The Straits Times, 5 February 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times Hatie*** 1 Established 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1954. PRICE 13 CENTS
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    QUEEN MAKES HISTORY
    394 1 Opens Australian parliament in Sydney SYDNEY, Thursday. Queen, a radiant figure in a shimmering evening frock of gold lace, today opened th<> third session of the 37th Parliament of New South Wales here. The Queen, wore a diamond tiara and the -kingfisher blue riband and shir of
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    Big game sales a record
    151 1 Big game sales a record A MALAYAN record •I f O the sale of rugby I up yes•He bookrfice at Robinson's more than 300 n the mo i .;amc everybody is be r) s ncaporo Club Invitation rtually a Ma- XV and the Ist. Regiment. il be !> '?by the
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    Full debate on Jap trade pact
    57 1 Full debate on Jap trade pact LONDON. Thur.-v T^HE House of Common> will 1 ill-dlt H debate pek on the new Anglo- T apane>e trade pact, which Made in Japan" goods to reappear in Britain md the Commonwealth. The debate will be based in :i highly critical motion. 'A.-h:ch the
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    Off to Berlin
    10 1 I Mr. Gama! for Berlin on repara-
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    For Formosa
    7 1 M. Pnd>- Is due A.P.
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    Shoots father
    28 1 MORIOKA. Thurs.— Because tils parent! quarrelled, a 23--i fanner, Shigoo Shimotsubo, grabbed a riflo and <illed his 49-year-old father. He then surrendered to the police.— U.P.
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    Speeding express hits train—only 9 hurt
    119 1 Speeding express hits train only 9 hurt UIPI'ED TRACK AND SMASHED GLASS WATFORD, England. Thurs. THREE rear coaches of the eding Royal Scot right into a packed passeneer train on another track, but miraculously only nine people wore injured none seriously. White faced passengers, railwaymen and rescue workers .said a
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    Korea ban on Jap ads
    74 1 SEOUL. Thurs. —The govern- ment today told the Korean Preai that advertisements of, Japanese commercial firms and their products should be dropped from newspapers and i magazines. In a statement to the Press, the Chief Public Information Officer regretted that "some newspapers and magazines carry
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    Move on Reds
    40 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs The House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee has begun hearings on proposals to widen the constitutional meaning of, treason to include adherence v the Communist Party and collaboration aimed at weaken-. Ing the sovernment. Reuter. I
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    Two dire to save a drowning girl ..and here are her rescuers
    185 1 Two dire to save a drowning girl ..and here are her rescuers A T Clifford Pier yesterday j.A two Singapore Malays dived into the sea and saved a Chinese hair dresser from drowninc. The uirl. Yew Nun Won. who came from .lohore on Chinese New Year to visit relatives in
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    Royal Scots Fusiliers for Malaya
    81 1 Royal Scots Fusiliers for Malaya BERLIN. Thurs. THE FIRST battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, who have been stationed in Berlin since I December. 1952. will leave here j tomorrow for Britain and in a tew weeks will sail for Malaya to join the anti-terrorist security forces. A British army spokesman said
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    $500 snatch
    27 1 Three men armed with knives robbed a Chinese couple of $500 in cash and jewellery at South Pier, off Telok Ayer Basin. Singapore, last night.
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    ARMS POUR INTO LAOS CAPITAL
    159 1 SAIGON. Thursday. 4 FLEET of transport aircraft has begun earryine A powerful French Union reinforcements f rom i the Red River Delta to Luang Prabang. the royal ca- pital of Laos, threatened by the Viotminh rebel "Iron Division"' marching from the north, it was officially
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    Latest jet-liner crash lands
    37 1 LONDON. Thurs. A Bristol Britannia turbo-jet airliner crash-landed on the river bank at Littleton-on-Severn today. None of the 11 occu- pants was hurt. Brltannias are to go into service with BOAC soon.— A.P.
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    On the scales
    21 1 KARACHI. Thurs. -The Agi Khan was weighed in platinum here yesterday, turning the scales at 215 lb. Reuter.
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    Dagger attack
    43 1 Goh Teng. 35. a seaman. was attacked by three men with daggers at Boat Quay Singapore, last night. He managed to report to the i Central Police Station, from' where he was rushed to the General Hospital' in a serious condition.
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    Horse of the Day pays $90
    133 1 HERALDING in the year of the Horse. Chinese racegoers in gala holiday mood went on a betting spree at the Kuala Lumpur racecourse yesterday second day of the Selangor Turf Club's (Hold Cup meeting. Sentimentalists suoporting apprentice Kitson Leone, only Chinese ridinc on the
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    A FUTURE FATHER LEAVES
    166 1 A FUTURE FATHER LEA VES Only three weeks in Singapore... By HAI.I. RO.MNKY LONDON. Thurs. AFTER spending less than *A three we. Vs in Singapore airman Dennis Haywood. 18 is being senr back to Eng land because his wife, Betty, also 18. is poing to have a baby. According to
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    Sons offered for peace
    58 1 TOKYO. Thurs. -A Turkish father who lost one of his live suns in Korea has written to the Allied Suprem. Commander. Gen. John E. Hull. offering to send the other four sons to protect world peaci All Bozan's son. a sergeant in the Turkish Brigade, was
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    Japan's allies
    41 1 LONDON, i'hurs. Dr. Cherid; Jacan deposed Premier of British Guiana last nipht told :i public meeting here that the people n; B ia kn \v thi v had powerful aili«'s among |the people of India and Brii tain.— Reuter.
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    16 die in blaze
    22 1 CAIRO. Thurs. Sixteen killed and 1.80(1 a that d> strayed two northern Egypt, reports reaching here ~:r.ri. A.P.
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    Hindus leave death rivers
    131 1 ALLAHABAD. Thurs. lIINDU PILGRIMS, who had come from all ovrr India to bathr in the holy Ganges, today stayed away from thr bathing place where 500 were killed and 1,000 inJured in a stampede yesterday. Instead they packed the ail'.vuv and bus stations an- xlous to
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    STOP PRESS
    43 1 MM s(»\ll 1 n; IDE 01 i i i: •Mum on Than.—Soviet 'i 'I i.mli- Minister ti>night told British immen risitini Moacow Umi Russia prepared la t«i v i exceeding V 100 million in Britain in nrxt three \< .irs —Kcuti r
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    CONSTABLE STABBED
    85 1 Xttnckcd by gang of street urchins PENANG, Thurs. CHINESE extra Police (onstablr was stahhed b> a «ang of street urchins in Mutton Lane tixl.is Ye«»h Chin I.eont. V). emnloyrd as a policr driver, ran about a quarter of a mile (o .police headquarters holding a stab wound in
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    PACIFIC WEATHER SCHEME
    116 2 PACIFIC WEATHER SCHEME MELBOURNE. Thur.v THE SUPERINTENDENT Ol Centra] Weather bur lv here, Mr W. A. Dwyer rial commitstudy Pacific meteorolo- pro The conun by thr conference of the region ol •logical Oi ended <>n M Delegates Malaya, the Philippines, [ndom Dut.-li Chile, N'-a Caledonia and Ft( nch Oceania. The
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    Chicago visit
    14 2 Chicago Thura The President. M: Bayar. arrived in Chicaco yesterday I' P.
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    No union adviser for S'pore says Admiralty
    328 2 UNNECESSARY, M. P. TOLD LONDON, Thursday. J. P. L. Thomas, First Lord of the Admiralty, yesterday turned down a suggestion by Mr. Stan Awbery (Labour) that a trade union adviser should he appointed for the naval base at Singapore. Mr. Awbpry had asked
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    AIR MINISTRY THINKS AGAIN ABOUT FUND
    102 2 LONDON. Thurs. \|K. (.corse Ward, Inderi'l Secretary for Air. was asked in the House of Commons vestrrdav if he was •ware that the employers 01' !iis department in Singapore were excluded from the Central Provident Fund Act nf Novenher. 10.V> Mr Stan Auhery (Labour),
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    Secret mission
    29 2 KAMPALA. L'eanda Th-.;rs Mr A K. Kironde, a memhi r of thr Bueanda deli cation Britain, lefi Entcbb- by lir Cairo yesterday on an undisclosed mission. A.P.
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    MOVE TO CUT OUT SPLINTER UNIONS
    198 2 Too many loop-holes in ordinance' THREE Singapore trade union leaders yesterday urged the Government to amend the Trade Union Ordinance "to halt the increase of splinter and rival They said that such unions were increasing every month because of the "loose clauses and loop-holes"
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    Flying to Formosa
    56 2 lOKMKR Chinese Communist prisoners of war in Korea hold Nationalist flags as they sit in the I'nited States Air Force plane taking them to Formosa. They iiitp part of a contingent of 145 sick and wounded Chinese who had been released in Korea after refusinc to be
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    Minesweeper goes home
    87 2 The Royal Navy minesweep- er Lioness, which has been carrying out patrols off the East and West coasts of Malaya in co-operation with the Federation police and Military authorities since 1951, left I Singapore yesterday for Brii tain. The ship was built In Cai nada in 1944.
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    Festival in Ceylon
    41 2 COLOMBO. Thurs.— Church and temple beHs pealed out in 1 Ceylon today to mark the sixth anniversary of independ--1 rnce. In Colombo, the GovernorGeneial. Lord Soulbury. rev:rwod a mile-long roremonial parade of troops and took the salute.— Reuter.
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    M.P.s approve
    20 2 I ONDON. ThUTS The House of Commons last merit that Scotland should mar.ace her own c!' ipply.— Reuter.
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    EX-VICTORIA THEATRE SUPERINTENDENT DIES
    78 2 EX- VICTORIA THEATRE SUPERINTENDENT DIES "WR R.tlph Bririsos. who was fop 16 years suprrintrndrnt rta Mrmorial Hall nnd Thratrr di^d at his home In S;ncaporp yrstrrdav. He loined trie Municipal service In 1922 and became ft ivr.ntrndent in IM4 On his retirement in 1950 he went to Australia for two
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    Riot averted
    28 2 PARIS. Thurs— Police dragged seven struggling demonstrators frorr a hall here la>t night before they could turn a European Defence Community meeting into a riot.— Reuter.
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    SIR THOMAS LUNCHES WITH POLICE CHIEF
    102 2 THOMAS LLOYD. Per- I manent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, who is visiting Singapore, had another busy day yesterday. In the morning he saw the i Maternity and Child Welfare Centre and the social centre at Serangoon He later visited the Malay settlement
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    They all called for Ee Guanthere he was in front
    379 2 ACROSS the Singapore Emergency Court yesterday morning, where 150 offenders stood jammed shoulder to shoulder, the name rang out: "Lim Ec Guan." There was a restless murmuring as grey-beard-ed Indians and gold-tooth-ed Chint-se turned their heads to all sides and
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    Mayor to have old SIT office
    159 2 Mayor to have old SIT office THE old Singapore Improvement Trust ofnees on the first floor of the City Hill are to be converted into a parlour for the City's first mayor Mr. W. I. Watson, the Ci"y Architect, is already drawing plans to provide the Mayor with a reception
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    Naval visit
    20 2 TAIPEH. Thurs. A will mission from the Siamese Navy will arrive in Formosa on i Feb. 12.— A.P.
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    Clerks dig coal at strike pit
    85 2 Clerks dig coal at strike pit SALISBURY OFFICE worki and rallw nkie Collier; I industrial llfi Production w;imo.st African v:went on gtrlki on Monday. I "voluntei 1 civilians, kd by I Europe 1 double shift s and who have not strikers. an> bringing 10 the surface. Soon they will bi
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    Students can tell you why the sky is blue
    185 2 Students can tell you why the sky is blue LJOtt to set an c«:r into a bottle, why thp sky j s t,i u "and what you look like when olhrrs srr you few of the demonstrations at the Inl ersih Malaya's fourth annual science exhibition There arc even a
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    All want Malenkov
    55 2 MOSCOW. Thurs Mr. Gonrei Malenkov. thr Soviet Premier, yestrrday had 44 nominations each naming Mm as candidate in v hr forthconunc I Supreme Soviet elections. Mr. Malmkov. a deputy I the Leningrad district nf cow. must decide which district he will stand for at the I factions
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    MacD meets Bao Dai
    67 2 SAIGON. Thurs. Mr. Mai colm Mac Donald. Commissionfr G^npral in Srlt)t^-Ea>t Asia who arrived here last from Singapore, today d: sod the political Mt:, Indo-China with Vletn head cf state B:\o Dni and the Primo Minister. Bui: Luc He flew today to Bfti I mountain home
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    Shin searched
    30 2 HONG KONG. Thurs.— U S. Xr.vv officers yesterday sea eri the USS Sandova! for narcotics believed to have bepn taken aboard by some mem of the crew. U.P.
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    A-victims to sue
    21 2 A-victims to sue TOKYO shlma Atom Bomb soclatlor thp United SI courts. ward mily ol d:ed in the H more I
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    Song for envoy
    4 2 WASHINGTON'
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    Korea meeting
    14 2 SEor; Cnmmaii': r Hull, and Rhee n Rhee'n pi iriry exp U
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      317 2 Straits Times Crossword Hi li m Hi m H| 9zuzn z zSn 3zl ACROSS 16 Rohm from the front i9i. 1. Dicta usually follows It. by the 17. Talk about a pert miss! <g). ■■f '6'- 19. Derorßtors do It. up and down I. Fragrant lcd-head fRY t7i. 9. The
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    COLD SPELL KILLS 100
    181 3 Trains are snow-bound 23 hours LONDON, Thursday. gl ROPE'S cold spell has killed more than 100 people, half of them in France. Algeria had 18 deatns, France 52, Italy 20. Belgium eight. Holland two. West Germany one, and Switzerland about six, including one skater drowned. Dutch
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    SHELTER FOR THE ARMY_
    27 3 SHELTER FOR THE ARMY_ MASINI Corpt h.li(dliMrs vln'Uor ir< [fha l Mb li is ;i Mrrrl uoorirti lesignrd to ui\<- troops i omfort. A.r. pi( tin e
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    A Pacific NATO plea
    19 3 YORK Dr. K .tion of a full pacts the U8 had with Ph:.. not adeq
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    25th child for wife of farmer
    103 3 25th child for wife of farmer FORT KENT. Maine. Thurs. A CANADIAN {armor's wife liven birth of her 25th child. An 81b. daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs Hiliodore Cyr. of NYw Brunswick. Eighteen ol the children are 17 of them still at home. li it la 24 There
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    Plane returns
    29 3 MANILA. Thurs.— A PanImerican Airways Strato- miser carrying 14 passengers from San Francisco to Manila ivaq forced to return to Wake [.-.land yesterday after develop.zinc trouble. A.P.
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    Defence talks
    16 3 MANILA. Thurs.— A U.S. Air Force mission arrived yesterdlscuss the PhilippineAmerican defence programme. A.P.
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    Ceylon says no to Russia
    124 3 Ceylon says no to Russia COLOMBO. Thurs. CEYLONS Premier. Sir John Kotelawala. yesterday said that Ceylon had no intention of entering Into diplomatic relations with any Commjnist country The United States, he said had forced Ceylon into its trade pact with China by stop, pin? purchases of Ceylonese rubber. Sir
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    Egypt complains
    30 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Egypt complained to the Security Council last night that brae] had violated the armistice agreement by occupying position in the El Auja demilitarised zone.— Reuter.
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    New aircraft
    37 3 FORT WORTH. Texas. Thurs.— Production of a new model of the B-36. designated l the 836 J. is under way at Convair here and deliveries to the U.S. Ai r Force already have begun.— A.P.
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    Strike off
    28 3 KARACHI. Thurs. Port workers called off their 10-day old strike last night and accepted the government's offer to refer the matter to an industiial tribunal.— A.P.
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    Sundown-flag lowered.
    30 3 IMEKH \N ni it.ir\ police lewef the Inion .lack as the -»ts over thr Allied-control Authority building in Beruhile the Bi| lour Foreign Ministers' conference continued. A.P. picture
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    M. P.s object to air scheme
    140 3 LONDON. Th v ERAL Socialists objected the Hou.se of Com.nons to former German Ivlng civil flying B German try of Transport has arraneed private British firm to give basic flying training to prospective pilots for the new German civil air line to be established
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    REPLY TO THE EMPEROR
    48 3 V ASI'JIKO TSl'TSl'Ml. Speaker of the Japanese Lower lloum-. answers the Emperor's message at the formal opening of the Dirt in the Chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo Emperor Hirohito sits in the chair at the top of the steps A.P. picture.
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    U.S. IS TOLD TO END SPY HYSTERIA
    193 3 'Russia has good A-men' LONDON. Thursday. A BRITISH physicist last night said that Russia had caught up with the West in the designing of atomic weapons and may even forge ahead unless the United States ended her spy hysteria. Professor F. E. Simon.
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    Missing men found in Paris
    145 3 Missing men found in Paris LONDON, Thurs. THE House of Commons was told last night that at least four British Servicemen are believed to 'ia'. c been kidnapped in the Suez Canal Zone. The Minister of State. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, said that 20 British soldiers were absent without leave on
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    His new home
    26 3 PARIS Thurs.- Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef, deposed Sultan of Morocco, will o» i exiled to Tahiti, the French Government announced last night.— A.P.
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    Meat shortage
    21 3 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. Argentina yesterday stopped shipping meat to Britain because of a shortage for home consumption.— A P
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    Line opens
    25 3 TOKYO. Thurs. Peking 1 Radio today said that the first through passenger tra.n 1 from Peking to Moscow had crossed into Siberia.— U.P.
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    Tories win
    30 3 ILFORD. ESSEX, Thurs Mr. T. L. Iremonger, cousin of Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, held a Parliamentary seat for the government in a bye-election here yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Last volume
    33 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The sxUi and la.st volume of the history of the war by Sir Winston i Churchill. "Triumph and Tra- 1 gedy". will be on sale on April 26.— U.P.
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    Still in gaol
    27 3 LONDON. Thurs. Eleven Japanese sentenced to life im- J prlsonment as major war criminals are still in prison in Tokyo.M.P.s were told yesterday. Reuter.
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    Ship blocks the Thames
    74 3 Ship blocks the Thames THE BOWS of the 7. 000-ton Spanish cargo ship Monte I'rauiola iam one of the South Hank buttresses of London Bridge as the vessel lies helplessly across the Thames. Turk stand alongside during attempts to refloat the 487 ft lone vessel, which blocked the way for
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    LONDON STOCKS
    297 3 LONDON Thurs. INDUSTRIALS were the imln 1 rent re of Interest on the London Stock Exchange today. Under the leadership of textiles which registered numerous good ?atns. they maintained the recent arm tendency. There was little change of importance in the Far Eastern nettOD. I>a- were quiet nnd
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON, Feb. 4 Casn Buyers £650; Sellers t652: Forward Buyers C627U: Sellers t630; Settlement t652'H. Turnover a.m. ,T> tons; p.ir. 60.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. Feb. 4 —Spot 16Hd Mar. 16 ,0.. Apr-June 11 7 d.. JulySept. 17c. Ort.-Der. 17d Feb. cif 16 7 lfid.. Mar. c.i.f 16' 2 d April cif. 16 9 16d Tone: Quietly steady
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    Farm talks
    25 3 LONDON. Thurs Moscow Radio yesterday said that the Premier. Mr. Malenkov. had attended a conference of farm i workers in the Kremlin P.ilace.—A.P
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    Art deal
    20 3 LONDON Thurs.-The Tate Gallery has bought a landscape painting by the French impressionist Pierr e Auguste Renoir— Reuter
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    FOUR DIE IN NEW YEAR ACCIDENTS
    273 4 FOUR DIE IN NEW YEAR ACCIDENTS FOUR Chinese three men and a woman were killed in road accidents in Singapore during the Chinese New Year holidays. There were 115 accidents— 7s on New Year's Day and the rest yesterday. Sevei. people were admitted to the General Hospital. The four killed
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    British Adviser pitches a tent
    66 4 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The! uoori work done by the late High commissioner. Sir Henry Gurney. was recalled at Kuala Pilah by Mr. |f. C. ff Sheppard. British Adviser. Negri Sembi- lan. when he opened the Gurney Memorial Scouts Camp Mr. Sheppard. president of the Negri Sembilan
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    Deserter gaoled
    20 4 SEGAMAT. Thurs.— A Special Constable. Osman bin BakL 28. was sentenced to six weeks' gaol here for desertion.
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    People of 'Kampong Trail' will all be former special police
    327 4 K. Ll'MPl'R. Thurs. 'TWE Federation Gov- ernment has prepared plans for three model "self-help" kampongs in Selangor, Johore and Perak to accommodate exclusively former special constables who will be discharged this year and who wish to settle on land. It
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    'First lord knows nothing of conditions'
    264 4 'First lord knows nothing of conditions NAVY UNION TELLS ADMIRALTY fHK 10.000-stroiiß Singapore Naval Base Labour Inion said yesterday that the First Lord of the Admiralty is ill-informed about the working conditions of local employees of the Base and the (invernment. The Union was commenting i>n the reply given by
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    Too many New Year cases for this court
    84 4 Too many New Year cases for this court i SINGAPORE emerA gency court was vesterda> able to hear only about 80 of the trial number of cases 130. The magistrate. Mr R. W. H Davies. postponed the rest of the cases All the offences were committed on Chinese New Year
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    Man stabbed in shop: 4 held
    35 4 An Indian was stabbed with a pocket knife and robbed of $3.20 in a toddy shop Li Newton. Singapore, about 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Puur men have been detained.
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    Off on leave
    32 4 IPOH. Thurs -Mr. J. B. Savillc, State Welfare Officer, Pcrak, and Mrs Saville leave next month for a holiday in Britain. Mrs. Saville Is Almoner at the District Hospital.
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    Polls supervisor
    31 4 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. I Inrhe Muhmmad Hashim oin Amin, Deputy Chairman of the Lower Perak Town Board, has been appointed as Supervisor of Electioas with the Town Council here.
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    ISLAM PARTY TO BRING ITSELF UP TO DATE
    188 4 KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Thurs. THE Islamic Avsociation of Malaya is calling an ex- traordinary general meeting next month to consider irn- portant changes in its! constitution. The meeting may take place in Peaang. Butterworth or Kuala Lumpur. The pioposod changes are designed to
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    WEDDING IN THE CATHEDRAL
    24 4 MR FRANK S. KANDIAIi and Miss lona Francke after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Chung Ling High School remembers
    137 4 Chung Ling High School remembers PENANO. Thurs. (iHUNG LING High School j remembered its late principal. Mr. David Chen at a ceremony held today at Western Road cemetery The school Hag was fluwn at half mast Representatives of the staft and pupils led by the present principal. Mr Waung Yoon
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    Off to Britain
    19 4 IPOH. Thurs —Mr. A.G. Coles. Comptroller of Posts. Perak. leaves for Britain next week on leave
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    Hark from Britain
    38 4 BACK FROM seven months' have ir. Britain are Mr Kenneth Seth. senior partner of the Singapore law firm of Si&son and Oelay, and Mrs. Seth. who returned yesterday In the liner Oranje Straits Times picture.
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    THIS WAS A DAY FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
    195 4 THIS WAS A DAY FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES PALLS on relatives, calls on friends that n Singapore Chinese did yesterday, tin- second their new year. It was a day which their centuries-old customs have specially set apart as the most auspicious day for visiting in a 15-day festival season. As
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    New English services
    54 4 KUALA LUMPU] first of a sei li vices to be he;.. Sunday oi ev< Lutheran Chi. Street. Kuali I conducted on S p.m. The Far I the Lutheran I America, the Re Anspach. will tak The ierie* projected expansii Lutheran Church which is increasl ig the fields
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    YWCA will build by instalments
    124 4 YWCA will build by instalments IPOH. Thurs rE Ipoh YWCA. anxious to have a building of the.r 1 own. are to embark on the first step of their $100,000 building project shortly The project will be completed in instalments, the first of which, a $15,000 club centre is expected to
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    On holiday
    28 4 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Dr. A. S. Sandhu has taken over from Dr. B J W Ince as Medical Officer here. Dr. Ince Is on two mouths' holiday.
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    State surgeon entertained
    42 4 State surgeon entertained ALOR STAR. Kedah Stal B Osman. who wa the CB.E. in the Year honours list, wa tamed to dinner last the Alor Sta r medic health staffs. Dr. c. Sinnadural. r, North Kedah. A dance and rongg* formance followed.
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    Millionaire vanishes again
    86 4 Millionaire vanishes again IT! who was k In m,, then released i not at his hom< some R,, ,r1. S«n«ap<,rr celebrate Hi. Year. K«l.i[iv.-s and sociates who house to pay Inn, KrectiiiKs were i. left for 1nd,.,,. A member of the th«- Straits I. mi took the in on Wednesil.i\
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      64 4 SINGAPORE 7i5 Morn: 7 35 Melody Hall Hour. Work: 0.45 H Matinee C\. Robert Bl Waldteufel M( 1 45 Danre M 5.15 Calline iv I U.N. Album; I I 8.55 A: Share M.irke 7 15 M Anoy! f> no Adi Instrumental 8.8.C. 1 New L'.4O N'f I 810 Ju News:
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    Petaling Jaya gets first national school in Malaya
    161 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. foundation stone of the first National School in Malaya will be laid in Petalinp; .lava the middle of February, Mr. N. A. J. Kennedy, pmenl officer, told the Straits Times today. teach more than »;oo pupils ot this fast-
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    THE NAVY 'COPS COME .ASHORE U.S. carrier sails into S'pore
    113 5 THK njtt-tea is air-craft-eat i let Tarawa signalled her arrival into Singapore yesterday from Korea with '-1-nun salute in honour of the Queen. The Nfcond I.S. aircraftcarrier to visit the Colony within the p.ist six months, the Tarawa carries S.M*
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    Spree of crackers is over
    52 5 A. Thurs ree has .tctiop. Rodnej ring ol ed In I them sold them 1 for a Police will act take action who cannot f the bar. •I'm done white tions removed when p k Mala sometimes hollow." was y. A battie all thens and
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    S'PORE DIARY
    82 5 Rand: Puh'i performance 0 -inf»porr Art tol let) 'ltlon of pho' i Sir John p m. M Hi-.iurn.il Bwtetjr: Publir .edral K. SJ.S Open ne No ri ;,>r.ed As Plare. 1 p.m. j v i m bei p ,r M t Table-Tr.: p.m bodybuiif rrerrlal School 5 p.m.
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    45,000 cars cross here every day
    136 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 4N nverage of 45.000 vehicles Kuala Lumpur's "ni :r--mare" junction at MountRoad bridge every ay the rtgures of a recent traffic cen.su.< 1 of 315.260 vehicle? crossed the junction between Dec. 17 and 23. The census, showing the numwhich turned risht.
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    THREESHOTSJUST FOR FUN
    42 5 A man with a revolver tin rf <nd< on the fifth floor i if the Embassy Hotel. SinsaJl5 a.m. on Chinese N( W Y< :ir's day. hots were fired during all in fun." a police spokesman said last night.
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    Schoolgirl hit by lorry
    42 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— ar-old Indian schooltcnlml, was slightly injured today when a lorry knocked her down at th 3rd mile Ipoh Road. Kua.a Lumpur. She was returning home after buying a cocoanut when she ran across the road.
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    500 at party
    35 5 Over 500 people attended a in last night given by anamuthu, Ceylon Commissioner for Singand Malaya to commoCeylon Independence D:iy. The part 1 (raa held at m« in Nallur Road, S r.gapore.
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    His wife's family beat him up
    111 5 His wife's family beat him up SEGAMAT. Thurs. 4 YOUNG Chinese told the a\ Begamat Magistrate thai his wife's family beat him b> catuv he refused to agree to give his wife a divorce. "They took my wife away from me and refused to r.llow her to return. They demanded
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    Driver fined
    30 5 SEGAMAT. Thurs.— "lt was j late ana f was anxious to reach Kluang before curfew hour." said Kanapathl when charged here with negligent driving. He was fined $50.
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    City seeks jobs for 142 sacked
    201 5 But none have yet applied •"THE Singapore City Council is trying to find jobs for the 142 men recently dismissed from its Water Department, the City Labour Unions Federation has ber>n told. The acting deputy president of the council Mr. R. Middie-ton-Smith. on Thursday
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    Student-actor from Ipoh
    54 5 VINCENT LEONG in a scene from the play ■Arsenic and Old Lace," produced by the Tower Players of High Point College in High Point, North Carolina. Vincent, who comes from Ipoh and Singapore, is a junior at High Point preparing for an engineering course. Picture by High
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    EX-GOC (MALAYA) DIES
    135 5 I He condemned Nazi brutality MAJOR-GENERAL Sir Neil) Malcolm, a former General Officer Commanding, Malaya. has died in London, aged 85. He was chairman of the British North Borneo (Chartered > Co., and a director and chairman of 8.X.1. Alloys Ltd and Neil Malcolm and Co. Ltd.
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    Firms give prizes tor dinner dance
    108 5 M M/fNs <m battle* "i perfumes, a gold c "■nylons ilrfss icwHlery Other valuable been gtvea bj Ims ay prize* for tpore (hint-sc <!iMi> (lmn< r- HMwn night Picture nim>u>. Mn. P*ft7 Wee who will be in charge of Hie poker-dice stall, with three
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    Hospital visitors appointed
    68 5 KUANTAN. Thurs.— Hospital visitors tor Kuantan are To'Muda Haji Abdul Azziz bin Haji Musa. Mr Lee Tat. Haii Ibrahim bin Haji Daud, Mr. Let Ah Poon. Mrs. Choo Joo Kong, Mrs. C. J. Windsor. Che Zan Teh binte Ibrahim. Mrs. Alex Eravelly, Mr K. A. Mohd Shariff
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    Methodist youth office bearers
    39 5 TANJONG MALIM. Thurs (The following have been elected office bearers of the Tanjong Malim Methodist Youth Fellowship: President. Mr. Yong Che Seng. vice-president Mr. George Verghese; treasurer. Mr. Choy Chang Vim; secretary. Mr. R. Vijesurier.
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    Headmen to get course on Govt.
    136 5 Headmen to get course on Govt. IPOH, Thurs. '"THE eight territorial 1 chiefs of Perak will hold a four day short study course soon, at which they will hear talks on various aspects of government activities by senior officers. The course, requested by the territorial chiefs themselves will be held
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    Shortage of classrooms
    76 5 KUANTAN, Thurs.— Chinese schoolchildren here are attending classes a f various associations and club-houses because of lack of accommodation. A primary block ot the Chung Hwa Chinese school has been taken over by the Government to house the State Agricultural Office. A spokesman of the Education Department
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    Home Guard wounded
    47 5 IPOH. Thurs A young Malay Home Guard has been detained in connection with a -shootins at Kampong Port, near Bidor. on Chinese New Year's Eve. A 40-year-old Malay Home Guard, Buyong bin Sa'at, was wounded in the face and taken to the Ipoh H>
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    Charity concert to help poor
    48 5 IPOH. Thurs. Ipoh UMNO v. ill stage a charity concert in aid of the poor at St. Michaels institution Hall on Feb 12 a: d 13 The programme will include Malay Indian and Chinese songs. Former Malay actress CX- Azizah Zainal will sins
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    Police transfer
    24 5 ALOR STAR. Thurs.-In-spector Shaari bin Haji Basir. officer in charge of Traffic Branch. Alor Star, goes to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow on transfer.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Feb. 5, 1954. The Ramp In Rice
    860 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Feb. 5, 1954. The Ramp In Rice Reports that the Malayan Governments have asked for "a special guarantee" that Siam will not permit the export of free rice to such an extent and at such prices that it will be on offer here at lower
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    DEATH
    15 6 BRIDGES Ralph Bridges suddenly his home 2f> Prlnros Flat.-.. SinBaivir* 1 on 4th February
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    90 6 :il »..rrf> lilt (minimum) FOLLIA. I v day In the u i'ti ntnl to win th.it y.s.ooo word puzxle OOH SOEN TIOE presents Maurice Clare in Vivaldi's Four Manorial Hail. February. Bookings a: Robinson TOWN I sale continues <r weeic don't miss these which include tee third :;db:ics from
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    Kampong Pantai Problem
    455 6 Kampong Pantai Problem Kampong Pantai. on the out skirts of Kuala Lumpur, is no feeling up to its name. Gock fortune may be deserting it The kampong stands on lan which engineers My :s the idea site for Kuala Lurr.pur's sewer age works, land which wa earmarked for a sewerag
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    How to end the quarrel between Arab and Jew
    1269 6 •<THIS is the only example of a pre-fabricated man foolish merely tomb 1 nation the world has yet seen," a young Israeli u The peace oi in Jerusalem said to me. threatened by this collision By this he meant that the
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      THEN THEY WOULD COURT DEATH'
      180 6 Tlf R. R. K. Hardwick. who wrote, "Is this a Chinese New Year Joke?" criticising the Department of Psychological Warfare was wrong to assume that surrendered bandit? would "take the field again in their cowardly and murderous campaign against all of us." The Communists do
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      Device to keep rice price up
      142 6 AREUTER news report from Bangkok dated January 30 says: "It is rumoured in trade circles that the British territories have asked for special guarantee that Thailand would not permit export of free' rice to such an vxtent and at such prices that the 'free'
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      Unseemly scramble for posts
      278 6 ACCORDING to Press reports the implementation of the unified scheme for teachers is meeting with snags. In my opinion, these snags are the creation of a few graduates who aspire to posts beyond their qualifications and who seem to exercise an undue influence on those who
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      AS WELL IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
      140 6 AIKS. SHIRIN FOZDAR was greatly mistaken when .she .said that people can expre.ss themselves better in English language than in their ow language When she says this she ha* in view those minorities who have neglected their mother tongue and have embarked upon a
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      POLITICS BARRED
      44 6 NO. Mr. A. A. the Churrh must not take part in politics. It is a fart thr.t present day pro-occupation with politics especially Malayan politics such as it is. will never improve her spiritual, moral or intellectual atmosphere. A NEW ISRAKI.ITK. Singapore.
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    On the Margin
    250 6 On the Margin Still unsolved rERE hay, explan tound on th< which local ti snowman. the theorj yogi I hav< n<>but th them in the R i cal Soeiet j i hibn 1 are defl prints, n t!,-. thing so the claw marl The H not the only n explicable
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      743 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. iiKUKfrnent was announced on 3 .2 54 between Liang Hyp. third son of Dr. »nd Mrs het ;.n. Hot *ad Poey Kim. second daughter of Mr. and Mrs Tf.n Chong > Mr>r.f> fill imimimum) STOL1Z FREEMAN On 30.154. Its, son of Mr and Mrs. \V BtoIU Holland to
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      81 6 JUST O« T How to Relax Nmplr. CHCitt instruction* I n« how wf ran train oorwl>« I to rrlii munctot and mind. and m (rl sort out of living. To Turn lit From War h. Brrtrand Ruwll. Thn (■nmn philowphrr vukj.tm-. a nrw plaa: a confrrrncr In di«cuv> a stib)en
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      78 6 wAu&tg h'Awr// According to one definition, a pessimi I who says his glass is half empty and an optimi-t who says his glass is half full. The true Rose's Lime Juice drains his glass in one draught, thereby falling into the category ol T\is cooling nectar, squeezed from the world'
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    We must have a son, they say
    203 7 HINDU SECTION'S APPEAL Raj asked to change his marriage bill I TION of the Hindu community of Sing* int> the Hindu Monogamous .Marriage be anu'iidcd. -s that a departed soul will not obsequies and "shradh" ceremonies are performed by a maie .successor. Therefore,
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    REDS FIRE AT TWO LORRIES OF TROOPS
    122 7 Then disappear into jungle KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. 4 N UNKNOWN number of terrorists fired at two Fedt ration Armoured Car Squadron vehicles on the Kluang— Mersing road in Johore yesterday. The troops returned the nr» and the terrorists fled. A ?at:ol of the
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    $1.5 MIL PROJECTS BACKLOG
    136 7 pore < it\ Council Id I v OVtl to i.'.i'lv 51. 500.000 "i M>ei ial projects 'iiid net complete not Inuiui last iblr t" ttud^i-t for th in n i iin do hi a n.it there ;s no ■mi labour stand- ill i Imam f i
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    Johore Bahru rice ration
    11 7 n th>Bahru disti Feb. 14. I urade
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    I Children's home is $193,000
    9 7 I Children's home is $193,000 IRE BAHRT cost been
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    U.N.E.S.C.O. men arrive
    62 7 Dr. Luther H Evans, Direc-tor-General of UNESCO, arrived In f re yesterday Hation from Jakarta on his way to Karachi. He was accompanied by Sir Adam?, chairman of 'he executive board o; UNESCO. Professor Oscar Seeco and Dr R Naidu also UNESCO. They are on an Asian
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    Catholic prayers for the Pope
    25 7 Singapore Catholic? been asked to pray for the Pope. reported on Wedn aday that the Po; iowly beca tomach rii.-<
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    POOR RICE GOES BACK TO GOVT.
    130 7 POOR RICE GOES BACK TO GOVT. THE Singapore Government will take back more than 100 tons of unpopular grades of rice irom about 900 retailers. The retailers hart complained that customers refused to accept the rice It will be replaced with No. 2 grade rice. Dealer caught with large .s'oek.s
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    Petition is rejected
    75 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Belangor Ruler-in-Cour. l i a petition by a 28--year-old mining eneineer W Nattrass, now undergoing a six-month prison s.-ntence for drunken drmng Main ground for appeal was ittrass 1 v .1 first offenHr was sentenced to three months- gaol on Oct 8. On
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    Johore Indian officers
    85 7 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs Officers of the Indian Coni gross. Johore Bahru. for 195-1 ut President. Mr. N. Krishna Pillay: vice president. Mr. E. A Majld: secretaries, Mr. H Samuel and Mr. K. R Krishna: ireasurer. Mr. N Vt'llasamy: committee. Mr A M Ibrahim. Mr. RM. ST. V
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    Clothes thief
    23 7 SEGAMAT. Thun. -Ahmad b!n Embeng was sentenced to three months' gaol followed by a year's police .supervision here for stealing clothing.
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    'Colombo' expert for K.L school
    84 7 MR. A I). TRIESTLKY. a Colombo Plan expert, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas8.0.A.C. Constellation with his wife and children to be the principal of a school in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Priestley, headmaster of a school in WeHington. New Zealand, is here under the Colombo
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    Johore New Year quiet
    39 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Chinese New Year passed off quietly in Johore Bahru. On Wednesday the town was crowded with sightseers and outstation visitors calling on their friends. Today they crossed over to Singapore in hundreds.
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    Seven fined
    20 7 SEGAMAT. Thurs —Seven shopkeepers were fined a total ot $180 here for offences under the Price Control Regulations.
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    Muar gets more drinking water
    31 7 JOHORE. BAHRU. Thurs. The dam at the reservoir on Mount Ophir is to be raised to increase Muar's drinking water simply. Thr job will cost $89,600.
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    Two things hold up libraryplan
    155 7 Two things hold up libraryplan T>vVO factors are holding up the expansion of public library services in Singapore. Mrs. Robert Eu. a member cf the Committee on Lttnurj ?t rvices told the Straits Time* yesterday. One is the difficulty of getting a trained librarian and the other the lack of
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    Mr. Yeo, 75, approves of the old customs
    109 7 Till New Year has added a year to the ;ik<" of septuagenarian 0O Chan Itoon who is now 7"> and still very active Mr Yeo Stand at hoiv.r yesterday to welcome friends relatives, business associates and mrmhrrs of the Teochi-w community, of
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    Purcell:'The truth about elections'
    367 7 Purcell: 'The truth about elections' ATTACK ON MALAYAN REPORI LONDON. Thursday. I"lK. Victor I'urcell. former acting Secretary for Chi*J nese Affairs in Malaya, in a letter in today's Manchester (iii.uili.in .says that, although the report of the committee on elections in the Federation may appear to those unacquainted with the
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    IT WAS CEYLON'S BIG DAY
    299 7 THE wvcutll annivorA sarv of Oy lon's independenrp was observed by C'cylonesc in Singapore yesterday. To mark the occasion, the Ceylon flac flew side Inside with the I/nion Jack mi cylon business and iesidential buildings throuulioi<t tinday. Many Ceylon Hindus attended a special poo.ja service
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    Johore wants Miss Kwai Lan
    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Negotiations are being made for the appointment of an occupational therapist to work In Johore Bahru ;:t the Tampo) Mental Hospital and the tuberculosis rehabilitation scheme. U la proposed to engage the services of Miss Kg Kwai Lan. who has Qualified In
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    'Centre run by Party'— tenants
    134 7 t;ie PEorLE ol Hare- lock Estate, Kmri.'''ore are alleßlnß that the estat community centre is bein« run by j politicians for their personal gain ;mrl not for the benefit of the resists. Acting as .spokesman, an old resident, Mr. T.R. Fernantold the Straits Times that
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    Pick of the pictures on view today
    103 7 'Tin: Singapore Art Society's fifth open exhibition of photographs will be opened by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. M p.m. today at thp British Council Hall. Tre exhibits include 250 prints .selected from 886 receivtrom 23 other countries as iveil as places m
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    Govt. against poll change
    52 7 JOHORE RAHRU. Thurs- Th Johore Government dors not favour a panel of ndependent judge.-, instead of a supervisor or returning ofJlcer to hear election object Objections have to be deIt la therefore not practicable for such matters to be decided by a panel of independent Judges,
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    Rubber thief
    13 7 SECiAMAT. Thur.- Tan I i. was fined $100 her scrap rubber.
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    HARBOUR BOARD RAN UP A $323,000 BILL FOR POWER
    95 7 The Singapore City Council's finance committee ha.s called for a report on why the Harbour Board was allowed to run up a $323,000 bill for electricity. The outstanding sum coven 17 months' supply from J'lly 1952. to November, 1053. The Board
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      189 7 The weather MINIMI M TKMPKRATIRK 7 :!0 pin o.'i February 3 to 7 30 a.m. on February Singapore 73 decrees. I'pnang 73 Kola Buhru "0. Kuata umpur 73. Ipoh 76. Kuantan t;9 MAXIM! M TKMPERATI RE i 7 :tO i m. to 7 30 p.m. on February 4>: Singapore 8U
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      NO HOLDS BARRED IN 'FROM HERE TO ETERNITY'
      818 8  - NO HOLDS BARRED IN 'FROM HERE TO ETERNITY' GEORGE EDINGER ii- "pROM Here to Eternity" is the film version of a highly praised and widely read American novel of the same name, by Henry Jones. It comes to Singapore with a great deal of world publicity to herald its approach
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      Not for children or those with nerves!
      285 8 Not for children or those with nerves! THE Philippines are among the mos» colourful groups of islands in the Pacific, with a cultural background and history full of material for good movies, yet Filipino film men have chosen to model Drana At Ang Habaing Lawin" along the lines of an
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      WORLD of THEATRE
      570 8  -  VIC MEM A TWO and a half hour ballet programme performed by Singapore dancers will be staged at the Victoria Memorial Theatre in a few weeks. This promises to be a most unusual and appealing entertainment. Maudrene Yap. who run; the school of dancing which bean her
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      239 8 To kvop tjou in th<> THE HEART OF THE MATTER. A much Abated and dicu,,ed f.lm vcr,,on of Mr. Crahame Crccne a be, f .eller *at make, tm, wonder what all the fuss was about. Trevo, Howard plays an honest colonial police oHicer in Wejt Africa tortured by failure poverty
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      316 8 XV^ CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS n^ now showing i^nwrn-i-i. 11 am 1.30. 4. fi 45 'i 1 I |I 1 „I 1 1 I 9.50 p.m Wm* ceiki?tsdo\ i"^ WHERE THERE IS A GHOST THERE S LEWIS AND WHEN THER] Jfc. -S LEWIS THERI/S fl*^ 0 A LOAD of U/ laughter:
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    Martyrs struck great blow for freedom when they died by rope F E A T U R > E
    1920 9 Martyrs struck great blow for freedom when they died by rope F E A T U R > E H/ARLY on the afternoon of September 18, 1867, a police prisoners' van drawn by two horses rattled along Hyde Road, Manchester, towards the city gaol at Beilevue. Though a main highway,
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    S'pore rubber share in big jump
    273 10 SATELLITE TOWN ON LAND RUMOUR From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Thursday. PROBABLE housing development at Juronjj on Singapore Island is having repercussions in London where the one shilling shares of Bajau Rubber and Produce Company have rocketted from Is. 3d. to ss. 6d. in the
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    TIN ENGINEER ON TRIP
    65 10 MR. lIKNRY THIRSTON. managing director of thr Wantage Kngineering Co. Ltd., whose compiny has sold mining machinery worth millions of dollars to Malayan tin mine.s arrived in Singapore by the Oranje on his first visit to Malaya yesterday. Mr. Thurston plins to visit the biggest tin
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    New butter for Russia
    239 10 scheme WASHINGTON. Thurs. THE United States Commerce Department was reported today to have before it a second application to ship surplus butter to Russia, but smaller than one it recently rejected. Meanwhile. spokesman for .the Department said no decision has yet been made on the application
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    NEW YORK EXCHANGE
    177 10 NEW YORK. Thurs. THE stock market today I overcame its recent pause I and slightly easier trend t forge ahead strongly to a new high level fo r the current recovery movement. At the close the utility average was at a new 1963-54 high level, industrials wen
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    Turkish sugar
    27 10 SALZGITTER i Germany I Thurs.— The Turkish Ministry! of Industry has ordered four sugar factories from two West German firms, it was announced yesterday. A.P.
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    FOREIGN TRADE DRIVE IN RUSSIA
    359 10 Many missions visit Moscow LONDON. Thursday. OUSSIA. disregarding ideological differences. is beginning to open up a vast market for goods and commodities to capitalist countries. The biggest Soviet drive for increased domestic and foreign trade since before World War II has been launched undei Prime
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    Indian agency sale stopped by Govt.
    181 10 From A Special Correspondent T CALCUTTA. Thursday. HE SALE of the Ordinary capital of the old-esta-blished British managing agency house in Calcutta. Kettlewell Bullen and Co.. Ltd.. to Indian, interests has not been approved by the Indian Government, and the Indian buyers have informed
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    Japanese line to Australia
    58 10 Japanese line to Australia CANBERRA. Thurs. Japans largest shipping line. Mitsui, will resume trade with Australia afte r a wartime break of 13 years. Although ships oi Japanese lines have been callins at Australian ports sinee 1 1951. a large proportion of wool, wheat and scrap iron for Japan is
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    Sterling must be freed, says banker
    283 10 Sterling must be freed, says banker IN his 1953 review Mr. D. J. Robarts. chairman of the National Provincial Bank (Britain), declares that sterling must as soon as practicable be made convertible, at any rate for current transactions. So long as exchange control, I buttressed by prohibitions ol restriction* on
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    BURMA-MALAY
    45 10 TIN ore tutputs of BurmaMalay Tin Ltd.. companies for January were: Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. 129.000 yds dredged 1,067 outputs in piculs. Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co Ltd.. 75.000 yds Dredced 142 (outputs in Piculs i. Renong lost 447 hours through alteration to screen.
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    Sungei Bidor output
    23 10 Durinu January Siir.jrei Bidor Tin Dredging Ltd. vorkeci 640 hours, treated 266.600 yards and had an output of 629 piculs.
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    20 per cent for rubber company
    57 10 The Board of Duff Develop ment Company, rubber plant- j ers. is halving the interim i dividend of 5 per cent, less > tax. against 10 per cent. The final dividend of 20 per > cent for 'he year to December 31. 1952. made
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    Deep-sea oil discovery
    75 10 BOMBAY Tbura Abdulla b.n Darwesh. pr:m< Minister of Qatar said yesterday that •ifTshoro drilling might' make bis tiny Persian Dull <Mo the largest source sea oil :n the world. Darwesh, who is on hei». added that the Sheil Company had carried out a successful survey of the
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    WORLD PROSPECTS GOOD FOR RICE
    223 10 DROSPECTS are good for active world trade in rice for some time to come, ac- cording to an expert of the United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. Dexter Rivenburgh, who' recently returned from a first-hand study of the rice situation in Asia, reported last week
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    MORE Old OF WORK IN U.S.A
    90 10 MORE Old OF WORK IN U.S.A despite that the i nit< not hfadi!: mic slump number Riving clo the mounting ment rolls. Uncli crn la tl ment b thai v!,, n rf United 510.000 the hlg] Govern nothing „i irn i But ti. Amertc in f and t! trial (>■
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    Trade with Russia necessary'
    39 10 Trade with Russia necessary' I. ON I' MR Reginald with counl would benefit th< lally. Addressin. sales mana i retain strategic 200 c:-. h il there benefit to th< from an e^ peace!:: "I tain's In he The ore
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    Australian stocks
    19 10 MEi -t B Hill Pi I C.I. c.v. Mount N. Broki'n 1! Burns Ph H Ppk" I
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    Singapore shipping
    13 10 Ships lyl Slngapoi wharvi Chusi tokata C P Bencleuch Benreo "A
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      539 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE Improvement Trust require* Maintenance liu-pector in the Technical Timescale $108 J4T4 Initial salary W7O p m Cast of Living <S; Homing Allowances payabta hly emoluments $471 If married with children Minimum ace 32. with at Irast !:< ence Practical experience In construction Ai maintenance uork and s
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      417 10 NOTICE RIVERVIEW RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN j Interim Dividend of b' r less :iiv income Tax in respect of the year ending 31st March. 1954, will be p:nd out of V/ar Damage Compensation receiveo to shareholders 0B the Register at Ist March 1954. NOTICE IS Al .-.O
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      278 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TKNDCRS ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT Desicn. construction and completion i of New Kirn Seng Bridge, Canal and Causeway and demolition of exist- Ing bridge. Close NOON 22.2.54. Deposit $500 (refundable). Forms and all particulars from the Con- i suiting Engineer, Mr. J. T. Chester. United Engineer's Building.
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    £15m. earned by equipment
    99 12 EXPORTS Of British office equipment earned more than £15 million in 195;< nearly £1 million more than in 1952." It was the eighth year in succession that the industry surpassed all previous yearly shipments. The office machinery section made the largest contribution to the export achievement,
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    MALAYAN TRADE ENVOY IN INDONESIA MUST BE APPOINTED QUICKLY
    389 12 Mr. Tan says THE appointment of Malayan trade representatives in Indonesia would greatly assist trade conditions between the two countries said Mr. Tan Siali Kew, chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in a New Year's message, through the Straits Times,
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    TWO MILLION TON INCREASE IN U.K. PETROL EXPORTS
    170 12 BRITAIN exported more than 7 million tons of refined petroleum products, worth over £71 million. during 1953. it is announced by the UK Petroleum Information Board. This compares with a figure of 5.150.000 tons, worth £52 million in 1952. The increa>e of
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    Britain's T.V. order
    86 12 IN December, the first T.V. station on the African con- tinent was set up at CasaI blanca in Morocco. The station which operates on 819 lines, has been supplied with a camera chain. a telecine camera and vision and sound transmitters by Pye Limited ot Cambridge. The
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    New 'wonder' drug is due soon from the U.S.A. by aircraft
    246 12 FIRST shipments of a new drug marketted as Aohromycin will arrive by air in the Colony shortly from Washington. The new drug described v a broad spectrum antibiotic li used in the treatment of meningitis, pneumonia, peritonitis whooping cough
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    F.E. SUPPLY CHIEF HERE
    65 12 MR. Ramon Parra. Far East manager of EH Lilly one of biggest firms, an the USA or the Philippines", dealing in Pharmaceuticals and btologlcals. who is on a business inspection tour of Far East countries. He was met by Mr K. S. Loke. manager of Malayan
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    Record Jap rubber year
    55 12 JAPAN'S imports of crude rubber in 1953 reached an all-time record of 91.021 tons according to the Finance Ministry Customs Denartment i This was an increase of 24.000 tons over 1952 rubber Imoorts. Of the 1953 total, about 53 per cent, came from Malaya, and about
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    NEW WALL FINISHES FOR EAST
    306 12 A LEADING British maker of enamels, paints and varnishfs has now introduced a new type of wall-flnish, particularly suitable for conditions such as those found freq lently in the Far East, wheie high humidity rapid'y attacks ordinary coloui washes and where a combination of the
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    POSSIBLE DECLINE IN TIN SEEN BY ECAFE
    208 12 POSSIBLE DECLINE IN TIN SEEN BY ECAFE MINERALS production in Asia has grown steadily since World War 11, according to a report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East i ECAFE i. The report is among the subjects being examineJ by ECAFE's committee on industry
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    MALAYA-SIAM CATTLE TRADE IS TO RESUME
    210 12 SINGAPORE and the Federation will import cattle from Siam for the first time in 13 years ;«s soon as final arrangements have been completed For the past week, four members of a Siamese Government veterinary mission have had talks with veterinary and health officials,
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    1953 rubber production
    135 12 NATURAL rubber production in Decembrr was 167.500 tons according to advance .--tatLstics issued by the International Rubber Study Group This brouKht the total tor 1953 to 1.717.500 tons, compared with 1.762.500 in 1952. Consumption In December ma 122.500 tons mr.Ktng 1953 1.565.000 tons against 1.447,500 tunDuring the
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      MORE U.S. GOOD, ARE COMING HERE THROUGH H. KONG
      331 12 MORE and more of Malaya's trade being conducted through Hon^ trade figures for 1953 reveal. In 1952 Malaya imported $182 millii goods from Hong Kong of which $l imported through Hong Kon:;. Last year although the tot.il of U.S. imports into
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      Exhibition of office machines
      101 12 'THE exhibition rrana by the I opened i n Ha> fora United Stin thi Engineer yer Quay, S Tlv I open 6.30 p:. February 13 hibitif nd manul show ho 1 hibit:. versa till a wide mode!;. Control bar The simpli control bar at I machlm
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      29 12 THAT IS WHAT THE TYR PROVED PP RECONDITIONING V\ LL WHY EXPERIMENT DINARY RETREADS? TYRESOLES BY Scientific fCeoorndilixjni^ijg -NOT JUST A RETREAD nNVOrf STATION OR DIRECT TO i 1\
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    2120 13 UN. §WEEP TOTAL POOL: $230,200 FIRST No. *****5 (S62,15t) SECOND No. *****3 ($31,077) THIRD No. *****8 ($15,538) STARTERS (S2.219 each): KM, *****3; *****9; *****8; *****1; *****4; *****2; *****1. CONSOLATION ($1,381 each): Nos. *****7; *****4; *****8; *****0; *****6; *****3: *****2; *****6; *****4: *****5 DOIBLE
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    UK TURF MEN ARRIVE FOR SHORT VISIT
    148 13 THK WELL-KNOWN Fn(rllsh rarrhorse owner. Mr. Krnesl Thornton-Smith (left), and hi< trainer. Mr. Fred Templeman. arrived In the Colony yesterday in the liner Oranje. Mr. Templeman. who became a trainer In 1919 soon after he had won the Derby on Grand Parade, look
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    PICTURE TIP
    20 13 The Straits Times Pirture Tip yesterday was (JREKT. who won Race Four to pay Sr> and S IX
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    KEE CHAN, VITHOOL FIGHT TONIGHT
    124 13 By Our Boxing Reporter 4 thrillinK flßht can be expects at the Chenwu stadium. Kuala' Lumpur. tonißht when Lim Kee Chan and Thep Vltliool mccl over 10 rounds in an elimination bout for the featherweight championship of Malaya. Both fighter* havr been in hard trainlns
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    Win Friends, Popularity With Little Tricks of Everyday Talk
    173 13 A well-known publisher j reports there is a simple technique of everyday conversation which can pay you real dividends in both social and professional advancement and works like magic to give you added poise, selfconfidence and greater popularity. The details of
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    Neale Fraser in Australian tour squad
    197 14 SYDNEY. Thurs. THE holder of the Malayan I triple tennis crown. Nf-ale Prater, has been .selected as i one of the seven Australians to make the world tennis circuit this season. Desiite a mow to curtail the trip. the Australians will make a five-
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    Sadali meets Omar Manaff for badminton singles title
    500 14 Sadali meets Omar Manaf f for badminton singles title PENANG, Thursday. SINGAPORE Foong Seonp; Cup player M. Sadali and Johore's Malay champion Omar Manaff entered the singles final of the Malayan Malays badminton championships which resumed at the Han Chiang High School Hall here today. Both won their semi-final ties
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    HALF-MILE SPEED TRIALS ON SUNDAY
    432 14 HALF-MILE SPEED TRIALS ON SUNDAY SINGAPORE Motor Club's £5 half-mile standing-start speed trial meeting at Lim Chu Kang Road (off the 10th mile. Bukit Timah Roadi on Sunday morning promises a fine days sport. There are 18 events on the card, five for motor cycles and 13 for cars, and
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    67 14 mi HAM I nited goalkeeper Gregory takes the ball in mid-air and apparently from the head of Blackpool centre-for-ward Stcphenson (No. 9) in the fourth round F.A. Cup tie played at I'pton Pirk. London, on Saturday. Blackpool were held to 1-1. but in the replay on Wednesday beat West Ham
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    DANES LOSE TO H.K. XI
    96 14 HONG KONG. Thurs A Hong Kong selection beat the Koege Boldklub by 3-0 today in the Danes' second of a threegame soccer series here after lea 1--111 c-0 at half time. Hone Kong's rightwlnser. Ho Vim: F.in. scored all three goal* for what was Hong
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    HOCKEY TRIAL FOR TODAY
    91 14 The Singapore Hockey Association trial on the padane yesterday w-vs iance!!ed owing to rain. trial will be held on 'he SRC part. me this evening The 26 player* selected for special training are a-keri to turn up. The teams for the trial will be selected before
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    SCOTTISH CUP: A REPLAY
    62 14 LONDON. Thurs and rhlrd k Lanark will have to play Again to decide which of them should be in the second round of the Scottish I Cip In spite of extra time yesterday they drew 0-0 in their first round replay. Hamilton Academicals beat Iverness Thistle
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    SCRC CRICKET
    25 14 Singapore Chinese R.C. crirket officials f or the year are Captain Cheonc Thiam Sie 1 vice captain: Cecil Won;; convenor Khoo Ong Lee.
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    DRAWN TEST GIVES INDIA THE RUBBER
    350 14 LUCKNOW. Thurs. INDIA won the cricket "Test" j rubber against the Common-. ■With when the' fifth and last match of the series ended In a dr.iw here today India won two "Test.": to thr Commonwealth's one vith the oth?r two drawn. India. 416 In
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    Fijians pick strong XV
    160 14 Fi jians pick strong XV T<HE Fijian* are taking no chances for their big match on Saturday at 1, .Lin Mi-mi- stadium against a strong Singapore Cricket Club Invitation XV and have picked their best available side. Tuinahua. the fullback, and Baba. their international scrum-half now turned centre, are not
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    YMCA CRICKET
    55 14 At ni'-etir.c of the rrlckft section o' the V.V.C.A. held yesterday. the following weic elected for tne current MMOn Captain: Rowland Lyne; viceenptain: r. B. Surratta: hon. secretary; Dennis Norris; equipment secretary: Cyril Fernando. V.M.C.A. members uivhine to play cricket are reminded that practice-. will be he !d
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    SCUNTHORPE HOLD POMPEY
    309 14 LONDON. Thurs. TWO GOALS by little left-winger 1 Mervyn Jones enabled third division Scunthorpe United to force first division Portsmouth to a 2—2 draw In yesterdays Football Assoiation Cup fourth round replay. Eight minutes from time. Jones equalised an early second half goal by Henderson. The latter
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    Americans bring in four firsts
    303 14 Americans bring in four firsts REGATTA pOUR American err. ft sMn"d first places in ihe Sincnnor? Outrxwrd Boating Club's Ch::i" Year Regatta held at We I Paatr Panjang, jrwtarday. There were m tntriei In CU and etaht in Cla^s EU atiH two iitats in each class were held Dernite a
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    Moss gets winning runs—off his pads
    317 14 Moss gets winning runs off his pads BRIDGETOWN. Thursday. IN a THRILLING finish here, yesterday, the MCC beat Barbados by one wicket after a minor collapse had suggested a home triumph. •ith extreme caution. rought victory in <i^ht with lx wickets down and cnly welve runs needed. rhen owever. three
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    SULAMAN, SYED NOH ELIMINATE SEEDED PAIR
    170 14 SULAMAN, SYED NOH ELIMINATE SEEDED PAIR KUALA LI'MPUR, Th FIRST two days play of the foi Malayan Mala.vs tennis tournament, ed on the Sultan Sulaltnan Club and the Chinese Recreation Club courts here, provi "I unset. This la I Khai Sycd No] Sulal by ti a b I bad lu<
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