The Straits Times, 29 January 1954

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times New**!* Established 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954 PRICE 15 CENTS
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  • 242 1 Special team in factory raid: car taken away gINGAPORE police investijjatinp: the kidnapping of millionaire Mr. Lim Kok (Jin iwooped on a rubber factory in Bukit Timah Road yesterday and detained nine men for questioning. A small black car was taken away. All C.I.D. senior officers,
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  • 235 1 Gangsters fail in bid to grab millionaire ANOTHER Sineapnre millionaire. Mr. I.cc Kone Thar narrowly escaped heine kid- napped on Monday nieht. Mr. Lee. managing director of Chop Heng Thong, a firm of importers and exporters in Cecil Street, was going home in his car with his wife at 11.18
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  • 190 1 THEY LURE GANGS' VICTIMS 4 T LEAST 12 girls are listed in Singapore's C.I.D. dossiers as active members of secret societies. "These girls" said a police spokesman yesterday "are used as decoys by criminal gangs in robberies." Most of the girls are coffeeshop waitresses who
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  • 65 1 Indonesia is easier on visitors now JAKARTA. Thurs. rE Foreign Exchange Control Office here has eased currency regulations for tourists and non-resident visitors coming to Indonesia for a period of not more than three months. The new rules permit entrants to keep foreign currencies and convert money into rupiahs at
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  • 51 1 And no-one was badly injured A seriously In- Twisted metal and debris re strewn for 300 yards ,und thr snow-covered cracK*. The passenger train was rioing 60 m.p.h. when the driver .saw the guard of a goods train hlch had been derailed earlier waving a red
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  • 50 1 MONTRAEL, Thurs. A sadist who .slashes women* legs with razor blades as they board trams or buses was the object of a wide police searcn today. He has wounded seven women here .since last Friday. He apparently hides thtblade in the peak of his cap.— A.P.
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  • 26 1 I NICOSIA. Thurs LieutGen Sir Dudley Ward. Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived here today from Singapore for a two-day visit. Reuter.
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  • 45 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. An agreement was signed this I morning between Siam and Britain to buy Siamese rice this year for British territories. The agreement provides for the British to buy between i' 76.000 and 400.000 tons of rice. -U.P.
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  • 23 1 LONDON. Thurs. The appointment of Rear Admiral Patrick W. Brock as Flag Officer, Middle East, from April was announced here today.
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  • 31 1 MADRID, Thurs Students of Madrid University today r?sumed their studies after three day? of violent anti-British I demonstrations herp demandi ing the return of Gibraltar to Spain. Reuter.
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  • 25 1 MEXICO CITY Thurs.— The Granat Theatre here burst Into flames yesterday after an explosion and the police said that many people were trapped.—A.P.
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  • 19 1 CAIRO. Thurs. Egyptian military police today released 20 more members of the dissolved Muslim Brotherhood. Reuter.
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  • 612 1 And victory was so easy it surprised even Govt. KI'ALA LIMPIR. Thursday. OPPOSITION to the 'no-jury' amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code crumpled in the Federal Legislative Council today, and the small number who voted against the Government amendment surprised both sides of the House. When
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  • 116 1 Wage protest PARIS, Thurs. /COMMUNIST leaders claimed v> today that "millions of workers will strike tomo\row in a day of protest at the Government's delay in raising the French minimum wage Construction workers' and air technicians' unions were 'eported considering joining in the mass protest.
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  • 21 1 A snatch thief stole a tioM chain and locket from a Eura sian child in Bencoolen Street. Singapore, yesterday.
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  • 304 1 rPHE secretary of the Singapore Council of Women, Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, declared yesterday that the Muslim divoice rate in the Colony is a world record. About half of Muslim marriages end in divorce, she said, and added: "In no
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  • 130 1 HOLLYWOOD DESIGNER IN COLONY —and he's trying to forget clothes iiollywood dress designer. Howard ("We make the sexiesi dresses in the business") Greer i.s In Singapore trying to forget clothes Mr. Greer a bachelor, aged 58, has (treated hundreds of film stars from Pola N.ru'i and Greta Garbo to Eva
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  • 23 1 BELIZE Thurs.— Mr. Arthur Wolffsohn. a Handuran, has agreed to become Speaker of the Colony legislature under its new constitution —Renter.
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  • 296 1 Another $40 m for housing Nicoll sees new low cost home THE Government will provide the Singapore Improvement Trust with another $40,000,000 to bdild low cost houses this year and next, said the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, yesteri it has already lent the Trual SfiO.ooo.ooo. The next 540.000.--000 will carry
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  • 34 1 ITIZI NSHU' PAt T RATinSD COLOMBO, Thurs. Ci\ lon today ratifiiil Indo-Ceyton cltiaenshiß i men I sinned in Niw Delhi January 18. Agree' men I franta Ceylon ciiwaship to 'iiiii.nno imii —Beater.
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  • 51 1 NEW YORK Thurs.—Newsweek magazine said today that intelligence reports had reachrd Washington that Communist acent.s in Siam \V' ir c planning a spring coup d'etat The upriMnc. arrnrdiiiß to these sources, will coincide with a new offensive by thf Vietminb in Indo-Chlna. tlic maa:azi?ir said U
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  • 286 2 He just wants to see more chatting among students A LTHOI (ill Sir S>dnc\ (aine would like men and women stodentfl to "vet iogether more" he docs not irani to "«ec any love-making ore\en hand-holdinu" at the Inivcrsity of Malaya. Thr University's Virr-Chan'-rllor was elaborating
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  • 85 2 Taylor award anti-labour, unions told r'rteMr. Ci day oablrd a nummary <>t the Taylor arbltird i" his headquarB the British Trade Union Cor London. Mr Mapara said ol In my considi i n the pri i thi' s n unwarranted, anti-labour an I heen dnne to the d> n and
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  • 34 2 NEW YORK. ThuM Eil I has ask^ri t'ne UN. Secui Council to moot to consicii i ,i ne complaint about Egypt's th alleged blockade of t.ie ouez na Canal Router. ra
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  • 240 2 -AFTER TWO YEARS OF COURTING BY POST SIMPANG RENGAM, Johore. Thurs. A GIRL from Britain who married her Polico Lieutenant flanre after two-and-a-half years of courtship by correspondence is settling down m one of Malaya's worst trouble spots to the high-tension life of an
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  • 88 2 just impUt'd the t;tli*r tray r riiE whole population of Cross Creek turned out to sec the Queen ichc>; the Roi/al tram stopped there on its journey across New Zealand The people cheered ana waved flaps, while the children climbed on to thctr parents' shoulders to
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  • 118 2 PENANO, Thi Ainiformkd woman i banriit rii°r: yesterday in r. I b?tt|e between an unknown i a r^'rn! n[ the Ist Manchestei Kfzimont in the Suncri b i vitw v ellesley. I Thf woman was wounded and captured when the securi tv forces returned the
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  • 36 2 CAIRO Thurs.— The la »ver tor former Ex-Queen Narnman ve.Mcrday said that she hart agreed to cive custody o: her son. Ahmed Fauri. to exKmg Farouk and that Farouk had accentod divorce conditions. U.P.
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  • 156 2 2,041 new homes built in 1953 I^HE Singapore Improvement Trust set an all-tlmf housing record last year by building 2.041 dwellings and furnishing accommodation for more than 12 000 Deople In 1952 als o a record j the Trust completed 1 «23 houses and 63
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  • 214 2 IT MA YBEA RECORD M() ?n KUALA LUMPUR, ■^EW Year drive agmlnst terrorists h,, s r M A^ months bandit kills s«i far to 82. With today's operations |1 to be announced and three morp days bf/ore the end of the month, police and
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  • 21 2 Pirates in policemen's clothing' JAKARTA done.sian poli born eng La ii| The head ol bin so far no had been ach
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  • 22 2 BAKERSFIELD. California. Thurs. An earthquake jarred much of southern California yesterday, but there were no reports of damage. A.P.
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  • 21 2 'Soviet plant crashes HELSINKI viet fighter the bank> Canal, about Russia in s< rted The pi] An ofßcl ho had hr-
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  • 22 2 MONTREAJ Intrrnn;; Organlsaton nskrri to help I I lease of tnrei i I including tv by pol: I B
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  • 10 2 LONDON and Japan >icn a acreemer.t in I
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  • 38 2 VIR H. A. JIVABHAI. a Singapore "1 for Karachi today to attmri th* the Aga Khan. The Aca Khan will be wether: worth of platinum at Karachi nn Feb accession to the Ismaili reliciou.;, th:
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  • 54 2 Yugoslavia says yes BELGRADE, ThursYuposlav Government has agreed to the Inrinn pro-in^i; to convene a special session of the U.N. General Assembly m February 9 to dis u» Korea. Positive replies from 31 countries are needed to en.-urr the convening of the session The score is now 18 for and
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  • 247 3 SAIGON, Thursday. nMMI NIST-LED Viotminh rebela UmU) pushheir offensive Bkmg Colonial Route east the Krench airfield at Seno. and menaced the I int outposi at Tchepowe, ?V» miles east of Vietminh battalions wore reported in thr route tor more than 62 milos,
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  • 50 3 THE INDONESIAN Minister to the Holy See. Mr Djoemhana Wiriaatmadja (right of the Pope), with his wife (third from left) and their family pictured with Pope Pius in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican on Jan. 21. When they weie received in private audience. \.P. photo.
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  • 35 3 NAPLES. Thurs.- Neapolitan thieves, famous for their versatility, ia.st niuht removed a 33-f»ot tall metal streetcar power pole from a busy downtown square. Embarrassed police recovered it today— AP.
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  • 27 3 BONN, Thurs.— Bonn University will build an underground cyclotron for nuclear research, it war announced today. It will take four years to build— AP.
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  • 384 3 It's time for business, says Dulles BERLIN Thursday. \IK. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, the I.S. Secretary of '''State, said here today he thought the Foreign Ministers had had an adequate "first round" exchange ill' IdCM on the Soviet Five-Power conference proposal and they should move to the
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  • 5 3 ANOTHER WARSHIP DAMAGED i uter.
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  • 10 3 New British claim is turned down inu- pui Navai m
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  • 48 3 i Comof ions that at i military operations in IndoChina. The committee chairman, Mr. R. Chiperfield told r< porters that Mr. Btassen, at a private meeting, had given the committee an up to date picture of the work of the Foreign Operations Administration. Renter
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  • 84 3 THE larger and faster version of the 8.0-.VC Comet jetliner, the Series 11 Comet, which will be seen in Singapore next year when it be|ina proving lights on the "Kaimiroo Route" between Britain and Australia The new plane has larger engines and more seats— l 4
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  • 114 3 NEW YORK. Thursday. SIR EDMUND Hillary, who climbed Mount Everest, yesterday said that he wanted to try it again. "I want to try a different route, in the north or perhaps another ridge." he said. Sir Edmund who climbed Everest with Tonzing, arrived by plane
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  • 69 3 LONDON, Thurs. There i I were 91 fatal accidents in RAF jet aircraft in Britain during i 1953 in which 112 RAF men i were killed, Mr. George Ward, Unrier-Secretary [or Air, said yesterday. He told the House of ComS moos that the.-:" figures were slightly
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  • 85 3 CAIRO, Thurs.— Beautiful 19--year-old ex-l|ueen Narriman plans to marry an Egyptian film star and crooner Farid II Atrash, after obtaining her divorce from ex-King Faro 11k Farid XI Atrash is a member of the wealthy, princely El I Atrash Druze family from Jebel
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  • 46 3 CAIRO. Thurs.— The Arab League Council last night said that it did not recognise the French-appointed Sultan of Morocco. Sidi Mohammed Ben Arafa. The council said that It supported the "legitimate" Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussof. who was deposed by the French— Reuter.
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  • 23 3 ROME. Thurs. The Pope, who has been indisposed for several days, spent a fairly satisfactory nlpht, a Catholic source said today.— Rer.ter.
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  • 244 3 LONDON. Thurs. /"UOSING prices or selected stocks were:LOANS Consols 64 Fundln? 4% 101 'i W. ir t\k% 84\ BANKS MT'-antilr < E12 24 Honskorc ($125) 97' 3 Eastern (£5p 8 S« '".'bartered i £1 > 41 6 LOUltfcS 1956-59 £94 VI GO IXSIRANCE C->m. Un (uts.) \2\ --'i
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  • 27 3 LONDON, Jan. 28. Cash Buyers VMS; Sellers 1:649; Forward Buyers 1 627 i Sellers £629; Settlement C 645. Turnover a.m. 125 tons; p.m 30 tons.
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  • 37 3 LONDON. Jan. 28. —Spit 16' d. Mar I*s yd Apr -June 16'jd.. JulySept. 16 .d.. Oct.-Dec. 16 ,d.. Feb. r.i.f 16 3 16d. Mar. c if. 16 3 lfid.. April c.t.f 16 \d. Tone: Dull.
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  • 233 4 Seven men on provident scheme board MR. PEAKE yHK first stop to Mag the recently-introduced central provident fund scheme into operation \\;i> taken yesterday by the Singapore Governor, Sir John Nicoll, when he appointed seven men to the Central Provident Fund Hoard. Under thr
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  • 101 4 Many attend architect's funeral f TI!K Cemetery. Singapore, waa ill to hold all those wno attended the funeral Frank Gordon Lundon A well-known S: t and sportsman, Mr Lundon died on Wednesday after a long Illness, aged 76. Pre.sent at the ducted by the R p v Rob):i in of
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  • 44 4 One of the few Europear to Join the lold ol the Orthodox Syrian Christiar Church ol India, the R< v. Fr L. S. Jack.son will ar: ■morrow on a sliort 11] address a public gos- nt St. Andrew's Cathedra] tomorrow evenlne.
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  • 30 4 The draw of the St John Council lottery will be held at thr headquarters of the St. John Ambulance Association in Stamford Road. Singapore, at 5 p.m. today.
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  • 60 4 FOR PAY REVISION Storekeepers employed In J about 15 departments of Singapore Government want their salarlej revised The Government Storekeepers Union has requested the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. I C. Goode. to appoint a committee to revise the salary scale The union demands an
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  • 107 4 VIOLINIST Maurice Clare is in Singapore again with the same violin that gave him .so much trouble when he was here in November last. He had almost to cancel his concert tour then because the fiddle suddenly developed a buzz like a boy blowing through
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  • 32 4 Malayan Christian Council will hold a tea-party in honour of Mr. Ronald Chamberlain, secretary-elect of the Asian Christian Colleges Association, at the St. Andrew's Cathedral library at 5 p m. tomorrow.
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  • 147 4 SINGAPORE City Police Magistrate Mr. J M. DevereuxColebourn. yesterday rebuked a woman who had pinched her bab> when she appeared before him with the child strapped on her back He said: "Why did you pinch the child's left leg to make it cry? What
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  • 347 4 K. LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Speaker, Dato L Mahmud bin Mat, twice stopped Councillors today who were reading their speeches during the debate on the proposed "no-Jury" amendment. HL first call to order to Mr. Lim Khye Seng led
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  • 234 4 The 'self-rule' party gets launched in K.L. next month K. LUMPUR. Thursday. THE PARTY NEGARA, product of the Mentris-Besar sponsored National Conference will be launched at a public meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on Feb. 21. 1 The working committee of the National Conference met this evening here
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  • 52 4 Normat bin Abdul Ohani. a Singapore Traction Company conductor, was yesterday sent tc six months' gaol, for misappropriating 30 cents in fares between November 6 and 11 The case was the result of inquiries by the S.T.C. investigation unit of the C.1.D.. the I court
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  • 184 4 Navy does not plan big growth 'MUSTN'T BE TOO AMBITIOUS* PLANS now being discussed for expanding the Royal Malayan Navy will not be over-ambi-tious. Capt. H. E. H. Nicholls. senior officer of the force, told a press conference yesterday. "We are still a young navy and we will have to
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  • 66 4 COURT TOLD Peter King, an R.AM.C. driver, claimed trial in the Singapore first traffic jourt yesterday to charges of negligent driving which -a ised death and failing tj stop after an acc*rient The accident occurred in ftyei Kajan Road, on De.^mber 27. A cyclist was killed. The
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  • 280 4 RAF USED TOO MUCH FORCE— ARMY SGT. He released a prisoner's arm 4 BRITISH Army Sergeant told a military court in Singapore yesterday that he freed the arm of a prisoner from the grip of an R.A.F. policeman because he thousht the police were using more force than necessary to
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  • 105 4 Council and Govt. may share court SINGAPORE City Com cil may agree to sharing the i City Police Court with the Govj ernment for non-criminal cases. The Council at first «sked lor the court to be reserved for Council cases. The Government has rep^ed that, if the cases dealt with
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  • 40 4 1 The manager of Ban San Cheng and Co. was yesterday fined a total of $300 or 12 weeks" gaol when he pleaded .uilty to two charges of using advertisement hoardings without a licence from the City Council.
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  • 113 4 QJINGAPORE'S Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals decided this week to keep its Orchard Road office open on all week-ends and holidays. Yesterday the organiser from London. Mr. L. Higgias called for volunteers, especially those with cars, to rran the
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 201 4 SINGAPORE DIARY '2r l22Sr The Vlf> -°P tlml^ -Ottawa Today Tomorrow PioFhea^reTnm 6 V1Ct rla S5 Of Britain Shell House. a, i 2 P u Collyer Quay, I 15 p.m. quarters. Stamford Road. 6.30 p.m. St. Andrew's Cathedral: Clothing 1 (A Senior Cambridue MaShop. C.W.A. Room. South Side 10 la
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  • 237 5 TO EASE CITY BURDEN rrHE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT is eonsMerjng ;i plan to ouild lour cottage hospitals in oU tlj ing areas to reduce pressure at the outpatients departments of the three main (Government hos- v by Singapore's retiring tor of Medical Services,
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  • 57 5 THE GO\ERN()R. Sir John Nicoll insp.ds a prototype of a two-storey low-cost house built by the Singapore Improvement Trust at Kolam Ayer for about 52.400. The rent would be $24.75 a month. Sir John (centre) is with >Ir T.P.F MCNeice (holding hat), chairman of the Trust,
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  • 33 5 Council men must give work pledge T3 candid lI l( I :>v thl mcl] for nlombo with U civil and md the C mdl prod thi I advisers n ontor into mi return
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  • 20 5 n milk. inurs.— A i tini)r. A.. at ai ■Id in the I K I I uext
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  • 12 5 Bad i 1 the 1.598- ton :ng Pulau Bukom nu Island.
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  • 43 5 BRUNEI TOWN, Thurs Police radio car.s are now patrolllng the oilfield areas in •S' ria and Kuala Belait. With their presence, a law to ask motorists to fit radio Inti rference suppressors on their vehicles has been introduced.
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  • 110 5 AFTER HOME GUARDS DESERT IPOH, Thursday. A STERN warning that, unless they improved their record, the Government would be forced to take drastic action, was given by the British Adviser, Mr. I. W. Blelloch today to the people of Kampong Coldstream New Village. Situated at
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  • 57 5 Repairs to roads in Singapore's kampongs will no longer be delayed. The Rural Board yesterday decided to carry out repairs by engaging private contractors should th" Public Works Department o^ unable to do the Job. The decision was taken on a motion by Mr.
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  • 52 5 An exhibition of photographs of Chinese books and magazines of the Chatham Square Library in New York City will be held at the United States Information Service premises during Chinese New Year week and the week following The U.S.I S. will be closed on February 3
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  • 112 5 iohore plans a two-month publicity drive to get voters ;ister for the coming State ncil elections. Tohore State Election and the Department of rmation plan to la •i on Febn. and lectures. Registration period for the State's 200.000 potential voters is from April 15
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  • 103 5 Let's teach girls to be good wives urges Miss G ALOR STAR. Thurs. MISS F. II GWILLIAM, Education Adviser to Whitehall, today advocated the introduction of marriage training courses for girls in Malaya. This would aid those girls who preferred marriage to a career, she said in Alor Star. Miss
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  • 74 5 CHARGE DROPPED G. A. Hardcastle, charged with five counts of criminal j breach of trust, was acquitted in Singapore yesterday The prosecution withdrew the charges. Hardcastle was alleged to have misappropriated a total of $7,945 from 1947 to 1951 while he was president off the Dockyard Fire
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  • 253 5 QUESTIONS ON STORE WORKERS IN COMMONS Labour M>P. wants to know From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Thursday. QUESTIONS on workers of the Singapore Naval and Air Bases will be asked by Mr. S. S. Awbery (Labour) in the House of Commons on Feb. 3. Mr. Awbery will ask why the Labour
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  • 108 5 'Hypnotised into robbery' KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rY SWEE CO. 21 today told the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court that he was hypnotised by an Indian whom he met in a coffee shop and he followed the Indian to a house in Ipoh Road. Tey said the man told him he knew
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  • 70 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Fifteen scholarships for a three-year course at the College of Agriculture. Serdant; Selangor, are again beina offered this year Candidates must have either a grade one or grade two Cambridge School Certificate and must not be over 21 years ot age. Applications must reach
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  • 22 5 IPOH, Thurs. Brigadier G R. Taylor, director, Mechanical Engineering, FARELF today Inspected No. 12 Infantry Field Workshops. REME, at Ipoh.
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  • 16 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs.— Malay youths at Lubok Merbau have formed a young farmers' club.
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  • 205 5 SINGAPORE Rural Board was warned yesterday that it would be providing the Communists with "good propaganda material" if it pulled down houses without good reasons. Mr. Goh Tong Liang (unofficial* who gave the warning, said that "rash acts" by the board would force
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  • 163 5 And extensions at Katong too SINGAPORE City Council plans to provide additional facilities at Farrer Park so that athletic meetings can be held there. The City Architect. Mr W. Irving Watson, has been told to prepare a scheme for a running track and athletic
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 180 5 w^ jr k A nrtor I Instrumental 10.00 Black Museum SINCAIfWKIij I 10.30 Ballroom. 7.15 Morning Star; 7.30 News; B.B.C. 7.35 Melody Mixture; 800 Hill Billy 5 p m uctortab; 5 ls j^ j Half Hour; 9.00 Music While You Roved out; 5.45 Lakeland Journey; adi. u ry-.nirr- <> °0
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  • 72 6 ,d- flu minimum) v.H W WINDHATH :.nd family :sh in 'hank a and friends who attended c Funeral of their belo\ed ny I i can and I- Kirn sWx.ii v. nk all tended th<funeral. n:> eir on the o theli !.f>r^»vement MRS. K KANDIAH and children thank all friends
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  • 895 6 STRAITS TIMES Singapore, Fri., Jan. 29, 1954. No Trial By Jury The Federation Government triumphed yesterday in its opposition to trial by jury by an unexpectedly large majority. The fi^ht against the Select Committee's report on amendi ment of the Criminal Procedure Code collapsed as suddenly and almost as inexplicably
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  • 423 6 Opening Gambits in Berlin The Foreign Ministers con- 1 ference is following in Berlin' j almost exactly the course gene- rally predicted that it would. After three days the little optimism which was permissible when Russia finally agreed to meet the Western Powers is wealing thin. Mr. Eden, Mr. Dulles
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  • 1070 6  -  MASSEY STANLEY By WITH the approach of another academic year, Sydney newspapers are taking stock of the attitude of Australians to the increasing number of Asian students in their midst. The consensus of conclusions reached is that what should be a priceless opportunity
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    17 6 These public servants from Asiatic countries are seen studying government administration in Australia under the Colombo Plan.
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    • 565 6 "AN Expatriate Mother"; has done very well "for the honour of expatriate officers" by expressing some badly-needed home-thrusts to the government and people of this British colony and of this British-protected j Federation of Malaya. She says: "It has been suggested that minorities
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    • 297 6 Sea-going merchant navy wanted PLEASE allow me to suggest to Inche Ghazalie Shafts that he should use his able pen to establish an ocean going merchant navy in Malaya. If he would do this, then he could kill four lovely birds with OM stone, viz: 1 1 A merchant navy
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    • 85 6 PEARLS Hill Road leadinc to Pearl's Hill School is usually a traffic chaos immediately before and after school hours. Hundreds of small school children use this stoop and narrow road during school days and there seems ti be no proper traffic control in this area. Several lorries are
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  • 259 6 On the Margin Echoes of IW, gINGAPORK.S CU.S.-I land values in the bettor planning >■ .vpiration I lion of land ralui main planks c: Party platform first Work: Britain'.s country plannlr which it seems th< from the sami The chain Ed tho schi n railed "C Betterment." school radical ol
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    • 536 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. J$ WtrtM fl" (minimum) ..'7th. at the ■oampon Nurttaf Home. Chancery Ijuic in Anne and DoughM Delve*. N K«rW. 5/0 minimum THE i Is announced between John Man, the son of the V Boa A I I '.ornlev Jones of Singapore ami Itn D Thornley Jones (if TwirKenliam
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    • 80 6 jUST OUT 1 How to R«lax (simple, conrtae Instructions on how wr can train ourwl»cs I* relax imMck* «nd mind, ■ad M get mort out of liiing. To Turn Ut From War nr Bertraod Ramell. ThJ* i.iiimm phitoaopner <>uggest« new plan: a conference to divum a subject on which nation*
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    • 74 6 6 RAFFLES PLACE. PHONE ***** X, OPTICIANS^^ K. E. MEYER f.n.a.o. d. opt. K. BELL dip opt., a.s.t.c r .a.o.a. a■■■■■■■■■■■ i P- Round Trips to v JAPAN A 21 day Cruise calling at HONGKONG YOKOHAMA j KOBE j s. s. CHUSAN leaves Spore. 14th April, J954 returns Spore. sth
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  • 282 7 'Unfortunate for doctor man died' Coroner PREVENTED FROM V 1 MINING WOUND pore Coroner, .Mr. K. T. Alexander, told yestertU) that a doctor stitched a I man's head without examining it. and had already been stitched, the Hospital to whom the man was police did not examine it. Hoon Choon.
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  • 331 7 Students show a success with Kirkby publicl "lIAI.AYW student teach ITI rs training at Kirlthv College near Liverpool, Kngland, have produced play in Chinese style, which has been presented to the public for the first time. It proved a great success. The play. "Lady Precious Stream,"
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  • 11 7 5 Scout Jurons the sale,
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  • 22 7 ucation hool to I 10 p.m. and Id or, Tucsad Saturdays 7 30 p m. to 8 30 p.m.
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  • 6 7 Presentation Ceremonv immlssionAjiibulanrp •Stain- p.m. today.
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  • 57 7 Detectives who searched Lim Low Tew in Circular Road early on December 31 found a .screwdriver tied to his right leg by a handkerchief. Yesterday, Lim was sentenc- cti to three months' gaol for possessing a house-breaking Instrument. Lim was sentenced to another three months for loiter-
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  • 167 7 'INNOCENT MAN WAS ARRESTED' Another charged Singapore contractor was alleged yesterday to have made a false report to the police, resulting in the arrest of an innocent man. The contractor. Muthusamy. pleaded not guilty in the Sixth Police Court to making a false report against Velayutham last Oct. 17. The
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  • 64 7 j Sympathy from world leader Dr. Paul M. Limbert, presij dent of the World Alliance V.M.C.A., cabled the Singaporo Chinese V.M.C.A. expressing sorrow on the death of Mr. Homer Cheng Hui Ming, presii dent of the Chinese YMCA. The cable reads: "Profound i sorrow for death of esteemed 1 leader
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  • 57 7 Singapore Police Band programme for next month will be: Fob 2 Farrtr Park; Feb. 5 Kotang Park; Feb. 8 King George V Park; Feb. 12 Farrer Park; Feb. 16 Katong Park; Frb 19 King George V Park: Feb. 23 Farrer Park; Feb. 25 Katong Park. The performances will
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  • 29 7 Lee Chwee Chye was fined SIUO in Singapore yesterday for failing to furnish particulars of the driver of his car when requested by the Traffic Police.
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  • 46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Stallholders in the Lake Gardens canteen will pay the reduced rent of $100 a month from January this year, Mr. S. C. E. Singarh dndepcndentBunu.sar was told in truKuala Lumpur Municipal Council today. Former rents varied from $100 to $400.
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  • 66 7 Goh Ai Huat, 30. a salesman from Pontian. Johore, was shot in the left knee in his uncie's shop in Tank Road. Singapore, about 5.30 p.m. yesterday. Goh was in the room where his uncle. Goh Chor, 53-year- '< old merchant, was cleaning a 38 revolver
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  • 67 7 Chinese New Year greeting cards should not be posted later than 3 p.m. on Sunday for the Federation and 6 p.m lon Monday for Singapore to ensure delivery on time, the t Director of Posts for Singapore. Mr M. L. Durrant, said last night. There
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  • 54 7 PENANG. Thurs— The Penang Film Society will hold two contests for Malayan amateur cine fans soon. Entries may be submitted for 16mm and Bmm films. The two best in each class will be screened at a special meeting of the society. Entry fees are $5,
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  • 184 7 4 LTHOUGH sales of Chinese New Year goods and delicacies may drop by at least half this year. Malayan merchants are still expecting to do good business over the holiday period. Because they have pruned imports to suit the country's
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  • 26 7 While a Chinese living in Yio Chu Ka:ig Road, Singapore, was at a show a thief broke into his house and stole I $450.
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  • 16 7 i The Singapore Chinese I Swimming Club monthly 1 dance will be held tonight.
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  • 31 7 A Malay cycling home, was robbed of a wrLstwatch and $5 in Binjai Park, off Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, on Wednesday night by three masked men armed with knives.
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  • 255 7 It's only fair, says Mr. Thaver K. LUMPUR, Thurs I/UALA LUMPUR'S Municipal Council today unanimously decided to set up a committee to consider making representations to the Government for the town to b; raised to the status of a city. Proposing the motion. Mr.
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  • 164 7 PEXANG HOTTEST Minimum temperature (7 30 p.m. on Jan. 27 to 7.30 a.m. on Jan. 28): Singapore 71 degrees. Penang 72. Kot.i Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 71. Kuantaa 71. Maximum temperature (7.3.1 am to 7.3n p.m. on Jan. 28): Singapore 83. Penanq 90. Kota Bahiu 84.
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  • 45 7 A thief broke into a house in Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore, on Wednesday afternoon and stole $985 worth of jewellery and $3 cash. The occupant, a Chinese woman, was a few hundred yards away in another house, when the theft took place.
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  • 41 7 A woman. Loh Ah Chat. 52. was found in a semi-conscious state at Empress Place near the Esplanade. Singapore, about 10.30 last night. Loh died in an ambulance on the way to the General Hospital.
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  • 38 7 Two ships from Red China ports the Hoi Wong; and Sandveken— arrived in Singapore yesterday with 273 Chinese for the Colony. The 251 deck passengers were placed in quarantine on St. John. Island.
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  • 28 7 Tay Kai Kee was yesterday charged In Singapore with possessing 40 lb of raw opium in Chander Road on Wednesday. He was remanded for 24 hours.
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  • 307 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. KOH Boon Chiang, proprietor of a Singapore firm, was fined $500 in the Sessions Court here today for sending a case of whisky and a gold watch to Dr W. N. Scott. State Agricultural Officer. Johore. The case was
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  • 255 7 MALA YA MAY GET AID FOR WORLD BANK LOANS But survey is mission's aim KUALA UMPIR, Thursday. THE INTERNATIONAL BANK MISSION now hen- is x not a loan recommending commission but it expects its recommendations will help the Malayan Governments to get aid they may in future seek from the
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  • 21 7 Tan Moy Tee wa.s lined $10 In Singapore yesterday for firing crackers at 1.15 a.m without a permit.
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  • 46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Federal Legislative Council today passed a Bill to protect Malaya's aborigines. Its main principles are to protect them from "unscrupulous exploitation" and to safeguard their tribal organisation and way of life from the "too rapid advance of civilisation."
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  • 102 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tliurs THE Secretary for Defence, A Mr. A. P. Humphrey, told the Federal Legislative Council today that if too many police officers asked for release under the new pension terms, the Bill may be repealed. He was speaking on
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    • 204 7 Air-wick kills unpleasanf indoor smells the trick! All-WICK; %7 9 •.:;::.-.-.r.-.v.:.-;r,;-.-:-..i I IN HOMES, clubs, hotels and ales, unwanted smells disappear offices, the only way to alw;iy^> from the air like m;>nn.'. Air-wick keep a fresh, sme'l-free atmo- contains wonder-working chlorosphere is to use Air-wick. This phyll, the substance that
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    • 598 8 By (iEORGE EDINGER J"HE much debuted film version of Graham Greene's "Heart of the Matter" was shown at last in Singapore (his week. It is quite unobjectionable and rather dull. I can imagine filmgoers getting disgusted with some of the spectacular leg
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    • 212 8 PAPI IS A FINE INDIAN COMEDY SHREE Ranjit Movitone Company have done well in presenting Papi (The Sinner i to mark their 25th anniversary Leading stars are popular Nargis and Raj Kapoor. A fast-moving comedy. Papi offers a variety of song hits. The story is centred around Lachhi iNargis* a
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    • 546 8 This is vintage Flunn but not R. L. S. J have never read Robert i Louis Stevenson's MASTER OF BALLANTRAE but I would be amazed if that work bore much relation to the film of the same name first shown last week. Stevenson was a good historian, an expert in
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    • 493 8  - WORLD of THEATRE Here's Blacking as Browning VIC MEM rE Stage Club's next offering, which opens at the Victoria Memorial Theatre on February 16 and runs for five nights is Rudolf Besier's wellloved play about the Barrett family. "The Barretts Of Wimpole Street." It has a cast of 17, plus
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    • 338 8 6icTi Moh- ;mv n(l v iS caoica tor lv blip, electrical. f ar-ivrn N woociworkine n'hisv trial for caus- ftrms.-A P. cilc-r !t!l h '->'^«_i\Qr\ Mr Their choice HOLLYWOOD, Tues "From P {^M ,^fttZ lon.^ V,- Here to Eternity' has been tl'^B < i£f 3 by the Screen JJMF C
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    • 145 8 #V# hwp f/off iff </*#» ||VlCTl&ft^j| THE ACTRESS. Fine study of an American small town i family up against it Hist makes sacrifices to give the I daughter a chance. A convincing and moving picture of I life in New England 40 years ago. THE MOON IS BLUE. Sophisticated, intelligent
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    • 275 8 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS JL anTTfsfVi.|i|/\ OPE NS TODAY ACROSS A RIVER OF HELL IN KORea A SHOIT RANG Ol'T ROCK TIIFM! SOCK THEM!! <IO GET Till M WITH GUNS. GRIT. \M» GLORY 2Oth Century-Fox presents I BTARRDiG U^VICTOR MATURE MORNIN(i Tomorrow?) a.m. "EMPi:i£f)i; «\li/ SHOWS Sunday I 0 a.m GHOST'
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  • 2037 9 Into the quiet of a tropical afternoon came a sound which meant MURDER F E A T U R E pHE schooner Young Dick rode at anchor off Malaita in the Solomon Islands on the afternoon of May 11, 1886. In the forecastle, Able Seaman Thomas Crittenden tossed in his
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  • 666 9 It only makes things worse, says Dr. Chesby IT had been a hard day. I put the car away, savagely, went in and took an indigestion tablet. "It's these blinking beacons," I thought. "They worry me." And. as my inward seething ceased. I had the answer to a
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 156 9 Stomach upset BISMAG (short M.ignes'a). Your caused by too Kfc BISMAG' I relief. It neu- id and enables m :hout any ll this wonderwon 't ever be in the house. •y alwayj (I E F O mIIK|MKV9 TED' MAGNESIA hrmittM Britain by Road RIVE YOUR3ELF N HML COMFOHT t now
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    • 282 9 E^^sb Father tells the family m "keep i/our teeth KOLYNOStffe?/?/ Kolynos clean means really clean. The rich foam penetrates into every corner i^Ps^) and crevice and in between your teeth /^y*^^& fighting the bacteria that cause /t^^JT'^L decay and ill-health. Yes, Kolynos \M =§fc h cleans thoroughly, to keep your
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  • Around the markets
    • 431 10 INDUSTRIALS STEADIER '■pHERE was a slight Improvement li share market yesterday when insteadier and several counters recorded this section there was a small Investment some of the popular counters. Tin Shan I almost friendless and hence the slightl; continued and quotations when changi i ward. Rubbers
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    • 162 10 The doting price of rubber in Singapore yesterday was 1 54* cents a pound, threeeighths of a cent above W.-d--nesday's close. The market was quiet throughout the day and there was little inclination to trade j but there was some inquiry for lower grades The market closed steady.
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    • 71 10 Singapore hinrsr Produrr l\ chans.-: Noon prices per picul were Copra stendv: February buyer*, Ml', .sellers: March M buverv $41 U Ifttm. •nut oil: s'eidv I Pepper: quie' unchanged: M tok whip $335. Sarai ik *wn Lamponc black $295 I.eui* and Peat: Closint Copra: stead'- Frbru<rv HO buyers
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    • 39 10 A trai "i 5 day \w An -I C B;illk o[ N 8 W B. Hill Prop Courtaulds I.CJ (A Mount I '.cii N Broken Hill <\ Ama: im J. A. Brown I hill v Herald Tin Wesien
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    • 18 10 'J-HI shares were tidencr m the I; the h: ccs. In and While held, pi
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    • 9 10 I Ml\ On thi .i R4:i I
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    • 22 10 WASHINGTON T'HK undprliw>k It.-- lur.. flnani itiK to convert $21 ll] The bniv.'ir borrov The pnd nil .'er.
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    • 23 10 QJHIPB Maru Cl cim Steel 21 22, K SUindoene I in li i: ROADS INNER ROADS Hock H enyth, Hi i
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    • 862 10 smHimiiimniiiii hi iiiiiiciiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiicjiiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiihiiikjimiu I "IIAIMO" Sr££t OFFICE FURNITURE 1 FILING CABINETS H H 'fell i mmm CUPBOARDS DESKS P I ir Urn i si^^C STORAGE BINS u^M INDEX CABINETS «v I^\ LOCKERSf I i .S',/,' Agents: MITCHELL TOTTS I I P.O. Box 826 A|O Ln ?.O Box 40 Singapore Kuala
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    • 1621 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, We. I. mi Slew Eng (f). 1 lm Lye San (f), Tay Lye Keng (ft. Ong Sing Hwee and Ong Yew Chin. Intend to join Soon Kok Cheng trading as Sin Wah" dealer In Cold Drink. Beer and Stout at No. 21. Tiong
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    • 768 10 I TENDERS I Tenders will be recei.ed at the Office of the Senior Superintendent Stores Furniture, P.W.D.. Karidang j Kerbau. Singapore up to noon >f the 26th February, 1954, (or the follower) Supply 100 Four-drawer Steel Filing Cabinets with lorks. outside dimensions approximately 52"H; 18"W: 24" Deep, for acrommodatlon of
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    • 37 10 Tin Price The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was derlared at $317 a picul. down 87 cents. i r MITSUI |j2] LINE I CF. SHARP tfc CO., A) LTD. f'NION BUILDING, iIN&APOKt TIL >J96-7 B *****
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    • 1004 11 MANSFIELD tic CO., LTD. Z 24,2 nore) (10 lines' BLUE FUNNEL LINE pf,*,.,« notion It P'O< "I other pnrt. to lr<id nno di-thatet corgo u^ERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON L CONTINENTAL PORTS r Jen. 29/31 Jon 79/30 G 33/14 Fcb 4 Feb S/ 4 Feb 7/ 8 Jon 31 Feb 4 Feb.
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    • 2021 11 >lll^^^^^^^^^ EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINENT Spore P Sham Penong Kine" for D.oknrto, Koh>. chnng, '<-vgnn, Hono>ono,, Monila, Kob« Vekaha, a g 8? Monaolm" t Kohsichang, H'kong 7/ 7 Feb. Mogdalo" lor Bonokok 1 1/1 J Ftb. 9/10 Fab. Fefc. Songkhla" for Kohsiching Saigon Monokono, Man.in, Kobo It *****
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    • 1049 11 McALISTER 6c CO, LTD. LONDON MAVRt, I.OTTERDAM PORTLAND, Sl/.TTLE 1 VANCOUVER HAMBURG HULL Accepting c -go tor Central 4 South ond for USA. North Atloot.c P American Ports an<l Conooo vio Colombo m > CASTLFVILLi CITY OF BIPKENHEAD fc.-ia S port. P Shorn Pr-no 26 Ffb/2 Mar J Mar 4
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  • COMMERCIAL NEWS & VIEWS
    • 243 12 ITK exports in 1953 wore the same as in the previous year, sales to North America, however, were 14 per cent, higher. This is revealed in the urovisional figures issued by the UK Board of Trade. Fnr the year a.s a whole, exports to
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    • 124 12 MALAYA IS NOW SWEET TOOTHED y\R T. D Clarke. Far Eastern Representative of Rowntrees of York, makers of chocolates, cocoa and confectionerjr, flitted the Colony again la>t week to see his agents. Guthrie and Co. Ltd. Mr Clarke who knows the Malayan market vtry well finds it |an excellent one
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    • 357 12 MALAYA WITH IMPROVED LIVING STANDARD USES MORE GLASS If ALA VANS following a world trend are using more and more glass as a result of changed architectural designs, air-conditioning and improved standards of living. This is the view of Mr. O. John Breakspear. assistant export manager for Pilkington Brothers, the
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    • 440 12 the review that the metal to be deposited will be bought by the governments concerned out of their countries' production and then handed over to the buffer stork manager? "The Agreement does not specifically state this In the [prewar scheme almost the entire
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    • 130 12 Kramroz H M Menta JP chairman ot trie British India General In.<ur ancr Co.. Ltd is due to arrive in Singapore on February 11 by air accompanied hy Mrs Mehta and Mr Dast'ur th<» genera! manager of the company. Son of one of India's foremost inidustrial
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    • 309 12 MR. LESLIE GAMAGE, vicechairman and joint manag- < ing director of the G.E.C who is at present on a visit to the Far East on Saturday opened Magnet House. Buk.: Timah Road. Singapore which now houses the radio. communications. accounts, stores and servvice depart ments
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    • 242 12 THE new factory ot the Kiwi Polish (Malaya) Ltd. which was built at a cost of 5400.000 on thr industrial estate at Buk.it Timah. Singapore, is. it is announced, likely to start production at the ond of February rhe factory was originally expected to start production
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    • 128 12 HUGE GROWTH OF COLONY'S SOFT DRINK INDUSTRY THE outstanding growth of the Industi ing soft drinks in Singapore Is h which are boms compiled by the Bin Department. Manufacturers certified to the depi in November they manufactured n. 11.808.000 bottles of soft drinks. These are the only figure? available to
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    • 135 12 BWEE Hl\ \\l) (i sat,, liiu.cr on Sunday to ctkbrat.- their first anniven as i. '<• distributors in Mj t >;m territory of Hnlr tyres and to vcl( uric first resident 1 ;ir I istt-rn r»praentative of ih* i Mr M. M Refd I above shows
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    • 144 12 The United States used mure primary tin In the first io months of 1953 than in all 12 months of 1V62 the Malayan Tin Bureau announces The respective totals were 46.441 tons and 45.232 tons Indicated industrial consumption of primary tin in the United States tor
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    • 10 12 *>RITISH land 30.001) will I) bine pnder ment.
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    • 331 12 MODEL Mf THE SMALL TRACTOR FOR ALL AGRICULTURAL AND FSTATE PURCHASERS. This rugged track type tractor with 21 19 H.P. FriKim Mln gaugi Hacks and 14 in. Rrousrr shoos den ate pull cm soft nr hard footing, reduces Lallang and Br.ik.ir control costs to a minimum. The hydraulicall; controlled tool
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    • 111 12 Mill MM or H?lfli f nP It's a? easy as ABC to keep the lavaton M n!i I less. Sprinkle some 'Harpic' into the b 'g Illllml 1 111 a "d lc<»« overnight then (hah. 'Harpic's' %L l| cleansing acium diainfei I deodonsa jjP 'ililjll I ll' I the S
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  • 174 13 Golden Dolphin clocks best time Bj EPSOM JEEP nQNDANG SAYANG (Lansdown) and Adelaide Whitney) ran a smashing trial during morning's winding-up gallops on the c k ;it Kuala Lumpur. teed from thr half-miir post irinters mario a rarr nf it in
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  • 92 13 MXI. BOURNE. Tlnirs. J <vei aten'.s said lif:e today the) were confl em would b? able to imcdatp all v.ho would cony Olympir Gamrs. The Americans, vtaltlai Aiutrmtourist poMlblll were taken on a bus tour of Melbourne's Olympic sites today. Dorothy Van Nuvs, only "The f.iriiitir.s
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  • 311 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thur.«. THE MILE RACE for Cla.s.<. 1 Div. l horses at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, which serves as a dress rehearsal for the Selanjjor Gold Cup race over l' 4 m. on Feb. 6. should be a grand race Best Bet.
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  • 86 13 BANGALORE. Thuis •yHE Commonwealth cricke' team. ■< cet 172 in 7" minutes for victory apainst Combined Universities here yesterday fmled by 40 runs. At the close of the drawn match were 132 for five. Centurln by DH. Shodan tlOSi and N J Contrnc'or i 1 14 >
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  • 366 13 RNO wirip out on the (i track Chu Chla (how (Mulley I easily outpaced blemate, Three Dimension (Hudson) in a 3f try-out under 40 see at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Chu Chir. Chow was full of running at the finish. This Aye-year-old has stepped up
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  • 74 13 LTSOM JKKPS new *J feature— "Star Six on the Track" is .showing a profit of $134, despite a blank meeting at Bukit Timah Four of his six to followon track form at Bukit Timah— Rice Mill, Cinders Prince. Farnley and (Jinsenit— were placed. Fpsom Jeep's
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  • 54 13 LONDON. Thurs.—Joe Carr. the' Irish golfer vho won the British] amateur uolf championship last May has been voted "colfrr of the: year' for ISS3 by the Association I I :-:i OoHwriters. Cut played for Britain m the W;iikcr Cup match against the V'mtcd States
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  • 537 13  - His ambition— to play in Olympics N. H. MOREIRA PHILIP SANKEY'S RISE TO THE TOP IN MALA VAN HOCKEY IN 12 YEARS Ry IPOH, Thursday. TWELVE years ago an eager schoolboy stood on the 1 sidelines of a hockey field while his senior division team were about to start one
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  • 225 13 I FEEL that two sentences which appear in your article under the heading "M.H.C. Reserves will pla> Indian Hockey tourists" in Tuesday's issu» of the Straits Times need comment. The first "This same now substitutes for the North of Malaya I.H.F. fixture originally scheduled
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  • 102 13 PERTH, Thurs \IEMBERS of the Singapore 4 youth boxing team now visiting West Australia ha- r travelled more than 1.000 miles Ofl count; v 'rips. During the last three weeks the> lave seen more of the state thai) most Western Autralians themselves. md they still
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  • 95 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurv A Chinese New Year boxinc promotion 15 to he Mnseri fit the Chc-nu u j Stadium here on Feb. 5. In t lie main event. Singapore* Lim Kee Chr.n mecti Thep Vithorl. the Siame.se who has yet to lose I flcht in
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  • 57 13 rpHF. R.P..C. Mill hroarirasi commentaries on tomorrow* Fncland v All Rlark< ruehv match at Twickenham from Ml p.m. Id lUI p.m. {Malayan time) on the following wavrlriiqth^: 9.4S 11. SS p.m.: 12.09S me 1 124.81) metre*!: 9.«.t |U| p.m. 9. 51 mes (SUM metres):
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    • 14 13 I\y it** 9 S~\ m 1/ fflf > f f *~> f fefisW agents, CALDBECK S
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    • 492 13 DUNLOP MOTOR CYCLE TYRES a THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO., l M.il.iy^ LTD Singapore K. l.umpui Vemm THE FILM FOR TUP. 1951 ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL k m South-Kast Asia Film Co *fl| >**V >V-*--^ proudly promt, ifeijP^ ;f "DARNAATANG }.y t; 3ABAING LAWIN" In Malay Dialogue GALA FILM PREMIERE r*ffir' l>
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 329 13 I JiiiKs ross^oid 1234s \n 1 7 24 TT 76 1 _I!1 "H n BFn H n n ACROSS 1. At nleht. Or Dawn? (5, 41. I IZ. The oud drink the boasters 5. Out— of ca*h? (3, I). luken down d. 3. 2. I). 8. If one gets wood,
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  • 403 14  -  SENTINEL By JJEFKESENTATIyES of clubs competing in the second and third divisions of the S.A.F.A. league, at a meeting last night, decided to form a "Singapore Juniors" soccer team. The chief aims of this move are to provide promising junior players with
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  • 165 14 SYDNEY. Thurs. T>HE last four in the singles event of the Australian national Imn innis championships are all J .us- I Iralians. In the quarter-finals which were completed today the results were: Wrrwn Rose beat Vie Seixas (I.S.) 8-6. 9-7, 9-11, 6-4: Ken
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  • 66 14 I Girls Sports Club scored an easy 4-1 victory over W.R.A F. Changi at hockey on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. Ruby de Silva was outstanding in the G.S.C. side scoring two goals and helping In the other two scored I by Mrs. R. Pennefalher
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  • 72 14 The Achilles Club will hold their annual Five Miles Cross Country run at McFitchie Reservoir oh Saturday. Feb. 13 at 1.18 p.m. Entries are open to members of clubs affiliated to the S A.A.A En- trance fees, at 50 cent s per head, should be sent
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  • 43 14 TOKYO. Thurs —Oriental fea- therwelcm chnmpion Sliigejl Kaneko. j of Jnpan. knocked out Larry Bataan. of the Philippines, in the fifth round oi a return bout here last nifhi Kr-neko took the title from Bataan at Osi.ka on Dec. 6. Renter.
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  • 66 14 LONDON. Thurs GORDON IMKII the brilliant young British runner and outstanding athlete of 1953. is resigning his job with a London branch of Lloyds Bank and is taking another post with a paint firm. Ho will not go to America to Mk' up a sports scholarship.
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  • 162 14 'THE SiricrDore hockey team beean their intensive training on the padanc yMerday in preparation for their match aeainst the Indian tourists next month Only about 1R of the 26 players selected to underco training were nbl<» to turn up for their first session The cone!-., Lt.
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  • 85 14 PENANG Thurs— Penang began their preparation for their fixture agatM the Indian hockey tourists next month with a convincing 6-2 victory over Krdah on the Western Ro-td ground tc 'ay The Kedal defence, witn the exception of c;ntre-half Balwant I Singh, n-.uld lot ccpe with the
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  • 94 14 The Chinese New Year Dance which the Pir.ftapore Amateur Weigh-Li.'ttntr Federatior orisinallv phnned lor Saturday. Feb. 6 at 'h* PV C Hall will take place instead nt Raffles Ballroom on Friday. Feb I 5. The reason for this change is I that SVC. Headquarters will be
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  • 57 14 A soccer match for the Kanasa- i sundr^m Cup in commemoration of the India Repuyic Day between Royal Air Force iChansii and Indian Youngsters SC will be played at Jalan Be.sar Stadium at SI", p.m. on Sunday. Mr. M. Gopala Menon. representative of the Government rf India
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  • 223 14 SEREMBAN. Thurs. A strong Negri Sembilan invitation fifteen will make a determined effort to humble the all-conquerin« Fijians at rugby on the Station padang here next Monday. Federation Day. Three Johore players John Edington. Roberts and Carmlchael —have b^en invited to piny and 11 the
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  • 299 14 MIAMI, Florida, Thursday. 4KCHIE MOORE, 37-year-old San Diego Negro, retained the world lightheavyweight title here last night when he battled his way to a unanimous points decision against Joey Maxim of Cleveland. It was Moore's third successive title victory over the 31--year-old former champion. He
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  • 185 14 Fox's 2 snap goals put Tengah out TWO snap goals by inside-right A George Fox enabled Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club to beat RAF. Tengah by 2-1 in a quarter-final tie of the Singapore Hockey Association s Junior knockout competition played at Bukit Chermin ground yesterday. Play was even throughout
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  • 34 14 S.C.C. hotkey team to play Roya Navy on thi» padunc todny In Atkiiis: W:-.ks. Arkell: Cornish X'oc<l (capt.), B. McMullen; Pur slow. Hoare. D. McMullen. Jeflerey Bedforc 1 Ut.ipire: J. Smith.
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  • 165 14 Tennis is costly YMCA SEA A WAY OF OF THE RED |£EEPING tei Young Mi sociatlon has for ihr a&sociati hed the I drastic 1 .sidrrod." Mr. Roland I Secretary of Uir told thr Straits t 1953 the cost ol thr Bras Bi mi over >7 20 playing mrmbnabout 100,
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  • 18 14 Permm: i Kesenlao "B" weries Kairrv>:.j match plaveci crmind yesterday. Yarr.an scored Latifl bin Kesenlan.
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  • 23 14 i ne i Font' I petition. between I Forces ;ind Johor* J will be played 01 a Collet ground toma
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