The Straits Times, 24 January 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times. He***** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    MY SINGAPORE—BY TAN freedom by 1963—a
    371 1 MY SINGAPORE— BY TAN freedom by 1963 a merger with Federation for Singapore by 1963 and a und table conference with the Federation entual merger of two territories with eguards to protect Singapore's trading ikI free port status, was visualised by President of the Singapore Pro3 in Ml interview over
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    1 KILLED, 4 HURT IN CRASH
    71 1 1 KILLED, 4 HURT IN CRASH //< was on pillion Bt'KIT M M Sun. j killed and I including n n injured when a with a ni ar Bukit Butterworth- T > is Tan Cheng ing from ir with I i on the Iden by Han U fractured hi.s left
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    Clerks' claim 'reasonable'
    28 1 Wmlralty should accede nable" wane clerka and town." said F.-deration of May. .supported \dmiralty Loclatm that clerks wh P»n»s..ii. sh-n'd t a $25 i'Mi "prevel."
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    Lock icon PUT S.-E. ASIA UNDER U.N.
    55 1 N Sun. SoMorse of OnHn the „riv independent in «c. said today: looto be the United Na- tions jurisdiction as rapidly as possible." He added that as things are now, thP Unlted states would have an obligation to defend I the area if the Chinese
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    Lock icon SNOW DIDN'T STOP THE RACING
    51 1 IN KM. I AND wmmm has stopped horse racing. But in Switzerland, at Arosa, horses and riders battle gamely on at thr first racr meeting of the winter season. The winner of tliis race the Hornli Prize was M Trautm.uin on Cosmea. at right. A.P.
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    Crackers to blame for this fire
    89 1 Crackers to blame for this fire FIRE crackers flung by children started a blaze in Cairnhill Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The crackers exploded on a tarpaulin spread outside two shop-houses. The burnine tarpaulin fell on two cars parked outside. Both cars were damaged. Two fire engines turned out to deal
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    I believe -by the junior UMNO
    105 1 I believe -by the junior UMNO MALACCA. Sun. rTHE UMNO Youth A Working Committee at Malacca met here yesterday and resolved that its political objective would be the creation of a single country with one people speaking one language. It also condemned the national type schools. UMNO youth here will
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    FOOD FOR A FLOOD VICTIM
    32 1 A CHINESE t.irnu r feeds his grandson at the Brdok evacuee ramp. Siniapore. They were two of the victims of Saturday's flood* in Singapotr Straits Times picture.
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    'LET'S FIGHT FOR QUEMOY, MATSU'
    235 1 Ike to ask for go-ahead WASHINGTON, Sunday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER is to ask Congress to- night for authority to use the U.S. Seventh Fleet to defend, not only Formosa and the Pescadores, but also Quemoy and Matsu islands, lying opposite Amoy and Foochow on the routes
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    B1-LINGUAL ASSEMBLY PLAN FOR DEBATE
    122 1 rpHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce will meet on ■1 Wednesday to consider whether its Legislative Council representative, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, had deviated from a Chamber directive to him when he announced that he was opposed to multi-lingualism in the new Legislative Assembly. At a
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    Lock icon King is home
    26 1 AMMAN. (Jordan). Sun. A 21-gun salute fired by an Arab Legion detachment announced King Hussein's return from a trip to Europe yesterday. A.P.
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    Lock icon Premier's plane returns
    40 1 Premier's plane returns LONDON, Sun— The Stratocruiser taking Mr. Mohammed All Pakistan's Prime Minister, to New York on his way to Ottawa returned to London airport tonight with one engine out of action an hour after it too* off— Reuter.
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    Death comes to five as year ends
    119 1 FIVE people were found dead in Singapore yesterday an unusual occurrence for the eve of the Chinese New Year. Four of them were Chinese. The fifth was an Indian. A woman, An« Oeok Eng. 20, of Yio Chu Kang, was found hanged in
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    Lock icon Ship sails for Swatow
    84 1 HONG KONG, Sun. The British 2. 171 -ton steamer Tai Chung Shan, sailed today for the Chinese Communist port of Swatow. where the British freighter Edendale was bombed and sunk by Chinese Nationalist planes in an air raid on the port last Wednesday. The Tai Chung
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    Prodigal son is back—for New Year
    244 1 Prodigal son is back— for New Year KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. tK)R one month It '.ook- ed as if Chinese New Year a time when families get together—was ROinR to be a sad affair for the Hew family of Kuala Lumpur. THE REASON: 15-year-old Sunny Hew Peng Kong had disappeared from
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    8 hurt in accidents
    43 1 Eight people were injured in seven traffic accidents in Singapore yesterday. Two were occupants of two cars which collided in Bancoolen Street near the Junction of Middle Road The s'x others were three pedestrians, two cyclists and a motor-cyclist.
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    Floods: Back to normal again
    168 1 Floods: Back to normal again FLOOD waters in Southr crn Malaya receded yesterday almost as quickly as they had risen 24 hours earlier. Some roads were still under water late last night but all main routes were open again to traffic. At Kota Tinggi. worst hit place in last month's
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    47 1 ATTI.EE TO TO! Ft PANAMA OTTAWA, Son. Ml. Clemrnt Attire, British Labour Party Iradrr, wilj aiik» rntt in roast tour el C«md% brtwr«-n April 11 and .May 1 under spun gnrshi* of Co-operative Common wraith Federation (Canadian Rnelmlltjt Party), it was announced her* todiy.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon He wonts union for Europe
    81 1 PARIS. Sun— M. Rene Pleven, former French Premier and Defence Minister, told the fifth Congress of the Union of European Federalists here today that their supreme aim "must be to form a united states of Europe which symbolises the future, progress and peace." Ht called
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      13 1 THE j STRAITS TIMES wishes all its Chinese readers A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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    Life may come back—Abdul hopes to walk again
    241 2 Life may come back— Abdul hopes to walk again A PARALYSED POLICEMAN FLIES TO BRITAIN FOR TREATMENT LH)R a Singapore Malay constable, Abdul Wahid bin Baba, who has been paralysed from the waist down since September, 1950, this year of the Ram is one of high hope. Yesterday as Singapore
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    Lock icon Mother-to-be Mrs B. is pole champ
    84 2 PARKLAND. Washington, Sunday. MRS. KITTY BONHAM was still siULnc on tnp of a flagpole here yesterday after claiming a world record of 154 days. But as she is going to have a baby in April, she and her husband said shr would come down
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    Lock icon Whisky galore
    41 2 LONDON, Sun. Scotland's rhiskv industry topped all re- cords last year with exports of 13.690.000 gallons, an increase of 500,000 callons over 1953. Thp United States continued as Scotland's best customer, taking £21 million worth, or nearly two-thirds— A.P.
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    34 2 JERUSALEM. Sun. An Israeli military spokesman announced last night one Israeli soldier was killed and two wounded on Friday by Egyptian troops who crossed tne border in the south-west of Negev. UP.
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    Lock icon I'M NOT DEAD, SA YS WRITER
    76 2 NEW YORK, Sun. Mr. Sax Rohmer, the Birmingham -born writer who made a fortune outof his novels about a sinister Chinese. Dr. Fu Manchu, has found it necessary to announce that he is not dead. The announcement this week that Mr. Rohmer had sold
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    Lock icon FLOODS CRISIS
    240 2 Thousands of Parisians leave their homes as two rivers still overflow PARIS, Sunday. rHOUSANDS of suburban Parisians are retreating before the invading waters of the rivers Seine and Marne, which threaten the capital with its second worst flood disaster this century. The situation was critical In nany towns
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    He is the new President of Panama
    43 2 He is the new President of Panama President Kicardo Kspinosa of Panama, who was recently appointed to the position when the National Assembly ordered the ami of President Jose Ciuizado. The latter was accused of plottins the killing of his predecessor. President Remon.
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    Lock icon Out of hospital
    35 2 ZURICH, Sun. Queen Frederika of Greece ye.sterday left Zurich Hospital, where she underwent an ear operation a week ago. She joined King Paul in a hotel on the outskirts of Zurich— A.P.
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    Lock icon UPROARIN HOUSE OF DEPUTIES
    108 2 UPROAR IN HOUSE OF DEPUTIES ROME, Sun.— Communist and right-wins deputies shouted insults at each other and nearly came to blows in the Italian Chamber of Deputies yesterday. The sitting was suspended. A Communist deputy tried to wrench a microphone from the ministerial desk, another tried to hurl an inkstand
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    Lock icon Ships collide in Mersey
    49 2 LIVERPOOL, Sun. The Cunard liner Parthia (13,362 tons) and the Flamenco (8.491 tons* collided in the River Mersey yesterday. Damage was caused to the Parthias bows. The Flamenco, which is registered at Liverpool and owned by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, was badly damaged. Reuter.
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    Lock icon HE GOT OUT OF AN 'ESCAPE-PROOF' JAIL
    132 2 LONDON. Sunday. ABOUT 200 war prisoners in Colditz Castle— the Nazi "escape-proof" fortress on the Rhine— will meet here next Thursday for their second re-union. Among them will be Frenchmen Belgians. Dutchmen. Poles. Czechs and a Canadian. Their get together has been timed
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    Lock icon 5 miners killed
    23 2 SEOUL. Sun- Five coalminers were killed in a mine accident on Friday near Kwangju. 200 miles south of Seoul— UP.
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    Lock icon Kipling film to be made in India
    97 2 Kipling film to be made in India NEW YORK. Sun. FILM producer John Huston is to leave tomorrow for India to seek locations in the Khyber Pass for the filming of Rudyard Kipling's classic, "The Man who would be King." Mr. Huston told a Press conference here that he would
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    HARUN GETS MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
    55 2 THE SULTAN OF SKLANGOIt awards the Selanfor Con Kpicuous Gallantry Medal to I i-ailni* Aircraftman ll.imr bin Rajab for irallantrv and drvotion to duty. In October last year, Harun guarded the dead body of an officer and held off a party of terrorists for nearly
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    The lonely couple— not lonely enough
    200 2 The lonely couple— not lonely enough LONDON, Sun. in krythim; he owns Ej a four-roomed cottage with 18 acres of land. 40 fowls, an oceangoing motor-yacht, and his pre-war saloon car ex RAF navigator John Ashley Foot will swop for Paradise ble. Forty-one-year-old Mr. Foot, who lives in a lonely
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    Lock icon 100 Mau killed
    34 2 NAIROBI. Sun. "Operation Hammer. 1 the security forces' biggest drive against the Mau Mau in the Aberdare forest, has so far accounted for nearly 100 terrorists. Thirteen have given up.— Reuter.
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    STRYDOM & Co. FLING OUT 178,000 AFRICANS
    281 2 STRYDOM Co. FLING OUT 178,000 AFRICANS From area twice size of Britain CAPETOWN, Sun. A PLAN to oust all Africans from a part of South Africa nearly twice the size of Britain has been outlined by Dr. W. Eiselen, Secretary for Native Affairs. It took the country by surprise. He
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    Lock icon Princess (without mum or dad) launches tanker
    44 2 CROWN PRINCESS BEATRIX of Holland, now 17, performed her first ceremony on her own when she launched Holland's birgest tanker, the 31,(MM-ton Vasum, at Amsterdam. The tanker was built for the Royal Dut-.-h Shell group. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon General is ambushed
    66 2 RANGOON, Sun. Chinese Nationalist guerillas ambushed the advance guard escorting the Burmese Supreme Commander. General Ne Win, near Tachilek 100 miles south of Kentung, according to reports reaching here yesterday. Gen. Ne Win, who was on an inspection tour of the Burma Siam border, escaped unhurt but
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    Lock icon PLAY AT POLICEMEN
    142 2 That's a new one on me, says Uatk COLOMBO.Sunday ]t| R. R. G. MENZIES, the Australian Prime denied here today press reports from Austri that he would ask the United States to collator*'with Australia and Britain in policina; South-E^ Asia. lie told the press: "It is a
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    No drink foR a sailor
    61 2 HALIFAX Nova S(oli». PRTY Rov.il uiadian seamen hitp in h«l with alcohol n»M» nini! after dnnkm: nnmM' machin.- fluid »h«»™ aircraft earlier Jta* Allantir (om m a nd HM JO w^tK-nts »>rr •teatecMM iiimi v 11 Elrvrn are in a -<tious f# MM and on
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    Why has Pact with Man, —Merlon
    138 2 Why has Pact with M an, Merlon MADRAi INDIA'S China neighbo treat, "peac* 60th erniny Kress Mr. ha.s beei ble candid. Foreign m. 1 the Primt Mil It Up 'A d dele>;.r million C< India, ha, series of fi said. It the c i particular tablishmi n or "non-allg India
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    Now Gls can go to 'sin city'
    44 2 PHENIX CITY 1 Sun. Sol Iby infant: 1 i Benning w I former "sin the fir.-! tl MillUi the city "In imnn 1 that tin to! again be victim! bluiii aiu; once thrived larj pocket book- IT
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    g,oOOmph A-weapon can steer by stars
    183 3 g,oOOmph A-weapon can steer by stars WASHINGTON, Sun.. JHg missiles which peedsup m.p.h. to hit target area about 10 miles 000-mile fliffht i re being developed for America's atomic arsencpartment offlI these weapons no indica«hen they for -In a ,i he lies field. 1 that the lsl two varietlesof nental
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    ARCHBISHOP GETS A MEDAL—AND A HUG
    74 3 111 NGO niMi DIEM. Prtae iinivt,, O f s<)llth virtual mt)r;, s Francis Cardinal g««m»n, the Roman (a- Archbishop of N>w lj r k '•> SalfMi. "1 just conferred •n th. prelate his conntry'i 1 order, tho Grand r "J> ■>' th, National Order
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    Dartmoor is STILL WEAK-PROOF
    41 3 Dartmoor is STILL WEAK- PROOF tun A pin.vho I Dartmoor it noon on Kri- ired earl, yesboUW in-odom. nd prison, omc of ant.. 'nals. kept its rd any con. tayed free. bo fTI at are John who was and James years.
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    Lock icon ADENAUER TURNS DOWN RED UNITY OFFER
    376 3 Russians asked: Do you really think we are to stupid? He hopes for talks-after treaties are ratified BONN, Sunday. DR. KONRAD ADENAUER, the West German Chancellor, rejected in a nationwide broadcast yesterday the recent Soviet offer of a united and rearmed but neutral Germany.
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    62 3 BERLIN. Sun.— Private William Verdine. 28, a United States soldier who recently returned from nearly six years' captivity in Russia, is detained in a U.S. guard house. Verdine, who has been officially absent without leave from his unit in Coburg. West Germany, since February.
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    Monkeys save men's sight
    48 3 HONG KONG. Sun. Communist newspapers from Nanking, South China, said yesterdav the eyesight of "five blind men' 1 had been restored bv the transplantation of the cornea and iris from monkeys. The papers said surgeons at Liuchow used an "advanced Russian technique." A P.
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    Lock icon 18 held in Cairo
    22 3 CAIRO. Sun.- Police have rounded up 18 alleged Communists in an operation against the Communist underground here. U.P.
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    Lock icon RED ATOM PLANT DISPLAYED
    136 3 RED ATOM PLANT DISPLAYED MOSCOW. Sun. P RAVI) A, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, today published the first photographs of the Russian atomic power station opened seven months ago. The newspaper disclosed that the station was operated by the Soviet Academy of Sciences, but did not reveal its location. Three
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    Lock icon Union* pledge aid
    39 3 SALISBURY. Rhodesia. Sun. Leaders of the South Africa Federation of Trade Unions and the South African Mine Workers Union today pledged financial support for attempts to preserve European standards on the North Rhodeslan copper bet. Reuter.
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    Lock icon REFUGEES FIRED ON
    130 3 Vietnam premier attacks Vietminh obstruction of evacuation SAIGON, Sunday. THE PRIME Minister of Vietnam, Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem, last night denounced the ''coercion of refugees" by the Communist Vietminh in northern Indo-China. I Speaking over the French radio here, Mr. Ngo said that the Communists had deliberately
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    Lock icon Output soars
    24 3 BONN. Sun. West German industrial production In 1954 was 11.3 per rent higher than in 1953, the Economics Ministry announced. A.P. announce
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    Lock icon 'Don't strike' call to phone folk
    62 3 PORT OF SPAIN, Sun.— The Trinidad Government yesterday appealed to telephone workers not to obey their union's call for a strike on Tuesday and warned that "stern measures" would be taken against saboteurs and strikers threatening violence to loyal worker?. The strike is due
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    Guardsman (in busby) disappears into London crowds
    127 3 LONDON. Sun.—Civil and «,nitarv Dolice were combing militaiy ponce win mnrfon yesterday for a a, n..»rri«man who Orenadier Guardsman wno disappeared while on his I way with a picket to guard] the Bank of England o n FYI-i K Tl J p 718"
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    Lock icon A BABY SUBMARINE GOES ON TEST
    57 3 THIS TWO-MAN midget submarine, made for commercial use under the name RX-101. looks like a mule-eared sea monster as it undergoes t*sts in 12 feet of water at Lake Trxoma, Oklahoma. The claws in front of the craft are used for picking objects off
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    Lock icon JAILED FLIER: MOTHER PLANS VISIT
    264 3 7 hope others do the same 9 SWEA CITY, Iowa, Sunday T*HE mother of Capt. Harold Fischer, an American airman, who has been a prisoner in Communist China since April 1953, said yesterday she hoped relatives of other imprisoned Americans would accept the invitation to
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    Lock icon Villagers kill bicycle thief
    50 3 KAMPALA. Sun.— An African wanted on an attempted murder charge died yesterday after being beaten bv villagers who caught him trying to steal a bicycle. The dead man, Okello, was alleged to have tried to kill Police Superintendent Colin Pellett in Kampala six months aeo— Reuter.
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    Lock icon UMberto leaves
    34 3 ROME. Sun. Umberto Terrachini. 59, "brain" of Italian Communism, left for Vienna yesterday amid reports he Is heading behind the Iron Curtain to explain his party's Internal troubles to the Kremlin A.P.
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    Lock icon Rhee's promise
    23 3 SEOUL, Sun. President Syngman Rhee yesterday promised "reasonably better treatment" to 30,000 South Korean railroad workers threatening a general strike. A.P.
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    Lock icon Girl watcher told: Next time, talk
    98 3 TORONTO. Sun. A TORONTO man, who had a beautiful woman living next door to him and couldn't stop staring at her, landed in court. The magistrate. Mr. T. S. Elmore, told Peter Coltin, 34. that next time he had better stop watching and start
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    Lock icon Pablo goes home
    61 3 MADRID. Sun.— Pablo Casals. 77. world-famed Spanish cellist, broke his self-imposed exile yesterday to attend the funeral of his wife,. Francisca Capdevila, at Vendrell. Casals has been living outside Spain since the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. He had vowed he would not return
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    Lock icon Korea walk-out
    38 3 SEOUL. Sun.— Sixty disgruntled members of the South Korean National Assembly walked out yesterday for the second time in two months in opposition to a sweeping Government reorganisation bill The remaining 110 then passed it— A.P.
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    Lock icon 5 die in wreck
    39 3 RABAT, Sun. Five people, including the chief conductor and four Moroccan passengers, were killed yesterday when eight coaches of a train on the Ratbat-Oujda line Jumped the track near Meknes. Fifteen others were injured. A.P.
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    Lock icon 437 men fly in
    24 3 SEOUL, Bun.— U.B. "Flying Boxcars" yesterday flew 437 officers and men of the 24th Division to Korea from Japan. A.P.
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    Lock icon 75,000 in 'dreadful' camps in Europe
    204 3 75,000 in 'dreadful' camps in Europe LONDON. Sun. T^R. G. J. VAN Heuven--11 Goedhart, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, told a conference here last night there were still 75,000 refugees living in European camps, whose plight could not be solved by giving them "old trousers and packets of
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    Lock icon Dad goes mining in mother's underwear
    140 3 SYDNEY, Sun. rpHE WELL DRESSED Australian miner at the coalface wears only his wife's panties and a pair of boots. This fact emerged yesterday in a discussion of miners' "fashions" following a strike of miners at Coalcliff, New South Wales, when the management refused
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    Lock icon Half million down tools
    67 3 DUESSELDORF. Sun. More than 500.000 striking workers stilled the pits, foundries and furnaces of the Ruhr yesterday in a massive show of labour force in Germany. The orderly but solid protest strike by coal, iron and steel workers proved to management and the West German Government
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    Lock icon Called elections 'swindle'—jail
    44 3 Called elections 'swindle'— jail BERLIN. Sun— Four East Germans, alleged to have described last October's East German elections as a "swindle", have all been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour by a Leipzig court sitting in secret, the anti-Communist information bureau reported here.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Attlee for Canada
    34 3 OTTAWA, Sun, Mr. Clement Attlee, the Labour Party leader, will make a coast-to-roast tour of Canada between April 11 and May 1 under the sponsorship of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. A.P.
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    This man had to toe
    265 4 the line in council debate DEFEAT PLEASES HIM KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Member for Industrial and Social Relations, Inche Mustapha Albakri, told the Straits Times today that he was glad that he and those who voted for full trade union rights for workers under 18
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    Flood Fund -5282,065
    57 4 Flood Fund5282,065 K. LUMPUR, Sun. A cheque for $241 from the Public Works Department, Penans;, was received for the Federation Flood Relief Fund yesterday. The headmaster, staff and pupils of the River Road Government Tamil School, Penang. gave $16.15. Donations are still coming in although the fund officially closed a
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    NOEL MARRIES CATHERINE
    36 4 MR. NOFL DAVID, an employee of the RAOC in Johore Kahru. and his bride, MLss Catherine Lourdusamy, who were married at Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Slngipore, on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    Think again —Chinese students to Registrar
    159 4 Think again —Chinese students to Registrar rE legal adviser* ot the proposed Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students' Union yesterday appealed to the Registrar of Societies to re-consider bis rejection of an application for registration. The application had been turned down on thr grounds that the proposed union might "prejudice public
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    She won't go back to husband
    110 4 She won't go back to husband THE Singapore Sixth Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Do-vereux-Co'.ebourn. on Saturday upheld the refusal of a pregnant woman to go back to her husband. The woman. Lechuml. said her husband. Pawadai. a $70--a-month labourer, had beaten her. Pawadai. who was charged with neglecting to
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    The 'menace' is jailed
    74 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Mohamed bin Tldasl. who was described by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court, Kluang. as a menace to simple folk was sentenced to 30 months jail to be followed by two years' police supervision. A labourer in a military camp, he
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    Bishop leaves
    34 4 The Bishop of Wlllesden has left Singapore for Britain after an extensive tour of the Far East. After spending Christmas with the troops in Korea he toured Hong Kong. Malaya and Singapore.
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    192 4 GARRICK: Choi Bazar (Hindi) 11. 1.30. 4 6.30, 9.18. AI HAM BRA: Oolden Phoenix (Mandarin) 11, 130. 4. 6 45. 9.30: nornlnj show Tartan and his Matt 9 a.m. CAPITOL: King Richard and thr Crusaders 11, 1 48. 4. 6.30 830: morning show Calamity Jane a.m. midnight Never Leave Me
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    It's a dream in dance
    38 4 MISS LOH PEH-VLEN is held aloft by her partner, Ilsieh Lu-pa. during their dream dance sequence in the All Star Revue from Hong: Kong which is now performing; in Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    Hong Kong glamour here for New
    123 4 A7A7 'CHECK GIRLS' DANCE AND >/\ VINE CHINESE singers and dann Kong, known as "the Chock Girls h< wear the same type of dresses off duty, s pore to add that "Hong Kong touch" to I I season. The nine the All Star R
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    No licence—He is fined $50
    45 4 No licence He is fined $50 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— For riding a motor cycle without a licence Tan Joon Teck was fined $50 in the Magistrate's Court today. Jalil bin Addenan, the owner of the cycle, was fined $50 for allowing Tan to drive it.
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    LABOUR ATTACK FUN PA]|,
    70 4 LABOUR ATTACK FUN P A 'House plan* held v 1 Party the nev Plannin speed with proved bull fun ii r political p u Mr. T. Mukhei ment on b( I tarv of thi Party. that plans more than six m prove, yet cernod poll) passed In He allPEeci that
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    Lorry had extra draw bar
    35 4 JOHORE BAH Cher Kun Ng used a lorry j unauthoris d di i I able more w< ned. was fined The manag Chin Ch< pany. who 1 was fined $30.
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    Three appoints
    21 4 JOHORE BAHP: Chan Chiang Ponniah and Dr. R f have been named as members of the Council for th(
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    Landmark to be rebuilt
    53 4 The •he .Mine! Road and B one of th< ol in Singapor. wl aged by fir- i I Is to be r< i I Scaffolding and »Qrt diately after Mr .1 W ral manaf* r and Trn in ehargi said yesterday Of the buiirimRerous by th«
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    15 in road mishaps
    29 4 Fnurtei n p< hurt in irtil Mngapor< treated at I pital v A jroong Guay. m ll volved In a m< Yio Chil X 1
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    Stabbed gin 'very iH"
    17 4 A w pore who v day nJ the Poad wh*n v h\ i
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    Couple fined
    19 4 CoupK' !in^ JOHOI Haji Jol ■pectivel) vade Custi n Both j)ur from Sin former h*d watches and
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    1612 5 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES America anxious as rebels bring new war to Costa Rica HE spotlight on troubled Latin America this month switched with dramatic suddenness to Costa Rica, the little Republic wedged in the Isthmus between iNicaragua and Panama. A rebel airborne force, alleged to come from Nicaragua, swept
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    59 6 2t Word, $10 (minimum). O. C. DE SILVA and brothers regret to announrp the sudden and peaceful death of their beloved father Mr. G. P. B. De Silva. at his residence a» Bendaramulla. Merlssa. Ceylon on 22nd January, 1955 As a mark of respect our premises will remain closed
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    63 6 It Wordi HO (minimum). LIEUT COMMANDER and Mrs. W. L. C'lnrk thank their many friends for their delightful gifts and Rood wishes on the occasion of their marriage. They look forward to writing personally a.s soon as possible. GRKKTINGS it Wordt tilt (minimum). MR. MRS. TOH THIAM WATT and
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    $he Straits Simrs Singapore, Mon. Jan. 24, 1955. The Political Levy
    873 6 $he Straits Simrs Singapore, Mon. Jan. 24, 1955. The Political Levy With the amendment of the trade union regulations to permit the raising of political funds, Federation trade unionists have achieved a cherished desire. But the Legislative Council was not altogether certain that this is the right moment for the
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    Russia Tries A New Move
    385 6 Russia Tries A New Move The conference which Mr. Molotov has called of Russia's Ambassadors in London, Paris, Washington and East Berlin 1 apparently will prepare the ground for a new Russian pro- posal on Germany. If, as is predicted, Moscow proposes free elections in Germany, under international supervision, the
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      University could provide course for accountancy
      481 6 University could provide course for accountancy rpHERE is admittedly some need for the regulation of the profession of accountancy in this country. But your correspondent, Mr. Cheong Hock Hal, is under a misapprehension if he thinks that the problem wlli De solved simply by persuading one of the recognised bodies
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      MUSIC IN SINGAPORE
      514 6 I cannot let the article by Gordon Van Hien pass without comment. The vast majority of readers have no knowledge of the inside workings of musical life in Singapore and perhaps it Ls as well, as its intricacies and cross-currents would be beyond the comprehension of most
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      Five-fold offender
      193 6 Five- fold offender A FRIEND of mine owns a motor-cycle and lives on the second floor of a block of flats and has therefore to keep his motor-cycle sheltered on the flve-foot way. One day in October last he was "ticketed" for obstruction by a passing police patrol. He did
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      Kremlin nervous of Chinese policy
      642 6 Kremlin nervous of Chinese policy S NEW YORK. E THE Kremlin has disS played in public for i the first time its great S nervousness about the 1 prospects for the growth of Chinese Communist E power in Asia. E In a speech published in Moscow recently, secretary E general
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    TRIBUTE TO TAMIL LEADER
    113 6 TRIBUTE TO TAMIL LEADER THE partitioning of India was not due to "communal strength" but principally to the blunders of politicians past and present. Periyar E. V. Ramaswami has left our shores now He openly told a mammoth gathering at the Happy World Stadium the purpose of his visit. He
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    Three times wrong
    283 6 YOUR correspondent T.S.D. is mistaken about at least three points: in the first place the Rev. T. R. Doraisamy is not now the pastor of the Tamil Methodist Church: in the second place, the school in which he teaches does not come under his superintendency and. in
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    180 6 Friend a taik oi by Dr turrr prono i througi did not audible. The topics wttlei nese in oentury, excursio!, of tl when ed up Be told York v. men n In fact H Cavak' Holmfof York 11. the Charles 11. However haps ungi out. Dr Lii ed b\
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    jfew Year bustle—and (ssh) out came even the sun
    292 7 jfew Year bustle— and (ssh) out came even the sun Ba in- rain go away— and it did except for a passing drizzle in Singapore yesterday— for the first time in three days •utrht a vpecial cheer to Chinese celebrating: new year's eve. This change from a 72-hour stretch* of
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    R.N. visitors feted
    45 7 One hundred officers and ratings of the cruiser H.M S Newcastle yesterday visited City Hall, Singapore, where were entertained to refreshments. Six hundred Singapore boys and girls went aboard the Newcastle The Newcastle and the other ting cruiser. H.M.S. Birmingham, leave today.
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    Municipality aid for FPA
    79 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. i The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Heatlh Committee has agreed to eive financial support to the Selangor Family Planning Association. They are to grant the association an immediate "token sum" and make a reasonable contribution" in May. when I i the Municipality's financial position
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    Anangpow came with morning paper
    121 7 Anangpow came with morning paper M 1 U,lfr.ds OuU surprise >••*- mini «"<-n that hr WM ikii wtaneri traits T">" P. tile broadly, Mr. It seem; W total to k bo bachelor, hathe weekb rerutarly. li. usf part monej to what 1 ith th<- rert Kofa pbrw, who («>nhitn xaid
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    Dialled with dud coin — man charged
    29 7 Dialled with dud coin man charged LHUAY wa; Singapore ng to cheat lephone >unterfelt telephone .rk on l'cc: that he •:1 coins cd. He was in two lan 29
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    UNIONS TOLD: AMALGAMATE
    59 7 MPUR, Sun. Mr. depur. said made during to con- iimalcam:.•ns in the He said that the trade union movement in Malaya was now on the right road. bat efforts should be made to get the smaller unions together. Mr. Wilkinson was address- inp the annual conference of
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    FUND FOR STUDIES OVERSEAS
    188 7 FUND FOR STUDIES OVERSEAS Decision at meeting of Malays KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A MEETING of representa- tives of 12 non -political Malay organisations in Selangor held here last night decided to start a fund to send more Malays for studies overseas Solangor s State Secretary, i Inche Abdul Aziz bin
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    Planter dies
    29 7 The death occurred at Norwich. England, on Jan. 14 of Mr A M. Wallace, for many years one of the best -known j planters in south Malaya.
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    Pirate taxis 'steal' $1,500 a day
    155 7 SILENT PASSENGERS FOIL POLICE KOTA BHARU, Sunday. PIRATE taxis must be eliminated to save the North Eastern Transport Service, the biggest Malay transport undertaking in Malaya, Inche Kamaruddin bin Haji Omar, a director of the company, told the i Straits Times today. "The company
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    Bicycle thief is sent to school
    67 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Nasircm bin Salipan. 18. a rubber tapper, of Parit Kudos, was ordered by the Sessions Court. Pontlan, to be sent to an approved school after being fcund guilty of stealing a bicycle worth $80, belonging to Tan Tiow Liong. As he
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    High tides
    78 7 TODAY: Singapore 10 47 am. i y ft 6 in.i; Port Dlckson 6.57 a.m. 1 (8 ft t In i 7.10 p.m. (8 ft. 4 to.); Penang 12 45 a.m. (7 ft. 4 In) 1.28 p.m. (6 ft. 7 int. TOMORROW: Singapore 12.10 am 18 ft. 7 in.)
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    Fire in jungle led patrol to Reds'camp
    105 7 Fire in jungle led patrol to Reds' camp RAUB. Sun. AFIRE in the jungle in Raub. Pahang. late on Thursday afternoon attracted a patrol of the 15 19 Hussars. The patrol crept up and at dawn the next day attacked four Communist terrorists resting in a camp.. The terrorists escaped
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    He had chandu
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Goh Keng Thuak, of Simpane Rengam New Village, was fined $350 in the Sessions Court. Kluang, for having in his possession 17 pellets of chandu ana chandu smoking utensils.
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    Woman poisoned
    27 7 Isa binte Adam. 36. was found poisoned in a house in Royth Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. She was admitted to hospital in a serious condition
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    Ensemble lost on foreign artists
    215 7 THE Singapore Chamber Ensemble could yet depend I on sufficient public support to I make it financially worthwhile to bring in forfign guest artists the out-golne chairman. I Mr.'c. J. L. Elwell. said yesI terday. The recent "Acls and Oala- tea" concerts by Max Worth-
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    37 7 THIS WAS Trengganu Street in Singapore's Chinatown yesterday. Even trishas could not ret through the crowds. It was Hawkers' day and for those celebrating there was plenty to buy for the new year femst. Straits Times picture.
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    The Sultan's wedding anniversary
    105 7 The Sultan's wedding anniversary IPOH. Sun. A joint all-community address from the people of Ipoh will be presented to the Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perempuan on the occasion of their 43rd wedding anniversary, now being celebrated. A committee of eight was named at a meeting convened today by
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    The chosen are SO few -now UMNO plans a fuss
    161 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Liaison Committee of the United Malays National Organisation. Selangor, today decided to protest to the Selangor Government against having an elected minority in the Fute Council. Inche Hamrah bin Alang. secretary of the Liaison Com- mittee.
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    No room at wharves
    47 7 The liner Victoria which arrived in Singapore from Genoa, on Saturday was anchored in the Outer Roads because there wasn't a single vacant berth in the wharves. Many ships I due to sail had been delayed. The Victoria will come alongside tomorrow morning.
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    Off to Britain for study
    45 7 Mr. A. S Raja Ratnam. former sub-treasurer and deputy collector of stamp duties In Perak and a founder member and director of the Rotary Club in Telok Anson. leaves fo: England on Wednesday to take up a course In Journalism.
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    New cinema
    21 7 KUANTAN, Sun. A new $300,000 cinema was opened in Kuantan at the weekend by I the Sultan of Pahang.
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    Two more of Osman's gang surrender
    168 7 Two more of Osman 's gang surrender KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. "CVXJR more terrorists have surrendered in the Federation. Two were members of the Pahang gang led by Osman China, who surrendered recently in the Kuala Lipis area. When Osman Chini surrendered nine of his gang stayed behind. The latest surrenders
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    Their ang pows fell from sky
    105 7 Their ang pows fell from sky KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. rE CHILDREN' of Salak South new village. five miles from here, had a novel start for their New Year celebrations, when a helicopter dropped from the sky hundreds of packets of sweets this evening. The village, which stands on a hill
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    Woman hit by falling tree
    55 7 A rain-soaked rubber tree [crashed across the road, at Bedok Road, Singapore, and i landed on a car on Saturday afternoon. j The bonnet and windscreen of the car were badly damaged A woman occupant. Knot Sta Maria, was injured She was treited in hospital
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    Grant for soils study
    47 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun —The Federal Legislative Council has approved a $2,500 grant to the Agriculture Department to buy additional equipment for its soils laboratory. The Drainage and Irrigation Department is conducting a survey to find out whether sell Is suitable for growing padi.
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    LET'S GO FOR A SAIL
    139 7 BOATS ON THE K.L. LAKE GARDENS KUALA LUMPUR Sunday. AT least 25 pleasure boats for 'Sydney Lake" in the A Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens are expected to be ready soon. The Municipal Council is la call lor tenders tnr the supply of the boats which
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    She abused a customer
    46 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Kirn Poh Luan, wife of a coffe« shopkeeper, was fined $25 here today for abusing a customer. She denied doing so, adding that when she asked the customer to stop clinking the glasses on the table he abused her.
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    To attend health conference
    48 7 K LUMPUR. Sun -Dr. W Rochester, the Kuala Lumpur Deputy Municipal Health Officer, who is on leave in Britain. is to attend the annual Royal Sanitary Institute conference at Bournemouth in April The conference will b* attended by health omVcrg from 1 many countries.
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    DRIVE TO CLEAR KOTA BAHRU OF PROSTITUTES
    226 7 DRIVE TO CLEAR KOTA BAHRU OF PROSTITUTES 'Immorality due to more divorces' KOTA BAHRl Monday A DRIVE to enforce the Tenants Registration Ordinance has cleared prostitutes from Kpta Bahru's streets and hotels, the Straits Times was told today. The drive followed a demand by a former president of the Muslim
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    Ship may have hit rock
    73 7 Ship may have hit rock TOE 7.000-ton Dutch freighter J Kota Gedes, one of two ships driven aground off Singapore in turbulent seas, was believed to have hit a rock, and was taken to the Western anchorage for examination. The other ship, the 9.O<M)-ton trooper. Captain fiobsun, which ran aground
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    Two jailed for theft
    79 7 i IPOH. Sun. Cheong 1 58. and Tan Nam. 38, were today sentenced to six months' jail by tht Ipoh ma- gistratf. Inche Abdullah Dii. Ghazalli. lor stealing a water pipe sluice valve on Jan. 15 Cheong. a trisha rider, who had 11 previous convictions, said
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    Negri Ruler's cousin weds
    52 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Abou: 300 guests attended the wedding of Tengku Syed Idrus, the Tengku Besar of Tampin. and Tengku Zainal, second daughter of the Yang Di-Pei-tuan Besar's uncle. Tengku Suleiman, at Kuala Pilah today. Most of the guests were members of the royal family and
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    Board picks two for scholarship
    95 7 Board picks two for scholarship KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. rO NAMES were picked by the selection committee of Alam Shah Scholarship Fund Board today for th-» first li j;.irship awarded since it was ..^tituted in 1939. Tht two Wtir Azhar bin Uias, I of Klang who is noV studying I medicine
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    KILLED IN CRASH
    41 7 CYCLIST KUALA LUMPUR. Sim Foong Kong Cheong. a 17-year-old cyclist was killed in an acciden't at the 3'j mile Cheras Road here today. Foong. who lived at Sungei Besi Road, was involved in a collision with a car.
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    Rubber boomlet makes week brisk
    606 8 Rubber boomlet makes week brisk MALAYAN SHABE MARKET REVIEW^ By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT WHEN the Singapore Share Market closed on n Saturday for the Chinese New Year holiday a much livelier sentiment was obvious than was the Usually in the week before the Chinese New Year the market becomes listless
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    389 8 Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd: j Operated the two modern deep digging dredges throughout the financial year ended June 30 and] the old No. 6 dredge for four months to make a profit of £340,--586 <■». Bd. per share i. Dividend, totalling 4s. per share were paid. Net liquid
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    RUBBER KEEPS RISING
    780 8 The week in the commodity markets fOOD demand and very considerable speculative buying sent the price of rubber in Singapore during the week over the dollar level for the first time since May, 1952. On Saturday morning the price jumped up to $102 2 for February first
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    BUSINESS DONE
    382 8 THE following business clone In the Slntdtpore tJhure Market last week was reported by on* flrin of brokers for the period January 15 to January 2\: Indatuuii: Chartered Bank ot India Australl* a China 50s. c-i.ii. olulated Tin Smellers Ord. 2as. 6d., Praser and Neave Ord. $2 to
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCES
    53 8 A wer,. dl >'.(W ••ompa,,, un V Malaya, a £?> rah k Per shin P n 1 <*. March :i r •hareholder, y »*i Februar. n Lumpur. 1,. n,lo n l n > "«■>• Office M,,1,l S at P a r r that "s ESTATES uu Mp^ dend
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    26 8 PRICE OF TEA STILL GOES UP LONDON auction, pound, Brokers This ron last week The A bonded v at 98,11(17' 95. 818 Jnnu.irv and deltvei U.MS.MO
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    27 8 LONDON Governor accord: 1 Of B A is still .1 some ol produce Quota Schemi brought the oir; Govpimii view -.{v.r rapnMnui naiinn. accorcin
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    An Indian Socialist in Red China
    1029 10  - An Indian Socialist in Red China ALLINGTON KENNARD By FROM MY CHINA DIARY. By Braikishore Shastri. (Siddhartha Publications, lRp.). rE visitor to China has little liberty. He sees what he is meant to see and he hears, through an interpreter, only what he is meant to hear. These are severe
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    CONCERN FOR A HEROINE
    239 10 BEYOND THE CLASS. By Ar.tonu White. (Eyre and Spottiswoode 12s. 6d i fpHE hero of every novel. -I Stendhal insisted, is the novelist himself, but in so many contemporary novels the novelist manipulates his puppets by remote control, caring only that they provide a decent, entertaining
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    TOP MARX FOR GROUCHO
    278 10  - TOP MARX FOR GROUCHO WALTER WARWICK CROUCHO. By Arthur Marx. (Gollancz 165.). By LIFE with Groucho hasn't been one long laugh. The comedian who insists on being funny off the stage as well as on it is a tnul even to his relatives. Not that son Arthur admits It This
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    THE FIGHT FOR FRANCE'S SOUL— BY THE MAN WHO SAW IT ALL
    657 10  -  Sir Edward Spears. THE FALL OF FRANCE. By (Heinneman, 25s.) THE flsht for the body of France was over. Lost. The battle for the soul of France was on. This profounder struggle raged for a fortnight or more.
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    FACTS ABOUT POPULATION AND FOOD
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    BRIDGE
    185 10  -  KENNETH KONSTAM By A RGUMENTS concerning A. the requisite strength for an opening Three-bid will. I feel, never be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. Ideas vary from a collection of rubbish to something very close tc an opening Two-bid. The most reasonable solu4) S 7 4 IQNI41 J*Q4 5 J
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    Lock icon Wolves take over Div. 1 lead
    625 11 BAD WEATHER AGAIN HITS BRITISH SOCCER IVTON REPLACE BLACKBURN HOVERS AT TOP OF DIV.2 Sun. Britain ,mndveather :«>unds. Its, the has i itaJ ol 4^ no luba yesd their g irday In ich the itland where ed Off. nouncej and Ions: battle battled n-and-a-half
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    Lock icon A FINE SAVE IN THE SNOW
    42 11 I DOWN hi tin snow dive* Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper IrrMlds tn t.il.r the hall off the boot of Arsenal insidel.ipsintt durine their I>iv. 1 game at White Hart I in»- which Arsenal won 1-0. Reuter photo.
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    FULL RESULTS
    278 11 ENGLISH LEAGI E DIV. 1. Aston Vi.ia 3 Blmckpool 1 Burnley 0 Newcastle 1 < hrlnea 0 Manchester C. 2 Huddersficld Cardiff -Leicester Lvrrton Manchester D. 1 Bolton 1 Preston 3 West Brom. 1 'Sheffield ltd. Arsenal Mtndrrland 2 Portsmouth 2 Tottenham 7 Sheffield W. 2 Holm 2
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    France gain narrow victory over Ireland; Wales beat England
    220 11 LONDON. Sunday. FRANCE beat Ireland by five points to three in r Dublin yesterday to record their second victor} in the international Rugby Union championship while Wales beat England by three points to nil at Ireland. Wales and England were playing
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    Kaneko to defend title in Tokyo
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    Wales were fortunate to win
    184 11 Wales were fortunate to win lI'ALES defeated England by a penalty goal to nil but rould consider themselves fortunate, for England at least deserved a draw. After the nrst 30 minutes, the Welsh pack were well beaten in both the line-outs and in the loose and only desperate resistance in
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    REME SOCCER XI v SUKARAMAI
    59 11 The 41 REME Sports Club team to mpet Sukaramal S.C. In a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park on I Saturday will be: I C. Humphrey: Joseph Au. Tan Yew Chleu Teo Yeow Lam, C. D. HarriMui. F W. Wood: D. H. Rudge. Ibrahim Pattata
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    TENNIS MEETING
    49 11 The annual general meeting of V.M.C A tennis players will be held 1 at the V.M C.A pavilion. Bras Basah Road, on Priday ut 5 30 p m Mr Cecil Wong m-ill prrslde. The meeting will elm new officials and I also discuss the coming season I
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    A NEW TERM FOR 'PUNCH DRUNK'
    203 11 LONDON. Sun. riROM now on "punch r drunk" fighters in Britain arc to bi known as boxers with "chronic concussion." J. W. Graham, administrative s'eward of the British Boxing Board of Control, made the announcement on Friday In the British Medical Journal in an
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    billy kelly defeats sammy McCarthy for british feather title
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    Mulloy banned by U.S.LT.A. until March
    129 11 NEW YORK. Sun. ZiARDNAR MLLLOY. VI 41-year-old tennis player who for many years was amonc the top-ranking ten in America, bas been suspended until March 24 for irregularities in expense accounts in connection with a tournament he promoted last year. Mulloy was in charge
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    81 11 The Singapore Cycle Racing Association officials appointed for 1955 are President: Mr Soh Ghee Soon (re-elected": wce-presldents: Mr. K. W. Cuthbert and Inche Sudoh b. Abdul Ham 1(1 Hon secretary Mr J Clark: Treasurer Mr Charle* Alphonxo: Racing sec Mr E. Cuthbert. Committee Messrs Ng Chwee
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    Perak are Fed. hockey champs
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    Two upsets in Malays tennis
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    HOLDER OMAR MANAP FIRST INTO S-FINALS
    374 12 IPOH, Sunday OMAR MANAP (Johore), the defending champion was the first player to go into the semi-final round today when the All-Malaya Malays Badminton Championships were continued. Omar had a hard game in the second round this morning in beating Porak's M. D. Hanafiah
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    'Double line9 will double criticism
    295 12 'Double line 9 will double criticism I HAVE closely followed the 1 controversy. both here and elafwhwe, regarding the doing <way with the "nose" decisions i ln England it's still called 'short head") In photo finishes and the introduction of the -double line". »hlch Is the practice In some count
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    Goalkeeper Nadarajah won this one
    47 12 SOUTH'S goalkeeper, T Nada rajah, blocks an attempt for possession by North inside right. Chua Eng Kim. in Saturday's Malayan Hockey Federation match in Kuala Lumpur which North won 5-1. On the right is Aminullah rim. North's inside left. Straits Times picture
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    WALLY GETS OFF TO A GOOD START
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    BOWLERS ON TOP IN SIKHS MATCH
    66 12 Selancor Sikhs wm* dismissed for 65 runs In the first lnninns of their two-day rrirket match aftatnst Slneaiwp Sikhs at Balestior Road ves>rday. The only Belanuor batsman to defy the accurate bowline was North plnyer Ourucharan Singh, who nmO 33 In a bright knock
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    Dantesque shows class as stayer
    292 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By HANTESQl'E established himself as a bright 'cias- sic" prospect this season when he carried 9st. to a handsome lj-length win from Graduate in the record-breaking U-mile trophy race at Ipoh on Saturday, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club January Meeting. Dantesque's
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    THEY'RE PROUD OF HIS DOUBLE
    40 12 PRIDE OF BURMA (Mortimer) scored a double for S and < Syndicate at the Ipoh meet. Here he is led in by Mr. P. T. Wong after winning the opening race last Saturday.— Straits Times picture.
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    POOR SCORES oN A GOOD COURSE IN NORTH GOLF
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    ROVERS RETAIN I SOCCER TROPHY
    51 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun —A goal scored during fxtra time enabled South Indian Rovers to retain thr Indian Republic Day soccer trophy (or the third year in succession when they beat V.O.C. Sports duo 3-2 at Brickfields Railway ground today. Govindarajoo the winning coal during extra
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    PATEL TEAM WIN
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