The Straits Times, 25 February 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954, if PRICE 15 CENTS
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    GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE YOU PUT IN POWER
    1137 1  -  LESLIE HOFFMAN By Cabinet of nine to rule new Singapore THE RENDEL PROPOSALS j^ARTY GOVERNMENT, through a Cabinet, and a Legislative Assembly of 32 members, only three of them ofticals, are the main recommendations of the Rendel Commission report
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    Immediate self-rule? That will give Reds their chance
    125 1 Immediate self-rule? That will give Reds their chance •pIIK KrndH Commission (mild not accept x lew of a lev pi-iipii-submitted pit Email it that complete indeshmiid be fhrea In Singapore immcdi.itt*\l>.irt from major diffiiillus. aftataf out ol the ttt tlisiin li"il and .•us world situation. i I'liniission considered the prospet
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    A transition
    135 1 period Tin Commission's report 'H> consider that thrre should be a transition period durinj which autonomous institutions and il experience can rcloped The length if this period will depend ,uni\ on hew effective md efficient the new constitution proves to be in practice. \t the same time we
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    ARCHITECT OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION—
    175 1 ARCHITECT OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION— SIR GIORCK William Rendcl. 65-pcar-old architect of the proposed neu- constitution jor Singapore. u>Oi probably one ol the vtost travelled British diplomats he left the Foreman Service in 1950. A fast, tireless worker. Sir George set lrhat Will probably remain a record for the preparation
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    Deal approved
    18 1 LONDON Wrd. The British Government ha* approved the shipment to Russia o' trawlers worth £6.000.000. AP.
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    Resignation
    9 1 BEIRUT. Wed The Lebanese Government has resigned.- Reuter._
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    98 OUT OF 100 SAY 'NO'
    77 1 Wod— Of th c 12Oon apera which thr MaicPlantinc Bnptoyees 1 Union il to its mrmbcrs in riinc thp Taylor trd, some 1.000 from let have not brvn re- undor.stood. Ninety-oicht per cent of me rnurned ballots rejected the ay ard. Op. the other
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    Dato Onn is 'astonished' by Alliance polls stand
    244 1 KUALA LUMPUR Wed RATO Sir Onn bin national chairman of the Independence of Malaya Party, tonight described as "peculiar and astonishing" some of the UMNOMCA Alliance vi^ws on Federal elections. He was speaking at a meetin? of the IMP here. Hp said
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    A-weapons for Army
    59 1 LONDON. Wed— The Army announced today that it may suon be equipped with atomic uuided missiles. The Minister .'or War. Mr. Anthony Head, reported in his annual budget statement to Parliament the army estimates that the Army was nearini a decision on the introduction of an atomic
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    A-bomb check in U.S. ports
    45 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The State Department said that recent "supervisory measures" affecting ships calling at United States ports were not related to trade with Communist China but were part of restrictions designed to prevent atomic bombs from entering the country.— Reuter.
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    Back to work
    25 1 LANARKSHIRE. Wed. All 350 miners at the Northfleld Colliery dismissed last week for employing go slow tactics are to start work again.—Reuter.
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    Going to Sweden
    18 1 STOCKHOLM. Wed. Mr. Dag Hammarskjold. SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, will visit Sweden soon.— A.P.
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    Labour 'yes'
    22 1 LONDON. Wed. The British Parliamentary Labour Party decided last night to back German rearmament in a western defence system. Reuter.
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    Taxes down
    25 1 CANBERRA. Wed Australians paid £110 9s. 9d. a head in taxes last year. £6 ss. 4d. less than In the previous year. Renter.
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    ROBBERS KILL PA WNBROKER
    169 1 Wife stabbed and $10,000 taken in vicious attack lIMUI. Wednesday. fANCISTERS murdered a pawnbroker, seriously stabhed his wife and took $10,000 In cash and jewellery early this morning in the small town of Parit. 21 miles south of Ipoh. The robbers moved a handcart, climbed, a
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    STOP PRESS
    25 1 r A CIP FIFTH ROUND REFLAYfe LONDON "frt-FA Tap Hfth round replays today re- -sriM' Hull 0 Rrntrr 2; Spur> Hull lU ntr>\
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    Home Guards get reward
    67 1 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. -The Trengganu Home Guard operational section today re celved a $1,000 reward from the Government for wounding a Communist terrorist courier who later surrendered to a home euard The reward was handed over by the Administrative Officer Mr G C Dodwell. at a
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    U.S. to tell facts about synthetic
    41 1 wasHlnlti\jn. wea The leconstruction Finance Cor>oration, operator of the U.S. Jcvernment's synthetic rubber nciustry. today announced :t i-ould soon make public :f.s stimated production and .sale.-, f GR-S i General Purpose i vnthetic rubber— Renter.
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    Pope is ill again
    85 1 FEEDING WORRY VATICAN CITY. Wed.— The Pope ha.' been advised by his doctors lo give up work and return to his bed in vi< m of threatened return oi the dangerous hiccough! he iuffer**4 last month He hurt an attack of vomittirv-- last night H i
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    OUT: THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN: A NINE-MAN CABINET
    2092 2 OUT: THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN: A NINE-MAN CABINET This Is what adoption of the Rendel Report will mean to Singapore Responsible for policy Expected to resign Loader should be consulted ALLEGIANCE TO THE QUEEN IS 'MUST' FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT THE VOTE But Governor will keep his reserved powers These
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    MORE AND MORE ARE SPEAKING ENGLISH
    245 2 VARIOUS representations were made to the commission to recommend some form of multi-lingual system for the Legislative Assembly, but the commission recommends that English remain the official language After quoting figures showins the number of people in the Colony who speak English and other
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    Four-year term of office for the Assemblymen
    185 2 Four-year term of office for the Assemblymen z THE now Sinftaporr Legislative A&semta elected for a period of four years, mendations made by tho Rendei Com™ s accepted by the Government. i A new residential qualification foi i dates for election to the Legislative 5 was also recommended, in addition
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    TOP SALARIES FOR THE MINISTERS
    131 2 rE pay of the Speaker ni the Assembly and of the six elected ministers has nobeen decided on. but thRenael Commission recommends that they should be sufficient to attract the high- est level of candidate. •Salaries should be fixed. 1 th« commission states, "to takinto
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    MAU MAU THREAT NOW GRAVER
    318 3 MA U MA U THREA T NOW GRA VER Their influence has grown, MPs tell Commons LONDON, Wednesday. parliament trai t«»ld yesterday that the influence the Man .Man in Kenya had prown to the extent that in the capital, Nairobi, the terrorists have their own courts where they try people
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    The Queen circles aloft unknown to crowd
    103 3 The Queen circles aloft unknown to crowd MELBOURNE, Wed. rQwocn saw Molirne today half-an-walting sands saw her. pc pie await arrival saw. or I! i l. that the tinted ir-engined rclln the c I the Queer-.. the pilot. Pet r could see the thi landed. I air control running ahead
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    Spaniards may see the Queen
    42 3 GIBRALTAR. Wed Th< Governor of Gibraltar. Genera! >ir Oordon M tcMllian, last night invited any Spaniard w:iu Queen, uj braltar during the Roya: May. LaM mont: seve- the Queen's raltar which Spain should be returncil k iter.
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    The new Ark
    20 3 The larjtrst consignment of Mrdi and ;mifrom Australia to main Svdn'-y In the new -ton ship Rcu-
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    Captives return
    20 3 ATHENS. Wed.—Nearly 500 Greeks yesterday set foot on Greek soil after years of captivity behind the"iron curtain —AP.
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    Hi is new party
    21 3 NEW YORK. Wed. Standing pavement here Nations headquar- Garry Davis v proclaimed the ty.rth World Citizenship Parjtcr.
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    For Khartoum
    23 3 KARACHI. Wed. Industries Minister. Mr. Abdul Qayyum Khan will represent Pakistan at the opening of Sudanese Parliament at Khartoum on Monday.—AP.
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    ARMED MEN VISIT IKE
    102 3 PALM SPRINGS. Calif. Wed POLICE arrested and took rifle from two men who tried to see President Eisenhower here yesterday. A spokesman denied that therr had been a plot to kill the President. The men had been charged with vagrancy, he said. The incident was a
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    Smoke alarm— for wrong man
    50 3 A .MESSENGER struggles in a New York street with a leather bag from which smoke pours. The bag. being used to carry money, was equipped with special mechanism to prevent theft. The smoke alarm unit off accidentally and quickly attracted a big crowd. A.P. picture.
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    BERLIN CONFERENCE 'NEAR TRAGEDY,' BUT WELL WORTHWHILE
    177 3 LONDON. Thursday. VfK. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, said toA day the Berlin conference was "•frustrating, disappointing and at times near tragedy but well worthwhile." He was opening a two-day debate in the House of Commons. Mr. Eden described a-s modest Rains'' the
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    Churchill wants to reform U.N.
    105 3 Churchill wants to reform U.N. LONDON. Wed. SIR Winston Churchill said in the house of Commons I yesterday that he -certainly would not have made the I United Nations in its present .shape or form". The Prime Minister told a 'questioner: "I have always considered it should be basei on
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    Mercy flight to Singapore
    77 3 LONDON. Wed.— A Yorkshire miner. Mr. Gordon Grundy. I left London today on a 7.500- mile flight to the Singapore I Hospital whore his soldier broI ther William lies seriously wounded. Mr. Gordon did not have enough money for the journey 1 when he hoard five
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    U.S. won't budge on Red China
    151 3 U.S. won 't budge on Red China WASHINGTON. Wed THE secretary of State Mr John Foster Dulles, yesterday assured the House Foreigr. Affairs committee that the United States will "in no case recognise Communist China." Reporting on the Berlin conference of the Bis Four Foreign Ministers, he said Red China
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    Plan requested
    41 3 BERLIN. Wed. The East German radio last night forecast new security measures in East Germany and rejected the Western High Commissioners' proposal to the Soviet High Commissioner to discuss methods of making less sharp the division of Germany. Reuter.
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    Wolf calls for Marilyn
    40 3 Wolf calls for Marilyn M EARING her famous cocktail dress, actress Marilyn Monroe faces a chorus of whistles and wolf calls from American soldiers in Korea. She was giving her second performance of her four-day tour of the country. A.P.
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    New A-plans
    37 3 MOSCOW, Wed. Marshal Vassill D. Sokolovsky Red Army Chief of Staff and famous World War II commander. I said yesterday the Soviet lorces had adopted n?w techniques to meet the threat of atomic warfare —Reuter.
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    New deal for five million
    38 3 LONDON Wed.— Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. the British Colonial Secretary, yesterday announced a long-term new deal foi the 5.000.000 Africans in th«--60-year-old British protectorate of Uganda. Britain's aim was ultimate self-government, he said. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    262 3 LONDON. Wfd. I^AR Eastern Issues on the London Stock Exchange were rather mixed today. Tins and rubbers were only occasionally mentioned but they were reasonably steady. Closing prices of selected stocte were: Consols 64"4 Funding 4^ lOl'-j -r'« War 3'i% 869 i Loan 3',»% 1956-59 £94 12 f.o
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Feb. 24.— (ash Buyers £667.; Sellers £670: Forward Buyers KHM; Sellers *****; Settlement CK7O: Turnover am 60 tons; p.m. 15.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. Feb 24 Spot 16 ',d.. Apr. 16' 4 d May 16 \Q, June 16 -d July-Sept 16 \d.. Oft -Deo. lfi'jd Mar. r.i.f. 16'» d.. April c.i.f. 16 3 161 Tone: Slightly easier
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    'PITY TEE POOR TAXPAYERS'
    258 4 Councillors say: We can 't afford 'expat pay for aIV TIIK sudden twist in the Ritson pay wrangle for 5,000 Government employees in Singapore which, if accepted, would put up the salary bill by about $2,500,000 a year has shocked members of the Legislative Council. Another
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    THE BRATS ARE BETTER
    121 4 THE BRATS ARE BETTER Mfs tekool head MENANG, Wed thk principal ol the Penang Aaglo-Chin Bchoo), i>. H H Pet< Id today that II .isk«c! to choose t insoclable brat n-mti retiring children he would vote anytime for the "1 prefer them h< P< nang Rotarlans because come out all
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    New secretary
    22 4 .TOHORE BAHRU. \\>d invri Yunos bin Noordin has succeeded Han Anwar bin Har. Malek as Seto the Montr; Besar Johore.
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    Husband gaoled
    26 4 For faiiinc to pay his wife $fin maintenance in February Lam Ler Chin, a shop assistant, was yesterday gaoled for a month in Sincapore.
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    BUBBLE HAT FOR WARRIOR MAID
    77 4 Miss NO Mi iiwa watatoei in a mirror as a profession il dresser of the Ping Sieh Dram.ilic Society pills on her huhhle hc;id-dress behinil the scenes at the Singapore Y.W.CVs annual Chinese New Year dinner party on Tuesday mi; hi. Miss Yeo. as Una
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    The Service worker and the Govt.
    87 4 THY. Rendel Commission said it hid had strone representations from civilian workers of the three British Services over loral labour and social lecislation. These »urners about 40.000 and one-sixth of the Colony's labour foree haJ no le;allv enforetable richU to benefits given by such
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    Girl saved from fire
    68 4 A fire yesterday afternoon! wiped mit an attap hut and razed the roof of another in a kampong off the 13J mile Semoawang Road. Singapore, despite frantic efforts by neighbours to put the blaze out before the arrival of two engines. Youthful Yeo Ho Peng dashed
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    Govt 'no' to pay claim
    54 4 The Singapore Government vosterday rejected the claim of the Secretarial StafT Association representing stenographer! to share in the salary revision benefits awarded by the Yong Commission. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. told the association's representatives that Government was not prepared to .submit
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    Park benches disappeared
    56 4 .TOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Garden benehrs for thp public nrovided by the Town Council. Johore Bahru. in the Nong Chik area have disapooarcd. The three councillors of the ward have been asked by the eoucc.il to contact the ketuas of thf area and get their help to stop
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    Seats for them
    24 4 The law requiring Singapore employer^ to provide seats bermd the counter for shop assistants will come into force on Mar. 1.
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    QUOTAS OR FREE TRADE?
    100 4 QUOTAS OR FREE TRADE? Chambers to choose TTHE SINGAPORE Government has asked the three ChamI bers of Commerce whether they would prefer the present quota system of trade with Japan or 1 a return to free trade. They will individually make suEjrestiorus to the Trade Advisory Panel. Traders feel that
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    U.S.I.S. visitor
    33 4 Mr. Saxton Bradford. US IS. :e?ional director for the Far last. arrived in Singapore yest rday on a three-day routine visit. Mr. Bradford was appointed t> this recently-created post last September.
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    NO WORK—SO SEVEN SACKED
    90 4 The Sinpaporr City Council c wili not sack it.<; temporary emplovef* if it can help it. the Deputy City President, Mr. R I Middlrton-Smith. told the Straits Tm.e.-. yesterday. He was commenting on pro- r ■v the Co:.: De- r partment Union against the c dismissal
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    Girl dies after accident
    37 4 A two-year-old girl Toh 800 Chno. received fatal head injuries when knocked down by eat in Jalan Besar. Sinsapore, at about 7.30 p.m. ymtoday. She died on the way to the General Hospital.
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    Skyscraper for Penang
    65 4 12-STOREY FIRM PENANG. Wed -Penang will have a new skyscraper by 1958. A 12-storey building, the I hUhest in the Settlement ha-* been planned by the Asia In- 1 surance Company near the junction of Beach Street and' China Street. Plans for the building, approved by the
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    The new Singapore must have an impaitial Civil Service -and that means 'no politics'
    412 4 The new Singapore must have an impaitial Civil Service -and that means 'no politics' IT is of the utmost importance that Singapore should have an impartial Civil Service, the Rendel Commission on constitutional reform says in its report published today. The danger of a "politi■al" Civil Service is too obvious
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    No more money worries for rural areas if...
    831 4 THE money troubles of the rural areas of Singapore will be ended if recommendations made by the Rendel Commission on constitutional reform in Singapore are accepted by the Colony Government. The commission, in its report published today, recommends that the Rural Board
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      135 4 SINGAPORE DIARY Rotary Club: Stag dinner party, Peking Restaurant. North Bridge I Road. 8 p.m. Fire Brigade: Opening of new fire station at Alexandra Road by the j Oovernor. Sir John Nlcoll. 5 p.m Supreme Court: Court of Criminal Appeal. 10 a.m. BriMsh Red Cross Society: Old People'r Club. Wesley
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      110 4 Place. 1 p.m. Shell ThratrrtU: Free film show —Industrial Lakeport Shell House Collyer Quay. 1.19 p.m.; Animal Lovers League meeting, 5.30 p.m. V.M.C.A.: Senior Cambridge Malay classes advanced 2.45 p.m beginners 4 p.m.; Judo practice V3O p.m.; table-tennis 7 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A.: Ttble-tennLs 2 p.m.. 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.;
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    -The 25 th— constituency
    88 5 -The 25 th constituency '[Mil Rendel Commission recomrr ended today that there should be 24 identical constitutencies to the new Legislative Assembly and the City and Island Council. There would, however, be one difference. A 25th constituency comprising the islands off Singapore should return a member to the Legislative Assembly
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    Voluntary enrolment of voters a flop
    443 5 FtE present system of voluntary registration has proved a failure, the Rendel Commission on constitutional leform in Singapore stated in its report, published today. Out of a present potential electorate of about 300.000 for the Legislative Council and about 200.000 for the City Council,
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    Traders lose a tough battle for I their seats!
    660 5 Traders lose a tough battle for I their seats! THE REST OF THE RENDEL COMMISSION REPORT GET CONSOLATION' JHE HARDEST fought battle before the Rendel Commission on constitutional reform was that put up by the three Chambers of Commerce in Singapore to retain their seats in the new Legislative Assembly.
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      S.I.T. SHOULD PROPOSE— THE MINISTER DISPOSE
      80 5 *pHE Singapore Improvement Trust should continue for the time being to be a planning body and an agency for the Government in housing matters, the Rendel Commission states in its report today. The execution of town plans and housing schemes would be carried out
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      The judges
      88 5 J^NY changes tn Singapore's constitution it recom mended should in no way undermine the principle of the independence of judges, said the commission. The commission emphasised that it attaches the utmost importance to the fact that judicial appointments should not be influenced or affected by political considerations or
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      Union funds
      45 5 'pHE use of trade union funds for political purposes was not an issue affecting constitutional development, the report said. This icas primarily an administrative matter. The commission felt that although it had received imrious representations on the subject, it could make no recommendations.
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      No compulsion
      40 5 ANY attempt to make voting compulsory at this stage of Singapore's political development would be impracticable and might only cause resentment and confusion, the report says. So the commission was unable to recommend the adoption of the system.
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    Majority in Assembly must be effective
    258 5 THE Rendel Commission said today That if real progress was to be achieved towards self-government, the new Legislutive Assembly should be primarily an elected body, and that, if there was to b« majority of elected members, that majority should be an cllective one. "We
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    THE SPEAKER
    656 5 Uorvrnor in pivk pum>L iht>n Assi'inhifj grill mi*> C\\ the question of the appointment of a Speaker w or presiding officer for the legislative Assembly, the Commission referred to a recommendation of the committee of Inofficial members, appointed in August, 1952, that a Speaker should be appointed for
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    DEATH
    17 6 Jli Hurrf. >/• .minimum) NrV. K117..T wh Nawtoo »ldo« or the Hnwiwri Ml lunici Engii r in
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    149 6 J* Hi.,./. minimum) FOI <>\. r !i> day In the OU want to win that 15.000 »"i(i Mil (HANDS on Monday Ist March. S.i-1 Bras Hasan CiOH S<~ I iiirlce in knottier viola: reclUU al ■■■m'iri.i! H il 2"'h February, Booking! I RobtaIK. PATENT. Keep DOCUmeOU clean 'hat come
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Feb. 24, 1954. A Singapore Cabinet
    1276 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Feb. 24, 1954. A Singapore Cabinet Substantial advance towards responsible self government For Singapore is recommended by the Constitutional Commission whose report is published this morning. There is no mistaking tho significance of the reforms which the Comminion proposes. It recommends ;i Cabinet system of
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    The need for a motor insurance claims pool
    1385 6  - The need for a motor insurance claims pool A special correspondent By TN SEPTEMBER 1951. Mrs. Anna Lee was crippled in both legs in an accident. Her daughter was killed and her husband injured. Last year, the Singapore High Court awarded her $26,--000 damages. To this date she has not
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      NEED FOR CONTROL OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
      384 6 yOU report that there are unsatisfactory ;eachina: conditions at some private schools. What causes these unsatisfactory conditions? The Ordinance for schools ls leant for all schools, whether rtvate. aided or Government Jut .i private .school cannot be xpected to tollow the Govrnment and aided
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      TRADER'S VIEW OF ASIANS
      114 6 TRADER'S VIEW OF ASIANS A READER complains that at a police check point In the Federation, a European motorist was allowed to pass without much fuss and an Asian was asked to produced his licence. Asians have more belief '.n Europeans than in their own countrymen In all that matters.
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      In spirit of Operation Service
      170 6 In spirit of Operation Service i I WAS returning recently from Singapore to Kluans with a friend in a car which broke down without petrol. At about 8.3u p.m., we saw a car coming from Ayer int. mi We tried to stop it but in vain. A quarter of an
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      PLAN TO SAVE BADMINTON HALL
      195 6 PLAN TO SAVE BADMINTON HALL eye to eye with Mr. Nr leng Sian?, I agree with him iat the Badminton Associaon and the Badminton Hall ommittee should have shown responsible lead to meeting le cost of the project having ice embarked upon the :heme. It Ls grossly unfair lo all
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    298 6 I Col. Yountf MALAYANS WIH inte.-o.storl m thi L j Colonel Edwin Youn; I old Commissioner i Ol London Police v ;n'_ r U>ndon for K Us* :ind prnbablv a year. He |< !.is» spring and hia w< has certainly l< fi Colonel Young I finite ifi<'.»s
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    GRANT VOTERS THESE 6 WISHES, SAYS ALLIANCE
    389 7 fc Views of overwhelming majority of the people' tition goes to the High Commissioner, Rulers k i.i MPI'R. Wed. rHK UMNO MCA sponsored National t on Million today petition to the oinmissionor he Kulors pro-■-ii ii v againsfl rermajority recomitionfl in the 1
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    48 7 CAR. W.ll. OKGAN. of the visitinc Kist I".S. destroyer division, called on Commander M. M. X.nil. of the India:. Navy minesweeper squadron in the Singapore man-o'-uar anehorasre yesterday. Picture shows Commander Kaul srretinu Capt. Orcan on hoard the minesweeper Bombay. Straits Times picture.
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    FASHION SHOW WILL HELP RED CROSS
    35 7 MISS JOAN AMY ADCOCK, who will appear in a fashion show at the Capitol Dance Hall, Malacca, on Saturday night in aid of the Malacca British Red Cross Society.
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    NANYANG CALLS IN BUILDERS
    117 7 THE architects of the Nanyang University are preparing sketch plans for the first buildings on the 500-acre site at Jurong Singapore. The decision to proceed with these was reached by the University building sub-committee following Government approval of the site plans. Buildings for the faculties of
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    Koreans for Federation
    59 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Four South Korean Journalists, who have been visitin,.' Britain at the invitation of th. Foreign Office. will arrive in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to study conditions in this country. They will spend four da:.^ here They will meet the High Commissioner, other high Government officials
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    $18,000 'TEA MONEY' ACTION BY AGENT
    190 7 Paid to rent office, he says CEET TIAN KIT. proprietor of a travel agency, I*^ brought an action in the Singapore High Court yesterday to recover $18,000 which he alleges he paid Tay Tian Guan as "tea money"" for parts of premises in Cecil
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    Drove without licence: $150
    47 7 Cecil Percy Gray of RAF.. Seletar was fined $150 in Singapore yesterday and disqualified from driving vehicles for a year for driving without a licence and Insurance at Changi Road on Sept. 26. He was allowed until March 30 to pay the fine.
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    Changi crash dead named
    53 7 imes ol two crew past r who were iff! on Sun- B -.ribeck Two of the other casualties •ere discharged from the Rnyal Air Force hospital at yesterday. With the exception of one >usly ill. the rest ire prograssins satisfactorily. a Far East Air Force spokesman
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    Parents ask Mentri for more schools
    119 7 'GIVE US A GOVT. OFFICE 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE SELANGOR Parents Association has urged the Mentri Besar to convert the Government offices at Batu Road into classrooms. The association also asked that the old Technical College building at High Street be made available
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    W. RENTS (106 KILLS) OFF HOME
    79 7 W. RENTS (106 KILLS) OFF HOME KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Ist Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Reaiment. with 106 bandit kills r credit, left here today on the first stage of their journey home to Britiain. The High Commissioner. OenenU Sir Gerald Templer and the G.O.C. Malaya.
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    That Valetta —Gurkhas fight jungle
    119 7 That Valetta Gurkhas fight jungle KUALA LUMPUR. Wed RUGGED terrain surrounding the crash area today prevented men of the 2/6 Gurkha Battalion reaching the wreck of the Valetta "voice" plane, which plummtted into the foothills of Mount Ophir in North-west Johore yesterday. The aircraft, the only one of its type
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    The Rulers confer
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.- The Malay Rulers spent more than eight hours in the Istana S*langor today discussing the Fecirral elections report and other Important matters. Tomorrow, they will meet the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. to put to htm their views on the report for transmission
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    Election talk
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Three women. Tan Ouet Chia. Seah Poh and Tan Phai. were charged with having caused grievous hurt to another woman. Wong Ying. on February 9 at Gombak Lane. The case was postponed to Wednesday. They were allowed $250 bail rach.
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    Wife who drove out husband
    213 7 Wife who drove out husband —gets no support for two sons A GOO D-LOOKING A Chinese woman yesterday told a Singapore court that she drove out her husband because he always came home drunk at dawn. The woman. Madam Quek Moey Choo complained to the Sixth Police Magistrate. Mr. R.
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    Councillors re-elected
    57 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed- Has- san bin Abdullah. Abdul Rahman bin Haji Hashim and Wong Heng Chew were yesterday re-elected local councillors for Pu^al Chondong iin the Machang district of Kelantan. They will serve for three years. Ninety-two per cent of the population voted. Haji Yusoff bin Haji Mohamed
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    Tree kills the woodcutter
    42 7 PENANG. Wed.— A woodcutter. Mat Jam bin Lazim. was crushed to death by a tree he was cutting down on Januar> 21. the Balik Pulau Coroner was told yesterday. A verdict of death by mis adventure was returned.
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    Scout rally
    23 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed More than 800 Seouters, Rovers Scouts and Cubs started thr Scout Week with a rally at Kuala Kangsar.
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    Red cross meet
    37 7 PENANG. Wed The Welfare section of the British Red Crass Society. Penang and Province Wellesley. will hold its annual meeting at the Residency on March I. The meeting will consider holding an nnivsl 'voelf
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    TEMPLER OFFERS FREE TICKETS OUT OF MALAYA
    358 7 TEMPLER OFFERS FREE TICKETS OUT OF MALAYA For those helping Comfnunisfs IPOH, Wednesday. rjENERAI, Templer in a lightning tour of hemor town and four new villages, the majority of whose inhabitants have been co-operating with the Communists, offered a free ticket to some other country to all those who do
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    $200 fine on labourer
    51 7 Yr<> Ah Chui. a labourer ams finrri $?nn in Sinuaporr iv t nr makinc ;> filsr declaration to eft a driving licence and !<>r cntinc ;i pm visional driving licence while under a disqualification order. Y»-o sa;d ho could not renember when his disqualification was to
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    Landowner robbed of life savings
    124 7 Kuantan. Wed. THERE Malaya mi ri»d the house of a landowner, won Yong Kirn at Bui in Kuantan district at 1 :*n a.m. >n July 'j:i and robbrri him of W1.717, his life savings, the Hiuh four; hero was told today. Men.; bin Hussein, charged
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    Girl killed
    37 7 KUALA LUMPLR W<ci A u-old alii. Cheng Yik Ah. livinu in San Peng RotA w;is killed when ahe VU Involved in ;i collision with a military lorry in Loke Ypw R<i;icl. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday afternoon.
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    FIX THIS DEATH-TRAP IN THE SWAMP, SA YS PAGLAR
    102 7 TOHE Singapore Rural Board is bring asked to raise the half-mile road to Poncsol which passes throueh mar.rove swamps near the Upper Semneoon end. The Legislative Councillor for the district. Dr. C. J. Paslar. said this part of the road was
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      166 7 IP IMPORTANT NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA employrr* hav# in to employ*— accidentally new Ked.Tatinn Wnrkmrn'» Otnntn fore.' on lft April. 19*3 t employee including nfrW taMMmi »r» new Burden "n employen may h» in* of I Workmen'" rnmivnsa- 4ER< IM. UNION" •,rv Snnklft rnlitM "Accident* to
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      219 7 PLASTIGOTIZE YOUR CAR AND PRESERVE THAT ORIGINAL SHOWROOM SHINE HAVEN'T VOO HEARD 7 UlCHdOßJlg^pUMcttc IS REAM GOOV* Almost dl! car washing is done with a so.ip or deterged of some kind now you CM get .i polish that will stand this treatment The new PLASTICOTE sMndi up »hrou*K V' ~^^JhS^im
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      81 7 High tides Today: Singapore 2.36 a.m. (8 ft. 7 in. i 3.26 p.m. (7 ft); Port DickMin 951 a.m. (6 ft. 9 in. > 10.46 p.m. (7 ft. 1 in.»: Penang 3.38 a.m. (5 ft. 6 in.' 4.11 p.m. <6 ft). Tomorrow: Sincaporr 2 10 am <Bft. 4 in. i
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    VISITORSFROMKOREA
    44 8 Three Korean newspaper executives and a Korean poetess arrived in Singapore yesterday for an eight-day tour of Malaya as guests of the Commissioner General's Office. They have just returned from a mouth's tour of England, where they were guests of the British Government.
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    The chosen must have final say in Penang
    473 8  -  KHOR CHEANG KEE THIS COUNCIL SET-UP IS 'WORTH THE RISK' By —POLL REPORT PENANG, Wed. JHK sottinjr up of a Penang: Settlement Council with a "small clotted majority" is recommended in the report of the 11 -man Penang Flections Committee. The report,
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    Fire station opening set for today
    91 8 Fire station opening set for today THE Alexandra Fire Station, the biggest in the East, will be opened this evening by the Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. Built on a hill at a cost of M'z-million, the station will provide quicker fire services to Pasir Panjang and other parts
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    HE OPPOSES A LANGUAGE TEST FOR CANDIDATES
    157 8 HE OPPOSES A LANGUAGE TEST FOR CANDIDATES PENANG, Wed. NO LANGUAGE qualification should be asked of contestants in Settlement Council elections, states Dr. Lim limit Eu, a member of the Penang Elections Committee, in a dissenting paragraph to Ihe report. "It is enough for the Committee to recommend that the
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    3-years' gaol
    21 8 ALOR STAR. Wed— An Icecream seller. Gopal Achunan was sentenced to three years' gaol for raping a nine-year-old schooleirl.
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    Council to give two new grants
    77 8 Council to give two new grants Singapore City Council plans to give two scholarships to train local boys in Britain as I chartered surveyors. They will be open to those under 21 with a Grade I School Certificate. Selected candidates must serve in the City Assessor's Department for six to
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    Clock gone, too
    33 8 A Malay sea-captain living in Jalan Adam. Singapore, woke yesterday morning to find his trousers containing MM cash and a wristwatch stolen. The thief didn't overlook an alarm clock either.
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    RURAL MONEY WORRIES OVER
    261 8 RURAL MONEY WORRIES OVER From Page Five to reassure the residents in the rural areas, that Government snould state as soon as possible what its intentions are. "We wish to record our view that differential rates could properly be levied in urban and rural areas so long as they do
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    HIGHER SCHOOL EXAMINATION PASSES
    716 8 The following Singapore candt- dates passed the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination. •953. Abbreviations are: Gen iGeneralj Paper > G i Geography i M 'Maths': Ph 'Physics with Chrmistryi: B (Biolocvi; E 'Enclish' H i History i. phy (Physics': L (Latin": C iChfmistryi; Ec iEconomicsi; F
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      266 8 4^ *2 J Hello, this is Lauren Bacall... I'll be seeing you soon in Cinemascope P S. And so will Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grob/e in 2Oth CcfltwryFoa'i Hou 7b Marry A MtLUONAIKE TECHNICOLOR JEYES'^® You know it s safe 'De Luxe' by Kangaroo Service to C I v 11
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      277 8 It's good to grow up in YiyHla' Viyella' is the fabric for growing families. soft and light, 'Viyella' positively thrives on washing (note the famous guarantee) day and I=^3 Viyella IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE 'Clvdrlla' it also madr by thr makm nf I i\>Ua' and /.n< i/n ~nmr ;>wranin
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      93 8 22 /^uic <nu /"I ilf' TAMERLANE. 1 WHAT AILS l^ NO, NO MIZZA TuE DEATH V V rJM^?L4/VF lIIW Vg^ AUI 6££ Cfr C*L>>HAi DOES MOT PISTUCB mmmmBH^/^///"'Sfl^ /r /5 A MEMORIAL TO l'^*'' Vv/'i'llT TH£ 4/e£ NO MONUMENTS FOR THE WfWaili v-4. ijv Q uEBN LAyLA \%> A one
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    CAMBRIDGE EXAM RESULTS
    4079 9 71 per cen t of Singapore pupils pass 4 BOUT 71 per cent of the boys and girls in Singapore who sat for the School Certificate (Senior Cambridge) examinations last year were successful. The number of passes was 925. In tho Higher School Certi- 1 ficate examinations
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    A DOUBT DELAYS EXAM RESULTS OF NINETY
    89 9 IPOH. Wed. ABOUT 90 students of the Anglo-Chinese School in Ipoh who sat for the Cambridge examination last December did not get their re- .suits yesterday along with the j other schools. The senior Inspector of I Schools, Perak, Mr. A. F. Hunter,
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      161 9 CATHAY OkoAh.bAliu.i Fit 4frg>» ATTRACTION'S '^^F <*^^T OPENS TODAY TAUT BREATHLESS ACTION FIRST RATE THRILLER"* DAILY FILM RENTE*. LVERY TENSE MOMENT A DESPERATE DVENTURE...A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM EUROPE'S FRONT PAGE COUNTRY Xi E R M~A N^^~^A \IM 111 k RANK OKv. \MS.\ I U).N I'KISINIS I DESPERATE \^=MOMENT=h STARRING k
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      150 9 fc^if §^|Kj^Kjaja)ajajnjaia|lT— ii ifr-in ie 3» w^m *a» »iai aaa^a a— NU ULllip^ Bg 5.30, 9.30 1 Drcnmcron D.st oy jl in TECHNICOLOR RKO V RADIO R Joa.. i oiiiaii.c oc Louis Jourdan Plus: lIXKIKM QLOBBTBOTRM in BASKETBALL HEAIII |vn; 01 ItSS (2 RrrM .JOHN WAYNE I ...They called him
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    INDUSTRIALS AGAIN FIRM
    377 10 Traders are best issue THE feature on the Singapore Share Market yesterday was the strengthening of industrial shares. In this respect the outstanding counter was Straits Traders whose $1 shares had business done at $21.35 and $21.45. The highest price Daid was 10 cents up on Tuesday's
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    TIN PRICE
    17 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was announced at $320 a picul up $1.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    182 10 Rubber lost three eighths of a cent on the Singapore Market yesterday and closed last night at 54 'i cents a lb. In spite of the announcement that Russia was buying 100.000 tons of rubber from Indonesia, the London and New York markets were down overnight and Singapore
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    96 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association said, "Industrials continued firm Tins were irregular with insufflcent volume of business to test prices." Members of the Association reported the following business done yesterday:— Fraser and Neave ords $2.07' 2 Gammon i $3.05^53.07 U; Singapore Cold iStcrage $4 35; Sime Darby $2
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    79 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes ln lls rates to merchants yesterday. CANADA: buying. T.T. 31 13/16 airmail. O D 31 15/16. 90 days 32 3/16 credit bills. 32'« trade "bills; selling T.T. or OD 31 'j ready. On the free exchange market in Hong
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    Australian stocks
    67 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. Some stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange dropped today but trading was fairly quiet. The Melbourne Exchange closed today which was holiday for the Queen's arrival. Merger plans announced yest.?rda\ of Australasian Paper and Pulp Co. Ltd. and Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. put Australian Paper Preference
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    57 10 Singapore him*. Produce Exrhanre: Noon prices per plcul were: Copra: quiet; March/April $36'buyers. $36 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; $61 sellers. Pepper: quiet, no business repor-ed; Muntok white $350. Sarawak $345. Lampong black $295 Lewis and Peat: Closing prices were: Copra: quiet: February/March/ April/May $36\ buyers. $36 sellers. Coconut
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    Singapore shipping
    168 10 Ships lying alongside the Slncapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Oeorgic 1 2. Hanyang C.P.. Lev Maersk 7. DfttUku Maru 89. Benreoch 11. Sonskhla 13 14. Talisse 15 16. Muiderkerk 19 20. Rajah Brooke 23 24. Kini:uu.s 25 26. Straat Soenda 27 28. Oaka Maru 29
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      191 10 MACKESON'S fjk MILK STOUT banishes tiredness gives you fres:i life and energy JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD SINGAPORE— KUALA LUMPUR PENANG For loads of value the Bedford vrtrl Vi I v IV»l\ w I j9>\^H r^"?^" llv m<l( '1S 'I'^'Uiuil to meet the rv<|iiircnu':i(« f, y ,l'S of Huiliicrs. deconiton, surve>nrs.
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      188 10 I PUBLIC APPOINTMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SELANGOR. APPOINTMENTS VACANT Applications are invited from Federal Citizens for the following appointments in the Department of Agriculture, Selangor: AGRICULTURAL SUBORDINATES: Salary Scale:— Probationer $50x3-60/Bxam/75x5-115/ Efficiency Bar/ 120x5- 140 p.m. Cost of Living Allowance will be paid in addition to this salary scale. Applicants
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      719 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT PROBATIONARY Revenue Officers. Age 18 21. Qualifications: Citizens or Federation, Standard VII English School (Candidates of Standard VI English School considered ln exceptional cases), llabll- lty to serve anywhere in Federation or office of Supervisor of Export Duties, Singapore. Salary Probationer:— Standard VI $60x6-72 Standard VII $72x6 84
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      381 10 THE WILKINSON PROCESS RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE is hereby given that the Twenty-Second Annual General Meeting of The Wilkinson Process Rubber Company. Limited, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company 96. Ampanp Road. Kvala Lumpur, on Monday. 22nd March. 1954. at
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      357 10 It's time you had a smoothrunning, trouble-free bicycle that will last a lifetime. it's time you had a B.S.A. This handsome btqn I of many fine machines in the B.S.A. range. Sturdily hi, finished in gleaming black enamel with smart re.l lining and decorative transfers, it is a bicycle that
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      1064 11 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. M ,4,2 titr-ri m Singapore) HO line.) BLUL FUNNEL LINK MGS te LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONDON I CONTINENTAL* PORTS r k, nrr p rn 0 GJ3 34 Feb. 25 Feb 24/27 Feb2B/M.rl Feb. 27 Mar 5 Mar. 4/ 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 2 Mar 6 M.r .7/
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      1980 11 EAST ASIATIC LINF SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/UK. /CONTINENT »tAi. ru Spore P. S ham Penarg SONGKHLA" tor rOhi.rhona, Saigon, Hongkong, Vnnilo Keba A Vokonomo Gdn:l3/M •Di« ANOIA for p "°9 kolt 4/ 4 Mer. 2/ J Mar. "PASADENA"' ,'jr Kohsirhong, -oq^n Honokong, Mnmla ..iA 0 6 4 Yt)l 0 o ia
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      1154 11 McALISTER «c CO, LTD. TEL No 286! RLAVtNESS LINE ELLERMAN nUCKNAI.L LOS ANGFItS. SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON HAVRC. ROTTERDAM. PORTLAND, SEATTLE t VANCOUVER HAMBURG 4 HULL Adopting enrge fnr Cen.rol 4 South and fr<r USA, North Atlontr Porr. AmerrcOM Port, onri Connrio vo Colombo m\ CASTLEVILLI CITY OF BIPKENHEAD Vim- inSpor*
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    So WE must be POLITE to the children
    504 12 Imust make one thing clear at the start. I am stronply in favour of pood mannor.> both for children and adults. We all like children who arr polite to us. And children like grown-ups who arc polite to them So point 1
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    The AFFAIRS OF ANN
    267 12 I MR Ann 1 in Hi. market this morninc. She u.i» miyiiic insrf dients for a curry. "1 do wish I could Make a cood curry." I s.'id. Georce is very fond of them, but I just don't know where to start." "I'll show you if
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    Paris fads by Path
    39 12 THESF tWO new dtfi* Parxa tun hats were shown a! Jacques Fath's recent show. Picture on tou shows a red musliti re;!. The other shows ket ha! with Ivnlt-m sun glasses and watching beach bag.
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    Just follow experts' routine and be YOUR OWN specialist
    904 12 Just follow experts' routine and be YOUR OWN specialist BEAVTY MS THE TROPICS Says JOY MENZiES DO you panic when you have an unexpected date? Do you feel that you must rush off and have a beauty treatment whether you can afford it i or not? There la no need
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    Girl in the Mau Mau fight
    110 12 2 X'lMTKKN-vrar-old Cynthia Randall, who a short while tgo «a< a| a finishing school i n I n;l.i nd is now brick with rr rvitinl- tn Rrnu fighting .he Man Man and iraking a namr among thr troons aa t k p "(loldrn oirp
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      78 12 SUNLIGHT SOAP costs even less Now Ny i 30* only V per Sunlight Soap now costs even less than before. It saves M your money and your clothes H j^* {T too! Sunlight's gentle lather gets P V^ nd o f dirt without hard rubbing. I With ordinary soaps you
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      190 12 ta^" YARDLEY (1, Idpttick J 'riirrc'll K M -nil M bifllhwi ■Iwml ilw I m lonprr-lii«lJnjr *^M Iristi.kv \inr !_j > \^T f»<i inatlnp colours If inrludc tho > liarmin^ np» shade Rosr OhmL f YARDLEY YARDLEY J/ JU i -^o**i Complexion >r^ \j.^_ .^*v Three exritms nr« LX^.-^^: I
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      185 12 Straits Times Crossword LiIIIiII~~I~~I~I~ to lplHlilB~~fci~"i~~ 1 jl 13 T I 1 llfi~g 1 iBIr zi_jijiiiii~i~i~ 20 21 s^S 23 25 26 1. Happened *n *°Corn,sh to« n ,3. bo«Jrt 10 Nail'briar (9.. presto by 11. Fruity .smile 18 A erompanyin B (9>. !i: S^r 2m 'jasu 15. 'Extra" in
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    Leicester win 4-1
    35 13 LONDON Wed Leicester C\<\ heal Swansea Town 4-1 In a Div. 2 league snerer ma'rh vr^terrixv This matrh wan postponed last Sanirrtv. as Leire^ter were pbyinc in a F.A. Cup tie Renter
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    Rugby Union
    25 13 LONDON. Wed Ruzlr. Union result: Hospitals Cup second round: Guys Hospital 0. St. Mary s Hospital 0. Replay r.n Thursday, March 4. Reti'»r
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    A GOOD DAY FOR THE JONESES
    2256 13  -  EPSOM JKEP By Jackie rides three winners, Davy two at Ipoh THK JONESES, Davy and Jackie, had a jjond day at Ipoh yesterday, second day of the Perak Turf Club February Meeting, sharing five races between them in a card of seven events. English
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    Wardle makes Test debut against W. I
    227 13 GEORGETOWN. Wed. JOHN WARDLE. 31-year-olri Yorltshire slow left-arm bowler, will make his first Test appearance of the tour for England in the third Tesi against the West Indies which begins here today i Malayan tin.c 12 midnight i The inclusion of Wardle. who
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    Strong entry for England shuttle meet
    231 14 LONDON. Wed. lEADING players from neara ly a dozen nations were among the entries which closed today for the all-Eng-land Badminton championships which begin here on March 17. With such a strong international representation, the championships virtually assume world status. Malaya, the world champion
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    TWO TITLES FOR CPL MAIDES
    55 14 Corpnr.il Maiden, of Radio Division, won the Singapore Police Force's singles badminton championship when he oeat Mohamed Din. I Of A Division. 15-4. 15-9 at Hill I Street courts yesterday. C:>l Maiden a. id Sg't Onan took the doubles title beating L Cpl. Ali and
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    AIRWAYS BEATEN
    23 14 Singapore Traction Company SC boat Ma lava n Aim-ays 5-2 ir a fnenrflv soccer game on the BT C. ground yesterday
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    SRA SPOON SHOOT
    23 14 The Sineapore Rifle Association will hold a sp.->on shoot on Sunday. Feb. 28 at Bukit r;mah range, at 8.15 a.m.
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    SAFA junior Ice.
    40 14 The Geylang and Singapore Civil Services Association grounds will be unfit for use for SAFA junior league soccer matches during March. All ..unior games scheduled to be played on these grounds will be played n: Fairer Park
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    Ceylonese will meet Recs in Senior K.O.J hockey final
    292 14 TWO first-half goals put the holders, Ceylon Sports Club, in the final of the Singapore Hotkey Association's senior knockout tournament when they scored an easy 2-0 victory over University II at Balestier Road yesterday. Ceylonese will meet Singapore Recreation Club "Reds"
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    GAMES TRIALS IN MARCH FOR COLONY BOXERS
    453 14 GAMES TRIALS IN MARCH FOR COLONY BOXERS By The Sports Editor SINGAPORE Amateur Boxing couraged by the sin cess of the Youl Western Australia, are now making p team of seven to ten boxers to the I*l Manila in May. At the next SABA committej meeting early ha March it
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    Govt. to give $10,000 to Games Fund
    132 14 THE Singapore Government has agreed to give SI (1.000 to help in sending 7"> athletes to represent the Colony at the Asian Games at Manila in May. Mr. G. 11. Ki.U. chairman of the Singapore Olympic Sports Council's finance committee, told the Straits
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    S.H.B. POLICE HIT 11 PAST F&N
    51 14 Singapore Harbour Police beat Fraser and Ncave SC. by 11 3 In a friendly soccer match at River Valley Road i yesterday. Ismail"i4>. Jalil < 3 Angullia 1 3) and Morrissey scopcl f« Harbour Polire. Tahil <2> and I Sammad scored for Fras* r
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    S.C.C HOCKEY XI
    39 14 SCC team to play RAF Tfiigah in a hockey match at 5.15 p.m. on the padang tomorow will be: Brands: Wicks Moolenburgh. Ovnish. Wood 'capt.i. Harrison: Purslow. B. McMuMen. D. McMullan. Jeffrey. Lamb. Umpire: Mr. Welshen.
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    SOSC accept 6 swimmers
    188 14 QIX SINGAPORE swimmers have qualified to represent the Colony 'he Aaiaa Games at Manila In vlay. Sine.pore Olympic and Sport* Council, at a meeiing held yesterday. iecu.ee lo aaept the timej, of the ix -uimmers, Ong Choon Lim, Tan Cheo'v choon. Lionel Chee. Wiebe Wolers. Norma
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    SAILORS HELD 1-1
    43 14 Indian Association held a team from the 31 minesweeping Squadron of the Indian Navy, now in port, to a 1-1 draw at hockey at Balestier Roac. ves!e:r Bewaraa Singh scored for I. A. and I.t Raw -it .'or trie sailors.
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    CEYLON INVITES MOTORISIS FOR SPECIAL RACE
    73 14 CEYLON INVITES MOTORISIS FOR SPECIAL RACE KYLON vieie, Club .us sm, to Singapore and hrf, ru motoriita la I r rl road nee to h .-i rt olomba on ip pj ra<<l ls '"i" unised iil commemorate I Of (Jin-en Elizabetl Ihi- hnnm v the Singapore >Ir. 1. M I.
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    SHA concession for schools
    7 14 SHA concession for schools allowtector of i
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    TOP-FORM OOI BEATS ONG IN TWO SETS
    303 14 001 TEIK HOCK. Pcnangs Thomas Cud player, showed roturn to his best form when he beat Singapore champion Ong Poh Lim 15-12. 1; -13 in last nieht's exhibition games at the Singapore Barinunton Hall. Later in the night. Ooi md One teamed up
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    PENANG RACE ENTRIES
    842 14 PENANG RA CE ENTRIES A TOTAL of 161 hor.srs. 88 in Class 3 and 73 in class 5. has been entered for the Pe- nang Turf Clubs three-day Spiinc Meeting on March 6. 10 and 13. Entries are: Class Three First run over s'^f. or "f.; Second run over 6f.
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    118 14 THERE will be eight races on the first and third days strrting at 2.15 p.m. and seven races on tho second day startiri' at 2.30 ».m. Racing schedule will be: Ist Day: Cl 3. Divs 1. 2, 3 pnri 4 over 5' 2 F. Div.s 1, 2
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      50 14 ■OCTET: SHA junior knockout dual SHB Policr I nivrrsitv Ml. llnkii hrrmin. ■OCCEB: Inler-School: Bartlev Secondary School v Raffles Inst.. K.I. ground: Friendly: Indian R.< v H.M.S. N'ewfoundUnd. Farrer Park: Singaporr Rrrreation Club v Tions Bahru Ranters, p. ill. i n. I'.nu s league\le\andra FT. v Pemuda l.ateli.in. Alexandra Ko.nl
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