The Straits Times, 11 February 1954

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    14 1 The Strai ts Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954 PRICE 15 CENTS
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    I'LL ATTACK SOON—RHEE
    277 1 I'LL ATTACK SOON— RHEE South Korea will strike even if U.S. refuses aid W BLUFF, HE WARNS SEOUL, Wednesday. SIDENT Syngman Rhee said today that ho determined to re-open the war against riina's forces in North Korea. "1 nol bluffing," Ik said, ;m<l warned lhal u ld -n ahead without
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    Queen shows strain of long tour— programme altered
    250 1 Queen shows strain of long tour programme altered QUEEN SEES HOW THEY RUN AT SYDNEY RACES LISMORE. Australia, Wednesday. 4 CHANGE in the royal tour programme for tomorrow indicated the Queen might be feeling the strain of travelling. Premier Joseph J. Cahill announced today that the Queen would return the
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    BOMBERSHOLD OFF REBELS
    402 1 Round the clock air blows as Reds probe capital defences HANOI, Wednesday. T^KENCII pilots Hying 1. 5. -built fijrhtrr bombers today lowered a wall of lire in front of the threatened royal Laotian capital of Luang Prabang. Round the clock air attacks slowed up Communist spearheads north
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    Cancel that vote, Nehru told
    12 1 Cancel that vote, Nehru told i the 1 i pact the P.
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    The Pope has a 'tranquil night'
    13 1 I- CITY Wed. Pope :i nis I
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    Snub for U.S.
    25 1 WASHIN'OTC V. Wed Saudi Arabia has rejected a Unitec >\ito.< offfr to rrovirir weapons expand and modernise Itc irmed forces— A P.
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    PRISONER ESCAPES
    39 1 Ii Wed A remard j om a hospi- i >riay le Kuantan High Court this month on a robbery charge Ahmad, with another was nilreod to havr robbed a Chi(9.717 a? Sunari Soi on July 22 la.st.
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    Royal children back in London
    54 1 LONDON. Wed. -A crowd of more than 300 Londoners waited in a cold grey fog at Kings Cross Station yesterday and warmly welcomed home the Queens children. Prince Charles and Princess Ann' 1 from their winter holiday at Sandringham. With them were the Queen Mother
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    SHE SHOWS MRS. NIXON HOW TO WEAR SARONG
    68 1 MKS. ELIZABETH < 'HOY. only woman mrmhrr of the Sing- i apure Legislative Council, present* .Mrs. Kit-hard Nixon with sarong and shows her how n should be worn in the i Washington ofticr of her husband, the Vire-President. Mr. Richard Nixon, seen
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    Mystery visit by a radio expert
    162 1 Mystery visit by a radio expert VO-one in Singapore A knows anything about the visit this week of a British communications expert. Mr. Alan J. Edwards. !Ie is reportedly being sent by the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration to help "in a programme to improve and expand radio services.'" A
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    TUC protests at Taylor charge
    209 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Malayan Trade Union Council has protested to the Member for Industrial and Social Relations against a statement in the Taylor arbitration report which it claims is "damaging." The statement referred to says "Plantation Workers' Union 'of Malaya membership .March 1953. was
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    Master flung body back in sea—crew
    95 1 Master flung body back in sea crew FLEETWOOD. England. Wed. SEVEN crewmen of the fishing boat. Nellie Mellins said last night that their sk'pper trade them throw bai* into the Iri-sh Sea 'he body >f a Royal Air Force man. whicn came up in their nets. The unknown airman Is
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    Colour row in bus line 'Resign' threat
    84 1 Colour row in bus line 'Resign' threat LONDON. Wed— The Daily Sketch, said in an editorial yesterday that several hundred bus conductors in Birmirmhnii -l are threatening to resign ;f I coloured men are employed as I bus conductors." "There can be only one ex- planation of this reaction colour
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    New air record
    52 1 HONOLULU. Tues.— Th Tokyo-Honolulu jet strean speed record was shatter*' again today when a mllltar air transport service C-t 1 atratocrulser flew the 3% mile distance non-stop in ntn hours and nine minutes. T MATS plane knocked mn minutes from the record ie< V'-s'rrdav by a Pan-
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    Strike in Jakarta's sea port
    119 1 JAKARTA, Wed. THE PORT of Tanjons Prtok was paralysed for one hour this morning by a strike ordered by the: Communist dominated Union of Waterfront Workers. Nine enterprises, amon-j which were leading shipping companies, godowns and workshoos, were affected. The union ordered the strike because
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    Woman dies in landslide
    45 1 IPOH. Wed— A landslide ot tons of earth buried and killed a woman labourer Cheon jMut. 40. at a tin w.mr m Guntong. near nore. yesterday Cheow Mut was working at the bottom of the mine pit when she was trapped
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    2 more bandits killed
    58 1 2 more bandits killed Terrorists lose food and arms KUAI A I I'MPUR. Wed. TWO Communist terror--1 Ists were killed in Negri Sembiian yesterday. A palr:>] of the 17 Ourkhu killed one on ,i track in the Kuala Pi ih I) itrld Another bandit with <wry escaped. Another 1 7
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    STOP PRESS
    112 1 DrTCB INDONESIA* I \H>S AM im.i.w: Wed i I i iprodja (and 1 Union irlth hr. rnvunnun nrl today —V P I— I Jelebu other terrorlstfi got ;iway An ar»a security unit am- and wounded (wo ter rorlsts who were leaving Bi'dnk in the Labi> N .rth Johorc
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    Architect dies
    19 1 PHILADELPHIA. Wed. Mr Bmile G Perrot. noted architect and pioneer in reinforced concrete, dud on SunSl AP
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    HE SA YS WO' TO ₤15,500
    65 1 MAXCHESTEK. Wed ALI) ,\GE pensioner (ieorce Mums won C 1.1.500 in a football pool last week-end and cave it away yester day. "You rion't need lots of money it im a»e," said (ieorce. <" All I want of this umclfall is enough to buy
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    French can beat Reds in Indo-China —Wilson
    237 2 French can beat Reds in Indo-China Wilson NO GROUND TO FEAR WASHINGTON. Wednesday. \JK. Charles E. Wilson, the United States Secetary of Defence, said yesterday he thought a French military victory in Indo-China over the Communist rebels was both possible and probable. Mr. Wilson gave his lewi on the Indo-China
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    SIMONE (IN LACE) SEES 'WEAK AND THE WICKED'
    44 2 SIMONE (IN LACE) SEES 'WEAK AND THE WICKED' ACTRESS SIMON E SI I. in a dress of pleated tv and Cha'itillp lace at Frnprc Theatre in Land n-fien she attended the t cent premiere o) the ft, "The Weak and the W —Renter picture.
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    Dinah Shore of East' to sing at ball
    82 2 AJlvs mak si. w Kens. a 1 Singapore sinner. who will 1 1>;. .ii- a* a ffuesl artiste at the Sincapnrr Xnti-Tuher-ruloMv Xssnciation s hinesr New Ve»r hall at the Victoria Mem' rial Hall tomorrow night. Mu s Slew Kfn«. known as
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    AIR ACE KILLED
    35 2 BLOOMFIELD (New Jersey I Mr Force Major Michael Bmu. World War II ace with 24 Nazi planes to his credit has been killed in th( erMh of his jet plane in Korea
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    EVEREST MEDAL
    56 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. 1 President Eisenhower will pre- ;ent the National Geogrrphic society? Hubbard Medal on rhursday to the expedition vhich conquered Mt. Everest ast year. Sir John Hunt. eader of the expedition, and Sir Edmund Hillary, who torether with Tensing reached he top of the mountain on .lay
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    Police from Malaya to go to Siam
    146 2 K LUMPUR. Wed. poflce "Hi beinc sent to the recentl enlarged and reorganised Bia mese Sperial Branch at Bong khla before launehinc mon i effective operations apan I CommunLst. terrorists on tin Malayan-Siamese border re- gion. the Federation Govern ment said today. The
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    Now the Americans plan an army for us -TRAINED THE U.S. WAY
    193 2 Now the Americans plan an army for us -TRAINED THE U.S. WAY WASHINGTON ADMIRAL Arthur W. Radforri. the C United States Joint Chiefs-of-S of creating a Malayan army of 10 d and led by Malayans to help .stem [advance in South-' The idea was though; up a first by General
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    More at work in Britain
    80 2 LONDON. Tuei BRITAIN'S total working population increased by over 150.000 during 1953 to 33 474 000. the Ministry of Labour announced today The number of unemployed istpp'd on Jan. 11 this year •vas :n2.nop. about 1.8 percent Ol the working population. During 1953 th c
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    Jet salesman
    27 2 PARIS. Wrd French Air, Minister. Mr. Louis Chris- Maens. will fly to India in Feh IS to try to sell French Ouragnn jet fichters. A.P.
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    Painter dies
    22 2 LONDON. Wed —Mr Geoc-r Eriward Lodge. Britain's foremost painter of birds, has died. 1 1 He wa.s 93— A P.
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    Refinery talks
    21 2 COLOMBO. Wed. Ceylon I ivill negotiate with business firms in the United States to establish an oil refinery. -A.P.
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    LAW EXPERT DEAD
    23 2 TOKYO. Tues; Dr. Thomas Baty. an authority on international law. died today of cerr bral haemorrhage. He was 35. i
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    11,5001b of 'bangs' arrive
    57 2 11,5001 b of 'bangs' arrive 4NOTHER shipment of 11.- I f\ 500 lb of Chinese crackers t arrived in Singapore yesterday in the 6.124-ton Ank'ing from I I Hone Kong. I i It was one of the last lots o arrive for Singapore Chinm to pnd their New Year >Ntivitirs
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    Molotov says: I have new security plan for Europe
    224 2 \IR. Molotov, the Soviet A?1 rejected the Wests German elections but j European security at toda; BERLIN. Wednesday I Foreign Minister, yesterday final appeal for free all- i promised a new plan for!, iys Bie Four session One that basis, the
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    RUSSIA TO BE THERE ONLY AS A NEUTRAL
    79 2 RUSSIA TO BE THERE ONLY AS A NEUTRAL BERLIN. Wed. Russia has flatly told the West she will attend a Korean peace conference only as a neutral. She has refused to sit at a conference with the label of an aggressor on the side of the Chinese and North Korean
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    Oxford suspends an Earl's son
    36 2 OXFORD. Wed -Lord Pollington. 22-year-old son of the Earl of Mexborough. ha? been suspended from his Oxford college for throwing beer j bottle caps on the stage during a performance. -A.P.
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    Goodwill visit
    30 2 VIRGINIA. Wed. The repntly built 9.000-ton Dutch nan-of-war. De RuyU-r. will irrive at the Norfolk naval ia.se today for a three-day :oodwill visit to the Unitrd 5tates.— U.P.
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    S'ore asked; Drop visas for Americans
    74 2 S'ore asked; Drop visas for Americans 4T R EL con fPrenc r held in i Manila recently decided to I* a^k the Singapore Govern- ment to abolish visas for American visitors to the Colony Jnp conference, of the Pacific I Area Travel Association, held ifrom .lan. 27 to Feb. wa.s
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    Ambulance unit plans fair
    65 2 The St. John Ambulance A-- soriation of Prnang will hold a fun fair on Saturday and > Sunday at the Penang Clonrai and Administrative Staff Union pounds, Anson Road, to raise funds for the maintenance of K the St. John Brigade. IS The fair will be
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    Woman poisoners
    24 2 A 27-year-old woman from > stin Road. Singapore wa.s ad- s mittrd to hospital y«\strrdav surTprinc from the rffert,s uj poison inc. fc
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    RED 'ANNEX' HONG KONG
    51 2 HONG KONG. Wed. -The hinesp Communists have is- j j ued a map .showing Hone Konc 1 I a part of China. The marj .1 was put out last August and th< revised border was noticed on!' recently by the Chin tionalist news agency, Centra News.
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    IT'S JOAN versus MAU MAU ...and she beats them again
    60 2 IT'S JOAN versus MAU MAU ...and she beats them again NAIRO] VOH th< less tl JnHn C driven off Man rarm Kenya tnana Colonel .iiki Nanyukl With |g gang opened I and shot rarmhouse half Alarm r. hood and Ihi n to thi When i):. \prl] m Ing i rallied
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    U.K. bars Red comfort mission
    39 2 U.K. bars Red comfort mission HONG K •urn nlst ml wanted I "com for 4 the less from the bl the colony* histor tmaa night When a n munlsts In Ko* a prot< to a riot. has br_ Ri
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    Sanctuary for Czech airman
    7 2 Sanctuary for Czech airman FRANK! Germ i
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      82 2 SINGAPORE DIARY Singapore Art Sorletv: Fifth open hinrse Y.M.C'.A Sclrri.- Rnad exhibition of photopraph.s. British Table-ienni, 2 p m' 4 nm and «3;Sfr533l SSSftiiKS ".W^tionv mow. PO. rou j53 0»- tab. e -tenni s 7 Sfta? '"XT v how V WoodlHnd vill »P e V.W.C.A. Raffle, Quav Enclisl, Man on
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    MANUAL WORK STIGMA HOLDS BACK INDIA
    305 3 MANUAL WORK STIGMA HOLDS BACK INDIA Effect of more education WASHINGTON, Wednesday. MH AN imbassador, Mr. G. L Mehta, yesterday said that one of (he problems holding back ultural development in his country was the hological" one that "gives manual labour an i ior status.* 1 Here In the United
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    Suez plan: More M.P.s in revolt
    14 3 in the their BUP- >:r.c >n the rters
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    LAST HURDLE
    30 3 WASHINGTON. Wed A bill to i<m into thp United States the Japan^sp widow of an n killed in 19M in .Tap;in awaits the signature of President Eisenhower. UP.
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    Reds want goods on the cheap
    192 3 MOSCOW. Wednesday. NEGOTIATIONS here to sell several million sterling worth of British equipment to Russia may fail because hard-bargaining Communists want to buy at 19.i0 prices. British businessmen negotiating with the Russians during 'he last two weeks have received several inquiries, mainly in the
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    WOLF BOY' RAMU IN HOSPITAL
    84 3 rlftsl picture of India's ninf-yrar-old "wolf boy." t.i Ken at Balramporp liuspit.il. wlierr doctors are treating him Thr buy. found in a railway truck at l.ucknnu station, is unahlp to stand hut ran run at amazing speed «.n knees and elbows. lie eats only ran
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    Korea spies have Red gold
    73 3 SEOUL. Wed.- South Koreas national police Chlel said yei;<rday that Communist agents were infiltrating from th<> North, bringing in radio sets. Russian-made pistols, n<>ld and narcotics. Chief Lee Sims Joo laid the Reds appeared to have switched emphasis .since the armistice from aiding guerillas to
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    Jordan warned
    34 3 new YORK. Wed Thr Israeli delegation at the United Nations warned that a "srnve situation" would exist if Jordan declined to attend a meeting with Israel to talk over frontier differences. Reuter.
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    Back from leave
    25 3 .lOHORF. BAHRU. Wed. Mr. H,i. Hemcan. asp. on his return from leave has been posted Johore Contingent Headquarters, Special Branch for duty
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    $6,600 in rubbish
    63 3 TOKYO. Wed A street sweeper, sortins rubbish in Tokyo found a bundle containing 800.000.yen about MJM. Inn Nakadai aced M, turned th» money over to the police who restored it to a Chinese businessman. The Chinese had hidden the cash in a waste basket ;ind it v
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    GERTRUDE'S TWO FACES
    61 3 Hardly believable, but It's the same girl sinner (irrtrude Holt as she appeari-d in TVS Opera for Everybody" in Britain, (iertriidi-'s rharminu and t-leeant DorabrlU from Tosi fan tuttt-' ointrasts with her gipsy A7ii< cn;i in Verdi's 'II Travatore.' In this, her eiehth TV appearance, she also
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    HERESY HUNTING AT HUSTINGS
    147 3 McCarthy thinks up new attack ABERDEEN. IS., Wednesday. SENATOR Joseph McCarthy said last nipht that Americans should not vote for any candidates in the November elections who will "continue to vote our money to allies who are using that money to strengthen our mortal enemy, Red
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    Exiles return
    30 3 HELSINKI. Wed -Sixty-one I FinnLsh subjects, who have served prison sentences in Russia or have been pardoned, were handed over to Finnish frontier guards at Vainikkala yesterday— Reuter.
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    BULLY IS COWED
    72 3 ROME. Wed. A lonesome bull wandered into Rome from the country last nieht He charged up a main street and sent n<dcstrians fleeine in panic, huttinc two of them. He then dashed into a carage and bowled over a taxi. Firemen cornered Ferdinand in •.he uaracc. hut
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    $18 million is just a drop in his bucket
    309 3 $18 million is just a drop in his bucket 4M) IT ISN'T LEAKY NEW YORK, Wednesday. YU'LTI-MILLIONAIRE Aristotle Socrates Onassis l said yesterday that an $18,000,000 surplus tanker deal, now under investigation by the I.S. (lovernment. was only a d*-op in the bucket in his vast international operations. Onassis. a
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    G.l.s MAY PAY FOR LOVE CHILDREN
    257 3 G.l.s MAY PAY FOR LOVE CHILDREN L LONDON. Wed. ORE) GODUARD, Britain's v**» H d Chief Jllst 'cc. hinted ti& J l nat Am "ican solaicrs who have iiießitimate children in Britain may .soon be ordered to pay maintenance fees. Lord oocidard and two other Judges dusmi-ssed an application for
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      326 3 i L r Yes? No?!! well perhaps it isn't but it's certainly very like him! "Now who on earth are they talking about," says Baby "I'm just my own little self determined to have my own way of course, but quite content so long as they continue ':o give me
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    'IMPUDENT SWINDLER' GAOLED
    244 4 'IMPUDENT SWINDLER GAOLED Posed as cinema manager to cheat two of $3,707 AIR. Justice Buttrnse told Andrew Bennett, an ex-RAF man: "You have committed as harefaced and impudent a swindle as it is possible to I. m rive." In tho Singapore Assize Court yesterday Ronnott was sentenced to six years'
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    Big fuel find in rice bowl
    41 4 Big fuel find in rice bowl KUAI A LUMPUR Wed. land rar rirc is 16 frrt drop. I hether ted nnd I ends The t: B ?nough Briricr for 400 ••<-. The W tivation Mr. Sharpirs said p< it-giving properttea u r
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    Full house for free show
    17 4 Everj thr public for a how. It wa.r.ny sho* *ide film I
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    Trespass charge
    22 4 .TOKORE BAHRU. Wed Abubakar h:n Noordin. a Home Guard 19 the Poll being committing house woman. the trial has been
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    Kiwi Queen
    23 4 Sincapore> Kiwi Members nil selrrt a youth queen it a cala ball to be hr-'.ci nn March 5, at Raffle.* Hotel.
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    German ships for East
    42 4 rE Bret O ssenger on hrr Far Ba launrhrd a' Bremen nn Or' 24 list year, and Is ownec North Grrman Lloyd first of a fln-t r>: ps which will operate a passenger service from Etiropo Far East.
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    LIEUT. BOB WONG OF THE U.S.N. ...and that's his pal Syd.
    217 4 LIEUT. BOB WONG OF THE U.S.N. ...and that's his pal Syd. lOITKRKKs GATHERED al Clifford Pier. Singapore. to see a strange sight I Lieutenant Bob Wong, of the I.S. cruiser Rochester. The grinned with delight Mhi'ii he asked them in Cantonese: "What's so; funny about me?" They bombarded him with
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    Court thinks its sentence excessive
    115 4 Court thinks its sentence excessive KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Wed. MR EM SMALLWOOD rrr.-;rirnt of the Wesi Pahane Sessions Court. spended execut in tl lentence on a 20-year-old rubber tapper. Wan Abdi'. RafTer to pive him time to appeal to the Ruler in Council Wan was sent) need to ;mpr.M>nment for having
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    Stabbed boy tells his story in hospital
    107 4 TEENAGER IS ACCUSED THE Singapore Juvenile Court held a session in a General Hospital ward yesterday to begin the trial of a teenager charccri with causine crievous bodily hurt. The hearing was confined to taking evidence from a boy recovering from stab wounds
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    I'm a departmental spy,' Peter tells the magistrate
    250 4 A BICYCLES records clerk of the Office of the Recistrar of Vehicles, Singapore, alleged in the Eighth Police Court yesterday that he was a departmental spy. The clerk. Peter K. Kiimarasamy, said this at the trial of Teo Ec Watt, an inspector
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    She drops suit to wed man again
    84 4 SAYING that she will be remarrying her divorced husband next Thursday. Junainah told the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday that she wanted the summon* suit against him dropped Junainah had charged Shadali bin Suro with neglect'ng to pay her SBO maintenance. Junainah was
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    Rotary award for journalist
    41 4 Mr Jame.s Peter Chi Bwee. a Singapore journalist. ha.s been awarded a Rotaiy Foundation fellowship for advanced study abroad duriiii the 1964-55 academic year Mr. Chin will study Journalism at the Columbia University in the United States
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    Fencing control
    29 4 S-.ncarorp City Council's Buildinc Committee waits he Council to ban corrugated iron fencine. At present the Council issues permits for fencing, but does not stipulate the tv>e.
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    YWCA appeal for $35,000
    50 4 The Singapore Young Womens Christian A.^ hopes to raise $35,000 to finance it.- activiM> s for U Mrs. w. A. c Ooode. the Colonial Secretary, and patron of the Y.W.C A launch an appeal with a talk over Radio Malaya at 9 25 p.m on Sunday.
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    Report 'absurd'
    30 4 JAKARTA Wed. Vie ler Or W today emphatically drn:rrl 'hat thp Malayan Communist Party headquarters had m ored to Sumatra and lahporp reports to that et: gurd. UP.
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    ANOTHER LABOUR PARTY PLANNED
    138 4 It'll be formed next month SINGAPORE i.-> to have a third social date of formation has brrn postponed to early next month to "ensure full co-opera the widest possible support." Mr Francis Thomas, who was 'ippointvii convenor of th" drafting committee o1 the pal ty at
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    Robbers took a ring
    9 4 loft hand. B ed on
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    Died at wharf
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    Today's radio SINGAPORE
    8 4 Today's radio SINGAPORE X) M merited R :'.rinc
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    Martyrs killed when Prophet came to Persia
    1705 5 Martyrs killed when Prophet came to Persia fanatic j IEN thousand swarthy Persians packed the roof tops overlooking Tabriz barracks on July 9, 1850, to witness the most important execution of the century. The prisoners were a young mystic whose i teachings had shaken the very throne iof the Shah
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      226 5 CATHAY ORGANISATION JX. ATTRACTIONS 5 shows no DAILY 1 SbMl 1 15 645 13th DAY TODAY j** l/^T* fSTNEe WILLIAMS A^W^jl VAN JOHNSON J^ Vp I -*<•' TONY MAZTIN %v- H with John Bromfield .Jfm SATURDAY" at MIDNIGHT! CLAY MOORE^J JOHNNY SPENCER PHYLLIS COATES" ROY GLENN^V^^JL^ SPECIAL SHOWING ADMISSION FREE...
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      237 5 HITHERTO NEVER BEFORE TOLD story of JOHNNY RINGO! ;Mm\ T^ e Ambush AOV 11 In The West W*. f* Buckling On *m fma Montgomery m Hunter m"" f McCREA -rf^^ c Lone f Hand Saturday 1^ U.I, Jfjd^9M_ PICTU J||_ When a MMi'S CORONATION had lo x>aii for fh« l.<>\
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      41 5 Ttimvrlitm* Tho Tvrrihle W~-&=*r ONLY FOR A LITTLE I f%~~ WAIT DO NOT KILL I I S /J/2"??£(f W W§k WHILE CAN MP HOLD SE^M*? THIS ONE MAN A SM^JnVcAHZUN/'Ss OFF THE ENEMY WHILST Jk V iuccl A CONQUtHOH CfijN RUtL-^'.^-y
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    13 6 ACK NOWLEDG EM ENT Hord. 57» minimum MR and afn Anth their kind
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    33 6 EN GAGEMENT 2* Word* $10 I mm,mum) WONG—GO I. L nounced Mr. and Mrs. T. W Wong. filter of lirE ENGAGEMENT rmunced on ilah reP W I J ri Bahru r Mr and
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 11, 1054. All Illegal Strike
    1351 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 11, 1054. All Illegal Strike Lest silence be misunderstood, comment is necessary on unfounded allegations which are being made by officials of the Singapore Printing Employees' Union in connection with the strike of tome workers of the Straits Times Press Ltd., and on events
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    Tide is running against Mau Mau
    1889 6 Tide is running against Mau Mau WE have grown accustomed, unhappily, to Kenya being in the news. The name 'Kenya' evokes ar. almost automatic response— 'Mau Man'. Yet, in fact, much more prominence has been given during the past few weeks to plans for reconstruction, when the 'emergency' is over.
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      So good luck
      127 6 T HAVE great respect for Mrs. j* Shirin Fnzdar and her worthy cause, which is fighting for the rights of women. I wish her good luck because as a man I do not look at woman as an instrument of pleasure but as a human being with
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      Mrs Fozdar! says a man
      52 6 ciety against such exploitation and cruelty to children. The problem is a gigantic one because we have not only to fight men but women as well and we cannot do this if we do not muster all right thinking people against inhumanity and barbarity. T.
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      STILL NEEDED
      35 6 I AGREE with Malay Reader: KHantan. that Kelantan needs a British Adviser. I suggest that the posts of British Advicers should not be abolished until self-govern-ment is attained. ANOTHER READER. Kut i Bahru.
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    On the Margin
    160 6 The Legion's origin Kion t.j which I sion to by no mean: duty. On the Kion stuns from t!. tal Bwi Monarchy v stormed Tuilcrics in 179 to a man t< had forsaken The Frrnch form. ncur i I idelite They with the monarchy, I Philllppe In
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    Wishing a happy new year sends him to gaol for six months
    203 7 IT WAS IN THE CARDS rY-EIGHT Chinese Now Year cards stcrday sont Tan Kirn Leng to jjaol.' police court, held that the name Huat" on \hc cards represented secret d to the 108' gang of extortioners. ian wits
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    A JOKE—IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER TO SIR GEORGE
    65 7 A t OUTCAST in expressions— and the man who made the joke is serious-faced Sir Gcwge Kendel. chairman of the Singapore Constitution OMUBlnteD. speaking at the annual dinner-daniT of the Institute of Architects of Malaya at KatYles Hotel on Tue>.day niuht. laughing
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    MR. J WANTS NEHRU AS MALAYA ARBITRATOR
    177 7 To heal Indian split PENANG, Wed. rIE president of the Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, Mr. Jagjit Singh, today suggested that Indian leaders in this country should hold a "unity conference* with India's Premier, Mr. Nehru, as chairman
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    MIC won't be at "National Convention'
    26 7 I IMITH in Con- tti nd tin 'iisorec KU annua Mr. K. L .dent, told t!i( mmltte* part) r Malay;
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    Korea warship due at Base
    52 7 The Canadian destroyer H M C.S. Huron, now on service In Korea, will arrive at Singan Sunday on a 48-hPiir operational which has a comph merit of 16 officers and 266 men under Commander T C Pullen, is returning I rt at Halifax Nova 'hrough
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    Here for talks
    14 7 walte, director by BOAC nd a conf< nee in Kuala j
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    They steal trishas, too
    39 7 ■»Ved— Even trl-|l noi safe fn daj 'I up or trishas are asking for trouble." he warned. Since January 26 bicyc.es have been stolen. Three ciis- from Beach Street. Road and B £hnp street yesterday.
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    MORE TOP JOBS FOR LOCAL MEN
    159 7 Scholarships for 1954 a record 'PHE Singapore Education Department is expanding its scholarship scheme to give local teachers more opportunities of qualifying for senior posts. Eight teachers including one woman, will be selected for specialist training this year. Four will be seni to Britain
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    Long service salesman gets gaol
    124 7 Long service salesman gets gaol KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A. VEERASAMY. an ex-sales-man ol Robinson and Co.. was gaoled lor six months in the Sessions Court today on each of two charges of wilfully intending to defraud the firm. The .sentences are to run concurrently. Mr. P. G. Cloagh. Deputy Public
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    Alliance plans 6-point petition on elections
    288 7 CALL TO TEMPLER AND RULERS KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. A PETITION to the High Commissioner and the Rulers against some of the recommendations of the Federal elections committee is urged in a resolution to be moved at the third session of the UMNO-MCA-sponsored National Convention
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    School show for varsity
    87 7 Singapore Chinese middle school graduates will hold a combined variety concert early next month in aid of the Nanyang University fund. More than 100 graduates are now selling 30.000 tickets for the show at the Happy World stadium on Mar. 4. 5, 6 and 7. Tickets
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    Lost wire in squatter hut —court told
    90 7 Lost wire in squatter hut —court told NEARLY 10.000 lbs of copper wire, worth $13,000. missins from the Telecoms Stores at Ampang were found later in a squatter's hut at Salak South, seven miles from here. the Sessions Court was told today. Ramaenandran, a Telecoms storekeeper, was charged with criminal
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    'Get together' debate today
    38 7 The question whether "University men and women should get together more" will be up before the University of Malaya Debating Union at 8.30 tonight at the Central Hall, Sepoy Lines. The public are invited.
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    PENANG WOMEN MADE THESE BAGS
    57 7 l.ady Templer. wife of the Federation Ilieh Commissioner. :ind Mrs. R.P. Hin^h.im. wife of Penanc's Resident Commissioner, inspecting toys and straw bags made by members of the IVnana territorial association of Women's Institutes before the start of the first Penans convention at the E. and
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    Her 'flimsies' angered husband
    121 7 A N attractive Chinese woman whose goldsmith husband accused her of "wearing transparent clothes and using plriity of make-up" was today granted a separation from him. "Not even a car car.cd of gold will induce me to return to him," she said when the couple appeared
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    Threw$l,290 into river when drunk
    109 7 Threw$l,290 into river when drunk KUALA LIPIS, Wed. LEE Kah Foo, 32, managing partner of the Kuala I.ipis police canteen took $3,700 from the counter on Dec. and disappeared, the West Pahang Sessions Court was told yesterday Next day, he was found at the fourth mile Lipis-Benta Road. He was
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    Fire Station opening
    50 7 The $1,500,000 fire station at Alexandra Road, Singapore. will be officially opened by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. next Thursday at 5 p.m." A brochure is beinu prepared telling the story of the city's firo service. The Fire Brigade will Rive a demonstration after the opening ceremony.
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    Support for child claimed
    53 7 A Singapore interpreter. Venugopal attached to the Fourth Police Court, was the defendant in a maintenance suit at the Sixth Police Court yesterday. Venugopal. was charged with neglecting to maintain an "Illegitimate" three-month-I old child, born to him and Tan ■Llan Wah. The case was postponed
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    $1 million for village schools
    44 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More than a million dollars from the revenue collected through registration and licensing of business in the Federation had been allocated to now i village schools. Mr. A. W. Hodges, Comptroller of Inland Revenue, said today.
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    No decision yet on rice
    30 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Central Advisory Committee on Trade and Industry today discussed the question of decontrolling rice in the Federatlon. No decision was reached.
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    On transfer
    24 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mr. G.A. Godwin. Emergency. Administrative Officer. Johore Bahru. has been transferred to the Government Treasury at i Kuala Lumpur.
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    Boy missing
    26 7 A 15-year-old Malay. Ron ald A. Hamid has been miss- ing from his home at 7J mile Bukit Timah Road. Singapore ■tnce Tuesday morning.
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    High tides
    78 7 Today: Singapore 3.34 am (8 ft. 8 ins.) 5.03 p.m. (7 ft. 2 lins.); Port Dickson 11.20 am (6 ft.); Penang 5.08 a.m. (4 ft 8 ins. i 6.39 p.m. (5 ft. 6 las.). Tomorrow: Singapore 429 a.m. (8 ft. 5 Ins.) 7.14 p.m. (6 ft. 8 Ins.
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    SINGAPORE HAS FALSE IDEAS ON MENTAL ILLNESS
    158 7 OOPILAK fallacies about mental hospitals an patients were dispelled yesterday by Dr. Jarm Browne, Medical Superintendent of Woodbridg Hospital, Singapore. Dr. Browne was spcakins; on "Life in a MenU Hospital" at the weekly luncheon of the Singapc* Rotary Club. Describing himself as the
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    Queen's Regt due today
    72 7 SKVEN years after they left Malaya, the Ist. Battalion. The Queen's Royal Regimen;, will arrive back in Singapore this afternoon on the Georcic to relieve the Gordon Highlanders. Since leaving Malaya, the Battalion has served in Germany and has iust completed three months in England, on
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    DOCTOR SUES PATIENTS
    111 7 DOCTOR SUES PATIENTS IPOH. Wed DX. \VU LIEN-TEH, WOffk famous authority on plantlfl and Mr and Mr.s Chin Cheng Hong well-known Ipoh residents were defendants in a civil suit mentioned In the Magistrate's Court The doctor, represented oy Mr. D R. Seeniva-agam Is clalmln mcc of prochargej for the treatment
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    Advisers feted
    21 7 ■an Royal Naval Vo lunteer Reserve Advisory Council were given a dinnu: by the Captain am. of H.M.S. Laburnun
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      Thief takes $1,278 from firm
      54 7 Thief takes $1,278 from firm A THIEF who broke into the! office of Tte.ng Guan and' Company In South Canal Road. Singapore, ransacked the desks of the employees and stole $1,278 and three fountain pens A watchman was asleep in the premises while the theft occurred. From ihe watchman's drawers
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      Thief locks in girl and mother
      52 7 Thief locks in girl and mother CH] nan and hei daughtei living in Somapan Estate oil Tempenls woke up yesterday and found they were locked in A tin. i had eiimbed over a wall, got Into the house and i a handbag containing $10 d the main on the outside
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      110 7 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA h»v* incidentally n \V,.rkmt'n's Comoa l-t April, 19.k$ ■;cr including office a on are en in iy h» A.prkrrenV ComixT-a-MMERCIAL UNION" Ai-cidenls to Aim. atfiOM. UNION ASSIiR^T^ AGENCIES THROUGHOUT MALAYA My Milliard Radio ■is the World to me!" Jf) COME IN
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      143 7 UIIL you can complete Lipstick Wardrobe With either the new Gala In ten),, >, K -c T Lipstick cr the slender Gala Lip Line. f each refill is in its otvn metal shell ami interchangeable in the one case. You simply slip one refill out and m in— instantly— whenever
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    SHAKES SLUGGISH: TIN RUBBER DOWN
    295 8 Industrials are firm WITH rubber down an eighth of a cent to close at 54S cents a lb. and the tin commodity price down by $1.75 to $317.75 a picul the Singapore Share Market was sluggish yesterday with little business moving. Industrials, following the pattern
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    Tin Price
    18 8 The price of tin in Sin«;i pore yesterday was ieclared •.t 5317.75 a picul. down 11.75,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    76 8 SINGAPORE CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: steady; February and March $39' 2 buyers. $39 seller.s; March $39* buyers, $39 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; $66 .sellers. Pepper: quiet and unchanged; Muntok white $340, Sarawak $335, Lampong black $205 LEWIS PEAT: Closing prices Copra: quiet after
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    50 8 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday:— CANADA: buying T. T. 31 13 16. airmail. O D 31 15/16 90 days 32 3 16. credit bills. 32 1 4 trade bills: celling T. T. or O. D. 31 12, ready.
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    Jan. rubber imports
    56 8 rpOTAL imports of rubber. all grades from all countries, into Singapore and Federation of Malaya durinu January, amounted" to 28,139 tons as shown by final documents received. The figure includes 8.867 tor..> imported on provisional permits in previous month anc excludes approximately 16.53" tons, for which final
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    179 8 Tin Malayan Sh;>re B Association said: "The market repeated Tuesday's pattern with industrials firm and tins irregular. The latter was much quieter." Member;- reported the following business dore at their 4 pm. meeting: Consolidated Tin Smeltrr ords. 24 '9: Fraser and Neave ords. $2.02 $202; Gammon 153.071-,. 53.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 8 RUBBER lost one eighth of a cent on the Singapore Market yesterday closing at 54 5 8 cents a lb. The market which was steady throughout was on the I quiet side with sellers reserved. Closing prices yesterday in cents per pound were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose
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    Singapore shipping
    137 8 CHIPS iviup alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Georgic 1/2. Mull 4 5. Pentakota CP.. Caltex Melbourne 6 7, Sibibo 11. Chakrata 13 14. Tomar 15 16. Calchas 18. Chun Sang 19/20. MST Lighter No. 722 N. Wall 10, Giang Seng 23 24. Taksang
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    Rubber output
    31 8 The secretaries of Kempa> Ltd. ard Radella Rubber Estates Ltd.. report the following outputs: December: Kempas 317 400 lb: Radella 16.449 lb. January: Kempas 320.300 lb Radella 16.200 lb.
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    Riverview crop
    30 8 Riverview Rubber Estates report that their production in January was 153.493 lb. The price of the company's share in London on Feb. 1 wu 3s ljd— 3s 3d.
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    Australia stocks
    27 8 MB BOURI I some leadln main un Bank ol N B. Hill N. Brokei > V Arr C J. A. B: Felt and I 1 1
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    'Free' sugan nose-dives to $22
    34 8 'Free sugan nose-dives to $22 WITH ernmi n r The control:, i picul. S gar for sal. New V. ir The Govi n warned r 1 not be r stocks <<; Howe\ r sugar suppl
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    U.S. loan—to buy from U.S.
    35 8 WASHINGT U.S. Foreign n i s t r a i MS39.00n.000 German Repi rlcan surplus i ton. An eai M$6 million soyabei Deutsrhma: k inent wil br ?J ministration ii
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    Talam mines
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    REPLANTING MAN IS SATISFIED
    107 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wedi I 'THE Federation rubber replanting sch< I c x smallholdings is working to schedule. Straits Times was told (<)<'.■- "Smallholders ha. 46.611 acres for 1954— 3.(;89 ac I year's target," said Mr. A C Chief Replanting Officer ol the R tion.s month In
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    Japloan from U.K. banks
    68 8 Jap loan from U.K. banks LONDON. Wed The Japanese Government has borrowed £500.000 from London banks, a usually well-informed source in the City of London said today. A.s security for the borrowed the Japanese Government has deposited an equivalent amount ol dollars in New York to the credit ol London
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    AYER MOLEK
    38 8 The Ayer Molek Rubber Company. Limited, produced 28. 590 lb. of rubber in January, the firm's secretaries. Tan Swi Chay and Co. reports. The Bukit Katil Rubber Estates Limited produced 3O.i25 lb. for the same month.
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      486 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS LIBRARY CLERK in Raffles Library. Salary scale: (Male): $78-6A114/B/132-6A-15fl/B/168-I2A-I 264 B, 276-12A-336 p.m. (Female): $78 -6A IM/B/132 6A-156 B 168--12A-264 pjn. plus Cost of Living i and Singapore Allowances. Total emoluments at present range from $126.75 p.m. with annual increments to $534. p.m. (Male) and $426 pjn. (Female).
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      481 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT TECHNICIANS. Telecommunl- ration."! Department, Singapore. Salary Scale: $90x6-114 Ist Technician's Exam/156x12-252/2nd Technician's Exam, 264x12-360 I cm Total emoluments for candii .lates with minimum qualification of passed Std. VIII in an English I School shall be $162 25 p.m. and for School Certificate $181.75 p.m. Age: 17-23. Applicants must
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      730 8 NOTICES JACOB GLEN HANNA also knoun as JACOB HANNA Deceased. i PURSUANT to section 29 of the j Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59) j NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having claims against thr abovenamed Jacob Glen Hanna also known a.s Jacob Hanna deceased who died on
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      1133 9 McALISTER tit CO LTD. KLAVENESS LFNE ELLERMAN BUCKNALL tOJ ANGfUS SAN f ANCI CO LONDON HAVRE. ROTTERDAM PORTI AND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVfR HAMSURG ft HULL Accepting cr-rqo for Centrol ft South ond for USA, North Atlontic Port. Amrricon Port. O"^ Conorio v n Col^rnbo m i CASTLFVILLE CITY OF BIRKENHEAD
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    Blouse and jeans for teenagers
    49 10 Blo use an d jeans for teenagers PAKT of Neu York s 1954 aprta| fashions is this cos- 1 mil, of khaki and blackstriped cotton. comprising blouse and breeches. It is one of Jane Derby's collection for the teenager. A g-old chatelain drapes the bodice. Paul Popper pic- ture.
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    The AFFAIRS of MAN
    323 10 I looked i.l' hopefully a* for the fifth time the assistant went to look for a pattern I had iust chosen "Any luck?" 1 said. •I'll sorry madam, ue are out of stock of that one. too." I realised that I con Id n t blame
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    THE MORAL: TAKE CARE OF EYES
    165 10 HAVE you ever noticed how nuiih younger and more atI tractive you look when wearing Mm glares' That is. the ones with i the Httraunc frames and not those y whiih turn e\cn dashing young girK into sthool rearms. I This is because those
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    Give yourself a PROFESSIONAL treat
    708 10 Give yourself a PROFESSIONAL treat UEAt'TY #.v run: mmws BEAUTIFUL hinds are admired by everybody and are something we can all have if we arc prepared to give some time and thought to the care of them. Just to remove old polish and apply new is not enough, although attractive
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    Do YOU know the best way to look after your dog?
    513 10 Do YOU know the best way to look after your dog? IHt aim >■: II d«»K* ounci* should be to I their pets H.ilthv, happy. alert, vomfortable and in good condition Perhaps the 'ollowing suggestions will help. i.:ve your do: a ro->'«f»»M f Rccular ncfciM i ■•till for any Hf'l
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      265 10 SS^T W vip^iiJl la^a^Bl>M Frclin<: tropiral That's tin- lime to wor.r 1\ n tli.i shirts, jn jamas, 1 >to< V in<:s v lniic\ cr cool comfort really counts. day and night wear Viyella J. B IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE <• h —km •!,>,»»■ on,/ km, tk, mm, ANDAR "R.
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      270 10 Clvansiiiif M YARDLEV- "^N To romo\r m,i kf up I I J m Mad cbantv deeply, f i <Bf M'an'.nifK. hrnrn'li 'lir Taiifli j il— niii^rrfmi 1 <>r .lie dMPMII|| Ml WL l J-^J^i^~ v '11ai» in Cream Foning f\ C^V YARDLt V > r >< Tobr»ceup, rffreih, i'S*"' I//
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      291 10 Straits Times Crossword _^i Mi i^ tall m ocean iB>. R H^ §ii 25 In ERMJt or Grrecf hardly I the best place i 6». x x l m 2 6 Katharina '3. I). HI DOWN SSii S^^ 1_ I l Fed up with one kind soverr W ment (7>
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    K.H.Ip, Mrs Checkett in semi-finals
    156 11 K.H.Ip, Mrs Checkett in semi-finals MANILA. Wed. S DEN'S Lennart Bergelln and Steffan Slockenhrrc ;hed the men's doubles quarter-finals of the Asian Tennis Championships here. They defeated the Philippine pair. Federico Deyro and Wente Reyes 6-2. 6-4. 1-6 an;l fi-4 Earlier, the Swedes had ronipeci through a first -round h
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    Negri sport hit by tax
    118 11 SKREMBAN. Wed. The annual report for la.st year of th* 1 mbilan Football Aasoit itea "We must record with regret that sports bodies in Negri Sembllan will continue to find it difficult to record gains because of the levies both ny the Government by vay
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    FIRST TIME SUCCESS
    30 11 TMPING. Wed A new combination, umno eleven made a successful debut yesterday, beating REME fv Coy by four goals to nil Scorers'were Ambri <2< and Kamar'idritn '2.
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    SCOREBOARD
    73 11 WEST INDIES list Inns I 383 ENGLAND: Hutton c Ramadhin b Valentine 72 Watson it. Me Watt b Ramarihin May c King n Ramadhin 1 Compton run nut 13 Gravrney c n Ramadhin IS Palmer c Walcott b Ramarihin Bailey c McWatt b Atkinson 2S Evan.« b Gomez jn
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    Perak girls out for revenge
    42 11 IPOH. Wed. Perak State Women's Hockey XI will travel to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to play a return game against Selangor Women. Perak women hope to avenge their one-nil defeat suffered earlier in the season in Ipoh.
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    STILL UNBEATEN
    40 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor Club maintained their unbeaten league record b y defeating P.W.D. Sports Club 1 0 in a Selangor Women's Hockey League match on the padang yesterday Selangor Club\s goal was scored by inside-left Mrs. Smith.
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    ENGLAND ARE IN DANGER OF
    221 11 FOLLOW-ON On/^ Lew Hutton defied W.I. BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Wednesday. gNGLAND needed 53 runs, with one wicket standing, to avoid following on against West Indies at the end of the third day in the second Test here. Replying U> thr West Indies first innings total of
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    33 11 N K WCASTI.E goalkeeper Simpson punches clear as Stokoe (Stripes), Newcastle left half, and Walters. Tottenham iuitsifle right, both miss. At the left is Newcastle centre half Rrennan. Tottenham won 3-0. Renter picture.
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    FINN WILL EXTEND LANDY TODAY
    195 11 From JACK FlNfi I.ETON SYDNEY. Wednesday. T»HE GREATEST bid to rrark the four-minute mile will he made in Australia on the Sydney cnrket ground on Thursday, when Australia's star John Lanriy receives the stir Test opposition he has had over from Finland's Denis Johansson. The
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    PIRIE TO MISS UMPIRE GAMES
    52 11 LONDON. Wed.- Gordon Pino. British six miles champion, statrd today that he would not rur. in the Empire Games in Vancouver (Canada this summer. Pirip hope. 1 to meet, and brat. Emil Zatopek. Czechoslovakia triplr Olympic champion. In the European rhampiortship ir. Berr.^. 'Switzerland^ In
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    b.Africa win last Test, and series
    156 11 PORT ELIZABETH. Wednesday. tfOl'TH AFRICA defeated New Zealand by five wickets in the fifth Test yesterday, and won the series hv four matches to none, with one d.'awn. New Zealand, all out for 222. loft South Africa to got 212 runs in 225 minutes
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    WAITE SETS RECORD FOR WiCKETKEEPING
    65 11 PORT ELIZABETH. Wed. lOHN WAITE. South Africa's wicket -keeper. I set a world record with 23 dismissals in the Test series acainst New Zealand which ended yesterday. Waite took Ift catches and marie seven stumpincs in the j five Tests Previous best was 21 dismissals
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    Highland boxers win
    33 11 SEREMBAN. Wed. Gordon Highlanders beat 11th Hussars in the FARELF boxing comj petition by 18 points to 15 last night at King George V School. Seremban. There were 11 bouts.
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    SCOREBOARD
    181 11 New Zealand Ist Inns. ZIH SECONO INNINGS Moon^y c Van Rynrve'.d b Adcock 9 1 Chappie lbw Murray 8 Poore c Wa'.tc b Van Rynevcld 18 SutelifTp c and b Van Ryneveld 52 Reid run out 73 j Beck b Tayfield 12 1 Dempster M Waitr b Van Ryneveld
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    Kelantan Malay B.A. officials
    64 11 KOTA BAHRU. Wed— A meeilnc nf the Kelanian Malay* Badminton Association was held at the residence of Tenukii Sri K'Lana 1 The following were ele< ted officials: President Tengku Brl K'lann 1 reelected 1; vlce-prcMdeiii. Mohd. bin Talb; Hon MerMarjr, Wan Ahmad Wan Ahmad 1 re-elected
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    Malays told: support club
    150 11 IPOH. Wed. VN appeal to prominent Malays to take more interest in the welfare of the Malay Sports Club. Ipoh. was made by Inche Tahwil Alar bin Che Ahmad, the President, at It's annual meeting held recently. Inche Tahwil said he hoped that more outdoor games
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    NSW beat W.A. by 6 wickets
    268 11 NSW beat W.A. by 6 wickets SYDNEY. Wed. NEW SOUTH WALES beat I Western Australia in their Sheffield Shield Game here yesterday by six wickets. Rain delayed the start by 79 minutes this morning and the game was resumed in spite of a slight drizzle which did not affect the
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    AWARDS FOR 5
    75 11 IPOH. Wed. Fivp State. players will receive special awards from the Perak Ama- 1 teur Football Association next Monday. They are Mate skipper. Lee Sai Chong. Chan Tuck Kons Chan Tuck Choy. Ho Yoon Meng and Chin Toong Sem. They played in all Malaya Cup matches la.st
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    Cricket Assn. sought
    40 11 TELUK ANSON. Wed.— A meeting convened by Dr. J. T. Paranjothy will be held at Dew Recreation Club on Feb. 13 at 5.30 p.m. to discuss the formation of the Lower Perak DLs- j trtct Cricket Association.
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    BLACKPOOL IN A SLUMP
    221 11 LONDON. Wed. BLACKPOOL, the FA. Cup holders, are the latest clv to be caught in the attendances slump that has already hit several English League clubs. Their manager. Joe Smith, is worried. His star men include "Old Man Magic" Stanley Matthews, International inside forward Stanley Mortensen.
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    Five Olympic men in today's IHF XI v S'pore
    372 12  -  JOHN MARKS By piVE OF THE six Olympic stars in the Indian Hockey Federation touring team will play in today's game at Jalan Besar stadium when the visitors make their Malayan debut against Singapore. The Olympic player not included in the
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    NEO EQUALS HENRICKS 220 MARK
    111 12 NEO EQUALS HENRICKS 220 MARK ADELAIDE. Wod. SINGAPORE'S crack swimmer Neo Chwee Kok is setting into tip top shape for the Australian swimming championship!), where he will meet Jon lienricks, the Australian champion. Yesterday Neo broke two state records at the South Australian championships. He swam the 55-yard course in
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    IHF have a worry—rain
    224 12 "pHE Indian hockey tourists are worried about the rain. They were told before leavinc/ India that there was little r (iin at this period of the year in Malaya and that the pitches would be d r y and fit. As a result the entire team,
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    DEATH
    47 12 Chow San Onn. .ige .4 passed away peacefully at 3 p m Wednesday. Feb in. 1954. leaving behind to mourn him. i U wile. I mtj son-in-law, 3 daughters. 3 daunh-ters-in-law. and 3 grand-children Funeral today, cortege leaving in Wilkie Road at 4 pm for Bidadari
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    151 ENTRIES FOR PERAK RACES
    1013 12 IPOH. Wed. Entries for the Perak Turf Club February meeting on Feb. 20. 24 and 27 total 151—71 from Cla.ss 2 and 80 from Class five. There will be eight races on the > first and third day and seven on the second day. Entries
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    Schedule of racing
    87 12 The schedule of racing at luoh is: First Day. Feb. 20: Class 2, Dlvs I and 2-9 f Class 5. Dlvs. 1 and >-8' 2 f Class 5, Dlvt. 1. 2. 3 and »-5 f str. Second Day. Feb. 24; Class 2. Dlvs. 1. 2, 3 and
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    'Committee should set an example'
    375 12 BADMINTON HALL CRISIS T'HE architect of the Singapore Badminton Hall, Mr. A \g Keng Slang who is owed more than $30,000 by the Hall Fund Committee told the Straits Times yesterday that he had taken legal action against thr Committee "solely to create public interest
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    NEW FAS CHIEF
    42 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed fflDr. 8 !K. Sundram was tonight elected President of the Sclangor Footbnll cast for Mr. S. C. E. Singam. who Association. He was elected by 34 voles to 33 was President in 1951, 1952 and IP.-13.
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    S'gor women score 6-0 hockey win
    57 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Se- 'langor Club women trotmced Klang women combined 6 o in a hockey same on thr padana thLs evening. Club women led four-nil at half time, with goals from in-side-right Mrs. Jennings (2) and centre-forward Miss Sellar. Insidr-lrft Mrs. Sylvia Smith
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    DAVID CHOONG TO LEAD MALAYANS
    206 12 PENANG, Wednesday. IVXVID CHOONG, of Penang who is studying law i Britain, has been appointed captain the fiveman Malayan badminton team to tour the United Kingdom and America in April and March. David holds the All-England rn^n's doubles title with his brother "^ddie. who is
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    DUTY KEEPS THE FIJIANS OUT OF STORE SEVENS
    168 12 pHE FIJIAN'S have scratched /™m soven-a-side Rugby tournament. Owli tional commitmrnts they :ir»> un;iblp to ci Their absence yesti rday was a d i nany fans, but at the same time it leavi >etition more open to the other teams. r.a.k. <
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    s'gor Club 'B' win 24-0
    137 12 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Weo JELANGOR Club "B" ny 5 little opposition when Somersets Linlit Infant i mints itliree goals, three I ill in the Belangor Rugby Onion's rwn lUn tournamrnt •dang toda] Wheat (3), Hlnchcllfle dcDoniild srorcd the trios Ben lett oovcrttnf three. Best n^itcli ni
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    Sports Diary
    65 12 PKNAN(. HOCKEY: Malays y Kedah Malays, Dato Kramat Rd., ground. KUALA lIMPIR RUGGER: Solanjior seven-a-side'. paciing. HOCKEY: SHA League, Div. 1 'S i Combined Schools v SCRC VI ground; Div 2 (N): Eurasian R. C. v Medicals, Pudu Road; \v League, pwd. sc. v. sere. Cheras Road; Friendly:
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