The Straits Times, 16 February 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times I st., Us tied 1845 SINGAPORE, TI'ESDAY. FEBRI'ARY IG. 1954 PRICE 15 CENT*
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    7 MARCH TO FREEDOM
    115 1 Four die in escape from Red prison camp 0-DAY JUNGLE ORDEAL [POH, Monday. IK trekking for two months through virgin jungle, seven of eleven pople who >ct out from a Communist concentration camp on a march edom have reached safety, it was disclosed here today. i
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    To outlaw Reds
    5 1 the Com::
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    FOUR WHO SURVIVED
    37 1 HU'R of the seven who Mir- ived the Jangle trek to escape from the Communist eoncentrattoa camps. Above. All Yoke and her two children, a-.ed eiuht and three. Keinw. Kun Tai. 81.— Official pictures
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    Big 4 make 'some progress'
    69 1 BERLIN, Mon. THE Bi^ Four Foreign fcilnta- in their cr« I M-^ >n thi.rroming m narrowing their differences over a meeting with Communist China conference sources said Tlr\v will continue their de bate on this subject >>n Wed iKsday morning. This afternoon the Ministers were
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    Schacht will advise Zahedi
    39 1 TEHERAN. Mon -Hjalmar Schacht. former financial wizard of Adolf Hitlers Germany, was to arrive by plane today to advise the govern mi nt Of Premier Zahedi on how to cure Its financial ills. U. P.
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    MALENROV SAYS THE TENSION GOES ON
    145 1 Unless China is 'recognised 9 MOSCOW, Monday. THE Soviet Premier. M. Malcnkov, said last night that there can bf no security in the world and no relaxation of internarional tensio/i unless Communist China attains "her rightful place in the international councils." He spoke at
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    Slander suit
    51 1 An action for damace.s for alleged -lander by Dolly TJla Hwa Neo. against her millionaire father-in-law. Goei Kirn Lian which was due for hearIno yesterday and today neiore M r justice Rnlgbt ta the SnVapore High Court. to| Postponed to a date to be fixed i ny the
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    Woman scientist a suspected Red
    80 1 NEW YORK. Mon.— Madame Irene Joliot-Curie, French Nobel Prize physicist, has been denied membership in the American Chemical Society on the belief by the organisation's admissions committee that she is a Communist, it was revea!en in the monthly Bulletin of ll.t Atomic Scientists.— A.P. Ithln
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    300 MPs accuse Nehru, walk out
    206 1 300 MPs accuse Nehru, walk out NEW DELHI. Mon. THREE hundred Com- munist and Hindu MPs walked out of Parliament today and charged Pandit Nehru's Government with a callous attitude toward the fatal stampede of Hindu pilgrims al Allahabad on' Feb. 3. A Communist Member. Mr. It Chakravarty. charged thai
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    Huks occupy two towns
    65 1 MANILA. Mon. Commun- ist-led Huks have seized two towns 'n Quezon Province, south-east of Manila. and hoisted the hammer and sickle in front of the municipal' buildings, a usually reliable 10- cal Press agency reported tonight The Philippine News Ser- vice, citine "authoritative 1 sources." said
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    $l,ooom. aid urged
    33 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. Senator H. Alexander Smith Republican', said today that Congress should vote about $1,000,000,000 this year j to help pay for the French war against Communism in lndo-China. U.P
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    FIJIANS KILL FIVE OF THE HIT-RUN REDS
    360 1 FIJIANS KILL FIVE OF THE HIT -RUN REDS Heavy blow to ambush gangs in worsl terror spot From WILLIAM FISH LAYANG LAYANG, Monday. A PLATOON of Fijians yesterday cornered eight ter- rorists who had been carrying out hit-and-run road ambushes in the Rengam-Layang Layang area <>! lohore ar.d killed five
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    Pahang Red shot dead
    63 1 Lorries ambushed KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Another terrorist was killed yesterday in the Raub area of Pahang by a platoon of the Malay Regiment. Three other terrorists c.scaped. Two lorries travelling from Chaah yesterday were tired on by bandits at the 80th milestone on the Yong Pene-Labi."
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    Govt. aid for rubber plea
    567 1 LONDON. Mon. Conserva tive MP Mr. F. J. Erroll will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer tomorrow if he will assist the Malayan rubber Industry by makinu Governme.it purchases similar to the aid civen to the textile Industry in the 1952 depression. Mr. Erroll will
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    THE 1,000th
    63 1 Xl \l I.IMPIK, Mon.— The l.OOUtli IctMtM killed in .lotion- >e>»terda\ l»\ a Gurkha pitrol wa> Se.nv Menu, a formrr district committee member ot the Tenanu. Spr- I im;it. branch of the terrorist organisation. lie w.i> shot at short ranee l»\ Rifleman Tumhahadur Tapa of the li •urkli.is
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    Jap pad brings £66m. to S'pore, ILK.
    211 1 HONG KONG. Mon THE China Mail reported today that Hong Kong and Singapore would import *n extra £36 500.000 worth of J: panese eoods this year for K-.^ale to neighbouring markfU under the new AngloJ.i panes* payments agreement. The Mail said the total
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    French beat off the raft raiders
    275 1 REBELS TRY TO EMIRCLE LIU LUANG PRABANG. Monday. FRENCH I'nion defenders attacked along both banks of the muddy .Mekong River .just north of this royal capital today and routed rebels threatening to encircle the city. Only 24 hours alter the F:-< neh I)' fence
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    Fish expert for S'pore
    50 1 LONDON. Mon. Fred Ak-hur.-t. head aquarium keeper Of London Zoo. wili make a five month visit to Singapore to help establish the newlybuilt Van Klei't Aquarium there, it was announced today. He will take 150 American and African tropical lish not normally obtainable in Singapore. A.l.
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    MONKEYS 'TIP OFF' SOLDIERS
    114 1 and a Red dies KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE gibbering of fri- ghtcnod monkeys cost a Communist terrorisi his life in the jungle near Kota Tlnggi, Johore. Lieut John Freeman 23-year-old regular officer of gons at the U. Ci>uen ready. "Suddenly I saw the first ot three
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    Biria is out
    29 1 BERLIM Mon Lavrenti Br:a formrr Soviet secret p<>!ie chief executed last Decerrbefor "crime* agalnsi the people" has been cut out ol the late.;: Soviet Encyclopaedia K-
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    37 'TIRED' SEAMEN WIN THEIR FATIGUE STRIKE
    134 1 LONDON Mon— ThirU -seve.i Chinese seamen ma d c S -00-mile coach journey from London to Sanrterl.iinl v» sterd;n to take over a waiting ship after threatening a week-end ta Ugae strike at I ondon Air port. When they tanned .it the ail
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    Gunmen rob farmer
    57 1 Gunmen rob farmer Dawn hunt after cafe hold-up CCORE.s of detectives k and men of the Singapore Police Reserve Unit scoured the Yio Chu Kang area early day for three armed thugs, who robbed a farmer Ol S3 DOO In a cafe at the iota, milestone. The farmer and two
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    STOP PRESS
    119 1 Fin. I oi i: hoi i J2XD Ml I lIM. i l.\ Mon r« mil iin^ ol B i I rill il Cm bass > in I Reuter CHIANG \(.\l\ I MII II Mon I \> i ntn i nmmitti nl. in.; part] nousl decided I I ilissimn
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    Malan will stay
    25 1 CAPETOWN. Mon. Di Malan todaj denied report that he would be r< tiring a Prime M n his sott 22. A. P.
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    A royal moment which Australia will never forget
    294 2 Queen opens Parliament: I will rule AND serve CANBERRA, Monday. IN ONE of tic mo>t solemn moments in Australian hision, the Queen today opened Parliament in the red-lined Senate Chamber. Wearing her Coronation sown, she hesitated as sho pntrrrri thr high-cellinged brilliantly-lit
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    7 die in crash
    38 2 GEORGETOWN. Mnn. Seven sugar estate labourers ive hcvn killed in British vhen a t ran or pnllitiß rtth l l wortten abroad toppled into a canal at i village 14 miles from Georeetown A.?.
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    Monkey bites its keeper
    70 2 AIOR <T\R. Mon monkey of thr Tal Thean K«« irru<. hrokr free from it* chain last nicht uiH attacked it* U^pprr. (.oh < hoo« r<n v in. l hnolhoy, he.^h < hooi Rok Koth urrr bitten on the hand. The monkey had set on Cio!i hen
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    MUTTON GUARD—ON HOOF
    57 2 MUTTON GUARD— ON HOOF A GI'ARD of honour of stud merino rams anri eiccs won provided for the Qucni uhrn she recently visited a special Agriculture:! Sho'r at Dubbo. About 2SO miles from Sydney. Dubbo is the centre of an apricultuml district on thr Western plains, irith two of Australia's
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    CHARWOMAN WILL BE AT ROYAL BALL
    30 2 Gift from the Lord Mayor MELBOURNE. Monday. CHARWOMAN has hrcn invited to Melbourne's Royal Ball. Dr. C. Irvine Benson told the Wesley Church yesterday.
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    300-YEAR-OLD TRADITION IS BROKEN
    176 2 300-YEAR-OLD TRADITION IS BROKEN "Her invitation was n rt bought n n the blackmarket and I thank the Lord Mayor. Councilor Solly, for honouring a representative of this very irrportant section of thr community", Dr. Benson >a:d. He added that cho Prime M:nlster of Smith Australia Mr John Cain, and
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    Food from air for icebound isle
    70 2 Food from air for icebound isle BREMEN. Mon. i D.& AIR FORCE C-118 A Flying Boxcar parachuted more than two tons of food supplies yesterday to the German North Sea island of Juist. cut off from the mainland by large Ice masses for weeks. The p:anr dropped 3.600 pounds of
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    Chiang stands down
    33 2 TAIPEH. Mon. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek today told the Kuomintane Party's Central Executive Committee he did not want re-election as President but preferred Dr. Hu Shih as a non-party candidate. Reuter.
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    3 MORE HELD IN DRIVE ON BABY SMUGGLING RING
    210 2 Decoys trap them into \s<// e MONTREAL, Moi A SECOND Montreal lawyer ami Iwo women h been arrested in a widening drive umrri < smashing an alleged USfl million ring babies into the United States to be "sold' there The latest
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    Heir for Earl
    35 2 EDINBURGH. Mon. son and heir was born to thr Earl and Countess of Dalkeith yesterday after the pnKiits had marie a 50-n::i^ dash by car over the icy r^arif. a nursing home.
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    U.S.won'tput 'pressure' on Britain
    35 2 WASH THE I to pu jf-.to This by American cognisi policy ol "non with rd at tl StA t on the ren Issue. "neutralism the Arab LeagUi January to block IT.
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    Quake hits city
    15 2 HONG KONG agency ported I i Lancri provinc shonk th^ clt; Rr:.
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    Push buttons cut nurses by half at new U.S. hospital
    157 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. A HOSPITAL, with all-class outside walls and so many push buttons that most i patients can take care themselves, will open for business in San Francisco this week visitors can walk through this hospital and see patients
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    FIGHTER FOR POOR
    87 3 RR| i h. million of Paris lion cless, who •ii the fight to boose been battling .in-, years to improve 'millions nt 11. md uiiu.ists who the nighti on the nis and en ibankments i m h capital, ih he touched ihe in i hi I' ii
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    Sea volcano is link in lire girdle'
    10 3 Sea volcano is link in lire girdle' N [mport- thorns
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    become a majority in U.S.
    49 3 become a majority in U.S. Mon. AIR SAM RAYBURN. the 1 by Republicans that >eratic Party has been >oft toward Communism. He said the 'Fascists" wore people who got rich under our administration But they have not found oat that they have passed from the minority into the majo-
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    AID TO 'FRIENDS' ONLY IN ASIA IS WRONG
    288 3 AID TO 'FRIENDS' ONLY IN ASIA IS WRONG CHICAGO, Tuesday. y\li. CHESTER BOWLES, former United States Ambassador to India, said yesterday American foreign policy in Asia was based too much on "what countries love us." Mr. Bowles said it was a "great mistake" to help only those Asian countries that
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    U.S. aid for P.T.
    28 3 s\N FRANCISCO. Tues. .n USSI. OOO.OOO worth farm equipment, books., and kitchen utensils I habilitated Philippine armors will be shipped to March 1. A.P.
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    Family TV
    17 3 \SHINGTON. Tues. Fifty-eight per cent of American families have television sots 27.506.500 of them. A.P
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    Runaway forecast
    67 3 PLYMOUTH. Mon A 34--year-old convict escaped from Britain/a grim Dartmoor Prison near here yesterday for two hours and on his way back he gave the two policein <n who. caught him a "sure thing" for the Football Association Cup final in May. 'Back Bolton Wanderers." Thomas Schofleld Walker
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    'Madness to lift controls now'
    51 3 MP. WARNS OF U.S. RECESSION LONDON, Monday. \IK. I\ C. tiORDON-WALKEK. former Secretary for iT Commonwealth Relations in the Labour Government, said in Brixton yesterday that a recession had started in the I'nied States and it would be madness for Britain to lift all controls
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    Russian gold saved Britain
    105 3 LONDON. Mon. MR. ARTHIR Bottomley. Labour Member of Parliament and a former Serrc tary for Overseas Trude. said in Walthamstow during the weekend that Britain had been saved from a dollar crisis with the help of Soviet gold. He told a meeting that the payment of
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    Sign—or face the H-bomb
    145 3 Sign or face the H-bomb LONDON, Mon. CJIR John Slessor. former British Air Chief-of-StatT. suggested that Britain and the United States attacn to the Western defence treaties a new protocol containing "a solemn undertaking that, in the event or attack, the aggressor will be subjected to the full weight of
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    Japs fear police state
    226 3 TOKYO. Mon. Japans biggest newspapers are protesting against the National Police Bill which they say could some day restore pre-war •thought control' and pave the way for a return to a police state. The Bill alms to centralise i all Japanese police under a national public
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    Exchange visit
    31 3 NEW YORK. Mon— The Ma- yor of Cortland. Mr. Robert 4 Kerr. is to visit Pakistan M part of an exchange pro- 1 gramme oetween Pakistan ano Cortland.— AP.
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    QUETTA BRITON SHOT AT SABOTAGE AGAIN IN THE EAGLE
    147 3 QUETTA BRITON SHOT AT SABOTAGE AGAIN IN THE EAGLE KARACHI. Mon. T"HE POLICE have arrested i hospital worker, who Is j alleged to have shot at Col Ronald Macßae. British Direc- tor of Health in Baluchistan. as he came out of his office in Ouotta on Saturday evening. Although the
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    SOUND IDEA
    191 3 I clay. Mo.st serious is the dumpine I overboard of electronic equipment controlling the Eagle's guns. The Daily Express correspondent said it was "done j deliberately by malcontents among the ships 2.400 crew." "Officers are deeply concerned about living conditions aboard have a bad effect on the ship's
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    Hindi-Russian dictionary
    36 3 I LONDON. Mon. A Hindii Russian dictionary containing some 44.000 words and exI pressions and complied by the Oriental Institute of the U S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. has been published in Mos--1 cow. A.P.
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    Midget wonder
    46 3 NEW YORK. Mon. A midget paper-making machine, made In Germany, is being offered on the American market. Although only 10 feet long, the machine Is said to be able to do on a small scale the same jobs performed by normal size equipment. A.P.
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    JUDGE HAD GUN READY ON BENCH
    129 3 PHILADELPHIA. Mon A JUDGE who heard some 350 claims to the U5517.000.000 Garrett snutT estate— one of the greatest fortune hunts In historysays he always kept a small revolver on the bench. Judge Charles Klein of the Philadelphia Orphans Court said yesterday that he
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    LONDON STOCKS
    335 3 LONDON. Mon. C>AR Mn Issues were mainly r a little better on ihe Stock Exhnnge today. There was some juying of Japanese bonds while teas. »here changed, were mainly higher. Banking, oils and shippings were run .ill- steady. Markets generally developed an easier tendency alter a hesitant jpening.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON F«"b 15— Snot Ifi'.ri. Mar IS.d. Api.-Junf 16 d.. JulyPcr 1 (i Oct. -Dec. l"d.. Feh r.i f. 16 ,rt Mar r.i.f 16 M April c.( 16V16d Tone; Q-iiet!y steady
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. Feb. 15— Cash Buyers C 665: Sellers C6fi7!-: Forward Buyers C 638: Sellers HHi Settlement £665. Turnover a.m. 55 tons: p.m. 10.
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    Airlift resumed
    21 3 TAIPEH. Mon.— Evacuation of Chinese Nationalist guerillas from Burma jungles resumed today M 152 arrived by three planes.--U. P.
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    Hold 1954 poll or we quit Council, says PMLP
    75 4 ATTACK ON'STOOGES' KUALA UMPIR, Monday. TTHK I'an-.Malayan Labour Party today pledged to withdraw its representatives from the Federal Legislative Council if Federal elections are not hold this year. A statement by tho Party describes thr Frdrral elections report as "a farcical
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    Malayan navy wants 70 recruits
    90 4 to re- is week, particularly i pore-born ChlnCandidates on the waiting mainly M Apph be between 17 and 20 yean of ape and van domiciled British or Federal citizens. idard Seven English school education is required for communications section, writers and stores assistants. Standard Five
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    Rabies campaign in Pahang
    33 4 raub. Moii -More than 4 000 dops In Pahan? have been vaccinated against rabies since the bepinninp of this year. According to the VeterinaryDepartment another 4.000 dops require vaccination.
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    Woreuniform:$50
    18 4 SEGAMAT IfOI). Suleiman bin Ahmad. 21. was fined S5O recently for wc.irinc a soldiers uniform without authority.
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    On home leave
    232 4 SEGAMAT. Mon Mr G. A. Carruther.s. OS PC iAdmlnlatrativei, has left Seeamat lev Britain on leave. Mr D. A. Dunford is acting for him. preserves the position o! stooges" in ;i partlally-electec Legislative Council The P.trty is prepared to join In concerted action with any political party
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    New job for council clerk
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Raia Ayoub bin Raja Haji 80., former Clerk of the Federal Executive and Legislative Councils. Ls now acting as state development officer, Selangor. He took over on Saturday fr m Mr. J. Love who is acting secretary and executive officer of the
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    OH! THE SMELL, WRITES A TEACHER
    70 4 OH! THE SMELL, WRITES A TEACHER Teachers of a Singapore Chinese school at the 15 2 milestone off Juronc Road have a grouse the smell from several pig sties I nearby. A teacher has written to the I Straits Times asking the Singapore Rural Board to take action. Mr. EV
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    Gang pounced on shop assistants
    160 4 TWO drpartmrnt store work- 1 :m Ho Swee and Low Kia Mnng. wrre walking honi" after work when a gang of six youths pounred them froi behind in Telnk Ayrr Street, rd Criminal District was told lay. Low struggled and fled but I L:m was
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    Jean model the 'French poodle gown'-Woof. woof!
    46 4 Jean model the 'French poodle gown'-Woof. woof! Jcci Moorchead. Miss Hollywood of 1953, is been above wearing the original 'French, poodle tvtning gown" she introduces in the film, "The French Line" This is blonde Jeans first feature film. It certainly won't be her last. Renter picture.
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    'Operation Forward' for funds
    125 4 1 IPOH. Mon— The Perak Adult Education Assoc.ation Committee has decided to launch "Operation Forward "to raise rruch-needed funds to supplement the Federal association's grant for this year's expenses. It was revealed that the $25. 000 grant from the Federal association for this year would be
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    Two promoted
    26 4 KUANTAN. Mon. Inche Ismail Ngah Marzuki has been appointed as Assistant Engineer. Public Work's Department. Coast, and Mr. T Smith Senior Executive Engineer. Coast
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    'Less heat under the collar', Dr. Lin is told
    210 4 jIZEEPING cool in the J tropics is a problem that should be tackled! feet first, a well known Singapore physiologist says. He advised Dr. Lin Yu-tang to keep his tie on and to con--1 centrate on his shoes. "Philosophising in an
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    Perak's DPP is transferred
    43 4 IPOH, Mon— Mr. I. Talog Davies. Deputy Public Prosecutor. Perak. will leave at the I end of this month on transfer to Johore as Legal Adviser. Before coming to Perak In 1952. Mr. Talog Davies was Legal Adviser. Kedah.
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    CHARMS FAIL TO LAY SPIRIT
    203 4 Throws out 'holy water' ALOR STAR. Monday. 4 WEEK-END trap set by a Siamese "hoo huat sian" (spiritualist) has so far failed to lay the poltergeist which has been playing pranks since Thursday In the Jalan Bharu home of Mr. Sim 800 Jeong office assistant
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    Concert to aid young violinist
    130 4 Concert to aid young violinist yOUNG Singapore musicians j and four professional in- i strumentalists. recently cngagt d by Radii) Malaya, v ill tako part in a concert at the Oe: i Tionu Ham Hall. Univer.s.ty of Malaya at 8.30 p.m. on Fob. 23. The ">tar" artist will be Alphonso
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    THE BARRETTS OF S'TORE Youth leader plans study trip abroad
    196 4 THE BARRETTS OF S'TORE Youth leader plans study trip abroad PENANG. Mon. MR KHOO OON SOO. social welfare officer and chairman of the Settlement Youth Council, will tour Europe, India and America for five months to study youth activities. "I want to see how far their youth programmes can be
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    FREEDOM WAS BRIEF
    221 4 FREEDOM WAS BRIEF Two held under crisis law KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. TWO Chinese, who were freed of a murder charge when before the First Magistrate, today were re-arrested under the Emergency Regulations as soon as they were out of court. They were Man Chuan alias Tone Chai Ang. 37. and
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    Town board members
    80 4 KAJANG. Mon Town Board members for the Ulu Langat district for 1954 are: The district officer Mr. J. L. M. Gorrie i chairman', the assistant district officer Raja Redzuan bin Raja Lacob, the Malay officer Inche Abdullah bin Ibrahim, the offlcer-in-charece. police district, the executive engineer PWD.
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    Skeleton may solve mystery of missing officer
    69 5 FOUND BY AN IGUANA HUNTER IN BLUKAR KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. skeleton, believed to be that of Mr. C. Nalliah, a Kuala Lumpur municipal sewerage inspector who has been missing since last July 4, was found yesterday afternoon by an Indian iguana hunter a
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    Parents can learn lip reading at this school
    194 5 Parents can learn lip reading at this school PENANG. Mon. PARENTS of deaf children may be admitted is "students" to tho Federation's school for the draf to be opened soon in Prnang. Mrs. W. H. Anker, hon. secretary of the school committee, told the Straits Times today that parents of
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    Delegation to see Goode
    77 5 A delegation from the Singapore Administrative und Cleri- cal Services Union is to meet the Colonial Secretary. Mr. w. A C Goode. to state its cast 1 on its back-pay claim of about 600 temporary clerks. Mr. N.A. Kularajah. president of the union, said Mr. Goode
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    Smugglers' car
    34 5 A car which was used m opium -smuggling and seized by the police will be auctioned on Thursday in the compound of the Central Police station. The auction follows a court order.
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    $50 each for attack on policeman
    147 5 $50 each for attack on policeman THREE men, W. V. D. Brinks and W. Lebbink of the s.s. Trykon and A. C. G. V. Bladel of the s.s Garoet, were fined ?.~>o each in Singapore Eighth 1 Folice Court yesterday for using criminal force on a police constable at Gate
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    YWCA APPEAL GETS $2,700 IN A DAY
    79 5 The Singapore Young Women's Christian Association has received donations totalling $2,725 for its one-month annual appeal which started yesterday. The target is $35,000 and it will be used to extend the association's classwork for the underprivileged. The appeal is under the patronage of
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    Council meeting
    169 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon A meeting of the Johore Executive Council was held today in the Council Chamber Johore Bahru. The Tungku Mahkota presided. A wallet and a rusted penknife were found, also some ps per. a police spokesman said today. Rotted clothing was by the skeleton. Mrs. Nalliah,
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    Indian Force arrive today from Korea
    91 5 THE President of the Singapore City Council, Mr. T. P F. McNeice. will greet the first contingent of the Indian Custodian Force, returning to India from Korea, on their arrival in Singapore today. It is part of the group which supervised the exchange of
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    He drove van dangerously
    76 5 M Govindasamy, of Block 4. S.H.B quarters, was fined a total of $75 in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to three traffic offences. Chua. fined Govindasamy $30 for driving a motor van in a dangerous manner along Keppel Road on Oct.
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    Driving ban on student
    60 5 A Singapore student. Scow Kok Ann. of Emerald Hill Road, was fined SI OO in the Second Traffic Court yesterday, for driving a car without a licence along Mount Faber on Nov. 30 last. Scow was fined a further $50 for not being covered by third
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    City leaders at film show
    65 5 I Mr. T. P F. McNiece. Singa- pore City President. Mrs. I McNeice. and Legislative and City Councillors were among I guests at the 9.30 p.m. performance of "Mogambo" at the Cathay Cinema yesterday. The film marked the openi ing of the five-day fesMval to
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    Police shoot tiger
    27 5 JOHORE BAHRU Mon. Special constables patrolling Kulai Besar Estate yesterday shot a tiger. The carcase was taken to Kulai town and sold for $100.
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    Victory dance
    33 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. South Johore will celebrate the State's victory in the Malaya Cup Rugby final with a dance to be held at the Johore civil Service Club on Feb. 27.
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    Welfare officer
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. C.G. Watts has been appointed Social Welfare Officer Johore to succeed Miss Enid Fernandez, who has returned to England.
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    Back to Britain
    21 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Police Lieutenant S. Sutcliffe of Mersing has returned to Britain on completion of his agreement.
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    MAKE SCOUT WEEK THE 'BEST EVER'
    27 5 Sir Gerald tells 45,600 PENANG. Monday. THE Federations 45.000 cubs, scouts and rovers will 1 re-affirm their pledge of loyaky^on Founders
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    Miss Lim is winning BBC 'fans'
    89 5 Miss Lim is winning BBC 'fans' A former Singapore caie sin- ger and radio personality who is now in Britain, us winning the admiration of radio I listeners. She is 23-year-old Miss Lir.. Lee. who has been in Britain j for the past 18 months for ad- vanced voice study.
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    Leaflet drops
    112 5 Kuala Lumpur-based Valet- tas last week. Flew 26 sorties j and dropped 1.635,000 leaf-; lets throughout the Federation. The George Town North and South District Associations will hold a combined rally at Francis Light School at 3 p.m. that day. The Resident Commissioner Mr R. P. Bingham. will
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    A Royal job
    23 5 PEKAN, Mon. Tuan Haji Othman bin Taat has been appointed Household and Pri- vate Secretary to the Sultan of Pahang.
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    New lawyer
    23 5 Mr. Yusuf Rajabali Jumabhoy was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    BIG SISTER RAHIMA KNOWS BETTER
    66 5 TWO DAUGHTERS of a Sin-apore City Coumil peon, Raliima Sultan (centre!. aud Julrhar Sultan (right). were among 300 rhildren entertained »o a Chinese New Year party by the City Council Seivid-s' Union at its premises in Farrer Park on Sunday. All the little tots are
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    No mercy for two thugs—eight years and eight strokes
    227 5 TWO armed robbers were yesterday given eight years' gaol and eight strokes of the rotan at the Singapore Assize Court by Mr. Justice Buttrose. who told them: "Those who use knives on victims, should not expect leniency from this court." The
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    30-year-old dream comes true
    85 5 30-year-old dream comes true MALACCA. Mon. A 30- YEAR-OLD dream of i Malacca Methodists came true yesterday when an $80,000 church was dedicated. Fir.st thought of 30 years ago, the church drew Methodists from all parts of Malaya at lls dedication ceremony. The ceremony was conduetr"! by Dr. Raymond L.
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    Now they don't have to get wet
    42 5 PENANG, Monday. Fis.u will not have to wade into tr in future. RIDA plans to build a jel their fish on to dry land. village :o unload their catches ;tv to enable them to bring
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    Malay paper urges civil divorce law
    148 5 'FOLLOW EGYPT PENANG. Mon. IT was "most unpleuani to Muslims in Malaya to be told that their rate of divorce had reached as high a level as thai <>f Hollywood, said Warta Negara, a Penang Makiy Daily, in an editorial today. Such a .;it
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    Education tour
    36 5 KUALA TREN'CtCtANU, Mon. Miss F H. Owilllam, Assistant Educational Adviser to the 1 Colonial Office. will visit mv from Feb. 22 to 24. She will visit schools, women's institute and arts and crafts centres.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    42 6 M Wmrit I mMmmm > THE wne ar.ri family D. C Nn7a-«-h thank all 12-h. eve MR ptnrtst Ishea njance d famtlv nda for KAM CHOAN and who sent i n of nnen etc Ed, and he Lite «p- '.on and .c;nd
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    51 6 li i i rt t minimum Ever] day in ni want to win I educate p o B pore I Major 1 \E iLONDOI "citioned m .'.es; Collection. Fee. PA EN 1 We sheeting service. Phone S menceau a c iEISS ikon Editor-Viewer ng Cine r 53. Th* I.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 16, 1954. Siamese, Rice Agreement
    778 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 16, 1954. Siamese Rice Agreement The Malayan Governments' have published at last the rice agreement reached with Siam. .It is more favourable than pros?, reports from Bangkok had led the public to believe.' hut the two governments have themselves to blame for any suspicion
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    Civil Servants In Politics
    580 6 One of the major disagree- ments within the official com-! mittee which reported on I Federal elections concerned the position of Government servants in politics. This; question was raised again by j the National Convention spon- i sored by the UMNO MCA Alliance, and there is
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    Unions' view of Taylor pay award examined
    1370 6 £OME published argu- ments have supported 1 Mr. Justice Taylor's view that it is irresponsible, undemocratic, and con- trary to normal trade union practice for trade I union leaders to argue, in jcold blood, that it would, .be better to accept some j
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      S'pore must have a polytechnic
      72 6 SINGAPORE'S proposed, polytechnic is meeting i with some opposition) from quarters that should know better. In the flrst place, the blow came from the City Council. It feels that education is outside its sphere. Few local authorities in Britain are not concerned with education of
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      LEARN FROMTHE PAST
      498 6 LEARN FROMTHE PAST "CHINESE Student' while rejecting Mrs. Fozdar s plea for the adoption of a world language and the creation of a world culture quotes Confucius as saying: "If we do not know the past. how do we understand the present?" Fortunately Confuclous did not say we must live
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      Plea for one Sino-Malay party
      155 6 Plea for one Sino-Malay party THE success of the TJMNOMCA alliance In elections In the Federation la clear proof I that the two major communities in Malaya can work together. There is no denying the fact that the good relationship that exists between the two commu- nities Ls due to
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      YOU CAN'T GET HAPPY HOMES BY LAW
      281 6 YOU CAN'T GET HAPPY HOMES BY LAW ONE finds Mrs. Shlrln Fozdar apparently guilty of injustice to her own sex when s!ie advocates a Chinese husband being debarred by law marrying another woman and treating her lovingly as a wife. I am a monogamist, but surely even Mrs. sTilrln Fozdar
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      On the Margin
      216 6 Far East Legion NATURALLY thl the mucl French Fon Igi brought Britain shoul n 'it her in Malaya and Kong. Thei course. Th< Germ;.!. onlc wan and were origins Europe Indians in th colonies They wen American R |< uished th« Pontiac's R< the late end^d befor<
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    His 'cock-and-bull' story fails to impress court
    290 7 His 'cock-and-bull' story fails to impress court EX-PARTY BOSS GETS 2 YEARS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. lIM litlANI, Kuala Lumpur merchant and ormer president ot the Peninsular Malay i. was tod;i\ sentenced in the Sessions Court (i. Adams to two years' gaol for criminal h of trust of $550. kg Hashim
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    Gaelic secretary
    8 7 M i] re and a ha.=
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    Russian with DSO in Spore
    49 7 8.2"j ton Russian tanker. Sovetskaya Neft, arrived In Singapore yesterday from Daircn with 9.000 joya beans which she la taking to Poland. The tanker is under the ad of Captain Valdiho was awarded the Distincuished Service Order during World War II for ennvov work.
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    CHOPSTICKS FOR SULTAN, TOO
    119 7 FIVK hundred and fifty Chinese Members of the security fortes in SelanKor last night Mad ;i v hinese New Year Dinner yiven them by the Selansor Security Forces Amenities Committee at the Chinese Assembly Hall. Friend* from other races also attended. The Sultan of Selinßor who
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    He posed as City, police official
    123 7 C K .Kandiah pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to two counts of pretei.dine to hold the office of a City Council official and a third count of that of a police All three offences were committed on the same day Sunday. It
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    'OLD FRIEND' TURNS UP —IN COURT
    90 7 'OLD FRIEND' TURNS UP —IN COURT Removed to the Singa General Hospital from a drain M. Kuppusamy <vas found to have been 'in an alcoholic coma." Mr. Desmond McConnell. ASP., prosecuting, said this at the sixth police court yesterday when he describe ri Kuppusamy. charged with boing drunk and disorderly,
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    The big move only took four days
    176 7 AIRMEN ALL SET AT NEW HQ KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. 4 DVANCED headquarters of the Royal Air Force in Malaya became fully operational here today only four days after its move from Singapore. Tons of equipment, files and baggage had been moved by air.
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    Back in colony after 16 years
    42 7 Mr Lester v Joodman. executive vice-president of Oetz Brother.* organisation yesterday returned to Singapore after an absence of 16 years He new into the colony oy KLM Constellation from Amsterdam He is on a round-the-world trip
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    POLICE HERO IS BURIED
    243 7 A SENIOR Government J\ official, top ranking Singapore Police officers and members of the publicwere among more than 500 people who stood in the broiling sun for 15 minutes yesterday paying tribute to a brave man. As the final notes of "The Last Post played b.»
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    The girls with the best lines
    89 7 THAT'S THE CHINESE SAYS ARTIST CHINESE girls are thr best to paint, an American artist. Mr. Floyd E. Job, said in Singapore yesterday. They have the lines and curves, he explained. *hlch are so essential ior good portraiture. Mr. Job, who hopes to hoid
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    DRIVERS GET THOUSANDS OF REMINDERS
    84 7 DRIVERS GET THOUSANDS OF REMINDERS Singapore traffic police will soon issue thousands of pamphlets to motorists as a "frs( h reminder" to move their vehicles to the side of the road in the event of minor accidents Mr. W. R M Haxworfo. Superintendent, said yesterday. This la necessary to prevent
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    Two carried knives charge
    51 7 Othman bin Ahmad. 18 *n1 D&sta bin Shah. 25 claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to Cirrvinc a vegetable knife In front of a nouse in Clyde Terrace °n the night of Feb. 14 The\ were offered bail of 520r and the case wai pmtpoi.ed to Feb
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    Study gift
    30 7 Mr. Khoo Tena Lock, a School Certificate student in Victoria School. Sineapore has oeen awarded the Straits Chinese British Association "Volunteer Memorial Fund" scholarship of SlOO Der annum
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    FIT-AS-FIDDLE LESSONS RIGHT IN YOUR HOME
    269 7 Health council formed A BODY to spread health education VU formed in Singapore yesterday at a meeting attended by representatives of 31 Government and public organisations. The body will be run on the lines >f the Council! of Health Education in Britain, and La
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    To study law
    25 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Inehe Ismi bin Ismail. Supervisor of Election^. .T'>hore. has been given a Government scholarship to study law in Britain.
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    No smoking means no drinking too
    39 7 No smoking means no drinking too SMOKING Singapore pel al.so n;ean no drinkinc. council committee has on 'o machines at pi I who Mop., ior a drink follow uu with and this i ."ii The drinks elsewhere, the committee.
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    Junior Chamber heads arrive
    53 7 Mr Douglas U^o. president ol the Junior Chamber inlonal, and Mr. Harry rer, arrr Singapore yesterday by Gar ud i from Jaka Mr. Hii'je and Mr. Wiles, who are on thnr it 1 1 nu 'I Fourth Ai ;;m regional in Hons ill spend nine days
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    Merchant's gift
    34 7 N. Manchharam, a merchant, ha* eiv°n Fi and kind to the Ramakrishns Mission Singapore, for the \im of the Mission Boys Home ir commemoration remony ol who died on January 31 last.
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    'Man misled9 her on tax
    117 7 'Man misled 9 her on tax A woman silent partm r" of a firm was fined a total of S2OC yesterday when shi a Singapore court that she bad failed to furnish her I tax return because she i> ••misled by a man." The woman. Koh Sec k > ot
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    'YELLOW PERIL' IS NOW RED, SHE SAYS
    431 8 'YELLOW PERIL' IS NOW RED, SHE SAYS Repainted picture THE '"Chinese menace" or "Yellow Peril" has been a "skeleton in the British Foreign Office closet since the first Opium War, the Malayan doctor-author, Han Suyin (Mrs. Elizabeth Comber), said yesterday. She was addressing a Sinp Ipore journalists' luncheon at the
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    Casting audition
    33 8 The Singapore Arts Theatro will hold casting auditions for its May production, the Motherly and Auspicious, by Maur;c» Collis. at the Teachers Training College at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.
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    LET US HAVE THIS CONCERT EVERY YEAR
    360 8 LET US HAVE THIS CONCERT EVERY YEAR 'PHE University of Malaya Music Society's concert at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall on Sunday was entertaining enough to justify the hope that it will become an annual, and not as hitherto, a biennial event. The concert did not reveal a valuable outcrop
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    1900 wall is dug out at $5.5 million dock site
    221 8 MEN at work on the Singapore Harbour Board's S.V 500.000 graving dock at Bukit Chermin the most up-to-date in the Far East have discovered a concrete stone wall. 10 feet below the surface. This wall Is believed to have been
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    PEOPLE MIGHT BATHE THERE...
    199 8 ...At hawkets' standpipes SINGAPORE City Council is finding that some of the recommendations made by the Hawkers Inquiry Commission three years ago are both out of date and impossible to implement. The latest to be considered by the council is about standpipes The commission wanted them
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    Rotary talk
    22 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Dr. Yeoh Dock Choon will talk on orchids, to the Johore Bah- I ru Rotary Club tomorrow.
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    No Bikinis for this Queen
    107 8 No Bikinis for this Queen THE Kiw; Members' League Singapore, will hold a "Youth Queen" contest at Raffles Hotel on Mar. 5. The contest ls open to all girls, between 18 and 25. single or married, who belong to youth organisations affiliated to the Singapore Youth Coun- icil. Bikinis are
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    Tax fine
    26 8 Ang Heong Yam was fined S2O in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for failing to furnish income tax returns for the year 1952.
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    THE $9.60 WHICH VANISHED
    209 8 THE $9.60 WHICH VANISHED Clerk convicted JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. ZAINAL Abidin bin Mohamed a Customs clerk, was sentenced today in the Sessions Court to one day's imprisonment and fined $500 for criminal breach of trust of $9.60 belonging to the Government. On Oct. 3 Tan Teck Sianp paid duty of
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    Bishop: Pray for Reds
    67 8 In a report in the Sunday Times, the Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. T I W. Baines. was reported saying: "Our task is not to repudiate the Communist* but tc pray for them, forgive them and change them." This should have read- "Our task l.s
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    Nurse dies on duty
    57 8 The funeral of Miss Grace Soh Lay Wan. a staff nurse of the Singapore General Hospital, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday with the Rev. Hong Han Keng. pastor of -he Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church, officiating. Miss Soh while on duty at the Kandang
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    General leaves for France
    50 8 General Blanc. Chief of Staff of the French Army, left Singapore yesterday in a special plane for France after a short visit to the Colony. Gen. Blanc was on his way from Indo-China. He stayed [with Liet. General Sir Charles Loewen. Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces.
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      265 8 Horatio Hornblower; 9.15 Charles DPUAIir SINGAPORE Lazaroo; 9.30 Time Signal and rtHAMU News; 9.45 Royal Tour in Austra 8 57—9.45. Schools Broadcast 715 am. Time Signal and Open- Ha; 10.00 A.B.C. of Composers. noB a.m. —12.00 pm. School Ing Announcement; 7.16 Morning J, 0 45 Tonijtht We Dance; 11.00 Broadcast:
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    Beautiful Polish countess kept Liszt in bonds of love Times FEATURE Page
    1812 9 Beautiful Polish countess kept Liszt in bonds of love Times FEATURE Page i gloomy flat in Rome, an ageing wom*n sat scribbl- on a hot summer's day of 1881. N ot a breath of ventton entered the curtained room, nor a glimmer of tural light. Smoke from a foot-long cigar
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    Rubber, tin up: Few shares change hands
    206 10 Rubber, tin up: Few shares change hands CINCiAPORK Share ."Market yesterday was typically "Mondayish" mood with verj li business reported and most of it at easier pri compared with the end of last week. Both commodity prices wore up -rubber I eighths of a cent to 55 3 8 cents
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    112 10 The price of tin in SiniMpore yesterday was declared at 551". 75 pit-ill, up :->"'■ cents. business had been done at 52.67 i two and a half ceni below the level of last week's transactions. Wearnes were a trifle 01T best, fluctuating at 52.20 to $2,271 b-ick again
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    BROKERS'REPORT
    334 10 Tlie Malayan Share Broken' Association said: "With exception of one or two ind".>trials the local share market was generally easier yesterday." Members o f the Association reported the following business done after 4 p.m. on Friri iv >n Saturday morninp: Malayan Breweries S3 2'.i. Fra.ser and Neaves orcLs $2.03—
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    RUBBER PRICES
    88 10 ■RUBBER Mined three r- eeni In nncapon i hieed 1 tad nl cents a lb There was very lit Me In to trade and the close was dull End featureless. Closing pikes ves-e'day in rent< per pound were: No. l R.SS Nr>. 1 R.« s No. 2 burem
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    58 10 MB B I Shares were lirni< Bxrhanfte tod ment v. bourne mitt I Loan 3 llan Paper i: Ind Bank ol \S B. Hill Prop Ooldsbrough Mi I C I I V: Mcint LyeU N. Broken Hill Patons Wool worth A. Amal. Tin J. A. Brown Felt and
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    12 10 rluii. i Coco: Lewb .md P il So 2 sell*
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    60 10 A B.:: Ilowins: chi 15 NEW YORK: 32 7 8 airmail, 0 3o 1/8 b.lls. ANAPA: bi 13 16 DO daj jl' i 4 trad< The folio as selling ra I t anada 31 l 6; French I I sche Marks 13 123 1/4; 8w( dis] Kroi Danish
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    45 10 Ships pore li 11, K. N Wi II I Bu 31 32. P Radiv OUTER ROADS ROtt] E.iS r P nimo R Inch Keith, O faier IWIK ROADS I.r<' Beh, i Scdrn 1 k 1 1 Darvet. i nn Moonflsh Kua Pulau Cahlr
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    Rubber price should be higher IsaysUSdirector
    461 12 OUTLOOK BRIGHT AMERICANS, including manufacturers, feel that the price of natural rubber should be higher, said Mr. L. I. Jiskoot, Executive Vice-President of the Imperial Commodities Corporation, of New York, who is on a visit to Singapore. There were two reasons for this said
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    Twelve Rubber firms pack up
    247 12 Twelve Rubber firms pack up LONDON, Mon. TWELVE London-rrgis- tered Malayan rubber companies went into voluntary liquidation during 1952 and 1953. Many other companies went out of existence as a result of acquisition by other concerns. This has taken place f re- I quently since the war in order to
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    Half Malaya's 1953 tin went to America
    109 12 Best in SEAsia MALAYAN export! of tin to United Statrs in 1953 were the highest in three years, according to an annual review by the Str.iits Trading Company Tin company said that exports of tin to the United rose from about 2 500
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    Chairman had 6 weeks here
    78 12 The chairman of the Singapore Traction Company. Sir Thomas Stranginan, who left Sineapore by sea on Sunday for Britain after a six weeks' visit to the Colony. Sir Thotms said that if the City Council acts on its resolution to acquire the S.T.C. when its
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    Hoard good watchdog
    81 12 >TEIV YORK dealers were now very satisfied with the quality of the rubber shipments from Malaya, as compared with two years ago. Mr. L. J. JLvkoot, Executive VicePnaMeal of the Imperial Commodities Corporation of New York said yesterday. He congratulated the Malayan Rubber Export Registration P»rv»rd on
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    GUTHRIE GROUP
    37 12 January outputs of estates and mines in the Guthrie G'oup are announced as fnlkws; rubber 6.891.100 lb.. lea i black 183.000 lb.. palm oil 1.312 Urns, palm kernels 413 tons and tin ore 3.053 piculs
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    MORE TRADE, MORE SHiPS
    43 12 The assistant vice-president for passenger traffic of American President Lines, Mr. Theodore L. Flint, who visited the Colony last week and pounced that API. intend to increase the size of its fleet if passenger and freight traffic warrant it.
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    ROUND WORLD TOURIST FARES
    96 12 PAN-AMERICAN World! Airways expects to begin the first single-carrier round-the-world tourist class service on April 1 Mr. Herbert F. Milky, traffic and sales manager. Pacific- i Alaska Divi.sion. told the Straits Times, when he arrived in Singapore by P.A.A. Skyma.ster from Saigon, that the tourist class
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    AIRWAYS CHIEF ON VISIT
    78 12 »ii(. w kmmu.k>. aaaaftag iirectot of tin- Cathaj Pacific linrayi (seessMl from left). fl«-« into StogiHit last ur<-k with Mr. J. Swirr. chairman of BatterflcM ami Swire (riffht) from I Inn:; hmis on a short inspection visit to the <P.\ branch here. They were met at
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    JAPANESE BUYING MISSION ON WAY
    243 12 A SEVEN- MAN- JAPANESE rubber mission, led by Mr. Ryohei Kurata. head of the Nikka Rubber Co.. of Tokyo. will arrive in Singapore on Thursday to explore the local market. In Sinpapore, the mission will see various grades of rubber and plsn long-term contracts, a
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    RUBBER CROPS
    67 12  -  T^HE January rubber crops lor the following companies are. Alor Ga.iah Rubber Estate Ltd. 21.500 lb Ay~r Panas Rubber Estate Ltd. 64.000 lb.. Gleneallv Plantations Ltd. 61,800 lb.. Kluanc Rubber Co. Ltd. 53.500 lb., Paiam Ltd., i 125.000 lb.. Talisman Rubb?r Co. Ltd. 27,200 lh.. Teluk Anson Rubber
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    'GOOD TIME TO PLANT COCOA'
    310 12 IT is a good time to plant cocoa in Mala) van Cocoa Ltd., states in a circular t<» s^ holders. The world output of cocoa is about 750 year, which is hishor than thr pro-war o the potential demand has Increased creasing. Malayan Cocoa Ltd
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    Rice for India
    76 12 NEW DELHI. Fn. India :!ded to m 600/ino l ns ol rice fr m build up Its re •ol th:a ti m. a governmon 1 max. said md' OP. self-supporti] Kxp. right oado v. .i commi They have 700 lb. of dry be expected The ide of
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    Japanese pact a challenge
    33 12 LONDON Japanesi encourag Industry I This Mr. Benjamin P president r Chambl i merce "The full In only in Colonial In our "•■>■ n hoi said. realism and an challen
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    Austrian firm to open in Singapore
    22 12 Austrian firm to open in Singapore manui has at Hi>r. K news has tlio Mipp rl Chamber nt C plore mark Singa
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    654 13  -  i lirisf h t nlni baking band'a lalkrs Which I rated with gla^e od he said < wu follnw--0 all sat :tP MOTHERS R WHERE THEY WHEN AMAH IN THE TRAY iid my n I enquired. 1 come t. 1 '11H thrm "<j 1 111 ■1 1
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    31 13 FRENCH braid edgiac drC«rmtea this Harvey Brrin ifK-ktail drrss of coMiiic blur linrn-likr >ilk. Tlir bodice is in the nnv lou hack drsicn uith >kirt full at the sidr>>.
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    But do you REALLY have to punish the child?
    708 13 But do you REALLY have to punish the child? Elisabeth Rakvnham asks... A BIG problem comes up thi.s week: How to rule without the rod? But before making a list of "alternative punishments." let us get one thing straight. We parents are not above resorting to punishment when none not
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    What can you do with a childwho won't eat?
    502 13 What can you do with a childwho wo n't eat? WHAT can you do with a finicky child? The boy who refused his rice pudding in the old days would probably be made "to rat i: by a relentless mother he misrht even be slapped To-day th cry is: Use
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      198 13 Straits Times Crossword ffW^ 8 9 10 8~ 12 13 I* IT 18 H| 20 21 22 26 ACaUMS IK( I' nSrS^Ti? I"'' H 13 SSSaSSiV Pieces from thr p™ 9. Dupi In a pit clumsily arranscrl (4 6) 10. p£L logether some brokon jg*" 1 doWnhlH lo a bad
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    INDIANS GET 10 GOALS v MALACCA
    465 14 Balbir scores seven of them -MALACCA, Monday. J 1 HE Indian Hockey Federation team, in the third match of their Malayan tour, defeated Malacca here today by 10-0. Malacca has not seen a better display of hockey The record crowd of 4.000 watched the
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    Perak team v. tourists
    107 14 PIPOH Mon ERAK hotkey selectors yesterday named the following team to play agataal the Indian tourists on i the Chinese Assembly Hall grouno I here on Tuesday Feb 23 Noor A 717. Ng York Kuan Mohamed Baaaii; Philip Sankey. S Selvnnaya;.im A I Sittampalam. Ahmad Harun
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    Gentle scores for Reserves
    76 14 KUALA LUMPUR Mnn -Selanenr State XI beat Reserves 3-1 In a j hockey practice at Gurney Road i today. R. Gentle. All-India vice-captain played for the Reserves and delighted the crowd with some rlever stickwork. Shanmuianathan scored off a short corner for Selangor Gentle enualised for
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    INDIANS MEET N.S. TOMORROW
    40 14 SEREMBAN. Mon. Negri Sri. !>!lnn will meet the Indian Hockt Federation tourists on the Staiitu pndang on Wednesday at 5.15 p.m The teams will be presented ta i he V.iiiß di Pertuan Besar before the game.
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    SAFA set-up to probe expansion
    42 14 By SENTINEL DECAI'SE of the rapid expansion of the game in the 1J Colony, the Singapore Amateur Football Association Council yesterday took a look into the future and decided to appoint a committee to study the decentra-
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    Lancers win Coronation Cup soccer
    242 14 IPOH. Mon. rTWE 12th lancers today won their sixth ma.ior trophy of the If).i3 se.tson when they beat The Rest i by four goals to three to win the 1 Coronation Cup in the first year of nipetitlon. I As no suitable date was available
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    RIGG HOLES OUT IN ONE
    95 14 IPOH. Mon— W. H B Ricg. who won the February medal with 3fi\ rtoints Stableford i at the Perak Turf Club Sports Club, holed in one i at the 17th and had to stand the j usual honours at the "nineteenth Results of the Club's
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    Beatty School win 2 soccer matches
    46 14 Beatty Secondary School ber>t Serancoon English School 3-0 in soccer match at Serangoon English School ground yesterday Kirn Soon and Musa scored while a defender deflected Beattys third i goal. In the second team game Beatty Secondary School beat Serangoon
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    SHOOT WINNERS
    39 14 Lieut. G. Newman won the Singapore Rifle Association spoon shoot at Buklt Timah on Sunday with a score of 98 iai Sgt. Dorr 100 87: SR. Ib) C. The h.indicnn winners were: SR. I de Soura 99.33
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    INDIAN R.C. 5-3
    362 14 Indian Recreation Club beat S.R.B Pasir Panjang 5-3 In a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yester- day. ioganathan (2>. Salahuddin Omar and Osman scored for IRC. j and Crabb (2i and Broadrick for i S.RB. lisation of soccer. The meeting was told tha*. under it.s present set-up.
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    J.M.F. beaten 2-0
    26 14 JOKORE BAHRT Mon Johore Military Force were be.yen 2-0 by Singapore Customs in a friendly soccer match here yesterday Shariff and Jamure scored.
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    * VICTORY SMILES*
    50 14 VICTORY SMILES* AUSTIN DINSFORI), captain of lli Singapore youth boxing team (left) hands the Aw Cheng Chye Cup to its donor, on arrival at Tanjong Pagar docks yesday. Looking on are Mr. F. V. Smith, director of the team. Mr K Strickland and Dato C J. Paglar. Straits Times picture.
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    Heah wins 3 West Sussex shuttle titles
    225 14 From Our Own <orri-spondent. LONDON Mon IN the absence in Canada of David and Eddie Choong. Malaya has been efficiently represented at tecent English provincial badminton tournaments by H A Heah. of Penanc who was a finalist in last years English championships. In
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    KEDAH RACING
    55 14 At OR STAR Mon Cix races will be run at the Kedah Ovmkhana Cluh amateur I race meeting to be held on March 7 at the racecourse here Entries close at 2 p.m. on Thur-<-ria\. Feb 25. and should be for- j warded to Mr J. C B.
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    WE WERE BETTER BOXERS—SMITH
    310 14 WE WERE BETTER BOXERS— SMITH THE victorious Singapore youth boxing team who x successfully defended the Aw Cheng Chye Cup against the West Australian boys, had a rousing welcome when they arrived in the s.s. Charon yesterday. There was a larce crowd at the wharf to greet them includinß parents,
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    Jollilads make clean sweep
    413 14 JOLLILADS Sporting Association «ho in 1952 captured all the senior titles at their first attempt, repeated their feat at the 1953 Singapore table tennis championships whic'i ended at the Singapore Badminton Hall last Saturday Their first and second teams were champions and runners-up respectively in the
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      34 14 Sports Diary RIT.r.FR Srven a side tourney SC.C. padang ■IMI Jnter-School: Bartley Road School v Waffles Inst. RI cfound; AnsloChinese School v St. Anthony's. SJI cround: St. Joseph Inst. v Victoria School. VS. (iround.
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      301 14 '.'in 'Vii; rtr.lird lir.. i straits Times Tuesday" %f ORD PUZZLE 'M 1 i j Cut Olff and pin with other coupons Porting imtiuctions xpfic-.r below f I Name j A^«" V CLUES FOR WORD PUZZLE Ml. 1. Can be used for sewing 4. Its n.uunl nil buttons on. fo
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