Singapore Standard, 23 January 1956

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  • 198 1 Get To Know Asia Casey MELBOURNE, Jan. 22 (Reuter) Lack of an Aus-t:al:an-Asian Association |g Australian capital cities was a gap which should be filled, External Affairs Minuter Richard Casey said today. Mr. Casey, speaking at y.-\ bourne's Wesley Church said there was no association to form a common ground
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  • 84 1 BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 22. (Reuter) A former Peronista minister. General Juan Jose Uranga and a number of other civil and military cniefs have been arrested after an alleged plot to stage b coup against the governir.cnt. according to sources Wp>e to the government Army tanks were to
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  • 137 1  -  ANDREW ROTH From Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 22— Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman's desire to skip unnecessary talk has aroused comments m Britain particularly his handing over Malaya's polished brief on the first day of the conference while he was still suffering from a
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  • 66 1 away. photo. Miss Lesley Green. Secretary of the League of Empire Loyalists, interrupts Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden as he speaks m the St. George's Hall during a recent Conservative Party rally. Mr. Donald Kaberry, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party, moves forward to intercept her. As Miss
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  • 133 1 BOMBAY, Jan. 22 (Reuter)— Peace returned to Bombay today after six days of rioting, looting and arson m which 68 people have been killed. Government and police officials reported at noon that the city was "all quiet." Political and trade union leaders went on
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  • 73 1 CUTTACK, India, Jan. 22 (Reuter) Police opened lire today on violent demonstrators picketting the AllIndia Radio station here. Casualty figures were not immediately known. Police used tear gas and lathis (staves) to disperse the crowd before opening fire. The demonstrators were protesting against the
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  • 43 1 CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 22 (AP) —The Rev. Ivor Erskine St. Clair Ramsay, 53, dean of King's College, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at dawn today m the sha*dow of a chapel spire on the campus of ancient Cambridge University.
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  • 33 1 MR. CLARENCE Knox, 81. died of a heart attack as he walked to a Newhaven, Connecticut hospital to visit his dying wife. Mrs. Knox died a few minutes later. Reuter
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  • 30 1 FIVE men were reported missing m Hempstead. Texas after a 180-foot section of a concrete and steel bridge they were building collapsed m 15 feet of water. Reuter
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  • 29 1 A VAST explosion rocked more than 100 square miles of Swedish Lapi and along the Arctic circle yesterday. Officials believed a meteor crashed into the earth. UP
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  • 64 1 HIKEJI, Japan, Jan. 22 (UP)— Zoo officials here claimed today that their ferocious West African baboon is changing sex from male to female They said the mandrill lost his appetite over the new year holidays and became "notably melancholic." A check revealed the sex transformation, and the baboon
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  • 32 1 MORE than 24,000 waterside workers m 53 ports throughout Australia are on strike today following breakdown of negotiations withship owners over claims for increased pay and better working conditions.— Reuter.
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  • 24 1 THE Hongkong Government has decided to put m HK550,000,000 to build the biggest hospital of Its type m the British Empire UP
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  • 66 1 LONDON, Jan. 22. (UP)— A spotter plane has reported a possible way out of thick Antarctic pack ice for the British polar ship Theron. headquarters of the transAntarctic expedition announced here today. A sudden opening of the pack ice yesterday created a 350-yard-long pool that
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  • 25 1 FOUR men and a woman were arrested yesterday by police on suspicion of burglarizing the homes of Ginger Rogers and Kirk Douglas. A.P.
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  • 91 1 HONGKONG, Jan. 22 (UP) Both Labour Department and Fung Keong Rubber Factory officials said today it was "most unlikely" that the factory workers here will stage a sympathy strike m support of the sister factory m Malaya. A Kuala Lumpur report said yesterday that the Malayan
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  • 60 1 BANGKOK, Jan. 22 (Reuter) Premier Pibul Songgram yesterday sent instructions to all government units to give whatever assistance it can to neighbouring countries m their efforts to bring about internal peace and to improve their economic situation. Premier Songgram noted that Thailand should continue to permit transit
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  • 52 1 LONDON, Jan. 22, (Reuter) A woman was awarded 650 pound* sterling damages here for a shoulder injury she suffered when she tripped over a stool leg m a factory and if she had not been dancing and singing at the time she would have got twice
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  • 28 1 U.S. AND KOREAN soldiers beat back an amphibious "invasion" attempt by 20 Korean bandits at Pusan harbour on Saturday, killing one and wounding four others. UP
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  • 22 1 GRACE Kelly fiancee of Prince Rainier of Monaco, may be depicted on a stamp issue of the principality. Reuter
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  • 131 1 NUREMBERG. Jan. 22. (Reuter) Jilted women can still claim compensation for breach of promise even though the West German constitution decrees equality between the sexes, the Nuremberg High Court has decided. In its judgment the High Court said "a woman who gives nerseii to
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  • 267 1 One Must Rule— Reds Or Elected Leaders: Tunku LONDON, Jan. 22— With general agreement reached on most issues, Federation Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman is anxious to return to Malaya as soon as possible to direct operations against the Communists personally. "With the setting of a target date for Malayan
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  • 122 1 A FRAIL 77-year-old man limped into The Standard Office yesterday with an astonishing request a request for funds for his funeral expenses"l don t expect to live much longer and all I want is a decent burial," he said. Thp man is bowed and bespectacled
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  • 183 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— The United Malays National Organization (UMtfO) will take up the Malay Royalty marriage issue if it is approached by the women of Johore, The Standard learnt today. Up to now, the Johore movement against sons of Royalty marrying Europeans has
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  • 22 1 POPE Pius XII received Field Marshal Lord Montogomery m private audience m his Palace m Vatican City yesterday. Reuter
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  • 106 1 £6,000 You Are A Millionaire LONDON. Jan. 22, (Reuter) A big increase m the number of millionaires m Britain during the financial year 1953-54 was disclosed today by the Inland Revenue Commissioners, directors of Britain's taxation system. The Commissioners m a report published today revealed that 190 people had an
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  • 151 2 Survey Of Evening School Subjects SINGAPORE'S Education Ministry yesterday called upon prospective students of the Government evening classes to help a survey to find out which are the popular subjects. These classes will start soon to provide opportunity for boys and girls who cannot find accommodation m secondary schools. These
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  • 48 2 THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Indian Congress will hold a mass meeting at Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Indian Republic Day. This meeting will start at 4 p.m. and is expected to last till 7 p.m.
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  • 310 2 'Settle Row In A Week Or Else THE Singapore Trade Union Working Committee, which claims to represent 85,000 workers, yesterday threatened to call a delegates' conference to consider further action unless the Naval Base dispute is settled m a week. This was decided after yesterday's
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  • 195 2 Temporary Lull In Cinema Row THE row between the Singapore City Council and the Cathay Organization over the erection of a $750,000 cinema at Katong subsided over the weekend while the proprietors consulted their lawyers again. The Cathay Organization vva.t previously reported to have been contemplating asking the Court for
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  • 22 2 FAMOUS American harpsichord player Sylvia Marlowe arrives m Singapore today. She will take part m two concerts here.
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  • 30 2 THE Muslim Welfare Association will meet at 6 p.m. today to discuss about the association accounts. The meeting will be held at 139 Rangoon Road.
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  • 29 2 THE next meeting of the Singapore Rural Board will be held at Bukit Panjang Rural Board sub-office at Chua Chu Kang Road at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday.
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  • 31 2 THE funeral of the late Mr. V. Sinnadurai, 50, station master of Ayer Running, took place this evening at Tampin. He was killed on Saturday m a train accident.
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  • 230 2 CABBIE'S WIDOW HELPED TO HELP SELF SEWING MACHINE GIFT MADAM Lwee Geek, widow of a murdered Singapore taxi driver, Lua Ker, will soon be able to earn a living for her five children and her husband's aged parents as a seamstress. Yesterday,' at her home m Lorong 27, Geylang Road,
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  • 198 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A woman with the help of her three friends spent the last four days trailing a young man m the hope that he would lead her to her missing daughter. They kept the young man under constant watch.
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  • 368 2 Three Voices Say The Star Had It All Wrong THE Progressive and Democrats have merged into the Liberal Socialist Party "to combat the suppressive elements so evident at present." said a joint-state-ment issued m Singapore yesterday. The statement was issued by the secretaries of the Progressives and Democrats. Mr. Chan
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 2 THE popular Kuala Lumpur dancing pair Vatsala and Sivadas will perform a hunter folklore number at the Indian Republic Day celebrations at the Chettiars' Hall, Sentul, on Jan, 26. The fete includes a mineral cocktail and buffet supper.
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  • 275 2 HE WANTS INSURANCE COMPANIES MALAYANIZED EXPATRIATES ARE PAMPERED PETS SINGAPORE Govern, ment should Malayan: insurance firms m Colony, Mr. A. J. Lou« said yesterday. Mr. Louis, president of tl 9 Singapore Insurance r panics Employees' Union was speaking at the Inaugural meeting of the union. He claimed that certain companies
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  • 75 2 RAUB, Sun. Two ri fcl from Suncci Chetang I\' H| Village claimed trial m oou i here yesterday to unlaw! il possession of 480 kattis of wet rubber sheets worth $441. The two men. Soon Kiew. 31, and Lai Soo Heng. 20, vc:e arrested at
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  • 40 2 LONDON. Jan 22 [Renterl The North and South Poles are wobbling a;, ii Greenland, ice is melting and even the length of a tiav changing. British astronomers revealed these disturbing facts at a meeting here yc.-tcrday.
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  • 53 2 RANGOON, Jan. 22. (Bf H ter) The Burmese pren Ivir. U. Nu and Mr. Chou Enlai. the premier cf Communi China, will meet on the Bur China border to discuss marcation of the WO-l frontier between the two countries, the daily newspapc I 1 Burman,
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  • 38 2 MONTREAL. Jan. 22 (Renter)—The Montreal Board Cinema Censors has bani the Marlon Brando I "The Wild One" following wave of disturbanceyouths wearing leather kets similar to those wor. f juvenile delinquents m the film.
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  • 34 2 PROFESSOR Sheh SO Mann well-known Chin poet and artist, left Honßkong aboard the M. Dosuain for Singapore terday to take up his pointment as professor j Chinese literature at Nanyang University.- UP
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  • 22 2 MOSCOW Radio said y* terday that Russia's civil airlines will have big jet passenger airliners m service oy 1960.— AP
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  • 430 3 Lusty Howl Greets Arrival Of The First Army Families From Australia BUTTERWORTH, Sun.— The first batch of army wives of the Second Battalion, Royal Australian Army and the 105 Field Battery of the 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade, stationed m Butterworth, arrived at the Royal Air Force Station here today
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  • 68 3 SINGAPORE'S first homicide squad will dig into the unsolved murders of the past. The Standard learnt last night. They will sift through the murder investigation papers and re-open inquiries if necessary. The five-man squad, headed by ASP V. N. Ratnasingham, a I start on
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  • 51 3 A WOMAN circus performer. 24-year-old Yoshika Asake. suffered a fall while rehearsing an act standing on the shoulders of another performer at '.i p.m yesterday. She was treated "at the General Hospital, Singapore, as an outpatient, and was ordered not to perform m the night's
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  • 129 3 A MONUMENT to commemorate the completion of 2.500 years of Buddhism will be built at the Sri Lankaramaya. m St. Michael's Road. Singapore, at a cost of $100,000. The idea of the monument was first suggested by Sir Franklin Gimson. a former Governor of Singapore, said
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  • 83 3 HINDUS living m the Seletar district of Singapore want their Assemblyman, Mr. M.P.D. Nair. to fight for an ordinance governing Hindu marriages m the Colony. They want the ordinance to cover, without controversy, the requirements of Hindu marriages on the same line s as the ordinances
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  • 69 3 Car Owner Is Also Penalized RAUB Sun.— Lorry driver Chong Foot Thiam. 18, wa? fined $270 when he pleaded guilty to four traffic charges m court yesterday. Chong. of Sempalit New Village, was also disqualified from holding a driving licence for a year. The owner of the vehicle. Chong Thin
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  • Article, Illustration
    76 3 -Standard pboto by PUPILS of the Kuala Lumpur School of Ballet gave a performance m aid of the Malayan Association for the Blind held at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall last week. Picture shows six girls dancing the "A Day In The Vienna Woods." They are from left (front row)
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  • 360 3 7 Lett At The Interval' Says VIC DOGGET Standard Music Critic MARIA Paes de Carvalho, a Portuguese pianist, gave what was euphemistically described as a "pianoforte recital" m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Miss Paes proved to be a pianist of negligible technique
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  • 133 3 FILM SHOW IN AID OF PIANO FUND KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Federation Arts Council together with the Selangor Film Society, is sponsoring the premiere of "Madame Butterfly" m the Rex Cinema here on Jan. 30. This exciting technicolor film, which won acclaim m London and Singapore, has a magnificent recording
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  • 55 3 FIRE badly damaged a rice noodle-factory at the 10th Mile Changi Road, Singapore yesterday It iastej for more than an hour, and is believed to have been started by sparks from the factory furnace, igniting parts of the attap roof No one was hurt. Damage
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  • 111 3 Tanker Is Stuck In The Mud THE 12,500-ton oil tanker. Bedford has been aground off Blakang Mati island since Saturday evening. She was caught fast on the sandbank as she was on her way to Pulau Bukom to unload her full cargo of fuel, which she took on at Miri.
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  • 45 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Schoolboy Ismail bin Razak and a servant boy Othman bin Abdullah were each fined $50 m the Magistrate's Court today, the former for carrying Othman on the pillion seat and the other for abetting the offence.
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  • 259 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Minister for Post and Telecommunications Mr. Ong Yoke Lin today urged the Communist terrorists to take advantage of the amnesty before it is too late. After the withdrawl of the amnesty on Feb. 8. all Communists would be dealt with
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  • 155 3 SINGAPORE Legisla ti v c Assemblyman, Mr. Lim Choon Mong urged Radio Malaya listeners last night to help young people whose play grounds at present were unhealthy backlanes and congested five-footways. "These are places where the rule of strength prevails and slowly
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  • 120 3 'A Guardian Angel To Students' THE newly-formed Australian Alumni Association m Singapore has promised to act as "guardian angel" to Malayans intending to further their studies m Australia. "We can help Australiabound students because we have experienced life m that country and have contacts there," the association president, Mr. Michael
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  • 160 3 Singapore city council wil' review it s decision to purchase a large number of air conditioning units for resale to the public on hire purchase terms, said the vicechairman of the Council's public utilities' committee. Mr Chan Kum Chee. yesterday. The Malayan Air-condition-ing and Refrigeration Association recently
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  • 43 3 SINGAPORE Police yesterday detained two men m connection with Naval Base clash between strikers and non-strikers on Saturday afternoon. Six men were knifed m the fight which started soon after a group of strike-defy-ing work recorders finished their duties.
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  • 184 3 IPOH, Sun. St. Michael's Institution here which recently completed a big extension will open branch schools m two smaller towns m the State to meet the demand for primary education. The Director of the Institution Rev. Bro. Pius told The Standard today that plans
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  • 388 4 We're All In Same Boat So Lets Stick Together PENANG, Sun. The pro-tern president of the National Union of Government Office Workers, Federation of Malaya, Mr. Siew Mun Fook, said here today that Government office workers must remove from their minds that they belong to
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  • 91 4 New Salary Scheme Under Study IPOH, Sun. Representatives of the mining clerical workers and the Malayan Mining Employers' Association will meet on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of a new salary scheme proposed by the employers. Six men were appointed today at a meeting of the mining section of the
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  • 78 4 IPOH, Sun.— A telegram of sympathy was today sent to the widow of trade union leader K.R.R. Choudhary, at the end of a condolence meeting here. The meeting was attended by members of the Perak division of the Malayan Trade Union Council and the State
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  • 89 4 A CHINESE New Year dance will be held m Rattles Hotel ballroom on the night of Feb. 12. to raise funds for stray and unwanted dogs now being cared for by the Singapore Canine Welfare Association. Under the patronage of Sir Han Hoe Lim.
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  • 55 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. A hospital attendent of Kota Tinggi was fined $1,000 m the Sessions Court today by Mr. N. L. Cohen for importing one pcund of opium on Nov. 21. Opium was found round his waist when Customs officers searched him at the Causeway Station
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  • 117 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Government announced that the two terrorists killed near Bahau on Thursday were Liew Ah Wee, a district committee member and Lav Lin, a branch committee member. Liew entered the jungle In 1948, Lav a year later. Both were killed by the combined
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  • 56 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun— A patrol of the First Battalion Northern Rhodesia Regiment killed one and wounded a second terrorist yesterday. The contact was made at Kluang. Johore The wounded man escaped with the help of a third terrorist. A pistol and a quantity of food were
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  • 29 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Police reported yesterday that $500 worth of copper wire was stolen from the Central Electricity Board's sub-power station m Bungasar Road on Thursday night.
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  • 300 4 PERAK REPORTS BIG DROP IN SERIOUS CRIME IPOH, Sun. Cash and property amounting to $300,000 were stolen by thieves m Perak during 1955, The Standard was informed by the Chief of the C.1.D., Mr. T. Hamilton. Crime m general, however showed a perceptible drop, he added. Preventible offences involving thefts
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  • 117 4 Three-Man Mission Off To India SINGAPORE'S delegation to ECAFE will stress the importance of this island as a free clearing port of Asia, at the forthcoming conference m India said the leader, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday. The delegation, comprising Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of the Trade Advisory Council
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  • 77 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Two hundred workers employed at the Lee Rubber Factory at Scudai. near Johore Bahru, have put up 15 demands to the management for increased wages and improved general working conditions. A "token strike" for a few hours was staged by the
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  • 148 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. G. Karunakaram and Pakir Marshood, employees of the Singapore City Councili Waterworks at Tebrau, were convicted m the Sessions Court today for committing trespass with intention to hurt Kumuran, a barber. They were each sentenced to one day's imprisonment,
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  • 77 4 MALACCA. Sun.— The Settlement Youth Council will hold its first social and dance m the Malacca Badminton Hall to wind up "Young Citizens' Week" celebrations on Jan. 31. Thirty youth lesders are taking a two-day Civics course, organized by the secretary for Chinese Affairs, on
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    67 4 CAPT. Hugh M. Birch, QANTAS Area Manager for South-east Asia, will leave Singapore on March 1, after being m the Colony for four years. He will be a senior executive m the Qantas headoffice m Sydney. Capt. Birch will be succeeded by Mr. A. F. Foster, who is at present
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • 1209 5 The 'Wickedest City On Earth BURNED SIX TIMES gAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, EARNED ITSELF THE TITLE OF "THE WICKEDEST CITY ON E A R T H." SOME TOWNS MIGHT PREFER TO HUSH UP A DISTINCTION LIKE THAT, BUT NOT THIS ONE. IT GLORIES IN THE NAME. Sin is the first thing
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 261 5 Standard's CROSSWORD PUZZLE ,i rc > 30. A wine m which there is LLUtb a sting (4) Amn<i<z 31. Of great interest <5) AtliUsS 32. Pond stone or wheel (4) 1. Seat, sliding or fire (4) DOWN 3. Cuts off the certainties (5) l. Neither here nor there (7) 6.
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  • 895 6 Singapore Standard Art Of Losing Friends YTITH Malaya today caught m the cross currents of political and racial problems, a review of British policy m this country during the period which gave birth to two world wars will be a revelation of the British art of losing friends and goodwill.
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  • 1816 6 C. H. ROLPH, of the LONDON OBSERVER writes about the 'Punish ment and Reclamatior of the Criminal m post war France.' PARIS I SUPPOSE it would be a J very shocking thing to suggest that we should imprison the Home Secretary, or perhaps the Chairman of the Prison
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  • 906 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA I'HRFE hearty cheers for Yap Pheng Geek, a rare specimen of the Malayan politician who has no hesi Htion m supporting his conscience and convictions by doing something that left his colleagues on the City Council amazed, bewildered, dumb-founded, stupefied and looking
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 308 6 Educating our Prisoners Sir: I have read with much interest your editorial on prison reforms. If, however, the word "training" is substituted for reformation." the question can then be viewed from a different angle. A prison sentence now becomes a period of educational, vocational and moral training, and most of
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    • 471 6 THE SEMENYIH INCIDENT Sir: Bravo, Singapore Standard! You have done a great service to the people of Malaya by fearlessly exposing the high-handed actions of the authorities with regard to the Semenyih incident, one of the new villages m the Federation whose inhabitants had been subjected to humiliations
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  • 153 7 PARISHIONERS of the Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church m Brocklyn, New York, on Jan 15/ had the unique experience of witnessing two different pastors conducting different phases or the morning services at the same time and place. At right, m the pulpit, is
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  • 98 7 HELP COMES IN TIME FOR THE QUEEN'S SWANS Mirrorpic SWANS on the River Thames, traditional property of the Queen, were m serious danger recently when they become smothered with oil from a sunken barge. To save them. Police and members of the PDSA and RSPCA rounded up the birds and
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  • 234 7 Isoniazid Has Worked Wonders On Animals WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP)— The U.S. Government is planning largescale tests of the new Tuberculosis treatment drug, Isoniazid to discover if it will i nrevent TB m humans. I The U.S. Public Health Service
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  • 113 7 TROUBLE WITH THE NYLONS LONDON', Jan. 22 t ßouter > A 51-year-old housewife who suffered from a rash on t feet noticed that it got rae on Sunday afternoons. towing her weekly SalvaI D Army parade at which she wore black nylon stockThis was one of the cases cited m
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  • 31 7 INDONESIA has reiused entrj ot trade delegations m two Communist couna and for the time being a not intend to renew any -teral trade pacts with the U.P.
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  • 40 7 BST NEW YORK. New sej Jan 22. (UP)— A ha!f--n i.iion dollar fire rased out of r>.trol for more than two '.< r s early yesterday and destrj y e .i n block of five stores m New York.
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  • 55 7 LONG BEACH, California. Jan 22, (AP) Mrs. Harriett Isabel) Barfoot, filed a suit en Friday to annul her marriage to Thomas Barfoot. They were wed last April, she said, but her husband proved to be "what is commonly known as a woman chaser." Buth Mr.
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  • 64 7 MONTE CARLO, Jan. 22. (AP)— Pope XII has invoked for" Prince Rainier 111 of Monaco and his American film star fiancee Grace Kelly "an abundance of divine blessings." The Pope's message, m reply to a telegram sent by Prince Rainier informing the pontiff of his engagement, was
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  • 66 7 ALSAGER, England, Jan. 22 (AP) The Philip Johnson family got home from the movies and found Susan, their boxer pup. bouncing her rubber bone off the ceiling and charging through the house like a souped-up greyhound. Nearby was a box the pup had apparently knocked from
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  • 15 7 THE United States consumed a record 6.638,149 tons of newsprint last year.— Reuter
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  • 106 7 OAKLAND. California. Jan 22 (UP)— Mrs Shirley Gomez, 23. a polio victim Daralyzed from the neck down and an iron lung patient, gave birth at Highland Hospital yesterday to a 7-lb 5-oz boy. A team of six physicians and emergency crew ot nurses aided
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  • 32 7 TWO big clashes between rebel bands and security torces resulted m 29 rebels killed and 40 others captured m Tunisia and Algeria last night. Security forces lost seven men. AP
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  • 135 7 PLANE TO BEAT HEAT BARRIER?' LONDON, Jan. 22 (UP) Eritain is developing an aircraft capable of breaking the "heat barrier" reached at 1,500 miles an hour, it was disclosed yesterday. No one is certain yet whether the disclosure was a slip of the tongue. Sir Roy Dobson, managing director of
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  • 69 7 NICOSIA. Jan. 22. (Reuter). —British Security Forces yesterday arrested a 16-year-old Cypriot Greek youth m connection with the murder last Thursday of Captain Josep.i Peter Lane, it was officially announced. Captain Lane. 31. of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps had left his wife and
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  • 192 7 Ike Clique Has Pulled A Big Bluff' Democrat No Nation Has Been Saved From The Reds WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (AP) Senator John Sparkman (Democrat-Alabama) said on Saturday that the Eisenhower Administration has "bluffed and blustered" without "liberating a single nation from the Communists or even holding the containment line." Sparkman
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  • 37 7 MARSEILLES .lan. 22 (Reuteij a small shark, some tunny fish, several seals and a small school of tiny fish were found inside the siomach ot a one-and-half-ton shark captured by three local fishermen near here
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  • 57 7 SANTIAGO. Chile, Jan. 22. (Reuter)— A motorist and his car were engulfed by molten streams of lava when the Llaimai Volcano m Southern Chile erupted. The lava also destroyed a hanging bridge and a number cf viaducts and isolated several villages and towns when it blocked
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  • 167 7 LONDON, Jan. 22 (UP)— The Oxford-Cambridge two-car motor caravan which teft on Sept. 1 m hopes of becoming the first to drive from London to Singapore, crossed from India into Burma today. A cable from th? Six-man team received at their headquarters here today said "reached
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  • 348 7 LONDON, Jan. 22, (UP)— British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden said last night he hopes East and West can agree to "regulate" H-bomb tests but that Britain firmly intends to test its own big bomb. He disclosed a British plan to "limit or
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  • Newsbriefs
    • 38 7 TAIPEI. Jan. 22 (AP)— The United States is strongly opposed to higher levej talks with the Chinese Reds. Ambassador Wellington Koo said on Sunday on his arrival from Washington for ronsultation with the Nationalist Government
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    • 47 7 LONDON. Jan. 22 (AP) British and American jazz musicians have decided to play m harmony again after 23 years of making rude noises at each other. To show there's no more hard feeling, their unions are going to permit an exchange of jazz orchestras.
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    • 18 7 LONDON, Jan. 22 (UP) Russia yesterday reshuffled its government to create a new "Ministry of Automation.'
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    • 35 7 HAMM, West Germany. Jan. 22 (Reuter) A woman who was sacked for using scarlet nail varnish was awarded 2300 Marks (nearly 200 pounds sterling) damages by a court here for wrongful dismissal.
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    • 34 7 CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (UP) Chicago yesterday had a candidate for the world's meanest thief. Frank Soteropoulos was beaten and robbed of US$7O a block from his south side home. He is blind.
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    • 45 7 Jam Costs £2M LONDON, Jan. 22 (Reuter) —Road congestion costs London at least 200 million pounds sterling a year compared with 70 million pounds sterling a year before the war, Mr. Wilfred Andrews, chairman of the Royal Automobile Club told motorists at a luncheon here.
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    • 33 7 JAKARTA, Jan. 22 (Reuier) A foreign Ministry spokesman yesterday said the Indonesian Government had intormen the American Government she would welcome a visit oi United States Secretary ol State, Mr. John Dulles.
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    • 31 7 VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 22 (AP)— Two Hungarian jet plane* collided over eastern Austria yesterda.v and crashed. One pi.ot was killed, the other, a Soviet Air Force captain, parachuted safely.
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  • THE TROUBLES OF M. POUJADE
    • 115 7 ANTI-TAX MAN MUST PAY FOR SLANDER PARIS. Jan. 22. (Router) M. Pierre Poujade, leader of France's antitax movement was fined 500.000 Francs (about £500) here yesterday for slandering the president of the last National Assembly. M. Pierre Schneiter. M. Poujade was also ordered to pay M Schneiter one franc m
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    • 97 7 Four Party Seats Are Very Shaky PARIS. Jan. 22 (Reuter) Special committees of the National Assembly on Friday nighl recommended the invalidation of four Poujadist seats, on the ground that electoral alliances m the four constituencies were not carried out according to the rules. The committees' recommendations will be placed
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    • 81 7 In Paris They'll Bar His Way LIMOGES, France. Jan. 22 (Reuter) —M. Rene Richard, secretary-general of the Socialist Trade Union Organization. Force Ouvriere said last night. Paris workers would bar the way if Poujadists advanced on the French capital. He told a political meeting here "if as we have serious
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    • 134 7 kA*% The Finest Plastic A* JrS\ Model Kits Available By v\S "LINDBERG" AND "REVELL" OUT OF THE BLUE, <^^^^^^ BY LAND— or AIR! Roman Rccing Chariot $3.80 Boeing Trainer P.T.17 $3.95 Tally Ho Coach 380 Convair Vertical Take Off 3.95 r r «on Spitfire II 3.15 CadlllacCcr 3 Bo Zero
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  • Fianance And Commerce
    • 172 9 MALAYA'S external trade for 1955 shows a favourable balance of $238.3 million, compared with an adverse balance of $28.1 million m the previous year, according to preliminary statistics just issued. Similarly, the total volume oi trade shows an increase, being $7,797.1 million (1954— 56,250.7
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    • 291 9 BUSINESS DONE IN WEEK BUSINESS done m shares from Jan. 14 to 20: INDUSTRIALS: Fraser Neave Ords. $I.Bli to $1.82 $1.81 to $1,814. Gammons $2.62J to $2.57} Hammer Co. $2.80 to $2.90. Hongkong Banks (Colonial) $92:i.50. Hongkong Banks (London) £100 £964 (ex stamps). William Jack s $2".97J 53.00. Malayan Cement
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    • 426 9 TRADING IN SHARES REDUCED By A Market Correspondent COMMODITY prices moved erratically and nothing of note occurred to enliven markets. Offerings m industrials were generally absorbed. Tins were inclined to ease and rubbers, generally, were subject to profit-taking. Consequently, there was some reduction m the overall volume of business. In
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    • 61 9 THREE British firms have announced export orders totalling £2 million. Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., has secured a £1 million order for five waterwheel generators for the Punjab Government. Orders worth £4 million have been received by the firm of David Brown for a new type of
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  • 53 9 MR. J. D. LEWIS (above), director of Atlas Engineering Co., London, arrived m Singapore by Qantas over the week-end. The businessman plans to market English machine tools for raßways and heavy industries. Mr. Levcis leaves the Colony soon for Colombo. He *has visited Egypt, the Middle East,
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  • 116 9 Queen To Open First Atom Station THE Queen will officially open Britain's first full-scale nuclear power station at Calder Hall m Cumberland, on Oct. 17, when it will be connected with the national grid system of the Central Electricity Authority. Calder Hall is the world's largest atomic power station. It
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  • 63 9 THE British motor industry produced a record total of 900,000 cars and 340,000 trucks and buses m 1955. the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders announced m London. Exports totalled 373,000 cars and 158.000 commercial vehicles for record earnings of £210 million (US$5BB million) m overseas
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  • 228 9 SALES of MOTALOY, a metallic engine re-condition-er, have been rather good m many cities m South-east-Asia, Mr. Chua Yam Teck, manager of Supreme Trading Company. Singapore, said on his return to the Colony after an extensive tour. The firm are Far Eastern sales
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  • 135 9 AFTER two years of continuous operations, a ShellD'Arcy surveying party has just completed a water-borne seismic survey of all the navigable Niger Delta waterways m both Eastern and Western Nigeria. This search for oil has covered an area of 14.000 square miles. The project, which cost m
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  • 44 9 THE directors of Lloyds Bank recommended a final dividend of six per cent on the "A" £5 shares. £1.55. paid, making a total of 12 per cent, for the year 1955. The net profit after tax was £2,322,439 compared with £2.--186,072.
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  • 221 9 Standard Market Correspondent THE Singapore rubber market alternated between weakness and uncertainty during the past week with' a loss of 8| cents per lb. on balance. Reports of China's purchases of rubber from Indonesia, Mr. Warren Lockwood's bullish sentiment and orders from Poland
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  • 331 9 BUT OUTLOOK MAY CHANGE THE 1956 outlook for the pricing and marketing of metals was termed "promising" by one of the leading American commodity brokerage firms m New York. i Bache Co. of Wall Street, m its annual report issued at the weekend on
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  • 148 9 THE working profit of Leong Hin San, Ltd.. after providing for expenses and depreciation, amounted to $353,390 for the year to Sept. 30. 1955. The company, which Is jointly owned by United Malacca Rubber Estates and Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates, has Paid interim dividends totalling 58 per cent.,
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  • 468 9 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22^One of the Eisenhower Administration's major economic goals was realized last week, when the President reported to Congress that a balanced Federal Budget is m sight for the fiscal year beginning next July 1. What is more, present estimates indicate that the
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  • 97 9 Synthetic Latex Plans In U.S. A PLANT for production of synthetic latex will be built m Pittsburgh. California, by the Dow Chemical Company, the vice-presi-dent said m San Francisco. Building will begin at once and it is expected the plant will be m production m autumn. The plant will cost
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  • 179 9 THE newspaper Nippon Times has urged Japan m co-operation with the United States to increase commercial relations with South-east Asia m the face of growing Russian competition. It warned that the Soviet Union "can sfford to concentrate on South-east Asia," while the U.S.
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  • 243 9 ELRGANCE and economy seldom go together, and a feminine weakness lor shoes with narrow heels comes to be expensive for the fellow whr foot? the bill. For these heels tend to wear quickly: and there is a limit to the number ol times a new base
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 649 9 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: <a) Supply of 3 x 80W Fluorescent Btr Lighting Lanterns; (b) Time Switches; (c) 175- ,v HPMV Medium Angle kam Street Ugh ting Lan- ">. Ms etc.. (d) supply of (i) I .\C. House Service Polypi ise Meters, and (ii> 120 ring
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    • 316 9 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT Tenders for (a) supply of 2,000 pcs Galvanised Swan Neck Brackets 5/8" and 7.1/2" for Straight Line Insulators B nd 2,000 pcs. Insulators Shack e White Small Porcelain 2.1/2" width x 2" height x 1/2" air hole CLOSE NOON— 9/2/55.. (b) supply of
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    • 236 10 I SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS ■tM9 1 1 1 1 I II Iv Vy Zuil I 18 I ~^k II II I fj**'^B« <UJh^hmvl> X%3LUUIZI9 nMJW 11-1.45-4 J TEL: ***** 6.30 9.30 ■Jyj.y l!9y^. L .?l l> f! l ff^ /J LM i- J 9pi^Hw_ Trevor HWK FERRER HOWARD A
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 332 10 i "Confidentially, Mary, my /\i/\ I IV <, ws\ l^fe- /^NtPwhww husband's moustache makes 1/ A» /iiai^P' -^4 «j«j i»«, me laueh!" ill <^y IT^^=>Z^ I 9 "Heres me surrounded by "Confidentially. Madam, it L IwA Pf YeS K men T^ n d tO tickles me too!" -f I \b>
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  • 758 11 SHOCK RESULTS IN THE MUD LONDON, Jan. 22 (Reuter)—Rainsoaked muddy pitches contributed to a crop of shock results m English League football yesterday. Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday and Grimsby Town respective leaders m three of the four divisions were beaten but all retained first place m
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  • 1463 11 LONDON. Jan. 22. (Reuter) Football league standings after yesterday's matches are as follows: LEAGUE DIVISION I Aston Villa 1. Chelsea 4. Burnley 1. W.B. Albion 2. Charlton A. 0, Newcastle U. 2. Luton Town 0, Birmingham C. 1 Mchester C. 1, Huddersfield T. 0 Portsmouth 5, Arsenal
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  • 230 11 TWICKENHAM, Jan. 22 (Reuter)— Wales beat England by eight points (goal and try) to three (penalty goal) m the Rugby Union International here yesterday. The Welsh side led 5-0 at half time against the run of play. Snapping up their chances despite having much less of
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  • 182 11 BELFAST, Jan. 22 (Rev ter)— The Irish Kugby Union team to meet France m Paris next Saturday was selected here last night after their final trial. The team will be: J. M. McKelvey (Queen's University), J. T Gaston (Monkstown), A. J. Rcilly (Old Belvedere),
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  • 35 11 POONA. Bombay State. Jan. 22. (Reuier)— Naik Shadilal of the Indian Army yesterday became Asia's fastest runner when he covered 100 metres m 10.4 second* at the annual Southern Command athletic meeting here.
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  • 29 11 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Jan. 22. (fteuter)— Uruguay beat Paraguay 4-2 m the opening match of the South American football championship here last night. Uruguay led 3-0 at halftime.
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  • 40 11 LAHORE. Jan. 22. (ReutersPakistan dismissed the MCC 'A' team for 204 m their first innings and then scored 66 without loss m reply before the close on tne second day of the first unofficial Test match here yesterday.
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    • 92 11 M.irls Today 3.00 7.30 p.m. -(HELL A PILLAI" (Tamil) Surrinr Kannamba, Savitri. and K. R. Ramasamy. Last Day 7.00 9.15 pjn. •THREE RING CIRCUS* (Tech.) Cinemascope. Tomorrow •HUNTERS OF THE DEEP* Plus "FLYING DEUCES" (Tech.) vs hoAM*s jmn COUGH Mr#f MIXTURE /@W TODAY: 3.15, 6.30 9.15 pjn. 1 GUI. BAHAR"
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    • 62 11 Today 3.00. 6.30 9.15 p.m. "BERNODA- (Malay) i Next change "NAVRATRI" En3MH9i Today 6.30 9.15 p.m. "MILAP" (Hindustani) (Tech.) Last Day 3.00 8.00 p.m. "KANAVANE KANANDA DEIVAM" (Tamil). 1 From Tomorrow "LONG GRAY LINE" (Tech.) 1 Cinemascope. lillHßllll'UVi Übimt iLldiff BfflnlTJi 1 I ai* Mr GET THEM FKOAI SINGAPORE STANDARD
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    • 469 11 SITUATIONS VACANT QINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL: Required for the Water Department Extension Works:--(A) TEMPORARY MECHANICAL ENGINEER on 3 years agreement at an inclusive salary of 51.050 a month. Applicants must be experienced En the maintenance and erection of Heavy construction plant, tractors, bull-dozers, cranes, excavators, concrete mixers, pumps, welding sets, generators,
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    • 695 11 CLASSIFIED ADS ANNOUNCEMENT MAKE SURE YOU BOOK at Robinsons for the master plan seating at the Victoria Memorial Hall In two Harpsichord concerts by Sylvia Mjrlowe on 25th and 27th January SITUATIONS VACANT SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL: O Required on 3 years agreement m first instance m salary scale *-$785xA45— 1.250
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 199 11 (T Ml Abner By Al Capp IF A FELLA LOVES A GAL. WHUT HAD HE (WHY- \I I BUT- IS k /^AH'S TH* SU3J^CT AH O ANI A GAI LOVES A FELLA/ OUGHTA /AY VO* SHORE.^ POSITIVES WISHES TDISQJ9S C?^V AN# HE -6^^-'- WANTS V-J DO? y-JKf f AJV S
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  • 413 12 Penang Win First 'Tri' Since 1930 PENANG, Sun. Penang made history by winning the North Malayan hockey tournament title for the first time. The settlement scored two-nil victory over formidable Perak m the final match of the triangular tournament on the Western Road ground today. In the opening match on
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  • 57 12 QUEENSTOWN trounced Western Sports Club by five goals to nil m the Group "A" Tiger Cup. Kampong League soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Nadarajah and Pereira gave Queenstown a 2-0 lead before the interval. Second half scorers were Nadarajah, Sattasivan and Pereira. In the Group B, Buona
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  • 278 12 Adams Makes It Fourth British Monte Carlo Win MONTE CARLO, Jan. 22 (Reuter)— Honours Ln the 26th Monte Carlo Rally were divided. Although the winner was a British Jaguar driven by 35-year-old linen manufacturer, Ronnie Adams of Belfast, competitors and cars from France and Germany also did exceptionally well. i
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  • 46 12 ROYAL Air Force Seletar second string scored a narrow a X *o five point win over All Blacks XV m a friendly rugby match at Seletar yesterday RAF tries were scored by Wenfley and Attwood. Ibrahim scored Blacks" try which was converted by Alsagoff.
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 12 LJKDJKMD ...THE Fijian rear cry and the Maori Hakka 'clash' before the Fijian versus 22 SAS Regiment met m their Malaya Command Rugby Final at Kuala Lumpur's HQ Malaya ground on Saturday. Th? Fijians wiped the SAS out 59-0, to qualify for the FARELF final. r Maori
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  • 80 12 INDIAN Republic Day badminton finals held at the" Singapore Badminton Stadium last night resulted as follows Men's singles Titus Mathews beat John Zachariah 14-4 15-9. Men's doubles: Titus Mathews and A. P. Menon beat G. P. Chandran and George 15-5 15-12 Children's singles: Ashok Kumar beat Ramakrishnan
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  • 37 12 JOHORE Customs beat RA F Seletar 4-0 m a frienri'ly hockey match at Seletar yesterday. The Customs led 1-0 at time.Th e scorers for Customs were Terren (2). Ahmad (1) and Lingham (1)
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  • 204 12 NORTH TEAM FOR FEB. 11 PENANG. Sun. Tbe North side to meet the South at hockey m Ipoh on Feb. 11 has five players each from Penan? ami Perak. The other is from Kedah. The North team selectett today will comprise: Anwar Begmogu l (Perak); Ng York Khuan (Pk), Joseph
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  • 30 12 A LAST minute goal by Sim Jui Kirn enabled Amicable? Athletic Association to draw 2-2 with Indian Recreation Club m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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  • 757 12 Windsor Lad Reviews The Penang Meeting r u V^ LUMPUR Sun.-Penang trainer Wallv iSS? I ?u 24 races plus five second s and a third Bagby has put himself ahead of his colleagues s o early for the year's training honours.
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  • 35 12 Boys' Town beat Whirlwind by 58 points to 46 m a friendly basketball match played at Bukit Timah yesterday. Meng Chiak was top scorer for Boys' Town with 19 points.
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  • 31 12 He Was White But He Wasn' t Afraid... Ceylon's goalkeeper, Freddy White, goes down to bring off one of his many fine saves. Others left to right, Labrooy, Ismail and Mansoor.
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  • 623 12 By OUR HOCKEY REPORTER AFTER the Singapore Civilians' 5-2 victory over the Ceylon Combined Services yesterday, I doubt if anyone will ever put the Singaporeans down as underdogs against any visiting team of hockey players m the future. The Ceylon tourists were expected to show
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  • 286 12 Indon Cagers 'Trotters' Are Coming THE Chum Lik She basketball team of Indonesia will play a scries of games m Singapore some time m March. This was revealed at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation yesterday, held at th« Goo Loo Club. Mr. Goh Chye
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  • 93 12 Francis Ooi Combine Succeeds A M.G.T.D. driven by Francis Baruch won the event for open cars at the Singapore IViotor Club's cross-country run held yesterday. Baruch and his navigator, Erir* Ooi had to drive over about 50 miles of bad roads. They lost only six points. The event for closed
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    • 35 12 HOCKEY Singapore Services vs. Ceylon Services at Jalan Besar Stadium 5 p.m. RUGBY S.C.C. "A" vs. South Wales Borderers at Padang. SOCCER FRIENDLY: Fathul Karib vs. Krangi Wireless Station at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m.
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