The Straits Times, 30 January 1953

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 481 1 iVolunteers needed at hospital PRISON WARDERS TO GUARD THE WORST PATIENTS §TRIKE of 450 attendants at Woodbridge Mental Hospital, Singapore, was due to start at 7 a.m. today, and last night there were only 30 nurses, the doctors and three volunteers from the public to
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  • 35 1 BERLIN, Thurs.— East Germany will keep open her doors for those refugees who had been "lured" into the West and want to return to East BTlin, the semi-official Derlinder Zeitung said today.— Reuter.
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  • 186 1 OVLR 200 Singapore firemen may hold a sit-down strike because three firemen have been sacked and new working hours are being: introduced. If they strike, they will still answer fire and accident rails, but do nothing else. Secretary of the Fire Brigade Kniployees'
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  • 60 1 NEW YORK. Thurs —A middle-aped mining engineer. Allen White, was in jail last night while police investigated his story that he shot his 23--year-old Chinese-French w"e to deatii because she threatened to leave him for another man. The woman, Mrs. May White, was found dead in a
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  • 38 1 SAIGON, Thurs— Eighty per cent of all registered electors voted last Sunday in Vietnam's first elections for town and villaie councils, it was announced today. Results of the elections will be announced tonight.— Reuter.
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  • 41 1 LONDON. Thurs. ViceAdmiral Edward Evans-Limbe Royal Navy, deputy chief of British naval staff since 1950. will become Commander-in-Chiof of AllieQ naval forces in Northern Europe on April 1. He succeeds Admiral Sir Patrick Brlnd. who is retiring —Reuter.
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  • 35 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Foreign Assets Control Acency announced today that agreement had been reached with Jaoan to help prevent Chinese goods from coming into the United States dismii.'ied as Japanese products. —Reuter.
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  • 57 1 COLOMBO, Thurs. Film star Vivien Leigh, here for shooting "Elephant Walk," foil off her horse this morning on Galle Face Green here. She suffered mila shock. Riding back to her hotel on another horse, Miss Leigh said: "Man's best friend did not let me down. It
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  • 46 1 VIENNA, Thurs.— The property in Austria of the late Field Marshal Hermann Goering, former Nazi leader, has been declared forfeit to the state under the war criminals law by a Llnz court, Upper Austria. The property, Is valued at about 5,000— Reuter.
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  • 47 1 DUNBAR, Scotland, Wed. Gen. Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, a former Governor-Gene-ral of the Sudan, died today. He was 91. He became an Army officer in 1880 and served with Britain's World War 1 leader, Gen. Kitchener, for more than 40 years.— AP.
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  • 173 1 YOUNG PETER SEES AN ANGEL —'THE UGLIEST MAN ALIVE' A WISH came true for two-year-old Peter Foo on his second birthday yesterday. Like all children he has always longed to see an angel and he did. Peter was sipping a cup of coffee with his father and three-year-old sister, Mary,
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  • 132 1 Diamonds found in the river If ALAYS of Kampong Batu Lima, five miles from iTI Johore Bahru, are diving for treasure believed to have been dumped by the Japanese in Scudai river. i Yesterday a $700 diamond ring was found by 10-year-old Zakara bin Buyoryr.
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  • 84 1 Nothing shy about these sharks BRISBANE, Thurs.— Viennese scientist, Dr. Hans Hass considers Australian sharks to be the most dangerous in the world. Dr. Hass, and his wife are studying undersea life in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland. He said: "The sharks we
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  • 21 1 PARIS, Thurs.— The French National Assembly early today passed Premier Rene Mayer's 3.751.000.000.000 (US$lO 700,--000,000) budget for 1953— A.P.
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  • 71 1 LONDON, Thurs— Deputies of the foreign ministers of France, Britain and the United States met at the British Foreign Office today to consider the latest Russian note on the Austrian treaty. The note, delivered in Moscow on Tuesday, made Soviet presence at the Austrian deputies conference proposed
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  • 46 1 LONDON, Thurs— Sir Leopold Savile, former civil engineer-in-chief to the British Admiralty, who was responsible for the design and construction of the naval base and dockyard at Singapore and the graving dock in Sydney, died here yesterday. He was 82.— Reuter.
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  • 172 1 THE MAN WHO IS AFRAID -^But I didn't tell a sour A MAN who knows who built the "mystery" houses In the "Village of Forgotten Souls" Kampong Chia l&yig. off Thomson Road, Singapore yesterday told the Straits Times: "They think I tipped off the City Council, and now tney've threatened
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  • 53 1 BELFAST, Thurs— Dr. Stanley Fowler Wright, Commis- sioner of the Chinese Customs Service from 1933 to 1938. died :in a Belfast hospital last night after being knocked down by a bus. He was 80. He was the author of five volumes of the history of the
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  • 103 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of Mr. J. N. M. A. Nicholls, to succeed Mr. W. D. Robinson, as Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Federation, it was announced today. Mr. Robinson left Malaya on
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  • 57 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Three of America's top generals met in Tokyo today for strategy talks en the Korean war. Within an hour, Gen. J. Lawton Collins, U.S. Army Chief-of-Staff, and Lieut. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, comman-der-designate of the Eighth Army, flew in for conferences with General Mark
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  • 17 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Mr. Churchill returned here today In the Queen Mary from New York— UP.
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  • 18 1 ATHENS. Thurs-The GreekTurkish talks on defence cooperation between Greece. Turkey and Yugoslavia, ended here today.— Reuter.
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  • 113 1 MADRAS, Thurs. JUDGMENT was reserved by Madras High Court today on a reference made by the Chief Presidency Magistrate on the validity of the fugitive Offenders Act. It Involved the action under the Fugitive Offenders Act against Oovinda Menon, a Singapore lawyer, and his wife, Vllasinl Menon.
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  • 38 1 MISS CAROL MARSHALL (left) and Miss Pat Foster yesterday set a new style in Singapore walking out fashions. In "holiday clothes they strolled down Stamford Road, braving the stares of passers-by. Straits Times picture.
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  • 157 1 MR. MacDONALDIN SECRET TALK Future of liaison committee IPOH. Thursday. A MOVE to reconstitute the Communities Liaison A Committee was made today during a five-hour discussion behind closed doors in the Council Chamber of Perak State Secretariat. The Mentri Besar. Perak. Dato Pangllma Bukit Gantang. presided. It was at his
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  • 85 1 THE ROSE PLAN IS ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATIONS by Mr. *V Saul Rose, visiting secretary of the British Labour Party, for healing the rift in the ranks of Singapore Labour Party were accepted by iK general council last night. He recommended that: the general council should rescind the expulsion from the party
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  • 38 1 NEW YORK, Thurs— New Yorks biggest ever bus strike ended today in its 29th day with 8,200 driver^ and maintenance men agreeing to arbitration over their demands for more pay and a shorter week. Reuter.
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  • 136 1 Thieves smash safe-get $4,000 THIEVES broke into a motor car spares shop in Orchard Road, Singapore, early yesterday and stole $4,000 from a safe. The owner of the shop told the police that he gathered the day's takings at 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday and locked it In the safe. Next
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  • 59 1 LONDON. Wed— Britain Ls to issue Coronation stamps in 2d, 4d. ls. 3d, and ls. 6d. denominations, it was announced tonight. The British Post Office has never before issued ls. 3d. or ls. 6d. stamps. One shilling and six pence Is the new basic air mail rate for
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  • 49 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Delegates from 48 nations meet here on Friday to discuss a new world wheat-marketing programme aimed at stabilising prices and supplies. The progtamme now In effect, set up under an International .Wheat Agreement signed in 1949, will expire on July 31 —A J.
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  • 45 1 HONG KONG. Wed— Justice C. W. Recce of the Supreme Court yesterday sentenced four ment to seven years' hard labour and 24 strokes of the case for robbing an elderly woman and her servant of a small amount of money. AP.
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  • 37 1 TOKYO. Thurs.- Mr. Robert W. Mayhew. Canadian Ambassador to Japan, today said his nation hopes Japan's application for entry into the United Nntlons "will not be held up rr-rh longer by Soviet veto." AP. candidates
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    • 515 2 TENDERS P. W. D TENDER NOTICE The closing date for receipt of tenders for the Construction of New St. George's Olds" School. Psaaag, bM been extended to 13th February, 1953. Plans and specification* may b* so- n ;it the Offices of the Director of Public Works. Kuala Lumpur, Plrrctor of
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    • 697 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Notice Is hereby given that Syed Alwl Rc*d between Serangoon Road and Lembu Road Is now open to vehicular traffic. BY ORDER. CHAPTER 216 (Pawnbroker*.) Unredeemed Pledged Goods and Jewellery from the following Pawnbrokers' Shops No. 21 New Bridge Road. Chin Chong Pat (Chop Thye
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    • 790 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS JUNIOR TECHNICAL (TRADE) SCHOOL, IPOH APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR Applications are Invited from Federal Cltlwns for appointment U Assistant Instructor in Fitting and Automobile Practice at the Junior Technical (Trade) School, Ipoh. Salary $90 x 6 138 Vacancy Bar 156 x 12 180 Efficiency Bar 192 x 12
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    • 839 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are Invited for the following vacancies In the Public Works Department, Singapore:— (a) Assistant Architects (Three) (b) Assistant Quantity Surveyor (c) Dredgemaster. (1) Salary scale for (a) and (b) is $528 36A 852 pjn. Total emoluments at present range from: Single Officer: $724 x 33A 790 x
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  • 248 3 HE WAS IN HURRY TO BREAK RECORD Canberra ace flew in his pyjamas DARWIN Thurs. A ROYAL Air Force Canberra jet crew with the London to Darwin speed record safely to its name last night got a challenge that the mark would not be long-lived. The British flyers took an
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  • 30 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. Aereement has been reached between China and Poland on a plan for cultural rn-open-tion in 1953. according to the New China News Agency today
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  • 380 3 Kenya gets promise: 'No unreasonable interference' LYTTELTON'S PLEDGE LONDON, Thursday. Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver "Lyttelton gave an assurance yesterday that there would be "no unreasonable interference" from London in dealing with Man Mau terrorism in Kenya. He was referring to criticisms by Europeans in Kenya of "Colonial Office c nntrrtl
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  • 125 3 Eden: 'They won't be sacrificed 9 LONDON, Thursday. T<HE BRITISH Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden told the House of Commons yesterday that if there were an armistice in Korea without arrangements being made to deal with prisoners of war. these prisoners would be placed in a most
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  • 57 3 TOKYO, Thurs.— Talks on the balance of payments bPtween Britain and Japan opened today at the Japanese Foreit" Office. Press reports, believed inspired by Japanese Government sources, said today that Japan might have to cut her imports from the sterling area in view of the
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  • 74 3 German Nazis have a 'mission' again LONDON, Thurs. rpHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. X Anthony Eden, said today that seven Nazi leaders detained in Germany had aimed at reviving Nazi ideology. He told the House of Commons: "It is clear that these men, some of whom were close to Hitler in
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  • 30 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The Countess of Limerick, vicerhairman of the British Red Cross Society, left today to visit the Society's workers in Malaya, Korea. Japan and Hong Kong. Router.
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  • 38 3 CHIN YU, aged 25, i s a favourite television star with Britain's children. She is an exponent of fascinating hand mime. Here she is with the most popular dummy, Muffin the Mule.
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  • 122 3 LONDON. Thurs. i \IR- Stanley Awbery, Labour, asked in the House of Commons yesterday if the Secretary of State for the Colonies knew that Ceylon had agreed to export 250,000 tons of rubber to China in the next five years. He asked when
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  • 114 3 JAKARTA. Thurs. Two members of the terrorist uar.g, which raided Tembarangan village in South Borneo shortly before President Sukarno visited the area on Monday, have been arrested. The commander of the troops pursuing the gangsters, Lieutenant Colonel Suadi, said the gang purposely tried to draw attention to
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  • 150 3 Labour row over a knighthood LONDON. Thurs. 'J'HE general council of Trade Union Congress and the national executive committee of the Labour Party, met today separately to consider problems arising out of the differences that exist in the Labour movement. They are meeting for the first time since their joint
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  • 36 3 PARIS, Thurs.— The Trench Cabinet today gave final approval to the Bill ratifying the European Army Treaty and contractual agreements with Western Germany before submitting it to the National Assembly tonight.— Reuter.
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  • 53 3 SYDNEY, Thursday. PET are bigger now than 50 years ago, because people do not walk enough, said Dr. W. M. Scholl, president of a world-wide foot appliance organisation. He said everyone should walk at least two miles a day. Lack of exercise meant flabby feet,
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  • 138 3 VIETNAM SLOGAN TOPS POLL SAIGON, Thurs. RESULTS of Vietnam's first free local elections indicate a sweeping victory in j the north for Nationalist candidates who stood under the slogan: "Vietnam for the Vietnamese." The results of the vote in other parts of the country will be announced later. The northern
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  • 19 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs.— Mr. James Henry Sculling, first Australian-born Labour prime minister, died here today aged 76.— Reuter.
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  • 150 3 SOUTHAMPTON. Wednesday. AN arson expert from Scotland Yard was called In today to investigate the fire last night on board the 83,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth in dock at Southampton. i The expert, Mr. L. C. Nlcholls, will go aboard the liner the moment he
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  • 341 3 LONDON, Thurs. AFTER a quleUy steady start, with occasional firm spots, the London Stock Market today became subdued and Irregular. Among foreign bonds. Japanese showed fresh declines on reports concerning Japan's sterling balances, but Germans moved to higher levels. Among domestic sections. Industrials were again quiet all through,
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  • 64 3 LONDON. Jan. 29.— Cash Huyers 1:964; Sellers t965; Forward Buyers K. 945 Sellers C 945V 2 Settlement V 963 (up «2>. Turnover a.m. 15 tons; p.m. 5. U.K. RUBBER 1 LONDON Jan. 29— Spot 23' id.. Ninth 23' id.. Apr-June 23' id., July-Sept 22 id. Oct -Dec.
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  • 58 3 LUXEMBOURG. Thurs.— Princess Margaret will attend I the wedding here on April 9 of Crown Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Princess 'Josephine Charlotte of Belgium. Princess Margaret will represent the Queen at the wedding which wiCl unite the Grand Ducal House of Luxembourg I and
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  • 240 4 And it will save taxpayers $635,143 a year CINCJAPORE Government will save $635,143 a year because it has accepted economy measures proposed by its organisation consultants. The biggest saving $500,000 —is expected to be achieved in handling charges for rice and sugar by the introduction of a
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  • 122 4 Tree crashes on tractor driver BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. A tractor driver, a farmer and a cyclist died in three Province Wellesley tragedies reported duriiiß the past 24 hours. A. Supplah died from injuries rocelverj when a coconut tree fell on him while he was driving a tractor near Bukit Mertajam High
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  • 40 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs iSapri bin Salleh was chare*' in the Police Court today wit leaving his area of residence I which he was confined withoi 1 notifying the police. He wj allowed bail in $300 pendir trial.
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  • 72 4 IPOH, Thurs.— For travelling by train from Kuang to Ipoh on a 20-cent ticket, which only entitled him to go from Kuang to Rawang. N. Kesavan Pillai. 40. was today fined $5 by the Ipoh Magistrate on a charge of defrauding the Malayan Railways.
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  • 24 4 IPOH. Thur.s— Mr. J. S. H. Cunyngham Brown, district officer, Kinta. leaves this week-end on transfer to the Federal Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 65 4 IPOH, Thursday. rE PERAK branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has asked its Kuala Lumpur headquarters for $30,000 to help the victims of the fire that gutted half the Batu Duabelas new Tillage near Teluk Anson earlier this week. "This money," said Mr. Cheah Ghim
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  • 80 4 27 HOURS WITH NO WATER ALOR STAR. Thurs. FIVE thousand North Kedah villagers had their water supply restored last night alter 27 hours non-stop repair work by PWD employees. Europeans, Chinese. Malays and Imdianc worked continuously to instal a new main across the Bailey Bridge spanning the Sungei Kedah The
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  • 45 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. William Lowe Keng Chik. a solicitor's clerk, was charged In the Johore Bahru Police Court with deceiving Kunji Mohamed. of Pahang, Into the belief that $42 was wanted for issuing a subpoena He was allowed ball ln $500 pending trial.
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  • 94 4 UMNO-MCA only for by-election MALACCA, Thurs. NOMINATION and polling days for Malacca's first Municipal by-election have been tentatively fixed for Feb 9 and 26. said Mr. Toh Seng Yam, acting Supervisor of Elections, today. The by-election is being held because of the death of Mr. V E. Dias. Municipal vice-presi-dent
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  • 42 4 IPOH. Thurs.— Two cases of polio and one of urban typhus were reported In Perak last week. The cases of polio were detected in Taiping and Sungkal and the urban typhus In Tan- i long Tua Lang.
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  • 213 4 'GREAT WORK IS BEING DONE' IPOH. Thursday. AMERICAN welfare organisations do not realise the need of Malaya for qualified welfare workers in the new villages of Malaya, said Bishop Ivan L. Holt, of the Methodist Mission, who is now touring the country with
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  • 140 4 PRISON FOR MAN WHO BACKED THE WRONG HORSE IPOH. Thurs. V oi backed the wrong horse and you must pay your losses," Mr. Justice Thomson told a 28-year-old rubber tapper. Piruma! who was convicted in the Assize Court today on a non-capital charge of consorting with persons "who were acting
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  • 226 4 The Sultan gives his consent LONDON POST FOR RAJA UDA KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rE Sultan of Selangor has finally consented to the appointment of Raja Uda. Selangor's Mentrl Besar, as the new Malayan Commissioner in London. The 58-year-old Mentrl Besar Is the first Malay to hold this semi-dlptomatic post, succeeding
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  • 226 4 New feature for China Society rE China Society, Singapore, will strive to induce discussion groups as a regular feature of its activities this year as it now has Its own premises at the Chinese Chamber iof Commerce. Mr. Lee Slow Mong. the president, said at the society's annual general meeting
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  • 63 4 PENANG. rhurs. Inche Mustafa Hamidson. who recently resigned as secretary of the Penan e UMNO Youth League and was last week elected acting youth leader, will represent the League at the conference of North Malaya UMNO youth leaders at Kepala Batas. Province Wellesley, tomorrow. Inche
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  • 333 4 ♦pHE annual City vs University chess tournament at the YMCA yesterday brought together the old and the young of Singapore's chess community. For four hours, the 60 players tat In their familiar silence as each move and countermove was plotted out. But the
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  • 503 5 'Do not give our young men false ideas 9 Straits Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. SWEEPING CONDEMNATION of the whole Asian attitude towards senior posts in the Government and Municipal services today started one of the biggest rows ever in the
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 5 MR. MADAN RAIJI. Singapore and the South cricketer, with his bride, ValU, daughte r of Mr. and Mrs. K S. Chitty, after their wedding in Singapore.
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  • 33 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Army announced today that the soldier, killed on Tuesday when the Somerset recirnent clashed with Communists near KlanK in Selangor, was Sgt. R. Beaumont, of Reading. Britain.
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  • 162 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. QJCHOOLCHILDREN throu-h- out the Federation wore today told by the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Tompler. that no matter what language they spoke. they should be loyal citizens of Malaya. General Trmplor said this in a message to the children who were
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  • 23 5 KOTA TINGGI. Thurs.— I Starting; from February, the police of Johore will have their weekly holidays reverted from Sunday to Fridays.
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  • 137 5 Experts 9 reports by week-end A SMALL bottle, about the size of an ink pot, may solve the mystery of the death of the Singapore millionaire's son, Mr. Ng Thian Eng. The bottle was picked ud by Mr. Ng's body, found lying in thick
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  • 154 5 MR. D. ('l've lost one stone') SAYS: irS SO HUMILIATING KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. MR. T. R. P. DAWSON, president of the Government Temporary Officers' Association, said today that he had lost more than a stone in weight since he was sacked by the Supplies Department last month. "I found the
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  • 67 5 He offered $20 bribe— fined $250 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Chan Poh was fined $250 or three months imprisonment in the Police Court today for offering a bribe Of $20 to a constable. He was acquitted on a charge of gaming in public. Chan claimed that when he denied having gambled,
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  • 50 5 Nine are village councillors KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Yesterday 200 villagers of Kuala Padah new village in Pahang elected nine men to the village council. The councillors are Low Thai. Chan Kok Fong. Cheong Hon Choong. Mah Cheong, Chan Tai Yuen. Wong See Foong, Cheong Foo, Lee Hon, and Hooi Kwon.
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  • 154 5 THE problem of how to prevent fire engines in the x Central Fire Station at Hill Street from beine "sealed up" when Singapore's experimental one-way traffic plan starts on Sunday was solved by three City Council committees on Wednesday The meeting was convened
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  • 130 5 SINGAPORE OBSERVES FESTIVAL 52 CARRY KAVADIS BENEATH a glaring sun, dancing bare-footed on Singapore's scorching streets, 52 Hindus performed their ceremonies of self-mortifica-tion carrying kavadls. It was Thaipusam a festival of penance. The 52 penitents from all over Singapore ended in the Chettiar temple in Tank Road. There were big
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  • 64 5 IPOH, Thurs. Elaborate Chinese theatrical costumes, valued at about $50,000, will be used by the Chung Wah Dramatic Association, of Menglembu, when they stage a Cantonese drama, "The Sword Of Loyalty," in aid of the St. Michael's building extension fund. The show will be held at Jubilee
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  • 49 5 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. The Province Wellesley Coroner Raja Zainul Azman Shah, today returned a verdict of death by misadventure on a Malayan Railway employee. Marie Anjalai. who was run over by a goods train on Dec. 2 last year. Marie fell while trying to board the train.
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  • 40 5 KLANG, Thurs.— Coronation celebrations at Klang and Port Swettenham will be held on the last day of the festival period, it was decided today. Thousands of people are expected to travel to the two towns for the celebrations.
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  • 32 5 IPOH, Thurs— A packed hall saw the Perak premier of "The Planter's Wife" at the Ruby Theatre. Ipoh, last night Proceeds were in aid of the Perak Welfare Fund.
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  • 64 5 4,078 sought F.P.A. advice last year ATTENDANCE at the Singa- pore Family Planning Association's 12 clinics last year was almost double for 195 1 Last year, 4,078 women consulted F. P. A. members and workers for advice as against 2.1*7 in 1951. The incomes of their husbands varied from $100
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    • 168 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 6 3n a.m. Tamil Music; 6.40 Newi! In Tamil; 6.45 Chinese Music: 7 New 5 in Chinese; TJM Malay Music: 7.15 News in Malay: 7.20 Mornina Star: 7.30 News: 7.35 Bricht and Early; 8 Announcers' Choice; 8.30 Hill Billy; 9 Music While You Work: 9.45 Housewives' Choice;
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    • 354 5 Straits Times Crossword w>. io rlo 8 Cart Upset a noble ~i~~] |2 1 |3 I U I Is I [H§| 8 }7 I Is 1 nmvvk HI 1- Klndlv feeling sold with a buslnew 1 8 1 |H i 2. Complete In time to talk 9 l 0 3.
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  • 64 6 MURNANE: David J.. M.C.. 8.E.. Late Water Engineer. Singapore. Passed away at his home "Tot Blens" Alster Avenue. Newlands. Cape Town, on January 6th. SHIM KAH LEONG. eldest son Of C. W. Sham, formerly of Kelantan. aged 39. at the General I Hospital, on 29th January, 1953. leaving behind
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  • 29 6 MISS TAN OWEK CHOO congratulates Mr. Cheong Hln Wah and M:s.« Lee Scow Foong on the occasion oi their engagement and wishes them happu.c:«. and best of health.
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  • 41 6 FOR wearable clothes with style at reasonable prices. Madeline's Showroom, 278. Orchard Road. CORONATION FILM. 8 and 161 mm. for your home movies ln black t and white or colour. For particulars write Kodak (Malaya; Limited. P.O. Box 687, Singapore.
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  • The Straits Times
    • 847 6 The proceedings of the working party of the International Rubber Study Group remain mysterious. The working party has announced the drafting of a buffer stock type of agreement for rubber, designed to bring reasonable stability to supplies and prices. It has also expressed the opinion that subject
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    • 426 6 The recent upward trend of malaria in MaJaya has been the subject of comment in several Federal Government reports, and the annual report of the Malaria Advisory Board for 1951, just issued, adds little to the information already available. In that year there were 10.399 hospital admissions, the
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  • 1416 6 THE UNIVERSITY: VIEWS OF 4 SCIENTISI /CONTROVERSY over the possible creation of a Chinese university is now raging fast and furious in the Press and on Friday night we are to have an exchange of views on the proposal over the air between Sir Cheng-lock Tan and Sir Sydney Caine.
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  • 555 6 LONDON. rpHE fact that during the I Christmas recess of the House of Commons M.P.s gav c notice of some 600 questions to Ministers may seem to indicate the vitality of Parliament. By the same process of reasoning; it may be deduced, from the fact that
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  • Man in the street
    • 215 6 Who sins more in the payment of tea money? AT LAST the question of tea money for houses is Ato be thrashed out. Who is to blame? As in any black market, if there is no buyer, the market must close down. Well might the tenant say that the landlord
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    • 207 6 rpHE statement in "Leo's" A letter in last Saturday's Forum. "The 8,000 Army clerks", is wholly erroneous. A general survey of the educational qualifications of clerks in the War Department was carried out recently by the Army Civil Service Union. I cite below from the union's records
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    • 42 6 WITH a view to removing the trade snags between Singapore or Malaya and Indonesia. I strongly suggest that the formation of an Indonesian Trade Liaison Office, Trade Advisory Council or Appeal Board would do much to help. DIXON CHEN. Singapore.
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    • 95 6 WE DON'T want "Quo Vadis": we want RhuDarb.' The film somewhat unhappily entitled "Rhubarb' received scant notice in the Press and scant advertisement. It was shown last week at the Alhambra on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday only. I went with my friends and we sent our friends,
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  • 483 6 lioukril IT would be a pity to let yesterdays reference to crows and their antisocial habits go without giving Mr. P. C. Pasqual's description of them a description which the Straits Times of ha!f a century ago described as realistic. (It may be recalled that this Mr.
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    • 752 6 Straits Times Free Press For the convenience et odv«rtl«er», our representative at ltt floor, SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE, ORCHARD ROAD, will receive tmall advertitementi and answers to box numbers. Classified advertisements may aho be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD.. Winchester Heuse. Collyer Quay, Singapore. CITY BOOK STORE LTD., Tanalin Road,
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    • 99 6 jyST OUT! I riow io Arpuu What do Mm do when an ignorant stranger lays down j I the law on your pet subject 7 1 I Stuart Chate tells how to j make him want to find out nhat you think. Man Who Dreamt Winners HowJohnGodley I? I won
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    • 117 6 ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. K. E. MEYER, F.N.A.0.. D.Opt. (Lond.) will visit. SERIA (Hospital, Kuala Belait) 2nd Feb. to I2rti Feb. incfcisive. OPTICIAN 6. Raffles Place. Singapore. 1 Phon;: *****. igfer uFf s«a»««s Skrup "Ju»t whot the doctoi orden-d" (Jf\£ *o avoid the clotting, c'oggmg Vjf\ common inks. A twitch to *piij
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  • 268 7 New Singapore request urges arbitration CINGAPORE Government last nijfht reiterated its readiness to refer the Mental Hospital Uniformed Staff Union dispute over salaries and promotions to arbitration. The recent Government offer of "substantial" salary increases, back dating for two years, which the union had
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  • 86 7 Two girls missing from home KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. KUALA LUMPUR police said today that two Tamil girls had been reported missing from their homes. Parents of a girl living In Gurney Road reported that their daughter had left home on Monday night and had not returned. The other girl lived
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  • 45 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Johore Bahru Rotary Club will hold a dance during Easter In aid of British Red Cross Society's funds. This will enable the Society to buy equipment for classes to be held In the new villages.
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  • 61 7 LONDON. Thurs. Many prominent visitors from Malaya. Hong Kong and Sarawak were at a reception here tonight given by the Overseas League and the Association of British Malaya, in honour of the Duchess of Kent. She was presented with a bouquet by Che Yang binte Dahari,
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  • 68 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. IT is a Chinese custom for everyone to begin the New Year with at least one new suit. The 140 old people at the King George Fifth Jubilee Home. Kuala Lumpur, have not been forgotten. Mr. Liew Kwong Hon, one of
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  • 234 7 TM EXPENSIVE, BUT NO QUACK 9 A CHINESE fortune-teller in a little rocvn in a hotel in Jalan Besar. Singapore, smiled diffidently at a Straits Times reporter yesterday and said: 'I was once a full general in charge of 200.000 fighting troops and 1 Governor
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  • 30 7 KUALA LTfMPUR. Thurs. Kuala Lumpur Municipal Councillors today deferred discussion on a resolution asking for a single comprehensive constitution covering all aspects of Municipal affairs.
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  • 234 7 Earphones for all in BMH EARPHONES have now been installed by each of 600 beds in the British Military Hospital. Singapore. All patients will be able to listen to either Radio Malaya or to records played in the hospital's radio- gram relay equipment. Welfare
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  • 55 7 IPOH. Thurs The first batch of ten Australian Red Cross nurses, who arrived in Singapore on Thursday, have now been posted to various centres in Perak to work among the new villages and the rural population. There are now 11 Red Cross teams in Perak. One
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  • 57 7 Seventy students from the Malayan Teachers Training College at Kirkby, England, have enrolled for a course in youth leadership organised by Mr. M. James, of Liverpool Boys' Association. They will meet at the college hall every Wednesday evening for a series of 10 lectures. Training in
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  • 44 7 At a recent annual meeting of the Slndhi Merchants' Association in Singapore, Mr D. T. Assomul was elected chairman. Other office bearers for 1953 are: Mr. Hassaram (vicechairman). Mr K Klshlncnand (hon. secretary) and Mr. Lilaram (Joint secretary*, Messrs. Jhamatmal Ourbamal treasurers).
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  • 36 7 The University of Malaya will form a debating union to meet a team representing the British Universities' Debating Societies, due in Singapore in March. A meeting to elect officebearers will be held soon.
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  • 49 7 After the news at 1.30 p.m today, Radio Malaya will broadcast an interview with Mr. James Webb, president of the Melbourne UnfVersity Students' Representative Council and representative of the National Union of Australian University Students, who is now on a goodwill and factfinding visit in Malaya.
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  • 142 7 MR. David Joseph Murane, who was Singapore's Water Engineer for more than 20 years, died In Cape Town on Jan. 6. Mr. Murnane held the post of Water Engineer for the longest period In th e history of the Municipality. time when the average dally water
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  • 87 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs A District Board has been appointed for the district of Johore Bahru. Tills Board will exercise jurisdiction over towns like Tebrau over which the Town Council has no authority. Members of the District Board are Dato Sheikh Abubakar bin Yahaya, president; the District Officer,
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  • 41 7 The body of a middle-aged Chinese woman was found floating in the Rochore canal, near Syed Alwi Road, yesterday. The body was removed by the police and sent for examination. The woman had a Johore Identity card.
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  • 23 7 Gen. Sir Charles Keightley. C.-in-C. Far East Land Forces, returned to Singapore yesterday by air from a short visit to Siam.
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  • 113 7 imTHIN 10 minutes of the Canberra Jet arriving at Chang! airport at 8.55 a.m. on Wednesday. British newspapers had been officially informed by the Air Ministry. This Is how It happened. A Singapore Cable and Wireless representative, wait Ing at Changi airfield for the
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  • 140 7 Woman bandit leader surrenders KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpWO more bandits have been killed and another captured by Security Forces in the Federation. In addition, two t- rrorists— a woman section leader and a former deputy platoon commander— have surrendered in Selangor. No. 2 Platoon of
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  • Article, Illustration
    109 7 rpHREE lighters, carrying 479 Indian deck passengers from St. John's Island, were boarded by a Singapore Harbour Board police inspector yesterday, who asked to see the licences of the ships. Inspector A R. Puttee, of the S.H.B. Police, carried out the inspection, with the aid of Marine Police constables. Summonses
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  • 44 7 Singapore's acting Traffic Police Chief, Mr. A. E. Minns, A.S.P., will broadcast over Radio Malaya, Singapore, at 9.45 tonight to explain the new east-west traffic routes^ along Victoria Street and North and South Bridge roads which start on Sunday.
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  • 36 7 Mr. M. Gopala Menon, Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, will preside at a general meeting cf the 8t Thomas Youth League at 3 p.m tomorrow In the Bt. Andrews School Hail.
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  • 129 7 Teachers wait to see report QINGAPORE school teachers 13 were reluctant yesterday to comment on the nt-w unified education schtme announced by the Government because none had seen the report. Officials or teachers' unions reserved comment until the report has been discussed by their executive committees. The secretary of the
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  • 41 7 Mr. Dwight Cooke, of the Columbia Broadcasting System, arrived In Singapore by air yesterday. Mr. Cooke ls here to record a series of interviews, including one with the Com-missioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, on Communism in Asia.
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  • 229 7 'Brilliant student' will go to Cambridge A FEW years ago Urn Joo Jock. 22. was tilling the land as a vegetable gardener. Today he Is preparing to take a course In tropical agriculture at Cambridge Inlversity and the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. Trinadad. Mr. Lim, who was awarded a
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  • 38 7 PENANG. Thurs —Donation of $1,000 by thr Nattukkottai Chettiar Chamber of Commerce has helped to raise th" Penanß fund for the Henry Ournev memorial to $15,614.71. Contributions were also received from Government and municipal staffs.
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    • 121 7 Wj^^pßlDt OF^ WIT Z tit I A NO OMEGA SUPER-UJRTERPROOF RUTOmfITIC 26.00U ail crews of the R.A.F. and the R.t'A.F. have a iccessfulljr tested the Omega Seamaster. Further, ftcienoe confirms the facts: after a 72 hours stay in a 120 Y. oven followed by a sudden immersion in an Ice-cold
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    • 83 7 The weather WEATHER statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were: Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Jan. 28 to 7.30 a.m. on Jan. 29): Spore (75 degrees), Penang (75), Kota Bahru (74), Kuala Lumpur (74), Ipoh (72), Kuantan (74), Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m to 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 29) Spore (87), Penang (88),
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    • 260 8 C I ii/ih 9 a "^^?'"v^ Not a warmedover nllin device— not a different fills brim-full without immersing the point— never l>^ V^^^^^S^£ji^BL lwist On an l(1 idea bul tom )kt(llv new invention! even needs wipinß As you screw k)ck {he k)p of your i ;:^K^^^^^\\\n\^^^^ F r thC lilSl
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    • 739 9 'Exciting. 'disturbing' this film breaks new ground says NONI WRIGHT "DASHO-MON" is with us. So at last our curiosity is satisfied: now we know why this Japanese film, then unknown, swept the board against all comers at the Venice Film Festival in 1951. to win the coveted Grand Prize. This
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    • 1062 9 i^OWBOYS riding into trouble, bad sheriffs in league v/ with gunmen, Redskins biting the dust These staple elements of the Western have been revelled in by two or three generations of eager-eyed boys and girls, mo.st of them in their teens. hut quite a few out of
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    • 215 9 LJERE i* a selection of films now in circulation in Singj- < pore or Hie Federation. Three stars means an outstand- ing film, two stars better than average, one star good entertainment. p QUO VADIS: Yes. it's gigantic. LIMELICHT: Unique Chaplin tear-jerking ribtickler in which the little man
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    • 336 9 ON STAGE I^l'JlTnJj^ DAILY QUEENIE PAUL%Vesents f HE SUN-KISSED CUTIES in a BRAND NEW STAGE SHOW "Rhythm Rendezvous" with ROX and EVE-LYN SEATS: $4 (RESERVED); S3 $2 (UNRESERVED) Preceded by ON SCREEN at 4, 6.45 9.30 Warner Bros, present ft> Abo Starrin K ■I STEVE COCHRAN CORNEL WILDE in MB
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    • 186 9 LIMITED Hfe^MMM-^ufctju .--1.45-5.15-8.45 PLUS MIDNIGHT SHOW TomoRROW AT 12.15 A.M. COLOSSAL SECOND WEEK! TECHNICOIOR^^^ WILL NOT BE SHO.»i AGAIN IN SINGAPORE AT LOWER PRICKS. FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. Prices S3; $5; $7 Only the $7 <wats rrservahle. rK' I I I- I I v M)l I' NOW SHOWING! 11
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  • COMMERCIAL NEWS AND VIEWS
    • 275 10 EARLY POINTERS TO DECORATION NEEDS THE effect that the Coronation will have in stimulating Malayan trade cannot yet be fully guaged, but an early pointer to it is the enterprise of a local company William Jacks (Malaya) Limited. This firm, first in the field, is
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    • 105 10 RECENTLY X.L.M. completed its 2.000 th return flight to the Far East after resuming i the service to that area on ;Nov. 10, 1945. j On these flights on regular lines, 195,563 passengers, 4,102,--263 kg (9.024,980 lb.) freight and 3.364.273 kg (7,401,400 lb.) I mail were carried
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    • 141 10 IHE WILL REPORT TO U.S. ON FOODSTUFFS AND CROPS IN MALAYA MR JACK R. .Mill WHIM of Seattle. Washington, has arrived in Singapore a* the first agricultural attache of the is ConsulateGeneral. Mr. Johnstone's post will be that of an observer and reporter on foodstuffs and complementary crops (those not
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    • 37 10 The Pakistan Tariff Commission is holding an inquiry into the demand by the Pakistan bicycle tyre and tubes industry for protection. Eight firms manufacture these pro<Vcts in Pakistan, and five have factories in West Pakistan.
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    • 608 10 ROYAL THEMES AND FASHION PARADES DRITAIN is now going all out for the Coronation Year British Industries Fair which will be held from April 27 to May 8 at Earls Court, London, and at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. The main feature of the show
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    • 234 10 MR. lAI PAX hill AN 0.8. E., J.P., President of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Perak Chinese Mining Association, was born in Shen-Shan in the Kwantung Province of China in 1895. He came to Malaya at the age of 12
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    • 25 10 Mr. C E. Collinge, C.8.E., general manager for Malaya of Joseph Travers and Sons, Limited, returned from leave in England last week.
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    • 108 10 MR. MAURICE MILLER, managing director of H. Miller and Co., Ltd., Birmingham, manufacturers of bicycle dynamos and bells, visited the Colony last week. Mr. Miller, who had previously toured Canada, the U.S.. Australia and Indonesia and poos to Slam on his way back
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    • 183 10 INDONESIAN copra production and exports in 1953 ar c expected to parallel thofi* in 1952. according to an official of the Copra Foundation in Jakarta. Production in 1952. according to Foundation estimates, came to about 382,000 tons, somewhat higher than the July l forecast of
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    • 98 10 PRODUCTION in primary industries in Australia has improved enormously and the country is beginning one of the most prosperous years in its history. This Ls a result of the Government's policies of control of finance, credit and capital Issues which were pursued with the object of ensuring
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    • 225 10 as a Buffalo Only the BEST materials are used in making B.S.A. Bicycles. Each part is made by highly skilled craftsmen, and carefully tested before being assembled into a Bicycle that is as strong as a buffalo. A B.S.A. Bicycle is also extremely smooth-running and comfortable to ride, and has
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    • 525 10 9 tf* £*m to 1 ■'<^l| V TOKYO O "iJ HONGKONG fj CALCUTTA f4^ 1/ >v A BANGKOK 0^ RANGOON /VXPNOMPfMN —f^^C^gl SINGAPORE Q Acid-Neutralizing I ~^^*r Action! TgWH Pkilllp. T«o«k faM ka mtn. I IUI IJJ iMh. PfcOhp. cealMai lh« *qwi**l**t ot 73' «•■*!>• PfcUbp* Milk o4 M.g a*w«
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  • 115 11 MINERS WANT EXPORT DUTY REDUCED CALLING upon the Federation Government to implement its promise that the tin export duty would be reduced when income tax was introduced, Mr. G. W. Sinims, chairman of Sun?ei Besi Mines, says this is urgently necessary, particularly if the Chinese
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  • 125 11 TIN: $471 1 A PICUL SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The tin price today was $471.50 a picul (up 50 cents) Mr. Sinims describes this as a danger .signal from the standpoint of the future of the Industry and rays that no time should be lost In recognising this as a such. Mr.
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  • 33 11 HONG KONQ. Thurs. Free market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: USSI HKS6.O2*. cash. HKJ6 OS\ (T.T.); HK515.75. One uel of gold HKS2B2",.
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  • 68 11 CHIPS, lying alonftldc the Sinfftpore Harbour Board wharves or exp'rtrd Chrre today are- Uerkur 1/2- Okh'.a. 4b. Bellini- CP TJltJalencka 67; S-imatra iPutch), t/9- Cltv of C*i«ft#r 11- Irrif. 13/14: Tjibodas iv:iOcean Mail IS- Nordstttrnan lt/20: Sreamat- N Wall No. Bcnvr t 21 22Markrn 23/24- Prothemru* 2V2S K:m.in*. 27'?8-
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  • 284 11 THE end of last year saw the foam rubber industry in a itate of brisk activity which contrasted Ktron/rly with the »Uck position In the earlier part of tha yrar. In the furniture trade generally there was a major improvement In business over recent
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  • 30 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. No. 1 R.S.S. March contract (In U.S. r<-nts per Ib) Tuesday's Wednesday's clusinr riming 28.05 bid 27.90 to 25.15 traded 27.85 traded Tone:— Not steady.
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  • 83 11 From Oar Own Corrapondent MELBOURNE. Thurs. f ENERAL Investments haa a steady to slightly firmer market on the Stock Exchange today. Trade volume was light. Closing middle prices of •fleeted stock*. all in Australian currency me idfd Loan IM 1945-M £93} Loan 3ire l»5S-5» £84) Australasian Paper 20
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  • 45 11 Courtaulda 23/4 Dunlopi 30/8 Dru« Housci 3i'9 Electro Zinc (split) 32/6 Pflt. TextSw 2V« OoldsbrojKh Mort 3»/2 I C.I. (Aiut I (x-rti) 3611 J A Brown 2«/3 Mount Lvrll 21/3 N Broken HUlj 73/» Woolworth 17/J Yarra Fa!ls 3j/. /S /4 /1 ■f/i" —l/—/a
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  • 32 11 MELBOURNE Thurs Peko Gold Tennant Creek advanced 2s. on the buying of 7,000 shares. The company plans to erect Its own plant to treat lta rich gold and copper lease.
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  • 164 11 Japs quickly replacing their lost merchant fleet JAPAN, which lot nearly the whole of her merchant fleet during the war. Is today fast replacing It. Restricted arter the war to building only freighters of small tonnage and low speed. Japan began the construction of bigger and faster ships in shipyards
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  • 99 11 MEMBER OF 8.1. F. COMMITTEE MR. J. A. dimming, a director of Gestetner (Eastern) Limited, arrived in Singapore last Tuesday to make a tour of all Eastern branches in Malaya, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan. A Freeman of the City of London, Mr. Cummtng is a member of
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    • 509 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN U K CONTINENT Spore P. S'hom Penang "Mor.llo" for Bonokok, Takubor 31/31 Jen. '_;Meon.e" for Bongkok IS/UFeb. 14/14 F.b 12/13 Fak. Potogorio" for Adelaida. Melbourne, Bumie Sydney (not looding tocoi cargo) 21/23 Feb. 19/20 Feb. 17/11 F.b Lnlandle" for Bongkok 7/ 7 Mar. Indie"
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  • 481 12 Hassett was too cautious From JACK FINGLETON (Exclusive to the Straits Times) jk^, ADELAIDE, Thursday. jj#W.EME caution by skipper Lindsay Hassett today enabled the Africans to draw the fourth Test against Australia and gave them a rare chance of sharing honours in the "rubber." The
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  • 121 12 rE Perak Turf Club may experiment with a treble tote a "roll" of three winners —at the Derby meetina in April. Mr. Yeoh Cheang Lee. a committee member of the Perak Turf Club, was so impressed by the tremendous vopularity of the treble tote durina a recent visit to
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  • 151 12 AI'STRALIA Ist Inns.: 530 so I IH AFRICA— Ist Inns.: 387 AI'STRALIA— 2nd Inns. C. McDonald b Mansrll 15 •I'V.o.Moru.N.. Endran b Melle 77 jpii tffiT" c Kndran b IValkim 116 'G. Hole not out 6 R. Brnaud not out 18 Extras 1 Total (for 3 dccl.) Wirkrt* fell
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  • 125 12 W.lndies did not take up challenge PORT OF SPAIN, Thurs. rr»HE cricket Test between 1 West Indies and India ended in a tame draw here today. India, who made 417 in their first innings, were dismissed for 294 by lunch today, leaving the West Indies to score 274 runs in
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  • 92 12 By EPSOM JEEP rE campaign by Malayan Turf authorities to stamv out the evil of dopina is now so wellorganised that even the slightest suspicion lead x to a thorough investigation. A winner on the first day of the current Ipoh meeting was suspected to have been "oot
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  • 232 12 SRC Blues 2; No 3 BOD 0. SINGAPORE Recreation Club "Blues" got to the semifinal round of the Junior knockout tournament yesterday with an easy victory over No. 3 Base Odrnance Depot at SRC. A fast but scrappy game was completely dominated by Recs. BOD
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  • 379 12 BELOW are the weights for Saturday, last day of the Perak Torf Club's January nurtine: CL. 4. DIV. 1—9 F. Oomaridalrn 9.00 I'ilot s Point 8.09 H.i me of the Forest 8.07 Seronok 8.08 Auld Reekie 8.03 Tax Haven 8.03 Why Worry 8.03 Cape Town 8.02 Harrobye
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  • 405 12 LONDON, Thurs. rE International Amateur Athletic Federation has recognised 27 new world records in track and field events. They are: MEN 1.000 metres 2mln. 21.3 sec. by O. W. Aberg (Sweden) In Copenhagen August 1952. 4x400 metres relay— 3mln. 3.9 sec. by Jamaican national team, at
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  • 387 12 From EPSOM JEEP IPOH. Thursday. npHF Manning stable's trio of vastly improved stayers Unaware. Auld Reekie and De Win galloped in great heart on the training track here this morning. Unaware (Russell), who gained full marks for a splendid staying performance last week, worked
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  • 121 12 Farrer Park soccer scores ijESULTS of friendly soccer x matches played at Farrer Park yesterday were: Singapore Tl action Company beat Wonderlads by 4-1. Scorers: Arshad (2), Haji and Chow Yin for winners, Dollah for Wonderlads. Department of Civil Aviation ■slnglemen beat married by 7-3. Scorers Basir (3). Mohd. Noor
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  • 367 12 YOUTHS BOXING Blow-a-second fight goes to young Alan t\F 34 fights that were held last night, second nieht of the Singapore Youths boxing championships, three failed to go the distance. Thirteen-year-old Alan Baxter of Alexandra Secondary School and 15-year-old Yap Soon Teck (Queen j Street) fought the best action of
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  • 272 12 By EPSOM JEEP KHOR MOI'SA. a four-year-old by Persian Gulf, out of Flyolley. a Hyperion mare, will soon be racing on the Malayan Turf. A Singapore owner has bought this high class horse and arrangements are being made to ship him out immediately. His purchase
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  • 256 12 I.R.C. 3: Fathul Karib 1. A GOOD crowd was drawn to the newly-totmed Singapore Miniature Football Association's ground st the Great Eastern Trade Pair. Otytaac, last night to watch fleetfooted Indian Recreation Club hand cut a 3-1 beating to erratic Fathul Karib PC in a fast and
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  • 414 12 By SENTINEL r[E month of January, is just about over and Singapore fans have yet to see any of the "big time" boxing that was heralded by promoters Razak and Nene in the early days of the New Year. The roll-call of
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  • 80 12 ST LOUIS. Thurs. Australia 1 Frnnk Sedgman stretched his match MM to 10-6 last night b>it It took rw-came set to whip Jack Kramer lfi-14 In their proposslonal tennis evhibitlor.s. In the first set Sedgman beat promoter Kramer 6-2 Pancho Segura notched his 15th •n
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    • 961 12 TUITION BEGINNERS Classes Feb.: BkKpg Typing. Shorthand (Gregg/ I Pitman). English Std. 11-VIII. PreSenlor. Snr. Cnmb. all subjects. CYMA School of Com., 8, Queen St. STARTINO Peb Morn.: S'hand Typg., Int. Course Dall. Eve: S'hand, Bk-Kpg. Typg. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. 130 machines. Few vacancies. Snr. S.I.C. 75, Mid.
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