The Straits Times, 19 April 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times listd. 184:. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1954. 15 CENTS Sat*"" 1 tie******
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    NEW ALLIANCE DEMAND
    413 1 m};11 tor fully elected council LEADERS STILL GOING TO U.K. MALACCA, Sunday. NEARLY 2,0(10 people heard UMNO-MCA leaders today condemn as "most unreasonable, rerrettable and intolerable," the Briti>h Colonial Hiiro rejection of the request by the Alliance for alks in London on the Federal election and other
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    The Queen and Duke at celebrations
    162 1 The Queen and Duke at celebrations NUWARA LLTYA. (Ceylon) I Sun. QUEEN Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh met tea planters and their wives at the centenary celebrations of the Planters' Association of Ceylon near here Tv plve hundred guests attended the party at the Radella club, which nestle: among
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    THE BEST EASTER SINCE WAR
    35 1 THE BEST EASTER SINCE WAR K lain's seals their busiest Bfa- for p r f* rtni'tts Kit r nston ■nes V ■oijr ft f fcatr.a: ttrinu f of the I itw i Us I the
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    Another bandit shot dead
    6 1 A Part
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    WORK ON BIGGER, FASTER COMET IS SUSPENDED
    64 1 c In omet, suspended by British Overseas Airways aftrr a third had crashed mysteriousthe Mediterranean earl; this month, and hoped it would be instructed to resume norctlvity in the near future. Comet II designed for 44 ngers. la a larser and faster planr
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    Petrov atom plot tool?
    76 1 Petrov atom plot tool? LONDON. Sun. -The diplojratie correspondent nf the Sunday Dispatch suggested to- 1 day that the revelations made by M Vladimar Petrov, the Soviet diplomat granted political asylum in Australia, were •an elaborate plant designed to .slop America and Britain sharinu atomic Kcrets." The correspondent. Guy Eden
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    Chinese shot in estate
    48 1 A patrol of 91 Squadron. R.A.F. Regiment yesterday tire on two Chinese who did not stop when challenged on Tanah Mcrah Estate, in the Port Dickson district of Negri Simbiian. oj,, of them was wounded It is in Seremban hospital Hie other ran away.
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    He gets a $1,666 doming
    166 1 ONI ol |SM three winners of last week's Straits Times Word Puzzle was Mr. M K Deva a second year medical student at the Tnivcrsily of Malaya. Karh winner will receive si.tiiiii.iii; Colleagues at the Tan Tock Sens hostel. Sincapore. eoiiKiatulated Mr. Deva on his
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    Sir Percy tackles the gem racket
    101 1 JOHANNESBURG, Sun BRITAIN'S former Ml rtt .service chief. Sir Percy iillitoe, has "a promising lead" n his investigation of a vast rternational diamond smimßlnq racket, he told a newspaper KMT. The former "Glasgow gangraster" now in South Africa old the Johannesburg Sunday rimea he
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    Bandits slash man on road
    93 1 KIAIA I.I'MPI'R. Sun. TBJgJ armed, uniformed terrorists > c s t c r d a y -.l.ishcd lo death a civilian in the Sunjjei Sipul North District of Perak. Koonc Hoonc Chut. 'IT. was on a Meyels when he was ■<•- (<Mcrt hv hanriitv who
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    Swish round the bend —and on to victory
    76 1 MM I IHi i; Mlo\ s champion motor cyclist, .'l-tcar-old K ijaiainani Mvuganam. showed his (lass to Singapore motoring enthusiasts yesterday when he won the (iap Mill Climb's .")00 c.c. event in ILJMee. Sivananam. who is pictured cornerini; at hich speed on
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    NASSER NOW PREMIER: NEGUIB A FIGUREHEAD
    198 1 \IKO. Sunday I I KIT. COLONEL GAMEL ABDEL NASSER today replaced President Neeuih as J Prime .Minister of Efivpt and president of the ruling Revolution Council, which ousted King Farouk. Neguib retains the title of President of the Republic, hut is thought to he
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    Ship aground
    33 1 TOKYO. Sun. The IRO--ton British frcijshter Wmhope went aground off the west coa.st of TiLshima Islands m the Korea Straits last r.isht. but her 50 crewmen are safe aboard— A. P.
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    Soviet meeting
    26 1 LONDON. Sun Moscow Radio said today that the newly elected Supreme Soviet would meet for the first time on Tuesday in the Kremlin Renter
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    BAN ATOM WARFARE, THE POPE URGES
    176 1 VATICAN CITY. Sun. i r>OPE Pius xii today issued I a solemn warning against the dangers of the atom and hydrogen bombs and called on the world to banish atomic, biological and chemical warfare. He was delivering an BastSf radio message to the world.
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    INDEPENDENCE PLEDGE BEFORE PACIFIC PACT'
    75 1 INDEPENDENCE PLEDGE BEFORE PACIFIC PACT' MANILA. Sun. Vmmil— T<T Cattss P. (iartia said fSOtsi day the Philippines would support a V. S. -sponsored Pacilic alliance if the Western Powers promised to urant independent e to Asian territories under their rule. Mr. (iareia. who also is Foreign Secretary, Mid this to
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    Ike's appeal: Help end this hysteria
    240 1 Ike's appeal: Help end this hysteria NFW YOKK Sun PRESIDENT Hseahotrei will I appeal to American newspapers in a liair speech in New York on 'ihurMlay MigM to help "transform M .isr of a'niiiii hysteria and horror into n ac<* of international mi derstandine and to-operative ace." Tlie theme of
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    Wife of Press chief dies
    59 1 PARIS. Sun Mr.< Georgette Maricot Bradford, wife of A I. Bradford, United Press vice president for Europe, died here today in a private clinic followin" an emergency operation performed Thursday nicht Mrs. Bradford was born :it Vielleiuif. a Paris suburb, and I bad been an
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    Rebels burrow nearer
    141 1 Rebels burrow nearer FORT HATTLE SAIGON. Sun. OF.IJKI, troops burrow- i i v Into the besieged French Indo-Chlna fortress «n Men Bien Phil, at the northern end of its airstrip, have poshed to within 2f#t fert of Brigadier General De Castries 1 command post. c bombardment by French artillery, and
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 VIETMINH I 1 <H I lIRSI 101 > in II- I •mil fi>r< i i)i <>l Dii i i i n 1 1 i i ion r tills < ill i
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    Asian Socialists plan meeting
    20 1 RANOOON. Sun. Th" ilist in p..- i :it thf i in :ici- b'' Ol k om
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    America may fight if French pull out, says Nixon
    346 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. THK Vice President, Mr. Richard M. Nixon, yesterday said that American troops may have to fijrht in Indo-China if the French pull out. Mr. Nixon was askod: Suppose the French withdraw their troops from Indo-China, would the United .States
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    AUSTRO-HUNGARY INCIDENT: BLAZE IN BORDER TOWN
    165 2 VIENNA. Sun. REPORTS from the Austro-Hunearian border region yesterday said a third of the Hungarian border town of Windisrhdorf was burnt out today because llunu ln.in border guards would not let Austrian lire rnnincs cross into Huncary. The reports, which lacked official confirmation, said
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    20,000 seek a new nationality
    98 2 20,000 seek a new nationality LOURENCO MARQUES. Mozambique. Sun. TWENTY thouxand Muslims in this Portuguese East African colony have asked In become cit:?ens of Portugal on condition they continue spiritual allegiance to the Aga Khan, head of the Isma;'.: MtUlim sect. The announcement wa? „ade yesterday by Gulam Has.sciT. Fsmail
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    Hula Hula at lunchtime in London
    47 2 NINETEEN YEAR Ol.l) .lii:iii IVind.i dors a Iml.ihula dance during lum-h--timi' for an appreciative mdiencr of Londoners in l.udeato (iardrns. She «^s rrhr.irvins for the fir^ta nf world «.onc dance and mv \\< hrld at the Royal Albert Hall— A P. picture.
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    100 AMERICANS HELD BY REDS
    135 2 WASHINGTON. Sunday. STATE Department officials say there are still more than 100 Americans eaucht behind the Iron Curtain, despite the triek'r c-omintr out of Communist territory. Most are la Communist China A few are in Russia and two in Czechos ovaku American diplomat* are trying
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    Verrazzano Day
    46 2 NEW YORK. Sur. Rain ywtr^clav forced eelebrar.t.s of Aerrazzano Day" to call off a planner; outdoor ceremony and meet at the historic Fnuinrr's Tavern to honour the memory of Giovanni Da \>rrazzano, Italian navscator. credited with discovering Men York Harbour In 1524— A P.
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    Chandu fine
    26 2 .TOHORE BAHRU. BUB Fmi Tai wa.s fired S2OO in t 1 se.s^ions coin 1 Merstnc for hay ins ehanriu and opium smok. mc apparatus.
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    RAF SEEKS VET. FOR
    39 2 The R.A v :n 81ngapor wants a veterinary surgeon to Ktvc .1 monthly chock-up nolir^ does and ha? askrd :ac r 8 eenn could do th..^ His duties would entail visit ing four centres Char.
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    Commissioner flies to U.S.
    63 2 DUSSELDORF. Sun The IS High Commissioner. Mr J;imes B ("onan; left here by lir for Washington yesterday to testify before Conpressional committees en the new High Commission budget. He said he 1! also meet President Eisenhower and the secretary of state. Mr John Foster Dulles to
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    LINOFILM TO SPEED UP TYPE SETTING
    143 2 Girls can easily operate it NEW YORK. Sun. t N electronic machine which sets type automatically with a beam of light was demonstrated here. The lisht beam .sets a type character on photographic rllm. It then sets another alongside the first, then another and
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    Kelantan meet
    24 2 The Kelantan Adult Education Association will hold it.^ second annual general meetir» at the Zairab School hall ht 4 p m. today.
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    'MADCAP MAISIE', EASTER BONNET
    37 2 DKNISF HIRST, who is appearing as "Madcap MaJsie 1 in the Ijon-ion show rh- Boy friend" wear, an EaMrr honnrt with all the derorations of (he season— flowers etrs and rhirkrns— Rrutrr pirturr.
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    Garbo burn to st
    7 2 Garbo burn to st TIFF 1 I
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    Malayans Police co
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    Transfer
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    ATOM WEAPONS FOR U.S. ARMY
    111 3 lided missile can strike r behind enemy lines WASHINGTON, Sunday. lounced yesterday that troops are now setting two new le of using atomic explosives— the Corporal jjuided Honest .lohn heavy bombardment rocket. .1 surface-to-surface guided. ilu ;iiin\ says has a range enabling led targets deep
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    TRIBES IN WAR ON ARAB TERROR
    136 3 CASABLANCA, Sun. A BOUT 4,000 Moroccan tribes ■f* men. recruited a.s auxiliary police. took up action stations in the Arab quarters of Casablanca at dawn, yesterday m a new effort by the French authorities to -st .im jj out terrorism. Armed with carbines the
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    THEY HAVE DATE WITH MARTIANS
    122 3 THEY HAVE DATE WITH MARTIANS WELLINGTON, Sun V small uroup of New /ealanders and their associates overseas arc Hratchiag June '!."> Ihi^ sear. On that iay, they expect nun from Mars, travelling in flying saucers, to visit the earth. The pet thcoi > of Civilian Saucer Investigation i New Zealand)
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    Pakistan may face crisis
    18 3 Pakistan may face crisis EAR/ lion ■P DX i I St. it la usU Sat*. his me DX*
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    Synthetic shirts
    19 3 BIH EPIELD, Sun A Weal 3erman firm here has .started naklng shirts from terylene, [rom Britain Reuter.
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    SCIENTISTS ATTACK
    117 3 WASHINGTON, sun liHE Federation or American Sclentists yesterday protested at the barring of Dr. j Oppenbeimer from atomic secrets and said his case made a speedy review of 'tic pi Ity programme ial. A .statement Issued by Dr. M. Stanley Livingston, the chairof tjic executive commit- the Federation,
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    Japan to give scholarships
    50 3 TOKYO. Sun. Japan has decided to revive its pre-war system of government scholarships for foreign students who want to .study m Japanese universities, it \va.s learned today. The first group of 30 students from countries In SouthEiust A.sia i.s to come to Japan in June. U.P.
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    IT'S TULIP TIME IN HOLLAND
    48 3 DUTCH GIRLS wear the traditional flower garlands as they leave after a visit to the Dutch bulb fields near Haarlem. Holland. The peak of the Dutch bulb field tourist season is reached at Easter, with people converging from Holland and Belg'um. A.P. picture.
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    11-DAY TREK IN DESERT
    86 3 11-DAY TREK IN DESERT PERTH. Sun lAROSI \V RKNZA. a 155-yrar-old Czech, lost for 11 <l.i\s with no food and almost no water in near-desert West fjsjsI tralia was found alive yesterday. Police and native trackers followed his footprints IM miles before finding him exhausted t> n t still triuluiiii;
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    BAN ON ATOM MAN
    143 3 Interaction of science and society." The Statement said there little new in the charges against Dr Oppenheimrr. "The old facts have not been strengthened in their agine." it added. The Oppenheimer ca.sr raised the problem wuether the unseating of such a pronuneni Itgure In itself hurt
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    'E. GERMANY CAN HANDLE OWN AFFAIRS'
    86 3 BFRI.IN. Hun Mr. Viadimii Semeonov the Soviet High CooitnUaioner in Qennanx today formally notified the three Western High Commi.^sioner.s that East Germany was entitled to .settle her own Interior and lonii'ii affairs Including her relations with Weat Germany. In identical letters to the three
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    Jap. H – scare
    28 3 Jap. H scare TOKYO. Sun. Japan's Hbomb apprehenaioni rwu ned an all time low today following the news that report* ol radioactive rain were nothhiK to worry about.
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    ATOM PILE CAN AID MURDERER IN PERFECT CRIME
    242 3 ATOM PILE CAN AID MURDERER IN PERFECT CRIME Scientist warns nations VIKNN.V Sunday. \TO\IIC PILES can aid the common murder in the perfect crime, said Prof. Hans Thirriii£, a nuclear science expert and head of the Physics Institute of Vienna 1 Diversity. Prol. Thin ins said highly radio-aitive by-products just
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    17th century treaties amuse Nehru
    116 3 17th century treaties amuse Nehru CHIDAMBARAM. Madras. Sun. MR. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, said today there could be no solution to th< problem of foreign possessions in India except that they 1 "must become a complete part of India."' Indi; Dimly believed in methods of peace and had nuuie
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    Pact pledge
    39 3 ATHENS. Sun -The Turki.sh Charge d'Affalrea, Mr. Mardm yesterday assured Forrim Minister Stephen Stepanopoulo.s that Tugoslavla and I Turkey Will consult Greece on any question of broadening the Balkan Tripartite Treaty into a full-fledged military pad a.p.
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    Under sea cameraman dies on job
    75 3 Under sea cameraman dies on job wu.i.EMSTAD. Curacao, Dutch West Indus, Sun. IIEUTENANT Commander J H. J. Podge wartime rrogauua who lolned the undtrwater expedition of Dr. Hans Hass aa Chief Cameraman, has lost his life while making undcrx a picturis in the Caribbean. His body has been sent to
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    Francasal bets are now off
    82 3 LONDON. Sun.-- Tatteraalls' Oommlttcc, the ruling body on no 1 sc-ra«e betting announced yesterday that all bets on the notorious race "won" by Franeaaal at Bath laat July had bt't n dec la red void. Four men were Kaolfd here latt month lor plot t
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    ARTIST (163 TRIES) CLAIMS A REJECTIONS RECORD
    152 3 LONDON. Sunday. Mr. Al- hert Perry of Tooting, srlfs(>led "world's most rejected artist", has just had tin it more of his paintings rejected for exhibition hy thr Koyal Academy. "I now hold thr rrcord fur Koyal Academy rejections", he proclaimed today. "Thr latest
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    Romance of tin: Chinese began mines
    275 4 Romance of tin: Chinese began mines SEREMBAN, Sun. f'HIMiSK labourers were imported from China at $:VZ a head to work the first tin lields In Malaya, the amount Mag made up of travelling expenses and the maintenance of each labourer at llonjj Hour and Singapore. Thi.s wis stated by Professor
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    A CHEQUE FOR LADY TEMPLER'S T.B. FUND
    57 4 MX. A. KA.IAI INi.AM (lift). the treasurer of the Technical Collece Students' I'nion. and Mr. K. C W. GalnteS, thp prcsidmt of the union, give a 51.277--t lii-giir from the students to l.ad> Templer. the wife of the Ilich rommissioner. for the l..id>
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    14 Muar centres for registration
    82 4 MI'AR. Sun Registration for the 1054 Johore State Council election* has begun. A: Muar the 14 registration centres opened arc at the:Oovernment English School; Chiang Chuan Association; Bandar Ttngtl Malay School Jalan Sulaiman; RleeOodOWn; Fire Station; Government Hospital: Chinese School. Jalan 1-ma:!; Bakri Tinsui. Malay
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    Service in Ipoh for ANZAC Day
    54 4 IPOH Sun AN'ZAC. Day will be commemorated by the an and New Zealand on Of Perak with a service al the Cenotaph here on Sunday. April 25 at 11 a.m. Rev. Harry Hainr< will conduct the service and trumpeters of' the 12th. Royal Lanrer.s
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    Teachers' social
    22 4 MUAR, Sun.- The Maftt branch of the Johore Teacht-i^ 1 Lnion hold a social at the Government English School hall
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    4,000 boys seek job for scout funds
    100 4 Boy scouts in Singapore will begin their 'Job Week' next Mor.,lav. About 4.000 Scouts will be out hunting for jotxs to earn money for then group activities and the Colony Scout Camp fund. They will knock at door.s and a-sk for any jobs
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    BIG EASTER BALL
    111 4 for St. Andrew's School fund St. Andrews School, like many other Government-aided institutions in Singapore, is in urgent need ot hinds. To help raise mom-y for a modern boarding house the (chool'j old boys will hold a ■rand Easter Ball at the Emba.s.sy Hotel tonight. Ticket^ for
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    'UNFAIR' CRITICISM OF SOCIAL WELFARE
    174 4 /CRITICISM otten levelled at V Social Welfare that it did no more than give thing.s away, were mostly ■'unfair and uniu.Nt." Mr. W. H. Chinn. Adviser on Social Welfare, .said last ni ht The Federation Department of Social Well a re had not entirely succeeded
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    MARKET ON THE DOORSTEP FOR THESE SOON
    124 4 MARKET ON THE DOORSTEP FOR THESE SOON RrsiDhS 's at Princrvs >lar«aret l.state. Bukil Alerah. Alexandra and Cambridge roads will be saved Ion? trips to town when the Improvement Trust build* four new markets at these localities ihis year. On completion, they will be boutht by the City Council for
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    Food rolls up for stranded ship
    131 4 BLUE CROSS SOCIETY HELPS \\R. YONG HAN HIN. the master of the (58-ton fish- Ing boat. Henry I. which drifted into Singapore last week, was happy attain yesterday when he reiceived a lorry load of food for his new from the Blue jCross Society.
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    GOVT. TO GIVE PADI LAND TO CHINESE
    154 4 GOVT. TO GIVE PADI LAND TO CHINESE TH.IK ANSON, Sat IN A DKIVK to imrease M.ilaya's rice supply the C.overnnient would cm- land to hinese settlers in Chui t Ink new village for padi planting Mr. W 11. Darby, the Assistant Executive Ci>lonisation Ofticer (hantkit Jong, told the villagers. They
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    Two tons excess
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun._-H< np O( •> I^Kin. a Sincapore lorry driver. wa.< fined Sl5O in the Police Court for carrying an I overload of two tons in his I lorry.
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    The old boys honour two
    140 4 MUAR. Sun. a minutt 1 lence was observed at the recent annual dm 1 the Muar Old H as Aaaoctktion as a mark 0: respect for Mr. H U Clarke, a lite member, and Inehe Aznun bin Haji Abdul Humid, a former president, who died
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    University welcomes Asians
    15 4 are obviounl) enjoying thrir Introduction Tta llblv^ml*. m# .m" m Xsiim "t"**"*"
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    Gaoled for $15 bribe
    91 4 KOTA TINGGI. Sun Atan bin Hassan, a Malay Special Constable waj charged before ;he President of the Sessions Court on two charges of accepting Illegal c ratification from the estate labourers of Nanyo Estate. At.m was acquitted on the lirst charge ol receiving $20 tram l.lew
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    Constable hurt in crash
    47 4 BUKIT MHITAJAM, Sun A coiuitable, Khuxhah Singh was Injured last nlghl when ear cr.i heel into a cliivk. h.u--1 n-r m froni oi Bukil Ten [ah Police station. Two other conitablea nearby escaped .nJury The car was travelling iron Tai|)in:4 to Butterwoi th.
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    Council grants cuts in rates
    21 5 Council grants cuts in rates this iwnI in ipert les B tching i ft fgv me- K B Mr mw' 1
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    Fire guts shop
    25 5 Fire guts s hop PENANO, Sun. A chant and liis family scrambled '<> safety In :i neighbour's house tonight when fire gutted top in chiii. tree!
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    S'pore christening
    27 5 ■s\ vuui' i\ l.i M. aged t«<> RMatha. aftrr bet 1, iseph's Church. With her an- h.r .v Hrnrj Lim <>f Singapore. BtrmiU rimes picturi
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    Malayan doctors meet for the year
    67 5 Mi; I 1 DDK Hi, mil is. 11. ,1-d opthalmic surgeon and pre sidenl <>r the British Medical issocUtioa (left), speaks lo membera of tin- association's Malayan branch at its annual mi-itiiii; in Kuala Lumpur, sitting besides Mr. Thomas .uv the association's outgoing pnsidcnt.
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    THAT SIREN MEANS 'THIS IS URGENTCLEAR THE WAY'
    234 5 THAT SIREN MEANS 'THIS IS URGENTCLEAR THE WAY' THE traffic branch of the Singapore Police Force is A starting ;'n island-wide campaign to make motorists give way to lire engines, ambulances and police vehicles which answer emergency calls. Mr. WK II Haxworth. Traffic Police Superintendent, told the straits Times yesterday
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    Air training opportunity for youths
    87 5 TIIK Malayan Auxiliary Air Force (Singapore .section 1 la giving new opportunity for young men who wish to be trained as pilots. Recruits must be aged between 18 and 27 and have the School Certificate with credits in Kn:li.sh. mathematics or science. Older men are
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    S'pore takes cup at air rally
    113 5 S'pore takes cup at air rally SINGAPORE wen the Dane championship cup at the third Pan-Malayan Flying Club rally at K Ulans airfield yesterday. Tin- is the first time Singapore has won this cup' since the *ar. Twelve planes took part in the rally. Dr. P. \v. G. Taafcerof, Kuala
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    Off to talks in London
    61 5 Mr. Thin Chan B.e. a Singapore Legislative Councillor, I'll by air yi stcrday for London to attend meettngi of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, which start OH May 10. Hi' may visit the Moral Rearmament Headquarter! in Cologne after thr London conference. Another councillor, Mr. M.
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    64 5 MB. YEO C'liEOW WAI. a«e 84. passed away peaet'lully ;i; hi-, residence 153-A C"li;ii It tin lane on Sunday 18-4-54 leaving behind MM Mrwis Yeo Chiang Sv,ee C'hi.i ChiHiiij Soon and Yeo Chiang Llm. 1 daughter Madam Yeo Swat Choo. :i (i.uivhK'rs-in-law. 2b Ki»i'dchlltir»n > .md 17 Kfeat-grandcliildren tc
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    Temporary school for 600
    101 5 tjMFTKKN tlav.es with ■MSUMMJ lor <il>o primary one stuiUnts will be .u < iihiiihml.ili-,1 temporarily at tin- Alexandra K">tate .Se«-omlary School building, uhuh will be ready ilicr the lirst term si Ikmi| vaialion. Kesistration tor both hoys iiiU sirLs will besin on May 3. The new
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    Rush to set up ice rink in 3 days
    205 5 FgiECHNICIANfI and labourA en win work round the dock to convert ihe Happy World .st.utiuin Into a 6 000 square feet ice rink within three days. If they succeed "Holiday on Ice," .said to be the bigS»'.si touring ice revue In
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    Dutch pianist opens tour of Malaya
    227 5 COR de Groot. Holland's leading piani-st. opened his Malayan tour with a nc.lal last night to a packed Victoria Hall audience, in which, not unnatural^, the Dutch community were strongly represented. De Groot was revealed as a DOllshed virtuoso with an effortless techtiique whase
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. April 19, 1954. The Scourge Of T.B.
    819 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. April 19, 1954. The Scourge Of T.B. Some plain speaking on tuberculosis by the new President of the Malayan Branch of the British Medical Association may perhaps turn the Government's attention, as well as the public's, to the need for the properly planned campaign which
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    497 6 From June over six thousand tenants of the Singapore Improvement Trust will pay ten per cent more rent to help pay the City's thirty-four per cent assessment. They are the tenants of properties built between 1947 and the end of 1952. They will protest, but the
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    Strange allies in struggle against Reds in Indo-China
    2003 6 Strange allies in struggle against Reds in Indo-China Graham Greene, world-famous novelist and playwright has just paid a visit to Indo-China. In this uncensored article, he describes some... VOR the third time, and after two years, one was back. There seemed at first so little that had changed: in Saigon
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      88 6 YOUR recent .story about the "three-hour power ban on new coasumer.s" gives the impre.s.sion that Menglembu, like Ipoh, i.s supplied by the Central Electricity Board It i.s not. It i.s .supplied by the Kinta Boetrical Distribution Co.. and there are :i<- r«B> trlctlona on the use of
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      How would the Alliance run the Government?
      324 6 lIT is most heartening to read that the Alliance has boon refused an interview m London. The Election Report was dealt with most democratically all along and was not acceptable to the Alliance Its leaders are upset now because at Federation Agreement levels
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      How can they afford it?
      69 6 •ANOTHER JOHNNY" know rathe iff.s eharitl by th< niKiit schools cmtchlnf the un fortunate [allures m t be Cam bridge School Certificate is amtnatlon? The feea runne hum HI In J. >> ;i lliit.it ti Can he Ay ho* tuait, 1 1 1 tin", $1(1(1
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      676 6 Strain Timct Free Prett Fo thr convenience ol odvtrfloor,' SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE, ORCHARD ROAD. will r««|v« *moll odvertiscments ond omwers to box numbers olto be hnnded to' CITY BOOH STORE LTD.. Cnllvcr Quoy. Sinqaporc CITY BOOK STORE LTD., 93 Tnnqlin Roa<«, Siiifapor*. CLASSIFIED ADS. II ...rf. fll i minimum) Maurice
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      70 6 ffI*^OPTICIBNS Mr. K. B. Jfcyer, F.N.A.0., D. Op will visit KUALA LUMPUR TmmUj April Appointment- foi STORCH BROS LTD.. 37. MOUW WEDDING GIFTS SILVER 5/^ U. S. de SUVA, 106, Orchard Road, Singapore-?. lie a <WELDf»V Kite and tVeldmesh 4» are Urn Trade Mirks of r/'fl the British Reinforced VI
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    BAN BAD BOOKS, SAY MUSLIMS
    270 7 §ep strict watch on naughty films: Discourage bets, drinking Xl ALA LIMITR, Sunday. ideas were rapidly playing havoc with the common man in South-east Asia, lin he Mohanted Shafi. President of the Selangor Pakistani Association, told the second South-east Asia Muslim Missionary conference here toda\
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    133 7 Malays form a new union \nc. Sun. TAKE pari In politics b:it do not become tools of tnchi Coun- nt ot the Union, told Malays todas fnche Sulik. who had been local Malay.* Formai .<>u ol a Malay hei said ai an nci Its c> ago the ilay Union hart
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    THE INDIANS DECIDE: NO ALLIANCES
    199 7 PENANO r V t \n- Malayan [ndli gress at Its eighth annual m in Piai last led nut to ioin any political alliance but to contest Independent!) i 33 to 19 with ntiom 50 Ui-.' apore ;ind the iration rejected ;i motion by the Federal
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    91 7 FESTIVITIES FOR ROYAL WEDDING KUALA I.IHIS. Sun. Elaborate preparations have almost been completed here .oi the wadding ol Tengku Ahmad Bhah, eldest ion ol the Sultan ol Pahang, and Tengku Afsan, daughter ol the Mentri Besar, Pahang. iraUons will bagki on Thursday, ainJ t-nd on Sunday. U will be the
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    86 7 organisations of Melbourne University have ar ranged series i»r tunctions to fiiabl- new Asian arrivals to meet one another and tour place* ol int. Test. Many Asian studont.s nr.' studying under Colombo Plan scholarships. At an Informal tea party at Union House, centre of nnrverMtv iif<'. the
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    Lecturer in car crash
    71 7 A senior mathematics lecturer at the University uf Malaya, Mr. K. M h Menoß, tola wife ami a relative were inJured in a motui- crash in Sintapore yesterday nioiinn They were In a car, which came into collision with i lamp post in Lavender Street near
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    Bandit loses lover and quits jungle
    171 7 KUALA I.UMPUR. Sun A quarrel over a girl in the Jungle has led to the Mirrender ol lour Communist terrorists, Including a District Committee member in the Bungel Ruan area of Kaub in Wt^t Pahanf. The District Committee member. Wai Mun. :i Sl-jrear-old Hakka,
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    S'PORE KNIGHTS IN LONDON
    54 7 MX. A. KA.IAI INi.AM (lift). the treasurer of the Technical Collece Students' I'nion. and Mr. K. C W. GalnteS, thp prcsidmt of the union, give a 51.277--t lii-giir from the students to l.ad> Templer. the wife of the Ilich rommissioner. for the l..id> Templer T.B. Hospital
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    Rubber pay pact sabotaged-unions
    262 7 ESTATE BOSSES BLAMED KIAIX M -vll'l K. Suiicl;t>. IMIK Federation of All-Malayan Staff I nions claims that some estate employers have "sabotaged" the spirit of the salary agreement. "Our MpnrlmM i»u.s bn i that aQBM in.nia«i'i>, supported by their agencies, do not it ail condescend to
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    Convent full up—but they still apply
    78 7 Convent full up but they still apply KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. 'piiE convent at Buiiit Nanas, X Kuala Lumpur, is Rt'Uin.4 more applications than it can deal \win io:- admission to Its primary classes next With eight months still to go application^ have exceeded the school's capacity. A convent official said
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    Tenders Board
    57 7 JOHOKK IIAHRU, Sun Mr Leung Ann TtKßg, uai been appointed an unofficial member on the Mer.>l.-.j Tenders Bo.wd for the c Mr rent year. The official memoers are the District Officer, i Chairman*, the Administrative Officer, the Senior Executive i.nuiiv': Kluaiit; or the state Irrigation and Drainage Bngineer
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    To visit Canada
    36 7 Mr Jacob Balla.v o; the Singapore braiuh of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, will leave the Colony tomorrow to attend a two-we.k conference in Canada for unit rape) VL-uts ot the company
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    SPEED UP IN SCHOOL PLAN!
    62 7 JOHoKK BAIIKU, Sun. The BtheaM lor teacliers of English in vernacular schools Hi Johore Ls being expanded. Thus follows complaints (mm Malays that English education in Malay schools i.n progressing very slowly The .sclienu- offers induce- menus to youtlis witli a mini mum Standard VILI
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    Gurney library
    28 7 I.KNGGONG. Sun. An allocation of $3ti!) from the State Committee of the Gurney Memorial Fund will be used to establish a "Giirney Memorial library at Lenggontf.
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    The stranded freighter comes off—all by herself
    121 7 The stranded freighter comes off all by herself riiill .'lll- ton Norwrclan 1 Ireittilti Mlii llo« k, ivhn h had lie< n atroiind at lelok A,it basin ainre April I, i -a me off on hrr own on S»- I turd.i.v. Win n it looked ai llidiil.li nit IMPS I"
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    MACKENZIE DEPLORES AID CUT
    216 7 Xt \l A It MIM K Sun. DITO 11. K. MACKENZIE, vi Johore. deploreil the !ll per cent cut in t Ii 1 f 1 volt- for smial uelfare work in a memorandum Svenented to the rntr.il Welfare < ii.inril ol ullicll In- I IS just
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    Trade panels set up
    131 7 SEVERAL PANEI.S Ol v experti are brinr: lei Op hy tho Gnvrrnmrnt to consider Singapore's tradr' with Indonesia. Their findings will form th»" cusslon with an Indonesian Government delegation which is rxprct<Ti to visit Singapore The three chambers of commerre have bi-rn askfd to nopeople with
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    HURT IN FALL AT SCHOOL
    36 7 A labourer, Koh Hmin Tinn--: Injured when h< .ii the Singapore Chinla' School. Emerald Hill Knh was working on the mof ie crashed Ui mgn the ceiling He was taken ho
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      186 7 The weather MINIMI M TKMPI KVITRK 7 3r Ut on Apr 1" to 7 Ml :i ill M Ap: 18> Slui'iipore 77 ilt-rn*. i'liiang 75, Kola B.ihni 75. Kuahi I umpur 75. I|kjIi 7:'j. Ki.uil. i. MAMMI M II Mil K\ II Kl |7 3U Hill. l<> V :iO pill
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    BRIDGE
    358 8  -  Kenneth Konstam II V 'THE recent Intrrnation--1 al BririßO Congress at Montr Carlo is likoly to become an annual rvrnt. Thr winner of the Individual Championship. Jan > Wohlin the Swedish master, wm the only representative of his coun- try. An interest ins feature wai the placing of the
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    Hundred years history of Chartered Bank
    1034 8  - Hundred years history of Chartered Bank Allington Kennard By P r ALMS OF SILVER: By Compton Mackenzie (Routledge and Kegan Paul. 255.) IT is to be hoped, cau--1 tioned The Times when the prospectus of thr Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China was issued, that any success which the
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    LEWIS WAS A JUMP AHEAD OF DESTINY
    419 8 THE MAN FROM MAIN BTIEET. Selected essays by Sinclair Lewis. Heinemann. I."Ss. IjENRY SINCLAIR LEWIS was tail lanky, red-haired, restless and, us became Ihe heir <>f ci^ht generationi of Connecticul Yankees, intensely lecretive aboul his work. Lewis was born (1887) son of a
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    LIBRARY LIST
    56 8 SIX TENNTBON ESSAYS By Sir Charles Trnn>N<m. assell. I.">s.. I!<7 p.mes. Tennyson's grandson, discussing the poets humour, religion, polities, etc.. .should lead many read rs back to the life and work of the urea* V. dorian. In cinveniint buik. Tennyson's bcM writ ins found :n the Collins Classics
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    Mr. Noel Coward explains
    272 8  -  IAN FLEMING FUTURE INDEFINITE. By N»rl Coward, (llrinrmann. ?ls.). By VOEL COWARD is (MM A of the most remarkable men of the century ulio.se ige (he is in his ntty-fifth year) he shares. Qcnlua is not a word to be (nrown about caietenly, but »nj[ man
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      173 8 casuals! for comfort L looks p and quality I £jtaM<s casua MADE IYCiI. CLARK LTD. v. LOCAL AGENTS: S. G. Parrrtt Son, P.O. 8o« L t d B L* I MyBCZI L I aN \J ar*cor< 1 IF YOU PREFES A CREAM «!wa\s ask for non c :ouDt» D.D.D. Balm.
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      266 8 The Straits Times Crossword IT B 3 W 4 b IFM 7 M I 9 iz 15 ill i 4 s^H l 6 "75" 19 22 23 2* 25 *< IiOSS 7 i i,a:ip ISSJSg > <7> I 8. It teBM :i hmd piacc m icrtiiin 10 I)o v Kr
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      Barefoot boy made millions in giant rail squeeze
      1797 9 Barefoot boy made millions in giant rail squeeze VVsiiocked G A 0N P litiCal >Ciety in 1873 was tou h and "<* easily shocked. America was st.ll divided by bitter memories of the Civil War. From the chaos and desolation had sprung a new generation of ruthless, graspmg financiers, soaring
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      246 9 its tAe fosAioti Ofis@ AT IMPORTANT *j(f SOCIAL FUNCTIONS 49 sß^^ ~JO SEP H TRAY E R S c SONS LTD. When if ou need |Sg||pV CAPSULES 1$ -w^l v^ Cod Liver Oi/ on ft* Label I Scott 1 C-ipsulct' Alwiyi J look foe fhc fishm^n chop on the lihcl
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      141 9 10 it I. 3 nuif Until stili. Sptirkio ■^s^^l^ElEWyB^ I AND IF YOU THINK THIS |J WE GAVE US ICE CREAM N I WOLD STILL WWAT a^tc r.,, k/1T AcDjm WAR OF NEBVES- SUCH AS I AND WE WOULDN'T TAKE OUQ A MINUTE. IS IT. 3D MAGEE.IM NCJi l' J
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    145 10 THE following dividends were announced by companies operating in Malaya last week: SI NOB I'.iihik TIN itlci.lM.lNj. LTD A dividend of ss. per share, payable on April 30. 1954 to members on register April 23. Books close April 24. RADELLA KIBBKK ESTATE LTD.: A dividend of 5 per
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    Tin still dominates mar despite fall VITAL TALKS
    708 10 Tin still dominates mar despite fall VITAL TALKS MALAYAN SMAME MAMUUBT HI- inn By OUR MABKET COBHESPONDENT THE varying fortunes of the tin price dominated the Singapore Share Market la^t week and tin shares formed the greater part o. the market* turnover. The price drop of $15.50 in the last
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    272 10 111 l BASSKT Rl BKKR COMPANY LTD. Made a net profit of $33,282 '4 3 4- i and dividend of 2\'', is recommended for 1953. At balancing date net liquid assets equalled siiG.o47 or 16 6 cents perahare. CM of production was 56.7 cents on a crop averaging
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    Chairs made of latex
    99 10 IVH manufacture of new types of chairs ineorporatni latex foam is likely to re;ult from the competition or(anlaed by the British Rub3er Development Board with he object of extending the taj of this type of rubber in he BritLsh furniture trade. Furniture ni a n v
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    Rubber outputs
    33 10 March rubber OUtp nounced are: Changk dang Estates Ltd. 25.000 Chermang Developn. 92.000 lb. Lunaa R ibt>< Lta 43.400 lb.; N s Ltd. 50.000 lb Rubber Batata Ltd. -ilndraein Rubber Ltd
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    Brighter out for rubber
    291 10 io.%i\ionm\ urn T'HE tin market last w< International com] i the price in Singap The Indo-China $11 i M playing on the ihortag< rent tin supplies In the took the price to $386 on I day. which was tin h price lor this year and highest
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    350 10 THE following list of business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period April 10 to April 16: INDISTKIAI.S: C.T.S. Ords. 25/3, Fru-ser HMTC Olds. $2.10 c d. to $2.00 ex div. Gammon $335 to $3.30 rd, Hammers
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      471 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICK 18 HEREBY GIVEN that ROSKI INK SOLOMON, of No Rni. Mountbetten Road, Bii is applying to 'he Oovernor ior naturalisation, and thai any person who knowi an] reaai naturalisation shou!<, should Bend a written an statement of the racti to the Coin lal Bei I pure. ROAD
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      414 10 NOTICE NOTICE AS FROM 16Lh April. 1934 our oOea «ill i>e at No. 12 A, Upper i Circular Road. Mngapotv-l and our telephone numi'er will be *****. I Our cable address remains as ■KINDNESS" Singapore. CHOP KIAN YONO. CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Tender; for Transportation of 30"
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      593 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE TURF CLUB MAY ■HIM S.\Tl'Rl>\\ I.VIH. aVEDNESDAI 19TH AND SAH RIIAV UNO MAY ItM ENTRIES CLOSE at 12 noon on WEDNESDAY, sth May, 1954. SWEEPS. »1/- Unlimited Sweepstake, KOR MEMBERS ONLY will be held each Hare Day. Applications for ticket.s must be in writing and be received before
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    Pakistan meet Colony teams this weekend
    47 12 rplIK Pakistan looth.ill team 1 to tin- Asian (■.lines will play two matches in Sinuapore this week rnri. at .lalan Besar. On Saturrt.M they will meet a Singapore telecti— mil on Sunday the\ will play auainst thr Singapore Asian (l.imrs tram.
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    62 12 Dallas i iia sm Beeond seeded Vie Seivis beat S\en Davldaaon ok Sweden, and fop-seed-iri Tony TVaben oi Cincinnati tw; Oardnar Mulloy of Ml i \c rrda; to enu Dl tlie I».i!:.iv iinita:ion,il tennis toumaJMßt. Betas* to the i set to DavMaaon but rallied r o
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    82 12 i NDOM I T« U Dv !e tcue rwttltl I Bradford Northern 31 Barrow 14. Dewiburjf n Doncaaur n Ho ts 17. Peatnentom Ho i r i aadi Huddersfield 10 Batley :t. Lull ■n Rovers R Haiti 1": Hunsh I .7 Ci «tl< ird 12; Kel 9 Hull
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    EASY FOR RAAF
    37 12 IPOH Sun -Royal Australian! 1 scored •:\e-w:rket urtnrv over 48, Ourktaa Brtß;.rie ai crtcfcel here ve>terdav Ourkhai 4v [i chat- field 13 Thorr.s 4-12 2 lii i homson 2 Hi RA F I 4
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    LIVERPOOL DOWN, P. VALE U
    655 12 But all the other issues are as open as ever LONDON, Sunday. I IVKRPOOL, beaten at home yesterday, relinquished English First Division status for the first time for 1!) years. A first-half gml by Cardiff City's inside left Tommy Northtolt ended any •light hope the
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    U.K. BANK WIN
    38 12 SEREMBAN sun )lonc Konu ..lid Sl;uißliai Biink. HBCMMWI !<>- d^iv bent Neßii R;mcers 3-1 In a cli.niiv HWOM 'lintrh on the Station pariang. The Katne in aid of L«4]l lemplfrs TB. Fund and Rangers MJMfti fund.
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    Jimmy in Bangkok
    50 12 BANGKOK. Sun Austr.,ll.,Jimmy Carrwhers «rri\fd here l>> plane >rsterday for his May I |gM .H'.ur.M TbaUand'l Chamirm SonnIdtrat. Carruthera, who will defrnd his world Iwntamweicht title v;i S mi: by Chamrern Ht the mrpori They tode topethrr in a long car pro(ivslnn to the city.— A. P.
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    U.K. Rugby results
    158 12 LONDON. Sun I YESTERDAY'S Riißby Union resul Rosslyn Park 8 Metropolitan Policr 17; Aberavon 13 London Wrlsh 18. Barnstaple 6 Saracens 0 Bath I Moseley 0; Bedford 27 Bradford 0; Brldcwitr.r and Albion 3 Somerset Police 0: Rilstol 18 Lritesin ;t CambonM London Ciwl Service S CardlfT
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    Spain and W. Germany in junior final
    118 12 FRANKFI'R T 'Oniunv B SPAIN and We«l Oeiuiany their way into the final of the 1 International fifa junior mmm festival yesterday Spain upset favourite Argentina 1-0. Wes> Ciermanv scored I 1-1. win over Turkey i" a thrill-packed ii\counter. MJWIa and Weal C.mi.niv
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    COLONY HK BANK IN 7-0 TRASHING
    63 12 KUAIA I.l'MPl'R. Sun Aw Boon He* mnd :our HMtM for Selangor Chine-* Recreation Club when they trouncrd t!i< HOMfkonf Bank MM 'earn tana Smu.ipore 7-0 at Pudu Road Lin Tet netted two (oak and Thonc Poh Chtew tIM other. Selansor Bouste be.i; Penanc Monataadi
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    England win hockey
    27 12 FOIKKSIONK Sun Fnslnnd DMMMTk m BVC RO*U to 7tTn after leading 4-0 at half time In a men's Internationsj hockey mutch here yrsr.rd.tv- Renter
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    38 12 AN AN(i KAK \K. the Sinu;ipore «<'iitr<- I'oruiird. was .jusi too laic to gd to the hall (luriiiK a corner kick in S.iturda\'s Aiv Hue .Memorial (up match at .lalan Ifr dium. Singapore won "!-0. Straits Times picture.
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    CARDIFF RANK AS R.U.TEAMOFYEAR
    277 12 LONDON. Sunday. IF AN AWAKI) were made to the most outstanding 1 British Kiisbv I nion club side, then ardifl would ertainlv des»M\t< th<- honour this season. Five months ago tbt Welsh club beat the N'r.v fftihllMl All Blaek.s and yesterday at Cardiff Arms Park, me
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    BASILIO WINS
    33 12 NEW YORK. Sun- silio. the uorlos No l welter contender. w;is a\\;irdf<l a i:n;m: decision over middleweieh 1 T Imi :ini* of Fiance las) I I return ten-round bou: —I' P
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    SINO-MALAYS MAINTAIN THEIR FINE TRADITION
    718 13 By THE SPORTS KDITOR Kin»-Malays I: Hon* Kon>; 1 JHK SINO-MALAYS of Singapore beat Honjj Kong F.A. I—l at .lalan Besar Stadium yesterday and N lived up to their fine tradition of great deeds against touring teams. r Ji h t\ r P erforrr »ance
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    38 13 IVAN YASS. the Singapore- captain receive* the Aw Hoc Mtinori.il trophy from .Mr. m$Q, Watt, pre*idenl of the SAFA ifter Singapore beat Hong Kong 'Z-0 in their annual niati-h at Jalan Besar stadium »n Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    JIMMY MADE IT AFTER 20 YEARS
    428 13 [)RIVING his Cooper 109 b c.c. confidently at high vr speed around the tricky bends, 43-year-old Jimrm Milne put up the outstanding performance MMaf Imcrs at the Singapore .Motor Clubs annual Gap Hill K» yesterday. h wai [•>.. only competl return times of under
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    MacMullan meets Beamish in final
    554 13 KUALA UMPIR, Sunday. SCRATCH International golfer C. 11. Beamish scored an easy semi-final victory over W. .1. (iibb and became No. 1 choice for the Malayan jjolf championship final at the Selangor Golf Club tomorrow. Ili> opponent in the final iil be D. W. MacMullan
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    McCOYS 55 IN MEDICAL WIN
    81 13 Mnih.ils and lVnial.s beat Al t> jnd adenct by 113 run's In their Inter-Faculty cricket ttxture yesterday Mtfiu.iN thus -.von tne Allen Cup for the .second '.line in seven years A::.s .Hid Science won four times .md lhe u.ime «.<s d:a»n on< c Itadkak ;s)7
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    82 13 siniMixiie Bngtnaar Re-. I •rttn rah Cbaaal al cricket «t EMU- i nun barraeki futarday C'hanm 9H MfViiell 2f> J^raw^ It, H.iiti.im hi. Xi lly .S-3fi. SHF li.i loi 9 iJacksdii 2-JM Burton Vr> RAX Chanel 2nd XI b^at Pr\>iu al ChuliKt by 7 wkts Pii- M Ptrt
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    236 13 Cliwee Kuk. BjßtJkpaN and i Asian CSait^ rluunpion. yester- I day bellered Ins mm »iriKH|H>re re- I cord idi tiii- 4. i inctrev traattyl* at the annual ■equatVe nieciinv; Ijetween tlie Btatmpon and Penang Chinese BwlmmllM ClutM when litMMiiiiied i in.<- ci (Ma m kat His
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    Only 11 overs in two days: Colony 24-1
    310 14 RAIN again frustrated both players and spectators alike yesterday, second day of the Singapore Selangor cricket match on the S.C.C. padanc. and a total of only 11 overs were bowled during the e!.i\. Singapore are 24 for one wicket More rain on
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    Plaice held up by train
    162 14 Kl'.M A IL'MPIR Pun. The •ipproach ot a train and closure 01 ihe railway gae cost Malayan cycling rlumpion Ralph Plaice the Malav.ir. :5-mlle time trial here Uu.s ir.orniii« Plaice had to dismount and earn Ml r>cle over the gate, then run across the Un«-
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    Penang beat Perak by wickets
    477 14 Penang beat Perak by wickets ANDRES FINISHES WITH 10 FOR 23 PENANG. Sunday. DENANG scored a comfortable six-wicket victory over Perak in their inter-state cricket match, which ended on the Western Road ground today. At close of play, Penang totalled 84 and 11 tor five in reply to Perak's 81
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    Kedah routed in 2nd knock
    261 14 KCALA LUMPUR. Sun. A HETERMINED stand ty Keriah s last pan. Dlckson and P. Augustine, who defied Selangor s bowlers for 65 minutes, failed to save them in their first int<r-State cricket fixture with c e'aivjor A' which ended on the Police Depo! ground ti>d.,\
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    ARMITAGE REACHES 90 IN DRAWN GAME
    316 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. CELANOOR Club and Singapore 0 Cricket Club drew their annual cricket match on the Kuala Lumpur padang today. S.CC, who were 127 for seven yesterday were all out today for IM mainly due to a grand 90 by S Armitage. Harry
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    Klang Club tennis tourney
    393 14 KI.ANG. Sun. DESOLTI of ties in the Klan K Club open tennis championships 'eriny were: Mm's BtagtaU Syed Mohamed bt t Col. V.. .inch. imp 7-9. 8-6 irelied i; R. D H. Farthing bt Syexi Othman Yusoff 6-3. 6-1. Women's singles (Ist. round) Miss I Gornm
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    367 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By lI'HAT promised to be a battle royal for the richest prize in Malayan raeinc turned out to he a farcical one-horse affair at Ipoh on Saturday, when (ho eiralu Khor Mousa ran his opposition of!" their feet to win the 530.000
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    Ismail gets a hat-trick
    98 14 KUALA LUMP! CINGAPORE superb exhibition ol >occer to swamp TPC" on the Princes Rod ground •a minute^ of switalnfd ■UN by i'mtiapore saw tbetfl their first coal thro igh rlgnl Ismail YusofT who then :he second poal In the 13ih ml He completed a fine h?in
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    41 14 MVAR. Sin Miar heat Suara \!uda of Kelantan. 3-1 in a thrillIng soccer match Bl sa] mttm led tvvo-nil at interval Scorers were: Ban Chiian and Mi Tamby 2 for Muar and Hus■eln for the
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