The Straits Times, 23 February 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times. He***** F>tablished 1845 SINGAPORE, TIESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1954 it PRICE IS CENTS
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    ALL CHANGE HERE
    445 1 Rendel urges sweeping reforms in Singapore report of the Kendel Com mission which for the paid 15 weeUs hus been studying: the revii Singapore's constitution was signed in the ounrii Chamber yesterday. Hnlf an hour later the 52-page document i will be the h;isis of Singapore's next
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    Son accused of murder
    39 1 w as charged ay with the murder of their home In I nnrion suburb of last niaht. ai Mrs Ann the woman I from the colour of .o.s she always wore. believed to have been
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    Police seize seven gang suspects in swoop on hideout
    162 1 Police seize seven gang suspects in swoop on hideout "TWELVE policemen and detectives arrested seven x secret society suspects when they swooped on a lonely. wind-swept hideout In Kampong Heap Guan San. off Teluk Blangah Road, Singapore, early yesterday The men wore In bed when the party .surrounded the plac^
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    PORT VALE v LEYTON
    194 1 LONDON. Mon. THERE will be a Third Divi sion side in the semifinals of the English Footba.! Association Cup this year for the second time In the, history of the competition. Leyton Orient and Port Val" the two Third Division teams who got through to the
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    Couple slain
    35 1 JAKARTA. Mon. Reports! rraching here today said ban- dits murdered a Dutch dairy farmer and hLs wife on Saturday night after looting their farm near Bogor. 40 miles south of Jakarta.— A.P. I
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    Pakistan seeks arms aid
    36 1 KARACHI, Mon. The pre- j mier, Mr. Mohammed All. to- i day announced that Pakistan I had requested United States military aid within the scone I of the U.S. Mutual Security legLslation.-A.P.
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    Five poisoned
    37 1 Five Singapore children, all members of a family living in j Upper Serangoon Road, were admitted to the General Hospltal In a serious condition late lf.st night after taking poison which they mistook for ice-cream.
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    Lost—B.A. deg.
    48 1 Lost B.A. deg. Lim Ho Hup. 24. a Un'versuy i of Malaya graduate, last night reported to the police at Kan-, dane Kerbau. Singapore, thej loss of his Bachelor of Arts i iHnns.i diploma and $250 in cash from his quarters at the University hostel at Dunearn Road.
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    MOMENT OF HISTORY
    242 1 Cameras record final meeting of the Rendel Commission THE RENDEL Commission h.'M its last meeting in th Singapore City Council chamber yesterday. It was a meeting vastly different from the other 36. All the work of drawing up a now constitution for the C«»- lony was complete.
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    Mentri Besar drops out
    43 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Selangor's Mentrl Brsar. Inche Othman bin Mohamed. has disassociated himself from the Mentris Besar-sponsored Party Negara which is to be formed at a meeting of the National Conference here on Feb. 28. No reason was given.
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    Film imports may be cut
    28 1 JAKARTA. Mon Indonesia is considering cutting down imports ot films from Malaya and the Philippines for the protection of the local industry Reuter.
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    Fire in garage
    31 1 A car caught fire in the g-arage of a motor workshop in Waterloo Street, Singapore. la.st night. Workers put out the fire before the arrival of fire engines.
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    Changi crash death roll now three
    337 1 THE deathroll in the R.A.F. Valetta crash near Changi airfield on Sunday rose to three yesterday with the announcement that another crew member had died of injuries. One crew member and one I passenger died in Changi RAF. Hospital on Sunday night. One serviceman
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    Winnie's model smashed
    97 1 A MAN walked into the famous London waxworks museum of Madame Tussauds, took a hammer from his bag. and began smashing figures 1 around the grand hall The 'victims" he chose for his attack were. Sir Winston Churchill. Mr. Peter Thorneycroft. President of the Board of Trade.
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    BEAUTY FOR THE ARMY BOYS
    54 1 MELBOURNE. Mon -Twentytwo regular Army soldiers were today given a "beauty" treat-; ment. The men. who will form a guard of honour at Govern- ment House for the Quppp when she arrives on February 24 received hair trims, shampoos, facial ma.ssage and mam euros at
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    Film show to aid International House apeal fund
    155 1 Film show to aid International House apeal fund ANOTHER big event is to be held m Singaporp n^xt month to help rase funds to bu'ld the 'nterna--5 tional House for Asian students at Melbourne Universe sity. It is a premiere of the latest Caml Reed film "The 2 Man Between
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    Now RAF gets A-bombs
    130 1 Now RAF gets A-bombs Guided weapons next on list LONDON, Mon. iTOMIC bombs aro to be supplied this year for the first time to the Royal Air Force, the Secretary of State for Air announced today. The Minister. Earl De Lisle and Dudley, made the disclosure in a report on
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    STOP PRESS
    30 1 BIG M-t TO LONDON Mon -l >ri k t.iry F mt > n mon turl < it itn Mini t. I MOM p«rt m i \r ppar* conference •< r p
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    $8,000 theft from shop
    42 1 BANGLE MISSING Singapore police are investing the loss of a dia-ninnd-studd<"d ".-'in bangle, valued at $8,000. it vanished from the ihowof B.P. dr Sllva Limited. a jeweller's shop in High Street. Tho theft was discovered at noon yesterday.
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    AERIAL SUICIDE' THEORY AFTER MYSTERY CRASH
    88 1 TOKYO. Mon.-Policr said here today thai thrr suspected that a pa.ssenger in a licht plane, which < rashed urn Osaka yesterday, committed "aerial suicide" by starting a fire in the cabin. Tlie passenger was killed and the pilot and engineer serioualv injured. The police
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    NOW IS TIME TO HALT INDO-CHINA WAR: NEHRU
    297 3 NOW IS TIME TO HALT INDO-CHINA WAR: NEHRU LONDON, Monday. jHK INDIAN PREMIER, Pandit Nehru, today railed for U Indo-China cease-fire but said India would not intervene in the war there or take in> responsibility for bringing about a truce. He told tho lower House that in view of the
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    Monty slams Len Hutton for a six
    246 3 'A CAPTAIN MUST WIN HIS BATTLES' I ONDON, M.m nIIXD MARSHAI Viscount J Montgomery, uith battle unfurled, stepped holdt<>d iv into the controversy 1 b»l has caused Knqinds dismal cricket slum-' Urn Wevt Indies. kl I. »ar and politics ;i idrr must v
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    Dissolved
    37 3 PANMUNJOM. Mon The Nfuitral Nations Repatriation! Commission went out of ex- I latence at midnight six months less a day from tho I date the five-nation group was organised to supervise the i war prisoners.— T'.p.
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    Grand Vizier dies
    27 3 TANGIER. Mon. -Sidi Allal Bon Abdel Mal< k. 79. Honorary Grand Vizier of Spanish Moro- I ceo. died at his home yesterday. -A.P. i
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    To be brought up as patriots
    39 3 W YORK. Mon._A court sent the two sons of tho ted atom spies. Julius Ethel Ro.senbere. to live their grandmother, Mr.-. Rosenberc. on her pro•o brine thorn up to love nited States. -A.P.
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    Home coming
    23 3 DRAS. Mon. The first, agent of Indian custodian! from Korea 1.565! nri mon arrived 1 vo.stordav with 80 Korean I A.P.
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    SHE LEFT DILEMMA
    136 3 (7.0. $JjJ,OOO tor a university in Communist hands NEW YORK. Mon. A U*****000 bequest to Yenching University in Peking. China, has raised a dilemma The bequest was made .oy Mrs. Anita McCormick Blame. whose will was filed for probate in Chicago on Friday. Thr funds to Yenching
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    Jap Cabinet accused ofcorruption
    82 3 Jap Cabinet accused ofcorruption TOKYO. Mon. A CONSERVATIVE opposition Diet member. Yaushiro Nakasone. today accused the Yoshida Cabinet Ministers of accepting brides from a shipbuilding company. It is the most serious charge hurled yet against the Govornn.cnt in the snowballing ship building loan scandal, and brought the Cabinet to the
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    50,000 toys at the fair
    41 3 BRIGHTON. Mon. Fifty thousand toys wore mi display here today at the British Manufacturers' Toy Fair. Already 200 overseas buyers have arrived In Brighton to view the toys. The fair will be open a week. Reuter.
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    Robey and Epstein at Palace
    90 3 GEORGE ROBEY (left), the 84-year-old comedian, tries on the formal coat and waistcoat he wore at Buckingham Palace when he was invested with a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. He is assisted by his wife. He found that despite his advancing years it
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    Russians' offer to Indonesia
    206 3 SEEKS 100,000 TONS OF RUBBER JAKARTA. Monday. RUSSIA is ready to buy 100.000 tons of low quality rubber from Indonesia annually, the Government said here today in a review of Indonesian trade with i Iron Curtain countries. At a meeting in Amsterdam. Russian representatives gave this
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    Egyptians won't co-operate
    44 3 CAIRO. Mon.— The Egyptian policy of non -co operation with Britain will start soon. Wing Commander Abdel Latif Boghdadi. Minister of War and Marine, said today. Ho said the policy would be implemented In "current preparations for the liberation battle."— Reuter.
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    RULES DIDN'T HINDER PAT
    68 3 WHEN A distress signal went up from a ship off the English coast, 15-year-old Patrick Cable raced to tin the lifeboat launched for the rescue. According to the rules, no one under 18 is allowed in a lifeboat but an official of the Lifeboat Institution says
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    French claim rail record
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    Excess food
    29 3 ROME. Moii. Experts from eight countries will meet in Washington tomorrow to discuss the problem of surplus agricultural stocks which are piling up in some countries.— Reuter.
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    He gets asylum
    34 3 BERLIN, Mon. The British authorities have returned to the Russians one of two Russian soldiers who turned up at a West Berlin refugee centre here. The other was given asjlum Reuter.
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    SO WOMEN WANT TO VOTE
    118 3 BASLE, Mon. SWISS suffragettes won a three to one victory here in a week-end poll for women only to test their views on whether they should have the right to vote. Only about six out of every 10 women in Basle canton went to the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    240 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing prices of selected stocks were: Consols 64 '4 Funding 4% 101 v, War 3'?% 85Vt Loan 3V»% 1956-59 £94 12/6 d BANKS Mercantile (£l2',) 25'-i Eastern (£5) 8V» Chartered (£1) 44-3 Hongkong (*125) 93 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 12 7 Royal 13 V t Prudential
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Feb. 22. Cash Buyers C667J: Sellers £670; Forward Buyers £639; Sellers t640: Settlement tfi'O Turnover a.m. 35 tons: p.m. 10.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    30 3 LONDON. Feb. 22—Spot 16", d. Mar. 16»id.. Apr-June 16-.d., JulySept. 16\d.. Oct.-Dec. 16;1,d.. Feb. c.1.1. 16\d., Mar. c.l.f. 13 3 16d.. April c.i.f 163 16d. Tone: Very steady.
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    £150,000 pay rise
    40 3 LONDON. Mon. Pay increases costing about £150.000 a year hav P been granted to 10.000 workers in *he state-run gas industry, the Gas Council announced today Employees benefitting will receive annual r'^es of up to £20.— Reuter.
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    Lifer, freed in error, goes back to gaol
    191 3 WEEPING CROWD SEES JAP OIF TOKYO. Monday. A JAPANESE war criminal who was released last June by a clerical error re-entered Sugamo Prison today to serve out a life sentence. Trtsuo Hayash 38-yrar-old former army servant, arrived by train this morning without
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    Ice cuts off gas for city
    46 3 LUBECK, Germany. Mon. The gas supply for this city of 2^4.000 ran out yesterday after ice cut off North Sea coal shipment. Two-thirds of the city's streets, which are lighted by gas, were dark. Housewives prepared cold evening meals A.P
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    Comet find
    32 3 Elba. Mon. An Italian trawler today reported fishing up part of the rudder section of the Comet Jet airliner which crashed near here six works ago with 35 aboard.— Reuter.
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    'Join us and please Mentri Besar' plea is attacked
    311 4 PERAK PARTY'S CLAIM IPOH, Monday. THK Perak Progressive Party claimed last nitfht that people wore beinu told they should join the National Association of Perak because its leader is the Mentri Besar, Dato Panfjlinia Bukit ftantang. it charged thai a leadinß
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    HOSPITAL CLASSES FOR SICK CHILDREN
    68 4 MALACCA KOTAKY CLI B is sponsoring English classes at the General Hospital for children who have lost their rducation through prolonged Hiness. Picture shows (left to riclit) Mr. K. 1. Joseph, the Club's secretary; Mr. Eo Yew Lin. president: Mr. Alex Leong. assistant organising secretary.
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    This rang a bell—$5 fine for 40
    114 4 This rang a bell—$5 fine for 40 V PORTY cyclist* yesterday trooped into the Singapore City Police Court and arranged in iv o'« before t..u They all admitted having no belli on 'heir bicycle*. Then. ;here was a moment's The magistrate, Mr i m Devereux-Colebourn something I "And now ho
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    Scouts show what they can do
    33 4 BATU PAHAT. Mon. Scout Firld Commissioner Geoffrey Gf-ldard visitrd ■cotlts in the P.i tu Pahat district At all places scouts gave display in scoutcraft and first aid.
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    CALL-UP CHIEF IS NAMED
    126 4 CALL-UP CHIEF IS NAMED THE Singapore Government has appointed Mr. L. H. N. Davis, Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, to be the "proper authority" for administering the national st-rvice call-up scheme. A ii ition.il .servire officer, under Mr. Davis, will be appointed soon to run the call-up oflice at
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    Police trap foiled extortion bid
    139 4 /^OH Kirn Hock, who was charged in Singapore trrday with attempted extortion said: "I do not wish to say anything as I have a bad record." He was said to have eizht previous convictions. He wai cooled for 19 months, to be followed by two
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    Workers told: Unions can't help if you 're sacked for neglect
    12 4 Workers told: Unions can 't help if you 're sacked for neglect
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    He made up story of bandit camp
    171 4 He made up story of bandit camp ALOR START. Mon. TWO SIAMESE fabricated -I information about a bandit camp to earn a Government reward, the sessions court was told here today. Ai Tim and Din Ting were jointly charged with giving false information to the police Ai Tim was found
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    HE WILL HELP US TO GET ON THE AIR
    10 4 MR.KDWARDS
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    Gaol sentence on women stands
    57 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Mr. Justice Wilson today confirmed the Sessions Court sentence of six months 1 gaol on two women. Siow Mun and Woni Nf.ee. who appealed against j their conviction and sentence fcr illegal possession of tin i ore at Tai Sun Tin Mine,
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    Murder charge
    35 4 BENTONG, Mon. Swaran K:.ur. 18, of Kamponß Ketari, Bentong. was yesterday com- mitted for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of murder- ing a two-day old girl on July 15 1953.
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    EUROPEAN SCHOOL PLAN A 'FANTASY'
    246 4 EUROPEAN SCHOOL PLAN A 'FANTASY' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A PROPOSAL by a Straits Times reader that the Government and European firms should Jointly subsidise the setting up of preparatory schools for European children who could then stay with their parents in Malaya until the age of .13, was today described
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    '2,000 renew the pledge
    51 4 PENANG. Mon -About 2.000 cubs, scouts and rovers re- affirmed their loyalty pledge this afternoon The Resident Commissioner. Mr. R.P Bingham. took the salute at a march past. Hundreds of Brownies and girl guides gathered at their I headquarters in Pe-1 Avenue tor their annual :oya.ty
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    Transferred
    32 4 RAUB. Mon —The Rev. G. D. Tham'oiciorai of the Methodist i Church has been transferred trum Tampin to Raub. He iUCiceecLs Mr D. A. Chelliah who I has gone to Ipoh.
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    Blocked police officer charge
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR. M->l. I K. Murugaya. 44. a irivcr was today charged in the Second Magistrate's Court with obstructing a police officer In the lawful discharge if his duties, i He claimed trial. Bail of $200 wa.s allow d und the case postponed t) March II
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    TRISHA 'QUEEN' ACCUSES HUSBAND OF FRAUD
    87 4 PENANG. Mon. Lee Chooi Heoh, woman owner of a fleet of trlshas today summoned her husband, Loke Teik Pin. for criminal breach of trust of $2,970 in trisha rentals for nine months. Loke was at first summoned before the magistrate on Feb. 12. Bi-«
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    The gods are honoured
    68 5 JOHORE BAHRU. IfOB. The annual three-day celebration in honour of the gods :r. the Chinese temple. Johore Bahru. began today with the god* being taken in procession through the town. The gods are being temporarily accommodated on the pa dang opposite the railway station where two
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    Talks on Govt. know-how
    55 5 FENANG. Mon— The people of Penang and Province Wellesley will hear how local Government is run in a weekly I series of talks broadcast by j Radio Malaya. Heads will explain the functions of their departments. The Resident Commissioner. Mr. R P. Bingham. will speak first
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    Hong Kong visit
    33 5 Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sandorson. Commander In Chief. Far East Air Force left 1 1 Singapore on a routine visit to Hong Kong yesterday. He will i return on Thursday.
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    VALETTA IS A TOTAL WRECK
    64 5 Engine hurled 50 yards by force of impact ONE ENGINE of the R.A.F. Valetta which crashed near Changi airfield on Sunday, its propeller blades twisted and buckled, lies 50 yards from the aircraft. The plane is a total wreck. A life raft inflated itself as
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    UNION LEAVES WILLIAMS
    149 5 Medical workers want to join action council THE Singapore Medical Workers' I'nion, represent- i 1 ins about 1,000 hospital attendants and ayahs, is! to break away from the Council of Industrial Workers headed by Mr. Peter M. Williams and join the Council of Joint Action. The Council
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    They can still smile
    85 5 A CIGARETTE and first aid brought cheerful <n iles to the faces of these two men. injured when the Valetta crashed. This picture was taken on Sunday a few minutes after the men were dragged from the wreckage of the aircraft. Straits Times picture. A 60-YFAR-OLD
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    Fire station doorsopenin ten seconds
    101 5 Fire station doors open in ten seconds SINGAPORE'S new $1,500,000 fire station at Alexandra has doors which open in 10 seconds. They are the latest in fire station devices and open or shut vertically operated by counter-weights. The station will be opened l by the Governor of Singapore.! Sir John
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    DIVORCE CASE WOMAN WAS ABSENT
    72 5 DIVORCE CASE WOMAN WAS ABSENT A divorce petition up for hearing in the Singapore High Court yesterday, was adjourned till next Friday because the petitioner. Mrs. Elizabeth Car:\piet. did not turn up. Mr. Y. R. Jumabhoy. for Mrs. Carapiet. told Mr. Justice Knight that he had asked his client to
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    Cycle exporter meets dealers
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Cycle dealers from all over th a Federation yesterday attended a dinner in Kuala Lumprr given by Robinson and Company to mark the visit of Mr. L.R. Cooksley. the controller I the eastern division expert .department of Raleigh Industries. Nottingham. Mr. Cooksley. who
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    Casualty named
    36 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. i The British soldier who was .seriously wounded in a clash with terrorists in the Kluang Area of Johore last SaturI clay was Corporal W. Grundy of the East Yorkshire Regiment.
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    A NEW LOOK FOR AIR GIRLS—COOLER, TOO
    155 5 A NEW LOOK FOR AIR GIRLS— COOLER, TOO QIRLS of the Women's Royal Air Force in Malaya will be wearing new lightweight dresses witnin the next six months. The tropical outfits of biscuit tussore will replace the present khaki skirts and shirts. The irirLs' CO. in Singapore, Wing-Officer F. Stone,
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    CLASSES FOR TEACHERS
    55 5 The Trinity College in cooperation with the Malayan Christian Council will run classes in Singapore for teachers of scripture and religious knowledge. The classes will be conducted by the Rev. Sverre Holth. Professor of Theology at the Trinity College and the Rev. Theodore Doraisamy. a specialist In
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    Parade fire
    32 5 PENANG. Mon— Two plank and attap houses will be sft ablaze at 6 p.m. tomorrow when Civil Defence. Northern Region, stages a fire flgbtin^ demonstration at Machang Buboh New Village.
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    Wanted: PCs
    27 5 hhink! Mon. The Brunei Government is so short of policemen to guard oil wells that the Federation Government has been asked to send trained men
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    R.A.F. men get Korea war awards
    107 5 R.A.F. men get Korea war awards ROYAL Air Force officers or the Far East Flying BoaWing have been awarded honours for operations in Korea. Wing Commander D. MacKenzle. Officer Commanding, receives the Order of the British Empire. Others are: Distinguished Flying Cross: Squadron Leader H. T. Francis. Flight Lieutenant M.
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    Girl robbed
    27 5 A Chinese wrenched off a gold chain from a little girl in Prinsep Street. Singapore, yesterday. A policeman gave chase, ani a man was arrested.
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    Council meeting
    21 5 ALOR STAR, Mon. The Kedah Council of State will meet on March 3 at the Balal Besar, Alor Star.
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      272 5 SINGAPORE DIARY Police Band: Public performance, I Tan. Princess Mary Barracks. 3.15 Collyer Quay, 1 15 p.m.; Royal AeroFarrer Park, 5.30 p.m. to 630 p.m p.m. nautical Society meeting and mm Torn H: Weekly meeting. Talbot Spore Council For Adult Educ»- show, 8.30 p.m. House. 11 Scotts Road. 530 p.m.
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    DEATHS
    42 6 ?/l H,,rrf. .-Hi I minimum RATH NICHOLAS JOHN gnn of Captain ar.r p-iswd away o U 22n<i F :us4 rI P'nanz Hospital 'hs JOHN I IM CHOON JII fe and f!\ children to mourn hi.< lost Funeral General H Pipers please
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    42 6 MR PHILIP Wee Pi I »nd family thi ittvti and frteadi who ■> >nd attender! the funeral <->'■ hit wife, i it I Cenv Fnndav. MR AND MRB or w!io 'f,;<: and a'»p: Michael Dravo A Ah X;' crt thai on the ment
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    131 6 FOLI.O\. PSUANI Every day In the lUI HI want to win -<ii//le ooh Soen t Clare iv. H RobinD IVID 3 Soi let; Dinner, Fen. All Wr.'.h r«" ncteta. Tel MS9 or 2«ns rrHE WORI n FAMOUB KB I Ined Gir- O Ramchanc I SPEEDROA lblp'l :nni; cx- Phone
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    17 6 2tt H t>rti\ flit tni ntfnii fti W, o thi'rsion—Cnange os r Park, •^phone No. *****.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 23, 1954. The Talks At Dalat
    845 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 23, 1954. The Talks At Dalat Talks in Indo-China in which British and American officials are taking part are bound to be related to the Geneva conference, and the possibility of armistice discussions. But that ll not their primary purpose, For the Diilat talks
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    Secret Societies
    384 6 There are 368 known secret societies in Singapore. A third' of them, with a membership' 6.500 strong, are active. These, are disturbing; figures, even! alarming when it is nmatttfi id that the menace has not been I viibstantially reduced by vijti-1 lant police activity. The polk-e! have had
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    4 6 "THE PEACE AVOIDING PEOPLE"
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      Smallholders and Govt. land policy
      402 6 f\OES not "Truth is King 1 know that there is State ownership of land in the Federation and that the State has alienated land to land holders under definite terms and conditions, the land to be held forever. Rent means whatever is to be rendered
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      Privileges and rights
      90 6 MR Sivam complains th;.t service in tne proposed Malayan diplomatic service Ls open only "to a privileged community" meaning thereby 1 suppose t it 1 Malays. But native- have no privilege! In their own country only rights; and I think that it is just as w ell
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      What is this 'struggle' of the politicians?
      468 6 ON February 28. the Party Nejrara is to be launched in Kuala Lum- 1 pur Town Hall. The new party is being sponsored by men well known to the general public, able men in responsible positions. TIM party will be open to all
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      REAL TECHNICAL WORKERS ARE THE ONES TO HELP
      279 6 MR. Cheong Hock Hai's letter on the alleged need for a polytechnic in Singapore calls for correction. In the first place the percentage of failures in the City and Guilds examinations is not distressingly high. Fifty per cent is the average pass
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    298 6 'Lords of the Isles' HOW MANY i, or out know that Uv E formed part South -F.a.Nt a en lli.satioii i that of A'Europe was st the dark ;i the break-up ol R finding i under the rule ol i Emperor, Cha least the part ol was
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    'I-won't-talk' girl terrorist is sentenced to death
    268 7 SHE WAVERED, THEN SHOOK HER HEAD JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. -YEAR-OLD GIRL, Lee Ah Tai," who fused to s;iy anything in her defence, was to death by Mr. Justice Storr in the I mitt (oda\ for consorting with armed ti the Pontian area on
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    Life for woman who had bomb
    24 7 INTAN Mon. 1 of the todaj the by a I hi wed her mgle in she a third.
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    Govt. wants a firm to fly the Beavers
    14 7 tin van ".nine with hangars and
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    3 samsu men fined $500
    36 7 3 samsu men fined $500 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Chons Chee. 49. Yap Yew. 52. and Soon Fook. 36. were today convicted in the Sessions Court of illegally distilling sanvsu There were fined $500 each months' saol.
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    SIX MORE WARSHIPS SAIL IN
    173 7 SIX MORE WARSHIPS SAIL IN Two British, 4 U.S. FOUR American and two British destroyers arrived in Singapore yesterday the targest number of warships to cill at the Colony in recent months. The American destroyer.-;. ISS. Cone. Stribling, Noa an i Wrei. which form Destroyer Division 61 under Commander M
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    Telecoms chief
    28 7 Mr. J A. WagstafT has been appointed Acting Director of Telecommunication. 1 Singa- pore in place of Mr. J. C. Dallow now on leave in Britain
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    THE MEN WHO WILL RUN MALAYA'S OWN ARMY
    74 7 RIGHT of Malaya's eleven Officer Cadets who recently passed out at the Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst. The eleven cadets are: A. Kadir bin Salim. Daud bin Mohd. Yassim. 1.-.i bin Ahmad, Idris bin Mauris, Mohd. Ghazali bin Mohd. Seth. Mohamed bin Knmarudin.
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    Patrol in half-hour battle with 20 Reds
    166 7 HOME GUARD IS WOUNDED KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. 4 COMBINED police and Home Guard patrol battled with a force of 20 terrorists for half an hour in the Batu Gajah area of Perak yesterday. The patrol was crossing swampy ground in the Tanjont; Tualang
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    'More police would cut road toll'
    82 7 'More police would cut road toll' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. KUALA LUMPUR'S Municipal Traffic Advisory Committee is to ask the Selangor Government to strengthen its traffic police force The committee says: "Much could be done oy the traffic branch to promote safety on the roads and improve driving." The committee also
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    accused of extortion had gun—court told .
    62 7 accused of extortion had gun court told 1 A Chin Lj rz n 6 ogapore Po with Sunday in order to cet $5,000. j The second charge read th.it 1 Chua was found in unlawful of a shotgun In a In Holland Road on Sunday. C hua was refused bail
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    Chief Justice
    22 7 Singapore's Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray Aynsley now on leave in Britain will return with Lady MurrayAynsley on March 5.
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    $45,000 for Poppy Day Fund
    43 7 IPOH. Mon. Perak raised $45,008 for the Poppy Day Fund last year, the State's organiser. Mr. S. J. N. D. Harrison, said today. Of this $12,362 came from Ipoh. $6,742 from Lower Perak and $585 from Upper Perak.
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    MALAYAN TEACHER CALLS ON NIXON
    45 7 THK UNITED STATES VICE PKESIIJ'.INT. Mr. Richard Nixon, chats with two Asian visitors in Washington. At the centre is Begum Zahir Uddin. a teacher from East Pakistan. At right is Miss Wong Yook Henc. a teacher from Malaya. A.P. picture.
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    'Well do that odd job, sir'
    45 7 IPOH, Mon. About 10.000 boy scouts in Perak and others in the Federation today started their annual 'Odd Job Week" to earn funds for the movement. Throughout the next seven days, scouts in uniform will approach householders for jobs.
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    Retired Johore teacher dies
    51 7 .JOHORP; BAHRU. Mon. Th* I funeral took place in Johore Bahru today of Mr. G.J. Stev ens a retired member of thi. stafi of the Enclish College. Mr. Stevens had it stroke se- 1 veral months ago and hai S );,t been confined to nla bed
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    Missing girl's first wish—an ice
    158 7 PENANG. Mon A LITTLE girl, lost for nve days. fleAv to her father's arms at the Penang Chine* Secretarial this morninc and said. "Papa, can I have an Ice?" The father. Mr. Cheah Nyok H:n. an Alor Star irr cream .sc'/.rv. grinned happily and said,
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    SHUTTLE HALL—NOW I'LL TELL ALL, SAYS PAGLAR
    230 7 SHUTTLE HALL— NOW I'LL TELL ALL, SAYS PAGLAR Facts and figures tor the creditors THE facts regarding thp Singapore Badminton Hall A will be disclosed to its creditors at a meeting next week. Dr. C. .1. Paglar. chairman of the Hall Fund Committee. SaM yesterday. The meeting is being called
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    U.S. consul sees warden kill three elephants
    277 7 U.S. consul sees warden kill three elephants KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE State Game War--1 den and the United States Consul went hunting yesterday, shot three elephants and saved the crops and homes of two villagers. Villagers or Kampong IfMjid and Kampona 21st Mile, Ulu Langat. had complained that 'v'ld elephants
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    I NAP could join Party Negara
    79 7 IPOH. Mon A spokesman ol the National Association o: Perak said today that the Straits Times report in today s i issue that the NAP wa.s seeking affiliation to the Party Negara > was inaccurate. What the Datoh Panglima Bukit Gantang said was that
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    TUC 'wasn't consulted on boycott'
    239 7 TUC 'wasn't consulted on boycott' SEREMDAN Mon OUPPORT on the stand taken by Mr Kenneth Khi reiarv oi the Selangor o! the Malayan Trade Council, On the printers' disr»te at the Straits Times rame from Seremban today, Mr. c. Rasadurai, a* member of the working committee of the MTUC, today
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    Motor cycle hits tree
    54 7 BOY KILLED IPOH. Mon.— A 19-year-old schoolboy. Lini Tet Foh. k'i'.ed when a motor cycle crashed into a tree at junction of Baeza Avenue and Ashbv Road. Lim was riding pillion. The rider. Teoh Seng Kee. 21. xas Rung into a ditch. Lim hit the tree
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    Union meeting
    32 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. -The annual meeting of the Malayan Daily Rated Locomotive Enginemen's Union iGemas branch" will be held at th> railwp.^ canteen. Gema.s at 5 HO p.m. on Sunday.
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    POLL REPORT COMES FIRST
    82 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federal Elections Report Involving as it does amendment! In the Federation Agree- nsent heads the attend the Malay Rulers' ronfen starting on Wednesday. The Rulers' views of the re- port will bo sent to the British Government, while the Federation Government may
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      89 7 HIGH TIDES TODAY: Singapore 1.41 am 19 ft. 1 in. 1 205 p.m <8 ft. 3 In Port Dickson 909 am '7 ft. 9 in.) 9 36 p.m. (8 ft. 4 in>: Penang 2.57 am (6 ft. 5 in.) i 321 p.m. (6 ft 8 in 1. TOMORROW: Singapore 2.08
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    This is Communistic, says Mr. Yap
    309 8 REJECT CENTRALISATION, LABOUR PARTY TOLD i FIRST AIMS FIRST, HE TELLS MEMBERS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A RESOLUTION rejecting the Pan Malayan Labour Party's plan for centralisation will be moved at a working committee meeting of the Selangor Labour Party soon. Mr. Yap Chonp; Kuen.
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    Railway of Death' men may get $76
    102 8 LONDON. Mon. BRITISH prisoners-of-war who survived the brutality of their Japanese guards in thf building of the Slam-Burma "Railway of Death are to be "paid" for their work. I It la estimated that each I man. or the dependants of thOM who died,
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    Charge of detaining woman fails
    106 8 Charge of detaining woman fails SEREMBAN. Mon. THE SEREMBAN magistrate. Raja Sulong, this morning acquitted and discharged T. W. Ratnapala. a postmaster of Jelebu. who was accused of having detained a Malay wo- man. Maimun binti Sohir. be-' tween 9 p.m. on Sept. 30 and 8 30 am. on Oct.
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    MALAYAN ADRIFT FOR 82 DAYS
    59 8 MARINE biologist Roland Brfc Sharma. (rißht) 33- year-old son ot Ipoh lawyer, Mr. S.M. Sharma. who reached Barbadoes, West Indies, after drifting 82 days across the Atlantic Ocean in an 18-ton yawl. With him I on this westward Kon-Tiki expedition on ocean life, went two
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    Rural Board
    24 8 The Singapore Rural Board will meet at the conference room of the Colonial Secre--1 tary's office at 10 am. on Thursday. I
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    New officials
    50 8 Officials of the Singapore 1 1 Cable and Wireless Club for 1 1 this year are: Mr. R.R. Bry->' ant. chairman; Mr. J. Markham, vice-chairman; Mr. R.A. White. secretary treasurer; Messrs. CO. Donough. R.H. Barth, K.S. Joseph. W.C. Martinus. E. Lazaroo, Chua Joo Kirn and D.C. Erson: committee.
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    WARRANT OUT FOR AMBULANCE DRIVER
    192 8 After road death inquiry J AT the end of an inquiry on a 16-year-old cyclist who was knocked down and killed by a Royal Air Force ambulance, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. 1 Alexander, issued a warrant of arrest yesterday, against the driver. Senior
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    Malayans for London parade
    57 8 Contingents from the Mala--1 yan. Hong Kong and Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves will be among the 2,000 officers I and men of the RNVR to oe reviewed by the Queen on the! Horse Guard Parade, London on June \2. The overseas contingents win j take
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    Why we want reserved seats—Mr.D.
    138 8 Why we want reserved seats Mr.D. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon 11/fR. K. L. Devaser, president of the Malay Indian Congress, said today that, with the present number of Indian 1 Federal citizens, it might not be possible to get an Indian councillors elected. 1 "That is why the Congress is 1
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    More return from Korea
    46 8 The second contingent of Indian Custodian Forces returning home from Korea is expected in Singapore today in the MozafTari. Volunteers from the Inner Wheel and the Chinese Ladies Association will be at the Britannia Club to help entertain the 1,445 Indian troops.
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    Show for troops
    34 8 Singapore Public Relations' mobile film unit will give a show to the Indian Custodian j troops at the car park between godowns 1 and tin the Harbour Board area this evening.
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    Dance contest
    38 8 The 1954 Singapore Amateur I 1 Dance Championship will be I held at the Happy World Cabaret on March 18 and 19. The first four couples will represent the Colony against the Australian team in April.
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    Better future for Singapore lepers
    212 8 $400,000 PLAN FOR HOME SINGAPORE lepers have a brighter future now. Schemes have been started to rehabilitate, educate and train them for employment when they are cured. Their accommodation Is steadily improving. Twentyfive new* blocks, costing $400.--000. will increase the capacity of Trafalgar Home in
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    Schools will enrol pupils in April
    109 8 Schools will enrol pupils in April CINGAPORE English school principal will be^in recistration of next year's students for admission to primary I classes from April 1. Mr. T. P. M. Lewis. Senior Inspector of Schools, has told I school authorities to cive preference to children born in the Colony in
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    Car, motor cycle crash: One killed
    47 8 KLANG, Mon. Soovarat- nam, a railway fitter. vai kiilcd when his motor cycle and a car collided at the 3rd mile. Port Swettonham Road, today. Soasay. his pillion rider, and Hk Soon, the car driver, wore injured. They are in hospital.
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    Union approved
    29 8 The Registrar of Trade Unions. Mr. Sng Choon Yee, has approved the rules of the newly formed Singapore Harbo r u Board Stevedore and Wharf Workers' Union.
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      385 8 CTVrAPARF Composers; 10.45 Tonight We P.M. 1.00—2.00 As lyf— 2.00 f9*n***+^ Wam*s» Dance; 1100 Close Down. 1—3.10 Schools Broadcast: 0.00 715 Time Slznal and Opening Piogrammes in Chinese; 6.10 Open Announcement; 7.16 Morning Star- KUALA LUMPUR %£&f H Z2£? "TS' l^ 7.30 News: 7.35 Melody Mixture. children > Corner. 6.45
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    Man who slew nine dodged lynch mob by taking strychnine
    2187 9 Man who slew nine dodged lynch mob by taking strychnine by nil I innuranrv 1 "'<HH/HfSIII'f tnr in urtlfi- Sheriff is sum in *w ft I FAST sedan roared over back-country roads in Arkansas early on the morning of November 19, 1936 .In it sat two grim-faced police officers and
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      64 9 9^ ANKAZA...DAMA3Cu6...Ciry^^. I :> *'< BUf THE SAVACC ST(7Ry OF CONQUEST A AFte* OT> 9TXAN6I »O* r\»trLAN~} IXNr PiLLAoINu ANP UXJTTNu GOS6 ON f, C>Viv COVQUCr tq PCtiTXOy.^^mmt i tr^Zz? L/NTII T4,MeKLAMJT ONcF A ME<?O f r, m *^mw*L. rUBIfc Pfu^E^pgEApgp rvgAsr lU «^g /QULC m COUNTRIES H£ "^f KIND
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    SHARES EASIER ON QUIETMARKET m I -t • 1 f I- \ T , ■
    300 10 SHARES EASIER ON QUIETMARKET m I -t 1 f I- T Tin is down again ALL markets in Singapore were quiet yesterday A with tin at $319 a picul, down 75 tents, and rubber up by an eighth of a cent to 54 1/8 cents a lb. Very little business
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    SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
    95 10 'I-lIK M 4 p in. mci tin l.\Ul .Mil!,, Qood w h iriiik B M Br M lv Pn Pn nrrtt K K K K tani o« ■i Benu Katll I Buklt Kepunc lang "0 mara 67 (on Jcram Kuantan 12« i 00 Kran.is 05 K sw
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was announced at $318 a picul down 75 cents..
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    Australian stocks
    121 10 MELBOURNE, Mon. Investments were steady on the Stock Exchange here today on light trading. Speculative oils were quiet. Loan 3 '< 1956-59 £94/17/6 Loan 3 'i 1956-58 £96/10 -5/Australian Paper 20/Aust. Consol Ind 45/3 -/3 Bank of NSW £37/10 B. Hill Prop 42/6 -/4 Courtaulds 20/11 Dunlops 32/6
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    Harrisons' dividend
    104 10 UARRISONS. and Crosfleld Ltmited. have declared a dividend on their cumulative preference stock at the rate of six per cent per annum for tne three months ending Mar 31. this year. Income Tax will be deducted at the rate of 9s. in the pound Warrants «ili be posted
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    Tin production
    39 10 KUALA LUMPUR. 'Mon. More than 114.000 piculs of tin concentrates were produced in the Federation last month. Perak was the biggest producer with 67.936 piculs followed by Selangor with 35.764. Smallest producer was Malacca with 269 piculs.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    159 10 The Malayan Share BrokerAssociation said "Industrials were irregular on the local share market yesterday tins, were easier." Members of the Association reported the following business done alter 4 p.m. on Friday and on Saturday morning: Gammon $3.05: Malayan Cemenu $1.25; Sime Darby $2.02; F r aser and Neave
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    180 10 The price of rubber In Singapore yesterday increased slight ly by one eighth of a cent and first qraiie closed in Singapore last night at 54 cents a lb. The price fluctuated during the day on a quiet market between 54 and 54 4 cents a lb. The
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    102 10 The Malayan Exchance Banks Association made the followinc changes In its rates to BMfenanti yesterday. NEW YORK: buying T.T. 32". alermall. O D. 33. »0 days 33 N credit bills. 33 3/16 trade bills. CANADA: buying T.T. 31 13/1G airmail O.D. 31 15/16. 9(i days 32 3/16 credit
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    17 10 Singapore CMncW change varc Copra: qw.r i $3dO Lewig ami I' kl were: I buven, *:<:
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      319 10 NOTICES "notice The public are hereby notified that 3 books of tickets for ttM Indian Hockc Federation X 1 lies o be played In Ipoh have >een lost Tickets numbered as follows will not be accepted 1H I' vi Perak on 23rd Fri 410 IH F ■deration o! Malaya mi
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      215 10 NOTICES j KLANC RIVER TIN DREDGING COMPANY, LIMITED i Incorporated in the Federation ol Malaya I Notice is nereby civen that the! Director* of this. Company have dcci.irrd an In'enm Dividend, No. 61. j of 15 cents per >haie. \v M Income Tax 30' c in reepert of the! >rar
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      225 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS EDUCATION OFFICE CIRCULAR No. 3/1954 APPLICATIONS are invited for .-ippointment as probationer teachers In Kelantan Government English Sc hools. Candidates must have attained thtir 17th but not t'.eir 23rd birthci:.;\ and muM have passed thei .school Certificate examination pre>rably with credits in English lang:id two other subjects If
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      894 10 TENDERS SALE OF REFRIGERATORS TENDERS are Invited for a quantity of secondhand kerosene burning refrieerators and spares lying nt Changl. Tender forms and authorities to view may be obtained on application to the Su|«rintendlng Engineer. H. Q. Malaya Area. A.M.D.G.W., R.A.F.. Sime Road. Singapore, 11. Closing date for return of
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      787 10 NOTICES NOTICE FUNLANDS NEW WORLD. GREAT WORLD, HAPPY WORLD, AND IN FEDERATION The Following Persons; Messrs F. Malet. Wijesingha. Murthl, and Micheal Suan are no longer employed by this firm and have no authority to enter into any contracts on our behalf or use our name either directly or by
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      190 10 SHIPPING NOTICES Y.VMASHITA LINE S.S. "YAMADONO MARU" Voy. 9 Arr: 12.2.54 A General Survey of carjro ex the abovenamed vessel will be held at S.H.B. Godowns 33 34 at 230 p.m. on Wednesday, 24th February. 1954. No further survey will be held BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO.. LTD. SWEDISH EAST ASIA
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      U.S. research now turns to natural
      158 12 4MERICAN rubber manufacturers arc now carrying out more research on natural rubber than in the past four years, says the latest issue of Natural Rubber News. •"The four years of high- 1 priced natural rubber resulted m practically a cessation in the United States
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      3 CHAMBERS TO HOLD MEETINGS
      138 12 T^HE Singapore Chinese Cham- ber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting at Hill Street next Monday. At the annual meeting of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce in the second week l of April, an amendment will be I tabled for the necessary quo-
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    Australian builders will study Colony methods
    465 12 21-MAN TEAM ARRIVING NEXT WEEK A USTRALIA is sending to Singapore next week 21 building experts who will inspect the latest buildings in the Colony and will see what methods Singapore is using which could well be adopted by the Australian building industry. The
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    JAP RUBBER MISSION —They're here to buy more
    118 12 JAP RUBBER MISSION —They're here to buy more The seven-man Japanese rubber mission whicn flew into Singapore on Thursday. They are (from left): Mr. Ryohei Kurata, director of Nikka Rubber Co., who heads the mission; Mr. Kaora Hashimoto, director of Kasho Co.; Mr Noboru Takeshima of Bndgestone Tyre Co Mr.
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    3 Times more flour from Canada
    154 12 3 Times more flour from Canada \fALAYA will import three 11 times as much Canadian flour in the future. Mr. D. S. Armstrong. Canadian Trade Commissioner, told the Straits Times yesterday. This was the effect of the visit earlier this month to the Colony of the Canadian Flour Mission, comprising
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    Diesels replace petrol in Far East
    207 12 Diesels replace petrol in Far East DIESEL engines which have replaced petrol engines for commercial purposes in Europe are gradually replacing Detrol engines in the East, Mr. T. J. Firbank. an engineering representative j told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Firbank said the reason for the popularity of diesel engines
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    Colony traders puzzled by Jap textile move
    353 12 Colony traders puzzled by Jap textile move rE announcement by the Japanese Ministry of Trade that Japan evpects to export to Singapore, under the new Anglo-Jr.pancse payments agreement, more cotton and rayon textiles is puzzling Singapore business circles. Last year, the quota of Japanese textiles allowed to be imported into
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    Controls on Jap trade all but lifted
    77 12 Controls on Jap trade all but lifted SINGAPORE has now fallen into line with Hone Konto give effect to the AngloJapanese payments agreement. I'nder the new Singapore regulations goods may be imported from Japan for re-ex-port to any areas. Applications for re-export of Japanese goods to thp sterling area must
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    OIL CHIEF HERE
    40 12 Mr. C A. LARSFN. assistant general manager of Standard' Vacuum Oil Company in the Philippines, arrived by air in Singapore last week He was on an inspection tour of the company's installations in Indonesia. Straits Times picture.
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    15 PER CENT! DIVIDEND
    78 12 15 PER CENT! DIVIDEND The Wilkinson Process Rubber Company. Limited, an- nounce that the annual general i meeting will be held on Mar. 22 when a dividend of 15 per j cent le.-.s tax. will be recom- j mended. Orders received from conces- sionaires of linatex totalled 897.332 lb. against
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    SPARK PLUG TROUBLE
    178 12 Trans- Atlantic research found the answer REHIND the placing on the Singapore market of the I new Ignition Control Additive in Shell spirit is the story of more than six years research. The cure of spark plug fouling became the object of Shell research teams in Britain
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    India's output of tea drops
    56 12 India's Commerce and In- dustry Minister. Mr. T. T.I Krishnamachari. said in Parliament that the estimated production of tea in India in 1953 and 608.000.000 lb. as com- pared with 629.000.000 lb. in 1951. and 620.000,000 lb. in 1952. India's internal consumption of tea was
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    JAKARTA TALKS RESULT soox
    145 12 JAKARTA TALKS RESULT soox Irnm (Mir Own Correspondent JAKAI THE [ndont 1 ter for i. fairs. Dr. Isqak disurjo, has tol< aomic section visional Partial within a week ;i statement oi of the Jakarta bet worn Sine tndonesian offlcia The talks middle of Janu Singapore the Dl Industry, Mr the
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    ASMAUN MAY HEAD TRADE MISSION
    142 12 DR. R. A. A. Asmaun. Indonesian Economi try Foreign Trade Chief, will come tn in March as head of a delegation to meet Singi Government officials and traders, according to nesian circles in Singapore Plans fo. Urn arrival of the mission have not yet been
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    77 miles of power cable
    65 12 IMIK British Ci trie Companj the world's longest i power cable Britain. The British Ins lender's Cables I I receipt of the order over 53.*****0. Thi.s cable, of i.uei across Oeoi i nission ol p mainland to i The scheme will ti i tricity underwab
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    WHAT A LIFE!
    519 13  -  4 hristiitf ihi ■)AY. the kitchen this nine 0111 0 know •iinc on. shoulder watching md asked me was likr w yet I px- to make it out certainent on to tell me con t into the z lOk?" 1 tab!.-. said amah ,nri and counter. fj
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    Harem girl by candledlight
    84 13 MODEL .lean J'a ;tl -it IdinhurKh wears > i I r blonde hair wilh a >>nft rosp finish. ••m led for evuninc wear. Called "l-a < oqurttr" il is one of the npu hair styles rte>icnorl lor sprinc. EVEN WITHOUT a candle it uoulrl br «'.is\
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    FACE THE CAMERA!
    762 13 But be SURE its YOU in the picture By SHIRLEY LOWE i F"EW of us like our own photographs. We have a dozen taken, but. it is of only one or two that we can say with anything like enthusiasm: "That's really ME." The others, of course,
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    Now the drapes are following curves!
    131 13 Now the drapes are following curves! DONALD Patrrsnn, npwf\st member of the Bic Twelve, presented a first collection that was elegant and feminine. Bust were lifted and emphasised by every kind diaphanous materials were draped to follow each curve of the boriv Deep waistines certainly show up anw figure Imperfection.*.
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      79 13 ':-■>'s. Baby Geoffrey Michael <>l Kuala Lumpur O«offr«y MirhuH i» jroM| •**> ;l pwp" B Life Th« purpnsp? To c" l^ 'ip stronc: n*l bemlUiy Jual look at Gooflrpy ilcn'l vow think li<- hns male a Hying start? Vos, this lovely child .s a LACTOGEN Bmby and LACTOGEN enaora HaaJUi
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      383 13 Town Talk^S ul MR. TOWN TALH TOWN TALK Silver Pol ihinj; a^rT^J Cloth. Merely rub the article -i^w&T Wlth the cloth that that ——^ff V "eeessary. The cloth is wt 1 specially impregnated with a IT\\ I TOWN TALK preparation and I^Mk/J w c can an^ Pol'sh silver Y^^^ 1
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      317 13 Straits Times Crossv/ord I' 3 i I^S J^^~ ~bi~i~l~\i r ill 18 H| '9 20~ 21 ACROSS 5. With ciiiiLiiic depressions over1. Regrettable inierruptlon of head (I, 3, 7). speech *6). 6. This MM seems unwise to s 9. Job for cleaners or spring Frenchman (7p cleaners (10). 7. Bad
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    POLICE TO PLAY ARGONAUTS
    75 14 POLICE TO PLAY ARGONAUTS Police Sp->rUng As-vci.ition ard Aigonau's P. C- «ill play a inendly soccer Batata at tii? Depo* ground Thomson Road at 5 Ift p.m. *odiy. The Argonau's llne-un "ill be: Ll:n Soo Woon; Meng Yong, Mohd. Roor: Kee teig. Rnshid Giman. Edit? Tens: Abdul Rahim. Aman Kastawi.
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    RECS GO INTO HOCKEY FINAL
    508 14 3-1 victory puts them in line for 'double' THE Singapore Recreation Club's "Red" team, champions in the senior hockey league, entered the final of the senior knockout tournanament yesterday when they beat Latiff Wanderers by 1-1 on the S.R.C. padang. Recs will meet the winners
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    HENRY RECALLS UK TRIP
    298 14 SPORTS fans throughout Malaya j are now engaged In voting for 'he best two footballers in the i -ountry. In ihe competition spon- j sored by Fraser <fc Neave and Coca Cola the footballers selected will be i rewarded with a free trip to London where
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    BARTLEY'S 2 WINS
    40 14 Baitley Secondary School beat. Anrlo-Chinese School 3-0 at soccei at St. Georges Road yesterday. The soccers were Jamil. Maliques and Rahman Gree de Sllva refered. Rait ley Secondary School's second 'pain beat Anelo-Chlnese School by 6-0. f
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    3-2 WIN FOR R.E.
    44 14 Royal Engineers beat Borneo Motor? by 3-2 in a soccer friendly :tt Farrer Park yesterday after 1-1 at half time. The winners scored through Raz. Walton and Stant-s Both Borneo Motors' goals came from the penalty .spot. L/C Williams refereed.
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    S.E.R. IN FINAL
    44 14 Singapore Engineer Regiment beat I Singapore Harbour Board R.C. by ;he only goal of the game, scored jjr Batty-Smlth in the second half, 'o enter the final of the Junior -.or key knockout tournament at I Keppel Road ground yeste/day. I
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    Davidsson puts out Bill Talbert
    77 14 NEW YORK. Mon Sweden's I youne Sven Davidsson needed only 38 ntnutea to beat Bill Talbert. V. S. Davis Cup cap'aln. and en"<r 'he nnal of the national indoor I tennis r!i implonshlps. The score I was f> 2 6—l. 6 B. r>.!vlKs>n will men
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    S.R.C CRICKET
    23 14 The Sinc»iv>re Recreation Club will hold net practices four times a week on Tuesdays. Wednesdays. rhttradayi and Fridays beginning on Thursday.
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    THAUMATURGY, ERISKAY BEST
    363 14 By EPSOM JEEP IjiRISKAY, with Bougoure J astride, ran a good trial on the training track at. Ipoh yesterday morning when she outsmarted Sturveta (Donnelly) over 3F. in 38 3 5 a good track performance considering the state of the going. There was rain overnight and the
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    Cash, trophies for brighter UK cricket
    269 14 Cash, trophies for brighter UK cricket LONDON. Mon. IJRIGHTER cricket. That Is wha' lies behind the offer by a eroxii f businessmen to award trophl \s and money prizes for notable battme. bowline and fielding feats for the coming cricket season. Thry believe that these additional incentives will infuse more
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    Indians' attack was in top gear
    350 14 By H. A. SOARS KUALA M MPIR. Monday. \IALAYA came up against the full force of the world's hockey champions on Saturday. The margin of their rout. 14-2. was a fair indication of India's supremacy. Some hero-worshippers contend it would have been a *****
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    WEIGHTLiFTIWG Asian Games Trial Mar. 10.
    171 14 WEIGHTLiFTIWG Asian Games Trial Mar. 10. SINGAPORE Atna'eu: Weigh" Lifting F. d.r::tion will hold Its, Aataa Games qiulifyii c trial at the j Happy World s'ndiim on March j 10 The Federat'.'Ti 1 ltend* 'o »nd .i spven-mm 'tm to Manila. Welghtlif-ers Mho will be tasta •nrt in the Mai
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    CRICKET AT J.B.
    57 14 JOHORE BAHRf M«n -Johore Bahru have made an e.irly start in cricket. The first match of the season was played on Friday when the 99th Infantry Bricnde be;u the Enclish College by four wickets. Scores: College 53 I Ahmad II; Edward 4-7. Cunnlncham 2-9>: Bneade 54 for
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    Chwee KoK has no excuses for defeat
    101 14 Chwee KoK has no excuses for defeat rrom sp«< i,i i Ml I 801 ijiVKR ainoc arrl J tralia. Neo Mi Manager K h;»vr been an times record e s<\ hnniets X' that no niir him morr thai Garry Chapman ed inches i h Anstrali in n PMl'iships ni^ht. welgl
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    NSW SHOULD WIN SHIELD
    6 14 and Johnston
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    Kampong league
    12 14 Kebenarai B erica Kami S. Hu Club and B". Li-
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    EARLY MIST
    6 14 DUBLIN winner and .i"-.:
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    INDIANS v PEARAK
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