Singapore Standard, 19 March 1953
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Title Section10 1953-03-19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD L* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1953. TWELVE PAGES.10 words
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Article, Illustration155 1953-03-19 1 rgmi gy jury \f*l STUDIED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Government has jto appoint m the near future a com.t 3 isider the mode of trial for all of"nee!; tried m the High Court m the Malay i ro make such recommendations as considers necessary or desirable jury system155 words
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Article334 1953-03-19 1 GIVE IT NOWUNION DEMAND Standard Staff Reporter THK Joint Council of Action representing 22 Singapore Government employees unions with a total membership of over 14.000 will today send a "demand" to the Government to give an interim award of family allowance to the industrial workers on the ground of need334 words
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Article, Illustration93 1953-03-19 1 A THREE-MAN Yugoslav trade mission m Tokyo will order six .'{o.ooo kilowatt thermal generation plants the largest Japanese makers have ever produced since the war. AFP provides for mass detentions and deportation." A HANDSHAKE for a job well done, w?.i how the Federation High Commissioner, General Sir GeraldAFP; Standard - 93 words
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Article73 1953-03-19 1 MELBOURNE. Mar. 18: (Reuter) A load of beer led to a lightning strike on Melbourne's waterfront today throwing 27 ships and 5.<<00 dockers idle. A gang loading beer on a freighter yesterday refused to add additional crates to a cargo tray to be hoisted aboard,73 words
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Article25 1953-03-19 1 GERMAINE MOUNIER. v.cli known French concert pianist from Paris, is now m Hongkong making arrangements lor a series of concerts next moiilii AFPAFP - 25 words
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Article17 1953-03-19 1 QUEEN MARY was reported on Tuesday night to have had a comfortable day. Photo. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article88 1953-03-19 1 TOMMY MANVILLE LOSES HIS NINTH NEW YORK, Mar. 18 (Reuter)— Mr. Tommy Manville, the oft-wed asbestos millionaire, spent more than US $3,000 (about £1,075) for a full page advertisement today m the New York Daily News, to tell the public his ninth wife had left him for88 words
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Article16 1953-03-19 1 GENERAL Mark Clark. U.N. Supreme Com.nander m the Far East, will visit Saigon16 words
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Article28 1953-03-19 1 THE House of Commons on Tuesday gave its final approval to the Churchill government's bill restoring Britain's socialised iron and steel industry to inivatt ownership. APAP - 28 words
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Article123 1953-03-19 1 MIAMI BEACH. Florida. Mar. 18 (UP) Two men crashed into an exclusive jewellery shop here last night and robbed the owners of an estimated $500,000 worth of diamonds. Police said the masked bandits grabbed three trays bjt dropped one of them as they ran.123 words
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Article27 1953-03-19 1 THE Yorkshire Post claims that the shooting down of the Lincoln bomber by Russian fighters produced general indignation m the continent of Europe. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article25 1953-03-19 1 PAKISTAN and Syria havo concluded an air agreement providing facilities for Pakistani planes flying through Syria and Syrian planes flying through Pakistan. APAP - 25 words
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Article34 1953-03-19 1 GENERAL James Van Fleet has returned to his home town Bario, Florida. He told some 500 persons who welcomed him back that "Communist aggression is our only fear of today." U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article25 1953-03-19 1 MRS ELAINE HAGEDOAN, a 26-year-old farmer's wife, ha? given birth m Wisconsin to her fourth set of twins m six years. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article32 1953-03-19 1 FORMER King Farouk is no longer an honorary General of the British Army. He was struck of the list yesterduy since he is no longer a reigning sovereign. AFPAFP - 32 words
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113 1953-03-19 1 HOLLYWOOD. *Mar. 18, (UP). Film star Vivien Leigh, suffering from an acute nervous breakdown, has quit her starring role m "Elephant Walk" yesterday and Paramount Studio said she wou'd return to England as soon as doctors decide she is well enough to travel. A studio113 words
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Article1212 1953-03-19 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federal Legislative Council today abolished the Emergency Regulation which provides for mass detention and deportation ocheri Te mP er the H r 9h Commi ssioner, sa,d Malaya had reWith regard to the regulation for mass detention and deportation, he1,212 words
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Article144 1953-03-19 1 BREAK BARRIER DUXFORD (England), Mai. 13 (AP) Two British ie: fighter..; collided today bcfoio the horrified gaze ot Marsha] Tito, killing both pilots. Then the shaken Yugoslav leader, foi the first time, saw and heard another jet crash the sound barrier. The collision occurred144 words
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Article66 1953-03-19 1 NIIGATA. Central Japan. Mar. 18. (Reuter-AAP) A 80-year-old Japanese girl, whose sex had been changed by three operations, applied here yesterday lor ofllcr reregistration as a man. Kiyoko Hirose was born a girl and went to a girls high school but m her late teens began66 words
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Article18 1953-03-19 1 CHINESE Bishop Job Tschcn was gravely injured on Monday m a motor accident m Saigon. A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article96 1953-03-19 1 COLOMBO, Mar. 18 (Reuter)— Sir Cecil Syers, the British High Commissioner, was today meeting Mr. Dudley Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon, to discuss the dominion's rubber exports to Communist China. A British High Commission spokesman said the talk was "confidential" but, according to96 words
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Article24 1953-03-19 1 JACQUES Gavin! French Secretary for th c Navy arrived In Saigon yesterday from Paris, to inspect various opera* tionai theatres AFPAFP - 24 words
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Article90 1953-03-19 1 Ceylon wiJ not change her existing traie agreements with China, under which she is exporting rubber to the Communists, despite B tish and American plans to tighten control of such strategic r.hipments, a spokesman of the External Affairs Ministry said today. The statement came immediately after the British90 words
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Advertisement32 1953-03-19 1 >ra BUTTER is IMPORTANT IOOK FOR THESE BRANDS c you buy fresh butter /n A f t— t /A\ Ns ZEALAND AUSTRALIAN j I mean qua Hty f^-t COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.32 words
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Advertisement71 1953-03-19 1 fmm USE TOS /j^Eto «>^»<» s I SCOTCH WHISKY tlmt elusive "something" m e atmosphere of Clcnhvet, m the Highlands of lianffshire. is cupturcd m this highest grade of whisky. In the process of distillation, the Gknfiddich Balvenie-Glenlivet Distilleries, of which Win. Gram O Sons are sole proprietors, use the71 words
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125 1953-03-19 2 LOB l < (24) who pleaded guilty Lh« Singapore Fifth Police C yesterday to a Be of *ati II of a I rase from Mutnayya Magaraj I M Mr D. ii. Chapman, did so because he had Ho mo:u'y. B my name125 words
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Article98 1953-03-19 2 THE UMNO Youth League Will be holding its half-yearly conference m Malacca on Apr. Among tho subjects to be «i -cussed at the conference wil t>e a motion to request UMNO CMalaya) to form a "derma »<>merdekaan" (fund for in«<pendenee) as early as pos£i!,'i?;~ a motion98 words
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Article124 1953-03-19 2 ONE hundred and twenty-three tenants m a house m Baiestier Road, Singapore, have been iked to quit by the City Council- The house, more than 80 years old, is condemned as "unfit for hnhitatinn Quit nol no. lerved on t i Mar. 6, lid124 words
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Article, Illustration85 1953-03-19 2 photo. THE Raja Muda of Perak, who arrived m Singapore on Monday for a three-day visit, yesterday called at Jalan Amps to watch the"shooting of a new Malay film at the Shaw Bros, studios. The Raja Muda was accompanied by a party of six, including his brother. Raja Ahmad Shahfuddin.Standard - 85 words
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Article, Illustration49 1953-03-19 2 photo. DR. W MXCT. Director of Colonial (ieolouical Servires. whr arrived m Singapore by air from London yesterday on a viMt to British territories m South East \^ia. and Hongkong. Hr Hill ;\list» represent the British Oitciiiil at the tomin? KCAFE Regional ronffr^nce on mineral remmttt m Tokyo StandardStandard - 49 words
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117 1953-03-19 2 KILLED MAN, GETS THREE MONTHS' JAIL KUANTAN, Wed. Ng Ju:i Lim, :;8, wai yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. E. M. Smallwood. president of the Kuantan Sessions Court, for causing the death of Ng Yap Huat, m Fekan on Aug. 17. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Mohamed Din, prosecutting117 words
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Article113 1953-03-19 2 THE 12-man representative I council of the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union, will meet tonight to digram the recent award by the independent ar- bitrator. Mr. John Cameron. The union's executive com mittee has met twice >;nce the award was published last week, but113 words
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210 1953-03-19 2 THE Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley m the High Court, yesterday, dismissed the appeal of the crew of a Singapore radio patrol car against a conviction for corruption. The appellants were Police nanl Alfred Thomas D:\on. Corporal Sadah bin A!>;i R. -him. Corporal Samad bin210 words
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Article90 1953-03-19 2 TEO Moon Wuang was fined $100 In the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday for failing to furnish particulars of the p^rso-.i who drove his car on Oct. 28. Inspector T. S. Zain. told the court that Teo owned a car on which a report90 words
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294 1953-03-19 2 THERE are a few extremist's m this country who are satisfied with nothing short of a full and immediate transfer of power, said Mr. C.C. Tan, president of the Singapore Progressive Party, commenting on The Standard's editorial yesterday on constitutional reforms. "Any suggestion that we294 words
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107 1953-03-19 2 SINGAPORE CRIME ARMED MEN ROBERY SQUATTER WIFE TWO masked men, one arm entered a Singapore squatter's hot Monday night and held up a h family, while her husband was a, The robbers got y a gold ring, two gol pins and two wrist watches. A snatch thief gra brief case107 words
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Article23 1953-03-19 2 THII i ofl Jut eminent The ard tfa l lie quart* :h:s each two I room.23 words
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Article44 1953-03-19 2 If. JULES ROMAIX. the well-known author, wai r 500 passengers who p. < through Singapore yesterday m the French liner La M.. laise, bound for Europe. The liner arrived hero i m the morning and wws cIT again at 11 p.m.44 words
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114 1953-03-19 2 SINGAPORE'S Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. J. B. Jayaretnam. yesterday amended a charge of abetting a gunman preferred against Goh Ah Seng, to that of being m the company of a gunman at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry. Goh was committed to stand trial114 words
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Article56 1953-03-19 2 THE Ma.ay Society of Art?. Malaya, will ho.d its annual arts and craft exhibition at the British Council Hall m June. Inche C. Mahat. presiden: of the Society, said a preliminary exhibition will be held at the Kola Raja Malay School m May. from which exhibits will56 words
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Article, Illustration3 1953-03-19 2 photo, -■^tt^Sslw^swssTSSMaru: StandardStandard - 3 words
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Article44 1953-03-19 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The beach, land and building! on the seaward side of the Port Dickson-Malacca road between the 2nd and sth miles were out-of-bounds to Malayan Other ranks because A housebreakings m the area, the Federal Legislative Council was told today44 words
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Article, Illustration87 1953-03-19 2 12th Lancern Dance Band photo. THE 12<h Lancers Regimental Dance Band, with Bandmaster E. A. Moon, is m Singapore playing at the various night clubs. The 14-iran band will stay here for two weeks beforr rejoining their regiment m Ipoh. Picture shows Bandmaster Moon (m glasses leaning over the counter)Standard - 87 words
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Advertisement62 1953-03-19 2 M^^^ <f) rnlli I m*%h MOW I *',fi *"H* fabrics and rocks tlicy'rc gu \1 fAKNOT SHRINK I iNNOT W EASY TO VMM I ASI Lwk For 1953 Lovely Desk colours m COTTON, SPI i at j FJ J^Lmß^ fiJ 13b I 31. RAFFLES PIACF. SINT. \roKJ J COUCH MIXTURE62 words
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197 1953-03-19 3 Changi Beach Development Ready To Start Mindard slalT Reporter •IB4TIONS are now underway to start development of Singapore's Chan&i beach lor m,. resort, Mr. E. V. G. Day, chairman of lv *S V Riiird t»W The standard yesterday. IV* 1 B"« rf ent of this boach." he said, "fc a197 words
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12 1953-03-19 3 Amnesty Not Matter For Govt.-Blythe with :;t. B j Air. v I12 words
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Article25 1953-03-19 3 Camera Club Ex hibition orter B Cci s I Mi l.il Hiffhh V t i lal: T v r 1 'mi nd'-il be cv S25 words
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Article, Illustration29 1953-03-19 3 T Van B» < T^t> an* CM*f Officer Pha« Van l>y of the luxury yucht <* £or tliif Standard photo yrstprday beside Emperor Bao Dai« Coat•f Arms. (Story i* i'a»e 9>«29 words
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103 1953-03-19 3 Backdate Pay Rise To Jan. 51— Messengers rxiFORMED telegraphmes- jred by the Cable Wireless Ltd., Singapore. a revision of salary i according to an "ageige fl scheme (scale bated on with retrospective eilect Faniiary, 1951. •v were told by the mantent that they will get the ed salary scales with103 words
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Article23 1953-03-19 3 THE next meeting of the Johore Council of State, will be held at the Council Cham'i Apr. 15 at 10 a.m.23 words
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Article, Illustration58 1953-03-19 3 photo. MR. KP. BIIASKAR performing the Peacock Dunce at a dress rehearsal at Victoria Theatre, Singapore on Tuesday. This is one of the 14 item.s of dances, music, songs and sketches which are being staged by the Kamala i lub at Victoria Theatre on Mar. 20 and 21. The proceedsStandard - 58 words
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134 1953-03-19 3 CONSTRICTION of a new three-storey buildine ror the Singapore Chinese Young Men's* Christian V.T 1 n ls cx I )eited t0 begin m a few months. Rev 1 m y act i nff enera l secretary of the Association, ton The standard yesterday. ion134 words
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127 1953-03-19 3 sir Alexander CarrSaunders, who will arrive m Sitig.ip ire on Saturday, will stay for a week as the guest of the vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya, Sir Sydney Came. Sir Alexander, who headed the Commission for Higher I >n m Malaya, will look over127 words
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Article89 1953-03-19 3 SINGAPORE teachers* reunion week debate will be held at 8 p m. today at the Teacher-' Training College. The subject is "It is better to have loved once and lost, than never to have loved at all.*' Before the debate, the Tencher>' Training Association's office89 words
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Article48 1953-03-19 3 THE Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate yesterday refused to accept Chew Sze Ong's plea of guilty to three charges of cheating. Chew was alleged to have cheated Shaik Dawood on three occasions. Bail of $500 was allowed and the case postponed to Mar. 23.48 words
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Article51 1953-03-19 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Recruiting of Chinese police is now being conducted m Johore State So far, only 15 young Chinese have responded to government's call. Nine came from Kota Tinggi, three from Kulai and three from Johore Bahru. Recruitment is still going on In the northern51 words
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Article251 1953-03-19 3 A 13-ACRE site at a corner of Bukit Brown Cemetery has been selected for the three new cremar L-n n« e ft erected m Singapore at an estimated cost Of SboO.OOO. Of this sum, the Government contributed $217,000. The site, which is on high ground with251 words
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Article80 1953-03-19 3 ?»IR. P. K. Hernon will give a talk to the East-West Society on "My Recent Visit to Japan" at the British Council Hall today M 8.30 p.m. The Ea.-t-West Society will present a programme of "Twenty Questions" on Mar. 26 at 8.30 p.m. m the British Council80 words
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121 1953-03-19 3 LOCAL men, recruited annually to the Singapore Administrative Service, are eligible for the highest appointments m Government Service on a par with the Malayan Civil Service, says the Progressive Party's newsletter. There are now only 16 posts held by local men out of the121 words
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Article328 1953-03-19 3 TALKS on the work of the Women's Voluntary Service m the recent British flood disaster and a tour of a New Village m the Federation, are included m the extensive tour programme arranged for Lady Reading, chairman and founder of W.V.S. who arrives by328 words
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Article123 1953-03-19 3 MORE than 8.000 dailyrated workers m the War Department m Singapore want an immediate improvement m their working conditions and wages structure. A resolution to this effect will be tabled at the annual delegates conference on the Army Civil Services Union, on Saturday. The123 words
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Article34 1953-03-19 3 FOR robbing and assaulting a pork seller m Club Road, Tan Thiam Hock was sentenced to ten moi ins rigorous imprisonment m the Klang District Court. Tan had five previous convictions.34 words
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Article161 1953-03-19 3 Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 2,000 dailyrated workers employed by the Singapore Government are not satisfied with Government's decision to give them 11 paid holidays a year. A Bill providing for 11 paid holidays was passed m the Legislative Council on Tuesday. The/ want 14 days'161 words
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195 1953-03-19 3 OF THE Singapore Government's $280,000 loan to the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company, $210,000 will be used to lay cable piping along Shenton Way, m readiness for the ten-storeyed business houses being built there and for piping operations m the Katong area.195 words
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Article99 1953-03-19 3 SSG WINS SQUARE DANCING MORE than 500 people watched Singapore's largest square dance contest this week at Raffles Hotel, when the Singapore Swimming Club team beat the Y.W.C.A. Chinese and Malayan team by a narrow final vote. First judging tied the two teams. A silver cup given by the Singapore99 words
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Article118 1953-03-19 3 THE Singapore Postal Department may recruit temporary clerks to run the service, m the event of a strike by the postal clerks, the Director of Posts, Mr. W. A. Cooper, told The Standard yesterday. He said that it might not be possible for the department118 words
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Article82 1953-03-19 3 A FIGHT between two brothers had a sequel m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday when the elder of the two, Fam Kor Ngian, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Fam Wong Ngian with a broken bottle. Mr. D. H. Chapman, the magistrate, bound over82 words
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Article, Illustration154 1953-03-19 3 THIRTEEN sets of question* which will assist the Singapore Diagnostic Survey Tearr\ to assess the future industrial requirements of :he island, are contained m a questionnaire sent to about 700 local firms. 1 Among the questions tha firms will be asked to answer manyStandard - 154 words
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Advertisement106 1953-03-19 3 r\ tfBBBBBSw MBB| MBS^BBSBBBBBSm fIBISBm *BSSS» "^^S" I PURCHASE 12 PAYMENTS 7^^^_ MOF 75 $825 DMM.7I AOVT OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD.. OF ENGLAND" SINGAPORE MALACCA KUALA LUMPUR PENANO' De Witts Pills ars'so often successful m relieving joint and muscls pains and back- ache becaust they help to right106 words
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224 1953-03-19 4 KIALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A Federation emergency communique released today states that the terrorist killed by the 3rd King's African Rifles m Trengganu on Saturday was Lvi Fong, alias Tin Yong, 43 year-old Branch Committee member for the Peniteh "area of Kcmaman. During the224 words
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Article114 1953-03-19 4 PENANG. Wed. The Anti-I pulosia Association ta ing, at an extraordinary general meeting held today, led to give its blessings to a proposal by the InternationRound Tables of Asia Penanf branch, to establish a tre for the treatment of TB Dmmemmorate the Corona-' i The meeting decided114 words
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Article120 1953-03-19 4 ■MALACCA. Wed. The Municipal President. Mr. G E C. Wisdom, said at the Council meeting here today that m future the minutes of the com- mitteea would be circulated i among a ll the councillors and thai committee meetings would WB so arranged that there would120 words
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Article78 1953-03-19 4 KLANG. Wed. Two brothers, Masilamani and Jeyaraman. were charged at the Klang District Sessions Court, before Mr. J. G. Adams, with stealing scrap rubber, from Sungei Rn?a Estate. They were fined 525 each. Mr. Hogan, manager of the rotate, told the court that the two accused78 words
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Article38 1953-03-19 4 THE Federal Legislative Council yesterday empowered the Select Committee on the Companies Bill. 1952, to hold joint discussions with any similar committee the Singapore Legislative Council may appoint on a similar bill to be introduced there38 words
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Article66 1953-03-19 4 JOHORE BAHRI7. Wed Johore Bahru's air raid shelters are now being demolished by the Town Cleansing Departs nient. The first iff raid shelter to be removed is one at Jalan Ah Fook. m the heart of town. Mr. w. Brockett, Superinten- I dent of66 words
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Article, Illustration84 1953-03-19 4 photo. DON Jo:io I>e Deus K.im-.i'ho centre. Bishop of Mara a, arrived m Singapore by air from Hongkong yesterday to attend the celebrations marking the arrival of St. Francis Xavier's body m Malacca. 400 years ago. He was accompanied by Rev. Father R. J. Harris, leit. SuperiorStandard - 84 words
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121 1953-03-19 4 has K be^o L lid hi PUR> VVed -Approximately $2,200,000 Electr^Hx Rn»^ f COI H umers as deposits to the Central In reply to questions by Inche Aziz, the Member for Economic AlTairs. Mr. O. A Spencer, stated that these deposits are held at call121 words
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Article56 1953-03-19 4 PENANG. Wed— This years flower show, organised by :he Penang Gardening Society, is •xpacted to be one of th e most successful ever held by the society. f n m i Penanc Turf Club Jf 1 Uio a.m. on Sunday, will be opened b y the56 words
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Article236 1953-03-19 4 MAHJONG BAN IN COFFEE-SHOPS IPOH, Wed.— A move was made at the Kinta Town Board meeting: today to ban the playing of majhong and card games m licensed premises such as coltee-shops. Because members were doubtful on points of law, the matter was236 words
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Article219 1953-03-19 4 MALACCA. Wed. It took '!0 men an the bet- ter part of a day to hoist the 1.000 |b. I fe-sized five and a half feet marble statue of St. Fran- <i> Xavier on to its I wooden pedestal m t* 9 rhapel ruins of219 words
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168 1953-03-19 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Members of the Railway Provident Fund are not eligible for benefits under the Pensions Ordinance, the Federal Legislative Council, was told today. A railway provident fund was established on July 1, 19A6, and railway servants appointed to scheduled posts under the168 words
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Article, Illustration11 1953-03-19 4 %AX^ on V ft'' s^ Mar. 14. for lhe BrM iitat11 words
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Article22 1953-03-19 4 sham, of the University of Malaya, was guest speaker at a m eting of the Johore Bahru. fiotary Club yesterdajr22 words
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Article, Illustration634 1953-03-19 4 Bright Future For Malaya Pk. Mentri Besar Calls For A United Nation KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— 'The future of fhis r upon how soon we achieve the idea of one united M«u° Un ry wil den. the Mentri Besar of Perak, Tuan Haji Abdul w^ y nQ 'ion\* Data Panglima Bukit634 words
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Article100 1953-03-19 4 ENTERTAINMENTS KUALA LUMPUR Wed.— The report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the Entertainment Duty Bill. I 1952. was laid before the Federal Legislative Council today. The report says that a meeting of the Committee was held on Jan. I at which ail100 words
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Article98 1953-03-19 4 A CORONATION ball, under the auspices of the British Empire Society for th^ BHnd. wi'.i be held m London on June i). The society, apart from performing valuable work m many colonial territories, needs funds to further its activities. With this m view, it98 words
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Article16 1953-03-19 4 Clerk Spend $23,900 On Horse Rub PEN/ w Khoo X i, a I He W a16 words
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74 1953-03-19 4 KUALA LI'MITK. Wed.— Tin Association, Federation of Malaya s voluntary body of a S roup of S 2gj to advance adult education m EE. C Thuraisin R ham. Member" fifjg Federal Legislative Council meet to nirestions asked by Inche Aziz. The i A I j74 words
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Article78 1953-03-19 4 KUALA LIMPI R. Wed. When a court constable led an elderly Chinese woman. Lai Chai. into a Polk* van today, she took him by surprised and hit his arm. The woman was .ill<'u« d to have attempted to commit silk .c by jumping into the78 words
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Article23 1953-03-19 4 k;-.m.a Tiio I ri] t'» ship.)\ regulai should Mr. E Finaii ing exemptio tion whose i] ports ar<23 words
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Article22 1953-03-19 4 Taiping First Aid Classes TA! I iM M I Si. .J lion. A i c!ass< Mr. i eral I! Che e/o 122 words
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Article16 1953-03-19 4 DUE to I broke out m Sing:*;' ire. were i* Kua Chuau R16 words
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127 1953-03-19 4 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Wed.— A total of 67.0.") 1 more children went to EngH.h. Malay. Chinese and Indian schools m the Federation at th e end of last yenr than m 195!. The srand total of children going to school at the oid of 19r>2127 words
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Article28 1953-03-19 4 IPOH. Wed the Gii will cv ;.> garden m 1 mj;s. At a Open I Tree P the K;v cided $30. $20 farck J by the28 words
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Advertisement486 1953-03-19 4 TEMPLERS PAY IS INCREASED TIIK I rrjrr.il Lcgislatm Council yesterday approvec the increase m the salary of the High Commissioner Bir i. lid Templer. m view ©f the consolidation, from jCh.OOO to 1:7000 about $52, 600) from January. 195.1. WORM) FAMOUS GEBMAI trSCITIC TO KID IOURSEL OV INJECTIONS IN DIABETES486 words
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492 1953-03-19 5 'NO TRIAL NECESSARY FOR DETAINEES' Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The purpose of detention during the Emergency m the Federation has been "misunderstood", states a Government Paper laid before the Federal Legislative Council this morning. It says there have been complaints of insufficient evidence against persons detained under the492 words
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29 1953-03-19 5 Postal Strike JB Won't Handle Letters .I: BAHR* wen. i,,vrrs ,h Fedcratloa lt reiecommttii- 1 Til i ed not to a pore niaiN J .toJohorc post ommiwlI rs inwm29 words
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11 1953-03-19 5 Misadventure Verdict On toy's Death I S -iipore i Dec i11 words
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Article, Illustration50 1953-03-19 5 r MeNtlai (left) as outgoing president of St. C* ttl l > of Singapore, hands over the Symbol of h ll *l>illalata, to the new president. Sir Char*ir John F. Niioll, Governor of Singapore, lut^H ll P roCt "linss at a fonul dinner Riven a^ licH Pitturt by M»U>an fhoto50 words
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187 1953-03-19 5 This Photo Of Raffles Was Not A Photograph JOIIOKt RAHKl T Wed. pirture published m The Standard on Monri.i\. whose owner claimed that it was of Sir Stamford Raffles standing with Da ing Ibrahim, present grandfather of the Sultan of Johore and Col William Farquhar, first Governor of Singapore, ha*187 words
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Article, Illustration36 1953-03-19 5 photo. MR. Seii hi Shima. (above) who will open the firNt JapancM' Legation. sinre {he war, at Wellington. New Zealand, arrived m Singapore by air from Tokyo yesterday Uv will art as Craree d' Affaires StandardStandard - 36 words
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Article, Illustration59 1953-03-19 5 THE Singapore Colo nial Secretary. Mr. \V. 1.. Blythe, (above) examined the four leather-bound volumes of the Books of Remembrance for the Colony War Dead at the War Memorial m St. An drew's Cathedral yesterday. The books, containing; 8.500 names, were handed over v the Archdeacon, Yen. Robin Woods by59 words
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171 1953-03-19 5 THE second meeting between the Singapore (io\ eminent and the Post and Telegraph Workers' Inion and the General Administrative and Clerical Services Inion will be held today, to negotiate a sett lenient of the unions' damand for revised salary. i c. the Government It171 words
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Article41 1953-03-19 5 STUNG by centipede while having nil bath just before lop.m. yesterday, Cp. Sawon (2<s> of Woodlands Police Station had to be rushed lo the General Hospital by ambulance for treatment He had been stung on one of his tors.41 words
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Article90 1953-03-19 5 LEE HAI CHOOI. a driver j employed by the Singapore. City Council, was fined a total j of $300 for ♦raffio offences In rhe Second Traffic PoHce Court yesterday. Lee was fined S7;> on a charge of riding a motor-cycle I m China Street without a;90 words
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Article69 1953-03-19 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Over 4.000 applications for land titles from settlers all over the Federation have been approved by Government. Dato Manmud'bin Mat. the Member for Lands, Mines and Communications said In the Federal Legislative Council today. In reply to Mr. Tan Siew Sin. Dato Mahmud69 words
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Article201 1953-03-19 5 THE Singapore Government plans a wide scale expansion of medical services by including the Hospital Reserve as part of the Colony's civil defence services so as to provide hospital and first aid facilities for civilian casualties m an emergency, said the Director of Vledical Services,201 words
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Article, Illustration76 1953-03-19 5 A FAREWELL cocktail party to the retiring Director of the epartment of Commerce and Industry. Mr. A. Gilmour and Mrs OUmour wa; given Jointly °y the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce at R a lcs Hotel, last night Picture show* Mr. Tan Siak76 words
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125 1953-03-19 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE Malay Pishing Industries. Ltd., the first Malay! venture of iis kind m South j East Asia. has been registered m Singapore. The company ha> already beg\m raising a 1250,000 capita: from the Malay community at a dollar a share. It125 words
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Article47 1953-03-19 5 ALL ex-Cadets of Raffles Institution who are interested m taking part m sporting eventl arranged m connection with the Golden Jubilee celei nations of the Corps are requested to attend a meeting at RaiTles Institution Staff Common Room on Tuesday March 24 at 5.19 p.m.47 words
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Article296 1953-03-19 5 LONDON, Mar. 18 (Keuter) Britain's rejection of the Hungarian offer to exchange Mr. Edgar Sanders, a British businessman imprisoned m Hungary for Lee Meng. a Malayan Communist, was seen as a wise decision by some British newspapers today. Mr. Winston Churchill, the British Prime296 words
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Article, Illustration115 1953-03-19 5 WINNERS of last year's Singapore Amateur Piano competition, sponsored by the Chinese V.M.C.A., gave a joint piano recital m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night lifter which they received their prizes from Mrs. W\ L Blythe. (iroup picture, shows officials seated with the prizewinners, standing behinr'. Seated from (1 to115 words
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Article281 1953-03-19 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed —The Federation Government would regard with disapproval any proposal for the establishment of a Chinese or any other university which does not accord with the declared policy of the Government to create a united Malayan nation, s:iid Dato E. E. C- Thuraisingham,281 words
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Article70 1953-03-19 5 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 18. The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on London Market today: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 2 lid. Spot £945 per ton Apr./ June 21 Id. buyers, £946 sellers. July/Sept. 21} d gi"*^ £939. /rN buyers, £94070 words
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129 1953-03-19 5 KUAI.A LUMPUR, Wed Supplementary votes to Johore, amounting to $1!, 134,784, for L 953, were among those recommended by the Standing Committee on Finance for the approval of the Federal Legislative Council today. The report of the Standing Committee tabled m Council shows129 words
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Advertisement113 1953-03-19 5 aaW' 01 Z THE BEAUTY OF BEAUTIES t^f'ff% YANC hfUFI FEI V'vVh^^l| Hj V^S^l beouty of China lived f \>s fl during the reign of Em- j Iv I peror Ming Huang Bth J 7 ,H Century A.D. Chosen as f > f\ kJ*\ I one of the court ladies,113 words
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Article651 1953-03-19 6 I HE routine bandying of words between the Singapore Government and the Legislative Councillors find the occasional snarling between Councillors and Councillors over the question of family allowances, Interesting though it was, has not at all impressed local Officers who had hoped for something more concrete to651 words
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Article230 1953-03-19 6 Review of Views Tito's Trip XAXYAXG SIAXG PAU ex-' JV c f se the h °Pe that Mar-' shai Titus trip to Britain < Will encourage Soviet satel- ISM break with th Tl v is 'ifnillcaal ta view of the fact that it will by fhJ e r'~ C; sely230 words
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Article, Illustration2042 1953-03-19 6 ANDREW ROTH - ANDREW ROTH By pOR BRITAIN'S Sunday 1 papers it was convenient to have the Japanese Fremier describe a Rightwing Socialist as a "fool" (bakayaro) for asking him to describe the international situation m his own, Japanese terms rather than by quoting Winston Churchill. It provided thePANA - 2,042 words
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Article275 1953-03-19 6 Sir;— ln recent years we have heard a great deal about demon acy, th c end of discrimination, local men for local jobs etc. etc But ?m-e? lly Wh3t iS the true pic Many senior posts are still given to expatriate officers on some pretext or other.275 words
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Article229 1953-03-19 6 sjr; T; j can understand very well that it is natural for some Chinese to welcome the suggestion which is beina given publicity that the death of Stalin means that Mao ise-.ung now becomes the world's number one ComiSU 11 uch increase m the prestige of229 words
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Article108 1953-03-19 6 Sir;— l don't know whether Mr. Sherwood i s married or not. but I should like to point out that there still exist men old fashioned enough to prefer to provide lor their wives themselves If a man s salary is such that his wife has108 words
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Advertisement119 1953-03-19 6 SINGAPORE tiger STANDARD II INDEPENDENT MORNING NEWSPAPER. F— HEAD OFFICE 128, Robinson Rood, Singoport. Telephone Nos: ***** ***** Coble Telcgroph Address: TIGERNEWS, Singapore. BRANCH OFFICES LONDON Room 222, The Times Building, Printing House Squore, London, E.C. 4. KUALA LUMPUR IPOH FENANG 45 Sultan Street, 83, Cowan Street, 8, Leith Street,119 words
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Article212 1953-03-19 7 IES S THAN 1 MILES AWAY I \> VERGAS, Nexada, Mar. 18. America's new <\ n not a weapon' was exploded at neai here ye>terday blasting its 300-foot ipour hut did not hurt troops less than two miles away. wove shaken i c climbing outReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article13 1953-03-19 7 I-C Rebels 'Ready For Showdown' I P I I j have Red the13 words
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Article31 1953-03-19 7 POLICE m the Central India city of Jubbulpore rerday the arrest of a 34-year-old Hindu for killing hi? baby daughter as a sacrifice to the Goddess Kali. A. P.A.P. - 31 words
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267 1953-03-19 7 Another US Plane Fired On By MIGs ANCHORAGE. Alaska Mar. 18 (UP)— The air force announced yesterday that two Russianbuilt MIG-15s attacked a US RB-50 reconnaisance plane flying a routine weather flight off the northwest coast of Siberia about 0200 GMT on Sunday. Fhe attack occurred within a few minutes267 words
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123 1953-03-19 7 LANDSTUIIL. Rhineiand, Mar. 18, (Renter) Major General Truman H. Landon. deputy Commander-in-chief of the United States Air Forces m Europe, said here yesterday that U.S. planes approaching West Germany's borders with Czechoslovakia and East Germany must not fly closer than 10 miles123 words
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Article15 1953-03-19 7 yesBuckini o Nichol d by idon, t »ide the (.me He to a .cids A.P.A.P. - 15 words
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Article36 1953-03-19 7 JPJJESEXTATIVES RrisuL l<t U1(l ll ""•'•I S? P t 1 "tete* «'f a J r J^el,, h v ui|| mpet i I f>s I lativps f R"^«a ma v 'V.,t I.il,1 .il,s l lilKl tmlav ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article17 1953-03-19 7 least 80 I Juan'i 'Puerto > l slum section 'erdav, persons h lc >i*id several jured. none ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article15 1953-03-19 7 I magistrates r --'inK the murJJI r t K-ihat Hached l crimt lhl« A. P.A.P. - 15 words
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Article33 1953-03-19 7 KCONOMIC Coordinator Mariano Cuenco resigned "irrevocably" from his Philippines Cabinet post yesterday. President Elpidio Ouirino immediately appointed Gov. Sergio Osmena Jr. of Cebu Province as Cuenco's successor A. P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article36 1953-03-19 7 AX international learn of medical scientists will go to Indonesia early m April to exchange scientific knowledge with medical educators there. It is sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Unitarian Service Committee. A. P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article30 1953-03-19 7 JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Jnr arrived m Karachi last night from New Delhi on the last leg of his seven-week factfinding tour of the Far East and South last Asia A.F.P.A.F.P. - 30 words
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Article, Illustration62 1953-03-19 7 photo. „,n\ nav> and air force loaders of the At- (tlo:i took part m the exert ise "C.P.X. Two" t number turn at Camp Voluceau. near the 11. .douarters, at l.ouvecienne.s. 12 miles out- th ltll Photo shows Field Marshal Visnmeri Dep«tj Supreme Commander and rxereise, «it!i <;eneral Omar N.A.P. - 62 words
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Article, Illustration44 1953-03-19 7 A visit To Queen Mary photo. THE Princess Royal is shown here with her brother, the Duke of Windsor, as he lights a cigarette on their arrival at Southampton recently. They travelled together from New York to see their mother, ailing Queen Mary. APAP - 44 words
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184 1953-03-19 7 LONDON, Mar. 18, (AP)— Marshal Tito and Prime Minister Winston Churchill talked cold war strategy for two hours at heavily guarded No. 10 Downing Street last night. The visiting Yugoslav Communist dictator called at Churchill's official residence after a whirlwind sight-seeing tour of London's184 words
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Article117 1953-03-19 7 Sanders 4 Wife To See Eden LONDON. Mar. 18.— Mrs. Edgar Sanders, wife of the jailed Briton m Hungary, said last night she was "bitterly disappointed" at the British Government's refusal to accept the Hungarian proposal to free her husband m exchange for the Malayan 'grenade girl' Lee Meng. Mrs.AFP; Reuter - 117 words
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Article82 1953-03-19 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 18, (AP)— President Eisenhower's nrst government reorganization plan, making a new Cabinet level department of the Federal Security Agency, was approved by the House Government Operations Committee yesterday at 17 votes to 12. The close vote came as a surprise but Committee members said82 words
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Article35 1953-03-19 7 SOVIET Zone President Wilhelm Pieck is suffering from pleural pneumonia. German sources said yesterday. It was reported the white-haired Communist leader 77. is a patient m an East Berlin hospital.— AP photo.AP - 35 words
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364 1953-03-19 7 EDEN OPPOSES PEKING' S ELECTION TO THE UN LONDON, Mar. 18.— Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden firmly ♦old Labourite leaders m the Commons yesterday that so long as he it Foreign Secretary, Britain would oppose election to the United Nations of a Red China that was "full of aggression m KoreaA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 364 words
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Article90 1953-03-19 7 NEW DELHI, Mar. 18 (UP) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru warned yesterday that India would treat as an "unfriendly act" any attempt to UM foreign "pockets" m the subcontinent for purposes which conflicted with India's policy. Replying to a debate on foreign affairs, Nehru criticized the use90 words
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Article97 1953-03-19 7 LONDON, Mar. 18, (Reuter) The House of Commons by 304 votes to 271, last night finally passed a bill to sell the state-owned steel companies back to private ownership one of the two major measures of the Conservative Government's programme. The other, a bill to97 words
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Article48 1953-03-19 7 GENEVA. Mar. 18, (Reuter) Princess Narriman of Egypt who has left her exiled husband Farouk m Rome and who is understood to be preparing to return to Cairo, spent yesterday indoors m the Lakeside luxury hotel here where she arrived with her mother last Thursday.48 words
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Article134 1953-03-19 7 BUECKEBURG. Northwest Germany, Mar. 18 (Reuter) The Duke of Edinburgh arrived here by air last night to start a four-day visit to the British forces m Germany. Mobile artillery thundered a 21 -gun Royal salute after the Duke. wearing Admiral of the Fleet's uniform, steppedUP - 134 words
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158 1953-03-19 7 LONDON, Mar. 18 (AP) The Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Geoflrey Fisher, told a news conference yesterday he has trimmed some official and ancient jargon from the historic ceremony with which Queen Elizabeth II will be crowned on June 2. In the services of previous coronations158 words
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177 1953-03-19 7 NEW DELHI, Mar. 18, (Renter)— Prime Minister Xehru yesterday threw a flicker of new liffht on the "missing treasure" of the Indian Nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose reported killed m an air crash m Japan towards the end of the war. Money177 words
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129 1953-03-19 7 CAIRO, Mar. 18, (AP) Egypt, m her current talks with Britain, will accept no bargaining on her basic demand for unconditional evacuation of the British Suez base. This was made clear yesterday by top Egyptian otticials. Premier Mohamed Naguib reiterated to newsmen that Egypt's129 words
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Article111 1953-03-19 7 CAIRO. Mar. 13, (Renter)— Russia has again warned Egypt that she would consider any Egyptian participation !n a Western-sponsored Middle East Defence Organisation m unfriendly if not a hostile act," according to diplomatic quarters here last night. Mr. Semen Kozrev, 'ha Soviet Minister to Cairo was111 words
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Advertisement54 1953-03-19 7 FOOD PARCELS For Friends at Home ALWAYS A TIMELY AND PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF FRIENDSHIP NO MATTER WHAT THE SEASON PARCELS CONTAINING AN i ASSORTMENT of j f MEATS I FATS FRUITS FROM $15.00 to $45.00 Inclusive of postage and Packing ASK FOR A COPY OF OUR LATEST LISTS JOHN LITTLE54 words
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133 1953-03-19 8 Half Way Acfow wWm Standard Shipping: Reporter A SLEEK, white, luxurious yacht, which is being sent half way across the world to Cannes, pleasure resort on the south coast of France, for the use of an empress, glided into Singapore harbour133 words
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Article62 1953-03-19 8 LONDON. Mar 18. (AFP)— The Antartic whaling season, which ended at midnight on Monday m accordance with international regulations, was not as successful as had been hoped, according to commercial circle-; here. Only seven Norwegian expeditions took part last year as aga.nst 10 the previous year. Prices62 words
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Article51 1953-03-19 8 LOXDOX. Mar. 18. (AFP)— John Short, director of Sunderland shipbuilding yard of Short Bros., announced yesterday that 20 per cent of "the firms' employees were to be paid oIT immediate' v because there was insufficient steel to maintain production. The approximate number of men affected is51 words
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Article52 1953-03-19 8 JAPAN wjii have 1,000,000 television sets by the end of 1958-59, according to a forecast by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Japanese TV makers will be turning out 325,000 sets a yeir by then. Estimates for 1953--54 place the Dumber of sets owned52 words
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Article99 1953-03-19 8 The Huong Giang, skippered by Vietnamese Captain Nguyen Van Ba. has a crew of 29. This is her first voyage to Europe. (She was formerly the Maid Marion, built at Southampon m 1938.). It is also the first time that she is sailing under the French99 words
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Article27 1953-03-19 8 THE Philippine Air Lines will inaugurate t wire- weekly flights to Hamburg. Germany instead of Frankfurt on |t< London-Manila service on April 1. UPUP - 27 words
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Article, Illustration37 1953-03-19 8 photo. The luxury yacht Huong Giant?, belonging to an Emperor. at anchor m Singapore harbour yesterday. A crew of 2!) is sailing her halfway across the world to Cannes. France, for the use of an Empress StandardStandard - 37 words
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Article173 1953-03-19 8 WASHINGTON, Mar. 18 (AP)— The Maritime Administration said the United States, which ranked second as a maritime nation to Britain pre-war, now ranks first with nearly one-third of the worlds commercial shipping. The report disclosed U.S. shipping grew 335 per cent during World War173 words
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Article77 1953-03-19 8 MADRAS. Mar. 18 The West Coast pepper price rose this week on advice from Bombay and keen American demand. This week's price was 600 rupees higher khan last month and the best variety nyu^ quoted at 3.600 rupees." Producers' reluctance to sell m anticipation of77 words
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Article30 1953-03-19 8 THE output of tin ore from Jelebu Tin Dredging Limited for the quarter ended February 1953 was 816 plculs. according to the secretaries Harper, Oilfillan Co. Ltd.30 words
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Advertisement541 1953-03-19 8 1 k AgenU ANGLO FRENCH BENDIXSENS LTD. ThL X Lumpur 311 Spore 8??81/l P. S'haro 29i Malacca 456 Penaog 87.' FOR 0.K./CONTINENT S'por« P. Slum Penani I Rrnnrvis for Avonmouth, L'pooi, Glasgow, Rotterdam (i.27 28 26't8Mar 29 SIMa X Brnlrdi for London Antwerp. Hamburg Q.O/M 2* MMw 29 SIMa 28Mar541 words
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Advertisement507 1953-03-19 8 vniNA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. ss r s«£HgSlS ft ««2| java ew ™<* «M«r Hue Spore Due Penang Frum Ko?al Rotterdam Lloyd Holland America Line Nederlaod Lint 3Sr» P D r r JaD """ft 0 I Kotterdam Amsterdam Sail? Xfc" Japan Hko »S HALIFAX BOSTON NEW VOKK Povuiw Pf n J'507 words
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Advertisement723 1953-03-19 8 EAST ASIATIC li SAILINGS FROM SCAM),^,^ •INDIA* for Bangkok s^? I "ERRIA" for Bangkok *7not M UfJT S carrying passengers) r -M/R.AVA" for Adelaide G X|)r Melbourne Sydney (not loading local cargo) it -ANNAM" for Bangkok Apr l! ISA. Hongkong Manila. Kol£ >Xpr Yokohama PRETORIA' for Bangkok 15/17A P* V,723 words
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Article29 1953-03-19 9 iv G rubber *^°lnVl*< lb) \ftffi BiP ..^;-!!.m-s > ib KtBBtK p gaper* SHl«rs o^S SrttkiP«H "ill "1Isr. 1 1 ill tMlt ees „,,uv i men i price iv29 words
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Article14 1953-03-19 9 Reportei A! |\!M -IF'I M S ri MINING I14 words
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Article40 1953-03-19 9 c Chamber v! Com- j Rubber Association noon M cent* pei ib.J j esta 1 8 Bujrera Sellers RSB I t 71} v 721 ~-v 68 !>', t.ti rei U T2i 71J 72J I B <^b. 72| St« iuiel40 words
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221 1953-03-19 9 1,445 Companies Registered In The Federation voluntarily liquidation or pending rWn^l The report of the Federation Registrar' of Com panic*, tabled m the Federal Council today showd tha\ company registered last year number 191 of which ihe nominal capital of 189 amounted to $77 545 0( against 163 with $70,972,800221 words
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Article104 1953-03-19 9 Standard Market Reporter TECHNICAL reaction to default by Cfciaese nib- 1 bet firm \v;is largely responsible for the improvement m the tt price by 1| rents per j on i steady market m Sing- a pore ye-tcrd«i.v The marfeel yesterday was somewhat erratic at one104 words
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Article56 1953-03-19 9 LjOH Rubber Estates will total of 13 mi tax, f>">r 1952 1/ irainendatiam of the j M proved at the I ial general meeting on .lar. 2fl The Una I uiend of five -irr t to be paid sorb 59.607. Alter the usual 1 sun of56 words
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Article124 1953-03-19 9 Standard Market Reporter FAIR activity was reported m copra m the Singapore pro- dure market whidj remained s%vuiy ye^terdcTy. Copra buyers and ?eV.ers inted ?4.Vand $4'U per pieul respectively, for March ship-! 1 nnent. M2J and $42^ for April shipment and S4 l i and $42124 words
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Article, Illustration63 1953-03-19 9 Now nciring the half way r nnstruction stage at Grelcms. near Melbourne, is this mmlt>rn oil refinery which on completion m mid-lII.H. Will be the largest m Australia with an annual output of over one million tons a year. Picture shows :i siant 215 fi-et crane the63 words
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Article549 1953-03-19 9 Trade Circles Hope For Square Deal In Rubber By A Market Correspondent* THE general feeling among trade circles m Singapore today is that the rubber boom is over and that any future profits from the industry will be heavily cut by production costs. However, the progress of549 words
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Article489 1953-03-19 9 NOW nearins the half-way construction sta^e at Geelong, near Melbourne, is a modern oil refinery which, on completion m mid-1954, will be the largest m Australia. It will have an annual output of over one million tons a year of various petroleum products. Under present plans,489 words
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127 1953-03-19 9 KUALA I.UMPI'R. Wed.— The Chinese Tin Minos Rehabilitation Loans Board granted WA loans amounting to nearly $20.*****1) up to the end of last ye ir; <ays a paper tabled m the Federal Legislative Council tor'nv. The total amount of loans outstanding amounted 1127 words
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Article103 1953-03-19 9 LOXDON. Mar 18 (Reuter) The British Government does not plan any immediate measures to a:d Hongkong's exports as the Colony's trade with several Far Eastern countries has improved recently, Mr. Henry Hopkinson. Minister' of State for the Colonies told the House of Common? Tuesday. He was replying103 words
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Article190 1953-03-19 9 TOKYO, Mar. 18 (AP)— A Japanese just returned from Peiping says Red China is planning to send a delegation to Japan to promote trade between the two nations, Kyodo News Service said. The report came from Yoshitaro Hirano, a member of the mission which190 words
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Article120 1953-03-19 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malayan rubber industry will pay an additional ten scats towards the present rubber cess. A motion by the Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. O. A. Spencer, confirming the recent customs duty order increasing the present rate of cess from 40 cents120 words
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Article150 1953-03-19 9 Rubber Scheme KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— A programme is now In hand for the laying of half-nv.'e stretches of experimental rubberised road m each S\iV and Settlement during the current year, the Federal Le^ slativt Council was Informed today. The robber hns already 'htm taken over, much of the special bitumen150 words
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Article118 1953-03-19 9 KUALA LIMPIR. Wed. Foodstuffs from Japan are not arriving m sufficiently large quantities m Malaya to offer serious competition to products imported from other countries. The Federation Government allows only a limited quota of Japanese foodstuffs and goods into Malaya. Importers say unless restriction118 words
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Article41 1953-03-19 9 HONGKONG, March 13 Special Standard Service CUj .m* price* on the H>n >koi ■> K\chnn^e today wetv $1590 to LI sterling J'i.OOO to US$l: 1 835 to Malayan $1: 90 207 to one Indonesian Kupiah. Gold (275-Ui to one tael41 words
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Article90 1953-03-19 9 ROME. Mar. 18 (APi-The United Nations will sponsor meetings m Paris and Miami next November to try to solve one of mankind's oldest puzzles how to catch more fish. The Food ond Agriculture Organization of U.N. announced its plans to hold meetings In Europe and90 words
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Advertisement84 1953-03-19 9 Read The Independent Morning Newspapei This morning doily it published m Singapore ond k Circulated throughout South -East Asia "Singapore Standard" is devoted to local news and picture*. In addition, it corrics o world-wide coverage. "Stnqapore Standard* features articles wirh a moss oppeol and aims at giving the public its84 words
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Miscellaneous793 1953-03-19 9 BOAC ltG4IN.\l*T MtVMIS 1O: I Ljmnur <74 Ipoll IMT), Kaar.- 1 OOKON: A'nmio Cry 12 45. 300. CfV^/fCnor 'm 164F1 *-45 aid 913 ::r\. dIAU/3a v UM/'' K l\i°n^ tBA76:>l 10 am MWIMIM IKMPI K\ ll XX. from! M N Rj a Sa Ha |M«to»l 1230. I-3i a-m tv 7-38793 words
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Article, Illustration541 1953-03-19 10 PEGGY BRIGGS - NO! YOU CANT GET AWAY WITH THIS PEGGY BRIGGS By 11 goes Ij v (he name of a ke-up a>e Of overnight ease and it used to ■tamp as a model the girl v.h<> carried it. 1* waa her bag (jf tricks remaining her complicated coemettca and her props. Now,541 words
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Article128 1953-03-19 10 There lj simp'e squabble expatriate a .vanceFrom !ne < ol my heart I ofiVi It loi the connof the -outside .•ed by Sir John Nic< Sii John has explained .hi. .cers m Government only 450 .wance. To ci :li;i addipay, he very properly ,JU, > v>, mo128 words
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Article239 1953-03-19 10 We, the PEOPLE L A Miscalculation Sir. It was a miserable miscalculation on the pnrt of both the Governments to underestimate the intelligence of the local employe! when the former approved the 20 per cent increase m the salary of all the government officers and family allowance for expatriate officers.239 words
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Article84 1953-03-19 10 Sir The director of Posts is reported to have said that he would protect any members of the staff who may choose to work m the event of a strike. There would be no need for this as the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers do not84 words
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Article473 1953-03-19 10 LIONEL CRANE - Van Women Be rELIES ON LIONEL CRANE By TS there something m the x cold formality of the law that upsets a woman's emotions and makes her unreliable? A woman juror has just been lambasted by a divorce judge for talking about the case during lunch. To her he said:473 words
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Article92 1953-03-19 10 Rosalind Ratnam PATTERN SERVICE THE COUPON READ THIS BEFORE YOU ORDER YOUR PATTERN: You must enclose three ten cent stamps If you want your pattern cut. If I don't get the stamps you I don't get the pattern. A number of orders have I come to me without the stamps.92 words
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Article, Illustration175 1953-03-19 10 LONDON. IF h e i* pleasant, he is too A familiar. If he is sober-faced, he is a sour-puss, If he is young, he doesn't know anything, If he is old. he's an old stiff, If he goes to church, he is a hypocrite, If he doesn't he's175 words
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Article, Illustration226 1953-03-19 10 STAR CONTEST No. 7 ALL through this week The Singapore Standard presents its seventh star contest All you've got to do is to collect the pictures and coupons tor all six days and send them together with the names of the stars under single cover226 words
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Advertisement254 1953-03-19 10 NIWBST SHOW lOEAI M^A^A ••''ilL. H DUO-DRAMA V X jj^ JAMES IVIASO^ I Joseph coN«Aa S ''THf^rrDCT yn ROBERT PRESTOrS»^-? tR I i "THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY- I Co-starring RAY jOLGER CLAUDE DAUPHiN I Saturday M'nit,-! I "SORROWFUL GLORY I A MANDARIN Plclwc SUrria| LI. LI ll\\ I254 words
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Miscellaneous273 1953-03-19 10 WfyRITADELMR S QIOTATIOS- Of X all alTliction taught a lover -Vft. Tis true the hardest science to forget.*— Pope. THIRSDAY FOR EVERYONEAttend to accounts. finances buy or sell during the daytime". Be cautious m transit. concerning writing commitments m the evening. TOrR BIRTHOATE AND BIRTHSIGN ARIES-ATarch 21 to April 19_273 words
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342 1953-03-19 11 p;K!l Bl W>i j RMI r.,:nt.»r. mi. i kiping !>.■« n Ilr Hi I m >ii I ian l\-n^ Kooi. I I: Sunday at he played i II Krian Club unc: C eh wag held if Hows: OPEN >i\c;li:s Fm Bccttow Dr Rama Rao342 words
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Article, Illustration44 1953-03-19 11 PHOTOC.RAPII taken on the anniversary of the Singapore Tastk Liara Badminton Pair ty r7ehT it Seat^ d from left «o V. Xh t: evsrs Lim (liew Save mcd. V P. Rajah and Master C. C. Tan and Mr. Manan, president of the party.44 words
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Article79 1953-03-19 11 REMBAN, Wed Tho Lnf match of the Negri n football Association c Championship was jred yesterday when the remban Ranfers, lasi year's ions, def< ated the Ncgri m .Malays by the odd three (M of e\-cn exP?U r Van Ruizen when he tapha c quars ai79 words
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Article636 1953-03-19 11 Turpin Wins Cartier Runs Wild year <£?"' n2 N> M r 18 (Keuter)-Walter Cartier. 28--&t h o^in-I°- ke L WaS tonlght di «l»a»ified for perlost hie American completely JP^.^s temper on being dis?h« H? r? d Charged round ThP rl lke vanu an enraged bull. The fight which 10,000 fans636 words
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Article69 1953-03-19 11 THE British Boxing Board of control said that they were holding holding up Cartiers purse money lor an inquiry into a fiasco which ended m disqualification. Mr J Onslow Fane, chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control said later that Cartiers share of the purse would be69 words
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Article30 1953-03-19 11 The fifth annual general meeting of the Malacca Amateur Athletic Association will be held on Monday, March 23 at I o.m. at St. Francis Association. Koon Cheng Road, Malacca.30 words
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Article64 1953-03-19 11 nil All BfalajM Indo Ceylo--1 tennij tournament will be neld at Kuala Lumpur during the Easter Holidays on April j "r, and d. Entries are Invited for nine ti .Men's Open Singles and Doubles. Men's Handicap bl «.>s and Doubles. Veteran es and Doubles and Mixed Doubles.64 words
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Article99 1953-03-19 11 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Mar. 17 (Reuten Tile West Indies cricket selectors tonight announced they had invited nine players fcr the fifth test against India m Jamaica. The nine are J. Stollmeyer, E. Weekes, C. Waicott, S. Ramadhrn. R. Legal!, G. Gomez, R. Christian!, B. Pairaudcau99 words
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Advertisement177 1953-03-19 11 NOTICES 'THE Selangor Taxi OperaA tors' Association registered under the Society's Ordinance 1949 invite all the taxi owners operating within the State of Selangor individually and or private or limited companies to become members of the association to protect the interest of the taxi trade from the pirate taxis and177 words
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Advertisement1328 1953-03-19 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOTICES jT*. T HE C on L v a #t pXSSVp'r^ t TIN LIMITED j her deep gratitude to Mr. Aw (incorporated m the Colony of Boon Haw and thanks him for Singapore) &£nXTr£ 113 donation of Dividend No. 48. SdftSiaTd^e Bundle F&S NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the1,328 words
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Miscellaneous113 1953-03-19 11 SMOOT.7 PROTECT TRUNK WiF NI.T 7.i tfS^"^ L^ {#SJ> HEWINS, <| Wj\s tsELr with v^^ZJ \?Z111^ r^ R?*Vfi "^"f^ IIW SP >th trunk)! rr>l > '-'^»WMwu>j-i »^i^— „i .?£>* /--\N- N-^TOTP^^W I BUT THINK OF THAT J POO 1 V\ A!T LL I I L ,t J JJ^c L^K?I7^^^^^BBBBBBBI lpr\.\113 words
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Article45 1953-03-19 12 SHELL Sporti Club "B" beat Chartered Bank •B" 4 o m Iheir SBHFA Div C. fixture yos!rr.:ay Bcorer a for Shell Wrre- Aziz (2). Yacob and Lim Ho k Ban. another Div. C. game gongkonf Simnghai Bank c beat Ov rs.-as Chinese45 words
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Article, Illustration308 1953-03-19 12 FRASEB NEAVE Shorts Club scored a convincing 4-0 victory over Malaya Publishing House Sports Club m a Singapore Business Houses Football Association Division "A" league soccer match on the l'adang yesterday. i aerate. l n I who had the bett the ex■c throughout, led308 words
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Article143 1953-03-19 12 ROTTERDAM Trading Comp.iMv rnadt a brilliant recovery m the second half to turn the I < on Sime Darby B Wincing by 4—2 m a SBIIFA Axtun at the Railway Institute groui i yesterday S ne Darby have yet to get \]*rd *q this small field. In their143 words
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221 1953-03-19 12 HAXDELSBAXK Sports Club scored a 2 l victory over the Guthries Sports Ciub m their Diw B Businesi Houses' league Same played at Geylang Stadium yesterc f Handelsbank opened scoring v the llth minute. Playing with tennis shoes, inside left Mahmifd slipped pa?t several221 words
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332 1953-03-19 12 Melbourne Olympic: "Last Hope 9 Shattered CANBERRA. Alar. 18 (ReuterAAP).— The Australian Government today rejected a plan to house athletes m a Melbourne barracks during the 1956 Olympic Games This plan had been described m- an Olympic's official as Melbourne's "Last hope" for keeping the Games. Mr. R. G. Menzies,332 words
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Article65 1953-03-19 12 GEORGETOWN, Mar. 18.— Only half an hour's play was possible after lunch m the fourth Tost between India and the West Indies. During this period India added 23 runs to their overnight sc-ore without loss. Then more rain washed out further play and the match65 words
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Article33 1953-03-19 12 NEW PLYMOUTH New Zealand, Mar. 13 (Reuter) Central districts scored 224 for 8 Against the South African touring cricketers on th e opening day of their two-day match here.33 words
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Article24 1953-03-19 12 KAJAXG. Wed. The Kajang High School scored their first victory m the Ulu Langat football league beating somerset Detachment by 4 2.24 words
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Article285 1953-03-19 12 SPOKANE. WASHINGTON Mar. 18, (TP).— Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore giving away 30 pound?, smashed out a third round technical knockout over heavyweight Al Spaulding of Oakland. California. In a non-titie ten-round main event last night at ArilViiy. Bpaulding, weighing 210 was unable to blow through285 words
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714 1953-03-19 12 WINDSOR LAD - 21 FOR MALAYA'S RICHEST RACE Perak Derby Is Worth $35,00 WINDSOR LAD By IPOH, Wed.-Twenty-one ton el* been entered for the Perak Dertn k Malaya. The race over H mile! v nchest 3*71! a trophy to the «to. aST^A*^ the final day of the Perak Turf C 111 bt r714 words
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Article, Illustration78 1953-03-19 12 SINGAPORE Teachers held their annual men and women hockey matches on the Padang yesterday. In the women's match, undergraduates beat graduates 6-0. Scorers were: Chin Yoon Yin (4), E. Rodrigo and Ruby Ponnambalam. In the men's encounter, the match was drawn two all. Cult-man Fernandez and Boon Wai scored for78 words
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162 1953-03-19 12 HARTLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL proved too strong for St. Andrew's School to win by 7-0 m yesterday's S.A.F.A. youth soccer competition at Victoria School. Bart ley's centreforward, Malleque. gave his school a 3—o lead mi n the first half. He opened the score m the162 words
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Article139 1953-03-19 12 MALAYAN Chess champions will act as honorary coaches at classes for bov> to be conducted by the Singapore Chess Club on Saturday?. At the Anglo-Chinese School, the honorary coach will be Mr. .T. C. Hickey. Malayan champion [n 1951, while at the Queen Street Boys139 words
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Article258 1953-03-19 12 IPOH, Wed— Cheng Wah AA, senior league champions, fielding McGunnicle, who played for Bolton Wanderers m 1950, gave a disappointing display against Borneo Motors SC but managed to beat them by 2-0 m a first division league match played on the Town Padang today.258 words
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Article152 1953-03-19 12 In a SBHFA Div. A fixture the O.T.E.C. beat the Chartered Bank by 8— 1 at the Ja'an Besar S.adium yesterday. The Telephone men were far t<.o good scoring the first goal m the opening minute through Tommy Misson. This was followed by two quick152 words
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Article24 1953-03-19 12 c Jp- in -C Staff defeated HMb Comus by 4 l m a friendly soccer match played at HMS Terror yesterday.24 words
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Article47 1953-03-19 12 LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuters) L. C. Lee, one of Malaya's six representatives m the men's singles was beaten m the first round when the 43rd annual All England badminton championships were begun at the Empress Hall today. L Jensen of Denmark beat him 15-12. 15-7.47 words
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Article197 1953-03-19 12 Th c final of the Far Fast Land Forces entire unit boxing championship will be held m the Selangor Badminton Association hall. m Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. The Ist Battalion. The Royal I'lster Rifles, have won through from Hongkong and Singapore to meet th c197 words
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Article88 1953-03-19 12 FORD Motors gained their first victory when they defeated Imperial Chemical Industries 4—o In a SBHFA Division B fixture at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers were Vat Seng 2, Boon Choy and Bah Chee. Mr. H. Angullia refereed! Ford Motors: Kirn Seng Teng Hon. Hassan; Keyat88 words
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153 1953-03-19 12 GRAND leadership and a hattrick by centreforward Haniff enabled Mansfields Sports Club to beat Hongkong Shanghai Bank B" 3-2 m their SBIIFA Division B fixture at Farrer Park yesterday. 4 Bn k crs were first to score m hc 10th minute through Rosario.153 words
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Article51 1953-03-19 12 Cl 1 Div 1.2 IfU Cl 1 Di\ C 1 Di\ 1 j Div 1-6 Nine '■■■<'<■■ I -'ml Dai ipril I i DiV Cl 2 Div I ii i I 3rd Dai Vi'nl Perak h Cl 1. D.v J- -J Cl 2' Div. 1. 2 <■51 words
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Advertisement230 1953-03-19 12 Coronation Tour Contest READERS of the Singapore Standard will choose the Most Popular Sportsman or Sportswoman of Malaya who will be honoured as an Unofficial Representative of this land to attend the Coronation Ceremonies m London during May and June this year. The Contest which wlu last three months front230 words
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Advertisement41 1953-03-19 12 MALAYAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION. MILLION LOTTERY. j TICKETS for DRAI •>•» f 22ml March, 1953 ALL SOLD OUT. Drawing al Chinese Useaibly Kuala Lumpur al 2.30 !>•'"• TICKETS for DRAI 2l»1 June 1953 Sale on 2:* rd Man!.. l"" MEMBERS IN FEDERATION OF MALAYA41 words
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