The Straits Times, 3 February 1954

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    BORDER BANDIT HUNT
    196 1 Malayan police going to Southern Siam JOINT OPERATIONS SOON KUALA LIMPIR, Tuesday. deration Government is sending a "substantial" force of police Southern Sum soon for co-ordinated operations against Malayan who aro active OH the border between the two countries, a ition police spokesman told the Straits Times
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    400,000 AWAIT THE QUEEN
    239 1 400,000 AWAIT THE QUEEN Biggest crowd in Sydney's history SYDNEY. Tues. DOLICE and workmen 1 yesterday rushed the job of erecting barriers as a crowd of 400.000 jammed into Sydney's Hyde Park 36 hours before the scheduled arrival of the Queen and the Duke of Edin- burLrh. The Queen and
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    Police raid shops and seize 'little bombs'
    60 1 Police raid shops and seize little bombs' ted pellets, each nj them a miniature bomb. I \D CRACKERS ILLEGAL \PORE police yesterday raided several shops Change Alley and seized quantities of "little en thrown to the sound as loud as the ex.22 bullet. r.port permit has been iler, an Import
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    Cold kills six
    22 1 blamed for six deaths ■irs. Paris officials are j a warm hail in each •ltvs wards ti shelter A.P
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    MADE IN JAPAN
    13 1 and this is rcherc tnost the "little bombs" come rom.
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    Now it's atomic ear-rings
    41 1 Now it' s atomic ear-rings HOIS. Wyoming. Tues. Two Dubols women couldn't understand why they should reak out with a ra«& on their e -*rlobesA doctor suggested it was caused by radio-activity from w< rings made of bits of uranium ore.—A.P.
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    Spark from her pipe...
    54 1 WOMAN BURNED IPOH. Tues. A 43-year-old 1 woman. Wong Lai Kuan, was seriously burned when a spark from trie water pipe the was smoking set her clothes alight. Her cries brought aid from neighbours. She was taken lo Ipoh Hospital, where she was said to be
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    Molotov demands: Scrap your army
    187 1 BERLIN, Tues. MR. Molotov yesterday called for a German peace con- I ference by October this year and demanded that the West abandon its six-nation West European Army plan as the price of Germany's reunification. The plan, he declared, was I aimed at Russia and
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    Crack rebel troops push French back
    203 1 12,000 APPROACH CAPITAL SAIGON. Tuesday. VjUONG KHOUA. a French fortified village on the x Namhou River 85 miles northeast of Luang Prabang. was evacuated before the advance of the 12.000-strong Vietminh 308 th Division, the most famous formation in the rebel army, it was
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    More comfort for prisoners
    39 1 DARWIN. Tues. -Prisoners at Fanny Bay Gaol here, who previously had only army blankets <>n their beds. hay» now been issued with sheets pillows, and pillowcases. This follows recent criticism of conditions at the gaol.Reuter.
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    Japan opposed
    31 1 SEOUL. Tues.-The South Korean Foreign Minister, Pyun Yung Tai. today said that Japan could not possibly join any future Pacific defence (•.immunity unless she abandoned her aggressive .spirit— UP.
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    Formosa silent
    28 1 TAIPEH. Tues. -Nationalist Chinese quarters remained reticent today over the reported interception of the Bn- 1 tish freighter Hydralock oIT j Amoy early on Sunday.— A.P
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    WOUNDED RED BOSS KILLED
    92 1  - WOUNDED RED BOSS KILLED Gurkhas By KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A PATROL of the 1 6 GurJ\ khas this morning killed a Communist terrorist boss who was wounded by a Home Guard squad in the Segarrat area of North Johore on Sunday. He has been identified as Lee Chuan. branch committee
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    Britain asks for aid
    57 1 NAIROBI. Tues. Britain has asked her East African territories to share her mountin": bill for fighting Mau Mau territories in Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, governor of Kenya, said here yesterday. Sir Evelyn said that Britain was spending £4.200.000 a year to maintain "forces in Ea.-t Africa
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    TARZAN TRICK LET HIM DOWN
    199 1 Youth swings from 60- foot tree top and ends in hospital 4 POLICE radio patrol and a fire engine rushed to a kampong in Tempenis Road, Singapore, yesteriay when a young Chinese held the whole village spellbound playing Tarzan in a 60-foot casuarina tree. The
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    Stromboli erupts from 3 craters
    60 1 Stromboli erupts from 3 craters STRO.MBOLI. Tues. OTROMBOLI erupted yester- dsy in three huee streams of lava and white hot stones, raining ashes on th.. 800 inhabitants of the island. Three streams of lava bursi from the three craters and poured into the sea. No casualties or damage are reported
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    Oilmen agree
    21 1 TEHERAN. Tues. Iranian oilmen have agred that the Anclo-Iranian Oil ComDanv should be comnpnsated for its vast Abadan refinery.—A.P.
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    Big match tickets going fast
    107 1 Big match tickets going fast I" THERE has been a heavy demand for C tickets for Saturday's >l rugby match between 3 Singapore Cricket Club Invitation XV and the J Ist Fiji Infantry Regi- ment. C The match will be payed at Jalan Besar stadium in aid of the E
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    THE RAINS CAME AND CAME But it wasn't too wet for this chicken
    109 1 THE RAINS CAME AND CAME But it wasn't too wet for this chicken LHIS SINGAPORE CHINESE. taking a chicken to the altar for family prayers on Chinese New Year's Eve yesterday waded calmly through flood waters in TrengKanu Street. flis umbrella was used to test the ground in front of
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    Two killed in crash
    59 1 BOTH TEACHERS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Two student teachers died i today after their motor-cycle had been in collision with a police armoured troop carrier i at the 18th mile KajansSeremban Road. They werr Incho Kaimiruddin bin Mohd. 89m. aged 22. of the Semanyih Englfeh School, and
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    Indonesia now woos the tourist
    62 1 Indonesia now woos the tourist JAKARTA. TUB*. INDONESIA today eased .n.iry for tourists by cutting tne ted tape that has delayed anolieants for visas. "he Foreign Ministry said Indonesian embassies abroad had been instructed to cive foreigners visas tor four Weeks upon payment of small fees The embassies may Issue
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    STRIKE, SO DOG SHOW OFF
    55 1 LONDON. Tues.— The rios Without them the vast arena show due to onen at Olvmnia cannot be wired for lighting Stadium on Friday has been This year's show would ha\e called off because of a strike been the 58th. It i- the r.r.st of electricians.
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    Bandits mine railway
    292 1 Bandits mine railway Mail travellers escape unhurt K. LUMPUR. Tues. lIUNDREDS of passcng- era speeding to join Friends and relatives tor Chinese New Year escaped injury at 11.45 last nighi when the pilot train in front of the night mail to Kuala Lumpur struck a terrorist land mine. ji nod
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    Rita and Dick refuse to let the police in
    138 2 NEW YORK, Tues. SINGER Dick Haymes shut himself up in a hotel suite last night with his wife, Rita Hayworth. and refused to open the door for two deputy sheriffs who went to arrest him. The deputies had a civil arrest
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    Army officer misapplied £50,000
    133 2 Army officer misapplied £50,000 TOKYO. Tuts AUSTRALIAN Army Paymast\ ter. Lieut. Norman Poole. was found guilty of misapplying £50 000 of Army funds by a court martial here today. The court martial cashiered Pf'le and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment. The sentence is subject to confirmation. Defence Counsel Mr
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    U.S. URGED: BUILD PACT IN FAR EAST
    351 2 Show Asia we are friends, saus Senator WASHINGTON, Tuesday. MR. H. Alexander Smith, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Sub-committee, on the Far East, today recommended development of a regional security pact in the Far East. His report railed for continued resistance to
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    'Better' in Canal Zone
    66 2 LONDON. Tues.— Mr. Sehvyn Lloyd. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, told the House of Commons yesterday that '.he Egyptian Government had not taken all possible &teps to prevent attacks on Britons In the Suez Canal Zone. But the .situation was much better after a recent
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    TOUR STAMPS UP FOR SALE IN 3 COLOURS
    70 2 MELBOURNE. Tue.<-. -Stamps commemorating the Royal visit go on sale for the Brst time today in A-i.-.tralia. They are in three denominations 3' 2 d red, 7' d violet and 2s. green. The 7' 2 d stamp features a three-quarter length portrait
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    Drive-in bank
    13 2 MELBOURNE. Ti-es.—Mel-bourne's first drive-in bank opened for business today.— i Reuter.
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    Gen. Thimayya sides with the Reds
    190 2 ROW OVER 17 PRISONERS PANMUNJOM. Tuesday INDIA'S Lieut.-Gen. K. S. Thimayya sided with the 1 Communists yesterday in a dispute over 17 anti-Red war prisoners still held in the neutral zone for court martial on charges of murdering fellow prisoners. Gen. Thimayya. chairman of
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    WAGE BOOM THIS YEAR—STASSEN
    245 2 WAGE BOOM THIS YEAR— STASSEN Outlook is grim Union leader NEW YORK. Tuesday. \IR HAROLD STASSEN. Director of the U.S. Federal ITI Foreign Operations Acency. said today that this year the workers of the non-Communist nations would have their most significant increase in wages Since World War 11. He told
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    Enjoy mystery
    33 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. A White House spokesman, Mr. Jame.s Hagerty, yesterday said that the White House had no idea of the whereabouts of the Soviet diplomat who has disappeared in Tokyo. Renter
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    School plan
    32 2 WASHINGTON. Tues September 1. 1955. la the date tot ending segregation of whit;\nd Negro children in US Arrry schools, under a new p!:in of the Defence Depart ment. A. P.
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    NOT SO COLD FOR GINGER
    71 2 ITS ONE OF THK coldest da>» of the year, but fi Oinjrer Rog» rv from the Minshinp and central hrUin; ol Hollywood, doesn't seem worried as the prep^n-d in >wimmint; near London. Reason she knows the water has been heated for hrr The dip is
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    Narrimanno romance for me—yet
    74 2 Narrimanno romance for me— yet CAIRO, Tufv ¥^°RMFR Owen Ni cannot think at romance nn« iiisi said yesterday l;rr heir! h;iv not healrri rt frniv wounds Inflicted h\ n Km. Faroiik. The 1"-vc;jr-(>!d lv;uiilosi hrr throne, Inland an<i child, two-year-old Fnad Hi m^d. who «as kiru I months. Narriman cnis
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    New bid to find Comet wreckage
    44 2 New bid to find Comet wreckage lON V camera underwatrr down l| on Comet Mediterram v ago. The cam.- wreckac :?.S d: d three week-- I down t" 1,000 The new ed on to the plane. The technii i London tor R"i< to supervis,
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    Greek Premier at The Hague
    27 2 THE HAOUI Premier A and Mrs. Papa by train v seh for a thl V1 Thr Prem Oy Qurm Juli A P
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    U.N. WORLD BODY? NOT WITHOUT CHINA—MINISTER
    168 2 U.N. WORLD BODY? NOT WITHOUT CHINA— MINISTER LONDON Tues MR. SELWYN LLOYD, Minister of State, said here last night that in the lone run it would be very difficult to maintain that the United Nations was a world organisation unless Communist China took its seat. "But that does not mean
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    LABOUR, BOSSES BLAST PACT
    271 3 Storm grows over deal with Japan LONDON, Tuesday. GROUP of Labour MP s last night put forward a motion in the House of Commons seeking to censure the Government over the Anglo-Japanese trade pact. The motion deplores the signing of the agreement and regrets that organisations
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    Churchill defeats rifle censure
    154 3 Churchill defeats rifle censure LONDON. Tues. SIR Winston Churchill's Government, by 266 to 230, last night d a Labour censure deploring its deciscrap the new RriM. 2 rifle in I Belgian F. N, 30. in said some Latnben were "always for opportunit. ill with the Americano tbta Question of the
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    Rubber men on tour
    47 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The ree-man Rubber Producins iMlities Disposal Comn xt week begins a nine-day ir of 19 Government -ownec ithetic rubber p! Fhe Cumnv. ettin? is from private indu>' plants, of whicli th< f 27. The bids musi ;n by May 27 A.P.
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    SIX-STOREY DEATH LEAP ON HUSBAND
    156 3 NEW YORK. Tues. A HOUSEWIFE jumped i\ mv stories to her drath yesterday, landing on her husband, who tried to catch her before she hit the sidewalk. Mrs. Lillian Racenstein. aced .I. 1 died in an ambulance en route to Fordham Hospital. Her husb.md. T!-year-old
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    Five hurt in ship blast
    39 3 LONDON. Tues— A 2.577 -tor. British collier loadeo. with coal exploded in the River Thames just below London yesterday :ring five members of the The collier, Hudson Sound, badly dp.-naged and began .■qnk Reuter.
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    Uranium found
    13 3 MELBOURNE, Tuc*. Un bearing material has iscovered rear TenterNorthern New South
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    Stoker is gaoled
    66 3 VALETTA. MALTA Tues. Stoker James Skivington was sentenced to nine months' detention by a Royal Naval court I here yesterday for causing damage aboard the 9,000-ton submarine depot ship Forth. He was found guilty of damaging five gauges and setting fire to a cushion. He I also
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    Ship destroyed
    33 3 SANTA BARBARA. Cal .#-r- nia. Tues. The fishing bout! Sea Lion was destroyed by fire] yesterday while at sea but Its r>rew of five escaped and rnachpri shorn safplv lIP i
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    Doctor falls to death
    52 3 NEW YORK. Tues. Dr. Edwin H. Armstrong, a radio pioneer, plunged to his death yesterday from his 13th floor "I want the whole world to know I am sorry for what I am about to do." Dr. Armstrong wrote in one ol the two notes! he
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    Charges denied
    26 3 LOS ANGELES, Tues.— Mr. James Roosevelt yesterday denied his estranged wife's charges that he had been guilty of misconduct with a cWln women. U.P.
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    GIRLS OF OLD SCHOOL....
    33 3 NOT-SO-SLEEPY "sixth form ers" queue for tea after filming a dormitory scene for a new production, "The Belles of St. Trinian's," based on Ronald Searle's famous school. Reuti-r picture.
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    Dawn may wed Prince
    42 3 M.I I Nil Ml m actress Dawn Addams whose engagement is expected to be announced soon to Prince Vittorio Massimo, wealthy member of one of Italy's oldest farrilies. Here Dawn' is seen with her tiger mascot. Popper picture
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    AIRLINES STILL HAVE FAITH IN THE COMET
    176 3 BOAC and Japs order jetliner* LONDON, Tuesday. IJRITISH Overseas Airways expressed its faith in the future of the Comet jet airliner yesterday by I ordering another five. Sir Miles Thomas. BOAC chairman, signed the orde r for the new planes, delivery of which
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    Mailbandits second haul —in 10 days
    136 3 LONDON. Tues 4 MAIL Dag ior the Crown a\ Jewellers was stolen yesterday from a London po^t office van the second such robbery in ten days. An official of the jewel firm Messrs Garrard and Co. Ltd oil Regent Street said he did not
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    Envoy sacked
    15 3 VIENNA. Tues. Michail Bodrov. Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria, has been dismissed. —A. P.
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    Ike's aim is justice for all races
    144 3 Ike's aim is justice for all races MNEW YORK. lues R. Walter Williams, Undersecretary of Commerce said yesterday that the Eisenhower administration is trying to promote racial justice and has appointed Negroes to mam important Government posts Addressing an assembly at Philadelphia on "National Freedom Day." Mr. Williams said: "I
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    U.S. can't protest
    68 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The United States will not protest over an attack by Communist MIG-15 jet fighters on at; American reconnaissance plan? near the north Korean coast 10 days ago. a State Department spokesman said last night. It was not known whether the MIGs were piloted by North
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    Canada urged: Give surplus wheat to hungry Asia
    168 3 Canada urged: Give surplus wheat to hungry Asia OTTAWA. Tues. rE Prime Minister. Mr. Louis St. Laurent, has been urged by the Socialist Youth Movement to offer hungry Asian nations "outright gifts" of surplus Canadian wheat during his coming world tour. The national executive of the Socialist youth group made
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    ELECTION MYSTERY: TORIES GET READY
    176 3 ELECTION MYSTERY: TORIES GET READY LONDON, Tues. THE Conservative party has started preparations for the next general election, its chairman, Lord Wootton. said yesterday. In a letter thanking a local I Conservative organisation for raising £2,000 for the party'*campaign funds, he wrote: "The money will help us m our preparations
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    Sea claims criticised
    73 3 WASHINGTON Tues. Mr. Walter Robertson. Assistant Secretary of State for the Far East, yesterday criticised the claim by any nation for sovereignty over the high seas outside Its territorial waters Mr. Robertson opened a conference between representatives of Japan. Canada and the United States who, as members
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    U.S. seizes money for China
    50 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues.— The U.S. Government has seized U.S $261,816.00 in cash and negotiable paper sent to people in China during the past seven weeks, a Treasury spokesman said. Prosecution of American Chinese who tried to send the money to China is being considered. -A.P.
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    Atrocity film
    41 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The State Department yesterday said that a film showing Communist atrocities in Korea originally scheduled lor -elease early last month, is being ciistributea without change this week to 261 television stations in the U S —A P
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    Fire blamed
    31 3 TOKYO. Tues.-The US Air Force today said that a cockpit fire caused the Pacific Ocean crash of one of Its courier planes in which 35 people died. A. P.
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    Ban on night cycling lifted in Ipoh town
    331 4 'FEDERA TIONDA V GIFT' FROM GOVT IPOH. Tuesday. 1 POII cyclists ff4 "Federation Day" present From the Government when the nijjht eycttng ban enforced since .March 1951 was lifted yesterd;iy. Thp ban had boon enforced as a security measure following grenade incidents
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    SIR THOMAS TAKES A LOOK f
    66 4 "1 HAVE COME to Singapore to be instructed.' said Sir Thomas Lloyd. Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, on his arrival here from London recently. Yesterday he was shown around the University of Malaya by the Yite-Chancellor. Sir Sydney Came. who is shown
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    Youths told: Work for self-govt
    105 4 Youths told: Work for self-govt KUANTAN, Tues. US should work for the independence of the counId Inche Wan Aziz bin Abdullah, deputy chair- UMNO Pahang East, t night at the inaugural meeting of the UMNO Youth. He said I'MNO expected every help from the members at the forthcoming general i\s.
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    Students to hold medical week
    52 4 Graduates and undergraduates of the King Edward Vll College of Medicine and ;he Faculty of Medicine. University va. will hold a "medical week" from Feb. 14 to 20 Thus will be the third annual medical week. during which there will be talks, dehates, elocution contests
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    MORE TAXI METERS ON THE WAY
    96 4 MORE TAXI METERS ON THE WAY THE first 100 of the 800 taxi- meters Singapore taximen have ordered from Britain aye due to arrive in two weeks. Mr. T. A Simon, president of the Hire Car Association, said yesterday. Two samples received by air I last week have been tested
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    Back to Malaya
    27 4 The Jalapopal. bound for Korfca to bring back Indian troops, arrived in Singapore yesterday with 145 Indian passengers returning to the Colony from India.
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    Home guards to take over more villages
    198 4 TRANSFER IN PROVINCE WELLESLEY PENANG. Tuesday. THE defence of most new villages in Province Welleslry will soon be taken over by Home Guards, Lt.-Col. B J. Ringrose. Settlement Home Guard officer, said today. The keys to Permatansj Tinggl and Machang Buboh have already
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    Raidedhouse goes back to owners
    117 4 Raidedhouse goes back to owners PENANG. Tues. A chief tenant whose house in Cintra Street had been raided several times by the Customs was today ordered to return possession of the premises to the owners, the Mercantile Bank by April i 30. The sessions court president, Mr. V. B. Rhodes,
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    Five times more pork on the table
    137 4 PENANG. Tups. A TOTAL of 985 pigs— nearly five times the daily avernce -went to the municipal abattoirs last night to provide pork for today's Chlni Year's Eve dinners. Last year about 900 pies wore slaughtered. Prices of i pork remain the Mine
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    They pushed a policeman
    80 4 Geoffrey Nicoll Williams and Trevor Ledger Thomas, both radio officers of the S.S.Maron were fined $25 each in Singapore yesterday for using criminal force on a public ■errant to prevent him from discharging his duties. A Singapore Harbour Board policeman told the Eighth Police Court that
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    MERCHANT AND WIFE ROBBED OF $1,400
    146 4 MERCHANT AND WIFE ROBBED OF $1,400 TELOK ANSON, Tues. FIVE Malay-speaking men armed with parangs robbed a copra dealer and his wife of $1,400 in cash and jewellery near Selekoh village, 24 miles from here, last night. Mr. Chew Joo San waj checking his accounts when he heard voices speaking
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    $22,000 more for water
    73 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Johore Bahru had to buy more water from the Singapore City Council last year than was esi.mated for. The increase was more tha:i covered by a corresponding increase in the sale of water, the Johore Council of State was I told today when
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    Pageant for a centenary
    66 4 The Singapore Convent ot the Holy Infant Jesus will celebrate its centenary with an historical pageant at the Convent at 6 p.m. on Feb. 14. More i than 200 pupils will particiIpate. All former students are invited to attend and can get free admission tickets from
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    Phone number changes
    61 4 Most oi the 4.000 changes In Singapore telephone numbers will be made in the middle of next month to coincide with the issuing of the new direejtory. "Every .subscriber will be mI formed by letter of any change" the g'-neral manaeer of the Oriental Telephone and Electric
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    U.S. cruiser to visit Singapore
    47 4 The first United Itati cruLser to rail at Sineacore in the past three years will arrive on Sunday for a three-day visit. The ship is the 17,000-ton U.S.S. Rochester, which took part in the Korean war. Its commander is Capt John Quinn.
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    The 3,000-mile transfer
    78 4 A 535-TON Japanese trawler, the Tone Maru, put into Singapore for the first time yesterday to discharge 200 > tons of frozen fish into another Japanese ship, the Awobasan i Maru, bound for Japan. Local agents for the trawler. C.F. Sharp and Co.. told thi Straits Tirres
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    Two will speak at retreat
    42 5 Officers of the Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship, i Singapore, will attend a retreat at the Youth Council holiday I resort at Tanah Merah Be.sar tomorrow. Speakers will be the Rev Calvin Chao and Miss Mabc! Nowlin.
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    Stamp Club
    20 5 The Singapore Stamp Club I will meet at the Imperial [Clubhouse. 15. Grange Road, at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Man kidnapped in crowded street, robbed of $300
    253 5 MERCHANT ESCAPES FROM GANGSTERS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WHILE his friend stood by powerless, a 24-year-old Chinese shopkeeper was kidnapped in daylight by three men in a car in Chan Sow Lin Road, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. The shopkeeper escaped from the kidnappers after
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    Some crash Comet mail recovered, delivered
    116 5 Some crash Comet mail recovered, delivered THE Post Master General, Malaya, last night said information had been received that some of the mails in the Comet which crashed into the sea off Rome on a flight from Singapore has been salvaged. Some letters addressed to Sweden, the Netherlands. France and
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    RAIN HITS TRADERS
    154 5 New Year shoppers take cover as cloudburst floods streets VTSTERDAY'S sudden afterX noon downpour in Singapore caused chaos in the city's shopping areas. Streets were flooded, cars stalled and hundreds of pedestrians were stranded on sidewalks. Shopping for Ihe New Year was halted for nearly an hour.
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    Cheating is alleged
    53 5 Pang Chuan alias Pang Chee Mm was charged in Singapore yesterday with cheating Nans Heng and Co. of 51.750 on Friday. He was alleged to have dishonestly induced the company to deliver to him a piano by issuing a false cheque The case will come up for
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    Governor to open exhibition
    33 5 The Governor. Sir John Nicoll. will open the fifth exhibition of photographs of Singapore Art Society at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road, at 5.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    OLD YEAR NEARLY LEFT IN A BLAZE
    124 5 Firemen praise villager THE 20-acre attap-hut village of Kampong Chia Heng (off Thomson Road), Singapore, was yesteri day threatened with fire when a large patch of lallang caught alight during Chinese New Year Eve celebra--1 tions. i About 150 villagers helped the crew
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    NAP may link with Party Negara
    172 5 NAP may link with Party Negara PARIT, Tues. TpHE National AssociaJ tion of Perak would probably be affiliated toi the Party Negara. pro-] duct of the Mentris! Besar-sponsored Nation- j al Conference when It is formed in Kuala Lumpur' said the association leader, Dato Panglima, Bukit Gantang, yesterday. He was
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    City rents flats for the staff
    70 5 THE Singatjore City Counci: is renting 16 Improvement Trust fiats at Norfolk Road U) house Middleton Hospitai staff. Six Mats will be converted i to make them suitable for single nurses and nursing assistants. The Council has agreed to pay housing allowances to j
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    He left key for the thief
    46 5 An Indian locked his ho ase i in Clementi Road, Singapore. but left the key on the pad- i lock when he went to work on Monday. He returned to find the house ransacked and $30 and some clothing missing
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    Theft from home
    26 5 Six bedsheets. a pair of curtains and a pair of short pantwere stolen from a house in Chancery Lane. Singapore, en Monday night
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    Aged given 'ang pows'
    61 5 PENANG. Tu^s.— Four hundred "ang pows" were distributed by the Malayan Chinese Association, Penane branch, to the aged in welfare homes here yesterday. Officials of the MCA headed by Mr. Ng Sui Cam. president, made the distribution at the Jubilee Home, Green Lane Home and Home
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    Federation Day at P. Buntar
    43 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Tues. Schoolchildren assembled at thp padang here yesterday to observe the Federation Day. Children from 20 schools took part in a sDorts meet. Che Puan Teh Arfah. wife of the District Officer, gave away the prizes.
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    Ashamed of her son
    97 5 The Singapore City Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Deve-reux-Colebourn. told a mo ther yesterday that she should be ashamed of her son when she appeared in court to plead on his behalf Chia Chwee Koong. 20 charged with using a tricycle without a bell, had sent
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    Man acquitted
    30 5 Detective Corporal Ooh Siang. who said he had never struck anyone in his eight years' service with the Police, was acquitted of awault by a Singapore court yesterday.
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    City President entertains the future engineers
    152 5 TWENTY-TWO Singapore students who have been awarded scholarships by th* Australian Government to i study engineering in Australian universities were entertained at a tea party yesterday by the President of tnu City Council. Mr. T. P. F. Me Neice. Mr McNeice told the students
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    DRY HEADS BUT WET FEET
    35 5 NEW YEAR shopping w.is :i ch.Mual. wet affair yesterday afternoon in Singapore. In Trenseanu Street, these Ciiinese women shared umbrellas as they wadrd. knee-deep, between the stalls. Straits Times picture
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    Catholics offered 'Marian Year' tour
    119 5 A 96-DAY tour of France, i England, Belgium. Holland. Germany. Switzerland and Italy for Malayans tins rear, has been planned by the American Lloyd Agency, i Singapan travel service. It is specially planne j for the thousands of Roman Cotnolics in Malaya who want to
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    TODDLER DROWNED IN DRAIN
    161 5 Trapped in current after storm CHILD playing with his brother near a monsoon drain after a storm foil into the drain and was drowned, the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday. The Coroner. Mr. K. T Alexander, returned a verdict of death by misadventure on 1 Gulam
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    MIC branch officials
    69 5 TAN JONG MALIM. Tues. Officials of t^e Tanjong Malini branch of the Malayan Indian Congress are; President ~urjan Sini:n. vice-president Maniokam Chettlar: .secretary. Mr. A. K Sharma: treasurer M: .ayandi Chettlar; comtnlttee; Mrs. Eva J. Jo'.i.i, Channan Singh. Shaik Moha trtd. Dr. A. K. Datta Sharma D.
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    Grenades found
    31 5 Seven handgrenades and three boxes or .303 j mmunition. all relics of the ia.s: war were found buried in a house in Thomson Road. Singapore yesterday. They were unserble.
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    DEATH
    24 6 W.irW. J/0 minimum) GEORGE FONES passed peacefully on the 2nd February, at hi* residence Funrral will take place en 4tn February al Bidaciari
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 6 20 Hind* i mtnimitfft) MR A: MRS. BASH. FERNANDO thank all friends and relative* for their kind aaafctancc, n<>od wlshen. valuable presents and Mendanee on their in
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    112 6 W ors/< $10 (minimtim) FOLLOW PI day In the Malay Mail if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. OOH SOEN TIOE presents Maurice Clare In Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Victoria Memorial Hall. Wednesday 10th February. Bookings a. Robinson HARVEY'S BRISTOL MILK Insist always on Harvey's and enly
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Feb. 3, 1954. Malaya's Little Ports
    1012 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Feb. 3, 1954. Malaya's Little Ports sound for Malaya today to be without secondary ports, or ships suitable to run to them. It is in the widest interest of j Malaya "that shipping on its coasts should run profitably enough in peacetime for there to
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    New Thrust In Laos
    346 6 New Thrust In Laos Reports of the new Vietminh thrust into Laos are too sketchy to permit an accurate assessment of the position then-. But that no more than 12.000 men are said to be advancing on Luang Pnbang suggests that the royal city fa not the real objective of
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    BRITAIN CAN AGREE WITH EGYPT
    1072 6 iKwawt^TJMfflaaTiWMWJMPrAKfi says Aneurin Bevan WHAT is holding: up a settlement between Britain and Egypt? It was to find an answer to this question that I visited Etjypt. I know, or at least I think I know, the official British case. If we are to judge
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      Devils have the last lauglis
      167 6 VL7E all know that we| should start the new year by burning flre- 1 crackers to scare away the devils etc., but, as it is. the devils are having the last laughs. Fancy yourself sitting in a quiet atmosphere when suddenly an explosion .sends you
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      HOLIDAYS
      68 6 T SAW on an Education Dr- partment circular recently There is no obirction if schools wish to take Tuesday. February 2. as a holiday, since it is sandwiched between Federation Day. Mon- day, February 1 and Chinese New Year Wednesday and Thursday." Why not Friday also, as it Is
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      Code of the Legion
      155 6 Code of the Legion IT IS with very deep regret that one has seen In the j pages of the Straits Times, the glorification of deserters from I the Foreign Legion. Many In the more modern world may have read P. C. I Wrens Beau Geste. etc; but no one
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    On the Margin
    253 6 Year of the horse TD all mv to all my Cl a happy new spero way.s havr both '.hey prefer. Year of which yrar ol I one seems to nf trie nn To Kuominta this la the yea public and it in Form Adherer: will say it
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    122 days in jungle—now 40 tired soldiers return
    327 7 122 days in jungle— now 40 tired soldiers return THEY WENT TO MAKE ABORIGINE FRIENDS TAPAH, Tuesday. tED and nudstained, II) British troops came il of the junjrle near here last night after the «t and most grvelliitf individual anti-terro-eration since the Emergency began. from the Special Air Service Regiment
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    New plan to boost pine output
    16 7 New plan to boost pine output b.-ini made on three ndustry, sa;ti the woi ■.anting pi
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    His badge on wrong arm
    41 7 His badge on wrong arm Khy Soh a trisha ired in the Singairi with his la right arm th^ J M Dovrrouxbeen on the other :r.okinc irrying a pa&sencrr in .i. Mr Dt yen told him: "Go away n your m."
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    Malays discuss school shortage
    23 7 leers in the Council today re:.odation. Mnte Jaffar, the i member of the it the reI be used honl
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    Motorist is fined $50
    42 7 For permitting Chan Tan Hoe to use his car on August 28 while not covered by thira I party insurance, Pek Siong i Kuan was fined S5O in Sinsra- sterday. He wa.s also disqualified I tor one year.
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    Crackers— so firemen won't have a holiday
    139 7 Crackers— so firemen won't have a holiday riii!*K£ win oe no i A Chinese New Year holiday for the Singapore Fire Brigade. It will be on full-time duty because it fears that crackers indiscriminately by children will set off many dangerous flres. Doctors too are worried They told the Straits
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    No flags for heartbreak, drivers told
    127 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. J£UALA LUMPUR'S Traffic Branch Chief. Mr. N Freeborn, today appealed to ail motorists, particularly Chinese to keep death off the roads over the Chinese New Year holiday period. Hi? warned '.specially against Kuala Lumpur's two most accidentprone stretches— Circular and Pudu
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    Siamese mission leaves for home
    55 7 A Siamese veterinary mission, having talks with veterinary and health officials in Malaya for a week left Singapore yesterday by K.L.M. Constellation for Bangkok. The mission consisted of Mr. Khun Vichitrpahanakarn. Director-General of the Siamese Livestock Department. Dr. R. P. Jones, adviser to the department,
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    $47 customs fine
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Lee Eng Kai, who was travelling from Singapore to Taiping by train, failed to declare 10 the Customs that she had ten articles of children's clothing and other dutiable goods. She was fined $47 and tht goods were confiscated.
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    YOUR HOLIDAY SWIMMING
    78 7 TODAY: Singapore 10 M am (9 ft. 5 ins.) 11.49 p.m. <& ft. 6 ins.); Port Dickson 6.32 a m. (8 ft. 9 ins." 6.45 p.m. (8 ft. 7in.s I; Penang 12.21 (7 ft. 6 ins I. 1.06 p.m. (6 ft. 9 ins.i. TOMORROW: Singapore 10 59
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    MARION FINDS ENGLISHMEN 'MOST CHARMING'
    116 7 THIS LOVELY American visitor to Singapore is 19--year-old Marion Sessums dauchter of the Commander of thr I.S. 13th Air Force in the Philippines. She is the puest of Col. William E. McDonald. U.S. Air Force Liason onicer in Singapore, and his wife. It is Marion's
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    Discontent? 'A good sign'—Councillor
    144 7 Discontent? 'A good sign' Councillor BUT LETS HAVE MORE SCHOOLS JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. DISCONTENT in Johore over the shortage of schools was a good sign, said Mr. Goh Chee Hian at today's meeting of the Johore State Council. It -showed that people were anxious to send their children i to
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    42 years a planter
    47 7 IPOH. Tues. -After working! for 42 years as a planter .n I Sunge; Siput. Mr. E. St. Clair Morford, manager of Dovenby Estate, leaves this week on retirement. A proficient amateur photographer and horticulturist, he published a book "Gardening :n Malaya" in 1926.
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    $60 fine on assistant
    49 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. John Cudlip. a mercantile assistant, today pleaded guilty to two charges of being disorderly and in possession of a defaced identity card. He was fined a total of $60. Cudlip apologised in court for the trouble he had caused to the police.
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    And now a U.K. of Malaya
    32 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.The next Malay National Con|raßi which meets in Kuala Lumpur on Mar. 3. will consider the constitution for a proposed United Kingdom of Malaya.
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    Ho mil. savings in postal bank
    31 7 About 128.818 people .saved 548.686.076 in the Singapore Post Office Savings Bank by the end of 1953. During the year. 17.322 new accounts were opened.
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    Smoker gaoled
    31 7 Found guilty of smoking opium in a labourers' quarters in Teluk Ayer Street on Novenber 27. Au Cheng Hoe, 48, was sent to three months' gaol in Singapore yesterday.
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    NEW BID TO DENY FOOD TO REDS
    211 7 Tougher Negri controls SEREMBAN, Tuesday. YEW measures to prevent food reaching the bandfts will be introduced on Monday in the Bahau and Jelebu districts of Negri Sembilan. All people living within the police district of Bahau anci the mukims of Pertang anci Triang
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    Policeman in park caught bicycle thief
    124 7 A SINGAPORE court was told yesterday how a bicycle thief was caught by a member of a special police patrol The special patrols had been sent out to keep watch on public bicycle parks. What one member of a patrol saw at Fullerton Road
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    Councils need guide, he says
    93 7 JOHOOE BAHRU, Tues. Local councils in Muar karnpongs for lack of leadershjp were not working well, said Haji HaHssan bin Yunos in the Johore State Council today. For this he blamed government, which he said, had given these councils just a book of rules and
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    Certificates for YMCA passes
    56 7 Mrs D. McLellan, wife of the Director of Education for Singapore, will present certificates to members of the V.M.C.A. commercial classes, who have passed the 1953 London Chamber of Commerce and Pitman's commercial examinations. The presentation will take place during an "at home" in the V.M.C.A.
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    Union officers
    50 7 Officers for the Base Ammunition Depot branch of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union this year are: Mr. G. K. Raman, chairman; Mr. C. T. Daniel, secretary: Mr. Ismail bin Haji AH, assistant secretary; Mr. G. Nair, treasurer: and Messrs H. Mohamed Shaffi and A. P. Krlshnankutty auditors.
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    UNESCO chief due in S'pore
    53 7 Dr. Luther H. Evan.s. Dirc;:--tcr-General of UNESCO, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow by air from Jakarta on his way to Karachi. Accompanying Dr Evans, will be Sir Ronald Adams, chairman of the executive board of UNESCO and Prof. O. S. Ellauri and Dr. R. Naidu
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    Two will die: 'Nothing in their favour
    181 7 i KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. 1 THE Federation Court of j 2 Criminal Appeal today S dismissed the appeals of two s Chinese who were sentenced to s death for illegal possession oi S arms and ammunition under S the Emergency Regulations The men
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    COLONY COPIES COMMONS
    112 7 COLONY COPIES COMMONS Council chamber for 40 members CEATING for members in the Sineapore Legislative Council's new chamber in the former Supreme Court building will follow that of the House of Commons, Mr. A. Wear, Director of Public Works, told the Straits Times yesterday. Members will sit on straieht benches
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    Newsmen to hear author
    63 7 Han Suyin, the author, will talk at a Singapore Union of Journalists luncheon at the Capitol Restaurant on February 15. Her subject will be: "The Chinese: Are They a Menace to South-East Asia?" Platinum jubilee Singapore and Federation delegates are among those who have arrived in
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    Police Band
    18 7 Singapore Police Band will play at Katong Park from 5.30 p.m. tc 6.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    Councillors told: You waste time
    115 7 Councillors told: You waste time JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. TOHORE State Council President. Dato 4yed Abdul Kadir. Comnented on the spate of .[>. vi Ins at the meeting oday. It was a perfect example, he said, of how hings were done without roiihl.- being taken to ;et the facts before trin^ing
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    S/SERGEANT IS CLEARED OF DEATH IN MESS
    284 7 S/SERGEANT IS CLEARED OF DEATH IN MESS He acted in self-defence YfR. JI'STICE Buttroso in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday acquitted and discharged 8 Sgt. David William Regan, who was tried on charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by causing the death ot Sgt. Henry Haig Hamilton. The
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    Black-outs should be only local
    100 7 NOW that the Blngapt I Panjans power station La functioning any upolv failure is most likely due to a iocal fault and should be notified by telen»-.oninu 4000. a City Councillor on the oover station committee advised v sterday. isumers who recently .suffered temporary black-outs
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    New Year gifts in Johore
    63 7 JOHRE BAHRU, Tues— New Year gifts of fruit, cakes, sweets, melon seeds and .sausages were distributed by the Malayan Chinese Association, Johore Bahru, today to the inmates of the Social Welfare I Home, the prison, the Detention Camp, lepers and tuberculusls patients. The Sinwa Company
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    Chettiar officers
    56 7 Ofnccrs of tne Singapore Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce are Mr. N. PL. ST M. V. Nadarajan Chettiar. president; Mr. KN. M. Velayappa Chettiar. vice-president; Mr MET. KR. AR. PL. V. Sellappa Chettiar, secretary; Mr. S. MR. Napappa Chettiar, 8 secretary; Mr PR. AM. Vellayappa Chettiar, treasurer and Mr.
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    Glider trip for public
    65 7 IPOH. Tues.— Public will Dei given glider trips on Thursday by the perak Flying Club marking their air day. The Sultan Yussuf glider christened by the Sultan or Perak in September last year, will be used. Rides will cosi ,*5 each. Joy rides in powered planes
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      116 7 JOHN LITTLE V^ c Co Ltd wish all their jv Chinese friends J|j good luck and a IM? V~7 Happy New Year iF ■^s-.-w- "t I I ff M W CHINESE NEW YEAR BAM. in aiti of n\ ,t tinVictoria Memorial Hall on Frid.iv IMb rrhruar\ 1954 from 8 p.m.—
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    Shoppers throng streets but spend less, say traders
    198 8 K. LUMPUR, Tues. DEOPLE jostled one another in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown today to make last minute purchases for the Chinese New Year with money saved over many months. A Chinese Chamber of Commerce spokesman told the Straits Times that despite today's New
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    We may walk out of the Council, says angry Alliance
    233 8 ELECTION REPORT A BITTER BLOW KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE UMNO-MCA Alliance is calling a roundtable conference soon to review its pledge to boycott the Federal Legislative Council if Federal elections are not introduced this year. An Alliance spokesman said todny:
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    VISIT THE HOMES OF THE BLIND? OF COURSE, SAYS A GRANDMOTHER
    118 8 A SINGAPORE grandmother, who has had nine children, has volunteered to become a regular visitor to the homes of the blind. The grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Abisheganaden. speaks fluent English, Tamil and Malay. The Singapore Blind Association has about 350
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    Air joyrides for Chinese New Year
    105 8 Air joyrides for Chinese New Year 1 pROM dawn to dusk to-day and tomorrow the Royal 1 Singapore Flying Club will be "at home" to New Year joyriders who want a short plane I trip. •The Club's own light planes will be augmented by a Dakota airliner chartered from Malayan
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    First lecture by Dr. Lloyd Davies
    62 8 Dr. T. A. Lloyd Davies, Professor of Social Medicine and Public Health in the University of Malaya, will give his inaugural lecture in the Central Hall of the Faculty of Medicine, Sepoy Lines, Singapore, at 6.30 p.m. on Feb 16. Dr. Davies will speak
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    New Year social
    32 8 Telok Aver Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore. will hold a Chinese New Year social in the church hall at at No. 235 Telok Aver Street at 7 30 tomorrow night.
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    Official attitude
    67 8 The official attitude of the M.I.C. will not be known untt! Its working party has met. Mr. M. Arokiasamy. VicePresident of the Selangor Labour Party said- "The question will have to be discussed by our committee." The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Independence of Malaya Party will discuss
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    Science show
    33 8 The Science Society of the University of Malaya will hold its fourth exhibition at the Faculty of Science. Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow.
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    LAMPS ON THESE STREETS TO BEA T CRIME, HE ASKS
    86 8 An attempt to get street lights for new housing estates and other built-up area., not included in the Singapore City Councils five-year programme will be made by Mr. Chan Kum Chee. Mr. Chan will ask the Council's Public Utilities Committee,
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    Feed and frolic
    33 8 Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold a Chinese New Yea: dinner and a "guess what" programme in the church hail at Kampong Kapor at 7.30 p.m on Saturday.
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    JOHORE STATE POLLS LIKELY THIS YEAR
    207 8 JOHORE STATE POLLS LIKELY THIS YEAR Constitution changes appn )Ve -THE SULTAN of Johore will appoint t A members of the State Council to the Council, it was decided yesterday. The State Council adopted a Belt report on the supplement to the St. which lays down this and other changi
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    Parit gets a new post office
    82 8 Parit get s a new post office PA THE first new Pat o which was State Becretai Hashim bin M bought .stan;;. New V pcsterl there. Costing $26,1 1 building rises the old Post o: destroy. in December. the Post Oih in Governnu J%j&, &ra! the first Past Of] in
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    Inspector on long leave
    51 8 PENANG. Tv tor H. M. Pawi Penally Traffic P on long leavi b< I after having force for 24 Mr. Pawanchik IG3O and was a drill liutrucb at training depot in He was tran in 1940. He is thi of Mr. H M Pi worth Fire
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    Happy new year says the Sultan
    39 8 JOHORE BAHR The Sultan and S Johore have .sent greetings to the Ma nose Association. J> Dato Wong She< dent of the associ;r plied thanking th. Sultanah for their and wishing thorn happir.
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    IM P DENIES MOVING INTO SOUTH SIAM
    130 8 I M P DENIES MOVING INTO SOUTH SIAM KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. INDEPENDENCE of Malaya Party circles denied today a report in a Malay newspaper that the party had now extended its influence into the predominantly Malay parts of south Sianr The report claimed that a number of Malays and Siamese
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    Youth club holds kebaya contest
    59 8 TAIPING. Tues.— The Malay Youth Club. Larut and Matang. celebrated Federation Day wif.i a social yesterday. A 'kebaya' contest in which 1 13 women took part was held. Che Zaharah was first. Che Satariah second and Raja Maimunah third. Fancy Dress competition was won by
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    INSPECTOR ON LEAVE LOST CASH
    74 8 PENANG. Tues. A JOHORE police inspector, now on holiday in Penana lost $200 yesterday Mr. Francis Phang. who Is staying with friends in Kampong Bahru. reDorted to the local police that the money with his warrant card and driving licence, were keDt ir a ourse.
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      BETTER TONE ON SHARE MARKET
      428 10 FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR 11/ HEN the Singapore Share Market closed yesterday for the two official holidays of the Chinese New Year there was a distinctly better tone than a week or so ago, thanks to the firm conditions snown in tho industi ial section
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      Tin Price
      19 10 The price of tin in Singapore yestercay was declared at 531U.37 1 a picul, up Sll2V 2
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      RUBBER PRICES
      156 10 Rubber lost one eighth ol a cent in Sinsapore yesterday and closed qu et at midday for the Chinese New V s&'.t cents a lb. The market opened than Monday's close but the price slacked off to :>s'i coins It was a thin market. Closine prices yesterday in
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      Singapore shipping
      143 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Singa--0 pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Leneverett 6-". Bencleuch 8-9, Benreoch 13-14. Manchuria 18. Leoville 23-24. Rondo 31-32. Clytoneus 33-34, .Vstyanax 38-39. Benvannoih 44 OUTER ROADS Frederick Cover, Aldegonda. Stanvac Benakat lsuzu Mara. Asha. Chone Ya, Blr Hakim. Awobasan Mam mm
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      SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
      418 10 FIE following wert- the quotations agreed to by the Singapore branch of the Malayan Share Broker.- -v~ elation at their meeting yesterday:— IMIl >IKI\I ■MR MUM! Alex Bricus. Prefs A Or0» Atlas Ice 12 25 M t-rtro: (fl BM Trustees g 50 Con Tin Smelt. Pref rd
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      Market plans
      38 10 RDTGATOU muk.tv v, rinsed a> Mtowi fc.r llir CMMH N>» Iniliiliw K'lhlirr. tin anci share mar-ki-l\: li.d.i\ and tomormu CMMM rriidurc Kxrliangr: lodav. tomorrow and Krldav. "\lala\an Kvchhncr Banks \vsoci.ition nicmbir hanks: |a day and tomorrow.
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      w. jack MAINTAIN DIVIDEND
      163 10 w. jack MAINTAIN DIVIDEND Jllr latii bazaai ance to ext< had shrinkain port un nual repo] Jacks and Ltd. Th( 'this type protected from som< discomfort, ances of th< the di It is propo i terlm |lesa tax I tain.s full for the in 195'J. Good year In hi Mr
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      Australian stocks
      34 10 T'HERF 1 Ml !b rord:ri. Mil] ra Loan 3 B Hill Pr Colonial B Drug H Elect--.) Zinc QokUbrough M I.CI i A N B H Tin P H Hill 50 Peko
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      Produce prices
      11 10 Mneaporr 1 nin a I.mis and I' Coronu; oil
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  • A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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      Ah Chan Rescues A Baby
      825 12 AH CHAN stood in the middle of a vast crowd watching the stroot procession on Chinese Now Year. Ho frit hot. sticky and supremely happy as one brightly lit group after another passed on their way. encou raped by shouts of joy from the watchers.
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      Muddled Proverb Contest
      318 12 Muddled Proverb Contest Barakbah. aged 12 Kepal.> Patas. |>tra. Kedah. (Title. "It s fine Raia laafar. aged 12, Changkat long Road. ~ebk Anson. (Have a drink with me 'I Yeow Ewe Lee .iged !5. 43 Creen Lane. Ipoh. ("Cosh. that's delicious Susan Thomas, aged 10. 160B Cibralter Crescent. H M
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      The Dragon Dances
      274 12 THE gorgeous dancing dragon which makes a regular appearance during Chinese New Year, Is so much a part of our lives that we probably never stop to wonder if such a strange creature really ever did exist. The dragon forms a part of folk-lore, not only in
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      BUT THE TRICK WENT WRONG
      629 12 BUT THE TRICK WENT WRONG THE day after Chinese New Year. Ah Chan and Lian Soo went along to visit the Wise Owl. Uncle Ollie was delighted to see them. "I was expecting you yesterday." he hooted, wanted to say 'Kong Hai Fatt Choy" to you both." He took them
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      A MIND READER
      433 12 I EXPECT you have often wished you were a mind-reader. It would certainly be useful sometimes, but perhaps we might all get severe shocks on other occasions I cant tell you how to aecome a mind-reader but I can show you how you can make people think
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      Talking About Indian Stamps
      346 12 Indian Stamps Depict Ancie?it Poets SOME time ago, the Indian Postal airthorities issued v series of lovely stamp.-: commemorating some of the poets and saint-poets '■>* India High poetic talent was particularly noticeable in the medieval period of India's great history. There were six stamps issued
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      23 12 DLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owl s and send me a badge. NAME ADDRESS DATE OF BIRTH
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    INDIAN HOCKEY FED. TEAM ARRIVE TUESDAY
    989 13 INDIAN HOCKEY FED. TEAM ARRIVE TUESDAY To open tour on Feb. 11 against Singapore INDIAN Hockey Federation team, including six players who were 952 Olympic* champion team, will arrive at Singapore's Kallang Airport next Tuesday for their one-month 1 1-jjame tour of Singapore and the Federation. I They will play
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    I.H.F. TOUR FIXTURES
    83 13 ..li.i.i Horkrx Irrlrralinr >. 11l pla% 11 rn»trh<>> tlii'iiit thnr month' n■■ r fur fHBH In in Kuala l.urn I noli and onr rarh i srrrmrutn and (m Ihr tour arr ,•"•11 *r>nrr toalfc M»lav» at porr. x 'rr» \rcri Srmhilan at "at K. 1.. Ml Malaya
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    perak prepare for IHF match
    43 13 for In preparation tor ihr In(l!;in the Potak Hockey will be n I t Ip< <'lours. A Hajari. iankey, 8 BelAhmari A I. ThtlWong Kirn Fm Kamalanathan; Nirhola.v Ynon. A I i' 1 II Fi-.c Kirn. <•<• ftin firw
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    Tickets for 5 Colony games now on sale
    217 13 I CINGAPORE hockey enthusiasts will see five matches In which the Indian Hotkey Federation tourUl meet the Colony and oi.. representative learns. The Colony rrurxhes will be played at the Jalan Besiir stadium startlns tl 5 10. p.m. Admission will be *3.
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    London fight for Olson
    102 13 LONDON, Tues. (ACK SOLOMONS, the London J boxing promoter, hoped to stpge a world m ddlewelnht championship fight in London m Junel. Solomons who returned to Lon--lon from 'lie United States today, said that Carl Bobo OLson. Amevichii holder of th«- world title was prepared to
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    FAST INDOOR MILE
    27 13 BOSTON. Tues. Luxembourg's Josy Barthrl. Olympic 1.500 metr*? record-holder, ran the fastest Indoor mile In Boston's history last night in 4mln. 7.7 sec. A.P.
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    S.A.F.A. team leaves
    23 13 The Singapore soccer team left by an this morning for Saigon, where ihev will play four matches In six riavs
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    Outsider wins the Santa Anita
    67 13 ARCADIA. Tues.— Outsider Apple Valley raced throuch the smog yesterdxy to run away with the U*****,400 Santa Anita stakes. By Zeus was second and Cerise Relne .hird Apple Valify. owned by Mrs. A. W. Ryan, picked up the USU.VO2S prize and paid U5521.30. US$7 fifl
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    VICTORY EVADES MIKE HAWTHORN
    72 13 BUENOS AIRES. Tues. French driver Maurice Trlntignant, driving Ferrari, won the Buenos Air o Grand Prix today afte: Mike Hawthorn, of Britain, had to abandon the race in the las: lap when hi" victory appeared virtually certain. Hawthorn had a 19 second lea'i over Trinilgnant when
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    CHELSEA'S £25,000 WAS BADLY SPENT
    270 13 U.K. soccer topics By A Special Corrrspondrnl LONDON, Tues. /^HELSEA have spent £25.000 buying 9tan Wirks. Reading* rentrf huh' Where he Ix going to be ntted in I do not know, for the Chelsra side, which ha» gone ten matches vilhout defeat a poutwar record—
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    THE FLYING DUTCHMAN..
    51 13 TWO frllow going up in the air in Dutch rrui.srrweichl champion. Kirn Snoek antl the man responsible for it i.s British champion. Alex Buxton. This happened during thr fourth round of their fight at the Royal Albert Hall. London, on Jan. 26 Snoek won on points. Reuter
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    N.Z. still not clear of innings defeat
    335 13 JOHANNESBURG. Tuesday. YEW ZEALAND struggled desperately against what seemed inevitable de/e*t on the third day of the fourth crickrt test with South Africa here yesterday. At the close New Zealand still required 16 runs with four second innings wickets standinr to avoid an
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    KNIGHT'S VICTORY BIG BOOST FOR ENGLISH TENNIS
    103 13 SYDNEY. Tues BILLY KNIGHT could be the man to lead England back to her pre-eminent place among tennis playing nations, the Daily Telegraph .-ays editorially. "Three cheers for Billy's *in in the Australian Junior singles championship at White City" the Telegraph says. "His
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    Kardar to lead Pakistan again
    59 13 KARACHI. Tues Abdul Hafee* Kardar. 29-year-old Oxford Univ?rslty blue, will lead Qtt PkkUtan cricket team in their ;l:s offclii tour of England this Kardar. chos?n late* by th Pakistan Board of OMtfoL oapiained Pakistan agains' the MC C. on the English 'earns tour n 1951
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    Invitation XV newcomers pose real threat to Fijians
    661 14  - Invitation XV newcomers pose real threat to Fijians W. E. TREVOR By fHE SELECTORS of the Singapore Cricket Club Invitation XV have shown enterprise and imagination in picking the side to meet the Fijian rugger team at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday in aid of the International House Fund, Melbourne
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    Another record by Neo SINGAPORE WILL SEE THIS 'FOOTBALL' ON SATURDAY
    97 14 Another record by Neo SINGAPORE WILL SEE THIS 'FOOTBALL' ON SATURDAY PERTH, Tues. DESPITE cold weather and unfavourable conditions, 22-year-old Singapore swimming < hampion Neo Chwee Kok swam 100 metres free style in the West Australian state record tine of .">n.Ksec. at Kalgoo lie last night. The tin c. subject
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    Asian tennis tournament
    72 14 MANILA. Tues. I ENNART BERGELIN and SteSfan Siockenbers head a list of five forpicn entrants for the Asian tennis championships to be !i»M here from Feb. 4 to 14. the PhJltpnines Amateur Athletic Fedrr.ition said today. The others are Ifthikar Ahmei. of PkUataa, K.H. Ip of Hons
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    All Blues final on Saturday
    61 14 IPOH. Tues— The All Blues rugger final between Penanc and Selancor Asians will be played on the Ipoh padang on Saturday. The match will start at 5 p.m. and will be preceded by the Perak Rugby Unions knockout competition semifinal between Perak Police and a
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    Record entry for Ipoh soccer league
    174 14 Record entry for Ipoh soccer league IPOH, Tues. A record total of 36 teams, including five Services sides, have entered for competition In this season's three divisions of the Ipoh Football League. Fourteen arc new teams. entcrin e the league for the first time. The league season will begin on
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    Ceylonese hockey quad
    130 14 T-HE Singapore Ceylonese hockey I contingent which left S'.ngiporej last evening, for the first Malayan Ceylonese hockey quadrangular tournament for the Edward Ponnlah I trophy at Seremban are >s follows: S. Kulasincam (capti. W. Ponniah. E J Doralsamy. J Navaratnam. F. Fernandez. AC Shegaran. K. Paichiappan. N
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    CHARITY BOXING AT SEREMBAN
    50 14 SEREMBAN. Tues —Twelve fichts have been arranged for the boxinc programme tomorrow night at the Ciumey stadium. Seremban. In aid of Lady Templers T.B. Hospital Fund. The first bout is at 8 p.m. The first three contests will be be•ween cadets from the Federation Malay College.
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    ENGLAND NEEDS BEDSER....NOW
    606 14 By A Special Correspondent LONDON. Tuesday. II'ST how much more foolish can England's cricket bosses become? The MCC. sent a strange, unbalanced party to the West Indies; without Alec Bedser; without Bill Edrich. hero of the fifth Test triumph over the Australians; with four pace I bowlers
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    Draw for Malays badminton
    509 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. i I)RAW for the All-MMaya Malays badminton championships to bf played at the Han Chiang High School hall at Penanc on Wednesday and Thursday is: MKVs SIMiI.KS: Top sretion: Byes: Ismail Marjan. Hashim Saad And Yusof Hussein; Omar Yahya v A. Aziz Hussein;
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    MCC behind despite Hutton's effort
    196 14 BRIDGETOWN. Tuesday. "nHOI'GH ONLY >0 wickets had fallen at the end of the third day. yesterday, in the ma.eh between Barbados and the MCC here, there is a reasonable chance of the two remaining days producing a definite result. Baibados were ramming their second innings
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    SCOREBOARD
    127 14 I!\RH\I)()S— Ist. Inrs: 389 M.< C—lst. Inns Watson c and b Hoad 53 Suttle b Atkinson 96 i May run out 57 1 Graveney b Goddard 17 Compton c Depeiza b Walcott 11 Spooner c Atkinson b '.Valcott 3 Laker b Walcott 15 Hutton not out 59 Lock lbw
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    KINTA INDIANS REACH FINAL
    29 14 IPOH. Tues Klnta In-M.ms entered the final of tl p Ipoh knockout hockey competition when they hf-.i* sturrork Club 4-2 on the padang today. I
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    GAMBAR MELAYA RUNS A GRAM CUP 'REHEARSAL
    142 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR. Tv, r AMBAR MELAYI'. ridden by Athol MuU«, i v sised his chance in the Selangor Go Saturday with a grand gallop on the track I. morning over the biff race distance of Kr'.cr miles imhar Mi at
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    Fijian team among 30 entries
    269 14 Fijian team among 30 entries SEVENS' RUGBY rpHIRTY teams have entered A for che Singapore Cricket Club's annual seven-a-.-irir ruueer competition which starts jn Monday at 4.3u urn on the S.C.C. ground The competition is open to all clubs and service sides who are members of the Singapore Rugby Union,
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    KING WAN WIN
    44 14 PENANG Tuesday Kind W,,i Association beat United Youths hi 5-4 to win the Penang inter-tearr table tennis champicrship last nieh' Fnone Keng Thye. United You hs retired after leading Chan Karr Mer.s fi-5 in the "rubber" match ol the deciding tie.
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    CHINESE WIN 3-0
    23 14 SEGAMAT. Tues.— Chinese scrrec a 3-0 win over International C\uY in a District hockey leacue mate! on the padang yesterday.
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    P.W.D. BEATEN 3-1
    20 14 SEGAMAT. Tues P.W D. Sport; Club were beaten 3-1 by a Scratch XI ere at soccer yesterday.
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    Dhoby Ghaut win
    24 14 PENANC, with <?8 p In Mukloi in>j CMV' held on the r> Kampor.. nho WO! jole mull and h lion athle'e.
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    53 14 pi wi BADMINTON la.*, i Immpionship. School hall. KUALA I I MVI R j;i 1 1GEH Selanffo anfior Dotted, pad II \\i> Ul M championship Club and S< R.( M Rl MRW HOCKEY: M.I quarir:in(iil<i' tmil Sl\(. IPORI Rl GOER: > (Chanfl) -A", pad. i:\ Raiah i: HKII.I
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