The Straits Times, 20 April 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times tiff* Istd. 184.) SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, APRIL M, 1054. 15 CENTS
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    STRICTEST GUARD EVER
    214 1 11-night watch on 'rs. Petrov i Singapore JACK ON ESCORT qn.l I i -I I -ill AKDI.I) woman evei uaporc is expected at Kalian* noon. v lu is Mrs. Evoliya Petrov, i diplomat given asylum by ernni( > who is Hying home from her l>rilisl plane, Ihc
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    Let's stop rattling A-bomb: Wilson
    312 1 Let's stop rattling A-bomb: Wilson WASHINGTON, Mon. THE United States Do- fence Secretary, Mr. Charles E. Wilson, believes the Russians are ■"much more afraid of US than we ate of them" and that their military build-up has been defensive. He also feels the United States vulnerable' to atomic ick but
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    Woman stabbed
    32 1 A young woman Seal! Ah Li-n. was admitted to hospital with knife wounds rec< Ived during a quarrel in house in y 1 Chu Kang Road. Singapore. o u Sunday.
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    THE POPE, RECOVERED FROM ILLNESS, SPEAKS TO WORLD
    64 1 THIS OKFIrIAI phntotir.iph ol the I'upc the tu<. t in. id, o| II 's Holmes'- since his recent illness was taken m thr gardens of the Vatican On K.ister Snnda> the Pi»pr delivered his traditional "Trhi rt Orbi' 1 h|essin tt from
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    'No hope' for 5 of bomb-dust Japs
    188 1 DOCTORS ISSiE STATEMENT IOKYO. Monday JAPANESE physicians apparently see no hope ol recovery for five of thr 23 Japanese fishermen who were affected by radioactive dust from the March 1 hydrogen bomb test In the Pacific. The Japan Academy ol Blood Studies :n
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    Reds attack Penang hill bungalow
    72 1 Reds attack Penang hill bungalow I'KNAMi. Mon IMA" bandits attacked the hristian Brothers" bungalow at Penan? Hill tonight, woimdinu on«" brother. He v».is hroueht down by a special train mi(l rushe<l to the (.encril Hospital in serious condition. Tlie attain is thr second of its kind at thr hill MM
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    Refugees fly in
    28 1 TAIPKH. Mon. Four Civil *\ir Transport planes airlifted here during the nipht from Lampang. Siam. 180 Chinese civilian refugees released from internment by Burmese autnoReuter.
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    TORCHLIGHT PARADE IN QUEEN'S HONOUR
    215 1 Colourful Kandy programme KANDY. MOB. rfHh Queen and the Duke ol 1 Edinburph arrived yesterday in this hill capital of the 15th century Sinhalese kings m the heart of Ceylon. Tbnlght they were to be pre- one "1 the rare < xposiof tho .sacred tooth
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    INSPECTION VISIT
    4 1 GENERAL NICHOLSON
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    Home Guard was absent
    87 1 IPOH. Mon.— A Home Guard who took one day's leave and then absented himself from duty for seven days, because he wa.s dissatisfied with his terms of service was today sentenced to one day's coal and fined $100. or a month's impri- 1 sonment. here. NghOO
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    Chiang to send observers
    34 1 TAIPEI. Mon. Nationalist China will .send "'ob.srrver.s' to the Geneva Far Eastern conference to keep General Chiang Kai-shek informed of developments there, it wa.s learned from reliable sources today. UP.
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    'Full freedom' for Vietnam
    29 1 PARIS. Mon France has reached Bnal agreement with Vietnam granting it lull independence "within tho framework of the French Union." informed sources .said today. UP
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    ADJUTANT-GENERAL FLIES IN
    131 1 (IKNBRAL Sir (aini'riin NichI olson. .\djulant-(ieiu-ral til the I ones. Mi v into Smc iporr yesterday to look into i conditions of troops ■ghttaf in Malaya. Me said; "We are ronscioiis of the uork hems done by the tioops in Malaya in the war miinst the terrorists
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    FIGHT RAGES FOR AIRSTRIP AT FORTRESS
    370 1 French clear field, lose post HANOI. Monday. V r IKTMI\H and French fortes battled 1 »st night for possession of the northern end of the Mm Mm i'hu airstrip, cleared by French I nion troops <»n Sunday morning, the French Wish Command announced. But
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    "Send Malaya troops to Indo-China
    104 1 "Send Malaya troops to Indo-China NEW YORK Mon. SENATOR PAUL DOUGLAS suEK«"sted herr thai \e« Zealand and AuMr.ili.i should i -nntriliiitr heavil\ to the fighting in Indo-China and that "K.i.000 British troops in Malaya Rgfctini ,"..IM»0 to 6.000 ("ommunisis should he sent to IndoChina." lie also siiKscstcd that Chinese Nationalist
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    100 per cent poll victory
    52 1 TAIPEH Mon Kuomin tang candidates won 100 per cent victory in days elect :un.- tor ma] magistrates in thr- three counties in Formosa M- tides capturing mayoralties and magi I Nationalist Chinas ruling party candidate* won 13 iui of 18 seats in tho provin rial
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    Dearer planes
    22 1 'WASHINGYON. Mon The average cost of us naval planes is Increasing about m per cent in a year —A P
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    THEY HAD A BANG-UP MEM
    40 1 MANILA Mon A Filipino Family on Central Luzon Island »oked meals on Japan* .■annon shell tor nine year* Tin other day the converted stove h il tin lr home and levi ral other [hbour- AP
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    Former captive goes on trial
    119 1 Former captive goes on trial WASHINGTON, Mom. .pORPORAi. Edward S. Dlckenson, 23, poea on trial before an army court martial today on fhar.:c.s of collaborating with the enemy while he wan a prisoner Of VU In Korea. He tac .1 maxlmun tence ol life Impi of the 2:'. An who
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    STOP PRESS
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      167 1 <BWwKF> i CEILING FANS r ulor, TAN CHENG MOH ELEC CO. ISS, CROSS SIRUT, SINGAPORE. COR de GROOT »oi»k r Chopin Reettal 1 noioo 1. LM Prelude. Op I 1 A •»!:>;> 1.. Ballades lor plan C oo«i« r piano Ooaectta v OrelustrT d »n urcnrsira: Conn: Wiiien; A «oi:n
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    GOVT. TOLD: ACT NOW TO BEAT JOBLESS MENACE
    276 2 TUC demands cheaper rice, cash aid SINGAPORE Government has been urged to start an unemployment benefit fund and to cut the rice price to a level within reach of the poorest worker to meet the growing unemployment problem in the Colony. The
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    TUC mooting to mark May Day
    30 2 The Sii-.c.ipoir Tiacir.s Union Congrm will celebrate May Da\ \<ith a meeting. The Governing council of the T.U.C. meets tomorrow to draw up plans.
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    DIPLOMATS WENT THE LONG WAY TO CHURCH
    172 2 Wo man's land' edict enforced JERUSALEM. Monday. 'THE Jordan authorities prevented diplomats and United Nations officials from crossing "no mans land" between the Arab and Jewish parts of Jerusalem, to attend Easter Sunday Hieh Mass in the church of the Holy Sepule*™ The
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    Ship splits
    29 2 TOKYO. Mon. The Japanese coast guard rpported that an American ship manned by Japanese crew ran aground and broke in two in a storm today.- A. P.
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    New 'courts' in China
    52 2 HONGKONG. Mon. Peoples mediation committrrs aro brine reorganised in China to ease the burden on town and district courts. The committees are selected by tho courts but have no court authority. Thcv -ir" to mediate In civil disputes and try to keep them out of the
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    It's still 'no' to Negroes
    60 2 NEW YORK. Mon. Baltimore hotel operators have refused to lift their restrictions against Negro gue.st.s. Including members of the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club and members of visit in<; U An attorney for the boteU, Mr. Charles D. Hani.- laid the hotels have been convinced "the
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    'Just another Monday in Kuala Lumpur'
    152 2 'Just another Monday in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. IT WAS "BACK TO WORK" lor most people in tho Fedrrai tion today after the Easter weekend. Fr\v Oovornment oAeefl took the opportunity of havinu one of their annual four days unrecorded leave, to .spin out their Eayter holiday. Mat of
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    SMILING PRINCESS ANNE LEAVES TO JOIN THE ROYAL TOUR
    65 2 PRINCESS ANNE and iraics hay, the ermeds on shr uith the Queer: M ca> from Clarence H< start the tourney (0 I mouth, where she <r 1 htothcr. Prince Charles, boarded the Royal Britannia for the jo to Tob-hk in join
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    Koreans will be at Geneva
    326 2 -BUT STILL HAVE •MISGIVINGS SEOUL. Monday. PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE said today that South Korea would attend thr Geneva conference but. if it failed, he hoped America nnd other countries would "join us in employing other moans to drive the enemy from our land He said
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    'Red China great power at talks'
    99 2 'Red China great power at talks' IONIMIN MOII MOSCOW radio said last nicht that Communist i inn i will take part in the (ieneva conference in the capacity of a treat power possessed of equal richts This statement was made b> .1 rommentalor disrussini: tinGeneva talks, which start on Mumlav.
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    Comet crash body found
    73 2 PAOLA. Mon —An Italian fisherman yesterday found ;he body of a victim of the cra.sh of the Comet airlinrr Yoke, off the Calabrian coast earlier this month. Mr. Michael Clapham British Overseas Airways Corporation representative. said it was definitely confirmed that the body was that of
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    RIOTERS RAZE 50 HOW
    32 2 RIOTERS RAZE 50 HO W CCI.OMBO. Mon. Th lace of Samant irai. In N Oylon, wa.s almosi v.pht by a wild dash o»---two local poln. ttoru Finns aims, swinging brandishing torches F
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    U.S. atom chief warns: 'Don't underrate Russians'
    149 3 MR-STEW^GCOITdL^fSfgLIe House of Repiesentatiyes Atomic Energy ommittee, last night said that the United States liad a lead in quantity hut not necessarily quality [>\cr the Russians in the atomic energy race "We should nol iinder estimate Ihe Russian mists, he said in n
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    Discomfort no barrier
    44 3 DISCOMFORT do«s not matter tv the artist whu has been inspired. At least, not In "J'2- year-old I'.ti li.ir.i Birdsley, of Manchester Colleee of Art. Sh« spotted her subject and, Ji.iviim no s»-:it. perched on a bus shelter barrier. Popper picture.
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    BRITON DIES IN CANAL SHOOTING
    11 3 BRITON DIES IN CANAL SHOOTING ,:n;i. inmen Briti an Brian- night
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    2 HELD NEAR BORDER
    73 3 2 HELD NEAR BORDER BERLIN. Mon. Rmy troops ana Bast an police seized two lifted pei terday border ol the Amerl- Wesl Berlin police headsaid the Communist tersorus out h about 100 yards in- a Berlin tx 'lhe Communist picked up Bed persona our hours after n heard In the
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    Gaol torm is confirmed
    28 3 >81, Mon. Gen. Sir skine, East Africa ii in-Chief, has con- casta- C iptain l last Griffiths, :::-born ofn- ivilian rt here to Britain
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    `Joe must go club' gets a move on
    121 3 `Joe must go club' gets a move on SAUK CITY. Mon. I^ni. n ut the "Joe Go Club," seeking the ator McCarthy '.Kepublican-WLsi.oii.Niii saiti the organisational work \va* done and that the nexi few v.i.;... would produce "a llooci ol recall fi: Mtions." A month ago, :.<• Roy Gore the
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    Elections are postponed
    41 3 KINGSTON, Mon Jamai- nmeni due :n June have been postponed because oi widi iritieg In the voters' The Chief Minister, Mr. William i^ last night Mrs had liscovered In lists |usl compiled by the Chi tora] Office Renter.
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    For Yugoslavia
    23 3 BELGRADE Mon President Cekil Bayar Of Turkey and his Prime Minister, Mr. Adnan Menderes, will visit Yugoslavia in early autumn- Reuter.
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    His new job
    33 3 WASHINGTON. Mon.-- Mira Slovak. a Chechoslovakian army pilot who flew through the Iron Curtain to freedom With 22 passengers la.M year. Is now flying a crop dusting plane A P.
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    Soviet army growth is not alarming
    115 3 PARIS. Monday. ANEW \.vro estimate of Communist military power indicated that. Russia could field 300 divisions within 30 days, but the impressive and steady Red buildup was not alarming, it was learned yesterday. The NATO report, awaiting .ipprovul by tlie 14 yoverninents In the
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    Non-violence the answer, says Nehru
    74 3 GAYA. Bihar State, Mon. MR. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, yesterday -said that only non-violence could solve world problems. In a world IMiM'fg through litifal pha.se. the powers were po.M'd against one another armed With the most destructive weapons ot all he .s lid. One
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    No acrobatics
    32 3 NEW YORK. Mon. The Superintendent of the Statue of Liberty has denied Vtenmnasi permission to perform acrobatics atop the statue to express his happiness in the United .states. A. P.
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    RUMANIAN LEADER OF REDS EXECUTED FOR TREASON
    143 3 RUMANIAN LEADER OF REDS EXECUTED FOR TREASON LONDON. Monday. IMC H AKKST radio last nisht announced that l.ucretiu Patrascanu, a veteran Kumanian Communist leader and former .Minister of Justice, had been tried and executed for treason. l Patrascanu and number of accomplices, it saki, were tried by tbc Supreme Military
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    King wants aid for 900,000
    90 3 AMMAN. Mon. KING HUSSEIN ot Jordan yesterday asked the Christian world to redress the wrong suffered by 9<X).oou A:abs who lost their homes it i the Holy and in the IsraeliArab war. He made the appeal In an Easter message to America in which he
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    Shell blasts hurt 2
    73 3 CALCUTTA. Mon More than a hundred 20 lb. antiaircraft shells exploded in a scrap iron heap in the industrial Howrah suburb yesterday, Bhwking the area for miles around. A woman and her 4-year-old daughter were wounded by shell splinters. Police cordoned off the area and evacuated
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    50,000 visit trade fair
    56 3 OSAKA. Mon. The first week of the international trade fair here drew more than 50 000 visitors There were 670 foreign visitors They came f:om tile United State.-. Malaya. Canada West Germany. Holland. Siam. India. New Zealand. Pakistan. Korea. Denmark, Indonesia, Britain. Spain. Australia, Portugal. Mexico,
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    Ex-Minister dies
    20 3 Madrid. Mon Julio Wait San Martin, former Minister ot Justice and Commerce. ha.s died, aged "8. A P.
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    Colombo meeting
    20 3 COLOMBO. Mon Five Premiers from India. Burma. Pakistan. Indonesia and Ceylon meet in Colombo on April 28 AP.
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    MAGSAYSAY PLEDGES SUPPORT
    138 3 MANILA. Mon. PRESIDENT MAdSAYSAY J night pledged Philippine support for a nat<> type Pacific alliance provided Indochina la assured <>i iiiii Independence and ii" 1 Philippines I jii American guarantee of immediate aid in cast Oi OUtKgre«sion. President Magsaysay .said he had In tructed vice President Carlos
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    60 FIGHT SNOW IN BID TO SAVE 13
    139 3 60 FIGHT SNOW IN BID TO SAVE 13 OBERTRAUN. Upper Austria. Mon. SEARCHERS battled through driving wind and snow on the Dachstein mountains near here last night, despite fading hopes for 10 German boys and three teachers missing since Thursday. Sixty men of the Mountain Rescue Service. carrying walkie-talkie radios
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    JAP BID TO REFLOAT FREIGHTER
    84 3 JAP BID TO REFLOAT FREIGHTER TOKYO. Mon. A JAPANESE salvage ship, Waka.shio Maru. today propared to try to refloat the British freighter Winhope. which ran aground on Saturday on Tsushima island betwoen Korea and Japan. the> coa.-t guard said. The 1,700-ton VOJOd Is in M immediate danger. The Winhope's crew
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    Scouts for Manila
    49 3 HONG KONG. Mon. The Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, today inspected the Honii Kong Scout contingent to the tir.st national Boy ScoutJamboree in the Philippines Hong Kong's 22-.stroni: yroup which will officially repreatnt Britain and the Empire at the Jamboree, will leave for Manila on Thursday. —Reuter.
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    Tito sails homo
    33 3 ISTANBUL. April Mon.—President Tito of Yugoslavia left !or bOOM today after a sixday state visit to Tur<ey for talks with President Ct la'l Bayar and other Turkish leaders. K. ,iter.
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    A /antick weds
    29 3 A /an tick weds LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Mon.— Su.san Zanuck. daughter of 20th Century Fox production chief. Dairy] F. Eanack. was married here today to Mm producer Andre Hakim.
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      101 3 FREE DANCE LESSONS FOR FIVE YEARS PARIS. Mon. ABOl T 1.000 hours of free lessons will be the main autril in an international competition of academic dancine sponsored by Russian-born former American ballet star and the r'niuii Fine Arts .Ministry. Miss Alice Nikitina, a priina ballerina of Serge de Diaghilev's
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      187 3 CATELLI'S MACARONI, /^i SPAGHETTI, VERMICELLI I MAKE DELICIOUS AND SATISFYING LUNCHEON AND SUPPER DISHES FISH AND MACARONI Free i lb. of cookrd fish fmr fh>!E^ skin and bnn<' and thm flaki 1 U Add i pt. "f white sauce and 2 (iz. of grated choose; make FA very hot and
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    VILLAGES DON'T WANT TO JOIN TOWN AREA
    259 4 VILLAGES DON'T WANT TO JOIN TOWN AREA 4 Wc pay double to drink our own water' Protest committee set up PENANG, Monday. AYKR Itam, Glugor and Tanjonjf Tokonj« community leaders have elected a 21 -man protest committee with Mr. Khoo Soo Jin as chairman to collect the views of residents
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    Red supplier gets five years' gaol
    122 4 Red supplier gets five years' gaol JOHORE BAHRU. Mon 11/ HEN police searched TT Hlyor Estate one day m February they found in the lines occupied by Lon« Foi. a labourer, one pikul o! rice. H katis ot Bvgar, 61 katis of wheat Hour, five feet of Insulated wire, six
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    Rural folk keen on vote
    81 4 2(U00 REGISTER Nearly 26.500 people have registered as voten lor the Johore Council of state election* since registration opened tool days ago An official statement say* that people in the rural areas have ihoin) mure Interest than those in town, who appear to t>e apathetic.
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    Transferred
    23 4 JOHORE BAHRI M<<n [nspector R. N. Walker of the Federation police has been posted from Pcrak to TOB| Pens for general duty.
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    HE HELPS TO GET THE FUNDS
    156 4 HE HELPS TO GET THE FUNDS A SINGAPORE student at Melbourne University is pl.t mi: a leading part in raising funds lor the International House for students at the university. Hi- is 24-year-old Mr. Kajaratrani Sumlarasan (above), whose home is in llaijj Avenue Singapore. Mr. Sumlarasan. a fourth-year medical student
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    Telecoms girl weds at K.L.
    41 4 KUALA I.UMPUR. Mon. Mis> Qertrude Hendrofl of the Ti -lecom minications Dei led tin- momit st. John's Church, Bukit Nanas, to Mr. Kenny Ma Quire of thr Meteorological Benrlce, Lumpur. The Rev. Father M :v-r--the ceremony.
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    Bandits shoot at police car
    45 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Terrorists on Saturday fired .in a police personnel carriei In the Renpam area of Johore They fled when the terrorists returned the tire. The vehicle was <>ny to I. ayaii;- Layang new village There were n<> casualties
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    MOTHER TOLD HER TO MAKE FALSE REPORT
    185 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 17-YEAR -OLD woman Filamoney Ver?hese. told the Kuala Lumpur SessionCourt today that she had lied to the police to please her mother. She p'eaded guilty to making :i false report at Campbell "iad police station on Feb. 15. Mr
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    $lm. plan for 'new' City hall approved
    200 4 A SPECIAL committee has approved a $1,000,000 plim lor tne reorganisation of City Hall, i Singapore, to accommodate the proposed City and Island Council. Trie Rendel Commission has recommended that the new council should con.si.st of 24 elected members, and eight aldermen. A
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    UMNO demand
    27 4 The UMNO eeneral assembly decided at its week-end sacct.ng in Malacca to demand a cted federal Legislative Council by M vctCl Sfl 11. 10 abstaining.
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    RECITALS TO AID CHILDREN
    107 4 X ('rippled ChlMrea's Hasac at I. mall "Mer.ili uri;enll> necU> in«m«>. To help raise funils (he Art of Dance Studio will hold two recitals at the n loria Tlicatra this ueek -end Tickets .its. and S'! are on sale at Kobinson's This Straits 1 lines picture
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    Holiday court sets up speed record
    293 4 CASE EVERY MINUTE AND A HALF IN THE RECORD TIME ol one nour and 15 minutes 1 the "holiday court" magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Putts. beard about 50 cases. It was the court's second .special Easter holiday sittinu. The lirst was on Saturday
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    Govt. plans hostels
    70 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Hostels for children attending schools In Johore Bahru. Muar Kluang. Batu Pahat Begmmat and Pontlan are included in the Johore Education Dev< Plan. !ar lunds havt been approved :>>r a hostel foe 8u children In Johore Bahru to h« built tli;s year Funds for
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    2 had chandu
    26 4 JOHORF BAHRU. Mon. Tan Kirn Chen and Sun Clue c>! Mrretng, wen- each Dned $:<i)o for having chandu and chandu smokin.n appurat is.
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    Tax relief for cyclists
    57 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mnn The Government Intends to amend the Local Councils Ordinance. 1 1952 i. to reduce the $3 a year tax on bi.-v.li v it has been raggested that $t should be the maximum tax so as to allow town council* to use their discretion
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    Fire in house
    34 4 A shori circuit started small fin- in an attap house in Pa\a Lebar Road. Singapore early yesterday The Bre waa ■oon put out i>v an engine from the Central Fire station
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    ROBBERY BID ALLEGED
    53 4 David Duttnn and Kenneth Stork h;ifl rharvi- Ol Usauli ;uid attempted, robbery 1 1 plainer! to them In Smcaporo. The prosecution alleged thai Dutton and Stock ;\.v amt I I'cih Kodn Ton- iIV driver, at 7| milestone Dpper Thomson Road, and demanded fron him. The i-a.se was
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    Terrorist bosses order a lightning' war
    404 5 REDS NOW LACK COURAGE, SAY BANDIT PAPERS COMMUNISTS in South Johore have boon ordered by their regional committee to rid themselves of "conservative thinking" and start an immediate counter campaign of li>;htning assaults, disturbances and sabotage. Bandit bosses have charged their troops with lacking
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    THE BRIDE AND GROOM CUT THE CAKE
    52 5 MM. AMD MMM WILLIAM tait art teen unoi c t 'ting the cute after I their iredding ut St. AndreWt Cathedral. Sniai opore. The bride. Miss Uoira Elder, (j the duugh- tc, of Dr. and Mrs. E. A I Eld>:> of Singapore. Straits
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    400 at K.L. wedding
    78 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The marriage took pla> ,i! SI John's Church oi Mr Lawn nee Gomes, eldest son ol Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Gomes, and Miss P. v. Bkelchy daughter of Mr. and Mra. B A. Ski The bridegroom comes from I; of veil-known musicians
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    Church delegate in Singapore
    53 5 Mr. M. K Peters. India's dele:o the World Council Ol Churches meeting In Illinois, United States, arrived in Sing ipore yesterday by air. Mr. 1 Lary ol [ethodls( churche i in India, will study the won; oj youth ms In Singapore before flying to America on
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    Welfare Home chairman feted
    51 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Mr. H. C. M. Horsley, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Johore, was entertained to tea at the Social Welfare Home here during Rend. Mr. Horsley is Chairman ol th m laid of Oovernors ol the Home. He leave.s tomorrow by air for England on
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    Union wants probe of beatings story now
    110 5 THE SINGAPORE City Council Water Department Labour Union yesterday asked the Deputy Prealdi nt of the Council Mr. H. MlddletonSmith to pro< eed at once with the Inquiry Into the alii tion tint .hi employee had been .!t<*d by a Council officer in
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    SERVICES TO PAY WORKERS MORE
    184 5 New agreement with unions THE NAVY, ARMY and RAP. may ftgaln increase A the' salaries of some of their civilian employees in 'Singapore. The more (ollowa repreaentatiDii.s by tlu' Army c: vices Union, the Admiralty Local st..ti Union, the Naval B;i.«e Labour Union and the
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    Today is the university's trisha day
    102 5 ONE thousand Bye hundred Singapore trishas w:ll b«' p< dalled around city streets dawn till sunset today i drive to swi U the HanI tuivrrsity Fund. coloured pendants and collection boxes will dlstinih these whlelea from which arc not partlcl- he drive. trlsha rklers
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    3 accused of robbery
    63 5 SEREMBAN. Mon. Three -okiiers attached to 11th Hus;rs Fa 101 tamp, Seremban, appeared today before R.n.i Sulong, the Seremban magistrate, on a charge of eommittlnf robbery while armed WHB a pistol. E Parkin. R J Brown and R J Hillier were alleged to have robbed Won?
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    Perlis gives $3,000 to fund
    53 5 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. —A donation <»f ISAM has been received ln»m the Perils State Appeal Committee for 1 kd rs TB Hospital Fund which now stands at 11.*****1 riie Ui.-trirt Officer. Cameron Highland* has sent Sl.sni. while Mr Chua Boon Guan Kuala Lumoor motor magnate
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    Telephone man here for talks
    48 5 Mr. J.C. Ireland, of the Automatic ivirphone and Electric Company, arrived in Singapore by Qanta*-BOAC Constellation from London day. He will hold talks in Kuala Lumpur before leaving for N«'\ Zealand on Saturday tot consultations to further develop the Government's telecommunication system there.
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    Board to grant $42.000 for T.B.
    42 5 JOHORI-: BAHRU. Sun. TIM Lottertel Board has derided to make a monthly grant of $42,000 to the Malayan Association for the Prevention of T B Tlip proposed alloratlor. to Johore out of this sum Is $(i.r>no.
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      166 5 A TIP FOR SINGAPORE I/Vhy take less When Pepsi's best VHP. Cola nut. one of the Insred '<;. grow* m trees in Africa and thr Wt The people "ho lire in those areas, call th e Cola tree "Thr Tree of Life." Modern science has taken a Up from these
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      304 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE A.M. Tli lime Sign.il ami Op"; li..- AniKiuiu'Pineni: 7.16 Mortilnj Star; IM News; 73i Melody Mixlure- 8 IKI 8 lill Mu-u.il Ci.mcdv Memorie 1' M 1 Pro Summary; 1.01 Llghl Music; IJ> Time .Si"DHI ft News. 1 4.. M uh thm Corner; ■< M 'I Ism MfßaJ
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    19 6 ;,i M Ill (minimum) HE i-'ami; v c: the l&ta Mi thank ti me sages o ,rir k:n«
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    54 6 I i minimum) I in I o\V PI rtay n Mall 1 U -in want to wii .^rri puule. PIANO repain and tuning*. Expert \iohm lei why DRY X' v m the Planer- >nc story Shor' D Fi. Snrr: Agents ERY In ticure by Hip Pin i Ran and
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Apr. 20, 1954. News From The Jungle
    978 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Apr. 20, 1954. News From The Jungle There are variety of conclusioni to be drawn from the Communist documents captured recently In Johore. and issued to the Press for tever value the Preaa nay think they have in helping interpret the baargency situation. While the
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    Trial Balloons
    324 6 If the odd observations to which American senators and other still more distinguished citizens have Ix-en addicted in the p;-t Mineral days art "trial balloons", as New York newspaper publishers an- BliajfaaUag, then it is to be hoped that Washington will consider them as already shot down. ViceProident
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    Playing the last cards in Indo-China
    2281 6 GRAHAM GREEN, xcorU-futtious author, writes his second ume MM red < iespa teh for the Straits Times after a lotr^ visit to Imlo-Chitia. His first Jes pa teh MM published xesterdiiy. AFTER all, in Vietnam. during the last two years, there had been a
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    172 6 man-in-the-Street 'NO PAY FOR MONTHS' AS Pekans letter a.s.s«'it.s, eMh ciitioius at the Tfcachers' rralnlng College are v t li.sBrace. Th« buy* aiui girls wen taken in i^t January it ta w uw AP' ll uiiuust turnini nto May, and not a ecnt hxs been l>-nj in .salary. <■ all
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      43 6 CERMAN PEN Viiuite 'Improved Lamy-Artus) (in-RloM Ink fillinc raparllj. lran»p»rrnt barrel Most durably iridium tipprd MX cold nib. I'i.M.ijr 50 rrnti rxlra. EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO., It, i l> it 1 1 i St.. S'pore-1 ENG SENG MEDICAL CO.. 8. Ah Qurr St.. Prnant.
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    White hall told: Extremists will step in if you're not careful
    140 7 I 'SAYS: HEED MATE DEMANDS' PENANG, Monday. the Pan-Malayan Labour 1 Sopieo, today warned rship <>l the .Malayan people's {(tonal independence would paw extremists it the present democratic political organ* cd. by the Secretary ul v Lyttelton, it Is
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    FIRE FIGHTING PARIT SCOUTS WIN PRAISE
    41 7 FIRE FIGHTING PARIT SCOUTS WIN PRAISE MAUM, Mon. lal the Ukandar Parit. in Pc- uummi .d town iHittins blaze v H Re.serve, ntrol bemld spi all man of tl i\ wn nde. d flnd a doing v so called were men
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    Cruel to ducks: $40 fine
    27 7 ong Tal W In .1 81n esterday, when he pleaded guilty tv iiui-!;.s. The ducks, their leg* Ued, found in eight L>o--,ket.s.
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    Rubber liaison teams are urged
    236 7 Rubber liaison teams are urged KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. 'PHE APPOINTMENT of International rubbtT producer-conssumer liaison team* is urged by the Natural Rubber Bureau Id Washington. The team* sbouM be h Kanlsed to Jink maoufacturer needs auu producer rasearcli •^.iy s the Bureau's lute.st Issue ul Nuturul Rubber news. Whyl i.s
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    They posed as `Govt. men' to rob
    102 7 They posed as `Govt. men' to rob KI'AI.A I.I'MPUR. Mon I EE Her and Choo Ben Were *J today sentenced to fhn and thn',. years' <jaol respectively for robbing a tailor low Chi sin. ut a gold bracelet wo.-th $495 on Jan. 11. 'liuv were alleged to have M Lok's
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    Co-op training for 43
    35 7 KUAI.A LIHIS. Mon-Forty-three aecretartea ot Malay cooperative Societies in Pahang began toilay a four-day eooperatlve development training course here. 'i hey will study management i d development ol co-opera-Uve itocU t'.M
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    HE RECALLS THE BOSS ON BICYCLE
    106 7 HE RECALLS THE BOSS ON BICYCLE MX S. VYADIKAI (above), a special grade clerk in thf port manager's office. Malayan Kailway, is retiring after 37 years' service, lie lias v|iini :'i years in Port Swettenliani. Mr. Ayailurai says: "When I lirsl came to Port Suettenli.iin in I'MK there was only
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    Teacher to pay wife $130 a month
    110 7 Teacher to pay wife $130 a month MALACCA. Mun. BERNARD Wilfred FroLs. 42--year-old teacher, today in the Magistrate's Court wa.s ordered to pay maintei.. of SI 3O monthly to his M yeai old wife. Maria, formerly Magdalene l.eong. rrots, at v previon.s heailng, that through unanKPmentl made by a priest,
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    Concert in aid of women's fund
    76 7 ipoh. Man. To ralsp funda for the Women's Institute* ol M ilava :i t hree-hour v:iri>'ty c iiu-i-rt will br given in the Malay School. Sungel Ra;. a. Kampong Krpayang. on f rui.iv night. Thi conceri la >lni :.v(j by the Women's Institute. Kampong
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    ABOUR PLANS `SURPRISE'
    53 7 ABOUR PLANS `S URPRISE' 9 s >< contain the g'.un professional :uul imes, but that will nul nvct its strength. Thin b the he common man Mr. Abdullah said a dnv 1 has en launched u> enrol new i hope old tronb'.''^ will nol tu undo the work we re
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    EASTER BRIDE CUTS CAKE
    33 7 MR, KEANCIS TAN CHEW <»o\ helf« his I. ride. MKsl.iuv han int the cake alter their weddiim at the Chun h tiff St Peter anil St. Paul. Singapore, yesterday.
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    Nine men to help Malays trade
    282 7 PERAK SETS UP COMMITTEE IPOH. Monday. THE Perak Government has appointed committed Of nine State Councillor! to report on ways to encourage Malaya to play a greater part in the economic life of the State, especially In licensed trades. Thli follow the debate at
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    Dysentery kills fewer than ever
    125 7 Dysentery kills fewer than ever •.a Li .:r. R Mon. D. IV 11. a ksticj published paxt .mx mon Iti show Mienti.-;.s .in- beating the use which vi ha.s caused about i.oimi d a year in the FeUera Although it i.s nut a noUfl" .ibii- di.si i.-.c. hospital admislic .ilt
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    Aeromodellers
    27 7 SKRKMBAN Mun. Mr. G. S. Keeping was elected president oi the Hegri BembUan Aeromodellera club formed In Seremban yesterday. Mr. William .1. sudason i.s tin- secretary.
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    COASTAL ROAD LINK READY NEXT YEAR
    156 7 Pmierts will cost $11,500,000 mil end of next f**x to tt*»| target Hate tur the eompletlon of fcwo Ml Bterelopnienl schemes In Singapore th* <-„.,. tal road and bridge a»et Stamford CmuU itf^OOiWU. and Kalians bridge <3>tf.i»uu.uuui. Th« City Council win build the cob
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    MADE ORPHANS BY HIT-AND-RUN CAR
    109 7 Till vi mo children became 1 orphans un Friday night. ulien their mother. Sleo ('hat Mii.in nra« killed in an a< t i dent at the IV. milestone. Woodland* Kti.nl Singapore. on her way Ik after vlsil im a relative. Nco, a factory worker and
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    Singapore forms a P.E.N. Club
    125 7 ABRAWCH ol the Poet, E.sa>Lit ami Novelet Cluh WSJ formed in Singapore ye.itciday. Mr M Saiavanainuthn ('< ion Commissioner for Malaya, addressed the Inaugural meeting on tho mes ol ih^ pan. One of them, he .said, wa.s to spread Rnodwill and truth and oppose falsehood
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    TO A HAPPY HOME IN TEMPLE CAME A SPIRIT WOMAN
    151 7 Now he must pat/ maintenance PENANG, Monday. i CHINESE couple, married 17 years, lived happily with five children in ;i Oreen I-a:ie trmplr till woman medium came, the Penang Magistrate's Court was told. Tan Poh Peak, who summoned her husband.
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    Three years for attack on girl
    76 7 Three years for attack on girl KUAI.A LUMPUR. Mon A 45 year old Indian, n Palani. need, in the Supreme Court hrrr. to three >■ ar.- •^mptln-j to rape a ten-year old Indian u!ri on Feb l In houw li Road. Klang. Paiani went to the girl ihe was in
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    Direct service
    38 7 BRUNEI TOWN. Sun. A new direct shipping service b twees Australia and 8 i.i British North Borneo will be I started next month by the 1 Royal Intern tan Unea ai present Australian produce transhipped at
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      10 7 CAD.3/94 mi ri< li (M.lliiirv ii'- hneM. > BY SIME DARBY
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      337 7 How You Can Master GOOD ENGLISH in #.7 inuiulvs a 11/HATI VKR YOUR WORK th I s oo< masi r key »o bigger p mtmtt and thai i > ■^•■od rommand of English, prove thai m< n and jto-gg;' women who < am bin money know hnw (press themselves correctly
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      159 7 The weather M INIMII M tkmph: \l l i:i P m ..ii April It to irll 19>: Sli 1 Ku'.i Bahru ',<'■ M WIMI M 1 1 Mi-t I: \l l Rl .7 mj .i iii in 7 :tu pin on Kp Pruan i :i Kn-.i Bahru 94, Kuala Lumpur
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    WHATA LIFE!
    1204 8  -  Christine B»> MONDAY lANE and I stopped to watch the gulli-guIU man in town today. After he had performed a few tricks he I the basket whore ha kept his makes and began to play <»n Ins instrument. The snakes however, wrc nut in a mood to respond
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    Give your wardrobe a boost with blouses according to budget
    550 8 Says MAXINE RAKICH PVEN the most carefully planned hihl worked r^ mil wardrobe gets s\n\v once in while, The only thing lodp is to give il pep by adding ;i rev odd bils and pieces. The best way to inject
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      217 8 Rise an ra r Shine everyday 3 PHILLIPS' MILK OF MmSNESFA IN IIOUIC >N1 TAILIT lOIH 1 I I holK to 1 ny. I Sparklinjt eHenmctttce maktt Allta I I Selizei ple^MM tMtins helps it* I I powerful patn-rclievei »ork fa»i I I (.el limc-ietccd Alk.i ><fli/er ti>d.n I Kidneys
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      126 8 8 (ameia i: fhc *oft. «ate way to temmm that Hatt^n so neatly .md waterproof back for confide nr fhc soluble janit.iry towels th ir tno extra cost. Try then I' BOXES Entirely British m I London W^ m j Bit' build "p health strength F 4- l and i
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      279 8 The Straits Times Crossword 1 2 "5 4 eT" 8 9 10 I ■■TH" I a~i 2_ I ii" I M ~Ta~ IS 16 3^ A^fJSas IB 19 k^ 7O r, H I 1 2* 21 "28" 29 ACROSS 7. Neil .ill ihv Mall out a word 1 Kello'.vs the
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    Britain still divided over the Grand National
    1229 9 Britain still divided over the Grand National //;> special FEATURE s still raging in Britain over one of the nations xtures, the Crand National Steeplechase, contested Liverpool. In the recent 1954 event, four horses Dyed after falling at the toughest obstacles. Horse isin<4 say that to put a horse over
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      144 9 jm&& w j(r^R BURNER j fhelovel/ SOAP" Like all the loveliest stars, care for your skin with <Psshi LUX TOILET SOAP the beauty soap y^ of (he Him stars s I^^ straight hacks s^***' *J CM. V^ JTV J \y.< give your baby^ -f^^^aß- this pure milk mmmo^^.- Ifyou cannot
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      131 9 iPirti Truvii Musi by ihi> trvuihvr BtsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBi TtVf RPFN^EAf>NC.~UP ON^l TwWFN PED CEOTAIN LEAVES.^H |"l DON T SEE UOWTHAT COULD £^bßbbbbbbbslbbbbbbVbb| J^^rs sam known as I thco st,nc causes paralvs.s.! possibly fit into canmeads '.VV,fcF WAS WITH THE 195q BLUE-BACKS J UOSSOF SPEECW ANO J PRESENT TOOUBLES. SAYS SAM. EXPEDITION
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    U.S. GOOD COPRA MARKET
    360 10 U.S. GOOD COPRA MARKET RECENT reports by the j U.S. Department of Agriculture show that copra continues to find a good market in the United States. Copra exports from the Phi- lippinfs during February totalled 50,050 tons, about equal to the 50,231 tons exported in January, and more than 50
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    IDRIS OUTPUT
    19 10 idrLs Bjfdrande Tin Ltd 'a output for the quarter erivl?d March 31 was C_' 3 j .ons.
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    GAMMON HAVE SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WORK
    350 10 GAMMON HA VE SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WORK Transfer $1 million to reserve fllK (iammon tfroup of companies have carried 1 out vastly more work of the concrete *hHI 4ructure type than an> other group in the linli.xh Commonwealth, says Mr. J. C. 'iammon. chairman of (iammon (Malaya) Ltd. in the annual
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    Tin surplus estimate too high, says review
    381 10 Tin surplus estimate too high, says review LONDON'. Mun. "THE price of tin has risen 1 by £100 a ton in six weeks chiefly because of the excellent statistical position and the basic faci that production In 1954 will only slightly exceed consumption. A. Strauss and Company. the London metal
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    KELANI BRIDGE j
    101 10 GAMMON (MAI U LTD. are BOT actively < n gaged m the loiiiuiatioii work for the new KH.mi Bridge at olomi>o s.ntlii- annu.il report. The contrail lor llu- new si million bridge was signed alter a delay last Id cember. The contract was secured in the lace
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    JAP RUBBER SALES AGAIN
    104 10 Imik Japanese Govt has resumed ber imports from both and Indonesia under th aiatie approval S] No restrictions were Impo. i v on these imports but I of deposit for Unport tions were raised to 25 per cci for Malayan rubber, compare I with three per
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    45 10 NEW YT*Ut Moo Tii YorK Fed.-i ,i Rpservi B v nounced reduction In i count rate tnan one and quarters per tent to w half per cenl effective Friday, Th, New v action follows similar Chicago Ke<!« pal Reserve on Tuesday Reuter,
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      315 10 A CATHAY ORGANISATION 20th CENTURY-FOX A 1 X\m Si 'EMENT OUR COMPETITORS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTRODUCING THE REAL CINEMASCOPE AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE SHORTLY THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW 1. Thai Cinemascope is ;i 20th (.entiirv Fox trade mnrk only recently leased to other distributing companies such ;>s
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      829 10 I l I NOTICES ROAD TRAFFIC NOTICE The Kuala Lumpur- tOum i will be clased between 8 mile and lOtli mile for construction of a Railway Sldlnjr Crossing between j (he hours 6 pm. on 21.4.54 and 6 a.m. on 22.4.54 and all through i (raffle will be diverted via
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      228 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT \YK Urn Nununees of the follow peiti\» deceaseds Uaßßk The I •c Mutual Help Aancßßttoav, bni'j.ipore lor the Nominees' r-.mu o ui>: Dect-asis bak Wai M7I I Kong Kye. S6li4 Ko« C'ihh) I Ha, Sti.ia Oaa Ye» Kiont. 1711 Woo All Kheng. $596 Hum Ah Chuen. $ti7ti ft- I'liuay
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      984 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL- No 2f-->» Et.Lr.RMAN DUCKNALL KLAVEJ4ESS L'NE LONDON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM P.P^^VIT t" VA^C^V^ HAMBURG ft HULI Acccptinq ror-in for Central ft South and for USA North Aflontir Ports American Portt ond Connrto via Colombo m v SUNNYVIILE CITY OF OXFORD M S/liMay 3/4 May 13/14 Moy
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    222 12 Lewis Peat THE new Chairman and A Managing Director ofj Lewis and Peat (Sinua- 1 pore) Ltd. will be Mr. R. A. Pratt who at present is Far Eastern Controller of the Colonial Development Corporation. Other new directors of the company are Mr. A. Mathieson, a partner of Fraser and
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    104 12 rpiip: xpectatioa that this I A year's consumption ol tural rubber in the U.S. would be maintained en an equal par with synthetic was forecasi by Mr. James Pike, president of S. J. Pyk< and Co. Inc. Mew York, rubber dealers Who lias arrived [or the rubber
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    Hong Kong industry is not shifting to Singaporel
    405 12 BUT EXPANSION HAS BEGUN THK opening of branch factories in Singapore by Hong Kong's industrial organisations does not indicate "a shift of plant" from one colony to the other, according to Mr. F. P. Franklin, Managing Director of the South China .Morning
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    COMMERCIAL NEWS & VIEWS
    201 12  - COMMERCIAL NEWS VIEWS GEOFFREY BOLAND B>J| CHARTERED BANK IS 100 YEARS OLD Has survived in original form 4LTHOUGH several Eastern banks were granted charters in the eiehteen-twenties. the Chartered' Bank of India. Australia and China which recently celebrated It! centenary, was the only one which had survived in its original
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    INDONESIA JOINS UP
    86 12 INDONESIA has joined 1 the International Monetary Fund and World Bank for K(( (instriK tion and Development. becMtiag Urn •VUh ion lit r> in participate in these international financial organisations. Quotas of I SSI 10 000 (100 were assigned Indonesia by both the Bank and ihe lund.
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    FOOD CANS
    120 12 SHIPMENT of BMUI cans in the United States during 1953 totalled 4.1 million tons, an Increase Of (> per cent over ii>;>2. according to the us Departnii'iU of Commerce Shipment* of tood cans, in which the tin coutinii with its coriosion-resistant and contamination -resistant properties is especially important,
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    Federation buys land
    56 12 IMir Frdrrnt inn Government has acquired 123 arre.s at Gunnn? Pulni brlnnßinß to .Tf)hnre Para Rubber Ltd. for <: 6.142. The chairman says that compensation for acquisition already received and the sum to be received In respect of export duty refund ill coti--•.rierably relieve the financial position
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    The new chairman
    83 12 MR. AKNOI.I) I). NASSIM, partner in Ihe sh.ircbrokins linn of .1. M lasMM and Co. Sins, tinti'i who hist week as elretrd chau m.i n of the MaUvan Share brokers' Association. Other iillin.iK ••lectcd at the nxM-tini: wen: \iieihairm.in. Mr. A. N I irquharson (Kuala l.iiinpur), (ommitlir
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    SINGAPORE IS READY FOR RUBBER CONFERENCE
    361 12 SINGAPORE IS READY FOR RUBBER CONFERENCE ALL is. now ready the eight nation rubber quality and packing conference which is to be held in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, from Thursday to Saturday and many delegates have arrived in Singapore. The. .sessions of the conference, attended by prominent j rubber
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    868 13 llv THK SPORTS EDITOR o0 dut soccer L losing its i in England »S1 MINI I. LONDON Monday, which is to bo introduced in ivon. seems to ho approaching a illing lights, but the ear thin and there arc nol roll up unless very lanagera, too, arc bcto doubt
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    Plea for stadium at airport site
    182 13 I/A1.1 airport may bt'tonu- the sitt- of Singapore's long-planned Olympic stadium. Kallang will become vacant when t lie new Internationa] airport at PayaLebar is completed next year. and the stadium committee have told the Government that it should be used for the new stadium
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    Rain cuts junior schedule
    236 13 Rain cuts junior schedule 'I'HKRE was little activity in, the junior divisions last' week due to heavy rain which resulted in nine out of 19 matches being i*>stponed. In tlw second division. Singupon' C'uMiiilu.nis to)) tlie league table with 10 potnta .Utei their 3—o win i aval Asiini A C.
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    SERVICES' WINNING XI PLAY H.K. TODAY
    293 13 SERVICES WINNING XI PLAY H.K. TODAY Ull.l. PLEASED with their X— triumph avcf Malac- c;i in last Saturdays Malaya ('up fixture, the Combined Services selectors are sticking to the same team tor today's match against the Hong KOMfl XI at Jalan i?<vir Stadium. Hoim KoMu. Mon for a win after
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    HAIKOWYU WIN
    31 13 Halkomyu brat SUB Re<res»)on CM 2 1 m then SA K A Div. 2 name kl Ocylaßl vesteid.i> Sallet; and Osman scored for Hwikowyu md Bird for SBH Recs
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    SAFA POSITIONS
    679 13 Latest positions in Hie Singapore l A.F.A. Leaeup .no Leading goal -m<ii its in Ihr >\l •rninr Iragur anil i fpnsrnlalivf gamrs In il.ti. arr: Itahlm Omar i >u< i nitrM II: tmm suiu "ink iTlnrai M; Iliialiim MaiiMHir I Ma 9: \waiit Itakut il-uliiii Wili.il> Mm iManncN
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    KON LEONG IS THOMAS CUP COACH
    372 14 Choongs to help in 1955 defence PHAN KON LEONG, a member of the victorious Malayan Thomas Cup teams of 19 IS and 1951, has been appointed to coach the Malayan team that will defend the Cup next year. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of
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    Ceylon team toGamesdue here today
    371 14 t'EYLON'S contincent of seven to the second Asian Games nt Manila froai Mny 1 to 10 will arrive in Sincapore by 8.0.AC, plane at I pin today. The Ceylomse will probably spend throe days in Singa- port before leavini; for Manila by ur on Saturday
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    Johoregame ends in tie
    238 14 JOHOKE BAHKI AIBNBI Bnteh to the opening ot the season here be•Aoen J.B ni.-tnct nnd District produced a thrilling ;ie on the Ciml Bet vice ground, each ride ■coring 141 ram P«C Johoie. I Holt ,43. and J Pormtah, wheiai More <M 38 Included .n ion.
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    DESTROYED
    53 14 ipoh. M—. Won Tudor, i c; 4 horai who ran last m the 0i the I'erak Iml Clubs Dirby day on Saturday, was destroyed this morning owins to an 'Incurable innriition o.' the tetloclu." Si<> was owned by Itan K V 1., v and H C. Chionh. and trained
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    Indo-Malays just hold off defeat
    343 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. QBLANGOB Chinese sprang I surprise today when 5 they held Sinuaporcs star studded Indo-.Mala> soccer XI to a I draw after kctafl ahead until two minutes from the end. Five thousand people turned nit. mon of thorn to see Singapore'i centre forward.
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    Yesterday's UK soccer results
    268 14 Yesterday's UK soccer results LONDON. Mon. Today's ImocU linn i i' hi reaattM Inler-I.raeue: Irish l.eacue league of Ireland o played at Bel■at PIVISION OXK Burnley v Rollon < ardiff ity it Blackpool 1 j i iin li. ,n 1 Manche«.lrr li\r'H<>ol I Mid lirmich I M.iim .irstrr I 1
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    CORINTHIANS NOW TOP DIV. 2 TABLE
    299 14 CINGAPORE Corlnthlam to<ik ever 13 the S A. FA Div. I HagW le:iderslun from Siiißapore Cricket Club with a 3-0 victory over Aston AC. at F Az N Kiound yesterday Corinthians, the better comblna- I t ion. should have won by a wnii maiKin
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    Wembley B.P. elect officials
    55 14 Weaibley Sadiliiuwi Party officials for Patraaa: Baoa Kirn Huat. Tan Bah Clue: President Chan Ou. m: ice Preatn kaohd. Vimi: bin \tohd Hi n Secretary: Miss Pahi] I Hon. Trauurer: Ana Yew Ki:n. Auditor: Kiancis D'SUva. Hon. Sports Captain: Chui Hock Choon; Ass- Queit Sees Chan;
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    F. Karib upset Athletic
    233 14 F. Karih Chinese Ath. 0 CHINESE Athletic foil b;iek Into morlinrrlty after their recent ■UOensei when well beaten at J;il;m Ht sar st:idium yesterday by Fathtil Karib In the .senior division .soccer league. Ainlitlc. who have humbled formidable Rovan B.C and Pulau Bran] United, played like
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    292 14 II v A Special Coi KIM i vi| ■EXPERIENCE bea< irouth toda y-t championship when i, ternational player, won five n old David VIcMuiVin in a ma jsional ilas.n-s »f brilliance. A Beamish victory lan's brilliancf 1 yesterdaj the quarter-flnala and I holes. Nothing c-ould m> ■den. but today,
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