The Straits Times, 19 February 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1954 PRICE 15 CENTS
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    WEST WILL MEET CHINA
    118 1 Far Eastern peace talks in Geneva KOREA April 15 INDOCHINA next BERLIN, Thurs. J'HK lii-: lour Foreign Ministers today I to hold ;i COII* ence >\ ith (lommiin--i China on Korea at leva on April 1 ■">. will bt- Instance Hock on Korean ttlethose In th<
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    Incubator used to save 3-Ib Philippine quads
    78 1 Incubator used to save 3- Ib Philippine quads MAXIMUM (AM. AS. ZX. wife of a Philippine fisherman, gave birth to quads, .ill boys, at San Fernando i> "vmcial hospital in Pampnnga. The babies weighed .iust under three Ib. each. Two were placed in an mii uhatnr. Mrs. Canlas has five
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    SIR GERALD PLANTS SACRED TREE AT TEMPLE
    58 1 LUMPUR, Thurs— The Kich Commissioner and Lady today paid a 1-1 1 hour visit to the Pure Life :nple and children's home near Kuala luplanted a ho tree and beside it Lady T <; m P lr: ami Satyananna bleated Temper took off
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    UK to spend £164 mil. on defence
    54 1 LONDON. Thurs. Britain estimates to spend £163.990.00(1 on defence in 1954-55. it was officially announced today. This Is j n.-st over £3.000.000 more than wa s planned lor last year. The active strength of the armed forces will be reduced by iust over
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    Now the Soviet-style big purges reach Red China officials
    222 1 Now the Soviet-style big purges reach Red China officials HONG KONG. Thursday. I>EKING Radio reported today that the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has adopted a resolution calling for a purge of 'dangerously arrogant" Party officials who •■cannot stand supervision md criticism" and resort to reprisals and oppression
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    Treaty law
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs— The Senate voto>d by a majority of one last night that all United States treaties .should be subicct to a court review of their legality. Renter.
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    Malayan adrift 82 days in tiny boat
    266 1 Malayan adrift 82 days in tiny boat From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Thurs. 4 MALAYAN scientist has reached Barbados. West Indies, after drifting 82 days across 3.000 miles of the South Atlantic in an 18-ton yawl. He Is Mr. Roland Eric Sharma. 33-year-old son of Ipoh law- yer Mr. S. M.
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    Chief target —civilians
    41 1 Chief target civilians KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Communist terrorists made 20 attacks on civilians last month and ten people were killed. Eight men of the security forces were killed Last month 99 terrorists were killed. Security forces wounded 24 and five surrendered.
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    Renegades to go to China
    64 1 TOKYO, Thurs. 4LL the 21 former American A soldiers who chose Communism and their British comrade have formally requested permission to enter Red China. Peking Radio siiri today. Disclosing that they have been in Kaesonc since the Indians turned them loose last month, the radio
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    GIRL RESCUED FROM VICE, COURT TOLD
    527 1 GIRL RESCUED FROM VICE, COURT TOLD MY SISTER WAS SOLD TO WOMAN FOR $1,500, BROTHER TESTIFIES KIWLA LI MPIR, Thursday. TTOE story of how a 17-year-old Chinese girl was al- leped to have been sold in order to become a prostitute in Singapore was told in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions
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    6,000 colonial students in U.K.
    48 1 LONDON, Thurs. -The number of Colonial students in England has jumped from 300 in 1939 to 6.000 in 1954 and there are about 24.000 others drawn from all countries including the Commonwealth, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, told a London gathering.
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    French take back town
    48 1 SAIGON. Thurs. French Union forces in Laos have reoccupied the small town of Nhomara'h. 30 miles northeast of Thakhek. the French High Command announced tonight. The Vietminh forces captured the town in their Christmas offensive when they tri'd to cut Laos in two. -Reuter.
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    Nehru survives censure vote
    67 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. -Pandit Nehru's Government today survived Parliament's first censure motion since India became independent in 1947 by a vote of 259 to 66 The Opposition accused the Government of agreeing to hold a debate on the recent Calcutta riots in the Upper House without
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    Freedom day
    28 1 PANMUNJOM. Thurs. —The Communists said today they ihev would free 10 •foreigners" on Mar. 1 when, under the Korean armistice, displaced civilians are to be released.
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    HIS PLACE OF DETENTION IS A POLICE SECRET
    91 1 LOW MO, 37. a ticket clerk at the Hock Lee Amalcamatcd Bus Co.. has bf.-n detained since Monday by Sinsapore police under the Emergency Ki-eulatioiis. a ;»lice spokesman said yes day. He refused to say if the detention had anything to do
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    Queen off to 'Apple Isle'
    53 1 SYDNEY, Thurs. The Queen and the Duke of Edinbureh sailed from Sydney in the Royal yacht. Gothic, today to spend a few days on the 'Apple Isle" of Tasmania. A million people in Sydney bade "good-bye" a.s the party becan a new stage of the
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    Lieutenant hurt in accident
    51 1 KL'ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Second Lieut. E. I. Hanson of tt*c Ist. Battalion Manchester Regiment. was accident ly wounded while training his platoon commanders in live crcnade throwing on Monday. it was announced today He received a surface wound on the left thi?h when a fragment flew
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    Dockers return
    28 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs. Wharf workers returned to work here today after striking io; 24 hours on Tuesday and taking time oIT for their annual picnic yesterday. Reuter.
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    BOOK-LOVER KILLS 8 MAU MAU
    173 1 NAIROBI. Thurs. A 23 YEAR OLD British Army subaltern whosp favourite occupations are reading books and backing horses killed eight terrorists ir the fiercest battle of the Kenya emergency yesterday. Thirty-five Mau Mau gangsters died in an attempt to wipe out a police post near
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    EX-REDS BAG A BANDIT
    81 1 EX -REDS BAG A BANDIT 20-minute chase KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs former terrorists of the r Special Operational Volunteer Force spotted a bandit while they were on patrol in the Raub district of Pahanc yesterday. They opened fire and the terrorist dropped his rjack and disappeared into thick |unRle. The patrol
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    French to fly Comets again
    34 1 PARIS Thurs.- The French African Airline. Union Aer>marltime Des Transports ar. nounced in Parts today that Its two Comet jet airliners *vj.: «;o back Into service n»'\t month Peuter.
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    Back to old job
    43 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs— Liei! Gen K S Thimayya. Chair man of the Neutral Nation Repatriation Commission Korea, will resume his Tppop nient as General Officer Com mandinc Western Comma; I.'1 when he returns to India lal^ thte month.— Reuter.
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    Death threat to a millionaire
    169 1 YOUR DA YS ARE UP, SA YS NOTE SINGAPORE Police are investigating a death threal letter sent to a millionaire. Mr. Tan Ngak Hwee Mr. Tan. who is a director of the Gr^at Asiatic Trading Company of Telok Ayer Street and also a member of
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    Canberra Jet for Arctic tests
    42 1 WILTSHIRE, rhurs The Royal Air Force record breakIng Canberra jet bomber Arie»--4 left Lyneham airleid day for Britain's first Jet dying trals in the Arctic. She will refuel at the Asorei and then fly on to Ottawa
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    This is a dare, says General
    134 1 This is a dare, says General SEOUL. Thurs. Korea's Provost Lt.-Oen. Won Yonß D.ik. accepted as a "challenge" today Gen. ell Taylor's warning not to interfere with the movement oi Indian troops, and hinted th.it 7.000 anti-Communisi ex-prisoners might br unleashed agalnsi thnr former Indian guards. Gen. Won. who engineered
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    STOP PRESS
    39 1 CHINA it" i v iin rhui Minlsti i i ron ultin i part hi i I I I Thr Ki I imr bed fin i' deadl pi iblem of \n Irl in •(> .m \'i lol v r
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    Ike holidays
    20 1 PALM SPRINGS Thurs. President Eisenhower arrived here by plane early this mornine for a fivr-day holiday A P
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    Colour bar in ships is denied
    74 2 THERE p and man ol Islaj r and rday. All m or wld. He was commen New D< vernment was in ccrreKpondence with the mmlsslom i plaints of "discrln pasIn p and O ships. The matter was raised in the Indian H'".ia member who
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    $429,000 for village schools
    31 2 SFOAMAT. Thurs The Johorp Government is to giv $429. (W0 In build:schools in new year. has been set asid" lor, providinc free mrals ar.d m:lk for children.
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    Couple flee from Reds' taboo on love in jungle
    302 2 THEY GIVE UP TO MARRY ALOR STAR. Thursday i BANDIT loader and his fiancee -a bandit nurse trekked three d;i\> throtmh the jungle to eive thomsehes up so that they could marr\ This story wa.s told to the" Straits rimes today
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    PILOT LIES PRONE IN THIS NEW JET
    77 2 He's less likely to black out at high speeds jet up lay prone, protected by shockabsorbing cushions. A pilot lying prone is less likely to be affected by black outs than one sitting in the normal way. PICTURED HERE, for the f'rst time,
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    THOSE FRANCO TANKS
    121 2 They will not be used against us, Minister tells Commons LONDON. Thurs \|R SELWYN LLOYD. Mim«- tei of State for Foreign Affairs, said yesterday it th« 1 absolutely clear" that American tanks and equinment supplied to Spain could not be used by General Franco against Gibraltar or
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    MALAYA ARMS FOR SUMATRA
    121 2 Medan report medan. Thurs. > NEWSPAPERS in Mrdan re _ll port that anti Government rebels in Sumatra are re ceivlng smugcled weapon* irom Malaya broucht across the Straits of Malacca -n small > flshlnc boats The reports say that two nhlpments >>f arms were landed on
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    Municipal ensign for Penang
    42 2 PENANG. Thurs. ihe M i nir.pal Secretary Mr S V Adams announced tndn armorial enslcns nave be n sranted to tlv i'T.r.r.j Municipality. The ensign <■•--■ I i plume of ostrich feather* with) a wreath ol p.ii:i. a.-- CTCSi
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    Mr Thomas Paglar
    25 2 Mr. Thomas Paelar \A Dockyard Department. Singapore Harbour Board. Is not the ncrsor. who on Wednesday was charged 'n court with h.ouw-brnkini
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    Royal visit to Canada?
    69 2 Invitation sent OTTAWA. Thurs Canada r\is formally invited the Que-n M^fher to make her first t« the dominion in 15 years. The invitation was sent by the Governor-General, Mr. Vincent M days a=o Mr. M ted the Cueen Mother should .spend a fen dayi in Canada
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    Crisis laws will make polls a farce, says Dr. Purcell
    399 2 From UALL ROMNEY LONDON. Thursday. 4 NY kind of elections in the Federation under Emer- gcttey conditions would be farcical. Dr. Victor I'lircell. a former member of the Malayan Civil Ser- vice, says in a letter to the Manchester Guardian.
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    He is accused of 'stripping-'
    64 2 PENANG. Thursday Alleged to have stripped himself in front of two girls. Ahmad bin Che Mat was. ordered today to be remanded for 48 hours when he claimed trial on nharge of intending to insult the modesty of Mary Swai and Heonc Lye Chang The
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    THEY'LL TELL WORLD ALL ABOUT S'PORE
    148 2 Tourist publicity planned AS the "natural centre" o pore should have an o George Thomson Sinprapon )f South-East Asia. Sincaifflcial tourist burrau. Mr. p's Public Relations Officer. j said yesterday. He said he had discussed the I idea with shipping and airline 'companies and
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    Singaporeans but they all speak French
    75 2 i A SINGAPORE travel aeeney is amazed at the number of people who have answered its advertisement for Frenchspeaking guides for tourist parties. The director of the agency. Mrs. Boris Holland, said yes- j terday; "I didn't realise how many French-speaking peoBle there are
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    Recession? March will tell, says Ike
    166 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. PRESIDENT Elsenhower sale: j last night that March should be the key month to determine whether or not the United State* wa.- to have a real recession. The President told hi.< weekly press conference th^t March was the month in which employment
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    1,700 Indians going home
    35 2 More than 600 Indians left Singapore for India in the Raiula yesterday. Another 450 are emfcarkinc from Port Swettenham. the vessel's next port of call, and a further 650 from Penang.
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    Absent-gaoled
    28 2 Absent -gaoled JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Idru.s bin Talib. a policeman, was sentenced to 25 days imprisonment in the Police Court today for being absent from duty at Kulai.
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    $1,000 for the university fund
    57 2 PENANG. Thurs.— The Nanyang University Fund Is to receive $1,000 saved from expenses for the funeral of Mr. Chan Choong. "The money will be put to good use by the university." Mr. Chan Mow. proprietor of photographer studio and .son of the late Mr. Chan.
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    Reds expelled
    29 2 BERLIN. Thurs. Vilhelm Zaisser, former boss of the Soviet zone secret police, and two other German Reds wrre publicly expelled yesterday from the Ea.st German Parliament. A.P.
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    The air giris improve with age, says the captain
    190 2 The air giris improve with age, says the captain SINGAPORE air-hoMi— es are "not ton old at J2," lapt. I). Fenton, of Malayan Airways, said yesterday. He was rommentint; on the d»cision ol American Airlines Incorporated that tneir hostesses could not fly after they had turned 32 because they were
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    This department had 500 men too many
    128 2 KI'ALA LCMPI'R. Thurs. AfORE and more Ooverni'l m*nt departments are seeking advice on ways to streamline Jheir offices and attain Greater efficiency. Mr. S. S. Ross, the Federation's Oreanisatmn and Methods Advisrr. said today. This yeWis rxpectrd .saving would not he as hieh
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    4,400 new houses in Singapore
    81 2 4,400 new houses in Singapore PRIVATE builders in Smc;i pore built 2.^» homes last year. more than tb< Sincapore Improvement Trust. Builders said they hoped 10 complete at least another i.nnn homes this year. \ew houses ire expected to cost less this year as a result of a '!0 to
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    Prisoner gets another term
    56 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. I A prisoner from Pudu I Gaol YusofT bin Mohri Zain. Jl, today pleaded guilty here to a charce of fraudulent pnssesslor of a bicycle, and was sentfneed to six months' gaol. The sentence will begin after he has served his present two-year
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    Nurses' dance
    38 2 1 MALACCA. Thur> Ca'hn- lie Nurses Guild will liold a .dance at Capitol Dance Ha!! 'on Saturday Trez Amigos < vocal trioi will sine and Attlllo Yap Malayan amateur dance i champion, will give an exhibition dance.
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    RUBBER MISSION FLIES IN
    126 2 With n prom of more trade A SEVEN -MAN mew mia intn Blng to insprrt rubbi t.inn in Ma lav; hrln lncreasi trade with Ja] Thr mission h<- Ryoh i Km N»!;ka Rubbei Tokyo, will hr In Mar 7 Other memb< Kaora Takeshlma Hokari, Kiichi Y,ini;i.
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    4 DIE IN 'WATER TAX' RIOT
    41 2 CALTANISETTA. Sicily. Thurs. Four demonstrators were killed aid six others, including a boy. were hurt in a clash iwith police at the villace of neli near hei protest ,ns BKaii I ririnkini wal the vii;
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    CITY IS 'ABLAZE' for QUEEN
    248 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs. nROWDS packing the I city Melbourne light saw the parks and garden* inddenlj Into spectacular t as thr City Couniwitehed on 11 miles Jits and Rave them foretaste of the royal Queen md tho Dukr i»f lurch :ir<- M'heritilrd to in Melbsarne from
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    74 in crash
    27 3 MONTREAL, Thurs.— On man was killed and 73 other paessengers were injured yesterday when t.vo Canadian Pacific Railway passenger trains collided near here.— A.P
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    France denies move for Indo-China armistice
    286 3 France denies move for Indo-China armistice SAIGON, Thursday. THE French Commissioner-General in Indo-China. M. Maurice de Jean, denied today that contacts had been made either with Red China or the Vietminh aimed at peace talks. M. de Jean made the denial 'categorically and 3mphatically" following reports from Hanoi that a
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    Oona Chaplin is British now
    50 3 AMF.KU AN BOKN Oona Chaplin, fourth wife of British comedian Charles Chaplin, has renounced her American citizenship. She arrived in London recently with her husband from Geneva, with a British passport. Mrs. Chaplin is pictured in her London hotel holding her passport. A. P. picture.
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    4 die in riot stampede
    149 3 4 die in riot stampede ROME. Thurs. I^OUR demonstrators were F killed in Sicily yesterday impede flight from police tear gas bombs as Communists put pressure on the new Government of Mario Bc< lba with nation wide strikes. Reporta reaching Rome from the hilltop town of Mussomeli a community of
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    Freedom in year or two
    60 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. The I United States delegate to the United Nations Trusteeship Council. Mr. Mason Sears, said his delegation was entirely confident that within a year w two at most the Gold Coast would be completely free. Mr. Sears was speaking in Council's general
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    Guerillas arrive
    30 3 TAIPEH. Thurs. The arrival of another 150 Nationalist guerillas from the Burmess Junflea today brought' the total to be airlifted to Formosa to nearly 2.500. U. P. j
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    FAROUK'S STAMPS ON SALE
    112 3 FAROUK'S STAMPS ON SALE CAIRO, Thurs. PHILATELISTS from all over the world crowded into the Kubbeh palace yesterday morning to pay about £20.500 for a selection of foreign stamps from ex-King Farouk's collection. A Costa Rica gold medal collection presented to President Roosevelt in 1940 was sold to a New
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    MEAT, BACON OFF RATION
    85 3 Next July LONDON, Thurs. Next July Britons can tear up the ration books which have ruled their lives for 14 feus, the House of Commons was told. Meat and bacon, last two food items on the ration, may be sold freely in July. Mr. Charles Hill..
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    THEATRE RUSH JAMS TRAFFIC
    64 3 MELBOURNE. Thurs.—Australia's fu\st drive-in theatre at the Melbourne suburb oi Burwood opened last night and caused one of the city's worst traffic jams. Despite police and •tr;tlflc directors' from the theatre, cars had to crawl along before they were able to spii! out into the amphitheatre,
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    General dies
    30 3 YORK. Thurs— Major Genera! Sir Llewellyn William Atrherley, soldier who took up fly ins when he was nearly 60 died in a York nursing home yesterday, aged 83.
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    Pope improving
    19 3 VATICAN CITY. Thurs.— The Pope's health is steadily improving and he spent a restful night.— U. P.
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    Jagan is back
    28 3 GEORGETOWN. Thurs Dr. Cheddi Jagan. deposed Premier of British Guiana, and Mr. Linden Burham. his Education Minister, arrived here by air yesterday from London —Reuter
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    48 3 A SANITATION department worker stands before bunches hi bananas and debris after a gas explosion in a wholesale banana dealer's store in New York. The explosion shattered windows in 11 buildings and in several parked ears. Two people were injured. The store was wrecked. A. P. pictur. 1
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    IKE URGES SHARING OF ATOMIC SECRETS
    185 3 WASHINGTON. Thursday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower last night asked the U.S.) Congress for authority to share with friendly nations limited information on the military use of I atomic weapons. In a special menage, the President also asked for autnority to "release fissionable materials for industrial research
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    CAIRO MUM ON THIS PROTEST
    70 3 LONDON Thurs. -Egypt has not given a "satisfactory answer" to Britain's protest last month about killed and missing servicemen in the Suez Canal zone, a Foreign Office spokesman said here yesterday. In January, three servicemen were killed 20 were missing. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, British Minister
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    Naval chief
    26 3 PARIS. Thurs. Admiral Wripht Ls to be Comrr.ander-in-Chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet and CommandPfin -Chief of the United States Atlantic Command.— Reuter.
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    Youth beats up Winston— the wax one
    107 3 LONDON. Thurs. A SMARTLY-DRESSED young man today smashed the life-sized iigurp of Sir Winston 1 Churchill and three other Cai binet Ministers at Madame I Tu&sauds. the London waxI works. 1 He stepped briskly into the exhibition hall and, producing a hamnuv from
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    Kiss cost him his job
    61 3 CHICAGO. Thurs. To test what c culled "audience reaction.'' entertainer Jack Eljcn kissed blonde film starlet ICleo Moore for over two minutes on television yesterday. Officials of the station ABKB said the reaction was swift, with hundreds of women phoning protests charging vulgarity, coarseness and
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    LONDON STOCKS
    327 3 LONDON Thurs. TENTATIVE agreement by the Bip Pour Foreign Ministers to meet Communist China lent a better tone to the Par Eastern market today. The only real price reaction, however, was a rise In Chinese bonds. Japanese were dull and elsewhere conditions in plantations were veryquiet. Banking and
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    LONOON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. Feb. 18. Cash Buyers £667; Sellers t667> Forward Buyers £640: Sellers C 641; Setlement €672' 2 Turnover am. 45 tons; p.m. 85.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON. Reb. 18— Spot 13',d. Mar 16 -.ci Apr. -June lfi'.d. Ju'.vSept 16-v.d. Oct. -Der 16 ,d. Fob. C.1.1. 16',d. Mar. r.i.f 16 ',d April r.i.f If. 5 16d Tone: Steady
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    In doldrums -but all is not gloomy
    62 5 IAPORE'a timber export le with Britain l> in the o. according of the cr.ri buyers opportunity ut standing ortv quarterly pub:. that th< tuu qderably her import quotas r and Malaya haa belemand from the Mid- has not .slackened and v.n the pros;
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    Cough epidemic
    11 5 I-.WT. Than An ol whoopinc t. children has broken
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    THIS IS THE TOWN 'THAT WILL GO'
    69 5 111 l MAIN street i>f Kam par. busy mining; town 24 miles south of Ipoh. which, •••dine to the Hiuh Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer. "will go" so that rich tin deposits heneat It it can be mined. Sir Gerald told this to
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    SCOUTS CAN TAKE PART IN POLITICS
    144 5 Outside the movement ITERY few scouters in Singapore are politically minded although there is nothing to prevent members of the movement from taking part in politics, a senior scout official told the Straits Times 1 yesterday. Those who are members of political parties, however,
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    S. 54 PETROL ADDS TO CAR PERFORMANCE
    92 5 S. 54 PETROL ADDS TO CAR PERFORMANCE All petrol supplied from the "Mobilgas" stations of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the Federation and Singapore, now contains an added mixture of hydro-car-bons called S. 54. 8. 54 is claimed by the company to keep internal combustion engines cleaner, especially in the
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    Co-ops plan an insurance society for small man
    213 5 A POLICY FOR $100 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 4 MALAYAN co-operative insurance society designed to enable even the lowest paid worker hold in insurance policy will soon be launched the Federation. drart rules, providing for a working capital of will be consicU red
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    SHE SUES MILLIONAIRE FATHER-IN-LAW
    231 5 Back pay refusedultimatum by clerks Singapore Government yesterday said "No" to the back-pay claim of its 600 temporary clerks. As a result. 1.282 members of the Government's administrative and clerical services will ballot to strike if the claim is not referred to arbitration. The 10-month-olri negotiations
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    PICTURE OF DEAD GIRL SCARED LIM
    352 5 Murder court is told I IM Tua Tee, a 22-year-old driving instructor, accused of murdering a waitress, looked pale and very frightened when he was shown her photograph in a police station after his arrest by a detective, who tound him hiding under a
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    Buses get past the red tape
    84 5 TIIK r«-d tapr which VII holri;p Hi. extension of rvicei for :M»>rt r»r"pi<* m^oon Garden Kstate. ,|>>rr. has hurst. Council's Vehicles and Committee decided on Wednesday to civo the estate tuo separate services —to itj .md thr east mast. vk Nair. th«- committee! iiairman.
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    7-foot tiger shot dead
    67 5 t riGERESS. weighing 167 1 A bf ;tnd measurm- leven tail, was »hot j Mr J.D. Bretao. assis- charge of Northern DiKulal Betmi I i tapper had tigress had ipers in the estate pas later sold :r. $100. 1..-..S before, on the wild boar gored aid
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    Award decision
    19 5 A LUMPUR. Thurs lon of the Malayan i ■:> rg on the Taylor ay be known on Mon-
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    It'll just be a 'friendly' fight
    52 5 It 'll just be a 'friendly' fight PENANG. Thurs. THOW" i Chinese of self defei first of its to be stasn rti in a Penaog Amusement Park. Lee Khuan. a former In structor. will meet Lo Chun Wai instructor of the k.wo.ii» Kon, Athletic As.sociatmn. ma to p?ove fatal must
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    eation room for police
    61 5 lin R. G. Seymour, wife o.' tl Maintenance Base Commander at Seletar, formally opened the new Auxiliary recreation room in the civilian lines. The Base Commander. Oroup-Capt. R. G. Seymour. said the recreation room is •the direct result of a Ren«?--ous "in from the Armed Ser-
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    $300 clothing stolen
    38 5 About $300 worth of clothing wa.s .stolen from a house in Race Course Road, Singapore. on Wednesday night. From a house in Orchard Road on the same night, eight chickens and four ducks were stolen.
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    Pageant to highlight Y's dinner
    119 5 Pageant to highlight Y's dinner 4 CHINESE fashion parade a\ and a pageant will highliKht the Y.W.C.A. annual dinner party at Raffles Quay. Singapore, on Tuesday. The pageant will feature five tradition*] Chinese beauties in ancient costumes: Yang Kwei 1 Fej 'Miss Doris Weei. Hwa Mn lLan Miss Yeo Bee
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    Corporals' club is opened
    56 5 Mrs. Champion de Crespignv, wife of the Officer Commandins Tencah. Singapore, last night formally opened the station Corporals' Club by unvriline a silver plaque. Group Capt. C. M. Champion de Crespigny described the .spacious building as "a prototype of corporals' clubs in ihe Fai East and
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    CHINESE SCHOOLS MAY GET MORE AID
    149 5 CHINESE SCHOOLS MAY GET MORE AID THE Singapore Director of Education. Mr. David McLellan. will ask the Government to make certain policy changes regarding Chinese education in the Colony. Mr. McLellan met representatives of the education suoeommittee Of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. He told the Straits Times
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    New member
    41 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mr. Ali Hassan has been nominated by the Johore Bahru District Welfare Committee to the Board of Governors of the Social Welfare Home. Johore, in place of Major J. Kerr who leaves next week for Britain.
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    Five robbers beat up man
    47 5 Five men held up a Chinese in Johore Road. Singapore, on Wednesday night and robbed him of his watch and fountain pen. The victim was about to "liter a house when the men set upon him. They assaulted him before running away.
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    Talk by author
    24 5 MALACCA. Thurs.— Han Suyin. the author, will speak on "Literary Inspiration" at Malacca High School Hall at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
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      400 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE AM 7.15 Time Signal Opening Announcement: 7.16 Mornlnß Star; 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8.00 Hill Billy Half-Hour; 8.30 Malay Programmes: 9.00 Music While You Work; 9.45 Housewives' Choice; 10.30 Matinee Classical Concert; 11.30 Programmes in Malay. P. M. 1.00 Programme Summary; 1 02 Jordon Jenkins and
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    IN MEMORIAM
    11 6 BRUASTING .<-■ Dg Km-. Wtl I by his i rife
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    20 6 '■<< fltl i minimum, MR AN!-) MR? S Anthony. ;rienc:.« lor their kind assis'anre sexy. t presents and attendr 13.2.54.
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    68 6 W..rrf. lit minimum) o\. PEIJAN 1 h-.t-ry day In :t to win lION I < -n-K-i INC. Amertcestens jus' (MIS, pur* Order now >N. announces -rtitioneo Ci iwn -9. Colereet, Photy ***** showing Evening F\emns i Manager: Z Fee HFFRIGERATION or Air-Condl-t'.^ring THE I Ik'»n now ob- Photo- P
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    The Straits Times ' Singapore, Fri. Feb. 19, 1954 The Economy Of Asia
    922 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Feb. 19, 1954 The Economy Of Asia In an impressive appeal for dearer thinking on the economic problems of South Asia. Dr. Benham faced delegates at ESCAPE'S conference at Kandy with facts which at best have been no more than half understood. ECAFE's own survey
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    Indonesian Tin
    336 6 Indonesia and the United States are reported hy American sources to be nearing agreement on a contract for the purchase by America of 20.000 tons of tin for the year beginning March 1. The price has not Keen settled, but Washington apparently is ready to concede something to
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      Deaths still mounting
      121 6 LONDON. BRITISH road deaths are still mounting, and with j the increasing number of new cars now coming onto the market, it looks as if the toll j will ri.se still higher. Last November, caMialties on British roads totalled 18.048 compared with 16.161 in November 1952 The
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      U.S. police road 'bars'
      123 6 NEW YORK ROAD fatalities are on the rise in the United States. In the first half of 1947, road deaths totalled 14.480 For the same period in 1953. the total was an appalling 17.300. Over the Christmas holiday, 523 persons lost their lives in road accidents.
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      They blame the tests
      179 6 VIENNA. A USTRIAS traffic accident A death roll is among the highest in Europe. In Vienna, where the number of vehicles in circulation has remained fahiy constant at 74.000 during the past year, the accident rate ha 5 risen from 972 in November 1952. to 1,194
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    Drunkeness main cause
    163 6 HELSINKI EVERY Unth car in Helsinki in 1950 was involved in a traffic accident. Most of the accidents were caused by dninkene.^s, and Helsinki holds the sad record of leading the world in the number of this type of traffic arci ents. calculating the rate per '00.000
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    Swiss have good record
    98 6 GENEVA ROAD traffic In Switzerland has increased enormously since the war. but the number of accidents has risen far less steeply. A spokesman of the Swiss Touring Club said that the improvement i.s due partly to the fact that roads are better and partly to the
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      474 6 "YOUR report that a local company is prepared to carry tourist passengers to Sandakan by air at half the present rates make me wonder if we are also paving double rates on other cargo and passengers. The company's readiness to increase the rate "by 10
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      74 6 Policemen on point duty A RE policemen on traffic duty i\ or operating automatic traffic controls which are out of order, supposed to remain on duty when it rains or are they allowed to leave their posts? When it is raining heavily and motorists want to get In their destinations
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      For T.B. fund
      57 6 MIGHT I suggest that the j Indian Hockey team be approached to lend their support to the Lady Trmplcr Anti- Tuberculosis Pund through a charity match. If this has j the approval of the Singapore Hockey Council, a game with the stalwart Colony eleven. I ■\m sure,
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      POLITICS IS NOT SOCIAL SERVICE
      172 6 EVIDENTLY --A.A." still thinks •Erf that politics is the same thing as social service. He "accuses me of dragging a red herring across thr path by talking about dirty politics." Isn't he guilty of doing the same thing when he quotes Karl Marx and Bernard
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      183 6 Advice to social workers IF social work in this country is to be fruitful, it must try to provide every Individual with adequate social security. health services, opportunity for education and amenities for voluntary social and cultural associations. The efforts by the Government to make the people social service-minded and
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      119 6 T AGREE with Malay Supporter that "the Red Cross I Society is an international nonroliglous and nnn-sectarlan organisation, created to rare for the sick and wounded in time 1 of war and peace, attending to the needs ol both friend and foe alike and without
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      123 6 ONE wonders why no Malay names were mentioned amongst the boys who have been awarded Colombo Plan Scholarships for further stu- dies as future City Engineers I am sure Malays will, under the proper Australian tuition, pass and be worthy men in helping to build
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    On the Margin
    282 6 On the Margin 'Aeo-tea-iW YOU cannot, of omelettes wit] A, but I sha pr»>t th P many books cleared out Library, Sing streamlinin made it even hai given book tl Hunting for Ju< fascinating work Zealand" j it \va for that. I cou more abou: I that the Qui Auckland
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    00 MORE SACKED
    35 7 thick slump closes factory 1 I Employment OffiP G. Tyson, told the Straits Timei "We ne all we possibly could b fell three brick have closer;, throwing 0 workers out of em-
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    ONLY SMOKE OF LOCAL FACTORIES CAN KEEP OUT THE RED VIRUS
    259 7 lalaya has great wealth, a fine people but, say the Chambers i Lumpur, Thurs. I' II K Woci.ited hineae Chambers ommerce \r.\w told the International Mission to Main ;i memorandum -out yesterday, in- country must chance t<> deve- industries
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    Lieut. Peh of RASC receives his Queen's commission
    122 7 lEUT. PEH TECK FOO, ~'t> one of three ChineMofficers with the British Army in Malaya, yesterday received his Queen's commis sion from the commander of the 17th Gurkha division .Major Gen. Perowne at Kuala Lumpur. Lieut, peh is with Si transport company
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    Chain of fanners' banks can help win battle for food
    238 7 Chain of fanners' banks can help win battle for food KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. FORMATION of a chain of farmers' banks to develop 1 agriculture in Malaya is suggested by the AssoChinosc Chambers of Commerce in its memorandum to the International Bank Mission yesterday. Prospective farmers, It said, should be helped
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    RAF set air drop record
    34 7 V'ALLETAS of the Far East rtansport Wing. Changi. re, dropped 46.008 ib. of and jungle ■hroujhderatlon. was a new dally record. exceeding the previous record v 3 STJ Ib.
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    Spore Assizes
    22 7 Tiie n< xt session of :he Singapore Assizes will bo held the Hi=h Court at 10 30 a.m. March 1.
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    3 years for robbers
    60 7 Nk Yong Thin. 23. and Leonu Ah Leone. 23. were .--.entrnceci at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to three years' Imprisonment for robbery. They waylaid a younc bread seller. Leong Wee Soh. at Genting Lane. Singapore, and robbed him of a fountain pen. a mist watch
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    Postman hid two letters
    54 7 SKREMBAN. Thurs.— V. Mu--I'iciah. a postman, was today sentenced to four months' imprisonment by Mr E. Corbally. President of the Sessions Court. Tampin. for secreting two letters at his quarters In Tampin Road, Gemas. The police found the two letters behind a picture hanging in a
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    Insurance pool too costly, say companies
    281 7 Insurance pool too costly, say companies SINGAPORE motor insur- j ance companies feel that it would be imprac- ticable at present to set up a reserve fund to meet payment of damages to victims of ac- cidents involving unin- sured cars and drivers. They were replying to a propo- i
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    Crowds await enchanted crocodile
    109 7 MALACCA. Thurs. THOUSANDS of people have! been flocking to the Kl^oanc Besar beach, four miles from Malacca, to see a crococ.ilc said to be waitinc to see i ius human twin brother. The legend spread when tru i crocodile was seen there for a few days.
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    Building site for institute
    49 7 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The National Association of the Women's Institute of Malaya have been given a building site by the Selangor Government The first state convention of the Negri institute was told. The Women's Institute will take part in the Malayan Agri-Horti-cultural Association's exhibition this year.
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    First-aid class
    25 7 KAJANG. Thurs.— First-aid classes will be held soon in Ulu Langat District, Dr. M. Veluppillai. Medical Officer. Ulu Langat will give the lectures.
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    Peers to discuss jury system
    311 7 GOVT. EXPLAINS CHANGES From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Thursday. LORD OGMORE, the former Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams. told the House of Lords yesterday that he intended to consult with other Labour peers about the statement by Lord Munster. Parliamentary Inder-Secre-tary of State for the Colonies, about
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    New station for agriculture
    70 7 SEREMBAN, Thurs. The Dato Undang of Rembau today opened the State Agricultural Station at Chembong, 15 miles from Sererrrban. He urged the people m the a rep to tow food, breed more livestock, and take the advice of the station. New union KUAI.A LUMPUR. Thurs Workers
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    Book show by British Council
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Books 3.500 of thorn—representing some of the most recent publications in England will be displayed in Kuala LunitHtr at an exhibition sponsored by the British Council. It will be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall between April 1 and 5. II will
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    3 MEN GAOLED FOR $3.500 ROBBERY
    141 7 3 MEN GAOLED FOR $3 500 ROBBERY TBRAHIM bin Mohamed AY: A and Ismail bin Latiff. who held up a cigarette delivery van at the junction of Tampenis Road and Changi Road oil November 12 and took $3,500 by pointing a revolver at the driver. Goh Eng Sin were gaoled
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    Village bodies to form assn.
    44 7 IPOH. Thurs. Representatives of the local elected councils in 35 new villages in Perak will meet on Sunday to form an association. Their objects will be to promote friendship and co-oprra-tinn between the councils, and exchange information and experiences.
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    Film quota for ALL cinemas plan
    188 7 A COMMITTEE on film quotas has recommended to the Singapore Government that vernacular cinemas should be compelled to show British films for ten per cent of their screen time. Thus is the first time that such cinemas are beins included in a British film
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    FOUR METHODS TO EASE LOT OF SLUMP-HIT MEN
    225 7 FOUR METHODS TO EASE LOT OF SLUMP-HIT MEN Ad on them, ECAFE told pOTR ways to help Malayas -.lump-hit runner and tin workers tide over fii.'lu alt times has heen made to the United Nations Krnnomic Commission for Asia and ihe Far Fast, which ended its truth session in Ceyljn
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    Union urges probe at Naval Base
    116 7 Union urges probe at Naval Base THE Singapore Naval Base Labour Union yesterday asked the Colonial Secretary. IMr w a. c. Goode. and the Commissioner for Labour. Mr. Q W I >:t\ L<=. to appoint n commission to Investigate the working conditions of th" 10.000 civilian labourers in the I
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    'No' to offer on schools
    77 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The working committee of the Selangor Parents' Association decided tonight to reject the Selangor Goven.iienfs offer of four classrooms for the Asso eiatU/n to start continuation schools. The committee is sounding parents' associations in other States on holding a conference to ask
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    Welcome plan
    40 7 Thr Malayan Indian Congress, Singapore, is arranging a pi blic meeting In honour of Mr. Kamarajah Nadar. a member of the Indian Parliament and president of the Tamil Nadu Congress, who will visit the Colony early next month.
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    Private killed
    31 7 KUALA I UMPUR. TTmrv Abdul Hamld bin Abdul Hadi of the Ist Battalion. [Regiment, was killed on gainst Communist terrorist.'- in the Sungel Siput area of Perak on Tuesday.
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    Wreck crew leave S'pore
    85 7 Seven members of the crew of the iil-.ated British freighter, Fernmoor. which sank off Palawan Island in the Philippines recently, left Singapore yesterday for Britain :n the Dartmoor. The ciew of 36 including the -r.ptain were brought to Sin- gapore last week in the Shell tanker
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      91 7 HIGH TIDES Today: Singapore 12.17 a.m. •Bft 7 in. i 11.56 p.m. < 9 f t. 7 In.); Port Dickson 7.37 a.m. (8 ft. 6 in. i 7.49 p.m. (9 ft. 2 in >: Penang 1.29 a.m. (1 ft. 4 in.) 2.04 p.m. (7 ft. 3 in). Tomorrow: Singapore 12
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      'Desperate Moment':It's a film you MUST see
      576 8 'Desperate Moment It's a film you MUST see Says GEORGE EDINGER DESPERATE Moment" is the best action film I have seen since "The Third Man.' It has clearly been inspired by "The Third Man, but it is almost up to the tremendously high standard that it consciously imitates. For the
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      THIS FILM INDICTS U.S. POLICE
      255 8 THIS FILM INDICTS U.S. POLICE is one of those detective stories known I believe as "whodunits" about a murdered model and the quest for her killer. It ki a horrifying indictment of the methods of the New York police. We see ti.fm subject suspected innocents to Gestapo grilling, bully young
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      Intimate story of Royal tour
      194 8 Intimate story of Royal tour A Queens World Tour" A i opening at the Cathay on Saturday) is a vivid record in colour of the Royal visit to Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. Although the camera follows the royal progress to the departure from New Zealand with its dockside chorus
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      WORLD of THEATRE
      1036 8 SINCE the war there has been a yawning gap in Malayan music— an almost total absence or Malayan-born brass and woodwind players. Whenever a local orchestra plays in publicMalayans are there in strength, manning the stringed instruments, but it is the Army. Navy and Police Bands who
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    Times FEATURE Page Anthony Fokker, the man who made WAR in the AIR
    1861 9 Times FEATURE Page Anthony Fokker, the man who made WAR in the AIR in S/mrr afiii Hi* first flight mUmrmd in Rr it tt in Sialt>n%s*i€» Hit's in pnniv {JNE afternoon in November, 1915, a French observation plane chugged over the German lines, heading back to base. Suddenly, the German
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    TIN PRICE IS HIGHEST IN TWO MONTHS
    210 10 TIN PRICE IS HIGHEST IN TWO MONTHS But shares stand stil THK price of tin in Singapore yesterday increased by $1.25 to $321.25 a picul, the hifhesl p since Dec. 17. The price also continued firm in London, n the continued tight supply position in nearby The bettor tin prla
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    Tin Price
    17 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was described at $321.25 a picul, up $1.25.
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    Australian stocks
    143 10 MELBOURNE, linns There was investment trading on steady lines on the Stock cha- -c here today. Hifalls in shares balanced and pnet movements were naim.v Turnover o! shares WM "i I smaller volume. Mining scrip also had a ste.iuier market. Base metal gold ani» oil shares were ,oan3\
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    U.K.-Jap pact defended
    85 10 U.K.- Jap pact defended CARDIFF. Thurs MR DERICK Amory. Minister of State. Board >' Trade, said In Cardiff. today that the Anglo- Japanese trade pact "is one of the best agr< ments we have made during recent years." It was far from being the "black pact" it was regarded In
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    54 10 Mncapoie Chinese Produce kvchange: Noon prices iw uicu' were: Copra: ;teady: March April $38.. buyers. $38 sellers. Coconut oil sellers Pepper: steady. Muntok whip J350. S.-yawak $345, Lampong black $300. I^wis and Pe»t: Closing prices were: Copra: firm: February Ma: <!■■ April $38 buyers. $39', sellers. Coconut oil:
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    189 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or rxpected today are: Fulatla 1 2, Dcnbigshire 45, Kant.i'! and Benvenue C. P.. Sirdhai. i t; 7 Glenbeg 89. Ash.ik.isui Mam 11, Tatsuta■M Man 13 14. Bcnvorlich 15 16. Benmacdhui 18. Charon 19 20, 81--rOM N. Wall fi. Scudai
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    34 10 GENEVA, Thurs. A 3enrral Aprrement on ParifTs and TYado rommittre neets here today to ttlscuaa :> ■oquest by India to raise hrr mport duties on certain trms. Details are being kept ccret. Reuter.
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    116 10 The Malayan Share non said. "Go tor lcadint; In u-d on the r.iarkei yesterday but tlj ed to respond to the mrtaJ price" M. mh reported th< done yes) I B B. Peti Heave ordj %2 mnn 53. 05: J nd Co $1.50: Malayan B $3.32 i: Mala
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    106 10 Kubbet steadied c! a eanl In and first grade c\o -r !b There was a modor demand with i 111 Thrrr was no rush Of and the market dosed Closir. per pound were N"o 1 R.SS 8po( .'.4',. scll-r, .vers :,4 ci buvrrs r>4' L tellen A -<-:.:•
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    'STOP MOANING: GET ON WITH PRODUCING'
    369 12 'STOP MOANING: GET ON WITH PRODUCING' Baillieu's advice to rubber men THE natural rubber industry should not moan about prices but should get on and produce, the chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Lord Bailiieu, said in Singapore before he left for Britain after a visit to his company's
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    Malaya is biscuit conscious
    224 12 Special packing for the East VjALAYA is one of the x largest overseas markets for Huntley and Palmer's biscuits, said Mr. J. R. Gales managing director of the company, who is at present visiting the Colony. Mr. Gales said that Huntley niic Palmer produced 3.500.000.--000 biscuits
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    78 12 BRITISH shipyards had 313 vessels totalling 2.173.709 tons cf shipping und^r construction at the end of 1953. representing 35 per cent of the world's total, according to Lloyds Register returns. Excluding China. Poland and Ruaua for which figures wen not available there w. re under
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    U.S. USE OF NATURAL RUBBER INCREASES
    190 12 OFFICIAL estimates of American rubber consumption in December, 1953. released recently by the United States Department of Commerce, show that natural rubber was increasingly used up to the end of the year. Preliminary statistics place American use of natural rubber at a total of
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    Big peanut record
    85 12 World peanut production for 1953 may prove the largest on record, according to figures and estimates gathered by the Foreign Agricultural Service o| the United States Department of Agriculture. Figures from the major producing areas indicate an out put of 11.1 million short tons 10.070.000 metric tons*.
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    Chairman of bank retires
    50 12 The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank announces that Mr. S. A. Gray has relinquished the chairmanship of the London committee of the corporation at Ms own request and remains on the committee. Sir Arthur Morse has been elected chairman of the LonI don committee in his stead.
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    115 12 I.ORI) BAII.I IKI head of thr world-wide Dunlop's oreanisatinn. was thr third Australian to become a peer. He was created a Mil in 1038. Born in Melbourne. Australia, he craduated from Oxford where he Rained his row-in* Blue. He has been chairman of Dunlop's since 1049.
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    Retirement of Shell chief
    53 12 Sir Andrew Agnew has resigned from the boards of the Shell Transport and Trading Company and its associated companies for health reasons. Sir Andrew has been with the company for 50 years, the earliest part of his career being In the service of the Asiatic Petroleum
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    BUSINESS MAN RETURNS
    39 12 Mr. LESTKR L. C.OODMAN. executive vice-president of the Gets Brothers organisation, whose headquarters are in the 11. 5.. arrived in Singapore this week. Mr. Goodman was paying his first visit to the Colony for IS years.
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    HOARDING PROTEST TO CITY COUNCIL
    174 12 HOARDING PROTEST TO CITY COUNCIL THE Malayan Advertisers' Association has protested to the Singapore City Council against an increase in licence fees for advertisements. The Association had originally asked for a reduction in the fees. The association is protesting particularly against members having to obtain licences for advertisements on verandahs
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    LONGFORD ENGINEER HERE
    53 12 ME. K. Pinl.'v. Maaagini director <>i Longford KinecriiiK ('<>mpaii> in Siismx. England, who passrd Singapore last week on hi* w.i> to Men Zealand »n hl ness rip. He was photoi;r.iplic (I with Mr, M. 1.. intf director of F.re and Fletcher, ho net him »m Kalians airport.
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    BIG ORDER FOR NEW RUBBER TRACK
    204 12 BIG ORDER FOR NEW RUBBER TRACK MORE than a million dollars worth of orders for a new type of rubber jointed caterpillar track have been received by a British firm since they started to produce it in January. 1953. Called "Alkirak", it was invented by the firm's managing director. Unique
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    162 12  - COMMERCIAL NEWS VIEWS GEOFFERY BOLAND C 3 New table lamp leaves no shadows SAMPLES of a new fluorescent table lamp— thought to be the first of its kind made in the United Kingdom— are now on their way to prospective buyers in Canada and Italy. The new lamp, designed for
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    No quick change in Indies rubber
    331 12 From Our Own Correspondent JAKARTA. Thursday. INDONESIAN rubber traders can see no quit 1 in the present listless rubber market. There was some optimism in the January that things would improve but Singapore market price began to slip away on this optimism disappeared. Rubber
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    Watson & Graveney in record 363 stand
    281 13 Watson Graveney in record 363 stand GEORGETOWN. Thur.v WILLIE WATSON and Tom Gravpnpy in a fourth i wirket partnership for thr 1 M.C.r. against British Guiana, yesterday put on 383 runs in I four hours for thf> highest sUncl ovrr made by English batsmrn on tour. At the clnsr of
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    BACKING FOR TULI'S CLAIM
    103 13 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. The ni of Jake Tuli. Zulu holder •of the British Empire flyweight J rle for a world title fight wi»h the Japanese holder. Yoshio Shirai. are being supported by the Transvaal Boa'd of Control. The Board have wri'ten to the 1 British Boxing Board
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    28 13 I IVERPOOL. Thurs The Ain•ree racecourse here, home of Britain t moM tWBOUI steeplechase, the Grand National. It to be used for rrnior tirins Reuter.
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    FOUR NEW HORSES LOOK SET FOR FIRST WINS
    472 13  - FOUR NEW HORSES LOOK SET FOR FIRST WINS EPSOM JEEP By piSH'S Xl DA, Barracuda, Campus Belle and Sky High should soon score their first wins in Malayan racing, judging by the way they have been going about their tasks on the track here. All four are coming to hand
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    424 13 SPOTTING THE WINNER By EPSOM JEEP V TtN best horses to follow at the Perak Turf Club February meeting are INDF.RS PRINCE: A consistent stayer who rarely runs a bad race; ran a splendid third to Yutoi li in the January Cup over 9f. at Bukit Timah last month. A
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    U.K.RUGBY RESULTS
    73 13 U.K.RUGBY RESULTS LONDON. Thirs Yesterdays rugny results were: All Blacks 1 i North-western Counties 3 Rugby Union Hospital Cup i second round. London Hospital 11 Middlesex Hospital 8. Rugby League Cup i first round, first leg) Salford 3 Hunslet 18. Rugby league Cup .first round, second leg I Bramley 5
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    SCOTTISH CUP REPLAYS
    70 13 LONDON. Thurs. Results of Scottish Cup second round replays i played yesterday were: Falkirk 1 Celtic 2: Stirling Albion n Arbroath 0: Buckle Thistle v Peebles Rovers .postponed until' Sat. Feb. 20); Dundee 4 Albion Rovers o. Kilmainoclc 1 Rangers 3. Revised thirr 1 round matches on
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    524 13 CLASS FIVE HORSES IN GOOD GALLOPS IPOH. Thur.s. ATOMIC City. My Pearl. Grandeur. Unaware, Frot II anri lie Win -all Class F iv. borsM brokp 39 seconds for three furlongs in their winding up gallops on a rainsoaked track here this morning. Atomic City. with Lansdown astride, outsmarted M\ Pearl
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      327 13 Straits Times Crossword 6 —8— 9 10 ii 'i i* '5 §mj 16 z* 1!^~ 76 2; 28 ACROSS io. Orsan in the arcade fi. Alias IndU-rubbe; ilOi. 13 Vehicle for n theatrical producer 8. In Greece I am purl of a cha- (5 s>riot5 >- riot axle i4i. Ray
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    Indians make novices of Selangor
    572 14 NADARAJAH KEPI j MARGIN TO 8-0 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE INDIAN hockey tourists today beat an overawed Selangor team who played like novices by eight goals to nil before a crowd of 3,500 on the Headquarters Malaya ground. Selangor's effort against the tourists can be
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    Australia ask for 'Mr Singapore'
    247 14 Australia ask for 'Mr Singapore' THE West Australian Amateur Weightlifters' Association has extended an invitation for a "Mr. Singapore" to appear in the "Mr. Australia contest to be held in Sydney .some time in April. The Singapore representative will first compete in the "Mr. Perth" contest before going to Sydney.
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    Ban on De Castro off
    56 14 'THIRTY-YEAR -OLD Harold de x Castro Singapore's middleweight weightliftlng champion from 1949 to 1952 who last year was suspended by the Singapore Amate'it Weicht lifting Federation for six months, has had his suspension lifted. The decision was reached at the committee meeting of the Singapore
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    SINGAPORE K.O. HOCKEY DATES
    42 14 Draw and dates for the semi- the Sineapore Hockey Association's Senior knockout tournament are Ceylon S.C. v University 11. Balestier. Sunday. Umpires. F. Milne. Com. Breaks. SRC. v Latiff W. padanK. Monday: Umpires. G. Capt. Tupholme. J.C. Smith.
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    S.O.S.C. TRIALS
    52 14 The Sinp.ipote Olympic and Sports Council's first trial for athletes wishing to qualify for the championships on July 23 and 24. are asked to be present at Faner Park on Mar. 4 at 5 p.m. The annual Slnßapore A. A. A. championships will be held on July 23
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    Weakened Aussies stretch S. Johore
    550 14 AFTER trailing six-nil at half-time. South Johore scored 15 points to beat the Royal Australian Air Force by three goals to two tries in the quarter-finals of the Singapore seven-a-side rugby competition played yesterday on the padang. The Australians were without Hines who broke his
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    KAMPONG LEAGUE
    36 14 Kebenaran Club beat Alexandra Rangers 2—l in the Breweries Kamponc League soccer match at Alexandra Road yesterday. Ahmari Knssim and Zanlel scored for Kerbenaran Club and All Rahman for Rangers. Chua Ban Hock refereed.
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    SCC v CHINESE
    37 14 The Singapore Cricket Club hoc- key side to meet Singapore Chinese R.C. In a friendly on the S.C.C. padann loday is. Brands; Moolenburvh, Harrison: Cornish. Wood. Arkell; Purslow. B McMuUen, D. McMullan Jellrey. Lamb.
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    MERCURY A.C. NEEDS CIVILIAN MEMBERS
    139 14 MERCURY A. C. NEEDS CIVILIAN MEMBERS KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. t ACK of civilian active members t* still a main problem for the Mercury AthleUc Club of Malaya, states i's 1953 report Issued today. Mast of the paid-up memben I last year were active runner."!. However, owine to the Emereency and
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    ONN LENG GETS AWARD FOR THIRD YEAR
    226 14 t^HAN ONN LENG (AngloChinese School), Malaya's outstanding young track performer, has been awarded Singapore Combined Schools athletics colours for the third year in succession. Malayan women's high jump champion, Ruth Ferreira (St. Margaret's School) gets her colours for the second year running, as
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    10 enter for Asian Games swim trials
    172 14 TEN Singapore swimmers will take part in the Btafapori Olympic and Sports Councils' Asian Games qualifying trnil.to be held at the Chines Swimming Club at 3.30 p.m tomorrow. They are: Elsie Lim (100-m. back stroke! Lionel Chee. On? Choon Lim and Tan Cheow
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    ANNUAL HOCKEY
    25 14 The annual hockey match beiween Old RafTlesian 1 A and Raffles Institution will be played on the School ground at 5 pm. tomorrow.
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    FARELF TITLE TO G.H.Q.
    143 14 FARELF TITLE TO G.H.Q. PHQ FARELF be< FARFI.Ihockoy champion day when they bi pot Malay Regin Port Dirkson. by thr final playrd lin. The toumamen 1 units in the Sin Malaya D1 ti arc nol competing i Dopot worked as thi v pions with a serli performances bui they had
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    Exhibitions in aid of tour fund
    74 14 T n li 'ion ir: in;?d by the ipore Badmini dmm. Qulllemard Rot I Proceeds will help Ooi Ink Hex k lie AU-Enyland an champloi The followl i, have bt-i lamall M Ong Poh I lm One Poh Lim and 0 v. Chan Koiv.
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      419 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. BISINESS OPPORTUNITIES M.Trf, Si iHini-Rot so rtt nlrm. RAPTAKOS BRETT CO LTD I Manufacturers of several popular j Pharmaceutical specialises in Inr!:.i c'e.s;re to appoint Sole Distributors, for their products in Sincapore and Federation. Those interested m.v. contact Mr. R. A. Durai Room i No 305. Cockpit. Singapore-9.
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      132 14 Discovery of > DOM lii.'Je Benedictine Do-n, erected hy French Monk* 400 years ngo from h formula, contains tho extractt certain hi-rh.<> cIMMM for their l| aheulth and -.ti-t-ncth fiiving pm;--v It is today tht- world s most famo.u fS DOM Sole Agent,: THE EASTERN AG£NCiES (1946) il Many oiheis
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      56 14 HO( KKY KRIKNni.Y: SC.C v Chinese, sec p.id.mv;, .Singapore Base Dlst. v Mai" 1 a DUl TucUb. BOXING si\c; APOKK Bast Dlst. inter-unit -liamploiiships. Tanglln. S(M(TR KARTI.FV Secondary School v St. Joseph's list <nd 2nd teams*. SJI piound; Raffles Inst. v Serantoon E.S Argonauts v SHB Po'lce. K^|>pel Ro;id; Indians
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