The Straits Times, 24 February 1954

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times. He***** 1 Established 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. FEBRI'ARY 24. 1954. if PRICE 15 CENTS
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  • 486 1 Increases are urged for 5,000 in Div. 1 to 3 yHOI'T 5,000 local Singapore (Jovernmont workers may jjet increases in salaries as a result of the row over non-pensionable expatriation allowances between the (Government and its staff associations. At yesterday's continued Ritson pay talks, the
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  • 34 1 RAILWAY OF DEATH' PAT: POWs PROTEST >i wan survivors of 1 y" yesterday c\;uid •ndon rethat they may 111 the railway. ked on th I lvt'd Cross gift? th '.t nount tor I t.
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  • 132 1 TOWN OF 20,000 FENCED IN KUALA LUMPUR. Tu-.v RU h tn w>.-t Pahang hxs :onci'ci In to deny ter- Food ar.d to back an tion by the <5th Battalion Regiment. Id food restrictions have been Imposed on the town a 20.000 people and a house cm few from 12 midnight
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  • 36 1 vain of the holiday ;eIftu ultv in putting on a knechr rd it with rubbish as a joke. randah and out cam-" rer boui 'n "'i d own f J ike. rat
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  • 42 1 Mainr H. R. Shorn R E M E. lal of the Singapore lidance Socie'y. who la attached to GHQ. P'ARFI.F. Singapore, is under close arrest. An Army spokesman s :t ir juirlee ire b^inj made Into certain char'i.. Shomilt."
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  • 32 1 LONDON. Tues. Presiaeni Ts tuni of Comm.in. China y terday seni coi latlons to Prem r Geors^ Mathe a Dnlcn on f the founding ol the J <■ P--1 AP
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  • 319 1 SERGEANT STOLE STAMPS TO PAY WIFE'S DEBTS \rmy letters in waste basket A .MUTISM ARMY sergeant, who stole stamps from two official letters, one of which was addressed to the I'nder Secretary of State for War, to settle his wife's debts, was reduced to the ranks and sentenced to nine
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  • 92 1 Miss Chiew wants to rent hostel MELBOURNE Tues MISS Cnlew Wan Wonu :i student attending Melbourne Technical College, has tendered for the lease 'if a Melbourne hostel to help overcom Asian studnts acconmodatlun problems here She ha.s tendered for use .>! the County Roads Board .s hostel "Trinafour" in the
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  • 50 1 KARACHI rues -The Pa kistan Government and Lue US F'>re:gn Operations i ministration have signed <•'■ agreement to Usance a ma or Irrigation and agricultural development project lr the Punjab The United Stale.- w\V, contribute £1.270.000. man.'j in the form of technical i*»rvl??g and equipment.-
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  • 32 1 BERLIN. Tues. East German Communists last night staged a chain of demonstrations in the Soviet Zone criticizing the Western Powers' Mnnd at the tccent Big Four Foreign Ministers' conference. p
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  • 40 1 TOKYO. Tues. Far East Commander General John E. Hull and United States Am- 1 bassadOT to Japan. Mr. John Allison. have returned to Tokyo after two weeks of high i level Washington conferences on Asian problems. U.P.
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  • 124 1 Enter, Maud and Claude, Britain's first ever twin chicks WEST HADDON (England). Tues. SEPARATE twin chirks the first on record in Britain emerged from a single egg at the Michael Wicksteed hatchery vrstercliv Ukkstced spotted the twin embryos in one of his inhibitors last «-ck and was reads f"r t
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  • 67 1 A HANDSHAKE from the U O. Malaya (ieneral Sit liv.i. Stmkuell. and a salute from a Mala) Regiment ofßeei welcomed the Sultan of I'ah.i iv when he arrived at the 21*1 ;inniver.xar> parade of the VI:: lay Regiment in Kuala Lumpur today. He wa* one of eittlit Rulers
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  • 209 1 LINCOLNS BASH A BASHA KIAL.X LIMPIH. Tuesclav QECITRITV POBCBB have killed four more terrorists in the Federation. I A patrol of the Ist Gordons accounted for two. one a woman, in the Bahau District. Negri Sembilan. yesterday afternoon. The third bandit was shot by
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  • 178 1 CONVENT HAS 100 P.O. EXAM PASS KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. BETWEEN 5,000 and fi.ooo •D Federation children telephoned their schools today to ask whether they had passed in the Cambridge School Certificate examinations. results of which arrived from London this morning. The Convent reported a 100 por cent success. All its
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  • 30 1 PARIS. Tues. Two American Senators. Mr. Styles Bridges and Mr. W. Stewart Symington, arrived here by plane yesterday on ;t 10-day defence tour of Europe.— Rev- iter.
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  • 31 1 PARIS. Tues. Dr. A!bt-rt Schweitzer missionary and philosopher who won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, will go to I France next autumn for a I short vacation. U.P. I
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  • 66 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE Selancor Truf Club lost $52,082 last year, its annual r< port said today. The club paid the Governnirnt 51. 182. 177 in tax on the totallsator and the sweepstakes Pay-outs totalled $233,700. Owners «ot $463,208. The club made a net profit of
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  • 34 1 LONDON. Tues. A. A. Milne. 72-year-old author of the children's favourite "Wlnne, the Pooh,' 1 was reported "satisfactorily improved" yesterday after developing pneumonia last week. He is in a London hospital— A.P.
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  • 111 1 Air dash to see bandit victim LONDON. Tues MR. Stan Grundy. M-jrear-olri Doncasier miner, arrived in London last night on I the first stage of a dash to his I wounded brother In a Singapore hospital The brother. William Grundy. 21. a corporal in the Bant Yorks Regiment wps seriously
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  • 68 1 LONDON Tues.— Sir Winston Churchill decided at a Cabinet meeting last night that he himself would make one of the leariina speeches in this week> House of Commons debate on the Berlin Foreign Ministers' conference. Tl.^ debate will be opened tomo. row by Mr. Anthony Eden who
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  • 40 1 LONDON, Tues. Mr Anthorvy Eden, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons yesterday that a statemem in the Spanish Press that the visit of the Queen to Gibraltar was likely to br cancelled was incorrect. Reuter.
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Tues. —The Br;- tish Government welcomed the reinforcement of ties of friendship between Turkey and Pakistan. Mr. Anthon, Fder. the Foreign Secretary, toi^ the House of Commons. Reuter
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  • 35 1 CAIX^UTTA. Tues. The German Mercedes Benz Company will soon start maautactarinu lorries and buses in Ind 1 11 negotiations now being conducted with the Tutu Organ! sat urn are successfully c<n eluded Reuter.
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  • 50 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. A thrceman prohibition committee ol tlie Ancihra Government yesterday leeommcnded the com plete abolition o[ prohibition in the newly created state, it recommended that the 50 i I lion rupees exicse duty Incom br used for the economic betterment of the state, a. p.
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  • 132 1 Plane crashes: 4 feared killed Xl MA lIMIMR, Turs. 4N K.A.I-. Valetta "voice "aircraft* 1 crashed on Mount Ophir, Johore, with 1 crew of four, this mornThe n'rcralt is a c;>mp)ct. wreck. It Is [eared there are n 1 .survivors. A Royal Naval helicopter sighted the wreck. Ground troops are
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  • 22 1 DIDO-CKINA IRt CALI DEBATE TAR! National mlil- denied Inr| 1 M^rrh S In lis 1" Nehra 1 China I 1
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  • 30 1 LONDON. Tues. Mr. A R Low. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry 01 Supply, yesdenied that America 11 Senators were coming to Bn- 1 immunism m aircraft factories. Renter.
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  • 31 1 '.OURNE. Tues Duk" ol Edinburgh will return t > Australia tor the 1056 Olympic I be 1 1 r i rt in M'Mbourne, the Melbourne said today. Reuter.
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  • 288 2 Red China stays out— even AFTER Geneva WHY WE AGREED TO BIG 5-BY DULLES ASHINGTON, Tuesday. THK Inited States Sot rotary of State, Mr. John Fostor Dulles, told 15 Congressional leaders yesterday that the Geneva conference in April would hrinjj "no I nited States recognition of the Chinese Communists," a
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  • 91 2 SYDNI THK death r "H in the flood Disaster ;n northern New South Wales today is 23. There are still a number of pmpie unaccounted f n r bemmunicat lons oft in some centres. The waters wi ri the s\rniien rivers reach sea nutlets.
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  • 37 2 BONN Tues. The three Western Hich Commiss oners tn Germany, In a letter to th» Soviet Huh Commissioner Mr. Vladimir Semonov. yesterday proposed a meetiri with him ways ol r isir rerman Inti flc— Renter.
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  • 178 2 Through gold-rimmed glasses LONDON. Tuesday. PRINCESS MARGARET went with her latest escort.. Mr. Mark Bonham Carter, and six other guests to see her first 3-D film here last night— the premiere of the American coloured musical "Kiss Me Kate." She saw the film through
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  • 131 2 HOBAFT Tu"s. Tt-r Qirrn. w'lrir.c i lilac coloured dre*M 8wl8« mcanrMc. anenden a "under 30* State ball In Hobarr city Hall. Ta»mania, las' night, bir did not -dance. T l v> Qumi w A.< l.Jii'i people un the dance floor and linn :n the pallenes
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  • 45 2 THE BIG BOOTS BALLET Avril shows the miners how Ulllioi I taking timr to it wash away the crime of thr pit. Yorkshire miners Mime into bajlet rehearsal under the tuition of a local expert. Avril Panton. I 1 at Altofts. near Wakrfield. Reuter picture.
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  • 196 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. AFORMER-President. Mr Herbert H lover said last, night that he had one depression named after him. but did not see signs of an other anywhere on the landscape at the present time. Mr. Hoover, who is 79. reviewed the American economic situation
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  • 190 2 THE HUES FAIL TO GIVE UP: BIG DRIVE BEGINS 'Peace offer ended at midnig) MANILA, 1,,, A MIDNIGHT deadline for thr Communi to surrender passrd list night without and an estimated 20.000 Philippine Iroops took positions for an all-out offensive. President Macsaysay said: "There will be no extension ''1 the
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  • 28 2 ATHENS. Tues. The Air Force announced yesterday that an American supplied F-R4 jet fighter is believed to have crashed in the Gulf of Corinth. —A. P
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  • 45 2 N R \LL KFNV trunk prohibited an hours ol dai emergency come 1. Thi- under which will b«' abl< anyone lines, follows tempts Tiii g 1 month; Nalrob. 1! up lengtJ The n- v order 1 An a •i.iier
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  • 17 2 garlan Ml p'.in^ r^n oui ol landed in v mdinci in I
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  • 13 2 JERUBAI EM paid a surpi ol the Jon; tier ri' I
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    • 338 2 CTlir A DADr iftffit] and News: 9.45 E\eni:i- MALACCA SRb,%B%S KUALA LUMPUR S^SS Mix'ure: 8.00 Musical Comedy l!lJ T,. 7« t,l T.mr Msoortst; 800 1nv,,.,,,0n to Music; AM g Enc;llsh 5,,^,. BroaO ?ST^ lt 8 L IU| 8 4 S n< B^ 8 8.3n Malay House* nes' Corner; rMfs |4|
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  • 23 3 r it ihip sinci n and Indon her Dortmund, owni d by Hapag c n pans BrrI tccomr
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  • 258 3 Pakistan asks for military aid from America KARACHI, Tuesday. PAKISTAN formally asked the United States for military aid yesterday. The Prime Minister. Mr. Mohammed Ali who made the announcement, said that he had requested the aid to enable his country to make greater contribution to peace and security. Authoritative sources
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  • 68 3 BE FAIR', EDEN WARNS PEKING LONDON, rues. M\ THONY Edon. the I Seen tarj hi that If China improve relawrith Britain she rst treat British Inwith "ordinary and Justice." 'ions Commons tlon. n (La- presentanition rnment in thai Britain i G rnment uki i ind trade wen d thai tho
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  • 49 3 FIVE-YEAR-OLD Jamie Dowdall. of London, gets a few tips from racing motorist Stirling .Moss. Jamie was playing by the pumps at a petrol station when Stirling drove up and cave him advice on how to hold the wheel while he waited for petrol Reuter picture
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  • 153 3 Says Mr. Nehru NEW DELHI, lues rE Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru. >-*terd»i condemned the propt>S4 i United States military aid t > Pakistan s'ep which adds to fears and tensions." But be scoffed a1 a:iy noti"n that India might i similar ■•lther from the
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  • 39 3 LONDON. Tues.— Floral tributes from scouting organisations all over the world were laid yesterday at the memorial In Westminster Abbey to Lord Baden Powell, founder of the movement, to mark the 97tn anniversary of his birth. Reuter.
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  • 81 3 OTTAWA. Tues. The House of Commons yesterday approved, by a vote of 116 to 44 salary Increases of USSIO.OOO a year for the Prime Minister "and USSS.OOO for each of the 21 other Cabinet Ministers. The proposed salary boosts would come on top of a US$4,OOO
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  • 84 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. Sir David Keily. the British Ambassador in Moscow from 1949 to 1951, said here last night that "at the root of today's tension" were the failures of the Western Governments, of public opinion and especially the failure of President Roosevelt, to grasp
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  • 100 3 LONDON. Tues— The Soviet Navy has between 20 and 25 modern cruisers, more than 100 modern destroyers, about 350 submarines and 2.000 minor vessels, the House of Commons was told Lost night. Mr. Nigel Birch. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, grave these figures
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  • 213 3 Says Bulganin on Red A rmy Day LONDON. Tuesda>. \IARSHAL Bulganin, the Soviet Defence Minister. iTA said in Moscow yesterday Red Army and Navy Day that the Soviet forces were "ready to strike a destructive blow against any enemy at any moment." The Marshal
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  • 30 3 The Oscar uinners STACIK i oMI I< in .ml Ciravey and film comedian Roland Alexandre with their golden apple, an "Elegance Oscar," created by a French fashion magazine. Popper picture.
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  • 103 3 MANILA. Tues THE Philippines President. Mr. Ramon Magsaysay, sain the Communist description ol his policy as 'a cry of hostility by our people towards thi American people"' was a He. Speaking at a Washington birthday ceremony, the President said there was no conflict of
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  • 22 3 DARWIN, Tues.— A model township for about 200 lep rs is ncaring completion. 12 milfs south of Darwin— Reut-r
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  • 161 3 LONDON. Tu'.-s. BRITISH merchant fleet is meeting intensified competition from ex-enemy nations. who have made "an impf-sive re-entry into the sea rOUt^S, said the annual leport <>. the Chamber of Shippir.;; of the United Kingdom. The report added me merchant fleets of Qeruian* and
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  • 240 3 LONDON. Tues. Closing prices ol selected stocks were: LOArss Consols 64 Funding; 4'; 101 Wiit lfe% 85S. -Hi Loan 3.%% 1956-59 £94 12 6d BANKS Mercantile (El2'-) 25' i Bjuttm '£5 1 8 2 Chartered (£5) 43 3 1/Hongkonß («125) 93 INSL'BANCE Com. Un. <uts.) 12 7 i
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  • 22 3 LONDON. Keb. 23. Cash Buyers £«7«: Sellers £S"!V.: Forward Buyers i.ll. Sellers £6*2; Settlement Turnover a.m. 75 tons: p.m. 15
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  • 31 3 LONDON. Feb 23.— Spot 16% d., Apr 16 '■«<!.. May I 6' s d.. June lfi'-.d Juh-Sept 16\d.. Oct.-Dec. 16\d. Mar. c.l f. 16.V161:.. April c.l.f 16U. Tone: Quietly steady.
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  • 307 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Thomas Lloyd, Permanent I'nder-Secretary ol State for the Colonies, said here today that the solution to Malaya's economic crisis might he tound hy research workers. Hf> sairi: I think it would he a Rood plan if new hsps
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  • 211 4 CITY SHOW IF COST IS RIGHT fVUV ity (oumil I would like to hold City Day rxhihition. in addition lo a pageant, when it relobr:itp* the third annivcrsir? in Sc|)tf mhrr. Kut it wants to know thrj cost bcfoiv it makes a decision. The plan, proposed tir>t m 19.V2 by
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  • 169 4 MR. JUSTICE Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday reserved judgment in an application by Mr. Saul Mizrahie. a land owner, to have set aside a $107,607 arbitration award made against him. The award was made by Mr.-I F. L. Angell. a Sinpapoie architect, in
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  • 30 4 A Singapore woman. Lim Kok Lin. 40. of Bukit Ho Swee. wa.i admitted to the General Hospital, last ni?ht suffering from the effects of caustic soda.
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  • 19 4 The president of the Cable and Wireless Unilormed Start Union. Singapore. Inche Hamid bin Omar, has resignea.
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  • 171 4 JA E. MARTIN, under a Singapore Traffic Court ntence of one month's sirr.--p -.nr.insonment and one ira disqualification from driving all classes of vehicles on a charge of driving a motor t\ir while under the influence of liquor, is appealing against that decision. Yesterday
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  • 153 4 —And most were Empire issues EIGHT of the •Ten B<?st Stamps of 1953" chosen by the Singapore Stamp Club yes- terday are Commonwealth issues fhey were selected from among 30 stamps submitted by three members. The first three of the ten are Coronation issues-a 2/6 d. Southern
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  • 247 4 Singapoer's memory in stone on Kent Ridge A SIMPLE stone tablet looking out over one of Singapore's most magnificent views was unveiled yesterday by the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. The tablet, which stands at the top of the Gap Hill. Pasir Panjang. commemorates the visit of the Duchess of Kent
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  • 120 4 SINGAPORE City Councillors win debate at their m< ing on Friday whether th Council should set up ;i new department. The health committee hare.ommended that the analyst's section of the Health Department should stand on its own feet nnd be made a new department. The finance
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  • 29 4 KLUANG Tues For extending his house without the permission of the Town Council. Goh Kirn Teonc. 53. was ni:p'; SlOO. He was ordered to demolish the structure.
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  • 97 4 The lottery runner got $1 a trip A WOMAN. Kok Beng Choo. who admitted she was a chap jiki runner, was fined $250 or 2J months' gaol in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday for assisting in running a public lottery. Koh said she had to maintain herself and three
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  • 110 4 PARENTS MAY OPEN SCHOOLS KUALA LUMP! I ■t«e Belang x Association asked to organic fcrendum amon; hers and par cide whether I lion should st in continuation This follows dlon ol tin ting comm i tovernn i the m il Mr. Tap Chon tary ol the a move the r<
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  • 9 4 KUALA KANOSAJ Tin m iyan Bhadur 85
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  • 51 4 PBNANG In. any's snatch thiei soinq for songkokl I. tlif% bciievr man) M their none) In thrm Since :i Mala) recrnth lost 855 which be k>p !ik Mackok, three li h.id thrir caps id off. The latest such Ini w;is in Chulia Street j
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  • 86 4 IHTHE Rev. Father Peter Blakr a Catholic leader, wu; I arrive at Char.gi from Britain today to conduct mission services for Catholic officers and i airmen of the Royal Air Force and their families at Ten°;>h Seletar and the Maintenance Base at Seletar. Each mission will
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  • 294 5 He defied Red bullets to save convoy KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. \BV HASSAN bin Mohamed Zin, a Special Constable, who drove through a terrorist ambush then defied bullets and grenades to attack the enemy, has been awarded the George Medal. Special Constable Nazdal bin Kuntan, who
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  • 155 5 SEREMBAN, Tues. nRIVERS employed on *^Nep:ri Sembilan estates are to ask the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association to set up a separate arbitration board to negotiate on their wages and conditions of service. At a meeting at Seremban last night the drivers deplored that
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  • 136 5 rE Singapore Badminton Ha.l Fund committee may be reshuffled next month to mert the financial crisis facing the hall, the Straits Times was told yesterday. The hall now faces two legal claims and is threatened with a third. Clubs and anoetattana affiliated to
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  • 129 5 Then he posed as inspector PENANG. Tuesday AN ex-convict, who had pre viously posed as a doctor and a teacher, was re-arreste<l soon after his release from prison for impersonating a police inspector. K.Kandiah. (23). pleaded guilty in the Penang Magistrate's Court today to cheating Mrs. G M. Nesaturel. a
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  • 105 5 For trial on murder charge JOHORE BAHRU, Tues MARSA SINGH was today committed by the magistrate to the High Court lor tna' on a charge of murdering Sanggara Singh, son of Teia Singn. on December 9 in Joi.ore Bahru. It was alleged that Sanggara Singh was standing beside hLs car
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  • 63 5 ALOR Star Tues.— A twoday strike by 230 Malay and Indian labourers on Sungei Paya Estate in Pulau Langkawi could nave been avoided. Mr R. H Weller. Deputy Commissioner for Labour, said today The men stopped work on Jan 8 and 9 over certain alleged discrepancies in
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  • 43 5 Pang Chan Chong of Serangoon Road was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday for driving a car in a dangerous manner and colliding with a military lorry at Changi Road on December 8. He had I previous conviction for a similar offence.
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  • 29 5 Slncapom Harbour Board Staff Association will hold an extraordinary general meeting at Cantonment Road on Friday evening to discuss the partial revised salary proposed by the board.
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  • 18 5 Singapore Foochow Coffee Merchants Association will celebrate its 33rd anni\vr.s;try on Sunday afternoon at Queen Street.
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  • 19 5 Mr. RE. Turnoull, Gover-nor-designate of North Borneo, will arrive in Singapore in the Carthage on March 2.
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  • 41 5 GURKHA PARADE General meet R.S.M. LIEUT. GENERAL sir Charlea l.oeuen. Commander-in-Chief. Far Fast I.iihl Forr<>>. \isited troops in the Seremban area recently. Piriurr shows him shaking hands with R.S.M. Maniratnr Thap.i before inspecting No. 1 Squadron 17 Gurkha Division Signals Regiment.
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  • 38 5 Lady Mountbatten and the Governor of Singapore, Sit John Nieoll, will jointly review all units of the St. John Ambulance Brigade during the annual inspection at the Victoria School ground, Jalan Besar. on March 7.
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  • 38 5 Singapore Rural Board will collect dues and rates on houses, land and rubber estates at the Bedok Rest House, junction of Upper East Coasc and Bedok Roads, from 9 a.m. ito 1.30 p.m on March 2.
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  • 287 5 Rotary club: Rotary International birthday meeting at Capitol Blue Room. 1 p.m. SpeaKer: District Governor Rotn. A W Frisby. British Council: Fr.'e eaucatlon.il show films from tne Commonwealth in the Hall. Stamford Road. 8.30 p.m. Singapore Musical Society: Full choral rehearsal. Victoria Memorial Hall. 5.30 p.m. St.
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  • 40 5 IPOH. Tues— The National Association of Perak today denied the allegation of the Perak Progressive Party that some of its members were using the official position of the Mentri Besar. Datoh Panglima Bukit Gantang, to enlist members.
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  • 158 5 Anxious 1954 after a very bad 1953 THIS will be an anxious year for rubber, says the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the annual report up for study at the general meeting on Monday. "And 1953 can be said to be the taduxtry'i worst year since the war." it
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  • 60 5 •To'iORE BAHRU, Tups Won Bwee, of Kulai. was fined Sl5O .n the police court today lor irregularity of his ration rice account. Food coutrol inspectors found that Wongs books showed '^3 pleula 61 katis of rice in stock but his actual stock was 25 picuLs 28
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  • 22 5 The Automorile Association of Singapore will hold its annual meetins at the Adelphl Roof Garden at 5.15 p.m. on Monday
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    • 291 5 Straits Times Crossword IN I I" I I I I 18 <9 20 32 23 2 11 "7" ~~ii^ ACROSS A circular thing allowed in a 1. Old lady urges us to gamble (7). n^L/fIU: (10) 5. -Then cently scan your-man j* penny thoroughly "S V'Udoc s»«-<r* much ctja 20.
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  • 15 6 CHARI P^ «nd Prlscilla Jaekaon celebrating their Golden Weeding Annnersa:-. 24th February 1904.
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  • 216 6 it •>'•» i minimum t Bhop recan be accepted until April. fOl.i i E\ery day In the Ma want U> win thHt $j.ui:ii Aoid ANY PATTERM oi vn'ir choice worrier. \V-:'<- T?(\<a'.lnd RCium, Sll Onan I THE Hif BOX \V;n-e: I I at! occasions designed h\ ConttOM Brides rered
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  • 837 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Feb. 24, 1954. Development In Asia A more soothing picture than the facts justify is drawn! by ECAFE's economic Asian! survey tor 1953 The problems of adjustment in the face of lower export earnings are admitted. All Asian governments must either curtail their econo- inic
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  • 223 6 The purge of "dangerously arrogant" officials recommend- ed by the Central Committed of the Chinese Communist; Party does not tell us much I more than has been suspected j of Communist methods in that i country, but it does confirm; travellers' tales of misery ami unrest and despotism
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  • 151 6 We have done our best this morning to print all the results of the Cambridge examination There is nothing for Singapore, but that is because the Colony's Education Department has not received the results itself. The Federation list, we believe, is complete. In view of past experience :in
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  • 1063 6  -  Harry Miller By T«WO maps in police ■■■headquarters in Seremban give grim proof of why Negri Sembilan has been dubbed the worst State in the Federation for road deaths. One shows the rate of accidents along all roads leading in and out of
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    • 539 6 (WOULD like to reply to the editorial entitled "A Million Dollar Error." The Benham scalps of salary ■••placed all other scales of saaries for Government servants is from Jan. 1. 1950. The tea•hers and a few others rejected tiie Benham proposals ?tovernmem. however, implenented
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    • 188 6 rarties are essential to politics BISHOP R. L. Archer state* that "obligation may cal for the Church to .state hei pusition even in the realm ol politics if human rights anc the McredßMi of personalitj are involved." BLshop R. Archer. a.s head ol the Methodist Church, thus lavours the MethodLst
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    • 188 6 PROF. Silcocks analysis of the Taylor Award and its repercussions has persuaded 'me to support the award in its entirety. At a time when the trade .recession is threatening to I get worse and when the prices lof rubber and tin are going down,
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    • 113 6 I rE story of the human bein^ changed into a crocodile was current in Malacca when I was 12 years old and living in Klebang Kethll. I am now 56 On payireiH of a .small fee what I saw then was a .small crocodile
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    • 164 6 POLITICS CAN BE A CLEAN GAME lAM not a M"' hodisl tut i as a Christian I cannot help taking an interest in what the Rev. Qoh Hood Keng i has said about "dirty politics." I May I thank Bishop Archer for his most welcome H.,siiran<v in the United States
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  • 126 6 Spore traffic rr\HE COLONY B hnne aerei i lord me the 4< iln the urn ipec not, would In I<>t ihe Mai v to Clifford Pier I have Just ii glorious advent v tell me," I aski d Clifford Put By cd. "Tin re I lord I'
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    • 460 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 1» tin i minimum) YBO NG Hie enr ..tement ir anrounced this (!»v he-ween Mr Y»o He K the lute Mr and Mrs Yeo I arV By« »nc. M:v Nf Poll Oeok, rounfest rinujhter of Matfan <"..ir, Bee Neo and the late Mi Ns Hock Xeow. Dated this
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    • 48 6 HOHNER DIATONIC ACCORDIONS MODI I. 11l 2 stops. 2 sets reeds $42.50 MODEL 111 :t stops. 3 sets reeds $47.50 MODEL 114 4 stops. 4 sets reeds $55.00 Postage and Packing $.1 00 extra. From all good Stores or T. M. A. LTD., til t>3. High Street. Singapore-6
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    • 44 6 I j •I I y FEDERATION AIR SERVICE SCHEDULED SERVICE: Between Kuala Lumpur. Bcntons;. Brnta. Temcrloh, (endcrata Sitiawan. IpoH, Kuantan Trcnjxinu, Kot.i Bh.irti. Ulu Ccrn^m Labu Kubong, Dungun, Bidor. Charter Rates on request. am En u MANSFIELD&CO.,LTO. Loke Yew BuilJin^ Kuala Lumpur Tel. 292
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  • 254 7 has same aim —says Sopiee PENANG, Tuesday. man of tho Pan-Malayan Labour Party, che Mohd. Sopiee, denied today that the proposed centralisation plan was based on; ;iin-ti( constitution. he said commentinK on a the plan which Mr. Yap Chnnji Solaimor Labour Party, will ol
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  • 158 7 INDiANS ARE HERE WITH A 'TREASURE' THE second contingent of 1,500 Indian Custodian Force from Korea arrived :n Singapore yesterday homeward bound with their oio.-Nt precious possession locked in the ship's strong-room. It is a silver plaque which was presented to the 190 Infantry Bi \v the Ist Commonwealth Division
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  • 78 7 Samsu gift was for christening JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. A WOMAN. Looi Moi. admitted in the Police Co.rt today having a still and four bottles of samsu but .said they were Riven her by a relative. leaving for China, to celebrate the birth of her child. When Looi Moi"s hut in
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  • 87 7 IPOH. Tuesday. A publlr'. nePtinc is beine convened by the Perak branch of the Mala- jran Chinese Association here j on Sunday to discuss the six- point proposal accepted at the t MNO-MCA National Convention in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago. Members of the State
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  • 57 7 Sireaporc Youth Council will hold a hall in the Badminton Hall. Guillemaid Road. Nt 8 30 p m. on March 6. The ball, in aid of the Tanah Merah Youth Camp and World Assembly of Youth Funds, will he under the patronage of the
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  • 25 7 A Land Rover, which caught fire in Middle Road. Singapore yesterday had the blaze put out by the brigade within a lew minutes.
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  • 80 7 Today F'.ncapore 2OR a.m. ,3 ft <i ins) 2.44 p.m. <7 ft. 7 Insr Port Dieksnn 0.29 a.m. <7 ft ins> 10.07 pm. '7 ft 3 insr Penang 316 a.m <fi ft I mi :< 43 P.m. <6 tt. I ins). Tomorrow: Singapore 2.35 am. '8 ft. 7
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  • 74 7 MISS WONG PIKW SKE. 18. of Kuala Lumpur, had a dream during the Chap Goh M< i festival that she should do some charity this year. She at once thought of the 12." inmatrs of the Jubilee Home. San Pone Koad.
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  • 244 7 -SPECIAL BRANCH MEN CHARGED JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. A SPECIAL Branch translator and two inspectors A were alleged today to have beatrn a woman and made her do physical exercises to extort information on collection of supplies f<~>r terrorists. The translator. Johnny Chew Chee Kheang.
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  • 70 7 Koreans fly in for 8-day visit PARTY of Korean journalists, who have been visiting Britain as guests of the Foieisn Off cc. will fly Into i Singapore today. They will tour the Federa tion for four days and spend another four in Singapore before flying to Korea. The journalists, who
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  • 40 7 RAUB. Tues. The 12th I Royal Lancers will present a variety conctrt at the Methodist Girls School here at 8 pm. on Friday and Saturday in aid of Lady Tempters T.B. Hospital Fund and Red Cross Fund. i
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  • 83 7 A 28-foot fishing research vessel will shortly sail for Singapore from St. Monans. a tiny fVhin!: town on the east coast of Scotland. Powered by a 22 hi), dlesvl engine, the boat is built of te.ik and has a mast and derrick, specially designed ior work with
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  • 50 7 i Tan Ah Ghoo. a provisional licence holder, was fined $25 yesterday for failing to display L-plates while driving at th^ junction of Jalan Sim Pah and Tampenis Road on Dec. 30. He was fined another $30 for not having a licensed driver by his side.
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  • 52 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The preliminary inquiry into a; charge of murder against lance Corporal Georce Cooper, will be held at the magis- 1 rrate's rnurt here on March 27. t 2R and 29 Cooper is alleged to have murdered his wife Vera Coop- I er on
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  • 310 7 Parade is proud day for the old soldiers KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. HOME Guard Inspector Mohammed Noor bin Kasim watched with pride as whiteuniformed troops of the Malay Regiment marched in clockwork precision along Jalan Raja in the Federal capital today. On the verandah of the Government Secretariat, among the 5.000
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  • 76 7 COOK STOLE FISH MALACCA. Tues. -Dr. J. E. McMahon. Chief Medical OfTu-cr at the General Hospital here, saw a cook With a bulclltg pocket outside the hospital's cookhouse. Today, the cook N. E. Sebastian, pleaded guilty to stealing half a kati of meat and three pirc,
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  • 88 7 Oil lamps don y t dim quest for learning BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tuesday. BEGUN last year, the Bukit Mertajam adult classes are still using only kerosene lamps in Jit Sin Chi- nese School. "Despite setbacks, attendance ha.s been very good an 1 students are anxious to learn." .snid Mr. Chan Ewe
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  • 98 7 Klang is 'older than Malacca' KLANG Turs. THE British Advisor Nrgn Sembilan. Mr. M. C. F. Shrppard. inld thr iruumural mootinf? of the Klane branrh of Malayan Historical Socirty horp yesterday: "Bang's history Rors bark very murh fll -trier than Malacca's." Ho addod "Whop this .society has been active for
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  • 61 7 KUANTAN. Tues. Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid in the High Court today sentenced Wong On to death for having sten gun and ammunition v. hen he was wounded and captured by the King's Africnn Rifles in tlie Jabor jungle on Dec 16. His companion was killed. WO&g
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  • 189 7 A TEAM of young AmeriJ\ can teachers, who joined Methodist Mission schools in Malaya, recently, think Malayan school children are so well-behaved, that they would almost be un natural in America. The team arrived here about four months aco on three-year contracts. Methodist Bishop R.L.A. Archer
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  • 306 7 Radio links with U.S., India "TWO wireless systems aimed at quuker communicx ation between Singapore and principal towns In the Federation and abroad ;»re now being developed by the Department of Telecommunications. One is the very hieh frequency telephone service
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  • 31 7 Maurice Clare, the violinist, will give a lec'ure and recital for musk students at the British Council Hall. Stamford Rf:ad. Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. on Monday.
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  • 135 7 32 taught how to run a village IPOH TU"-T<HIRTY-TWO local COUTI--1 N w Vill Ished a new type of civics course organised by Mr B. Ims, the Stati in formation Officer Ami I Chinese woman councillors. [roup was split vi) into five imaginary local councils each comprising a mcml on,
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  • 70 7 3 men rob a woman PENANG I"v. s. Tli" pollc< arc looking for three Chlnew who held up a woman a' Kampar Road on Sundaj night and p'hh' d her ol |ewellerjr worth I.nn Saw Jil a 29-year-oW) stallholder, was on her wa? home at ii U) p ni. w
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    • 60 7 Mars Unique combination of full-cream rhocolate. layer of buttery flavoured caramel centre of chocolate malted milk. rped in white of epg Best selling :ol*te coated candy bar in the world! il for the children! THER SWEET TREAT BY MARS. EASTERN AGENCIES (1946) LTD^ INCANDESCENT Wst\ mantles LOOK FOR THE 19
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  • 181 8 SVC ready to train new Colony army THE Singapore Volunteer Corps is ready to train Na- i tional Servicemen, its com- mandant. Lt.-Col. T. HutchinHO, said yesterday. Eight Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers ar" arriving from Britain— the first of them this week- to reinforce the Corps. The training camp
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  • 78 8 Officials of the Singapore Dental Club for the year are: President. Mr. R. N. Muthiah. vice-president, Miss P. Rethnambal: general secretary. Mr. K Punnuamurthi; chair- man for the board of pones, Mr. K. Kalida.*: treasurer. Mr. M. Chinnapa: sports secretary. Mr. N. Raiaram; social and cultural secretary,
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  • 122 8 'Shark' yells woman and races to land A WOMAN swimming at Pasir Panjang last Sunday raced from the water in panic when she saw a three -foot shark. She said yesterday: "It was about 10 yards from me and quite close to the shore. Ive done plenty of swimming from
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  • 235 8 Drive to make 'every man a public health officer' AN ISLAND- WIDE drive to make the people more health conscious is to be launched in Singapore. "Make every man a health official" will be the cry. A committee of representatives from the Health and Social Welfare Departments and the University
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    39 8 A new fire engine for the Auxiliary Fire Service in Singapore which arrived by a P and O cargo-liner yesterday. Costing about 535.000 the engine is the fourth to arrive here. Two more are expected soon. Straits Times picture.
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  • 215 8 So interpreter aids interpreter EOBLEM which confronted a Singapore magisate two weeks ago was solved in the Ninth Court yesterday when Mr. Ching Shung Sing i-orn in as a Woonchu interpreter. The case involved NRon Client See. a Shnnghainesr. who was charged in the
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  • 93 8 Our income figures for mission STATISTICS on Maiaya's national income will be l^ade available to the International Bank Mission now visiting Singapore and the Federation. Figures were first compiled in 1949 by Dr. F. C Benham. Economic Adviser to the Commissioner-General but are now out of date. Revised figures are
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  • 70 8 Officials of the Stores Personnel Group of the Army Clerical Service Union, of Singapore for the year axe: Chairman, Mr. D. Steven.-.; secretary. Mr Ton Ah Choy, committee: Messrs. P. Nadarajan. N M. Mathew. P. K. Achuthan Nair, S. Michael Francis, Ujagar Singh. C. G. Narayanan. D.
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  • 68 8 KUALA LUMPUR Tues— C. Herbert of Sungei Sungnr.i Eftate asked for a months adjournment of his case in the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrates court today because an important witness, a European. la overseas on leave. Herbert is charged with the trie ft of a
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  • 48 8 Tan Meng Ting, a Singapore motorist, was charged in the First Traffic Court yesterday with causing the death of a cyclist. Abd. Manap bin Gafur. on Jan. 31 by a negligent act. Tan was offered bail of $I.oou in two sureties until May 6.
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  • 47 8 Two Chinese women were reported missing in Singapore yesterday. Chua Gek Lang. 22. of Kheam Hock Road has not been at her house since Feb. 9. Chang Swee King. 25. na^ been missing from her nous* in Tiong Bahru Road since Feb. 19.
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  • 47 8 A high official of the World Trade Department of the Lo; \ngeles Chamber of Commerce. Mr John Sowers, will arrive in Singapore at the week-end on a fact-finding mission. He Will meet local exporters and importers and discuss possibilities of developing trade.
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  • 188 8 Sponsor leaves party MUST REMAIN IMPARTIAL KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. SELANGOR's Mentri Besar Inche Othman bin Mohamed. one of the original spon sors of the National Conference, told the Straits Times to day that he broke away from the Party Negara group for "personal reasons." There had been no differences of
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  • 200 8 COURT PRAISES YOUTH A YOUNG Malay. Marsuki bin Abu. was yesterday praised in his absence by a Singapore magistrate, Mi. R W. H Davies. for the part he played in tht arrest of a snatch-and-run thief and the re- i coverv of the stolen property. Mr Davies said: "This youth
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  • 106 8 Society paid out $18,678 last year THE SINGAPORE Family Benefit Society has paid ou f more than half a million dol- lars as gifts to members since I it started 40 years ago. In its annual report published yesterday the Society aayd that $18,678 was paid out last year. The
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  • 26 8 The annual meeting of the Ex-Services Association o." Singapore will be held at 6.C0 I p.m. today at the S.V.C. Officers' Mess. Beach Road.
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  • 119 8 IPOH, Tues. rWN council elections to ac held in three centres in Perak this June -Ipoh and Menßlembu. Taiping and Teluk Anson are estimated to cost the State about $100,000. The Ipoh week tour in the four I wards to area elections wil! take $40,000 of
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    • 239 8 YOUR IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT 1.45,4, 6.30 9.30 HITS THE TARGET extraordinarily good I KID M All) MANY "DAILY MAIL A GOOD FILM. MAGNIFM r.NTI.Y HANDLED "THK TIMES" S 4sBk mm FITZGERALD BmN FORBES Bill KERR CHARLES VICTOR PIUS- PAThF NEWS WORLD'S RECORD DKKP SKA DIVE ruu*. rmnt ntn»» linip< U] „;l
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    • 234 8 <f\ CATHAY ORGANS A riOW r 4^^ ATTRACTIONS M l l kV X > f'X^fS LAST DAY li tHK lnd« H B»»N H»^ ie»w I, BUM LrM)(l»-fc»i 1* r, m Shudder At Theßriolence Of Her Ambition' Pf Rage At The #nnocence of Her Deceit 'to S> K\'*J Thrill From The
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  • 959 9 It represented the I Conuressional Modal of; Honour. America's equivalent to the Victoria i Cross, won before the wearer was 21. General Arthur MacArthr.r w:i< no sLss >' with crisp, stinging dlaclpline, ho loitrd his lackadaisical volunteers into a fighting force which made the wealthy Philippine Islands
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  • 971 9 The first General Mac Arthur of the Philippines soldiers advancing on Manila, capital of the Philippines, in August 1898, were an unruly, untidy lot. A few weeks previously they had been civilians in pioneer states of the Middle West, where a man's value was still often reckoned by his ability
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    • 85 9 f FOUR KN6S CONSPIRE W 01/Eirnii?oW njE 1 OUT PEATM «6 Hit oM.v| TT\ i FAMEgIftNE, WHO HEAR 6 OF rur t>'gr fINP I EVENTUAL VICTOR OF J KIPCS OUT TO BATTIF WITH^ '> r *MEKI.ANE. THE POUR j/\ *^c^^**^^ ~~c^ I E2r ro Aif fQfz. the la^t /^^t^ *<■>
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  • 8 10 Industrials are firmer
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  • 129 10 THE commodity markets in Singapore had a brighter day yesterday but tin and rubber .-hares on the local share market failed to respond to the better prices. The report that Russia was to bviy thousands of tons of low grade rubber from Indonesia sent the price up by
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  • 194 10 The rubber price In Singapore gained half a cent yesterday and closed at 54 cents a lb. on the report that Russia proposed to buy 100.000 tons of lower grade rubber :rom Indonesia There was certain amount <>. short covering activity and new >uving Th? price nt one
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  • 59 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra easier market March April *36 l 4 buyers. $37 sellers. Coconut oil: steady, unchanged: $61.- sellers Pepper: quiet; Muntok white S3SP. Sarawak $345. Lampong black $395. Lewis and Peat: Closing prices were: Copra: steady: March April $36. buyers.
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  • 49 10 The Malayan Exchange Bank<> Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday. Rlyals: selling T. T. or O. U. 118", 3 4 tmdf. Hone Ko:ig: selling T. T. or O. D. 53 58; buying T. T. 53 1,8; buying O. D. 53 1 16.
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  • 116 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expect**! today are: Felix Roussel 1 2. Javanese Prince 4 5. Hanyang C.P.. Lexa Maersk 67. Mormacflr 89. Wonogiri 11. Songkhla 13 14. Talisse 15 16. Singapore 18. Muiderkerk 19 2a Semantan N. Wall 6. Lighter No 11 N
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  • 174 10 JAKARTA, Tues Rubhcr quotations here wont up by ten cents a kilo this morning alter reports that Russia proposed to buy 100,000 tons of iow grade rubber. A few buyers for bie quantities and speculators showed 'n-te-rst, but market stayed qul?t as dealers waited for confirmation
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  • 291 10 Malayan Share Brokers' Association said yesterday "In du.strials were slightly tirm. r on the local share market yes terday while tins were inclined to be easier in tone?" Members of the Association reported the following business done yesterday:— B. B. Petr I 37 7i arrival. 39-; Federal Dispensary
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    • 319 10 NOTICE NOTICE CHANGE OF ADDRESS C. F. SHARr COMPANY. (MALAYA) LTD. from Ist March, 1954 th» Rh;pplnc and General Office ol .arp nnrt Comp Ltd will be in the Bank of China Builriinc. Seventh Floor PO. Box IH Tfipphone *****-48 .ci-.M lines'. The Air Bookins and Ship. 1 PMM(t Department
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    • 206 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINCAPORE ADVERTISEMENT BY-LAWS It Is brought to tne notice of nil con-erned that the Municipal I lAd ertisement i B\-la»s 1953 are now, operative and that copies can be hud. at 20 cents a copy, from i the Cttv Architect and Building Surveyor. City Hall. Ad'
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    • 165 10 NOTICES NOTICE The public are hereby notified that 3 books of tickets for the Indian Hockey Federation XI matches to be played in Ipoh have been lost Tickets numbered as follows will not be accepted: I H.F. vs Perak on 23rd Feb Nos. 1353—1400. I.H.F vs Federation of Malaya on
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    • 734 10 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OK SINGAPORE ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO. 2 OF 1954. In the Matter of the Trmts of the Will of FELIX NKVIS PERKIRA Deceased PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court at Singapore in the above matter, the persons claiming
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    • 541 10 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF A quantity of damaeed Roods comprislne Soup bowls, dishes, plntes. tea-pots. holders. tifßncarriers. trays, kwalls. elobe lampshades, chopsticks etc. To Be Held At No. 124-C. Hill Street On FRIDAY. 26TH FEB., 1954 At 10.0U a.m. NOW ON VIEW. Auctioneers Valuers. Cheong Koon Seng Co., Ltd. Singapore,
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    • 159 10 Some W*»W i j tscrs mU^Mm*' I I TON V4N 1 TON lIOHT TSUCn Mmm J0 4s& KJ/U r*IIENOta ius^^^^^ The TRO|AN V,n I I and Passenger 81, 10 cwt. ch.nsis I power arc fitted m k W Perkins P3V. Full crvi I f.icilitiej md \px, c C) I iv.nl.iblc
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  • 913 12 ¥\O you remember the little boy in the nursery rhyme who had to let the fish go because it bit his finger so? The fish who bit hi.3 finger lived in the Straits of Johore with his father and mother, his sister and two brothers. His
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  • 538 12 NOBODY WANTED THE RED BALLOON swoop- J THE coloured balloons j Jostled together on the end of their strings. "Get out of mv way." shouted one big green fellow angrily. "I need more room than you do." He pushed and elbowed his > wav past a little red balloon. bruising
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  • 70 12 Wt have reaa about Mcc- rabai who turned her] mini completely toioirdti Krishna and who produced', such wonderful songs. An-\ other example of profound devotion to Lord Krishna is the blind bard ot lirijbhasha j whose nam c was Surdas. He had a genius for producing
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  • 806 12 I Dear Boys and Girlj i g Here are the six winners of our 'Blob contest Quah Cheng B Hock, aged 12. 14 Edgecombe Rnart, Penang. Yew Boon Bah, aged 10. 277 A, Kota Road, B Taiping Tay Hock Seng, aged 13, 113 Devonshire
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    • 179 12 PASTEURISED for your protection Milk and Ice Cream products s^ are scientifically r^*a^^^"*»- sfity pasteurised and •f I factory packed for "^^jj^^Jx' your protection... x^3i%>^^ The "Magnolia- {W^^^^^^^^ trade-mark is \Yff^ s '^-j^y*^-— r^i your guarai nLI— X~~itrXsii ot purity ncf iia^V @^jtCl quahty &?9 \^g^ h Ml IK and
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  • 991 13 Eriskay gets chance today in Race 3 (CONSISTENT Kriskay has e\ery| chance of returnmK tn the winning list in Rare Three lodaj Eriskay, a Kinder Srout m.up, won her first race in Malaya. at Bukit Timah In September, and her form figures are 1-3-3-3-4-3-3. At Bukit Tlmah last month. Emk.iv
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  • 38 13 OBSERVATION ran Flag of Peace to a nrck tiver they Bukit Timah 6f. last month with R. 12. WJflL«(Blr 8.3 to carry today, hr must h.uc a strong s^kl" |[:ii'i> Four T«i*
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  • 35 13 I-ONDON. Tues: Results of floodlit frtendlv socrer mptrhe^ playing yesterday were: Accrlngton Stanley 1. Third Lanark 0- Leeds United 3. St. Mirren 2; Watford 2. Portugruesa De.< Dfsportos Club of BrMll 5. Rruter.
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  • 14 13 rpHF. tninc harrinr any Mlv X at Ipoh, <>hfluld be good today
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  • 144 13 EAGI.E HAWK, up only 4-lh. for his splendid second to Motion Picture over the strnlfrht sf. on Saturday, should be a good bet in Race Six today. Obvious threat to Eagle Hhv k Is Permita Dormez 11, who meets Eagle H;iwlc on 3-lb. better terms for
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  • 113 13 LONDON Turs fitlrltnc Albion boat Arbmath by thri^ jjnals to nnp in thrir Scottish Cup snrnnd round rpplay at Arbroath yrstprday. Stirling will now be at horrir to Crltir in ihr third round n»»xt Saturday, Ff»b. 21. ReutPf. Selvanayagam, Aziz prominent IPOH, Tuesday. A DISAPPOINTINGLY small crowd of
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    • 773 13 HYDRAULIC PLANT from the largest ntnrks mfPtmmi and Machinery in the liritinh C.ominnnwealth 400 ton l'p«trok»i Multidayliclit dia x 1 1' »trok» Working iron Pre»« h\ (itwimooH A- Hnt|»\. -I" ll*. Daylight -4". With Rum lr>* dm. :.'K" stroke. Koin puanping *(|uiprn»nt. fr dia. cnlumnn. Sam Rtawn nuM>ri Hl H.-rlrmihc
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 928 13 '"THE Treble Tote will be on Races Four, Six and Seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. RACE 1—2.30: Class 5, Div. 2—6 Furs. 1 non Diplomat II Hudson 9.00 Mrs. Peggy Wff 2 S63 Golden Sands Woods 8. IS Tlga Lima KoncM Fox 3 990 Hnoghly
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  • 277 14 Centre-half Selvanayapam pii.yed a great game and Perak's forwards, although suffering in comparison, gave tlie tourists some anxious nu-nts. A bad decision by left wincei Arul two minutes from hai! time robbed Perak of a leading goal. A nice movement initiate i by inside-left
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  • 42 14 Playing wltr. nine men. Latift Wanderers went down to a ten-men S.C.C team by 4-2 in a friendly hockey m.ivr: nn the padang yestp.rday JefTerey (3l Hoare and Wood scored for SCC and Sheikh Mansoor (2i for LHtirT.
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  • 168 14 By Our Own Correspondent COLu..;Bu. lues. GLADYS LOXE-CHUA scored a convincing 6-4. 6-0 victory in the women's open singles quarter-finals over topranking Dorothy Wright on the I Garden Club courts here yesterday. Wright, who Ls reputed for her steadiness, was outclassed in every department
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  • 51 14 St Josephs Institution beat Beatty Secondary School 3-1 in an Interschool soccer fixture yesterday. Kirn Choon <2 > and Boyd scored :or SJI. and Chandran for Beat'.y The second string match ended in a 1-1 draw. John Chong scored for SJI and Jar Tar
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  • 49 14 Singapore Harbour Board Police enterea the nnal of the S.H.A. junior knockout competition with a 6 l victory over Combined Schools at Raftlr s Institution yesterday. Santok Singh .2. Bachan Singh It) and Chankar Singh '2' scored for Police and Tessensohn for the schools.
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  • 61 14 FVlce Pparti Asstviation beat Arc'inauts Foo'hali Club 2-0 in I keenly '•ontesred sncc«r t ■•ientiiv at Pohcv Dcnot ground wsterdav Dorian An^uillla scorwi both goal.s for Policf. MELBOURNE. Tues.-^John I andy of Australia ran another fast mile when he clocked 4 mm 2 6secs. here this evening.
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  • 504 14 From EPSOM JEEP BLUL R.bbon. who is engaged in the 3.40 at Ipoh today freshed i:p with a sharp sprint i up the straight yesterday morning. With Jackie Jone.astride. this lour-year-old moved stylishly. He will be a threat to Eriskay Oendrite 'MeCloud) went attraetivelv
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  • 162 14 001 Tcik Hock and Ong Pom Lim. chosen to ropresen* Malaya at the forthcoming All-England and USA badminton championships. wIL play each other and then combine In the doubles when thrv lake part In exhibition matches at the Singapore Badminton Hall from eight o'clock tonight. It
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  • 8 14 BANNISTER, LANDY CLASH AT EMPIRE GAMES KiK.IK BANNISTIIK
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  • 328 14 Rallies Institution beat St. Andrews School 5 2 in an interschool soccer fixture at Woodsvllle yesterday. Mohnrr.cd Alsacoff i 3' and L/>k Peng (2 1 Mired for RafflPs and Mauricp Kiioo and Jui Kirn for St. Andreas. The second string fixture ended In a 1-1 draw.
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  • 34 14 NSW scon 5-wicket victory BYDI >. SOUTH A < defeated 8 by live w, and 173. R\ least Shield A di n»'H t maim a Brsi Jackson's record I CANIV I :o :hr the run In
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  • 38 14 MELBOURNE, I IN an amazing swim here tonight, Jon corded the fastest long course 11(1 jrar time ever. His 56.25 ec took two-tenth second vi his bf\st. set by American Dirk Clrvi
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  • 39 14 By CHARLFS RKYCE COMPETITION is likely to be keener than ever In the Singapore I'nitfd Services F.A. league duriim the coming season. The number of first division teams reduced, leaving 11 equally-matched sides. ivision
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  • 168 14 selves whether or not time i has diminished their prowess: and. if so. to what extent. There has been speculation on the strength of Ooi and One as a doubles pair since the announcement was made of i their choice for the world tour. They have not been
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    • 5 14 RACE CARD .N PAGE THIRTEEN
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    • 34 14 HOCKFY sil senior knockout semi-final < >( v 1 nivrrsitv of Malaya. H.il.-i,. Road. goccn Breweries Kampnn; LeagM Kebrnaran Dub v Radan Ketwnian \N\.i:i<iia Road. BASKKTBAI.I. f.S. Wren v Nanyann Siane Pan. Happy World. 8 p.m.
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