Singapore Standard, 8 February 1956

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    18 1 Singapore TIGER Standard m sl Vol. VI. No. 216 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1956 16 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon FREEDOM PACT OUT TODAY
    349 1 The Queen, Rulers Must Approve Kirkbyites First To Hear The Glad News KIRKBY, Feb. 7, (Reuter)-Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman told 300 Malayan students here today that the Federation of Malaya would be granted independence on Aug. 31, 1957. The Chief Minister also announced that his
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    Lock icon Spencer In With Sealed Lips
    199 1 Spencer In With Sealed Lips THE FEDERATION'S Economic Minister, Mr. Oscar Spencer, the first ot Tunku Abdul Rahmans Merdcka Mission to tty back to Singapore, said yesterday that he had every reason to think that the result of the London talks would be "very satisfactory for every body.'Stating that he
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    29 1 THE All Party report on Chinese Education and the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Passenger Transport System m Singapore appear on Page 3.
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    Lock icon Silent Protest
    52 1 MORE than a dozen placards protesting against legislation for a State welfare lottery, were hung on the trunks of trees which surround the compound of the St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore. A Standard reporter on his rounds yesterday found the placards soon after dusk. One of these placards is
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    Lock icon Honest Johns For Bangkok
    273 1 THEY WON'T BE FIRED TOKYO, Feb. 7 (UP)-The United States will send more than 7,000 men of the air, land and sea forces to Thailand for the SEATO defence exercise next week, it was announced today. The U.S. Army said it will fly to Bangkok two
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    Lock icon ...And Here's The Reason
    83 1 BANGKOK. Feb. 7 (UP) Thailand's Army Chief of Staff Gen. Chira Vichitsonggram. declared today that next week's SEATC manoeuvres are being held m the Thailand area because of new Communist threats. Vichitsonggram revealed that Red Vietnam forces "under the Chinese Communists" twice forced their way into
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    Lock icon O.C.B.C Cashier Missing
    239 1  - O.C.B.C Cashier Missing BOB PERIES By AND SO IS $100,000 THE receiving cashier of tne Singapore Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd., Mr. Soon Kuat Seng, 44. has been reported missing since 2 p.m. on Monday. Also missing trom the bank was $100,000. The Managing Director of the Bank. Mr. Tan
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    Lock icon Language Riots In Ceylon
    92 1 Language Riots In Ceylon COLOMBO, Feb. 7 (AP) Mobile riot squads of armed police today patrolled Ceylon trouble-spots, scene of recent clashes between Singhalese and Tamils. Troops were ordered to stand by m case of more violence. The troubled areas are spread through north Ceylon but the main centre is
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    Lock icon CULTURAL PACT
    32 1 BRITAIN and Russia yesterday announced agreement on widening organized cultural exchanges between their two countries, after a five-day tour here' by the Soviet Culture Min ,etor XAr Nikolai Mikhailov.- Reuter
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    Lock icon POLICE GUN STOLEN
    61 1 POLICE GUN STOLEN A REVOLVER and some rounds of ammunition belonging to a Singapore Police officer were yesterday reported stolen from his house. The theft is believed to have taken place m the early hrurs of the morning when the officer was asleep. Some money and personal belongings of the
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    Lock icon LAST PLANT UP FOR SALE
    38 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (Reuter)— The United States Senate banking committee has voted m favour of selling the government's last synthetic rubber plant at Institute. West Virginia, to Goodrich Gulf Chemicals Incorporated for US$ll,OOO,OOO.
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    Lock icon Vampire Lands In Rice Field
    35 1 HONGKONG. Feb. 7 (UP) —A Royal Air Force Vampire jet slid into a rice field at the end of the runway today when the plane's brakes failed during a landing.
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    Lock icon AID FOR NEPAL
    23 1 COMMUNIST China has offered to help m Nepal's development. Tanka Prasad, the Nepalese Prime Minister, said m an interview. Reuter.
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    Lock icon DIM FUTURE FOR ITCHY FEET
    161 1 OXFORD, Feb. 7 (AP) The proctors at Oxford University have ruled that dancing is not permissible at the university Jazz Club. The proctors are the official guardians of law. order and rectitude at the ivy. festooned old centre of culture. Their main job is to
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    6 1 MISS NENEK
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    Lock icon 'Come, See, Decide' Proposal Welcome
    123 1 CANBERRA, Feb. 7 (Reuter)— There is strong support here for the proposal of Chief Minister, David Marshall for an Australian parliamentary delegation to visit Singapore. i Prime Minister Robert Menzies indicated some months ago he was m favour of a plan to send a parliamentary
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    Lock icon RUBBER, TIN ARE CLIMBING
    81 1 RUBBER and tin prices m Singapore improved substantially yesterday, rubber by two cents to $1.09| per lb. for first grade February shipment and tin by $3 to $374 per picul. Good overseas orders and better overnight London and New York prices contributed to the rise m
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    Lock icon SHIP HELD UP
    59 1 CHINESE seamen, afraid of Red reprisals, refused to sail for the China mainland on Monday night, tying up the departure of the British freighter. Admiral Hardy. from a cnnthern Pnnthn port. 2 SEEK ASYLUM TWO young North Korean soldiers fled their Communist homeland on Monday and asked
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    165 1 BACK TO WORK DOCKERSTOLD: MELBOURNE, Feb. 7 (Reuter) Australian dockers who have been on strike for sixteen days were ordered back to work today by the Australian Council of Trade Unions. The return to work order came only a few hours after 3,000 dockers at a meeting here had demonstrated
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    Lock icon RECORD INCOME
    25 1 PERSONAL income of Americans rose five and a half per cent m 1955 for the record annual total of 303,500 million dollars. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 8,000 ON STRIKE
    22 1 EIGHT thousand senior civil servants and professional men in the Israeli government service struck for mnrc pay yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon Third Pirate Taxi Murder
    279 1 Third Pirate Taxi Murder THE mangled body of a pretty schoolgirl, viciously stabbed 22 times, was found m a pirate taxi m a backlane off Singapore's Madras Street at dawn yesterday. The girl. identified as Nenek binte Hashim. 12, a student of the Alsagoff Arabic School m Jalan Sultan, was
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    Lock icon Youth Shot In Cyprus
    80 1 FAMAGUSTA, Feb. 7 (UP) —A Cypriot Greek student was killed today when British troops opened fire on rioting mobs m the second day of violence ln this big port city. The troops fired when students demanding union of the island with Greece stoned patrol vehicles, smashing
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    Lock icon CRASH KILLS 4
    25 1 THREE American passengers and an Iraqi pilot were killed when their Auster aircraft crashed near Fallujah town, northwest of Bagdad, last night.
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    Lock icon CUSTOMS PROBE TAX SWINDLE
    302 2 Big Rubber Duty Losses, They Say KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation Government may have lost thousands of dollars m rubber export levy on account of the latest tax evasion racket involving the Wednesday deadline for calculation of the weekly average price for duty purposes," Customs sources
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    Lock icon Schoolboys' Effort
    100 2 THE president of the Singapore Art Society, Mr. Ho Kok Hoe. who opened the exhibition of pictorial photography of local photographers at the Gan Eng Seng School Hall yesterday, praised the interest and enthusiasm shown by thc schoolboys m sponsoring the exhibition. The exhibition, organized by the School's
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    Lock icon Bata Union Will Send Pay Memo
    169 2 THE Singapore Bata Employees' Union will submit a memorandum to the Minimum Standard of Livelihood Commission, on the relativity of wages and expenditure of its members. The Secretary of the union, Mr. M. S. Dawood. told The Standard yesterday that the main object of
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    Lock icon Rotarians To Visit Medan
    56 2 TWENTY-THREE members of the Singapore Rotary Club will be leaving by plane on Feb. 17 for Medan. to be guests of the Medan Rotarians. They are expected to spend three days m Medan and Prapat and be back m the Colony on Sunday. Medan Rotarians will
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    Lock icon HUNGER STRIKE
    42 2 MORE than 200 patients In a hospital near Vienna are on a hunger strike which a doctor told them was "tantamount to a threat of suicide" to prevent the dissolution of their hospital. Most of them have tubercu- losis. Reuter
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    Lock icon SECRET DOCUMENT IN RICE CASE TO BE EXPOSED
    574 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The President of the Sessions Court today ruled that a "secret memorandum" which sparked off investigations into allegations of fraud against two local rice tycoons, should be admitted as evidence. The ruling stemmed from requests by two millionaire rice
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    Lock icon 900 APPLY FOR ENTRY TO MALAYAN VARSITY
    227 2 A RECORD number of some 900 Singapore and Federation students have applied for this year's entrance examinations into the University of Malaya, Professor Frederic Mason, head of the Education Department, said yesterday. Prof. Mason said that this figure showed a 70 Der cent
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    Lock icon 2 Charged With Armed Robbery
    54 2 SIM TEO PEW and Lav Ter Poh were charged m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday with robbing Wang Chew Leng of a gold chain worth $350 at the point of a dagger on the night of Jan. 30 along Chin Chew Street. They were
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    Lock icon Appeal For Accident Witnesses
    140 2 Appeal For Accident Witnesses SINGAPORE'S Traffic Police yesterday appealed for eye-witnesses to four fatal accidents between Jan. 19 and Feb. 6. FIRST victim was a cycling schoolboy Lee Peng Yam, 17, who was m a crash with a bus on Kallang Road on Jan. 19. SECOND victim was a cook.
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    Lock icon ASSEMBLYMEN HEAR ANTI-LOTTERY CALL
    212 2 TEN men who call themselves "Christian laymen from Singapore churches'' last night appealed to Assemblymen to consider the objections against the introduction of a social welfare lottery. By resorting to lotteries, they said that Government would be showing a weakness m admitting that it was unable
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    Lock icon PATH FOR CHINESE EDUCATION
    536 3 INTEGRATE ALL SCHOOLS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. MALAYANIZE ALL TEXT-BOOKS. KEEP STUDENTS CLEAR OF POLITICS AND TRADE DISPUTES. NO INTERFERENCE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE CULTURE. These are the major recommendations of the AllParty Committee of the Singapore Legislative Assembly whose report on Chinese Education will be tabled at
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    Lock icon Keep Students Clear Of Politics And Unions
    410 3 Equal Treatment For A.I Schools PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS: These should be encouraged to bring about a better realisation of the responsibility each bears for influencing the pupil for good. TEACHERS: Teachers m Chinese schools should be paid on the same terms as teachers m
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    69 3 THE ALL-PARTY COMMITTEE was comprised of Messrs: Chew Swee Kee, Minister for Education. Lim Yew Hock, Minister for Labour. Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, Minister for lands, Housing and Local Government. Richard Chuan Hoe Lim (Labour Front). Wong Foo Nam (Alliance). Lim Cher Kheng (Liberal Socialist). Mr. Lee
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    Lock icon Singapore Transport Services Must Be Unified – Urges Commission
    966 3 Singapore Transport Services Must Be Unified Urges Commission SINGAPORE'S passenger transport services must be unified under a common ownership and a common management, says the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Passenger Transport System to be tabled m the Legislative Assembly today. The Commission, appointed on Oct.
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    Lock icon Cheating CAN Be Stopped
    95 3 CORRUPTION m public buses by conductors can only be stopped, says the Transport Commission, if: 1. Passengers insist on the issue of a ticket for the fare they paid. 2. A modern system of ticket issue is introduced, and 3. The inspecting staff strengthened. The Commission
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    Lock icon Flouridation In March
    107 3 SINGAPORE will be the first country m the East to introduce flouridation of water supply next month as a means of preventing dental decay among children. On the advise of dental experts, flouridation of the Colony's water supply was approved by the City Council last year. The
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    362 4 TOP WAR BODY TO BE RE-FORMED swMwa ■asW m W-- 1 I After Amnesty KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation Government will establish a new war council after the return of the Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, from London, to direct the new campaign against the terrorists. Indicating this to The
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    148 4 CLOSING rubber piires (rent* per lb is Slim pore yesterday were: Bu»«r« SellerSpot fob. 1091 1094 January 109jk 1094 No. 2 Jan. 107* 108 No. 3 Jan. 107 i 107. Tone: Steady. TIN PKICE lhe price of tin yesterday was $374 per picul (Up S3). LONDON KlbßtK Nu
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    Lock icon Baby Is In Good Hands
    48 4 A BABY girl found abandoned at the 7th mile Tarnpenis Road recently, has been handed over to the Singapore Social Welfare Department by a woman. Lim Giok Bee. 59. who found her after hearing her cries. Until yesterday, no one claimed the baby.
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    Lock icon 'Why Ask Them To Judge Us?'
    81 4 'Why Ask Them To Judge Us?' SINGAPORE Assemblyman. Mr. R. Jumabhoy. yesterday criticized the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, for inviting an all-party delegation from Britain to "judge for themselves the extent of the feeling here for independence "The Chief Minister always gives the people only empty hopes," said Mr.
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    Lock icon Four Deny They Owed Bank $300,000
    447 4 Four Deny They Owed Bank $300,000 A COMPANY director, Mr. Chionh Hiok Chor, told the Singapore High Court that he knew his firm, the Bin Seng Company Limited, had been trading at a loss since 1952 up to the date of the firm's liquidation. Mr. Chionh was giving evidence at
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    Lock icon India Sends Bapat To Help S'pore
    81 4 India Sends Bapat To Help S'pore INDIA'S most senior official on Government Organization and Methods. Mr. S B. Bapat. will come to Singapore at the end of this month under the Colombo Plan to help the Singapore Government Mr. Bapat is the Establishment Officer and Director. Organization and Methods and
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    Lock icon Bank Probe To Last Six Weeks
    79 4 Bank Probe To Last Six Weeks MR Guy Watson, the Bank I >f England official who arrived n Singapore recently to advise the setting up of a Centra; Bank for Malaya, will spend three weeks m the Colony for bis. investigations. Ht will spend a similar duration m the Federation
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    Lock icon Committed For Trial On Robbery
    112 4 Committed For Trial On Robbery TWO men. Teng Tin Kiom and Choy Kok Leong, were yesterday committed for trial at the next Assizes for allegedly robbing six women of cash and jewellery valued at $5,746 at New Bridge Road on the afternoon of Dec. 28. at the conclusion of a
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    Lock icon Security Plan Suggested For Telok Ayer
    233 4 Security Plan Suggested For Telok Ayer Standard Shipping Reporter A NEW security scheme within the jurisdiction of the Singapore Harbour Board covering the Teiok Ayer Basin has been suggested by a firm of commercial security operators m the Colony. Tn a letter to the Secretary, Singapore Harbour Board, it is
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    Lock icon Labourer On Abduction Count
    45 4 A LABOURER. X Muniandi, yesterday appeared ln the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court on a charge of kidnapping a 15-year-old female minor at Bukit Kerayan Estate, m Jeram, Selangor, on the morning of Feb. 4. Muniandl was remanded till Feb. 8. L
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    Lock icon Youth Group's First Dance
    42 4 THE Singapore Youth Society will hold its first social ana dance at the Princep Street Social Welfare Centre on Feb. 11, from 7.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. The master of ceremonies wil be Mr. A. G. S. Danaraj.
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    Lock icon Woman Sent To Mental Home Again
    118 4 Woman Sent To Mental Home Again JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. A woman failed to turn up m a Magistrate's Court some time ago because she was m a mental hospital sent by her own bailor. This was stated m court today when the woman. Muniamal, was charged with trespassing into a
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    Lock icon Amnesty Showed Up People's Will
    114 4 a JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— lf the amnesty did not produce noteworthy surrenders, it has, at least, demonstrated 100 per cent the will of the people to end the Emergency. For Johore, the State with the highest terrorist incident rate, this has been particularly so, a
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    Lock icon Junks To Stay Where They Are
    118 4 Junks To Stay Where They Are JUNKS unloading charcoal and bricks off the Mounbatten Road end of the Geylang River, Singapore. will continue to do so, until a permanent site is built at Tanjong Rhu, said the Director of Public Works, Mr. A. Wear, yesterday. Mr. Wear, disclosed that formerly
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    Lock icon Dogs Are Scared Of Fireworks
    108 4 Dogs Are Scared Of Fireworks THE Singapore Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals yesterday appealed to all dog owners m the Colony to keep their pets indoors during the Chinese New Year season. The secretary of the Society, Mrs. J. M. Frenken, said that the reason for
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    273 5 HECTIC 2-DAY SESSION FOR LEGCO Govt. To Answer 31 Questions THE Singapore Government's definition of a Malayan and an expatriate will be given today by the Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall when he answers a question by Liberal Socialist, Mr. John Ede. This is one of the 31 questions that
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    129 5 A ONE-TIME Indonesian •cc diplomatic courier i s m Singapore to observe the publication of books m Romanized Malay. Now turned publisher and newspaperman, the ex-dip-lomat, whose name is plain "Soedjatmoko" spent four years m New York as Alternate Permanent Representative of the Indonesian Government to the United Nations.
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    Lock icon Australian Aircraft Flies In A Joy Load
    147 5 Australian Aircraft Flies In A Joy Load BUTTERWORTH, Tues the "Philippine Trader" specially chartered Qantas aircraft flew into the Royal Air Force Station, Butterworth, this afternoon with a second batch of Australian families 22 wives and 32 children from Australia. The anxious husbands waited on the airstrip for the "Philippine
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    Lock icon ARMY OFFICER ADMITS INDECENCY WITH BOY
    190 5 AN Army officer admitted m a Singapore Court Martial hearing yesterday that he had committed gross Indecency with his Malay houseboy. Lt Malcolm John Larkwcrthy Hickling. 23. of the RASC admitted that tbe offence was committed with Jaafar bin Ahmad, the houseboy. on Boxing
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    Lock icon Court Sequel To Siak Street Fight
    120 5 Court Sequel To Siak Street Fight EIGHT men. using a rusty axe and a chain, beat ud a man m Siak Street on the night of Dec. 1. last year, it was alleged m a Singapore court yesterday. In the dock charged with assaulting Rengasamy were Koh Ah Lam 25.
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    69 5 S'pore Joins Drive For Attlee Fund THE Attlee Commonwealth Fund— to be used *o encourage visits and contacts between different parts of the Commonwealth—is expected to be launched this week. A Government spokesman told The Standard yesterday that Singapore is expected to be included m this Commonwealth goodwill fund. The
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    Lock icon New Party Appeals For Unity
    109 5 MESSRS. C. C. Tan and E. J. Tan. leaders of the newly formed Liberal Socialist Party, yesterday appealed to all members of the party to sink their personal differences and place the interests of the party above their own. In a joint statement, they declared
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    Lock icon Boy's Death: Police Say No Foul Play
    96 5 A MISADVENTURE verdict was recorded yesterday m a Singapore Coroner's Court after an inquest on a nine-year-old schoolboy. Ang Teng Kwee, who was found dead m a well m Yio Chu Kang Road at 5.30 p.m. on Dec. 30. Yap's mother, Yap Ker.
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    Lock icon PENANG BANDIT 'BLAH' REFUTED
    253 5 PENANG BANDIT 'BLAH' REFUTED PENANG. Tues. The propaganda section of the Communist terrorists m Penang Island has been broken up with the killing of Lim Swee Hiang on Jan. 1. this year and the capture of Wong Say Heong last November. Both were members of the True News Press of
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    Lock icon POLICE LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO AID PEDESTRIANS
    290 5 POLICE LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO AID PEDESTRIANS THE Singapore Traffic Police yesterday launched "Operation Pedestrian" m the heart of the City—controlling the flow of traffic from Collyer Quay to Robinson Road through four sets of automatic lights. Outlining this "assist the pedestrian" scheme to The Standard, Mr. Arthur E. Minns, Traffic
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    Lock icon No Crackers, Police Warn
    49 5 PENANG. Tues. Penang poace today warned that any person m possession of fire crackers during the Chinese New Year will be prosecuted. A poiice spokesman told The Standard that the maximum fine for unlawful possession o* fire crackers and other explosives was $500 and forefeiture
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    Lock icon Constable Acquitted Of Charge To Annoy
    164 6 PENANG, Tues. Without his defence being called, a police constable, Hira Singh, was acquitted on a summons charge of giving false information m writing to Inspector H B. Almeida at the Central Police Station on Oct. 9 last year. The charge stated that the
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    Lock icon $1 Mil. To Settle Ex-SCs
    126 6 IPOH, Tues. Over $1,000,000 was spent last year m land settlement schemes m Perak for demobbed special constables. Another large sum was given as loans to enable other demobbed specials to set up businesses or take up fish rearing or poultry farming. More than 1,600
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    Lock icon Circles Cur Down Fatal Accidents
    88 6 Circles Cur Down Fatal Accidents KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Traffic round-about m Kuala Lumpur's congested, narrow roads have cut down fatal accidents but minor accidents have increased, Mr. Nelson Freeborn, the Traffic Polie* Chief, told The Standard today. On holidays and week-end he said accidents now averaged 20 daily. Mr. Freeborn
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    Lock icon $59,000 To Hospital Fund
    43 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Lady Templer Hospital Fund received $59,571 m donations during January, the Hospital Committee disclosed today. Donations included $50,000 from branches of the TronohMalayan tin grorp and $7,500 from all ranks of the Brigade of Gurvhas.
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    Lock icon Raincoats On Ban List Too
    38 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. For moving two raincoats, restricted articles, without a permit. Tan Ah Mee. of Segamat. was fined $50 m the Sessions Court today. He was found at Scudai with the raincoats.
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    51 6 Picture by MEMBERS of the Women Institute, Meru branch, and girl guides help m the sale of toys and paper flowers at the Hari Gumbira Fair at Meru. near Klang recently. The fair was held m aid of the Sungei Binjai Malay School. Meru Ch'ng Seng
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    216 6 IPOH, Tues.— A Singapore aircraft mechanic. Li Chu Kit, 22. will have to serve a six-month prison term for rash driving following his unsuccessful appeal before the Perak High Court. Tn August last, Li was driver ot a car which crashed "at the 26th
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    67 6 MALACCA. Tues. Two Federation trade unions have lodged a joint claim for redress and for better and more equitable terms and conditions of employment from a Batu Pahat iron mine after an enquiry into allegations of victimization of their members working m the mine. The two
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    548 6 'Furious' Husband On Hurt Charge IPOH, Tues.— An Indian, accused of chopping off his wife's right hand m 1945, told the court that his wife had a --relationship'- with her own father. G. Dorairaj, 41, defended by Mr. S. M.
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    271 6 'SATISFIED,'- CABLES TUNKU, KL PLANS FETE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Tunku Abdul Rahman, fhe Federation Chief Minister, has sent a cable to his minister m Kuala Lumpur stating that "the Merdeka Mission has been a MISSION RETURNS 5N FEB. 19 great success." The cable was addressed to Mr. Ong Yoke Lin,
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    187 6 LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter) Tunku Abdul Rahman today is writing a speech he will make here tomorrow on the outcome of the negotiations for immediate internal self-government and early complete independence. He will deliver th e speech at a ceremonial session concluding
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    96 6 PENANG, Tues. In order to help the ra'ayat. the Jltra District Office has established a "special council" which will attend to any complaint that the people m that district may have m regard to irrigation, highways, and police service. The Council would welcome any queries or
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    202 6 HONGKONG. Feb. 7. (UP)— A drive sponsored try the Aw Boon Haw newspaper group here has netted nearly 550.000 plus stacks of used clothing for Hongkong's needy families for Chinese New Year. The drive, began ten days ago, was jointly sponsored by the
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    229 7 RIGHT THIS 'GRAVE WRONG' PLEA BY U.S. DELEGATE MEW YORK, Feb. 7 (Reuter)— The United States yesterday repeated her appeal for Japan's early admission to the United Nations after the Security Council had approved Sudan's application. Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge. United States permanent representative said his country would continue to
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    149 7 Stop These Kidnap Raids, Note To Russians BERLIN. Feb. 7 (Reuter) Major General Charles L. Dasher, the United States Commandant m Berlin, yesterday delivered "a strong note of protest' to his Soviet opposite number "regarding two attempted abductions m the U.S. sector by armed members of the so-called Volkspolizei (Peoples
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    216 7 PLOT TO OVERTHROW MANY GOVTS' VIENNA, Feb. 7 (Reuter) Austrian Police closed the headquarters of the Com-munist-led World Federation of Trade Unions (W.F.T.U.) and sealed its doors last night, it was announced today. The W.F.T.U. was ordered to dissolve its headquarters
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    75 7 MELBOURNE. Feb. 7 (Reuter) A police sped to a suburban street here recently after shoppers had telephoned to report a man taking an afternoon stroll clad only m his underpants. When police confronted the man. he met their queries with a dazed stare. Ihey shook him.
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    429 7 WEST AFRICANS GET THEIR FIRST TASTE OF T.V. ENUGU, Nigeria, Feb. 7, (Reuter) Television will come to rVest Africa for the first time ever today when Queen Elizabeth will be -JJ c«*—.- Nigeria's House of Assembly. It will be a closed circuit transmission arranged by Ie of Britain's leading television
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    97 7 THEY FEAR SPIRIT MAY RESCUE MAN FROM GALLOWS DURBAN. South Africa. Feb. 7 (AP) African chieftains have asked permission to watch the hanging of axe killer Elifasi Msomi next Friday to make sure he is not whisked from the gallows by an evil spirit. Msomi, convicted 'jf 1") killings over
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    25 7 ALBANIA has protested to the United Nations about balloons, allgedly carrying explosives, which have landed m the country from West Germany. Reuter.
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    99 7 HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 7 (AP> Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco yesterday set not one but two wedding dites April 10 and April 1J» for what could be the fc*||*M rites since Queen Elizabeth married Prince Philip. Monaco, the tiny Mediterranean principality over which the Prince
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    83 7 AALESUND, Norway. Feb. 7 (UP) Sixteen chastised Russian captains steered their fishing ships meekly to sea today richer m their knowledge of Norwegian indignation and US$B7,OOO poorer for poaching Norwegian fish. All 16 ships were captured last week when they violated Norway's four-mile territorial
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    51 7 BONN. Feb. 7 (Reuter) The West German Association of Former Prisoners of War is complaining that soldiers returned from Russian prison camps are receiving too many offers of marriage but not enough offers of jobs. The ex-prisoners were paid large sums as compensation for their long
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    170 7 LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter)— The conference to link the sugar-and-spice islands scattered across the West Indies m a British Caribbean retferation got off to an optimistic start m London today with Britain promising not to cut her aid to the Colonies it they federate
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    148 7 CANBERRA. Feb 7 t Reuter) —Australian explorers heading tor Mawson Base m Antarctica have been trapped m the Davis Sea by ice packs driven against their ship by a blizzard it was announced here today. Efforts to manoeuvre the Polar ship Kista Dan to open
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    60 7 THIS was the thrilling climax to the rally of nearly 7,000 tribesmen from Northern Nigeria at Kaduna last Thursday. Tribesmen, mounted on Arab steeds, galloped across the arena at terrifying speed and pulled up within a few yards of the dais from which the Queen
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    161 7 ALGIERS, Feb. 7 (Reuter)— Mortar crews squatted by their guns here today m the garden of the cream walled house where M. Guy Mollet, new French Premier, is staying during his attempt to reach a settlement for the future of strife-torn Algeria. It was reported lhat
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    21 7 A "JUICE BAR." offerini "cock-tails" of pressed plants fruit and vegetables, hae attracted a larcrp rlipntplp m Berlin. Reuter
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    57 7 KATMANDU. Nepal, Feb. 7 (Reuter) The abominable snowman of the Himalayas is plentiful m the northern plains of Tibet, according to Dela Chitung. Governor ot the Tibetan province of Kuti who is now here on a pilgrimage. Chitung said the snowman is known to Tibetan lamas
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    59 7 LONDON. Feb. 7 (Reuter) Nearly half a million retired British government and municipal employees and members of the forces are to get pension increases ranging from 70 to 100 sterling a year it was disclosed here yesterday. India and Burma pensioners are covered by the proposal
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    61 7 LONDON, Feb. 7, (Reuter).— The first British gas-turbine engine designed specifically for helicopters has passed its official type test, it was announced here today. The makers claim that th« turbo-gas generator system of propulsion is the quietest yet devised for helicopters and hai the vibration-free flight
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    905 8 Federation Regiment TTHEN the Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, returns from London this month, he is expected to carry out his promise to mobilize all the resources at his command to end the jungle war. Mobilization is a word with a military connotation. At present he
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    945 8  -  Patrick O'Donovan By NONE OF THESE ADD UP TO A SERIOUS CONTROVERSY. THERE I IS EVEN A CERTAIN ♦AND FORTUITOUS MACHIAVELLIAN AD- VANTAGE IN TWO PARTNERS BEING t ABLE TO TAKE DIFJ FERENT APPROACHES TO A PROBLEM AND TO BLAME THE OTHER FOR A FAILURE AND START ANEW.
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    747 8 /_\r_f%__p fj_fx\**V ,m Sir: Iv view of the discussions between Colonial Office representatives and Tunku Abdul Rahman's Merdeka Mission now m London and those to be held by Mr. Marshall's all-Party Mission m April, it is opportune that serious consideration be given to the question of the future
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    98 8 Sir: I wasn't surprised when 1 read that Mr. Lee Choon Eng had brought the subject of Malay anizing our street names at the recent Council meeting, for I had urged it m the Press m 1954. It appears from Mr. Rajah's reply that the Council will yield
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    268 8 Sir: With reference to the remarks reported to have been made m the Taiping Town Council meeting of January 20, the following information is intended to clarify the position: (1) A modern outpatient department has been planned for Taiping. It is admitted that the present outpatient's department is
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    988 8  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA by TROUBLE is looming ahead for the Labour Front j Government. It has nothl ing to do with the expiry today of the amnesty offer to the Communists. It has j nothing to do with any 1 projected industrial dispute. It is
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    196 9 U.S. STEPS UP AID TO MEET RED THRUSTS WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (Reuter).— The United States is accelerating its foreign aid spending to about 250 million dollars a month m February. March and April, to meet the Soviet economic thrusts m Asia, and the Middle East, it was disclosed yesterday. A
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    17 9 THE Iraqi Government announced on Monday it has decided to recognize t***- Republic of Vietnam. A.P.
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      36 9 SANTIAGO. Chile. Feb. 7. (AP> A Chilean expedition has climbed Ojos Bel Salado (Salt Springs Peak) m the Andes, and reported that it is South America's highest mountain, the Defence Ministry announced last night.
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      31 9 PUSAN. Korea. Feb. 7 (UP) A fire apparently started by a carelesslyleft candle swept through a two-storc> Iranie house on Sunday night and burned to death six sleeping Koreans
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      31 9 MOSCOW. Feb 7 (UP) The Supreme Soviet ot the Karelo-Finnbh Republic yesterday fired six high state officials, it was stated here. No reasons tor the dismissals were given.
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      41 9 PARIS. Feb 7 < Reuter A French foreign office spokesman said here yesterday that there was "no truth at all" m a French newspaper report that the Government was considering inviting Marshal Bulganin to pay an official visit to Paris.
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      34 9 PARIS. Feb. 7 (Reuter) M. Christian Pineau. French Foreign Minister, will head thc French delegation at the Southeast Asia Treaty talks opening m Karachi on March 6. it was announced here yesterday.
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      39 9 TOKYO. Feb. 7 (AP) Peking Radio, quoting a dispatcn from Moscow, said Red China's second top executive Chu Teh. held a one hour and 20-minute talk with Soviet Russia's Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev yesi terday.
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    82 9 LONDON 'S BIG FREEZE SOME idea of the big freeze which caused all soccer matches: and outdoor games m Britain to be abandoned last week, may beobtained from these Mirrorpics of London's landmarks on Feb. I] when the temperature dropped to 21 degrees. Left shows the; icicles which formed on
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    232 9 And Harding Closes High School FAMAGUSTA, Feb. 7, (Reuter) British troops fired warning shots m the air when student rioters showered stones and bottles at them m this east coast port yesterday. One soldier was injured and a Cypriot youth shot m
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    63 9 LONDON. Feb. 7 (Renter)— A Soviet delegation has arrived m the Yemen to hold talks on bafter trade between the two countries and on the "supply of arms" to the Yemen, Beirut Radio said last night. The delegation handed a personal message from Marsnal Bulganin, the
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    159 9 RAILWAY ON THE SOUTH POLE PARIS, Feb. 7 (Reuter). Fourteen French Polar explorers are building the hist railway m Adelie Land, French Antarctica, the French Polar expedition's headquarters here said yesterday. The railway will be 150 metres long, and will link the improvised auay at Geology Point. Petrel Island, with
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    97 9 MOSCOW, Feb. 7, (Reuter) —The Soviet Prime Minister. Marshal Nikolai Bulganin yesterday offered to give Pakistan assistance with "atomic knowhow" m a new bid for better relations with that country. The Soviet Premier gave this assurance m answers to questons submitted by
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    48 9 BRUSSELS. Feb. 7 (Reuter) The foreign ministers of France. West Germany, Italy. Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg will meet m Brussels on Saturday, to discuss new European integration plans, including the Euratom project for a European Atomic Community. The ministers will confer for two days.
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    108 9 GENEVA. Feb. 7 (Reuter)— The Dutch-Indonesian ministerial conference on future relations between the two countries resumes here today after a break of one month which almost resulted m deadlock. Agreement to resume the conference was reached last Saturday after Indonesia delivered a virtual ultimatum It stated
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    25 9 RED China will turn out its first automobile "within this year." Peking radio said on Monday. It gave no description of the car.
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    229 9 THE HAGUE, Feb. 7 (Reuter) Faced with a drastic housing shortage which will take at least 10 years to eliminate, the Dutch are trying a new experiment to continue and speed up building m winter weather. The experiment, supported by the Government, is to keep
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    145 9 CANADA LIFTS ARMS BAN OTTAWA, Feb. 7 (Reuter) Canada has lifted the embargo on shipments of arms to the Middle East, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent announced yesterday. He told the House of Commons that the embargo imposed late last month had been replaced by Government's consideration of individual applications
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    58 9 WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (Reuter) The Secretary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles, yesterday told Congressmen who have been urging increased arms for Israel "the security of states m the Near East cannot rest upon arms alone but rather upon the international rule of law and
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    144 9 LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter) The future ot the International Supervisory Commission for Vietnam has been under intensive study m recent weeks m exchanges among the British, Indian and Canadian governments, diplomatic quarters said here yesterday. The Commission, set up by I the
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    417 9 U.S., BRITAIN AGREE ON MIDDLE EAST Eden Tells Canadian Parliament OTTAWA, Feb. 1, (Reuter)— Sir Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister, told a joint session of the Canadian Parliament yesterday thct Britain and the United States were m agreement about what to do to try to resolve "the difficult and
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    281 9 Bowl Of Rice Bigger Draw Than Offer Of Liberty LLOYD OTTAWA. Feb. 7 (Reuter).—The British Foieign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, declared yesterday that tne West had to make an all-cut effort" to meet the present Soviet challenge m the underdeveloped areas of the world Addressing a luncheon meeting of the
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    1092 10 J ALAYA has set high standards m cultivation, canning and packing for its pineapple industry to maintain a firstclass quality production. These include supervised inspection of canneries, extensive research work and scientific cultivation of the "Golden Fruit." Malaya hopes this will enable it
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    20 10 says M.T.YONG I I'm concluding his; Especial series? m m a* jon Malaya's I f "Golden Fruit"? i industry. •IwwwwvwwwwvwwvwwwwwvC
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    146 11 THE acting bug has bitten China's one time fabulous screen star, the curvaceous Pai Kwana (White Light). After five years' retirement, Pai Kwang is now m Hongkong, all ready to stage a comeback m the glittering filmworld. This was disclosed by the Colony's film
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    681 11  -  WILLIAM PENNY ttir J*VV\VVVVV\V Ik V VVVVVVVVVW*' JTOUR of the most magnificent castles m France's Loire Valley were used as backgrounds for the action m -'Quentin Durward," M.G.M. filmization of the Sir Walter Scott novel. Scenes for the CinemaScope production, starring: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall and Robert Morley, were
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    232 11 I UCILLE Ball was talking to James Mason, who is featured with the red-head < and her husband. Desi < Arnaz, m the forthcoming i Zanra production. FOREVER DARLING. for M.G.M. release. "We have one rule around our house," j Lucy was saying. "No matter how
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    272 11 says CHRISTINE PIEMER T THAILAND has sent its first colour film to Singapore, a romantic tragedy called "SantiVina," directed by Marut and produced by Hanuman with the Thai stars Revadi and Rangkhavora. Although when the picture is shown here this week, sub-titles m English will have been
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    156 11 Exotic Dancer T AYA Raki, Javanese- German dancer who appears m "Quentin Durward," had to be smuggled out of the Russian zone of Berlin m order to make the trip to England for her scenes m the film. The exotic, slant-eyed dancer icas appearing at a
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    118 11 *A*****A*******^********** pULCO and Cliquot are two of the best-trained dogs m Hollywood. Their owners claim that they're the only two studio-broken pets m the movie colony. Pulco. an alsatlan. is now considered so well trained m movie-making that Universal International studios have given him special permission to
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    253 11  -  Bridget Jones By Barker and his wife LANA TURNER while they were on holiday at Acapulco, ln Mexico and his name is a contraction of the place. At first Lana thought he was too big for a house pet, but now she says: "He's reacted so wonderfully to
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    228 12  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN [Fintinvv And Cammere€% By Standard's New York Bureau Chief IS Asia's natural rubber hold broken? After 15 years of research, the U.S. Experimental Rubber Station at Costa Rica, operated with the consent and co-operation of Costa Rican authorities,
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    126 12 Lord Rennell Leaves After Brief Stop LORD RENNELL of Rodd. deputy chairman of BOAC leaves Singapore today nfter a brief stop, for Australia and New Zealand. He is accompanied by Lady Rennell. He has been a member of the airline's Board since April 1954. and was appointed deputy chairman by
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    66 12 TOTAL imports of rubber, all grades, from all countries, into Singapore and the Federation, during January amounted to 35.050 tons, as shown by final documents received. The figure includes 16.982 tons imported on provisional permits m previous months for which final documents have been received and
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    40 12 NEW YORK. Feb. 7 (UP) Dow-Jones Closing Averages: Stocks: 30 Industrials 478.57. 20 Rails 158.74. 15 Utilities 65.69. 65 Stocks 170.06. Bonds 40 Bonds 99.09. The Dow-Jones Commodity Futures Index 1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 153.74.
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    148 12 GOOD buying interest contributed largely to the rise by two cents to 51.032 per lb. for first grade rubber for February shipment on the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Prices opened better on improved overseas overnight prices and first business reported was around $1,082
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    14 12 A SIX- MAN Japanese trade mission is due m Baghdad shortly. A.P.
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    231 12 FOR the fisrt time m Malaya a local firm is compiling a unique publication on trade facts and figures. "Dons Malayan Trade Almanac" will include the "Little Man" and the "Big Man" m business. The almanac will be published before the end
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    141 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were. Copra Feb. $27 buyers, $27j sellers: March $27j| buyers $27? sellers' coconut oil (bulk) S4OJ sellers. coconut ci! (drums) $43": sellers: Muntok white pepper $134 severs. Sarawak white $133 sellers. Special Sarawak black $92 sellers. Singapore Copra
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    108 12 OUTER ROADS Sinabang. Howa Maru. Shunkotsu Maru. Shun Lee. Rikissou, T.iiwangi. Bedford. Luekv Carrier. City of Attawa. Elise. Mvi Ann, Ceylon. Gleniffer, Liverpool Maru. Semiramis. Caltex 93, Stanvac Selo. Prince Salvo. INNER ROADS Lam Ann. Hin Chuan. Sg Panai. Perak, Caltex Bintane. Stia, Naga Mas. Peterzwei. Sedenak.
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    32 12 JANUARY rubber crops announced are: Amalgamated Malay 67,000 lb.; Borelli 73.000 lb.; Connemara 54.200 lb.; New Serendah 75.000 lb.: Bassett 42.000 lb.; Kuala Sidim 127.065 lb.; Bukit Kepong 18,500 lb.
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    85 12 KUALA LUMPUR'S new building "Mansion House" at Yap Ah Loy j Street, built by Federal Dispensary which was ,1 opened on Monday. The i Dispensary is on the ground floor. (On left): |i Lady MaeGillivray. wife i[ of the High Commissioner of the Federa- ji tion. chats
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    207 12 t 5 THE Director of Information for the International Co-opera-tion Administration, Mr. William J. Caldwell, said at a 1 press briefing m Washington that 67 per cent of funds available for the Far East during the present fiscal year have been approved for various
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    Lock icon Tins Better On Selective Demand
    117 12 ON the Malayan shai tin counters improved on to Malayan Sharebrokers' I Industrial shares were quiet, while rubbers were neglected. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers 8.8. Pet 43/- 45/ Fraser Neave: Ord*. 1.77 182 IL Colls 9.94 0.98 xall
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    97 12 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: Con. Tin Smelt, ords 29/-: Fed. Disp. rights 48 cents; f N ords M.781 to $182'; Gammon $2.40: Goodwood Park $1.16 xd; Hammers $2.82. $2 82': M. Colls 95 rents: Metal Box $1.67*. $1.68*: O.C. Bank $37: Sime Darby
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    107 12 THE United Commercial Bank Ltd.'s profit for the year ended Dec. 31, 193 subject to audit inducing the amount brought forward from the previous year's account is Rs. 3/777.761. Out of this sum the directors have made the following appropriation: transfer to reserve fund Rs.
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    46 12 ELECTRIC power demand m Japan has increased 10 to 12 per cent annually m recent years and a continued gain of 10 per cent a year is expected, it was reported at a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers m New York.
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      607 12 ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED KUALA LUMPUR QUTPUTS of tin concen- trates for the undermentioned Companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Limited for the month of January, 1956. are as follows: Piculs Ampat Tin Dredging Limited 2,623 Ber.iuntai Tin Dredging Limited 1,234 Kamunting Tin Dredging Limited 2.506 Klang River Tin Dredgln
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    519 14 Germ V #ea4 A Nev Three Tiered Slim Skirt a j\TY opinion of the conservative taste of the male sex was badly shattered the other day, when I read m an overseas newspaper that men, and American men m particular are falling m a
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    159 14 Revenge IS Sweet A SCULPTOR who had been jilted seven times already felt it was the final straw when his eighth fiancee told him she couldn't face the wedding day. In revenge, he made caricature statues of the eight young women and displayed them publicly m a cemetery. THE TABLES
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    194 14 A graduated net slip for wear beneath the sea- son's new dresses is a must. The ycke is m satin and is curved so that the cen-tre-front is an inch deeper than the sides, which measure eight inches. The back is darted to fit the waistband. Nine yards
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    451 14  -  PEGGY MASSIN Dy WOMEN who have good figures can show them again, thanks to the fitted lines and 19th century revival of romanticism m the overall fashion trends established m Paris last week. Old-time features include roses caught m looped ribbon, belts fastened to
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    840 15 Looking Ahead SOME folks are all gloom nOW that Wong Peng Soon's a pro. Ooi Teik Hik beaten, and Ong Poh Lim troubled by a bad fcnee But cheer up. Interr> t m badminton now is the most intense it has been m years with
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    451 15 Says PETER WILSON HATS off to a sportsman who is probably unknown to you Anton Sailer, a twenty-year-old Austrian plumber. In blazing sunshine and freezing snow, he won the men's down hill ski race and so biought off a hat-trick of ski events.
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    204 15 Base Boxing FINALISTS DECIDED THE South-east Asia bronze medallist Pte. Webster, did vvell to beat a former All England Junior schools champion, Pte J O Callahan, to enter the Lightweight final of the Singapore Base District individual taxing championships at Tanglin last night. Another good finalist was L/Cpl. Watson, who
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    29 15 THE Kampong League semifinal between the Alexandra football team and the Buona Vista Rangers will be played on Saturday at the Fraser Neave Ground at 5.15 p.m.
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    157 15 CHELSEA, BURNLEY BATTLE TO DRAW LONDON Feb 7 (AP) Chelsea and Burnley streU'he<4 their English soerer cup marathon to 330 minutes mi Monday and still they do noi know who goes into the fifth round The teams tied 2-2 at Birmingham on Monday m their thira attempt to find a
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    78 15 MAR DEL PLATA. Argentina. Feb. 7 (AP)— World flyweight champion Pascual Perez will meet Antonio Gomez of Argentina on Friday night m a non-title fight. It will be Perez's first appearance since his recent successful title defence i gainst Leo Espinosa of the Philippines On Feb.
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    180 15 CHICAGO. Feb 7. (AP) Maureen (Little Mo) Connolly one of the all-time greats m tennis turned professional on Monday by joining the advisory staff of a sporting goods com any Ir, addition to representing the company (Wilson Sporting Goods Co.). Little Mo said at a gala
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    37 15 SYDNEY. Feb. 7. (Reuter)— Pat Crawford, New South Wales' 22-year-old fast bowler, announced today that he would stay m Sydney and be available for selection for the Australian team to tour England this year.
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    185 15 DUNEDIN. New Zealand, Feb. 7 (Reuter)— West Indies beat New Zealand by an innings and 71 runs m the first Test here yesterday. New Zealand starting the third day at 158 for 6 were all out m 73 minutes for 200. They made 74 m their first innings
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    185 15 Landy Invited To Compete In 5 U.S. Meets NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UP)— Australian speedster John Landy, world record holder for the mile, yesterday was invited to compete m five U.S. track meets this winter by Dan Ferris, Secretary-Treasurer ol the National A.A.U. 1 Landy. who set the mile mark
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    88 15 FLAM UPSETS ROSEWALL SYDNEY. Australia. Feb. 7 (AP) Australia beat the United States by 5 matches to 1 m a two-day international tennis tournament which ended here on Monday. The lone American victory was a surprise victory on Monday by Herb Flam over Ken Rosewall 6-3. 11-9. Lewis Hoad beat
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    73 15 GLASGOW. Feb. 7, (Reuter) Draw for the sixth round of rhe Scottish Football Association Cup to be played on Saturday Feb. 18 resulted as follows: Kilmarnock vs Queen O'South: East Fife or Stenhousemuir vs Clyde or Dunfermline; Dundee United or Dundee vs Rangers. Partirk vs Brechin
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    19 15 RAJAJI Sports Club beat Pemphonan Setia Club 3-1 m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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      295 15 Lll Abner By A/ Capp I 7TK CROWD rS THEN WARMED UP.T Ll -SMACK ONTO A V***"*' JT > WHEN^I > NEXT AH rS SHOT OUTA A CANNON/ *> BED O' RED-HOT A THASS NdoTH'/ FOLKST-WE IS ABOUT TO WITNESS ONE OVER BOTTOMLESS CANYON, HAND- COA—S/T- THIS, O ALL H
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    785 16 JEFFERY JAMES Says Fit To Co, But Is He Fit To Play IF ONG POH LIM, THE COLONY'S CHAMPION, WAS UNFIT TO DEFEND THE FOONG SEONG CUP FOR SINGAPORE DURING THE WEEKEND, WILL HE BE FIT TO REPRESENT MALAYA IN WHAT IS PRACTICALLY A WORLD
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    519 16 Recs Are First Holders Of The Padang Cup SINGAPORE Recreation Club won the first annual hockey encounter for the Padang Cup when the Recs beat Singapore Cricket club by two goals to one on the SRC ground yesterday. The Recs victory was due to tercy Pennefather's goals me m the
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    4 16 The Man Today's Question
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    282 16  -  WINDSOR LAD By Only Ellen's Treasure Ricky Show Up KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Because of the heavy fog which came down on the Kuala Lumpur race course this morning, there was no attempt to make time at the workouts of horses entered for the Selangor Gold Cup meeting.
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    112 16 MR. PETER Wragg. (above) head of a leading Bloodstock Agency m the United Kingdom, arrived m Singapore by plane from Calcutta yesterday. He is on an extensive tour of South-east Asia. The object of his visit here is to obtain first hand knowledge of the type
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    427 16 THE FOCUS ON MON SABREUR PAPPLEWICK KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Tbe recent successes of newcomers at Bukit Timah will focus considerable interest on two new arrivals tt, the Malayan turf Mon Sabreur (late Venetian God) and Papplewick when they make their debut at the Selangor Turf Club's Oold Cup meeting. A
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    117 16 VICTORIA School beat Bartley Secondary School by six goals to nil m an Inter-School soccer match on the VS ground yesterday. The Victorians proved too good for Bartley School. Scorers were Wee Seng Pah (3), George Chia, Charlie Tan and Yusof Dalib. Jn the curtain raiser. Victoria
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    87 16 LONDON. Feb. 7 (AP) Kid Gavilan on Monday became a strong betting favourite to defeat Britain's Peter Waterman m their 10-rounder at London's Harringay Stadium on Tuesday night. The .'4O-year-old former world welterweight champion is 4-7 m the betting. That means a bettor has
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    64 16 ACHILLES Club will hold a five miles cross-country race on Feb 25 starting at 5 o.m. at the Macßitchie Reservoir. There will be a charge of 50 cents per entrant. Entries are to be sent m to Mr L.O. Valberg c/o Singapore Harbour Board If the response
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    54 16 REME Training Centre defeated 41 Base District Workshop by five goals to two m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. The highlight of the match was the fine performance of Newman who scored a hattrick. Scorers for REME wereNewman (3); Taylor and Louis. Evans scored both
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    191 16 RAFFLES Institution came from behind to edge St. Joseph's Institution by the odd goal m three m an Inter-School first division soccer match at the R.I. ground yesterday. Strong SJI defence kept the Rafflesians at bay during the first 10 minutes of play. The Josephians
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    443 16 Blakan Mati Impress In 'Sevens' Opener THE annual seven-a-side SCC-sponsored rugby competition made further progress yesterday on the padang with the playing off of four matches. In the opening match, St. Andrew's "B" beat the All Whites by five points (goal) to three (try). Brian scored the try which war
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    140 16 ANGLO Chinese School, led by centre forward Robert Choo, beat Beatty Secondary School by two goals to nil m the inter-school soccer match played at Barker Road yesterday. There was no score at the interval. ACS earned their first goal through Robert Choo m the 25:h
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