Singapore Standard, 31 December 1954

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    Masthead
    22 1 Singapore Standard 4 V #ft it r m Vol. V. No. 180. SINGAPORE, FRIP>W V DECEMBER 31, 1954 11 PAGES J.» CENTS.
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  • Article
    Mendes France Does It Again
    147 1 THE WEST STAYS UNITED PARIS. Dec. 30, (AFP) French Premier Piere icndes France won a conr.cc vote m the Naii Assembly on the lucial question of West man rearmament by a 11 majority, it was unlaally reported today. Before the actual tally had n made.
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    'DISC' SHOW NETS $12,619
    38 1 THE "Dollar For Discs" q'.u-.-t programme broadcast over R^'dio Malaya last ight netted $12,619 for the Little Sisters of the Poor. The programme which was Minpered by Len Thome xsed at 1.45 this morning.
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  • Article
    Support For Rail Strike
    48 1 LONDON. Dec. 30. (Reuter) -A mass meeting of London railwaymen last night pledged "full support" for the Rtrlke of 400.000 British railway workers called for Jan. 9 by union leaders m support of a pay claim. The strike would cripple tho nations transport system
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    RUBBER HITS A DOLLAR
    84 1 RUBBER HITS A DOLLAR FIRST grade rubber for January shipment was traded at $1 a lb. m £>ingapore yesterday, the highest price since May 1952, but closed easier after irregular tiading at 97| cents, a rise of cent on Wednesday. T n P. Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of
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    More Will Be Used Next Year
    53 1 NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Reuter) The Rubber Manufacturers' Association predicted today that both rubber consumption and production m the United States will rise m 1955, but will fall slightly below the record levels of 1953. (DETAILS IN PAGE SEVEN, ALSO: "BIG DEMAND FOR RUBBER
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    1955's 'GRAVE DANGER'
    195 1 EHRl^ifiE Role 0* Chinese Fence Sitters Toting Devils c Four Worst Spots Watcig but for Red infiltration' Things Better On Emergency Front, Says Gen. Bourne KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Communist >arty's plan to tone down jungle rebellion and concentrate m political subversion m schools, trade unions
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    Wife Consults Oracle But She Gets No Help
    229 1 SPORE CASHIER AND $26,800 STILL MISSING SINGAPORE Police yesterday continued their search for Lim Kee Seng, 53-year-old chief cashier of Rotterdam Trading Company, who vanished on Wednesday morning. But up to late last night there was no sign of the man. Also
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    1954-YEAR FOR AIRLINES
    48 1 19 54 -YEAR FOR AIRLINES MONTREAL, Dec. 30, (Reuter) More passengers crossed the world's oceans by air than by sea m 1954 for the first time m history, according to the International Air Transport Association. The lATA report for 1954 said that the traffic was worth nearly U552,000,000,000.
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    Radford Arrives In Taipei
    42 1 Radford Arrives In Taipei TAIPEI, Dec. 30. (Reuter)— Admiral Arthur Radford. Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here today on what he described as a visit "to obtain current information on the status of U.S. and Allied military programmes."
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    PICKLED RATTLESNAKE
    45 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30 (AP> A rattlesnake immersed m whisky bit the hand of Chin Toy, 55. who was trying to pickle the snake for medicinal purposes. Toy explained yesterday that he was preparing a medicinal potion according to an ancient Chinese recipe.
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    CEYLON RUBBER FOR BURMESE RICE
    116 1 COLOMBO. Dec. 30 (Reuter) Burma has offered to negotiate a barter deal with Ceylon on the lines of the Ceylon-China pact for the exchange of rice for rubber. The influential Ceylon Daily News reported today from Bogor that the offer was made by the Burmese
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    Destruction Was Everywhere—The Fire Did Its Work
    406 1  - Destruction Was Everywhere— The Fire Did Its Work P. C. CHAN Aftermath By THE fire which destroyed more than $4,000,000 worth pf cargo and reduced the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk to a misshapen wreck was at last put out by Singapore Harbour tear* Arantn it 4 a.m. Day. Everywhere one
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    ll,OOO Walk Out Of Car Works
    80 1 ll,OOO Walk Out Of Car Works LONDON, Dec. 30 (AFP) All the 11.000 employees of the Standard Motor Company m Coventry went on strike today. A company spokesman said all the company's factories were now paralyzed. The action of the strikers, which is unofficial, is m support of 200 employees
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    YVONNE TO WED EGYPTIAN
    56 1 CAIRO. Dec. 30 <AP> The newspaper Al Akhtar reported today that American film actress Yvonne De Carlo is to marry an Egyptian police officer. Al Akhbar said she met Captain Salah Sayed Ahmed when she visited Egypt last month to take part m the filming of
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    Reds Avoid Contact With Security Forces
    348 1 He Wye three pointers to JJ^ufipraving situat-on; lions are now finding it "at least twice or thrice difficult." to meet a bandit m the jungle; O The incident rate has dropped from 98 m the first eight months to 70; and OM aj o
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    Ceylonese In Malaya Must Be Loyal To Only One Country
    256 2  -  JOHN KOTELAWALA -SIR CEYLON'S Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelowalo, said m Singapore yesterday that Ceylonese m Malaya cannot be citizens of two countries. Those who have become citizens of Malaya, he said, should remain loyal^o i*wnd sink or swim with
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    114 2 k it CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.SS. Spot Loose !H I 97* No 1 R.S.S. fob. Dec 97 97; No. 2 964 974 No. 3 94 i 94^ Tone: Steady easier after irregular. TIN PRICE The prices oi
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    Students To Radio Their Greetings
    136 2 Students To Radio Their Greetings A GROUP of Asian students studying at universities, colleges and other educational institutions m Australia will broadcast a half-hour programme of New Year's greetings beamed by Radio Australia to their various homelands. The group, representing the 3.000 Asian students now m Australia, will also tell
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    Man Charged For Murder
    69 2 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Meera Sahib. a 41-yearK)ld shopkeeper, was today committed by the First Magistrate to stand his trial m the High Court on a charge of murdering S. Singaram a commercial house peon It wa s said at the preliminary inquiry, that following a quarrel
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    8 KILLED IN BOX CAR
    38 2 NEW HOPE. Alabama, Dec JO (AP> An American Air Force flying box car smashed into a mountain top near here yesterday. Killing at least eight and possibly nine occupants. There were two survivors.
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    Nehru To Broadcast From Penang
    95 2 THE Prime Ministers of India and Burma, Pandit Nehru and U Nu, will speak over Radio Malaya on their return from the Asian Premiers' Conference ai Bogor m Indonesia. Pandit Nehru, who will proceed to Penang after a brief stop at Singapore today. wilL speak
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    5 Off To UK For Police Training
    101 2 5 Off To UK For Police Training FIVE Singapore Police officers Deputy Superintendent of Police Eu Cheow Eang and Inspectors Lim Seng Huat, Lam Ming Poh Tan Choon Guan and Ling On? Huang will leave for U.K. by air this morning for police courses. tMr. Eu is attending a senior
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    'TEC FREED OF EXTORTION
    83 2 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Ooi Phee Sun. a detective was today acquitted and discharged by the President of the Sessions Court on a charge of extorting $200 from a compatriot. jiun Yufc Weng. a toy dealer, said that Oci called at his shop m Loke Yew Road
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    Brunei
    35 2 BRJNEI TOWN, Dec. 30, (Reuter)— The British Resident here, on instructions from the State Council, today issued a notification "freezing" transactions m Stateowned land m the rural areas of Brunei. Until further notice, nobody
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    Elias, Hogan On Council
    79 2 MR. S. H. D. ELIAS and Mr. N. S. Hogan have been appointed Singapore City Councillors m place of Mr. G E N. Oehlers and Dato Alsagoff who have resigned. The new Councillors attended their first meeting yesterday. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, nominated Councillor, was unanimously
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    100 LICENCES FOR HAWKERS
    70 2 IPOH. Thurs. The Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council decided at their monthly meeting today to grant an additional 100 licences to Indian hawkers. The proposal was made by Mr. C.H. Yin and seconded by Mr. D.R. Seenivasagam who said that Indian hawkers were generally less troublesome
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    First Health School Opens In Mar.
    176 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Sir Erie Pridie, Chief Medical Officer at the Colonial Office, is visiting the Federation next month to discuss, m particular, the <- atisicn of rural health services. a »ie Federation Government's first rural health training school will be opened at Jitra
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    Treasure Hunt
    38 2 photo. THE Chief Steward of the ill-fated Lexa Maersk, Mr. B. Jespersen left, and the First Steward, Mr. K. Rasmussen, search for valuables which might have escaped the fire, as three firemen look on exoectantly.— Standard
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    Stops The Sale Of State Land
    167 2 will be able to buy or rent State land unless it can be proved that such a transaction is "for the economic benefit of the State." A similar /'freeze" on Stateowned land m urban areas was imposed a short while ago. It is understood
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    YOUTH ADMITS HIS GUILT
    56 2 YEW SENG KEE. a youth, was conditionally discharged m the Singapore Second Criminal District Court, yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to register under the Colony's National Service Ordinance. Since the offence was discovered on Oct. 5, Inspector Elam Din. prosecuting, said
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    $2,000 BAIL IN LOTTERY CASE
    70 2 TAN KWEY CHIN claimed tri^l m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday to a charge of assisting m the management of a public lottery Chap Ji Kee on Wednesday night m Klang Lane. It was alleged that Tan was found with 27 Chap Ji Kee
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    Doyen Of Movie Business Feted
    235 2 MR. Paul Yerdayne, manager of Singapore's Cathay cinema, who retires from the movie business after 35 years, was feted to a lunch by representatives of the American movie industry at Raffles Hotel, yesterday. Mr. Verdayne was presented a gold pocket watch ;is a souvenir from
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    447 FAMILIES RECEIVE AID
    60 2 THE Singapore Social Welfare Department yesieniay distributed rice and cash to 447 families on behalf of the Singapore Flood Reliel and the Nanyang Siang Pjh funds. The distribution too* place at the Geylang Serai Fair and the Tai Kcou School at Lorong Tai Seng. A total
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    Mentri's Message Is Full Of Hope
    43 2 Mentri's Message Is Full Of Hope JohoiO I)'.'",?" r r Abdui mcd, Year Mr T1 D H Johor, ha, b tlui m ar.hr bcoMca v mi.>M,jn-r ul t.V V Sir Donald M au Radio M a gra.r.,,;. day a- 7 1,, Op^afr."S>r G,,,Mr
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    Two Rout Gang Of 11 In A Fight
    148 2 KUALA LUMPUR I Two milk vendor L. jnned with ju a mi(-k. routeo i gang "arm. d to the Fiim m was tola tod The brothei Chi „nd Xi: ifyini again>i 11 II chargi of riot Lni md ctu.v. ing hurt. I
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    NO I-CARD FOR HIS SON
    35 2 FOR three years :i S a Shukor bin I neßlect»'(i to obtain t card foe bii Mawi. it Iht Thir.l Cl I' jresttrdaj. Shukor who j F irai Bntd N
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    Govt. To Recruit 2 Officers For T.W.I. Scheme
    265 3 Govt To Recruit 2 Officers For T.W.I. Scheme Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government will soon recruit two persona to be trained as supervisors. Colony's Chief l.mployment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson, told The Standard yesterday. X He said after their training they will be attached ie Labour Department to train
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    Muslim Law Court Under Consideration
    100 3 HE Singapore Government ••■fully considered the ,-sion of the Muslim Ad- v Board that a Muslim rt should be establish- i the Colony for the better tion of matters relating rringe and divorce. ernment has informed 4 B ard that its proposals reed to m
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    Rotary Club Survey On Youth
    103 3 Rotary Club Survey On Youth IHK Community Service Sub-Committee of the re Rotary Club is ng a survey of problems out of anomalous rule? 'notions which affect progress and advancement ng people. The survey fa intended to all problems affecting g people which originate flexible rules made by authority. person
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    AIR MINISTRY OFFICIAL DUE
    86 3 AIR Marshal Sinclair Assistant Chief of Air Stall' (Ops) Air Ministry, who was awarded th c George Cross m 1!>41 after rescuing the crew of a crashed bomber m Britain, will arrive m Singapore today to tour operational areas m the Federation During his eight-day tour,
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    Many Malayans In UK Suspected
    331 3 Many Malayans In UK Suspected They Help To Recruit Fellow Travellers KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federo tion Government is aware that several Malayans m London ors actively aiding the British Communist Party to get Malayan students onto their side. The Standard was told today. Raja Sir Uda. former Malayan Commissioner
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    New Varsity Registrar
    87 3 MR. MAURICE BROWN, the new Registrar of the University of Malaya, arrived m Singapore from Australia m the ship, Straat Banka, yesterday. He succeeds Mr. \V. l>. Craig, who has resigned to take up another appointment m Britain. Mr. Brown has been Assistant Registrar of the Australian
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    FILM SOCIETY SCREENING
    59 3 A COLOUR film. -The Golden Coach," Jean Renoir's outstanding dramatic comedy Of I!»5L\ will be shown at the Pavilion Theatre at U3O p.m. on Jan. 10. 1955. The show was arranged by the Singapore Film Society for members and their guests. Ticket?, priced at $3, $2 and
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    5 Yrs. For Bandit Food Supplier
    124 3 5 Yrs. For Bandit Food Supplier JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Cheng Chu Cho.v. a labourer, was sentenced m the Sessions Court today to five years' imprisonment for being m possession of supplies intended for the use of terrorists. The court was told that on Nov. 2 as Cheng was about to
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    NO ENTRY PERMIT: JAIL
    30 3 ISHAK bin Haji Daing Mabola was sentenced to two months* jail it) the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday, for illoga' into the Colony on Nov. 29.
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    Private Faces Homicide Charge
    232 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs— Private C. Bolton, of the Police Field Force, Kulai, was charged m the Sessions Court here today with culpable homicide not amounting to murder by discharging his revolver and causing the death of Rahmat bin Marsuki on Oct. 19. The Court was told
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  • Article
    She Chewed Chap-Ji-Ki Betting Slip
    66 3 She Chewed Chap-Ji-Ki Betting Slip SURPRISED by a police party, a woman shoved a chap-ji-ki slip into her mouth and chewed it the Singapore Fourth Police Court was told yesterday. The chewed pieces were exhibited m court. She was 46-year-old Pang: Cieok Tiow, who was fined Sl,ooo or three months
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    Rural Board Plans For Next Year
    153 3 THE Singapore Rural Board carried out more work m the rural areas m 1954 than m 1953. but improvements had not finished as water and light were still the two most important requisites to make continued development rapid said Mr. H.J.C. Kulasingha yesterday. Sneaking
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    $10,000 Bail Offered In Opium Case
    79 3 $10,000 Bail Offered In Opium Case LOH Moh Seng. 29. of River Valley Road. Singapore, was charged m the Seventh Police Court yesterday, with possession of 40 pounds of raw opium. The prosecution alleged that the opium was found on board the vessel Benveg anchored m Singapore Harbour. on Dec
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    YMCA Art Exhibition
    55 3 A SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor. Mrs. Elizabeth Choy. will open the second exhibition of the Singapore Chinese YMCA Art Club at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Jan. (J. at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition will be open to the public from Jan 7 to Jan. 9, from 9
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    Married In Singapore
    46 3 MR. AND MRS U.K. YEO, who were married m Singapore recently Mr. Yeo i s a sales representative of the National Cash Register Co. (Malaya) Ltd. His bride is the former Mis s Susan Lim daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Hoe Yeong.
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    NEHRU AND MOHD. ALI DUE TODAY
    184 3 INDIA'S Prime Minister. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. and the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Mr. Mohamed Ali. are expected m Singapore today on their way back homo after attending the Colombo Powersconference m Bogor. Indonesia Mr. Nehru is scheduled to arrive at Kallang airport at 1
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    PMC ACTIVITIES REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT
    170 4 PMC ACTIVITIES REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT PENANG, Thurs.— Municipal labour relations here throughout the year have continued to produce a pattern of fair dealing and mutual confidence which other parts of the world might strive to follow. This was stated by the Municipal President. Mr. J Cunyngham-Brown m a review
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    WATCHMAN ORDERED TO LEAVE MALAYA
    222 4 WATCHMAN ORDERED TO LEAVE MALAYA PENANG. Thurs.—lmmigration authorities here have ordered a 44-year-old Sikh. Bakhtawar Singh, to leave Malaya after discovering that he was working as a "jaga"' m the New World Park while only m possession of a visitor's visa. This rase Incidentally i s the first of its
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    50 Get Awards
    56 4 photo FIFTY students of the Singapore Junior Technical School yesterday received certificates after completing a three-year course m carpentry, plumbing, radio electrical, general mechanics and motor mechanics Picture shows Mr. Lim Wen Choong. a successful student m carpentry, receiving his certificate from Mrs. Audrrton. wife of the
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    WELFARE MEETING
    27 4 PENANG. Thurs The Penang Welfare Committee will hold a special meeting on Jan. 6. to consider the need for a Malayan Association of Social Services.
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    ACQUITTED
    32 4 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Chow Choon (28) was today acquitted and discharged by the President of the Sessions Court on a charge of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.
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    RIZAL DAY OBSERVED BY LOCAL FILIPINOS
    188 4 RIZAL DAY OBSERVED BY LOCAL FILIPINOS MORE than IGO Filipino children and their friends m Singapore commemorated Rizal Day yesterday at a Christmas party at the Stamford Girls' School, m Waterloo Streets Two speakers. Mr. Yusup R. Abubakar, the Philippine Consul m Singapore, and Dr. Narciso Cordero. guest lecturer from
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    Poor Children's Party Jan. 7
    35 4 THE Rotary Poor Children's Christmas party which was postponed this month because of bad weather, will now take place at the New World. Singapore, on Jan. 7 at 2.15 p.m
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    $500 Donation
    20 4 TELUK ANSOX. Thurs The Chinese Rubber Association here has donated $500 to the Convent School Extension Building Fund
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    Gray To Act For Bingham
    82 4 PEXAXG. Thurs. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Mr David Gray, who has just returned from leave arrived by train .'at Prai this morning to assume the duties of Acting Resident Commissioner during the absence of Mr. R. P. Bingham. At the station he was welcomed
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    He Denies Knowledge Of Opium
    109 4 LEE Raj Bee, driver of a motor car which was tound to contain 249 pounds oi raw I opium m its boot at Pasir Panjang Road on May 20, denied he had any knowledge of the opium He was on trial m the Singapore Second
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 4 HOXGKOXG. Dec. 30 Special Standard ServiceClosing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were; Sl5 6 l) to £1 sterling; $5.***** to LS$l; $1,835 to Malayan $1; $0,180 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $257,125 to a tael.
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    $3/4 M. EXCHANGE FOR JOHORE BAHRU
    235 4 $3/ 4 M. EXCHANGE FOR JOHORE BAHRU Telecoms Takes Over From OTEC KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Telecoms is buildi™ a $750,000 Exchange at Johore Bahru, whose 600 subscribers it will "take over" from the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company on New Year's Day. The Exchange with an ultimate capacity
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    WATER SITUATION IS SOUND
    152 4 PENANG. Thurs. George Town's water situation is reasonably sound at the moment, but cannot, with the steady growth of the population, long remain so. said the Municipal President, Mr. J. S. H Cunyngham-Brown. when he reported the year's activities at the Council meeting i today. The
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    CHARGED WITH BIGAMY
    95 4 CHARGED WITH BIGAMY PENANG. Thurs.-Twenty-two-year-old Koay Hong Khoon, was produced m the Sessions Court today on a charge of having married again while his wife was still living. It was alleged that Koay having had a wife. Tan Choon Lay, m Singapore on Aug 14 this year, married Lim Poh
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    Terrorist Spare Girl,
    41 4 Terrorist Spare Girl, r p< SSlt da h "r fr 0m J d M«h s., n F hu mind, .b 0.".!..?,.,";;'! Birl hmuv-r f Or h h. t Jnd Sl Ih h Sh<l "■""nH to tb« 'n,i r P( rtcd Inndpiii.
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    K.L. Bus Strike May End Today
    91 4 KUALA UWUI T Th.s town's AcrK.lor, strike li nptelti to c tomorrow. |fe U Mau^.r c TTMMPOTI Company 300 drivers and ronductof! haw downed too Thursday. r from a prehm.nary With Unu, Adviitr*! o agenda for n(w tiations v.. It is understood tha' fo^r
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    $50 FINE FOR $1 BRIBE
    121 4 $50 FINE FOR $1 BRIBE KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Kalyani. a 30-year-old bread vendor was today fined $50 by the President of the Sessions Court on a charge of offering a bribe of $t to a policeman Police Constable Oei Tit Wah said that on Nov 11. he arrested Ka'.yani for
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      Surrenders In Pahang
      548 6 THIS week eight Malay and one Chinese terrorists surrendered at Kuala Lipis. This batch of surrenders is the largest for quite some time. Malay terrorists m Pahang were most active during 1950, 1951 and 1952 but, after the death of Wan Ali and Mat Jepon and the
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      Japan's New Policy
      351 6 JAPAN'S new Prime Minister has lost little time m telling the world just how he intends to direct is country's policies. In a six-point pronouncement, Premier Hatoyama laid quibbling aside and made demands, tempered with frequent obeisances to the victors of World War 11, but firmly declared
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      Justice Is Demanded
      290 6 Sir; Section 7 of the Immigration Ordinance 1i)52 allows, amongst other persons, wives and children by blootl, whether legitimate or illegitimate under 18 years of age. of Federal Citizens, British subjects born m Malaya and British subjects ordinarily resident m Malaya to enter Malaya from foreign countries
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      LOCAL-BORN
      156 6 Sir: The P.W.D. here Is indeed a mysterious department where Its local stalling methods are concerned. As far back a.s 1937. I warned of the grave threat to the local-born that wouki be caused by the employment of immigrants of a certain type m various Government departments, and mentioned
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    ROUND-UP
    1250 6  -  J. HALCRO FERGUSON m\h mmi Review of 1954 By London, Thursday. LATIN AMERICA, lying outside the main areas of Great Power conflict, usually makes few headlines m the Press of the rest of the world, but this year has been different. The normal routine of economic conferences, political coups
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    RED EXECUTION IS A NEW STEP
    424 6 By A Special Correspondent r VHE execution last week of Victor Abakumov, former Soviet Minister for State Security from 1046-1952. and of three of his assistattts was a new and important step m the continuous chain ot measures taken siyice Stalin's deatli to reduce
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    Review of Views
    170 6 Review of Views I a I I I I I I that mam I B I oand... ng or,, I also ti< I I I I 1 I that I serve to n. i work! p I r Good News I THE st< I ml d' i I It* trade
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    THE COLOMBO POWERS REPLY TO SEATO
    361 7 Shot In The Dark' Invite To Turkey Pok ;s tcn°cr y l;n De B C urm 3 a 0 j^J Colombo Powers, .ndio. this Indonesian hillsid™ resort v«?«H- J°£*- com un can countries, stretching from i V pohi c l shade from Asian Arab
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    WHITEHALL SURPRISED, ANNCYED & CONCERNED
    219 7 WHITEHALL SURPRISED, ANNCYED CONCERNED LONDON, Dec. 30,— The lombo Powers' bid for a m-A ian conference ed some concern and ince m Whitehall ght Diplomats and cials voiced surprise at me of tlie nations invited some that were not. Fort ign Office declined ai comment pending tc- an offl ial
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    Big Demand For Rubber Goods In US
    149 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 30, (UP) —The Rubber Manufacturers Association predicted today that both rubber consumption and production m the United States will rise m 1955, but Will fall slightly below the recoid levels ot 1953. It fore-ast that 1055 consumption will run at
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    3 BORs Held For 40 Mins.
    69 7 BERLIN. Dec. 30 (UP) British authorities announced today three British soldiers were arrested by the Soviets and held for 40 minutes yesterday on the border of the British sector of Berlin and Bast Germany The announcement said the soldiers, members of the Grenadier Guards,
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    50 7 ZIZI JEANMAIRE, (above) and Roland Petit. France's best known ballet dancers were married m simple civil ceremony outside Paris yesterday after shaking off photographers who had kept an aU ni»ht vigil. The 30-year-old ballerina, star of the film Hans Christian Andersen wore a white wool Dior dress for the ceremony.
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    ELY TO LEAVE
    18 7 FRANCE will soon withhcr Commissioner Germ [ndo-China, General Pa Ely. it was authoritatively rnt.- Reuter
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    Sugar From Carbon Dioxide
    55 7 BERKELEY, California. Dec. 30. <Reuter)— Sunlight has been harnessed to create sugar and starch out of carbon dioxide and water for the first time outside the living cells m green plants, according to Dr. Daniel Arnon. Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of California. The
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    GREGORY PECK IS DIVORCED
    63 7 LOS ANGELES. Dec 30 (Reuter) Gregory Peck. 39. the film actor. was divorced yesterday by his Finnish-born wife Greta who testified "my husband told me we would be better friends if we were not married." She told the judge he stayed away from home nights and
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    Agreement On War Damage
    83 7 LONDON. D-r 30 (Reutcr) An Anglo-French agreement on war damage compensation to British nationals m French overseas territories was published hero today France is to grant British nationals, whose property m these territories was lost or damaged m the 1939-1945 war, compensation equal to that accorded
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    DR. NKRUMAH TO VISIT INDIA
    87 7 NEW DELHI. Dec. 30 (Reuter) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Prime Minister of the Gold Coast, will visit India early m March. An External Affairs Department spokesman said the date and duration of Dr. Nkrumah's visit are not yet worked out but a detailed programme of his
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    Ex-Queen At Fair
    45 7 QUEEN Kambhai Bharni. widow of the late King Prajathipok, escorted by Dr. Meader of the USIA to the three dimensional movie Cinerama showing at the Constitution Fair of 1955 m Bangkok. King Prajathipok died m Ensland shortly after his abdication. UP. photo.
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    SHE TRIES CO-EXIST STUNT ON AMERICA
    153 7 SHE TRIES CO-EXIST STUNT ON AMERICA HONGKONG. Dec 30, UP Jtk— Communist China said specifically for the first time today it wants to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. Never before since the Communists took control of China m 1949 have they specifically named the United States as one
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    HORSE AND OWNER DRUNK
    71 7 ST. ALB AN S. WEST VIRGINA. Dec. 30. (AP)— Police arrested a beer-drinking horse and its owner here on Monday, when both were seen weaving down the street near a tavern. Homer Carpenter, 50, was confined at the city jail. His horse was taken to the
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    Ex-Commodore Dies At 77
    58 7 Ex -Commodore Dies At 77 CARLISLE, Cumberland. Dec. .30 (Reuter) Sir Robert Irving, former commodore of the Cunard Shipping Line and once master of the liner Queen Mary, has died here aged 77. it was announced yesterday. He commanded the Queen Mary when she broke both the outward and returns
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    Jail Is Home Sweet Home
    165 7 LONDON. Dec. 30, (Reuter) Harry Marks, 62. returned once again to the life he loves m prison. He left the dock at the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court yesterday to start an 18-month prison sentence for theft. A detective inspector said this of him:
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    Dangers Face Chiang Next Year
    447 7 TAIPEH, Dec. 30, (AP)— Dangers both political and military face Nationalist China m 1955. Politically, the Soviet bloc is expected to fire its big guns m an effort to give the Chinese Reds the seat m the Tnited Nations now held by the Communists. Militarily,
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    Assembly For Moral Rearmament
    139 7 WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 (Reuter) A ten-day World Assembly for Moral Rearmament opened here yesterday attended by over 1.000 delegates from Asia. Africa Europe and Australia. Goodwill messages read to the Assembly during the morning session Included those from Mr. Isato Ichlmada. Japans Democratic Parly Leader. Prenver
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    Release If She Won't Go To U.K.
    114 7 LONDON. Der. no (Rcutct) Brj!;un has asked Russia to relcn^c a British horn woman. Mrs Mngdalene M chko. itnderatood to bt hold In a Soviet camp nenr Moscow a Foreign on i said ycsiord Ex-prisoners rtltojfd b& the Ruiitani laid m Virnria that
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    ALAN LADD & JACK HAWKINS TOPS
    401 7 ALAN LADD JACK HAWKINS TOPS LONDON. Dec. 30, (Renter) American screen star. Alan Ladd. and the British comedy. Doctor m the House, xoere the top cinema box office attractions m Britain m 1954. according »o the annual poll of film exhibitor a organised by the Motion Picture Herald. The 4,3C5
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      117 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 30. The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 29 d Fcbtuory 29 d. Spot £694 buyers, March 28Jd. £695 sellers. April/June 28id. Three months £696 July/September 27 id. buyers,
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      23 7 WRIST WATCH /£^^PBw Dr\ v»/ WIN \j r\ DL_ AN l\ T^^jfcw^Pfl^W B^^ POCKET WATCHES. i^^^Bv -IS ROBINSON S^^^3 RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. aA»
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    NANYANG LIBRARIAN GETS BUSY
    328 8 NANYANG LIBRARIAN GETS BUSY And More Plans Go On To The Drawing Board THE Librarian of Nanyang University, Mr. Yen Wun Yu, flew into Singapore yesterday by Cathay Pacific Airways from Hongkong where he had been looking for the first books for the library. Mr. Yen said his first job
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    Vampires Leave For Ceylon
    91 8 Vampires Leave For Ceylon SQUADRON Leader Hugh Webbe. Officer Commanding No. t>o Fighter Squadron. RAF. Tengah, has beer admitted to hospital and wili not now be permitted to fly his squadron to Ceylon, today. The squadron Of Vampires which is due to leave base at •J a m will now
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    INDEPENDENCE OF BURMA
    28 8 THE Consulate OHire ot the 'Jnion of Burma m Singapore will remnin closccd on Tucs day Jan. 4. to celebrate the Anniversary of Burma's Inpendence.
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    We May Yet Have Our Own Faculty Of Architecture
    157 8 We May Yet Have Our Own Faculty Of Architecture SIR Sydney Came, ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya, said yesterday that he hoped to see the day when locally trained architects would be available for Malaya's building jobs. "When that day comes." he said, 'we hope W€ can employ local
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    Boat Thief Is Jailed
    96 8 FOUR brass silencers and a generator worth a total of $2,500. belonging to the Indonesian Government Customs Department, were stolen from two launches anchored at sea otl Beach Road on Dec. 20 Yesterday, m the Singapore Sixth Police Court, two men. Xeo Chwee Goh and Ong
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    Bound For Australia
    43 8 photo MISS Betty Pereira flew into Singapore last nip;** from Bangkok b., Cathay Pacific Airways. She is on her way to Australia, having spent her vacation m Bangkok "No." she said. "I'm not a student. I m \ii«jf rnli-i Standard
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    $1,000 THEFT FROM NAAFI
    36 8 IPOH. Thurs.— Goods valued at nearly $1,000 were stolen from a NAAFI grocery shop m Ashby Road, last night. The loss was discovered this morning by the Chinese owner of the store.
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    BOY KILLED
    35 8 An 11-year-old boy. Chua Ah Bah. was killed yesterday when he was involved m a collision with a lorry at the 5^ mile. Thompson Road. Singapore. Chua was cycling when the accident occurred.
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    Firemen's Widows To Get Pensions
    102 8 Firemen's Widows To Get Pensions SINGAPORE City Council yesterday decided that the widows of five firemen who died while on duty m April, this year, should come under a pension scheme The amounts granted to them under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance would be taken into account while putting them on
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    Building Case Is Postponed
    110 8 Building Case Is Postponed THE cr.se agnnst Tan Kam Toei and Tan Kam Kic. joint owners ot the leaning fivestorey building at the junction of South Bridge Road and Carpenter Street, was postponed by the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate. Mr. D C D'Cotta. to April 7. next year. Tan
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    YOUNG ADMIRERS
    37 8 photo CEYLON'S Primp Minister. Sir John Kotelawala s«J, m s autograph books of Ceylonese children m Singapore at a tea party held m his honour at the Ceylon Sports Club m Balestier Road veslprday.- Standard
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    McNeice Silences City Councillor
    161 8 A SPEECH m the Sin^am>re it\ oinwii day against the ban on non-English s., k „V rfrom contesting the elections, was sl«.p,. \> being "out of order." v 1 and (aid **YOU Courn Ingl Ol I ten n He Y< Mr Mr. A. R. Lazarous. who
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    PERIYAR DUE
    11 8 PERIYAR E. V R rel y train fron X
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      392 8 Information at a Glance tS ING AP Olfin SURFACE MAIL I k: MM r V Lrf DI>P\T( II: To B.irm.l and N WKBe *2m Soutii India by T.»k >' C Ja+S2w U 'Z Jakarta and So-.irabiv.i h-. H IMI 1 f 0 S U SrJT .nS^e^n bl x SINfIAPOSC \lll
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    BOOKS OF 1954
    1579 9 A Symposium Jean Cocteau T HAVE read three books A this year with much more than my eyes aloneL'Atlantide et les Geants by D c n i s Saurat; La Couleur Tombee dv Ciel by H.P. Lovecraft, translated by Jacques Papy; and Lueurs sur les Soucoupes V.ilantes.
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    BOORK of The WEEK SOMEONE NEW NOVELS
    954 9  - BOORK of The WEEK SOMEONE NEW NOVELS Stevie Smith -By FRANCOIS MAURIAC'S Flesh and Blood, a fine early novel now published for the first time In English (Eyre and Spottlswoode, 10s. 6d.), is characteristlcaally concerned with the sweet-cruel religion of Europe and with the chains of greed, passion and frivolity
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      442 9 CAIHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS I 'A ,WU C U Itf ,o.3(), 1.15. 3.45. 71 7 6.30 9.30 p.m. m »csi MssioMmncu m sion Cinim.ScopC mj no mucq.' mm DKLt'XE *m*immal «u*,BßiinDo Jun siininonsn.,ri«oßEßonii lw »HREnniE i J Plus CinemaScope Short "CINEMASCOPE PARADE" I .^^^^s^^lßH: LISTS SUSPENDED -_r_n_-_- u -unJ [Morning Tomorrow
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      290 9 I^SHAW BROTHERS^ ON SALE TODAY IN SINGAPORE new iPovie vm FREE INSIDE I COLOURED ART POSES J TEL 5159 7ODAV IN ITS 2nd BIG WEEK OF SUCCESS ALAN LADD is m his element as the tough <iu> sc»nt to Mk. A subdue the redskins <L II ijp9 v 2 1
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    You Need Shawls And Stoles In Spore
    1032 10 You Need Shawls And Stoles In Spore Another Page of Fashions and Comments by TONI MARSH H OWEVER nOW thot we have establishI ed just how essential it is to have one or v more of the above items m your ward--;j:- robe, we would like _i. to point out
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    Hold Me Tight!
    44 10 "Hold me tight" should be the name of this raspberry red cardigan. Two definitely masculine hands are appliqued m a most lifelike manner to give the effect of a loving embrace. ..A most novel and amusing sweater knit of Orion: 575.
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    AROUND AND ABOUT
    405 10 VrTHIRLIXG through the town, it strikes me that little by little the number of beggars on and around Rattles Place has doubled itself during the last few months. Surely these poor people are looked after by the Social Welfare, if not, why not? Then there's the blackmail
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    New Year Resolutions
    468 10 WONDER who started all this nonsense about New Year resolutions. And despite the fact that several of my friends and acquaintances facetiously twitter about giving up this and that and doing one thing and the other but definitely, my deah! m the next twelve months, I have
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      123 10 /Q) Uniform Qualify makes HEINZ BABY FOODS mosf dependable j In Heinz foods especially prepared for 1 babies you find finer texture, flavors V and natural colors. These foods are <^ made from choice fresh ingredients onl\; they are expertly cooked and I carefully strained m gleaming Heinz J kitchens,
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      1209 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 LfiSSffi (incorporated m Singapore) <mine*> BB THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE el rarriers option to proceed via other ports to lo:i<| and discharge careo HAMJMOi t*> LIVERPOOL OLAMUCMV. LONDON CON'IINKNT. Singapore Due Sails P. Sham Fenang Muron for Uverooo' 8t U!tfeo« t. V.I.W .lan
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      1042 11 Sales Of Tractors Show Big Increase MASSEY Harris Ferguson baler exports of close or tastern Hemisphere Divi- 400 per cent. sion. announce that m the The company's exports from past year their business Britain all m all earned nas expanded substantially just on £20.000.000 both m the British market Tho
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    BIGGEST EVER DISPLAY OF HK GOODS IN '55
    147 12 Standard Staff Reporter THE third and biggest ever exhibition of Hongkong manufactured products will be held at the Happy World Stadium m March or April next year. Mr. K. G. Lui. manager of the Happy World Amusement Park, told The Standard yesterday
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    Party Supports Planters
    123 12 IPOIL Tliurs The announcement that the new support price for local padi is to be Sl2 per picul instead of $17 for the 19.>4 1955 padi season has drawn a statement from the National Association of Perak. It proposes lo make representations to the highest level to
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    GATT ON 'THE WRONG ROAD'
    91 12 OTTAWA. Dec. 30 <AFP> The Canadian Minister of Commerce. Mr. C. D. Howe, said yesterday that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was on the wrong road and m danger of collapsing. Addressing a Press conference on his return from Geneva, he said that
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    SEARCH FOR OIL GOES ON UNDER THE SEA
    291 12 NOW under cons>truciioa m the South China Sea, nearly a mile off the coast of British Borneo, are two new "artificial islands" steel structures designed for use as drilling: platforms m the search for underwater oil. They will supplement the work of
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    O.A.C. REPORTS $5.1 M. GROSS PREMIUM
    228 12 THE Chairman of Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd., Mr. S. Q. Wong, says that the increase m income has been maintained at an even higher level m the year ended Aug. 31, with the gross premium at §5,111,421, the highest figure yet attained. The actual
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    WORLD AIR TRAFFIC UP AGAIN
    94 12 MONTREAL, Dec. 30 (UP).— The International Civil Aviation Organization (1.C.A.0) reported yesterday that world air traffic increased again m 1954 as it has every year since 1944. International and domestic schedules carried 57,800,000 passengers, an average of 554 miles each this year, against 52,000,000 passengers
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    Rubber Price Tops $1_ Then Slips
    504 12 HOLIDAY FORECASTS BRIGHT PROSPECTS AT LOWER LEVELS Standard Market Reporter ISOLATED instances of first grade rubber changing hands m the Singapore market at $1 per Ib., the highest since May 1952, were reported yesterday morning but this price remained briefly and was nerer established
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    New Trade Commissioner
    86 12 MK. H.L.LE MARCH AXD, Vie newly appointed Australian Trade Commissioner In Malaya, arrived m Singapore in the ship Strain Banks, yesterday. Accompanying him ivus Mr* Marchand. He will take up his appointment tomorrow Mr. Marchuud, who had for the past 30 years been in the exporting business,
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    SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC
    74 12 PARIS. Dec. 30: (AFP).— *The traffic through the Suez Canal during the month of October amounted to 9.103.000 tons net for 1.154 crossings which was an increase of 10 per cent on the month of October of the previous year, it was announced here yesterday. With regard
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    FREIGHT RATES UP
    36 12 FREIGHT RATES UP LONDON 1) Britain an I Cc> Pak. About 10 1 1 next, it today. Itothei n\ m Se| caused the north <, rai ed oi parit) freifht rat and I IQ ne oi ft
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    Profit For Malaka Pinda
    200 12 Profit For Malaka Pinda THE Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates Ltd. made a profit of $162,724 alter providing for all natural expenses, directors' fees and depreciation on buildings. machinery and equipment for the year ended Aug. 31. With the balanct brought forward. wa- damage claim, received, refund of tax relating to
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    Ferry Service
    33 12 THE British Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation has approved, subject to certain conditions, a direct air ferry link with the Continent for motorists and cyclists In the Midlands and North.
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    Family Of 7 Children Fly By B.O.A.C.
    213 12 Family Of 7 Children Fly By B.O.A.C. WUEH Mr. Charles Tiernan, imDort manager for a Hongkong firm, and his wife Eileen flew recently from Hongkong to London Airport, iS.O.A.C. girls turned out m force to assist them on their arrival m Britain, for the Tiernans had brought with them their
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    Rubbers Again The Feature In Share Mart
    202 12 Rubbers Again The Feature In Share Mart t tnunw And tommmree% ON the Malayan share market yesterday lubbers continued to be the outstanding feature with substantial appreciation m prices widely spread throughout the list. Industrial shares were irregular. Tins were slightly bolter but business m this section was insufficient v*
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    BANK RATES
    27 12 THF Malayan J^SS Banks" A>soi..t n T/ ralt-s to men h. OD wrrr I [rot SurdiOi kron.r U I Danish krotw r P» rrmainrd unaUrrrii
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    CANNING PLANT
    22 12 A £1 million factory is to bf I B.iti-hi-!ors Peas at A Kent, the chairman. Maurice W. Batchcloi nounced recently.
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      542 12 tTHE COMPANIES OKDINANCE. 1940-1946. Copy Pursuant to Section ll'J(l) of SPECIAL RESOLUTION of FOO BROTHERS HYDRAULIC GOLD MINE, LIMITED. r Passed on the 28th December, 1954. VT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the mbers of the above-named Company duly convened and held at No. 13, Hale Street. Ipoh. on the
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      415 12 SSS'^P s s'>: j! S IMP Jp^> w Ol TIR ROADS A-'::a. Eastern Queen. Shinwa i Maru, Chip Lam. Mvi Ann, Java. Tak Sang. Rurgen, Hai Fci. .V legonda. La Charants. IN VI R ROADS Giang Song. Hock Ho, Hong Fniz. Bruas. Benvcc. Seng Sing. rorina, Marudu. Hero. Lucky i
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    U.S. DAVIS CUP HEROES PRAISE TALBERT
    240 13 SYDNEY, Dec. 30, (AP)-Tony Trabert and Vie Seixas. whose racquets won back the Davis Cup for the 1 nited States, said that their Australian campaign probably would not have been successful without captain Bill Talbert. r four lean years. Ameis getting back the Log
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    Golf 'Rebels' Form Own Committee
    102 13 Golf 'Rebels' Form Own Committee LONDON, Dec. 29: (Reuter) The Tournament Golf Promala m dispute with the British Professional Golfers intion. the ruling body, formed their own comtee. It comprises members from parts of Britain and Iren with Henry Cotton as /rary secretary Jimmy Adams, chairman of new committee, .said
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    Valdes Next To 'Rocky'
    85 13 MILWAUKEE. Dec. r^O. fßeater) The National Boxing Association of America, yesterday declared Nino Valdea of Cuba the logical contender for Rocky Marciano's World Heavyweight title. In their Winter ratings, the Association named Don Cockell, the British heavyweight champion and Ezzard Charles. former World title holder as
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    Hutton 'A Bit Seedy'
    87 13 MELBOURNE, Dec. 30: (Router) Leo Hutton, the England captain has a still' neck. But Mr. Geoffrey Howard, MCC team manager said today thorp was no doubt he would be fit for the Third Te<t beginning here tomorrow. Tom Goodman, cricket writer of the Sydney Morning Herald
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    Gomes Retires
    41 13 RT of Spain Trinidad. D 30, (AP) Gerry Gomes. I jred m more interi cricket matches than I o'her We.^t Indian, an- is retirement yesterc lue to business pressure. He played m England, Aus- New Zealand and t a.
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    58 13 Photo. COLOMBO: Nearly half-a-ton o} brawn and muscle strides to take the strike in a cricket match played here between a team of rurcstlers and another of jockeys. They are ike )amous Wrestlers (above) King Koug, leit, and Cora Singh who weighs 540 pounds. Needless to
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    138 13 > AFTER their Boxing Day 'return to big-time boxing', 2 the Colony's promoters are pitching again with an•.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\w%\\\\ other good card on Jan. 16 at the Happy World stadium featuring local and visiting Belgium champions. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\w\\\\> Pierre Cossymens. bantamweight champion of Belgium and ftiurth rank- big world li.inl.unu, i-ht will
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    Risk To Amateur Boxers
    135 13 They found "light symptoms" of brain disturbances m nine other cases. Twelve amateurs showed few. if any. symptoms of disturbances after being knocked out or floored. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 30, <AP) Five Swedish physicians who have made a thorough investigation into it have reached the conclusion that
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    NOW ENGLAND WILL BE THE FAVOURITES
    398 13 MELBOURNE, Dec. 30, (Reuter)— Alec Bedser and Denis Compton are m the England XI for the Third Test against Australia beginning here tomorrow. The team will bo chosen from: L. Hutton (Captain, Yorkshire), P. B. H. May (Vice Captain, Surrey). If. C. Cowdrey (Kent).
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    MALACCA HIT ONLY TWO AGAINST JOHORE
    185 13 MALACCA, Thurs.— An improved Malacca team 3eat Johore by two goals to nil m an inter-state hockey match at the Banda Hilir English School ground today. But against a Johore 'trial' side which included two school boys and five newcomers. Malacca should have won
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    S'pore Malays Meet Gold Cup Champs
    161 13 S'pore Malays Meet Gold Cup Champs KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Selangor soccer fans, who have had a glut of entertainment this season, are m for a fitting finale that incidentally falls the last day of the year. Tomorrow at the Princes Road stadium. Selangor Malays, this year's Sultan's Gold Cup champions,
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    Tennis At Keppel Club
    68 13 THE Keppel Tennis Club, with a view to playing friendly games m the New Year, invite Colony clubs or parties interested to get m touch with the Tennis Convenor, Keppel Club, Keppel Harbour, as soon as possible. There are four good hard courts at the club
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    GREETINGS FROM KUC
    179 13 Vladimir Kuc. Russian holder of the world I milos and 5,000 metres records sent New Year greeting- to Britain's Chris Chataway and Czechoslovakia's Emil Zatopek m a broadcast over Moscow Radio hoard London yesterday. Kuc broke Chatawny's 5.000 metres record m October this year when ho beat
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    Innings Win For India
    96 13 CHITTAGONG, East Pakistan. Dec. 30 (AFP) India won their first cricket match of the Pakistan tour Ahcn they beat the local side by an innings and 15 run s yesterday. The three-day fixture lasted only two days The local team went m to bat first and
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    HARRINGAY FOR CG's CUP
    574 14 c loorhJ f P E N A N G, Thurs ?veral candidates for the »mmissioner General's ll Yip, run over ten furlongs Saturday, were seen out their final workouts at v Gantan? this mornv uanuns mis morn Harnngay, Airmark, oletto and Bearer t j it \T,d
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    FOUR SPECIAL RACES IN COLONY MEET
    275 14 PICTIRES by Lean Kup Seng show how they finished at Penang on Wednesday, third day of the Penang Turf Club Christmas and New Year meeting. Mr. C. Prosper Liston's Demonic created the biggest upset of the meeting so far as shown m race three;
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    Pointers For Punters
    314 14  - Pointers For Punters WINDSOR LAD By PENANG, Thurs.— With another racing day before the season comes to an end jockey Athol Mulley is now assured of his title of champion Jockey for the year. He landed a great 'double* on Mont Clare on the third day of the Penang X'mas
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    HANDING OUT BOUQUETS
    584 14 A Race Fan Writes Dear Trundle Hill YOU mentioned m ;/our interesting column o» U\c 2lst December that Dinna Forget 11 iras high on your list of 'JO to iollow m 1955. Will you publish thii lull list m near iulure please tneidently, arc yov iJic same
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    ICI Oust F & N With Poh Lim
    134 14 ICI Oust F N With Poh Lim Imperial Chemical Industrie! Badminton Party heat Frascr and Xeave B P. by tr.rc\> carries t<-> two m xho quarter-final of tiio Commercial nous, b.tdminton tournameni played at Vac Singapore Badminton Stadium last nifht On% Poh L.m won both his games for the F
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    The Happy Americans
    168 14 NEW YORK Dec 30. (Renter) Americans are jubilant at the success of their team against Australia In the Davis Cup. Mr. Alrick Man. chairman of the United States Davis Cup Committee sent congratulations and praised, particularly Bill Talbert. the team's captain. "Talbert certainly did a great job
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    Navy Hold SCC
    39 14 Royal Navy held the Sngapore Cricket Club to a 2 al draw m a friendly horkev matrh at the Padang yesteday. Lt Brooks scored twice fo the Royal Navy. Hobson an McLeod netted for the SCC
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    ALL BLUES WIN THE HARD WAY
    204 14 ALL BLUES WIN THE HARD WAY PEXANG. Thurs. —Dl sity of Malaya gave the Penang All Blues a hectic time m their Rugby match on Dato Kramat ground today before they bowed down m defeat. Ail Blues won by eight points (one goal and one penalty goal> to three points
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    CEYLONESE Go DOWN FIGHTING Garnier Stars Agoinst Heavier Club XV
    315 14 CEYLONESE Go DOWN FIGHTING Garnier Stars Agoinst Heavier Club XV I MEMBEU aj ,/„> UyUm aW*, Umm m// C S(C yestvnlny uhrrv th,v iwro gwmU SCC 20 f J goal. 4 tries, 1 penally f >J«»n L Referee: F Lf, Jones SINGAPORE Cricket Club beat the University of Ceylon In
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    Poor Finishing Cost Malayan U. This Game
    249 14 PENANG, Thurs.— After a fuelling game, (he Chinese Recreation tv* Im lf the University of Malaya by two goals to nil m a hockey Match p] Victoria Green today. T.^o visitor-. Klgh speedier were poor m their finishing. University's centre halt Karpal Singh
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