The Straits Times, 9 January 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times Established 1843 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    WORLD TIN PACT POLL
    304 1 Vote for each picul mined COUNCIL MEETING PUT OFF FOR WEEK I.IMIMI!. Fri. 4 < ill', is being held Malayan I'm In divide win' industry is in i (icneva tiuil Tin Itrs Agi cement. tin prothe Federni today. and ill tO Views wanted 15. rnment tin
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    Gurkha pact tor 'review'
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    Old spell
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    Young man with a big mission in Australia
    9 1 Youn g man with a big mission in Australia
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    CHWEE KOK LEAVES TODAY TO MEET AN OLD RIVAL
    283 1 THERE is a lot more than just clothes heine packed into thin hag. There lire hopes. cli 'Mills and months of hard work also going alone in it. I hi- bag hrlonts to Nen lihic Kok. Singapore's crack swimmer, who leaves
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    'Priceless' relic is stolen from museum
    111 1 1, 500-YEAR-OLD GOLD LION By PATRICK CHB AN historically '^priceless" exhibit has been stolen from the Raffles Museum. Singapore. o'ilri lion measurinc two and a half centimetres was missing from a showcase yesterday morning. It was unearthed in Krdah during an archaeological expedition in
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    Mass break-out
    46 1 NAIROBI. Fri. Fifteen Wakamba tribesmen, 12 of them on remand for Mau Mau offences, made a mass gaol j break front a prison at Macha- i ko.s. 40 mile.s south of here, la.^t night after .slashing two Alucan warders and takins their rifles. Renter.
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    NO WEDDING -MY SEX IS CHANGED SAYS BRIDE
    314 1 NO WEDDING -MY SEX IS CHANGED SAYS BRIDE LE BLANC. France. Fri. I OCAL magistrates to- day ordered a medical examination of Lucie Blanchet, a farmer's daughter who called off he.r wedding at the last minute on the grounds that she had changed her sex. Lucie, aged 25. told reporters
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    Ban on big bangs
    93 1 Guns damaged turf Heavy guns fired from the Singapore Esplanade on ceremonial occasions have caused about $1,000 damage to the turf. The City Councils estates and fire brigade committee has agreed that in future guns should not be allowed to operate there. Landslides IPOH. Fri. Heavy
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    Planes for India
    21 1 NEW DELHr, Fri Two American-made Flying Boxcars will be added to the Indian Air Force next month AP
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    Killer gang stabs victim after chase through street
    187 1 SECRET society men in Singapore last night stabbed to death a 30-year-old fruit hawker. Teo Sah Tee in Paiznda Street This la thr fir.-t murder this year in the Colony. Teo was killed on his birthday He had wounds on the leftside
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    AND SO MARIA AND JAMES CAN NOW LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
    384 1 AND SO MARIA AND JAMES CAN NOW LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER KELSO. Scotland. Fri. BOLIVIAN tin heirese Maria Isabela Patino. 18, and her dashing English lover. Jimmy Goldsmith, 20, were married yesterday in this picturesque little border village a few hours after her father withdrew a court ban on the
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    The Queen honours Mr. Butler
    92 1 The Queen honours Mr. Butler LONDON. Fri. THE Queen has marie Mr R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, a member ol the Order of Companions of Honour, it was officially announced here today. The Companionship Honour, created in 1917. is in exclusive body limited to 65 members. The awards
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    Gift of rings
    29 1 LONDON. Fri. Two wedding rings, one apparently a mans, were dropped last, night into a collection box fo r the, restoration fund outside London's Westminster Abbey.
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    Peer dies at 74
    29 1 CHICHF.STKR, Fri. Lord i O^ddes a statesman and Bri- I Ush Ambassador to thr us. from IP2O >) 1924. died here today He was 74 AP.
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    THE COUPLE THE WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT
    18 1 MARIA ..Last night's picture from London .and this is James
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    Meteor blasts windows
    137 1 Meteor blasts windows Bowl of fire across the sky DIEPPE. (Franco, Fri lirench astronomers said today thry brllevod a meteorite smashIng Into tho earth's atmosphere had caused the explosion which rocked Dieppe yesterday The blast, which shattered windows and doors here in the early hours of the mornini; w;i s
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 I.YTTELTON Ol I TO AFRICA LONDON. Kri- Colonial S< i retary Ollvi I How to Africa Ud; Ulml first band with political disputes in Northern Rhodesia and Nigeria n\«i projected ehaagei In htuutions.— AP.
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    Pusan fire
    36 1 PI san. Fri A bis South Korean navy warehouse full ol Inori and clothing burned tonight the city's biggest ftre he disastrous fire which 'd much of Ptisan's suburbs a month ago. A. P.
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    Haiti breaks revolt plan
    85 1 PORT AU PRINCE i Haiti'. i Fri. The Haitian Government says it was broken up a ring of subversives trying to incite a revolt in this negro Republic. A communique announced I that police arrested 23 politi- cians and uncovered arms and ammunition In a raid
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    From jungle to his father's bedside
    228 2 'MOST IMMEDIATE' SIGNAL I SENDS L/CPL. GEORGE HOME K. LUMPUR, Fri. lANCE Corporal 1 George Baker of the Royal West Kents had just come back from a patrol in the Salmi district of Bentonjr, Pahang, when the message that began the fastest 21 hours
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    Reception raided and groom fined
    111 2 Reception raided and groom fined HONG KOV.i. Fit A 'DING banquet was broken up by police and the bridegroom lined for violating the marriage law nnd for giving a lavish reception, the Kung Sheung Daily News reported today. The Chinese language paper Kaid the incident happened in Canton on Der
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    Telescope will go 13 miles up for sun photo
    109 2 Telescope will go 13 miles up for sun photo BRISTOL Fri. Astronomers at Cambridce I'niversity will send a (iO-foot telescope and camera more than 13 miles into the sky by balloon next j May to photograph thr sun's j corona Professor V Powell. Bristol atomic scientist who is tak- ins
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    Road flooded
    33 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Kota Tln^gi-Mersing Road is flooded to a depth of two feet at the 21i milestone and two j and a half tort at the 45th i milestone.
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    The nine stay-put men must get out
    181 2 THE nino labourers "t the Enriau Sawmill Co. who stopped work fallowing a dispute with thr management will leave their quarters m tib ftrri floor of thr flrm'j pre- Yesterday, in Singapore High Court. Mr. Justice Brown granted an interim injunction restraining the
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    THE YOUNG ARTISTES ALL STAYED IN THEIR HOSPITAL COTS
    211 2 THE YOUNG ARTISTES ALL STAYED IN THEIR HOS PITAL COT S "THIS WAS no ordi- nary concert. The performers all lay on little frame beds. They sang, moved their hands and wiggled their bare toes. All were patients at St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital for Children, Siglap. Singapore. The girls, their
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    Flies to talks
    30 2 KARACHI. Fri.— Abdul Wa hab Azzam. Egyptian Ambassador to Pakistan, left last night for Cairo to attend a conference of Egypt's envoys abroad called by the government.—A.P.
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    No ordinary concert this
    59 2 No ordinary concert th is THESE five little ***** boii* all have crippled limbs in plaster tied to their fmme beat. WITH plaster casts under their gowns, these tiro little patients participated i v the concert. THESE little angels, dressed in white satin and silver haloes, thought it (MU wonderful
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    New ambassador
    22 2 NEW DELHI Fri.— Dr All Asghar Hekmat today presented his credentials to president Rajendra Prasad as Persian ambassador to India.
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    BRITAIN TO STAY OUT
    79 2 LONDON, Fri. A FOREIGN Office spokesman a*, said today it wa.s "quite likely" that Britain would not join America and Russia in the preliminary talks in Washington on President Eisenhower's plan for atomic pool. The spokesman, replying to questions, .said Britain had already consulted the United
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    Pahang Govt. now has a 'safe area' -for pigeons
    177 2 Pahang Govt. now has a 'safe area' -for pigeons KUALA LUMPUR. PA. THE Pahang Government has set aside a two-and-a-quarter mile long coastal strip just north of Pekan as a sanctuary for tb'_ preservation oi gr^er pigeons. The area is bound on one side by the sea and on the
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    'SPLENDID' HERO ROUTED 20 REDS
    236 2 His medal presented to father LONDON. Fri l of three dead men brought relai rpHE mMas Office today to hear talcs of h l c hvi gi« s O f Malaya and the snows of tn in tne jan* land Islands Police Lieutenant Rcuinald Hemsley,
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    SO IMPORTANT HE CAN'T SAY A WORD
    101 2 SO IMPORTANT HE CAN'T SAY A WORD LONDON. Fri. VICE-ADMIRAL Sir Charles Lambe commander-in-Chief Fa r East Station, icft London by air last Bight I" 1 Singapore at the end ot lour days' consultation with the First Sea Lord. Before leaving he said: "It was not a routine conference. I
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    WORDS WORDS
    90 2 ...of a civil servant LONDON FA JUDGE told servant giving mcc in court ru terday that the language ho wa made him "souno crossword pux./i< 'Words, words i doi how they creep in mentcd the ludge. 81 Dodson phrase^ used by. the included: "Incremental di r a rise
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    Officer killed
    38 2 BERLIN, in.— -me communist lnforn reau yesterday sa llsh border guards on it the Oder R o n an East German patrol o n Ne w Yea: killing a lieutenant ai ously wounding twn men— A.P.
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    Back to H.Q.
    29 2 CAIRO. Fri. V C B R PpHv- Commai Chief of the Br East Air Force, returned his Suez Canal hea yesterday after a 'o Kenya. A.P
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    'No change' in policy on China
    42 2 WASHINGTON Fri Assistant Secretary Mr. Walter S. Rob rously denied tonight United States is tak r look" at its nnn-r policy toward China. "There has born n In our policy of nnn-r--tion of China." he U
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    Hotel freed
    21 2 NUERNBERG. Fri Grand Hotel, temporary I for many America: many since the war b turned to German yesterday. A.P.
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    Malayan cadets make the grade at Aldershot: Two chosen for Sandhurst course
    316 2 ALDERSHOT. Fri. FIVE young Malayan offic cadets did their besf. not to shiver as they stood stlflly to attention on an officers passing-out parade here to- day. They were taking part In a j ceremony which marked tr.*
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    'U.S. IS BUND,' SAYS S. KOREA
    104 3 'U.S. IS BUND,' SAYS S. KOREA SEOUL. Fri Korea today ■;i?rmrnt of tlema with both immunist.s and the nese. It en?. ted Nations and nited States m nt, prepared by trip ibllc Inforribed as the ;i series that "pre ttutl rltatlva i U and I a trup popular senti■■The United
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    He remembered
    25 3 YORK. Fri. Chri>t a restaurant owner, on December 16. le!*. o to build an athleti" isium for the people of native Coutraki. Greece.
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    Coaching ban
    19 3 ngham- .mmiurr has I t<. ban .^P' dal coach-home-work to prepare lor the secondary ••hooli; selection examination
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    Han lifted
    17 3 COPENHAGEN, Fri. Den- < li to end all currency ins on foreign travel to dollar countries.
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    12 Mau killed
    12 3 081. Fti Twrfi re killed in a battle \P.
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    ITALIAN PARTIES SPLIT
    137 3 ITALIAN PARTIES SPLIT I ROME. Fri. rALYS centre parties last night, were split into man] hostile factions as they faced I the third cabinet cri.si.- .sinethe general elections last June. Their problem was to J.i.d successor to Signor Giiuseppe Pill;., who resigned on Tuesday when his attempt to establish a
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    ATLANTIC PACT IS NOT A FAILURE— GENERAL
    251 3 PARIS, Friday. (JEN. ALFRED GRUENTHEJt, Atlantic" Pact Supreme Commander, said here yesterday that NATO, far from being a failure, had done so well that it had become the number one objective of Soviet foreign policy. Addressing the American Club of Paris he said
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    Aden piracy charge
    46 3 SOME of the rrew of an Indian sail boat which, it is alleged, was boarded by pirates in the Persian Gulf. The men are seen squatting outside a court in Aden where l.'i Arab sailors were remanded on charges of piracy. A.P picture.
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    U.S., Russia have foreign troubles
    156 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. ll] JOHN FOSTER DULLES. U.S. Secretary of State, told the Senate Foreign Relations Cornlast night that both the United States and a wrro having foreign affairs troubles. 'As bad as our troubles are. I would not trade our trouble.* for theirs", he said.
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    Sir Winston at service
    39 3 'ON Fri.— The Prime Sir Winston Churand Lady Churchill "ended a memorial in St. Margaret's Westminster, for the I Norwich, formerly red Duff Cooper. »ovi :c_:er Viscountess is to resume her old Lady Diana Cooper.—
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    Rulers agree to merger
    35 3 Fri —Arab rulers of the western Aden ite have agreed In proposal that federate, the Brij announced here Arab chiefs rule 112.000 square miles of the half (if the Aden ProReuter
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    Mineral hunt
    21 3 HI. Fri. An aerial West Pakistan for ourcej which startColombo Plan two xpected to be coinend of the year.
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    Leaves gaol
    21 3 RAWALPINDI, Fri Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known a> Frontier Gandhi." left gaol ye.sterflay after more thun fean' imprisonment Reuter.
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    Another job
    21 3 NEW DELHI Fri. Mr. Viand M"han Sahay. Indian Commissioner in Mauritius. n b^r n appointed Con-sul-General in Madagascar. AP.
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    Unity bid
    25 3 BERLIN. Fri. The East German cabinet yesterday set up a "unity commission" to prepare a peace treaty for Germany and German unification. Reuter.
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    Why soldier stole
    42 3 LONDON. Fri. A 19-year-old soldier wa« said at a Chelsea court martial to have told ,i member of the Army's Special Investigation Branch "They used to take my kit so I had to steal theirs to make it up."
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    Six rescued
    22 3 TOKYO. Fri. U.S. cruiser Toledo yesterday rescued six Japanese fishermen from their foundering fishing boat. Navy headquarters reported today. AP.
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    T.V. Russian awarded a medal
    66 3 LONDON. Fri.. A 73-YEAR-OLD Russian who made television of the Coronation has been awarded a medal The Institution of Electrical Engineers gave their Faraday Medal to Isaac Shoenbert:. He was born in Russia and was chief engineer of the Russian Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company.
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    Accused of murder
    55 3 MANILA. Fri. A former Justice Secretary. O.<.car Ca.stelo, today pleaded not guilty I to a charpe of murder arising from the killing of a key witness against him in bribery charges. Manuel P. Monroy. the wit- I ness, was fatally .shot while playing mahjong with his wife
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    Mr. Crump meets wife at last
    56 3 OTTAWA. Fri.— The Crumps are together again at iast after a crazy Christmas duiing which husband Wilfred flew from Leamington, Ontario, to surprise his wife ir. England and she set sail for Canada to surprise him. Mr. Crump almost missed her again, by going
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    The new bomber loses a flap
    50 3 LONDON. Fri A lOft-lon^ section of wing-flap fell off the new Victor crescent-winced j jet bomber during a test flight from Radlett. Herts.* It landed harmlessly in an allotment. The pilot, Squadron-Leader H. G. Hazleden, was told by radio and landed the aircraft safely.
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    Doctor jumped from his roof
    237 3 SUICIDE VERDICT ON EX-MALAYAN LONDON. Friday. I\K. Henry Pollard Hacker, former malaria research officer for the Malayan Government, killed himself early on Tuesday morning by jumping from the roof of his London home, the Coroner's inquest decided here today. The doctor, who was 60, did
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    Soldier on manslaughter charge: made jeep turn over—Police
    214 3 Soldier on manslaughter charge: made jeep turn over— Police PHONG KONG. Fri Samuel Brown of Battalion Kind's eni for trial on ihter charge hen the sequel t.) Di .it Fanling, the China in November 7, in Corporal Harold 'he same Re [lmenl Injuries from which ii November Irupectoi C. J.
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    Talks in East Berlin—Russia
    49 3 Talks in East Berlin Russia BERLIN, Fri. Russia has demanded all meetings of the Big Four Foreign Ministers be held in Communist East Berlin and this stand has deadlocked conferences between the city's military commanders to select a site for the January 25 discussions, informed sources said today.— U.P.
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    5 die in crash
    37 3 NEW DELHI. Fri. Five people, including two members of a visitins; Russian trade delegation, were killed in a plane crash in Afghanistan, it was announced yesterday.— AP. held v pin his father's arms.
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    71 in prison
    22 3 HONG KONG, Fri. The Catholic Missionary Bulletin today said that 71 foreign missionaries are in Red China prisons. U.P.
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    QUEEN STOPPED TO TALK TO CHILDREN
    127 3 WELLINGTON. Fri. liHE most informal occasion j of the Royal tour so far in I New Zealand occurred at Stratford, the la.st stop of the clay before New Plymouth. The Queen and the Duke left the train for presentations on a daLs in Broadway—
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    On the air
    23 3 LONDON. Fri. Rosemary Clooney, American tinging star and wife of actor leae Ferrer, makes her first British broadcast on Monday.
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    New bank chief
    25 3 TOKYO. Fri The Japan Export and Import Bank his appointed Mr. Shotaro Tajimi to head the bank's new office in Karachi.— UP.
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    Reds made him dig his grave
    195 3 Reds made him dig his grave LONDON. Fri. LIEUT. Dennis A. Lankford. a Royal Navy cameraman, told a Press conference yesterday that while a prisoner of war in Korea he had to dig his own grave and let his Chinese captors play "Russian roulette" with him He said thai- they
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    Lost caps roll in
    41 3 LONDON. Fri. School caps began to come in at the last property office soon after the Schoolboys Own Exhibition opened at the Horticultural Halls Westminster. An official said: "We shall have over 400 when the show ends.
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    'Too military'
    37 3 BRYN MAWR. Pennsylvania. Fri. Chester Bowles, former United States ambassador to India, said la.st night many pro-American Asians oppose United States policies because we "rely too heavily on purely military answers to complex situations" U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    275 3 LONDON. Fri. rpEA shßres BRHIn supplied the major Interest among F»r Eastern Issues on the London Stock Exchange today. Business however, was curtailed In many cases by share shortage. Other commodity shares were rather neglected. Closing prices ot selected stocks were kVBHI Coivok 64 1 'i Funding 4'i
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    LONDON TIN
    29 3 LONDON. Jan. 8. Cash Buyers £656; Sellers C 657' 2 Forward Buyers t632' 2 Sellers C 633; Settlement t637> 2 Turnover a.m. 90 tons; p.m. 15 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON, Jan. 8 Spot lVrt. Feb 17d Mar. 17' d.. Apr.-June 17' id.. July-Sept 17\d. OcL-Der. 17% d. Jan. rl.f. 17 15/16rt, F.a eil. I7d Mar. c.U. 17 1/I6d Ton*: DulL
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    Improvement in rubber market
    222 4 AFTER getting off to a slow start the rubber market showed some real improvement on Thursday on London and Continental buying. Low grades were in good demand but sellers of these are becoming more reserved. There is a better inquiry for forward deliveries but supplies are
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    The Assizes ceremonial
    111 4 TRAFFIC PLANS TRAFFIC restrictions wttl be enforced from In a.m on Monday whe n the ceremonial i opening of the Singapore AsMzes takes placv. Restricted parking will be allowed along St Andrew's Road. However, no parking will be allowed on both sides of St Andrew's Road from
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    10 LOCAL MEN STEP UP TO HIGHER GOVT. JOBS
    369 4 Eight have university degrees two\ hold special diplomas THF Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, has approved the appointment of 10 local men to posts in the Government higher services, part 11. Four appointments are to the administrative service. Out of
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    Rubberboard appointments
    91 4 Rubber board appointments Mr. C. F. Smith has been reappointed chairman of the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board. Mr. I. G. Salmond. Mr. F. L. Waterhouse. Mr. Tan Puay Hee Mr. C F. Fell. Mr. H. A. Campbell, Mr. W. Anderson, Mr. Lim Chong Chee and Tuan Sheikh i Ahmad
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    New Vice-Consul
    17 4 The Singapore Government has recognised Mr. Fujio Hara i as vice-consul of Japan in Singapore.
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    Acting clerk
    25 4 Mr. Loke Wenp Chee. Council Reporter. Singapore, will act a.s Clerk of the Legislative Council while Mr. L. W. Donough is on leave.
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    City loan closes
    17 4 The $30 million Hi per cent. 1953 Singapore City Council lean is now oversubscribed.
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    $11,650 gift
    28 4 Gifts totalling $11,650 have been received by the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Mi annual appeal for this year. They include $10,000 from the Singapore Turf Club
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    FIRST SLICE OF THE CAKE
    56 4 uHh J h' L V U^ WIL k LIAM TAN son of Mr "«»«<« Tan. g*^¥j br i d ho formerly Miss Alice Agnes Low (laußhter of Madam Chn K (ieok and the late Mr Low Ah Kow. They were imrried on Boxing Day and
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    298 4 TODAY Spore Police Inspector*' Club Anniversary dance. Victoria Memo- j rial Hall. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m 1 niversltv Of Malaya: New Year tall. Oel Hong Hani Hall. Buku Tlmah. 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Ipper Seranfoon Boys' Club: First anniversary and opening of clubhouse. Social Welfare Centre.
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    SOON THEY'LL BE RIDING THESE BIKES IN CHINA
    36 4 SOON THEY'LL BE RIDING THESE BIKES IN CHINA I.AHOI'RF.KS unload the bicycles of Chinese passengers about to embark in the ll. u Lee for China at Port Swettenham. A total of 101 people boarded the ship.
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    Six months for 40c. breach of trust
    187 4 COXDUCTOR DIDN'T ISSUE TICKETS RAM HAJUR RAI. a Sin* bus conductor, was ye months' paol on two cour trust of 20 cents belonging Ram jtave notice of appeal and was allowed $2,000 bail. Two detectives said that while travelling in a bus they
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    SERGEANT TO APPEAR IN COURT
    76 4 SERGEANT TO APPEAR IN COURT A British sergeant will appear in a Singapore Police Court today In connection witn the death of Sergeant H. H. Hamilton of G.H.Q. Signals Regiment. Sergeant Hamilton died in the BritLsh Military Hospital, Singapore, on Dec. 29. two days after he was involved In an
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    City keeps the roads
    62 4 NO GOVT. REPLY THE Singapore City Council is legally still the highway authority, although it was decided three months ago to hand control over to the Government. The council has told the Government of its recommendation that the traffic lawshould be suitably amended It has sent
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    raised
    29 4 $500 The Singapore branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention Cruelty to Animals has received $505.60 being donations from members and friends towards the Christmas Card appeal
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    2 QUEEN'S SCHOLARS FROM SAME SCHOOL
    134 4 To 'complete studies in U.K. QUEENS Scholarships for 1954 have been awarded to two former students of the Anglo-Chinese School. Singapore. Dr. Tow Slang Hwa and Mr. Lee Yong Leng. Dr. Tow will prepare for membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
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    PETITION TO KEEP MAN IN JOB FAILS
    101 4 PETITION TO KEEP MAN IN JOB FAILS TANJONG MAIJM. Fri. The Tanjnng Malim people's petition to the High Comn issioner last month to retain Mr D. S. Dutton as Assistant State Home (iuard Officer and District Resettlement Officer has been rejected due to the 'exigencies of the service The petitioners
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    Tamil festival begins soon
    37 4 Singapore's Tamils will celebratp the Tamil Festival next Thursday at the Happy World .stadium. HiKhllßht of the celebrations will be dance.s by Tamil women There will aiso be lectures, music md variety entertainments.
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    3.2 cents a tree
    27 4 The ■ncwmenl rate on rub brr .Mutes under ion aerea m Singapore rural area will he tt 32 rents for each tappable tree.
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    Firm fills jobs of 300 strikers
    215 5 -AND PETER WILLIAMS BLAMES TRADE UNION CONGRESS yiORK THAN 300 nun, who lost their jobs in 11 thr strike at the Singapore Straits Trading Company's smelting works at Pulau Brani, have been replaced. the new workers were recruited .minim Pagar Area. And the union
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    Three more bandits are killed
    60 5 Three more bandits are killed A LUMPUR more Communist I rists have been n the Federation. K A shotde by the 22 SpeKuala Lipis i ten orlst with him was Q .'"hole, in d am- :i>n. undod by ter- OUI ->. I I ill the tan area oi R lunded
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    26 more join Red Cross
    29 5 N\ F:i. six students 10 girls ngkap i :ti miie.s from here, oiled as membei d to them by Miss :'..itLsll Re Perak Branch.
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    Storekeeper's widow dies
    54 5 SEREMBAN. Fri —Mrs B. R. Stanislaus, mother of the Negri state hockey player Clement Stanislaus, died at the Seremb n General Hospital last ni':ht a short illness. Mrs widow of Mr. B. R. Stanislaus, state torekeeper I'WD. Johore and Ipoh, leaves two son.s and two ciauuhters. The
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    The new venue
    34 5 PENANO, Fri. Municipal meetings ard other public functions may be held in the Town Hall later thus year. The Federations medical headquarter.';, now occupying The hall, may move out in June.
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    S.V.C. award
    18 5 The Efficiency Decoration has been awarded to c apt. On:: Wee of the Bin Volunteer Corps.
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    Dealers are guessing at Govt.
    147 5 DOES THIS MEAN END OF RICE CONTROL? plans 'THE Singapore GovA ernmont has set the Colony's rice dealers guessing. So far' no tenders for handling new rice shipments nave been called. In thfc past tenders were j generally called before the beginning of a new
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    The Customs men try a new system
    81 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. \N experiment is being carried out by the Customs Department at Johore Balm; to lessen inconvenience to Singapore bus passengers going to Johore Bahru. The success of the experi ment will depend on passengers co-operating with the Custom* Department. Passengers
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    Punctured food
    43 5 SEREMBAN. Fri.— The district officer, Kuala Pilah. Mr. A B. L. Clarke ha.s ordered that every shopkeeper in the regrouped areas of Dangi and Kepis must have all tinned uoo'ds punctured before they are sold and taken out of the shop.
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    BALI GOES ON THE BEER
    79 5 11 B«*a to !.<■ In. in v th.it in d Kih tin- youim beat ii'-ri more than an> in the world. ■"j »v«-r < hrislmas. he suil""<l> developed t.istc for lathi >» Johore a months ago by I kasapeag folk, and now belong* to Mr.
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    Stabbed girl dies: man held
    49 5 Q, Fri- A 121-year-old \:i Nooi, who w.iIn Kimbe:. day died this mornPenang General Hos- Chow, who lived in Batterworth, collapsed on the pavement with two wounds an. I was taken to hospital by A man has bet n OO- i t a; ned.
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    Johore welcomes a Brunei mission
    176 5 T JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Federation had ived with both Riiinfi s loan of '000, Dato Seth bin d Saul. Johore's Secretary, said last. at a buffi i the Koyai Jobore inCluh to welcome the Brunei committee lan of Brunei sent to Malaya to study state
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    'Britons take a great interest in Malaya'
    173 5 THEY SYMPATHISE, SAYS PEER PENANG, Friday. THE British Government had every sympathy with Malaya's political problems. Lord O'Hagan, Deputy Speaker' of the House of Lords, said in Penang today. Lord O'Ha«an, who arrived here in the Chusan with Lady OHai;an. told the Straits
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    Youth freed on bribe charge
    53 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mat Devu.< bin Muhammed, 18, tvas at the first magistrate's court today acquitted of offering $10 bribe to corporal Ali Mohd. Ismail of the R.A.SC. It was alleged that Mat offered the money to the corporal as an inducement to be accepted
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    It was 'speeding' he told court
    267 5 It was 'speeding he told court BUT THE CAR WAS FARKED SOH Pens Kee collided with a parked ear and then with a cyclist. But he told the Singapore Traffic District Court yesterday that the parked car was speeding. The judge. Mr. F. A. Chua, told him he was very
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    THE LATE GUESTS
    59 5 'No gentlemen' ALOR STAR. Fri. Kedah's State Surgeon. Dr. M. B. Osman. last night criticised late-comers who had accepted invitations to a nurses' graduation ceremony but did not turn up in time for the function. "Tney are no gentlemen, ne .said. Mrs Osman presented badges and certificates
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    Lorry driver fined $220
    70 5 IPOH. Fri.-A total fine of $>2i) w;i s imposed on a young lurry driver, Ng Ah Chua. for overloading. Ns pleaded guilty to overloading liis lorry to the extent ol 2 tonsocwts. using the vehlcle in breach ol the haulage permit by carrying two excess persons
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    ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF NEW SCHOOL
    90 5 An artist's impression of the\ new $300,000 Hokkien Associatio,, school to be built on the site of the Chong Hock Girls' School in Telok Ayer Street. Singapore. The ilx-ttorey building will accommodate about 3.200 boy., and girls from the association's tiro schools in, Tclok Ayer
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    City Council to extend Katong Park
    80 5 City Council to extend Katong Park A SINGAPORE City Council committee has agreed in principle to extend Katong Park to nearly three time.s its present size. It has approved a proposal that the Council .should buy 13>4 acres adjoining the 8:i -acre park, and make it a seaside retort extending
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    Sikhs to mark Govind Day
    26 5 KLANG. Kri. Sikhs in Klang and Port SwetUnham will celebrate the birthday of Guru Qovlnd Singh on Monday with prayer neeungs.
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    New school
    25 5 IPOII. Fri. -A Tamil school in the Gunoni Ruput new village at the 31 auk Oopeng •Road, Ipoh, will be opened on •Monday.
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    It's enough to make a stray a snob
    129 5 SINGAPORE'S nr.-t home for stray dogs will be opened late next month or early in March. Clearing of the 21-acrc site in the "Garden of Liberation." off Thomson Road. ha s begun and work on the building itsclt starts next I week.
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    CLERK DIVES TO SAVE WOMAN IN CAR
    196 5 CLERK DIVES TO SAVE WOMAN IN CAR PENANG. Friday. A CLERK, Mr. R. B. Lesslar. dived from a ferry today and saved a woman motorist trapped inside a car which had plunged Into the Penang i channel. Hundreds watched v Mr. r grabbed hold <>f a door handle and dragc^d
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    TB hospital fund is now $244,205
    200 5 TB hospital fund is now $244,205 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A British iirm. Brands Chicken Essence, has given $10,000 to Lady Templer's TB Hospital Appeal Fund. The branches of the Overseas Chinese Bank ha.s given $5.(1110 and Mr G. Uttamram has given Si.ooo. Other donations include $75f> from employees of the
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    Tenant's Order from Monday
    46 5 i KLANO, Fri.— The Tenant's Registration Order will come Into effect in Klang and Port! Swettenham on Monday People over the age of 12 leaving or coming into the towns must report to the appointed headman in their particular block of houses.
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    MALAYATAKES PART IN TWO TRADE TALKS
    86 5 MALAYATAKES PART IN TWO TRADE TALKS penang. Fri. The Federation Government will be represented at two trade conferences In two different countries this month Talks will be held at Jakarta next week' end. when Mr, A. ii .stun, ham, Penang Econo in.. 1 Affairs Ofllcer. will mccl Indonesian authorities to
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    77 6 U WorW, tit I minimum) 7.ILWA At Bungsar Hospital on Punaral Kcuwi Cemetery today, the I pv.rir nrc 2'.)0 C hmu Rood at 430 p.m. LAN TONQ CUKNCi. a«rd 63. aaaMd «waji awfully l M at 34 Orsme* Rrwii lr;i\inK liehind his Mtr ft\r -ons. Teck Menu. Vk Chuan.
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    206 6 Wt,,4, Sl* (minimum) ten. «th. milf. l'pp*r Sfraneoon i .pens M<.nria\ January inn. r a few varanrlrv WHERK ARE yOU lunching \n\ plan*? Rii'c 3K4« aw] rrwne a UDte at "The Ccxkoit" lor a Ja-.an-sr RtjetaM. You tre pr*Macbeth" al Thr..trr 14th. 15th, 16th January. 800 pm. Bookings at
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 9, 1954. A Position Of Strength
    825 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 9, 1954. A Position Of Strength Outside the UniU-d States, President F3sf nhowrr'g State of the Union MMfl DM) have a mixed reception. In the new defence programme which the President outlined there is room for the "agonising reappraisal" of policy of which Mr.
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    Rice And Sugar And Bread
    507 6 Rice And Sugar And Bread There has been an excellent start in the new year to what I all will hope will become a determined battle against the 1 cost of living. In their various 1 ways the Federation and the 1 Colony Government have 1 brought down the price
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    As I was Saying
    1076 6  -  CYNICUS 'JSgmmgrmammm VO-ONE likes censor- ship in any form, but paradoxically where there is the most censorship there is also the least complaint about it, for obvious enough reasons. "The Heart of the Matter" is. I fancy, the first sizeable film row since the Jack Evans
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    103 6 From the straits Times of Jumtury l!) 04. THE commanding p(xsitloi which Russia has grasped alonn the frontiers of China India and Persia seems vi leave no doubt as to her Intenlions, writes the Influential American m;inazinr Cf>.sm<>p<>litan. We are to have one great iinul w.ir whlcb
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    715 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK TniEPE is much talk these days about r ie* foi Malaya and it is no function o'. thto notebook to say II <hese would be a good thing or a bad Few senior counsel do not look lovingly back to the old heydays of the British jury
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    Pte. preferred Joyce to the Army
    220 7 DESERTER STAYS THREE WEEKS WIIH DANCE HOSTESS F-iiK three *«ek*i I'te. i j Leonard Dilli\od with a hostess in GeySingapore, innt returning leave to the Army Ord- Corps. Yenterat his court ■1, he was sen- I to 112 d;i\ ition f«>r deser* Id the
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    SCHOOLS GET 70,000 C-SEALS
    53 7 SCHOOLS GET 70,000 C-SEALS ORE'S Junior I Commt handed over 70,000 Issued by tnent for to Colony J.C.I special! i; nearlng the natioi I chamber 1) the balance ol should be pre- es' chambe/.s the Common- the Sin lid the pur; funds the Corona- ipients whe- which would be forwarded
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    $1,000 stolen from shop
    46 7 Thieves broke into a shop in George Street. Singapore just behind the Central Police Station on Thursday nißht and j stole four cases of cigarettes valued at $1,000. The front door wa.s forced open and the padlock was mi.^sinc. in the morning.
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    Hindu Mission gets $300
    44 7 Gifts to the Singapore Ramrikrishna Mission Boys' Home totalling $301 have been received by Swami Nlshkamananda. the new president of the Mission, through Mrs K. K. Ramehandani. The gifts cr.me from Mr.s. B. A. Lalwani. friend and Mr.s Lachu Sabnaui.
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    THE GOVT. ASKS FOR SUGAR
    139 7 THE GOVT. ASKS FOR SUGAR Traders' chance KUALA LUMPUR, Fri TRHE Federation Government A ha.s decided to throw open importation of refined sugar to private traders as the British Ministry of Food has given ud this trading. Malaya must now buy its i>wn sugar either direct from the world market
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    3 accused of robbery bid PARANG CHARGE
    59 7 3 accused of robbery bid PARANG CHARGE Abdulla bin Ahmad. Teo i Kok Thoh and Yahshad Mohamad were charged in Singapore yesterday with attempted robbery and using a i deadly weapon '—a parang. The off»nce was alleged to have been committed at a hou.vr in Clementi Read on Thursday night.
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    S'pore must hoed new sea laws
    25 7 S' pore must hoed new sea laws >nal ilatlons venting collisions at Involving n the water, an iixire. regulations wire ac- viTll- It intO effect
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    New assistant
    12 7 H Murphy has i.ted an A. f Income Tax in
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    Missing girl
    13 7 old girl. Chua Ah ig from v rullla Park. n Thursday.
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    TO RE-TRAIN IN HOLLAND
    63 7 MB. UM BOCK SIM. of ilie Royal Dutch Airlines in Singapore, who left yesterday for Ilollind, for a retraining course. Mr. Lim. ag"ed 29. of XI.M reservations and hookings department is expected to be away for 25 days. Another member of the staff. Mr. Tan l.ye
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    Tin industry leader dies
    82 7 The death occurred at St. I Mary's Hospital, London, on December 31 of Mr. Albert James Kelman, a leading member of the Malayan tin industry. Mr. Kelman was a director of Malayan Collieries Ltd. when he Jived in Malaya. He joined the boards of several Malayan
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    THOSE METERS AND THE YES-NO MEN
    174 7 Todaft f ou tlook: niINOAMMU taxi owners who O have not litted taximeters to their vehicles li\ -'an. 1 may pH a reprieve. The City Council's vehicles and iraflic committee, which decided on Wednesday to refuse renewal oj licences ot taxis without me»ers. will
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    IT'S A LONG DROP
    44 7 IHIS IS what a workman on the 'M(i-foot high scaffolding at the Asia Insurance building in Finlayson Green sees when he looks down. The wooden scaffolding is said to be "as strong as if made of steel.' Straits Times picture.
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    Judge will inspect shophouse today
    233 7 THEN GIVE CHAP-JI-Kl VERDICT THE Singapore Fourth District Judge. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam, will inspect a shophouse in the Beauty World Park in Jurong Road today and then return to his court to give judgment on Tan Sai Bah, who was charged yesterday with running
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    McNeice to head films committee
    176 7 PRESIDENT of the City Council, Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. has been appointee' by the Governor to be chairman of the Singapore Filmi Apueal Committee. The 17 members have Deen nominated by various public bodies for three-year terms Their appointments, which became effective yesterday, abolished the old
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    New bus route planned
    40 7 Green Bus Company has applied to the Singapore Rural Board for licence to operate a service from Queen Street to Tanjong Kling. The service will run through Bukit Timah Road. Jurong Road and Boon Lay Road.
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    A SALUTE FOR THE GENERAL
    76 7 THE OLD lady above bids t.i-nri.ii Templer a cheery we lcome as he arrives at the in- w l% opened home for the aged at Buloh Kasap. Chee Choong, 68, said she wa» thrilled to meet the lli::i. Commissioner and had al- ways been one
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    Asst. registrar
    16 7 Mr. Chen Kwee Hin has been appointed an assistant registrar of criminals in Singapore.
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    Of course wood is safe, say builders
    223 7 Of course wood is safe, say builders THE FLIMSY woodon 1 scaffolding against, walls of new buildings is 'very strong and as safe as if made of steel." say Singapore building contractors and their workmen. It is made from long, stout poles only about two or three inches in, diameter.
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    Police promotion
    22 7 Mr. H. Bretherton. ASP., has been appointed acting Deputy Superintendent of Police, Singapore, in place of Mr. J. E. Fairbalrn.
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    New Councillor
    23 7 Singapore's Director of ComniPicp and Industry. Mr. T. M. Hart, has been appointed n nominated official member of the Legislative Council.
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    Mr. Mac Donald to join Wu's gallery
    142 7 TIE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm -Mac Donald. will sit for the visiting Honi; Kong photographer, Mr. I Francis Wu. on Monday. Olliit Colony notables who have had their noryait.s taken by Mr. Wu Include the Governor Sir John Nicoli. the Deputy President of the
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    SCHOOLS TOLD: BUY BOOKS AT LOWEST PRICES
    326 7 And sell without profit SINGAPORE Education Departmrnt has instructed all government and aided Fnulish schools to buy text-books at the lowest possible prh c and to sell them to pupils without profit. These and other orders have boon Issued following complaints by parents
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    Thought he had to kiss the Bible
    117 7 Thought he had to kiss the Bible A SINGAPORE doctor told City Police Court yesterday (hat he did not want to live the Kihlc to takr \<\% outh beeMMt he did not like to v s it. Dr. <-oh Knk Kre merely rai«eri his right hand and »>' a'iniit to
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    Sultan flies to visit border folk
    137 7 Sultan flies to visit border folk IPOH. Fri. THE SULTAN of Perak thLs morninj: flew in <i Beaver plane to Kroh vilaae. the state's northermort outpost, on thr Kerl.-iii -Prrak-Siam border After a brief inspection ot Rovernment offices, he motored to Klian Int;m The people there, who are almost cut
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    THIS MAY MEAN CHEAPER BEEF
    183 7 Ban on Siamese cattle lifted FOR THE FIRST time in about 12 years, cattle are being allowed to be imported into the Federation and Singapore from Siam. As a result, the price of locally slaughtered meat may drop and housewives may be able to get
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    Bail refused in opium case
    68 7 Bail refused in opium case DFTTF 1 SIGURD BIKBEN a 27-year-old Norwegian was in Singapore yesterday refused bail after he nan claimed trial to possession of raw opium. Eriksen wa.s charged with possession of approximately 8' 2 lb. of raw opium on Thurs day. The opium was sain to have
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    Stamps to aid camp
    83 7 In a drive for funds to help build a newly acquired campsite in Jutonjf. Sincapore Scouts will sell .special stamps at five cents each, beginning or". Monday. The .stamps are available In two designs, one of which L based on a Scout stump re- cently Issued
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    Attack on watch man
    72 7 >' «^w a. k v% I I A Sikh watchman employed by i hipping company was attacked by two mm at a :odown in Reclamation Road. Sinuapore on Th irsrlay night and .stabbed In the :.rm with a penknife. T!-,r men came to the ROdowr. in
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    Tin prospectors are guarded by troops
    240 8 Tin prospectors are guarded by troops WORK STARTED IN JUNGLE IPOH. Fri. PROSPECTING for new tin ore deposits in Perak jungle is now being conducted under the protection of Security Forces made available by the State War Executive Committee. One European company Is!' already engaged in prospecting under guard. It
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    Infant mortality rate a threat to Indians
    209 8 RAO SAYS: ALL MUST UNITE SEREMBAN, Friday. INFANT mortality rate among Indians in this coun- try is very high, said Dr. J. Samuel. Negri Sembilan Indian leader, at a dinner at Seremban Rest House last night. The dinner organised by In dian women
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    It's time you knew, women told
    158 8 It's time you knew, women told KUALA LUMPUR, Fri IT WAS nigh time that people realised that the Emergency had not yrt ended. Mr. E. Brown, president of th» Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court said todaj Five women. Wong Kon Thai. Tai Sun. Theam Thye. Thee Hong and Mong Ling. Dleadrd
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    Council may take action on that danger spot
    219 8  - Council may take action on that danger spot W. E. TREVOR By SINGAPORE City Council may soon take action to make the beach near Katong Park safer for unwary bathers and non-swimmers. This step, which may result in warning boards being put up near dangerous areas, follows a story three
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    Classes for adults
    45 8 Singapore City Association will register students for adult language classes from Jan. 11 to Jan 15 at 7 D.m. Students may register at Dorset Road School. Griffiths School Towner Road, and Haig Boys' School Halg Road Classes start o n Jan. 18.
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    EXPERT WILL SPEAK ON EDUCATION
    235 8 Highlight of two-day conference ANE of the most widely-travelled of all British v Colonial officers. Miss Freda Gwilliam. assistant adviser on education to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will give an address today on "Girls' Education in South-east Asia." |~he will speak to
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    BRITISH FIRM BUILDS FERRY FOR SARAWAK
    68 8 An eight-ton car ferry for Sarawak has been completed at Portsmouth. It is now ready lor delivery. The ferry, made of aluminium alloy and drawing two feet of water, ls 75 feet long and 16 feet in beam. It needs only one man to
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    Congress enrols more members
    39 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— The Local Indian Congress increased its membership in 1953 according tg the report to be presented at the annual meeting on Sunday. Present membership Ls 443 against 236 in March last year
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    YOUR RADIO LISTENING
    315 8 SINGAPORE 7.15 Time Signal Opening An- j nouncement; 7.16 Morning Star; 730 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture: 8 i Time For Music: 8.30 Hospital's Half Hour; 9 Close Down; 12 Programmes in Malay; 1 Programme Summary 1 02 Billy Mills; 1.30 Time Signal <t News 1.50 Interlude of
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    MALAYS FIGHT SHY OF THIS OFFER
    198 8 MALAYS FIGHT SHY OF THIS OFFER KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. MALAYS are fighting shy of a Government offer to set them up in j the timber business. A report published today on Federal Forest Administration says: "In accordance with the Government's policy of assisting Malays to take part in timber Industries,
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    Stole from woman: gaol
    49 8 Bernard Wee Hong Seng wa s sentenced to eight months gaol i n Singapore yesterday for housebreaking and theft. Wee entered a house belonging to a woman. Jilt Ah Kan. i n Cornwall Gardens on December 7 and stole $200 and a watch worth $55
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    Kidnapping is alleged
    45 8 P Kandasamy was allowed $500 bail in Singapore yesterday on a charge of kidnapping He was alleged to navp kidnapped Marimuthu Ramasamy. a girl under the age of 16 from her father. V Ra masamy. at Sembawang Road o n December 30
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    Meeting put off
    36 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— The meeting of the Federal Legislative Council fixed for January 22 has been deferred to Jan. 27 because the tin agreement to be tabled at the meeting Ls no.t ready.
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    For Port Dickson
    30 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl— Mr. H.C.M. Horsley, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Johore, accom. panied by his wife, left Johore Bahru today for a fortnights leave in Port Dick-son
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    New appointment
    26 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— ln- che Mahfar bin Abdullah has been appointed to act as As- i slstant Secretary. Service Branch, State Secretariat. Joh<ir<- Buhru.
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    The novice
    24 8 Jusoph S. Dankrr, son ol Mr. and Mrs. A W. Dankrr of Spremban, has jolnpd the St Josephs Novitiate at P^nang. I
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    Frohman, boss of death
    447 9 Frohman, boss of death p\ the ■fternooi of May 7, 1915, the giant British liner Lusitania was in „i the Irish coast, nearing the end voyage from America. With ng suddenness, two German edoes fired from a skulking U-boat, ted open her sleek hull. The Lusitania to slide beneath the
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    Big. vital. alive
    250 9 Big. vital. alive American thra t r p the Frohman tar..made It hla bu rybody on monopoly. Fabulous it nl his rnered ih> until QO without thp die- frow x i ruii-d hla m a modest npire Thea- w York. d, li" i. He turned the streammaking machine rumbu mana!irl(
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    tiriiritit's
    218 9 Within five years, he had nearly 300 theatres on his books as clients, and no American actor or actress had a chance of engagement at any of them unless through Frohman's office. Frohman's Napoleonic activities soon brought him into headlong collision with arrogant Austin Daly, hitherto the unchallenged boss
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    'Captured' Barrie
    179 9 Frohman's greatest coup was the capture of shy Scottish genius James Barrie. whose whimsical stories were already world famous. Frohman took Barrie on a holiday to Paris, feasted and flattered him, and tried to persude him to dramatise his sentimental novel. "The Lit- tie Minister." Barrie. who hated
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    Heartbroken Ethel
    114 9 Heartbroken Ethel He found a heartbroken Ethel Barrymore living in cheap London lodgings, and within a month had her name blazing in electric lights on Broadway. 'Give me thr kind that have suffered and hunsered to work with, he S Frohman insisted on attending all rehearsals of his Dlays. often
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    Broadway, with brave words and a smile
    257 9 Broadway, with brave words and a smile an artist." To which Frohman imperturbably replied, "Madam. I will respect your secret." On one occasion an English author whose play had been a disastrous flop in New Yorl: cabled Frohman: "How is my play going Frohman cabled back one word: "Gone." Frohman
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    pubtir
    100 9 Despite hi.« Napoleonic power, Frohman shunned the public eye and lavished all his publicity on his stars. He lived simply in a New York hotel suite, amazing his highliving friends by a passion for sudh homely fare as pumpkin and apple pies and drinking nothing but sticky orangeade and
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    faced
    71 9 pire mi threatened by the Shuberts, Ziegfeld and a newgeneration of theatre magnates, and the cut-throat competition involved him in heavy losses. In 1915. with Europe drenched in the blood of war. he staged a provocative drama. "The Hyphen." to appeal t o the American patriotism of European migrants.
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    A caller warned
    125 9 A caller warned Three weeks la.er Frohman boarded the Ltsltania for England to settle a copyright law suit and look for more budding stars in the West End. A few days before, an anonymous phone caller warned him not to sail in tnc ship. Frohman Joked about it on deck
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    EXPANSION AND HOPE' CONFERENCE SLOGAN Commonwealth finance talks open in Sydney
    753 10 SYDNEY, Friday. \f R. R. A. Butler, United Kingdom Chancellor of x the Exchequer, told the Commonwealth Finance i Ministers that their economic conference which j started here today, must stimulate not only greater trade expansion and material prosperity
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    SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
    570 10 The following quotations were those of the Malayan Sharebrokers Association revised at 4 p.m. yesterday:- I > I 'I .1 1 H1.1L3 Bujer* ttellerr Alex Bricks. Prrf.% 2.10 Ords 3.7n Atlas Ice 1? 25 B B. Petrel 34.6 B M Indices 6SO Con. Tlu Smr lt. Pref
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    Coal output falls
    28 10 Malayan Collieries produced 60.108 tons of coal in the last quarter of 1953, making 286.--364 tons for the year, compared with 314,922 tons in 1952.
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    Singapore shipping
    82 10 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Baud 4, Braeside C.P., Awa Maru 6-7, Benvorlich 8-9, Arima Maru 11-12 Bali 13-14, President Grant 15-16, Bentong 18. Chung Sang 19, Lariang N.W. Lai Wui N.W. 5, Lipis 23, Angby 24, Gan Seng 25. Loksang
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    U.S. rubber stockpile rotation
    217 10 WASHINGTON. Jan. 7 AMERICAN officials met > V today representatives of the United States rubber manufacturers and traders to discuss possible changes in the "rotation" policy applicable to the government's natural rubber stockpile. Representatives of the State and Commerce Departments and the Office of Defence Mobilisation
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    US MAY USE MORE RUBBER
    162 10 AKRON. (Ohio). PRODUCTION and sales o I rubber products next yea nay approach a level nearl; is high as 1953. one of th< >est years in the history o he rubber manufacturini ndustry. Mr John L. Coll rcr. president of the B.F soodrich Company, remark
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    TIN-ORE OUTPUTS
    49 10 In the last quarter of 1953 the rhMre of Selayane Tin Dredcinp Ltd. worked for 1.797 hours and recnvpred 1.145 plruls of <tn-ore. In December last year dredges nf Takuapa Valley Tir Dredcine worked for 1.264 hourr. rnvrred 21S.nnn r.ihlr yard"; and produred 420 piruls r.f tin-ore.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    25 10 The following rubber crops are reported for December last year: pounds Alor Pongsu 119.293 Bedong Rubber 63,736 Temerloh Rubber 48.700 Trong Rubber 32.H00
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    Americans told 'we want higher price for tin'
    387 10 WASHINGTON. Friday. A C. G. PIENNE of Ipoh, said in an interview today rk that tin producers in Malaya were greatly concerned over getting a high enough world price to permit the continued operation of marginal Droducers. Mr. Pienne, Ls a partner
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    PRICES STEADIER ON MORE ACTIVITY
    354 10 COMMODITY PRICES /.|/j THE Singapore share market had a rsithr-r day yesterday when there was Increaa in the tin and industrial sections. Rubh. were, however, neglected and only on< reported in the Loan section. Tin was dov. a picul at $319.75 and rubberjost half-a-ci day.
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    TIN PRICE
    19 10 The prire of tin in v. pore yesterday was dr,i at H1t.76 a pirul. rt n, cents.
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    Australian stocks
    92 10 MM !'.< It T'H^Stock Bxi W a strong 1),.' da^triai iharea were takin K the Herai. highest level for near. doalng quota tioi slocks t. terday: Loan :r ih.i Loan 3,; 1958-5R Australian Paper Alls'. Consol li. Bank of NSW Bank of n.s.w. rlgh B. Hill Prop Courtaulds
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    WALL STREET
    115 10 NEW -.ORK frpHE Stock mat ■■sllßhtlv or. evenlni President rilarnhniii i Union mewage. i o > fractions were in the industrial* leading Noted for ence, however, wa Bank observation major busmen d« 111 generally e\ident. Oils were mo lower. In (he afternoon the market moved Mdc as oikt
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    RUBBER PRICES
    178 10 Sellers of off grades were again reserved on *he Singapore rubber market yesterday. January first grade, which opened at 57 >, 4 cents a pound and eased to 57 cents during the morning, steadied slightly during the afternoon to ciose at 57 cents, half a cent below Thursday's
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    Produce prices
    53 10 Singapore Chinese TnvtiK' change: Noon pri were Copra: steady: buyers $40 seller* buyers, *4() t selle. Coconut oil: steac. Pepper: quiet, Wl Black up $5: Muni Sarawak $320. Lant| Lewis and Prat: were:Copra: %U $40 buyei »4 *40\ buyers. $4(i »40".. buyers. $40 $40', buyers. $40' Coconut oil
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    Exchange rates
    53 10 T»HE Malayan K\chan:f B» Association mad« chnnges in its rat* yesterday i w IDA: buying mail. O.D. 32', 9n d bills, 32 9 16 t-adr T.T. or on. read On the free i Hong i. dollar was quoted cash and 5.8675 I was quoted at 1500 Of Rold
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      840 10 NOTICE P. W. D. ROAD NOTICE Bridge No. 1 70 at SenKparnnß Town on the Batu Pahat Pontian Read wtll be closed to all traffic on the following days 14th. 15th. 16th and 17th January 1954 In order to ;>rrv out urgent repairs. The Bridge will be closed at 6.30
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      187 10 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LINES: HEAP ENG MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S) LTD. 33/35. Teluk Ayer Street— 'Phone 3148 M\ r.IAXC. BEE" DIRECT BAHJNOf TO I)l\kM' v A CHFRIBON FORTNIGHTLY SFKVK I A. Spore appr. Jan. 19 L. s'p nr appi M.V. "GIANG SENG" SAlLI\«;s TO P\\«;K\l
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      Lottery touts are back again
      205 12 WOMEN TOUTS arc bark on the Penang Harbour Board ferries pressing their Social Welfare lottery tickets on to people who are reluctant to buy them. The Member for Social and i Industrial Ri I aid in the Legislative Council that th<" Chli I had born
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      STOMACH PEOPLE'S GUIDE
      136 12 STOMACH PEOPLE'S GUIDE THE heading "But you're M. starving the people, too, Govt. told," in your paprr Ls misleading. Mr. Govindaraj never meant to criticise the official policy. He only requested the Government to increase the rice ration in the food restricted areas as some people are apt to judge
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      The sensible way to do it
      86 12 1 NOTICE that Mr. Ponnuaurai. ot Pcnang, Is holding torth on taxing husbands who don't stop at one wilr. It is only a short while since he expressed himself as a vigorous opponert of family limitation. If one rirh man has several wires, and
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      Move to join alliance
      99 12 IT is gratifying to note that the Malayan Indian Coneress wish to deliberate before deciding to become an ally of the United Malays National Organisation-Malayan Chinese Association Alliance for the purposes of elections. To sink our independent position to a lower level of an association or
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      The problem of taxes and education
      231 12 THE LETTER titled "English the choice-but" Is interesting. The Malayan citizen "i today seema to make more than wellknown general statements like "W a cosmopolitan country 01 ur common tongue la English." Z A. of Kajang has mentioned tli' the teachinc <>f English in
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    Govt. has killed all initiative in planting
    390 12 VOl'H correspondent Padang asks: "Has our initiative gone/ Unfortunately the Government has kitted all initiative, for there ia now-ii days no security that terms and conditions granted to planters will be respected by Government The verbatim report of the last Federal Legislative Council
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    Things the censor must watch
    146 12 Things the censor must watch BY banning the film "The Heart of the Matter the censorship board has reached an all-time low in stupidity. All colonies have people in high offices who know better than the people themselves what is good for them. The film censor does not ban a
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    PRIZES THEIR OBJECT
    143 12 PRIZES THEIR OBJECT KELANTAN, in common with other states, is addicted to the holding of agricultural and horticultural shows— but I am completely mystified as to the results which accrue. At these shows, the highlights are the award of prizes for the best fruits and the best vegetables grown and
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    Ceylon, Canada show way
    347 12 Ceylon, Canada show way WHENEVER an attempt is made to extend the scope of democratic forms of government in countries of the East, problems arising Irom communalism have to be reckoned with. But communalism neea be no obstacle to the efficient functioning of a government that is fully responsible to
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    He rides on the steps
    80 12 rnHE S.T.C.'s service No. 19 i is steadily increasing in popularity. The result is that during the rush hours, most buses are filled to capacity and passengers are often ridine on the steps. I am one of those unfortunates that board the bus after the
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    Tamil films
    41 12 \JANAGERS of theatres screening Tamil pictures are ignoring the Tamil language. They do not bother to get an able Tamil scholar to write out the notices. The notices are full of mistakes and annoy educated Tamils. GNANAMUTHU SOOSAI. Penang.
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    Book profits
    71 12 T RECENTLY ordered a copy of the "Ascent of Everest" from London and have received it for $11.20 delivered to my office. I see that it is offered for sale at $15.80 post price by local booksellers. To whom does this difference of $4.60 go? Thr sooner the
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    British justice and the jury system
    322 12 THOSE who call for a jury system in the Federation do so mainly because that system is in force and has been successful in Britain and has come to be regarded as part of what is known as "British justice." Such people should consider
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    'Distracting
    43 12 I AM astonished to see that some pictures now have Chinese sub-titles imposed on the film. This disfigures the picture and distracts attention. The usual mothod of projecting sub-titles beneath the screen serves its purpose just as well I-OH MENG KWONG Singapore.
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    'Let's build the huts ourselves'
    306 12 THE current furore on edu- cation in Negri Sembilan prompts me to write with a couple of suggestions It appears that the two main problems at present being experienced in the educational field are shortage of accommodation and shortage of teachers. Regarding the first problem
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    COLOUR BAR AGAINST MALAYANS IS A MYTH
    246 12 AS an underpratuate of Adelaide University for the past three years. I must comment on the report that certain Malayan students are living in Adelaide slums because they are victims of a colour bar. This is about the most preposterous statement I have
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    PWD KEEPS 'CLEAR' OF THIS ROAD
    143 12 I SUPPOSE it is to provide the kampong dwellers with an opportunity for self-help that the public road to Padang Java, in the Klang distri?t. is left in an uncared-for state. But then, why should that prevent the P.W.D. people from making a visiting
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    Lights plea
    40 12 RESIDENTS OF Carpmael Road would be grateful if Singapore's City Fathers would kindly install street light?. This would be a great help to us. At present there are lamp posts, but alas, no lights! ANG KIM YAM. Singapore.
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    'THE LAW IS AN ASS —AND A BACHELOR'
    313 12 STANLEY STREET Ls splitting hairs to say that Dickens did not say that The Law is an Ass." The wordf are actually spoken by Bumble, but since Bumble Ls merely a creation of Dickens's imagination, it is fair to quote them as
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    Xmas cards
    27 12 TTNWANTID X mas Cards, vJ etc., may be sent to: Sister M. Isidorg, St. Rita's Knitting School, P.O. Brttiah, cViamparan, Bihar. India. P. G. Singapore.
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    All help welcome
    66 12 THE Chinese con hard put to fl most entirely, 71 this colony, and tl a practical need. Any attempt to Im Chinese schools ■it her standard or in eqw.: be welcomed, but coul be argued that al granted without conditions? After all. it i every citizen t"
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      32 12 ACTION NOT WORDS EKCO docs the job perfectly 1 iTt' #Vt Elf CO ''■^Z/M LAMPS MADE IN ENGLAND The difference it ILLUMINATING F. E. ZUELLIG imalaya, LTD. jl SINGAPORE KUALA lUMPU* FfNANG
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    F.A. CUP GIANTS IN ACTION TODAY
    239 13 [Hastings only 'outsider' with a chance LUTON TO UPSET? LONDON, Fri. OIXTY-FOUR football clubs go into action tomorrow in the Football Association Cup competition's third round and many ofj them will have visions of a Wembley appearance in the final at the end of
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    PLAYS TODAY
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    Only one did not last fight at Simbang
    114 13 ■400 people MfJ the llUtUal HM S Slmbanes tournament, helri He card only < thr full cV. lU'ht-nelterweißht bet wren AB V enables inri Cpl. Grssory Meti Cpl Qragtx? C bell for thr Kind owing lo a rut above rvr E M
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    Malayan cyclists form Federation
    63 13 I ri -Mal;ivnn cyclists I ■if All-Malayan Cycling i il heir" here dunne the New Holidays have formed a Pedermtton. I r.non .urns at nrtanisinc llnj competitions and i friendship among I. States and Settle- Singh, Hon. SecrePcnang C\ i line A.«soclanisers of the Carnival. Miat
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    Hogan is best U.S. athlete
    52 13 NEW YORK. Fri Ben Hogan. en lied ny many the greatest colter \»hr> ever lived, was vot*d America's "Male athlete of the Year for 1953 in the 23rd annual Associated Press poll. For the second year in succession Rocky Marciano. the world heavyiveich; boxing champion.
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    SUNDERLAND ARE UP TO £100,000
    100 13 LONDON. Kri. VL'ITH the transfer to Sunder- land from Birmingham < it» vestrrdav of Ted Purdon. ihf South African centre-for-ward. Sunderland have since the rlo«r of last season spent almost £100,000 on players. Pardon cost them about C17.00U it was learned and follows the earlier
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    LOFTHOUSE WILL LEAD BOLTON
    131 13 LOFTHOUSE WILL LEAD BOLTON Bolton .last year's losing finalists, hope to have Nat Lofthouse fit to lead their attack against Liverpool, who have made seven changes compared with the team which lost a home game last week. It will be something of a triumph if Liverpool win, for they have
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    CLASH BETWEEN THE SHEFFIELD SIDES
    145 13 CLASH BETWEEN THE SHEFFIELD SIDES With 64 clubs going into the draw, it was a strange twist of fate that the two Sheffield sides. United and Wednesday, should come out together. United won a home league match this season but ground advantage if with Wednesday this time and may decide
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    NEWCASTLE WILI TAKE NO CHANCES
    101 13 NEWCASTLE WILI TAKE NO CHANCES So it may well be tomorrow. No club dare takf chances, even a First Division side against minor one. A& Stan Seymour, the Newcastle manager, says about his club's game with Wigan"We are taking no chance. r This has to be won" and he sent
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    SEVERE TEST FOR THE HOLDERS
    73 13 SEVERE TEST FOR THE HOLDERS At this stage of the competition, however, it is naturally the giants rather than the potential giant-killers who are studied with a view to assessing their chances of getting to Wembley. In that case one must first look at Blackpool as holders of the trophy
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    WORLD TABLE-TENNIS
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    4 VICTORY SMILE AFTER RECORDS
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    Little Mo is again No. 1 sportswoman
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