Singapore Standard, 9 March 1954

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    16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD m Vol. IV. No. 230. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1954 TWELVE PACES 10 CENTS.
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    A POLIO EPIDEMIC UPSETS THE QUEENS TOUR
    175 1 A POLIO EPIDEMIC UPSETS THE QUEENS TOUR -Tup police specialists anJ r--^»-j.~. hers from other states are to gather m Perth th« v♦« -w wet* to advi>e Government the polia epidemic which already has up,et some Ro- v Kri». pal tour plans and may brin; about other chanses m the
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    Rassins The Duke
    34 1 photo. THE Duke of Edinburgh is accosted by a voun™ lady wearin? a "tome hither" expression is he falls <n for a students' rag durins his visit to .Melhotinit* University AP
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    COMETS TO RESUME SERVICE NEXT WEEK
    180 1 \DON Mar. 3— <Re..:er>— 3- I*3 Comet jet iiner-. irawri from operation rash m January. will s .t passenger service on S utll African route on 23, it was announced f el jets have been for a series of fi atiooa since a mys-
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    THEY ELECT 309
    25 1 THE voters of Pakistan s )ute-producin2 eastern portion. trooped to the polls yesterday t> e>ert a 309-member East Pakistan Assembly. A. P.
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    Shortage Shoots Tin Up By $5 1/8
    187 1 Shortage Shoots Tin Up By $5 1/8 Standard Market Reporter THE price of tin m Singapore yesterday rec- 1 orded a sharp rise of $5£ to $335 per picul on a steady market, the biggest jump m several months. Trade circles here held the view that the shortage of tin
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    AIDE-DE-CAMP GETS DIVORCE
    72 1 LONDON. Mar. 8. (Reuter) Mrs. Mary Bridget Lotinga. 1 da u§hter of Sir Shenton Thomas. Governor of the j Straits Settlements m 1941, did not defend a suit brought by her husband m the London i Divorce Court today on the ground of her desertion. The husband
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    LAOS CABINET QUITS EN BLOC
    57 1 LUANG PRABANG. Mar. 8. (AFP) Crown Prince. Sava Vatthana, announced here today the? ccollective resignation of the Laotian Cabinet. He declared that King Sisavong Vong intended to remain m his constitutional role and had accepted the Cabinet's resignation, which replied to the wishes of the
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    POLICE DETAIN RED SUSPECT
    39 1 SPECIAL Branch men detained a Communist suspect m Singapore over the weekend. Trie man is now under police custody. The Director of the Special Branch. Mr. A. E. G. Blades. last night confirmed the detention.
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    BAKER SHOT
    31 1 CASABLANCA. Mar. 8. (Renter) A terrorist, riding a bicycle, shot dead a Moroccan baker and wounded his brother m front of their shop m the Arab quarter here, today.
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    POPE IMPROVES
    27 1 POPE Pius' slow but steady rocavory from a dangerous gastric ailment was reported -sqnUuuiag yesterday. AP. Heavily armed troops guard strategic points m curfew city
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    49 Inches Of Golden Tresses
    39 1 photo. HERE'S Miss Jane Ford, 22-year-old mannequin from Coulsdon. Surrey, who- is to appear m the beauty spot on TV's "Quite Contrary" programme on Mar. 31. Jane's Golden-brown hair is 49 inches lons. AP
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    New Approach In Leaflet War
    206 1 A Note For Ah Thien KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Another "front" m the Federation's psychological war against Communist leadership m the jungle was opened on the SelangorPahang border today. Terrorist rank and file m this vast, hilly terrain, were "reminded through thousands of leaflets scattered by
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    RED THREAT IN HONDURAS
    92 1 LONDON. Mar. 8, (AP) Prime Minister Churchill's government has been asked to investigate a possible Communist threat to British Honduras m Central America, authoritative sources disclosed today. They confirmed a report that Governor Patrick Renison seeks the immediate appointment of a Royal commission, to uncover any
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    US AND JAPAN SIGN PACTS
    57 1 TOKYO. Mar. 8. (Reuter).— Japan and the United States today signed a mutual defence assistance agreement. Three allied agreements were also signed. The allied agreements relate to the United States guarantee of private investments by Americans m Japan, purchase of United States agricultural commodities by
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    CEYLON ISSUES NEW STAMPS
    40 1 COLOMBO, Mar. 8 (Reuter) A new pictorial series of four stamps will be issued m Ceylon on March 15. Changes of design will affect stamps of 25 cents, 50 cents, Rs. 5 and Rs. 10 denomination.
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    LT.COLNASSER IS GOVERNOR
    48 1 CAIRO. Mar. 8. (Reuter).— Lieutenant Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egyptian Premier, today became military governor of Egypt, m place of President Naguib. He is invested with special powers, under martial law. which has been m force since the Cairo "Black Saturday" of June 26. 1952.
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    'LIBERATION ARMY' IS IN POSITION
    109 1 'LIBERATION ARMY' IS IN POSITION TAIPEI. Mar. 8. (UP) Nationalist Chinese reports said today a combined force of 12.000 Vietminh and Red Chinese troops were being moved into position for a major assault .against Hanoi m Indo-China. jGhinatone Np w s Agency. > v/hich claims close liaison with Nationalist intelligence
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    Argonaut Diverted In Mid-Flight
    119 1 BANGKOK. Mar. 8. (Reuter) A 8.0.A.C. Argonaut airliner carrying 33 passengers was switched hundreds of miles off course yesterday when a mechanical defect stilled one of its four engines. The airliner left Singapore at 0001 GMT yesterday for Saigon and Hongkong and the engine failed when
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    GEN. TANGANYIKA' SURRENDERS
    155 1 NAIROBI. Mar. 8 (Beuter) A Mau Mau "General" surrendered to the Kenya Government this week-end as a result of "General China's" efforts to bring about the surrender of terrorist forces, it was announced yesterday. The surrendered leader was self-styled "General Tan- ganyika", the Commander of one of
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    HANOI AWAITS BIG ATTACK
    481 1 HANOI AWAITS BIG ATTACK HO IS PLANNING SOMETHING BIG' HANOI, Mar. 8, (AP) This war capital for French Union forces fighting the Communist-led Vietminh m the key theatre of Northern Indo-China is tightening its defences to cope with any surprise, sudden rebel blow. Thick meshes of barbed-wire have been erected
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    Stop Press
    89 1 NAIROBI. Mat. 8 At least tf Mau Mau terrorists are known to have been kill ed m running battles with Kenya security forces today m Thika. Kijabe and Kiambu areas, all a few mile* north of Nairobi. A terrorist, captured b> home .guards. 12 miles nortii of Nakuru
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    Mr. Aw Plays Most To Jaycees In H.K.
    237 2 Mr. Aw Plays Most To Jaycees In H.K. VIR. AW Boob Haw. VI OBE. Governing Director of Sin Poh Amalgamated, was host to more than :Q0 members of the Junior Chamber International at a cocktail party held at his residence. Haw Par Mansions. Hongkong, recently. As the guests arrived, they
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    He Asked For Jail-Got It
    89 2 VRE WE.NG caused a stii ir. :he Singapore F.lth Pi>Hct Court yesterday when n asked Mr D H. Chapman. the Magistrate to >e!id h:m Xv !u. Eur :er Yee had admitted smsjk ng prepared opu.rn on War. 6 at 33, Pagoda Street. Yee said that
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    9 DISTINCTIONS
    34 2 MAI! GUAN KONG, who •btained nne distinctions m tr>«- Ca nbt ge Examinations ■<■ lent R.. Res ition, Singapore. I at•t s a Post Sen ol Certifl 'ate S m Victoria S v
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    WE DON'T SEEK A FILM MONOPOLY, THEY SAY
    160 2 •■I" IBKRS ol -.:>' AmeriI m Singaptjre yes enied :.\w their part > poli c exhibition ol —rtion v ires. Con m the pro- !< to pre 1 enl an Americ3Q tnonopo y or' •>■*•-. time Sngapore t ■..>■■ !ne president >f
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    BOR Collapses After Court Martial
    384 2 BOR Collapses After Court Martial 3 YRS. FOR INDECENCY A 24- YEAR-OLD British soldier collapsed as he was marched out of court, after sentence of three years' imprisonment was imposed on him by a General Court Martial, held at the British Military Hospital yesterday. He was also ordered to be
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    Thief Has Many Girls...
    84 2 Thief Has Many Girls... SOO CHIN CHOON. 21. was charged m the Eighth Police Court with stealing a bicycle belonging to Mohd. Jamil bin Haji Abdullah from the five-foot way of the Singapore Institute of Commerce on Feb. 25. Sentence was deferred until yesterday for a probationery report on Soo.
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    SAILOR FINED ON 3 CHARGES
    74 2 A SAILOR. A. B. Pounsberry. v:ho pleaded guilty to three traffic offences which were committed on Nov. 22 last, was fined a total of SI OO by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, j^esterday. Pounsberry was charged with driving a car m
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    Teacher Is Fined $15
    68 2 I A SINGAPORE school teacher. Leo Livingstone Owen, who was found guilty i on a charge of failing to conform to a traffic light signal was fined $15 by the Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr I [owe j Yoon Chong. yesterday The offence took place at 3.30
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    HE MOLESTED GIRL $100
    78 2 KONG Ah Chai, 23, a boiler maker, who surrendered himself four days after he had molested a pretty washerwoman was fined 5100 mi n the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. The washerwoman, Pari^ Fong Wah. L'O. told the Magist trate. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam m a
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    BUS DRIVER IS WARNED
    60 2 The Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Hcwe Yoon Chong. yesterday warned Tan Kee Kai. a Green Bus company driver, to drive more carefully because there are many lives m your hands. Tan was charged with negligent driving resulting m a collision with a lorry at Woodlands
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    TRISHAMAN PRODUCED A WITNESSTO NO AVAIL
    255 2 TWO trisha riders are apt to support one another, said the City Police Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux -Cole bourn, yesterday. Tan Say Lock, a trisha rider, admitted that he had carried two small cases of oranges when he was stopped by the police.
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    COMMODITY PRICE
    104 2 COMMODITY PRICE CLOSING rubber prices (crtits per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No I K.S.S Spot Loose 525 532 No. 1 R.S.S. 533 53 No 2 R.S.S 531 53* No. 3 R.S.S." 52 521 Tone: Dull. tin rait* l'htr priie ot fin *ester day was 5335 (Up Sol)
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    PAYS FARE IN COURT
    87 2 ON T NEW YEAR'S Day, A.! D. Raud engaged a taxi m Orchard Road. He told the City Police Magistrate vaster- j day that he cautioned the j driver several times against i going too fast. When the driver did not heed him, he got out
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    Officials Of Baiestier U.
    87 2 THE following were elected officials of the Balestier United for the current year: Patrons Messrs. Thio Chan Bee and A. P. Rajah; President Mr. Lim Ah Poh: Vice-Presidents Messrs. Tarn Hai Tong and X S. S. Nathan. Hon. Secretary Mr. Chew Koi Siong; Asst. Hon. Secretary
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    Govt. Servants To Discuss Ritson Pay Issue
    178 2 Govt. Servants To Discuss Ritson Pay Issue THE COUNCIL of Joint Action, representing about 18.000 employees of the Singapore Government, will meet tomorrow to discuss the Government's decision to implement the Ritson recommendations. It is understood that Division II and HI officers of the Government will not accept back-pay on
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    POLYTECHNIC WILL BE ASSET TO COLONY
    514 2 Planner On Its Future THE proposed Singapore Polytechnic will "definitely be on asset to industry and commerce m the Colony, principal of Dudley and Staffordshire Technical College, Mr. A. W. Gibson, said yesterday. Mr. Gibson, who is here to advise the Singapore Government en
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    Govt. And Turf Men Meet H.Z. Experts
    235 2 O£f -the- Course Betting Standard Staff Reporter REPRESENTATIVES of Singapore and (he Federation Governments and officials of various turf clubs m both territories yesterday held "inforfnal** discussions, with two top officials of the New Zealand Totalisator Agency Board, on off-the-eourse betting. me federation
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    Wife OE Shot Man Fined $k
    102 2 LEE YfcOW CHUNG widow of a man rii t| nmi killed by gangster- i)mc time a^o. was (old b% >>* City Poli« MagUti that because ,n--herself m some and had b<^-n ousted I others, he would take lenient view of her She was si;,.m.
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    TEMPLER ASKS for MALAYAN MUSEUM GIFTS
    159 2 TEMPLER ASKS for MALAYAN MUSEUM GIFTS LONDON. Mai 6 The Feet .\l. H missioner. G< ncr raid Ter tpk toe ie: for an for Ma ya. la a letter b isfa I Times. Om ii er liorlin "li a emerging •ow years of lebilitati r ja strife and f j
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    'L' DRIVER FINED
    42 2 MOL'HTAR bin H telephone mechanic. S-r»(i h> the Singac.'^ S T:;.itic Magistrate Mr. Mow* Voon <."nung. ye- r e- U failing to display -T." and for driving wh le n 4 i i red by third pa-" v c.
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    Monkeys For Research
    54 2 AN American Sky master passed throuph Sir yesterday en route to Manila to pick up the bis;- consignment of Java monkeys. The monkeys, numbering 2.000 m all. will be R to London for research on infantile paralysis craft, carrying two livestock traders, Messrs* E S L. Mason,
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    BACK FROM U.S.
    39 3 >IK WEN CHENG NAN. i laraer student and teacher •>!' the Chun* Ling Hull S« hool. Singapore, who has just returned from the I nited States with the deirre of blaster of Business \ilnnn:>;ratn>a from Indiana University.
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    ONE-BODY MOVE FOR INDIANS
    246 3 Perak Leads The Way In MalayanWide Unity Call PENANG, Mon. Delegates *of various Indian associations m Perak at a five-hour meeting m Ipoh yesterday, decided to form a "co-ordinating body" as a first step towards the unification of all Indians m Malaya. This meeting followed a
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    52 3 photo. THE Director of the Women's Royal Air Force, Air Commandant N. M. Salmon visited the headquarters of the Malayan Women's Royal Air Force and the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force at Beach Road, Singapore, yesterday. Picture above shows Air Commandant Salmon chatt ng with Corporal Miss Eunice Lim of the
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    Malacca Wants A Better Deal
    231 3 AATUC Seats Inadequate MALACCA, Mon.— Trade unionists here are dissatisfied with the representation of their interests m the newly appointed Federal Legislative Council. Yesterday the JVlalacea Divisional Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council decided to request its Central Committee 'to make strong representations to
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    HELLO GIRL WINS DIVORCE
    82 3 A DECREE nisi, I > be made e :n three ndbths, was i .n the Singapore High iajr :o Lii'i;u! '".e Taj, a telephone wh Bled petition r >r e ftnra ha hnsbaad, S T.iy Ing Guan, on gr Hind adultery. M; s T iy married
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    Picnickers Robbed
    51 3 WHILE 3 party of Malay picnickers were having a swim at Changt Beach yesterday, thieves robbed them of their belon^in^s it >m a van parked on the beach. When they returned to the van they Found 3 wallet containr;* $6.95, pawn tickets worth 5153 j: i some clothing
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    LAST BATCH FROM KOREA
    136 3 Standard Shipping Reporter THE last contingent of Indian Custodian troops, who are returning after operational duties m Korea, arrived m Singapore yesterday m the Jaladurga which ilevv India's national colours. The contingent comprises 1,272 officers and men of varioug regiments, under the command of Lt.-Col. J.K.
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    Ambulance Waited For This Officer
    90 3 A FRENCH Arm v officer, Col. Chanandon was taken ashore from the liner Felix Roussel yesterday for an immediate operation at the British Military Hdspital, Singapore. He suddenly took ill at sea with acute while the vessel was o n its way to Singapore from
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    5 Years For Having Gun
    114 3 LEE TECK SENG, found guilty of being m possession of a .32 revolver, was sentenced m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to five years' rigor- i ous imprisonment. Before sentence was passed. Lee asked lor leniency on the ground that he had a crippled wife
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    'CHAP JI-KEE' MAN FINED
    46 3 A CHAP-JI-KEE runner. Lee Hong Chin, was fined StiOi). m default six months' rigorotis imprisonment, m the Singapore Eighth Police Court, yesterday. Lee was arrested on Feb 27. A total of $206 was found m his possession. Inspector Chan Chin Fong prosecuted.
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    Annual Meet
    39 3 THE annual genera! meeting of the Singapore Association for the. Blind will be held at the British Council Hall on March 11, at 5.30 p.m. It is open to associate members as well as to the public.
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    STILL PREMATURE TO RECOGNISE RED CHINA
    547 3 STILL PREMATURE TO RECOGNISE RED CHINA Expert On Asia Says** By CHRISTINE DIEMER Standard Staff Reporter RECOGNITION of Rei China by the United States at the present time wou'.i be "childish and premature." Dr. Paul M A. Linebarger. Professor of Asiatic Politics, School of Advanced International Studies of the John
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    STRICT CONTROL ON PINEAPPLES
    133 3 QUALITY control of pineapples for export, standardised at world level, is now m active force m Singapore, said Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, Chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, yesterday. 'This control by legislation," he stated, 'is now under active Government consideration." He pointed out
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    Rape Case— Sentence is Set Aside
    172 3 Rape Case— Sentence is Set Aside KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Abdul Majid bin Mydin who was WMtimni to 18 months' imprisonment by Mr Justice Buhagiar at the Perak Assizes tor rape, had his conviction and sentence m aside by the Federation Court of Appea t,. day Tiie President 01 the court.
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    MAN SLAIN IN STREET
    246 4 Murder Suspect Hid Under Bed MAT NOR bin Ahsan and Abdul Wahab bin Jono of Johore Road, Singapore. were tentatively charged m the Ninth Police Court yesterday with the murder of Tan Sam Heng. 36, a fruiterer, on the morning of Dec. 11 last year m
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    MORE FUNDS FOR PENANG TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE
    198 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— A sum of $1,890,000 has been set aside by the Federal Government for educational purposes and the building of the Teachers' Training College at Coombes Hill, Penang, has been marked as a starred item for this year. The
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    Bandit Boss Is Killed In Ambush
    79 4 Bandit Boss Is Killed In Ambush KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. —Security forces yesterday killed a district committee member of the Communist organisation who had been hiding m the jungle since 1948. The district committee member. Ah Mook. ."-;8. was killed m Gambang area, Kuantan by i. platoon of the '.''id King's
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    ROBBED $5 FROM DRIVER
    33 4 A EUROPEAN last nighi I robbed a taxi driver of S5 I from his shirt pocket after squeezing his neck m a lonely spot m Kranji Road. Singapore. i
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    FIVE PERSONS ASSAULTED
    26 4 FIVE persons were assaulted iast night at Selangor Street and Ar.son Road. They were taken to ihe General Hospital but were discharged later.
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    BOYS' TOWN
    33 4 Rev Bro. B Galmier. who started the Mechanical Wing m "Boys 1 Town." Singapore, m 1m:<8. left yesterday for France on board the French liner Felix Roussel On a wellearned vacation.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 4 HONGKONG, Mar. 8 -Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.58 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l: $1,816 to Malayan $1: $0,214 to one Indonesian Ruppiah; Gold $250,375 to 1 hiel
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    ADMITTED TO BAR
    25 4 MR. C E. N ARKELL. an advocate and solicitor, was admitted to the Ear m the j Singapore High Court yester- day.
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    Tokens For Indian Sportsmen
    85 4 Tokens For Indian Sportsmen j- MORE than GO people, including: officers from the Indian Custodian force from Korea, attended a cocktail nartv |.yen by the Representative of the Government of India hi r^?ence faTn^ht^ toUring ln^ n HoCkey Pla>ers riM^tt^^CT*^ 1 o > KUa m «m» (above) presented a rEI?*/^?
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    Sgts. To Take Over
    74 4 ENGLISH-SPEAKIXG ser-is any crime or accident. ge-ants and corporals are taking over the jobs of lieutenants m the Singapore Police Force. They are now m command of patrol cars and take charge of operations whenever there This move was taken recentjly so that lieutenants, whose j
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    45 4 photo. SIR Sydney Came. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, looks over some exhibits with a guest, after opening the British Council's exhibition of books at the Council Hall m Stamford Road. Singapore yesterday. Tne books were a representative collection now popular >n Britain Standard
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    He Stole 4 Cheques
    59 4 AN 18-year-old maidservant woke up i>i her room m Everton Road, Singapore, to find a Malay stranger around. She screamed and th e stranger escaped. A check revealed loss of four cash cheques amounting io 57.050 and cash totalling $700. Also missing were a fountain pen
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    More Help For Trisha Rider Lim
    157 4 More Help For T risha Rider Lim 1 ANOTHER $93 has been do--1 nated to Lrisha rider, Lim CSiye Swee, who wa s Forced to staj with his family oi six m a make shift lean-to under a tree when his Landlord drove him •out for failing to pi-.y rent
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    Tourists To Be Feted
    48 4 The Indian hockey tourist will be entertained to a cocktail party given b y the City Counc-ii m the Count:] chambers tomorrow. After this the tourist will be feted to a dinner given by the Indian Association at their prei mises m Bcitsticr Ruac.
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    Home Guard To Die For Shotgun Murder
    182 4 ALOR STAR Mon. I Kuah Kirn Chang, a Home Guard, was today, after a retrial, sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Spencer j Wilkinson, for the murder of Lim Han Pheng at' Padang Serai m South! Kedah on June 5, last year. I
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      68 4 Weather i cpovt Minimum Temperature: From 7.00 p.m. 7th March tti 7.50 am Bth March. Spore <75F). Prnang t72F) Kota Bahru (73F). K. L. (7!»F| Ipoh (74FK Kuantan J7IF) Maximum Temperature: From. 7.10 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Bih ularrh Spore (91FI. Vtaanp oiFi Kota Bahru (BSF). K. L (94F| Ipoh
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    WOMAN FLED WITH ADOPTED SON-COURT TOLD
    470 5 WOMAN FLED WITH ADOPTED SON-COURT TOLD A SIKH woman, who had fled from her husband, her home and her seven children from Malacca, ran int« unexpected trouble as soon as she landed m Singapore because she failed to produce her identity card. Thi^ was stated before the Judge, Mr. HA.
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    PERMISSION TO SELL COLD IN US$ AREAS
    170 5 PERMISSION TO SELL COLD IN US$ AREAS PERMISSION has now been granted to Raub Australian Gold Mining Company Ltd.. to sell their gold production against payment m United States dollars m certain selected MCM throughout the !d. according to a cirir to shareholders. Howe', er. the Company can one-hall of
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    NEW FARMERS' CO-OP. SOON
    54 5 THE FiRST Governmer:;ed C^-o;;eral.ve Society Chinese fanners will mosi )b2b,v start functioning next i. -aid a spiAe>r:iun of Colony's Co-operative Detmeni \esierday. lembera of the propose! i g Road area Co-operative wi meet on March 14 j •el thehr committee. ci societies Us Ama Kenf raos
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    APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS FOUR DEATH SENTENCES
    393 5 APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS FOUR DEATH SENTENCES KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Federation Court of Appeal ic day upheld the convictions and sentences of death passed on four men who were tried separately for offences under the Emergency Regulations' The four appellants were Wong Hak Vin fl/ Ngui Lam Mvi, Chong Sang
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    'REVIEW CONTROL OF RICE, SUGAR'
    156 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A deputation consisting of representatives of rice distributors from Kuala Lumpur, Negri Sembilan, Perak, Muar, Batu Pahat, Klang and Penang, called on the Federation Controller of Supplies, Mr. K.W. Kelly, this afternoon and urged that the present method of control on rice
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    VILLAGERS GO TO POLLS THIS MONTH
    121 5 VILLAGERS GO TO POLLS THIS MONTH KUALA IJ-mpi-r Mon Local council elections will j take place it: ten villages m j Kiuang district this month. In each case, the elections are :or throe seats vacated by local councillors who got the least number at votes m the firs; elections a
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    Courses For 71 Asian Officers
    128 5 A TOTAL of 71 of.ma 4 1 various Asiaj] govertmu eluding those oi Singapon Federal; o:i. North Borneo Sarawak, have attended stud> courses m public administration held Ln the Austi a Commonweaitfa Public Service Board, undei ihe Co Plan Tiik ren:--. tl \n P MMBhi
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    A TREAT FOR 15 PENGHULUS
    71 5 i FIFTEEN Penghip;;. and village headmen froti tfas islands ofi the West Coast of I Singaoore and Jioir, villages m the Pasir Panjang area will witness the oereotonial opeavi ing of the Colony Legislative Council on Mar. 17 These men fiave bed invited Iby Mr.
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    Third Time
    71 5 A FORMER steward of Lord Louis Mountbatten. when he was Allied Supreme Commander m South-East Asia m 1945, Mr. C. J. E. Morriee. and his wife, presented a basket of flowers to Countess Mountbatten when she visited the British Military Hospital, Singapore, yesterday. This is the third time
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    Medals For 35 Donors
    138 5 THE BLOOD Transfusion Service of Singapore will award medals to the following :>5 donors, on March 17 at i p.m. at the General Hospital: Messrs. F. D. Robinson, G. T Brands. P. Carroll, Miss Winnie Chan, Dr L. S. da Suva, Mr L. J. De Pledge.
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    CLUB MEETING
    22 5 THE 35th annual general meeting of the Chinese Recreation Club. Taiping, will be held on Mar. 20 at 2.30 p.m.
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    It's The Mambo!
    47 5 photo. MR. and Mrs. Low Poh San. Singapore ballroom dancing champions, above, do the mambo at the Singapore Youth Council Gala Dance, held at th c Badminton Hall on Saturday night. More than 609 people, including Mr. and Mrs. T.P.F. McNeice, were present. Standard
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    FIRST DEBATE
    27 5 STUDENTS of the Hua Lian High School. Taiping, held their first debate m English on Saturday. The motion "That Home Work is Necessary" was defeated.
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    Film Expert Due Today
    117 5 ARRIVING today m Singapore on a world tour of offices is Dr. John G. Frayne. Engineering Manager of Westrex Corporation, attached to the Hollywood Division, and executive Vice-President of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Universally recognised as one of the outstanding engineers and
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    THREE MORE DISPENSARIES
    82 5 THE SINGAPORE Medical Services will have another i out-patients' dispensary m the expanding General Hospital and two other small cottagetype dispensaiies m the Colony next year. Dr. W. J. Vickers told The Standard yesterday. The Director of' Medical Services added that the matter is now being considered
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    GIRL WAYLAID IN THE NIGHT
    57 5 A 19-year-old Chinese girl was stopped by a man at Kirn Hock Road, off Bukit Timah Road, on Friday night and was assaulted. When the man tried to molest her she put up a struggle and escaped. A Singapore Police spokesman told The Standard that
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    FIRST-AID COURSE
    26 5 A FIRST aid course has been organised by the Raub District Red Cross Group and lectures will be delivered every Thursday at 4.45 p:m
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    ISO SEE 'GENTLE ART' DISPLAY
    147 5 GROANS and grunts could be heard from the Singapore Judo Club premises on Saturday night when members, m judo costume, tossed each other about m an exhibition before 150 guests, who attended the Club's Inaugural dinner. While the president of the club. Air. Taa Tiau
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    Privy Council To Decide Their Fate
    341 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.-The Federation Court of Appeal today adjourned two death appeals for hearing some time m May, to await the decision of the Frivy Council m a similar appeal. In both these cases, the defence m the lower court was that the accused
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    Black Expatriates
    844 6 Y^'E have heard of wage disputes because of a refusal on the part of an employer to recognise the fight of collective bargaining. We have heard of disputes arising out of the wrongful dismissal of an employee. We have heard of disputes provoked by racial dis- crimination. And
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      ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL?
      402 6 Sir; It has been stated m the editorial columns of a paper published m Singapore that the MPIEA has been invited by their employees to continue negotiations to settle the current wages dispute. The editorial also suggests that these employees are attempting to intimidate their
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      Make Wives Pay Alimony
      49 6 Make Wives Pay Alimony Sir.— While all the clamour of equality for women is going on. I wonder if the same agitators have enough sense of equality to demand that the wives should pay "alimony" to the husbands if they are at fault m divorce cases. XYZ. Kuala Lumpur.
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      Have A Thought Mr. Laycock
      188 6 S;r; When interviewed by a Standard Stall Reporter on 2/3/54. Mr. John Laycock m saying that he was' not prepared to take up any ministerial post m the new Government recommended by the Rendel Constitution, commented "I shall be 68 years old on Sunday, and
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      DEAD AS A DOORNAIL
      125 6 Sir: To all intents and purposes the Malayan Railway Junior Officers' Union is as dead as a doornail. Even m the heyday of its existence, precious little was done to better the lot of the clerical staff on the traffic operating side. The omission can be
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    Protecting The Malayan Film-Goer
    1486 6  - Protecting The Malayan Film-Goer ALEX JOSEY 'I Malayan I Affairs PROFESSOR Parkinson's Committee on the showing of films m Singapore has made no effort to avoid plain speaking. Said the Committee, m effect "We recommend that the law which compels cinemas to screen British films should be continued because, otherwise,
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    Review of Views
    301 6 Review of Views Rahman And Rhee UTUSAN MELAYU wooden whether it was out oi "sheer -politeness o: political I city" thai Tengku Abdul Rahman Putera, President of UMNO expressed willingness i to consider the invitation i sent to him by Donor Syngi n;a;i Rhee. President of" the Republic oi South
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      34 6 USELESS EUSTACE 1 I mxt ■ytmgFWBJR 5 "You trying to be funny? 2 I asked for a nutcracker!" < tME "ECONOMIST *H^ SO. VyivikY NOTilo ~QR CIB^TON CHURCHLEE-]- AND- 66N6SAU ADEKW6WER < Whai*s m a name?
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    6 Red leaders Held In P. Rico
    158 7 SAN JUAN. Puerto RiCOs Mar. 8 (UP)— Puerto F can police yesterday ar- 't'd six top flight Com:iist leaders m the W cond straight day of Mtioa against the fanati.al nationalism behind the ngressional shooting m vYjshington. c launched an islandsearch tor four
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    U.S. Will Continue Foreign Aid
    168 7 U.S. Will Continue Foreign Aid WASHINGTON. Mai 8 (AP) dent Eisen lowet to d I today thai m a itt i \::i j v Uni--stat< "S>7. -i <:,■::>. air n w ogthen 'rec gainsi the e.v.* t r f m ea] supp ied, be 0,792 tanks an I at vehic
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    Puppy Saves 4 From Fire
    60 7 Puppy Saves 4 From Fire lELBOURNE Mar. 8 (RevA 3-montb-c d black ngrel ■?■.>>' saved j -iraru'- -.er a;:-! three chi >iren being buroc i t > dM ath i < 4 cottage In the bourne suburb oi Kensing- lay. he puppy whimpered under be troom w i ndow and
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    STRIKE AVERTED
    33 7 THREATENED strike tinai sis major NY.v York newspapers was averted m v t yesterday when the ra Union dei Wed es to 76 to accept i SS3.TJ weekly wage increase Reuter
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    Princesses In Snow
    78 7 DEN M A R K'S three popular young Princesses are spending a two-week winter holiday m Norway while their mother, Queen lngrid, i s O n a visit to England. They are staying at Gausdal MountainHotel m the Gudbrandsdalen. The three girls, Margrethe, 13 (heir to the
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    'NATO Nations: No Pushover'
    204 7 WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 (UP)— General Alfred M. Gruenther, Allied Commander m Europe, said yesterday North Atlantic Treaty forces have been built up so that Soviet forces now "are not certain of success m any attack." r He .said the 15 NATO nations "are no longer a
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    Too Frivolous
    36 7 THE playing of South Africa's two National Anthems alter cinema performances -topped from yesterday m the Union and Rhodesia. It was fell m a re lent Parliamentary debate thai r was frivolous ances. Reuter.
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    Jammu Mob Shouts Anti-U.S. Slogans
    119 7 Jammu Mob Shouts AntiU.S. Slogans NEW DELHI. Mar. 8 (AP) —A crowd ot excited Indians demonstrated outside the United Nations office at Jammu. winter capital of Kashmir, yesterday. They demanded immediate withdrawal of United States members of the U.N. Commission for that disputed territory. As the demonstrators shouted anti-American slogans,
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    Korean Prisoners In New Delhi
    72 7 LKIHTY-tIiHT Korean prisoners of war. arrived m New Delhi recently escorted l>? Indian troops returning from custodian duties m Korea. Here the Indian Deputy Defence Minister. Mr. Satish Chandra !n front* is seen UPMins along th e prisoners lines before they were taken to th
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    'JAPS LIKELY TO SEEK REVENGE ON HIROSHIMA'
    277 7 'JAPS LIKELY TO SEEK REVENGE ON HIROSHIMA' NEW YORK. Mar. 8 j (UP)— An American psychoanalyst, who subjected the Japanese people 1 to mass analysis after their World War II defeat, warns that they are likely to seek revenge for Hiroshima. Dr. James Clark Moioney gives this warning m a
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY
    34 7 AN Indian born now has a life expectancy five years longer than one born m 1941 and 10 years longer than one born m 1931, New Delhi census figures showed yesterday. A.P.
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    SELF-GOVT. TALKS FOR VIETNAM
    365 7 SELF-GOVT. TALKS FOR VIETNAM French Hope To Strengthen Hand PARIS, Mar. 8: (Reuter): Franco-Viet-namese negotiations opened here today on independence for Vietnam, largest of the *hree Associated States of war-torn Indo-China. The French hope granting maximum independence to Vietnam within the French Union will strengthen their hand at the Geneva
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    RESCUE TEAM GET 4 BODIES
    77 7 NICE. France, Mar. 8 (AP> A French-American ground party dodged six avalanches stirred up by helicopters yesterday to reach the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force C-47 which era-shed a mile and a half up m the Alps last Thursday. They brought out the bodies
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    SKI TROOPS JOIN RESCUE
    68 7 VIENNA, Mar. B— (AP)— American ski trooos today joined rescue work m the Austrian Alps, where 13 and possibly more persons have died m avalanches during the past two days. Ninety soldiers from a U.S. mountain training centre aided Austrian police m a hunt for an
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    USAF Men In I-C
    70 7 photo. UNITED States Air Force personnel at Do Son Airbase, Indo-China carry out an on-the-job training of a French mechanic m the handling of American aircraft. Working on the engine of a Dakota are (from left): A/2 Roger Hallingstad. Sgt. Rene Lehan and A/1 Jack May.
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    BATAAN RAMS AUSSIE WHARF
    47 7 MELBOURNE. Mar. 8 (Reuter) The Royal Australian Navy destroyer Bataan crashed into the south wharf on Saturday, as she tried to berth without tugs. A big hole was gouged m the apron of the wharf and nearly a foot of reinforced concrete displaced.
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    Bible In Hand, He Preaches In A Pub
    161 7 Bible In Hand, He Preaches In A Pub LONDON. Mar. 8 (AP) A bible m his hand, Billy Graham has taken Evangelism into a London pub and talked to the people. The American evangelist, who has been drawing spectacular crowds to his crusade at Hamngay Arena, went into a typical
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    71 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 8. The following ore the closing Driees of rubber and tin on thr LnnAnn Mnfirct LONDON RUBBER Spot ]sld. April/June 1 6 d. July/September 16Id. October/December 16 Id. March c.i.f. 15 13/16 d. Tone: Very quiet. LONDON TIN Spot £705 per
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    Men, Beware!
    78 7 PEARLY white teeth and slim arms really are bending that iron bar. for glamorous Briton, Joan Rhodes, 27--year-old blonde and greeneyed claims to be the strongest woman m the world. Few would argue with j the claim. Former model ai.:l i girl, she is 5 ft. 10 tactic
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    VIET NAM GUARDS AGAINST A COUP
    169 7 SAIGON, Mar. 8 (Reuter)— Vietnam's acting Prime Minister Dinh Zuan Quang said here yesterday he had ordered special precautions against a coup d'etat m southern Vietnam since the second hall of January. But he emphatiea rumours here th;, a d between Vietnam's ad Emperor
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    'Queen's' Wealth Seized
    138 7 CAIRO. Mar. 8. (AP).— The Egyptian Revolutionary Tribunal yesterday ordered confiscation of the wealth of Madame Zeinab el Wakil, wife of ex-Premier Mustafa Nahas. who is reported to have amassed a million pounds from graft and political favours during her husband's two terms m office. The three-man
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    THEY HELPED THEMSELVES
    61 7 BATH. West England ilar. 8 (Reutei) Two broke into a Bath departnw -,t store during the night, stripped and helped tfaemse to complete new outfits if I down to suspenders. They used an elect ru mM la give the clothes an airing an extra press and took
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    RECORD R.I. RICE OUTPUT EXPECTED
    242 9 Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Mar. B.— Agricultural Minister Sadjarwo has predicted that Indonesia's 1954 rice output will achieve a record high of almost 7.000.000 tons. This will mean a tremendous savings m reduced imports from Burma and elsewhere. It will also mean more stability on
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    Assembly Plant Closes
    105 9 BOMBAY. M;:-r. J-: (Renter) —The management ol General j Motors (India) Lid., has I announced that the company land its asseml y plant m Bombay mil wn '.;.v the end of this mi Dth General Motors have been m India for 25 years. A company spokesman .^id
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      RUBBER IDLE
      82 9 TRADERS m Singapore yesterday reported an idle rubber j market with very little busi- ness passing, first grade rub- 1 ber for March shipment closing at 53 3/8 cents per Ib. (53j j cents on Saturday). The market closed dull after a day of inactivity. during which price
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      NOON PRICES
      72 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices 'cents per lb.) yes-; terday were: No. 1 RSS Spot loose 53 53£ No. 1 RSS f.o.ta. March 53| 531 No. 1 RSS f.o.b. April 531 s*l No. 2 RSS f.o.b. March 53| s^a No. 3 RSS f.o.b. March
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      PRODUCE
      99 9 THE PRODUCE market m j Singapore was quietly steady m copra and dull m coconut oii j yesterday. with only moderate business- passing. Copra for March arid April shipment closed at $331 per pieul with sellers around S34i. Buyers for May shipment indicated $33| and sellers $34. Coconut oil
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    Welcome Party
    51 9 ■fcafe MORE than 5i members of the Qaatas Staff save a i«*a party at the Mayfair Hotel recently to weliovf the Bruno* Accountant. Mr. Robert Gordon Bees, to Singapore Pictore shows from left Capt H.M. Birch, several Manager of Qantas BO AC, Mr. Rees aad Mr. K..G. Dicams.
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    Easier Tendency In Share Market
    786 9 THERE was a general all-round easier tendency m the Local share market yesterday. The sharp rise m the tin metal price failed to impress buyers, of tin shares. Rubber shares remained neglected. INIM'STRMI S Buyers Seller? Alex Bricks Ords. 9M a*2 Prel. OQ £20 xc
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    PAK. JUTE FOR AFRICA
    65 9 1 DURBAN, Mar. 8, (AP)— One million jute bags ao<J 11.500 bales of raw jute tat manufacture m South Africa i have arrived here from Pakistan m the freighter Tynebaok. 1 This is the fir.-t shiprr.eni ot jute from Pakistan since India imposed trade sanctions sgainvt
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      376 9 Li I dtbttep o At f* FoCEß CX^Yistos?ST>!ec^ CMMOwrn I# \??l~ BABY STIU. m the TAH OBCTS TH' ai^ THIS POOR CHtLD.f IM «ITOU« TIU»J OOTATii' wSnWpC BEFoS: T^ 4ifr\ s^^ EH? LA r'" AH «ESPECKS\ ITWU. BE DECENTLY *1 r_ t-ucSuSc rcnCLr r^LiL rQ 1^ HAwdit OVER -^TH* LAW.'/
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      866 9 !^p HHM^ D^ n^__ ODKON: Give A Sir] A hat 3 15 ISINGAPOREJ 1 yT[Duyyt||i „i,vi W7j/afi/m liilljgSifii !m WL£*^^*^ i jS 8. SIAK:""'^ -c Rose I x Vn. »^M^-| miitiiii^Wr :^g "•^^KWr.Of aK^LJaT .Maiida > 7 <■( ..:,r L-t Wl AW A CCA GMWE: Vice Squad 7Si sad fjo
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    AUSSIE FASHIONS FOR SINGAPORE APPROVAL
    427 10 \N i Australian utility wardMbt, designed l»v Lerov, »l >leU>uurne. Victoria, which iiitludrN winter and summery* 1 4 ii c trucks and coats, vet weighs less than t,t; 1!». packed, will br- exhibited m Singapore later this yvjtr by Mws Jessie rawattt Jlivs Fawsitt. left
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    CRACKERS SAVE DAY
    246 10 yHl n-k glamour, t ho* homen akers reach for 1 raster '■>'■< to c ergenLon£ teamed w.' -nee-.;?, Kkup, a milk, i cere are also es ut as thi tening i lot m let exten e;» i eai loves ipping f esca ioped tish ■>; a.- t
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    36 10 Photo) DLNIS CHABOT of Paris is the creator of ihis linen sua hx< ia the sh.»np of a sua. The "rays" trt white, the cen-:r-i U if-liea >ellow. and the linen backgrouad and brim black. UP
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    BABY'S BIRTHRIGHT
    684 10  -  MARGARET SCOTT By T HAD a letter from a young: mother-to-be the other week who said she was very confused. Apparently she had just been asked if she intended to feed her baby herself and the question had rather stumped her. "I alvvavi thought," she wrote, "that it
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    'Dear Joy Jones....'
    344 10 I AM a girl of fifteen and x would, m time, like to join the Queen Alexandra's Nursing Corps. You may think I am too young to worry about this right now but I would like to know how I can join. "MARGARET" (Spore). No, I think:
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    New Fashion Trends In Costume Jewellery
    875 10  -  MONA CURRAN i ay 1 Many Beautiful Pieces On Show At The British Industries Fair pOSTUME jewellery today has become an essential accessory. Women buy it to wear on specific occasions, often to add that extra sparkle which makes an older woman feel younger
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    68 10 Photo). OFF tomes the body of the pram to leave an ideal mr.m- of transporting the shopping. The upper portion of the perambulator, which has appeared on the German market, is provided with slings on each side, making it a useful "baby carrier." The whole contraption tin be dismantled to
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      117 10 I fl IK^ :^iiii lH ß^ Teeth cleaned with Pepsodent are white- whiter That's because ihcv are cleanei are cleaner because Pep>odent is DM "nl that contains Irium*. Pepsodent with 1 away tlie film which not only dull- t«*eth 1 liarbours the dangerous germs that can canSo lor whiter, safer
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      342 10 n i.i i_i 1_ i i i i i~i r^^ i_n_ *i 'RITA DEL MAR J- "Anyone can do any ami Mint ot work. |>rm idt-.l it isii t tin' work In- IP Mipi»o»fil to be doing."— fiobert Ben<hley. OXE: The early morning a- J late evening will enable you
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    Brown Eyes & Marcelle —2 New Ones To Watch
    492 11 Brown Eyes Marcelle —2 New Ones To Watch By WINDSOR LAD v PENANG. Mon.— Martin's NEWCOMERS Brown Eyes (riding boy) and MARCELLE (Viney) created a good impression this morning when they ran three m 38 1/5 sec. on a rock-hard track. Both finished nicely on the bit although Brown Eyes
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    FANCY £45,000 OFFER FOR A SOCCER IDOL
    474 11 LONDON, Mar. 8 (AP)— John Charles, soccer; idol of Wales and one of the finest centre forwards m Britain, is the centre of a £45,660 transfer controversy. Birmingham was reported to have made that fancy s tier to Leeds I nited for the
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    TEAMS FOR kL SOCCER
    196 11 KI'AL-A LUMPUR. Man, Th«. fu lowing arc 'y elassifi(atioiis for this year's football Association of Seiangor league; DIVISION 1 UMNO. Indian Assn., Chinese A. A.. Su!ta n Suleiman Chib Dynamic Dynamos. PWDSC. TPCA. Garrison. Police Depot. Eurasian Assn.. Rangers. DIVISION II Sentul Workshops. Rawang Tm Fie.ds.
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    YMSA Beat Juniors 2-1
    128 11 YOUNG Men Sikh Asa a--1 Urn :itu* Farrei Juniors 2 i t a SA.FA. Division 3C game I Fairer Park yesterday. Fairer Juniors started w«l ri scored hi Ik* 15t:i minute when right-winger Hassan < ibblecl past two defender*) to teat Jasbte from a dMßculi I
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    ASIAN GAMES HOPE: CLOSER FRIENDSHIP
    203 11 MANILA, Mar. B.— The Philippines has spread the welcome mat for the second Asian Games here m May brimming with hope that more than anything j else the event will help forge closer unity and friend-] ship among free Asian peoples. Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay
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    RANGERS WIN
    41 11 KINTA Rangers beat St. •I«ha Soons Club 3-2 m a SAFA Division 3B league natch at Farrer Park yesterday. Srorers for the Rangers *«re: P. K. Samy (2) and Maaaamani while Rkmat and Ammm MAliaa^ iror tiro iiwr rt
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    Muar Defeat Klana Team 4-1
    63 11 MI'AR. Mob.— la a soccer game played here yesterday, Muar Combined beat Indo|Ceylonese from Klang 4 l The visitors attacked vigorously from the start but Muar defended well. Muar opened scoring through left winger i Moon Jooh m the tenth minute Peng Chuan made it
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    3 NEW CAPS IN ENGLAND FIFTEEN
    314 11 3 NEW CAPS IN ENGLAND FIFTEEN LONDON. Mar. 8: (Reuter) Four changes, three of them new caps, were today announced m the England Rugby Union side which beat Ireland tor England's next international appearance against Scotland at Murrayfieid on March 20. Scotland will field the same side which lost narrowly
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    Ramblers' 2nd Win
    114 11 RADIN MAS Ramb'.ers chalked up their second victory m the SAFA Div 3A league with a 2-0 margin over Kandayanalar Muslim League on the MFA ground yesterday. The Ramblers were the better team and took the initiative from the start. But they could not open the score
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    SJI RECOVER IN 2nd HALF
    122 11 A FINE 2nd half rally by S.J.I. Old Boys enable them t 0 beat the S.A.S. Old Boys 4 2 m a friendly soccer game played at the R.I. ground yesterday. I SAS led 2—o at half. time. Rahim Omar being responsible for both. SJI
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    ENGLAND BEATEN
    29 11 ROTTERDAM. Mar. 8 (Rev- ter) Holland beat England by one goal to zero m the ama- teur soccer international here yesterday, after a goalless first I half.
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    Charles Won't Take Chances Till June
    404 11 NEW YORK, Mar 8 -Oddly I enough. Rocky Marciano s refusal to defend his world heavyweight title until June, when the opponent almost certainly will be Ezz Charles, has stimulated action m the division. The contenders all realize that there may also be a
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    Public Support Our Dollar Fund To Save Stadium
    361 12 THE Singapore public are rallying to the Standard s call to save the Singapore Badminton Stadium. An article published m the Sunday Standard on the plight of the stadium brought m two donations totalling $45 yesterday to start Dollar Fund rolling. The
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    Correct Prize Money In Sweep
    49 12 V STAR I Mr- U. v: Daci an offl ial oi the X khana Club »id B to mis a. v •oney m the unI nited sweep announced yes- incorTC t. prixe mond shoula r ..e (3.587; second pri te 52." third (1,396; start-
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    $30,000 PERAK DERBY
    104 12 IPOH, Moo.— Malaya's richest race, the Perak Derby, carryin? stakes of $30,009 plus a sold trophy worth $4,001) will highlight the Perak Turf Club's Easter meeting on Apr. 10, 14 and 17. The race is for class 1, division 1 stayers over 11 miles. Four other trophy
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    Kampong League
    14 12 In a kampong league soccer match yesterday Alexandra FC beat Kebenaran 4-2.
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    MANUEL STEMS THE TIDE
    925 12 He Checks Tourists' Winning Margin To 8-1 thf All-Malayan Indians versus the Indian Hockey Federation game at sr SJSrer-rtS nnz Mtt res Tnereiore, n is nccuic»» w» sutw vm i««, t complishments of maestros— Gentle at fullback, Middlecoat and Malhotra at pivot and left-half respectively and
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    SOCCER ROUT
    39 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— PWD Sports Club entered the final of the inter-department soccer tournament today with a 7—o win over Telecoms. Centre-forward Dv 1 1 o n scored three goals while Yunus and Wahab had two each.
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    Soviet Union Win World Ice Hockey Tournament
    191 12 STOCKHOLM. Mar 7 ter) The Soviet Uniu the world ice hocke) pionship ovei Canada j>| goals to two. The Soviet Union beat Canada by seven g0a1... > m the final match am headed the pool of eighwith 13 points to Canada to win
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    Sterling & Lee On Top
    131 12 Sterling Lee On Top SOME excellent play see;: at the Island Cub d^.i the weekend when the qua i( ing round ot thfi Club cti pionship wa- piayed off. Sterling and Phiiip Lee ci ed on top. each scoring 155 l n M»i hoies. with W Mcilullan m third pia-
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    SAFA Referees Not For Manila
    55 12 THE Singapore An Football Association las* denned not to send reterthe Asian Games soc;:e: petition as it DOUld no' tne expenses of these ot& The names of two nefen John Ferguson and Gregg S:i\a were forwarded Asian Ganws Feder>.' 'the AGF replied thai S would
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    Somdet Wins On Knockout
    106 12 BANGKOK. Mar. 8 (UP) Thai boxer Somdet Yontrakit. weiter-weight champion o! the Orient, knocked out Australia's; Bernie Hall m the fifth round of their scheduled ten-round non-title bout last night. Hall suffered a minor cut on the right eyebrow and his right face was swollen and
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    PCRC Score 4-0 Victory
    69 12 PCRC Score 4-0 Victory IPOH. Moil— Perak Chinese Recreation Club scored an easy victory over the Ind'.an Recreation Ciub m a first division league match today winning by lour yoais to nothing. Toong Nam gave the Re<--- a one goal lead at ha.f time. The same piayer added another m
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    SRA Spoon Shoot
    24 12 MEMBERS of the Singapore Rirte Association are reminded ol the spoon shoot on Sunday at 8.15 a.m. at Bukit Timah range.
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    Grand 2nd Half Rally By CA'A'
    376 12 A LOVELY goal scored by Kirn Kee seconds before full time enabled Chinese Athletics "A" to take full points off Young: Men Muslim Association m a S.A.F.A. Division II league match played at River Valley Road yesterday. Athletics, after trailing 2 o at halftime,
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    Brazil Unbeaten
    29 12 PARAGUAY, Mar. 8: (Renter) Brazil maintained their unbeaten record m group 12 of the World Soccer Cup qualifying competition when they defeated Paraguay I—o1 0 here yesterday.
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