The Straits Times, 8 March 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times Mat*r* Not** 01 Hew**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    ALL-OUT WAR ON GANGS
    222 1 Special police sub-branch leads drive gINGAPORE polite have declared all-out war on the :>Bri known secret societies in the Colony 300 Hokkien, 51 Cantonese and 12 Malay and Indian. I'll is move \\;is prompted by llic recent increas in gangster activities. In the past week the
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    Brother forgot to post— so Maria wins
    161 1 Brother forgot to post so Maria wins IRIA SOH Miss Maria Son. of 1 pprr Scrantonn smcapoer imo of winners of the i inn Word Panic miffM never have d the correct soluhei brother had red to post her ntrj A Muiiiil relative she forgot Thca M-» Son bought another
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    Vote today in Finland
    72 1 HELSINKI.. Sim Finlarri to the polls today and <>n Monday in a general" election for thr firsT time for yeari is more concerned with and welfare issues than with misgivings about Russian inline net in Finland. Russia has recently demonstrated rhat. provided Finland i pro-Rowan foreign
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    Back to Kenya
    40 1 NAIROBI. Sun. Field Marshal Sir John Hardinp. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who left here last niaht for Middle East army head- quarters at Fayid, will return to Kenya about the end of 'he week. Renter.
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    Pool clients oppose bill
    78 1 LONDON, Ban 1. pool punters d in to one against a aid compel poo' publish their ac- ann< unced hi re <o] Promoti Iti ata to ballot to determine whether I thfy favoured the bill. Eighty- i rwo per cent voted. 6.117.690 opposing the bill and
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    Mao may be dead or very ill
    176 1 Mao may be dead or very ill TOKYO, Sun. (COMMUNIST China gave strong indications today that its leader. Mao Tse-tung. is dead or seriously ill and that a new ruling group has taken over I the Red regime. i Such indications came hi programmes commemoratinu the death of Josef Stalin
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    COUNTESS INSPECTS PARADE
    139 1 7 EARLY every member «>f I St. John Ambulance Brigade in Singapore was on parade at the Victoria School yesterday when they were inspected by their Superin-tendent-in-C hi c f Countess Mountbatten. and their patron, the Governor. Sir John Nicoll (seen above). There were 1.650 of them
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    Ceylon adopts new emblem
    82 1 COLOMBO. Sun. The lion and the unicorn crest, the British emblem on official documents here for 140 years. i has been displaced by a new i Ceylon emblem. The new emblem comprises a heraldic lion bearing a sword within a circular lotus design, surmounted by the
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    I'LL TELL WHOLE STORY—NEGUIB
    162 1 I'LL TELL WHOLE STORY— NEGUIB CAIRO. Sunday. PRESIDENT Mohammed Neguib said today that the ruling military junta's decision— announced yesterday—to restore constitutional life in Egypt was "as important as the coup d'etat which ousted Farouk" 20 months ago. Sooner or later the people have to have their say.' he i
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    Oil may cut their tax
    55 1 EDMONTON. Sun. ALBERTA (Canada) residents may one day receive a direct share of provincial revenue from oil and gas developments. Mr. John Manning, the Premier, said yesterday. Mr. Manning said future revenue from oil and gas developments might he rnougli to eliminate all present municipal,
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    The Communist way for U.S.
    37 1 The Communist way for U.S. Nl W YORK. Sun— The Communal Partj of the United Btat c:; has made public the i text of a 5.500- word programme it called "the American Way— to jobs, peace, democracy."
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    'Package' power
    42 1 WASHINGTON. Sun Amerl- can air bases in the remote Arctic such as Alaska and I Greenland may be equipped with "package" atomic power plants to provide electricity without relying on fuel oil or 'coal, the Atomic Energy Commission announced. A.P.
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    Dope ring broken
    39 1 NEW YORK. Sun —Federal acents and police have seized more than U552,000,000 worth of illicit narcotics and arrested p man and a woman in what they described as the smashing up of a big narcotics ring-
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    Electioncampaign
    20 1 MOSCOW. Sun.— Soviet Gov- i rnment leaders yesterday be- gan their campaign for the Supreme Soviet elections on Sunday.
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    Members attack party bosses
    26 1 COPENHAGEN. Sun— Dani.sh Crmmunist leaders were rebuked by party members yesterday because they joined Kin« Frederick in a New Years Eve celebration.
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    Now Canada may recognise China
    45 1 MANILA. Run. -The Canadian Prime Minister. Mr Louis St. Laurent, hinted today that he favoured recognition of Communist China He indicated this while talking with newsmen before his plane left for Seoul, next Asian stop of his world tour— UP
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    Puerto Ricans released
    24 1 CHICAGO. Sun Eleven of 13 Puerto Rican.s arrested for 1 questioning about possible "ter- < rorist" activities have been re- 1 leased
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    $6 million gift
    28 1 TEHERAN. Sun— The United States has granted Persia an ■additional U556,000,000 to help the country until revenues from an oil agreement are re- ceived— Reuter.
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    Not quitting
    28 1 J WASHINGTON. Sun. The Army Secretary, Mr. Robert Stevens, has denied that ie would resign as a result of his i controversy with Senator Mci Carthy.
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    Off to Formosa
    20 1 BANGKOK. Sun. The eleventh group of Chinese i evacuees from Burma left for s Formosa this morning.—Reuter.
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    THE UNCONQUERED
    138 1 Climbers leave for Himalayas SOUTHAMPTON. Sun. AN English team of mountaineers sails from here today to explore climbing routes on the world's third highest mountain 28.146-foot Kangchenjunga. unconquered giant of the Himalayas. Their aim Ls to sound out routes on the south-western side of the mountain which have
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    RED BARTER PACT SIGNED
    23 1 BERLIN, Sun. East Germany and Czechoslovakia signed a 1954 trade agreement ye.sterday, providing for an increased exchange of goods.
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    Reds released
    34 1 CALCUTTA. Sun. Jyoti Basu. leader of the Communist group in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, and 51 others arrested under the P/e- ventive Detention Act last month, were released last night. Reuter.
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    New constitution
    20 1 BELIZE. British Honduras, Sun. A bill has been published here to give the colony a new constitution. Reuter.
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    HOLLYWOOD TOUCH IN SINGAPORE
    167 1 GUESTS at the charity pre miere of Carol Reed's •The Man Between", at thCapitol Theatre. Singapore, on March 22. will receive Hollywood treatment. Shaw Brothers, who are donating the proceeds of the Him and a supporting variety show to the fund for building International House for
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    Cheering crowds block track
    229 1 —SO ROYAL TRAIN MUST WAIT MELBOURNE. Sunday pHEERING crowds swarming on to the track and signal gantries held up the royal train for more than half an hour in the suburbs here last night as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh passed through Melbourne on
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    Russia asks U.S. help
    67 1 VIENNA, Sun. -Russian authorities asked the United States Army for aid in searching for a missing MIG jet fighter plane yesterday. The MIG was one of two missing from Russian bases In the Soviet zone of Austria since fog closed in last night. The United States
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    JOURNEY'S END-LESS 4 WHEELS
    91 1 JOURNEY'S END-LESS 4 WHEELS KLANG. Sun TWELVE passengers escap--1 ed serious injury la&t night when the bus in which they were travelling on th<Langat Road near here lost all four rear wheels at the same time. Out of control. the bu.s crashed into a tree. Passengers were thrown from their
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    Govt. men plan to break pay deadlock
    456 1 Govt. men plan to break pay deadlock TIIK three Singapore (iovernmenl staff n»--l misations of expatriate and local officers are w trkine OB a "two point j.lan" to induce the (Jo\ ((■riiment t(» accept their t cquest for arbitration to salve the Ritson pay deadlock. The organisations are thr Malayan
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 STORM HAVOC W NEW 2EAI \M» W. LLINGTON. sun Troops called out in lucki.iikl area to protect h and livestock threatened bj taawft to wa-walli follouinu violent ■terms fcwhing Men Zealand* "<->t coa>t Reater,
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    Woman bought girl, 17, for vice—4 years' gaol
    410 2 Woman bought girl, 17, for vice— 4 years' gaol KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. 33-YKAR-OLD woman, Chiew Yoke Ken*, who bought a 17-year-old girl for an immoral purpose, managed three brothels in Seremban and had prostitutes working for her in Singapore, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court was told today. Chipw. an expectant
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    GRAVESIDE HOMAGE
    81 2 MORE Tliv\ including the arv of Defenci R vr the n Police. Mr <. offleera and mi n ft'»"i the I' day puid their i Detei livr Mir I Ah Seng at tin meterj off i pp Kn ul smu ipin Inspector i dead bj t m believed
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    BUT SHE'S NO CRY-BABY
    166 2 BUT SHE'S NO CRY-BABY Ordeal for 5,000 at inoculations rARS have been the order of the day at 23 Singapore maternity and child welfare clinics giving free anti-diphtheria injections to children. But there is nothing; to worry about, as our picture shows. One girl who is not crying is shown
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    Drug men predict a good market here
    92 2 SEVEN-MAN Japanese trade mission left Sincaporp Imj for Hon E Kone yesterday after a five-day probe of I Malaya s needs of Japanese patent medicines. 'We are confident of expandine trade in this sphere." said Mr. F. Inaba. a leader of the mission
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    This refusal no shock, he says
    186 2 IPOH. Sunday. THE DECISION of the Inited States Government not A to sijrn the international tin agreement drawn up at Geneva towards the end of last year is not a surprise, particularly in view of the adverse comments Mi commodity agreements in the Randall
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    Workers tell where the money goes
    135 2 Workers tell where the money goes FOR the past four months, 40 men and women attached to the Social Welfare Department have been knocking on the doors of about 5,000 Colony homes to interview families earning below MOO. They have been trying to find out how people live and where
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    CARDINAL DIES -POPEBETTER
    74 2 CARDINAL DIES -POPE BETTER VATICAN CITY. Sun.—Cardinal Massimi. 76. died yesterday creatinc a vacancy "in the Sacred College of Cardinals only 14 months after it had been raised to full strength. The Cardinal a.s prefect of the Apostolic Signatura was head of the church's hiahen court of appeal and its
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    Wreck found
    40 2 AIX EN PROVENCE. Sun. French gendarmes have re? ehed the wreckage of a Unued Statps Air Force Dakota about 7.500 feet up an Alpinp peak north of Nice. They found no survivors of the 20 on board. Reuter.
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    Ships seized
    31 2 BELGRADE. Sun. Yugoslavia yestrrday confiscated two Italian vessels, the El Sabetta and the Pier Marida. and nned their owners US$5OO and US$BOO respectively for oprrating; in territorial waters. A.P.
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    Ex-Duke dies
    29 2 COBURG. Germany. Sun Carl Eduard. 70-year-old aranrison of Queen Victoria and former Duke of SaxrConure and Gotha in central Germany, died yesterday afto a lone illness. Renter.
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    Now French do it
    20 2 My "r--nato defen :hr plane no 1 \'AT< ier without rra 25 nnn fee: on f
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    FRENCH SCORE TWO BIG INDO-CHINA VICTORIES
    265 3 HANOI, Sunday. r|vKN( H I nion I ones stored two victories today 1 in the Indo-China war. drove Communist rebels off a hill overlooking rncircled French fortress of Dien Bien Phu in hand-to-hand fighting with grenades and and 650 miles south they entered the
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    Rush for shelter
    53 3 Rush for shelter BRITAIN S "little ships,' the North Sea trawlers, queue up to enter Aberdeen harbour during a K ale. The wind made conditions very tricky and the port was closed for a time. When the "come in" signal was hoisted the trawlers rushed to shelter within the harbour
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    New stamp
    20 3 LONDON. Sun—Russia has I new postage stamp depicting a Kremlin palacr. io mark tho forthcoming Supreme election." —Rente:.
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    Dr. Edith's bet
    41 3 RIRMINGHAM, Sun. nnt h Summerskill. i min.stpr in the for- r l..ihour (iiivi'rnrm'nl, hrrr vr.strrrJa* she hi .tin,, no hob ii in- .i general i linn in Britain this Shf fnr.ciM it would place towards the ]'< .I— Kriiter.
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    ASIAWONT GO RED, HE SAYS
    55 3 ASIAWONT GO RED, HE SAYS MANILA. Sun. I Prime Minis- Mr. Louis St. Laurrr yesterday he ten Asia would unist people are not me Com:; hat I observe of >] :norr aid Canada was kind do d in the first :ncd 'o I Pacific are up to NATO but we
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    Stevenson assails 'slander campaign' of McCarthy
    327 3 w,> v,, NEW YORK, Sunday. 3JH. Adlai h. Stevenson asserted last nighl that the Republican Partydivided against itself, half McCarthy and half Eisenhower"— has deliberately embarked on a campaign of "slander, dissension and deception" in an effort to remain in power. Mr. Stevenson 1952
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    This man is dangerous, says Tito
    97 3 ZAGREB. Sun. Tito tolda group 1 of touring U.S. editors and publishers yesterday that Senator McCarthy i* "endanKerinc American presticr abroad." In rrsponsr to a question from one of the group. Marshal Tito said Mr. McCarthy is not important us a person, hut he
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    16 WINCHES TUG WRECKED LINER FROM THE MUD
    165 3 LIVERPOOL. Sunday. IN 56 minutes the muddy fire-wrecked hull of the 1 20.000-ton Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada was pulled off its side on to an even keel in a dock here yesterday. The operation, which took 14 months of careful
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    10 million more
    30 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. The I'nitod otate.s population reached 161.100.000 at the befinninc of the year, a sain of nearh 10.000.000 since the last census on April 1950— Reuter
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    Pasha kills grenade attacker
    80 3 MARRAKECH. Sun. Thami El Glaoui. the Pasha of M«.rrakech, yesterday shot and killed a young filling station attendant who tried to assassinate the pro-French Sulj tan of Morocco. Sidi Mohammed ben Moulay Arafa. The sultan was praying in a mosque here yesterday when Ahmed ben Ali
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    No recognition, he warns
    46 3 BOSTON. Sun.— Communist domination of all Asia would b» hastened if tht» United States were to recognize Red China, said Representative Walter H Judd. There must be no such recognition of Communist China at the coming Geneva conference. Mr. Judd said.— U.P.
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    Record number
    26 3 BERLIN. Sun— More than 2.800 East German refugees seeking asylum streamed into West Lerlin this week the highest weekly total for three months. Reuter.
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    For Korea
    24 3 ANKARA, Sun. -Turkey announced yesterday that a replacement brigade of 5.00n officers and men will be dispatched to Korea in June.— A.P.
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    U.S. urges anti-Red alliance
    108 3 CARACAS. Sun. rE United Statfs proposed yesterday that the nations of America join forces in emergency action any time Communism gains control of any republic in this hemisphere. The US Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, will address the 10th interAmerican conference here tomorrow on
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    Less power
    24 3 MOSCOW. Sun. Mr. Alexei Kosygin. the Soviet Deputy Prrmier has been relieved of the post, of Minister of Consumer Goods Industry— Reuter.
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    The panting winner
    30 3 The panting winner PANCAKE RACE winner. Mrs. Joan Korrh. pants as she reaches the finish at Olney Church. Rut-kingham-shirr. The Shrove Tuesday annual rarr is 500 years old. Keutrr picture.
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    Deborah is happy in Dulles' house
    168 3 NEW YORK. Sin. I Deborah Kerr. the British I actress, told an inter- i viewer yesterday that she felt very much at home in the New York house she has rented from Mr John Foster j Dulles, the Secretary of State, j •There are
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    Syrians demand changes in Govt.
    250 3 Syrians demand changes in Govt. BEIRUT. Sun. rpHOUBANDS of students dc 1 monstrated in th. streets of Damascus yesterday and shouted tnat "new elements" should be brought into Syria's new Government, according to reports from the Syrian capital. The students also demanded that the new government under President Hashem El
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    Air contract to fight Reds
    41 3 HONG KONG Sun The American -owned Civil Air Transport announced yesterday that a three-month contract had been signed with the French Government in Hanoi Twenty-four American CAT. pilots and ground crews will also be supplied. A.P
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    Youths trade in white slaves
    37 3 PARIS. Sun —Fifty-five teenages were arrested in France last year for white slave trafficking, the Ministry of the Interior disclosed Thirty-two more were held on charges of murder or attempted murder. —Reuter.
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    Red Deputy dies
    32 3 PARIS. Sun— Rene Camphin 41. Communist member of the French National Assembly from Calais, was found dead of suffocation yesterday. Police said it appeared that Camrhin's death wa.s accidental.
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    Nadar tells Indians to unite and remain loyal to Malaya
    450 5 MALAYAN Indian lead x ers should not inflame sectional passions by importing current contro vorsies in India to this country, said Mr. Kamaraja Nadar, president of the Tamil Nad Conjrress of India, at the Happy World Stadium. Singapore, yesterday. They
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    23 5 MR 111 KIM HO K and M iss Mary Lou. who were married at the Singapore Presbyterian Church on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    THE OLD BOYS FORM THEIR FIRST BRANCH
    240 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. QLD boys of the Malay College. Kuala Kanesar met here yesterday and formed a Selangor branch. The branch m the first formed in the Federation under the new plan to decentralise activities of the Ma lav College Old Boys' Association.
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    Trainees leave
    29 5 Four senior local employees of the Standaid- Vacuum Oil Company left Singapore ye.stndav by air tor New York, where they will be trained at the company's headquarters.
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    Man poisoned
    23 5 An elderly Chinese with suspected poisoning was rushed to hospital yesterday from Silat Road, Singapore. The man died soon after admission.
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    Shot by accident
    27 5 A Special Constable. Jantan bin Ibrahim, 32, was accidently shot In the leg while hunting in Singapore yesterday. He I was admitted to hospital.
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    He rescues woman and vanishes
    89 5 He rescues woman and vanishes A 26 YEAR OLD woman. Chua Kirn Kee, was rescued from drowning from the Kalianj; River. Singapore yesterday, by a boatman. Chua, a waitress in a restaurant in an amusement park was struggling in the water when the boatman pulled her out, put her on
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    Cooked food lecture
    66 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun Purveyors of cooked food here were Riven the first of three lectures yesterday by officers of the health department on the clean handling of food. At the end of the course the ratine: shops will be inspected by a panel of iudges and certificates
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    Dato Ibrahim new Rotary chief
    47 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Daro Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, vice-president of the Johor* Bahru Rotary Club, has been installed president for the rest of the Rotary year because of j the impending departure on re- tirement of the president, Mr. E. R. Davies.
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    Throat cut
    22 5 Chua Kee Swee, 35, was round dead in his home, in Pulau Minyak. Singapore, with l,i.s throat cut yesterday morninK.
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    DROWNING BOY IS RESCUED
    116 5 DROWNING BOY IS RESCUED 'THE sharp eyes of lifei A guard Mr. Ang Kirn I Kiat at Mount Emily Swimming Pool, Singapore, and the rays of the sun yesterday went a long way to help save a 12- year-old schoolboy from drowning. Mr. Ang spotted a dark obkct at the
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    Midwives board passes
    80 5 The following have passed the examinations of ;he Cen- tral Midwives Board A and B certificatesA CKRTIFK ATE: Catherine Chong Kum Yin, Chong Yoke Yin. Maggie Fung Jane Lauzer. Lim Bee Neo. Gemma Lut Yoke Slew. Letty Ngoi Nya Ting Tham Woon Ho. and Wong Lam Imm.
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    Back University call to Chinese
    39 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— The Johore Bahru Chinese Association and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce are appealing to Chinese to support the Nanyang University in Singapore. Fifteen Chinese associations and individuals have already pledged support.
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    Death fall
    21 5 Subu Pathar, 58. died fetterday in his home in Upper Dickson Road. Singapore, after falling off his bed I
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    2 MORE REDS DIE
    81 5 Shot by Malay Regiment KUALA LCIMPUR. Sunday. "TWO Communist terrorists were killed yesterday in the Kuala Kangsar area of Perak by D' Company of the Ist Battlion Malay Regiment. One or them was killed L-y a platoon who contacted three terrorists. The other two were intercepted
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    Malay picnic for children
    31 5 Malay children from Johore Bahru and Singapore wnt to picnic at Telok Mata Ikan. Changi yesterday. The picnic was organiser! by the Malay Social Association of Singapore.
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    Off to K.L. for training
    46 5 Thirty-year-old Mr. Sim Say Hai ol the Singapore Telecommunications Depart I ment left yesterday for Kuala Lumpur for two months' special training at the Telermn.s. Traininp Collece. Another technician will be i yent to Kuala Lumpur in May I lor training.
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    Annual meeting
    23 5 The Singapore Association for the Blind will hold its annual meeting at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday at the British CounIcil Hall.
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    PILING BEGINS FOR NEW SCHOOL
    127 5 PILING BEGINS FOR NEW SCHOOL 'TWO hundred and A twenty-six ronrreto piles will bo driven in th< site of the former Chong Hock Girls' School in Teiok Ayer Street. Singapore, to form the foundation for a new six-store-. Chinese co-education school. A. spokesman of the engineerIng firm on the Job
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    Public should do it—Govt
    60 5 Public should do it Govt JOHORK BAHRU. Sun. Byed En bin Ahvj. of Baiu Pahat, has suggested thai t v Government erect a monument to mi' late Buitan Aon bakur and place an oil por trail oi Sultan lorantm In tm johore Oounell Chamber. Government replied that it would be
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      161 5 SINGAPORE DIARY British Council: Opening of Ex- lifting 5.30 p.m.: table-tennis 7 p.m. hlbilion ol Britisli Uooks by Sir ut. Orclxard Roiid. Sydney Came, Council Hall, Stain- Chinese V.M.C.A.: Staff meeting 8 Cord Road. 5.30 p.m. a.m.. table-tennts 2 p.m.. 4 p.m. and Si ff%r^d nonm badminton 8 p.m. »t
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      139 5 Today's Radic SINGAPORE 18 I in lime Si-iuil and Oprnin« AnnouiiceniPiit 7 lti Star; 7.30 News, 7.35 Melody Mature; 8 Rhythm in the Sun; 8 ;io Malay Houaewlvea' Corner; 1.5" ■ngHah Schools Broadcast; 3 4. Close Down; 11.10 EngHah Srhooi13 Programmes Ui Malay; 1 pin Programme Sum■arjr; 1.01 Monday Matinee.
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    25 6 ;<> H.rrf. nn i minimum) «\KCII in London. H. I rnkfnham. Direr 'or "f Kennedy Burklll At Oi Ltd after a short Uliirv t pneumonia >.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    58 6 THE FAMILY of thf Ml Mr. Joe DHoMtfto thank all friends tz rein- i liven mho attended the funeral and «ent wreaths MR SOH ENO BOCK thanks all friend.* and relatives who paid nicht \im'.\ sent wreaths, senc lay. lent cars and lorries, rendered assistance and attended the fineral
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    IN MEMORIAM
    23 6 IN MEMORY of Christopher Christie Demetnad'-b. who passed on suddenly 8-3-53. t^atlly missed by wile and relatives ••God is Rich! i
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. March 8, 1954. Government Pay
    950 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. March 8, 1954. Government Pay Singapore has reached nearly the end of the Ritson trail. It has been a long and exasperatinu journey. It still will not end with satisfaction to all Tintaxpayer, who sees the 1954 budget increased by over s:; /.00.000. is entitled
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    British Film Quota
    362 6 The report of the committee appointed to inquire into Singapore's film quota legislation is published this morning. It was written some months ago, and a number of copies appear to have been in private circulation for the past several weeks. It has already been commented on by
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      INSTRUCTORS WERE ON THE COMMITTEE
      330 6 PRO REFORM" either, hasn't read the Committee's report on the need for a polytechnic properly, or perhaps does not wish to. for the, requirements he sets out in the first two paragraphs of his letter are included in the recommendations. "Pro Reform' also .-laid; "I
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      379 6 FE letter of "Pro Reform' on the educated Asians 1 j aversion to getting their hands dirty is much more important than the Rendel report. We could have managed without the latter for twentyyears, but we ju.st cannot manaue for twenty minutes without thf two
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      He earned this treatment
      101 6 T\S Peng Siew complains T the preferential treatment given to European cars at road blocks, etc. It Ls hard to sit by arid take these complaints Quietly. Road blocks are designed to prevent people from helping the terrorists. No European mis yet been found to be
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      Make aircraft crash-proof
      83 6 AFTER the crash of a Valetta aircraft of the Far East Transport Wing an RAF spokesman that the casualties would have been higher had the seats faced the normal way. It is a very illuminating remark. Makers of aircrafts should be told to introduce new safety measures,
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      For better English
      71 6 mHE news item on the fcrna--1 tion of English Clubs m Chinese schools, is commend- able. Such clubs should be organized, not only in Chinese schools, but in Malay. Tamil and English schools as well. Students coming to English schools from vernacular schools arc very backward in
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      Food prices are the key
      98 6 IN reply to Mr. M. Madha\an there is only one solution, reduce the price of rice and sugar—the labourers' food. No labourer wants to be unemployed and there can be no alternative but to reduce the cost of his necessary food to meet the reduction
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      Gambling is not the answer
      185 6 Gambling is not the answer J am schoolmaster and, as onr of the aim.s in education on in general is the developing of good, useful and well-In-formed citizens. I try in the course of my teaching to develop good citizenship among the .students. But I am beginning to fen it
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      Workers, employers and the Taylor pay award
      778 6 YOUR EDITORIAL "The Tapper's Wages" states that the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association has been invited by employees to continue negotiations to settle the current wages dispute. It is suggested, however, that these employees are trying to intimidate their employers into accepting their
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      330 6 Our name will soon be different VOT .so very long aeo, Gov--11 ernment made an attempt to legalise gambling and this met with a lot of opposition not only from Christian bodies but also from a large section of the public who were civicminded. Government riroDneri thU nami. another I
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    On the Margin
    284 6 On the Margin The aquarium what an Infanl has long been used to I George the flan pai coming out from America roperfluous to I to these w/a et with .so man) i already. Bui ii.iv. an aquaxlui [a thins for whk .grateful. Bin I aquariums? Couli a zoo. Our
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    SPORE MAY GET A FILM 'CZAR'
    284 7 His job: To enforce quota legislation MOVE TO CURB U.S. MONOPOLY retention of the present film quota system and the registration of picture theatres as lish language or vernacular cinemas are among ummendationa made by a Singv^tfe GoTernimmittee on film quota legislation. or reduction
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    62 7 TWIN brothers. David ami P»u| (opeland. wen- among six ti;il>ics baptised at a christeniiiK ceremony at St. Andrew's Cathedral conducted by the Archdeacon of Singapore, the Rvverend Robin Woods, yesterday. The babies shown in the picture (from left) are: David Robert Copeland. Paul Kenneth (opeland. Betty Jane Shanks.
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    BID TO SAVE CITY WALLS
    45 7 City I > permit ;p by comrhursday marked for election to prevent Indiscriminate plastering of walls at election tirr.e. At the last Council meeting, K If. Oli MohamoQ sugU l\ Singapore should follow Switzerland and set up pillars for displaying posters
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    ALL SET FOR 27 SCHOOLS
    163 7 ALL SET FOR 27 SCHOOLS PLANS to:' building 23 primary and lour secondary schools, approved by the Legislative Council, have al- I most been completed. Only two more primary schools remain to be planned Mr T.P.M. Lewis, Senior Inspector of Schools, Singapore, said yesterday. These two primary schools might be
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    Koreans call on UMNO president
    44 7 JCHORE BAHRU. Sun. Major-General Choi Duk Shin. Korea's Deputy Chief of StalT and Director of Defence and two other Koreans, members I of a goodwill mission, ye.sterday called on the president of UMNO. Tengku Abdul Rahman in Johore Bahru.
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    Judo club opens
    32 7 The. Singapore Judo Club was open?d by Datin Paglar or. Saturday Housed at the White House Hotel, the club includes men I and women from all walks of life
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    Assessment Board men at Muar
    49 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— The following have been appointed to serve on the Muar Rent Assessment Board for 1954: Tlie District Officer president*, the Administrative Officer, the Deputy Commissioner for Labour. Johore North. Mr. S Punnampalam. Mr. Goh Chee Hian and Mr. Chua Song Lim.
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    The bets experts are in Singapore
    127 7 GIVING ADVICE TODAY £I\(iAPORE Government meets the two visiting New Zealand off-thr-course betting experts this morning. The experts Mr C L. Grange general manager and Mr. Ennis Groom, chief accountant of the New Zealand Totalisator Board arrived In Singapore yesterday by Qan-tas-BOAC airliner They
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    PERFUME IS INSPIRED BY MALAYA
    119 7 PERFUME IS INSPIRED BY MALAYA THE perfume of a Malayan flower. Bunga Tanjong. is the inspiration lor a new London perfume named •Chantek" (pretty in Malay). The creator of it. Mr. K ind.ill Davies. a leading London perfumer, says he was fascinated by the fracranre of Runea Tanjong when he
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    Had excess rice
    25 7 RAUB, Sun. Four Chinese. who had rice in excess of one week's ration were yesterday fined $5 each at the sessions court.
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    Quit rent appeal
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. -The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce has asked the Rubber Producers Council to appeal against the high rate of quit rents for estates.
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    THEIR TREASURES ON VIEW
    226 7 BEGINNING from today a series of fortnightly exhiDltions of ceramics, paintings, art pieces and other valuable antiques will be held at Raffles Musp'iiu. Singapore. Organ*.«ers of the exhibitions are well-known art collectors, connoi.'iseur.s. and ceramic experts, who have formed themselves into a committee, headi rd by
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    Carbide explodes
    28 7 A nine-year-old boy. Teo Ah San of Perak Road. Singapore was Injured In the face vpsterdav when a carbide container exploded. He was taken to hospital.
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    Penang boy dies in hill race
    105 7 Penang boy dies in hill race PENANG. Sun. A Chung Ling High School student, Lim Kheng Soon, died today during the school's annual Penang Hill climb. In which 621 competitors took part. Lim's fate was not known till after the prize-giving ceremony when an Indian reported that a boy was
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    Boat painters hurt in fall
    41 7 Four Chinese labourers were injured when a plank th.^y were standing on while painting a boat off Clifford Pier, Singapore gave way. The lour ten mw) the hatoh oi the boat. They were admitted to hospital.
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    $60,000 more
    29 7 A further grant of $60,000 fcas been made by the S>x;iai and Welfare Lotteries Board to Lady Templer's T.B. Hospital Fund. The Fund now totals $958,684 52
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    Kluang transfer
    20 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.—Police Lt. H. G. H. Tomlinson of Mersing has been transferred to Kluang as Signals Officer.
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    LOGGIN WILL BE CALL-UP MAN
    150 7 'THE Singapore Government has named Mr A. C. LogA gin, an assistant secretary in the Defence Branch of the Secretariat, to run the call-up registration j centre in Beach Road. i Sixteen clerks will assist Mr Loggin who will be responsible to Mr. L.H.N. Davies.
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    3-year gaol, $4,000 fine
    53 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Chang Beng Sayn was sentenced to three years' gaol .md $4,000 fine, or another 15 months' gaol for having G'i tahils of opium. The opium was found on Cl.ang when he was about to board a bus at Sangleng new village. Hr had
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    MUSLIM WOMEN HAIL MOVE AGAINST DIVORCE
    294 7 MUSLIM WOMEN HAIL MOVE AGAINST DIVORCE KUALA LUMPUE, Sunday. UERMS and Selangor Malay women today welcomed the recent Perils Religious Council move to make Muslim divorces more difficult as "a wise step long overdue." They said it would prove a deterrent to those husbands who were "inveterate marriaee-breakers." Perils Religious
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    Floodlit 'Moth' at club dance
    40 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun More than 300 people wen r the Griffln Inn last night for the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club's annual dinner dance A floodlit Tiger Moth aircralt I was on view In the grounds.
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      174 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 inn. on Mar. 6 to 7.30 p.m. on Mar. 7»: Singapore 74 degree*, Penanc 75. Koja Bahru 73. KlUda Lumpur 72. Ipoh 72. Kuar.tar. 67. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 7.30 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. on Mar. I 7 1 Singapore 87. Penang 37. i Kota Bahru
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    'No' to pact by U.S. halts jump in tin
    839 8 'No' to pact by U.S. halts jump in tin MMAYAJV SHARK MARKET MEViEW BUT THE NEWS DIDN'T SURPRISE EXPERTS THE announcement that the U.S. would not ratify I the Geneva Tin Agreement caused tin shares on the Singapore market on Saturday to ease somewhat. Tin share prices, which earlier in
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    162 8 TH E follow in*r dividends were announced by companies operating in Malaya last wvrk: KUCHAI TIN LTD: A first interim dividend of 10 per cent, less 30 per cent tax. pa> ihl.- to shareholders on the register on March 20. Books close March 13. LARI'T TIN FIELDS LTD:
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    Britain needs synthetic
    175 8 Britain needs synthetic BRITISH rubber-goods manufacturers 1 need for syn--1 thetic rubber was referred to by Sir Graham Hayman. chairman of British Tyre and Rubber Co.. in his annual statement to shareholders. Sir Graham said the company's latest development work had taken them into those fields where the use of
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    235 8 W HAMMER CO. LIMITED. From record wat«r sales marie a net profit of $744,171 i 35.6 r after tax or not lo^ than 50.9"; before tax i tad recommended final dividend of T'i cents and bonus of 5 cent.s v ill make a total of 20T for var
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    292 8 "THE following list of business done in the Singapore A Share Market last week is reported by one iirm of brokers for the period February 27 to March s:— INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords 25/3 Fraser and Neave 52.12J, Federal Dispensary $2.95 to $3.00. Gammons $3.20 to $3.30
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    Three bank dividend
    113 8 THE Chartered Bai dla nounce thai holders met the directors will a linn; <ir. di nd per annum, iubj< ci tax. m.ikini H the yef r 1953. Otr ri the ectora v. ill to idded to fun £30.000 U and rphans fund be ltten ofl ace n
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    27-Nation talk on more trad: with Russia
    46 8 GENEVA. Sun. 27 Eurnp. the entire contim ni for Spain wl] Tuesday at nf< ported to n change in trad i tween I The conf( r n of tiio ii Economic c<m.r rope. It will lasi a night Reuter
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    42 8 The follow February ar^ ;\n: harm Consolid r d C lIS. Dili Klnta Tin Dr. picnic tin >r<\ N Ipoh Tin Dri chong Bection < 5 ore. The Kuala Ren Estates Ltd. Pr >d i lb. of rubber. In F< bi
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    First report was wishful thinking
    489 8 i OMMonn i MMwrrs TIN made the news in the commodity n:. week. Jumping by $5.87^. a picul fn n on Monday to $331.75 on Friday, but 1 illin again on Saturday morning to $329.87 J, on the o cial announcement that the Americans ratify
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      891 8 NOTICE WHEREAS LEE JONG JWEE lute of No 87 Kast Coast Roari. Smcnpore. who died on the 23rd of March. 1939 Intestate, depo the Branch Office of Overse:- C i.icse Banking Corpor ation Limited at Nos. 458' 460 North Bridge Road. Singapore, the Rum ot $10.000-Hongkong Currency on fixed deposit
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      836 8 NOTICES THE JERAM KUANTAN RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the above Company will be held at Amber Building. 5. Malacca Street Singapore, on Saturday. 24th April. 1954. at 12 noon, for the following purposes:— To receive and consider
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      24 8 MITSUI I^] LINE wrST BOUND ROUND TMI WOPLO FREIGHT WRVKI -j. C.F. SHARP «Se CO.. \M\ LTD. BANK OF CHINA BUILDING, SINGAPORE Til: *****—41
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    Mansion was gaol to family millions
    2004 10 Mansion was gaol to family millions TIMES special FEATURE P*HE silent crowd that gathered outside a tall, gloomy brownstone building on Fifth Avenue on March 15, 1931, were witnessing the passing of a fantastic episode in New York's history. From the dim, empty old mansion was being carried the body
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      167 10 S*s CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS ''iLlLLjJjlif'i 1-30 4. 645 THIS IS MORE THAN A MOTION PICTURiL.IT IS REALITY PHOTOGRAPHED ENTIRELY ON THE BATTLEFiEL §0F KOREA NEVER A MOTION PICTURE I Fi. ~^R&f rMHCI«"iIIi MWtOMIWD WTIIFIT >: ij I *S '■fgp IN TKi MITIfFItIDS 01 (OtU SHOWING SOON TODAY A/j i i
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    West Br om wich increase ] chances of the 'double'
    620 11 West Br om wich increase chances of the 'double' nrncU. LONDON, Sunday. \y hST Hromwich Albion, though held to a draw by Sheffield Tnited who are fighting against relegation, appear to have improved their chances of accomplishing the rare feat of the football league championship and Cup double. With a
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    R.N. hand Army first defeat of season
    308 11 LONDON, Sun. THE Royal Navy beat the Army by eight points <one =oal one tryi to six (one penalty coal, one dropped goal* in the annual Rugby Union came at Twickenham yesterday, it was the Army r s first rlcfcat of the season.
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    47 11 SI SAINATHAN, the Indiin inside-left (nearest camera) scores the fifth goal in the 65th minute in the match asain.st All Malaya at Jalan B esa r stadium on Saturday MnkeT, «hr Malayan Hunt half has made a futile bid to intercept. Indians won h-o.— Straits Times picture
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    Rugby league
    71 11 LONDON Sun. Hewilts of Rmjby League cud serond round > fMe relay Halifax 24 Ketchley" 5 Hudder,fleld 12. Bt Helens 5: Hull o WoricniKton Town j; Hunxlet 10. Whi'ohavrn 2. I.e«>ds 12, Leigh 3; Oldha:-i 4 WarrlMtOß 7; Wigan It, Bradford Northern 10: York 11. Donrastrr 2; Liverpool
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    1088 11 W D L F AFV« W Bromwich 33 20 g 5 80 42 48 Wolves. 33 20 5 8 79 49 tS i Huddersfield 33 15 1! 759 41 41 j Burnley 33 19 2 12 68 52 40 I MamheMer U. 33 13 11 858 45 39
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    Len Hutton hits a breezy 82
    222 11 GRENADA, (Windward Islands). Sunday. £ENT in first on the matting pitch, the touring MCC cricketers batted lightheartedly to score 205 for 7 wickets declared on the first day of the two-day match against Windward Islands here yesterday. By the close they had ca,o- t'ii-ed
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    No Regrets wins by 10 1/2 lengths
    609 11 No Regrets wins by 10 1/2 lengths AI.OR STAR Sun I 'TWO Malay rulers, the Sultan ot Kedah and the Sulian of Perak. were amon? the large crowd at the Kedah Gymkhana races here toI day. No Regrets. Malaya s formti champion sprinter, gave his ownerrider Dr. M. Cocheme an
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    BREEZE AGAINST LANDY AGAIN
    49 11 MELBOURNE. Sun. John Lana\ Australia's champion miler clocked 4min. 7 9sec. for the distance yexterday when winning a mile ev^ni riurinc an inter-club track meetlnat the Olympic Park here. He ran apalnst a strong southerly I breeze and did nol extend hltmr i( 1 -Renter.
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      75 11 IKK X IV MALAYAN INDIANS v Indian i rourlsls. Jala n Be^ar <rt*oium. SOKCR old boys LBAGUE: st. Joseph' St. Andrews R I ground SCHOOLS: Barttejn St. Andrews, ii Cieorpes Ro;id. KAMPONt. LBAOVB: Alexandra! UagMl v Alexandra F.T BAPA WV. YMMA v Ch. Athetirs A. F A: N tround: I»lv.
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    400 12 Asian Games KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. FOOTBALL Association of Malaya is planning to send a team to Saigon in April before it leaves for the Asian dames in ManiU in May, it was stated at today's meeting of the FAM Council. The FAM had made
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    Perak Derby on April 17
    131 12 THE PERAK 'Derby," Malayans richest race, carrying stakes of $30,000. will be run on the last day of the Perak Turf Clubs Easter meeting on Saturday. April 10. Wednesday. April 14. and Saturday. April IT. The meeting will cater for Class I and Class 4
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    49 12 RM TIMORE. Sun- Michne! Agostlni. the younc Trinidad runner, equalled the world record of 6 2 sec. here last night to win the 60 yards event in the South Atlantic indoor a'hleics meeting Agostinl Joined seven other runners who have (o\ered the distance in this time. Reuter.
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    It was easy for Police
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