerland. Feb 10, Reuters— The Town Council' of Fribourg. Roman Catholic centre of Switzerland, has banned the local beauty competition for a "Miss Fribourg 1955" because "such elections only excite the vanity of the girls— without always obtaining the participation of the prettiest."
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  • 167 1 CHICAGO. Feb. 10, (Reuter). A "small-scale" attack of 28 hydrogen bombs on the industrialized north-eastern section of the United States would "atomize an area normally occupied by 50.000.000 persons and containing more than two-thirds of United States industrial production," an atomic scientist.
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  • 117 1 S'pore Love Birds Are Annoyed With Police SPOONING couples in Singapore's Fairer Park are annoyed at the frequency with which they are interrupted by Police patrols. Mostly young lovers who live in overcrowded houses, they seek a few hours of privacy together in a quiet corner of the Park. But
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  • 49 1 MUNICH. Feb. 10 <AP) Police told this story: "A young couple parked their car on a railroad crossing early on Thursday for a little undisturbed wooing. A passenger train cam© roaring along, slammed into the car and demolished it. The lovers? Not a scratch!
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  • 232 2 Form A Democratic Party A NEW political party, the Democratic Party, has been officially recognized by the Singapore Government. v nxempiea irom registration on weune&uay, vie party will proceed to elect a committee in the next few days in preparation for the fight for seats
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  • 49 2 PENANG, Thurs.— The dele. gates conference to inaugurate the National Union of Government Office-Workers. Federation of Malaya, will be held at Kuala Lumpur on May 1. The Federation of Government Administrative and Clerical Unions. Federation of Malaya, will hold a meeting to dissolve itself on April MO.
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  • 35 2 TWO Singapore electricians were treated at the General Hospital yesterday for burns they sustained on the face while working in Park Road. It is understood the burns were caused by electrical sparks.
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  • 174 2 Labourer Says He Was Frightened By A Crowd PENANG. Thurs.—Making his defence on a murder charge in the Assize Court today, a labourer, Sundarajoo. said that when a crowd of 10 persons rushed at him, he shivered with fright and was not in a fit state of mind to know
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  • 133 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Mr. Michael Hogan. the Attorney General, is understood to have flown to London for a "vital series" of talks with the Colonial Office on the Federations constitutional progress. Officially. Mr. Hogan is away on a short "compassionate leave." The Government
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  • 81 2 A Village Street Lamps Are Neglected PENANG. Thurs. At a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday, the Chairman. Mr. Oldham. said the Senior Health Officer had reported that the kerosene street lamps in use in certain villages in the Balik Pulau district have either been .stolen, burnt out or otherwise
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  • 57 2 THE Flag O'Tuer Malayan Area, Rear Admiral E. H. Shattock, will sail from Xaval Base in HMS Aiert on Feb. 16 on a visit up the west coast Malaya. He will return to Singapore on Feb 24 During the cruise. Admiral Shattock will visit Perii*. Port
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  • 38 2 PENANG. Thurs. Plans for two low cost housing schemes in the Mount Erskine Road area and in Rifle Range Road have been submitted by a private Chinese enterprise to the Rural Board. Penang.
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  • 185 2 MORE than three-and-a-half years after fire stripped them of nearly everything, 400 families, victims of the Kampong Bugis, Singapore, fire of Aug. 19al, can now expect a share of the gifts and donations given by a generous public. The S ngapore Joint Relief Organization,
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  • 130 2 THE Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association yesterday acknowledged the 'following donations: Master Victor Lim $500; Madam Lee Hai Ngor $200; Central Pay and Records Office $124.17; Chinese Association $100; M/s. Roneo Ltd $50; Teaching Staff of Tiong Bahru School $38.65; Mr M Buchaman $30; Anonymous $30; Staff of
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  • 220 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE strategic importance of Malaya today has priority in the mind of the British Government, declared Britain's Permanent l'!«der-Secretary of State for Air, Sir James Barnes, on his arrival in Singapore by BOAC Argonaut from London yesterday. Referring to Australia's role
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  • 27 2 mr^mjuKNL, Feb. 10 (Rev- Pe °Ple reported Teeing flying poached eges" in the sky here last night But the weather bureau gave this explanation: whirling
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  • 43 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Vice-Admiral J. W. Jefford. former Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Navy, was today appointed Chairman of the Penang Harbour Board in succession to Mr. P.A.T. Chrimes. Admiral Jefford will assume his new office on March 1.
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  • 36 2 (ABOVE) The InspectorGen, of Colonial Police, Col. W. A. Muller (centre) with the Chief Secretary Mr D. C. Walherston (right) and the Commissioner of Police Mr. W. L. R. Carbonnel at Kuala Lumpur airport.
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  • 34 2 (RIGHT) The Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. R. C. Casey chats with the Director of Operations. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne (right) at the same airport. Standard photos by Yong; Peng Seong.
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  • 302 2 Councillor Denies Statement On Coffee Stalls SEREMBAN. Thurs. Mr. Lam Teck Choon, (Labour Temiang) at the meeting of the Seremban Town Council today, denied a passage in the minutes of the Council's last meeting in which he is reported to have said that "especially shops run by Cantonese are very
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  • 132 2 Man Vows Not To Drive When He Drink But Court Sends Him To k KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs -K\en a pl<r ihj would never a^ain take the wheel whilst in a oil intoxication, could not save Tee Thye Choon. a iuJ salesman, from a prison term for drunken driving! Fta j
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  • 106 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) ii» Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 101 105 No 1 R.S.S. f.ob. Feb. 105 105J No 2 104 1041 No 3 norn 102 1021 Toiie: Steady. TIN PRICE The pi ice of tin yesterday was $357} per
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  • 86 2 KOTA BAHRU. Thurs. Sixteen Malays of Dabong NewVillage in Viu Kelantan received First Aid Certificates this morning from the British Adviser, Mr. D. Headly. who is also president of the St. John Ambulance' Association, here. Mostly padi planters, they had for the last three or four
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  • 37 2 HONGKONG. Feb. 10— Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.67 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,828 to Malayan $1 $0,173 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $259.5 to a tael.
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  • 19 2 PENAN rontn I I I dhar. the X— h in i I i ti I It the
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  • 18 2 KUALA Yap War rubbto a^ the I J Spec Yap Road rubb bicj
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  • 145 2 $5,000 FINE FOR NOT PAYING DUTY BTTTERWORTH Thurs. A Penang man living in Ayer Itam. Lo Gaik Teik. was fined $.1,000 or 18 months' jail, in the Sessions Court, here, today, on a charg3 of being concerned in conveying by lorry 400 Sheafiers pens and pencils and 81 tins of
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  • 89 2 MANSOOR bin Mohamed Ali. a corporal of the Singapore Naval Base Police, was charged in the Fifth Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of cigarettes and tobacco valued at $600. while attached to the Malay Branch of the Naval Police Force. The cigarettes
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  • 60 3 •photo by L NATIVE canoes navigate the flooded shopping centre of Djambi which is being what the authorities called the worst floods" in the history of Sumatra. Kj Army trucks marooned near Djambi This army depot is situated on the banks of pg
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  • 322 3 poilt Son Fined $4,000 For Using His Father's Money ACCOMPLICE SENT TO JAIL MALACCA, Thurs. Tan Keo Gah, who admitted misappropriating two cheques worth $7,710 belonging to his father, was described by Mr. Justice Charles Abbott in the Malacca Assizes today as a richman's son who had been "spoilt because
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  • 92 3 Fined For Velling Fake Vitamin tablets „n Übleta b t h,' Police ,j him mcdiVp m MPuapore mnUin the til.- Libels 0), V PONM NM'd. Ir>t was 1$ n, man I 4 thf \"^lor* Di^nvirv Ltd. Koad. lor exub'ets for ilsr trade y^ n ptirm r, said m»ods r firm
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  • 79 3 Sovernor UKS Club or Asian Seamen domiciled through n have a to the .n seamen i Club for M rcantile ittee has no of the r the :.er* will nnce T s well of Singa- yesterbal to the ;b Bill. in all its Legislative m by a ided by nt,
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  • 132 3 JUDGMENT was reserved in the Singapore High Court yesterday in a claim by Over-sea-Chinese E^nking Corporation. Ltd.. against the Collector of Land Revenue for a higher award in respect of 660 square feet of land in Palmer Road. The Collector of Land Revenue's award was
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  • 52 3 THE Singapore Peoples Action Party will contest the Legislative Assembly elections on April 2. Th<> party will name its candidates for six electoral divisions tomorrow. It is understood that the divisions to be contested by the party are: Whampoa. Tanglin. Pasir Panjang. Tanjong Pagar. Changl,
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    283 3 Concerts And Lecture By Famous British Violinist ALL seats have been booked for the orchestral concert on Feb. 23, in which the Singapore Musical Society is presenting one of its most exciting guest artists, the internationally famous British violinist, Max Rostal. r Tickets are still available, however. for
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    13 3 photo. IMMin ah /centre) talks with Indian and Malay women at Singapore Standard
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  • 163 3 Death Of Labourer Remains A Mystery THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. K.T. Alexander, yesterday returned an open verdict at the inquest on Ram Sagar Rai, 34, a labourer, who died on Dec. 7 last year as the result of a fractured skull. Ramavac Rai. a watchman, told the Coroner that Ram
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  • 43 3 A HAWKERS* shelter in Singapore's People's Park in Chinatown is to be converted for use as a boys' club. The club will be run by the Social Welfare Department and will cost a nominal fee of $1 a month.
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  • 35 3 THE Peoples' Action Party will hold a conference on the Party's stand towards elections at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Feb. 13 at the P. T. Uniformed Staff Union Headquarters. Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore.
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  • 142 3 EXPELLED 'REBEL' SAYS HE QUIT THE Progressive Party of Singapore has expelled its "rebel member, Mr. Sim Beng Seng, City Councillor, the Party President, Mr. C. C. Tan. told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Tan said the Party's Executive Committee took this decision for acts prejudicial to the interests ot the
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  • 75 3 LEE Koon Bock was tentatively charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with armed robbery at Kirn Pong Road at 11 p.m. on Feb. 9. He was alleged to have robbed a woman. Lim Guan Hiang. of a gold bracelet worth $525. At the
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  • 14 3 TWENTY-TWO one-foot long cartridge cases were found at Guillemard Road. Gcylang. yesterday.
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  • 292 3 Begum Hamid Visits Clinic A DOUBLE fillip was given the work of the Singapore Family Planning Association yesterday morning, when a veteran of the movement in India, and a Colony "apprentice met as old friends at the F-P.A. headquarters clinic, in Towner Road. Beeum Hamid
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  • 460 4 A Dramatic Day For Singapore 2 FISHED OUT OF WATER BARBER IS FOUND HANGED A FEW hours after a Chinese seaman fell to his death from a block of Singapore Improvement Trust Flats in Upper Pickering Street, yesterday, a struggling, kicking, blind-folded
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  • 56 4 OSMAN CHINA, a Malay terrorist, who gave himself up in December, last year, and his wife. Ah Lian, who surrendered to a Malay Home Guard last week. Ah Lian was found by the Home Guard fast asleep under an abandoned Malay house at Padang Tengku
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  • 83 4 ...And This Was A False Alarm DEATH FALL conscious people made a wild rush for the New Bridge Road end o~ the Singapore Improvement Trust flats in Upper Pickering Street, yesterday evening when some one yelled: "Another fall!" They formed a ring round the flats but found that there was
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  • 128 4 MANCHESTER, Feb. 10 (Reuter) The Manchester Guardian yesterday expressed the view that the rejection by the Federal Government in Malaya of a new proposal for an amnesty was not surprising. An amnesty is appropriate where rebels have lost the desire to continue the struggle with
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  • 64 4 THE Game Department's "prodigal" elephant Mekya. with her Gurkha Gambola. Gurun Tarun (now Hasan), who were dramatically reunited in Pahang jungle last week. The picture, in which can be seen another baby elephant belonging to the Department, was taken by Mr. G. Leonard, Game Warden for Selangor
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  • 42 4 A WOODEN traffic sign stand worth $20 wa s stolen from the junction of Park Road and New Bridge Road yesterday. The culprit is requested to return the stand to Singapore's Acting Traffic Chief, Mr. A A. Rajah.
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  • 83 4 PENANG. Thurs. Following is a list of places for the counting of votes on Feb. 19, Polling Day for the ten constituencies in the Settlement of Penang:Town Hall (Tanjong East) Town Hall (Tanjong West), Penang Free School (Jelutong), Francis Light School (Kelawei). Balik Pulau Recreation Club (West
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  • 68 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Choong Sin Yau. a 35-year-old biscuit salesman, was sent to prison for five years by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew. here, today on three charges of attempted murder. Choong was accused of stabbing three partners of a biscuit firm, Chin Hoi Kiam,
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  • 16 4 A ROUTINE combined security exercise will take place in Singapore on Feb. 22 t**t communications.
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  • 227 4 Murder Verdict Against Three Mental Patients IPOH. Thurs.— A verdict of murder by three mental patients, Mengal Singh, Nordin and Sharum. while of unsound mind, was returned by Captain Salleh bin Sulaiman, sitting as Coroner today, at an inquiry into the death of a mental patient, Chan Chong Hin, 49
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  • 124 4 Gen. Bourne Appeals To Leaders KLUANG, Thurs. The Federation's Director of Operations, General Sir Geoffrey Bourne today appealed to leaders of the Chinese community in Johore to get among their people and exhort them to provide information about Communist activity to the Government. "If you can do that, the Emergency
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  • 103 4 IPOH, Thurs. The fact that there are too many pickpockets in crowded places of entertainment in Ipoh, was revealed by Prosecuting Inspector, M. Balasundram In the Magistrate's Court, here, this morning. He said this when pressing for a deterrent sentence on Lim Choon Bin, 25,
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  • 43 5 New Houses Will Have Power Soon ami (M more o nore reboujcj r The include i subWorld ir.ore neet the the ..tc. Franc lights To supply Dunearn "ricity the (at the ex>tate) a subextension voply ts at Haig Isvil c. Mount 4as con-
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  • 131 5 ion- Singapore Hire Car Association preparations for a "back to the wall battle" fr City Council's Vehicles Department, the &n\ pn Mdent, Mr. T. A. Simon, said yester- Id a meet- Feb. 13. at Badminton i iron out Municipal \li Simon hinder \i men.
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  • 362 5 Court Told Of love Affair' TWO men, charged with attempting to extort $1,000 from Madam Chong Sin Lan on Nov. 1, last year, denied at the continued hearing of their case yesterday in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court that they had ever asked her
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  • 57 5 MR. Ko Teck Kin, chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, will open an exhibition of the latest Chinese Art painting by Prof. K.F. Wu at the Chamber's premise- in Hill Street at 5 p.m. today A tea party will be held after the corcT.ony. Prof. Wu
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  • 31 5 ML'AR. Thurs A woman. Khoo Ticw. St. was fined $15 in the Muar Magistrate*! Court for rausinf hurt to Sim Kirn on Dec. 20 at Tangkak New Village. Muar.
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  • 122 5 Amah's Death Was Not A Sex Crime SHEO Tin?. 4.vycr.r-o!d amah who was found derd in the bathroom of a house in Winchester Rnad. Singapore, on Tuesday morning, could not have been the victim of a sex attack. The Standard learnt yesterday. A Government pathologist's report on the death disclosed
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  • 25 5 A BRAWL amons stevedores in Ho Chiang Road. Singapore, yesterday evening landed two men in General Hospital with serious stab wounds.
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  • 146 5 PLNANG, Thurs A torged $5 note bearing No C/ 72 *****8 has been tound circulating here. This type ol forgery was first detected in Klang and Kuala Lumpur early in January. A Government Press statement issued today states: "Forged notes can be detected by
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  • 51 5 A 43-YEAR-OLD man. Chua Kang Swee. who was banished from the Colony 33 years ago. was yesterday charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court with entering the Colony without authority. The Magistrate. Mr. R. B I. Pates, ordered Chua to be remanded in custody for further police
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  • 31 5 MUAR. Thurs.— Fifteen men were fined $10 each yesterday in the Muar Magistrate's Court by Mr. Hoo Ah Kow. for playIng Pai Kow at Sagil on Feb. 5.
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  • 889 5 Successful Candidates In City Guild Exams SINGAPORE candidates who have been successful in the 1954 City and Guilds of London Institute examinations are as follow?:- JUNIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL Gas Fitting (Final): Chia Heair Jiang and Koh Chwee Lim. Telecommunications Prin-j ciples ((irade It Ist Class: Albert Edwin Cock. Bernard Stanley
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  • 458 5 No Case Plea Rejected ANG SOO WAH, a ledger clerk of the Ban Hin Lee Bonk Ltd. Neo Cheng Kow, a checker in the Bank, and Ang Mia Yang, a radio shop owner, were committed in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday to
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  • 69 5 20-Hour Curfew Lifted IPOH, Ihurs.— The 20-hour house curlew imposed six days ago on (he people ot Ampang Bahru New Village, was lifted at noon yesterday, but the 24-l|our perimeter curfew is still on today No one has jet been detained following the interrogation of e\ery villager above the age
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  • 104 5 A Seminar On Workers Education A TWO-DA V seminar M "workers education' 1 and "trade unionism" will be held iti Singapore nn Marrh 5 and X at Telok Paku Eng:i?h School. otX Changi Participants are expected to stay at the venue of the seminar for the whole period. The Seminar
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  • 280 5 Ex-Police Court Usher Jailed For Two Years ABDUL LatifT bin Yahaya. a former usher in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapoie Assize Court yesterday, on each of two charges of criminal breach of trust of $250 on March
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 159 5 Standard cAlmanac Information at a Glance {SINGAPORE' VWmm ART <MIH\: Exh:bi t:on of nhotos>rayh> at Brtmh OMMCU Hall. y arn lo 6 pm I *lv Free til show at RaH;e< P ace-Milayan Gazette No 26 Maya— Through The Ages— l om 'm IN<; r %DI m ITS •■"•Bf S Ta:k
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    • 196 5 MKRCK: Opening of Art Exhibition by Mr Koh Jack Hin at p m •CKNCI SOtlfcT Of MALAYA: laiK on "Science In Criminal Inve tigatron by Mr A W U m U at Snel> Theatrette Col Iyer Quay 530 pn. K T °N <; HRKSKVTKRIAN \Ol KKlXO\VS||||>: Devotional service at Presbyterian
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    • 349 5 t wJ^^M Jp •V si&^Bl RADIO MALAYA KADIO \lAL.\\\ <<ien«Tal>: am Housew.ve^ Choice 'St; 10 30 Friday Matinee 'Si: 1 m Musicale iPi; 1 3'» News >S>: 140 Dance Band.' *P > 6 pm Announcements and Programme summary <S». 602 Fortes Favourites 'S>; !> 4< Memo From UN. 'S>: 655
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    • 72 5 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7..50 p.m. Feb. 9 to 7. .10 a.m Feb. 10: Spore (73F):' P«»nang (75F); Kota Bahru (7 IF): Kuala Lumpur (69F); Ipoh (7.5F); Kirintiin (73F). Maximum Temperature From 7..',0 pm. Feb. '9 to 7..10 a.m Feb. 10. Spore (90F): Peaang (91F); Kota Bahru (87F): Kuala
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    • 983 6 r PHE age of wonder has not yet left Malaya. Throughout this country most of the towns and villages have flimsy houses built of inflammable materials attap and cheap wood —so it is always a source of wonder that the incidence of lircs is not as high
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  • 425 6 Review of Views Mere Aggressive j TIfOSCOWs future diploma-' tic moves will be compa- ratively more aggressive amounting to a new diplomatic ofTensive. Sin Chew Jit Poh speculates. Otherwise Soviet foreign! policy would not undergo j any important changes, the journal adds. The latest Moletov speech, although couched in strong
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    • 277 6 Why Can't Naval Base Consider Clerks Case Sir:— ln 1931 the Naval Base authorities introduced the present Bar Examination system to their clerks. Since that, clerks who joined the Admiralty service had to complete one year's satisfactory service at a low salary, to appear for the Bar examination, while, the
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  • 491 6 Royal Navy's Role |n Future Warfare TN HIS history of the Seven Years' War, Corbett wrote that the functions of x the Fleet were threefold: to support or obstruct diplomatic effort; to protect or destroy commerce- to further or hinder military operations ashore. While the continuing importance of these naval
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  • 485 6 By The Times Naval Correspondent range of hostile bomber bases without the need lor fighter protection, and shipborne missiles should have on advantage over missiles carried by attacking bombers in that ships can carry large missiles, more reserve socks, and more control and jamming equipment than can aircraft. Surface-to-surface quid-
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  • 289 6 Sir;— During the Taiping Town Council elections Alliance leaders, coming from all over Malaya, recommended to us an Al--lia n c c candidate, who vehemently promised that if he was elected he would even give up his business to devote his full time to work for the benefit
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  • 51 6 Sir; Please allow me to appeal to the wearers of cheongsums to make themselves more attractive still, by wearing a six-inch deep "garter" of fur or lace around their bony knees. Another "garter" of similar material around their bony ankles would com plete a pretty picture. "SIXTY TEARS YOUNG"
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  • 340 7 EHRU ASKS FOR TIME Now Excitement To Die Down' N Feb. 10, (AP) Indio's Prcrj |f jowohorlol Nehru yesterday ?.<j China against any attempt to by *orce and asked for time to settlement. I conference that the great India, were secretly to bring about a cease-fire But, he said, that
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  • 28 7 m Keb It Vral lhain'* N P a P frs t ,<j BansJw »rlr«mr JjarmbrrN nr conferopen^ on i-onu-ial rf the polite «ui»tpc! one Haaber »t m
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  • 27 7 r. W9S Saar I the ealsaid i by home n Saar said the aci. appa'hho'.d m-:-.pt until *o fnteri of the detail. :r.ere'y police -nted to
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  • 18 7 DP)— ntly y ol for ory New -d yesadcast. i n said •rion "aw -inge to a
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  • 90 7 THAI KING'S SONG TOPS HIT PARADE BANGKOK. Feb. 10. (AP)—A new song by King Phumiphol Atiuldet is topping the h.t parade. It's called "We Want To Be Happy Today." This latest composition of the J7 year old Boston born King, who is an accomplished jazz musician. featured the annual variety
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  • 197 7 LONDON. Feb. (Reuter)— The Government promised in the House of Commons last night to lock into the differences between colonial civil law and military law on the question of flogging. Thi« arose out of a motion by Colonel Marcus Lipton (Labour) who said he wanted to
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  • 28 7 W ALTON Hall Smith. 57, former Hollywood writer and novelist, shot himself to death rather than faced a cancer operation which would have left him speechless.
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  • 223 7 photo. JOHANNESBURGH, Feb. 10, (Renter) Mr. Robert Resha, Transvaal secretary of the African National Congress and four African youths were arrested last night after the completion of the first stage in the Governments plan to evacuate Africans from the "slum town" here. Father Trevor Huddleston, Anglican
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  • 175 7 LONDON, Feb. 10, (Reuter)— The appointment of Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov as Soviet Defence Minister announced at the Supreme Soviet meeting in Moscow today shows clearly the increasingly direct role being played by the Red Army in the government of Russia. It confirms the views
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  • 96 7 US Is Ahead Of Russia On H-Bomb WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 (Reuter) American officials expressed confidence today that if the Soviet Union nad ever held any advantage over the United States in Hydrogen Bomb development, it had since been overcome. Atomic experts commenting on claims made on Tuesday by the Soviet
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  • 46 7 TRIVANDRUM, South India. Feb. 10. (Reuter)—lndia's only Socialist state government, in TravancoreCochin, resigned today. The Praja Socialist Party minority government was defeated on Tuesday on a no-confidence motion put by an independent member, who accused it of "crushing minorities and endangering civil liberties."
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  • 38 7 MIAMI BEACH, Feb. 10 (AP) Negotiating committees for the American Federation of Labour and the Congress of Industrial Organizations yesterday agreed to a historic merger of their rival labour union groups into a single powerful federation.
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  • 118 7 Negligent Doctor To Pay Damages LONDOxN, Feb. 10. (UP) Britain's High Court ordered a woman doctor to pay damages for the death of a woman patient yesterday. It awarded the husband U557,600 for her loss as a wife but rejected his claim for her loss to his career. Justice Sir
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  • 102 7 100 Priests Lose Jobs As Teachers BUENOS AIRES. Argentina. Feb. 10. (AP). The Ministry of Education announced on Thursday, the discharge of 100 Roman Catholic priests from teaching jobs in Argentine public schools and three from top positions as Education Inspectors. The ministry said this completed its programme of removing
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  • 142 7 Siege Of Linda Is Lifted LOS ANGELES Feb. 10 (AP)— Sheriff's officers yesterday lifted their siege of actress Linda Christian's fashionable home. She agreed to be served with papers in a New York jewellery firm's suit for return of $132,500 worth of diamonds But she refused to turn over the
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  • 111 7 The Demob Plan Will Continue WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. (Reuter) President Eisenhower sees no reason to abandon plans to reduce the numerical strength of the armed forces following the switch in power in Russia, it was officially stated yesterday Mr. Charles Wilson, the Secretary of Defence, told reporters of the President's
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  • 63 7 Shackles Taken Off Prisoners In Egypt's Jails CAIRO. Feb. 10, (Reuter)— Prisoners' throughout Fgypt were unchained today following the government's recent decision to abolish shackles. The Egyptian Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Major-General Abdel Hakim Amer. broke the first prisoner's chains in Turrah Penitentiary near here.
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  • 68 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 10 The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 30 Id. March 30U. April/June 30jd. July/September 30Id. October/ December 29id March c.i.f. 30id. Tone: Firm. LONDON TIN Spot £716 buyers, £717 sellers.
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  • 144 7 PARIS, Feb. 10 (UP)— Lawyers representing former King Farouk of Egypt and fashion magnate Christian Dior clashed in court yesterday over 11 evening dresses they claim Farouk bought for his ex-Queen Narriman. At the same time, the court will hear another suit brought by the Paris
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  • 221 7 Soviet Shakeup PHOTOGRAPH taken at Buckingham Palace when the Queen entertained the Commonwealth Premiers last week. Left to right: Sir Godfrey Huggins, Mr. Mohammed AH, Mr. Robert Menzies. Mr. Charles Swart, Sir Winston Churchill, Mr. Sidney Holland Mr. Louis St. Laurent. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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  • 84 7 REDRUTH. England. Feb. 10 (AP).— Archie Hill. 58, has loaded up his shotgun and declared an open season on income tax collectors. The income tax people claim Hill owes them about L.5.510.000 and have obtained a court order to seize his house. Hill, who
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  • 67 7 BOMBAY. Feb. 10. (AP) Kimiko Omori. 32, homely Japanese woman, travelled some 5 000 miles from Kobe to Bombay to marry her Indian sweetheart. B. Ananda, chief engineer of the Great Eastern Shipping Corporation. Ananda met her at a party in Japan. Omori embraced Hinduism before
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  • 60 7 PNOMPENH. Feb. 10. <Reuter) King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia won an overwhelming "vote of confidence" from his people today on the way he has ruled the smallest of the Indo-China states for nearly three years. Final result of a referendum on the personal rule of the
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    • 43 7 westclox fiiliii "FINISH. 9.75 WESTCLOX c °OD MORNING" •^I'SHkX OMINOUS DIAL >**«--**••*) I F.msh. $8.75 <^. r ~fc n i| m l «_u ii u-^ 'I *fl t\i v Z G.ve i y B I N SO N 5 Wtrti \t I'UCE SINGAPORE im» M|»nmJ
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    • 138 7 3 fl Snfl?^llfll Wflimf SJjHLf From strength to strength and from P victory to victory the HINDUSTHAN marches ahead giving protection and C|| security to millions of our people p| against possible hazards of life. The year 1953 has left a landmark on the |f|| path of its progress victory.
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  • 49 8 GETTING A KICK OUT OF HER WORK LONG STEMMED, lovely Sally McCloskey gets a decided kick out of her work, as she rehearses for a Las Vegas Night Club engagement. Seven of her fellow troupers seem fascinated by her attitude; the eighth has her eye on the camera. U.P.
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  • 20 8 PRETTY Roman painter Novella Parigini left two Roman beauties for a masked ball in Ron* quarters. U.P.
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  • 43 8 TWO London Zoo camels sing no^talqically of their days in the hot, sandy Arabia. "We may not be prima donnas," they say, "but the noise we make is at least unique!" And the tune? "Desert Song/ of course! U.P.
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    27 8 Mighty Atom NOBBY son of Rokc (left) and little Atom i look at a model of their father. Mighty (centre), at Cruft's Dog Show in London r
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  • 32 8 i^ ft m^iT? MRS VIJAYALAKSIIMI Pan dU <«^ ilh £<j missioner to Britain, shake* w Ph .I.PP' n B wife of the Ambassador for jn blen .0 for the Commonwcaltb rrim
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  • 110 8 JUNE PULLS A FAST ONE BEWITCHING June McComb, 27, demonstrates the trick that baffled King Farouk when she appeared at a casino in Rome: (1) June removes the string of beads from her neck; (2) holds them over a wine glass and cuts the cord of the necklace. The beads
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  • 579 9  -  ROSS CAMPBELL o o By DRD and LADIES LORD M., by David Cecil, London: Constable. Sydney: Angus Robertson, 26/.~~ 1 I mvid Cecil L* r. D Lord I P&** a!ter W editions of I S'- debates KVss XL Yoiins >1fl Bli&ed *m* f PgThe had r
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  • 224 9 Irnv i/>7HLiA. htttkim Re- B* Leicester fcwirr PublishIt in NaI F \V. I Angus I .m of I 1951. I tralia ft r the I r.ould m remain 1 r.a-oritv of j 70.009 lUßtnCommuni>t re! :h:* book «p can per- of Worker that. I 'he decision B*if was
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    7 9 d Wye made a slight mistake. Miss
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  • 192 9  -  Piers Plowman By TEN NOVELS AND THEIR AUTHORS, by W. Somerset Maugham. London: Heinemann. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 26/-. TVTOT long ago some pub--11 lishers invited Somerset Maugham to select his all-time list of the ten best novels, and write introductions to an edition of the novels.
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  • 896 9  -  Harold Nicolson By r PHE Oxford University A Press have been fortunate in persuading Mr. G.H. Healey to edit a collected edition of the Letters Of Daniel Defoe. Most of this correspondence has, it is true, already been published by the Historical Manuscripts Commission and in other incidental
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    21 9 "Well, what's your excuse for being late TODAY, Smith? Attacked by terrorists? Caught in a sandstorm? Chased by a wild rhinoceros?"
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  • 543 9  -  William Clark By- fs wT n (Hart Davls R pSS? °iJ A erlc a«> Foreign nan, (Oxford. 10s. 6d.). OEING out of office gives a ™l n opportunities to think which are denied to t °?f re sponsible for policy. }S M rc k 1954 two victims
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  • 474 9  -  Norman Bartlett By THE THIRD ANGEL, by Jerome Weidman, London: Cape, Sydney: Dy mocks, 18/9. THE MESSENGER, by Remy. London; Arthur Barker. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 12/-. THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE, by Richard Gordon. London Michael Joseph. Sydney: Dy mock's, 13/3. <\\\\\\\v\\v\v\v\vv\\vwv\\\wv\\w\v T^HE titles of some of
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  • 980 10  -  TONI MARSH By )\t X upon a time, a bathing suit was a mere cloak of conventionality, worn (in thickness or in thin!) with all the fashion flair of a pair of long woollen undies. Then happily, and almost overnight, fashion's stepchild was plucked
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  • 622 10 JJON'T look now, but your feet are showing! In fact, considering how few of us wear stockings in our warm climate they're always showing! But oh, my goodness, they aren't always a sight for sore eyes. Most of the time one finds several coats of
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  • 294 10  -  Reta Del Mar S f TODAY S OTATION: 'lie Unit can hate patience can have what he will." Frankiin IK! I) AY FOR BVESYONE: Play sa f e Keey things on a basis of simplicity, clarity and understanding Avoir! confusion. extravagance complications particularly in the 'norn;ne
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    • 100 10 fil fascinating The E§|jiite BRIDES fW of RUBIROSA I b»rb*^*3/' in his own 1 MUTTON j '^p"' outrageous words! Begins f^^ii Sunday I "^^%|f YUGOSLAV LINE From Hongkong to Colombo Bombay. Aden. Port Sudan, |eddah, Port Said, Beyrouth, Trieste and Riieka: m. -nrir* Spore P. Sham Penang UCKA 15/18 Feb.
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    • 570 11 k^TSCHER LLOYD r^AMERIKA LINIE I 0 Marseilles. Antwerp, Rotterdam, L» C^'« Bremc B e I Spore P slum Ptnjfig I r Cdns 33/4 |u ;i Etd 12 Feb 13 Feb 14 Feb 23 27 Fob 28 Feb Mjp a ;i: vn 20 25 Mar 26 Mar 27 Mar \"btD» 12/15
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  • 40 12 THE Cocktail Bar, (seen above) with a "club like" atmos-. phere, is another luxury available to travellers aboard the Bayernstein. THE 9,200-ton North German Lloyd jreighter-passenger vessel Bayernstein which is expected to arrive in Singapore on Monday.
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  • 206 12 Finanvv And Commerce THE political situation again contributed to the steadiness in the Singapore rubber market which closed at 51.05 per lb for first grade rubber for February shipment, a rise of J cent on Wednesday. Prices opened at around $1.04| per lb., cent
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  • 248 12 THE political apprehension accentuated Wednesday's easier tendency, and, in the absence of buyers, losses were general throughout the list in the Malayan share market yesterday. The turnover continued restricted and sellers predominated at the close. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: Amal.
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  • 43 12 AN Indian technical team will be sent to Russia for an on-the-spot study of steel plants and manufacturing processes before a final acreement with Russia is signed for the proposed steel plant which Russia has offered to build for India.- UP
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  • 149 12 OUTER ROADS Agatha. Growler. Chip Lam, Sandviken Hoi Hung, Kazbeck INNER ROADS Perak. Beetong Moon Fish. Han thale. Van Den Brock Sedili. Heather Tg. Pinans*. Caltex 93 Hin Chuan. Lawu. Pacific. Resang. Wan Sing. Loh Sic Lee. Peterzwei, Petereins, Soon Bee. Aik Leung, Hong Eng' Taype. Merlimau.
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  • 123 12 PRESIDING at the annual general meeting of the Hindusthan Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd. in Calcutta Mr Kumar Kartick Churn Mulhck spoke of the steady progress of the Society He said the total premium l Jli ome for 195: amounted to $28,027,781. which showed an
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  • 319 12 $6¾M. EXPORT SURPLIE DURING NOV Trade Position 01l Standard Market Reporter MALAYA'S foreign trade continued to show during November last year, when an export surplus of IH including ships' stores, bunkers and golS bullion was 1 H'u This improvement in November reflected the rfOrd *d. consequent on the higher average
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  • 245 12 Standard Shipping: Reporter THE last of the three North German Lloyd freighter-passenger vessels built under a post-war shipping plan to serve the Continent and Far East ports, including Malaya, is scheduled to arrive in Singapore on her maiden voyage on Monday. She is the
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  • 24 12 ARGENTINA and Czechoslovakia signed a barter deal whereby Argentina will buy goods worth US$lO.OOOOOO and will sell U555,000,000 worth of products. AP
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  • 71 12 MR. GEORGE Brj'son. VicePresident in charge of International Operations of the General Foods Corporation, is expected to arrive in Singapore from Bangkok on Feb. 17 in the course of a business trip. He is accompanied by his wife. He is particularly interested in surveying the potentialities of
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  • 163 12 WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 (AP) World production and use of natural rubber showed an increase in a report on Wednesday from the U.S. Commerce Department. Based on estimates of the International Rubber Study Group, the Department said production in 1954 totalled 1.802.500 long tons as compared
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  • 29 12 THE Afghanistan Ministry of National Economy has accepted an offer by the Marubini Company, of Japan, to invest US$5O,OOO in the establishment of a porcelain industry AP
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  • 17 12 DAY return trips from Par.to Marseilles for Pannewsmen have been Inauf ted by Air France.
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  • 152 12 SINCE the trade has been freed of all controls, sales of Beck's Beer have increased at such a gratifying rate that recently Mr. G.P. Noakes, the Chairman of Messrs. Sime, Darby Co. Ltd. (the importers) gave a dinner to Colony dealers aiid, in a speech, warmly thanked
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  • 184 12 U.S. Bank Dired Visit Color Standard Staff Reporter THE Executive VicePresident of one of the largest banks in the world The Bank of America arrived in Singapore yesterday. He is Mr. Russell G. Smith. During his week's stay in the Colony. Mr. Smith will review the progress made for the
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  • 122 12 THE U.S. Department of Agriculture said the rue trade situation, particularly in Asia, shows an improvement over a year ago. But it predicted prices of loner grade rice may drop because of the glut of cereals on the world market. The price of better srade rice
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  • 19 12 THE l icr rtBBU lI J It I Singapore j r Harr Lin^S'' s--siii:SirF.srj S!t>- r! medium I
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    • 628 12 I NOTICES -J THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (F.M.S. CAP. 137). IPOU MENGLEMBU TOWN COUNCIL. NOTICE. IT IS proposed, under Section 144 of the Town Boards Enactment, to amend the Approved Town Plan No. B3 (Gazette Notification No. 234ti 31 of the township of IPOH by altering the zoning of Lots
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    • 638 12 DID. TENDER NOTICE. rpENDERS will be received X at the office of the State Drainage Irrigation Engineer. Johore Bahru up to 12 noon on faturday 26th February. 1955 for the purchase of scrap metal lying at ihe D.I.D. Workshop. Batu Pahat. 2. Details and tender forms may be obtained at
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  • 765 13 Too Hot For The Flying Milkman PETER WILSON sees athletes wilt under the Australian sun o,^°°0 toy ,namcn» elimination rounds, th« Y^ j ,nd the United States met in the final 5 f %,lt o,\d0 ,\d Basketball Tournament on Nov. 5 J d*""* dor 15.000 at Rio de laneiro Rcpre-
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  • 101 13 sfsdfdI MCC p'. avers named will now be left until tomorrow. The bowlers in the 12 are Tyson. Statham. Bai.cy. Loader. Appleyard and Wardie. 51 >tham may be the one to j oufl so that he can rest a daniaged big toe. If the doctor
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  • 92 13 PUBLIC Works Department beat H.M. Customs 3-1 in a 1 Singapore Hockey Association Junior K.O. hockey match' played on the GSC ground 1 yesterday. C. Jagatheesan opened the score off a goalmouth scramble in the 3rd minute for PWD. A. Lopez netted another goal for
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  • 48 13 RAWALPINDI. Feb. 10 (Reuter). India beat Combined Services by an innings and 20 runs here today to record the sixth victory of their Pakistan tour. India made 304 for five declared in reply to Services 101 and then dismissed their opponents a second time for 183.
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  • by Jack Peart
    • 562 13 A Title For Len Hutton? What Bunkum Sirs! LEN HUTTON, of Yorkshire, leads England's magnificent Test cricketers to victory in Australia and at once a cry goes up, "Give him a knighthood.' Never heard such "be-knighted" bunkum in my life! We can't toss titles around like corn to hens. Hutton
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    • 61 13 ROBINSON and Company have kindly donated medals to be presented to the Combined Service? vs. Combined Civilians who will meet at soccer on Feb. 20 in aid of the Armed Services Welfare Association Fund. It has now been confirmed tha* E C. Dutton the Kuala Lumpur footballer.
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    • 27 13 LONDON. Feb. 10 (Reuter) —England beat Ireland by six bouts to four in an amateur International boxing contest at the Albert Hall here last night.
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    • 257 13 Ceylonese Miss This Victory > CEYLON SPORTS CLUB were held to a one-all draw by the Dockyard Sports AssoI ciation in a quarter-final I match of the Singapore I Hockey Association senior I knock out competition yesterI day at Balestier Road. The Ceylonese. who were out (for the goals from
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  • 277 13 LONDON. Feb 10. (Reuter)The following arc football fixtures for Sat.. Feb 12: LEAGUE. DIVISION 1 Aston Villa vs Bolton Burnley vs. Arsen.il Cardiff vs Everton Cheisca vs Newcastle. Leicester vs. West Bromwich. Manchester United vs. Manchester City Preston vs Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday vs. Ports mo'itn Sunderland vs.
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    • 718 13 SITUATIONS VACANI APPLICATIONS ar c invited t\ for the posts of Male A Female Occupational Therapist Medical Department. Singapore Appointments will be on years probation in the first instance. Salary scale for a Female Occupational Therapis* is *49 r >X 20— Gl5/B *:*OX2O— 710 and for a Male Occupational Therapist
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    • 219 13 Boer By Al Copp -WVJlNi** > m I COLLAPSED.'.'- BUT U WAS. PANSV/.' L VQ 1 'BOUT IT/.' E %4FP 7 GOT A J iN&V^^ AIN'T X \l WHENI AHCOME TO %O7> DONE. A^ LF.T VO f r lo^V#V\\l A< 3iNJ-AHWERE JN^k THt\A SLEEP-AN' SCOOTtD J* fi#?f DtWICKi] -c r^r\
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  • 430 14 WITH FOUR GOOD WORKOUTS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Four of Keith Daniels candidates entered for Saturday's races here, opening day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting, were the most impressive at this morning's winding up gallops. They were Milky Way, Christmas Carol, Hunter's Call and
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  • 656 14 Windsor Lad's Pre-Race Gallops AT KUALA LUMPUR Heavy Going, But The Times Are Impressive FAST WORK was also done by several horses in spite of the fact that the track was heavy after last night's heavy rain. Josker 11. bowling on his awn easi y skipped three fur-lon-s in 41
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  • 309 14 CLASS 2 horses promoted 2 to class one. according to the latest list issued by < 2 the Straits Racing Associa- lion are: 2 2 Always, Honolulu Lucky Nick Rigoletto. Sudan and 2 Try as. From class 3to class 2— J Distributor; Fair Weather.
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    53 14 photo JOE Louis, the former World heavyweight champion, right, spars with his protege. Paul Andrews, in a Chicago gym on Feb. f, Louis, known as the "Brown Bomber" seldom dons gloves these days, but he ieels getting into the ring is the best way to leach his pupil, a former
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  • 407 14 Services' Quick 2nd Halt Goals Stop Johore Combined Services 3 Johore 3 Dunn 2, Gellard Abdul Karim 2, Stephen Murugesu. AFTER taking an interval lead, Johore were forced into a 3—3 draw when the State met the improved Singapore Combined Services in a representative hockey match played at Jalan Besar
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  • 37 14 IT was a Naval Base forward, and not a Singapore Harbour Board player, (as wrongly reported) who was sent out of the field in Wednesday's seven-a-side Rugby between the SHB and the Naval Base
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  • 171 14 At a Committee meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association held at the Badminton Stadium last night. it was unanimously agreed that Mayflower B.P. had won this year's interclub championship on walkover. It was decided to celebrate the Association's Silver Jubilee on March 13 with a luncheon
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  • 63 14 LONDON, Feb. 10, (Reuter) Percy Vasey, the Weatherby (Yorkshire) racehorse trainer, said yesterday that Phillip Povall, who has been In Malaya for some weeks, has accepted an engagement to ride this season. Povall finished his apprenticeship with Vasey last December and, being no longer required
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  • 600 14 REME "A" team created the first major upset in this season's Singapore Cricket Club Seven-a-side rugger competition when they beat last year's champions, South Johore, by 13 points (two goals and a try) to 3 (a try) on the Padang yesterday. Only two of the
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  • 410 14 Only Take Soccer Lessons From Admiras Today Says ANDY ROZARIO KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— After the crushing defeats which Austria's Admira Wein soccerites handed out to Singapore combinations, it would be sheer wishful thinking to hope that the FAM boys, who engage them here tomorrow, could
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  • 122 14 i. iAum Louncillor moved yesterday that M l should the Association invite teams from Commuru] 1 1 Supporting this motion, another CoS S(% still in a state of emergency, and it would nit Z T d fighting in the Malayan jungles, to know that I?
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  • 264 14 THE COUNCIL of the Singapore Amateur Football Association, which met at Jalan Besar Stadium last night, gave the necessary permission to the Singapore Chinese Football Association to send five of their footballers— Aw Boon Seong, Chia Boon Leong Foo Hee Jong, Chu Chee Seng and
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  • 130 14 Sports Letter I WAS surprised indeed to read in your Sunday Standard of Feb. 6. 1935 that the contest between Miss Lee Kwai Chee and me was called off according to your Kuala Lumpur correspondent I can assure you that this contest is not off as
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 51 14 I RUGBY: Seven-aside at the SCC: RAF Tengah *B' rs RAF Seletar 'A*. HOCKEY SHA Junior KO: RAF Selelar vs RAF Tengah at Seletar; Friendlies SRC vs 3 BOD at SRC; SCC vs BODCA at SCC. FOOTBALL: Bartley School vs Victoria School at Bartleys. BOXING Inter Services match at Badminton
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