The Straits Times, 12 April 1954

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  • 9 1 BOMBS FOUND Mb were r Pad:roni the rurkhas containI
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  • 201 1 NOW ITALY CALLS OFF SEARCH RO.MK. Sun. 1* E last nicht the j Italian Navy called its ships oIT the search for further victims or wreckage of the BOAC Comet which clashed en route from Rome to Calre with a loss of :i p»ople. The British Navy had jjiven up
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  • 53 1 $2m. rice pact TEHERAN*. Sun.- -The Jap--cial envoy. Mr. Mitsuo Tanake yesterday .signed a 134.500-tons $2,000,000 ric Seal with the Persian Minister >: National Economy. Dr. Fakhrodln Shademan, thus paving the way for a barter i enl between the two ountries estimated at a mini-' mum of Siri.OOO.OOO In the
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  • 43 1 police shoulder titles and num- I ber plates, taken from police casualties during a raid on Pekan .labi new village in Octotx r 1952 In a disused terrorist ramp In the Segamat area of Johore. One mure Communist/ terrorist has surrendered.
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  • 398 1 llDrDlpr LONDON, Sunday. \IK( li\bT scientists and technicians yesterday bejjan larjfe-scale investigations into the mystery of the three unexplained Comet crashes, which have cost 99 lives during the past year Mil i% flrSt Stt was tak( n a few hours f^r Sir
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  • 22 1 n|\(. \imh:i fireman plays Ins hose on the ruins of one of the three Rodovvns. Straits Times picture
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  • 146 1 AGREEMENT ON TALK TERMS KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. THE railway strike planned to start on Thursday has been postponed. This followed agreement reached today between the Malayan Railway Administration and its traffic operating union, after three days of discussion on conditions for opening negotiations. The union agreed
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  • 67 1 The sole winner of the Straits Times word Puzzle "T". Miss I' P. Shan of Kuala Lumpur. is a school girl. She got the solution iit lit after the fourteenth attempt. Her father. Mr. Poh Seng Hi. in a Government pensioner, said that her prize of
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  • 30 1 SEOUL Sun. Prime Minister. Mr. Paik Too Chin. said South Korea has not yet decided whether to attend the April 26 Geneva conference on the Far East. -U.P.
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  • 73 1 Squatters defy all in Indonesia JAKARTA, Sunday. SEVERAL thousand Indonesian squatters on estate trrounds arr defying government orders to quit the land for alternate sites. Three hundred of them have Hl f l d to quit after harvesting their crops Most of the peasants who moved a few weeks ago.
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  • 106 1 COLOMBO. Sun. 4 MAN in tattered clothes was seen lying in the road in front of the Queens car here today The car. carrying the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, pulled up and the man wa.s rescued by police. The incident occurred
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  • 49 1 CAIRO. Sun. The Egyptian Minister of National Guld--1 snee. Major Salah Salem, the "Danclnu Major". said last night that all journalists who got secret allowances from the past Government would be excluded from the Press under an aryended statute of the press syndicate. Reuter.
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  • 21 1 For three hours yesterday, firemen fought a square mile of lallang fire at a cemetery off Kampone Alexandra. Singapore.
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  • 117 1 New bid to end Persian oil dispute LONDON, Sun. riiWENTY-TWO experts left 1 London by plane for Tehe--1 ran last night to negotiate a settlement of the three-year-old Anglo-Persian oil dispute. The mission i.s led by Mr. O. Harden, of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. His principal assistants
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  • 41 1 ROME, Sun. Rome's tram and bus drivers and conductors went on a 48-hour strike today to press for higher pay. Private vehicles, ranuing from de luxe pullmans to rickety lorries and delivery vans maintained a skeleton service Neuter.
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  • 31 1 TAIPEH. Sun. Russian submarines. sißhted in increasing numbers off the IndoChina coast, are probably transporting arms and ammunition to the rebel Viotminh forces, a Nationalist dispatch claimed today- U.P.
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  • 112 1 DURBAN. Sun i MANILA!. GANDHI, lid-yeal-o (I son of India's Mahatma Oandhi, yesterday challraged the Minister of Justice, Charles Swart, to disprove his allegations that non-white i prisoners were badly treated in I south African k:k>r Gandhi was ready to under- •■o a seven-day
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  • 394 1 $400,000 FIRE DESTROYS 3 GODOWNS One of worst blazes in years SEVERAL thousand tons of sugar, copra, maize, rope and bran were destroyed whrn fire wi|>od out three Singapore godowns in Robertson Quay early yesterday. It was one of the Colony's worst warehouse Mazes in years. Dumune to the three
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  • 170 1 GEORGETOWN. Sun. |)OI.ICE witnesses told a magistrate court here that Dr. Cheddi Jassan. deposed Prime Minister Of I British Guiana and other leaders of the People's Progres- stye Party, marched arm in arm at the head of a procession. Mining the party song I
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  • 69 1 MANILA. Sun. SeMtOf ciar. i vi Recta ->:u<i Laxl night the United Static musi mppon Urn smcaa "AMa in r Asians' i she aims to will tin* baekina of Asians in Urn hunt agatn.si Communism. Hi- called lor a "discarding <>r the supercilious
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  • 156 1 Mystery of 'missing' ammunition Kt.XI.X LUMPUR, sun. SPECIAL Investigation Branch Army olYi<rrs are prohiuc the mystery here of 7.000 rounds of rifle ammunition. For U (lays they have hern searchini; for the ansuer to two questions: 1. lias the ammunition been stolen? 1. lias cli rteal error hern made? Tlie
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  • 40 1 WASHINGTON. Sun Ma jor Gen William N. Oillmore Chief of the United Stat Htary troop in Biaai wa.s ported ystirrku to have started a threi -year plan i'>r training and ncpandlnf th* Siamese armed forces 0 P
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  • 35 1 KARACHI. Sun —An Institute of Economics for Muslim countries la bein? established in Karachi by the Int< rnatlonal Islamic Economic C fen-nee w'kc'.i Will rivet here next Sunday to dlseu > the project. -AP.
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  • 133 1 Rebels lose top assault position HANOI. Sun. 1 FRENCH counter atlark at Dion B4en Phu yosterdav dislodged Vlet- minh troops from a strong point on which they had gained foothold only about, half a mile from Colonel do Castries' headquarters. The iittar-k began soon after 'lawn with a heavy French
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  • 37 1 TAIPEH, Sun. Fborti I n nd former Chinese war repatriated from last January today donned Nationalist military uniforms ai rncuiar aenrleethe Nationalist armed o months of re-Indoctrination at thrrp villages south of >h Renter.
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  • 75 2 In white overalls and wearing i miner's hilimt. Wncew Marsarrt steps out »t the pit cast-. aft»-r htr ascent from the (alverton ioal mine. Nottiimham. Th«- visit down tincoal mine, the Princess' own idea. »ame after she had officially opened new colliery at nearhy ('olcravr recently The
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  • 144 2 Medicals today for the first thousand to carry arms AS National Service registration >n fcinjrapore enters its second week, 1,000 youths between the afjes of 18 and 20 will be examined for physical fitness in the next five days. From 5 to 7 this evening, 200 of them will report
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  • 135 2 80-YEAR-OLD BRIDE OF CHAPLAIN DIES LONDON, Sunday MRS. CHARLES EARLE RAVEN. 80-year-old bride of 68-year-old Canon Raven —Warden of Madingley Hall. Cambridge, and one of the Queen's chaplains has died from a heart attack at Lyme Regis (Dorset) hotel. The wedding was at Trinity Church. Boston. Mass.. on March 24.
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  • 86 2 CAIRO. Sun. Two Grey Eminences" of ex-King Farouk today were sentenced to hard labour for life by the Court of Assize for conspiring to cause the assassination of an antlFarouk army officer In 1951. The two are Mohamad Hassan Soleiman. formerly Farouk's "special secretary." and j
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  • 30 2 BERLIN. Sun. A member of the Communist Soviet-Oerm&n Friendship Society was found cuiltv of sabotage and sentenced to eisht years' paol by an East German court yesterday—AP.
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  • 31 2 OSAKA. Sun. Japan s first annual International trade lair opened here today with M 515.000.000 in exhibits from 16 nations. More than 1.300 guests attended the opening ceremony.— U.P.
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  • 137 2 The shorter 60-hour week for Singapore firemen has raised a housing problem for the City Fire Department. The department has had to employ more firemen because of the shorter working hours with the result that It has not enough quarters for them. When the new
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  • 51 2 BONN. Sun— ltaly lined up with the Big Three powers last night in refusing to recognise the East German Government. Italian Ambassador Francesco Babuscio Rizzo informed the Foreign Offlre that his government recognises the West German Government as the only freely elected and legal government in Germany.
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  • 71 2 Officials of the Jewish Welfare Board. Singapore, elected at the annual meeting yesterday were: President. Mr K. E. Nathan ilre-presldcnts. Messrs. M. Lewis an<l D. S. Marshal! Hon. secretary. Mr Jacob: hon. treasurer, Mr. R Sassoon: committee. Dr Warn* Mr E Shababo. Mrs. E. E Nathan. Dr
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  • 76 2 WASHINGTON. Sun A letter from Dr. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, has been received at the White House, a spokesman said toi day. but he declined to discuss its contents. The spokesman had been asked to comment on reports that Dr. Rhee had
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  • 108 2 MORE THAN 25,000 CHILDREN GET INOCULATIONS RESPONSE to Singapore Governments anti-diphth-erta campaign, started a month ago. has been considerable. Already more than 25.000 children have been inoculated in the city and rural areas. To push on with the cam- i pa.gn large stocks of vaccine have been orderea from Britain,
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  • 24 2 TAIPEH, Sun. Russia has handPd over 12 of her latest heavy bombers to Communist China, the Nationalist Tatao News Agency said. UP.
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  • 54 2 New cabinet formed in Greece ATHENS. Sun. FIELD MARSHAL Alrxandrr Papagos. the Grepk Primt Minister, has formed a newCabinet switching eight of his 20 Ministers. Earlier the Prime Minister Mked all bit Ministers, and Under-Secretarie.s to n The Cabinet reshuffle inn,. weak after the resignation of Mr. Spiros MaxkezlnLs. thr
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  • 38 2 JAPS AL 'STEALIN CLOTH DESIGN muni In a past miv rind 4 'Colour F h °o2| 3K%#J reached W Japai V "!H Uir! thli°c fIH Uc .fii south serve J and said. •'That < s?p mis.s:t stated R stren|
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  • 16 2 Elections Korea SOO of Kori j Cnmmui bly »n hi Eli sci I! I n I
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  • 12 2 Mother Supa JOHORI Convent Superior the Cat Char,' t island 3l Easter.
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    • 57 2 SCANDAL HITS GOYT. PARTY TOKYO. Sun. The treasurer of Prime Minister Yoshidas Liberal Party was arrested last night on suspicion of being involved in the biggest shipping scandal in Japanese history. Three Diet members one Liberal and one Progressive already are under arrest in connection with the shipping scandal. Three
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    • 332 2 SINGAPORE Opening and r. v. i.i.i.un Sunmiary; 7.15 a.m. Time Signal and Open- !gJ*gy... C «g- sh ar km Announcement; 716 Mo.,nn« V \,'Jl 'If 1 J^" 1 Star- 7 "in Np«s 7ii Mi.i.Ju vi» N 1 Helnr Alexander at Mwic 5.30 Calling All ChiWren; 11m '^r Music. 10 30-11.00
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  • 322 3 'MISSION TO END FIGHTING' »>iilles says Europe visit for united front talks is: Iritain and France ia y seek 'go-slow' I,.cgiNGTON, Sun. I „t,>iin-nt before he fflhere by ir for I hfn the mited > r l>( secfetary of K' S M .L.liii Foster f, said the purpose rJiVvisli was
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  • 32 3 RABAT. Sun— Three Moroccan.s were sentenced to 3C. years" imprisonment by the High Court today for attempting to murder the Imam of a Marrakesh mosque last August. R( uter
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  • 187 3 U.N. SHELTERS FIFTH COLUMN: SENATORS IN'GTON. Sun. pa Nations BecreH s lettering a ■r "fifth olumn" pjiii American citizens H Senate InvesttH jTt strong Indicaloo< reported, "that this fifth column also includes Citizens of other non-Com-munist countries The nine-member Senate internal security subcommittee urged President Eisenhower to Instruct the American
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  • 103 3 JAP FILM WINS TOP AWARD CANNES, Sun. THE Japanese film, Jigoku Mon 'The Gate to Helli, has been awarded the Grand Prix of the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Fred Zinneman's "From Here To Eternity" (United States i was not considered on the sjround that it has already won many awards.
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  • 203 3 Sees atom control possibility LONDON, Sunday. \f R. CLEMENT Attlee, leader of the Labour Party, if called last night for another approach to Soviet Russia on control of atomic weapons. "We must make a new approach if we want to solve these problems." he told a
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  • 38 3 'Ban it'-Swiss GENEVA, Sun— A resolution calling for the outlawing of hydrogen and atomic bombs to save humanity from an unprecedented catastrophe bordering on annihilation" was passed unanimously by the Parliament of the Canton of Geneva today.— Reuter.
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  • 45 3 This is the Conqueror, Britain's latest tank, which is even more powerful than the mighty Centurion. It has a more powerful gun than the Centurion's 20 pounder, is larger and more heavily armoured. The first Conquerors go out to Germany soon.
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  • 25 3 MOSCOW, Sun— The Soviet Government last night announced a new cabinet post, the Ministry of Fish. Aleksander Akimovich Ishkov *as named Minister. A.P.
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  • 178 3 Shroud of secrecy for Tito in Turkey IV! AMU I Sun. No I even a bird will set through the police lines." a Turkish official said yesterday when a journalist asked for a pass to watcb the arrival in Istanbul of Marshal Tito President of Yugoslavia. His comment and refusal
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  • 159 3 Storm at ball— golf umbrella for Queen COLOMBO, Sunday. rE Queen sheltered under a blue, fcreen and yellow golfing umbrella when a storm broke at a ball in the gardens of Queen's House last night. Nearly 2,000 guests at the ball, given by the GovernorGeneral. Lord Soulbury, ran for protection
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  • 29 3 LYON. Sun. Auguste M. Lumlere, Europe's first film producer and co-inventor of a pioneer device for taking motion pictures, died today at home here, aged 91. UP.
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  • 116 3 'Death fast' threat by Mossadeq TEHERAN. Sun. OUSTED Premier Mossadeq. snuggling under an electric blanket ir, his gaol cell, announced a fast unto death unless the newspapers are allowed to publish in full his dtf»nci in the appeal court. Mos-sadcq boycotted last afternoon's court session, declarins he would have to
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  • 205 3 MOSCOW. Sunday. The army newspaper Red Star yesterday declared modern warfare had "deprived the American continent of its previous halo of invulnerability." The paper scoffed at Ameri,:tn "global strategy" and said it was "doomed to Inevitable failure." An
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  • 149 3 SWOOP BY POLICE ON RED PAPER PARIS. Sun. FRENCH police seized i* the Communist Sunday newspaper l'Humanite Dimanehe today for printing an article headlined: 'The price of blood flowing In Indo-Chlna rises on the New York stock exhange." Contents of the anti-Ame-rican story, which provoked seizure of the newspaper's 1
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  • 122 3 Franco move to avoid discourtesy MADRID. Sun. |7«RANCO is to close the Spanish consulate in Gibraltar on May 1 to avoid discourtesy to the Queen during her visit nine days later. A Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman said it would have been impossible for the Spanish Consul to have attended the
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  • 54 3 LONDON. Sun. Russel! Pasha, arch enemy of the world's drug traffickers for more than 40 years, died here yestfrday. aged 74. His real name was Sir Thomas Wentworth Ru.ssell and he was head of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of the Egyptian Government in Cairo
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  • 25 3 LONDON, Sun. Britain clocks go forward one hour at 2.00 am. today as British Summer Time comes into force ti'.l next October. Reuter.
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  • 39 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Abdul Rahim bin Mohamed. a Kluang tailor trained at the Government Trade School, has been granted a SI 1,700 loan by RIDA. The money will be used to buy a sewing machine.
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  • 126 4 CHANGE RULES OR WE'RE DOOMEDTIMBER MEN CINGAPORE sawmillers have asked the Federa- tion Road Transport Department to reconsider new haulage regulations which they fear will force them out of business. The new rules will cut timber loads, carried by lorries by more than half and so send haulage costs soaring.
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  • 24 4 MR PKTF.R JOSEPH STI'BBS and Miss Margaret Bedwi-'.l. who were married at St. Andrews Cathedral. Singapore on Saturday— Straits Times picture.
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  • 177 4 OFFICIALS and members of the Co-operative societies in Singapore and the Federation are being offered overseas training facilities. Asking member societies in the Federation and Singapore to give particulars of cooperators Interested in the of- fer, the Commissioner for Co- operative Development of the Federation
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  • 75 4 KUANTAN Sun.— Mr. Kabal Singh, a teacher at Abdullah School, will marry Miss Harbaas Kuar. daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. UJagar Singh of Batu Gajah next Saturday at the Batu Gajah Sikh temple. Mr. Chatar Singh. elder brother Of Kabal Singh, technical cadet at Central Electricity Board,
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  • 45 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— The members of Muar Excise Licensing Board for the year are: the Administrative Officer, ichairmant. the District Officer, (vice-chairman), the Health Officer, the Deputy Commissioner for Labour. Muar. and Mr. E. W. Waterfield and Mr. Chan Shi Shi.
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  • 144 4 PENAMG. Sunday. MR. LIM KEAN CHUAN. president of the Penang and Province Wellesley Chinese School Teachers Union, today said that the union would prevent exploitation of its members by superiors. Mr Llm speaking at a teaparty to mark the registration of thf union added:
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  • 100 4 Helpinghand for troops in Singapore rE Singapore Social Welfare Department now helps in solving the personal I problems of soldiers serving in j the Colony. The commanding officer of a unit said in a letter to the department: "Your invaluable aid has been greatly appreciated and has resulted in the
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  • 36 4 Singapore's new Director of Civil Aviation. Mr. G. J. Warcup, arrived yesterday from Britain in the Chusan. He is succeeding Mr. A. W. Savage. He was accompanied by his wife and child.
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  • 32 4 A Count and his Countess COUNT AND COI'NTESS DX JEHAY. of Brussels, who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the ('husan to "see what life is like in the city." —Straits Times picture.
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  • 93 4 He studied sewerage methods TIL City Engineer. Mr G. Edmond returned to Singapore from Britain yesterday with information that might be Useful to the Colony's seweraue expansion project. Mr. Edmond saw several municipal sewerage works in Britain, where he spent his leave. He also visited similar works in Durban and
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  • 39 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Five women, two men and a boy. charged in the police court with being out of doors during curfew noon at Gelanu Patah on April 2. were each allowed bail In $200 pending trial.
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  • 31 4 Heavy rain yesterday washed away part of the gardens of several Singapore families living at the Serangoon Oard.-n E-state. ofT Yio Chu Kang Road causing a number of landslides
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  • 22 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun rhonjr Seng, a labourer. Mer.sing Estate, was fined $50 at the Mersinu Sessions Court for having chandu.
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  • 23 4 KUANTAN, Sun —About hall .1 mile of Jalan Kolam Ayer U being metalled from the tune tion at Bnkit Übi Road
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  • 97 4 ipo;: PERAK stat. c r tl brations eommitb up Us accounts at meetin presided over by Men! Besar The I outstanding of $24,692 has been made good by anothr grant froi ment which w passed al tl: last m« of the Stat Council. A total of
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  • 83 4 IPOH. Sun. An Investii a tor in the War Damai: mi.s.>in]i and a but compai y Ureetor were eteared on I connected with an alleged bribe offonec conclusion of a prellml] quiry held m the Magi Court yesterday Inche Abdullah bin Ohasalll the Magistrate. i>ivinp: Judg metit
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  • 90 4 KUANTAN, Sun. THK Rural and Industrial Development Authority here plans to build a school at Pekan for agricultural courses similar to those at Cheras, Selangor, and Degong, Perak. The school will be able to take about 20 trainees at a time. The estimated cost
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  • 166 4 TRAIS THEM, SAY CHINESE PENANG. Sunday. THE Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce opposes the compulsory employment of Malays in com- mercial firms. This Ls recorded in the Chamber's 1953 report to b< presented at the member.-, annual general meeting on I Wednesday The report states that
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  • 18 4 JOHORK BAHRU. Sun. Choon Thye. a woman, was I fined $250 for having dutiable 1 cigarettes.
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  • 50 4 iron. Sun. Thirteen school boya had promised to donate blood to the Ipoh'a blood bonk on Baturdaj Only tn% ktpt their promise. "We 'ivc .still depending 1 th*> oki and trusted Dun-, cionors :\nd the soldiers here ■aid Mis iK Mien, in charge of the bank.
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  • 2139 5 Dapper hero defied Germans when Kaiser broke treaty TIMES special FEATURE J^hGIMENTS of German Uhlans, their lances and spiked helmets Hinting in the sun, poured along the road from Louvain to Brussels on the morning of August 20, 1914. Behind them rolled the field-grey tide infantry and artillery, sweeping through
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  • 692 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. April 12, 1954. Dien Bien phu —Its Meaning Strong blows by Dim Bien Phu's beleaguered pairison against their Vietminh attack-' ers have coincided with the hasty flight of Mr. FoctM Dulles, the United States Secretary of State, across the Atlantic to press the British and
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  • 26 6 IN MEMORIAM 10 Hnrrf. till hMmMIJ rHKEBOROUGH, BRIC Malayan Police, kilktl 12-4-49. On him and on his high endeavour the licht or praise shall shine forever.
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  • 340 6 Government in the Kampong Amid the noise of battle that surrounds the Federation's progress towards national selfgovernment the difficulties that attend the development of local self-government are apt to sink out of sight. Yet the emergence of rural Malaya from the purely paternal rule of district and administrative officers brings
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  • 244 6 For many years nobody has j quite believed the ending to letters from government de- partments in which the writer subscribes himself as "your obedient servant". From the tone of many of the letters nobody believes it less than the writer himself, but nobody came up
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  • 320 6 rE reference by "Cynicus" I in Saturday's issue of your i paper to the expenditure of the Singapore Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is likely to give rise to incoirect impressions on; the exptnoiture of public funds i by the Association. As far ju I
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  • 28 6 I HAVE got rid of the mosquito menace in our hou.sr by squirting a spoonful of paraffin about twice a week FREE FROM MOSSIES. I Singapore.
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  • 65 6 IN answer to the questions raised In your leading article "The Savings Bank. the amended legislation aboli.shing the statutory limit of investment overseas is being honoured. The new savings to which you refer have been invested in Federation Government securities. Details of these will be seen
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  • 64 6 PR three months, members of the Singapore Teachers Union have not heard a word about the Implementation of the unified education service which was approved by the Legislative Council. I.s this the union's delay or Ls it the Government's? In any case, why
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  • 465 6 Some suggestions to ease S'pore traffic congestion EuH^^BF^KJ^EB^J rM RECENTLY the traffic chief warned motorists of the dangers of "Jumping" the green light. The cure fcr this is as .iimple as putting sugar in tea. In many progressive cities of the world, the waiting traffic does not get an amber
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  • 129 6 THEY SEEK LIGHT THE villagers ol the re-settled Pasir Pinji new villas^ 1 near Ipoh town, are vt ry much concerned about electricity for their homes. Concrete pasts were put '.p along pait of the main thu roughfare.-, in tne village, i plete with overhead line. August 1953. but so
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  • 160 6 PROGRESS IN ART OF KILLING SINCE man first hit upon the idea that to possess himself of his neighbour's belongings, all he had to do was to hit him on the head with a stone hammer, man has "progressed" by various stages in the art of killing. The stone hammer
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  • 57 6 11 'fc «ant to say, "Thank You," to the University of Malaya for their boisterous production of "The Taming of the Shrew.' but they must really do .something about the atrocious acoustics of their hall for their future productions. OtherwLse. enjoyment will remain the privilege of the
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  • 165 6 Transport industry and Malays WHEN most bus companies were formed alter the liberation, many Malays owned shares in many of them But 'after a few years, many of them sold their shares to the Chinese at very good profits. Tills can be checked from the list of members together with
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  • 237 6 'THE Federation Government reduced the price of certain grades of rice. My dealer in Praj was charging me $2 a gantang. or more than 33 cents a kati. before the reduction, for the medium grade against the controlled price of 32 cents a katl.
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  • 161 6 They give motorist* nightmares IT was at one time a pleasure to drive In thus town, when there was a cycle curlew on. but since this waa lilted a few months ago. it is now a nightmare to do so. The ivcllsts of thla town seem to think that the
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  • 39 6 APART from Mr. Santa Stagh Gills call for a p field in Sotapak. a post and publ'c telephone si are urgently needed. Neighbouring towns with a smaller population, have been denied thr.se Fae PI VIRA.MSIM.III KuaU Lumpur.
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  • 252 6 MR TAN KENO WAH Ls fortunate he had to wait for only seven months for the correction of his bill from the Singapore City Council. Mr. P. S- L was also lucky he had to wait for only .six months to get a refund of
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  • 144 6 TT WAS, I believe. In November la.st year that the Kuala Lumpur Municipality took out a two-year lease on a blink of teti in PenuiiK Road. Oily three of the six flats have ever been occupied. Thi.s represent a waste of $1,200 a month. There ta
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  • 146 6 On the Margin 111 the tradii I)UK I second .-inn. i Ali ml •i SlAtti m* lican Choj. er Ju* 53 iSSfci randic cation, dians I pleachc housed f*Bwfl ,r\ 'II I th«- ;ir: thin* hen SYr *hoi share Odd volume (r 0 uf cta! T knew? pore, was in
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    • 903 6 ;n »»,urfs >/» i minimum) SAMUEL n> I>.i\-kl and Gladys e i!t of n ion ♦Clarence BbMithakumi I0.4.M both well grandson to si' SHnuiN pensioner FUub. OANDO JTO Po Muriel, wife n Loul* Gandolfo. at Alor Star Hospital, on March Slat, 1954, a neiur- Mai tfl H,.rn- U < r/>-
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    • 60 6 Mr. h. E. Meyer, I.N..UL D. Opt. [\A will risii KUALA LUMPUR oil Tuesday April 20th Appointment f< r eye examinations STORCH BROS LTD.. 37. MOUNTBAT cUu/oqeddeo theliHle*^ presents I Clothes of Exquisite Beauty Impscc^H Cut for the Tropics and Homo Leave fabulous Oriental Silks. Brocades. Ace etc. >axltleo Uel
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  • 76 7  - ONE American lessons Choy .kby Irs. raid l<aru mm AincH i (bclative liool teachH n lecture B> i ite? and linerican sted m all nunitj life in politics. i \v Iki .ire m lack <>i ,-«luL imei "in :uid CanaT intent with f lint and I Mrs. Choy. V been
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  • 17 7 Four-fold increase in padi area EBAHRU. Hun. iii- four-fold from h mea to cost in the responsible
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  • 17 7 Minister's wife in Singapore [lady ■r Si Poi on her SBj tnslt "d in .n|lM'. the ohmn
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  • 6 7 Spec ial worship ft •r I
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  • 37 7 KUAI.A I.UMPUR. Sun. A >i en-man ■üb-coßMßltt«i to consider Hindu Marriage Bill for the Federation was appointed today by the Maiayan Indian Comgrem. The suo-c-ommlttee will submit its views on April 20.
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  • 214 7 It could act speedily, says union chief KUALA LUMITR, Sunday. PROPOSAL calling for the amalgamation of all teachers' unions in the Federation into one l)ijr national union will be considered at the twoHay annual general meeting of the Malayan Teachers' I nioti in Kuala Lumpur, beginning
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  • 104 7 Yard shows Colony men its secrets /IOIOMAL Police officers, now attending courses at Britain's Metropolitan Police College In Hendon ur.' learnabout Scotland Yard's late.st methods in the buttle inc. Deputy Superintendent GurSlngli told the Straits rimes ttn.s aboard the Chusanl he returned to .S;n^a Mr. Gurdlal Singh, who went on
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  • 14 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Dr. E. Goonetileke has been appointed Medical Officer, Seeamat.
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  • 67 7 KAJANG. Sun. About 100 bdbics took part in the first "healthiest baby" competition field at the Kajang Women's Centre as part of the local health week programme. Winners in the one year to three years group were: Lee Clioon Hoe, Andrew Christopher and Thayalan Samanther. Winners
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  • 43 7 KLANG. Sun. The Health Week had greatly improved the town's cleanliness, .said the chairman of the Klang Health Committee, Inche Wan Mahmood bin Pa wan Teh. The Town Board Inter-ward health competition particularly had brought good results, he said.
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  • 60 7 21— AND HER ENGAGEMENT DAY, TOO Mil. S. VINCKNT, science master in St. Josephs Institution. Singapore, slips a i ins un the linger of hix Haiu-ee. Miss Oline Klliabeth Fernandez, a teacher at Si. Anthony's Convent at their enifiuement party in the Hollywood Room. (dl. i. n Theatre yesterday. Miss
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  • 141 7 Suggestion to postal office)* KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. MR V. M. N. Menon. Federation Member for Posts and Telecommunications yesterday suggested that officers in the Postal and Telecommunications Department should sign their correspondence with •Yours in service."' instead of the present "Your obedient servant." He thought
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  • 100 7 New group will help rural folk ANEW organisation callei! the Rural Community i League will be formed In Singapore within the next ten days with headquarters in Seietar. It intends to fo.ster voluntarj service among the rural people, develop a sense of civic responsibility, bring the various claaaea to a
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  • 200 7 CHIEFS TO TAKE STOCK Xl ALA LI'MPUK. Sunday. THE Selangor Ketuas Kampong Association will hold a special meeting of its executive committee here on April 25 to discuss the future of ketuas as an "important instrument to help improve rural society." The "responsible work" a
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  • 65 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Sun. A MALAY padi planter and his son were knocked down and killed by a military truck near Sungel Drhaka village ve.-ierday. Haron bin Jaffar. 32, and his son Mohamed Noor, 11. and another six-year-old boy were standing by the roadside when
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  • 25 7 IPOH. Sun. The electoral rolls for the first town council elections to be held in Ipoh will close at 4 30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 43 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. C. B. Campus wa.s charged in the Police Court here with cheating by issuing a bad rluqiu- for $500 to Mrs. G. B. Steven.*!, headmistress of Union English School. Johore Bahiu The case has been deferred for hearing.
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  • 25 7 The body of a labourer. Kandiah. was found on the beach at Marine Parade, Singapore. last night. Police do not suspect foul Pay.
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  • 50 7 IPOH. Sun. Father Wt-gner. Director ot Father Flanagan's Boys' Town In the United States, will address a public meeting at the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Monday at 7 p.m. The meeting la apon.sored by the Perak branch of the Malayan Chiiit-M' As.stK'laUon.
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  • 26 7 JOIIORE BAIIRU. Sun. More than 500 people attended ;i baby show held in the Pontian district of Johore today in conjunction with Health Week.
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  • 73 7 Talping, Sun. A finance and advisory committee for the All Saints' School, the former Coronation English School, BOJ been formed to raise lunU.-. for un extension ol the present school premises Tlie extension scheme includes the building of an astmbly hall, a library, a staff
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  • 118 7 liWO tugf of the Singapore Harbour Board, Working for two and a half hours ye.stiidav morning, eovld nol ro» i oal the Norwegian freighter Mvi Hock, wi len ran aground „ii Telok Ayer Basin laM Another atiempt will be made at high tide
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  • 62 7 At a dinner held on Satur- day, members ol the ■aattarj Inipecton' AMOCIaUon entertained Dr. N. A. Canton, City Health Officer, who is shortly due to retire alter yean' service in Singapore. Other oi honour, who are also due to retire, were Mr. S. V. H<>KHn.
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  • 78 7 PENANG, Sun. It was babies' day at the Westland School yesterday when Penang held a contest to choose the Settlement's bonniest babies. Mr R P. Blngham. the Penanu Resident Commissioner, opened the show, which brought the health week to a close. Winners were: six to nine
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  • 60 7 Toys and needlework made by some patients of Tan Tock Seng Hospital will be on sale at Robinson Company. Singapore, on Wednesday morning. All goods have been sterilised. The sale has been organised by the Diverslonal Therapy Unit, the president of which is Mrs. W. A.
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  • 94 7 MINI M M TKMPKRATI RE ■7 30 p.m. on Apr. 10 to 7.30 «.m. Un Apr. 1 1 1 Singapore 77 degrees I'inane M, KuU Baliru 74. KnaU Lumpur 74. Ipoh 75. Kuantan 71. M AXI M I M TKMPERA TIKF i 7 30 a.m. to 7.30 pin
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  • 87 7 TODAY: Sinitapore 508 am. (7 ft. 1 in.) 7.57 p.m. (6 ft. 5 mi; Port Diclcson 2.12 a.m. i.S ft. 8 In.) 227 p.m. iS ft. 9 In.i: Penang 10 35 a.m. i 5 ft. 4 In i 9.48 p.m. (5 ft. 5 in i TOMORROW: SiiiKapore 658
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  • 110 7 Godown rent rates in S'pore opposed OPPOSITION to Kodown rent rates in Singapore has been expressed by the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce (West Coast branch). The new rates which operated from April 1 si lowed little or no regard for the commercial interests of the colony. It wax .stated
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  • 203 7 SO 200 MEN GET READY TO WALK OFF THE SHIPS rpilE 14-day strike notice served on the Straits Steam- ship Company by the Singapore Asian Maritime OllWers' 1 nion expires tomorrow. Up to yesterday both parties remained adamant without making a move to start negotiations to avert a strike. The
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  • 100 7 Dr. Vickers gets an album AN ALBUM was presented to Dr W. J. Vickers by members of Singapore Medical Services Union at a farewell dinner given to him last nighi The album, presented by the union uresideni. Mr C Kaithfcjjsm, contains photograph* and extracts of Dr. Vicker.s speeches collected .since
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  • 42 7 TELUK ANSON. Sun —Mr A. V. hopegood, a planter at Bagan Datoh. married Dr V M. Ruston at St. Luke's Church here yesterday. A reception at the Lower Perak Ciub was attended by more than 50 planters and friends
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  • 59 7 PENANG Sun. Mr He? h .Too S^ang. Federal Legislative I Councillor, yesterday asked the Government to draft a flveye.ii plan for now farms nn Malaya's virsin land. "I shall strive to make Malaiva self-sufficient," he pledgei at a dinner held in his honour i by
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  • 31 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Mr A. J. A. Blake, officer in char^r. CID. Johore. accompanied by Mrs. BlaKe and children, have left Johore Bahri' for a holiday in Australia.
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  • 131 7 Bodies of 3 drowned Malays recovered TEMERLOH. Sun. I^HE bodies of three Ma- lays, two school children and a policeman, who drowned when a motoi boat capsnzed in the Pahang River on Thursday, have been recovered. The children, brother and sister, aged 7 and 14, W*W in a party of
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  • 989 8 Share pattern differs fro commodities MARKET IS QUIET MALAYAN SHAKE MAHKET HEYIEW^ THE Singapore Share Market towards the end of last week presented something of a puzzle as it did not, as expected, conform to pattern when Malaya's rubber and tin prices reached their highest level for the present year.
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  • 362 8 THE following dividends were announced by companies operating in Malaya last week:— FAHAM. CONSOLIDATED CO. LTD.; An interim dividend of V on the Preference Stock and l«'i on the Ordinary Stock, less income tax at 9s. in the t. for year ending July 31. 1954. payable on May
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  • 109 8 Indonesians for rubber talks THE Siamese and Indonesian representatives to the Rubber Quality and Packinu J Conference, which will be held i in the Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore, from April 22 to i April 23 have now been an- i nounced. The Indonesian delegation comprises: Messrs. Sutan'sjahdam. Liem Khing Gie.
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  • 433 8 yHt following list of business don«> in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period April 3 to April 9 INDUSTRIALS: Alexandria Brick Ords $3 45, Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords 24 6 to 25 Fraser Si Neave Ords $2.10 and
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  • 207 8 Tin and rubber continue higher Co3t3iO»iTW I To*, WORLD shortage of Unmedl tin price In Singapore m upward swing and a final sp «**n morning broughl the prk highest price nl t 1 May 128. last year. ,J7T* I* I Mm the "Or l 1 fnrd-i l^B 11 The net
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  • 159 8 CONFIDENT IN COLON FUTURE jJJJ, for I rsSr ivOfW* 1 Mil; •S3f«» fKi TM Tfc* U.i for M' .:MhV, SBHp Indo tin...;. r.iautr- S| ilMt F 1?ck»on P <w uu> 1 Mf P be fol m| imiom »!ll r.-Milt i n bIM for I "•'l'll qHM to rncmplovJH nn In-,
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    • 1348 8 NOTICES THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED COMPANY, LIMITED i Incorporated in England) Telegraphic advire has been received from England of an Interim dividend of 3.: on tinJ'refere.ice Stock, and 10', on the Ordinary Stock, both less Income tax at the rate of 9 In the In inspect of the ye.ir eru!;nc IM
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    • 1059 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPALITY APPLICATIONS are invited for the Post of Assistant Veterinary Offlcer Abattoir. Qualification: Veterinary Graduate between 21 to 31 years of age. Preference will be Hiven to Federal Citlien: Salary scale $480x18 »40 p.m. Probationary Period: One year, if .service conrfiI dered satisfactory will lie placed
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    • 842 8 TENDERS TENDERB from ClaM "A" registered contractors will be received by the Superintending Engineer. P.W.D.. Kuala Lumpur up to 3.00 p.m. on 3rd May 1954 for the construction of 1140.) Nos. ilngle storey transit quarters i two-bedroom typei at Cochrane Road housing site. Kuala Lumpur. Full particulars are obtainable from
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    • 26 8 MITSUI |<S LINE B" WIST HOUND ROUND THt WOtl Japan Sinfopo'C Port S~.ru .Sam 1 C.F. SHARP 6c CO., i») J ANK OF CHINA BUILDINU. SINCAPORt
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  • 1352 10  - A story of unpreparedness, complacency, and gallantry Allington Kennard R.A.F. IN MALAYA IN WORLD WARJI ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939—1945, VOL. 2. By Denis Richards and Hilary St. George Saundert. (H.M. Stationery Office, London, 13s. 6d.) CABLED summaries already have imparted to this official history of the Royal Air Force the
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  • 240 10  -  By Kenneth Konstam THE hand given below A was played in an inter-collepe match at Cambridge. If the proi agonists never achieve any further notoriety in the bridge world they must surely hold the record for being the only team to have played a hand in a grand slam
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  • 282 10 THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD MARSHAL KESSELRINC (Willian Kimber, London, 25/-). piELD MARSHAL von Kesselrinjr, Second-in-Command of the Luftwaffe, German C-in-C South and leader of the forces that opposed the Allied armies in Italy, convicted war criminal sentenced to death in 1917 and now chief of
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  • 168 10 DEVICES AM) DKSIRKS By K. Arnot Robertson. 10s. 6d. After the violent death ol i her father. Hebe, aged 13 completes his task. guiding a group of political refu through the dangerous Balkan mountains to Athena and freedom. She is a grim. Rcrttive, cunning child and shut
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 303 10 The Straits Times Crossword a HI io HI TT" 12 '3 |H 14 16 7 in ie 9 20 2i 22 ACROSS 6 Embellish, with fiuw first (s>. 8. A Journey turn* out to be rout 7. Place to raise »sh or elm trees Ml. <8i 9. He owns a
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  • 198 11 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Sun. Cl- aVadrwi s Khoattojrt, from pore, swept the bouid with ritjht wins oal of nine bouts in their amateur bOXlni tournament Technical Collese at tlie C'hn.wii Aiidltoriuru liere lasi ntghl Nini' Oghtl m a programme of 14 between Technical ColloKe and
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  • 102 11 MUAIt. Sun CINC.APOHE Comblne«l S« hooK heat Joluue C'umbined BctMOli by four goal! to two in their annual i soccer Batch here yesteuiav. It was a thrilling game, especlally in the wcond ball when Johore lormcid the Singapon al area. Dc -..-.< tha Bingapore goalkeeper,
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  • 62 11 TRIPLE TIE IN R.U. TOURNEY LONDON. Sun- Walts beat St ot- land by II |>>ints i lour tries, one penalty) to three ctryj hi t ii«- Rucbjr I'lUon internation.«l at BWMMM V( stf>'Will PYanCt IwntllH EiiMland 11-3 in Pans, the international champlocublp has ended In a triple tie Kii'-'land and
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  • 535 11 W. Bromwich go down to Cardiff LONDON, Sunday. WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers took a vital two points lead yesterday over their Midland rivals. West Hromwich Albion, in the race for the hnglish Football League championships. Wolvorhampton scored a crushing 5 0 victory over Charlton Athletic while West Bromwich went
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  • 22 11 SRA RIFLE SHOOT Thr- Sin^aixire Rille Asmm iation will hold a spoon shoot on Sunday at 815 am. at the Bukit Tlmah
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  • 193 11 Japan are table tennis champions LONDON. Sun. JAPAN rquiallrd Ilir 17-yrar-old record extalili>hpd by thr I niii-il xt.ii.-v whrn Ihry won Imih tin >H4>lhlin; <up nil •nl and i,i i,il lnn (up inunrni f ihr wurld'i table tennU team championship at Wembley last night. Japan m-I the m-hI on a
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  • 37 11 BRUEHL Onwv), Sun— The English All-St^r Junior snnir teair defeated Northern Irrland ft-0 on the openiiiK day of the International Junlur soccer festival hen yesterday. England were leading 1-0 at hal.' time— A P.
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  • 45 11 OlAsr.ow Sun Aberdern, the DhiMcm A" side, quxlined to meet Celtic in Hie tinal of the ImtaaMi .ootball cup ai Hampden Park on April 24 when th<y scored a crushIng 6-0 victory over Rancers in the semi-tlnal at Hampden Park
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  • 39 11 DUBLIN. Sun. —Mr Stanhope Jeel's MUlgate. a three-year-old which started at 7-1 yesterday won the lush Lincolnshire handicap over I mile at the Curr<tßh. where he Is trainrd. beatinc Enjoy Yourself, also 7-1. witli Starial inn-7 thud
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  • 1069 11 SOUTH NORTH A' DIVISION B DIVISION P W D I. PAP'< 38 23 f> 9 89 54 H \V Hiomuhh 38 21 8 9 83 53 50 Iludd.Tsfield 38 18 11 9 73 H 47 Boltnn 38 17 10 11 70 55 44 Clifl m-k 38 16 11
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  • 352 11 NIAGARA KAM.S, Sun. ]y| AI.AYA made sure of taking the I.S. national badminton doublrs rhainpiunsiii|) when th.-ir two pairs Ml Im. I i n it cliampions <)..i Teik 11,,, anil On; Toll I.im, and runneis-ii|i Kddir and llavid C'howng— <|Ualili<-d to meet each other
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  • 260 11 FEDERATION CRICKET Xl AI.A M'MPt'R Sunday. I/IKM) BIN KING, who will lead Selaujjors cricket IV side against Singapore during the Kaster holidays in Singapore, scored a quick 49 for Kuala Lumpur Police and then took five Selangor Club wickets for 26 runs.
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  • 1178 12 THOMS' 102 GETS R.A.F. ONU TWO POINTS By Our Cricket Reporter 4 CENTURY by Thorns/the R.A.A.F. batsman, for Royal Air I- one A against Ceylon Sports Club at Changi was the main feature ot yesterday's batting iii the Singapore senior tournament. Thoms's 102 was made out of the R.A.F. total
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  • 211 12 Bakar's goals We only compensation SINGAPORE beat the tisiting Xi Suara ftttiil. by four s;«»als tn I Stadium yesterday but the mar^ii; ing to the visitors, as the Sin;. in H| goalposts six times and sflSssed al certain by careless shooting For the 3.000 spectator! whoi had hoped to wet
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  • 268 12 Suratta's 75 was best in Jnr. section HIGHLIGHT of the SCA junior programme yesterday was the 75 by 18. Suratta for YMCA when they drew against Singapore Recreation Club at Balestier Road yesterday. Suratta was at t lie stumps for nearly two and a half hours and gave a grand
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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