The Straits Times, 2 February 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times Kstablishrd 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1954 PRICE 15 CENTS
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    TALKS BEFORE POLLS
    302 1 Election plan must go to Rulers, Whitehall The report gets a mixed reception SO COUNCIL HAS TO WAIT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. Federal elections plan will have to be discussed between the oner, the Malay Rulers and the British Government il reaches the Legislature for debate. views of
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    ROCKEFELLER CALLS TO MEET AN OLD FRIEND
    138 1 —And to learn about Malaya t MIICK.W millionaire, Mr. A John D Rockefeller 111, flew into Singapore yesterday to see an old friend .Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commissioner-General. He has known Mr. Mac Donald tor 25 years. Mr. Rockefeller, chairman of his
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    'Anxiety' over Jap trade pact
    193 1 ATTACK IN THE COMMONS LONDON. Monday. THE government said in the House of Commons today that the £420.000,000 trade pact signed by Britain and Japan last week would help British trade as a whole and the sterling area generally. Thi government's spok>-v--1 man. Mr. Reginald
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    He opens first phone link to New Zealand
    116 1 He opens first phone link to New Zealand IMli MANAGER ol the New il uid InMir.iiH I Cotnp.m> in Singapore. Mr. l> m in- (above picked up Urn librae in his office jtsj and a f:-« momenta I.iHiii: to the h< .ni <>IV>< c m Ancki three-minute conversuith He.ir reception.
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    Power users
    9 1 -tricit In the United State the 50.000.00
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    MURDER BID WAS RED OUTRAGE
    212 1 Gunman misses at yard's range THE attempt to shoot a City Cleansing Inspector in Lorong Lalat. ofT Jalan Besar. Singapore, at dawn yesterday was an "indiscriminate Communist outran Police decided this last Qlght after a day of intensive in- ions. Mystery centred on two live
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    I THE THIRD BEST MONTH
    43 1 XI \l LUMPUR, M©n. Security forces' successes ,1 today (two bandits killed) brine the month's teri K j||v t,, ni iusi one fewer than in September last, hr-t month Mine Aiuii t I l when 103 bandits were
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    60 dead in rail crash
    68 1 KOREA DISASTER SEOUL, Mon. -The Korean civil police reported today that the toll of dead in a railway crash last night had reached 60. They had extricated jO bodies and said 30 more remained to be recovered. The police said later that the Korean passenger
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    15 killed in road smash
    52 1 QUEBEC. Mon.— At least 15 people died and 10 were injured when a crowded bus and a heavy trailer collided headon. 16 miles from here last night. The bus, with almost 40 passengers, burst Into flames after the crash and many bodies were charred beyond
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    Leveson Gower dies at 80
    48 1 LONDON. Mon.— Sir Henry Leveson Gower, on* of the crand old men of English cricket died today at bii home in London, at the age of 80. He received his Knighthood lU st over 12 months ago In the New Year's honours.— Reuter.
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    CALL FOR ELECTED MAJORITY
    1011 1 CALL FOR ELECTED MAJORITY Straits V Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE Federal Elections 1 Committee's report had a mixed reception in the Federation today. Some said the report was "disappointing." "uninspiring" and that the absence of an elected majority would mV<e Federal elections a "farce and a waste of
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    'Little bombs' —a warning
    37 1 'Little bombs' a warning A Singapore Police spoke* man last night warned that it is illegal to let off sandcrackers. These "little bombs." as they are known In Chinese, are being openly sold In Change Alley. 1
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    HICCOUGHS DRUG OFFER TO THE POPE
    75 1 HICCOUGHS DRUG OFFER TO THE POPE ROME. Mon. ANEW anti-hiccough medicine developed by a Swedish doctor may be used to cure the Pope of the complaint which has afflicted him for more than a week. \;itiran sources said today that the Pope continues to improve slowly. The hiccoughs, resulting from
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    Bangkok on the alert
    74 1 SABOTAGE FEARS BANGKOK, Mon.— An alert for the Bangkok police has been ordered for five days beginning today. This is a precautionary measure taken in view of rul mours circulating here that the Communist-led Vietminh would stage a big offensive towards the Laos capital of Laung
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    Fire in liner
    33 1 LISBON Mon. Fire caused by a short circuit aboard the 21.765-ton Portuguese liner Vera Cruz destroyed the sec-ond-class dinning room and damaged four second -class cabins in Lisbon harbour today.—A.P.
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    'Big 4' move east
    60 1 BERLIN. Mon. The Bis Four foreign ministers met behind Berlin's "little Iron Curtain" today to begin a showdown debate on unification of Germany. After meeting for the first week of their conference in West Berlin, the foreign ministers moved across the city dividing line to the
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    Egypt charges 44 as Reds
    52 1 CAIRO. Mon. Forty-four people were committed for trial here today by the Supreme Military Court charged with Communist activities and plotting to establish a Red regime in Egypt. They include the 16 students. IS workers, nine Government officials and company employees, three journalists and a
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    Sarawak Govt. gives $5,900 to the International House fund
    356 1 rriHE Sarawak Government has contributed $5,000 to help build an International I House for Asian students at Melbourne University. A cheque for $5 000 was received yesterday by the Straits Times on behalf of the Singapore committee formed recently to help
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    NEW DRIVE ON LAOS BY REBELS
    226 1 NEW DRIVE ON LAOS BY REBELS Heavy fighting reported HANOI. Mon: yiETMINH rebels swept around Dien Bien Phu today and headed south on a new invasion of Laos. A French spokesman in Saigon said there had born heavy fighting at Muong Khoua, 75 miles north of the Laotian royal capital
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    35 men die in crash into sea
    113 1 TOKYO, Mon. THE United States Air Forrr said today that 35 died when a C-40 Commando crashed in the Icy ocean south of Hokkaido. There were no survivors. An air force amphibian sent to the scene of the crash reported sighting an oil
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    STOP PRESS
    54 1 I RAIN Dl Nmlit in.ul pore t<> Koala ie <i II tween Chamek n mar Kluanu I were eat -ewrbu »W** i" 1 .ill: |,I h.UI claM < ii.v li ol i<n track one second ci.i^s ro.uh fell across m nk' < i *i it law feel i.uimil
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    U.K. to pay less
    36 1 WASHINGTON. Mi- n. -Britain's share in the cost of American air bases in the Britain jis to be 42. not 50. per cent j under a new agreement anI nounced here. -Reuter.
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    HELICOPTERS FLY TO AID OF BIG FREEZE VICTIMS
    125 1 LONDON. Mori. 'J'HE bitterest cold wave in seven years gripped ice and snow-bound Europe from Portsmouth to Siberia today with no immediate relief in sight. At least 35 persons have died In the week-long freeze, inrluriinc 28 skaters who drowned in England
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    DR. LIN WILL BE HERE BY SEPTEMBER
    171 2 DR. LIN YU-TANG. the Chinese sehola r and phi- losophpr who has bpen appointed Chancellor of Nanyang University, is due to arrive in Singapore from Amprica in September. He la expected tn have the University functioning by the 1955 academic year. In the
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    EAST MEETS WEST- IN A HAT
    55 2 EAST MEETS WEST IN A HAT EAST MEETS WEST in this gigantic straw hat. worn by Margaret Vass. It is white, with a small crown, and has a twisted brim at thp sides It was on display during ;i series of spring shows helil in London by the Inciuporated Society
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    MALAYA'S WARES IN HONG KONG DISPLAY
    118 2 Asian businessmen will see them PRODUCTS of Malayan inI dustries and craftsmen will be shown to representatives of Asian countries at the fourth Asian regional conference of delegates from junior chambers of commerce in Hong Kong this month. The Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce
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    Karachi visit
    16 2 KARACHI. Mon. A Britisn Parliamentary party arrived here tonight' for a three-day visit.— Reuter.
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    'Ang pows' for the sick
    64 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Patients of two Chinese Hospitals and the old people of the King Georce V Slyer Jubilee Horr.e yesterday te- 1 reived Chinese New Year %ang pows" from one of Malaya's ilde-it Chinese miners Eighty-year-old Chona Kin Voon. his wife and two granddaughters
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    77 to wed 75
    36 2 THICHESTER Mon -Alfred i Thair 77 and Errily K Good?pr. 75. announced today they wiil be married next Saturday They will make their home I with her mother, who |g 102 A.P.
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    Ban hits movement of New Year cakes
    183 2 KEDAH FOOD CONTROL EXTENDED SUNGEI PATANI. Monday. ANOTHER 150.000 people were brought under "Operation Food Denial" today when restrictions enforced in south Kedah from Sept. 17 last year were extended to four districts and one mukim in central and east Kedah. Rice rations
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    —BUT FOR 10,000 THE BEST GIFT OF ALL
    158 2 —BUT FOR 10,000 THE BEST GIFT OF ALL HWANG, Mon. TEN thousand Jelutonc residents will he able to celebrate Chinese New Year free of curfew. I 1 rllj 11 s police, announcing the lifting of the 29-day restrictions from 5.30 this morning, added a New Year greeting to all Chinese
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    Favouritism alleged
    61 2 WASHINGTON. M 0 n Senate sub-committer day alleged that favouiitisn and political infhier played a large part in th selection of people to nai.dl the affairs of enemy business enterprises rr: ourins the war. But the administratioi. o these enterprises and othr property had been efficjer s-.id financially
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    Jap ship drifting
    50 2 TOKYO. Mon— A Japanese freighter with 25 men aboard tossed helplessiv in the Sea of Japan with a c.rioolvd rudder. Three Coast Guard reraelt were sent to rescue her The freichter. the 870-t in Shinkyo Maru. radioed that *he wsj drifUni oft H^n'.da. South Western Japan— UP.
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    Persian arrest
    22 2 TEHEKAN, Mon. Military police have arrested the son Of Persia's religious learler Mullah Ayatolla Kashani on charges oj anti-povernment activity.
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    Polling question for council
    55 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon— At the recent Town Council election in the Bandar Maharani Ward, a Naib penghulu su-ted as acent for a political i-artv at a nolline station. The incident is the subject of a question tabled hv Inche Jabbar bin Abdul Maiid for 1 tomorrow's
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    ONE SLIP MEANS DEATH
    88 2 There isn't even a safety net H No safety net for I and Elizabeth, young circus artis/s, gj thry era! like flirs 80/ f above the arena at Harringap Circus S in London on a ladrirr E balanced on the tlippery E steel h<ir of ths
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    Rent assessors named
    55 2 JOHORE BAHRU Mon.— 1 Members ot the Rent Assessment Board. Johore Bahru. for 1954 are Dato Sheikh ttbf Bakar bin Yahava. 1 pre.siduit 1 Dato Wonc Shee Fun. Inche I Ismail bin Mohamcd Don. Inche Mansur bin Haji Bakri. Mr M Birchee. Mr. Wong Peng Long <md
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    A war started in his ear
    85 2 HOF. Germany. Mon Franz Urban who rir car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914. has ar rived in West Germany batch of former prisoners who returned from Czechoslovakia. The murder of the Archduke, heir to the Austro-Hun-aarian throne, and
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    FRENCH NOT WORRIED
    144 2 FRENCH NOT WORRIED Red gains r\ni important' rTHE Prenc rcßard the ;idvarv< Siamese bord rious. sair. Oei Lauzin. C-in-C. Air Forces China, nti uri xaporo yesten Th»" typo oj Inflo-China now ;2. he sa rrportance t ached to thr r ground flcht.nt; For exam V.' I mlnh r ,150. Tw
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    Boy rescued from 6-ft. drift
    42 2 r SAPPORO. Japnr, c eight-year-old b .■id'.n; snow I 24 hours, '.va from a 6ft. drift f conscious but t trmpfTnhirv Q rl«'2rf'f^. Hf recOVI however, and 12 hi p his trmprraturr mal 98.6 drcrrrs.— A P
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    Russian envoy kidnapped by
    214 3 U.S, agents, says Red TOKYO, Monday. SPOKESMAN for the Soviet mission said here today that American intelligence agents had kidnapped and detained the second secretary of the mission who was reported missing on Thursday. Yuri Aleksandrovich Rastovorov was reported missing to the police by a member
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    NUMBER OF U.S. WORKLESS 'ALARMS'
    43 3 NUMBER OF U.S. WORKLESS 'AL ARMS' WASHINGTON. iFMOCRATIC SenaA tea Krfauver, aid that un- bad leached proportions and indications it rormul itfl re a a lon hit the coun■o help I tod a trei I In I i dieted that I win •imlonal
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    Austerity weighing
    10 3 IOK AGA KHAN r Muslim mnds Q AP
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    A-THREAT WORRIES SCIENTIST
    200 3 A-THREAT WORRIES SCIENTIST CHICAGO, Mon. I\R. IIAROLI) IREY, Nobel *J Prize winning atomic scientist, yesterday said that the I'nited States should not adopt the threat of atomic war as a means of policing the world but should empliasise weapons of more limited scope. Dr. Drey, who helped to develop the
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    Ex-soldier tarred
    40 3 BELFAST Mon.— lrish Na-| tionalists chained and uad- locked 32-year-old Walter Mercer to a lamp post and poured tai over him because he had served in the British Army. Six men were involved and two were arrested yesterday.
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    KPM staff strike in Indonesia
    97 3 JAKARTA. Mon. THE office stall of the K.P.M the Dutch shipping conioanv went on a three-day strike here thla morning because of a wase dispute. About 5.000 to 7.000 workers throughout the country were expected to take part in the strike, but dock workers and
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    Re-elected
    21 3 BONN. Mon.— Field Marsha) Albert Keaaelrlng has been re-elected president of the German veterans organisa tion— Stahlhelm < Steel Helmet).—A. P.
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    Oil found
    18 3 BAGHDAD Mon. Successful drilling for oil near the tt aqt -Persian border is reported. A P
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    Three escape from gaol
    36 3 HONG KONG. Mon. -Three prisoners escaped from prison here last night, it was announced today The three were serving terms for robbery. Their sentences ranged from seven to 13 years.— U P.
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    May be freed
    36 3 KARACHI. Mon. Four Japanese trawlers held by th: Pakistan Government for tht last three days for alleged fishing in Pakistan territorial waters may be released by tomorrow, a reliaole source sale today.— A.P.
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    Men who don't tip a hat...
    137 3 yoRK tioi m E j been limited the lan borders slm >le .i :cess for almost unlimited illegal immigration. Some members of Congress winked an eye at the illegal immigration of Mexicans because important vested interefts in America wanted cheap, unorganised labour. Senator Lehman
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    Tour ends
    22 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. The Maharaja and Maharani of Bhutan left for home yesterday after a three-week toui of India.— A.P.
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    Tenders sought
    21 3 NEW DELHI, Mon.— World tenders for building a Ganga River bridge in Bihar StV.e open on May 31. A.P.
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    Queen to Black Prince: 'Splice the mainbrace'
    206 3 ABOARD THE GOTHIC. Mon. AN Australian squadron today took over from New Zealand the job of escorting the liner Gothic, bringing the Queen to Australia across the Tasman Sea. The Queen sent the traditional signal to "splice the mainbrace" -which means an extra
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    Sisters on the move
    41 3 nil BKVERLEY Sisters. Babe. Joy and Teddy, tind that many hands make light work as they move furniture. The singing trio have earned enough to leave a five-roomed flat for an eight-roomed house in London. Popper picture
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    Russia may lead on A-missiles
    307 3 TRASS-WORLD BOMB FORECAST WASHINGTON, Monday. RUSSIA may well be ahead of America in developing intercontinental missiles with nuclear warheads which would render any known air defence system obsolete. Air Force magazine said today. The publication, which oft<*n I reflects United States Air Force views, also
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    Cotton deal
    13 3 ROME. Mon. Italian businessmen have bought US$5.--280.000 worth of Russian cotton.—U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    266 3 LONDON. Mon. I^OREIGNS nUn.cted the main interest on the London Stock ExchHrine today. They were led by Japanese bonds which advanced .sharply In heavy early turnover on the latest Anglo-Japtmese trade agreement. Closing prices of selected stocks were LOAMS Consols 64 Funding 4.i 101 War 3 '.a 84'fc
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    LONDON TIN
    28 3 LONDON, Feb. 1 Cash Buyers C 650; Sellers V 655; Forward Buyers C 632 2 Sellers i:635; Settlement V i. ">."). Turnover a.m. 80 tons; p.m. nil.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON. Feb. 1. Spot 16", d.. Mar 16\ci.. Apr -June 17d.. JulySept. l'Sci.. Oet.-Dec. 17' ,d.. Feb CJ I. lf-.1. Mar. c.i.f. 16 11 lSd. April c.l.f. 16\A. Tone: Firm.
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    32 CHILDREN COLLAPSE IN FEDERATION DAY PARADE
    305 4 32 CHILDREN COLLAPSE IN FEDERATION DA Y PARADE Schools in country-wide celebrations SEREMBAN, Monday. JHIRTY-TWO children collapsed while taking part in a Federation Day flag-raising ceremony here today. They had been standing in the sun for over an hour. The Negri Sembilan Club was turned into a miniature hospital as
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    PLANTER WEDS IN KUALA LUMPUR
    38 4 MR. C. KOBINSON a pianter, of Sungei Gumut Estate llu Selangor, and Miss I). Dauson, of Kuala Lumpur, who married at the Wesley Church, Kuala Lumpur, at the week-end. Eng Tong; Studio picture.
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    It's for YOU this is being done
    268 4 It's for YOU this is being done SIR GERALD TELLS THE CHILDREN: KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. ALL the building, thinking and fighting going on now in Malaya are being done for you and your future." General Sir Gerald Templer. the High Commissioner. told schoolchildren in a Federation Day message today. The
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    New degree for Scholar
    67 4 DR. Gwee Ah Leng. a Colony Queen's scholar, who went to study in London in 1952. has obtained the degree of M R.C P.. it is learned today. Dr. Gwee won three awards —the Brunei Hawes medal for medicine, the Gibbs medal for efficiency, and the
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    RSPCA gets 6 volunteers
    51 4 1 Three men and three women have responded to the appeal by the Sineapore Royal Socie- ty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for volunteers to man the society's office on holidays. Volunteers will work for short periods on holidays and weekends answering urgent j
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    Destitute: She wanted to die
    52 4 SEGAMAT, Mon.— "l am old and without friends and money and I felt life was not worth living any more." said Teong Ah Chaw, 52-vear-olc 1 woman when charged with attempted suicide She had, jumped into a stream. Teong was bound over in $100 for
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    Going home
    20 4 SEGAMAT. Mon.— Mr G A Curruthers, O.S.P.C. 1 Administrative 1. Segamat. is leaving soon for Britain on leave.
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    THE JUNGLE ORDEAL OF MR. JONG
    164 4 MIRI. Sarawak, Mon. YIR. Jong Jin Fook, 46, a Borneo Company clerk, set off for a jungle tramp to cut sticks for his garden He carried only a small knife and no food. But when night came he found he was lost. He made
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    Sugar to go off ration in Singapore
    88 4 Sugar to go off ration in Singapore SLGAK will be taken off the ration on February 15, thSingapore Government said last night. A Government spokesman said: "The Government is now satisfied that its stocks are low enough to ensurt early clearance and that commercial imports are available to meet the
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    Rubbish they were loading into truck suddenly blew up
    125 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. TWO flre engines were called to the scene of a 1 mystery explosion today at the Kuala Lumpur railway goods yard. Three scavengers were loadIng rubbish into a municipa 1 cleansing department truck I when suddenly there was
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    IT'S 'SORRY' TO EVERY 8th CALLER
    131 4 SINGAPORE S telephone operators at present have to intercept one call in every eight and tell the customer: "Sorry, the number ha* been changed." It is extra work which they will have to do until the new directories are issued in March. The new
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    TRAFFIC WILL BE BETTER IN BEACH ROAD
    102 4 Better traffic arrangements I for a section of Beach RoadjFraser Street junction to Jalan jaultan have been drawn up by the Singapore City Councils Vehicles and Traffic Committee. This includes the removal of the white traffic line i.i the area. Loading and unloading
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    Bag found
    39 4 A brown leather bag, containing a seaman's cari. $1 and other personal belongings, was left in p taxi in SineaDor* yesterday. The owner ■boald claim th? bag from the Rrci,- trar of Vehicles Office, Middle 1 Road.
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    HE DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT
    234 4 HE DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT Lawyer apologises j SINGAPORE lawyer Mr. J D Donnelly yesterday' apologised to Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam the Fourth Police Magistrate for having accused him of beins prejudiced in favour of a prosecution witness a- r Saturday. Mr. Donnelly said he did netc t intend
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    S'PORE DIARY
    207 4 Police Band: Public psmnßMl Fsrrer Park. 5.30 p.m. to 630 p.m Singapore Chamber Fnsemblr Choral rehearsal. H.M V. Studio. 4th tloor, Mac Donald House Orchard Ropd. 5.15 pm. fitv (ounrll: President c" farewell tea-party for 22 City Council mr-n :oinc to Australia for raining Commit tre Room (2nd
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    No New Year truce for the hawkers
    105 4 SINGAPORE hawkers must not expect the City Council to condone irregular hawking on the eve of Chinese New Year. This is the effect of the reply by the City President, Mr. T p. F. McNeice, to the I Hawkers Union's pet.tion for a
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    This is no time for love notes, says Narayanan
    249 5 RUBBER MEN'S JANUAR V PA V KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. RUBBER estate workers will accept January wa?es "without prejudice" to their claims for more money, Mr. P. P. Narayanan, chairman of the rubber workers' negotiating committee, tuld the Straits Times today. "This
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    DRIVER CAUGHT 25-FOOT PYTHON BY THE TAIL
    128 5 He caged it, now wants it as a pet THIS 25-foot long python, coiled up peacefully mi a stout wooden box, is attracting hundreds of spectators daily in a village off Paya Lebar Road, Singapore. It was caught by a lorry driver, Cheong
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    Found with bandits: 3 years' gaol
    121 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. TAN VOW HONG was sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen ,in the Sessions Court. Kota Tinggi, today to three years' imprisonment for consorting with armed terrorists at i Sungei Buntu. The court was told that a police patrol approached a lonely
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    Kampong council
    44 5 TELUK ANSON. Mon. Kampong Teluk Buloh. a village on the Bernam River, 20 miles from here, went to the first polls to elect its kampong council last week. This is the first village in the district to have its own kampong council.
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    Course for 300
    34 5 SEREMBAN. Mon.—A youth leadership course arranged by the social welfare officer Negri Sembilan. will be held at Seremban on February 26 and 27. About 30 people wil! i attend the course.
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    Lawyer for hawkers abandons case
    204 5 ARGUMENT WITH PROSECUTOR A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. C. H. Koh, who was to have defended 200 of the 800 hawker cases in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday, withdrew after an exchange of words with the prosecutor. When the cases were men- tioned last December,
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    HANDS OFF COLONY, SAY PROGRESSIVES
    170 5 'Responsible 9 executive wanted THE sooner the Singapore Executive Council is turn,ed into a ministerial cabinet I with collective responsibility the better it will be for the citizens of this country, said the Progressi\e Party yesteri day. "We shall then be able tj. ensure no
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    No decision on Govt. men in politics
    207 5 RENDEL FINDINGS AWAITED UNTIL the Rendel Constitutional Commission's findings are known the Singapore Government will not decide whether its employees can take part < in Dolitics. Most of the Federal Elcc- tion.s Committee did not favoui Federation Government em- ployees contesting elections j
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    Labourer faces murder charge
    35 5 SEGAMAT. Mon.— A quarry labourer. Ho Fong. 53. was committed for trial at the next johore Assizes on a charge of He was alleged to have stabbed a contractor to death.
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    Club officials
    21 5 SEGAMAT. Sat— Mr. Tan cjone Lian was elected president and Mr. K. Ponniah vice-president of the Segamat International Club.
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    Hit teacher: $15
    27 5 SEGAMAT. Mon.— For I assaulting a Malay school- i master during an argument in a football match, 22-year-old Zainal bin Mohamed was fined $15.
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    Old folks get gift parcels
    73 5 IPOH. Mon.— Representatives of welfare organisations this morning visited several old peoples' homes to distribute cash, colthes and food parcels for Chinese New Year. The organisations were the Perak Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, the Perak Chinese Welfare Association and the Catholic Welfare Ser-
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    Refused job: he jumped in river
    82 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Found guilty of attempting to commit suicide by jumping into a river at Senai. Manikam j was bound over in $50 to be of good behaviour for six months. It was said that when his application for a job was turned
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    Thousands see fun fair
    33 5 MALACCA. Mon.—Thousands attended a fun fair here in' aid of the British Red Cross Society drive for $20,000. Gordon Highlanders nresented comic acts and musical items at the fair.
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    JOHORE PWD MAN RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS' SERVICE
    94 5 JOHORE PWD MAN RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS SERVICE JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Haji Anwar bin Haii Malek has retired after 40 years with the Johore Government. Most of his service was sDent in the Public Works DcDartment at Muar, Seeamat. Batu Pahat and Johore Bahru head office, where he held the
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    Navy union to continue the boycott
    117 5 rE Naval Base Labour Union will continue boycotting the Singapore Legislative Council elections so long as the members do not benefit from the Colony Labour Ordinance and other regulations, the union secretary. Mr. D. Woodhull. said yesterday. He was commentine on a newspaper reader's
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    New dance champions
    54 5 PENANG. Mon. —Mr Harry Chow and Miss Ruby Lim are Penang's new novices dance champions. They won the 1954 title at the charity ball held in E. and O. Hotel in aid of the fund for the Settlement Youth Community Centre. Mr. M. B Choo and Miss
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    Broadcasts on tour
    50 5 Royal Background talks on the places that the Queen and the Dake of Edinburgh w:ll visit during their tour of Australia 1 will be broadcast every j Tuesday and Friday at 9.45; p.m. The recordings have been supplied as a special service by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
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    Passengers arriving by Canton
    647 5 rE following passengers will disembark from the Canton in Singapore on SaturMr. C. A-sooll, Mr. R. Archer. Mrs. Brundle and child. Mr. and Mrs. A. Bundy and two children. Miss M. E. Butler. Miss M. M Buckley. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Broom and two children.
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    DEATH
    19 6 '/i W,,,H> J.'O i minimum) \LLEN. On January 25th at Bournemouth. W: Her Allen (late of Ltd., Singapore)
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    29 6 w*. fltt (mmimii.-n) K O IYER Of the ment. Johore. wish 1 tends who kindly sent Dd congratulatory messages on the occasion of daughter i;h Chi Rn.'an at
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    188 6 M H.,;rf. tin i minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT E\ery day tn the -Malay Mai'.' if you want to win j pmrtt. AN ANNUITY is n form of Investment providing for a maxinfum I safe return to the investor so devised that it cannot be outlived. For r« please write D
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Feb. 2, 1954. The Election Date
    1010 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Feb. 2, 1954. The Election Date One of the few major divisions of opinion among members of the committee which examined the question of elections to the Federal Legislative Council concerned the date on which the first elections shvjld be held. By a large majority
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    Second Week In Berlin
    375 6 The second week of the Ber- lin conference finds the pro['ceedings translated to the East- j crn zone of the city. This may i be the crucial week. The agenda has been fully discussed, the possibility of a Big Five con-! j ference has been raised
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      'Thousands have been evicted'
      236 6 'Thousands have been evicted |T DOES not seem to be realised that many thousands of smallholders have Been evicted from their rubber holdings and their homes demolished under the "Emergency" regulations. Although the holdings may have been tapped and the replanting cess collected, it will be impossible to replant these
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      London Log
      505 6 gRITISH newspapers and the B B.C. having rather fallen down on the job, the Malayan Film Unit Is now helping to give the people of Britain a more adequate and accurate picture of life in Malaya. It is a feather in the cap of Malaya's film technic ians
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      Without any distinction
      170 6 I NEED hardly remind New Israelite that it is not according to Christian principles, nor is it in accord with any other ethical code that I know of. for a Government to pay family allowances to one section of its civil service whom Sir Edward Ritson recently
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      PROVIDENT FUND
      83 6 YOUR report on the appointment of the Central Provident Fund Board contains an important error. It was stated that any worker receiving less than $500 per month would be allowed to contribute five pc- cent, of his salary to the fund. Tho fact is that the worker will
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      BUT CHANCE ALREADY EXISTS FOR TECHNICAL STUDY
      327 6 BUT CHANCE ALREADY EXISTS FOR TECHNICAL STUDY SINGAPORE City Council Finance Committee's refusal to give financial aid for the proposed polytechnic is not surprising. It must be known by the committee that technical tuition is available for any local man or boy who has the slightest ambition. It can be
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      Remember Confucius, Mrs. Fozdar
      366 6 Remember Confucius, Mrs. Fozdar I 11/ HEN a country in a semifT state of savagery is conquered by another with a morp advanced civilisation, the former usually adopts the culture and language of the latter. The Greeks gav e to countriio around the Mediterranean their language and culture. The Romans
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      Thrift and loan society
      307 6 I READ w;th interest the com. ments by "Mark Time" on 1 the policy of the Trengganu I Government Servant's" Cooperative Thrirt and Loan Society in not taking those who have resigned back into the society. Perhaps he may be one of those whose application was
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      Which is better?
      99 6 AS the authorities mean to be relentless in per- j I secuting the helpless haw- i kers, may I put to them this pertinent question? hi. h is better, to allow petty traders earn an i honest living in peace, which will contribute to j the public
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      JOBS IN M.C.S.
      237 6 IHAVE read with considerable interest statements in the Press about the Gov- j ernment's inability to find suitable men t o nil Asian posta in the Malayan Civil Service. T n nil the first posts, appliI cations were invited from I serving officers and from uni- i
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    On the Margin
    356 6 The contrast rVHE story A Times of X; broadcasting frorj bombed London that too lltth physical cou He showed during the worst war when the Royal Standard Buckineham Pain j the sovereigi 1 cheered many Lo, fi-ed their drtr: carry on. A mark like H It didn't
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    'Blood debt' man struggled with gunman for pistol
    255 7 BROTHER SAW FATAL SHOT FIRED Ajlv. 'iuok Sinjf Inn, bus company manager who 1 w*g >hot dead last Dec. 31, struggled with one ■gsailanti for a pistol, a coroner's court told in Singapore yesterday. Guok. 38, was shot dead while telephoning a
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    $5,000 CHEQUE TO HOUSE MELBOURNE STUDENTS
    46 7 HIS IS THE cheque Mm Sarawak Government sent to the Straits Times as its contribution to the International House for Asian stu- dents at Melbourne University. The gift follows a donation of S100.000 to the fund from the Singapore Government.
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    Fireworks start two blazes
    59 7 Fireworks start two blazes .i in t- night .started n Pa.su roof was ii out within n Peng Bahru irge area of lallang The crew of otif the fire Fire Brigade .>d to keep watch on playing with fire- dealt with ill ins ftrea yestertal of eight rd day for
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    Pastor leaving for Kuantan
    24 7 Mon The Rev. wife ot Church will be on Thursday I 11.-.".. fer to Kuantan. Hee will t:<place in Taipme.
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    Badge for two
    20 7 BAHRU Mon.— tmunication Direcb tor meribetn rs :n Kluang Mr M .my and Mr. P. M. An-
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    200 attend silver wedding
    49 7 SERFMBAN. Sun Tcnsku Naslr and his wife of Seremban celebrated their silver veddina anniversary on Sat■ith a ccktail party at their home in Datoh Klana Road. Tensku Nasir is the brother ol the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. More than 200 people wer« present.
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    HER OWN MOTHER WAS BLIND
    238 7 HER OWN MOTHER WAS BLIND So Mrs. Adams will give Braille lessons QNE of the eight people who have volunteered to visit Singapore's blind regularly is a European woman whose mother was blind for 24 years. She Ls Mr.v Ivy Adams, of J.ilan Jumat. 1 Mrs Adams' mother became totally
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    The weather
    130 7 Hottest in Ipoh MINIMI M TFMPERATIRF. (TJt p.m. on Jan. 31 to 7 30 a m on Feb. 1): Singapore 75 degrees. Penans 75. Kota Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 75. Ipoh 73. Kuanlan 71. MAXIMIM TEMPER ATI'RE <7.3'J a.m to 7 30 p.m. on Feb. 1 1 o.nt;n
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    Memorial gift
    32 7 The staff of thp Goodyear Orient Co. Ltd., has given $189 to the Singapore Atiti-Tuber-culosis Association in memory of the late Mr. Goh £ng Watt of Lee Rubber Co. Ltd.
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    Camera club contest
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. First three in the Selangor Camera Club's annual "best exhibit competition held yes- terday were: 1. Lee Yeow Liong. 1 2, Lee Choong Wah, 3. Chai 'Yuen Lum. Sixty-two entries were received. The pictures were of Miss Violet Sleigh. Kuala Lumpur girl who recently
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    10 beat up taxi driver
    72 7 A taxi driver was attacked by 10 men early yesterday) morninc after he had an argument with another taxi i driver. The man was walking home along Cecil Street at a^-out 4 a.m. when he was attacked. As he freed himself and ran empty bottles
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    He didn't pay for cigarettes
    61 7 Hassan bin Isman went to a shop in Tanglin Road. Singapore, on January 23 and left [with five tins of cigarettes without paying for them. In the third police court yesterday. Hassan pleaded guilty to theft and was gaolea for three months, to be followed
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    KEEPING THE BABIES HAPPY
    40 7 MOTHERS I lII* their babies with free milk supplied by the authorities while awaiting their turn to be screened in Sunday morning's operations in the Jelutong area of Penang. Straits Ti/nes picture. Report in Page 2.
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    Mess fight led to death—court told
    260 7 Mess fight led to death court told STAFF SERGEANT IS ACCUSED AN ARMY Staff Sergeant was alleged in the Singapore Assizes yesterday to have caused the death of another Sergeant by banging his head on the floor during a Boxing Night fight in the Sergeants" Mess at Tyersall Camp S/sgt
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    How a debtor state came to prosperity
    143 7 ALOR STAR. Mon. \Z EDAH'S former Mentri Sesar. Tuan Haji Mobil. Sheriff, who retired yesterday after serving the State for over 40 years, today recalled the turn of the' century, when Kedah was a bankrupt state. "In 1909, she was in debt, but
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    Youth Council officials
    54 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. Officebearers of the Negri Sembilan Youth Council for the year are President. Mr. Jbseph Siov, Hin Loong; vice-president Mr V. S. Param. secretary. Mr. A Jeyaratnam; treasurer, Che Hendon binte Din. Committee, Mr. Anthony Wong, Inche Sharuddin bin Ashak. Mr. N. Gunarahaj. Mr. G. Krishr.an
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    Made false report—8 months gaol
    164 7 Made false report— 8 months gaol A CONTRACTOR. Muthusamy son of Seenasamy, was gaoled fo: six months and fined i $250 in Singapore yesterday for making a false report to the nolice. causing an Innocent man. R. Velayutham. to be arrested. Muthusamy was unable to pay the fine and was
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    Little Mabel has a big problem
    216 7 Little Mabel has a big problem SHE MUST DECIDE: TO SING OR TO TEACH VIISS Mabel Lee, SiniTl gapore's singing schoolgirl, is now wondering whether she should study for the stage or the classroom. Mabel, who dreams of rising to the top as an opera star, has joined the Teacher's
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    'I'LL CARRY OUT THIS JOB AS A MALAYAN'
    201 7 —New Indian Member's promise KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. ••'THOUGH I am an Indian. I am conscious that my 1 appointment is as a Malayan and I shall be completely guided by this in all my actions as a member of the Government." This
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    Tea party for trainees
    45 7 Twenty-two Singapore City Council candidates, accepted by the Australian Government for training under the Colombo Plan for Technical AssLstance. will be given a tea party today by Mr. T.IVF McNeice, City President. The first batch will leave for Australia this week.
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    GANG'S 'BEAT-UP' MAN TOLD. END TERROR TACTICS
    271 7 He must go straight now, or else... jtfUSTAFA bin Awang Chik. 25, called by the pnlir c iTA "the beat up man of gang 108", was yesterday bound over in the sum of S5OO to keep the peace for six months. Mr. E.
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    Seamen's union branch
    41 7 PENANG. Mon.— Malay sea- men from Penanj: and ProTlnce Wellesley ha.c formed a Settlement branch of the Malayan Seamen's Union. Capt. Hassan bin Anma.i was elected president. Inche Aziz bin Ibrahim secretary and Inche Awang bin Non treasurer.
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    Funeral of Singapore journalist
    125 7 Funeral of Singapore journalist THE FUNERAL took place at Bidadari cemetery, Ringa- .terday of r Du-kson Brown, financial correspondent of the Straits Times who died ;it his flat in Fife HOUM Grange Road, on Sunday. He was 55 The service was cond'iptrd by the Rev. R. M Oreer <>f the
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    Youth for trial on hurt charge
    48 7 The Singapore Juvenile Court vesterclay fixed the trial ot a teenager, charged with causing grievous hurt, on Fro. 9. The boy was alleged to have struck a Chinese with a knifr :n lane >>ff Cecil Street "n Jan. 3. Bail was extended
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    Nominated
    20 7 PENANG. Mon Mr. G. W Webb, acting Becretary for Chinese Affairs, hanominated an official mombrr of the Settlomont Counril.
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    Cleared on death charge
    75 7 t IM KOK CHUAN. a learner driver, was acquitted in Singapore yesterday of causing the death of Earnest Oswald Galistan 56. by a negligent act. It was alleged that a car driven by Lim knocked down Galistan at Serangoon Road, on December 13. Llm's drivine instructor
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    Elections plan 'a big step to nationhood'
    422 8 Elections plan 'a big step to nationhood' GREATER UNITY THAN EVER —WA THERSTON KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE acting Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. D. C. Watherston, said tonight that the publication of the Federal Elections Committee's report was a major step towards the goal of a united Malayan nation. The committee,
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    KELANTAN GIRL FOR BRITAIN
    77 8 TFNC.KI ELEK ZANARIAH. youngest daughter of Tengku Panglima Raja. District Officer. Pasir Mas. will leave Kelantan to-morrow for Britain where she will continue her studies. She was a student at Convent School. Kuala Lumpur. She will be accompanied on the trip by her uncle, Wan Mustapha
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    Just doing my job, says Mr. Naidu
    106 8 SINGAPORE City Council's Labour Establishment Officer, Mr. K. C. Naidu yesterday denied an allegation by the Council Labour Unions' Federation that he is "undermining the welfare of dailvrated workers." He told the Straits Times: "I am just doing my .iob and 1 cannot
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    There's still a long way to go, says Dato Sir Onn
    211 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon "11TE are still a considerYt able distance from achieving that unity of nationhood which must be the final objective for the creation of the Federation." said Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, the Member for lion c
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    Unsold bricks piling up—10 mil. of them
    186 8 Unsold bricks piling up 10 mil. of them 1,000 WORKERS FEAR FOR JOBS yHE Singapore Labour Department is inquiring iato threatened unemployment among the 1.000 Colony workers in brick factories. The Chief Employment Offl- cer. Mr. F. G. Tyson, told the Straits Times yesterday: "We are going into the matter
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    Port closing
    33 8 The Shipping and Port Clearance Office, the Seamen's Bureau and Imports and Exports Office will close tomorrow and open for one hour only on Thursday 1 10 cm to 11 am).
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    A LESSON FOR THE VISITOR
    37 8 SIR THOMAS LLOYD (centre) watches a trainee at the Trade School in Balestier Road, which he visited yesterday. On his right is the school's chief instructor. Mr E. Bray. Straits Times picture.
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    Sir Thomas sees future tradesmen at work
    124 8 THE permanent Under-Secre-tary of State for the Colonies, Sir Thomas Lloyd yesterday saw Singapore youths, being trained for skilled jobs. With the Colonial Secretary Mr. W. A. C. Goode. and the .ctinc Director of Education. Ir. D. McLellan. Sir Thomas cnt an hour
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    135 years ago
    48 8 All ships in harbour on Saturday have been asked to "dress shio" to commemorate the founding of Singapore and Accession Day. Sir Stamford Raffles first landed in Singapore on January 28. 1819, and on February 6 the treaty was signed making Singapore a crown colony.
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    Wild scene in court
    45 8 An Indian caused a disturbance in the First Singapore Traffic Court yesterday during the recess. He suddenly siood up. shouted, then ran round the courtroom and collapsed after he hit his head against the witness box. The court staff overpowered him.
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    Lottery prizes
    36 8 The five fifth ($10,000) prizes in the 18th Social Welfare Services lottery, drawn at Kampar on Saturday, no to tickets *****49. *****15 *****4, *****08 and *****17 Not *****16 as stated in the Sunday Times.
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    New post office
    21 8 The Director of Posts. Mr. M. L Durrant. yesterday opened a post ornne at Joo Chiat Read. Singapore.
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    Brigand Prince smashed army
    2024 9 F E A T U R > E which tried to grab Morocco FAT, grotesque old man with a mop of flaming red hair was hauled screaming from a mosque in the Spanish Moroccan citadel of Tazrut one January day in 1925. Bundled on a wooden
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 10 Rubber gained half i cent in Singapore yesterday and closet: steady last night at 55 oenta a lb. The tone was better on short, covering activity and more trade demand with sellers reserved. Closing prices yos'?rday in per pound were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose b 54 7
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    Rumania revalues
    58 10 LONDON. Sun. Rumania day revalued her ,-ut ren almost double Its previous v.i; terms of the Soviet roubl.*. Pucb i rest radio reported The radio broadcast an < innouneemml satin: tlutf Hrn qoW content of the Lei wai beine doubleri and ii.> new ra c of exclunßp would
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    INDUSTRIALS AND TINS BOTH FIRM
    490 10 Around Ili«' murk«»<s ON MORE CHEERFUL M 1 ipHE local share market was more cl 1 although with the holiday in p small volume of business was written. Rubber gained half a cent in Singapore to close at 55 5 8 cents a lb while
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    Tin Price
    10 10 Thr price Of •pare yeste claretl at ■nehanged
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    Singapore shipping
    40 10 CHIPS 1 C.P.. Steel Ap; n I Wall 8. Buloh 27 Rondo M.irnn 31 40-41, <«i 1:1; roads Frederick INM i. II Hen.'. mi I Bee. E. C. Buru. Ha I la D Kei>;*>; Western a Konc V
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    US oil men in Persian pact
    52 10 WASHINGTON Herbert B: y and R sation for marki oil. Acting on the 01 I Securit beaded oy Presu Mr. Browi c com pa:.. ndi inti-trust lau.s if he international .him.' 1 Observers regard* Persian oil dispute leld up the product sian oil ior
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    Exchange rates
    20 10 Thr airmail, od credil I OD. 33H, 9 bills. 3a 7 1( The foil V ***** r D
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    Produce prices
    13 10 Singapore i change I Lewis -i"«i P March S-tl c (Penan
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    U.S.-SOVIET TRADE IS VANISHING
    25 10 1 NIIKH 1 with thi the ■..mi the Comn Unit. countries m imixirts from were about w i [Jnited SI Europe
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      610 10 NOTICES NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS NOTICE is hereby given that no transfer of Shares of "The Great Eastern Movietone Limited 32 The Arcade. Smcapore. shall be consirlrrcd until further Notice. Dattd this 19th day of January, 1 1954. By Order of the Board, B. M. N. K. KHAN, Director. I NOTICE
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      834 10 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD of the FEDERATION OF MALAYA REMOVAL OF CONSUMER'S ACCOUNTS OFFICE Board Consume-s ln Kuala Lumpur are requested to note that the CONSUMERS ACCOUNTS OFFICE, BATU ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR, will close for business at i-:. i m noon on Saturday. 30th January, 1954, and re-open at the
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      650 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT i Design, construction and completion of New Kirn Seng Bridge. Canal and Causeway and demolition of existing bridge. Close NOON 22.2.54. Deposit $500 (refundable). Forms and all particulars from the ConEngineer, Mr. J. T. Chester, United Engineer's Building, River Valley Road. P.
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      1005 11 MANSFIELD <Sc CO LTD. T (10 line, BLUE FUNNEL LINE 'Ve"t'" proceed via other parti to load anH d. "charge cargo -POOL. GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Pe-iong G 33/34 Fcb 4 Feb 5/ 4 Feb. 7/ 8 G 38/39 Feb. 6 Feb. 7/ I Feb. 11 Feb. 9 Feb.
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      980 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FKOM SCANOINaVIAN/U K./CONTININT S'porc P. S'horr Penang ;;Mr,n-,olm" t Kot-MCnana Hkong II 7 Feb. Mogdala" f-r Bonnkok 14/14 Frb. 12/11 Feb. 10/11 Feb. Songkhle" lor K>h<,crv,no So.oon nnnnknnq, Monila Kobe Yokohomo 18/19 Fcb 17/17 Feb. IS/14 Feb SAILINGS TO CONTENT ft SCANDINAVIA For Colombo, Aden, Port
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      1080 11 BEN LlN£ STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS to U.K. ond CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P.S'r-om Penong Beneleuch tor Liverpool. Ojhlln, Glasgow. Hamburg. Antwerp Gdn. 8 7/ 8 Feb. 9/10 Feb. Bennevfs for Onno Avonmouth, lonoon. Hnmhu-g S/10 Feb. 11/13 Feb. 14/ISFeb. Benvorlich fir i vcrpooi Glasgow Rotterdom, Homburg 11/17 reh. 11/20 Feb. 21/22
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      Big plans for Straits Steamship
      308 12 -THE rehabilitation pro- gramme of the Straits -Steamship Co.. Ltd.. which is costing $8,500,000 dollars is well underway r said Mr. W. H. McNeill a 1 Director of the company. First ship to bo completed S and ready for service is th.« > Prnang built
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      STEEL OUTPUT
      26 12 PIG IRON output in Britaain In 1953 at 11.17 miiI!on tons, was an all-time record, and compared favourably with the previous year"i 10.72 million.
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      COLONY ENTREPOT TRADE IN 1953 FELL BY MORE THAN $1,190 MILLION
      510 12 COLONY ENTREPOT TRADE IN 1953 FELL BY MORE THAN $1,190 MILLION THE overall entrepot trade in Singapore in 1953 declined by approximately $1,190,000,000 of which about $660,000,000 was accounted for by the drop in the value of exports. Unpublished official figures show that last year exports from the Colony of
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      More pepper exported
      68 12 One good feature of the Singapore entrepot trade in 1953 was the increase in pepper exports from the Colony. In 1953 8.800 tons of pepper valued at $56 million were exported compared with 4.600 tons valued at $12 million in 1952. Cigarette exports in 1953 remained steady
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      $500,000 order for Britain
      126 12 $500,000 order for Britain A N order lrom India for <■*• electrical equipment worth .5500.000 has been placed with Brush Electrical Engineering, a member of the Brush Group. despite a lower tender quoted by a German firm The order is to make, deliver and erect high-voltage and low-voltage switchgear for
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      Ruler's cycle
      87 12 'THE Sheik of Kuwait— ruler of the rapidly developing "oil state" in the Persian Gulfhas ordered four Coventrymade Triump Speed Twin motor cycles for use by his personal bodyguard. Police in Kuwait are already equipped with the same make for patrol duties. Four more similar machine 1 are
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      Federation roads to cost millions
      176 12 THE Malayan Public works department is planning to spend U. 5.5184 million on roads and bridges during the next 10 years, according to the International Road Federation, a private organization. Major projects, according to the Federation, include a 320--kilometer road from Port Swettenham through Kuala
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      NEW TRADE CHIEF FOR SINGAPORE
      206 12 \FTER nearly a lapse of] a year the post of Assistant Director of Commerce and Industry. Singapore in charge of Indonesian liaison trade matters has now been niled. The new holder <>t the post left vacant by the departure to We* Zealand last year o:
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      Canadian flour men visit Singapore
      200 12 MALAYANS were discovered to have an extremely conservative taste in flour by the Canadian Flour Mission which paid a flying visit to the Colony last week. The mission Dr. J. Ansel Anderson, Chief Chemist. Board of Grain Commissioners, Winnipeg Mr. Williair Riddel. Commissioner. Board of
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      No carbon Paper now
      146 12 No carbon Paper now THE National Cash Register -1 Co. has announced a new paper which provides multiple copies o! business forms Aith- i out using carbon papvr inserts. The new product lcoko and feels like ordinary paper. But i an invisible coating of printing |< fluid on the underside
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      AUSTRALIA Win SEND BUSINESS MEN TO MALAYA
      367 12 AUSTRALIA Win SEND BUSINESS MEN TO MALAYA DURING 1954, Malaya Will sco ;i far greati Australian businessmen than ever befo George S. Anderson. Australian Ooverni Commissioner in Malaya. The recent success of Australian nessmen in the communications, earthrm working machinery, materials handling trical fields, will be an added Incentive number
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      GATT EXTENDS TARIFF PACT FOR 18 MONTHS
      188 12 GATT EXTENDS TARIFF PACT FOR 18 MONTHS 4« iB-MuaiH extension oi tne me oi A schedules covering some 55.000 II trade has been approved by 31 of the 34 <■ I parties to the General Agreement on Tn Trade (GATT). the United Nations recently. The United States is amons the
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      84 12 I New York I VIA EUROPE l I, 1 fin i "i United Nations Building BY I Pa/v Amfr/ca/v i World Airways GENERAL AGENTS: MALAYA I MANSFXEKD&CaiR SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC ''I'-. sit THROUGH CONNECTIONS BY Mkt t M.A.L. YOUR FARE INCLUDES YOUR HOTEL ACCOMMODATION AT CONNECTING POINTS SPEEDBIRD ROUTES
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      96 12 Motoilbto NIGHT SERVICING Now available in KUALA LUMPUR t* SHELL RODGER STREET SHELL BATU «J* SERVICE STATION SERVICE S Adjoining the Central Ope I Market Co.. r o Operators: Lee Koon Co Teleriione: XL 3638 The*'.- Stations in Ku.il i Lumpur ~"^w offer ShcllubrictMon Service f \l until 10 p.m.
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    WHAT A LIFE!
    688 13  -  Christine II? MONDAY. arrived thii nnrnlng after we had -t:hp prepared for tlv i-hen T nari a letter ;n-a some time ag.) it the dear child to bad. every- tiered. wrote and to be .smt. A ienee preind went on prevail.ivent had that I yesterday. '■'err-, husband*
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    Pretty girl in practical garb
    64 13 PRACTH Al. i.trb lor a busy girl in a hurry: Lemon-coloured reefer jacket and black tapered trousers, worn hv that pretty young actress, .lane Griffiths. Jane is seen on her way to Shepprrton Studios in Middlesex, where she has just started work on a new
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    Becoming w»ENNOfE Beautiful;;
    78 13 Becoming w EN NO f E Beautiful;; J.V.W/.HER GLAMOUR PROBLEM: HOW TO BE asvwv.. Jill Bennett was born and brou/fht up in Penan*. Not even her •I best friends could descTjbe her as beautiful but she is becoming one of the stars of the British screen and proving that there
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    THE GIRL YOU WON'T FORGET
    380 13 THE GIRL YOU WON'T FORGET By A Special Correspondent LIER nose is flat, her 11 mouth is large, hep hair is straight and mousy yet she is one of the most attractive girls seen in British films for the past eighteen months. And she; was born IB Penang. the daughter
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    Some tasty recipes for baby's diet
    653 13  -  SISTER CLARE -By- AS a result of tho recent A articles on the right kind of food for baby. I have been asked to give a few every-day recipes. HOME-MADE RISKS: Tr proprietary brands are rathe:' expensive to buy. but they an easy enough
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      311 13 Che best #t 4^^ Made specially for beby, H fy-^'v lohnson's Baby Powder is \vl.*^"** l q|s' ft tfM softest, finest powder V*^^i vjjQ^ 1 in the world. It prevents "^T^^ PO /TS •rritatlon. soothes and V^"* I [Mi zomforts tender skin. Use < 1 t regularly, at bathtime S^
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      345 13 Straits Times Crossword 7"~ T~ 3 4"" a 7~~ «J I h mmt a i||| 9 10 rj '"iiifri'* 11 1 falter' l fl 1 »pl IB 19 r0 2I B~y^^i~iirii~ in 11 H n n n n ACKOSB JO. Nothing h ham back in 1. You may not know
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    S.T.C. PAID OVER $4 1/4 MILLION IN TAXES
    206 14 More amenities being planned THE Singapore Turf Club paid $4,295,869 in taxes last year and its profit on 1953 working was only 8236,068. This is $242,000 less than the previous years profit and was dve according to the statement of the chairman.
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    Niven beats Lauriston 2 up for title
    339 14 IPOH. Mon •THIRTY-TWO-year-old Flt.-Lt. J. Niven. former RAF champion in England and holder of the Bdaagar trir. held of! 1 Mronc challenge by his Seiangor team mate and Malayan champion R. B. I LaurLston. to win the Nor: "ship by two up on
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    Keith Miller hits 143
    129 14 SYDNEY. Mon. I^EITH MILLER. Australian illIV rounder, scorer 1 43 for New South Wales and left them with a change of forring a win at the enci of the third dny's play In the Sheffield Shield match here. New South Wales. 52 run.' behind on first
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    NORWICH CITY AT HOME
    104 14 LONDON. Mag THE draw for the fifth round of the Football Association Challenge Cup. made here today, resulted as follows: Norwich City v Stoke Cltv or Leicester City; Port Vale v West Ham United or Blackpool: Sheffield Wednesday or Chesterfield v Everton: Leyton Orient v Doncaster
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    B.A.M. delegate
    31 14 David Choong will be the delegate of the Badminton Association of Malaya at the annual general meeting of the International Badminton Federation to be held in London in June.
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    FARELFRUGBY FINAL TEAMS
    59 14 THE Fijians will meet R.E.M.E. Base Workshops in the Malayan final of the FARELF Cup rugby competition at Tanglin tomorrow". The teams will be: Fijians: Tuinabua; Dawal. Baba. Rokoua. Kabuta; Kanawave, Naitini: Radrodro. Balekana. Qlo. Cawa. Vosailagi, Muar, Naivota. Saukuru. HMt; ToinUi: Cully. Colquitt. Evans. Kendall; Lloyd.
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    Dunsford gives a polished display
    262 14 PERTH. Monday. "PHE captain of the victorious Singapore Youths A boxing team, Austin Dunsford, showed his best form of the tour in a match at Albany last night when he easily beat Bob Elridge in a three-rounder. Dunsford had Elridge on thp canvas four times
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    'INCIDENTS' LEAD TO BAN CALL
    156 14 'INCIDENTS' LEAD TO BAN CALL PENANG, lion. yHPE*7 i'NING letters were Mnt 1 to referees and counrillors ol the Football Association of PcMOf aftei ugly incidents in the First Division league match between Chinese Club and Urn Muslim Recreation Ciub. rhis was stated by Mr Mohamed Zain at the annual
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    Malaya Cup fixtures
    212 14 PENANG. Mon 'THE first ties in the 1954 Malaya x Cup competition will be pla'.ed on Apr. 17. according to provisional fixtures drawn up by the Football Association of Malaya. The schedule will be confirmed at the annual general meeting of the t A M. to be
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    ENGLAND XV: NO CHANGES
    115 14 LONDON Mon. England have chosen the same team which was beaten by New Zealand last Saturday for the Rugby Union international against Ireland at Twickenham on Feb. 13. The team is: I King (HamtfatO; J. E Woodward (Wasp? i. J. p Quinn 'New Brighton!, j. Butterneld
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    RANGERS BEATEN
    32 14 Kebenaran S.C. beat Bouna Vista Rangers 2-0 in the Kampong League competition for the Tiger Beer Cup at Alexandra yesterday. Al 1 Ahmad scored both goals Refertt: Mr. David Lim.
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    MOTORMEN DRAW
    35 14 Willipm Jacks drew with Bornto Motors 2-2 in a friendly soccer ■natch it Farrer Park yesterday. S.-orer for William Jacks; Born Yonc .nd H. Fall. Borneo Motors scorers -tre Salleh All and Hnlim.
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    Trainees at their peak
    148 14 THE Singapore Hockey Association will hold two trials, on Thursday Friday, before selecting the team to meet the touring Indian Hockey Federation team next week. The training for the 26 chosen I'l.uer.-, will continue through this week and the next. Yesterday's session at S.R.C. which was
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    Invitation XV includes 3 rugby stars
    206 14 RUGBY enthusiasts will see three first -class players in action for the first time in Singapore when a formidable Singapore C icket Club In\ nation XV meet the unbeaten Fijians at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday Leading the new threequarter at- 1 taik will
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    39 14 STRETKN. the Luton Town goalkeeper, divos in vain to stop a Blackpool coal hy Prrry in the third replay of their third round fixture. Looking on helplessly is full hack Ahrarnc Blackpool, the Cup holders, won 2—o.— Reuter photo.
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    PENNEFATHER TO CAPTAIN SOUTH AGAINST INDIANS
    138 14 PENNEFATHER TO CAPTAIN SOUTH AGAINST INDIANS SEREMBAN. Mon. I 111 following have been selected to represent the Smnli in a horkry rulrli BgalM (he Indian tourists at lal.ui i;- stadium. Singapore, on I- en. L.i: B. Manuel: A. Korlmeyrr, t Vias P. Pennefather. s! Vellupill, ii II Scquerah: Duranl. Ho.ey.
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    For Ong Poh Lim it's 'a dream come true'
    290 14 For Ong Poh Lim it's 'a dream come true THE selection of Ooi Teik Hock and Ong Poh Lim as Malayans two-man team to challenge the rest of the world \at Glasgow next month indicates that thr Badminton Association of Malaya are taking no chances in view of the series
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    FIJIANS BEAT NEGRI 32-8
    331 14 SEREMBAN. Mon. A LARGE crowd this evening saw the Fijians score vet another brilliant victory, this time over a Necri Sembibn invitation fifteen, by 32 points four <?oals. three tries and a penalty) to eisht points (a sjoal and a Denalty). For once, however, the Fijians
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    Rose takes Australian title after four sets
    36 14 Rose takes Australian title after four sets BY! \fERVYN i ITJ oifj i. tennis h 0-6. 6-4. 6-2 to win I CeSBfU] On H md M final. Mrs. Loni the worn i Ing Mi perlenced women
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    India make good start
    20 14 i o fo'ir i. INTO A P. Ro\ B P. Ptmv R B K. P. Umrlg
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    Hockey s-finals
    10 14 T the S ;'llt<c! Ceylon Club "R( Theat
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