The Straits Times, 28 February 1953

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    12 1 The Straits Times TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, S.V jRUARY 28, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    RENTS TO STAY HIGH
    259 1 And Mr. McNeice is tired of having to say why •THERK is no hope of cheaper rents for tenants of Singapore Improvement Trust flats. And Mr. T. P. F. McNeke, President of the City Council (and also chairman of the Trust), made it very plain yesterday
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    A £90,000 hand shake
    75 1 THE BOMUMI AMB.VSSADOK to Britain. Mr. Andrei Gromyko, shakes hands with the Prime .Minister. Mr. Churchill, at No. 10 Downta| Street. Mr. Gromyko had just presented Britain with, a Soviet gift of C»O.fM)l» to i! In British flood victims. ■buia has announced that cish gifts raised
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    $140,000 CHARGE
    60 1 Clerk accused A young Oversea-Chinese Bank clerk. Tay Enis, Chont;. claimed triai in the Singapore Fourh Police Court yesterday to charses of cheating the bank of $140,000 between Jan. 13 and F^b. 9 and abetting iTan Eng Wah and another j unknown person in the same oilmcc. He
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    Eden sails
    32 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Fri. Mr. i Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary and Mr. Richard Butler. Chancellor of th* Exchequer, sailea from Southampton today on their economic mission to the United Sates. Reutei.
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    DIVORCE PLEA
    19 1 LOS ANGELES. Fri.— Movie director Donald Slegel is suing actress Viveca Lindfors for divorce, alleging cruelty.— A.P.
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    Mr. Payne gets $25,000 'thank you'
    294 1 Mr. Payne gets $25,000 'thank you' (THE MAN WHO S.-.EO LI6HT) CK)R putting Pasir Panr jang power station tn production seven months ahead of schedule, Singapore City Council yesterday decided to pay a special bonus of $25,000 to Mr. C. C. Payne, City Electrical Engineer. This is subject to approval
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    GIRL RESCUED FROM ROOF
    33 1 Firemen used a turn-table Indder to rescue a Rirl from the roof-top of a house in Albert Street, Singapore, last night. She was taken awa" n i police van.
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    WANTED LIST
    29 1 BONN. Fri. A British magistrate has issued a warrant of arrest for ex-General Bernhard Lammerding, Commander of the S.S. Division "Das Reich" tn France in 1944- Reuter.
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    Film men seek a star in Singapore
    133 1 Film men seek a star in Singapore TWO men arc coming to Singapore today to look for a beautiful girl with Burmese or AngloBurmese features. If tncy find thp ciri they v r In mini, she will >>c the lead .n a film* opi>> c Hollywood star Gregory Peck. The
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    AIR THEFT
    32 1 MANILA, Fri.— Police ar er^kinc an airliner's employe after the disappearance of i parcel containing inn.ooo .< i about €18.000 1 on its way fa Davao (southern Mindanao from Manila Reuter.
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    Thunderjets raid the border
    48 1 Thunderjets raid the border SEOUL. Fri. FAST Thunderjet bombers swept to the Manchurian border today to demolish a big Communist training centre at Chosan. Pilots reported 10 buildups destroyed and the area s'nothered in flames. Sabro ipts flrw protective cover for the fighter-bombers. The Communists offered do opposition.
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    'BLOW AT RED TRADING'
    155 1 'BLOW AT RED TRADING' Wiima hold-up explanation LONDON, Fri. IT was suggested in London 1 today that the hoid-up of the Wiima may be due to the latest American move to hamper trade between "Iron Curt an" countries and China. •Th s takes the form of a restrictive clause now
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    'Mercy' pilot flew into jungle—now he has to walk home
    212 1 'Mercy' pilot flew into jungle now he has to walk home SERIA, Brunei, Friday. AN Auster light aircraft owned by the British Malayan Petroleum Company, is "marooned" on a make-shift airstrip In deep jungle in Northern Sarawak following an unsuccessful mercy flight. Flown solo by Capt. Johi I JefTare?, frcm
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    FOR THE BLIND
    24 1 VIENNA. Fri. Special equipment has been built in to Czechoslovakia telephone exchanges so that they can De operated by blind people.
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    THREE FALL 2,000 FEET
    73 1 BF.RNK, Fri.— Search parties set out today to look for three climbers seen to plunge more than 2.000 feet to certain dealh on the Muntc Rosa (Irenz glacier, ncur Zermatt, Switzerland. Another party of mounlaiin-rrs spotted the trio an Austrian, German and a loral guide— as
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    $840 MILLION DEFICIT
    45 1 NEW DELHI. Fri.— Finance Minister. Sri Chintaman DeshI mukh, presenting the Indian I budget to the House of the People, today forecast an overall deficit of 1.400 million j rupees fsB4o million Malayan) for the year ending April 1. Reu f er.
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    BUSH FIRES
    45 1 SYDNEY. Fri.- Bush fires in Victoria this week roasted sheep and starrpeded kangaroos, foxes and rabbits with their fur alight. On the border of QueensI land and New South Wales, at the same time, planes dropped food to hundreds Isolated by floods. —Reuter.
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    Appointed
    35 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.—President Eisenhower today nominated Mr. George V. Allen to be Ambassador to India and nr:<:hbourinj; Nepal, and Mr. Livingston T. Merchant to be assistant secretary of state in charge of European Affairs.— Router.
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    DAGGER DEBATE
    48 1 BEIRUT, Fri. Guns and daggers were whipped out in the Lebanese Parliament as i deputies fought each other in a feud between partisans of I the "feudalist" group headed iby the Speaker. Mr. Ahm?d Assaad, and the Socii-ist-NationalLst front headed by l Mr. Kamnl Jumblat.— A.P.
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    OFFICE BOMBED
    38 1 TUNIS. Fri— The office of Air France here was badly damaged today by a bomb which terrorists had placed in a corridor at 7 a.m. while the streets were Jammed with people going to work. A.P.
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    DEBTS PACT
    23 1 LONDON, Fri. Britain. France, the United States and West. Germany signed an agreement on German external pre-war debts here today. Reuter.
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    BRITAIN WILL QUIT CANAL ZONE 1F...
    110 1 LONDON. Friday. BRITAIN would be prepared to evacuate the Suez Canal zone, if Egypt agreed to arrangements ensuring that the British base installations and airfields there are kept ready for use in any emergency, it was thought in usually well informed quarters here yesterday.
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    'Axe' on 2 ministries
    57 1 LONDON. Frl.— Mr. Churchill today "axed" two government departments by amalgamation. The separate Ministries of Transport and Civil Aviation will Become one with the name of Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. The Ministries of Pensions and National Insurance will amalgamate under the narre of Ministry
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    FOUR TOO MANY
    18 1 LISBON, Fri. A cow here has given birth to a calf with cisht legs. U.P.
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    New inquiry on Govt. pay may be started
    241 1 I OMMISSION may be set rt up to inquire into the whole question of pay and conditions of service of expatriate and locally-domiciled Government workers in the Federation ano Singapore. A recommendation that such a commission should be appointed will probably be
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    Accused of blackmailing a king
    102 1 Accused of blackmailing a king KURT H M.I BY, alleged b I a c kmailer of the late King; of Sweden. Gustav V. i seen leaving the Swedish Court of Appeals. The Stockholm staurantowner is heing retried after he was sentenced last December to eight v«-ars hard labour for "gross
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    106 KILLED
    35 1 HANOI, Fri -French Union forces have killed 106 Vietminh rebels and rounded up hundreds of suspects in the las; three days in a 'hide and sfek operation 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. ReutT.
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    SWIMSUIT GIRLS AT 10 DOWNING STREET
    185 1 What's wrong with us? they ask LONDON, Friday. SEVEN girls in bathing suits and chorus girl costumes arrived here today from Reading University, rarryinz banners reading: "What's wrong with English university women?" They had come to protest I outside the house of the Prime
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    MAN'S BEST FRIEND...
    57 1 LONDON, Fri— Donald Peers, radio and stage singer, toI j cancelled a si\-day r Sf»M:i ili.«r:l; tnur be pl-mned to make ne*t month bMMMi Mi l»t black pondlf. Timothy, bit him in the mouth. Result: 10 stitches. And TimoIhv? he lias been destroyed. ppo rv unable to
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    Chiang's Burma men bombed
    38 1 RANGOON, Fn Burmese war planes today blasted Chinese Nationalist headquarters at Monghsat, 50 miles south of Kentung. the Burmese War Office announced At least 100 Nationalists erf> killed and several h'.m- r^d Injured.— Reutar
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      1266 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS NOTICES Yarancles for Assistant Inspectors of AUTOMOBILE CHINESE SCHOOLS, JOHORE 0F SINGAPORE J APPLICATIONS are invited :rom NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN n Federal Cit teens for the po<-t of that tne Annual General Meeting Assistant Inspector of Chinese of he Mem bers of the above As ti Schools.
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    PRINCE (AGED 4) MAY BE THERE
    160 3 PRINCE (AGED 4) MAY BE THERE At the Coronation LONDON, Friday. THE QIEEN is believed to be considering whether Prince Charles should be taken to Westminster Abbey to, pay homage to her in the Coronation ceremony. The Prince, who will be four and a half in June, is not expected
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    Rocket station—it's private
    68 3 Rocket station it's private LONDON. Fri. An IN of British and Australian experts left here today to srt up tlip world* j first privately owned rocket 1 Station in Australia. The Hawker Siddrley group of companies is building a facinn devoted exclusively to rockets and guided missiles at Salisbury, near
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    Britain will protest
    60 3 LONDON. Fri.— Britain will protest to Peking against tho 1 seizure of British owned wharves and warehouses on Honan island, in the Pearl river at Canton, South China. The properties, which inrlude two wharves and 10 warehouses, belong to the China Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the
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    M.P.s approve 'cosh' ban
    58 3 LONDON. Fri. THE Hoiisp of Commons last nicht took drastic action ncnin.^t thues. or "co^h boy.«." who have trebled the country's prewar rate of criminal violence. Labour Opposition and Conservative Governm?nt Members 'oined in approving a Bill which bans the carrying of offensive weapons like coshes
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    VYSHINSKY DOESN'T TURN UP So U.N. debate is put off
    212 3 VYSHINSKY DOESN'T TURN UP So U.N. debate is put off NEW YORK, Frl. THE Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky, yesterday failed to appear in the United Nations General Assembly's Political Committee to disprove an American challenge that Russia actively helped the aggressor In Korea, and the chairman cancelled meetings
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    36 3 DEREK DOOLEY. 23-year-old Sheffield Wednesday centre forward, who had his right leg amputated following an accident in a football match, reads letters and telegrams of condolence With him in s Preston. Lancashire, hospital is his wife.
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    Girls take their battle of glamour to Churchill
    161 3 LONDON. Fri. EIGHT pretty English varsity girls marched to No. 10 Downing Street today and called on the Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, to act in thr "glamour" battle of Reading University. It was thrir first blow acainst undergraduates who are bringing three
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    Man dies on mountain
    45 3 MENDOZA, Argentina, Fri.— American mountain climber Richard Burdsall, 57, died from exposure and exhaustion during an attempt to climb Mount Aconcagua. Rescuers found him after he had collapsed yesterday on the snowy crests of Concagua, 22.333 feet above sea level A.P.
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    Back from Kenya
    34 3 LONDON. Fri.— General Sir John Harding. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, returned to London yesterday at the end of his eight-day visit to Kenya and the Suez Canal zone. Reuter.
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    Millionaire fined £50 in Britain for currency offence
    222 3 Millionaire fined £50 in Britain for currency offence LONDON, Friday. SIR Bernard Docker, British millionaire, was fined £50 here today for an offence against British currency laws when he visited the French Riviera in his luxury yacht Shemara. Nancy Lenkeith, of Nero York city, former Voice of America emptoyee in
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    CEYLON WELL OFF, SAYS MINISTER
    171 3 COLOMBO. Friday. /^EYLON'S House of Representatives (Lower House) y today authorised the government to borrow 100,900.000 rupees by issue of treasury bills, mainly to finance the rice-rubber trade agreement with China. The Prime Minister. Mr. Dudley Senananyake, said that Ceylon's external assets stood at £800
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    NEW SOCIALIST SPLIT LIKELY
    136 3 LONDON. Friday. ANEW Socialist split is threatened here by the decision of the Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, to ask the House of Commons to accept the Government's annual statement on defence published last week. The £1,636.000,000 British I defence programme for 1953 which is to be
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    $30,000 haul in Korea 'badlands'
    93 3 SEOUL. Fri. A BAND of armed guerillas disguised as Korean soldiers, yesterday kidnapped a soldier, a policeman and six civilians and stole 57.000 units of Korea's new hwan currency, worth $30,000. Police chasing the bandits killed four of them and rescued the soldier and the
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    Ismay's visit
    28 3 PARIS. Fri. Lord Ismay, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, left here today for Canada and the United States to meet Government leaders.— Reuter.
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    'Spies' held
    22 3 BERLIN. Frl. West Berlin police yesterday announced the arrest of three West Berllners on charges of spying for Czechoslovakia.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    331 3 LONDON. Frl. rpHE London stock market today 1 displayed Hi now usual lnlllal hesitancy In front of the week-«nd. But as the session developed the markets generally tended to move higher. Despite news of a pending .new Government loan £1.000.000 in three per '•ent Exchequer Stork 1980 at
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON, Feb. 27— Cash Buyers 4961; Sellers £962. Forward Buyers €942^.; Sellers £944; Settlement £960 (unchanged). Turnover a.m. 40 tons; p.m. 5.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    43 3 LONDON. Feb. 27— 8 pot 22% d.: Mar. 22". d.: Apr. 22 T .d.: Apr.-june 22 T i.d.; July-S*pt. 22 T vd.; Oet.-Dcr 22 ,d.: Mar r.i.f. 22' d.: Apr. cl.f. 22\d.: May cl.f. 22\d.; June c.i.f. 22 \d. Market: ■iuiet.
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    MRS. BROWDER Under house arrest
    108 3 MRS. BROWDER Under house arrest NEW YORK. Fri.— Mrs. Earl Browder. Russian born wife of the former United States Communist leader, was placed under house arrest yesterday because she was too ill to be taken from her flat on a deportation order. When the warrant for Mrs. Browder's arrest was
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    Singapore shuts door on job-hunting alien labour
    262 4 COLONY WORKERS PROTECTED THE Singapore Government has decided to safeguard Colony people's jobs from cheap imported labour, the Controller of Immigration, Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth, told a press conference yesterday. A new Immigration Ordinance, to come into force in the next few
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    SHE WILL DANCE THE HULA-HULA AT SATA'S BALL
    38 4 MISS SIH LEAN < 111 will do a hula-hula dance at the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association's Chinese New Year Ball at the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight. Other guest artists will also appear.
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    Body washed ashore
    71 4 The body of a 24-year-old Chinese was washed ashore on Thursday afternoon at Beach Road, the Sincapore Marine Police said yesterday. The dead man was .*lim, 5 foot 4 inches tall with a 1 round face and fair complexion. He was wearing a white singlet, dark blue
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    The Colombo Plan spirit
    47 4 Singapore City Councilors yesterday agreed to allow officers from other countries to study the procedure of various City Couqcll departments, "under th e spirit of the Colombo Plan." The Council will not bo responsible for the officers' living accommodation and other personal requirements.
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    TRADE UNION DISCUSSION
    48 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Mr. R. Perry, Assistant Labour Adviser to the Secretary of State lor the Colonies, is to meet members rf the Johore division of the Malayan Trade Union Council and other trade union leaders tomorrow for discussions on industrial and trade union subjects.
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    NO CHIVALRY
    26 4 PENANG, Fri— Boys of St Xaviers School lost a debate to girls of the Penang Convent last night. Their motion: Chivalry is not dead.
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    THREE DAYSTHEN THEIR FIRST BANDIT
    120 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The 6th Battalion the Malay Regiment, only three day* on operations, killed its tint terrorist a Malay yesterday. It was raised in October, finished training last week and is now in the Kuala I ipis area of Pi.ianc. Another Pahang terrorise was
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    Economist arrives on Monday
    120 4 Economist arrives on Monday lUNCH at Government House. Singapore, is on the programme of Mr. A. D. Shroff. Indian economist and millionaire, who will arrive in the Colony for a visit on Mor.dav. Mr. Shroff, chairman of the Tata Textile group, director of Tata Sons Ltd. and chairman of the
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    Two soldiers found guilty
    88 4 Lance Corporal W B. Black and Rifleman C. Preston wero yesterday found guilty by a Singapore court martiai of robbing Seaman R. V. Alien of a watch. They were stated to have used violence. The court sentenced Black, aged 24, of the Ist Cameronians, to five
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    RECAIVING ORDER
    62 4 Lim Chak Liang, sole proprietor of Kirn Eng and Co., Singapore, was made a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Denis D'Cotta, who applied for an adjudication order, said that the firm was indebted to Borneo-Sumatra Trading Co., (Malaya) Ltd., in the sum of $10,393. A
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    STORE MOTOR CLUB OFFICIALS
    71 4 The foClowlne were elected officials of the Singapore Motor Club President: Mr. E. A. Crabbe: vice-president: Mr. J. N. K. Moncrleff; .secretary; Mr. J. M. Bruce: treasurer: Mr. P. W. Corner; committee members- Messrs. E. L. O. Bailey. R. E. Dulfer D. Frank, J. F. F.
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    A safety show for the taxi men
    77 4 A SAFETY-FIRST exhibition for taxi owners and drivers will be held at the mechanical inspection shed. Registrar of Vehicles Department, on Mar. 7 and 8. The exhibition, organised by the Registrar of Vehicles, was authorised by City nrtmcillnrs at their monthly meeting yesterday.
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    A row over a woman
    67 4 A row over a woman Four servicemen Abu Bakar bin Madom, Mat bin Hussain, Noordin bin Osman and Samsuddin bin Abdul Rashid— were each fined $90 and one day's simple imprisonment in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday for a.ssaulting Ahmad bin Kassim on Nov. 11 last year. The
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    Coronation here will be one splash of colour
    207 4 PLANS TO FORM a continuous splash of coloui In public buildings and prlvatr houses along the Coronation procession route in Singapore—from Finlayson Green to Government House gate in Orchard Road on June 2— wcrt disclosec' last night by the Government. A Government
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    HOLLANDSCHE CLUB, STORE
    56 4 Officials of the Hollandsche I Club, Singapore, for 1953 are as follows: President Mr. M. Visser; vice-president: Mr. C. H. Van der Zanden; :^cretary: Mr. H. L. Guildemond; assistant soretary Mr. M. Van de iMeeberg; treasurer: M. H. J. Van Kerckhoff committee members: Messrs. E. F. Clerks.
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    'SIX C.I.D. MEN BEAT ME' Youth, 18, tells court
    196 4 'SIX C.I.D. MEN BEAT ME' Youth, 18, tells court LEE CHIN CHIANG, 18. of Silat Road, Singapore, after claiming trial in the Fourth Police Court yesterday to an attempted roobery charge, told the Magistrate, Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam: "I was assaulted by six detectives in the C.I.D. headquarters and I
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    4 ON MURDER CHARGE
    58 4 Fnur men Lee Ylak Khai, 23. Lee Tiat Cheng, 25. Thlan Boon Ton. 50. and Lee Ong Soon. 35. were charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with murdering Ong Chuan Chai on Feb. 13 at Pekin Street, Singapore. After the charts** had been explained
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    LABOURERS HELP FLOOD VICTIMS
    34 4 KLANG. Fri— Klang Town Board labourers subscribed $163 for victims of the recent floods in Britain. i The money was handed over to the district ofTicer, Klang, Mr. John Hamer.
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    HE'S THE RELUCTANT DRAG-IN
    164 4 ALTHOUGH he claimed to be unable to keep pace with the work of a committee, a Singapore City Councillor was yesterday told to stay on the job. The Councillor is Mr. H. A. Jivabhai 'Indep.— City), and the committee he did not want to be in
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    ROCKEFELLER NUMBER 3 HERE TO SEE SIR GERALD
    168 5 ROCKEFELLER NUMBER 3 HERE TO SEE SIR GERALD MR. JOHN D. Rockefeller 111. who as chairman of his grandfather's Rockfeller Foundation la pledged to "promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." reached Singapore yesterday to study social and economic conditions in Malaya. He flew to Kuala Lumpur immediately for
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    ACTION WANTED
    29 5 The Singapore City Coun^i yesterday decided to urge th« Colony Government to taki speedy action on the Attai Dwelling Committee's recom nendations to it in Januar; ast.
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    TECHNICAL ASSN.
    30 5 The fifth annual general meeting of the Singapore branch of the Technical Association of Malaya will be held in the Shell Theatrette. ColIyer Quay, at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.
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    OFF TO BRITAIN
    32 5 IPOH, Fri— Mr. Choy Kok Yew, Perak rugger player who represented the Perak Asians and the State, leaves this week-end for Britain where he j is to study law.
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    LEAVE IN INDIA
    89 5 IPOH. Fri.— Dr. K. Nataraian. Medical Officer, Kampar, will go on leave to India early next month. INCHE I M Kok TIA, (above) a Home Guard stationed in Johore, has agreed to share the second prize in the big sweep run by the Singapore Turf Club during
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    NO LICENCE FOR 15-FOOT SAMPAN
    38 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Lok bin Sepak, of Pulau Tukang, was fined $50 in the police. court yesterday for plying a sampan, whose length exceeded 15 feet, without a licence in the Johore Straits.
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    AID FOR BLIND
    46 5 The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, will open the International Bazaar in aid of the funds for the Singapore Association for the Blind at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10.30 a.m. on Mar. 7. The bazaar will be open until 7 p.m.
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    Regent swaps small lions for big ones
    75 5 Regent swaps small lions for big ones JOHORE BAHKir. Fri. The Johore Zoo now has four lions, a leopard, a baboon and a chimpanzee as the result of a barter deal by the Regent of Johore and sin inn's Circus. The Regent, who had three small lions and a tiger
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    HIT DETECTIVE, SAYS CHARGE
    40 5 Low Meng Cray claimed trial yesterday in the Singapore Fifth Police Court on a charge of assaulting a detective, Low Yam Toh, on Thursday at Park Road, Singapore. He was allowed $250 bail until Mar. 6.
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    DEATH IN U.K.
    31 5 Mr. D. J. Murnane, formei Singapore City Council Water Engineer, died in London in January. He joined service in February 1920 and was water engineer for 20 years.
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    140 HOUSES, WORTH $2.5m., FOR AUCTION
    157 5 140 HOUSES, WORTH $2.5 m., FOR AUCTION ABOUT 140 shop houses in the city area, valued at about $2,500,000. will be put up for auction in the next two weeks in the biggest series of property auctions Singapore has seen for many months. Most of the properties, comprising 91 lots,
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    TAX: MAGISTRATE ISSUES WARNING
    136 5 Businessman is fined $1,000 CARDI'L SINGH, a businessman, was fined $1,000 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday after pleading guilty to two charges of failing to make income tax returns for 1952. Mr. J. If. Devereaux-Cole- bourn, the magistrate. i n im- posing the fine.
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    44 trains derailed in North Borneo
    82 5 44 trains derailed in North Borneo BRUNEI. Fri. Since August 195!. there have been 44 derailments over the North Borneo Railway, and questions have been asked in the North Borneo Legislative Council about it. The Chief Secretary replied that Jo of the derailment occurred in the George Section, and that
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    Dachingsnot correct
    69 5 Dachingsnot correct Two poultry sellers, Lim Slew Chin of Craig Road and Tan Chian of Nankin Street, were yesterday fined $200 each in the Singapore Fifth Police Court for wilfully tampering with their dachings. The prosecution said that on Feb. 3 while hawking at Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, Lim and
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    Oil portrait of Queen sought
    68 5 Oil portrait of Queen sought SINGAPORE City Council I yesterday decided to au- thorise its coronation celebration committee to raise donations to make a $7,000 oil portrait of the Queen. The painting, to be madr by a famed London artist, will be hung i n the City Council Chamber. Mr.
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    Sales manager charged
    54 5 The sales manager of Crane Store at South Bridge Road. Singapore, was charged yesterday in the Fifth Police Court with misappropriating $11,106. belonging to the store. He was Oei Kirn Leong, 45. of Yang Siak Street. Singapore. After the charge had been explained to him, he was
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    REMANDED
    34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Wong Chee Kcng. of Geylang Patah, was charged in the Sessions Court yesterday with consorting with armed bandits on Jan. 16 at Lam Eng Estate. He was remanded in custody.
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    Just how portable is 'portable?'
    185 5 OIXGAPORE City Councillors were stumped yesterday when the City President, Mr. T. P. F. Mt-Neice, asked them what a portable mission hall is. The question arose when Mrs. Itobert l ii Progress! veWest) ob jet-ted to a committee derision allowing the Christian Assemblies of Malaya
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    IT MAY COST COUNCIL $10,000,000 TO BEAT SINGAPORE'S FLOODS
    135 5 IT MA Y COST COUNCIL $10,000,000 TO BEAT SINGAPORE'S FLOODS A WORKING party, consisting of City Council and Public Works Department officials will put up a plan to alleviate floods in Singapore, the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, said at a City Council meeting yesterday. He said the
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    He returns to prison
    63 5 The Singapore Third Pdllcp ourt yesterday sentenced ldon bin Sulaiman to 12 ninths' Imprisonment for scaping from Changi Prison On Nov 27 at 7.15 a.m. Lldon nd .some prisoners were sent > work in the prison farm. At 0.30 a.m. a check was carried ut and
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    OSMAN STOLE ZAIN'S PANTS
    40 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri—Oslan bin Abduj Ghani was entenced to six months by the iessions Court yesterday for lealing four pairs of trousers nd a pair of shoes, the proiertv of Zain bin Abdul Ghani, trishaw rider.
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    IT'S UNWISE SPENDING, SAYS MR. W.
    168 5 IT'S UNWISE SPENDING, SAYS MR. W. MR. P. R. WILLIAMS said in the Singapore Cit y Council yesterday that he did not think it wise for the Council to spend .$1 5.000 a year on police band performances in the Colony. He said: "I do not see any useful reason
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    POST OFFICE WORKER GETS STUDY AWARD
    112 5 rE first UNESCO workers' fellowship to be awarded to I a trade unionist in British non-self-governing territories has been won by Mr G Kandasamy. 32. a clerk at the Singapore General Post Office. Mr. Kandasamy. who flies to London on March 25 for a
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    Made bankrupt on $10,393 debt
    62 5 A receiving order was made against the firm of Koh Bian 'Seng in the Singapore High Court yesterday by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles MurrayAynsley. Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne, for the judgment creditor, W. H Brennan and Co., Ltd.. told the court that the firm
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    BUFFET DANCE
    35 5 The Amicable Athletic Association will celebrate chap goh men 1 15 th day of the Chinese New Year* with a buffet and dance at 43-B, Upper Nankin Street, Singapore, at nine o'clock tonight.
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    $100 AND COSTS
    31 5 The International Sa'.vair Association, Singapore. fined $100 and costs In the City Police Court yesterday lor storing 100 Ib. of carbide In v i office at Rhu Cross.
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    26 6 THE STAGE CLUB presents Trespass by Emlyn Williams on March sth, 6th and 7th at Vlctorls Theatre, 9 p.m. Box Office now open at Robinsons.
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      Subsidies For Houses
      623 6 A $2 million annual subsidy to the Singapore Improvement j Trust to enable low income families to live in some of its flats is the latest proposal for a part solution of the housing problem. Mr. Thio Chan Bee, the Progressive member for Balestier, may move a
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      Trade In Asia
      375 6 The ECAFE trade conference in Manila has plunged into deep waters. While it is improbable that anywhere near an agreed view will be reached on the practicability, or even the desirability, of an Asian payments unions, it is a discussion that can hardly fail to be useful.
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      The Canal Zone
      295 6 In London as well as Cairo it is now believed that the coming negotiations for the British evacuation of the Suez Canal will take no account of plans for a joint Middle East command. The British Government is still anxious to see Egypt associated with international arrangements
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    As I was Saying
    950 6  -  vh^^J^E—^^r .^^^.^L^^A. y/wj ffiJS A 17-Y E A R-OLD A youth who was brought before a Singapore magistrate on charge of escaping from Outram Road Gaol claimed that one reason for escaping was because he had been beaten up by his fellow prisoners who demanded he
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    234 6 From the Straits Times of Feb. 28, 1903. IT Is high time for planters out here to realise that India Is no longer a ready labour source, and to realise also that it Is not the duty of the Government there to open for them a tap
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    803 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK THE finding of abnormal coins and currency notes by several people in the last few days emphasises what a gold mine this region is for numismatists. Few areas of the world have had such a variety of coinaee. There hr.ye been Spanish pesos, Japanese ltzi bus, Dutch
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    'Operation Pistol' puts two big gangs out of action
    289 7 'Operation Pistol puts two big gangs out of action AND POLICE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT THE UNDERWORLD, TOO THE campaign against crime "Operation Pistol" has been the biggest police success in recent years. A police spokesman said yesterday that the success of "Operation Pistol" has been far greater than Just
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    BARE-BODIED GANG IN SHORTS GRAB GEMS
    198 7 BARE-BODIED GANG IN SHORTS GRAB GEMS A GANG who yrstrrda.v rohl&gt;«-|| a goldsmith's family of $840 worth of Jewellery in Jalan Kunns appeared to be the "swimsuit" crooks. The cinq of thrre were dressed in khaki shorts, and wore white masks. They were all bare-bodied. They were believed to be
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    DROVE ACROSS 'WHITE LINES'
    47 7 Kwa Chin Swce, who overtook a police radio car and a bus by drivine his car across the double white line* i n the centre of Kampong Bahru Road on Nov. 29, wa s fined $25 in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday.
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    EBER RELEASE: A BOLD DECISION, SAYS MR. L
    106 7 "IIR A. R. Lazarous (Labour- 1 North yesterday congratulated the Singapore Government on its "bold decision to release Mr. John Eber. Speaking during the adjournment of a City Council meeting, he said: 'The twoyoar detention has left a bitter fpeline in the
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    REMANDED ON ARMS CHARGE
    54 7 Wahat bin Osman was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with I having an unlicensed 9-mm Browning automatic and 12 rounds of ammunition at a house in Blair Road on Thursday last. He was remanded in police rustody pending a preliminary inquiry into the
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    71 HAWKERS FINED $710
    62 7 Seventy-one hawkers were each fined $10 by the Singapore City Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereaux-Colebourn. yesterday for hawking in a i prohibited area at Towner Road. Mr. Devereaux Colebourn warned the hawkers: "Hawking in forbidden streets must stop. I am going to take a very
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    NEW PREMISES
    48 7 The president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tan Slak Kew, will open the new building of the Singapore Chinese Foodstuffs Importers' Association at 19 Carpenter Street at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The association will hold a dinner in the new premises at 8 pm.
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    NO SUCH FIRM, THEY SAY
    254 7 NO SUCH FIRM, THEY SAY $30,276 cheating alleged A BUSINESS card bearing the name "Toko Indonesia I Electric Company Limited", with Its office In Mac Donald House. Singapore, and telephone number 3199. was yesterday produced as a key exhibit by Mr. M. C. Boyle, Senior ASP., prosecuting in the Fourth
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    Flood fund up by $6,000 in one day
    202 7 GIFTS totalling $5,924.52 were samt to the Singapore British Flood Relief Fund yesterday. The fund now stands at $95,097.83. Latest donors are: Mr. Loke Wan Tho $3,000: Messrs. N. Reuben Co. Ltd.. $500: Mr. and Mrs. E. M. F. Fergusson $500: Mr.
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    26 DISCHARGED
    25 7 Mr. D. H. Chapman, the Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate, yesterday, discharged 26 men on a charge of frequenting houses used for smoking opium.
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    NEXT MEETING
    23 7 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held at the Victoria Hall at 10 a.m. on March 17.
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    He wants building law amended to fight racketeers
    187 7 \i\R. A. P. Rajah (Progressive— North) said in the iVI Singapore City Council last night that to cope with the Colony's building racketeers it was necessary to amend the Municipal Ordinance. Under the present regulations, the Council could not keep pace with
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    TALKS TO PROTECT OILFIELDS
    154 7 TALKS TO PROTECT OILFIELDS JESSELTON. Fri. THE security of British oilfields along the coasts of Brunei and Sarawak is believed to have been discussed at a two-day hlgn-level conference which ended on Wednesday at Mlri Sarawak. The conference was attended by the Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abell, the Governor
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    INFECTED PORT
    35 7 The Sumatran port of Selat Pandang in Tebing Tinggi Island has been declared an infected port because of an outbreak of small-pox. All passengers arriving in Singapore from that port will be quarantined.
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    HAD NO PERMIT FOR CHILDREN'S CRECHE
    163 7 THE secretary of the Oversea Chinese Creche. Mr M. x C. Chong, was yesterday fined $50 in the Singapore City Police Court for converting a private residence at Balmoral Road into a children's creche without the permission of the City Council. The vice-chairman and
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    DEMOBBED SPECIALS: BIGGER BENEFITS
    264 7 DEMOBBED SPECIALS: BIGGER BENEFITS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MORE than 15,000 special constables being de- mobilised this year will j receive benefits far above what they were originally i entitled to. the Federal Government announced today. Each man will get at least $700 made up of additional leave pay and a
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    Once again —the towgay question
    78 7 Once again —the towgay question THE towgay question was raised again in the Singapore City Council yesterday— but the discussion was brief. The City president. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, reminded Councillors that they had "covered the ground so many times that the track is getting skiddy." Councillors had before
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    CORONATION PLAN CHANGE
    37 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri— The date for the Thanksgiving Service during the coronation celebrations in Johore has bern changed from June 6 to June 2 so as to conform with the rest of the Federation.
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    $5,000 IN WEEK
    15 7 SEOAMAT. Fri.— More than $5,000 was raised during Welfare Week at Segamat.
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    NOW JADE DEVELOPS A SPLIT PERSONALITY
    236 7 r'O famous Chinese career girls met in Singapore yesterday and discussed how difficult it was for an Eastern girl brought up in Western surroundings to know how to think and act. They were Jade Snow Wong, the Chinese-American ceramics artist and author, and Han
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    Singapore's menfolk smell sweeter than Londoners, he says
    266 7 A MICH higher percentage of Singapore men buy perfume than London men do, Mr. D. MangakU, export manarer for Goya, said yesterday. Mr. Mangakis is on a nineurek world tour to ruire the perfume market and launch a new perfume. In Europe,
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    PAY CUT AND WARNING FOR 6 INSPECTORS
    102 7 SIX Singapore Vehicles inspectors have had their salaries cut by $12 a month and have been warned that they will be sacked if they contravened any departmental re- filiations. The warning contained in a City Council lommittee decision, was comlrmed by the Councillors
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    ADMITTED TO S'PORE BAR
    47 7 Mr. Rajendra Kumar Roy. barrlster-at-law. who had been practising as an advocate in Rangoon for the past 25 years. was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by the Chiaf Justice. Sir Charles MurrayAynsley. Mr. R. L. Eber appeared in support of the application.
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    NEW RESERVOIR
    49 7 Singapore's City Counr!llora agreed i n principle yesterday to the construction of a new service reservoir in the Kaiong -Chang! area. DEATH JOHN ABRAHAM &lt;Teach«- formerly of Ou'ram Foad School and Virtorh Rrhooli. son of John A»umusatn Ooonas^Rarajn. passed ivy in Tanci-r on 24th February. E&gt;e*ply recrettofi.
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      82 7 The weather Minimum temperature: &lt;7.30 p.m. on Feb. 26 to 7.30 a.m. on Feb. 27 1; Singapore (73 degrees), Penang (72), Kota Bahru (73 1, Kuala Lumpur (72), Ipoh (71), Kuantan (72). Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Feb. 27); Singapore (88 1, Penang (87&gt;, Kota Bahru (86),
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    Long-term outlook for rubber good, says banker
    383 8 '1953 INTAKE HIGHER THAN ESTIMATED' HONG KONG, Friday. CIR ARTHUR MORSE, chief manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, said in Hong Kong today that there was still confidence in the long-term outlook for the natural rubber industry. One of the
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    MORE LIFE ON RUBBER MARKET
    255 8 MORE LIFE ON RUBBER MARKET THE Singapore rubber market came to life for the first Lime since the Chinese New Year and there was a fair turnover in all grades, says Lrwis and Peat's weelclv report. The easiness that develoijed «n the market at the end of last week has
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    CUTTING THE CAKE
    28 8 CUTTING THE CAKE MR. D. G. A. O'MAHONY helps his bride to cut the cake at the reception at their wedding ip Kuala Lumpur recently. Eastern Photographers picture.
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    They're arriving in the Canton
    785 8 IST of passmpers disembarking from the Canton at Singapore on Mar. SiFirst CU«s:— H. P. Ancerson. Mrs. B. H. A-kinso;i, Mr. K. E. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Barrow. Mrs. A. J. A. Blake. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Brampton. Mrs. A. ML N.
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    Japs will explore trade co-operation with S.E. Asia areas
    228 8 Japs will explore trade co-operation with S.E. Asia areas By Our Market Correspondent 'Till JAPANESE economic mission, which will 1 explore the possibilities of closer economic cooperation in South-East Asia, will arrive in Singapore about the middle of March, the Straits Times understands. The mls-sion. sponsored by the Japanese Minister
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    BOAT RACES IN FLOOD WATERS
    59 8 BRUNEI. Fri— The Kapitan [China of Brunei. Mr. Foa Pale Yin, last weekend suggested a &lt; novel use of flocd water that covered the streets in trie centre of Brunei town, whrn Ine organised a regatta and I boat race round the vegetable market. Tre
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      227 8 Today s Radio SINGAPORE 3.30 a.m. Malay Music: 7 News In Malay; 7.05 Malay Music; 7.15 I Mornin? Star; 7.30 News in Eng- i lish: 7.35 Blight and Early 8 Thank-s for the Melody; 830 Hospitals" Half Hour; 1 p.m Jerry Gray Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.50 Raclns; 5 Sports; 6
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      265 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 8. "Search the grassy For 1 Clerlo consumed by mongrel wheels of hanao'm cabi" (Lewis Carroll) &lt;6&gt;. 5. Hp was willing to marry Peg- 16. Meat menus (arwg i (t&gt; gotty (6). 17. A will (9). 10. Soda, heavy, or barley (5). 18. Soare by gettlnc
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      283 9 A cliff at Pasir Panjang IN your Issue of February 17 you stale that the cliff at Pasir Panjang Power Station "will continue to get cement spraying to protect it from seepage or cracking," and that the cement coating will cost about $120,000. Until it Is known how many times
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      AT BIDADARI CEMETERY
      97 9 I HAVE observed on several occasions at Bldadari cemetery that part of the cemetery Ls being used by "L' drivers in order to improve their turning, reverse driving, etc. Furthermore, some drivers of motor cars and motor cycles appear to think that the lanes between the graves
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      LABOUR PARTI BRANCHES
      79 9 IT is almost a year since the I present General Council of i the Singapore Labour Party was elected, charged with the duty of organising a party I branch in each of the electoral j divisions of Singapore. So far. not a single party I branch has
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      A form of marriage
      251 9 THEIR Lordships !n th? Privy Council, in th P Penhas appeal which was dismissed, quoted the ca.sr» of Carolis de Silva versus Tim Kirn. TI.L--was decided In the thrn Judicial Commissioner's Court in Kuala Lumpur as far back as 1902. Carolis dr Silva wa.s not a
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      ALLOWANCES FROM TWO GOVTS.
      380 9 ALLOWANCES FROM TWO GOVTS. rE Federation Government mdoeuiy tu.:fruiUv&gt;. 4 &gt;»i the possibiirty of having tc give family allowances to local me n in Government service ha.s taken a very unusual step 1 in sending five Federal". Coun- i cillors to persuade the Singa- &gt; pore Government to shelve the
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      THE HONEST TRI SHAWM AN
      236 9 THE HONEST TR I SHAWM AN 1 UNDERSTAND the "tin gods" of the Traffic Committee are contemplating the banning of trishaws from busy one-way streets. This, sir. would be an injustice and the traffic problem will not be eased by this move The trishaw man rkes out' an honest living
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      Every time it rains
      105 9 A LOT of publicity has l\ been given to the floods in the area of Or 8 chard Road. As floods are much in evidence at the moment I would point out that to those of us &gt; I who live in the vicinity of the
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      The swine's lament
      151 9 IF ever, like a Singapore pig, you find yourself jammed in a rattan cylinder of protracted torture, your proboscis will bleed as his does, and your heart will bleed for the Swine of Singapore. You will be inclined to include among the latter the humaas who permit
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      CHINESE UNIVERSITY THEIR OWN AFFAIR'
      158 9 THE Penang Malay newspaper Warta Negara seemed to vociferate at the top of Its voice in opposition to Mr. Aw Boon Haw's statement on the proposed Chinese university on Feb. 21. Mr. Aw has my full support when he says that this university is "their
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      Revolution, exodus—and no university
      383 9 Revolution, exodus and no university I WAS not astonished when the decision iv estaousn a Chinese university was announced by leaders of the Singapore Chinese community. I was surprised. a little later, i to learn that Federation Ch'-i nese traders, who champion j Malayan citizenship regardless of race, colour or
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      What building societies might do for Malaya
      932 9 air criticism, as the corresws did not consider the L million for financing the ses by the 5.7. T. for other oked the fact that it should y employer to help his own own homes. progress of building societies in other countries as
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      THE GAPS IN GOVT. OFFICES
      299 9 THE GAPS IN GOVT. OFFICES "TVO fill gaps in Government offices a drive was launched last year to obtain officers I from Australia and New Zealand." This is an extract from In? annual rrport of the Malayan Establishment Office reported by you on Feb. 7. "I am directed and regret
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    SOME TINS WANTED: INDUSTRIALS REMAIN STEADY
    457 10 RUBBER LOSES ONE CENT T*HE Singapore share market yesterday was practically unchanged, tins remaining firm, industrials steady and rubbers idle. The turnover in tins and industrials was only moderate and there were few price changes The market was, apparently, not so satisfied with the
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    176 10 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Straat Banki 12. Piesident. Garfleld 45, Braeslde 67, Benledi 89, Annenkerk 11. Brncleuch 13 14, Orestes 15*16 Castlevillc 18. Star Alcyone 19 ?0, Frederick Clover 21 22, Warora 23 24. Leneverett 25 26, Elae Maersk 27
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    NEW YORK STOCKS
    150 10 NEW YORK. Pri. T]T'ALL Street closed heavy yesterw terday. Initially excellent leadership and expanded activity had charade: isrd 'he session as the market registered its sixth successive gain ;o a new recovery high. Pivotal industrials competed for leadership with lower -priced specialities and by mid-day a broad
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    RUBBER PRICES
    59 10 TVie price of rubber yesterday declined by one cent. March first grade closing at 78 'j cent.s a pound. The local market, ln spile of the fact that London and New Ycrk were up In price overnight, saw a check in the upward trend. Offtake was poor with
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    77 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Assrcia'lon made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: CANADA: buying. T.T. 32 1 air mail. O.D. 32\. 90 days. 32".: selling. T.T or 0.D.. 32 3 16. ready. BELGIUM: francs, selling. 163°' rendy. Other ra'ec were, unrhanged. On the free exchanie
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    201 10 MELBOURNE. Frl. -THERE were few highlights ln a quietly steady share market on he Stock Exchange today and the sales volume was normal. Rises and falls were ln balance and fluctuations were narrow. Federal loans main'alned thel" firm undertone, nine of the price moves were rises. The Oas
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    AUSTRALIA MAY CUT TAXATION
    104 10 MELBOURNE, Frt. A CUT of at least ten per cent ln personal income tax can be expected in the nrxt Federal budeet. according to the Herald's Canberra correspondent. i The Cabinet will not settle down 'to actual preparation for some week* but the Treasury has been
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    Woolworths profit
    36 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs. Woolworths Ltd.. retailers, earned a profit of A£627.6fi5. befrre tax. ln the year ended January. The profl" in the pre&gt;-rdtnfs year was AE610.286. The dividend is unchanged at 12 I per cent.
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    TEN TARGETS FOR SAFA DURING I NEW SEASON
    569 11  - TEN TARGETS FOR SAFA DURING I NEW SEASON SENTINEL By TOMORROW the 61st season of soccer organised by the Singapore Amateur Football Association opens. And, in Coronation Year, we can reasonably expect that it will be the best ever. It could be. and it should be, since by and larere
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    POLE VAULTING IS FOR STRONG MEN
    343 11 I &gt;&lt;M VAI LTINd is a slronfr man's business, said Mr. &lt;■&gt;• Pallrtt. English A.A.A. srnior honorary roach, un the sixth day of his Singapore course for roarhrs and athlrtrs at Victoria S-rhool ytstrrday. The polr vault is onr of the toughest events in
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    COLONY SOCCER Kim Chye's goals save R.I. record
    233 11 COLONY SOCCER Kim Chye's goals save R.I. record i BEAUTIiTJL header to the coiner of the ne' by Kirn Chye in tin- middle of the second half enabled Raffles InMi'utlon to diaw 2-2 with Bartley Bo\.s School in their soccer encounter at. Raffles ground yesterday. Both schools thus maintained their
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    Farrer Park
    67 11 THE Farrer Park matches yester--1 day resulted: Rocklltes beat R. N. Kran.il 2-0. i Chung Seng scored both goals for Rcokli'es. Amaieur Athletic Association beat Pc: M Sports Club 6-3. Scorers for A.AA. were Wing San i2&gt;. Charlie Chan &lt;2i. Avar Singh IS). Prlice ■cored :luough Abu Hassan.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 11 TO|&gt;\Y H MM |f.t] and 2347 IM v OSO6 |3 Hi aw IT2B il.fli rOMOMKOW, H I .'4 ll.ll; Low
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    WEEKEND SPORT TODAY
    110 11 WEEKEND SPORT TODAY I!OXI\(, UNGATOKI Civilian Novicfs Finals at PTS. K p.m. •occsa INTER-SCHOOL: RafTles Inst. l«t. Ind. v St. Andrew's Ist. 2nd., at R.I. FRIKXDI.V: Slar Socoerilps Ist. A 'ml v lI. M. Dockyard Ist. 2nd. at Naval Base; hinrsr A(hlellc v R.A.S.t .at Farre r Park; I'.S.C. Institution
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    No.75Coytake RASC final
    165 11 yHE No. 75 Company won the j Koy.il Army Service Corps Inter-unit badminton champion- ship at Tanglln Gymnasium on Thursday night when they beM No. 4 S.R.D. by three matches to two. The last match, which decided the championship, was the best of the night. In this
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    Padang games
    61 11 |N preparation for the soccer season, the padang clubs werp encased in friendly matches on th?tr home grcunds yesterday. The S.C.C. played a 2-2 draw with Indian R.C.. Mona and Verrall scoring for the Club and Logana'han and Rashid for I.R.C. On the S.R.C. pitch the match Vtween
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    A LONG WAIT-BUT IT WAS WORTH IT
    389 11 jilE 1933 Kinujpoie Amateur Boxing As.soii.it ion's Civilian Novices Championships, which bej;:in at the Nice Tralnln Silux)l Gyninaslum List niMit. started an hour and a h.ilf laic. SABA'S honorary doctor l.iiltd to turn up to examine the contrsiants at t tie appointed time
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    Ray Harvey hits century
    76 11 MELBOURNE. Fri I»AY H.irvey. 27-year-olc VlclorJ- an righthanded batsm.in. iiversh.iriowed hi.s yWßajsj bro'her Neil, the Austr.ilim Test b:itrm..n who 1« to tour England this sum-ni-&gt;r. when he scored a bril!l;ii:» 121 :,e'.ilnst Western Australia here today. Af the StOßi or play of the flr«t f the
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    Teachers hold 2 more events
    80 11 Two mats in the Te.icheis I T miii" Cullff .ny lniininj cliampionsh p« wete decid d yesterday at the Chinese Swimming Club. In thr- 400 me. res fretsiyle Oon Bent Cl)l:\ Wts first with a timo nf Bjnln. 31.'cc. with Woon Sul Kut KCSSMI sail
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    SIX MATCHES FOR MOTTRAMS' VISIT
    231 11 SIX MATCHES the high'ights of which will be the meeting of Tony Mottram. Britain's No. 1 tennis player, and Malayan chamnion K. H. Ip and doubles match between Mottram and Kitovitz anrl Ip and On? Chew Bee. the Malayan champions— have been arranged for the
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    Weight and mud against Olympic
    443 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Bv EVER VICTORY TO TAKE FEB. CUP By THE FEBRUARY CUP, a new trophy race over 9f. for Class 2, Div. 1 horses at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club I February Mooting, looks a match between Olymi pic
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    Straits Times Selection
    164 12 I-PSOM IFEP CALI KID POINTER Race 1 2.15 Race 2 2.45 Race 3 3.15 IVERNIA Masterpiece Amusement II MADI.ES &lt; iklim i| Puff Milnik RIVKR MOON II Masterpiece Ivernia FURY M. li.iL FAIRY M.l. .ik Madle&gt; Melnlk Madlen FLAG OF PEACE Phenomenon Avilor CORONATION C.eifang Star Hill
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    Madles has not much to beat
    989 12 MADLES ran his best race yet last week when he beat all but Ever Victory over a mile. If h- runs to that form today, this Fairfax gelding should beat a moderate lot of Class 2 stayers in Race Two. Madles came from England
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    Cinecolor's form must be respected
    208 12 pINECOLOR put up a smashing performance on Wednesday when lie spreadeagled his opposition to win by ten lengths. I take him to win nfnka, in Race Five at Bukit Timah today. True this four-year-old by Prince Chevalier, sire of 1951 Derby winner Arctic Prince, beat
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    At B. Timah today
    44 12 At B. Timah today IN spite of brifht sunsliine taa--1 tealay. the coin;; at Bukit TimaVi today will rrmi'n heavy. Further rain f U in Sinjapere on Thursday. TODAY'S BEST BET: Ever Victory in U'e LM Bi:&gt;T I.ONC.SHOT: British I ilm in Hie 6.»»
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    QUICKSILVER TO REPEAT DESPITE HIS TOPWEIGHT
    188 12 QUICKSILVER can be a formidable adversary once*" he strikes his real form. Remember his three wins off the reel last season? This Fairwell gelding won in such fluent style over 7 f. last week that I doubt if a 12 lb. penalty will prevent
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    Pompee to fight Slade
    128 12 LONDON, Frl yOLANDE POMPEE. the Bri ish West Indies lißht-heavyweJßht champion. has been matched to right Jimmy Slade. the American at Earls Court, London, on March 17 over 10 rounds. Promoter Jack Solomon* sated that he was applying to th_&gt; Bri'ish Boxing Board of Control and
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    OPEN TO ALL
    36 12 The cross country race rianised by the Achilles Club on M.ir. 7 U open to all Singapore athletes. Separate prizes will h- awarded to competitors under 18 years of age in the race.
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    Tanny Campo
    70 12 NEW TOftK JAKE Tv»; of Africa m I l'eri as top c hallenuf r for Y&lt;"=hin Shirai's world flyweivht aaalßi title in the February ra'inss i-sucd today by the Rinc magazine. England's Terry Allen was r ited second. England's Jimmy Pierce third and Manila's Tanny Campo tourth. The
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    READER'S MOUNT NOW SECOND FAVOURITE
    155 12 READER'S MOUNT NOW SECOND FAVOURITE TWINIVKIIR YR\R OLD 1 Ra.v i:i -Hi. i I nclish lnhtnright jorkry who has ridden so well dm iti': his short spell here as -.t.ililc j»rke&gt; to Jack Spenrer, has •Very ihnur of siirre&lt;iK In the lirst Imk race nf the Knglish season. i;. hi.
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    rated N0.4
    71 12 I lie basis of his victory iv, er Rocky Castellani. Next to Turpin. Bob Olson. Charles Humaa and L.nulois were rated in that order. S'uth Africa's Gerald Dreyer was '■r.th among the welierwelghU. Booth Africa's Vie Toweel i ..s ratati motmi among the ban- i Umwtlfbtt behind champion
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      1388 12 mm ff J f'\ Mmr WX T *-T Mm\ %f^ ft ACCEPTORS and probable riders at Bukit Timah to(J;i&gt;, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club February Meeting, are given below. The double tote event will be on Races Five and Eight and the unlimited sweep will be drawn on
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