The Straits Times, 16 January 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times tfatien* Established 1845 SINGAPORE, SATUBDAY, JAM'AKY 16, 1954 15 CENTS
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    TEMPLER SWINGS A K.O.
    576 1 He puts food squeeze on village that feeds Reds WE MUST STOP LEAK' From WILLIAM FISH \\<; LAYANG, Johore, Friday. i I KSK 20-minute meeting this morning i village councillors here, the Hijrh Com- oner, ficncral Sir (iorald Templer. deliI what ma\ prove I knock-out blow
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    WELL, IT'S LIKE THIS, SIR
    49 1 Governor gets the real facts TIIK LITTLE BOY above is Sir J>hn Nicoll some >trnisht facts on how thiiiKs ir<- at thr Ama Koiir Knulish School. The Governor dropped into the >chool yesterda.v diiriiig his tour of I im (hu Kane- Straits Times picture
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    '999' ARREST IN 8 MINS
    352 1 Mile-long chase in Singapore after girl runs for help SINGAPORE Police yesterday arrested thrrp mm within eight minutes of a rohb»*rv in GejrlMtft Road. Singapore, and srized a bloodstained daccer used in the hold-up. The police also recovered a Kold watch taken by the robbers.
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    in the jungle, the Gurkhas deal their K.O.
    96 1 SI \M VI Iti. t PI \TOON of thr H <.ur tndaj killed four near here. No dckvailable late t<>i- the platoon v.is <>! No d i irlri Force i terrorist In 1 1 1 I ipis .vi.i of Pahanc Inothrr man
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    50 homeless in Singapore fire
    156 1 12 FAMILIES AFFECTED FjMFTY people were made homeless yesterday when fire gutted a shophouse and partly damaged the first floor of an adjacent house in Tanjong Pagar Road. The front portion 01 me srounn poor wa;> u.sra ny a rattan furniture dealer and a barber.
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    Hampshires here to join the war
    64 1 Hampshires here to join the war THF latest junglo fighters for Malaya, the Ist Battalion of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, arrived in Sincaporr yesterday in the tr Dunera. Nearly 900 men jammer! the decks of the troopship is the rame alongside the wharves taking their first look at the Colony
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    Russia's latest
    24 1 LONDON. Fri. Moscow Radio .sairi today Sovi'-i scientists have developed a perennial wheat which yields year after year without reseeding. A P.
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    Bishop freed
    17 1 HONO KONG. Fr: Bishop Potrr Massa. 99-year-oM Italian Catholic, has arrived hero from China. -Rrutrr.
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    Huge new avalanche in Austria
    310 1 1,000 ISOLATED IN DISASTER VALLEY VIENNA. Fri. A HUGE avalanche crashing into the valley of the Grosse Soelk near Groebming has isolated about 1.000 people in villages in the valley, according to reports reaching here. The avalanche was the biggest in northern Styria for 40
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    Crash puzzle
    38 1 ROME. Fri Investigators from three nations today found no explanation for the crash of the Philippine Airline DC-6 whirh plunced into a vacant lot in a crowded Rome district yesterday, killing all 16 people aboard. A.P
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    Leaders arrive by elephant
    81 1 rOMMI'NITY leaders with a" address of congratulation a n d loyalty arrive at the V nl.»ii.jde TaipinK OB Iho <ilth hirthday crli-hratinns of the Sultan of PeraU vrstrr!i.» Thr idrtTf-vs «as rrail h> IH«- 1 inuku Mrnlri. In thr pi.ture .an h«- srrn Mr. .lal „k
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    Robbers left with a bang
    54 1 -AND A $62 HAUL Three masked men. one armed with a shotgun and another with a knife, broke into an attap hut in Jurons Road on Thursday night and robbed a Chinese family of 562. A.s they left, the m.m with the inn "fired a
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    Japan plans new association
    32 1 TOKYO. Fri— The Japanese Government today supported the proposed noti-Rovernmental body to be known as the Asia Association to promote closer co-operation between Japan and South-EaM Asian countries.—UP.
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    Plot to kill MPs
    29 1 NAIROBI. Fri. Kenya security forces have been warned that an attempt may be made to ambush British parliamentary delegates now visiting Kenya operational areas. Reutcr
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    40,000 REDS MASS NEAR FRENCH POST
    145 1 HANOI. Fri SOME 40.0(10 Communist rebels, more th;in half the total Red force in northern Tonkin, concentrated today for an expected assault on the isolated Kronen air bastion of Dicn Bien phu. Ttv French Command said Dien Bien Phu airstrip, 180 miles west of
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    Jomo's appeal dismissed
    53 1 KITALE, Kenya. Fri. The Supreme Court of Kenya today reiocted the appeals of Jonio Kenyatta and four other Africans against conviction and prison j-entrnecs in |x>.sed at Kapengurla for manaitng and assisting the Mau Mau terrorist oreanisation. All five men had been sentenced to seven years' hard
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    General coming
    33 1 HONG KONO. Fri Oen Sir Dudley Ward. Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived today by air from London on a routine visit. He leaves for Singapore on Monday. U.f.
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    Plane crashes: two hurt
    44 1 LONDON. Fri. a Lebanese aircraft, with two people aboard crashed into mountains in the Bekka district of Lebanon today while .searchinc for a missing British plane. accordmß to a Damascus Radio broadcast, heard here. The two flirrs were injured. —UP
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    No progress
    34 1 PANMUNJOM. Fri.— United Nations and Communist liaison secretaries failed to makr any progress in a three-hour meetinß here today to discuss n ■sumption of preliminary talk.s on the Korean peace conference. Retiter.
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    Chinese 'yes' to tin pact
    502 1 Chinese 'yes' to tin pact Accept it quickly, say miners K. LUMPUR. Fri THE A 1. 1, -MALAY A ChlneM Mining Association today decided in favour of Malaya taking part m the proposed mternational tin acreement. Only one <>| tin- 150 <lelc2;;te. voted against thr decision Under the .scheme Malayan
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    THEY'LL TRY ONCE MORE
    55 1 BERLIN. Fri— Western commandants who walked out on the deadlocked necotiations on a site for the Big Four Fore :n Ministers' conference will return to the conference t^'hlr tomorrow with new Instructions, it u.t- reported todaj The Soviet representative also was exported to receive orders from
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    STOP PRESS
    27 1 SCORES KINGSTON. ItiIndies won the tos9 in tiic With Lunch •land left from sid COMKT DENIAL I.ONOON. F*L— Mil of < ,i would btvestigaf t'oui.t-irash.— K
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    Trip to London
    34 2 l ONDON. Frl The Turkish President Mr Celal Bayar. will spend two riay.<= In London next werk on his way to New York for an official tour of the U.S.— AP.
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    No austerity in Britain says Butler
    133 2 No austerity in Britain says Butler SYDNEY, Fri. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Butler. told a press ennf* rence here today that he believed i ri* v« lopmenl was r there was a downward turn in trade or not. H'- described reports thai there wii-ild be austerity in Britain
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    Far East visit
    22 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. Army Secretary, Mr. Robert T. Stevens, will leave on Sunday for a tour of the Far E.ist.
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    Moscow mission
    14 2 LONDON. Frl. A party o.' Br;tish textile industrialists flew to Moscow yesterday.
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    GIRL WHO CAN'T STOP EATING
    96 2 Aged five, she has four steaks every day Ll( IANA BARBOM. a livov. ai diii Italian girl, has a pitholoeiral appetite, which necessitates her eating a larce quantity of food every riiv. I ni> day she gets through four big steaks, three pounds of pasta.
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    Self-reliance is keynote as financial talks close
    284 2 Self-reliance is keynote as financial talks close CAPITAL IS LIMITED LONDON, Friday. THK Commonwealth Finance Ministers conferraee in Sydney ended today on the keynote of self-relianei in the sterling area, largest monel.iry group in the world. The Finance Ministers of the nine Commonnr;dth nations reached no dramatic decisions. But they
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    Cabinet resigns
    34 2 LONDON. Fri The resignation of the Bulgarian Cab.net was formally tendered when the Bulgarian National Assembly met yesterday for ihr flrM time alter the recent Communi.M -organised elections. Sofia Radio reported. Reuter.
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    'WE WANT NIGHT PATROLS'
    85 2 'WE WANT NIGHT PATROLS' To beat crime wave PEOPLE living in Delta Estate, Ganges Avenue and Havelock Road, Singapore, are worried over the recent crime wave there. The Havelock Estate Comi munity Centre told the police i yesterday: -We are very nv.ioh 1 alarmed about these incidents". The incidents included
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    Head visits Nairobi
    50 2 I NAIROBI. Fr..^-Mr Antony Head, the British War Minister, arrived here by air frorr. London yesterday to begin a tour of army units fighting Mau Mau terrorists. He will also make a Rcneral study and review of the problems of the whole East Africa I Command— Reuter.
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    Lecture tour
    22 2 NEW YORK. Fn Three American educators are to start a five-month lecture tou r of Asian countries this month. Reuter.
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    Rubber future bright, says Mr. L
    140 2 COLOMBO. Fri. A^ BRIGHT future for natural rubber m predicted by Mr. Warren Lockwood. chairman of the Far East commit- j tr-r of the Washington Board of Trade and former Dre.sident of the Natural Rubber A. tion here today. Mr. Lockwood, who is touring
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    -AND THE MEN WHO ARE FASTING TO DEATH FOR THEIR PARTY
    107 2 A ClßOrr OF SIKHS, members of the Sikh Communal Party, lie outside the house of the Indian Prime .Minister. Mr. Pindit NVhru. committed to a "fast to death." They are starving to back up their demands lor a separate
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    Now he finds father died in Comet
    124 2 Now he finds father died in Comet PTE. John Steel of the Royal Artillery, who arrived in Singapore with other troops in the Dunera yesterday, only learned of the death of his lather while reading the Straits Times last night. His father. Mr John Steel, an employee of Qeorge Wimpey
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    Record claimed
    25 2 PARIS. Fri— France yesterday claimed to have set up a world altitude record of 15,000 ft. for helicopters weighing under 1,100 lb— Reuter.
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    ...AND JOHNNY WEPT
    93 2 JUAREZ (Mexico) Fri. I JOHNNY RAY. famous for the tears he shed while in sons, wrpt as his wife Marilyn Morrison Ray was granted a divorce here yesterday. Hp broke into tears as Miss j Morrison filed her petition, charcinu incompiitahility. Ray said: "I don't think any
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    Actress is cleared
    55 2 NEW YORK. Fr!.— A dliorderlv conduct charge against actresy Diana Barrymore wa.dismissed yesterday when, th" complainant failed to appear Nicholas Psaroudis. who sayshe is a captain in the Royal Navy, had filed the complaint charging that his neighbour. Miss Barrymore. had created a disturbance and called him
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    Mission appeals for funds
    38 2 The president of the Ramakrishna Mission. Singapore, appeals to the public for contributions to the Mission funds. The Mission needs $25,000 a year recurring expenses, besides funds for capital expenditure like buildings, furnitur--and equipment.
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    Honorary Consul is recognised
    42 2 The Government has recognised Mr. Sigurd FriLs-Lunti as honorary Norwegian Consui m Singapore, and Mr. Rolf A Thoresfn a.s Vice Consul with jurisdiction in Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo. Brunei Malacca. Selanpor. Negri Sembilan. Pahang. Johore, Kelantan and Tr-^igganu.
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    A SPEEDBOAT PACES THE QUEEN'S TRAIN
    201 2 WELLINGTON. Frl. £HEERING motorists drove alongside the Royal train today as it carried the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh or. a 65-mlle trip to Masterton. main town of one of the most productive farming areas of New Zealand. As the train left Wellington,
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    Trade worries
    23 2 MANCHESTER, Frl—Manchester Chamber of Commerce in Its annual report just I* iMd expresses anxiety about Japanese competition in ;ho textile industry-Renter.
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    HALF MILLION PLUNGE INTO HOLY RIVERS
    143 2 ALLAHABAD. Fri UALF a million Hindu:plunged Into the muddy grey waters of the sacred Ganges and Jumna rivers today to launch the world's biccest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela. The pilgrims, the vaneuard ol five million expected he.c during the 49 days of ihr
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    First shipment
    25 2 SAN FRANCISr j American Indep* Company ye i the first tai crude oil had beer. Its new termin Abdulla, on the I AP
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    I.S. MONEY TO CHINA DOWN TO TRICKLE
    40 3 I.S. MONEY TO CHINA DOWN TO TRICKLE a \cisco. Fri. reasury spokes- 1 said Francisco reI I Red China reduced to a Minskoff, Din n[ the Con- said 1 hai governHong month had week KM), raisinß mount more j c
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    Marilyn is married
    17 3 FRANCISCO Fri to a i J,ie Pre.^idinc Mun meri the rereir. Hal] chambers Router.
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    Going to Sudan
    20 3 ARTOUM. Fri M Balem, the 'F, National Quidan c Ma]. Gen Abdel H mmandi r n Router.
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    Fumed down
    18 3 LAN Puerto R; 'uerto Rican Senate 1 itii D by the In- i Freedom u-aw. P.
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    Talks in Paris
    17 3 »'AX Greek Mr. Alexander with ritirinc hi.s' four-day r visit to ParLs nex: week
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    Doris Duke to marry
    72 3 NEW YORK. Fri. Frcnrh Charles Trenet taJd that hr waa to many Doris Duke, former wife oi Porflrio I sa and one of the wealthiest women. The announcement was made two weeks after Rubiro.sr;\s wedding to Barbara Hutton. Trenet said the date of the wedding had
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    Freeing of prisoners will smash the If truce—Reds
    299 3 Freeing of prisoners will smash the If truce— Reds r PANMUNJOM, Friday. C onimunist radio said tonight that the I nited Nations plan to free anti-Communist Korean and Chinese war prisoners to be turned over to the r.N. next Wednesday "will destroy the Korean truce." n t Ht t d
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    'Royal' smile in Paris
    50 3 M1.1.K LILIANK Piquet who Is 18. has a MgM smile for her subjects. She had just been elected "((uceu of Paris" by a jury of artists during the "Parisian Nifkt" organised by the omite ties Fetes de Paris. Liliane works in a beauty salon. Popper picture.
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    SENATOR ACCUSES DEAN OF AIDING CHINESE REDS
    183 3 SENATOR ACCUSES DEAN OF AIDING CHINESE REDS WASHINGTON. Friday. \IR. ARTIU'K 11. DEAN, I.S. special ambassador in k Korea, who broke off talks with the Communists at Panmunjom last month, yesterday was accused by Senator of spreading propaganda for the appeasement of the Chinese Communists. Mr. Dean returned to the
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    STAGE STAR FOR AMERICA
    37 3 STAGE slar Sonya Gorbeau at I tmrinn airport before living to New York, where she will st.i% .1 Week before coiiv; on to New Zealand to appear m the Folia Bergere. Beater picture.
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    The height of danger
    75 3 I 75 feel, theu say LONDON. Fri. How high kl dangerous? Precisely 75 feet, a unionemployer group agreed yesterday. So from now on BritL-Oi 'spider men" structural steel workers will draw an extra three pence an hour when working between that height and 100 foot. The
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    U.S. eases Hong Kong trade ban
    124 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. THE U.S Commerce Department yesterday relaxed A its control on the export of non-strategic goods tc Hony; Koiik. It added a larce number o! items to the list of non-strate-Kk BOOda which could be exported to Hong Kong without i prior licensing.
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    Russians free more prisoners
    123 3 VIENNA. Fri. EIGHTEEN Italian war prisoners. held for many years in Russia, arrived in Vienna yesterday on their way home. They included a military chaplain and a priest. They men said they were among 34 Italians whom the Russians are releasing this month. The other 16
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    Film ban protest
    65 3 MONTREAL. Fri.— The Montreal district of the Presbyterian Church has protested against the Quebec Provincial Government's ban on the film "Martin Luther". Mr Alexis Gagnon. chairman of the three-man eensonhin board, said last week that the film, made in co-operation with the Lutheran Church, could not be
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    Three die in hotel blaze
    41 3 MONTREAL. Fri. Throe people died yesterday in a i four-hour lire that destroyed the Chateau Hotel here. The threat of COlUtpslng walls halted the search for live other |>e<>ple feared buried in the d.bris A. P.
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    17 Reds killed
    26 3 RANGOON. Fri. Burmese Government forces have ambushed 50 well armed Communlxt puerillas and killed 17. including the leader. Government sources said today. Houter.
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    Two promoted
    21 3 WASHINGTON, Fri—Presl.sident Eisenhower yesterday promoted Maj.-Gen. Thomas Francis Hickey and Maj.-Gcn. Blaekshear Morrison Bryan, to be lieutenant s^nerals.— A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    295 3 LONDON. Fri. AfERY sh:irp rI.M-s in very arthe dealings ra«dr Kaffirs the slar of today's stork market v following the Anglo-American group quarterly reports, which revealed very high v.ilue.N from actual underground reef development on western holdings property F:ir Easterns were apiin quite good. Ten shares were, however,
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    LONDON TIN
    28 3 LONDON. Jan 15. Ca>h Buyers E«S7^; Sellers C6fiO: Forward Buyers C 634: Sellers C 635; Settlement V 662' 2 Turnover a.m. 120 tons; p.m. 40 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON, Jan. 15— Spot l« r Fob. 16 7 >d., Mar. 17d.. Apr.-J'ino I"'« d., July-Sept 17' 4 d.. Oct. -Dec. IT.d.. Jan. c.l.f. 16\d.. Feo. c.i.f 16\d.. Mar. c.i.f. unquoted Tone: Dull
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    Woman Red a U.S. spy —Party
    99 3 Woman Red a U.S. spy Party COLOMBO, Fn. RODA MILLER, American wife of a Ceylon Communist, Jje Silva. us accused by the party, which has suspended her membership, of spying for the United States. According to Communist sources, she lived in Bridgeport. Connecticut, and was once correspondent 0:" the London
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    MAU MAU GENERAL IS TO HANG
    143 3 NAIROBI, Friday. t KIKUYU tribesman, Charles Karlithi Mathumu. claiming to be a Mau Mau general known as "General Number Six" was sentenced to death here yesterday for unlawfully possessing a pistol. Tl.e judge said that the ar- c:,:^. had claimed ho had NaiccM for
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    Three in the air
    41 3 Till' \KKHH. SISTKKS show just how Kriueful a leap from a sprung net 1:111 l»<-. Tlni arc momhiis of the Arriola Troupe, a fast moving Spinish art n»u appearing in Jaik ll.vUon's cirius in London.— Popper picture.
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    4 men washed overboard
    35 3 Hamilton. Bermuda, Fri. Four men in an -jcean research party, were washed overbcard Horn their .schooner during a gale on* Bermuda. Three got back aboard, but the other was drowned. A.P.
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    Bombers leave
    27 3 COLUMBUS, Ohio. Fri. Fifteen six-ennined F-47 jet, Ijombcrs took <>(T from Lockbourne base yesterday <>n .1 non-stop fiiKin for an undisclosed North African base. A.P.
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    THE SMILING GOVERNOR
    109 4 TIIK <;OVKKNOK. Sir John Nicoll. has a l)i« smile for childr. n (hu Kang. The pupils turned out to greet Sir John when he vis.tnl i Behind the Governor, on the extreme riijht. is Ins A DC. 1.1.-( dr. limes picture. THE GOVERNOR was still smiling when
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    NowSirJohn will help them get the bright lights
    325 4 NowSirJohn will help them get the bright lights THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll said yesterday that he would speak to the City President, Mr T. P. F. McNeice. about the extension of electricity supplies to rural area.s which aje still without supplies. Sir John made a two-hour tour
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    Film Censors Board
    46 4 Mrs. C. Koek lias been trmipnrarily appnlntrd chairman of the Board of Film Censors. Malaya. with eflcct from January 8 Others who have also be-on temporarily appointed Him censors are Mrs. M. Sutton, Mr Homer Cheng Hui Ming and Mr. K. R. PUharody.
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    TROOPS FIND HUGE BANDIT FOOD DUMP
    111 4 1,3001 b. of rice and 6 packs PENANG. Friday. forces discovered a bandit food dump in Changkat. Province WoUesley. on Wednesday Thov found over 1,300 lb of rice and a bandit resting piace in which were .six packs. The rice, kept in acid jars
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    Snake bites village woman
    27 4 A 75-year-old woman. Barip i btete Haii Mohamed Noor, ol village, Singapore, was admit od to hospital v. suffering from a snake bite.
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    Flag Day
    19 4 PENANO, Fri The Service Team will hold a Hag Day Fund. Ten thousand flaji.s will be sold.
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    Thousands moved from Red menace
    66 4 Xl V AIM >l in I M invoh in i Malaj padi new i (<>n pleteil fd farn •rs menai i existing In \r,| I on the m lin i I'i-i- in i: The IMr I), lleadlj Straits i new »illa equipped with < ichooh
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    4 Queen's scholars
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    There s a bright note now in Sir Gerald's
    309 5  -  WILLIAM FISH Bj talks to the villagers BUT CURFEW STAYS KOTA TINGGI, Friday. \KW note one ot hope tor the future has rrepl into t;ilks which the Ilijfh Commissioner, .(iitral Sir (it raid Templer, is having with jllajre councillors in South
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    Quiet week on rubber market
    37 5 Quiet week on rubber market Rubber maim d at much mand i Japan mand i on coniii' mildly ement world intrles ne n'>vk- Bril iln and nave nd un- this may 41 4" norn 46 46 M
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    FOUND HIS BROTHER IN A LOCK-UP
    97 5 i Wil \<; student was kept lin a Singapore' police p for tiirr,- months ■rhile police tried t<> trace relatives, Thej had no h. ii one (l.iv last wirk a telephone operator at the stain in. Krislin.is.imy s.iu tinMudent and e\clainird. "lie's mi brother.
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    MALAYAN WAR MORE SERIOUS THAN KENYA, SAYS OFFICIAL
    136 5 MALAYAN WAR MORE SERIOUS THAN KENYA, SAYS OFFICIAL Till situation in the Kenya Mau Mail war is not as bad as the bandit war in Malaya, said Mr. Robert de Stapledon, I < i in it- Adviser to the Fast African High Comrrjssion. yesterday. He flew into Singapore yesterday from
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    Warrants out for 2 partners
    92 5 Warrants out for 2 partners rO warrants were issue by Mr. Justice Taylor in Singapore High Court yesterday against business men One was against Ban Kee Wee, a partner in Liang Hwa. Whatt and Co., und the other wai against Lou Than Hock, a partner of Chop Kheng Her.g. The
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    School moves to new building
    25 5 TEMERLOH. Fri— The Abu Bakar School. Mentakab. has moved into its new $170,000 building. The new building has 13 classrooms.
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    Variety show
    39 5 TEMERLOH. Fn. British Army officers and men joined j more than 3.000 villagers in the sub district Of Chemor in Temerloh, Pahang. last night at a variety concert put on by local police, home guards and schoolteachers.
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    Welfare concert
    27 5 KOTA BAHARU. Fri —The Kelantan branch of the Women's Institute will present a concert at the Biarritz Park on Thursday in aid of welfare work.
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    Kidnap man sentenced to death
    109 5 MALACCA, Fri. I CHAN Kong Man alias Tan Hong Hin, was sentenced to death in the Malacca high Court today when he was found guilty of having consorted with armed terrorists in June 1949. Chan, a rubber tapper, took I part in the abduction of
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    State-wide search for 50
    88 5 IPOH Fri Recruiting teams will tour Perak next week to enrol at least 50 onine.se for the Federation RegiThe programme of tnese teams it as follows: Jan 21— M C.A. headquarters and Community Hall. Kampar. Membang Diawan New Village, Kampar. Jan. 22 Ipoh Chinese Chamber of
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    Court rejects his appeal
    43 5 PENANG. Fri— The Penang High Court judge, Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson, today dismissed an appeal by Ismail bin Saad against a prison sentence for committing an indecent act on a boy. Ismail had been sentenced to nine months' gaol.
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    Police place a price on 'blood debt' killers
    117 5 Police place a price on 'blood debt' killers THIS MAY LOOSEN A TONGUE SINGAPORE police have offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of Mr. Guok Sing Inn. Mr. Guok, 38, was shot dead In his office at the Hock Lre Bus
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    Youth concert
    34 5 KLANG, Fd. Tho IndoCeylonese Young Men's Association of Klang and Coast will stage a variety show tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Klang park stage hall in aid of their building fund.
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    'L' DRIVER KILLED
    152 5 Friend lost consciousness before crash, court told A MAN sitting beside a learn- I er driver lost consciousness I and about 200 yards farther i the car crashed into an oncoming car and the learner a driver was killed, it was said t at an inquest in
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    Rendel to report by Feb. 15
    136 5 Rendel to report by Feb. 15 FINAL SITTING NEXT WEEK rIE Rendel Commission.] which is reviewing Singa- pore's constitution, plans to submit its report t o the Government by February 15. the Straits Times understands. The commission has met 15 times during the past two months and has already got
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    New building
    30 5 KAJANG. Fri.— The Malay school at Bangi one of the largest In Ulu Langat district will have a new building for Its domestic science class. In a month.
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    Tengku Rahman gives a warning
    117 5 JOHORE BAHRU. ftt rpENGKU Abdul Rahman, pre- sident of the United Malays j National Organisation, yesterday warned members to be on guard against enemiPs who had been making use of thel name of UMNO to get the organisation into trouble with the Government. He said-
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    IT WILL BE NEW YEAR UNDER CURFEW FOR PEOPLE OF JELUTONG
    187 5 'Protective measure* to go on PENANG. FrMay. TEN thousand residents of .Irlutons; will havr to celebrate Chinese New Year on Feb. 3 unrirr curfew. There is no likelihood of tho prosont curfew hring lifted before that date, the Straits
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    Bomb blasts rock village
    56 5 DUMP DESTROYED PENANG, Fri. Security Forces yesterday destroyed an old army dump containing ammunition and bombs in BuKit G"dun.;, Bay an he pas area. The dump, believed to have been used by the military before the war. -was discovered recently. The explosion could be felt in
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    College soon
    24 5 KOTA BAHRU. Fri. The Ismail English School will be known as the Sultan Lsmail College when it moves to the new building.
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    The guests arrive by helicopter
    152 5 NO. 848 Naval r-olirnpt.-r Squadron, in a crirmonv at Adnura'ty House. Orange Road. Singapore. \ostercl;iv received a citation for thr (itiist.iiuiini: aehtevesMßti in Malaya thai won it tin- Be] i Trophy for 1953. noon the squa<lnm\ comma mlcr. Lieutenant-(tun-manilcr S. 11. Slithers, utcompaniiMl hy Hear
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    Colour film on the Emergency
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri colour tilin mi the Emerger Will br .shown at Kuala Lum| Gardens on Sunday at 7.30 p It is called "On The Road Kota Tlnfgi' and the dialog will be in Cantonese.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    17 6 MR. A MRS IIM LENO CMYK Incere than! on the at Slngapnvr oi. :4Mi January, i«54.
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    135 6 7n M.,rrf« HO (minimum) by ulr. return t:cke' for single fare. Book i.ih througli Asia Travel Service. Arielph! Hotel. 'Phone SSI WE ALL TIRK somewhat of eatliiK 'he s.mir sort <>'. ftxtd. Don't you think a change would be a Rood Mm? M:>\ j' Javanese Riisinftr. h kpil" today.
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    27 6 TO H..rrf, Sin (minimum) w LEUNG died at 14. liubi Ro.ul, Kuala I.umpur, on I4iu January, I^4 at 11 p m ias4. b m rolls please.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 16, 1954. Expansion And Hopes
    647 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 16, 1954. Expansion And Hopes The final communique on the Commonwealth iinnncr conference appears as sound and unexciting v forecasts of the conference proceedings suggestod it would be, but there is wai-m drama in Ceylon's victory for development projects in Asia. Whi'c there is
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    Tin Difficulties
    406 6 There is still too much wen ey about the Government's tin policy and the manner in which it is intended to operate the Geneva tin regulation scheme should this be ratified. But two points which have been in doubt have been made clearer. Miners will be allowed to
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    Arts Of Faith
    240 6 The appeal for trust and faith, made by a spokesman of the Council of Action at the public session of the Rendel Commission, will not fall on deaf ears as the progress towards self-government made by other British colonies shows. But there must be trust and faith
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    As I Was Saying
    1053 6  -  fiHHBIHHiMHi 'THERE is one contribution to the debate on trial by jury which has been ignored in comment and correspondence, but which will not have escaped the attention of the legal profession. Whether it has helped clarify the lawyers' views on assessors and juries, however, Is
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    98 6 f/ow r/x' Straits Times i o/ January 16. 1.M14 MR. Henry C. Pearson, ttv Editor of the India Rubher World, of Nrw York. \s l now In Singapore on a visit. Mr. Pearson is an optimist su lar us rubber prices are eoncerned mr the next genera-'
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    A MALAYASIAN NOTEBOOK
    691 6 A MALAYASIAN NOTEBOOK "MALACCA, a recent writer >n these parts assures us, is the only town in the Federation that can boa-st an atmos phere. I would not quite agree. Penang has atmosphere and Taiping and Kuantan and Kuta Buhru. But it Ls certainly true to say that Malacca ha.s
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    'Ghost' villages will stay deserted
    359 7 FOLLY TO LET RESETTLED PEOPLE GO BACK, SAYS HUMPHREY KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. -host" village! in the Federation closed del the Emergency regulations will remain; ula ted until the end of the Fimerj;enc> and thereafter. •Id to the Straits Times today by the L H. P.
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    Killer hornets are wiped out at last
    210 7 FIRM DESTROYS HUGE NEST FREE A SWARM of hornets which had been terrorising 500 Singapore people and killed a durian seller wa.s destroyed last night by a team of pest exterminators from Thomas Cowan Co. Ltd. The nest was destroyed free. I The
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    21 areas affected
    35 7 21 areas affected i n thai have •>i .11 in the SungH Jrioh, Sragel i urn; Hylam Kangi -Minhilan; Temiang, S nii>k. Baling tan: Pul.ii Mii.ipoli. h.im.ik M San Ktmayan, i Tras, Highlands: ncrWrllrsloy. IVr-
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    Keep this $5 ore job for us, say peons
    16 7 Keep this $5 ore job for us, say peons should i $37 to a month! Hie
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    Paid up half
    5 7 a bankrupt
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    'Bookie' case is put off
    37 7 Fri.— The R. K was today postponed to Jan. 25.. Panlkkar Ls also charged with using the premises as a common betting house He will be defended by Dato Sir Roland Braddell.
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    Lawyer is rebuked by city magistrate
    287 7 Lawyer is rebuked by city magistrate THE Singapore City A Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn. told Mr. A. P. Rajah, a Singapore lawyer and City Councillor, yesteraay that his court would record its displeasure at his late arrival. Mr. Rajah arrived 45 minutes late. When he stood up to
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    Gang victim operated on OUT OF DANGER
    54 7 Gang victim operated on OUT OF DANGER Several people have been questioned by Singapore poh<In connection with the Rand liuht in Raffles Quay on Thur*Chee Bons,- Hock, the shop ml who wils attacked by four oi the K^iß-^.-rs and knifed, has been operated on :n hospital. He IS reported to
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    S'pore Canadians to greet Abbott
    48 7 Tji,. Canadian Association ol Singapore will hold a recep MoTtoolgfat at Raines Hotel for Mr Douglas Abbot I. Canadian Finance Minister. Mr Abbott, who will spend the "iPht In Sinuapore. Ls on his way home from the ComSonwealth Finance Minister. conference In Sydney.
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    Old boys meeting
    29 7 a nu'etine to form a SineaUO p. St. Prick's School O'A i,, A.s->riat;nn will be he d ijTsptn. .in Januao 23 at the I school hall
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    Pretty Trudy turns into a witch twice every day
    323 7 Pretty Trudy turns into a witch twice every day T»RUDY HUGHES is a 1 pretty lass, but for her part in Macbeth she has to become a witch —one of the terrible i three. tl takes three-quarters of an hour to make the transformation for thLs Singapore Arts Theatre production.
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    New officials
    31 7 OlHcial.s of the Non-Govern-ment Ho.spital Assistants' Association*. Jeram. Klang areMr. Tham Kai Trat (president*. Mr. P. P. Prreira (secretary). Mr. M. Kanthasamv and Mr. K. K. Pillai committee members
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    Woman owes $10,000
    63 7 -MADE BANKRUPT Ltm Kirn Neo. a young mar-rii-d woman, wa.s made a bankrupt by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The debtor, who filed her own petition, had liabilities totalling $10,000. Holding that there should be an inquiring Into th.s a.s- pec* of the
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    Clerks declared bankrupt
    40 7 Two clerks. Ong Yeok Wrxh and Mohamed Ka-sdan, were i adjudicated bankrupts in i Singapore yesterday on thei; i own petitions. Mr. Justice Taylor orders them to pay $50 monthly to the otiiciai assignee from January 31.
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    3 get Sences
    27 7 Three su: ninister.---1 the Revs el Fen-. Alfred Emil .md James i Leßoy Pocue hmve been licensed to solemnise Christian marriages In the Colony
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    Postal plans on holiday
    76 7 The Singapore General Host Onve will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Thaipusam f day. Oth.r post oflices. except those at Tion« Bahru. Tov.ner Road. Kanrianp Kerbau and Maxwell Road which will be Closed, will be open from 9 am to 10.30 a.m.
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    HE WENT TO COURT TO LISTEN
    150 7 HE WENT TO COURT TO LISTEN —but soon found himself in dock A MAN WHO went to a Singapore court vrsterday to listen to the case of three persons, charged with extortion. was arrested when a witness identified him as the fourth alleged extortioner. When Nk Kok Kirn, victim of
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    The man who led the psychological war on Reds is leaving
    139 7 KUALA LUMPUR. F ri. \IR A. D. C. PETERSON. x Director-General of Information Services in the federation, will terminate his appointment in July instead < I October. lie Is doing this for personal Masons. i His departure in July
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    Firemen fight home blaze
    44 7 TIIK S( KNK of yesterday's fire In Tanjonu Tagar Road. Singapore, in which a shophousr was gutted and another damaged- Pirturr shows firrmrn fighting Ihr blaze and properly belonging lo the victims lying on the roadside. Btsatfs Times pi< lure.
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    WHO-LIVES-WHERE FORMS ARE OUT IN KUALA LUMPUR
    209 7 WHO-LIVES-WHERE FORMS ARE OUT IN KUALA LUMPUR 30, 000 go out in capital KIM A LUMPUR, Fririav yHE first of the "0.000 forms for delivery all nvrr A Kuala Lumpur to check the movement of people in the Federal capital were bring scut ou( tonight the start of the tenants'
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    Danger waters
    34 7 Mariners are warned that firing practice will take place on Blakan Mati Island between ft a.m. and 4.30 p.m. from Monday till Friday next week and from Jan. 25 unt:J Jan. 29.
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    No longer a bankrupt
    38 7 S. V. Aiyar. a bankrupt. w?> _ed by Mr. Justice Tiylor In the Singapore Hign Court yesterday. Mr. DenLs D'Cotta. A. Official Assignee, said he had pair) up 75 per cent ot h.s debts
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    Hoard member
    33 7 Mrs. Thomasin Broome has been appointed a member ol the Board of Visitors to the York Hill and Mount Emily Homes in Singapore up to the "nd of this year. I
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    Living cost not to blame —debtor told
    99 7 |/IR. JUSTICE Taylor U t aJI clerk, Ang Kirn fine. :r. me Singapore High Cmirt yp.,terday "Your insoivenrv v div to extravagance and not .o of living ridiculous to say that it die to the high cost ol been pend ill your month]-.
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    Back to duty
    29 7 Mr L:on<M Treason has re sumert duty as a member.* thf> Pi M Commis >lon md Dr. Kwr Blew Tee haa ceased to be temporary member
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    MacD's MISSING PEACOCK
    44 7 4 PEACOCK has been missing from Mallalg home of tlu Commissioner General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. since yesterday morning The peacock Is capable 01 «ir distances, a polio inn said. the bird Is asked to report to the nr.irr police station.
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      146 7 The weather 92 DEG IN IPOH >linimum trn.prraturr > 7.30 pm U m. Jan. is. aaag 78 '4, Kuala Lumpur 72 Ipoh 7?, Kuantan 71. mmn lemprralurr ,7Hn UD to van pm on j an 15) Sln v poo M, ITnaiiß 87. Kota Bahn 84. Kuala I.umpur 88. Ipoh 92
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    Poor goods at top prices: Trade leader accuses Colony
    250 8 INDONESIA WELCOMES SINGAPORE MISSION BUT— From Our Own Correspondent JAKARTA. Friday. INDONESIANS think that Singapore is trying to sell inferior goods at high prices, says Mr. Suchtar Tedjasukmana, president of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce. He welcomed the news that Singapore
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    A PICTURE WORTH $2,000
    209 8 Madame Chen's 'Hakka Family' OVKK n. 'ii. nun worth of paintings and drawings Ihe works of six well-known artists will be on display at the British Council Centre frcm today until a week tomorrow on an exhibition sponsored by Singapore Art Society. The artists are Phyllis
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    They'll soon know about kibbutzims
    202 8 They'll soon know about kibbutzims IT MEANS LOTS OF HARD WORK KITTY DAVID, aged 11, and her two teenage sisters don't quite know: what a kibbutzim is. They only know that kibbutzims exist in Israel and require very hard work, and that they will all be very glad when they
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    Music nights at varsity
    62 8 Mrs. A. P. Raja, wife of the Singapore city councillor, will give a voena solo at the University of Malaya concert of oriental music to be held at Oei Tiong Ham Hall at 8 p.m. next Friday and Saturday. The programme will include Indonesian music, played
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    Bible lessons for all
    50 8 Trinity College. Singapore, and the Malayan Christian Council are jointly offering a Bible course on "The Life and Teachings of Jesus" to church members. Sunday School teachers, students. pastors, preachers and non-Christiana The course of 24 lessons starU this month and will la*t about six months
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    Back at work
    28 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Dr. J D O'Shaughnessy has returned to Johore Bahru to resume riuties as acting Superintendent. General Hospital, relicvine Dr. P. A. Allsopp.
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    Drug inspector
    18 8 Mr. J. S. Robertson has been appointed an Inspector of Dangerous Drugs and Poisons In Singapore
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    Archdeacon goes on retirement
    37 8 Canon D M Gnanasihamani. Archdeacon of North Malaya, is retiring from his appointment at Taiping. For the past 17 years he has served in North Perak. Taiping. Sitiawan. Kuala Kanjsar. and Parit Buntar.
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    Russian ship off to China
    36 8 The ne v Russian freighter Taganrog arrived in Singapore yesterday from Gdynia with 1 3.550 tons of general cargo' for Tsingtao. She will leave for north China in a few days.
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    HE GETS 4 YEARS FOR $10 ROBBERY
    179 8 And 12 strokes of rotan AN INDIAN. Anthony John Frederick, who hurt ;A cigarette stall-keeper. Mohamed Ibrahim, while robbing him of $10 in Geylang on October 5 was gaoled for four years and ordered to receive 12 strokes of the rotan by Mr.
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    THEY WERE WED IN SINGAPORE
    57 8 MR. CHOO ENG HAI. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Choo Koh Kn K and Miss Mug Win Ne,,. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phaiiß Hap Hin. after their wedding at the Kecistrv Ma a C<- s Sins,apor.' yest.-rday. A reception will be hold
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    Site hunt is on for nine new schools -READY CASH FOR THE GOOD ONES
    169 8 Site hunt is on for nine new schools -READY CASH FOR THE GOOD ONES "FHE Singapore Government is ready to buy suitable school sites Mr. E. W. Houston. Superintendent Engineer of the Public Works Department, told the Straits Times yesterday. The Government la not confining its school building to odd
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    Muslims to fete city councillor
    44 8 Kilakarai Muslim Social Service Sangam. Singapore, will honour the city councillor. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, on his reelection with a tea-party at 178, Cecil Street at eight o'clock tomorrow nlsjht. Mr. Jumabnoy was returned unopposed from the City ward
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    Late but they enjoyed it
    60 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. More th;in 100 children fr^rn the Social Welfare Home and the Princos Eliz-.ibcth School for the Blind attended a ChlistnUfl ixirty given by th* Johore Bahru Rotary Club in the General Hospital yesterduv. They were given cakes fruit and soft drinks, and
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    Wrong reason
    52 8 Mary Tay of Ponggol Koa robbed recently by two m»n at an identification paritie. later picked Ne Ah Tec. Hani Mary in a Singapore court yesterday, "I picked him as a Mend not foe. He la my bru Uht\s friend." N«, facing a chary* 1 »>f rub Ijery.
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    1875 9 'Legs' Diamond, vicious czar of New York crime, was 'gentlest, sweetest husband' F E A T U R E \[,|..h:ir(!-e\ed, cadaverous-cheeked ■ii. Hi* October evening in 1<>29 v York restaurant and turned street for an exercise stroll. heels walked two vicious young he employed as bodyguards, i powerful touring car
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      93 9 c A i*h* Good i and its good P^ Nciiii i S << MIIK Chocolate pntalwty hum I-- n Buy th 6est LAMPS •/BsViT- ENGLAND F. E. ZUELLIG .malaya, LTD. SINGAPORE KU«L> LUMPUR PINANC zrfjfJM^K ECONOMISE!! lwißwmsk ANY MORE MILES ?lENLEY TYRES Made in United Kingdom Obtainable throughout Malaya Solr
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      82 9 The Barber of Seville 5 Wa *esiM.,ri6i, fW/ff//,,;/ v 7 I W*sL% ''Wl'i/ A GO THEVE AGAIN.' I mTn A fjnrAev" SEVILLE, THIS AFTFr?--r must MAifey kkwi SrvL \oasilio-go to a notary i noou ma 6 two c^uwi uppt RurHnu,?/mW* 2*Jb, ANO A AN 6E re* V 1 WHO NAf?r?ow
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      SHARES STEADIER AND TURNOVER INCREASES
      531 10 TIN RISES, RUBBER STEADY FIE Singapore share market had a rather better day yesterday when there was a welcome improvement in turnover, prices were steadier and what few price changes were made were upward. The (greater part of the business done was in the industrial
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      Borneo Company's shares
      167 10 Borneo Company's shares From Hall Romney LONDON. Fri. "^PAKE-OVER" rumours. -I- In some cases justified by events and in others not justified, which have been a feature of the London Stock Exchange operations during the past year now involve Borneo Coir>pany, operating in Malaya, to such an extent that the
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      BRITAIN'S TRADE POLICY
      244 10 BRITAIN'S TRADE POLICY BUENOS AIRES. Fri. MR. DERICK HEATHCOATAMORY, Minister of State at the British Board of Trade, said here today that bilateral trade agreements "do not provide the climate" for Britain's post-war trade oolicies. Observers took this to mean that Britain might refrain from committing Anglo-Argen-tine trade to the
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      PENANG EXPORTS LESS IN 1953
      66 10 PENANG. Thurs. THE tota! tin and rubber exports from Penang In 1953 were valued st $492 million or $244 million below the ficiire for 1952. December exports were valued at $38,275 077. compared with $3,486,481 In November. Exports of rubher from Penantr in December were
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      RUBBER STOCKS
      46 10 RUBBER stocks in the Colony of Singapore at the end of 1953 were 49.701 tons. compared witb 44.478 tons at the end of November. Of these stocks. 42.290 tons were In the hands of dealers, 7.361 tons nt port and 50 ton* on Batata*.
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      WALL STREET
      171 10 NEW YORK. Fri. yHE Stock markei yrs!crd.iv continued the forward U reach a new hieh for the new year rally. The move was aided bshort -covering and reinvestment demand Inspired by the Improved tc::nr c.f most business news. In the third (uecaaalTe Mtranci the li-t cast aside initial
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      Produce prices
      72 10 Singapore C hinese Chamber <>f (oinmercr: Noon prices per picul were Copra: easy; February $41 buyers. $41 sellers: March »40\ buyrrs. $41 sel'ers Coconut oil: vendy; Sfi7< I 111 Pepper: stenriy. unch.injrvi Mtmtok white IttS, Sarawak *3i>> Lampon; black J3fA Lewis and Prat: Cl > i were. Copra-
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      World commodity prices should be stabilised
      280 10 NEW YORK. Fri. SOMETHING .similar to the I price supports paid to farmers in the United States was needed on an international scale to .stabilise world commodity prices, the Indonesian Ambassador Mr Moekarto Notowidlgdo said here today. Speaking at a meeting of the i
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      Australian stocks
      158 10 MKLBCHRNE. Fri. THE Stock Exchange closed today with strong biding support for mast sections. Ciie.t interest In Mill being .shown in oil shtres and :he bond market wius linn. Clcinui, quotatkmi of stock today, confuted with yesterday were: loan J "45 1956-59 £94 12/6 d 2 fid I.OHH3',';
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      TIN PRICE
      17 10 The price of tin in Sincaporr jrsterdav was declared at S.T.!) a picul. up SI.
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      RUBBER PRICES
      139 10 Rubber remained unchanged on the Singapore rubber market yesterday. February first grade closing at 56J cents a pound. The market was qu.u: and featureless. CloMiii; piic-s ytgterday in cents per pound were: No, l R.s.S. Spot loose Oliver; 56, sellers 56... No. 1 R.S.S. r.o.b. in bales Frb
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      Singapore
      125 10 Cjhips lyiiiK alongafcU the pore Harbour Board wharves 01 expected today are: Hoeßh SUvermoon 1 2. Brima-ieer 4 5. Ttrutaina Maru C.P.. Eiko Mai 67. Eumeaus 8 9 Koke Mam 11 •IYesilliati 13 !4 Olengyle 15 16, Ja- B in. Iflarlanthe 1920 Sumpitftn N. Wall 8. Frederick Clover 11(33,
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      Singapore SHARE PRICE
      25 10 Singapore SHARE PRICE "TMIF M at ii.s 4 p m n■ lollows: IMM W ll.iinn M M J P S'por* ('< WP.iiric n: I Hit IR|
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      Exchange rates
      12 10 THE Malayan X-< telling, i On thi Hong k dollar
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      1246 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS E rVecounUni Mai nine Operators tn Medical Ftore. Kuala I Exam H Bar 120 (i Ml Efl Bai ISfi x fi 192 pin phi COLA at current rates Qiu' 7en- nf the Fi VII in English School, Age: it to 23 years Applicatil Gen 147. obtainable from trirt
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      766 10 TENDERS I Tenders will be received from 1 Contractors of Class B and above at the office of the Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department High Street, Singapore, up to noon 'of the 29th January. 1954 for "The Construction of Drlllshed and An- i ciliary Offices at the Royal Malayan Nftval
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      157 10 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LINES HEAP ENG MOH SS CO., LTP SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S) LTD 33/35. Teluk \yor Street— 'Phone J44J M.V. "CUVIi BKF" DIRK I BAILING!) I' KX|l CHUtIBON rORTNIC.HTM SERVK'I A. S'p«re appr. Jan. "11l 1.. s pm.- ftp* M •C.IANt; SKNC" BAILINGS l«» PANT.KAI lx XV
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      1147 11 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS to U.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penang Benlawers for Liverpool, Antwerp, Rotterdom, Homburg G. 27/28 21/23 Jen. 24/23 Jon. Benolder for Hovre. London, Rotterdam, Hull 11/23 Jen. 24/24 Jon. 27/29 Jen. Bencleuch for Liveroool Dublin, Glasgow, Homburg, Antwerp 30 Jen/ 7 Feb. 1/
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      1007 11 McALISTER «Sc CO., LTD. TEL: No. ***** ELLERMAN BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGILtS, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND, «EATTLE I VANCOUVER and for U£ A., North Atlontir. Port. Accepting eo'ao tot Central 1 South city of °bir'kenhead m^'"Jra'ncisvil'le S pore P. S'hom Penono. r-nixi 17/21 reb. 14/16 Feb
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  • The SATURDAY FORUM
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        AIM OF PARTY
        112 12 X'orr? corre pondent "John 1 to the system of tied to do but man- 'oducon". •John rlared P I i April out Qf the nim ring: by the nated ibstitutmn in their place of Alrierm- n i lecti d by Ihe "temporaneously with the eievation of •ion
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        RELIC OF THE PAST
        142 12 I HEARTILY support the views expressed by "John Citizen on the proposal in resard to the introduction of the aldermanic system in Singapore. How leaders of the Progressive Party in general, and Mr. p Rajah, in particular, who have always voiced unqualified support of the democratic
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      Sympathy to wrong people
      160 12 Sympathy to wrong people rIK rdici mrice in dows Ca -c■•e which ha i been quoted by ■Truth is Kinj tirmrd the contention ol Mrs. shinn Fozdar, and lormer This Judge, rearing that concubines in Singapon h ive no legal statu to claim maintenance or 8 and might starve, decided
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      A WORTHY CITIZEN
      120 12 EARLY our rainy morilill" recently. I dropped my wal- lot on the road on niv way to the office. It had m> dii\inc licence, identity i;inl. Miii(lr> receipt* and cash. When I found I had lost it. it mv too late tn en hack and look for
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      Mr. H. has solution
      172 12 LETTFR draws attention once again to passengers .standing on the ,<teps of B.T.C. buses. It can be easily remedied. Send for the only practical and active police oflicer that we have in thus city. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, and let him deal with the position
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      SENSE OF DUTY VITAL
      132 12 SENSE OF DUTY VITAL I AGREE with "Progressive" that trial by jury in England la not confined to the same class of cases as in Singapore, Penang or Malacca It extends over a wider category. In criminal trials, in which the question arises, whether capital punishment should b^ left to
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      Malaya is different
      204 12 PROGRESSIVE" has missed my point regarding the essential qualification for a jury system. He writes of English juries being foolish (which some are i and complains against,' comparison between Malaya I and "countries who started I their legal system centuries' ago." I never raised the question of
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      HE CANT HEAR A THING
      181 12 HE CANT HEAR A THING I THE ATTITUDE of Radio Malaya must surely be 1 "The Show Must Go On irrespective of whether they have ar audience or not. And in these parts, they certainly DO NOT have an audience. Tonight"! rereption from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur was just impossible
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      Malay ra'ayat are free people
      150 12 ONE WOULD like to salute the United i Malays National Organisation for changing its erstwhile slogan of "Hidup Melayu" to "Merdeka. but for a conviction that the new-found slogan seems inapplicable at present. The Malay word. "Merdeka" simply means, "Independence and if the slogan now
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      Training for Govt clerks
      107 12 rE FEDERATION Government recently announced a plan to set up a training centre for Government clerks. Junior staff would undergo courses in administrative and clerical work at the centre. The move was a very sound one Junior clerks looked forward to learning something that might be
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      'Nonsense'
      143 12 'Nonsense rE Rev. Abel Eklund is reported to have said at the Malaya annual conference of the Methodist Church at Malacca that the church shou d take part in politics. To one who has been a Christian minister and a prea cher of the Gospel for mor>» than thirty years,
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      It's a hard job selling tickets
      91 12 It's a hard job selling tickets HOW awful it must be for a young woman trying to earn a living and do a good job by letting Social Welfare Lottery Tickets to Zebra on the ferry. There are lots ct things that the Welfare people do winch I do not
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      Race fans in minority
      57 12 II P. LYMN, the various turf clubs, and that much (Oft unjustly >. maligned body Radio Malaya, please note: I refuse to believe that the race commentaries have the biggest programme following. Only a comparatively small <but apparently influential and very vociferous! proportion of listeners enjoy
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      Ape-men spirits of the avengers
      404 12 Ape-men spirits of the avengers APROPOS the local appearance of the Abominaole Man. I have long been convinced that the creature Is by no means confined to the Himalayan regions nor can It be regarded as vicious In any I way except to those it is searching for. It was
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      'Fright of my life
      118 12 IN 1949, while leading a fiveman patrol on a jungle track some miles up-river from Kota Tingui. in Johore. I saw what appeared to be a human lurking in the undeigrovth. about thirty yards away. I halted trie patrol and let loose with one shot. There
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      SHE TRIED TO GET A CARD
      186 12 SHE TRIED TO GET A CARD RECENTLY my sister joine-i the new batch of student nurses recruited at the General Hospital. The Matron asked the girls to produce their rice-cards. All save my sister produced theirs. My sister could not do so because we have lost contact with our father
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      Book profits & air conditioning
      66 12 Book profits air conditioning I ECHO John Homage's sentiments regarding book profits. I had occasion to ask in a local bookshop why a book marked £2. 25. ($l3) in England iixts for sale here at $25. teas informed a'ter all, you are buying it m airconditioning!" Needless t n say,
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      'LOVE IS A LOOSE WORD'
      175 12 IN REPLY to Commonsense Adviser 'Love" is a word loosely used to describe biological reasons giving the male species free rein to his uncurbed passions. The taking of a partner at marriage surely implies the continuity of a lifelong partnership, giving both husband and wife
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      These students are not happy
      187 12 MR. WILFRED ANTHONY in "Colour Bai Malayans is a Myth" stated that the:. romplaint abou accommodation in Arl< may be so but as far as I know, many ol tl students are not satisfied with theirs I Thn.' at the Unlversit) Australia and mil could
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      AMAHS: $260 A MONTH
      239 12 AMAHS: $260 A MONTH 1 WOULD very much like to meet the gentleman whn works out the cast of Bring index and have the method explained to me. I am sure the calculation must take a lot of time but undoubtedly the conclusion, that the cast of. living for Europeans
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      THE P.C. AND THE DRIVER
      153 12 THE P.C. AND THE DRIVER IN FRONT of a Malay police constable, a European driv j mc a car swerved to the riant. cut across double white traffic line.s and stopped at the entrance of a cinema. The constable saw this. < walked up to the driver, spoke i to
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      Kluang shows
      56 12 IN KLUANG, there are two cinemas. But it is a long I time since we had either a j Malay or an Indian or an English film on a Sunday— and Sunday Ls a holiday for many. Both theatres show oniy Chinese pictures on Sundays. Couldn't we have
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      Language of nursing
      56 12 rE RECENT student nur.v meant for thnsi ted in English those Chin, who want to take l;; Many OTganlsat St John Ambiilanr tish Rod Cross Boc both English and Chi tions. I don't see Whj ties should not id policy I hope that ih< system will be
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      Trengganu co-op policy
      30 12 IT IS the policy of tl mil I Qorernment Servant ;ltld 1 ID 8 admit ex-membei ex-membi rs members, I thorn pensinr has ri HARK TIM. Trenccanu.
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      Tell the public
      87 12 OF LATE, I notice that rrral travellers have been prosecuted at Kuala Kubn Bharu lor carrying a [ew jrardo cloth which they happen to take In transit through thai town. No doubt cloth la one of the restricted articles unriT the Emergency Regulations, but this control Is
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      INQUIRY NEEDED
      117 12 rIE VIEW.S of -property Manager" arc very inter c.sting and prove beyond doubt that an enquiry into the running of the War Damngr Commission should begin straight away. Regarding salary scales. I would Uke to point out that In Ipoh, a qualified engineer la employed as an assessor
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    Mersing Police win
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    Only miracle can stop Johore's 'wonder XV'
    1175 13  - Only miracle can stop Johore's 'wonder XV' W. h. TREVOR TODAY'S 25th HMS MALAYA RUGBY FINAL By JN today's H.M.S. Malaya rugby final on the Kuala Lumpur Padang between Johore and Perak, Johore, with a side studded with Fijian stars, will take the field 3—l on favourites to win the
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    THE TEAMS
    55 13 •<>"<>r;i perak I dineUm irapt.) Chandler Vaidolr Craij Ifiilxrlv nrrakwrll I!»!■•■" i Willinsham li.m. ii Clemo K.iluil.. Mriklr N' 11 in i Shaharuddin 1 n Miller llr»iU WebsVr -iiikntu Andrrws I i«>kr Handcork (rapi.) Wiightnonth Watson Smith Radrmlrn Brett Serake Munro Kirk-ofT is at S p.m. K. H.
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    | Perak's key men
    5 13 Perak's key men CHANDLER lIAMK'OCK
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    N. Zealander new Empire welter champ
    123 13 WELLINGTON, Frl |>ARRY BROWN, hard-hit tin*: 1 .'c.i hinder, won the British Empire welterweight boxing championship tonight by beating the holder. Gerald Dreyer tSouth In the seventh round. Brown, who is 22. ha 4 had only 14 professional rights and won them al' The
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    FARELF CUP FINAL TEAMS
    113 13 The final of the Singapore District inter-unit rugger championship for the FAR ELF Cup between GHQ PAREI F and REME Workshops will be played ai 'he RASC around at rVyer RV.ih Road at .=> ;vm. today. Teams are CiHQ: Maj Pairman: Maj Kettles. Capt Dow. WO
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    Cockeli asks for more for Starza fight
    124 13 JOHANNESBURG. Prl. ■\*R. John Simpson, manager of iT Don Cockeli who is now in South Africa to defend his British Empire heavyweight title aealnst Johnny Arthur, said here today that Cockeli was prepared to meet Roland La Starza ISA in London on March
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    SRC FOOTBALL PRACTICES
    72 13 The following Singapore Recreation Club soccer players are requested to turn up for training on the Padang at 5.30 p.m. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, from next Wednesday. J. de Sliva. R. Westerhout. M. G. Wright. A dc Rozano. R. Henderson, A. W. Fox. K Gros.se. R.
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    HEADINGTON GO TOFOURTHROUND
    274 13 LONDON, Fri HEADINGTON United, the southern League club from Oxford, won their F.A. Cup third round replay at Coventry yesterday to be the sole non-league club to reach the fourth round of the competition. Their victory earned them a home tie on Jan. 30 against Bolton Wanderers,
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    TAKES 8 FOR 9 RUNS
    41 13 CAPETOWN. Frl. J. Bush took eisht wickets for nine runs when playine for Eastern Province against Orange F-ee State in the Interprovincial Nuffleld Schools cricket tournament here yesterday. Free State weri* all out for 16. —Reuter.
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    Penang in 'Blues' final with late points
    304 13 Penang in 'Blues' final with late points PENANG A.l Blues qualified as northern finalists in the All Blues Cup runger competition when they beat Kedah All Blues by 13 points (two goals and a penalty) to three ia penalty) on the Western Road pround today. Penanc's victory came from ft
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    ALL PACE ATTACK AGAINST W.INDIES
    215 13 KINC.TON. Frl. r rill M.C.C. vlrrtors have an- nounced 12 players from whom the team for the first test to«U» against the West Indies will hf chosen. The 12 are I.m Hutton. Trevor R.iilrv. Peter May. Denis C'nmpton. Willie Watson. Tom > Oraveney, Evans, .lim
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    IT MAY STILL BE TOO COLD FOR NEO
    484 13 From Our Own Correspondent SYDNEY. Friday. FOR the first time in his career, Singapore's Neo Chwee Kok will compete in a night event when he makes his first Australian appearance at the North Sydney Olympic Pool tomorrow night. This will be at
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    Hoad first on Hopman's list
    143 13 MELBOURNE. F LEWIS HOAD. 19-year-old nut>- tralian Davis Cup player, wa> today ranked No. 1 in a world lawn tennis rankinc list compiled by Harry Hopman, manager of the Australian cup team. Writing in the Melbourne Hemlti. on which he is tennit correspondent. Hopman said
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    TOP-SEEDED
    64 13 TORONTO. Fri— Marjorie Shedd of Toronto and Eddie Choonc of Malaya are seeded in th* No. 1 potions for the 10th annual International Invitation Badminton Tournament which begins today. Eddie and his cousin Da. id a:-e seeded No. 1 men's doubles, arid Ethel Marshall and B. Massman No 1
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    India put tourists in danger of foliow-on
    247 13 MADRAS, Frl. XHE Commonwealth 1 rriekrt touring team, \vii.h two wickets stand--1 ing. still need 102 runs to avoid the follow-on in the fourth "Test" match with India. At the close of play m tlif third day of the match. Commonwralth were 189
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    SCOREBOARD
    119 13 I\l>l\ —ki Inn-..: 440 for dccl. COMMONWEALTH —Ist Inns C J. H.irr.Ht Ibw Gupte <i Marshall h Phadkar .Menl'iivin mil out 89 Idtidi r Phadkar b G. Ahmed 1» Watklm r Phadkar b OupU 5 Barrick c Ahmed b Gupte 4 1 it.ii.n c Srinivasan h <:. Ahmed S«
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      132 13 HO! OLD A „,H,h.big ,nk fopo<!«y m\ .c or 9\ a lot W zr nih tipr^d ■llo) lor j -rii- I i mi- I -r "Anow" I ir« and eight •T.nmg ro- I Wonior! INVICTA Witch ot Quality ■thin the mc.irn of all pockets I by all watch dealers "out
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      135 13 THE WEEKEND SPORT Tnn V HWKEV IUUAI SHA junior k.o. tourney: S'porr rD Ensinrpring ReKl. v Y.M.S.A., GillXL i 1 1 1 1. man R.irrark« BINGAPOSE MM' FINAL: fr £nl)LY SRC V R\V (HQvRfMK Workshop. *T- JE^ UC^Lf It.uili Koad. i( apt. Clayton). liillilßK v tt\ Veh. Bn., SWIMMINO Lliorr
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      456 13 Stalls Times T s ATURJ>Iv j WORD PUZZLE G' Cut out and pin with othe coupo,M Posting instructions appear bcl»w f nmm Address M S /P n ■i 7;. jN 1 v I R I R I c ITTTTI fILL 3 I N E M Al Ill /T7v^ across, R
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    KING CROW WELL UP TO CLASS 2
    532 14 Cinder's Prince strongest rival By EPSOM JEEP [TING CROW'S double over lm. and ljm. in Class 3 at Kuala Lumpur in November showed this Kingrstone five-year-old to be reaching his true form and, on the evidence of two smart gallops this week, I
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    Straits Times Selections
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    Fox Stable pair against Blue Flash
    207 14 QLYMPICS track :orm suspests he has repalncd some of his old dash and owr h:s best dist«nce^ a mile this Ocean Swell Sfldlnc has a cood chance In Rare Four today H* will 1:0 well on a soft track. At his peak early last
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    At B. Timah Today
    205 14 Singapore "ad lißht afc— mn nf rain ve>terday and the goini; at Bukit Timah thi^ afternoon will be yielding a I best. Today* best bet; King trow in the 4. .15. Be*t Inngshot; Raratonga in the 3.15. Radio Malaya will broadcast commentaries on all eight races
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    Gular worth bet in weak field
    936 14 fILAR 11. a smart-looking three year-old by The ll Pelican, has come to hand since his first races in Malaya, and I think he can be backed confidently in Race One today against a moderate Class 3 sprint Gular II shaped like a winner
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    Today's race card
    1198 14 Race 1—2.15- Class 3. Div. 4— 6 Furs. 1 -57 Onlar II B-gby 9.00 T. V. Mitehell 2 Klaxley Green Boucoure MM Mmmc Kongsl R. Breukrl'-n 953 Ryetrans Talt 812 M. M. Whittles Basb\ 4-— (irazie Donnelly 8.11 Y. F Teng <fc E. K. C lean Hobos
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    160 14 MELBOURNE. Fri. 4 RTHUR MORRIS'S XI amassed a first innlnes total of 562 runs against Lindsay Has-ett's team on the opening day of the BUNK testimonial match here The game developed Into n feat of nin-R("finc Thrre were 62 boundary hitu and eight sixes totalling 29(1
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