The Straits Times, 21 February 1953

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SAT! RDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 156 1 A man no sane govt would employ BY A JUDGE IPOH. Fri. A JUDGE in the appeal court here today said: "I still have enough faith in human nature to think that the Government will pay some attention to one of its country's Judges." Mr. Justice Thomson ittimlsted an appeal
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  • 40 1 BIRMINGHAM. Fri. Final assembly lines at th*» Au.s;:n rrf>tn r works here fame to a 'virtual standstill"" yesterday when 2.:<00 vehicle bu..deri continued their .strik". Trade union officials rmtfd that lu.ooo workers were idle a.s a result.
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  • 27 1 KUCHING. Fri. H M Alert, carrying Rear- A A C Pugaley, arrived here this morning on i two-day visit before leaving for Mid on Sundav.— Reuter.
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  • 36 1 TEL AVIV. Fri. -Two trucks lowieci heavy wooden crates Irom the Soviet Legation her. today a.s members of the .stafl '1 in leave for home following the diplomatic brea!: between Ru.%<ia and Israel. Router.
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  • 123 1 Top ham ban LONDON. Fri. AVAST audience of English speaking people abroad will miss hearing the Grand National horse race on the radio on M.uch 28. unless the British Broadcasting Corporation sucln negotiations for broadcasting rights, the 8.8.C. said today. The BBC. ha.s !> by
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  • 25 1 LONDON. Fri— The Queen today received Mr. Winthrop Aidrich. who presented his credentials as new United States Ambassador to Britain. Rr uter
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  • 98 1 A broadcast by the Voice' fTHE Voice of America Malay language broadcast on Thursday next will present a special 30-minute programme commemorating the 100 th anniversary of the Straits Times, the U.S. Information Services announced yesterday. The broadcast wijl be based on selected highlights fn.m the Straits
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  • 33 1 -•Very ill' LONDON. Fri.- Soviet Deputy Premier. Mr. Molotov, is so ill that he is practically confined to his bed a source close to Indian n diplomatic circles snid today. U.P.
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  • 458 1 Boy drowned in drain RAINFALL (4 INCHES IN 2 HOURS) A RECORD Inn. iiiiiiiiN i .inn- it> .->inK<i|»irr yesterday. In two hours more than four inches of rain fell on the city a record Is* so short a time. Koh Kirn Hong, a si\->ear-old hoy was drowned in
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  • 99 1 Court decides in their favour MADRAS, Fri.— The Madras High Court today held that the Fugitive Offenders' Act i.s i void since it infringed Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, which guaranteed equal protection of the laws. Th e bench of two judges delivered separate but concurreir judgment on
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  • 37 1 from next year BANGKOK. Fri— Siam is to have Its first television set next year, a spokesman of the Siamese Television Company .said today. The site of the TV studio has already been selected.
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  • 17 1 Bandits cut telephone communications, in the Kuala Krai District of Kelantan on Thursday night.
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  • 122 1 WASHINGTON. Friday. fTHE Vnhed States Army said yesterday it has guided missiles so good "it is almost impossible for them to miss a target." In a summary entitled "Thr Army's new guided mLssiles now roll off the assembly line," I
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  • 37 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. Senate investigators were told today that all personnel of the United States delegation to the United Nations had been warned to safeguard secrets in dealing with United Nations Secretariat employees.— A.P.
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  • 102 1 FOUR BRITISH WEAPONS SINCE MONTE BELLO LONDON, Fri. BBITAIN has completed the prnto type of four new atomic weapons since the .Monte Bello tests less than live months ago, according to a report in today's Daily Herald. This paper's military correspondent, A. J. McWhinnie, said that these were: 1. Atomic
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  • 47 1 PORT VILLA. New Hebrides. Fri. A volcano erupted In the sea, ?^st of Epi I.;. and in the New Hebrides on February 10, according to a report reaching here today. The water round the arta was still bubbling but nol so violently. R* uter.
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  • 26 1 BERLIN. Fri. A United State sotdler. 29-year-old Robert D. Bleens, ha s been ni.ssine in West Berlin since last Saturday, police said today.— Reuter.
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  • 31 1 South American orders sent the price of rubber up by l 3 g cents in Singapore yesterday. March first grade shipments closed at 79 S 8 cents a lb.
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  • 34 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. Informed Congressmen said today the Eisenhower administration apparently had decided to use the Korean stalemate as a time to build up Asian replacements for some of the American forces there.— Reuter.
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Frl.— T-he 19.918French liner De Gr&sse will be renamed Empress of Australia when she joins the Canadian Pacific fleet to replace the burnt-out Empress of Canada. I —Reuter.
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  • 28 1 NAIROBI. Fri— The Government said yesterday that 202 people of all rares had been killed by Mau Mau terrorists since the start of the emergency—A.P.
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  • 78 1 TOKYO, Fri. Superforts. i following up massive fighter- 1 bomber strikes, roared up to the Yalu River early today to i dump 110 tons of bombs on a I hugp Communist headquarters j on the doorstep of Manchuria Eleven Superforts nearly w>ped out a 140-acre
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  • 61 1 TEL AVIV. Fri— The Soviet Minister, Mr. Pavel Ivanovitch Yirshov. left the Soviet Legation here today on the first *tage of his return to Moscow following Russia's diplomatic break with Israel. Mr Yershov headed a convoy of Legation staff out of the Legation one minute after
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  • 122 1 A petition for the windinsj-up-of Rahamin Penhas Ltd. I was granted by Mr. Justice Brown in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne, for Mr, Isaac Penhas and Mlssj Flora Penhas. said that Mr. Isaac Penhas had not been i able to
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  • 32 1 LINCOLN BOMItKKS from No. 1 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron. Tengah. Singapore, yesterday continued I heavy attacks on terrorist camps near Kluang and Labis, 1 In Johore.
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  • 182 1 SWIMMING TRUNK GANG RAID ANOTHER HOUSE THE masked "swimming trunk gang*" broke into another house early yesterday morning. But this time only one of the three men wore his scarlet trunks. The other two wort long trousers but no shirts. The gang surprised a mahjong party in a coffee-shop off
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  • 70 1 With hockey sticks ARMED with hockey sticks and ropes, boys of the Singapore Junior Technical School yesterday attacked an 18-foot python and killed ii. I The boys wire playing hockey on the school g/ound in Balestier Road when one ol their teachers saw the P.vt hon in
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  • 40 1 A seven- Yi'ar-old girl was killed instantly when she was i knocked down by a General Hospital ambutance at Tanjong Katong Road yesterday. Any witnesses are asked to contact Insp. A. Kader at Sepoy Lines oolice station.
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  • 32 1 VIENNA. Fri. Four million Austrians are expected to be at trip polls in general elections on Sunday to choose 165 Lower House deputies from 1.567 candidates of 11 parties. Reuter.
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  • 410 1  - The Lee Meng appeal HALL ROMXFY WHAT SULTAN WILL BE TOLD 1 rom LONDON. Fri. riE solicitors of Lee Meng. 25-year-old woman under sentence of death for possessing a hand grenade, today gave details of the petition of clemency which was last night sent by Comet airliner to the Sultan
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  • 130 1 SINGAPORE millionaire and I leading figure in the Malaya-wide move to form a Chinese university. Mr. Tan Lark Sye. yesterd'av told the inaugural meeting of r.n interim Chinese university ceneral committee that he would guarantee the fund.s needed to finance the management of the university
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  • 29 1 NAIROBI. Fri British troops fighting Mau Mau terrorism in Kenya had their overseas term of duty. du# to end in April, extended for six months. —Reuter.
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  • 170 2 Britain faces another flood crisis— test for the new defences LONDON, Friday. gRITAIN still faces the danger of further floods with the hijrh tides of mid-March, the Home Secretary, Sir David/* Maxwell Fyfe, warned yesterday. He told the House of Commons that an army of 25,000 workers has plugged 90
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  • 121 2 VENICE. Fri THE Anglo Iranian Oil Cnmpang and the Italian Supor company yr.strrday submitted lo the Venice Court written evidence of their claim to the constested Persian oil cargo landed here last Saturday from the Italian tanker Mirlella. The cargo, about 5.000 lon-; of fuel
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  • 113 2 LONDON, Fri. rv Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, yesterday moved In the House of Commons a resolution backed by all parties recording deep sympathy with the Netherlands and Belgium and all who suffered in the British floods. The resolution also offered warm thanks for the "spontaneous
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  • 57 2 BRUNEI, Fri.— Jungle tribes- folk in Brunei only a genera- tion removed from the famed headhunters of Borneo, are among contributors to a State- wide scheme to provide a i personal gift from the people to Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation. The gift will be quite separate
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  • 38 2 LONDON. Fr!. -The Brii.h Army coats every Briton 4s. 3d. a week, the Air Force 3s. 6d.. i and the Navy 2s 9d.. it was I officially stated in the Housp 'of Commons today. Reuter.
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  • 31 2 RO3EWELL. "New Mcxiroi Fri Twfcity-two airmen esraped unhurt w hrn B-36 raiißht nre nf>ar the md of Ita landing; nn shortly before midnight last night and was burned out. AP.
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  • 28 2 WASHINGTON. Fri The Mutual Security Ajcn«-y v^? terday allocated an arirlitiona! U5524,000 to For mo.- a and Thailand USS3O.OOO. both for technical assistance projects. A. P.
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  • 102 2 LONDON. Friday. SCIENTIFIC research has shown that an explosion of 1.000 tons of ammunition in the naval ammunition depot at Bedenham. Hampshire. In July. 1950 at first said to be due to sabotage -was probably accidental. Mr. James Thomas. First Lord of the Admiralty, said yesterday.
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  • 19 2 LONDON. Fri— An AngloDanish tradp agreempnt for 1953 was signed here today. It »as officially stated— Renter.
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  • 91 2 CAIRO. Friday. THE doors of Abdin Palace, where ex-King Farouk stared several of his famouv "Arabian Nightc" parties, nre tn he opened to sightseers at a fee of one pound per head, it was reliabU learned yesteirlav. Around 1 000 tourists are expected
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    • 960 2 NOTICES NOR D ANAL (JOHORE) RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING IP i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN i that the creditors of the abnvr- named Company, which Is being voluntarily wound up. are required on or before the 27th day of March. 1953, being the day for that pur- pose
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    • 541 2 NOTICES THE CHINESE ASSOCIATION. SINGAPORE The Annual General Meeting of I the Chinese Association will be held at the Association's premises, No. 1230 Serangoon Road. Singapore on Sunday, 22nd February, 1953 at 3 00 p.m. SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION NOTICE Is hereby given that the Annual Oeneral Meeting will be held
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    • 659 2 NOTICES FOR SALE Fully developed vacant SHOF LOTS singly or In blocks at Srn t !!<••' Estate on Upper Sertngoor Road and MacPherson Road. AL« a few Terrace Houses and Bungalows of various types. Easy termi for payment can be arranged. Foi particulars apply to Bennett Realtj Co., Ltd., 1,
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  • 255 3 £1,636,760,000 for defence and 'to deter war' LONDON, Friday. |>lilT \l.\ announced last night that she will push up her defence expenditure this year to the record figure of £1,636.760,000. The Government said that to do more than Iliis would l>e to risk an economic collapse
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  • 197 3 And this is how the money will go THIS is now Britain's husc arms hiidgot will he spent. FINANCE— totaI sponilin v will be t l.«3fi/Jiio.noo of which the I'.S will contribute v i in.non.non in dollar ;iid Naval sprndine will Im- E3M.MMM I■cl■ ci I v: IS.Mt.tM Aniiru an
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  • 63 3 TOKYO. F rt. Thr number rf tankers has doubled in the past |3 years our largely to Ihf- Korean war boom, figures released today by tl-.e Transportation Ministry said. Of the 32.270,000 d.'.idwelght tons of tanker bottoms at the end of last yoar, Br.tain led with 7.248.000 ton*,
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  • 33 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The U.S. Navy announced the first flight of its AJ-2. an attack airplane capable of carrying and delivering an atomic bomb from either carrier or land stations —A. P.
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  • 35 3 JERUSALEM. Fri. Jordan claimed today that onp Israeli soldier wu killed when an Israeli military patrol etmmi the armistice demarcation line and tried to drive off with a I flock of sheep. -A.P.
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  • 221 3 The blunder Eisenhower must not make LONDON. F:i J^RITAIN'.- maai circulation Dally Mirror said today I hat President Eisenhower facer) a dilemma on China policy which threatens world safety. The left wing paper, which sells almost 5.000.000 opiejs a riay. biegest daily circulation ir. thf world, declared: "We urge President
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  • 152 3 SAYS LUCE NEW YORK. Friday. fHIANG KAI-SHEK and his Nationalists are the only Chinese forre capable of serving as a spearhead to crack the shell of Communist tyranny, says publisher Henry R. Luce. To hope that some "third force'— as distinct from
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  • 73 3 RANGOON, Fri— Premier U \Nu told the 75th anniversary of the Burma Chamber of Commerce here yesterday that legislation would be introduced 'to prevent the smuggling of mineral ores out of the country. Government reports recently stated that wolfram concentrates from the British-owned Mawchi mines occupied by
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  • 34 3 BOSTON. Fri— The Rev. Leonard J Feeny, central figure in a four-year-old Catholic doctrinal dispute, has been ex- communicated by the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office in Rome.— A.P.
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  • 87 3 NELSON LOSES A BATTLE LONDON, Fri. BRITAIN has lost the Battle of Trafalgar, the House of Commons was told yesterday. And right under Lord Nelson's nose, too. The Minister of Agriculture. Sir Thomas Dugdale, admitted that the war against the 40,000 starlings which roost nightly in the square around the
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  • 139 3 VHE U.S. Navy has a spaceman's suit. Rood for pilot's x even out of this world. The Navy has tested the weird looking outfit which will allow pilots to travel in safety in the extreme upper atmosphere or even in outer space. Photographs
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  • 114 3 US denies Londan report WASHINGTON. Fri. AUTHORITATIVE sources here denied today a published report in London that the U.S. was pressing for control of Britain's Bomber Command within the framework of the North Atlantic Pact. They said no proposal of this kind had been made by U.S. authorities and that
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  • 125 3 I QUEEN ELIZABETH II did not know untfl^shY read 2* the evening papers tonight that she had made her debut in three-dimensional films. An amateur three-dimen-sional film enthusiast for many years, former Naval Lieutenant Henry Offord for months has haunted the vicinity of
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  • 46 3 UNITED NATIONS. Fri.— Twenty-nine teams, made up of United Nations and Philippines personnel, are travelling through the PhlCipplne.s island of Luzon this year to inoculate children against tuberculosis. Chief sponsor <; or the campaign Is the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund.— U.P.
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  • 45 3 LIMOGES. Fri.— The Mayor 1 of the new Oradour Sur Glane and nine Mayors from neigh- bouring village* last night declared a fortnights administrative strike in protest against the French Government amnesty for the 12 Alsatian conscripts sentenced In the Oradour trial.- Reuter.
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  • 196 3 U.N. allies in Korea hold secret talks on diplomacy NFW YORK. Fri. THF UNITED States yesterday told 13 of its United Nations allies about future diplomatic steps planned for dealing with the Korean war. but insisted on secrecy about them. Chief U.S. delegate to U.N.. j Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,
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  • 51 3 THE PRIME MINISTER of Britain. Mr. Winston Churchill, was host at lunch to the French Premier, M. Rene Mayer (left) and the French Minister for Economic Affairs. M. Georges Bidault (second from right). On the extreme right is the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony
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  • 22 3 LONDON. Fri— Dr. Saifudd:n KitehCew. President or the All-India Peace Council, arrived in Leningrad yesterday, the Soviet Agency Tass reported.—UP.
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  • 25 3 BRIENZ (Switzerland >. Fri. —Thirteen persons were slightly injured today, when a train ran into an avalanche which had completely blocked the Brienz-Interlaken line.
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  • 39 3 CANBERRA. Fri It was announced here today that Queen Elizabeth and the that Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Queensland during their 1954 tour In March instead of the worst summer month of February.—Reuter.
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  • 36 3 KUCHING, Fri. Mr. Wee Khen? Chiang, banker and i company director, has donated $100.(100 toward the bulldlne of a new Chinese middle school here, and another $10,000 toward the new Cathedral bulld- ing fund.— Reuter.
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  • 15 3 General Harding. Britain's Chief of Imperial General 1 Staff. is now In Kenya
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  • 31 3 BERLIN. Fri. Representatives of East and West Germany have signed a trade protocol for 1953 providing for an exchange of 408.000.000 marks worth of goods, it was announced today.— A.P.
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  • 313 3 More activity LONDON. Fri. T^IE Stock Market showed an lmx provement over recent days and most sections moved higher in slightly expanded activity. Olltedged. however, experienced the usual Friday quietness. Among Industrials. engineerings, as well as stores and tobaccos, had a useful quota of the upward moveI merits,
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Feb. 20. rash Buyers £!>fio: Sellers £!»«2: Forward Buyers €9-51: Sellers £942: Settlement C 960 (up Cl». Turnover a.m. 15 tons; p.m. 45.
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  • 29 3 LONDON. Feb 20 .--Spot 23 Ud March 23d Apr -.Tun* 23ri JulySept 22. d. Ori.-r>r. 22\d Fob c.j|. 22, d.. Mar. ru.,. 22-'.d./ Apni Market: Stead y.
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  • 29 3 JAKARTA. Fri. a sevenmember West German mission headed by Dr Kurt Daniel arrived here last night to negotiate a new trade aerrement with the Indonesian government. A.P.
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  • 34 3 MOSCOW. Fri— lsraelt Minister Samuel Eliashiv. recaded to Tel Aviv a<; a result of Russia' s diplomatic break with Israel, will quit Moscow tonight by train for Helsinki en route home. -UP.
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  • 296 4 Supplying Wiimaisan offence and fine is $10,000 THK Singapore Government will take action, under the Imports and Exports Regulations. against anyone supplying without a proper permit the Finnish tanker Wiima, now anchored outside the Colony's territorial waters. Those who have done so already are likely to he prosecuted. The penalty
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  • 85 4 ROAD PATROL TROOPS BAG THEIR FIRST BANDIT Xl ALA LI'MPUR, Fri. ONE more terrorist has been killed in tbe Federation. He was shot dead yesterday when a patrol of B" Squadron, 12th Royal Lancers, clashed with four bandits in the Ulu Rotan area of Perak. A woman terrorist was wounded
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  • 223 4 The name is 'Nanyang University' SPONSORS of the proposed Chinese university last nipht deeded at a meeting in Singapore to name it the Nanyani (South Sea> UniverThe meetine elected Mr. Tan Lark Sy<-. it s chief sponsor, as chairman of the university's general committee, and authorised him to draft rules
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  • 28 4 MUAR. Fri- The ar.rual mertins of the Johore Teachers' Union will be held on April 17 at 2.15 p.m. Nt the Bukit Zahrah School Johore Bahru.
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  • 46 4 PENANG. Fri. Over 100 Penan k boys and girls, who are about to leave school, will vitness a field demonstration by health inspectors tomorrow as part of a series of career talks on the medical service arranged by the Settlement Youth Council.
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  • 25 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Sentul Hindus will hold the silver Jubilee celebrations of Srre Ramakrlshna ParamahanM on Sunday at the Thambusamy Filial Tamil SchooL
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  • 137 4 rpHE Cinematograph Films 1 Bill Is expected to provoke a lively debate when it comes up for discussion before the Singapore Legislative Council. The first reading of the Bill is on the agenda for next Wednesdays meeting of the Council. Two councillors defer In their views
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  • 71 4 PENANG, Fri.— An Indian worran, Fatimah Bee. against whom a tentative charge of murder was recently withdrawn after she had turned Crown witness, was today charged in court with criminally ihtimidatinr her son and daughter. Fatimah was alleged to have threatened them during a preliminary inquiry
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  • 33 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Mr. C. H Wilmot. of the British Council, London, will arrive In the Federation on Feb. •22 to give talks on aspects of local prvernment in practice.
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  • 85 4 Penang 's first helicopter PENANG. Fri. "pENANG saw its first helimptpr today. Hundreds chrrrrd as a Sikorsky took off with an R.A.F. pilot ronvalpsnne from a recent air crash. Tlie helicopter landed shortly after 1 p.m. on the polo pxound opposite the General Hospital. It had hopped over to Penang
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  • 42 4 MUAR, Fri.— lnjured while at work in the Banang Forest Reserve. Ho Chai Leong. a logger employed by Bee Chal Sawmill Co. Ltd., of Batu Pahat, was awarded a compensation of $192 by the North Johore Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation.
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  • 39 4 SEOAMAT. Fri.— Ball of $150 each was offered Liang Ah Eng, 40. and Teong Sal Hwa, a woman, 40, charged In Segamat Court yesterday with theft of ten katLs of rambutans. The case was adjourned tlll*Mar. 25.
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  • 172 4 The boss will get his mail on time now KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. ANEW POSTAL service, which will increase efficiency and save thousands of working hours every month, will soon be Introduced in Kuala Lumpur. The scheme a common postal collection and delivery service for Government offices would ensure better service
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  • 76 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Dutch community in Kuala Lumpur are organising a raffle to raise funds for Dutch I victims of the recent floods in Europe. First prize will be a life-size doll dressed as a Red Cross nurse and among the 75 other prizes are
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  • 28 4 IPOH. Fri. —Mr R. K. Brady, British Council representative In the Federation, yesterday presented a set of reference, books to the Perak library in Ipoh.
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  • 42 4 Ang Yang Chye, who was accused at the Singapore Assizes of robbing Tan Koon Liang, a cigarette delivery clerk, of $8,065, at the point of a pistol, at Woodlands Road in August last, was acquitted yesterday without his defence being called.
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  • 25 4 MUAR, Fri. Two special grade health inspectors. Mr. NX. Pillay and Mr. S. Thurairajah, of Muar. have been promoted to chief health inspectors. Johore.
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  • 133 4 Millions of forms discarded KUALA LI'MPI'R. Friday. MILLIONS of Government forms were discarded in iTI the last two years as a result of new methods. One department reduced the number of kinds of forms from 131 to 18, Mr. S. S. Ross, Organisation and
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  • 95 4 KUALA LUMPIR Fri. A COMPANION has been found for the Government "general orders" the rule-book for Government employees. It was prepared after much research. Mr. S. S. Ross, the Organisation and Methods Advisor, said today. The book, the Manual of Office Procedures, is
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  • 81 4 PENANG. Fri— Five Indians i Vellasamy, 28, Raman, 26 Koohe. 22, Narrl 19, and Anthony Das, 25.— had a I charge of murder explained to them In the first Magistrate's Court today. They were alleged to have killed another Indian, Krishna. In a toddy shop at
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  • 159 4 —And pays $1,000 down KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rpHE former president of the X Peninsular Malays Union, Hashim bin Abdul Ghani. today withdrew in the Supreme Court his appeal against a conviction for cheating. Hashim. who Is known In the Malayan political field as Hashim Ohani.
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  • 219 4 SECRET TALK ON FAMILY PAY WORRIES UNIONS FEDERATION 'FAST ONE' FEARED KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. FEDERATION Government service union leaders were perturbed today at what they felt was an attempt by the Government "to pull a fast one" over them. Their concern was caused by reports that, at a secret conference
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  • 169 4 'Mind your own business' PENANG, Fri. TN an editorial headed "mind your own busness." the Penang Malay newspaper Warta Negara today criticised Mr. Aw Boon Haw.* statement yesterday on the proposed Chinese university. Mr. Aw was quoted as saying: "This university ta our own affair and doe s not concern
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  • 34 4 SEGAMAT, Fri.— A 12-year-old Chinese boy was charged at Segamat yesterday with illegal possession of 15 rounds of rifle ammunition. Bail was opposed and the case adjourned to Feb. 26
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    81 4 ONK of the worlds greatest authorities on South-East Asian reference books, Mr. Ocil Hohbs (above), is in Singapore again on another seirch. Mr. Hobbs. librarian in the Oriental division of the U.S. Concessional Library in Washington. says two of the most interesting publications he has found in Malaya are Education
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  • 30 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Pneumonia was the most deadly Illness In Malaya during th P first week of this month. It killed 23 persons in five .states.
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    • 175 4 I CORDUROY &fa The Choice of the Feminine World Available in 9 Appealing Shades i White, 36" Wide. Please call early and select the colours to suit your I personal charms. Ask for Green Beize 72" wide Tailoring Department. DA |A i textiles DMUfiU LIMITED 31 Raffles Piace Spore.- 1
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    • 234 4 c i S I .\'\V* UK l i I > I ci.mo.v "TbiamiM u»y' I Co.oalai Secret! rv hcui* uovernment Mcj»* 4pm -iM.APOKfc J »-1 rl--r IMUN: C-nerii. Met Josepr. s 1.-iituut.on Bra» I 1j am i MAR THOMA >»i:m\ CIIIRCH: Opemai of new churcn oui.amc B> w.'« Ro«d off
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  • 82 5 Three officers of social wel- farp departments in Singai pore. th P Federation and Sara'.vak will attend a three-month seminar on social services In Australia. They are Mr. Le e Thiam Swcp Singapore i. Mr. Chon? Peng Khoon 'Federation! and Mr. John Chin "Sarawak. They will
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  • 290 5 PROBLEM IS NOT TO PUSH BRITISH OUT—SOPIEE THE POLITICAL FRONT: Two Malay leaders talk about independence PENANG, Friday. jyjALAYA'S real problem was not to push the British out of the country, but to get various communities and sectional interests together, Inche Mohamed Sopiee, chairman of the PanMalayan Labour Party, said
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  • 160 5 She punched SIT man —$250 fine MR. O. W Clarry. of the Singapore Improvement Trust, said in Singapore City Police Court yesterday that a woman, Ng Ou, punched him and kicked him when he was supervising the demolition of unauthorised huts on crown land in Nile Road. Ng's husband was
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  • 56 5 More than 400 gursts and j members, including the Gov- ernor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll, and the City Prcsicirnt. Mr T P. F. McNeiee. attended la.st night's George Wa^h- ington's birthday ball of th. American Association at B\i View Hotel. Sorrip guests were la> because
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  • 24 5 Koh Kirn Hong, a six-year-old boy was found drown in a monsoon drain in Killine;Road, Singapore, yesterday. when the rain-storm was over.
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  • 121 5 SINGAPORE Government has told the Medical Workers' Union that it should continue to deal with i^ 1 J .t. G Gr i? th^ assistant secretary (negotiations) to settle Its dispute. The union. representing about 600 hospital attendants last veelc refused to meet Mr
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  • 88 5 CUT OF PRIZE FOR LUCKY SWEEP AGENTS KUALA LUMPUR Fri. REWARDS have been approved for agents of the 1 Social and Welfare Lotteries Board who sell winning tickets They will be given commissions of up to ten per cent of the prized a Government Gazette notification says. This ts In
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  • 51 5 IPOH. Fri.^Perafc Sikhs are to contribute toward the cost nf one cottage in the Perak Antl-Tuberculosls Association's rehabilitation settlement at Batu Gajah. A n appeaj to members of the communltj for contributions toward.* thti gift is being madr by the executive commttirc of the Perak Sikh
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  • 103 5 HUGE CROWN OF LIGHTS FOR THE CORONATION PEXANG, Fri. A LARGE illuminated a\ rrnwn will be erected on top of Penang Hill during Coronation week. Thts has been decided by the Coronation committee appointed for Aver lta.ii under the chairmanship of Mr. Khoo Soo Jin. The crown will be risihle
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  • 105 5 SALLEK b:n Haji Amin. described as a Geylang bad nat.' was convicted yesterday by Mr H. A. Forrer. the Singapore First Criminal District Judgf. on three charges of exInn ion on Nov. 12. 1952. Hp w.is sentenced to 13 month imprisonment on each charge, the sentences
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  • 195 5 PONT BELIEVE THOSE GHOST STORIES— Tengku PENANG. Friday. T*HE president of UMNO, Tengku 1 Abdul Rahman, told Penang Malay villagers last night: "Pay no heed of the bogeyman who says that Chinese will swamp Malays if Malaya gains independence Such tales, he said, belonged to the category of "hantu" (ghost)
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  • 173 5 Spore flood fund now has $62,739 GIFTS of $8,591 by noo n yesterday brought the Singapore British Flood Relief Fund, inaugurated three days ago. to $62*39. Topping yesterday's list was $2,000 each fro m Mr. Tan Siak Kew. president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the Tai Thong
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  • 63 5 KOTA BAHRU. Fri —The British Adviser, Kelantan, Mr. A. N. Ross, travelled to Daerah Ulu Sat in Machang this morning to declare open the Sungel Tiew and Sungei Bakar bridges, which were both built by voluntary Malay labour and RIDA assistance Mr. Ross was met by Che
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  • 75 5 Today will be the last, day I for Mr. Frank J. A. Sullivan as Singapore's acting Public Relations Secretary. Mr. George G. Thomson. Public Relations Secretary, returning to Singapore today after six months' leave in England, will resume duty on Monday. Mr. Sullivan told
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  • 34 5 PENANG, Fri— Penang's new Chief Police Officer, Mr. J. R. H. Burns, will be a donor at the Penang Blood Bank next Thursday, Feb. 26, together with several other police blood donors.
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    67 5 MR. GILBERT BARLING (left), of British Live- .< Exports. London, was tin si of honour last night at a cocktail party given by M«l"'r mil Mrs A. M Heddle He is shown with Mr. H. Reilly (centre) and Mr. T. M. ilh.it in Mr. Barling has sent to Malaya more
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  • 175 5 A man who had cash and whisky to give out KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. J^ FORMER detective corporal, Wong Chee Peng, who offered money, whisky and cigarettes to the offlcer-in-charge, Rawang police, district, Mr. W. J. Hogarth, to let him operate Chee Fah gamblinp; in I the area, was sentenced to
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  • 26 6 THE STAGE CLUB present* Trespass by Emlyn Williams on March sth, 6th and 7th at Victoria Theatre. 9 p.m. Box Office now open at Robinsons.
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  • The Straits Times
    • 624 6 A number of recent criminal trials in the Federation have aroused a feeling that perhaps the time has come to introduce the jury system in the Malay States. The impetus is the realisation that the assessor .system is unsatisfactory. It works well enough up to a point.
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    • 377 6 Mr. Paul Shafer, a Republican Congressman, is to introduce a bill to dispose of the Govern-ment-owned American synthetic rubber industry to priyate enterprise. Mr. Shafer almost certainly is a little premature, although he has got .is far as fixing roughly a price probably in excess of $350
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    • 294 6 Britain's new record peacetime defence programme unfortunately does not giv« quite the same value for money as the 1952 spending. A total expenditure of £1,636 million will pay for very little more equipment than last year, while there will be a slight decline in Royal Navy and
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  • 1040 6  -  CYNICUS 2&*2 TT did not need the A burden of protest abroad to ensure that the case of Lee Meng. young woman terrorist now in a death cell, would receive the careful attention of those whose responsibility it is to consider a reprieve. Only one woman
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    9 6 FISHER GIRL OF SIGLAP. Photograph by Han Hat Fong.
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  • 179 6 From the Straits Times of Feb. 21. 1903. MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN'S tour In South Africa has certainly cleared the air and has produced political results of the highest moment. His addresses in the new and old colonies have convinced both Boer and Briton that British supremacy there
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  • 876 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK THAT "tawny weed tobacco" has made men's fortunes, and ruined the constitution of cxhers through their own excesses, as any manufacturer would be quick to say. One of the fortunate ones, who contributed much to the pleasure of the cigar smoker a* he \fondles the fine, silky
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 959 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. EVANS: On 13th Feb. 1953 at St. I Georges Wood Hospital, Haslemere, to Jane, wife of O.R. Evans, a son, John Keymer. BOOKLESS. On February Ist 1953 at Calcutta to Catherine (nee Glancey), wife of Archibald John Bookless, a son, Christopher Martin. SITUATIONS VACANT EUROPEAN ImportlExport Firm rpqulrcs
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    • 37 6 Beware of Imitations GERMAN PEN so Si i BHf r "5 Traiuparewr Great Caawcify Ink Fitting Re*crvoir-Barrel. Best German Indium Point 14K. Cold Nib. 50 cents extra for postage. EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO.. 19, Chutia Streef. Sin»jpor« 1
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    • 45 6 Wrights' ■^a^^^S^^^^^*^^**^"^**^^' "^■zWi/v "1 If//! wL Minu( ttofer 50 YEARS OF INTEGRITY I \^s^Mrjffi^r'^ i Mfr Tea and be sure h^^^l^^^^M!^' Consistent Quality ~ThVHualifr of Gold Uai Ranks Highest Among Teas of Topmost Choice. Sale Aferts; F. k. BARTHOLOMEUSZ LTD. P.O. Box 1 133. Spore
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  • 354 7 'Frequent?— lt means visiting often, 9 says judge AN important ruling on the law affecting people accused of "frequenting" opium dens was given in the Singapore High Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Brown. The Judge held that the word frequent in section 10 (2) (b)
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  • 66 7 The following were elected rfnee-bearers of the Society of Yorkshiremen In Malaya for IMS:— President: Mr C H. Bone; Tier-president: Mr. F. A Bickerdike; secretary: Mr. W. F. Machin; treasurer: Mr. J G. Ottolini; committee: Mrs. j. G. Ottolini. Mrs. W. F Machin. Messrs. R C. Davis.
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  • 157 7 Man killed trying to save friend CAR IN LAKE KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. J^ verdict of death by misadventure was recorded by the Coroner, Raja Chik Jaaiar. at the inquest in Kuala Lumpur today on Mr H. E. Wilkinson and Mr. George Coventry who were killed in a car accident on
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  • 96 7 rpwo youths, Quah Siew Song and Soh Kwee Si. •were charged in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday with armed robbery at the Green Bus Company AnRuilla Road, at 1.50 a.m. on, Feb. 4. It was alleged '.hat Quah ■nd Soh, in the company of a
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  • 30 7 Thirty bags of animal fodder were damaged in a fire in a North Bridge Road store yesterday. Three fire engines extinguished the blaze in a few minutes.
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  • 57 7 TOH JIH SAI 51, a labourer, was pinned under a broken tree branch when it fell on him as he was pulling it off the roof of his attap hut in Ylo Chu Kang Road, Singapore. He died from head in juries 11 days later, the
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  • 41 7 Vasydanan. a labourer, was crushed to death when a big log he was helping to carry with nve others fell on him at a building site off Paslr Panjang Road. Singapore. The Coroner returned a verdict of misadventure.
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  • 23 7 The Rex Badminton Party will hold a Chinese New Year fancy dress ball at Singapore Badminton Hall at 8.30 tonight.
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    38 7 BOYS OF THE JUNIOR Technical School In Salntier Road, Sinraporv. with the python they killed aftrr yesterday's hraTT ram. A teacher saw it In a drain beside the school playinf neld while (am* of he«fcey was in ■rogni
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  • 33 7 WOMAN IN THE NEWS... THIS IS LEE MENG. the 25--year-old woman under ientence of death for pnwlnf a handcrenade. A petition for mercy to tbe Sultan of Perak has been sent from London
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  • 167 7 SINGAPORE police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of the president of the Singapore Malay Seamen's I'nion, Yacob bin Abdullah. Yacob sailed for Belawan Sumatra.. on the Straits Steamship Company's motor ship. Stia. He went ashore on Jan. 31, and has not
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  • 119 7 2 MONTHS' GAOL FOR DRIVING WHILE HE WAS DISQUALIFIED HOY Mcc Kian*. a fitter, was sentenced to two months' gaol in Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday for driving during the one-month period he had been disqualified from driving. Hoy was found driving in an inconsiderate manner at Upper Cross
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  • 62 7 At the first general meeting of the Pudu Local Indian Congress in Kuala Lumpur, the following were elected officials: President Mr. A. Tharmalingam, secretary Mr. K. Rajoo, treasurer Mr. S. P. Narasamy, committee Messrs C. Lall, S. P. Shanmugam, S. R. Ganapathy, jl. Ramachandram, K. Krthnan, U.
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  • 89 7 COUPLE LOSE OPIUM APPEAL MR. Justice Brown In Singapore High Court yesterday dismissed the appeal of Teo Yong Chuan and his 24-year-old wife, Ng Kah Whay, who had been sentenced in the lower courts to four years' imprisonment for having 4501 b. of opium, valued at about $200,000. The opium,
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  • 128 7 U*OR the first time in Singapore, selected students who pxssed the Chinese senior middle school examination have been admitted to Government English schools, states the" January report of the Education Department. A whole class of former Chinese school students was admitted to the Bartley Secondary
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  • 176 7 Cat o'nine tails 'degrading and brutal' USE of the cat o' nine tails "sears the mind for life." a former prisons' officer, now resident in Singapore, said yesterday. This form of punishment Ls degrading and brutalising. he added, and declared: "Being brutal with prisoners never pays." Since the war, the
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  • 83 7 Mr. J. B. Jeyaratnam, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday sentenced a pickpocket. Ang Hai Tuan. 22, to eight months' imprisonment to be followed by one year's police supervision. The prosecution said that on Oct. 19 last year, while travelling in a crowded S.T.C. bus in New
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  • 62 7 Miss Viola Williams, a horticulturist and expert in poultry keeping, cookery, fruit preservation, bacon curing and flower decoration, will be invited by the British National Federation of Women's Institute to visit Malaya. As National Agricultural Organiser of the B.N F.W.I since 1950. Miss Williams has
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  • 60 7 The Governor of Singapore. [Sir John Nlcoll. will inspect a (tuard-of-honour of 100 Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve cadets prior to presidine at the ceremonial opening of the third session of the second Legislative Council in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday at 10 a.m. After his opening
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  • 32 7 Five hundred and ninety four babies were born In Singapore durinr the week ending Feb. 14. There were 164 deaths in the same week. 21 of them from tuberculosis.
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  • 59 7 Mr. Charles P. Clock, who arrived In Singapore last week I to Join the staff of the American Consulate General, wIU succeed Mr. Joseph H. Rogatnlck as chief of the Economic and Trade section. He was transferred to Singapore after a three-month tour as an
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  • 31 7 Mr. Dick Joseph, Esquire magazine travel editor, will be among a group of 10 writer's on a three-day-visit to Singapore who arrive here tomorrow from Jakarta.
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  • 256 7 MADE WOMAN SIGN AWAY $35,000 HOUSES FOR $10,000 Moneylender gets gaol A MONEYLENDER, Goh Cheng Swee, 34. was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, for dishonestly inducing; his cousin. Madam Koh Chua Kirn. to sign a document selling him for
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  • 117 7 No offence to gamble in private home rREE women and eight men were yesterday acquitted by Mr. J B. Jcyaratnam. the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. on a charge of gambling ;n a commo n gaming house i n Malay Street. Singapore. Inspector T. Isaac told the court that the house
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  • 57 7 The Student Christian Movement of Malaya will end Mi observance of the world-wide Student Christian Federation's Week of Prayer with a united service at Oei Tiong Ham Hall of University of Malaya. Cluny Road, Singapore, at 4 p.m. tomorrow The Archdeacon or Singapore. th e Yen.
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  • 22 7 The next session of the Singapore Assize* will be held In ♦he High Court at 10 a.m. on Mar. 2.
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  • 51 7 Chia Ah Loot, Lim Boon Wan. Llm Hoe Soon and Teo Hwee Kofc were fined $5 each in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday when they pleaded guilty to fighting In public at Canal Read yesterday morning. A dog. the court was told, caused the
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  • 59 7 MR. CHUA SIM OHEE. a«e<J M. passert away peacefully on 20.2. 53 at 19. Llm Ah Pin Road, leaving brhlnd his beloved wife, a son, Chua Cheng Why*, a daughter, son-ln-lnw, Tan Soo Uew. and 4 grandchildren to mourn his l<v»«. Funeral «ervi.-» today *t Pava I fh;ir Mfihrifilv
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    • 103 7 MALAYAN AIRWAYS THE FOLLOWING SERVICES NOW CALL AT MALACCA DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS M 104 ML. 12, Singapore Dtp. 0650 MrfkMi A*. 0750 X'K Lumpur Oep 073 Dcp. 0800 Malacca Arr. 0805 K. Lumpur Arr. OB3S o«p 0815 Dtp. 0850 Smiapor* Arr. 0915 IpoK Arr. 0945 ML 109 K. Lumpur Dtp.
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    • 126 7 »fj^W Vyit /of of^ w i r2i i a h d jt*tm^\ p ■n^L^n^n^Lß^nm OMI 0A SUPER-UJfITERPROOF RUTOmfiTIC 26.000 aircrews of the RAF and the R.C.A.F. have successfully tested the Omega Seamaster. Further science confirms the facts, after It hours stay in a 130 F. oven followed by a sudden
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 86 7 The weather WEATHER statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were Minimum Temperature '7.30 p.m, on Feb. 19 to 7.30 a.m. on Feb. 20) Singapore <74 degrees). Penang '74> Kota Bahru 1 74). Kuala Lumpur <72>. Ipoh (71). Kuantan (72). Maximum Temperature (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m on Feb. 20) Singapore <87 Penang
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  • 287 8 Bad debts come off before tax is assessed I MONEY-LENDER WINS APPEAL I KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. IN money-lending, bad debts should be deducted before income tax on profits was assessed, it was held in Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal today. The P. V. Chetttar family appealed against the Comptroller of
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  • 108 8 Now they ran go first class to Mecca THIS season two steamers will take Muslim pilgrim* from the Federation, Singapore. Sarawak and Brunei to Mecca. A spokesman of the Singapore Muslim Advisory Board told the Straits Times yesterday that these vessel* will have first class accommodation. No pi. trim ships
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  • 207 8 Better tone on rubber market rE rubber market opened on a slightly better note after the week-end holidays, and on some American and Continental offtake, with local sellers rather reserved, prices have advanced steadily throughout the week, says Lew's and Peat's weekly report A report from Japan early In th*
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  • 60 8 IPOH. Fri. Representatives of Chinese middle schools in the Federation will hold a conference with the Federation Education Department in Kuala Lumpur for four days from Mar. 6 to discuss development, of Chinese education and the strengthening of relationships between Chinese .schools and the department Twenty-one representatives
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  • 60 8 Charged with begging in public, Song Lim Teck told the Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, yesterday that passersby took pity on him because he had an artificial left leg and gave him money. He pleaded guilty and on admitting four previous convictions
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  • 51 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Mr. Ken Welding state rugby player and sportsman, was the suest or honour at a farewell tea party by members of the PWD Sports Club, of which he was chairman today. He leaves on transfer to Kangar Perils after three yeas in Kuala
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  • 38 8 A young woman, Sitalachimi, was charged in the Singapore Sixth Court yesterday with causing hurt with a pen -knife to Paranisamy on Oct. 15 last year. She was found guilty and fined $15.
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  • 83 8 Art show by seven women Mrs. W. L. Blythe. wife of the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, yesterday afternoon declared open an exhibition of 200 paintings and sketches by seven of the Colony's women artists at the British Council Hall. The artists are Jean Kinloch Smith. Claude de Groulard. Phyllis Mackenzie. Paddy
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  • 44 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 1 Customs duties will be assessed on the following value* from Feb. 19 to 25: Rubber 76} cents per pound: copra $620 per ton: coconut oil $95? per ton: palm oil $595 per ton; palm kerners $481.75 per ton.
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  • 35 8 IPOH. Frt.— Pusing Rubber and Tin Ltd. has declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent for the year ending Feb. 28. 1953. payable on Feb. 28 to shareholders registered on Feb. 18.
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  • 28 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri —Chief Inspector All bin Haji Hassan has been appointed Inspector of Weight* and Measures. Johore. in succession to Chief Inspector Hashim, who has retired
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  • 34 8 $20,000 for housing— cars JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— The State Government Is to spend $20,000 to build eight garages at Muar. where it w&b found that eight senior Government officers were occupying quarters without garages.
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  • 147 8 KIT ALA LUMITR, Fri. RUBBER workers in some parts of th* Federation are hunting: wild boar to make up for the drop in their earnings, says the January report of the Labour Department. An estate manager sairi tbat his
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  • 28 8 The Singapore Chinese District of St. John Ambulance Brigade will present a variety concert "Rendezvous with the Stars"— at Happy World Stadium at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 171 8 Language plea rejected KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. 4 PETITION from Chinese education leaders, asking for changes in the Education Ordinance and particularly for greater use of Chinese and Tamil in national schools, has been rejected by the Federation Government, it was revealed today. The petition, which
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  • 87 8 Taherbhoy bin Rajabally Samiwala. 39. of Arab Street. Singapore, wa, charged in the S:ngapore Fourth Criminaf. District Court yesterday with misapproprlatrng $14,391 be:ongin c t 0 Mr. O. V. Garland I on Nov. 7 last year. He claimed trial and was granted bail of $4,000 i
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  • 41 8 Singapore Teachers' Union Is Tieeting at St. Joseph's Institution hall today to discuss retirement benefits for aidedrchool teachers, the Education Service Scheme for Eneli-sh schools and a memorandum on •he Joy Report to be submitted :o Government.
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  • 40 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Fd. Awang bin Atlm was bound over by the Police Court yes- terday for 12 months in a bond of $200 for attempting to harm Cheong Ngjth Sou, with an axe at Sungei Duku, Gelang Patah.
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  • 50 8 TELUK ANSON. Fri— Raja Teh Zaitun binte Raja Kama- < ralzaman, social welfare officer. I Teluk Anson, is doing a six- month course in Chinese at the c Government Officers' Language I School in Cameron Highlands She has been succeeded by liiche Ibrahim bin Sidun from v loob
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  • 50 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Tpn "hai Pun was fined $300 in the 'olice Court yesterday for ittemptlng to smuggle a •amera and 18 records into the rederation from Singapore. The camera and records, vhlch were valued at $125 on vhich duty payable was $39. vere confiscated.
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  • 212 8 3-month permits By Our Market Correspondent rE Japanese Government has lifted the ban which it. Imposed last week-end on the import into Japan from the Sterling area, including Malaya, of rubber and scran Iron under the automatic approval system. In lifting the ban, however, the
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  • 218 8 A SINGAPORE auctioneering firm director forecast yesterday that land and property values, which have dropped about 30 per cent in the last nine months will faU still lower this year. Not since the war, he said, has th« market been so "dead"
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  • 30 8 The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry W. Balnes. will declare open the St Thomas Church in Reserve Road, off St Michael's Rdad, at 3 pm today.
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  • 24 8 The Dutch troopship Waterman Is expected in Singapore today from Pusan with about 100 Dutch and Belgian troops going home to Europe.
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  • 24 8 The third annual meeting of Singapore Council for Adult Education will be held at the V.M.C.A. at 5 pjn. on Feb. 26
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    • 314 8 THE WHOLE TOWN IS TALKING ABOUT Siunh>tj Krcuni*r\ Presented l>\ COMMRI A PKIUBM f o-starrinc Hi:.\ ll\lllliso> A 1 11 1 1 PALMER Hurt' IV* vi S<>4>n Ii Yi*l m S NOW SHOWING TO CAPACITY HOUSES 4 Times Daily at 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 Jsfv r^^^^^v Today Tomorrow 11 a.m.
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    • 283 8 TODAY'S lIADIO SINGAPORE |SS 10M 10 6.30 a.m. Malay Music; 7 News PFNANC In Malay; 7.05 Malay Music; 7.15 WKtn**n%M Morning Star; 7.30 News In Eng- 1 p.m. -5 As Spore 6.15 Alphonsn llsh; 7.35 Bright and Early; 8 Soliano; 630 Police Band; 645 Thanks for the Melody; 8.30 Hos-
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    • 268 9 The building artisans' .migration 1 TRUST you have space [or this small excerpt of an t-nlightening conversation I had this morning in my office vith Mr. X, a building cuntractor of substance and reput r> Myself: Have you any other substantial work at present. Mi X?" Mr. X: "Yes, I
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    • 140 9 IT li mor** than six months ■km thp Federal Governn^nt snnctioned the granting nf housing allowance to Aided ichonl teachers. Thin has entailed year s of iicitinng 'negotiation between ■epresrntatives of the teachers md thr Education authorl- ics. At last the untiring rffnrr 5 of the
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    • 204 9 'AS SOUND AS A BELL rHE statemi l jy Mr. E. Himsworth. the Fedcraions Financial Secretary, ir. inswi r to a London bank, to he effect that "politically this ■ountry Ig a.s sound as a bell: inaneially it has been able to ake the Emergency n its tr.flr needs a
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    • 272 9 30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF A TRAVELLING DOG ACCORDING to a report in the Straits Times the ■^rabies scare in Singapore is ended and rabies in the Federation is well under control. If this is the case then why do the Veterinary authorities insist on putting the people to
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    • 236 9 {IMAGINE many persons besides myself must have been much disgusted at the disgraceful behaviour of the crowd standing on the touch-line at the rugger match on the Kuala Lumpur Padanu last Wednesday. To cheer loudly when a playrr Ls injured, as happened twico. U surely conduct
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    • 80 9 Place in the sun 16 It necessary for Singapore ;o send as many as three 1 delegates for an annual ECAFE conference when all Singapore need do is to tell everybody in season and out that it will cast very much more in the lonj» run for our neighbours, immediate
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    • 97 9 WITH reference to your editorial remark* of Feb. 1 17. under the heading "ECAFE 1 Again", permit me to point out that it is not your cynicism about ECAFE which matters but your propensity to scpfT at and deride what those most directly concerned I cherish and value.
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    • 130 9 I IN your lssu« of Feb. 11 there appeared a letter by Mr. Lim Kwajie Yu about the pmpo>r>d Chinese university. Mr. Lim. inter alia, stated that. with the exception Of a few bril.iant boy s and girls, the Chinese schools produced few or no students fit
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    • 132 9 Pensions payment 1 REFER to the letter from "Unhappy" which appeared in last S:turday's j Forum, and hasten to in- form him, and all other pensioners, through you, j that the Government, t owing to the difficulties i i which attend the re-cor- j putation of pensions and j the
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    • 397 9 rvATO Paglar has failed to understand the letter ii which I quoted his statement in regard to th< proposed Bill to legalise bookmaking. He said "Morality be hanged. There is no such thine a morality when social services and hospitals are cryini for money." This in itself
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    • 336 9 The trishaw man sought only escape THE police and the law still remain objects of awe and fear to the vast majority of the Singapore public, especially th e illiterate and ill-informed. They think that onre you Ret lr.to the hands of the police j -nu can get away only
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    • 588 9 However, friends and relations of an arrested person must realise that the decision on hLs release or further detention must In the last resort rest with the. responsible head of government and his advisers, and no-one else. In a matter of life and death
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    • 250 9 THE MEN WHO SEEK EXILE YOU are to be highly congratulated 'or your editorial of Feb. 18, which was in my considered view both fair and tim«ly. So long as Messrs Eber, Samad and others are detained, the public conscience will continue to be disturbed. I understand most of them
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    • 149 9 I AM glad to hear from "Matamataphir that "Ope ration Service" ha s been here in Singapore for some time land that from the matamatas to the A.S.P.s and upward all have been courteous and heCpful. In my letter of Feb. 12, I clearly stated
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 231 9 Straits Times Crossword Z 3 4 6 I 7 g l d— z i 115I 15 2. I s ZiZlZHZB""l"~fe""l"" 27 SSai kS ACROSS 7. Incent* (0). 1. Top secret (8, 7). 8. Way of th« low road perhaps i). Like vlBit«. few and far (7). 11. Ten men set
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  • 424 10 RUBBER PRICE ADVANCES ON GOOD BUYING ORDERS SHARES QUIETLY STEADY cents per Ib. No. 1 R8 8. Spot loose buyers 78 V, sellers 78%: No. i R.S.B. 1.0 o In bales Mar. buyers 79 5. sellers 79".; No 3 buyers 7.V 4 sellers 75 V*; No. 3 buyers 72, sellers
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  • 211 10 MELBOURNE. Frl. pHE up- trend of share price* showed signs of tapering-ofl on he Stock Exchange tody<. Some ssues suffered small reaction after he Kood gains recorded earlier in he week. BuMnoM covered a wide range of nvestments but most deals were In mail parcels. Bonds closed with
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  • 30 10 RUBBER CROPS The following rubber crops were -1.1 nested in January: lb. Mor Pongsu Amalgamated 119,613 Bedong < Malaya > Rubber 69.760 remerloh Rubber Estates 48.500 rrong Rubber Estates 31.500 [ndragirl 85.450
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  • 70 10 Sinrapor* Chines* Praflaee Exchange. Noon prices per plcul urere: Copra: very steady, 1394 buy;rs. S4O sellers f.o.b. Coconut oil: $60. seller*. Pepper: Several tons of both i-arletlen changed hands: price Increased by 810 a plcul. Muntok White 5570 sellers. Sarawak. *565. Lampong. black 5445. Lewis and Peat: Closing
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  • 40 10 Dow Jones averages on the New York ,«»tock Exchange on Wednesday and Thursday were: Wed. Thurx. 30 Industrial* 281.14 281 55 20 Railroads 107 85 108 89 4<i Domestic Bonds 98.11 98 23 15 UHlltlea 52.32 52.26
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  • 161 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Empire Clyde 12. Tjlwartfl 4 5 Tawall 7. Bencruachan S9. Breconxhlre 11. Benmhor 13 14. City of Blrkenhr-ad 15 16 Alclnlux K Tarsunlya Mam 19 20. Merllmau N.Wall No. 4 Hong Ann N Wall No 6
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  • 49 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made no alterations in Its rates to merchants yesterday. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday the Hong Kong dollar wan quoted at the close at: US. $1. 6.03 1/8 for cash. 6.06J T.T. Sterling. 15.94, one tael gold. 280.5.
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  • 91 10 rE value of th e United Kingdom's motor industry's exports In 1952 (cars, commercial vehicles, tractors and components) was nearly £324 million— an all-time record. This was approximately 12.7 per cent of the total value of last year's United Kingdom exports. Figures given by th e
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  • 15 10 MELBOURNE. Frl. Sydney and Melbourne woor markets were again very strong today.
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    • 1385 10 %£S MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. \&l?^ I Passog* (Incorpornter) in Singopore, AH ether BLUB FUNNEL LIMB D v Cnrriers' option ta proceed vi. other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Soils P Sham Penang Teucer for Liverpool Hovre Fek. 21/21 F.b
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    • 591 10 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Far U K CONTINENT S'por* P. S'hom Pcnonr) J BancmacKar) for Liverpool, Dublin. Hamburg. Anrwerp 6. »/S4 U/U «*a. B*nmher for Genoo, London. Rotterdam. Hull c. 11/14 11/25 'ik 2« 1 Mar. Benanaw for Hovre. London, Rott«rdom. M.ddle»b'ough 17 Faa/ S Mar. 7 Mar. 8/19 Mar.
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    • 567 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINENT S'por* P. S'hom Penong "Patagonia" for Ad»loide Melbourne, Burma 4 Sydney (not loading l<^° 1 ">,. r o°» Fah. 22/21 F*k. In Part Lakwtdla" for Bangkok 7/8 Mar •■dta" for Bongkok. So>gon Hongkong Mon.io. Kob*. Vokonomo 18/20 Mar 14/17 Mar IS/IS Mar j "Malaya"
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    • 1197 10 McALISTER «c CO., LTD. TEL: No 390* 4 BLLBRMAN 4fc BUCKNALL KLAVBNBBS LIN3 LONDON, HAVRE ROTTERDAM 4 IOJ AMGflIt $AH rtA>lCIS co, ond for USA A N'"h Atlontic Port. «>«TLAND, SEATTLE 4 VANCOUVER ond Conodo v,o Colombo At B Central Scat. "CITY OF BIRKENHEAD" t American Part* IS/14 22 F.k
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  • 574 11  -  RALPH MODDER TOMMY FARR MAY COME IN APRIL By YOLANDE POMPEE, light-heavyweight champion of the British West Indies, who is rated No. 4 among the world's light-heavyweights six places above Randolph Turpin in this month's issue of the Kin;: magazine, will arrive in Singapore
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  • 148 11 JOHANNESBURG. Fri THE loweel-Carruthers world bantamweight title return fight here on Feb. 28 looks like beinc a sell-out. With only 750 of. the 24 000 reserved seats still available the promoters announr-pri that 6.500 unreserved seats at )2s 3d each will be put on sale A
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  • 26 11 Un'ted Sport.i Club beat REME I fi-0 in a friendly soccer match at P A-T ground yesterday. Scorers vere Frankie, Sidney and George
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  • 119 11 Man tliaii 6U entries have been meived lor the Singapore Island R imblet> hist punt-war Cycling Carnival u> be held at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club ground at 930 am. tomorrow. The progi attune o: nine events has ntir:<cted the best of the colony's riders. Among those
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  • 48 11 The Town Rangers soccer eleven against Singapore District at Fairer Park today will be chosen from Hodge. Moiris. Goldle. Jaflar. Phang Cheow Hock. R. Dharmpal. Low Kee. M. Kalimuthu. Mann, Roberts Lshnin bin Ahmad. FrancLs Quek. Lee Sek Hln. N. Sharifl, Mok Yue Kong and Masurl.
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  • 392 11 PORT OF SPAIN. Friday. INDIA BATTED first when the third Test with the West Indies opened here yesterday. After a day-long struggle for runs they had scored 167 for five at close of play. When Hazare won the to* he had no hesitation in
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  • 418 11  -  DENIS COMPTON Hv I Bin lilad DON TALLON Ls ba( k In the side. He ls a great wicket-Kiept-r ami a flr»t-<lasx batsman. Iverson ls out, which induate.s that he mii.-l have none bmk In form a lot In Australia In 1950-51 he MM I really
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  • 57 11 INDIAN R.C. Tw.* Indian Re»-reatlon Club soccer team against Royal Air Force Tengah it Tenaah tomorrow will be chosen from Naravanan Paul. Bala. Ghanl. I.avnwn G Suoplah P Sunpiah RaakM. Mhjid Edward P K Samv N;-d«rajah. Sallaudin. Param Loeanuthan. Moor'hv »nrl M I Oman Transport for players and '»fHcials leave
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  • 730 11 A BUSY SEASON EVEN IF KANDY S.C DO NOT COME RtM K v CSC II: RAF (Ti v SRC II; SinghnlfMe v TTC.— i June 28i. Apr 26: RAF <C> v REME: RAF <Si v RAF. (T>: Singhalese v SRC; CB.C II v T.T.C.— (Julv 12>. M»y 3- RAF. «C«
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  • 100 11 KUALA I.IMPUF. Frt. T^HE Comprtition Commit;^ of the Selangor Women* Hockey A.vo:at.ion ha« allowed the protest of the Fura.'ian Rerrestion Club regarding their knockout tourney match again.M P.W.D. Sports dun la.st week E.R.C. held "hat the umpires should have abandoned the same In I the second
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  • 56 11 OHQ who bMt Royal Elfrtrlral and Mechanical Engineer.* in the Singapore Zone final of the FAREI.F :ntw-unit rusby nip. will play the Malaya DMrtel rhamplnnv 1" Fill Regiment. *t N»e Soon indsv ilcirlcr>f! s pm > in 'he FarHf Oip final The Fljian.« beat Special Air
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  • 31 11 'Itie closing date for entrie* for the SAFA You;h Competition ha* liren ext^ntied to Feb 2« Team* wishing to romper should rontari Mr Lim Yon* Liana. Hon. F+> SAFA
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 912 11 Excessive perspiration tm*w**d by powdering the entire body thoroughly with Purol Powder alter bathing, especially in the folds o< the skin. Purol Powder is delightfully refreshing and drying and besides, removes the unpleasant odour. aw ■£*V/'#A /*^f *^L^ I r/i^ fl mm Zt~ T*Jm± 4 <*]»**■■ ar*/ MWW<*JM ..SINGAPORE RED
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    • 54 11 M Acs ne J You find Ihe I VJVieie Bl \qX answers in the y|\»o s a n Bt» n f complete alphabetical >HV«»« IS m SECTION" I^«JV^Sm^^ The STRAITS TIMES J|||||NRECTOIIY /ct f\ \vSi iII the straits times press ltd \**r m. M j |i/ I// /ml OLO MARKIT
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 108 11 TODAY RKiGKR S.( SEVEN-A-SIUE -.mi ImaN R.*K SHrUr v S.C.C. "B". 5.00 p.m.: ■>alntx "A" v Srmbawanf "A" 5.30 p.m.: Final:: 6.00 p.m. KARKLK In in imi Cup final. Singapore /one: i.llij v Fiji Rfii Hi Sri- Soon, J p.m. MM KRIKNUI.Y: RAF h..n f i A" v i .mi
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    • 35 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TOIMT- H-.Bh Ml hr« 'I ft i and l«il •7 1>: U»w O»S4 i!»i md 2:t» 1 4 Hi iomorroM: H::h 0156 18 4i »nd INI t.Si Ln» 1:3 ,2 1 MM Bl
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  • 216 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL HOY POINTER Race 1 2 00 APPLAUSE The Minx l.imtar China APPLAI SE The Minx Gelfanc Star APPLAUSE i Mr Minx Bramhall Flyer Race 2 2.25 HILL TOWN Landsrer Jacobin LANDSEER Hill Town Eudora LANDSEER Eud«ra Hill Town F. HARVEST Grey Galloway Mlob Malaya Race 1
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  • 324 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By AT BUKIT TIMAH last November, Millionaire beat Olympic by half a length over 9f. Since then Millionaire won brilliantly in record time over 7f in Penang and ran a creditable race, though unplaced, in the Selangor Gold Cup race last
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  • 191 12 DARNFIELD, a staying four-year- I old by Emir d'lran, is nicely tuned up after his Initial race at Kuala Lumpur a fortnight ago. He then showed promise when finishing fourth to Lucle Maria. Over a mile his right distance— Barnfleld must command respect
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  • 1022 12 MANY THANKS is in great form— he put up a brilliant track performance on Thursday morning when he cracked 37 for 3 f.— and with a nice weight of 7.10 this Bellacose three-year-old may well make It a pillar-to-post affair in Race Seven today. Many
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  • 26 12 Britain 's tennis captain resigns LONDON. Prl— Dr. John Colin Gregory. capUln of Britain's Da\U Cup Tennis team since 1949. lias resigned because of baslnesa pres>sure.
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  • 1423 12 Race 1—2.00: Class 3, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 809 Bramhall Flyer Plannery 8.13 Mr. Mrs. C. Loogmore Hobos 2 240 The Minx Hudson 812 Takru Ha Stable Heddle 3 Gambar China D.Jones 811 Mr. it Mrs. E. C Wee R Breulcelen 4 788 Ueifang SUr Charles 810
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  • 156 12 RAIN IMPROVES STRAITS CODE'S CHANCE TODAY STRAITS CODE showed promise in his early r.iges last season and. with a handy mark of 8.2, he looks a reasonable each-way bet in Rate Five at Rukit Timah today. Rain has improved his chance. Straits Code came to hand i rapidly. In his
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  • 149 12 WHITNEY TO RIDE FOR DANIELS rpHIRTY-YEAR-OLD Aus*raA lian jockey Georsr Whitnpy arrived by air from Sydney on Thursday pvoning to ride for Singapore trainer Keith Daniels. Whitney was In the saddle at Bukit Timah yesterday morning, exercising Daniels' horses. However, Whiiney will not ridf today. Up will probably make hta
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  • 141 12 rptiE golden era In Malayan racing appears to be ending. With a s4eady Cerline In sweepstake* betting. Tyrf Clubs are eutlint their stakes. At the Easter Meeting of the Perak Turf Club, .stake* for das-; 1 hois'* have been reduced from the peak mark of $15,000
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  • 72 12 T»HE Singapore Turf Club* new car park will be put to use a.s from today, the opening day of the February meeting. The Traffic Police wi!) as far a.s possible, park owner-driven cars near the grandstand and sv. e-diiven cars on the new car park.
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  • 96 12 Singapore Achilles Club will open their 1953 athletic season on Saturday, Mar. 7 with their ..nr.«..,: 5 miles crtx-8-ountry race at th* Mcßitchle reservoir area at 5.15 p.m. Ti.l.s event will enable «i lector.'. to choose the team to represent the Colony at the >ec»nd
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  • 164 12 THE Prrak Derby over I 1 a mll"S with $30.1)00 in stakes snd a $4,000 gold trophy to the vinninu low-no' will hluhlipht the Pcrnk Turf Club Easlrr Meeting on Mar. 28. Apr. 1 and 4. There will be a special trophy race for Class 1 Mayers
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  • 71 12 LIVERPOOL. Fri —Peter Fallo •of Bli kenhead last nleht cnrne< right to meet Cllfl Cur\i« fo the British wel'.mveip it champion ship by outpotntins Wally Them alho of Birkcnhrad. a former holdr :>'. the ti*l«. In the final eliminate! It was a brilliant d<mii m 1
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 34 12 TIIHU was heavy rain in Singapore yesterday afternoon, and the going for today's races will be yielding al best. TODAY'S BEST BF.T: Olympic in the 4.25. BEST LUNG-SHOT: Box Office In thr 4. 55.
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