Singapore Standard, 4 April 1955

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    13 1 Standard Standard Singapprr& r. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 19.->"> 12 PACES IS CENTS
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    Lock icon THE VICTORS MEET
    62 1 photo. LABOUR Front executives and successful candidates who discussed the formation of the new uovernment. From left: Messrs. A. J. Braea, R. C. 11. Lim. A. R. Lazarous. Lee Choon Ens, Mak Pak Shee. Seah Pen*; Chuan. David Marshall (leader) Chew Swee Kee. V. J. Mendis. J.
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    Lock icon ABOUR MAY DO IT ALONE
    454 1 Marshall Sees Nicoll Today Nominated Men The Key Issue For New Govt. SINGAPORE'S first Labour Government may be formed within the next few days, and it is not likely to be a coalition, The Standard reliably understands. Today, the Front leader, Mr. David Marshal! (Cairnhill),
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    Lock icon PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE OUR ATFORM'-TAN
    124 1 PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE OUR ATFORM'-TAN the Progressive Party at /as due to the splitting of of the Democratic Party, .qaporc Progressive Party. The Standard yesterday. the Labour Front aid thai the majority of the left-wing platPar 1 the left-wing has now In the Assembly, given power to form rnment and
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    Lock icon US Tourists Spend $1Mil.
    65 1 HONGKONG. April 3, 'UP' Rich "an tourists trd the luxury liner Caronia <m a ruund-the world cruise, spent HK$l. OOO.OOO during their one day stay in British colony before ng for Okinawa yestcrTho fiw hundred and fortypassengers arrived on Friday aboard the 34.000- ton from Manila
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    Lock icon THAIS CAPTURE 11 GUERRILLAS
    36 1 BANGKOK. April 3. <AP» rrillas have been captured by Thai frontier police when they crossed the border from Burma. They are part of groups of Chinese troops hard-pressed by Burma rnment troops.
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    Lock icon Baby's Ist. Cries Are Broadcast
    76 1 BANGKOK. April 3 (Keuter) The Siamese Palace Kadio yesterday broadcast a half hourly series of reports on the progress of the birth of a daughter to Quern Sirikit. endins with the sound of the baby's first cries. broadcast from the bedchamber. The all-day broadcast bulletins
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    Lock icon Tories Gain Ground In County Polls
    107 1 Tories Gain Ground In County Polls LONDON. April 3 <UP> Sir Winston Churchill's Conservatives sained 164 sets and lost only 29 in yesterday's Council elections, incomplete returns showed today. Eleven counties, most oi thorn Labour-held indu.>trial areas, voted for new councils yesterday. The returns .showed that the Labour Party had
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    Lock icon 25 Hurt In Train Crash
    45 1 NEW YORK. April 3. <UP —A crack New York central passenger train racing jlong the Hudson River shoreline crashed into a landslide last night and its locomotive plunged into the river. At least 25 persons were injured, about three .seriously.
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    Lock icon INDIAN GENERAL TO VISIT JAPAN
    39 1 BOMBAY. April 3 < Reuter) Lieutenant General S M Shrinagesh. Indian Chief of Army Staff-de-signate, sailed from here aboard the P. and O liner Chusan today for Japan, where he is to spend a holiday.
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    Lock icon Unknown Threatens To Drag On
    126 1 Unknown Threatens To Drag On LONDON. April 3. <AP>Britain's biggest newspaper strike took on the aspects yesterday of becoming a long siege between Fleet Street Press Lords and Communist- i led electricians. A Royal Commission was named by the Government to i investigate the strike now i going into its
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    78 1 MEXICO CITY. April 3 (UP) More than 300 families were left homeless in a flash fire which levelled a "lost city" in one of the poorest .sections of this capital last night. Police said at least 40 persons were overcome by smoke, while four more
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    Lock icon Plans For Churchill's Exit Completed
    272 1 Plans For Churchill's Exit Completed Hand Over On Tuesday LONDON, April 3, (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill was last night reported to have completed all arrangements to resign the Premiership and hand over office to Sir Anthony Eden on Tuesday. The 80-year-old statesman will place his resignation in the hands of
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    58 1 NICOSIA. Cyprus. April 3, I Reut er I Police investigating Friday's bomb throwing attacks in Cyprus are looking into the arrival of a new organization threatening to "achieve freedom with blood." All Cyprus towns were quiet tcday following renewed attlcks with Italian -made gtenades last night
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    Lock icon DROUGHT IS OVER
    32 1 TAIPEI. Formosa, April 3 iiPi Heavy rains on Satuiday and Sunday ended the loig "drought which threateno( crops and resulted in ratfcnlng of electric power for hones and factories.
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    Lock icon BOY, 6, PLACES SPACE SHIP ORDER
    146 1 ENGLAND, April 3 (Reuior > Six-vear-olcl John Rosenber. C*rdUJ; Wales, wanted a real spate ship »o he drew up his own plans and VS***"* and sent off an order to the Rolls Kovce Company here. He wrote to this famous manufacturer of motor ?a
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    Lock icon GENERAL ESCAPES DEATH
    132 1 SAIGON. April 3 A jeep raced past the home of Cao Dai General Nguyen Thanh Phuong early yesterday and sprayed it with machine-gun blillcts. But the religious sect lead; r who recently switched allegiance to the government was reported unhurt. The .shots shattered the three-day calm existing
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    Lock icon Storm Wrecks Boats, Houses
    53 1 TAIPEI Formosa. April -I. <AP>-A storm struck the Pescadores before daybreak on Saturday and destroyed 12 fishing boats and nine dwellings, newspapers here reported on Sunday. Twenty sampans and 70 dwellings were damaged. Ten sampans were listed as missing. The Pescadores are islands off the west
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    13 1 THE French Parliament adjourned on Saturday for its Easter vacation. Reuter.
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    Lock icon P.I. QUAKE DEATHS REACH 400 MARK
    152 1 MANILA, April 3 (UP)-Ihc death toll in the Philippines' worst earthquake rose toward the 400 mark today as survivors told of a destructive tidal wave that accompanied the killing shocks^ There was no overall official casualty toll, but one governor personally told President Ramon
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    87 1 IN preparation for the assumption of office by Ministers, the Governor made an order, on April 1. transferrinc to Ministers a number of the statutory powers previously exercised by the Governor in Council. the Governor, and the Chief Secretary. Fljhty ahic Ordinances have been so
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    Lock icon THE LEFT-WING LANDSLIDE
    485 2 A Big Surprise To Federation Political Circles KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The left wing landslide in Singapore elections today came as a pleasant surprise to certain Federation political circles who saw in this the biggest ever psychological boost to the cause of Socialism in Malaya. However, there was
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    89 2 AT the cocktail party held by the French Consul General in Singapore. Baron do Bo.vor do Sainte Suzanne, on Saturday night in honour of the Pascal Quartet (four visiting musicians of Radio France fame), thr musical foursome mrt two lovely Singapore French women. One was 10--year-old
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    140 2 'Adoption Of Malay Right Step' Kuala lumpur, sum Mr. G.V. Thaver, President ol the Malayan Indian Associa- tion who was today elected president ol the Party Negara's Puriu Branch, declared th a I adoption oi Maday as the Federation's na-tional language was the right step) "because Malaya belongs to the
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    277 2 Emergency Must End Rahman Independence Blueprint WHEN Malaya attains independence, it is hoped that democratic countries will be able to help her to tackle the Emergency as it is an international problem against Communism, the president of the United Malaya National Organization, Tun^ku Abdul Rahman, said last night. Speaking over
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    Lock icon UNIONS' DEMAND TO CITY COUNCIL
    157 2 SINGAPORE City Council Labour I nions Federation wants the Council to settle its "outstanding demands within two weeks to avoid a possible strike action by its 10,000 daily-rated workers. The executive committee of the Federation last night "strongly protested on the Council's tardiness" in settling
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    70 2 TELUK ANSOX Sun The UMNO should petition the Government to seek the release of Malays who have heen detained under the Emergency regulations. This resolution was passed when 15 branches of the UMNO Youths met in the divisional half yearly meeting at Teluk Alison on Friday. The
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    172 2 COMPETITION FOR SATA GREETING SEALS SINGAPORE Anti-Tuber-culosis Association is holding an open competition for the best design for the 1955/56 SATA greeting seals. A prize of $25 will be awarded the winner. Every year, similar sea's are sold to schools, business houses and various associai!?? Sl S r UBe ori
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    Lock icon His Death Puzzles Police
    112 2 His Death Puzzles Police SINGAPORE Police yesterday were inced with a riddle while investigating the ncath ol a 55-year-old Chinese. Tsang Poh. in a house in Sago Lane. They are not certain whether Tsang had succumbed to hi< year-long illness or to head injur es received as a result of
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    69 2 MALACCA. Sun Mall Chrttiars yesterday :n un with the other Ma. communities offered pr. for the sp« cdy reo i Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan Though no bulletin issued at noon today or. S;r Cheng-locks condition believed that he Is w^.l on the road to recovery and I
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    248 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Mr. L.D. Whitfield, Federation Member for Education, today called on parents, teachers and managers of all Malayan schools to work together to protect our pupils from Communist indoctrination so that there will be no need for police action. In over 25.000 personal appeals to guardians and
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    40 3 MISS FOONG SWBB UM of 133 llJiih Street. Kuala Lumpur who obtained the Diploma of Interior DeMSn at the Royal Melbourne Technical Colleije, is now employed as a designer a t a his Melbourne architecture and interior decoration firm.
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    55 3 Mm Data Mahmud bin N(l „r ol the federal Legists! nubt deplored the mi; in sirls that has moral rot" in I ney as work seems :ay." he th C hcadlo -peak on Today." He. to Malaya. Id days.' Dnto were wnsopnisticatirw v •from k or.^cr thrin :0(i on
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    170 3 TWO MEN CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING CIGARETTES JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— l Low Kirn Siang and Wong Kan of Singapore. were urged in the Sessions Couri th attempting to defraud Government of duty nting 1 13 on 140.000 B irettea and 636 do/en <>f playing cards, ording I Mohamed in Mat Aris.
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    54 3 SOME of Urn Router staff after farewell dinner to Mr W. O'Neill. Manager for South-east Asia, at the home of Mr. Sec (iim Ho<k. Keuters Singapore Manager Mr. and Mrs O'Neill are leaving Singapore on leave in Australia Kngland an d Ireland The little girl in the eentr- is Mr
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    70 3 11 VSCs DONATE BLOOD DESPITE a strenuous period of duty on Polling Nlffht, 11 volunteer special onstables turned "P at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Office yesterday 4o donate their blood The VSCs. attached to Tanjons Paaar Police Station, were led by Chief Inspector lan Hock Lye. Altogether 27 people ffave
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    40 3 •TOHORE BAHRIT. Sun Chan Ycok, a labourer of Simpang Rengam. who on March 13. was found in pos- session of four packets of chandu and smoking untensils, i was fined S.'H)O in the Sessions 1 Court, Kluang, yesterday.
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    110 3 INDIA WANTS MORE TRADE WITH MALAYA INDIA would like to import more from Malaya, said Sr: J V. Somayajulu. leader of the 16-man Indian trade delegation who arrived in Singapore by Air Ind a International yesterday. The delegation is sponsored by the Andhra Chamber of Commerce and during their three
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    1087 4  - DOCTOR'S 'NIGHT LIFE' CURES PATIENTS LEWIS ONSLOW Bi from N[W YQKK AfOST people when they go into a bank expect to find an air of hushed dignity. But when they go into the Madison-avenue branch of the Union Dime Savings Bank here most people get a shock. They step into
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    73 4 ."\f, M }()Rk:- Here's one time when there seems to he enough of MARILYN MONROE to i>o around, as the hlonde beauty's charms are mirrored to infinity. She's unveiling one of the costumes she'll near during the special premiere of the Rintilin^ lit others and liar n urn
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    590 4  - COLOURS HAIR TO MATCH SWIMSUIT Bridget Jones By LIVERY dog is supposed to Lj have his day but what a time movie stars' dogs have. Some of the top dogs in Hollywood drink out of swimming pools. wear jewel-studded collars and feed on flower petals and strawberry ice cream. One
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    635 5  -  TONI MARSH Asks 1 p I V»l IUI ISI often last just as lone as the expensive well-known brand shoes. 1 1 may not be quite 1 quality leather; it may have the different Itha in fitting for problem and it may not be quite mate as a shoe
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    870 6 Labour Front Wins pARTY statisticians will be busy analysing the election statistics. Figures can tell or hide facts. We do not place much score on the academic approach to election results because ot the human clement involved The Labour victory shocks the conservative elements, particularly the Progressives, because
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    219 6 4 READER writes: 'All 'A this talk about a cure for the common cold is just untrue." Atishoo of lies. WOMAN charged with A causing a disturbance in a Soho. London, cafe said: "I was given chicken which ponged to high heaven." She'd got a hummina bird!
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    835 6  -  THE OBSERVER By Political Correspondent LONDON. JT is now accepted that Sir Winston is shortly going to retire. Although he has not yet fixed the day, the general feeling is that he will resign some time during this week. Sir Anthony is believed to be very
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    208 6 Sir;— Permit me to thank your correspondent, D.D.T. of Kuala Lumpur. for referring to me in his letter which you published on March 31. I do not regret that I gave more than 30 years of my life to the service of the Pensioners* Thanks Sir; On behalf
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    114 6 Sir; It's suts you've got if you c«an try with pain From some attempted feat and try a«ain. It's; Kuts you've got if you're the odd man out Whilst all the othrr lad* stand back and shout It's guts you've got if you can keep your head And reason
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    538 6 Office." The word "Army" has a fine ring about it. whereas "War Office" Is not merely misleading but has acquired something of the same status as the "mother-in-law" joke of the music halls. To attract recruits the Army and Air Force use all the forms of paid publicity that
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    40 7 ber sentencing. The seven-year-old robber told Murphy he had "cracked open" hla penny bank. ••My mother told me I would have to leave home if I livpd like a criminal." the t "\>o I decided to face the music."
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    246 7 Reds Enter Hospital And Drag Refugees Back To Iron Curtain lENNA. April 3. (AP) Kussian soldiers on Friday nmht dragged four Hungarian refugees three of them injured from an Austrian Hospital and carried them back to Hungary. \ustrian police said yestentaj The incident occurred at the town of Eisenstant near
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    41 7 photo. WHEN the Queen Mother opened the new High School for Girls at Hitchin Hertfordshire, she had to face a battery of cameras used by young schoolgirls anxious to secure a lasting record of the Royal occasion. UP
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    234 7 FRANCE WILL PLAY LEADING PART PAWS, April 3 (Reuter)— French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay last night emphasised that France intended to play a leading part in negotiations with Russia following the ratification of the agreements bringing West Germany into the Western alliance. Broadcasting on the eve of
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    253 7 No Deal With Peking WASHINGTON, April 3 (AP)-The U.S. State Department announced yesterday that 76 technically trained Chinese students have been granted permission to leave the United States— meaning they can go to Communist China. Orders which have barred their departure for
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    119 7 Police Quell Rush To Buy Papers MANCHESTER. April 3: Rcutcr)— Policemen on duty in Central Manchester yesterday had to intervene when a large crowd struggled to obtain early editions of the city's two evening newspapers. The crowd, anxious to read racing and other sporting news, had queued for more than
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    37 7 TOKYO. April 3. (UP)— Communist China's Peking Radio eulogized Danish lairy tale writer Han? Christian Andersen on the 150 th anniversary of his birth yesterday The commentator found political inspiration in his stories.
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    82 7 No Regrets' Truman KANSAS CITY. April S, (UP)— Former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, told seven visitors from Asian and Middle Eastern countries this week that he never has regretted his decision to atom bomb Japanese cities in World War 11. it was disclosed today. The visitors members of the
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    80 7 NEW YORK. April 3: <AP> Eva Marie Saint, adjudged the best supporting film actress for 1954. gave birth on Saturday to a son. The wife of Jeffrey Hayden. a television director, she received an award for her performance in "On The Waterfront." playing opposite Marlon
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    Lock icon BEST YEAR FOR AIRWAYS
    27 7 LONDON. April 3: (Reuter) —British European Airways in its best year ever in 1954--55 carried 1.850.000 passengers and increased its revenue by t2.130.000.
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    43 7 MOSCOW. April 3. (Reutcr) The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet has decreed formation of an all-union Ministry of General Machine Building. Ta<=s. the Soviet news agency reported yesterday. Peter Nikolaevich Goremykon has been appointed Minister of the new Ministry.
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    111 7 YVOY LE MARRON. France. April 3: <AP»—American screen star Olivia De Havilland and French movie writer Pierre Galante were married yesterday in the little red brick schoolhouse of this village in Central France. Mayor Jean Prouvost. director of the weekly Paris-Match and Galantc's boss,
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    143 7 RANGOON, April 3 (Rcuter)— The Burmese Prime Minister U Nu said yesterday he would attempt to bring: about an understanding between Washington and Peking. I Since ho wanted to see the United States and China on the best of terms he would oiler
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    615 9 FAIR BUSINESS IN SHARES MAINTAINED By A Market Correspondent THIS week a new Legislative Council will take over an island without natural resources, which, thanks to a benevolent Colonial rule for over 130 years, free trading facilities and enterprising merchants, has been brought
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    254 9 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION: The complete 1954 report from this 90-year-old institution has come to hand. Among the highly informed comments on Asian affairs readers will find the Chairman's views on China of particular interest in his dispassionate but realistic treatment of today's most complex problem in world
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    220 9 WORLD USING MORE RUBBER THE Financial Times declared that despite the growing challenge of synthetic rubber in the United States consumption in the rest of the world is rising. This year a close statistical balance between supply and consumption of rubber is expected, this newspaper pointed out. "The United States
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    35 9 BURMA-MALAY Tin Ltd.. reported the following ore outputs of companies for the group for March: Katu Dredging 503 piculs and Rcnong Consolidated 860 p culs. Katu lost five days installing new screen drive.
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    276 9 UN REPORTS WORLD STATISTICS THE United Nations has published its latest statistical evaluation O f the economic, cultural and social activities carried on by the world's two and a half thousand million people. The sixth issue of the L.N.s statistical year book, consisting of 594 pages provides the best available
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    205 9 BUSINESS DONE IN WEEK BUSINESS DONE from March 26 to April 1 INDUSTRIALS:— Fraser Neave Ords. $1,974 cum dividend Gammoa Malaya Ltd. $3.20. Hammer Co. $2.95, Hongkong Banks Colonial $820. Hongkong Banks London £87 and £861. Wm. Jacks Co. $3.40. Malayan Cements $1.47J to $1 35 cum dividend Metal Box
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    406 9 'FOREIGN POWERS SHOULD HELP INDONESIA' Press Officer Urges Standard Staff Reporter FOREIGN powers in contact with Indonesia should help her economy in their own long-term interests, Mr. Rajendranath Gupta, former Press Officer of the Indian Embassy in Jakarta, told The Standard in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Gupta said: "Indonesia has a
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    64 9 RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES: Progress report up to Feb. 26 covers four weekly periods [n which the output per period averaged 1.380 oza compared with 1,203 OW. per period for the previous quarter. Operations continue to be limited by the shortage of miners The retreatment plant to
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    329 9 Finance And Commerce Investors Watch Result Standard Market Correspondent AS Singapore went to the polls for its first Legislative Assembly all sections of the commodity markets remained quiet, an indication of the seriousness which the trading public was placing on the elections. Apathetic conditions prevailed
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    200 9 Wilkinson Process Profit THE Wi.k n>on Proa I ber Co Ltd.. reported r.ct profit of $241.20! l lifer '..Nation compared with $>: 4 ;.(il'J for the year before. This is the highest profit earned by the company -nice the war and the directors have recommended a cminend of 12J per
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    165 9 IMPROVED PROFIT FOR SENDAYAN THOUGH Scndayan (F.M.S.) Rubber Co. Lid. closed the 1953/54 year on a i hopeful note it was no less difficult than the previous one states the Chairman, Mr. Charles Mann, in his annual report. Nevertheless. the company secured a greatly improved profit— £4B,2l7. before taxation, as
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    88 9 A DELEGATION' r< pro-cnt-ing British cotton ana t i intere:>ls leaves lor Osaka, ot Apr 1 23 to diacusf oopjii textilt designs. Mr. T. Gray H. Chail of the Text .c D« [g ;,u<i Trade Marks Committee of Uic Manrhcstrr Chamber of Com* merre. wil\
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    130 9 THE Shell Company in Singapore is conducting classes for supervisors and u-sing T.W.I. < Training Within Industry) methods. Two members of the Shell staff. M r K. F. RMiles and Inrhe Ismail bin PeraJ, who recently attend- ed a T.W.I, course on Job instruction, have
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    61 11 R.A. Blakan Mali be a t Singapore Cricket Club by four wickets in a friendly cricket match played on the S.C.C ground yesterday SCC 1«8 runs (R. Plowright 48, S. d'Esterre 24, Ciray six for 42). X V Blakan Mati; 1 ».S for four. (G. Woods 6X
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    384 11 S'pore Schools Master Johore Boys In 2nd Halt Smcapoiv Schools Johore Schools 2 Mnunre Kh00,.?, D. Sonis Mohamrd Abdullah and i£iriiA? h nfl Yu9o U' Dollah YumoU iviORK than 2,500 cheering schoolchildren saw Singapore Schools beat Johore Schools by five i tO two in their annual soccer match played at
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    48 11 RA.IA.TI Sports Club beat Bukit Timah SC 2—l in a friendly so< cer match play< <i at Farrer Park yesterday Blue Stars beat Johore Bahru Indian Youngsters 2—l at Johore Bahru on Saturday. Kerala Youngsters beat Balestier Youths by three goals to ml at Farrer Park yesterday.
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    36 11 DOCKYARD "A" boat Indian Brotherhood S.C. by four goals to nil in a Singapore Div. IA league match played on the Geylang Staciiupi yesterday. Scorers were: Paul Chua and Kassim 3 for Dockyard.
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    942 11 Varsity v IA Inivcrsity of Malaya beat Indian Association hv three wicket at the CSC. INDIANS M Ashrafl b K.J. Retnam o Amar Singh b Meyhandan 13 Hussien Shah b Meyhandan JS Lai; Singh c Khin Hin b Selhunathy 24 M. N. Raiji b Sethupathy IS Harbans Singh
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    426 11 By Our Cricket Reporter SINGAPORE Cricket Club, last years SC A Senior tourney runners-up. hit out for another b\g victory when they beat the Royal Air Force (MaJaya) by 101 runs in a key match played at Chan si yesterday. Decisions were reached at in senior
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    150 11 FOl'R coals by Marimuthu. including a hattruk, enabled th P R.| M i,,,. Man Association to uin by that margin against the Bintanc Rulan Sports Club in a Colony Division 3 A league match played at the Farrer Park yesterd.iv. R.E.M.I department M Ihe 111 when his
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    200 11 RESULTS <>i the BCA 9% tournament matches played terday were At ('hangi. Royal Air I «.r< r << hangi, ll' brat Polirc !nd XI by rijjhj v irkrts. Police: Ml runi Thambii :5.*). Wool (c 24. Lighlburn for O. RAF (Changi) 14:] fer I Rose :;9. Brown not
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      273 11 Classified Adverts EDUCATION PITMAN'S EXAMINATIONS LONDON JUNK, 195.>. I [ENTRIES arp invited for the j Shorthand Typewriting Book-keeping and Englisn examinations to be held in Kuala Lumpur. Entry forms may be obtained from Loh and Lee. 4 Pudu Road Kuala Lumpur or it Shaw Commercial Institution Kuala Lum pur. (^ET
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      283 11 MARRIAGE KRISHNASAMY VK'IIIAMBAL: Ihe amarrtafe «/ill take place on 7th April 1955 at Sri liariyamman Temple South Bndcr Road 1 10 aa^ n m.| between Mi RrishnaKLmy (aiM of late Mr A X i Pillayl and Mi^ Vet daughter of Mr. and M: M V. Narasimman I. ANNOUNCEMENTS rTMIE SHELL
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    501 12 Hits Back At Leow By ANDY ROZARIO Xl ALA Lt'MPl'R, Sun.— The Perak majority in the five-man Thomas Cup Selection Committee of the BAM had, since the First Thomas Cup trial, decreed that Tan Jin Eong of the "silver state" shall be a doubles
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    377 12 IPOH, Sun.— Weights for Wednesday's races are as follows: HOKSLS CLASS I DIV 2—9 FIRS. llarringav 9 Ginseng 8.12 Cinders Prince 8.i»» Muffin Man 8.09 King (row B.tW Zatopek 8.»8 Rennies 8..)H Spider King 8.i)8 Airmark 8.08 Singing Master 8.07 Padi Stor* B.oti South Pacific 8.04 Mubarak
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    93 12 STOCKHOLM. April 2 (Keuter) Denmark beat Sueden S l in the European Zone final of the Thomas ('up badminton tournament at Malmoe. Sweden, today. The y led 4 o yesterday. Results (Danish names first) were: SINGLES: J. Hansen beat N Jonson 15—8. 15—1; F. Kobberoe beat
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    180 12 IPOII. Sun— Mr. Chan Lai flong. popular Perak sports ottiriul. has I een re-elected President of the Malayan Chinese Football Association at the annual general meeting here today. Messrs. Choo Kwai Low and Tan Chin Ben 2 were also reelccted Hon Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively.
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    279 12 UK. Soccer Round Up LONDON. April 2 (Rcuter) Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 in the all London same at Tottenham today to strengthen their chance of winning the Eng- lish premier division soccer championship for the first time. Thcv now lead the table by four
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    273 12  - ENGLAND ROUT SCOTLAND 7-2 MATTHEWS 15 HERO VEROX MORGAN By LONDON, April 3 (Reuter)— England routed Scotland by 7 goals to two to retain the British Football championship for 1954 1955 at Wembley stadium here today. It was England's biggest win against Scotland since the scries began in 1872 and
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    23 12 MALACCA Sun.— Warders Sports Club heat Malay Sports Association 3—2 in a Craven A soccer leaguo match at the Stadium yesterday.
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    694 12 wSSSHf 3 April 2 R^ter»: j-ootbah league standings after todays matches are as tollows--IKA(iIK |>|\ Chelsea y 7 ib l 0 y 75 54 4(J Wcive.hampton Wanderers 35 16 10 9 79 57 4*> Portsmouth 34 14 8 Id 62 48 40 Manchester United 34 n 5
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