The Straits Times, 6 February 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times He***'** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, SATIRDAV. FEBRUARY 6, 1954 PRICE 15 CENTS
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    PLENTY OF CHEER IN THIS CUP
    39 1 Wls] WREBTUNG champion Ynshibayama holds thr b. cup nrrvrnifd to hirr in Tokyo at the end of the 'rMs. Thr mormons muscle man had been un<l''fi>atrd in his 15 matches. A. P. picture.
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    RUSSIA REJECTS IE EDEN PLAN
    130 1 sts Molotov plan instead BERLIN. Friday. Molotov today rejected the Eden plan to reunite ,inder a freely elected Government and >>posed to the Big Four conference that a ill-Grrman government be created out of >enl East and West regimes. A British Foreign Office spokesman later
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    'Folly'—15 months
    30 1 r.poRT. Fr:.— A voune anic vu alleced •-martial here yes- mashed 59 and other In the 13.000-ton irrier Ocean "during ■;tter folly" -M-yiar-old ii tson. was senmonths' deten-
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    $28,000 cheating charge
    43 1 Singapore police yesterday arrested a European who la •.vanted for allegedly cheating a goldsmith in Clyde Terra, c of jewels worth $28,000. The European, who returnee; to the Colony after a holiday in Europe, will be charced in court today.
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    50,000 GET THE BIG QUIZ
    261 1 'Yes' or 'No' to the new pay rates is sought KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. \JORE than 50,000 ballot papers have been sent out to members of five rubber estate unions, asking workers to decide whether' to reject or accept the Taylor arbitration award. The workers are
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    Rugby giants clash today
    290 1 4 RECORD crowd for a a\ Malayan rugby match I pected at Jalan Besar Singapore. this i"« afternoon to ivatch the p clash between the rugby j giants of the country a I- ■pore Cricket Club In•l on XV and the Ist i Fiji Infantry Regiment.
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    MALAYA'S NEGRITOS SET A PROBLEM
    199 1 'One of world's race mysteries' LONDON. Fri. ONE of the worlds racial mysteries is the presence in Asia of the Negritos of Malaya. Dr. P. H. A. Sneath told the Royal Anthropological Institute here last night. He said the Negritos did not resemble the other
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    Popular choice
    30 1 HELSINKI. Fri. Armi Kuusela Hilario. Finland's Miss Universe of 1952. has been picked as the most popular person In Finland in a nationwide poll by a magazine. U.P.
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    $6,500 is stolen as three sleep
    83 1 $6,500 is stolen as three sleep rpHIEVES stole $6,500 from X the head office of the Green Bus Co.. Ltd.. in Ancullia Road. Singapore, on Thursdavi nieht. A metal cabinet was forced open and the money removed, while a plerk and two watchmen slept on the premises. One of the
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    Plane crashes
    26 1 TOKYO. Fri A U.S. Navy Skyraider .olane from the carrier Yorktown crashed 100 1 miles north of Tokyo, killing one of the three-man crew.
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    Booby-trapped
    47 1 HANOI. Fri.— The French Secretary of War. M. P:> Chevigne. was slightly wouoded today when he stepped on a booby trap while inspecting front-line French Union troop> fighting in Southern IndoChina. Three officers with him were also hurt. He continued his inspection after treatment. U. P.
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    Oil output up
    26 1 LONDON Fri.-- Oil production in the Middle East last year increased by 16 per cent over 1952. the Petroleum Information Bureau announced. Reuter.
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    Cut temporary
    27 1 BUENOS AIRES. Fri. Thr suspension of Argentine meat shipments to Britain is only temporary and designed to build up stocks, the Government said yesterday.— U.P.
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    FIREWORKS DESTROY SCHOOL
    86 1 KUANTAN. Fri. CHINESE New Year fireworks destroyed a school here to. day causing $27,200 loss. pel Chai Chinese Srh-il at] [Aver Puteh. about two miles from the town, vas set alight I at noon by a fireworks stump. The fire spread so quickly th;H not Inns could
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    ICE 'SAILORS' REACH 50 m.p.h.
    68 1 pOMPKTITORS li, 1P up f or a "sailing on ice" race on the frozen Wormerveer Lake. North of Amsterdam Strong winds hrlprd the "sailors" to reach speeds of up to 50 in. ph. during the racr. The racers were among thousands of Dutch people who
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    NO FAULTS, SO COMETS TAKE TO AIR AGAIN
    293 1 LONDON. Fri. BRITAIN'S Comet jetliners, taken out of service after the air disaster in the Mediterranean on Jan. 10. will resume passenger flying early next month with nearly 50 modifications. Thirty-five people died when a Comet plunged into the sea oft I
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    Hong Kong visit
    21 1 HONK KONG Fri.- Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner General for South East Asia. I arrived today from Saigon.
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    DOCTOR MOVES IN WITH POPE
    123 1 VATICAN CITY. Fri. rE Vatican today issued the first m d cal bulletin on thp health of pope Pius XII. disclosing that his doctors are having difficulty In feeding him. The bulletin announced that the hiccoughs from which the Pope. 77. had suffered for nine
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    Friends of U.S.
    36 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri— Gifts of wheat to drought stricken Pakistan last year made friends for tho United State* in t-verv village. Sved Amiad Ali. Pakistan* Ambassador to the U.S. said here yesterday. A.P.
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    Mail robbery
    35 1 HORI.EY. Surrey. Fri.Masked gangsters drove a heavy car into the path of a post office van near here in darkness early today, beat up and bound the driver and ransacked the mail.— Reuter.
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    Boxer held
    27 1 OSAKA. Fri. Baby Gustillo. lightweight Filipino boxer, has been arrested for the second time in two months on a charge of assaulting a Japanese. A.P.
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    New emergency
    30 1 TEHERAN. Fri. -Police yesterday reimposed martial law and accused Communists of using hand -erenades and trying to ciisarm security forces durinp the voting for the Persian Senate. Reuter.
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    Copter service
    21 1 TOKYO Fri. A helicopter service for passengers and freight was starting today be- 1 tween Tokyo and Osaka— A.P.
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    Bandits attack 4 cars
    141 1 all in Johore, no casualties KUALA lAJMPUR. Fri. "TERRORISTS nrcri <i n A vehicles in several places in Johore. yesterday. There wen no casualties. The windscreen of a civilian car was smashed by gunfire near Pletong. Security forces who follow- Ed up found resting places for
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    STOP PRESS
    50 1 KH. BRITISH DOI i CONTRA! I 1 ONOOM I n Brili h i ompanj h i ■ian it order wortli 000.006 to Un 77 mill undl ii kble .icrnss i. rui j.i mi „t (i, transmit pOWt i' from in,nil.in mainland to Vancoarei 1 i.uml —Beater TEL: 2800
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    Sir George Allen
    33 1 LONDON, Fri— The appointment of Sir George Allen, former Vice-Chancellor ol th« University of Malaya retary of the British i tion for the Advancement ol Science was announced today. -A.P.
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    New director
    29 1 WASHINGTON. Fri The Foreign Operations Admini tratlon yesterday anouneed the appointment of Mr. Norman 8. Paul as regional director in the Near East. South Asia and Afrlca.-U.P.
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    We called: the soldiers fired on us'
    372 2 -INQUEST WITNESSES MALACCA. Fri. JWO cMerb Malay women i«;!d the Malacca Coroner, Mr. Ramanatha her. today that although the\ put up their hands and called that the> were "jrood people", soldiers fired at them. Thr women. Chichi bintr Abu and Mikyahi hintr Matsin.
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    Barry, 11, in U.S. Navy
    51 2 HONG KONG Fri. The US Navy has made 11 -year-old Barry War* son of a British sailor, an honorary member of the crew of the aircraft carrier Wasp Barry has not enough calcium in his bones and has been bed-nddf-n mis' of his life U
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    Situation 'desperate' at blood bank
    90 2 rrHFRE has neen a heavy drain on the blood bank at the Smaapore Oeneral Hospital during Chinese Men The bank had been b »-> Rupplles o to mccl ihit demand I: Is now despsr- stely in neeri of "O" and B" group of blood. li
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    We're good people—but
    161 2 We're good people— but BIG DROP IN STORE HOLIDAY CRIME j (PRIME during the ChinI ese New Year in Singapore was "very low." compared with the previous now year, a police spokesman told the Straits Times yes-j terday. For the 15 days up to the; second day of the New
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    Dawn to wed
    38 2 LONDON. Fri— Dawn Addams. British film actress. and Italian Prince Vittorio Massimo announced their '■ngagement yesterday He la 42. she is ?.Z and aD-l peared in the film The Moon i is Blue" —A P
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    Six expelled
    15 2 HONG KONG. Fri. Six Roman Catholic pr:e«ts were pxpelled from Chini yesterday. UP
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    ALL DRESSED UP FOR A DANCE
    119 2 Banjara belles appear in ALL their finery BASJARA WOMEy from •J Hyderabad are shown here durino a recent folk dance festival hi Mew Delhi. Wearing colourful hand■J made clothes they iarucd Wtth brn^s urns filled irith holy iratcr on their heads to the accompaniment
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    'MONKEY LANGUAGE'
    164 2 There'll be an interpreter even for that, says magistrate i SINGAPORE magiMra'e A. sa:d yesterday that ne would get an interpreter who spoke the language of a man who appeared before him. even if II was "mon- key's language." The man. Ng Cheng Slew, charged with failing to
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    600 TEMPORARY CLERKS AWAIT PAY DECISION
    199 2 Govt. considers arrears claim ABOIT 600 temporary (iovrrnitirnl Herks Singapore, who hoped to know the Govern* decision on their 37 months' bark pay rbj r week, will have to wai». Last week the clerks' union thr Arim and Clerical Services Union -said that its
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    Auction in palace
    55 2 CAIRO. Fri. President Neguib iPd more than 100 guest < on a visit to some of ex-Kine Farouk's jewels and art treasures yesterday at an auction pr?v;ew in Kubbeh Palace. Precious stones, gold and silver coins rare stamps, riu mond studded watrhes. and solid gold tea and
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    I Colonel honoured
    40 2 PONTAINBLEAU. Fri— Lieut Col. Robert Gathv. who com manded the Belgian battalion in Korea from 1951 to 1953 received the Unit states' Legion of Merit at me headquarters of the Allied Forces in central Europe here v-'ster-day.—Reuter.
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    Flight success
    32 2 LONG BEACH. California Fri.— The U.S. Air Force yesterday said that its first four engine turbo prop transport the 200 passenger Douglas YC-1248. had had a successful maiden flight.— Reuter
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    Attacked by robbers, they fought back
    89 2 Attacked by robbers, they fought back A YOUNG Ch and his cirl fri PI back when attack robbers on a br;i Yung Chins d the girl wore s, beach near Tral Singapore, on Tl when the robh Two pinnod v while the thl« She struggled ai d for help but
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    Over 200,000 on strike
    38 2 TOKYO F: M 200.000 Japancv today held thf series of par';., back demands for creases. Miners on i a shifts walked ofl thcii 110 minutes. Officials pstli will cut production by 31 cent. Renter.
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    U.S. nomination
    23 2 WASHINGTON er.t Ei>enho\ver nominated Mr Growe. U.S. Amba Ceylon, to be the U.S. i tative at the 10th s ECAFE— AP.
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    More uranium is found
    51 3 BRISBANE. Fri.— A uranium 'strike believed to be as rich as tin northern territory's fabulous Rum Jungle, has been made near Chillagoe. north Quei n>land. An assay has shown the lira- i nium content in the ore to be between five and 10 per cent. 1
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    How to hold £I million
    115 3 FILM STAR (iregory, Peck shows, in this Popper picture, the best way to hold a million pound note Not too loosely, not too firmly but with both hands. Peek stars in his first all-British comedy. "The .Million Pound Note." in Technicolor and hased on M;irk
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    Trade recession is on in U.S.—Butler
    376 3 Trade recession is on in U.S.— Butler BRITAIN PASSING THROUGH IT LONDON, Friday. \JR. R. A. BUTLER, Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday told the House of Commons that the so-called trade recession in the United States had already started and Britain was beginning to pass through it. He was opening;
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    SOVIET WANTS BIG TRADE DEAL WITH BRITAIN
    87 3 SOVIET WANTS BIG TRADE DEAL WITH BRITAIN I ONDON, Fri. has nllricrt tii buy J\ ihnr liillinn Malayan il<i ii 111 of Itnlivh m< i in 1955, l'"">t> :«ikl Miii i-i i n! oreign Mi Iv in <•. K;ili now -ml that Kiinm.i wanted to i machine tools ;tnd ical
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    Stricken ship's crew returns
    34 3 Stricken ship's crew returns I n nded .--hip this f\ rd the inian ship Liberal one r.ding Ui {uard air- >a i i the d" at aboard s Mnk Thp I sink ng Rev-
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    Gold medals for two
    46 3 NEW YORK. Fri. "For )t world rhood." gold mcdi rded yester- P. Romulo. Philippines Ambassador to the United States, and Mr. D. Murphy, former U.S. sador to Ja] The awards were made by tional conferenrr of Christians M d Jews -A. P.
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    Congratulations
    20 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. PreI enh sterday tioi to Lord try Governor-General of Ceylon, on the anniversary of s lr.riopendence.— U.P.
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    Mission back
    20 3 LONDON Fri— A Parliatr.pntary good will mission to S irma and Indonesia arrived London 'by air last Reuter.
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    M.P.s urge: Protect designs
    205 3 LONDON. Fri. rE Government was asked in the House of Commons yesterday what assurances against unfair trading practices, such as the copying of signs and the falsification of trade marlts, were sought bei it sisned the Japanese ttade agreement. Mr Peter Thorneycroft. Presldent of the Board
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    New post for ex-Malayan
    39 3 LONDON, Fri— The aDDOintment of Sir Kenneth K. O'Connor. Chief Justice ot Jamaica, as Chief Justice of Kenya, was announced here u>t night. Sir Kenneth was Attorney General of the Malayan Union In 1946— Reuter.
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    A P.M. on tour
    31 3 OTTAWA, rri— The Canadian Prime Minister. Mr. Louis St. Laurent, left yesterday on the first leg of tour that will take him to 11 countries. Li .P.
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    Peer improves
    23 3 LONDON. Frt.-The Earl of Athlone. 79-year-old greatuncle of the Queen has had a bad attack of influenza, but L-; recovering. Reuter
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    Flight plan
    23 3 LONDON. Fri The first Arctic navigation proving flisht by a RAF Canberra jet a will be made on Feb. 16. Reuter
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    200 cremated
    31 3 ALLAHABAD. India Fri. The bodies of 200 of the hundreds Of people killed in a stampede of Hindu pilgrims on the banks of the Ganges were cremated today. UP.
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    MORE A-GUNS FOR EUROPE
    59 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. U.S. Army yesterday 1 that another six cannons were going j the re last iran. The 280-millimetre gun has a range of about 20 miles when using the full size projectile. With a smaller calibre tube, which can be used inside the parent gun.
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    Now, now, girls.
    49 3 Now, now, girls. (11KLS. GIRLS! You know that pets are not allowed in the dormitories. ."This is Headmistress Kritton of Ronald Searle's St. Trinan's laying down the law. "She" is Alistair Sim seen here in a shot from the new British film "The Belles of St TrinianV Reuter picture.
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    POLICE BATTLE WITH FRENZIED CROWDS
    191 3 Million Australians cheer Queen SYDNEY, Friday. pOLICE battled helplessly today with more than LOOP 000 frenzied, cheering Australians who turned out to areet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. i The royal procession was stopped repeatedly. The police were engulfed by waves of celebrants
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    Riot over anti-Jew producer
    86 3 BERLIN, Fri. STUDENTS and members of the Berlin Jewish community foimht with police riot ads last nicht in protest Inst a former Nazi prodje--1 er*s newest film. It was the opening nizht for in Over Colombo." by Vet Harlan. An anti-Semitic film by Harlan was sponsored
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    Colour bar hotels criticised
    156 3 Colour bar hotels criticised MANCHESTER. Fri. i LICENSING authorities here I yesterday rebuked two Manchester hotel and bar owners for refusing to serve drinks to coloured people. Renewing licences on the two premises, the chairman of the Manchester licensing autnorities said that he strongly deprecated racial discrimination in hotel and
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    Fire in new liner
    76 3 LONDON. Fri. Four fire engines went to Tilbury docks last night to a fire in the saloon bar of the 29.734-ton Arcadia. the new P- and O. liner. The Arcadia arrived at Tilbury on Tuesday in preparation for her maiden voyage to Australia on February 22.
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    Prince invited
    21 3 CAPETOWN, F r i— Prinre Bernhard of the Nether'ands has been invited to visit South Africa in September.— Reuter.
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    Visit to Europe
    24 3 LONDON, Fri.— Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Prime Minister, may visit Britain on the European tour he* hopes to make soon. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    250 3 LONtON Thurs. Closing prices or selected stocl.s were LOANS Consols 64'; Funding A'o 101 War 3'z n o 84 BANKS Mercantile (£l2 'a) 24 HnnxKong isl2s» 97H Eastern (£si 8-S Chartered (£H 42 6 Loan3'»',c lase-SO £94 12/6 d INSURANCE Com. Un. (uti.) 127 i Royal 13 Prudential
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Feb. 5. Cash Buyers C 650: Sellers t652 I 2; Forward Buyers t631; Sellers t635; Settlement V.650. Turnover a.m. 55 tons; p.m. 10.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. Feb. 5. Spot 16 -d Mar 16'-d.. Apr-June 16"yd.. JulySept !6 id. Ort.-Dec. 16 T .d Feb elf 16"« d. Mar. c if 16 7 16d April c.l.f. 16'-jd. Tone. Barely steady
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    $1,000 haul from store
    39 4 BURGLARS STRIKE IPOH. Fri. Si nty-flve fountain pens and three bracewit h semi-precious SI. OOO. 'l<>n from I early y< sterday. The thieves entered the store bj The pens and b: taken from a shov
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    No 'inquisition' by income tax dept— Himsworth
    373 4 No 'inquisition' by income tax dept Hims worth LETTER TO TRADERS ON NEW COLLECTION POWERS I IPOH, Friday. |NCOME tax payers in the Federation are not submitted to I "sort of inquisition", says a letter by Mr. K. llim>\\ orth, the Financial Secretary, to the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce.
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    One of these 3,000? then pay up now
    112 4 Anon Dgapore motorists, who hai for mths th s nto tr>ubie unthi y pay up quickly. The Registrar ol V< hides, Mr B C J. Buck tht Straits T If they do nit pa\- up we will si rye them defauli "qi;
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    Nine elected to council
    53 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Nine Chinese have boen elected to the Local Council tn Sengarang. Batu Pahat. In all 22 canfought the poll 19 two Malays and one Indian and 86.1 per cent of j the electorate voted. A Malay and an Indian have i been nominated
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    Highlands aid T.B. fund
    46 4 CAMERON HIGHLANDS Fri. a programn ol bring-and-buy" sale, whist tombola dance, film :id football match, has been planned 1 money for Lady Templer'i iital Fund. The dance will be held tonight at the Cameron .Is Hotel. Tanah Rata. pah Polic Band will
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    THIS ARGUMENT GOT TWO INTO HOT WATER
    127 4 One got a cupful the other a fine 4N argument between two young coffee shop employees led to one of them pouring boiling water on the other, it v. I d in a Singapore court yesterday. Chon Wing Konn w;i Ins dishes In
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    Man, 75, killed
    27 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fr:. ChU Chin Puay. 75. of Klyno street died niter being involved in j. collision with a van in Petaling Street yesterday.
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    Python woman at fair
    85 4 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. A Malay woman and her pet j 21-foot python will perform I at the four-day fun fair organised by Butterworth UMNOi as part of its Federation Week celebrations. The carnival opened today. and will continue untU Febru. ary 9 from 8 p.m. to midnight
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    New Nanyang University to start in make-do home
    156 4 New Nanyang University to start in make-do home THK KXECI TIVK committee of the Nanyans I'nivcrsity aims to deter Chinese students from returning to China this year for higher education. It hopes to do this hy getting the university KOiag even before its building at Jurong is ready. Sources close
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    Dance ticket sales worry students
    120 4 Dance ticket sales worry students \I EMBERS of the University of Malaya Historical Society are holdinc a Chinese New Year dance tonight, but they are sad about it. In aid of a worthy cau.se— to send about 50 society members on a Far Eastern tour— the dance la not likely
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    Talk on old Singapore
    70 4 Prof. C- N. Parkinson, pr sor of History at the University of Malaya, last night gave a public lecture on '"Si In the Sixties" at the St. Andrew's Cathedral War Memorial Ha!l. The lecture sponsored by the Singapore branch of :he Malayan Historical Society, was illustrated
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    Swimming club's diamond jubilee
    41 4 Singapore Swimming Chit: celebrated it.s diamond" jubilee with a dinner and dance at the club premises last night. The club was inaugurated on November 6th 1893 and took possession of it.s first premises on February 7 1894.
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    Move to get more Asian members
    120 4 Move to get more Asian members KUALA LUMPUR. FTI. THE Kuala Selangor branch of the Incorporated Society >f Planters has passed a relOlutlon stating that membership should be open to all Asian estate staff drawing a basic pay of $400 a month or more. The resolution Is to be put
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    600 troops arrive
    43 4 The 14.651-ton troopship Empire Windrush arrived in Singapore yestprday with nearly 600 soldiers for Malaya from Britain The trooper, which was delayed more than 24 hours because ot engine trouble, also brought 208 service families The soldiers are national servicemen.
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    SIR DONALD FLIES TO SEE FRIENDS IN AFRICA
    51 4 MIX DONALD M ACGII.LIYKAY. Deputy High Commissioner of the Federation, boards IJOAC airliner at London Airport. Sir Donald, who has been on leave since November, is going to visit friends in fast Africa. He will leave thi-re lor Malaya next month. Reuter
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    'Rookie' planters pessimistic
    205 4 DOUBTS ABOUT THE FUTURE KUALA LUMPUR. Friday I EADERS in the rubber industry are concerned ik about junior planters who do not display keenness ior ambition, says the latest issue of The Planter, official journal of the Incorporated Society of Planters. Since the Liberation, it adds managers
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    Annual meeting
    32 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Royal Engineers Association will hold its annual meeting in the welfare room of Headquarters here at 8 p.m. on February 14.
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    Few planters not in danger, saysjournal
    127 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. lI TE do question whether now is the time to reduce or abolish Emergency leave allowances." says the latest issue of the Incorpor- 1 nted Society of Planters" journal, the Planter. These allowances are paid to planter who live in dangerous
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    S'pore to take part in big sea exercise
    89 4 MANILA, Fri.— The I nited States Naval Forces Headquarters announced here today that a ten-day Allied sea exercise called "Sonata" will be held shortly in the South China Sea "to give training in submarine attack, hunting and detection in protection of trade
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    $500 from rides
    21 4 IPOH. Fri.— The Perak Flying Club raised about $500 yesterday, their air day. by giving Joy-rides to public.
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    SOON CITY WILL NEED NEW PARK SYSTEM
    207 4 SOON CITY WILL NEED NEW PARK SYSTEM INCREASED educational facilities in Singapore will lead to an inc/eased demand in the next few years for more "Farrer Parks," says the City Architect. Mr. W. Irving Watson, in his report for 1953. The awakened interest In sport and the added leisure resulting
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    The unlucky thirteen...
    81 4 The unlucky thirteen KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Thirteen people who were arrestea on Chinese New Year's Day for gambling were each fined $50 today by the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate The $341 found on their "pai kow" table was confiscated. They pleaded guilty but asked for leniency since they had been
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    He refused bail
    57 4 AFRAID' HE SAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Saymc that he was afraid and wanted police protection. Goh See Cheng. 41, of Petaling, refused bail in the First Ma?,istnrte's Court here today Goh was charged with causing bodily hurt to Chuah Eve Chye with a chisel on Jan. ;>.
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    Bishop visits Kuala Lumpur
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Bishop Lloyd C. WicKe of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, and his wife arrived in Kuala Lumpur tonight in the course of their tour of South-East Asia studying the work of Methodist churches and schools. They will be here until Monday
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    NICOLL'S HOPES FOR SINGAPORE ART
    141 4 SINGAPORE has such a splendid cultural heritage deriving from various racial backgrounds that the Colony might develop into an art centre of international renown said the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. yesterday. He was opening the Sinr.apore Art Society's fifth open nhotoographic exhibition at the British
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    Shoppers, purses were tighter
    106 5 Shoppers, purses were tighter ripENPING at Chinese Year this year marked by extreme in and economy. ipore traders said :day. Inn in ed Chine -.> delicactea they ordered or.lv about ihe auantitv ordered and these en i!li'-irnt to meet mand. Prices higher itted that. U l -<• i were slightly
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    Speech contest
    12 5 in English held bj ipore n at 179. February Ra-
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    Watch stolen
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    OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN
    83 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri i 342 children at a Malay srhool in Muar were found health officer to have L, I c'r.ildren at rural schools suffer from worms, according to investigations recently carried out in Muar. nools. 1.337 out of 1,618 pupils examined had worms. In the only
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    THE KOREAN NEUTRAL LAUDS THE PRESS
    78 5 THE KOREAN NEUTRAL LAUDS THE PRESS I II I TENANT Colonel K. SrtM-nivasaii. chief public relations officer of the Neutral Nations' Repatriation ommittee to Korea, now in Singapore on his way hack to India after completing his tour of duty. Alter five months in the thick of the Allied and
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    HE WANTED TO SEE SINGAPORE BEFORE HE WAS BANISHED
    290 5 But Federation judge says No KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SUPREME Court judge, Mr. Justice Wilson, today dismissed an application by a European, Leslie Marro, for permission to enter Singapore before he Is banished from the Federation. On Jan. 21 the High Commissioner,
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    New lawyer
    35 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A former student of St. Andrew's Srhool. Singapore. Mr. Eugene lye. was today admitted to the Ear by the Federation Ch.ef Justice. Sir Charles Mathew. at the Supreme Court here
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    THREE DIE, 7 HURT IN CRASH
    50 5 TWO MEN and a woman were killed and seven seriously injured in this collision between a car and a taxi at the 18th milestone Johore Bahru-Kulai Road. The dead were Ahmad- Yusof. of Pontian and a Chinese man and woman, who are still unidentified.
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    72 FREE SEATS FLEW OFF
    87 5 72 FREE SEATS FLEW OFF Lost balloons ONLY 28 of 100 labelled balloons released from the roof of the Capital Theatre a month ago have been found and "cashed" for free theatre seats. A spokesman for the theatre said yesterday: "When we did the vime thing last year we got
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    Caused death allegation
    81 5 Teo Ah Kow claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to causing the death of Lee Soon Hock by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide. It was alleged that Teo allowed a wooden pole of an iron rod hammer to protrude from the oil side of his
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    Expert TB nurses for Malaya
    256 5 THEY WILL TRAIN LOCAL GIRLS PENANG. Friday. THE AUSTRALIAN Government has agreed to send a batch of nurses to staff Lady Templer's 55.000.000 TB hospital in Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Lee Tiang Keng, Member for Health, told the Straits Times in Penang today that the Federation
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    MALAYAN MET QUEEN IN N.Z.
    63 5 ONE OF the guests at the first Investiture Ceremony in New Zealand held b> the Queen was Mr. Xavier Manuel of Kuala Lumpur, seen here presenting his invitation card at the Auckland Town Hall Mr. Manuel, who is of the Federal Audit Headquarters. Kuala Lumpur
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    Thieves take $3,700
    47 5 FENANG, Fri. Thieves broke into a house in Seang Tck Road shortly after rmdnicht yesterday and stole cash nnd jewellery worth $3,702, belonging to Madam Cheah Ean Thye. Entry is believed to nave been made by cutting a vire n>esh above a motor garage.
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    New advisors
    51 5 Five people have been appointed members of the Ha- 1 Javan Auxiliary Air Force Advisory Committee for this year. They are. Mr. P. F. de Souza, Major Wee Kah Kiat. Dr. S. H. Al-Junied. Mrs. Mary Lobo and the Wing-Corn-' mander. Reserve Forces. Air Headouarters. Royal Air Force
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    Bankrupt on $4,010 debt
    47 5 F. E. Rodrißues. who filed his own bankruptcy petition with total liabilities amounting to $4,010. was made a bankrapt in Singapore yesterday. The actine Chief Justice. Mr. Ju.stice Brown, ordered Rodri-.-iie.s to nay $40 a month to the official assignee from March 1.
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    Fines in new dollar notes
    50 5 PEN\NG. Fn. -Thirteen men who sat down to a game of cards on Chinese Np w Year's day ended up in the magistlutes court today when they were fined $2 each for gamj hling. Most of them paid the 1 fines in new dollar notes
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      426 5 SINGAPORE DIARY TODAY Chlnw Y.M.C.A.- Table-tennis 2 PmMwt of All-India Muslim Boys' Brigade: First and Eleventh p.m. and 7 p.m.: bodybuilding 5. Tjeasue. Pale-tier Road. 5 p.m Companies combined Chinese Nei'p.m.: badminton 8 p.m. Selesie TOMORROW Year fun-fah In aid of Centenary Road Telok Ayer M.Y.F.: Cabinet ni»etFund.v. StraiUs Chinese
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Feb., 6, 1954. Malaya At Kandy
    589 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Feb., 6, 1954. Malaya At Kandy ECAFE confer*- K of the the Tr.e conferen..I laa» it i be i ■r.e vahai and for the impor alar, but M to 1 I is testim-.r r and the SouthAsia's trade rtructun stili hai a place for it.
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    The Deadlock In Berlin
    359 6 Th* Berlin conference of pi srs to have reached deaclr r finaiity emphasised by the East German regime's suppo." Mr Gr.. tne East German Prem: terday read a Govei V« r. -Earner Md dV West Gt-rrr.ar with the Atlantic p -lational treason" which Eiot Germany will
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    8 6 DAWN BY THK WATEB'S EDGI Jerr% Khoo i
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    As I was Saying
    671 6  -  CYNICUS i wSLSSSSti iNYONE Intel In the on .'amy. and the nehts of have been by the do::: assertions on < unsupported by even a reference to I any pee- 1 that '>ld. Ma in-i n bu*. p B s. Of intxiea from which th^v err.
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    58 6 from the Straits Times nf > Feb 1904 A OORRESHONDKNT write Pulo Brani 1:; b«'Kinnins to ded as a hot-bed of mal;ina. The portion occupied by the military, and there- lore under th»> Itnperl ernment has b<-n ck ndfr the direction! oi Dr. Woodatde, hut thr portion
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK.
    28 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK. Toe -al Perc.vi pre- a prise r. I: n people \NL me aU .n G and I car. I I I r T *TWI I
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    Whitehall man hears expats' case
    281 7 -BUT CofJA DECLINE TO ATTEND SURPRISE ONE-HOUR MEETING rrHE non-pensionable expatriation pay talks .en tho Singapore (iovcrnment and its in officers 1 associations were referred to visiting Permanent Under-Secretary of State thr Colonies, Sir Thomas Lloyd, at (lovernrlouse, Singapore, yesterday. he 20.000-stronK Council of n
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    Five divers failed to find body
    27 7 Five divers failed to find body Tirer who while dis■••k at 1 r it. N body v. K 1 r it 15 the mother it 18 id
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    Water engineer on long leave
    7 7 Water engineer on long leave t B
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    U.S. to stage giant photo show-place for Spore
    234 7 U.S. to stage giant photo show-place for Spore A MAJOR international photography showone of the most extensive ever organised by an art museum is announced by the New York Museum of Modern Art. Tho exhibition is open to amateur ana professional photoaraphers of every nation. The theme will be The
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    Victim dies in hospital
    55 7 TWO DETAINED Loi Sin Yong. 25, who was found unconscious ai thp junction of Kampong Kapor Road and Deskrr Road. Singapore, on Thursday night, died yesterday morning in hospital. Two broken stools were near the unconscious man and he had been badly beaten ;ip. Two men
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    Dr. T.E. Cheah dies
    50 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Dr. r. E. Cheah. a former member if the Johorc State Council lied today. He had been in private prac.ice in Johore Bahru for many .•ears. Dr. Cheah is survived by his jelfe. a son and three daugh:ers. Funeral will take place toiay.
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    Car abandoned
    37 7 A black .saloon car which hit i lamp-post at 1 am. today in front of Beach Road Police Station. Singapore, was fount three minutes later abandoned in a lane off Rochorc Road. Police are inve.sticating.
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    Firing practice
    29 7 Firine practice will take place between 8 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. at Blakang Matl. off Sineapore from February 15 to 19 and from February 22 to 26.
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    THEY'LL NEVER FORGET STORE
    72 7 U.S. sailors tattooed with permanent souvenirs AMERICAN SAII.OKS from Hie aircraft-carrier Tarawa queued up in a tattoo shop y.-s hi clay ior a permanent souvenir of Singapore. The tattoo artist offered anything from a butterfly to a '•fishing lady' drawn on linnets, arms legs, shoulders, thighs
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    Prisons chief
    42 7 Mr A W Clow. Superintend cnt of Changi Prison, has been promoted to Superintend cnt of Local Prison. Singapore, with effect from Jan. 1 this V< Mr S Cork. Chief Officer at th™ Changi Prison, takes over from Mr. Clow.
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    Acting principal
    23 7 Mr. Soo Ban Hoe has beon made acting headmaster of I the Victoria School. Singapore i with effect from Feb. 1
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    Back to duty
    18 7 I Mr. R. A. Wrieht has resum s led duty as Chief Veterinary Officer. Singapore
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    All stage shows may need police permit
    128 7 SCHEME BY GOVT. COMMITTEE ALL FUTURE Singapore stage shows will have to A have a police licence, if a recommendation by a committee studying theatres and theatre productions is approved by the Singapore Government. The commit tee recommends that an advisory panel be
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    Colony traders wait for Mr. Shinozaki
    236 7 -AND HE WAITS FOR A PERMIT SINGAPORE business circles, interested in the proposed Japanese Trade Fair, are awaiting the arrival of a delegation from Japan to get on with the job of holding the exhibition. Mr. M. Shinozaki, president iof the Sino-Malayan Limited. a
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    2 poisoned: One dies
    52 7 Wong Sang. 51, of Sago Lane, Singapore, was found suffering from poisoning about 2 p.m. yesterday. He died at the admission room in hospital. Earlier Ng Ah Noi, a 16--year-old girl from Kampong Heap Guan San. off Telok Blangah, was admitted in the hospital suffering 1
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    EX-SPEEDWAY CHAMPION TO FLY AIRLINERS
    71 7 EX-SPEEDWAY CHAMPION TO FLY AIRLINERS AN AUSTRALIAN speedway rider, who won the first world championship at Wembley, London, in 1936, is giving up his track work to be a pilot. He is Lionel Maurice Van Praag (above) who flew into Singapore yesterday in a o mi. i- 8.0.A.C. airliner from
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    2 more ADCs for Nicoil
    53 7 Flight-Lieutenant K. H. Tan of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force has been made an extra aide-de-camp to the Governor of Singapore. Mr Tan is an assistant secretary in the Singapore Social Welfare Department. Mr. G. Clunies-Ross. Assistant Commandant. Volunteer Special Constabulary, has also been tiven
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    Cheng's successor
    34 7 Mr. Teo Kiak Seng, senior Chinese Interpreter, has been appointed acting Chinese Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Singapore. He succeeds Mr. Homer Cheng Hui Ming who died on Jan. 17.
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    Tricked girl out of $200 by 'angpow'
    105 7 Tricked girl out of $200 by 'ang pow' ACMNF.SF. woman, who gave a 10-year-old girl an 'anc pow' for Chinese New Year, sot away with S2OO worth of jewellery, which the (firl was wearing. The woman found the girl M tin playground in Syed Alwi Kii.nl on Thursday. Afler giving
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    Two warned: 10 years" gaol if..
    190 7 Two warned: 10 years" gaol if LAU KIM LIM ana Lim r.n*. Song, now in gaol foi six and four months respectively after a conviction last Dec. were rounc guiliy in ihc Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday oi loitering. GivinK them another tniee months each the sentences tc run consecutively
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    Fire at two attap huts
    73 7 Two attao huts, in Sineanor" one in K"k Seek Lim Road, off 9'j mile Chanei Road and i the other in Lim Teck 800 Road, of! Pava Lebar. caught fire yesterday. The hut in Kok Seek Lim Road was destroyed The othei had its roof
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    His 37 years' service
    36 7 Mr. S. Nalliah. office deputy in the Survey Department, Kota Bharu. Kelantan, has retired after 37 years' service. Mr. Nalliah was recently awarded a long service medal by the Sultan of Kelantan.
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    BANKER DIES IN KUALA LUMPUR
    129 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. I MR. CHEW KAM CHUAN. a well-known banker and tin-miner, died at his Ampang Road home here today. He was 76. Mr. Chew was born in TaipIng. He received his education at the Penang Free School. At the age of 17, he
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    THREE MALAY FILMS FOR JAP FESTIVAL
    108 7 Company chief arranges flight TIIRFF. Malay films, produced by Shaw Brothers and Kris Productions in Singapore. Hill be flown to Tokyo soon for this year's Japanese Film Festival. The films are now under production and process work, a Shaw Brothers spokesman told the Straits
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    They wouldn't leave home for million dollars
    221 7 KI'AI.A LUMPUR, Friday. '\VK wouldn't part with Kampont l'.intai for a million dollars," a leader of the village. Haji AH, told the Straits Times today. He was commenting on the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council's proposal to resiio half of the kamponp dwellers in
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    He had to find money for clerks
    115 7 COURT TOLD A FIREWOOD supplier to the Army altered h'.s weigh-bridgr. Ucketa hecauso he nri'd«'d o.\tr;i money to pay certain clrrk: it was allogeci at the Singapore Assizes yosterd;iy Mr. John Plllai. defence counsel, said if the clnrks wcrr not paki the supplier's
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    TWO MALAYAN SAILORS TO TRAIN IN BRITAIN
    96 7 TWO RATINGS of the enuine .oom branch of the Royal Malayan Navy have been accepted by the Admiralty for training at the Mechanic:. l Training and Repair Kst?.»llsnment. Portsmouth, '.inland. They are George Mcßreei ami Mak Chew Tong (a'wve both Leading Stoker Mechanics.
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    Plea to 100 bosses: Back!| 'Commando school' plan
    250 8 Plea to 100 bosses: Back!| 'Commando school' plan -AND TRAIN LEADERS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 100 business leaders in Malaya will soon receive letters urging them to back the country's first "Commando-course" Outward Bound school. They will be asked to contribute towards the cost of building the $150,000 school and also
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    DANCE PUPILS HIT TUTOR IN CABARET BRAWL
    131 8 THE mid-night revelry of a Chinese New Year party in a cabaret was marred when three patrons fought a dance tutor. Mr. K K. Lim. a Singapore court was told yesterday. One of the three was Mr. Lim's pupil Lim Joo Yee. The
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    The man of many trades —a beggar
    126 8 PAANG Yau. 49. charged with begging, told a Singapore court yesterday that he was "a man of many trades." Asked by the prosecutor. Inspector M. C. Jacob, if begging v.is one of them. Paang replied: "No. that is not a trace Police Lieut.
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    Office theft
    24 8 I Four keys and $157 were stolen from an insurance company office in Hongkong i Bank Chambers. Singapore, on Thursday night. I
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    Self rule during the crisis—why not?
    190 8 Self rule during the crisis why not? PAPER HITS AT DR. PURCELL IPENANG. Friday. THERE is no reason why self-government should not be granted even during the Emergency, states Warta N'egara. Penang Malay newspaper, commenting on a recent article in Twentieth Century Magazine by Dr. Victor Purcell. former acting Secretary
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    To Singapore and back— by mistake
    102 8 To Singapore and back by mistake AN 18-year-old RAF man, Denis Hayward, who was wrongly posted to Singapore three weeks ago, returned to London by air last Saturday i following cabled instructions r'rom the Air Ministry, an RAF spokesman said yesterday. Hayward's 18-year-old wife is expecting: a second child at
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    Centre picks officials
    80 8 j Officials of the- Princess Eli- i i zabeth Estate Community CenI tre. Singapore, for this year arf President. Mr. Leong Hoi I Seng vice-president. Mr. Kee Yew Hock: secretary. Mr. P. K. j Menon treasurer. Mr. Son |Ghee Koon: auditors; Messrs. Ng Yong Swee and Ong
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    New man in
    27 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Mr. E. S. Pollard. Senior Executive Engineer. Muar. who has left the district, has been succeeded by Mr. R. w. Baker.
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    Drowned at picnic—5ft. from bank
    71 8 Drowned at picnic 5ft. from bank IPOH. Fri AN INDIAN aged 20. who went picnicking with two friends to a dis-used mining pool opposite the Guntong Police Station was drowned yesterday. He was S Balairishnan. who vanished while his friends were enjoying themselves. A small boy raised the alarm and
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    Another rail line back in operation
    173 8 Another rail line back in operation KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THE Malayan Railway announced today that passenger trains will operate between Kuala Lipis and Chegar Perah. on the Pahang line, from Monday. Feb. 8. The trains will stop at all stations and halis. railway spokesman said that the next step will
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    New OSPC appointed
    64 8 IPOH. Fr:.— A former lieuteI nant in the Royal Navy who 1 saw action in most theatres during the last war. has taken over duties as OSPC. Kuala Kangsar. He is Mr. H. R. Middleton. 32. who relieves Mr. J. Duggan. now on long leave. Mr. Middleton
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    Youth dance
    24 8 KLANG. Fn Young Malayans Club here will hold a Chi- nese New Year dance tomorrow at the Hin Hua High School Hal!.
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    Rulers urged: Don't give assent to jury bill
    115 8 rE Malay Society of Great Britain has asked the Malay Rulers not to give their assent to the Criminal Code* (Amendment) Bill, passed by the Federal Legislative Council last month. The society has sent the following telegram to the Keeper of the
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    Death of Mr. L. J. Hayes
    76 8 Mr. Leonard John Hayes, a| former partner of fraser and Co. Singapore, died in Vancouver. British Columbia on Feb. 3. He retired In 1936 aftor 20 :n Singapore Before that he was Lr. business in Perak. Mr. Hayes was a keen racing man and
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    Claims trial on death charge
    59 8 Anq: Mow Eng claimed trial < in Singapore yesterday to J causing the death of Tang Sau Kuan by a negligent act not i amounting to culpable homicide at Mohamed Sultan Road on January 14. The case was adjourned for i hearing on March 23.
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    Red soya beans for Hamburg
    47 8 Three freighters fro-n Red China arrived in SingaDore yesterday for bunkers and provisions. Two ships— the Italian Orsa and the Finnish Tromantana have 15.000 tons of soya beans for Hamburg while the British-owned Stanburn hai 7.463 tons of general cargo tor Genoa.
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    Malaya deserves the loan, says Sultan
    245 8 SHE ONCE HELPED OUT BRUNEI BRUNEI TOWN. Friday. r|NE good turn deserves another, said Sir Omar Ali Sultan of Brunei, in a reply to a message ,of thanks from Malaya. Sir Omar All was speaking at a ceremony here when a Malayan delegation, led
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      431 8 28. Such a ring is a light one 1 4 1 Straits Times Crossword "r*,;"™ a 33. One by one <6>. 2 I |3 I \2 I [§§§§1^ I 6 I I 7 I la I 34 Tnly brings fruit as a matter nSsS! I of course 1 7 1
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    Speedy of Larut—a great man in an age which bred leaders
    2267 9 Speedy of Larut— a great man in an age which bred leaders the hills that look down on Penang you will find one that bears the name of Speedy. That and the man's phoiograph, still in the museum of Taipir, j, the town he named, alone prese* n the memory
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      163 9 FOUNTAIN PEN_^ Choose... theT Tf¥- I oint for £J j the way you /ft write... by mfj Im I »evwrs smowm tfS I A SHCitur /Miff 'ICOMMIMOtO Mil 'Ot SCHOOI 111 V- Malaya: !> M<>ORK LTD. Hall, Singapore, 9. Don't let that COLD take hold! i .iropsofVapcxonyour hict", and on
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      3 9 fT«*innn«W:LJ s Mart,*!-* *>!■«»■
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      295 9 The right weaning food/K%Nw_TL> hin tn<l l (S% &"vr *E*or cookio f^y^ for your baby To wean your baby easily and happily, simply start giving Farex regularly every day. Farex is the readycooked food that mixes in a moment with irilk, fruit juices, milk puddings and other foods. Here is
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      85 9 \WAiT,Mif:zA! what this is vo rive kjnl rAfP mv une<j: MA>jr^^iNNnnrf{^!iAnur*fr\ HAPPENED TO THt I 'Lt MINK ur UHjmcNA *\IP7Jk T'l I *M/ nuj\ m THF PAN!/" f\T\7FU<, I** \WOmAN MHO TKIhD J ifV^CJCLiwt arre r> I ATC a FPiCkin K I TAMFBI AhlF AfFK tf>B TUF /fvjl p^TO la/APN
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    Singapore Share Market firm in the and industrials DESPITE NEW YEAR
    614 10 Singapore Share Market firm in the and industrials DESPITE NEW YEAR Around the market* >THE third day of the Chinese New Year, which is traditionally regarded as unlucky for business, was not dull on the Singapore Share Market although as was to be expected the volume of business was not
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    Tin Price
    10 10 Thp pric- r,f i,, porf yesterA, at 1320.50
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    Small volume of business transacted
    224 10 SCI It it I II MARKET THERE has been a small appreciation In values this week although of course, owing to the intervention of the holidays, the volume of business transacted has been very small. There have been moderate enquiries from overseas and some short
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    Investment in Malaya
    87 10 NEW YORK. Fri. Mrs Mildred Hushes, executive vicepresident of the Far East American Council, left New York by plane yesterday for a four month "fact finding" trip to Malaya. Japan and o.her countries in the tfear and the Far East. She will confer with business leaders. Government
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    U.S. rubber for Turkey
    50 10 WASHINGTON. Frl. The United States Foreign Operation Administrate i yesterday announced an authorization of US. $35,000,000 within the frarre work of the current aid programme for Turkey. The money will be used to buy rubber and rubber products in the United States and its possessions.— U.P.
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    Singapore offers better value
    534 10  -  Mr. Yap says i AS AN ENTREPOT. Sin- 1 gapore can offer better value for money than even producing countries, said Mr. Yap Pheng Geek at the Economic Commis- I sion for Asia and the Far East meeting at Kandy on Tuesday. Mr. Yap. a Singapore
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    Exchange rates
    47 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in rates to merchants yesterday: CANADA: buying T.T. 31 15 16 air mail. O.D 32 I 'lB. 90 days r- 5 16 credit bills. 32 3 '8 trade bills: selling T.T. or O.D. 31 5/8 ready.
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    Tin exports
    23 10 Total exports of tin to all countries from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya during January, 1954, amounted to 4,979 tous.
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    Rubber exports
    27 10 Total exports of rubber, all grades to all countries, from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya during .lanua r y. 1954. amounted to 76.646 tons
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    RUBBER PRICE
    76 10 SinKapotv R,. was dull and n day with llttl trade a.s mail Chinese brok( closed for th Year. Tl of a rent to i-ents a lb. Clomij price per pound \u No. 1 R a 54-s, sellers No. 1 R.s 8 Rubljci Krld.i-. I were No. l B
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    Australian stocks
    67 10 MELBOURNK I were nan steady. Oil shares iuiet stocks lodi day wen Australian Pi Aust. Consol Bank o: N B. Hill Prop Courtaulds Dunlops Colonial Siu;;ii UM Electro Zinr Goldsbri in Aust Mount Lyrll Sfarra Pall N. Broken H: Piitons Wool *ort h A Amal. Tin J. A.
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    Singapore shipping
    89 10 Ships lying tl I pore Harbour Board pected today are Anshun 4 5. Pent<v :oy 6 T, Bencleuch Benroech 13 14 rastein 18. Pallkonc mau N Scudai N W Leovllle 21 24 mumng 27 Sen 29 30 Mon 33 34 On Indragin 4 44 (lulr i V i
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    CUBAN SUGAR PLANS
    22 10 CUBAN SUGAR PLANS MA VAN mended thai tons of United Btat< crop f i The Instltuti In? all other h.t;<l of 1.03
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      220 10 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB \OTKi: OF HKMOVAL The Town Office of the Singapore Turf Club, now at the Singapore Cricket Club Building, is being removed and as from Monday Bth February, 1954, will be at Marden House, 146. Robinson. Road. Singapore. The P.O. Box No. 3011 and Telephone *****/***** remain unchanged.
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      357 10 j PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS > CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD STENOGRAPHER > Required for duty at Connaught > Bridge Power Station. Klang. Salary according to qualifications and ex- perience in the scale $192 x 12 I 276 288 x 12 336 per month COLA in addition. Applications should be addressed to the per-
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      428 10 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS fiom Class "D"' reI pistered Contractors and above will jbe received by the STATE ENI GINEER, P.W.D. PERAK. IPOH. jup to 3.00 p.m. of the 17th February. 1954. for the SUPPLY I AND DELIVERY OF METAL FROM PAPAN QUARRY FOR PERIOD 1.3.54 TO
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      329 10 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Clas.- "E" reBistered Contractors and above will be received by the STATE ENGINEER P.W.D.. PERAK IPOH. up to 3.00 p.m. of the 17th February 1954. for the SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF METAL FROM TELOK KRUIN QUARRY FOR PERIOD 1 .3.54 to 318.54.
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      149 10 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL HEAP ENC MOH SS CO.. tTg; SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S) Ol 33/35. Teluk A.ver Street— Phone J441 M\ "GIANO V DIRECT SAILINGS C'HF.RIBON rOVTNIGHTV.I SEHVN L. Spore appr. Feb. 9 A. Spore app' H.% «;l\\<. UNO" kAkUNGI) ■<> PAN' TANOJONfI I'WDW I RUNJOI h L. Spore
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      950 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FHOM SCANDINaVIAN/U K./CONTINENT Spore P Shorn Penong 14/14 Feb. 12/13 Feb. 10/11 Ftb. Sonqkhio" nr 1 h criong, Saigon Hnnnkong, Moniln, Kobe Yokohomo 18/19 Feb. 17/17 Feb. 11/14 Fek. SAILINGS TO CONTENT t SCANDINAVIA For Colombo, Aden, Port Sold, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg I
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      1087 11 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS te U.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS 5 pore P. S'hom Penong Bcncleuch for Liverpool Dublin, Glosgow, Homburq, Antwerp Ond.B 8/ 9 Feb. 10/11 Feb. Bennevls fer Genoo, Avonmouth, London. Homburg 10/ISFeb. 1 4/1 S Feb. 19/20 Feb. •envorlich t',i Overpooi. Glosgow Rotterdom. Homburg !777 12/18 Feb.
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      1171 11 MeALISTER CO LTD. LONDON HAVRE. ROTTERDAM. PCRTIANO, SEATTLE I VANCOUVfB HAMBURG 1 HULL Acctpting co.go for Ctntral 4 Sooth ana tor USA. North Atlantic Ports American Ports ond ConooVi v o Colombo CASTLEVILLI CITY OF BIRKENHEAD S>" P StsOT, P-rv*\s ..K°°" P SK m Pr-v,n n 26 Feb/2 Mor. 3
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    5 12 WHICH IS THE FINISHING POST?
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      The selfish driver
      237 12 The selfish driver JT is good to .sre that Mr Haxworth had the pluck I up his warninc sigru Napier-Holland Koad ir pore despite letters of i appearing in your colui During the week-enrt while these signs were not several of the mad cut dash drivers were b.i their old
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      ANSWERS WILL BE FOUND IN LAND BILL
      414 12 ANSWERS WILL BE FOUND IN LAND BILL MR. D. S. Marshall ed in the press as championing the Land Ac i Amendment Bill T his comments la when one reads remark "The ttrw wish to make clear lie is that this Bill ri i-eek to stabilis. land values." The Attorney
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      'Spirit of Stamford Raffles
      523 12 IF we are to believe the article I recently contributed to the Twentieth Century Magazine: by Dr. Victor purcell. the administration of Sir Gerald Templer in Malaya will be seen, eventually, to hav e been "a gigantic political failure." If we ask why. we may learn
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      CRACKERS Natural rubber the most satisfactory for roads
      734 12 CRACKERS Natural rubber the most satisfactory for roads HAS not cracker firing I reached such an absurdly high pitch that even its keenest supporters among responsible citizens would welcome regulations as to the size and volume of crackers and prohibition between midnight and 7 a.m.? Surely the dictates of com-mon-sense
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      Mobile van for dogs wanted
      302 12 Mobile van for dogs wanted a FRIEND of mine to:d me A that doss :n Ta:pin^ -hould be vaccinated by Januar Al two of my dns> would be affected. I telephoned to I nary Department, Taiping. and enquired as to the last day for the vaccination oi d hether they
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      Don't get 'civilised' just work two hours i day
      160 12 Don't get 'civilised' just work two hours i day Oo.MEl.tnf ago 1 read in your papers oi >ome primitive l O names in New Guinea who had to uork only two hou" Ufeaxan? lifT f IoUn in K ah Whal j It makes me feel that there's something urone with
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      Road blocks
      64 12 KAJANG BORN should be j aware that road blocks are set up by security forces for checking moto r vehicles suspected of carrying: terrorists, and guns, ammunition or food. We have never heard of a European terrorist in Malnya and we can be equally certain that there could
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      THE OTHER WAY
      40 12 THE OTHER WAY Ctacrimtnation Ano'-\i. nny Axian Had lenq ago passed atec>/, :■»'!> ihe i-uncil of Action' lO.t local atraction Ami rm h-'ir.',, school fee: to ,s< .//;>i.7 extinction Of "racial dittlnctton" Restored It th>< other win NO EX-PAT PAY. Penang.
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      BUMBLEDOM BLAMED
      206 12 INHERE Is an ancient POSI X Office edict which si I that stamps other than postage revenue stamps must not be >tuck on the front of an em elope. This. I belj was evolved in order to prevent unauthorised persons I from printing their own 1 stamps and
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      Still waiting
      108 12 MAY I express fhe plight o: leu p>rar 7 officers 'i' are promised recruit rr.e Inti supermini* ;ary appointmeni i and are till] waiting f Or their resuls. These ilieer-, «übm their .ipolication.s to the Chi Secretary before December 31. 1951, arid It i.- no w ove r
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      WHEN PEPLER IS IN FAVOUR OF ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
      202 12 I MUST apologise for occupy- ing more space in your columns, but cannot refrain from correcting one reference > to myself, by Stanley Stree*. in your paper which I r^ad in the 'plane on my way to Cal- I cutta. His statement
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      CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN
      87 12 CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN —Or do H MANY that the I can beiv am on> new i serious all univi r It Chi: congratulated -it y. but It the nev statemei intenr< to I h.T. i except the p what i held by tl used to by string prevent I
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      TIME WASTED
      33 12 For c them a rier to pocket o mm KHEAM Sinsapore. CORBI spoxdi rd io mil. mi urn ~h I oal in d. »iiui ii I h nrnrr m.i» I i
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      34 12 iggS^BßsV il I TyresoleS I a E j MALAYA'S FINEST FULL CIRCLE TYRE RETREADS, j TAMBUH POAD 805 PASIR PANJANG ROAD 1 IPOH SINGAPORE. PKONE 3966. PHONE MANGIS 376. PHONE *****. niiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiiiiiiiicjiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiii ciiiiiiiiiiiiicin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiwiciiimiiiJ
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      39 12 TIR//7/7 0 THB UNIVERSAL Ny TOOL FOR LIFTING A AND PULLING OPER*' 10 Whether you win tackle TIRFOR is jfi. need Du. to /V\ l»> M t— MODEL iFurther particulars from: HARRISONS CROSFIELD iM) J SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR iPOM
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    GAMBAR MELAYU FOR GOLD CUP DESPITE HIS 9.6
    1044 13  -  EPSOM JEEP Golden Lotus the danger By r.WIBAK MKLAYU proved a champion over hi. fir-1 «'ason in Malaya in 1952 and, altho lasi Beason, when Mubarak had a brillian to win the first of this season's big races at Kuala Lumpur today.
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    Straits TImes Selections
    157 13 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOT POINTER H\< i 1 lA< -OBIN JA( OBIN 2.45 Golden Sand* Wayanc II Peler Pan frirr Pan RACE 2 AIRMARK I ZATOPEK 3.15 OlcandT MajcxUs Never A Blank I Olrandrr W \T ANG II Prter Pan (ioldrn Sandi NEVER A BLANK M.IK-US Oleander
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    G. Dolphin to make it five off reel
    265 13 N l)< U PHIJU h; ls a crcat chance of achieving r.irr fr.it of trinning fivr races ofT the reel, in I "in at Kuala I iinipur this afternoon. Golrjon Dolphin thrivrs on Ho has cnnic out for a vastly brttrr horse
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    TODAY'S GOING
    25 13 I'.ilh.t »jv tine at i -'■■trlav The mv v rjrrv H||| he if no ram falK. Ml ITS will broadcast on all »r\rn
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    Little Andy should make good today
    66 13 behinu too late. -old .r.to n;i no means 8.7. This Dhoti I _xvi race to unner o\ pr the 8,9 in I Race One j to a be the lioldei Ust4 put- t finish Pa.sstng s was Pel 6f. ln j P I hu:son
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    Q. Scholar has good chance
    148 13 Qi ll m hoi \r is wor:ii another chance. She attempted to m.tkp .il! the running over seven •fk carrying 8.13 and o[ the journey she I inner. Queen's Scholar's Bd should be a gre^' asset and up against a moderate eld she must Balmoral
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    Carruthers out of hospital
    70 13 SYDNEY. Fri. Jimmy Carruthers uorlri bantamweight boxing rhampion may be able to fulfil engagements ln Mf.nla and Thailand and possibly Singapore later !hus vebi He Iff i hospital today after five dayi treatment for tapewor;.. and expected to start training within \\*hcn Car.uthers recently entrrod hospital
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    Today's race card.
    1048 13 THE Double Totr will be held on Races 5 7, the Treble Tote on Races 4, 6 7. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. Race 1—2.45: Class 4, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 922 Jacobin Smith 9.00 Pam Stable Allan 2 226 Silverfort Bougoure 810
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    RACE BROADCAST TO BE RECORDED
    160 13 SYDNEY. Fri. SPORTING interest !n th" running of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick tomorrow is exported to be so high that broadcasting sta tloni plan to .sell to the public two-sided 12-inch records des crib:ng the race by their station commentators. The records will
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    PENANG BLUES XV FOR TODAY
    81 13 PENANG. Friday— Penang have selected 19 players to travel for lhr All Blur* Cup final Ralrut Selansor at Ipoh tomorrow They are: Yeans Kaii Chons: Yap Boon Chum. Khon Hunt Tall. M G. Kr*al. K leembrunKen. Jalil bin Che Dto, P M Folry M B
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    Airmark is a stayer of quality
    244 13 Airmark is a stayer of quality By EPSOM JEEP AIRMARK, an out-and- out stayer by Derby winner Airborne, is worth a bet in a none too formidable field in Race Two today. This handsome grey has made splendid progress since his first appearance on a Malayan racecourse, at fenang on
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    Schoolboy wins Malay badminton
    249 13 Schoolboy wins Malay badminton PENANG. Fri. JOHORES Malay champion schoolboy Omar Manr.ff. beat Singapore Foon^ Seona Cup player M Sadali in straight sets to take this year's All-Malayan Malays badmintor singles crown at the Han Chiang School hall la.=t nigiit. ManafT- who won 18-15. 15- outplayed Sadali, who nut up
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    Scores level in tennis test
    120 13 BRISBANE. Frl I COUTH AFRICA and Australia had each won a match in »hr lirst lawn tennis test here tonav when rain Intervened and left n third maich unfinished. Mrs Julia Wipplinser (SonUl Africa 1 won the first match it hr test. hentlns Mis-s Mary
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    THREE CHANGES IN, WEST INDIES XI
    122 13 BRIIKIETOWN. BARBADOS Fri I'hf West Indies have dropped the .!:im;iiian players Oeorce Headley Michael Frederick and Edmonrt Kfntish. from their team to meet 1 Enßliind in the seronri Test, start I iiic here on Saturday. 1 Frank Worrell. F Kinß. Dennis Atkinson and Bruce
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    ACHILLES CLUB TO HOLD OPEN RACE
    38 13 The Achilles Cltih will hold an open BrevmUc i rn^s.rollntr^ rare 3 Mcßitrhie Reser\oir. Thomson Romi on Ffb 14 ai S I.S phi The rare srhrdnled for Frb II has been postponed.
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    Hat-trick by Mansoor
    121 14 r>ENTRE forward Sheikh Mansoor did all the scoring in the first of three Pir.papore Hockey Association trials on the padang yesterday. Mansoor netted three soqls for a grand hat-trick which enabled Colours -he likely Colony side, to beat White* 3-0. Mansoor scored twice in the first half,
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    S'PORE WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM
    87 14 Singapore Civilians women's tear.i to meet Selangor Club women in a friendly hockey match on the Singapore Cricket Club at 5 p.m. today will be: Miss Ferguson (G.S.C>; Miss Ju,ne Holiday (S.C.C.). Miss Joan Creighton iS.C.C.i; Miss Jane Reeve iSC.C. Captain.). Mrs. Audrey Milne (G.S.C.i. Miss
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    HOCKEY TICKETS NOW ON SALE
    41 14 Tickets l"r the first two matches of the visiting Indian Hockey Federation team against Singapore on Thursday, and against South Malaya next Saturday are now on sale In the main sports goods shops in the Colony
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    FIJIANS TO WIN TODAY BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH TASK
    487 14  -  W. E. TREVOR By ANE of the most intriguing questions in Malayan sport will be settled today: Are the Fijians unbeatable at rugby? At Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon, a Singapore Cricket Club invitation fifteen will match their wits, speed
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    IHF TEAM CAPTAIN
    22 14 K.'.LBIR SIMJH. captain of the Indian Hockey Federation team which arrives on Tuesday for a month's tour of Malaya.
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    Wanted before noon: A friend
    153 14 BADMINTON HALL CRISIS By SENTINEL |F the Singapore Badminton Hall Fui cannot find a philanthropist brfnn the hall at Guillemard Road— sthrdul, Malaya's 1955 defence of the Thomas Cv to clom d Tho i Icommiii' 000 in r. creditor! I Ltd.. h;< i mont. debt
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    KEE CHAN WINS
    31 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Lim Kee Chan, of Singapore, easily out- pointed the Siamese. Thep Vithool. over ten three-minute rounds In their Malayan featherweight boxing' championship eliminator here tonlcht.
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    The teams
    563 14 I'ODAVS game will be refereed 1 by MaJ. J. Ducgan. The teams are: Fijians Invitation XV Raya«a l-arker (rapt) Dawal Protheroe Bab* Phipps Rokoua Pearson Kabul* Roberts Kunawave Hunniiigs Nailini Pifou Muai Armitace Waqavolau Lorhhead Saukuro Cooke Qio Handrork Caw* Shapland Balekana Rirhardson Radrodro (capt) Raird Nabaro Carmi.-h.iri
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    B.A.M. launch fund for Ong and Ooi
    105 14 r|WE Badminton Association A of Malaya has launched a publir appeal for funds to send One Poh l.im and Ooi Teik Hock to Britain and United States Tin cost of the trip is estimated to be $15,000 and the B.A.M. president. Mr. Heah
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    HULL CITY WAV
    38 14 LONDON Fri. Hull City beat Blackburn Hovers 2-1 in their FA. Cup fourth round replay at Hull yesterday Hull will now be at home to Tottenham Hotspur* in the fifth round on Feb. 20 Renter.
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    S.T.C. ASKED TO RUN CLASSES 4,5
    214 14 A SUGGESTION that the Singapore Turf Cluo should extend this year's September meeting to rive days so that Classes Four and Five horses could be catered for, was made at yesterday's annual general meeting of the Club, held at Robinson's Cafe. Mr. W. Gordon,
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    Shahrin is Malays junior champion
    274 14 Xt ALA Ll'MPl R. Friday SHAHKIN Osman. of Singapore, won the junior singles title in the All-Malaya Malays tennis championships, beating the holder and Selangor junior champion. S. A. Adzman. in straight sets of 6-2. 6-0. Shahrin was the cooler and better stroke player His
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    WONG TO PLAY AT CUSTOM GALA
    26 14 H.M C hold their bration? Toms House An exhl 7 p.m. will Those UU are Wong Pi Hooi. Lim \V.
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    SELANGOR WIN AT HOCKEY
    58 14 SEREMBAN. Fri— Selan :or Ceylonese hockey eleven won the E I. Ponniah Shield ►w 0 yesterday. Perak. Malacca and Johore 1 Ceylonese did not compete in tin tourney. Results: Selangor beat Nenri ?.-2; Selangor beat Sin^apo.r 2-0; Singapore and Negri drew I 3-3. The N.S. Hockey
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    worm it RECORD TO NEO
    57 14 worm it RECORD TO NEO PERTH Fri. OIXGAPORE sprint IO champion, Neo Chwee Kok, won the 110-yarr' free style swim event in the Western Australian championship in record time of 60.1 sec. at Crawley Baths tonight. His time broke by fisec. the state record set at the same Baths last
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