The Straits Times, 21 January 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times Nat** 1 1 fie***** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THIRSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954 15 CENTS
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    INDIA FREES THE PoWs
    482 1 They'll be civilians again at midnight tomorrow WE ARE PROUD-RHEE IWNMUNJOM, Wednesday. J^ONCi columns of cheering, singing Chinese and Korean PoWs today marched six abreast From Indian custody in the neutral zone of Korea M their way to the I.N. lines and freedom. As the firs]
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    THE 'WHITE HELL' OF BLONS Death beneath the snows
    77 1 THE 'WHITE HELL' OF BLONS Death beneath the snows A RESCUE WOKKKR stands on the shattered roof of house Iniried hy an avalanche at Klons worst hit vill.tte in the Vorarlher; avalanche disaster in western Austria Forty -five bodies were recovered and miiir than 00 injured proplr were dug out
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    2,000 ARE WARNED TO ELEE
    58 1 BS, wed. About riay were thnr homes unitv of Sierra ■•^ned by a flood and deb d after the Weathrr Bureau prrdictrri a f;ill of two to four inehcv of rain. Loudspeaker can w mt through thr affcrtrri northern section of tho town to toll
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    A Scottish Duke dies
    72 1 STIRLING. Scotland. Wed.— The Dukr of Mor.trase. aped 7,i. chief of the Scottish clan Graham and inventor of the world's first aircraft carrier. died early today at h;s home at Dry men, near Stirling. The Duke, the .sixth .since the dukedom was created in 1707. designed
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    Don t rule out Comet time bomb
    114 1 POSSIBLE, SAYS AIR MINISTER INDON, Wed. :k bomb may have fl n placed aboard the |< t -liner which in the M< on Jan. 10. British Civil Ml Alan 1 last irnins m-the-spot probe I reporters illt tO I such .t dded: al
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    The will sign
    17 1 RRA Wed The ibh terday rie- CXtaiifl concei miner OATT until I A P
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    Guard for Mr. Neubronner
    36 1 ive posted two conthe home >t Mr. Neubronner at Water- Sinuapore. followthai st rancors were here. onner, an under- (ficer to of 12 people who up a man at Street on Sunday
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    'Quake felt in Hong Kong
    38 1 HONG KONG. Wed Th? i Royal Observatory today reported 'hat an earhquak*' <■: unknown strength was felt in Hona Kong last night. It wan believed to have it.s centre about 100 miles away. -U.P.
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    RAIDER TIES UP MAID
    112 1 RAIDER TIES UP MAID —Then steals $700 AN ARMED Chinese broke into a Singapore doctors house yesterday, tied up a maid who was alone and stoii? $700 worth of jewellery. The maid, in her 'twenties, works for Dr. A. C. Weereko.m. of Adis Road. Dr. Weerekoon last nicht said that
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    Sudan meeting
    37 1 JUBA. South Sudan. Wed. Maj. Salah Salem. Egyptian Minister for National Guidance and for Sudan Affairs, and Maj Gen Abdel Hakim Amer. Commander-in-Chief of the j Egyptian. Armed Forces met tribal leaders here today. Reuter.
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    Chess protest
    38 1 MADRID. Wort. The Spanish Ch<\vs Federation today hrokn ofl Ms relations with tinBritish Chess Federation on the ermind* that a Spanish player had been excluded Irorr the Hastings Chess tournament to meet Russian protests. I Reuter.
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    Conference date
    44 1 JAKARTA. Wed. The conference of Asian premiers .n Colombo to be attended by the I Indonesian Prime Minister. Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, will b-M held from April 28 until May 7. it was learned here today from well Informed sources.— Reu- 1 ter.
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    Flag out again
    35 1 LONDON, Wed.- The Persian Bag Hew in London today for the first time since October 1952 when Persia broke off diplomatic relations with Britain. Persia resumed diplomatic re- l;tion.s lut month— Reuter.
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    'Saucer' man goes
    49 1 ADELAIDE. Wed. Dr Ra'ph parsons, responsible for many of Australia's "flying saucer" reports, leaves Adelaide tomorrow to become Professor of Physics at Hong Kong University. His research work In Melbourne on cosmic radiations involved the use of high flying balloons Often mistaken for "flying saucers." Router.
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    $1,800,000 smuggled gold seized
    58 1 $1,800,000 smuggled gold seized JAKARTA, Wed. pOLICE have arrested a number of people and seized quantities of gold allegedly smuggled into Indonesia from Hong Kong. The gold i.s said to be valued at M$ 1.800 .000. The arrests were made in .Jakarta and Surabaya. An Investigation i.s going on. Reports
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    Egypt accuses Britain
    49 1 CAIRO. Wed -Lieut. Coi. Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egyptian Vice-Premier last merit accused Britain of deliberate procrastination in her informal talks with Euvpt for the evacuation of the Suez Canal zone. She was trying, he said, tr keep her troops there as long as possible.— A. P.
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    Elections boss
    39 1 MOSCOW. Wed— A Central Electoral Commission headed by Mr. Nikolai Shvernik, chairman of the US SR. Trade Union Council and former State President. was today appointed to supervise elections to the Supreme Soviet on March 14.— Reuter
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    Training plan
    17 1 PARIS Wed. U5547,713,330 training facilities programme i<>r six NATO countries w.i announced yesterday. A. P.
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    ALL POLICE BRANCHES PRESS ON WITH HUNT FOR KIDNAPPERS OF CHINESE MILLIONAIRE
    205 1 SINOAPORE Police are still pressing on with their search for the kidnappers of Mr l.im Kok Gin. Every available officer, including one recalled from leave, who is a C.I.D. secret society specialist, has been alerted. "We are carrying
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    JAVANESE VOLCANO DEATH TOLL NOW 68-145 INJURED
    181 1 JAVANESE VOLCANO DEATH TOLL NOW 68-145 INJURED JAKARTA. Wed. VI least H8 people are now known to have been killed and 145 others injured in the eruption of the Merapi volcano in I ,ist Central Java Revised casualty figures listed 37 killed and injured in the village of Pakean in
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    Dealers told: Cut prices if you want Indonesia trade
    385 1 will have to cut its prices if it wishes 10 sell to Indonesia in future. "If Indonesia buys trom Singapore, it will be borau.se the price is right and the quality is right," said the Director of Commerce and Industry. Mr.
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    Reprisals follow lockoui NEW STRIKES
    148 1 Reprisals follow lockoui NEW STRIKES LONDON. Wed, ANEW scries of "guerilla" strikes by the Electrical Trades Union began today as a reprisal for yesterday's lockout of members who took part in Monday's 24-hour token strike. The union announced a "fight to the linish" when the employers locked out thousands of
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    Army wives back Mau
    69 1 NAIROBI. Wed. The wive.> of .some African troops serving in the Kings African Rifles in Kenya have been found to bo Mau Man adherents, it was officially announced yesterday An amendment to the Emergency Regulations now enables the Bast African Conunander-ln-Chief to discharge any sol ciier
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    French retake Thakhek
    173 1 French retake Thakhek Begin a 'phase of reconquest' SAIGON, Wrd •THE High Command announced that French miuinr commandos and armoured elements reOCCUpied the Laotian town of Thakhek late this morninn. The Loatian border town. 4S mliea north of the French-held airfield at Seno, fell to the Communists in a surprise
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    Kremlin guard
    37 1 LONDON Wed Rad 'i today .-.iid that the Premier. Mr. Malenkov, and other Russian leaders stood guard in the Kremlin yesterday ov»r the flower-strewn bur ol an old guard Communist Mr. Matlvel F. Shkiryatov. r.
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    STOP PRESS
    43 1 lAGAH ON HIS WAY HOME BOMBAY, Wed.— Deposed Premier of British Guiana Dr. Jagan left b.v ail t<>il on way back bonne, lit' said he was cutting short visit tv India to resume "fri<doin struggle" which would remain non-vio'.cnt. K«-u ter.
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    LAWRENCE OF ARABIA A FAKE HERO, SAYS AUTHOR
    478 2 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA A FAKE HERO, SAYS AUTHOR LONDON. Wednesday. ANEW book due to be published here this spring claims that the British hero Lawrence of Arabia was little more than a charlatan and a liar. The author, famed novelist and biographer Richard Aldington, said his careful research indicates that
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    THE ROYAL TOUR Different dresses but the same jewels
    160 2 THE ROYAL TOUR Different dresses but the same jewels I THE QUEEH atari a zdtfferent dress ond a j different hat m each, of i z these photos made during s he r tour of New Zealand— but HHre r Majesty has kept 5 zt o the same triple rou,
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    PHONE LINK OPENED WITH NEW ZEALAND
    137 2 $25.80 for three minutes A RADIO telephone link between Singapore and New Zealand will be opened on Feb. 1 as an extension of the Australian service, the Director of Telecommunications. Mr. J. C. Dallow. said yesterday. The new link will make New Zealand the
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    UK may get big Soviet order
    63 2 MOSCOW. Wed— Mr. Harry Dowsett, a British shipbuildei •said here yesterday that contract under negotiation with the Soviet Union might bring Britain the world's biggest single order for merchant ships. Mr. Dowsett said the negotiations, if successful, would result in an order of between
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    Ike to cut defence spending
    277 2 U.S. 54,000 MIL. BUDGET SLASH WASHINGTON. Wed. PRESIDENT Eisenhower is expected to propose a cut of about US$4,OOO j million in American defence expenditure for 1954-1953 when he presents his budget to Con- gress tomorrow. Exact figures arc not available but General Eisenhower has already
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    M. Mayer is re-elected
    53 2 PARIS, Wed M. Daniel Mayer, om of the leading opponents of the European army treaty in the French Socialist Party, today was reelects chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee. The committee Is due to discuss the treaty before its ratification comes up in the
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    Australia aids Korea
    30 2 CANBERRA. Wed —The Australian Government will contribute A£900.000 to the UN. Korean Reconstruction Agency for the current financial year The money will be spent in Australia.— Reuter
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    Rise accepted
    33 2 LONDON. Wed —Delegates repre.sentine 58.000 London busmen yesterday accepted London Transport Executives' offer of a wage increase of 7s a week. The increase is expected to cost £1,200,000 a year —Reuter.
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    4 Reds held
    25 2 ALEXANDRIA, Wed. The police last night .said that they had arrested four young Egyptians a.- members of the illegal Communist Party.— Reuter.
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    New agreements
    31 2 KARACHI. Wed— The Pakistan Oovt rnment last night announced the signing here thl" week of five agreements with the U. S. Foreign Operations Administration for financing national development.- -Reuter
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    New attack on film
    66 2 NEW YORK. Wed A powerful Protestant croup yesterday joined the attack on the Howard Hughes' film "The French Line" and railed it "completely objectionable in theme and in treatment." The Protestant Motion Picture Council's National Reviewing Oroup and the Christian Herald magazine called the film "an
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    H.M.S. LIONESS RETURNING TO BRITAIN
    106 2 H.M.S. Lioness, which has pa- trolled 73.000 miles round the I coasts of Malaya in co-opera-tion with the police and the] military authorities, will leave Its hasp at Singapore for Bri- i tain on February 4. I The vessel has been in service in the
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    The Queen stops for Anne, 10
    132 2 And gets fl 0% from the orphan CHRISTCHURT'H WHEN tho Q TT thr Dukr uorr driving day, thr q the car in thr pli Anne Rol thr N;i Orphan.. Anne h road old M first it set chilrire, Rome to They stepped A>me. suddi
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    Captain passed worthless cheques Malaya: Sacked from Army
    158 2 Captain passed worthless cheques Malaya: Sacked from A rmy NAIROBI, Wed CAPT. Benjamin Webber. 33. of the Ist Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, who was posted from Malaya to Kenya, was sentenced to be dismissed the Army by a general court martial here yesterday. He pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more
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    Demand reject
    25 2 THE HAGi E per House ol I debate Europe.. I leieetin rvand that the d< be held ove Berlin four power it r.
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    France rushes naval force to Morocco crisis zone
    293 3 BORDER GUARD STIFFENED PARIS, Wednesday. JfRANCE clamped military security measures on Morocco today and ordered a powerful naval squadron into the region as relations with Spain became more critical in the lace of I threat to divide th t strategic North African
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    Britain Shows atom factory
    51 3 Britain Shows atom factory rf\HIS is one of the first I- official British pictures of an exterior view of the Win<l\cale plutonium producing factor]/ at Sellaficld Cumberland. The fillers at the top of each of the 400 ft. high chimneys prevent the escape of the lust traces of radio active
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    RUSSIANS LIKE
    56 3 AMERICANS That's what this delegation found BERLIN, Wed. United States I •aper <rf.- t turned yesterday a two-week tour i i and rep no anti-Ame- among the iRu lan people. on the conp ii cipally ol cl States busl- lm- that i \ineri- Ri( and the oul photon
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    Cowardice: only one charged
    54 3 Cowardice: only one charged Mr .1 H H ion, the i House -tinned "ii a *ele[ormer i >mmande r mmon 1 Mth Division in X":" \lr Hutcti that ■r.at charge, hu: alternai nentenct ol tout rnt Mr. Hutch rioux >.n "<'- rreri (or which men •nment thrc nvicted f'»r f»r
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    Gib won't change
    14 3 Wed Britain I k >d wl U the Govview of Gibraltar.
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    800 more troops for Singapore
    19 3 800 more troops for Singapore HAMPTON. indred m< he Queen's Royal Re- irslc. had sii arrived rmany la.st November
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    'Big threat to peace'
    72 3 CALCUTTA. Wed— A reiort to be presented tomorrow o the executive of the Con•rrss ißovernmenti Party dei.ire.s that proposed American niiit;uy aid to Pakistan has Jireatened peace to an extent vhlch it would be folly not to neuure The report, prepared by lie Party's three general
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    Sir Winston accused of weakness
    137 3 Sir Winston accused of weakness LONDON. Wed WINSTON CHURCHILL 3 the Prime Minister, was ac:used in the Hoiuse of Comaoi\s yesterday of weakness standing up to the Am- i r the choice of rifles for the Atlantic Pact powers Woodrow Wyatt, a 'orrner Labour Under-Secre-ary for War. a-sked why the
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    FRIENDS AGAIN
    29 3 MR AMIR \KSH\R-GH\-SAMLOtJ, first Persian diploiii.in. representative in London since relations were severed in October. 1952. Here he i.% seen on arriving in i Miidim from Paris
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    'Sinister man' dies
    39 3 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. Byd- ney Git enstreet English-born character actor, died yesterday. He wa.s 74. Grcen.stieet appeared in films for the first time at 62 after 41 years of staoe experience. He became noted for sini.ster portrayals.—Reuter.
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    The refugees
    36 3 KARACHI. Wed. Mr. Shuaib Qure&hi, Pakistan Minister for Refueee.s and Rehabilitation, ye.sterday .said that 7.700.000 Muslim refugees had entered Pakistan from India since partition in August 1947 and jthry were still coming.— A. P.
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    Soldier dies
    31 3 PORT SAID. Wed. A British soldier has died of wounds after an attack by Egyptians trying to steal an army vehicle about five miles south of Port Said. Renter.
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    Britain wants to aid China trade
    199 3 LONDON. Wednesday. LORI) READING, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, yesterday said that British policy was to encourage trade between Britain and China in all goods permitted by her strategic controls. She would therefore give British firms wfefcing to send representatives to China to
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    Rubber ban queries
    72 3 LONDON, Wed— Replying to questions in the Commons yesterday, Mr. Derick HeathLOat An.ory, Minister of Trade. Board of Trade, rep'.i?ci: There Ls no ban on the export of rubber to the Communi.-t countries of Eastern Europe. "Exports to these countries are limited to their estimated normal civilian
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    New contract
    33 3 HOLLYWOOD. Wed—Twentieth Century Fox Studio has signed film actress Jean Simmons on a five-year contract, starting in 1955. It provides that she should make at lca^t one film a year.— Renter.
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    Kalmuks appeal to America
    74 3 WASHINGTON. Wei. A delegation of Kalmuks. a Mon- 1 gol Buddhist people who acCUM the Soviet Government of j oe-stroying their race, apDcaled to the United States today to intercede with the Soviet j Union on behalf of those who i .survived mass deportation. The delegation,
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    The key is hard work, says Butler
    124 3 MELBOURNE. Wednesday. THE KEY to Commonwealth expansion was not optimism but hard work, Mr. R. A. Butler, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the Australian Association of British Manufacturers at a dinner last I night. 'The key to the future ol the Commonwealth
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    'Quake damage in Greece
    53 3 ATHENS. Wed— The village church collapsed and the school was damaged in Kcramkiia. near Amalias in yesterday's earthquake tremors in south wr.<t Greece, it was announced here today. Two houses collapsed in Pyr- cos and the ,-chool and church i in Loukazitsa were damased. No casualties
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    Four captured
    28 3 JERUSALEM. Wed. —An Arab Legion source yesterday said that four Israeli regular army soldiers had *ieen capt'.ired by a patrol In the northern sector- A P
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    CHINESE JURY FINDS SOLDIER NOT GUILTY
    154 3 HONG KONG, Weci. A BRITISH soldier, Private Samuel Brown, aged 23, ot the King's Regiment, wa< discharged' by Mr. Justice Rcece 1 here yesterday after he h.id been found not guilty hy a seven-man all-male Chlnm H iry o;' a charge of ni.»nsUiimhtcr. When
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    LONDON STOCKS
    274 3 LONDON. Weri 1/AR FastPnw wfre generally qwi"' today. Itan further proflt-Uklnt In teas which srnrnil1-. m tower. Shipping m steady; rubbers and Mn- lifeless. Cloßing prices or selected si < were LOANS Consols 64 Funding i r Hil War Z'j-. 84\ BANKS Mercantile (£l2>i) 24 Hongkong (sl2si 95>
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. Jan. 20. (ash Buyers C 660 Sellers EMS; Forward Buyers Sellers C 635; Settlement t667!-j. Turnover a.m. 115 tons; p.m. 30 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. Jan. 20. Spot lfi ,ri Feb. 16\(t.. Mar. 16 ,d. Apr -June Ifi T July-Sept. 17d.. Ort.-Der 17'sd, Jan. c.i.f. 16 yd. Feb. cif lfi .ri. Mar. c.i.f *****6 d. Tone: Easier.
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    RUBBER BUFFER STOCK CALL No. 3
    295 4 Malaya to seek support of Indonesia in new demand MALAYA will try to jrot Indonesia to ajjree to a 1 joint demand for an international rubber buffer stock. Tim demand Is to be made at the rubbrr study group conference In Colombo in May
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    They won't play: not enough pay
    21 4 They won't play: not enough pay PENANG SIX ki 1 p them d iii for In pi int. ll] vp'l.icc 1
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    5 bandits surrender ANOTHER SHOT
    43 4 5 bandits surrender ANOTHER SHOT KI'AI.A LUMFI rnderrd in the announced Details are nut available. The Eiphth Platoon of 'B" I Second Regiment k: the i *h area of esterday and recorercd Ifle. Terrorists on Monday lecommunication wlrej in the Yon~ Pcnu •hore.
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    THESE DOORS MAY OPEN UP NEW MARKET FOR RUBBER
    91 4 ANEW MC for rubber, which opens a vast potential market, is the con.vlrurtion of >olid rubber •.utnj; doorv A British motor firm is having p:»ir af heavy rub-b<-r doors installed in its f.utorj as an experiment. Trucks insMe (he lulnrv ran
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    PRESERVED FOR THE SAKE OF HISTORY
    59 4 UiiKKI K> putting up the l»- lout-high iron HVM on a rock at the Malacca Reclamation where a City Cross stood (luring Portuguese occupation of Malacca in the Kith century. The present concrete floor and cross, costing 52.000. have been built by the Malacca
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    FOUR CIVIL SERVICE JOBS STILL OPEN Vacancies for 1953 not filled
    177 4 FOUR CIVIL SERVICE JOBS STILL OPEN Vacancies for 1953 not filled KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. fFIHE Malayan Civil Servic still has vacancies f<>i non-Malay Asians The quota for 1953 was not filled. "Last year two selection board* were held, resulting in] the recruitment of 38 Asians. including four non-Malays a i
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    MYSTERY EXPLOSION NEAR COLONY POLICE STATION
    114 4 A MYSTERY explosion near, Orchard Road police station early on Monday is being investigated by Singapore police. The explosion look place outsiiie a (cuest house 100 yards from the police station. Two European women on their way home ran to the station where policemen,
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    Three skymen die in jungle drop
    135 4 TWO WERE OFFICERS ALOR STAR. Wednesday. THREE British paratroopers have died in Kedah's first air drop operation. It was carried out in the Bongsu forest reserve on Monday. Two officers and a lance corporal attached to the 2nd Special Air Service were killed. Their
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    'Well earned honour9 —Sir Gerald
    87 4 'Well earned honour 9 —Sir Gerald KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer [today sent a message to the Commander of the 848 Naval Air Squadron. Fleet Air Arm. consratulating them for winring the 1953 Boyd Trophy. Baying it was an honour they richly deserved for the
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    The blind get a farm
    65 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A poultry farm for the bllm people of Tanjong Besar. 2t miles from Kuala Lipis. wa> opened today. This halt-acre farm will 1 1 run by the blind peop!* themselves aided by the public ar.i the blind welfare committee nl Tanjong Besar
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    Bribe bid failed
    29 4 KrJALA LUMPUR. Wed Tan Boon Thian. a shop assistant, was today fined $1,000 :>r six months' gaol for offering a police Inspector a bribe ut $5
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    Soldier fined
    25 4 YusofT bin Mohamed Zain a -soldier was fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for drivinß a truck negligently alone Still Road on July 22.
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    Public lecture at university
    48 4 The Geographical Society of the University of Malayp. will hold a public lecture in the Arts Theatre of the university at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. I. V. Pclumin of the partment of Social Medicine will speak on "Problems of Human Biology i n Malaysia.
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    They'll hear strange sounds but see nothing
    215 4 They'll hear strange sounds but see nothing KUCHING, Wed LIFE in Singapore will be full of strange sounds for two little Dyak children who are due to l^ave here for the Colony soon Untong arak Baean and Sawed anak Nyub have lived all their lives away from crowds. Neither has
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    Driving breaches
    38 4 Salm bin Sues, was fined a Otal of S2OO by Mr R 8.1 Pates n the Singapore First Traflic ;ourt yesterday on charges of lriving a car without the conent of the owner. licence md Insurance.
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    HE'LL GIV THEM 'L' TESTS
    106 4 HE'LL GIV THEM 'L' TESTS /(acina driver m traffic j,,h A well-k:.- driver. Mi Woh, is the 'nl appU ot the eigh] tho Slnß Police for th< ing lrarnrr d Mr. Kok. who years' drlvins i many racing started work it section at carried out hi tcrday The Supi rinti
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    Four cleared of rioting charges
    25 4 Four men w> a Slngapon charges ol i Geort"s Ro:ui o They were Vai Mohamed bin A ■han and Ns
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    Minister leaves
    21 4 Mr. C. Di Finance Mir pore vest cutta He for a day on the Common^' i Ministers' coi ney.
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    Can't relax yet
    14 4 The Emergen i first declared on ha.s been further three-mont Government
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    Bravery of two to be rewarded
    107 4 PENANG. Wed. CX?n diving into the sea full> clothed in an attempt to save a drowning schoolboy, two people will receive testimonials from the Royal Humane Society at a ceremony to be held in the Resident Commissioner's office here on Jan. 29. The awards
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    Singapore has her two-way
    300 5 attractions, says Govt. PLAN FOR MORE VISITORS gINGAPORK has a dual attraction as a tourist centre, the government believes. A spokesman said yesterday: "Singapore is worth seeing for its own sake. It is also a handy central point for anyone wishing to make an extensive tour
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    If you want a job-or a worker...
    123 5 If you want a job -or a worker... MR r. G. TYSON, Singapore's Chief Employment Officer, yesterday urged employers and workers to make the best use of the Labour Departments employment exchange. "The bureau provides a free service to put employer! in touch with the worklesa and vice-versa. he said.
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    Methodist youth officials
    91 5 Officials of the Bcdok (Methodist Youth Fellowship, i Singapore, for thi s jre»r are: Patrons. Messrs N. son Choy. OriJ Hfim am. Kill KoO| Seng and Chua Chye Chua; prS Ident, Mr. Charlie Mm: vice president, Mr. Frankir s Chan: ti ii irry Koh: auditor Mr Mas
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    Rural committee members
    66 5 1 Officials of the Srmbawanj; Rural District Committee. SinI gapore. are: Chairman. Mr I.im Kirn Ke^: i secretary. Mr. Paul Martin: treasurer. Mr. P. V. George. Committee. Messrs. Chua Chay Fatt. P P. Gopalan. BhaA Singh. C. A WrMrrhout. ChewBan Seng. V, Moosa, S. S Gnanam. Kami.s
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    New agencies for airlines
    42 5 With the olo.Mns soon of the Singapore office of Australian National Airways, K.LM. has t;isen over the agency for A.r Ccvlon. Cathay Pacific Airways, the other aeenry held by A.N A. has been taken over by Malayan Airways.
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    House destroyed
    23 5 TELUK ANSON, Wrd.— F:re destroyed a half-built housat Kamponj; Gajah. 12 milesupstream from Teluk An.son Cause of the fire :.s unknown
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    Federation to produce a tourist guide
    146 5 Federation to produce a tourist guide KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. •pHE Information Services are publishing a tourist guide within six weeks as the first step towards re-establishing the supply of literature for travellers. Announcing this today, the Director General of Information Services, Mr. A. D. C. Peterson, emphasised that this is
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    Children plan dress parade
    49 5 MALACCA. Wed.— To make Malacca people "Red Cross Appeal Week" conscious, 80 Junior Red Cross members will parade in fancy dress through the town on the mornine of January 30. The British Red Cross Society requires $20,000 to run its activities in Malacca this year.
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    Big drive against diphtheria GOVT. IN THE LEAD
    107 5 Big drive against diphtheria GOVT. IN THE LEAD rIE all-Singapore antidiphtheria vaccination campaign, planned by the Government Medical Department and the Public Relations office will begin on March 1. This was decided yesterday by the special government subcommittee which will direct the campaign. Official figures Issued recently show that diphtheria
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    Petrol pumps mar beauty
    56 5 MALACCA. Wed— Two petrol stations in the heart of Malacca town will soon be removed in order to "enhance the beauty of ancient and historic Malacca town." This was decided at the Malacca Municipal Council meeting today Both petrol stations, facir.i each other near the Clock
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    International Club
    17 5 SEGAMAT. Wed The annual meeting of the International Club will be held on January 29.
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    Employers urged to aid ex-detainees
    167 5 WORK HARD TO FIND IN SLUMP IPOH. Wednesday. AN APPEAL to employers to help in finding work for Malay ex-detainees, either as skilled or unskilled workmen, was made at today's meeting of the committee for the aftercare of Malay detainees. The committee discussed ways of
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    Police want more Chinese
    47 5 PENANG, Wed. More Chinese youths are wanted tor the Federation Police Force. Those accepted will have pood prospects for promotion They will be taught usefui trades. Applicants will be Interviewed at the police contingent headquarters. Penane Road ;>.t 9 a.m. on February 2.
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    MIC session
    18 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The next session on the AllMalayan Indian Congress will be held ln Prai.
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    THIS STORE ROAD IS A 'BOOBY TRAP' Cars sink into the mud
    189 5 THIS STORE ROAD IS A 'BOOBY TRAP' Cars sink into the mud MANDALAY ROAD in Singapore has become a boobytrap.'" Almost every vehicle that goes their get.s stuck. Drivers don't know that a 500--yard stretch of it lies under a layer ol soft mud and earth. The City Council two
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    'VICTIM' OF THE BOOBY TRAP
    17 5 THIS LORRY was stranded yesterday m the "booby trap.' Straits Times picture.
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    Republic Day
    25 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Wed. The Indian Republic Day will be celebrated in Kuala Kancsar on Tuesday with a tea narty and a mass meeting.
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      128 5 Singapore Diary i A-i MTcal si«iii>: Annual general meeting, British Council Hall. Stamford Road Mfl v .in. Biilisli Red < r«.»s So< i<tv Old People* Club relaowanlp, w.- lej Cburen hall, Por Canning Road, 4 pm. s'porr Aria Theatre: Bhakeapeare'i Macbeth, Victoria Theatre maiinee (or .students .i :tO p m.
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    DEATH
    25 6 MRS A P AW I HAM I Lum ton am on 1 HS4 The cnr'rze leaves for ;oTd Cemetery al 4 30 p m
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    19 6 c Itlvw ard [nend.^ (or 'heir nr wed- HOCK their enU and lag*. ends for ble preelr wed-
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    65 6 J/O (minimum) lo win I I own A: i >.cr H>n •,nl We: I t Prin- K 1.. PM/c n Bob Hope In Phi l.emon d their eh you WAii t. lan. the more \ou v. ili .rt! Will r rri ii ation 4HJ4. lore V k i- Doi
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Jan. 21, 1954. The March To Freedom
    659 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Jan. 21, 1954. The March To Freedom Yesterday the 22,000 Chinese .md North Korean prisoners who have refused repatriation in san their march from the camp in the demilitarised cone where they have been held for 17 day] by the Indian custodian force. They are
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    School of Building
    361 6 The Singapore Government has rarely spent $65,000 to I better advantage than it has by creating the little "school of building" which Mr. Thio Chan Bee formally opened yesterday. It is by no means a large enterprise. Only eight trainees are being accepted to begin with, to
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    Guinea Bargain?
    297 6 Til pit ire s'-veral .snacs. not ohwrvible apparently in Tokyo. that make impossible tho bar- i gain purchase of Now Guinea which is proposed by a Japanese businessman. For one thing there are no sellers. And if there were, then there would be an Indonesian opinion to be
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    Malaya needs a Department of Anthropology
    1776 6 Dato Sir Roland Braddell, an expert on Malayan history, says that there arc welcome si£ns of an awakening, interest in the ancient past of Malaya. He wants to stimulate that interest and states that.... PREHISTORY was esta- blished as a science in Europe not
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      Womankind is one: We are all sisters
      218 6 UP-TO-DATE Chinese asks what authority I have tor speaking for the Chinese. If he la up-to-date, then Ivought to know that there la an organisation in this Colony called the Singapore Council 31 Women, consisting of 1.009 members, more than half of vhom
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      S.I.T. rent protest
      125 6 I WANT to protest at the recent 34 per cent increase in rent Imposed by the Singapore Improvement Trust authorities. on pre-war flats. No reason was given for thi.s increase except for a memorandum to the elTect that the rent would be increased, effective from Feb 1
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      Police checks
      84 6 AT a police stop, some police- men stopped a car driven by a European. One of the policemen went up to the drivt-r, spoke to him and then let him go on. But he thoroughly checked the previous car in which I wa> We asked him why he
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      'MAN IS MORE ADVENTUROUS'
      203 6 A EUROPEAN WOMAN" is right when she says that "love is a word loosely used." but surely, evfn she can see she Ls not being fair to her father's sex when she says that the word is loosely used "to describe biological reasons giving the male
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    On the Margin
    182 6 On the Margin Art of Adverfa, OOUW puti •Straits Time; the toui of my mine denlng remai (•(HI! A But the an is one ti I; chary of p a i cii the v with pi exciting rock temple lowed of Sil woodland distinctly n motoi with can i that
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      182 6 White Harvest V r In many countries salt is still made by the simpl running sea-water into large shallow ponds evaporate in the he; tof the sun. Ihe rate at evaporates depends mainly on the amount of it absorbs, but in normal circumstance* heat is lost by reflection fr«>m the
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    Soldiers fired at three figures in forest
    263 7 WE THOUGHT THEY WERE BANDITS, OFFICER TELLS INQUEST MALACCA, Wednesday. i\ \rm\ platoon commander told the Malacca 1 nroner today how he and his men fired at a .tire in the undergrowth, thinking it was a ►rist. W, C. Ifurison. of "D" Company.
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    Fourcharged after sweep raids
    13 7 Fourcharged after sweep raids 1 ich iim. 23. Puff n:nl March an to
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    DELAY AT CUSTOMS HITS IMPORTERS
    171 7 Heavy losses, they tell Govt. KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today protested to the Federation Customs Department that delays in releasing goods were causing "extremely heavy losses" to importers. In a letter to the Comptrol- ler of Customs the A.C.C. \\tzod
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    Penang gets less than it gives
    90 7 PENANG. Wed. PENANG is on the losing end in its relations with thyCentral Welfare Council, sa:l Mr. J. Grundy at yesterday' annual meeting of the Settlement Welfare Committee. Mr. Koh Sin Hock, chairman, told the meeting thai the Settlement had contributed about $19,000 to
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    Protest over 150 sackings
    48 7 The executive committee o: the 10.000-stronc Singapore tuncll Labour Unions Federation will meet today to protest against yesterday's dismissal of 150 temporary Water Department workers 25 men have beer, oil. red re-errployment by the City Council, but union oflitnls will not meet thr situation.
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    Driver fined, disqualified
    33 7 Lim Poh Chon was find $165 <nd disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles in Singa- pore yesterday for driving with an expired licence and j *-ith<".it third party insurance.
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    Up and up goes water consumption
    228 7 Up and up goes water consumption WATER consumption in Singapore has jumped from an average of 32 million eallon.s a day in 1951 to between 44 and 4fi million a day at the present time, the rity Water Engineer, Mr \V 8. Stredwick. said jpwterd ly Spread over the whole
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    Woman granted decree nisi
    48 7 Mrs. Olga Marie Le Blond who sued her husband. Mr Neil Derrick Lr Blond. lor divorce on the ground of cruelty, was granted a decree ni.si in Singapore yesterday. The decree is to I? made absolute in three months. Tho petition was not contested.
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    FILM TEAM ON MAY TO ISLANDS
    158 7 TWO AUTHORS, a film director and a geologist. flew to Singapore Qantas-8.0.A.C. any. Above are Mr Frank Lee (left), director o/ h i film, 'The Wooden Horse and Mr Richard Mason. author of "The Wind Canl not Read", irho arrive-'. jrom Britain. They ar
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    School fund used for Kirkby trainees, they say
    150 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE IRATE Selangor Parents' Association is angrier still because, it is said, national school funds have been used to finance the training of teachers at Kirkby in England "We were told at a meeting with the Mentri Besar recently
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    Smallholders get a 'no'
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.-A rubbers smallholders' demand for an Immediate step-up in I the replanting; scheme ha.; been turned down by a special committee of the rubber industry replanting board. The committee said it wanted time to Judge the smallholders' response to the replanting scheme.
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    Transfusion service will be open on Sundays if...
    179 7 TPHE Singapore Blood Transfusion Service is prepared to operate on Sunday mornings, if at least 20 donors can be mustered, the Services medical officer. Dr. M. James, said yesterday. Dr. James wa.s answering a letter, published in yesterday's Straits limes, protesting that
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    They want $50,000 for a club-house
    156 7 THE Singapore Chinese Ladles' Association is working hard to make a success of its annual dinnervianee by which it hopes to raise $50,000 towards a new club house. The secretary. Mrs. Marie Llm. said yesterday: "Although we have done so much for various charities,
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    38 are fined
    27 7 LUMUT. Wed. Thirty-e; K ht shopkeepers on Pangkor Inland yesterday were fined a total of $1,575 here for infrin:ine the Weekly Holidays Ord! nance.
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    Made false report to police: $200
    114 7 SINGAPORE bus conductor j Lee Eng Lay. 23. was fined $200 in the Third Police Court today for making a false re- j port to the police against Tan Ah Lep. a carpenter. The court was told that five morth.s apo Lie Enu Lay
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    Model wall for Mr. Thio
    40 7 >IR. MHO (HAN mi. receives a model of a wall from a student of the Junior Technicnl School. Sunny I'on^ Mini < himr;. after hr had opened thr new School of BaUding yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Now street urchins can learn a trade SCHOOL OF BUILDING OPENS
    201 7 Now street urchins can learn a trade SCHOOL OF BUILDING OPENS ITNEMPLOYED street urchins who usually become juvenile delinquents or secret .society members will now find useful jobs after training in Singapore's new School of Building. i This was said by Mr. Thio Chan Bee. Legislative Councillor, after he opened
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    Govt. may get more land
    60 7 Singapore Government is to acquire 58.057 square leet oi land, next to the General Hospital. Notice of this Is given in the latest Government Gazette. The Director of Medical Serrtces. Dr W. J. Vlckers, tom the Strait* Times that the land cover.s a small area
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    Safe-breaker takes §135
    31 7 A tniet broke into premise., In Ocean Building Singapore, 'on Tuesday night and Stole $IHS and a wrist watch fror.i the office safe. A skeleton key was used.
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    Burglar strikes again
    73 7 ipoh. Wed. Hotel lodgera were again victims oi burglar last night. The burglar soi away with 53.)0 in cai jewellery. The burglar sealed t] wall of the hotel in Street, hooked out through a window a shirt and trousers with $150 in cash and ;i wri.-t watch
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    Union wants more pay
    58 7 Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union will press for a 50 cents increa.se in the ba>ie salaries of all stevedores and wharf workers, the union seeletary, Mr. Duraisamy, said yesterday. An extraordinary general meeting will be held on February 2 tr consider the board's latest offei of
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    Bog missing from a car
    46 7 A white Boxer pup w.imi.ssed from a car parked opposite the Singapore Cold Storage, Orchard Road, yesterday. Named Rex, it belongs i Mr. H. G. Court, of Rebecc i Park. A reward will be paid -jo anyone who finds the pup.
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    $250 damage
    34 7 IPOH. Wed. -Damage valued at $250 was caused by I pefson who slashed all the .sr.it.s in a 24-seater bus which had beep, parked at the Silibln Road bus stand yesterday morning.
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    ADVANCE PARTY7 OF WORLD BANK MISSION ARRIVES
    97 7 ADVANCE PARTY 7 OF WORLD BANK MISSION ARRIVES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed THE one-man "advance party" of the International Bank Mission to Malaya. Mr. W M. Gilinarun. arrived here by ail today from Washington. The 13-man-misMon proper, led by Sir Louis Chick, is due on Saturday. Mr. Gilmartln was met today
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    I saw murder —girl
    170 7 I saw murder —girl Death sentence on tapper IPOH. W«d i PRETTY girl tappei b ive [pot) Asslse Court today an eye-wlt-•uni ol a fatal shooting Incident on an ed tapping flrlri oi na Estate, on May 25 hist n Abdullah murdering the estate tindai ny. Malay assessors r"turned a
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    HAD ONE CARD TOO MANY, SAYS CHARGE
    65 7 HAD ONE CARD TOO MANY, SAYS CHARGE A Sin that Chow Ann, asked for his identit;. ■arc! :.t a police road hlm-K In Road, Sli iroduced a wallet containing ntity cards One the other. bei n issued t r > bin, of Bukit 11) Chow pleaded licit gull! to itity
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    Sir Donald to visit Africa
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. f,i: Donald McGilllvray the Deputy Hiph c ler, will pay a pir. bo friends in before returning to m.i. March. He will leave London at the end of tnis month.
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      69 7 The weather HOTTEST IX K.L. MIMMI H Tl Mil K M t 1,1 I 1 WIMI M II MII I! I I I I. IM M.I ■IGH riDKS l<)ll\^ 1 ms i ng l 4« l OMORROW Ini i; s tna < ins i rrn. $92 missing an Indian Innourer
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    Republic Day meeting
    62 8 Malayan lnoian Congrmt. Singapore, will hold a p meeting to commemorate Indian Republic Day at the N World arena at 4 p.m. Saturday. Speeches will be made tn English, Tamil. Hindi and Malay. Mr. Ken Ninomiya, Japanese Consul-Generni. U. Ba Thaung. Burmese Consul, and Mr. M. Oopala
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    Fined $350 on bribery charge
    48 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Chok Fook, charged in thp Sessions Court here today with moving cakes without a permit and with offering I bribe of $2 to constable as a ■peare offering was fined $50 on the first charge and $3.~H> on the second.
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    4 days more
    41 8 The current exhibition of paintings and drawningt by nix artists at the British Council, Hall in Stamford Road. Singapore, will end on Sunday. The exhibition is open free to the public from 9 a.m. to 6. p. in
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    Varsity dance
    30 8 The Historical Society of the University of Malaya will hold i a dance at the Victoria MemoI rial Hall at 8.30 p.m. on Fen- I i ruary 6.
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    They want to cut the skyscraper scheme down to 2 or 3 storeys
    278 8 They want to cut the skyscraper scheme down to 2 or 3 storeys rIE $22 million Shenton, Way skyscraper project can be a success if the Singapore Government permits the construction of two or three storey buildings instead of its original requirements for ten storeys. This is the consensus of
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    The 'Big 12' to give views on land bill HEARING BEFORE COMMITTEE
    155 8 The 'Big 12' to give views on land bill HEARING BEFORE COMMITTEE TWELVE of Singapore's biggest landowners, who petitioned the Legislative Council last December aeainst a proposed bill to stabilise land values, will give their views to the seven-man select committee now examining the bill. They say the proposed bill
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    He pedalled trisha to help fund
    115 8 PENANO, A SUM of $162 collected by the headmaster ol t Chinese school who rode a trusha during his vac/ will be handed over to a scholarship fund in memory of the iate Mr. David Chen, former principal of Chung Ling High School. Mr.
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    JUDGE GETS A LETTER —ORDERS A RETRIAL
    237 8 JUDGE GETS A LETTER —ORDERS A RETRIAL KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. F)l I o\\ i\(. receipt of a letter alleging that one of the two assessors was an interested party, Mr. Justice Bellamy today stopped a retrial and ordered a third hearing of the case in which three Sikhs were charged
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    They aim to speed up the efficiency drive
    93 8 MECHANICAL equipment necessary to speed up work and efficiency of Johore government departments has been ordered in Britain. I Efficiency measures recommended by the organisation I consultant. Mr. R. R Felstead. of the London firm of Urwick. Orr and Partners, have been
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    PASSENGERS HAD TO WAIT 4 HOURS
    58 8 PASSENGERS HAD TO WAIT 4 HOURS The 11.695-ton line r Victoria anchored in the outer roads early yesterday but had to wait four hours belore 8q passengers could disembark. The Glen Lines Glengyle was still in the berth allocated to the Victoria discharging cargo Local agents for the Glen»yle said
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    Officer was negligent
    84 8 C R Castleton. a chief petty officer at the Royal Naval 3w charged in Singapore jesterdav with causing the death of Sim Hay. 52. by a negligent act. was found guilty of negligent driving and fined $100. The Judge. Mr. F. A. Chua. said there was insufficient
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    Trees planted in commemoration
    36 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The District Officer of Pontian and members of the Town Board planted 14 trees around the town padang to commemorate the first anniversary of the introduction iof Operation Service
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    English course
    23 8 The second three-month I lecture course on spoken English, organised by the British Council. Singapore, will I begin on January 26.
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    Free film show
    30 8 There will be a free educational film show by the Public Relations mobile him unit In the Tolok Ayer Chinese Methodist church hall. Singapore at 7.30 tonight.
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    RUSSIAN SHIPS DUE HERE
    49 8 j;\rn 111) in Singapore today is another Russian fishing Fj Hi-. -i one refrigerator ship and 17 small boats. Loral agents for Russian ships told the Straits Times that they have no information as to the destination of the fleet, which has come from Colombo.
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    First public performance
    52 8 The Gamelan Orchestra. which plays exclusively at the command of the Indonesian Consulate, will give its lirst public perfoimance In Malaya at the Oei Tions Ham Hull or the University of Malaya tomorrow night The performance, part of a concert of Oriental music, will be repeated on
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    ROBBER GETS 10 YEARS
    249 8 ROBBER GETS 10 YEARS 'Bad record* says judge Jlflß. Justice Knight in Singapore Assize Court yesterday gaoled Chan Fook Kong for 10 years for armed robbery at a Chinese shop in Paya Lebar. The sentence will he followed by four years' police supervision Tan Ah Menu, who was trted with
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    Failed to report Reds SENT TO GAOL
    68 8 Failed to report Reds SENT TO GAOL JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Quek Ah Heng. 70. told the Sessions Court at Pontian yesterday that he was afraid' to report bandits near his home because if police came and found no one they would call him a liar. Quek. who pleaded guilty to
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    Repair man fined: Dismantled car on 5-foot way
    101 8 Oiig Chin Llm, a car repairer in Jalan Sultan, was fined Sf>o In the Singapore City Police Court yesterday, for obstruction Ong admitted depositing a <ai. engine and wheels on the live-foot way. roadside and over a drain in Jalan Sultan. The
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    Elected to office for 1954
    85 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The following have been elected officials of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here for 1954: President. Dato Wong Shee Fun; vice-president. Mr. Ng Chew Kiat; secretary. Mr. Chang Joo Chiang; asst. secretary. Mr. Ng Kheng Hoon treasurer. Mr Chee Yong Tat auditor.
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    Closing days
    26 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The Customs Office here will be closed on Feb L—Federation Day— and on Feb. 3 and 4 for Chinese New Year.
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    22 8 Singapore Council for Adult Education's lecture course on physical geography at Raffles Institution tomorrow has *jeen postponed to Jan. 29.
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    Knife battle raged in Paris streets when Apaches fought for 'Queen'
    1708 9 Knife battle raged in Paris streets when Apaches fought for 'Queen' F E A T U R E rpWO borse drawn carriages rumbled slowly through the snow-carpeted ts of Montmartre. the Bohemian rter of Paris, one chill January day 1902. In the first was a handsome ig man muffled in
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    FEW PRICE CHANGES IX DULL TRADING
    503 10 TIN JUMPS, RUBBER EASIER THE Singapore share market had a very quiet day yesterday when activity was reduced to a minimum and the total turnover in all sections was meagre Prices were however, fairly steady and there were few changes made in quotations largely
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    WALL STREET
    161 10 NEW YORK. Wed THE Stock market yesterday was auain inemilar M the market continued to consolidate recent recovery movements. The volume tended to contract and the Us) showed mostly iiucticmal variation* with losses claimin". I lUght majority. Once again the business HI picture was ilomly becaUM of tlie
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    Produce prices
    74 10 Sinj;.«porp Chinese Produce Kvchange: Noon prices per picul were: C'>pi.i: strariy; Febni;iry $41 buyers. *42 sellers; March $41 buycis. $41!- sellers! Coconut oil: straov- $«7 sellers Pepper: s'e.iciy. anchsnged; Mu.tok white $340: o..!aw;ik 1335; Lampong black *305. Lewis and Peat: Closing prices were Copra: s'eacV; February «41 buyers,
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    Exchange rates
    64 10 The Malay. 111 Exchange B.inks Assjciati-m made thr following rh<MiKrs in its rates to merchants yesterday: HOM. KON<i: srllinc T.T. or od. 53 buying, T.T. 53 u, o.d. 53 1 16. On the free exch;ince market in Hone Kong yesterdax the US. dollar was quoted a' .=,***** for
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    SYDNEY HERALD BUILDING SOLD
    95 10 SYDNEY HERALD BUILDING SOLD SYDNEY. Jan.. 10. rpHE Sydney Morning Herald A building here has been sold I to the Bank of New South Wales for ,£A1.500.000 (£l,--200.000 sterling), the Herald announced today. Tlie proprietors. J<« l i n fax and Sons, proprietary, will erect on a larger site "the
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    Australian stocks
    79 10 MXI B INDUSTRIAI 1 were change today p nnil fluctuation. The nmsi ing compa, line i i stock today, compare) <iav were: Loan 3\' 1956-M I I oan IVi' 1956-M Australian r..tx nsol in<i ol n 8 w Bank ol N W B. Hill Prop. ilds Dunlops House
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    HOSCOTE BUYS ESTATE
    121 10 The direct Rubb. r the purchas comprtslng 1 919 which 1.622 acn With old and 61 i 1948-49i rubber session ln>m Jan Tlir purrh i Is £8.750 in cash ai shares of the compai cd as fully paid, and v i :9.i ppro r acn plants Rcre
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    Singapore shipping
    67 10 THE follr.wlnc ships ire pore or are expo OITKR ROAM EB. Wteitta, Hgyuß Maru, Helioi, Waikelo, Tournai, Tankhaven II B-in'.im, Easferr Mvi Hock. Alike W;ir-. INMK KO\l>llpli. S£. Asahan Ree. B:\nujopWiii; Pangkor. Tinanc. Slai H:m I l Serudom. Hong I d;ik. Hanthale, Serdani: Pulau Bukoni: Tajula. v>ieat field.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    159 10 Rubber loat a quarter of a cent in Sinsapore yesterday when the market re-openrd after the holiday and closed last nisht at 56 4 cents a pound. The market was quiet throughout with a moderate turnover for lower grades. Closine prices yesterday in cents per pound were: No.
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    Randall report will meet some opposition
    279 10 WASHIXoTON. Wcdnr "the forthcoming recommendations of tho R Commission on foreign economic policy to Lite world trade will be tempered by ;i series ing statements from Congressional memrv rs. if was learned authoritatively today. Members from farm States were reported to have plained that
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    Tin Price
    18 10 Thr price ol tin rxirr yrvt.rd.n U flri'Urro «t 1319 ,i pi. ill up M v
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      446 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS REPORTERS In the Drp of Broadcasting. TtM Is *438 18A 600 pm. Appointment will be an 3-yenr agreement In the first Instance The Initial monthly emoluments for iai tingle .ire $641.50 pin and <b> married officer with or without children $RB7 00 pm In addition a allowance will
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      415 10 NOTICES ALLUVIAL TIN (SIAM) LIMITED Bnnnnon Valley WITH reference to Report of the DtractOd dated 30th November 1953 accompanying the accounts at 30th June 1953. we have to advise that the option to purcha.se the Company's interests in the Bangnon Valley area. Southern Siam, has been exercised. Further details In
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      699 10 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. Paul S. Markanrian has no connection whatsoever with the British Council. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. I^eow Heng Ooey. the Secretary of I I Singapore Hawkers' Union has complftrd his terms of service and i is no more with the union. Notice ts hereby further
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      711 10 TENDERS TENDERB will be received from Registered P.W.D. Contractors not below Clans "C" nt the Office of the State Engineer. Kedah Perils. Alor Star up to 4.00 p.m. on 10th I February. 1954 for the construction of ONE DOUBLE-STOREYED Class C" Quarters TWO SINGLESTOREYED Class "C" Quarters at Slmpung l
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      132 10 SHIPPING NOTICES OSAKA SHOSFN K.tISHA S.S. "TERUTAMA MARU" Arrived 14 1.54 Consignees of car«o ex the above vessel are notified that the General Survey will be held in S.H.B. Godown 6-A at 9 am. on 22nd January. No other survey will be held. Agents TATERSON SIMONS fz CO LTD. M.V.
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      1235 11 J MANSFIELD «5c CO., LTD. -24,2 ■her m Singapore) Peuage BLUE FUNNEL LINE D*ar. n option te proceed via other port, to load ona dischora. earao SAILINGS te LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Dv So* P. S'hom Panong elono, Hovre J0n. 22 Jan 24 Jan. 27/29 J0n. 30/31 r'ollond,
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    603 12  - Unrehearsed. incidents. GRAHAM THi: HOYAI, TflinS ilr IT is not the big formal OeCttkKM hut the unrehearsed, informal incidents which are proving most popular In New Zealand during the visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Like the tune the Queen heard two small girls arßuinc whether she
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    Complexion— older woman's problem
    827 12  - Complexion older woman's problem joy jiexzh 1;* HEArTY in the TROPICS IK ■fHE older woman living A in the tropics who is trying to preserve a youthful complexion is faced with a very real problem. Skin and muscles which are already beginning to sag will rapidly deteriorate in this atmosphere
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    The AFFAIRS of ANN
    295 12 I surveyed the contents of the linen cupboard sadly and reach, ed Hie conclusion rtiat, however teI v c t a n fly. something would hav c to be done about those sheets, so without more ado I set off for x pilgrimage to the shops.
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      190 12 Modess Af '"those certain times", jT\ Ek fhc modern woman relics on Modess, the 541 economical, safe and fully f J absorbent sanitary protection, lor lomplctr confidence and comfort. 1 >U_J —^>» Modem alf-rlatti IB SimttiKit II U v y sanitary A'kAnHm./UUfviv product: The BORNEO Co.. L Gold Dollar Tea
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      265 12 Straits Times Crossword lip _B_HZ|fe Z Z M 9 l> Ik 1 UM a jjTll ACROSS woman (7>. 8. "Now good digfstio:i wait on 17. Unnecessary 'o send eels 181 (Macbeth) (8). 19. Found in" machinery when 9. Attack (at. due for replacement (s>. 10. It is repeatedly taken on
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    BRIDGE LAW II WILL BE A STAR SPRINTER
    522 13 BRIDGE LAW II WILL BE A STAR SPRINTER By EPSOM JEEP gRIDGE LAW II is well on the way to becoming a top-flight sprinter. In six outings in Malaya his strapping four-year-old by Etoile de Lyons jut of Youenda has stormed his way to the top :lass. Yet he was
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    65 13 AFTER forty years association with Malayan raring, Mr. Rube Billrtt attended his farewell rare meeting at Bukit Timah on Tuesday. Malayan racehorse owners fathered at the owners bar to wish him a happy retirement and "bon wmnn" and presented him with a souvenir. Here is Mr. Billrtt (left) receiving the
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    FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK AT B. TIM AH
    219 13 I^OREST ni'KE created a Rood x Impression In his flrst outing A trifle slow off the mark, he was forced to race wide out and across the line was no more than 21--lengths behind the winner, River Moon 11. This three-year-old son of
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    Last day weights
    390 13 H'F.IGHTS for Sa- lurd.iv. last day of the Singapore Turf Club's January meeting: THF. ,IAM ARY CCP Cl. 2, Dlv. I—9 F. Three Rings !>.OO losker II 8.13 Opera 8.12 Slecltrap B.lt Innate 8.10 Kindling 8.10 King Crow 8.09 Singing Master B.OS Harringav 8.0!) Cinder's Prince 8.08
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    England host to t.t. championships
    219 13 LONDON. Wednesday. THE English Table Tennis Association is making arrangements for hundreds of visitors to the Wembley arena for the 21st world championships to be held there from Apr. 6 to 14. Provision of food, accommodation and transport for 500 players and officials of 38
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    Mersing Police win
    33 13 MERSINO. Wed:— Police beat Youngsters 4 2 in a friendly soccer match. Police scorers were: Haidzir i2>. Attan Khamts and Bakar Said. Hassan All and Ibrahim Haron scored for Youngsters.
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    MEDICAL SERVICE ANNUAL HOCKEY
    100 13 The annual Hockey match of :he Medical Services between the u> ried and Bachelors will be played at ft :5 p.m. at the College Grouni. Sopot Lines today. Team* are: Married: !?ee Ho Meng: S. John. Kce Chone: D. E. I.ovett. Seva Singh icapt > Dr
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    K.L. RACE ENTRIES
    750 13 KUALA I.UMPUR. Wed. I TWENTY-FIVE Class One horses have entered "or the Selangor Gold Cup. the flrst "classic of the IS.S4 Malayan Racing season to be j run on the last day of the Selunpnr Turf Ci'ib.s Meeting on Jan. 30, Feb. i 4. and 6. OI
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    Thivy shield annual hockey
    71 13 KUAI A LUMPUR. Wed. The fnllouin;; p!;iyei s will travel to Manpon to represent Selangor Indlanx in the annunl hockey match for the Thivy Shield, to be played on Saturday: T. Nariurajah (capt). E. Parhymuttu. M. Snanmucamatham. M K. Raj. Hanifl Khan. Mokhtlar Singh, C ArunuiKitm.
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    HARBOUR BOARD, CEYLONESE WIN
    62 13 Sinuapore Harbour Board Police beat Young Men's Christian Association 4-n in a hoc- Ice v friendly at Balrstier Road ye.sterd.iy. Santokh IM (J), Bachnn Singh and MiGre.idy scored lor SHB Polire N. Riizak and Balwant Singh um|)lted. In another hockey friendly, also at BaleMier Rnari. Ceylon
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    NOT PLAYED
    19 13 The ruKßer friendly between Sinpapore Police and Teachers' TrainIng Collese scheduled for Police Depot yesterday, was cancelled.
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    24 13 Star Sotcerites beat H.M.S. Newfoundland 3-0 in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Rahlm Omar i2> and Vivian Roberts scored.
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    A 69-3 TROUNCING FOR SOMERSETS
    495 14 REME will next face the Fijians KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Fighting Fijians added yet another huge score to their already big list of rugger wins when they trounced Ist Bn., Somerset Light Infantry by 69 points (12 goals, three tries) to three (penalty) in the
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    North-South rugby tickets are on sale
    221 14 B| W. K. TREVOR rpHE most important rucby match 1 in the Malayan Rucby Union calendar, the annual North-South i came, will be played this year at Jalan Besar stadium Singapore, on Jan. 30. Reserved seats at $3 each will be on sale from
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    BOUNA VISTA XI BEAT ALEXANDRA
    51 14 Bouna Vistn Rangere scored a 3-1 victory over Alexandra In a Bre--veries Kamponc I.eacue match for the Ticer Beer Cup. played at 3rcwencs around yesterday. Scorers for the winners were Sudin bin Mokmin i 2. and Mnhri Tawj; Hamid bin Ibrahim replied I tor Alexandra.
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    Club owed victory to their vigorous pack
    475 14 4 BUSTLING and vigorous Singapore Cricket Club "A" pack laid the foundations of the Club's 2 points (two tries, a dropped goal and a penalty) to ;ix (two tries) victory over the Singapore Harbour ?oard in a rugby match played on the Padang
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    WEST INDIES ARE NOW 450 AHEAD Thanks to Weekes' 86 n.o.
    498 14 WEST INDIES ARE NOW 450 AHEAD Thanks to Weekes' 86 n.o. KINGSTON (Jamaica), Wednesday. A l l li< n (.11 they gained a first innings lead of Ml runs, the West Indies captain. Jeff Stollmeyer, did not enforce the follow-on yesterday, fourth day of the first Test match against England.
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    Scoreboard
    71 14 WEST INDIES (Ist Inns) 417. ENGLAND ilsl Inns) 170. UKST INHII > l-'nd Inns). Frederick lh« Statham 30 Stollmeyer r Man* b Bailey 8 Holt lb« Mos- 1 Weekrs not nut 86 Walcntt c Bailey b Lock 25 11. ..I!- b Lock 1 dome? Iba SUitham 3 I M.
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    Rugby 'Test' on padang
    121 14 DI'GBY enthusiasts will have a lv chance of seeinc former stars in action once more before they definitely hanc up their boots when the Singapore Cricket Cl-ib holds an Over-30's v Under-30 s match on the pnd:ing this evening. The Over-30's will be captained j by
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    NEHRU TEAM IN FINAL
    75 14 R«sult| of Indian Republic Day leapue soccer matches played at Fairer Park yesterday were Nehru Team beat Nntaji Team 4-1. Scorers: Salludin <2>. .1 sm»li and Subramanium for winners B Dutta for Nataii Team Azad Team drew l-i with Rajaji Team. Scorers: P. A. Sann fm
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    R.A.S.C. TOPPLE THE FINALISTS
    134 14 ROYAL Army Service Corp hecame one of the toi Army rugger sides In thf Colony yesterday when the trounred the Singapore finalists of the FARELF Cup competition, REME Workshops. tASC won by 17 points ia goal and three tries) to five <a goal) in a friendly
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    Neo is beaten to 3rd place 3.8 sec behind Henricks
    344 14 Neo is beaten to 3rd place 3. 8 sec behind Henricks SYDNEY, Wednesd,, THE SINGAPORE swimming star. was beaten into third place today in the freestyle final of the New South \V;ilrs h ships. Jon Henricks, the young Australia swim tion, was first with a record-breaking and John Davitt was
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    Durant Dozey net 7 between them
    113 14 BR i v,i an tween Dv produced which R flxtun 11 fenre. whii able in Identical mi comblni The m lillllt 2—l Ir.n But the s< ored I ■>■ i i RAF opei minute, through 1 1 sn.i]) ehan Rut in the burst p
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    53 14 The team to represent th? Sincipore Cricket Club 'A' against the Royal Malayan Navy in r fr'endly hockey match to be played on the SCC. padang at 5.15 p.m. today will be: Mathot: Arkell. Brands; Cornish Wood icapt. i. Moss; Dormer McMullen. D. McMullen, JefTerey Bedford, Umpire:
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    WINNING GOAL BY BISSETT
    27 14 RAF. (Beh I Customs 1-0 in I Association Jun 01 I :nd replay al I d;iy. Bissett srore<l In I of r\tr,t time.
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    112 14 OLAYING with Only nine men throughout the came. Indian Association were too weak for Sincnpore Recreation Club „nd lost by six coals -,o two in a hockey friendly at SRC. ground ye<t?rday Outstanding yesterday waa Percy Pennefather who led the SRC. attack and scored five coals.
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      288 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SAl.h :o Word, $i (Min.)— Box 50 di txtrm. CHEMARA E' Garden Stumps, and pr. 107. G. 1. B R. 2 Chemara 2(-.2n.3; <t 32 Buduood now available. Apply Manager. Cbemara btate, Layanc Layanc Johore. Tel: S 268. JUST ARRIVED Teddy Beais 16" to 30" $9.00 to
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