The Straits Times, 20 January 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1955 15 CENTS
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    $14 MIL. AIRFIELDS PLAN
    239 1 Malaya to be front defence line BASE FOR LATEST- TYPE JETS Mi 8 to be the front line of South-east Asian aerial defence, are t<> be buill and civilian aerodromes remodelled to ike ;ill types of tactical aircraft, including the latest and s of jci liijik'is
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    Lock icon The Canberras are coming
    33 1 The Canberra s are coming FOUR JET CANBERRA H-6 ROMBERS arc coming to Malaya from Britain soon. This picture shows three of the bombers in flight during exercises over north-west England.— A.P. picture.
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    He ignored 'no politics9 ban—allegation MALAY OFFICIAL ON THE CARPET
    157 1 He ignored 'no politics 9 ban allegation MALAY OFFICIAL ON THE CARPET KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. r rHE Federation Government has asked a senior Malay Government officer in Trengganu to explain allegations against his conduct during the State Council elections there in October. The official, who is secretary of the Kuala
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    Lock icon Welcome song for Princess
    67 1 ST. GEORGES. Wed—Grenada school children in West Indies are spending part of every day rehearsing a sons called "Welcome Princess' 1 for Princess Margaret's visit to the island on Feb. 6 and 7. It was specially written by a Grenada schoolmaster and set to music by
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    Lock icon PRAYING' MAN WAS DEAD...
    51 1 £7£.' Wed. McCloskey n inquest that band kneeling j n and because Thirty minutes later she saw him in the same position. He was dead. A cord was round his neck and the other end was fastened to the top hinge of a door. Verdict: Suicide.—
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    Lock icon Arms appeal
    17 1 The East ncr < Lower pealed to the Luxembourg i ct the Paris rearming of Reuter
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    The Cocos -it's all a matter of defence
    294 1 BETTER TO HAND THEM OVER, SAYS GOVT. THE Singapore Government yesterday gave three reasons why it had decided to hand over the Cocos Islands. 1,000 miles south-west of Singapore, to the Australian Government. These were: The islands were of little, if any.
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    6 MINUTES TO GO: STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
    460 1 6 MINUTES TO GO: STRIKE IS CALLED OFF PENANG, Wednesday. T<HE PENANG dock strike, due to start at 1 p.m. today, was called off six minutes before the deadline. One thousand four hundred Harbour Board employees were preparing to walk off from two piers at Penang and Butterworth— when union
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    Lock icon 5,000 IN HUNT FOR OUTLAWS
    136 1 BISKRA, Alßeria, Wed. FIVE thousand troops, supported by planes and armour, began an offensive today against outlaws in the Aures Mountain region of Algeria. The troops moved into position yesterday in the craggy rr luntains, the hideout of bandits since terrorism flared up in Algeria
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    Lock icon His body is found
    40 1 NAIROBI Wed. A police search party today found the body of Mr. Robert Robinson. 37. consultant engineer who force-landed his plane Ir Mau Mau territory last T! /rsday and tried to reach Nam.rr or. foot.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon China accuses
    29 1 HONG KONG. Wed. Communist China today accused the United States and France of violating the Geneva agreements on Indo-China by "abducting" overseas Chinese from Northern Vietnam. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Woman chained to bed, dead
    44 1 MONTREAL. Wed. Police found a 65-year-old woman dead, chained to her bed in her dirt-floored two-storey home in Pointe St. Charles. They expressed balief she had starved to death but had not been the victim of foul play. —A.P.
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    Lock icon England win 5-1
    20 1 LONDON, Wed. England beat Italy 5-1 in the Intermediate (under 23 1 football international here today. Rei:ter
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    Lock icon Sheppard—death
    58 1 Sheppard death strikes again CLEVELAND. Wed.— Dr. Richard Sheppard, 64. whose wife committed suicide after their son was convicted of murder, died last night at a hospital of a respiratory ailment His son. Dr. Samuel Shep- j pard. 31. broke down when his two brothers told him at the county
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    Lock icon Pakistan's 'yes'
    22 1 KARACHI. Wed. The Pa- 1 kistan Cabinet today unanimously approved ratification of the SEATO agreement. usually reliable sources said. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Brando banned
    25 1 LONDON, Wed- -The British Board of Film Censors announced today it has banned Marlon Brando's nicture of motor-cycle hoodlums, "The Wild One."— A.P.
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    T-W-O days more left for that entry
    64 1 T-W-O days more left for that entry H AVE you sent in your entry for The Malayan Monthly's 520.000 Must- Be- Won Word Puzzle Contest "F"? If not. you should do so at once. This great all Malay- an competition closes TOMORROW, so you have only TWO days more. Your
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    UP goes that rubber rate -now it's $20
    114 1 FREIGHT rates for rubber and latex from Malayan I ports to Japan rose yesterday I after reaching an all-time low on Tuesday of $10 a ton of 50 cubic feet. Cargo space was being offered yesterday at $20 a ton. Some shippers
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    Lock icon Hard work, says Janet
    78 1 GEORGETOWN. British Guiana. Wed. Mrs. Janet Jagan. secretary of the People's Progressive Party, was released from prison yesterday after serving a sentence for three offences under the Emergency Regulations. "It was hard labour, I cooked and sewed." she said. Mrs. Jagan. convicted of holding an illegal
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    Customs seize $100,000 opium
    38 1 Singapore Customs Preven- tive officials seized about $100,000 worth of opium from the Prosper on her arrival I from Bangkok yesterday. The opium, weighing about 1001 b.. was found hidden in the engine room.
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    HORE-BELISHA HERE 'TO SEE, LEARN'
    135 1 Private visit, no strings attached LORD HORE-BELISHA, former British Cabinet Minister, arrived in Singapore from Colombo last night and said: "1 am here to see and to learn." The former War Minister, whose visit is a private one, said he might submit a report of
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    Lock icon Still war in Costa Rica
    61 1 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Wed. —Fighting between Government forces and the rebels is still in progress on the northern front between Santa Rosa and La Cruz, according to the latest dispatches reaching here from the front. One said Government troops had advanced against the rebels
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    Light quake
    18 1 TOKYO. Wed. A light earthquake was felt In the Tokyo and Aomori areas of Japan today
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    Lock icon Malaya's big fight: MacD v. 'trouble-making tuans'
    203 1 LONDON, Wed.— The Daily Mirror today praised Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Com-missioner-General in South East Asia, and alleged that his efforts were being sabotaged by certain people in Malaya. "Trouble-makers in Singapore are gunning for Mr. Mac- Donald," the Mirror declared. "They want
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    Lock icon 200 Mao planes blast Tachen
    199 1 200 Mao planes blast Tachen TAIPEH, Wed. MORE than 200 ComiTl munist planes heavily bombed Tachen Island, 200 miles north of Formosa, today less than 24 hours after the invasion of the tiny Nationalistheld outpost of Yikiang Shan, which guards the Tachen group. The raid, which lasted 50 minutes, took
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    36 1 Bl XT UfO >T(»hF DBAIV AJ.AIN 1 l\ EBFOOI Wed. Bur.v and Stoko City drew 1 iftci (tra time in 4fcr third replay of thrir F A Cnp third round tir hrre today Router.
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    The laws get a dusting Now you can silence your neighbour
    395 2 The laws get a dusting Now you can silence your neighbour OR SET YOUR DOGS ON THIEVES Kt'ALA LUMPUR, Wed. T4iK Attorney General. 1 Mr. M. P. Hogan. told the Federal Legislative Council today that he was looking forward to the day when the Federation would have fully unified laws.
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    Lock icon Snow blankets Croydon Airport
    34 2 THIS WAS THE SCENE at Croydon Airport, near London, one morning last week after Jack Frost had covered the runways with a blanket of snow eight inches thick. A.P picture.
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    THE HOSPITABLE A USTRALIANS
    171 2 Too many red carpets for Asians MELBOURNE. Wednesday. CO MANY invitations asking Asian students to Australian homes have been received at Melbourne University that there are not enough students to go round. The Melbourne Herald reported yesterday. The Herald was replying to an appeal by some
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    New radio station for Kinta Valley
    81 2 New radio station for Kinta Valley KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE Federation Government is seeking a Colonial Development and Welfare grant to build a $142,000 mediumwave transmitter at Ipoh. Reporting this to the Federal Legislative Council today, the Finance Committee said reception of short-wave transmissions of Radio Malaya programme was unreliable
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    Lock icon Indonesian Marilyn 'signed up*
    205 2 Indonesian Marilyn 'signed up* -HER PHOTOGRAPHS .iIOE NOTHIN&. TOO JAKARTA, Wed. N American company has signed up a curvace o v s Indonesian actress who gained fame last year by posing iii|>; the nude for photo- >'; graphers, a Jakarta << newspaper reported to- day. The newspaper B.nung Ti■UK said
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    Tobacco find
    31 2 About 6001 b. of tobacco leaves, on which duty totalling $2,640 wa.s leviable, was found by a Customs party on an open yard in Vccrasamy Road. Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon After Joe — fair play
    52 2 After Joe fair play WASHINGTON, Wed. The Senate Investigations SubCommittee, a centre of controversy under the past leadership of Senator Joseph McCarthy, passed officially today into the control of the Democrats. It was immediately provided with what the new chairman. Senator John McClellan (Democrat, Arkansasi called "fair play" rules to
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    Armed intruder at conference
    53 2 SEOUL. Wed. A Korean broke In on a conference between Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. U.S. Far East commander, and Korean Army chiefs and menaced Gen. Taylor with a pistol, a reliable source said today Before the intruder could press the trigger Korean guards seized and disarmed
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    Lock icon Royal shooters
    30 2 LONDON, Wed. Ex-Kins Michael of Rumania, who with his wife. Princess Anne is the guest of the Queen at Sandringham. went shooting with the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Bing in hospital
    22 2 SANTA MONICA (California), Wed. Bing Crosby is to have a kidney operation at St. Johns Hospital here today. AS.
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    Templer appeals for Malayan cause
    281 2 LONDON. Wed. TOP LONDON representatives of Malayan mercantile firms and tin and rubber companies attended a Savoy Hotel lunch sponsored by former Secretary of State for the Colonies. Lord Chandos, today to launch r.n appeal for funds to help Outward Bound Trust Schools in Malaya,
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    Lock icon $1,800 BITE—OFF HER THIGH
    72 2 $1,800 BITE— OFF HER THIGH LOS ANGELES. Wed— Film star. Sonny Tufts, alleged In a lawsuit here to have bitten j dancer Mai jorie Van on the J thigh, has settled her claim for U5526,000 $78,000 dam- ages with a payment of $800 i $1.800 1. Judge Victor Hansen api
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    GIVE 'RACKET' DETAILS —R.A.F.
    170 2 GIVE 'RACKET' DETAILS R.A.F. ROYAL AIR FORCE authorities in Singapore yesterday sent an urgent message to Australia asking for details of a "secret report" which is said to accuse R.A.F. crews from Singapore of smuggling. The Straits Times correspondent in Darwin on Tuesday reported that investigations by two senior RA.A.
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    Ex-bandit« kill a top Re(i
    135 2 Ex-bandit« kill a top R e( i A compass srm s an officer KUALA LUMPUR, v,> C^HEE TUCK, a committfp me J, and one ol threT ranking tei Selangor. waj the Batu Aran« are patrol of t; Operational Volu r Force jrest t Earlier the patrol of A Com First
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    Lock icon A-SUB IS 'PERFECTI It will have more extensive tests
    114 2 A-SUB IS 'PERFECTI It will have more extensive tests OROTON, Connecticut. Wed WORD was flashed from the United States Nautilus tonight that all performances ol the atom-powered submarine on her first day of sea test were "perfect." A message from Commodore Eugene P Wilkinson, said the shin was "ahead of
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    Lock icon [j.S. tries to cool off Formosa 'hot' war
    347 3 ptEET WttL KEEP CLEAR OP TACHENS H ,M.TOV Wed. Ebenhower adI ministration is curiK nlodsfs in the "f "^^Yorrnosa to th T thf new mutual U Kai-shfk. US Govde c I the Tth fence of the nds, off the is an inthe
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    Lock icon Footplate 'swells' shunt out a new pay scheme
    159 3 Footplate 'swells' shunt out a new pay scheme LONDON. Wednesday. representing 80.000 railway footplate today rejected new pay ofTeVs because maintain the existing gap between the lowest paid railwaymen and the train driving •aristocracy." The wage increases ranged from two shillings and six vcnrp to six shillings a week and
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    £4.000 AWARD FOR LIBELLED SEA CAPTAIN
    50 3 A sea capip was forcibly Nationalists r.p wa.s awarded with costs by a action here yes- Hood, 56. a ■omplained rrpom of the ted in New and in Lloyds newspaper in famed him. said the :aisely clearKonc for Kobe 11 was really imunist China
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    Lock icon BEGUM GOES TO ROYAL PARTY IN AMSTERDAM
    43 3 PAKISTAN'S ambassador to the Netherlands, the Begum Ra'ana Liaquat AH Khan, arrives at the royal palace in Amsterdam for a New Year reception for the diplomatic corps given by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon K.L.M. CRASH: DID PILOT RELAX?
    208 3 Counsel's theory at inquiry DUBLIN. Wednesday. pOUNCIL for the Irish Government suggested here yesterday that the Dutch X.L.M. airliner disaster at Shannon Airport last September might have been due to the captain relaxing after an unnerving take-off. 1 Mr. Scan Macßrlde. summing up at the
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    Lock icon PLANES WREST SICK FROM WINTER'S GRIP
    156 3 WICK, Wednesday. NAVAL helicopters and Air Force reconnaisance planes today evacuated some of the sick frcm villages and hamlets in northern Scotland, cut off by snow from civilisation for more than a week. In •Operation Snowdrop" code name for the rescue of the frozen
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    Lock icon World's biggest meteorite a monument
    69 3 World's biggest meteorite a monument WINDHOED. South- West Africa, Wed— A meteorite has been proclaimed a historical monument in South-West Africa. Known as the "Hoba" meterorite. It fell 12 miles west of Orootfontein in 1906. It weighs about 60 tons and is reputed to be the largest in the world.
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    Lock icon ALCOHOLIC MILK NOW -TO CURE HANGOVERS
    199 3 LONDON, Wed. ORITAIN, which invent- ed the steam engine i and built the first jet plane pave the world alcoholic milk yesterday. It comes in four flavours whisky, brandy, rum and gin. Government officials announced they have granted Mortlocks Modern Dairy a licence to
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    Lock icon A-rays inquiry
    27 3 GENEVA. Wed. The Japanese Government today called on the United Nations World Health Organisation to examine the effects of atomic radiation on human beings.— U.P.
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    TANK CALLED IN TO BREAK DO-OR-DIE PRISON REVOLT
    117 3 BOSTON. Wed. -An army fnk was pressed into service Saylnan effort to break up the do-or-die revolt of four tough prisoners who have Sd 11 hostages, including euardv for more than 24 hours at Massachusetts state prison The 30-ton tank was sent
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    LONDON STOCKS
    312 3 LONDON, Wed. I 'THE LONDON stock markets today started the new account on a \ery firm note encouraged by the sharp overnight advance on Wall Street and the buoyant United Kingdom Exchequer returns. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty I were: LOANS i Consols
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Jan. 19. Cash Buyers £684: Sellers £6*5; Forward Buyers £687; Sellers tt.SH. Settlement £687; Turnover a.m. 83 tons p.m. nil.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    41 3 LONDON, Jan. 19— Spot 28 T *d Feb. 28 7 vd.. Mar. 28 ',d.. April-June 28 \d.. July-Sept. 28'« d.. Oct.-Dec 27 :l ,d, Jan. c.l.f. 28 \d.. Feb. c.l.f. 28 \d March c.l.f. 28 4 d. Tone Steady.
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    Unfair—so taxmen will refund $295,000
    175 4 Unfair— so taxmen will refund $295,000 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federation Government is to refund $295,000 collected as income tax on sratuities to contract officers. The Finance Committee has decided it was unfair to tax these gratuities since normally these officers would Ret pension if taken on a permanent basis.
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    Similar offence — back to jail
    44 4 Similar offence back to jail JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Siah Ah Ton was sentenced today by the Sessions Court, Kluang, to six months' jail for having 10 packets of chandu. He recently en me out from prison after serving a sentence for a similar offence.
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    JOHORE REFUSED $17,000
    86 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Federation's finance committee has refused a request by Johore for an extra vote of i $17,000 to meet the cost of i vaccinating and licensing dogs during the 1954 anti-rabies drive in the State. The committee held that it was the State's responsibility
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    Attlee out of step on housing
    246 4 THE LAMBETH WALK BY EX-PREMIER IN A 'FEVER OF FOOLISHNESS KENT HUGHES: FRANKLY, I HAVE BEEN STAGGERED BY SINGAPORE'S PROGRESS BRITAIN'S opposition leader, Mr. Clement Attlee, will do more than the Lambeth Walk when he hears what Australia's Minister for the Interior, Mr. W.
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    She sues her ex-husband
    125 4 She sues her ex-husband HTHE former wife of I. A. -I- Alsagoff, a businessman, told a Singapore court yester- day that her husband had not I eiven her any money to mainI tain two of their five children .since Dec. 1953. Alsagoff was charged with neglecting to maintain the two
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    She denies $140 fraud
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A 32-year-old woman, Ah Kirn, charged in court here with criminal breach of trust of $140, belonging to her employer. Lee Tuck, ciaimed that the money *as a present to her by Lee. Ah Kirn was allowed ball of $300. The case was
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    ONE PERSON IN 35 OWNS A CAR
    64 4 ONE PERSON IN 35 OWNS A CAR Every 35th Singaporean owns a car today, and every sixth a bicycle. At the close of last year there were 34,498 cars on the road, an increase of 3,042 over 1953. Bicycles on the register' totalled 178,708, a Jump of 15.636 compared with
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    Dearer entry
    32 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federal Legislative Council today approved increases in the charges for entry certificates for aliens from $3 to $10 and for non aliens from $5 to $10.
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    UP IN THE AIR AGAIN
    93 4 Marjorie Wee gets her old job back DEAUTY queen Marjorie Wee is going to be an air hostess again. Marjorie, who was Malaya's representative In the 1954 Miss Universe Pageant at Long Beach. California, last July, has got her old Job back with Malayan Airways.
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    Man jailed for jewel robbery
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. See Hock Hai. 28. who robbed a vegetable gardener's wife was Jailed for a year today. See pleaded guilty In the Supreme Court to robbing How Ylng of jewellery worth $519 in her house at the Bth mile. Kapar Road Klang on
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    ONE-EYED TURTLE NELSON IS LOST
    150 4 KELSON, the 17 lb. one- eyed turtle, which strayed into a garden in Orchard Road, Singapore, after a heavy downpour on Sunday, has sliDped off. He Jumped "ship" while being taken to the Garden of Liberation In Thomson Road yesterday afternoon, and has since not
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    Concerts for the New Year
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor Chinese (Chinwoo) Athletic Association's Orchestra will play in Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens on Monday. Chinese New Year, from 5.30 pin. to 7 p.m. On Sunday, the band of the Ist. Battn.. Fiji Infantry Regiment will play in the gardens from 5.30
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    Culture talk
    35 4 Dr Lin Yutang, Chancellor of Nanyane University will speak on "Eastern and Western Cultures" at a Friends of Singapore meeting at 6 p m. today In the Coral Room of the Adelphi Hotel.
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    KUALA LUMPUR GIRL WEDS PENANG MAN IN LONDON
    78 4 MR. HENRY HKAII, of Penang, and Miss Nancy Chua, of Kuala Lumpur, after their wedding in London. The bridegroom, who has completed his law examinations. Is a son of Mrs. Cheah Inn Kiong. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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    NOW POLICE GEI 10-DAY HANDECAPT ON THE THIEF AND THE FENCE
    245 4 NOW POLICE GEI 10-DAY HANDECAPT ON THE THIEF AND THE FENCE KUALA LLMPIK, Wedne* THE GOVERNMENT select committee consider the Minor Offences Bill, storm of protest from goldsmiths when it lished, presented their report to the Fedrr. the Council today. The committee recommend that ti. Bill be amended to require
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    The Service workers in fund soon
    100 4 The Service workers in fund soon -tIOKKT.MN M1( |1U workers of hf "g Armed Serried la sin. w.ll he lerall nt X«* ,o,n the Central p > Fund bfin K st. ut( (1 the C«l.,n> A Bill to amrn,| the (>,,. Provident Fun.i o rdiPi absorb them int., the S
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    Sultan for first meeting
    38 4 KUALA LUMPUR Wed^-iS Sultan of Selac poultry rean the inaugural mccl langor Poultry .1 Saturday. Ja:;. 29 hall in Davidson I Lumpur. The meeting will be a*i to approve a constitution v: elect officers.
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    Ministry dinner
    25 4 The staff of the Ministry of Works in Singapore will hold an annual dinner at the Tai Ton* Restaurant. Happy World, tcmorrow night
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    'Death milway' compensation: $35,000
    124 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Chief Secretary. Mr. D. C. Watherston, announced at question time today in the Legislative Council that the Federation had received $35,000 as its share of compensation for the Burma-Siam "death rail- wayHe said in answer to Mr. K. Ramanathan that no dLstribution
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    It's safer now for birds and beasts
    204 5 tfORE PROTECTION UNDER NEW BILL I BREAKERS WILL HA YE TO PAY DOUBLE MPUR, Wednesday. :h Rives ereater pro- wild life in tho Fodera- assed by tho Federal Le- day. Natural Resources tto Abdul Rahman. Bill's adoption, said ited thai it did provisions.
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    600 MORE IS MENTAL HOMES
    21 5 600 MORE IS MENTAL HOMES VR Wed.—Par deration s Ram- nd of .pple?42.ooo for the hospital another he Johore here adInci
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    3,000 knocks
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    TAX ON PROVIDENT FUND
    56 5 C ntribn- Provid- xi mpted I «Ik re 'it ex- n ov Mr. Employees' Provident Fund Board, in reply to a memorandufls from the Penan* clerical and Administrative start union The union had .suggested 4 ption from duty on the vi any person whow contribution to
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    Shopkeeper is fined $3,000
    51 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Kih Gei.k Eng. a woman shopkeeper, was fined $3,000 :in the Besoioni Court today I for being in possession of 23 car" nns of cigarettes on which .-he could not prove that duty had been paid. Duty payable was $111. The ciyaretto wre
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    Outrage: $100
    31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.-- K. Suppiah. 30. was fined $100 In the Pint Magistrate's Court here today lot MtaM force on ;i 15-year-old ciii with intent to outrage her modesty.
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    Holidays for all" plan in council
    59 5 Holidays for all" plan in council KlA l M Ml'l R, Wed. HF miKn Holidayi 0r- 1,,- reeomiofd to ->'„■ P-'"l k hoff-days i i ill ii-»'l> •> lld Innnthlt pud workers Swvrrrd bj the Or«B i {burnt Code m il:\i milldrrided that the (i,u,rnniitit sboold appoint rommittn U> uiid.-rtake
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    BEDOK FARMERS —ITS STILL NO'
    158 5 Govt. is firm on compensation OINGAPORES Under-Secretary, Mr. J. D. Hißham, reiterated yesterday that farmers in the Bedok resettlement area, whose vegetable crops and poultry were destroyed in the floods, will not be compensated by the Government. Mr. Hicham was commenting on a decision by
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    Bandit girl was this poet's muse
    123 5 Bandit girl was this poet's muse KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. •THE LABOURER, who turned poet and composed antiBritish songs after hearing a bandit girl sing, was sent to prison for three years by the Federation Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew. In the Supreme Court here today. He was Moh Slew Yong,
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    Fun fair to aid welfare fund
    53 5 Kota Bahru District Welfare Committee will hold a fun fair; at Biartti Park on Feb. 10 in Kelantan Welfare Fund. The main attraction will be 1 Berdikir Barat" Kelantan Malay ;olk sing sontji ml v nieh Pa'Leh Tapans and an Paalr Puteh. singmg stars,
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    No barriers, Onn tells Council
    256 5 No barriers, Onn tells Council KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE Member for Home Affairs, ■i- Dato Sir Onn bin Ja afar. told the Federal Legislative Council today that in the United Kingdom a British protected person is, for all practical purposes, treated in exactly the same way as a British subject.
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    59 new citizens
    30 5 KAJANG. Wed. In the Broadrick Club Kajang. the District Officer. Mr. J. L. M. Gorrie. presented certificates of naturalisation in the State of Selangor to 59 people.
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    $39,600 raised
    12 5 IPOH. Wed.— Perak raised $39,600 for the Poppy Day Fund.
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    POLICE TO HAVE MORE OFFICERS
    167 5 POLICE TO HAVE MORE OFFICERS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federation policr force is to have 80 more inspectors, 99 lieutenants, 42 sergeants and 545 corporals, but 597 fewer constables, the Legislative Council was told today. As the Bourne Plan calls for army units to attack terrorists in the deep jungle,
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    Experts thought up phooey test
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The "phooey test was introduced on the advice of seniur officers of the Education Department and In accordance with the opinion of recognised education experts in Britain. the Federation's Member for Education, Mr. L. D. Whitfleld. said in the Federal Legislative Council
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    Compoundable
    47 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federal Select Committee, appointed to consider the Minor Offences Bill, has recommended that people, who lead or drive animals on public roads at night without a light or allow them to stray or damage property, should be allowed to compound the offence
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    Sir Donald back
    26 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The Hiuh Commissioner. Sir Donald Ma<-Gillivray. and Lady MacGillivray. returned to Kuala Lumpur today after a holiday in Hone Konc.
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    STABBED COUNCIL DRIVER TALKS—MAN HELD
    103 5 STABBED COUNCIL DRIVER TALKS— MAN HELD A Singapore City Council' driver, N. Veloo, aged 36. who was .seriously stabbed yesterday has made a statement to the police. Veloo was attacked a few minutes after he left his quarters In Mount Emily Road at 5.45 am. to ko to work. He
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      518 5 RADIO MALAYA Legislative Council Meeting; 10.00 «»m*m»j«»**m i nspl ration for Masic; 10.30—11.00 l'iuKt'itinnir> thus marked ran Gerry Soliano <iul his RafTle.s Hotel be received b> Ibtenemi in Malacca. Orchestra. Short wave 49 and 62r0. Medium ■Ml 476 m.. 343.. 366 m. and 297 m.) I A.M. '8 57 EnglLsh
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    DEATHS
    122 6 20 Hi>rrf> SIS minimum). BRADY LYNDON VIVIAN o Railway) beloved husband suddenly at sea on 12th hen returning from Home I i „ye CHATLEY: On 17-1-55 at Gloucester. Dr. Herbert Chatley (D.Se. Lesion DHonneuri aued 70. former- ly V the Admiralty and the Whanc- 'i Conservancy Board. Shanghai. lived
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 6 •n Hiirrf. SJS i minimum i. THE Holy Infant, J<>sus Convent thanks Singapore Naval Base EmE levees 1 Co-Operative Thrift and oan Society for ihelr $100 donation
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    212 6 jn H',,ri- v/« i minimum i. FOLLOW PEDANT Evr;> Day in the Malay Mail' if you want to'wui thai $5,000 word p; GAY ATTRACTIVE Cottons for 1955. new arrivals, some all ataaa aj Town <fc Country, Meyer Chambers, Rafflet Place ASK A SCOTSMAN his favourile Scotch Liqueur. 10 io
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    Site Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Jan. 20, 1955. The Strike That Wasn't
    631 6 Site Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Jan. 20, 1955. The Strike That Wasn't Pcnang's dock strike was called off yesterday six minutes before the deadline. More- than Penang*s citizens were relieved by the news, ;ilthough they, of course, had most reason for pleasure that an unncc sary strike did not take
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    War For China's Islands
    394 6 The new battle for China's off-shore islands is much less serious than it looks. Clearl> it marks Communist determination to dislodge the Nationalists from some, if not all, the islands on which garrisons were left when the Nationalists retreated to Formosa from the mainland. The Nationalists,
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    Voiceless Ipoh
    271 6 A local broadcasting station for Ipoh has had its place in Radio Malaya's plans for years. It is brought a little nearer by the decision to build a relay station, for once Ipoh has a I transmitter there is a stronger case than ever for a microphone and
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    Brawls among small nations offer openings for Reds
    740 6 Brawls among small nations offer openings for Reds 170/«»n«*«> in Vvniral Amorira raises no indulyvnt rhurktvs in th*> iii it <-d Staivs llus< days,, uriivs II J 1. 1 J.I. If #M 1 V NEW YORK. piCTURE an area 1 where old-fashion-ed politics is practised on a national scale, from
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      Domiciled Europeans must enter politics
      252 6 W HITE ASIAN" and *f Mr. W. Calvert have between them written sufficient to malro it Miiiiciem 10 maKe it worth while domiciled Europeans thinking of their future in Malaya. The days when with their personal status and influence. they could exist without organising themselves
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      RANSOM
      52 6 It seems clear that if the water does not flow down to Singapore, can the Johorc Oovernment make it go upstream Kuala Liunpur? No. Sir Cheng-lock, you must put on your thinking cap again because the water supply question does not justify you holding Singapore to ransom. YAP SOON
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      COLONY HELD TO
      114 6 ]^|R. John Laycock's outburst against Sir Cheng-lock Tan may not reveal him as a diplomat, but his sentiments have the backing of the vast majority of the Singapore public. If we must pay for the Federation, what about Burma. Siam and Indo-China, who are also fighting Communism
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      A break with Chinese custom
      92 6 IT Is becoming Increasingly the fashion among certain Chinese of substance to issue invitation cards to their European friends to call on them on Chinese New Year Day. It is not in conformity with Chinese custom. We all know that th»Chinese New Year celebration lasts
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      BAD ROADS
      62 6 THE recent continuous rain has filled Jansen Road and Palm Grove Avenue with pools of water, ft Is a nightmare to walk along these roads In the night as there are no lights. One either walks Into pools uf muddy water or Is frightened by prowling dogs. Could
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      HOLIDAY WORK
      82 6 NOW we know why for the last two hart rayas the residents of Klang and Port Swettenham wer* without electricity If the Central Electricity Board always carry out major works on a public holiday because it will cause the least Inconvenience, why do they not effect repairs on
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      TRUSTING
      65 6 IN front of a bank on Cnllyer Quay were four unguarded pile.s of tin boxes, each pile as high as a man. The boxes were stamped "Commissioners of Currency." In how many cities of the world would they be safe like that? Even if they were empt.e.s being returned
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      WORKING HOURS
      100 6 THE Member Tor Industrial and Social Relations is reported to have said that the Government cannot be blamed for the inhumanity of some employers, and that It is up to the employers themselves to regulate working conditions of shop assistants. Well, what about the working conditions of workers
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    On the margin
    159 6 Quite academic THE them conferring rj been pr< would pro to learn ■standard We attach ance to <i< of labels m A man n book 1. arnlnß not know remain, a ass rnlng p say Mnir n like a ferl heap it sir, en. But 3] tilise
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    Protected persons
    69 6 Protect ed persons IJNLIKE "area not be barbed-wire feel a fellow colleague^ reporter.-Ja-e By all accoptn: ternation;,; respnnrieir peraonni I help them The old. \rnhem I Amerlcai well Into he canted ,On this I bearing ar adamant, f; for War corn take weapotu I themscl i down The Axi^ count
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    Marry 4 wives, she told him
    419 7 But 1 was only joking, says wife No. 2 JOURNALIST 7 WAS TRAPPED INTO SECOND MARRIAGE') GETS 6 MONTHS FOR BIGAMY PENANG, Wednesday. THREE WEEKS, after he married a schoolgirl at the Singapore Registry, a journalist married another woman at a church ceremony in
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    Mine claims renewed
    36 7 ::tten to Emn Ipoh anding working lude a mini- a housing without trters. and me- Welcome planned Adikalar. a touring when he ar- nexi week. Koay Hong Khoon, 22 pore Chung Shing Daily
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    A senior job at Phoenix Park for Mr. Thompson
    88 7 A senior job at Phoenix Park for Mr. Thompson MR. K (i. h. THOMPSON. Secretary to the Member for Home Affairs in the I'cderation. who is to art \vsivtant CommissionerGeaenl for Colonial Affairs from the end of February «h«n Mr. R. W. Jakeman goes on leave. Mr. Thompson will hold
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    PENSIONS: HE'LL ASK AGAIN
    64 7 ID [JR. V.cd. A the appointi elect committee to question of -1952 Govas with- G. Shelley at :he Federal He said: "I will bring the matter before the house at a future date. "I feel then there will be a fuller and more complete dehen the
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    Shops to open
    45 7 IPOH. Wed.— Some 500 Chinese shops in Perak Goldsmiths, department stores dealing in textiles and cosmetics. provision dealers selling sea- sonal delicacies and beauty parlours will remain open for business on Sunday, to 1 cater for the last minute rush lof customers.
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    JOYFUL RE-UNION
    9 7 1 STAN and EDSA at KaUang yesterday.
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    DIVERS' PACT BOBS UP FOR A PROBE
    181 7 KUALA THE Member for Home i Ja'afar, told the Feden today that the Member for lations was looking into tr between a team of Malay traiian nrm. Dato Sir Onn said a letter from 34 Malay pearl divers, who had taken up jobs
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    16 months for theft
    129 7 Sea Lim Tio, aged 22, who admitted three previous convictions for theft, was convicted in Singapore yesterday „1 clothes, a camera and a pen and pencil set from I house in Ophir Road was scntt-nced to 16 months' Jail, to be followed by i two years'
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    EMBASSY GIRL WEDS IN SINGAPORE
    57 7 MR K. L CRAMMER -BVM., j Second Secretary In the office of the Commissioner-General, and Miss Margaret Hardy, formerly of trie British Embassy in Bangkok, who were married at the Tanglin Garrison Church in Singapore yesterday. Mr. A. A. Dudley. Deputy Commissioner-General for Foreign Affairs,
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    AFTER 12 YEARS
    239 7 Brother and sister re-united at Kallang and she had forgotten what he looked like lITHEN Mrs. Edna Beaumont-Clarke went to Kallang airport yesterday she was a little worried by a family problem— she had forgotten what her brother looked like. It was 12 years since she had
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    $200 fish haul
    22 7 Thirty-nine goldfish worth $200 were stolen from a breed- i er in Jalan Hock Chye. Singapore, on Tuesday night.
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    Student nurses wanted
    40 7 The Singapore Government wants to recruit at least 100 ntw nurses this month. They will be trained for three and a half years. Last i year the training school ad- t 1 mitte* 140 girls. Forty graduated.
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    This is a symbol of faith in Malaya
    332 7 This is a symbol of faith in Malaya MR. GOODE OPENS NEW CHARTERED BANK BRANCH A N hour-and-a-half after a gala opening yesterday, Singapore's new seven-storey bank settled down to business and received its first customers. About 350 people from the banking and business community. Government and Consular representatives, attended
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    Ads. on taxis idea is turned down
    162 7 SINGAPORE taxis will not be al'owed to carry advertisements even though allowing them to do it might bring the City Council about $10,000 in annual revenue. Taxi owners, too, would benefit. But the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, told a
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    MAN WITH 12,000 OBSCENE SNAPS GETS 3 MONTHS
    242 7 MAN WITH 12,000 OBSCENE SNAPS GETS 3 MONTHS Police caught him in studio WHEN MEMBERS of the Anti-Vice Sub-Branch < of the C.I.D. walked into a room at the Tai Nam Photo Studio in Selegie Road. Sineapore, on Tuesday, they found 12.000 obscene photographs and an album of obscene nepatives
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    Jackpot bank broken
    97 7 THE LAW THROWS A SPANNER INTO THE WORKS— FOR GOOD KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. JACKPOT 'fruit" machines are now illegal in the J Federation. The Lemons, strawberries, plums and pears— which in combinations lead eventually to the •'Jackpot" may twirl no longer, even in ciubs. I The High
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    Mr. Amaloo gets that job again
    86 7 Mr. Amaloo gets that job again KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Municipal Establishment Committee has decided to reinstate Mr. Amaloo as a special grade clerk The decision has not yet brp.-, conveyed to the Municipal i Services "nion. which had threatened to t-«re a strike I ballot if Mr. Amaloo not
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    Student officer's father dies
    45 7 K. LUMPUR Wed— lnche JKhairuddin bin Ghulam Kadir, J father of Inche Wan Baharud'ait\ Malayan student liaison ioflcer In london, died yesterday at his bOUM in Kampong .Bahru, Kuala Lumpu: short illness. Inche Khairuddin. 70. was a I Malayan Railway pensioner.
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    TIFFIN MARKS END OF STRIKE
    75 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —I The 360 bus and taxi driver conductors and mechanics of the General Transport Company, Kuala Lumpur, today I celebrated the settlement of I their 27-day strike with a I nasi minyak tiffin on the ground opposite the company's premises in Ampane
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      73 7 I vU Co %'^i^m rr fib LINDETEVES KUALA LUMPUR PENANG iPOH SINGAPORE K v pfj& ti'ft pfiHftioLerp the lavatory B^»r\y— Shake some 'Harpic int. bowl leave overnight then flush.That'sall.NobruihisncedPki jjsSk c^- Harpic's' thorough action cleans, disinfects and deodorises the whole nan— ruif where no brush can reach, and leaves the
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    It's not war— just too much work
    153 8 It's not war— just too much work KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Defence Department has taken on two additional Division One officers, a stenographer and a typist to ropr with a backlog of work that has been piling up in recent months. The extra staff will be incorporated in the Federation
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    Verdict on swimmer
    54 8 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict on Sapper Michael Stanley Scarff. who was found dead after he went for a swim with two friends. They were at Tanjonc Belayer when Scarff was Mirinen]y missed. Later his body was found on the
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    Lead poisoning very rare, says doctor
    143 8 J EAD poisoning Ls very uncommon in Singapore, the Director of Medical Services. Dr. R. H Bland, told the Straits Times yesterday. He was commenting on a report that certain Chinese medicines were found to contain sufficient lead to make them dang«rom This was
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    JOBS FOR LOCAL MEN GOING ABEGGING
    285 8 Slow Malayanisation? Dr. Bland says: 'It isn't true' All varsity doctors are needed and more THE rate of Malayanisation in the Singapore Medical Service is not slow, but if it appears so it is because there are not enough local officers available for appointment,
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    $ 12,000 SAVING? YES, BUT THE CASE OF 76 MR. MOPS IS FIRST
    87 8 12,000 SAVING? YES, BUT THE CASE OF 76 MR. MOPS IS FIRST KEEPING the Singapore City Hall clean costs the City Council 11. .it $21,800 a year. Now the Council can do it for just over §10.000 if it gives the Job to the lowest tenderer. But to make this
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    $700 watch lost
    52 8 A $700 gold watch with a cold bracelet belonginc to Mr. F W. Dunhill, manager of Gestetner Ltd., Singapore, was lost in Cecil Street yesterday morninc. Inscribed on the back of the watch were the following words: F. W. Dunhill in appreciation of 25 years service Ocstetner
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    $233,000 more for teachers
    46 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Legislative CouneU today approved a supplementary vote of $233,000 for this year to meet the increase in salaries of English teachers in vernacular schools following the revision of their salary Kales with effect from Nov. 1. 1954.
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    Mr. LING CALLS IN THE LAW
    93 8 \|R Myron Ling, manager of ITI the Ocean Park Hotel, Singapore, is seeking police action to clear out the men wh,o are picketing the hotel. The hotel closed on Jan. 9 after 30 bar boys, cooks and waiters went on strike over the dismissal
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    Coconut kills 5-year-old
    41 8 Five-year-old Lim Ah Moi. one of two children injured when a coconut tree fell in Koh Seek Lim Road, in Singapore on Monday, died in hospital yesterday. The other child. Tan Ah Lek, 8. is still in hospital.
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    Minor offences
    37 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A police recommendation that drunkenness, soliciting for immoral purposes and disorderly behaviour should not be compoundable offences, has been upheld by the Federal Select Committee appointed to consider the Minor Offences Bill.
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    500 CANADIANS SAIL IN TO SEE COLONY
    136 8 TWO CANADIAN DESTROYERS. H.M.C.S. Huron A and Iroquois, sailed into Singapore yesterday with 500 smart seamen on board. The two destroyers are on their way back, to Canada after five months In Kor< .1 with the United NJtions Fleet They will be here
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    SINGAPORE OFFICER GREETS CAPTAIN OF VISITING DESTROYER
    46 8 LT. C.MDR. L. F. T JENNINGS, (left) representing Rear Admiral E. A. Shattock. Flag Officer, Malayan Area, greets Captain J C. Pratt aboard the Canadian destroyer H.M.C.S. Huron soon after the vessel berthed in Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Back on duty
    36 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Mr. F. T Laidlaw has returned from leave and resumed duty as Chief Education Officer, Johore, relieving Mr. R. W. Watson Hyatt who has left for Kuala Lumpur on transfer.
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    $391,000 for 32 acres—too low, he says
    100 8 $391,000 for 32 acres too low, he says CTATING that the official 0 valuation of $391,000 for an area of 32 acres of land was extremely low, Mr. R. C. H. Lim asked Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday to double the award Mr. Lim was appealing,
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    Used force on woman
    45 8 Used force on woman Pakeer Mohamed was yesterday found guilty in Singapore of usinc criminal force on Kasmini binte Insan with intent to outrage her modesty. Ht was fined $50. Kasmini said that while she was watchine a cinema show Pakeei touched her breast twice.
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    Flood fund
    41 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Further gifts totalling 5342.55 were received fOf the Federation Floo.l Reller Fund today, The fund closed on Saturday last. The grand total is now $281,678.00. The list of latest gifts will be published to- j morrow.
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    ASSESSMENT—SIO A HEAD
    79 8 ASSESSMENT— SIO A HEAD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Kuala Lumpur ratepayers who think the Municipality is assessing them too heavily should compare their taxes with those paid by people living in English towns of the same size, the Rotarians here were told today. The Municipal Treasurer. Mr. C. A. J. Potter.
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    THE ITCH THAT DROVE A WOMAN TO HER DEATH
    160 8 THE ITCH THAT DROVE A WOMAN TO HER DEATH A WOMAN patient, who flung herself „u t „f floor window of the Middle Road Hospital suffering from a very severe tvp,- of skip, diy Singapore Coroner's court was told vest* r also partly paralysed. It was also stated that a
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    The weather
    64 8 MINI Ml N I.M llK UUI 1 30 pn Jan. 19 > Sn 1 MAXIMUM 1 Singapore 84 Ipoh 89. K R\INJ M I p.m. on Penang nil, K Lumpur 0.01. I; High tides TODAI 2in.> 9.57 pn Dirkson 4 Hi (6ft. 1 Penanif 10 M 10.48 nil:.
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    RUBBER ADVANCES TO 991 CENTS ON REDS' ISLAND COUP
    555 10 RUBBER ADVANCES TO 991 CENTS ON REDS' ISLAND COUP VIKIANGSHAN island's seizure by the C hincsc 1 Communists caused a further upward thrust in the rubber price in Singapore yesterday and February first grade buyers f.o.b. closed at Cefl This was 1|" cents a pound, above the closing price on
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    RUBBER PRICES
    141 10 February first grade rubber buyers fob. closed In Singapore officially yesterday at 99\ cents a lb., 1 1/5 cents above Tuesday's close. The closing tone was steady, quiet. A fair turnover was reported. Closing prices yesterday In cents per lb. were. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose buyers 99'
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    SHIPPING
    137 10 Ship* Iving alongside thr Singapore Harbour Hoard wharves or expected today are: Canton 12, Lingula C.P.. Mentor 67. City of Bedford 89. Kina 13 14. State of Madras 15 16, Steel Chemist 18, Okhla 19 20, Kastmbar 1M 22. Ordla 23 24. Huron 25 26. Iroquols 27 28. Enrho
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    TOKYO MEETING
    73 10 More than 1.000 businessmen from all over th- world will meet in Tokyo next May to discuss prospects of establishing a Par Eastern Payments Union similar to the European Payments Union Mr. Rolf Von Heldenstam. of oweden. honorary president of the International Chamber of Commerce said that this
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 On the free exrhange market In Kong Kong yesterday, the US dollar was quot*d at 586 for cash and 5.90 for T.T. Sterling wan quoted at 15 7J and one tael of gold at 257
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    324 10 The Malayan Share Brokers* Association reported. "Industrials were irregular on the local share market while tins though slightly firmer in the morning eased on the sharp drop in the metal price. "Little business transpired in rubbers." Singapore members reported the following business done yesterday:— Con. Tin Smelter ords
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    27 10 SINGAPORE. Tl TIN: 13*7.51 J** H I (down S.J.r,) t! 'V I RI-RRI.-R: Hi; "b "«P I- cents, U 'I COPRA: P<-r piml (utn-ha'n,^'"'' I
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    94 10 MB Investment on the Stork Exc I was a vartablr. ing BtOCkS. Ail although trading tions vert v Loans wtre i Bank of New Soul interim quarterly shillings. Frit and an interim tr Loans 3.; ism. 195S Bank of N.S.W. Con. Zinc. Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    95 10 Singapore him rhantr: noo n pn I terday I Copra: quiet; I buyers. ?31 $31 :t -i b'ivi ta oil: quietly stead] Pepper: mad? tons bu variety up $1, white Mil, E black *13!>. Singtonrr Copra rial closing pricr^ copra: January sellers; Fel $32 sellers. Tone of najto
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      712 10 NOTICES SOUTHERN MALAYAN TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In England). QUARTERLY RETURN Quarter Ending 31 12 r i4 Output: 11.866 plculs. 6 Dredges working. The Sterling equivalent of the verage Singapore tin metal price for the quarter was £697.12.3 per P A DELME-RADCLIFFE. General Manager. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
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      333 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PROBATIONER Field Assistants in the Geological Survey, Federation of Malaya, Batu Gajah. Salary: Probationer $102 x 6 114 p.m.: Timescalc $156 x 12 240/252 x 12 360 p.m.; Special Orade $396 x 18 486 p.m.; Superscale $504 x 24 1 600 p.m. plus allowances at prevailing rates. Qualifications:
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      638 10 1 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS TEACHERS In Training for Prisons Department. Qualifications: Citizens of the Federation. Age 17 23 years. Candidates must have passed School Certificate with Credit in the English Language together with a pass in Oral English and Credit in two other subjects. Can- aidates with Orade 111 qualification will
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      799 10 NOTICES MALAYAN TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In England). QUARTERLY RETURN Quarter Ending 31-12-M. Output: 6,278 plculs. 3 Dredges working. The reduced output Is due to No. A3 Dredge working temporarily through low grade ground. No. 6 Dredge recommenced dredging on 15th October. The Sterling equivalent of the average Singapore tin
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      874 10 TENDERS I SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are Invited for (a) Sanitary Installation for 382 low rental terrace houses, shops and market at Brickworks Estate, Alexandra Road. (b) Turflng contract for 198 low rental houses at Lorong 3, Oeylang. Separate t«n<ier forma, etc. may be obtained on payment of a deposit
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      19 10 P.W.D. PUBLIC NOTICE Temrrloh forrv. Pahang. In clasrd (o truffle until further notice. L. A. I.AFTAN, Bt«te Engineer, Puhang
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      1166 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Tut Aden, Port Said, Ganoa, Antwerp, Ratterdam, Hamburg Copenhagen, Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P Sham Penong «£f!A.'. 20/2$ ian 2 fcP 27 JI »«/25 Fab 24/27 Fab 24 Fab/ 1 Mar l A 4/ 7 Mar 8/ 8 Mar 9/ 9 Mo. FALSTRIA" 15/19
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      1013 11 buying THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. m SINGAPORE (Incorporoted >n the United Kingdom, 3 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Pcnong Benottow for Liverpool, Homburg, Rotterdam 30 Jan/ S Feb 28/29 Jan 6 7 Fab Btn.lb.nech for London, Newccnvttc Hull 4/12 Feb 11/14 Fab IS/IS Fcb
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    DON'T BE WORRIED BY CRITICS
    153 12 DON'T BE WORRIED BY CRITICS A SINGAPORE bachelor girl who has recently redecorated her bedroom has been under fire from outspoken intimates about the colour scheme she chose. She was quite bitter about some of these observations, although she realises they were "privileged" by friendship. She wants to know who
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    It's the women who oil see red now
    447 12 -jimiiiiii iii TALKING POINT iiiiiiimmiiiimmiiMiimiimMiiiiMiiiiiimiiiimu iiiimMiiiimHimiiiiiimiiiimiiii i I/W MIMM cries or indign- r ation are likely to ascend this .morning into the Singapore skies all the E way from Tengah to TangE lm. The incident reported recently, when a London dentist refused
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    Headdress
    37 12 THE CURVED line of this velvet Iclt hat is flattering to almost any face. This lovely chapeau, icith its tiny standup brim, is finished off uith shifting aigrette feathers and a diamond button. Strait.-, Times picture.
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    You must beg,, bully and finally ORDER them
    289 12  -  ELIZABETH PAKENHAM By BUT GET THOSE THANK YOU' LETTERS OFF rpo be a model parent at this time of year means one thing onlygetting all the children's Christmas and New Year's "thank-you" letters signed, sealed, and posted. What a task it Is!
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    Confucius gets a modern disciple
    254 12 Confucius gets a modern disciple SO that ancient Chinese sage Confucius has got another new disciple Dr. Edith Summerskill. She said while in Jerusalem: "If I could have a family in the next world I would bring all the children up as Confucians." Confucius set people talking about him from
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      388 12 M Only Yardley mow the secret of blending lavende* with rare ottos and precious musks to give a concentrated longer-lasting fragrance. The cool freshness and subtle distinction of Yardley Lavender is unique and inimitable. YARDLEY Mf LAVENDER \*"^^^L^^^^^^^^ Yardley Lavender Soap— -S6o<S»4l Hnooth-lathering, VAiDLit Tj&^Z^^^^^^ of thi world* TARDLEY<33 OLD
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      331 12 Modess^ At those 'certain times' it's reassuring to know about Mode, Softer, safer, extra-absorbent Modcss are invisible under the slimmest skirt and_ g^. they're so comfortable Made Hjfj^liby Johnson and Johnson, fW^t Modess are economical too IfiEsgP jariSfflE S-;' J^S 1 Modni Saiy ■V^ft mm wtf^ ABk Modus H a^^r
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      300 12 Straits Times Crossword To" ii 75~ mm i 3 I* 15 22 23 "25" "~"1!| 26" 27 28 ~|||29" ACROSS 1 10 1. 9 Scott wrote a dedicatory epistle 8 "The Bartered Bride" was hia to him (9). work (7>. 10 Onuld the end make this loose 14 Marks of
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    Mulley got his double
    166 13  -  EPSOM JEEP A TRIPLE FORBAGBY STABLE By (CHAMPION jockey Athol Mulley was off the mark with a splendid double on Mr. T. V. Mitchell's Easy Street and Shamrock Slipper at Ipoh yesterday, second day of the Perak Turf Club January Meeting. Mulley cleverly manoeuvred Shamrock Slipper
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    PICTURE TIP
    23 13 Thr Straits Timps picture tip for yrsterday'n races was MAHA K WrK. who wa» a course scratch in* in Rare 3.
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    209 HORSES FOR SINGAPORE RACES
    965 13 TWENTY -FIVE Class One stayers have been entered for the Inaugural 9f. handicap race the Hunter Memorial Stakes on the last day. Feb 5. of the Singapore Turf Club January-February Meeting They Ut: Airmark. Benrer Bond. British Paragon. Broadside. Campus Belle. Chesieres. Cinema 11. Elturius.
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    RACE RESULTS, SWEEPS and DIVIDENDS
    1107 13 Race One CLASS 2, DIV. 3—6 Ft'RS. Mr. T. V. Mitchells (5) EASY STREET 8 11 (177—118) Mullr> I (4) Individuality 8.10 carr 5.5 < 101* 58i Manning I (6) Khenc Hua 85 (527—210) Povall (3) PRINCE ROSS 8 10 (195-190) Bagby 4 (2 1
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    BIG SWEEP
    426 13 TOTAL POOL $353,700 Ist No. *****5 571.11*. 2nd No. *****5 $35,555. 3rd No. *****0 $17,777. Starters ($1,975 each): Nos. *****4. *****7. *****3. *****6. *****6. *****1. *****0. *****9. *****5. Consolation Prizes ($l,OOO each): Nos. *****2. *****5. *****9. *****2, *****8. *****0. *****6. *****1. *****9. *****7. TREBLE TOTE: Eight tickets (Sl9l
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    107 13 'TWERE will be eight races a day at the Singapore Turf Club January-Februiry Meeting on Jan. 29. Feb. 2 and Feb. 5. First race on each day starts at 2.15 p.m. The schedule is: lIKST DAT: Cl. 1, Dlv. I— IM. Cl. 3, Diva. 1. 2. 3.
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      626 13 HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR ENTRY FOR THE MALAYAN MONTHLY $20,000 MUST BE-WON WORD PUZZLE F? IF NOT. YOU SHOULD DO SO NOW. CLOSINC DATE: FRIDAY, JAN. 21. 1 r-^^^ af^ l\ li "f I j Straits Times jTHJgBgDAY i WORD PUZZLE "Ll4L"fjlli Cy» out and pin with other cotpont^r
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    A SUCCESS
    315 14 More enjoyable, say the players ||<>CKKY under floodlights is not only possible; it is more enjoyable than playing in natural light. That was the verdict of players and officials after last night's experiment at Jalan Besar Stadium. Seeing the small white ball, whether it was on the ground
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    COLONYBOY IS STAR IN U.S. SCHOOL BASKETBALL
    222 14 COLONY BOY IS STAR IN U.S. SCHOOL BASKETBALL r PAN ENG KHIAM, a former student of the Singapore Chinese High School, is hitting the limelight as the star basketball player of an American high school team in Michigan. Kirn Khlam Is a <son of Mr Tan Boon Khak, a retired
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    AZAD TEAM IN SEMIFINALS
    45 14 Three goals by Krlshnan enabled Azad team to enter the semi-finals of the Indian Reoubllc Day soccer competition at Farrer Park yesterday. they beat Gandhi XI 4 l. Oovinda scored the other goal for Azad while Haniffa replied for Gandhi XI.
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    Yorks fought well though beaten 39-11
    416 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. lh Brook found the angh. too T<HE WEST Yorkshire Regiment put up a great flght before going down to the Ist Battalion Fiji Infantry Regiment by 39 points (six goals, two penalties and a try) to 11 (goal, penalty and try)
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    GREGORY AND WILLIAMS TO FIGHT AT SEMBAWANG
    260 14 <pwo Services boxers, both rhamplons, who were scheduled to take part In the Ceylon Amateur Boxing championships In Colombo, now postponed, will fight In the Invitation Boxing tournament in SinRapore in aid of the Naval Welfare Fund. Cpl. Gregory Far Emt Air Force
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    Aussie selectors had to take a chance
    336 14 MELBOURNE, Wed. THERE has been some criticism here regarding the Australian team for the fourth Test starting at Adelaide on Jan. 28. But P. J. Millard, writing In the Melbourne Herald, says that in whatever team was chosen there would have been "chinks".
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    'Reds' splash into Cup second round
    144 14 'Reds' splash into Cup second round T EAGUE champion:- Singapore I Recreation Club Reds entered the second round of the 8 HA. senior knockout competition 'vi'h 7-1 vlctorv ovpr SRC Blues on the padan? yesterday. ThUs was the only one of four first round games played yesterday The other three
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    Wong-Ong return postponed
    93 14 Wong-Ong return postponed riE return Malayan arul champiun On Wong Pmtake pla Badminton Hal expected. Poh Lim \s party, Mar** the defi-ndin-Inter-team c to the Singapore Badmaa Association postponnnrnr ol match again whom I 1 D ing. Marigold '> reason for ufci for a postponen their three t» Llm. Ismail
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    Lock icon STATHAM AND BEDSER BUNDLE COUNTRY XI OUT FOR 15 RUNS
    212 14 STATHAM AND BEDSER BUNDLE COUNTRY XI OUT FOR 15 RUNS MOUNT GAMBIEB, \V..| 11(S(lu THE M.C.C. gained their tenth victory ol the tour today when they beat a South Australian XI by an innings and 177 runs with 21 mj nutf spare. The Countrymen totalled 106 in theii and 45
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    A YRE IN PRO. DOUBLES WIN
    73 14 BATHURST, New Sout'.i Wales. Wed. In a professional tennis match last w*ek. ex-Davis Cup star Frank Sedgman and Queenslander lan Ayre beat An.erican professional stars Richard Gonz*:cs and Pancho Seeura 3-6 6-0. 6-3 The Australians' win was due tc consistently good play by Avie
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      754 14 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS 20 Wmrd, $S (Mim.)— Box St ct,. extra. EPWORTH PRESS PUBLICATIONS. Send your name and address to Peter Chong Sc Co., 15 Robinson Road. Singapore If you want to be In touch with Epworth Press books. This service is "free" and you can always review or buy Epworth
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      265 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE 20 Word, $S (Mim.)— Box St ct: extra. THOROUGHBRED ALSATIAN I PUPPIES iOSD.i 10 Weeks. Sire: Working Trial Champion Tonerdale Wilfred of Viewdowns CD. Excelj lent", the only dog of Its class In Malnya. M.X.A. Class One Registration. Grandslre: Champion Danko Vom Menkenmoor of Hardwlrk. Apply:
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      69 14 HOCKEY S.H.A. SENIOR (IP. frrlimi nary I ni\rrMl» I v R.A.F. < h*n»i. hanri First round: Wandtrrrs t S.C.R.t.. Shell t round C. H.Q. I S.H.B. Police. Tarulin Barrsrks: rvlon 8.C. I V H.M. l»o. loard Ralmtier R«-d JI'NIOB (IP: First round: 3 BOD Bl«r* v K\ \s Srmbawanc. Alrxandra;
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