Singapore Standard, 10 March 1955

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  • 14 1 Singapore Standard J> 241 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH JO, 1935 1 1 PAGES J"> CENTS
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  • 459 1 2 Women Die With 'Killer Gang Patrol's 12-Hour Night Vigil Pays Oft Dividend SEREMBAN, Wed.-Two sub-units of the 2/6 th Gurkha Rifles killed six important terrorists, including two women, at first light today, after a gruelling night-long vigil over their camp on the outskirts of
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  • 302 1 •(jef Them From Overseas Chinese In Thailand' TOKYO, Mar. 9, (Reuter)— A 35-year-old an ex soldier, who commanded a r~- guerilla medical unit in Malayan gles for five years, said on his return home haf the guerillas had better light than the British.
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  • 52 1 ur 9 iUP> Minister tnded the ie goes or I .day that :naxed h1 s with left- Bevan for h Socialists. H' \an jeered House of Com- accepted his supporters 1 that Bevan be I the party. m include I Minister I "d former k L.\ chequer &\M tt\\N
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  • 10 1 I A ngers, I > were wheel rolled r^trol fire
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  • 77 1  -  Yong Peng Seong by Photo THE nine-man unit of the 2 tith Gurkhas Rifles which ''flushed" the terrorists from their camp. From left: L/C Dhanbahadur Gurung, Riflemen Narkaji Gurung and Xarbahadur Tham Major A. J. Fisher, who planned the attack. Gurkha Lt. Deobahadur Rana. Rifleman Dimbahadur Gurung
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  • 146 1 BKNTONG. Wed.-An unknown "workman" became a Police hero in the Karak area of I'ahang today, by talking into surrender two terrorists who had buttonholed him for loud. Thus, he became eligible for a minimum reward of SG.OOO under the new "bring
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  • 172 1 $15,000 Donation A Year EGYPT'S Minister of State, Col. Anwar El Sadaat, said in Singapore yesterday that his Prime Minister, Col. Gamel Abdul Nasser, will donate $15,000 yearly to the Malayan Muslim College. Col. El Sadaat was ad dressing a tea party in Raffles Hotel,
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  • 92 1 Lay Off Tanker Warns Mao LONDON, Mar. 9 <UP> Communist China warned the United States today it will have to bear "the full responsibility" if it "dares" to back any attempt to intercept a Finnish tanker Aruba, believed headed for China with a cargo of jet fuel. The Peking broadcast
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  • 74 1 MEXICO CITY. Mar. 9 (AP) Rescue workers battled a raging forest fire today in an effort to reach the bodies of 26 persons killed in Mexico's worst plane crash. The airliner, a two-engined DC3 of the Cornpania Mexicana De Aviacion. crashed into
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  • 64 1 LONDON. March 9. CReuter>— British Members of Parliament talked through the night till dawn today on the role of Britain's Army in the hydrogen bomb age. The House of Commons sitting lasted over 14 hours the longest of the year. Less than 10 hours after they
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  • 155 1 Baby Killer Sends A Challenge IPOH, Wed. A note, purporting to be written by the killer of baby Lim Siew Lan. 16-month-old daughter of Mr. Lim Chee Cheng, manager of the local agency of the China Insurance Company, today challenged the police to catch the writer. Written on the wall
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  • 25 1 FIRE destroyed ten wooden buildings in a Hongkong squatter area early yesterday, the second blaze in 24 hours. There were no casualties. U.P.
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  • 40 1 ISTANBUL. Mar. 9 (Reuter) Two Russian spies, Ivan Ademidi. 47, and Nikola Antonof. 31. were hanged early this morning in Erzusumm, an eastern town ©ear the Russian border from where they entered Turkey in September 1953.
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  • 117 1 SAIGON. March 9 (Reuter) —Police here today arrested about 100 demonstrators who assembled outside the palace of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem with a petition charging that the Provincial Government in the Phanrang area of Central Vietnam was corrupt and infiltrated by Communists. The demonst rators, civil
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  • 23 1 BUILDINGS shuddered, windows rattled and light fixtures swayed in an earthquake in Taipei yesterday. There was no damage to property. A.P.
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  • 29 1 WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 (Reuter) The Eisenhower administration has decided to permit 11 Soviet student newspaper editors to visit thp United States, officials said today.
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  • 153 1 NEW DELHI, Mar. 9 (UP) Hindu astrologers have come up with calculations that have shocked Hindu families planning to marry off sons or daughters. After the last week of March 1955 there are no more favourable and auspicious dates for marriage for 17 months.
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  • 144 1 Townsend Dodges Love Topics BRUSSELS. Mar. 9. <UP> Group Captain Peter Townsend today denied he is about to see the Duke of Edinburgh to discuss his rumoured romance with Princess Margaret but dodged saying whether she loves him or not. "Will you conrirm or deny the British Press reports of
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  • 54 1 PARIS. Mar. 9. <Reuter) Colonel Tv Day, a deputy leader of the dissident group of the armed forces of the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect, has surrendered to the Vietnamese National Army with 600 of his men about 93 miles southwest of Saigon, the French
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  • 127 1 LOI TUNG, (Burma-Thailand border), Mar. 9, (Reuter)— Burmese forces today captured this Chinese Nationalist border stronghold, 30 miles south-east of Monghsat after a six-hour battle. Burmese troops advancing over jungle covered mountains fought about 500 Kuomintang guerillas re- mnants of forces which retreated from China
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  • 62 1 'Don 't Go It Alone' Says Harriman NEW YORK. March 9 'Ri-uter>— Mr Avrrcll Harriman. D'Tnocratic Govcrnur of New York Stato. said here last night that xho United States must r-nd its "desperately dangerous policy of going it alone" In tho Formosa arra. "We must internationally tho defence of P'ormo
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  • 44 2 SACRIFICIAL RITES IN TEMPLE OF OPIUM ADDICTS photo. MR. CHI A roil THIK, in charge of the Chinese temple, talks to Qui Ah Ken. (right) 68-year-old opium addict who completed his cure yesterday. Qui had been an addict for the past 32 years.- Standard
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  • 218 2 A MAN from the local abattoir plunged his knife into the throat of a pig and made this bloody sacrifice to the Siu Khong Chor Soo, patron saint of the Lam Yong Seng Chew Thian Leng Chong Toh Tong temple at Changi Road, yesterday. The
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  • 85 2 Dato Tan Is Making Progress MALACCA. Wed Dato Sir Chcnu-lotk Tan spent a restful night yesterday and is progressing satisfactorily, according to a bulletin signed by the Hospital Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer of the General Hospital Xo visitor is allowed inside the ward where Dato Tan is a patient.
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  • 67 2 Thais Plan To Improve Muslims' Lot BANGKOK. March 9 (AP)— The Thai Government has adopted a seven-point programme for improving living conditions in the southern provinces, largely inhabited by Malay Muslims. The programme was proposed by Premier Phibul Songgram, who in early February made a 16-day tour of the south
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  • 62 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Thin Heong. 47-year-old, selfconfessed opium smoker, was today fined Si. MO by the Pres dent of the Sessions Court when he pleaded guilty to three charges under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. He was accused of selling 53 small packets of chandu to a
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  • 51 2 SIGNS in Chinese and other Asian scripts will be shown at one stand in the British Industries Fair, as the result of advertising done in Singapore and Malaya. The display will be that of Zellem Ltd.. which sends advertising material to the Colony and the
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  • 110 2 COMMIDITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 852 864 No 1 KS.S. F.ob Mar. 86J 86* No. 2 B:>i 8615 No. 3 844 852 Tone: Very Steady. TIN PKICt The price of tin yesterday (P«*r Picul) was $353;
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  • 51 2 THE body of a carpenter. Kwan Vow. 58. was recovered from the mouth of the Singapore River yesterday Kwan Vow, who has been ailing for the past three years. is said to have left his home in Kallang Road for the last time at 10 a.m.
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  • 222 2 Bl TTERWORTH, Wed. The present acute drought in the Settlement of Penang has caused more severe restriction in the water supply in the Bukit Mertajam and Prai areas in Province Wellesley. wnen the restrictions were first introduced in the first week ot February, residents in
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  • 228 2 Malayan Reds Call Of Back To China Youth Campaign THE back-to-China movement, responsible for th 0 Malayan Chinese students proceeding to Red China, ostensibly^ 0 0 their education, has been temporarily called off. "1 Fewer Chinese students are going to China today compair iir loads of a year ago This
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  • 532 2 AFTER many months of rest since the closing of the Victoria Theatre, amateur drama in Singapore came to life again last night when the Stage Club presented Diana Morgans AFTER MY FASHION at the REME Theatre. Produced by Inez Quitzow. this play was definitely one
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  • 252 2 She Kept It Secrei ftj Her Parents Coroner tJ\ A 17-YEAR-OLD school girl Ang Si,. w pr from tetanus due to an abortion, tin- Singapore was told yesterday at the inquest ol fli, in December last year. Dr. E. B. Labrooy, assistant General Hospital, who performed an deceased, said
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  • 119 2 PEN ANG. Wed Twenty five Settlement Councillors took the oath of allegiance today the first meeting of the Settlement Council to serve the Council faithfully. Tho meeting started with a prayer Dr Lim Chong Eu (Alliance). who spoko on behalf of the unofficial elected members
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  • 65 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Low Leong Chai. 44. of Ba'u Village, today heard a charge of possession of a printing press and accessories believed to be used for the forging of a currency note, explained to him in the First Magistrate's Court. He was not asked
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  • 51 2 A WIDOW. Khajijah binte Mohamed Taib. was ordered n the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday to be put on a year's probation, for falsely stating that she ITM the lawful and only wife of her deceased husband. The offence was committed on April 15. last
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  • 49 2 TWO brothers. Ng Ix)ck Kwec and Ng I,ock Twee, were fined lIM each in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday when they wore convicted of < ing grievous hurt to Lim Kwong Yew on the night of Sept. 23, last year, at Pahang Street
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  • 43 2 MX. \V I Public W< 1940 has tx I Chief Civil I I Crown A- Qorernmei trations. Another r worked in U been mad- I Civil Engin J H. P. lied the sen Akpius in with the I for more tl j
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    • 70 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7.:i0 p.m. Mar. 8 to 7.H0 a.m. Mar. 9: Spore (TIV): Penang (75F): Kota Bharu (72F); Kuala Lumpur (73F); Ipoh (72Fi; Kuantan (UBF). Maximum Temperature From 7..°»0 p.m. Mar. 8 to 7.30 a.m. Mar. 9: Spore (9 IF): Penan? (911 Kota Bharu (88F): Kuala Lumpur
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  • 189 3 S'pore MIC Told Withdraw From The Labour Front Join Forces Wifh Alliance' THE Singapore branch of the Malayan |fln Congress has been asked by its headaf rcrs «n Kuala Lumpur to withdraw from r c cf on alliance with the Labour Front and in hands with the UMNO-MCA-Malay Union ii.
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  • 70 3 Templer pleases An Artist ,|MI.\I s t"'™ 1 w %a Urn man uho plrting his pors .n London. rt isl ,v s;->«ar-old H sprrd who IS GeraM in i! drrss. When I a will he sent thr men led by High (ommis- WaUya r.ild sue Mr. Itiaga tin- saBM time,
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  • 19 3 Tang Fun. Singapore i y< maximum posed on r court 12.000 ob- graphs for f sale, was
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  • 21 3 BAHRU. Wed. a shopkci per, N L I i :on I .rr"r k been paid. B rrs M id the
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  • 170 3 Obscene Pictures Loses Appeal Against Term dismissed by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray- Aynsley. On his plea of guilty. Tang was .sentenced in the First Criminal District Court on Jan. 19. to three months' imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. in default another three months in prison. A First
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  • 80 3 Married In S'pore MR. W. A. BLATCH and his bride, the former Miss Jean Sully, who were married in Singapore at the Presbyterian Church last Saturday. The bridegroom, who is a staff member of Mansfield and Co.. Ltd., Singapore, is the third son of Sir Bernard and Lady Blatth of
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  • 30 3 THE Singapore Civil Defence Association will hold a dance on March 12 to rommemorate the opening of the new Civil Defence Clubhouse at Kolam Aycr, Admission is free.
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  • 98 3 Marshall Throws Challenge To P.G. Yap C.C. Tan Xome Speak At My Meeting' a M t R< Pu A V D MAR SHALL, Labour Front candidate tor the Singapore Legislative Assembly elections, yesterday threw down a challenge to two men-Mr. C.C. Tan, president of the Progressive Party, and Mr. Yap
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  • 106 3 Ordered To Pay Wife $50 A Mth. A CITY COUNCIL clerk. Justin Varella, was yesterday ordered in the Singapore Sixth Police Court to pay his w.fc. Immaculate, $50 a month maintenance for her and his four children. Varella was charged with neglecting to maintain them since June. l!),-)."i. Mrs. Yarcila
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  • 21 3 SIXGAPORE Customs yesterday seized 10 pounds of opium worth $12,000 from the ship Neveritna, which arrived from Persian ports.
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  • 259 3 Murder Trial Accused Awaits Colonial Secretary's Order A UNANIMOUS verdict of guilty but insane was returned by the jury in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, against a carpenter, Loke Leong Peng, 50, on a charge of murdering a tailor, Kesavan, seven years ago. Loke fatally struck Kesavan
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  • 191 3 U BA SAW, the Burmese Minister for Social Welfare, told Singapore Rotarians yesterday at a lunch at the Capitol Blue Room that Burma, since its independence, had made great strides in the sphere of social welfare. Mass education and better rural services were among
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  • 78 3 Mr. Yap, when told about it later, immediately accepted the challenge. "Just what 1 want/' he said. "I will be there on Friday to answer any question the crowd may wish to put to me on multilingualism. "I hope we shall be able to discuss
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  • 180 3 TAN -NO, IT'S A WASTE OF TIME Mr. C. C. Tan on the other hand turned down the challenge. 'i am not going to help Mr. Marshall advertise himself;' he said "He is in search of publicity and I don't propose to help publicise him. My real opponent is the
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  • 549 4 Young Woman Testifies In Girl For Sale Trial A 23-Y E A R-0 L D woman, Chew Ah Hock, told the Singapore Third District Court yesterday how she was offered $1,600 to be a man's mistress but turned it down. ShP admitted,
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    28 4 THREE Democratic Party candidates for the forthcoming Legislative Assembly elections issued their election manifestoes yesterday. Mr. C. K. Lim Mr. J. C. Lam Mr. W. C. Chan
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  • 254 4 MR. C.K. LIM (Changi Division) promises to establish rural banks to give loans to fishermen and farmers at moderate interest. He wants to urge Government to supply; subsidized fertilizers to farmers and take immediate steps for flood alleviation. He says he would fight
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  • 208 4 But She Went On Unperturbed HECKLERS made their first appearance at a Singapore election rally yesterday and attempted to drown out the voice of the leader of the Women's Section, Labour Front, Mrs. Mustapha, when she was making a fiery speech on behalf of the
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  • 37 4 HONGKONG. Mar. <>.— Spe<iai Standard Service: Closing prires of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.58 to ill sterling; $5.85 to I'SSI. $1 838 tc Malayan $1; $0,155 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $253.75 to a tael.
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  • 66 4 THE following were elected oflice-bearers of the Singapore Christian Funeral Society at its annual meeting held reccnUy: President— Mr A. B. Pinto. Vice-President Mr. L. A Joseph. Secretary Mr. Lim Tin Soon Treasurer —Mr Chan Boon Hock, Committee —Messrs. Ec Peng Liang Lim Kiang Lee, Arthur
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  • 89 4 THREE men, Tan Kian Seng. Lav Kirn Lin and Song N:an Yong. were yesterday committed by the Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate. Mr. R. 8.1. Pates, to stand trial at the next Assizes on a charge of armed robbery. They were alleged to have robbed a woman. Pak
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  • 284 4 RPC Blamed For Delaying Plan KUALA LUMPUR Wed.— Malaya's entivj rubber research programme —on which $45,000,000 was spent up to the end of 1953 is in danger of grinding to a complete halt due to lack of funds, The Standard learnt today. Leading rubber
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  • 62 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Police Inspector P. Munnusamy was today fined $20 in the Police Court for inconsiderate driving following an accident in Masai Tan Beng, a lorry driver, told the rourt that after he had passed the Masai Post Office, he heard a bang. Stopping his vehicle,
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  • 166 4 LIGHTNING STRIKE BY 50 MEN ON at 10 a.m. OFF at 11a.m. FIFTY daily-paid employees of the Lee Wood Works at Faya Lebar, Singapore, yesterday staged a 60-minute strike as a protest against their employer's refusal to accede to their demand for a general wage increase. The workmen downed tools
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  • 45 4 THE Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murrav-Aynsley in the Singapore High Court yesterday, dismissed the appeal of a labourer Chan Cheong Song against a lower court's sentence of a $6,000 fine or a month's imprisonment for possession of four pounds of opium
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  • 47 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Found out of doors during rurfew hours at Pengerang. Loh Boon Lok offered a constable $5 to let him off and take no action. Loh was convicted and fined $620 in the Pengerang Sessions Court today for both offences.
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  • 254 4 THE Singapore Assize Court was told yesterday how a plucky housewife, Sin Ah Hoe, put to flight three armed men, who forced their way into her house in West Coast Road on the afternoon of Dec. 3, last year. In the dock were Yeo
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  • 49 5 i nd. i rd Photo by \K 11. SAD. VAT. (centre) thr Egyptian. Nil!.- .«n<l president of tho Islamic C— fciCl i Mm Kedvration Deputy Chief Secretary, rh ii^hf on his arrival at Kuala Lumpur i.hJ.in. D.ito Yahya bin Kazak is on the left. Yong Peng Seong
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  • 70 5 Japan Has Too Many People(Consul General) Msal-Gesenl to Singapore, Mr. Ken ikir.i; last night at the I'niversity of \:U Theatre drove home, by repeated figures i g, the fact that Japan is overpopulated. that th< Second rived Japan ut 88,000 (Honshu, and X II and birth- widely v- nly althy.
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  • 122 5 Tllh" Singapore Thi rd riinin.il District Judge. Mr 11. I orrcr. jrcstcrdaj ojnpl lined about tin* noise «aiiM'd b> the heavy traHir outride the court in South Bridge Koad. "The mixture of deafening tmAc noises outside is setting on my nerves and I
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  • 129 5 WIFE KILLER GETS 10 YEARS' JAIL IPOH, Wed. Forty-seven ra I way signalman, today sento ten years' jail for g his teen-aged wife in a hul at Kota Biiaru on 0 lit. last year. was tried before Mr. Pretheroe for murder vas found cui'ty on a lesser c\. 11 ge
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  • 252 5 Tan Wants Nanyang's Classes To Start Soon THE Po.-t School Classes of the Nanyang University must start without delny. said Chairman of the Trustees Mr. Tan Lark Sye. in a directive to the Finance Sub-Committee yesterday. Addressed to Mr. Yeo Chan Boon. Chairman ot the Sub-Committee, and Mr. Lim Keng
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  • 53 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Lai Fai Scin. who was found at Pasir Gogck on Feb. 2. in posse.v-i(,n ot a complete still and eight gallons of fermented mash, duty payable on which was $52, was fined 53 50 by Mr X. L. Cohen in the Sessions
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  • 318 5 They Want Sacked Colleagues Back IPOH, Wed.— More than 420 workers, including part of the clericol start ot the Kompar section of the European-owned Tronoh Mines, went on strike early this morning to seek reinstatement of three of their fellow workers who were dismissed by
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    69 5 CHE SAIYAH BINTE AHMAD. a senior staff nurse of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality, who has just returned from Australia after 1' months training at the Trisilain Mother Craft Training Centre in Willoughby. in Australia, is seen at a let party given in her honour by the Kauni Ibu
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  • 206 5 Standard Shipping Reporter FILL compensation ha s been deposited by the Eastern Stevedoring Company in Dungun to pay the dependants ot four Malay seamen who lost their lives while repairing a steel lighter in South Trengganu in January. Mr. Kanm Zafir. Secretary to the 14* Seamen's
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  • 90 5 TWO Indian labourers were ai dawn yesterday while they were sleeping in their house in MacKenzie Ro S ngapore. One of them. A Ko antheve died of his wounds, but the other. Ganapathy. survived. He had a slight cut on his throat. A few
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  • 257 5 Subversion Tackled In S'pore Smith ANTI-COMMUNIST subversion has been closely pursued in Singapore even before its importance was stressed at the recent Bangkok conference of SEATO Foreign Ministers. Mr. R. Middleton-Smith. Singapore's Defence Secretary, said yesterday. "The Government."' said Mr. Middleton-Smith. "is very alive to this situation and fully realizes
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  • 856 6 Independence Hazards ryilE risks, which countries just awakening to political consciousness invite when they rush UOQ| into independence, could not have been better emphasised than in the distressing picture Vh'.ch an American educationist has given of the cv rail situation in Indonesia. The story of economic graft, incompetence,
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  • 643 6 The Secret Is Out THE Tamil Mura.su congratulates the Singapore Standard for publicly "slapping" the Publicity Chief of the MCA. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. for his impertinence in trying to interfere with Its independence. "The letter from Mr. T.H. Tan. the Chief Executive Secretary of the MCA.
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  • 299 6 IT may well be that we 1 shall by a process of 2 sublime irony have reached J a stage in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror and survival 2 the twin brother of anni- J hilation. Sir Winston Churchill, on
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    16 6 I* And now, Herr Chancellor, at our first contribution towards world Disarmament, we'll start REarmlng you'
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  • 382 6 Sir.— We have to ask the question what is best for Singapore? not. what is the best and most expensive University? I do not think we can copy outright those models in detail because the Chinese must grow its own University. All Universities grow from
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  • 357 6 Sir.— As I have the honour of having the President of the Democratic Party as my opponent. I had intended to fight my election without personal attacks, but at the various gatherings in Paya Lebar. preceded Jjy shows and dinners, one speaker has caused consternation
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  • 238 6 A Big Wish For Success Sir; When Pen an g U.M.N.O. contested the first Municipal election in 1951 and the subsequent ones, the principal problem was finding suitable candidates who were willing to serve the public. That did not actually mean that there were no Malays capable of holding such
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  • 288 6 Sir: Chou En-lai's order to "protect remittances" from Chinese residents abroad soun&s sweet and innocent but to those who know communist cunning, it is nothing but a trajp against which 12 million overseas Chinese should be wary. Not every one of the 12 million Chinese who live
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    • 149 6 Sir; One of ttie reasons that runs oounter to family planning is that it is at variance with religious tenet. It is on record, however, that when vaccination was first introduced for the benefit of mankind, it met with violent opposition from the side of religion; and the same
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    • 325 6 Cutting Off Hands Sir;— l was present at the last two speeches on Islam sponsored by the University of Malaya Muslim Society. On both the occasions questions were asked about the Islamic Penal law of cut-ting-off hands of thieve?. It appears to me that they were under the impression that
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    • 203 6 Unknown RECORD? Sir; V dent M A i M question t: Proi controver Family Plani m he dot i Of Braga'.- fl Yew Hock M Commit 1 1 i v. of the L examiiK «tt for grants and disapprove Mr. Braj-.t I n c :l-M from Mr. I. that the
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    • 100 6 4 OMHt lIAItMOW r*v< \Kt M\Kf ip tmam kom.e •fc» <- -«k» that you a pmlml »lam«..if r>*» i».\«" >n>«A romp 'true. iK# a Urn itf a! rorlnn r\N*rik \t\KFir \»m übim.. Inrrrra-n m«ir up rl Hi'k. |'»".»>' i»"..| *<»it.i.» )>j> r.,Ur» inuif f>ft Im|' 'i i«i -m »orn. ii'
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  • 34 7 I'P> .iders warned :i Krneral only I ;rmed •:.ably isc of L'ni::...;:ary Ad *>l John Fos- warnings to ::iat agr i Tnited illation ral and md d:pand in Inf fot i -ning to
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  • 26 7 l (Renter) viU curry niano- combined Home and t tarring the Malta tnnouncIn France take part d M Bei rim -Mimp Royml Air rmrn and
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  • 26 7 I AP> XprCtOd to n.^t the Nationalist p <»n Monday •••vo Briti>h the Formosa nvohred wore 8 tons, and i H'-ng. 2.550 <^^ or casual- I
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  • 48 7 ncinf the- settlement that parties had agreed not to disclose the amount. Haymes, now married to wife No. 4. Rita Hayworth. faced contempt of court action and a warrant for his arrest for failing to appear in the alimony action. 11a hn said contempt action will be
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    71 7 JILL Ireland is all doubled up for very Root! reasons. Whenever this pretty eight ecn-> ear-old dancer tan snatch a few minutes from tl c set of "Oh! Rosalinda" in Elstree. she telephones her boy friend. This is. of course, a very exciting and serious business, and
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  • 181 7 LONDON, Mar. 9, (Rcuter)— Labour Members of Parliament today made strenuous behind-the-scenes efforts to save Mr. Aneurin Bevan, fiery Socialist Leftwinger, from expulsion from the party and thus avoid a deep cleavage in their ranks. Some were reported to be working on a
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  • 89 7 They End A Debate With Their Fists ROME. Mar. 9 tAP) An Italian Senate debate on the Paris accords on West German rearmament broke up today in a free-for-all fist fight between Communist and Fascist senators. Senate President Cesarc Merzagora suspended the* session while ushers struggled to separate the battling
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  • 39 7 HANOVER. Mar. 9. (Reuter) —Seventy people were injured when a diesel train and a shunting goods train collied in thick fog at Springe near here today. One of the injured was In a critical condition.
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  • 43 7 BANGKOK. March 9 (AP» —The Thai Finance Ministry has issued new one ba h t currency notes with im bedded silver threads, and people are paying more than the face value of 15 Malayan cents to obtain them.
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  • 105 7 LONDON. March 9 (UP)— The Hungarian Communist Party today denounced Premier Imre Nagy In what may be the start of a long expected purge. The purge has been expected since Premier Georgl Malenkov was ousted in the Soviet Union. Nagy was an advocate of increasing
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  • 69 7 German Held For Attack On Legation MUNICH. Mar. 9. (Rcutcr) —Police here said today they have arrested Theodor Ciochina, a German from Rumania, in connection with the attack by four anti-Com-munist gunmen on the Rumanian Legation in Berne last month. The German Police said Ciochina was suspected of having driven
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  • 93 7 CANNES, Mar. 9 (Renter) The Duke of Edinburgh was whistled to a stop by a French traffic policeman today as he sped into the Mediterranean resort of Juan Les Pins at the wheel of a hired grey Rolls Royce. After a four-minute talk
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  • 65 7 WEST BROMWICH. March 9. (Reuter)— The West Bromwich colour bar dispute flared up again yesterday with local busmen refusing to work with an Indian conductor. Mr. B. Decley, local secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union— the most powerful in Britain declared that he would
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  • 254 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 (Reuterl The Un.^A States Secreto ryof State Mr. JohT^ster yesterday that open armed aggression by the Chinese Comrnumstsagam would probably bring about a "general war in Asia.' Mr. Dulles broadcast 0 nation-wide report on his rfecent tour of the Far East,
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  • 134 7 QUIT MATSU? It Won't Come About Knowland WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 (Reuter) Senator William Knowland, Republican leader in the Senate, said today he was fully confident the Nationalist-held Quemoy and Matsu Islands were "not going to be placed on any bargain counter" for a deal with the Chinese Communists. He added
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  • 44 7 HONGKONG, Mar. 9 (Reuter) The Winly Navigation Company. Ltd., of Hongkong today called for tenders for the purchase of 1.717-ton freighter. Edendale, bombed and sunk by Chinese Nationalist bombers in the Communist mainland port of Swatow on Jan. 19.
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  • 288 7 Eden— Peace If Both Sides Try LONDON, March 9, (Reuter) Sir Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons yesterday that Chinese Communist membership in the United Nations and the fate of Formosa could be decided internationally if a cease-fire was brought about in the Formosa Straits and
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  • 69 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, March 9 The following are the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London Market LONDON RUBBER Spot 20? d. April/June 25* d. July/September 2 5 id. October/December 25 d. March c.i.f. 25id. Tone very steady. LONDON TIN Spot 1711 buyers,
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  • 302 7 a static defence of Formosa and the Pescadores themselves He said he hoped that the present military activities of the Chinese Communists in The area were not in fact "the first stage of an attack against Formosa and the Pescadores." He expressed the hope that a
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  • 72 7 BELGRADE. March P. (API Vladimir Dcdijcr. histi and wartime friend of Pi sident Tito, has been c from Yugoslavia's pa: ment in which he once ed as chairman of the powerful foreign policy commit Dedijer. along with former Vice President Milovan D. recently was tried and
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  • 62 7 MUNICH. Mar. 9 rßeuter) The Shah of Persia and Queen Soraya yesterday "r caped" from their policr i cort and spectators when lie tried out his new speedy Mercedes 300 car. a gift from the builders. They tore along th* Munich-Salzburg Autobahn for 20
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  • 26 7 Four British minesweepers with a total complement of 500 officers and men nrrived in Amsterdam yest<rday for a six-day courte. y visit. Reuter
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  • 337 7 LONDON, March 9 (Reuter) Reporting to the House of Commons yesterday on the SEATO conference. Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden said: "To sum up. the Bangkok conference worked out an acceptable programme for defence policies and economic problems between the countries who are member
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  • 157 7 NEW YORK, Mar. 9, (Reuter)— The second vice trial of Minot (Mickey) Jclke opened here yesterday with the prosecutor reading out a long list of pretty women who are to be called as witnesses. He said their men patrons would also be named in
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  • 44 7 PARIS. Mar. 9. (Reuter) The government of M. Edgar Faure. Radical Premier, last night won by 364 votes against 242 a vote in favour of the civil service budget which included an additional 9.500.000.000 francs about £10.000.000) for pay increases.
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    36 8 photo. A.P. LATEST PICTURE of Sir Winston Churchill vvho is seen leaving No. 10 Downing Street. London, for the House of Commons to open r debate on Government's decision to start making hydrogen bombs.
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  • 30 8 SINCE their marriage two years ago, Mane-Louise Dubuisson, 48, has partnered her husband, Antoine, 64, in his chimney sweep business in Brussels.- A. P. photo.
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  • 66 8 FRENCH comedians Roger Pierre (left) and Jean-March Thibaut (right), satirizing American hillbillies complete with washboards, pans and bike horns, give their act a lift with six-footer Gisele Robert U.P. photo. photo THE President of Ireland, Mr. Scan T. O'Kelly, kit n Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the newly appointed
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  • 42 8 Lth I binger Jane Froman ("With A Song In My Heart") who told newsmen at a hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, that "very personal reasons" led to the break with her husband John C Burn.- A. P. p!-.oto
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  • 34 8 ABOVE: Swimming Actress Esther Williams shows off the Balmese costume that won her a prize at skating star Sonja Henie's partyHollywood's first big costume affair for many years. U.P. photo.
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  • 38 8 VIOLET A TEDDY RIGHT: The girl is Violet Pretty, the giant bear is called Teddy and they met yesterday at Brighton, England where a trade toy fair was being held. The toys are for sale next Christmas Mirrorpic.
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  • 292 9 MXDKAS. I I I I I B I I :.:irue ap« r R IS It pron tl'.nc r <!• licit. a airing ;on .nee n and defeats is to be repeated in the other constituencies they will be relegated Into a microscopic minority in the new Assembly. THE Taxation
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  • 345 9 I I This deft b»- parI ration I <\ to yi«-ld I .:liion. The. I B million I Madras k t-war B B B V ■M fl B X B :r i B I I wa~ a general fooling that Ituation within the Indian Airlines Corporation had taken a
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    7 9 "Tell the children to stop playing: hunt-the-thimbie!"
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  • 637 9 Mrs. Gleiser Wins 'Fo r All The In-Laws' From Harry Longmuir LONDON. 111)1)1 I AGED women crowded round Rreyhaired Mrs. Dinah Gleiscr outside a court in London, kissed her cheeks, shook her hv the hands. and said: "Congratulations and thank you." Mrs. Glciser had Just hoard Lord .Justice Denning dismiss
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  • 22 9 Statesmanship should quickly learn the lesson of biology, that wooden legs are not inherited, but wooden heads are. A.E. Wiggam.
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  • 254 9 Woman Who Hates Babies Brings Fear To A Town Children in prams are attacked IT was sunny in Bletchley just the day to put hihy outside the front door in the pram for an airing. But there was not a single unattended pram anywhere in this little Buckinghamshire town of
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  • 544 9 Angry star complains about shameless letters 41 1 c STOCKHOLM. ALL Sweden is talking of a sensational outburst by actress Ingrid Bergman at a public function. Ingrid, who is visiting her native country with her second husband, Italian film producer Roberto Rossellini, and
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    • 40 9 MIDNIGHT ipT DAYr CapitoL All the people. ..all the passion ...all the overpowering greatness of (TAttmc VIRGINIA PIER JACK ~r.^So- »UL MAYO AK6EU FIANCE-NEWMAN Mg/ vrif«n «o» the «cr«ti b, LESSER SAMUELS Assocun Produce* J^r,., VICTOR SAVILLE^,^o^ARNER BROS. 1 1
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  • 457 10  -  ALISON SETTLE K\/ vmm 'THE opinion of leading tailors participating in the five-day Men's Trade Fair, now taking place at the ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, in LONDON, is that tailoring trends have returned to the fashions of the Nineteen-Thirties. The squared <or "H") line which has
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  • 178 10  -  ALICIA HART By j NEA Staff Writer OICNICS often trail an aftermath of painful sunburn, insect bites and prickly heat. Even though you are on guard against these picnic pitfalls, you may find yourself a victim. A mild case of sunburn If annoying and painful: a severe ease
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  • 64 10 YOUNG couple took IV their baby to the cinema with them. The manager warned them that if the child was noisy they would have to take their money and leave. Halfway through the show the wife turned to her husband and said: "I'm not enjoying this film much.
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  • 340 10  -  ERIC WAINWRIGHT By JKW (IUTCHMKI.I) mother of three has no trouble in setting awaj from the kitchen chores Every afternoon she pops a small wooden shed tttom of her garden in i Srw nford, Mies c ex. And there in the oranqo Pi c, vcu will
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  • 711 10  -  C. B. Acworth By "J AM tired, utterly and completely tired, of niy husband's face. I am weary of hearing my husband's little jokes I know them by heart. I cannot endure the way he cats toast. I am sick to death of seeing my wife stick
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  • 21 10 Photo. A mobcap-from the Milliners Spring collectionis in black and white shepherds' plaid trimmed with white petersham A.P.
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  • 266 10 pROBABLY on no other occasion is it more important to a girl to look her loveliest than on her wedding day. If wedding bells will be ringing for you soon, a few tips from make-up experts experienced in helping brides look their prettiest may prove helpful.
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    • 24 10 Laughter at Work j I > gfD »<•!•*» I OO Unit pam Mlm Blenkia*^^ Nil «M thia f MWn »c— why tM VOIJ .1 Jl h*rr
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    • 305 10 LISTERINE Stops Bad Breath 4 Times Better Than Any Tooth hi No tooth paste Regular, Ammoniated, or Chlorophyll Jfl t| can give you Listerine s Sm '^m I lasting protection. W? *m The most common cause of offensive breath is the bacterial fermentation of '^■r' i proteins which are klways
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 170 10 f|l Ol» X V N Ol 1)1 X I ION: J "Whit h lanatirivin today h Ike l.i»hio!kiil»|«* rrnl tomorrow, and tritr ;is tif nniltiplir.it ion |am> a wci'k all.r" WmdHl I'hilliiis I 111 K*>!»X\ lOH I IKVo\i.: Mike this afternoon .i ii evening an active, tuir;t c oii I'.r
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    • 77 10 contact pa'.s or person.= :n v cinity in alternoon and evening, 1.r.0 -July 2:j to Aug l 2 Combine business drive w.:r> fii .ru-:a! sagacity; bjy «»r 1 *;;<::: confidence ln'afte--noon and evening MR.; Aug S' v, Sept i' 2 —Lse your vim and vigour to fi.i::i notice and piornn
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    • 153 10 evening Fortify resources; solve problems in mornins sr<)K|.|O-Oct. 23 to Nov -l —Be sensitive to read ons 11 you Wish to make headway in morning Realize some objective; visit pals in aiie:'noo:i and evening SAC.III AKH S N( )V 22 to Dec 21 M ,ke profitab.e business, commercial sti dcs
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    • 568 11 K^cH TRADING CO., LTD. r THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE I !cRT" AMERICAN SIRVICk To*k Baltimore. PhiUdelphla. C«lt Pe*t, P. S ham Pertant gm N.Y M ;> Apr 6 Apr 7/8 Apt 1J May I M^v 6 May 7/8 Ma T 15 |un« vl6 17 n# !I 2 5 c V
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    • 1155 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 < 18 ''"•«> (Incorporated in Sm t apo»t) J s;.' THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE o^t" Carrieri option to proceed via other porM to load and d ch a ,'£Tiai rBO SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONOON 6 CONTINrNI Singapore Due Sails P Sham J
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    • 783 11 MITSUI Hpl LINE FROM JAPAN > ot INDIA, BURMA PAKISTAN MAKUBASAN MARU for S r P %t% m P azum'aTan^aru 8^ IJ Mo Bombov. Karochl 15 Ap^ 19 Api FOR JAPAN ASAKASAN MARU for Yokohama Kobe Nogoya c A^G.SAN MARU-.oVVokyo.-Yokoho™ S™" M Kobe, Moii r t HOEISAN MARU teY**^'!^;'" U
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  • 61 12 THE Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubin:- Associal noon prices < cents ier lb I ji terday were: Iluvrrs tellers Spot loose 842 84i RSS I Mar. No. 1 M 2 BSJ Apr. No. 1 843 M; Mar No 2 83; 84J Mar. No 3 82; 83 i RM.\
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  • 85 12 Rubber Steady Up 1 1/8 c. OVKRSE AS bills and j;oocl trade support steadied the Singapore rubber market yesterday. There was a sood turnover and the closing price was up by 1 1 S cent over Tuesdays level. The market opened uncertain at 84 3/8 cents, and steadied during the
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  • 67 12 INDIA is setting up a plant for the treatment of uranium <,re a? Takshilla in Bihar, it was announced in New Delhi. Mr, A.K. Chanda. Deputy Minister for External Affairs, said that uranium low grade ore has been discovered in Madras Bihar and Orissa. The
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  • 48 12 MALA V A N Exehaafc Ranks Association buying (airmail) rates to merchants are: Caaada: 32 5 i<; (T.T.), ?>'l 7 Ifi (O.I).. 32 11 1<; credit bills (90 d it), 32 3 4 trade bills <90 <i tt). Srlling: Canada: 32 (T.T. or 0.1 i.) (ready).
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  • 299 12 Chairman Hits At Mudie Report MR. J. K. SYVAINK, Chairman, of the Padang Senang Rubber Company said in London on Tuesday that any scheme based on the theory that rubber plantings were "too old at 30" was indefensible and should be opposed by
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  • 71 12 JAPAN has launched a rampaign to undersell traditional British woollen goods on the American market by opening an exhibition of Japanese textiles featuring woollens in Brit sh styles at the Japan Trade Centre in New York. Mr. Jiro Niton, an official o f the Centre, said
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  • 380 12 Weekly Letter From U.S. WASHINGTON, March 9 For the first time in more than 20 years, the United States Congress is undertaking a full-scale inquiry into the stock market. But the inquiry begun last week by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee has little
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  • 51 12 gallery, measuring 220 metres in length by 24 metres wide. It gives access to the tic- ket hall and the arrival and departure platforms. The plan adopted won first prize in a national competition. Rubber flooring is used throughout the impressive new Rome Termini Station. This is the
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  • 375 12 Malaya Excellent Market F or 'Formica MALAYA is an excellent market for "Formica" (laminated plastics) products. Mr. (Irahame Mar-tin-Turner, Director of Export Sales, Thos. De La Rue Co. Ltd., London, told The Standard yesterday, and added the market here is beginning to show even
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  • 61 12 U.S. IMPORTS Trom Malaya in December were U5514,600.--000 compared with U5515,000.--000. the U.S. Commerce Department announced in Washington yesterday. Exports to Malaya from the U.S. in December amounted to U553,200,000 (U552,300,000 in Nov.). U.S. Imports from Asia in December totalled U*****,100.--000 compared with US$l2O.--800.000 in
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  • 193 12 THE Singapore produce market was quiet yesterday due to lack of Interest from overseas. Price changes were only for white pepper (Down $1) and black pepper (Down $2). The Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange sellers' prices yesterday were Gamb i c r round $120; Java cube $60:
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  • 45 12 MESSRS. Boustcad Co.. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, secretaries, report February rubber outputs for the following companies as follows: Amalgamated IfaUy 6O.:;on lb., Bore..: 71.500 lb.. Connemara 50.000 lb.. New Serendah 55.000 lb.. Bassett 30.000 lb.. Kuala Sidim 74.632 lb. and Bukit Kepong 13.800 lb.
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  • 169 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A joint representation is being made by nine Kuala Lumpur joss stick manufacturers to get the duty on its ingredients removed. Today, a lepresentative of the joss stick makers urged the local Chinese Chamber of Commerce to act as their intermediary
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  • 427 12 Me f w f f _^^^^w W 7/ MALAYA presented a tetter ifa year than the preceding diflimLt 1952, the Chairman of the (hi Australia and China, Mr. V annual report of the Bank to l»<. meeting in London on March :ji. The country and its an improvement in
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  • 32 12 I. ii the dia Mill ;< nd „j ineotu. t»,- r <l m^taj in I i. in, 1 ell m 7 at m m I ■Q nil ■1 1 ii ft ■■A
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    101 12 THE world will see its first experimental all-g as turbine merchant ship when conversion work on the 12.250 ton d.w Auris. (seen above), is completed. Plans to strip the tanker of all its present machinery and substitute a single 5.500 h.p. gas turbine engine were refi' n 1 1
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    • 621 12 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE. HP ENDERS are invited for Jl the supply of rice undermilled medium grade to the under-mentioned Prisons for a period of 9 months commencing from Ist April. 1955: Taiping PrLson Kuala Lumpur Prison Penane Prison Johore Bahru Prison Alor Star Prison Seremban Prison Malacca Prison Singei Patani
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    • 269 12 NOTICES THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (F.M.S. CAP 137). IPOII MENGLEMBU TOWN COUNCIL. NOTICE. IT IS proposed, under Sec- tion 144 of the Town Boards Enactment, to amend the Approved Town Plan No. B3 (Gazette Notification No. 2846/31 of the township of IPOH by altering the zoning of Lots ***** and
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 96 12 OITER OADS Kamunmg. Svetdlovsk. Laura Maersk. Van Riebeck. Asphalion. Eastern Venture. Van Goens. Sbengking, Laertes. INNER ROADS Tlin Ann. Stia, Arnheim Serudom, P. Kidjang. Teck Hong. Laponda, La tut. Labuan Hadji, Cornfish. Sin Hin Huat, Tons. Hong. Pangkor. Senang. Senggarang. Hi n Chuan, Kampar Sg. Bali. SUB. WHARVES Japara 44.
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  • 140 13 R jter)— Dai Dower, British Champion, was an easy winner innelli (Italy) over 15 rounds for n title. Th I 21-year-old youngster p >cd for a title bout with the world champion. Pi'tcv of Argentina. The little Italian did not win n single round though he shared the honours
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  • 162 13 DUNEDIN. Mar. 9: (Reuter)— England have made only one change in choosing the team to met't New Zealand here on Fnd;iv In the first of two cricket tests. Res* Simpson, the Nottinghame amateur, replaces Denis Compton who hru? not made the trip to New Zealand.
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  • 563 13  - A BLEEDING MISAKO TRIUMPHS JIM BECKER Campo Outfought By TOKYO, Mar. 9, (AP) -Fresh-faced Hitoshi Misako, fighting his way through college, fought out a 12-round decision over bushy-haired Tanny Campo of the Philippines tonight to win the Orient flyweight championship. A crowd of 3.000 cheered the 22-year-old student to victory
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  • 228 13 THE following are the latest SR.V classification of horses: I Transfers— From Class 2 to I: Little Cherrin^ton; I Screen; Enjoyment II. I From Class 4 to Class 3: Enti rtainer; Grazie; Rubber ken Royal Worlington II. From Class 4 to Class 5: iarkable; Siam Rice: Yar-
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    • 339 13 VVANHD TO PURCHASE \V 'ANTED A Second Hand Typewriter. (Any Make) Must be in cood condition. Contact Ong Peng Yam. 127 Race course Road Singapore. 8 1951 Morris Minor. Must be in •j,°°d f»ndition all details to Box FOR SALE EEU MORE ROOM for th* ij. family? Xeed extra incorre
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    • 806 13 Classified Adverts IMPLICATIONS arc invited for Pupil liidwivcf at the K;ndane Kerbau Maternity Horpital. Singapore. The training is for a minimum period ol 2 years and 3 months. The salary scale of the appoi. tment is Sl2O-SA-125 per month plus variable allowance. Tot a' emoluments at present range from $148-
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    • 1024 13 SITUATIONS VACANT MALAYAN RAILWAY APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited ri from attractive unmarried I;id;o s not less than 22 vea^s of 1 age. S 2 tall I without shoes) for appointment as Receptioin the Reservation Bureaux at Kuala Lumpur and Singapore 2 Applicants must Dosses* an English School Certificate nor lower
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    • 265 13 APPLICATIONS are invi ted for the post of Storekeeper, Ipoh Mcnglembu Town Council in the following salary scales > Standard VII English School $72x0-84/102x6-138/ 150x6-228 per mensem Standard VIII English School $90 x 6-102/120 x6-13.V 190x6-2 per mensem C t of living allowance will be payable at the iates appioved
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    • 164 13 I Abner By Al Copp T*w\t77Pi&SB£ wmak \ore: r breakin: JnM I want vfz£i> A w 1 had to r' A > /^Nf HEART IS, LIKE A RD W J^K^BHgpM^3Bjfesr 3 XX >W lF I* \\H'.?-\ VWzT/a»«aip ALL \^^^R^ HURTS. 7 ]T u£S^ BUT- JUST LOOKING f?Y Pop By TV.
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  • 176 14 Mr Barry V. Wiggtatt one of the official timekeepers for next year's Olympic (iame.s at Melbourne arrived in Singapore >rstrrda> on his way to study timing techniques in Biennc. Switzerland. The lirst thins he said on landing was. "1 \e heard about your boys,
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  • 541 14  -  Trundle Hill Gee Bits... By HORSE laugh of the week. I heard a whisper at the track yesterday that a certain Singapore bookmaker is thinking of boycotting the coming Bukit Timan meeting as a token of sympathy to his Penang colleagues. In other words he is
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  • 97 14 PLANS are noir being r tred for rrnrk- and fie/d i iur the 195 C Olympic fJip Main Statinun. the Melbourne Cricket (J round. 'Die oral, 4.9 acres in area, V'll be OHC of t/ir /argtst 'or an OlymTfie Stadium !<ip tracfc Ibe t'H* metres long
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  • 121 14 AFTER beinfl e'.d to a ore-a!! ftrsi ha: 1 i ed si > n s 1\- in to trounce Malaya I t Houk I in a Divi--11 ,io mate i on tne uutd yesterday. c scoring minute I igh Wing < ti -t -tsmer the ball
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  • 295 14 Chinese Surprise Humble Varsity SCRC— ."> UNIVERSITY— I R. Foo, Seng Chuan, Kin Hin. Han Yam 2, James Quck. Umpirei: Comdr. Brcakes G. Tcsscnsohn. THE Singapore Chinese Recreation Club created a major upset yesterday when they eliminated University of Malaya with a convincing 5-1 victory in the semi-final of the
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  • 229 14 Newcomer Man About Town, a four year old Denturius gelding, displayed striking form at Bukit Timah race track yesterday morning when he did a fluent five furlongs spin with Bliss Fire as a companion to return 51 3/5 sees, for the half mile and three
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  • 581 14  - Introducing the Newcomers Windsor Lad by FOLLOWING are briei notes of some of the newcomers making their debut at the forthcoming Singapore Turf Club's March meeting. Acnbat Acrobat, a three-year-old gelding by Magic Red from Gloria Mundi (by Gold Bridge) had four starts last season his best effort was when
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  • 237 14 SECOM) WEEK and tuo upsets already! The Singapore Business Houses Football Association .promises topclass soccer for Colony fans this season if yesterday's rounds of the association's league are any criterion. The Singapore Telephone Board, who uere all powerful as the OTEC last season winning three titles, suffered their Jirst
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  • 301 14 HONGKONG Shanghai Bank Sports Club took the honours of the day at the expense of favourites, Singapore Telephone Board, when they swiped a 3-0 victory in the division 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium. It was a deserving victory for the Bankers. And evidently,
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  • 217 14 F N WIN IN LAST MIN. PLAYING on home ground. Fraser Neave sprang the second upset of the evening by taking full points off powerful Chartered Bank with a 4—3 win. Fraser Neave opened the score in the seventh minute when centreforward Samad kicked in a powerful grounder from close
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  • 356 14 AFTER being held to a one-all draw in (he first half, Mercantile Bank played better in the second to beat Sime Darby 4-1 in the Division I league match at Keppel Harbour yesterday. It was a gam e of missed chances for
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  • 229 14 Mouna Stars For SCS SIMiAPORK Cold Storage: who drew 1-1 with KPM. last week, did well to brat Standard Vacuum 6-0 in a division 'I League match at Farrer Park yesterday. SCS. could ha\> run up a bigger score. Standard Vacuum's display was particularly poor. SCS took the load !n
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  • 117 14 Bukom's Win 'Null Void' A SBHFA Committee yes- terday decided that the division 1 league match between Pulo Bukom and the Hong Kong Bank played last Wednesday is 'null and void. A spokesman said that the islanders had committed an infringement of a SBHFA rule and their victory over the
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