The Straits Times, 3 May 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times I si (I. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY. MAY 3, 1954. 15 CENTS. Ha*** 1
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    IGHT DIE IN RAUB FIRE
    277 1 §ther, 6 children trapped by flames RAUB, Sunday. 35-1 EAR-OLD mother, her six children and a 1 1 -year-old servant tfirl were burnt to death in i fire which destroyed three shophouses near here last night it blaze Which broke out at 11 p.m trapped
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    ZLE IS EASY, Y SAY
    13 1 ZLE IS EASY, Y SAY HI HE In ■■■k; ■.ml BjA ■■•M ■Jl
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    Hush-hush ANZUS meeting
    48 1 GENEVA. Sun. Itary of state. Mr. Dulles, amu I today with the i ign Ministers of i New ZealandIs; tlon. Mr. Richard alia, and Mr Webb ol Nen Zea I of the meeting stood that Mr. to enlist the two dominions tor I Southpact. A.P.
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    Roval visits
    19 1 LONDON, sun. Princess is to visit British I and Air Force schools in i in July. -a.p.
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    Earth shock
    14 1 ROME, Sun. A fourI rond earth tremor rocked Recanatl early today. Reuter.
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    Suspected of flag hoist
    67 1 Police in Pontian. Johore are questioning suspects in connection with two Commu- I nisi Bags and a number «>f posters found on May Day. One of the Bags was hoisted on a pole used by fishermen for drying their nets. The other waa found near a
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    Muslim fast to start tomorrow
    57 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Muslims all over Malaya will begin their month-long fast on Tuesday. The new moon, heralding the fasting month, i was not sighted anywhere to- 1 night Negri Sembilan and Singapore will watch for the new moon tomorrow They have fixed their puasa
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    Israel charged
    31 1 AMMAN. Sun. The Jordan delegation is to ask the United Nations armistice commission to investigate reports that Israel has built military defences in a demilitarised zone :it Jerusalem. Renter.
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    Big move-out
    20 1 TAIPEH. Sun. The third phase ol the evacuation ol Chinese Nationalist guerillas from Burma began yesterday. Reuter. I
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    NA IS SORRY FOR RTRESS WOUNDED
    114 1 NA IS SORRY FOR RTRESS WOUNDED ■K B Hr I ,nh." and West goi down to ng Korea's future as hop- 1 es rose thai Indo-China peace would also start acre Seven Foreign Ministers B Four. China. North and South Korea- met in seen a t> w picked adYisen a
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    BLIND BOY FLIES FOR OPERATION
    139 1 A 17-VKAR-OI.I) Swiss stu- dent in Australia is flyinc l'J.OOO miles from Perth to Switzerland for an e>e opr- ation. Arten Ispenco, the student, who became blind ei;ht months ago arrived in Sinsapore in a QANTAS Sky master from Perth ycsterda\ Arten lost his sight
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    Top owner dies, 85
    94 1 MILAN, Sun.— Signor Feclerleo Testa, Italy's bißge.st owner and trainer of thoroughbred iace horses, died suddenly here yesterday, 85 Hi.s hor.se.s won most ol the worlds classics Among the great champions produced by his stables \ya.s Nearco which he sent to Britain after the war for
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    Colonial wars a danger, he says
    82 1 NEW YORK. Sun —Dr. Ralph Bur.che. director of the United Nvtkma Department of, Trusteeship, said here jrcaterday that no colonial war could I be fought without endangering the peace of the entire world. Trusteeship was an international problem of vital and Increasing importance, he
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    $6 million in TV diamonds
    69 1 HOLLYWOOD. Sun. The Columbia Broadcasting System ■ajPi singer Jo Stafford will I wear more than Ms 6 million worth of diamonds on her television show on Tuesday. She will be given a diamond .studded (Old and plati- mini record. A neU oik spokes- man says
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    Rice for China
    16 1 CALCUTTA. Sun. India is to send 20.000 tons of rice to China. -UP.
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    'Little Geneva' ends
    208 1 COLOMBO. Sun. THK FIVK ASIAN Prime Minister* ended their conference here today by initiulllilK a set of resolutions from which all "punc-li h.id hern removed by promixDivergent views on nearly every siibjei t clisrussed forced (ontinuril revision of their declaration^ until, according to officials who helped draft
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    YOUTH DIES AFTER QUARREL STABBING
    147 1 YEO Oon Chin. 19. died aftvr being .stabbed during an argument which followed a game of cards in a house in Bukit Ho Swce. Singapore, about 12.15 am. yesterday. Yeo was stabbed in the chest with a motor-mechanic's scrap- er and died before pottcc urriv-
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    HOPES TO SEE AGAIN
    26 1 in fapeiMU, Cc n.nii .../.-.> ftlNStefti, tilth lUii'n-im .i;o--thcr-Gcnerul Theresa A/omV.s w, > and Reverend Mother A. Helen, in Singapore yesterday —Straits Times picture.
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    WIN IN THE RAIN FOR CARRUTHERS
    187 1 Exploding bulbs hold up fight BANGKOK. Sunday. SIXTY THOUSAND people— all soaked to the skinsaw Jimmy Carruthers outpoint Chamroen Songkitrat of Siam over 12 rounds in a heavy rainstorm here tonight. Between rounds an umbrella was opened la Carruthers' corner to keep the rain
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    Linda may be Miss Malaya
    129 1 MISS LINDA liodestyne, a«ed 1«. another entrant in the .Miss M ilaya quest. l.inda is Mi "mi (in shoes), weighs 108lbs and her measurement* are: bust waist 24" and hips 3:»". Shaw Brothers announced yesterday that the second prize for th» contest will be a
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    'Quake relief
    31 1 LONDON, Sun— The British Admiralty announced today that the situation is now in hand in the earthquake stricken areas of Greece. Relief preparations in Malta have been cancelled. Reuter.
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    Pioneer's job
    32 1 NFW YORK. Sun. J. R. Poppete, :iti. nidlo and ti i< vision pioneer, .said yesterday hr had ncceptod Ml offer to beloine imw head of the Voice of America. AP.
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    FORTRESS OUTPOSTS OVER-RUN
    229 1 FORTRESS OUTPOSTS OVER-RUN HANOI. Sun. TENS of thousands of Vietmuih rebei.s a na.shed It the French defenders ol Dien Bien Phu la.st night in ththird and mightiest attempt to Dverwheini the Imlo-China tort. A human wave of screaming Reds overwhelmed three ofl th lour remaining strong points around the fort,
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    Plan for temple
    26 1 LONDON. Sun A Ovlon- c*« monk. Noraria Mahi Thn a. Li to establish a Buddhist tern- iple in Britain.— A. P. I m
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    Taxi turns over
    34 1 A taxi sosMCßMttcd twin and landed upright a:ter belni in collusion with a saloon car at the junction Of Middle R";i I and Prin.sep Street late |s ninlit. Nobody was hurt.
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    Pei Wah breaks Games record
    153 1  -  ANG EAM HOCK By MANILA, Sun. HTENG PEI WAH. Mala. yas champion woman hurdler, put Singapore on the nuit) on the openlngj day of the Asian Games ov broaking tho 80 metres hurdles record with a time of 12.1 sec. This Is see better than
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    BLUE SKIES FOR THE QUEEN
    99 1 I .ON DON. Sun. The Queen and the Duki' ol Edinburgh with their two children ti>d:iv watched from the plat loan of the royal yacht Brttannis a« ■he was jiiini'd by her Hadl terraneaa Oert escort Th« yacht, briny. n- the Qui'i'n home on the
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    STOP PRESS
    48 1 RUSSIANS HEAD in I "mew ncnoi I'ARIS Sum Sr<r<*t;»rj of S<>\ n-t I ha-, hem liundliil Msacaw from pt In Soviet 111 tlit.tr > p hi m.iuiirr that leada srr\rrs help tn Russians b.<\< in i< i] off finntlicr "Prtro\ i i it was revealed lw |J
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    The Hog's Back IS open—364 days in
    202 2 The Hog's Back IS open— 364 days in HOOI BACK KOAI), lut: i< up on Gap Hill, Singapore IS open to the public for 364 days in the year. Motorists driving up there to Me the sunset at one of the Colony's most famous beauty spots had became confused by
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    New operation is hope for thousands
    185 2 HEALTHY HEART STANDS IN MINNEAPOLIS. Sun. A REVOLUTIONARY procedure for heart surcery providing new hope for 'Thousands of people with congenital heart defects has been disclosed here by a team of University of Minnesota: doctors. The method involves uniting the circulatory systems of the
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    'Split Indo-China ba for Red attack'
    326 2 'MENACE TO MALAYA 9 HANOI. Sunday. THE (iOVERNOR of North Vietnam, Nguyen Huu Tri said here today that if Vietnam were partitioned it would Rive Communism a jumping; board for an irresistible drive into Southern liido-China. Siam. .Malaya and beyond. He was referring to
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    A blow to Singapore's sugar trade
    53 2 MIRI. Northern Ba SINGAPORE'S en I trade In suca»- a blow from the d< th t Chinese Chan Commerce here to n-. from Formasa The move follow control of sugar by kit Govert. the return of in,; private traders. Merchant! elaen k are likely
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    U.S. names its aid adviser
    31 2 WASHINGTON. Sun. The United States Defence Department has named the first chief of the new military assistance advisory group in Japan—Major General Gerald J. Higglns. Reuter.
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    THUGS HELP IN TODDY RACKET
    193 2 THUGS HELP IN TODDY RACKET A RACKET In the illicit A sale of toddy by Sin. gapore liquor gangsters is being investigated by Singapore customs men. The loddy, which in some, shops Ls withheld from sale during licensed hours, Is obtained alter hours by Chinese and Indian gangsters who later
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    French watch Korean training
    57 2 SEOUL. Sun. French and Vietnamese army officials her<j to observe United States train- mc of South Korean troops watched Korean soldiers in training exercises yesterday. Forty thousand South Korean recruits practised on a rifle range until rain wilted their tarcets while others crawled through mud on
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    Pianist dies
    22 2 GENEVA. Sun-Mr. Johnny Aubert. one of the best known Swiss pianists and music trp.rhers. died here yesterday aced 65 Renter
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    London show's new Jezebel
    36 2 London show's new Jezebel Joan Him! during a rehearsal of the new revue "intimacy at 8.30" at London's Criterion Theatre Joan does an impersonation 01 Rili Hayworth us Jezebel in a Hollywood film.— A P. picture
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    Back pay in reverse
    60 2 Back pay in reverse DAMASCUS. Sun. The, Syrian Parliament decided yes- tfrday that the former President. Brigadier General Adlb Shishakli. who was deposed last February, and his chief collaborators should pay bick the sularirs they received in olllce. Brigadier BhlihakU wetmi power by a military coup in ivcrnibcr l!)f>l when
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    The A-bomb and the still
    165 2 CBCAGO Sun I^HE 4WBSOMI effects of atomic bomb radiation on babies still unborn were detailed today by three physi- cians. The doctors made .1 study of women who were pregnant when the bomb exploded over Nagasaki. Japin. in IMI and the case histories of their
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    TRIE TO WAR
    5 2 TRIE TO WAR T Seard
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    BRITAIN IS BEING NAUGHTY AGAIN, SAYS JOE
    294 3 BRITAIN IS BEING NAUGHTY AGAIN, SAYS JOE NK>\ IOKK. Sunday. i McCarthy said yesterday the men thai Britain has given Ms24o Communist nations "should \nirrir:ins^see red." j|:- his fellow Senator, Mr. an outdoor programme that ;U.. Wisconsin's first "May Day s U.S. Way" celebration, Wr Mr. McCarthy asserted that 'o
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    Workers blessed
    24 3 YVncAX CITY, Sun— The ppeared at his Vatican artment window yesterday to bless 50,000 cheering workmen gathered in St Peter's Square A.P.
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    US APPEAL TO ARABS AND JEWS
    123 3 PHILADELPHIA. Sun. MR. Henry Byroade. Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs. saying there was an Increasing dang?r that the Middle East might become a Soviet satellite, last night appealed to Israel and the Arab States to make sincere new efforts to compose
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    MIG pilot to study in U.S.
    63 3 NEW YORK. Sur\ The University of Delaware said a Korean who piloted a MiG-13 jet. into Allied hands, on promise of a USSIOO.OOO reward, had applied for entry to; thti university. Dean of Students. Mr. John E. Hocitt. said Lt. No Kun Sok, 22.
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    Run on Mexican Bank
    51 3 7AMPICO. Sun— A run on the Banco Meivantil de Tampieo of Mexico ended yesterday alter bank officials paid oi:t son f -1.000.000 peso.- i US$32O.- 000 to frightened customers. Funds were brought in by plan* iind train to .sii >p]t>ment the bank's reserve stock of cash—
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    Atom shells have Hiroshima power
    184 3 says U.S. army chief of staff NEW YORK Sunday. GENERAL Matthew Hick way. Chief of Staff of the I'nited States Army, said yesterday that the army's new atomic cannon could fire shells as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during the war. He
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    Guard this freedom, he says
    89 3 Guard this freedom, he says NEW YORK. Sun. Y|R. W. Avereli llarri--I*l man. former I'niti-d States Ambassador to Russia, said last night that influences were at work "which could destroy our vital weapon of freedom of thought." These influences. Mr II ii Mm. hi said. "are v i-.tkt-inim our historic
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    PEACE, SAY REDS -AND UNVEIL A HUGE BOMBER
    265 3 PEACE, SAY REDS -AND UNVEIL A HUGE BOMBER World May Day round-up LONDON, Sunday. MILITARY displays and parades marked observation of May Day in many Communist nations yesterday luit «»rat<>rs insisted that peace was the highest aim. There were rival demon- rat ions by Communists and n I in other
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    prince eight
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    Attlee: Science out of control
    7 3 Attlee: Science out of control Kit n
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    FENCE OCKERY' OUR MP
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    kan talks
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    Pakistan will wear less
    170 3 H W oning scheme will c 01 1" is! of one yard of long cloth and one yard of any other quality cloth. The independent newspaper Morning News described it j |y as "COmiC relief" to 1 c cloth shortage and pub- bed a tront-page cartoon
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    South Africa to consider colour vote
    119 3 CAPE TOWN. Sun. BOTH Houses of the South African Parliament will sit j jointly this month to consider separate parliamentary representation of coloured (mixed race) voters in Cape Province. Dr. T. E. Donges, Minister of thi' Interli r, announced yester- day. Dr. Donjses said
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    Newsmen to be tried
    28 3 CAIRO, Sun. Abul Fath brothers, owners and publishers of several Egyptian newspapers, will be tried today. They are charged with undermining Egyptian security. A.P.
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    In the land of ice
    69 3 ADKI.IF. prntiiiiiis \v.i(<li as tin- ice ship Kista Dan cracks a path throiiKli the Ml-milt- ic<- shelf ritfWsWwg from tinto.ist of Antarctica. Australia lias cstahlislu-d her first in i ittanrnt scirntific l>.is<- thrrr. Important SBSMTaIs arr hrlirv- il to hr bcnc.ilh the i. c of
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    Govt. to probe vice in Britain
    205 3 Govt. to probe vice in Britain LONDON. Sun. HOMOSEXUALS, prostitutes and "call RirLs" are to face a Government committee set up to probe the vice wave now sweeping Britain. The appointment of an oflicial committee to examine homosexuality ana the law governing prostitution and soliciting Ls the Government's answer to
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    118,400 to be moved
    56 3 GENEVA. Sun. The 24--nation Inter-Governmental Committee for European Minration ended a six-day conference here yesterday after deciding to move 118.400 Europeans overseas this year on a budget of £14,440.000. They will pass to their governments a programme for 1955 to assist the emigration of 156,000 Europeans
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    Sack for 900 post workers
    47 3 MANILA. Sun.— Filipinos will have to wait an extra day or two for oversea mall deliveries from today. The Posts Director. Mr. Juan Ruiz, laid off 400 daily wage postal workers in Manila yesterday and another 500 In the Philippine provinces. Reuter.
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    Actor is sued
    18 3 LOS ANGELES. Sun—Publicist Russell Birdwell has filed suit for MSIOO.OOO acainst actor Charles Laushton. A.P
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    THIS IS UGLY, THEY BOTH AGREE
    152 3 Dutch Indonesian relations worsen JAKARTA, Sunday. i HIGH INDONESIAN official and an influential Dutchman have used the same word to describe Dutch-Indonesian relations. The word was "ugly." The two men were reterrinf? to the prevailing attitude be- 1 hind the polite language of forma]
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    Going on leave
    75 4 JOHORE BAHHU. Sun Mr. P. BlacklcdKt'. Administrative Officer. Kluang. Mrs. Blaclcli'dßf and children are going; tv England «>n holiday. THE DISTRICT OFFICER. I'll! Lan nut. Mr. J L M. (ionic nils the ribbon to open a public library in Semenyih, six miles from Kajang. On his ritjht
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    Play your part in this vital game of politics, voters urged
    188 4 Play your part in this vital game of politics, voters urged 'DON'T JUST SIT ON THE TOUCHLINE PENANG, Sun. 'rill Resident Commis. A sioner. Mr. R. P. Bingham, today called on the people of Penang to play their part in the "important game" of politics. "Those who sit on the
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    More Asians studying
    69 4 More Amuii Miidents art; studying public service in Australia under the Colombo Plan. Training in government administration ha.s bten provided lor 118 officials since 1951 by the Commonwealth of Australia Public Service Board. The Board has handled more i than 300 nominations for individual study courses under
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    Driver fined $230
    43 4 Driver fined $230 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Ifok Huk Choy. who was charard in the police court with causing death by a negligent act. I was found guilty ol negligent driving, and fined $200. He was further fined $30 for driving without a licence.
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    BLIND NEED HELP FROM THE PUBLIC
    294 4 Only occasional sweep grants KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday INCHE Mustapha Albakri. chairman of the Malayan Association for the Blind, said today there was some misunderstanding about grants to the association from the Social Welfare Lotteries Board. "Many people think that the Board pays us regular
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    Car crash flung her into drain
    132 4 PFNANd. Sun. A WOMAN passeiißcr was thrown ten yards into a roadside drain uhen the car in which she was travelling crashed into a lamppost in Brick Kiln Road, n-ar T.vr Sin Street, heir todiy. Mis Let* Kirn Yooti KM sitting in 1 lit-
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    Peacemaker stabbed
    88 4 KUALA LUMPUR. g« _a man, who tried to make peace between his wife and her brother, was assaulted, the first magistrates court was j told today. In the dock stood Subramaniam who pleaded guilty to st.ibbin<j his brother-in-law, Silvaraui. at Kamponj; Pandan on April 26. He was sentenced
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    Rat menace in Johore
    55 4 JOHORE BAHRU. San. Rata have Increased RrraV.y in Johorr Bahru and arr destroying foodstuffs and other commodities. Dr. W. Kulrsza, Health Officer. Johore South, reports. He NBNUd that thp town council should employ ,ts own rat catchers. Government is to be asked to provide funds this
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    Officers to get loans for homes
    41 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The Federal and Colonial Building Society Ltd has agreed to grant loans to Johore Government officers to bu;la hoiiMs. An office will shortly be opened here soon to cinsider applications for loans.
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    Moved food
    34 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun I. mi Kirn Soo>. staying at 35th mile Pontian Road, was fined $400 at the Pontian sessions court yesterday for removing foodstuffs from a restricted area without a permit.
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    Kuala Lumpur weddings
    60 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Mr. M.W. Ramu, All Malayan Indo-Ceylonese tennis champion for the last four years, married Miss Indrani Sikamoni here yesterday. Miss Doreen de Rozario was married to Mr. Hurbert De Wind at St John's Church. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. D.J. Scullion. O.C P D Sun.coi Besl
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    Pensioner dies
    21 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun-In che Abdul Latin bin Sulien'.an. who retired from the Agricultural Department 25 years aso, is dead.
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    KEDAH'S WORST SPOT
    112 4 but it has best Home Guard SUNGEI PATANI, Sun. I^HE Sultan of Kedah said yesterday that Kullm was the worst spot in Kedah, yet had the best Home Guard unit. The Sultan was presenting trophies and medals to the winners of the Kedah Home Guard weapon training
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    New C.I.D. chief takes command
    69 4 New C.I.D. chief takes command OINGAPORi-.S rib O Chief. Acting Ant CornMr I. R Prynn ha* taken o v r from Mr. J. M. McN. Mar>an. who left for Britain on leave last week. Mr. prynn the Singapore Poik-p Fo:v. IMS and I I> t n t most or his
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    T.B. help for longer period
    43 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. State Association tor the Pre- vention Ol T.B. has decided to continue assistance to dependants of patients even I they have been d from hospital. Distri'-'t Welfare Committees have been invited to apply for allotments
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    HARRIET, 15 WINS 3 BADGES
    127 4 HAKKIFT IFF i;ot the loudrst cheer or .ill at the *th Singapore (.iris' Life Brigade annual inspection and display at the InstitutiHall on Saturday night, Harriet, 15. was the only member of the Brigade to he awarded the proliciemy badce fur elementary art by Miss
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    BRUNEI TO FEED MALAYA
    103 4 BRUNEI TO FEED MALA YA KUALA BELAIT. Brun C>XPORT of surplus 1-i 'iuwn food.sti. ilaya is v the ultimate ainu ol .1 move increase food prodi Brunei. A.s v move to bring high co.st of livini- in thi and provide exportable plus agricultural pro Brunei Government 1. I 1 tabli.sh
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    Brunei needs 15 teachers
    77 4 BRUNEI TOWN. Bui Brunei G'U ploy fit teen h from Ma a; fo ther the State plans It will pay i fifteen selected candh cour.se at Kirkbv Tralni l.mcl. >nd women of v. ill be eligible for The fi: li.sh teachers for .schools and ten for
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    Union wants open hearing
    78 4 KUALA LUMPUR. new deadlOG s Tribunal mow U dispute betv. Railway Adi Traffic Op« The workers demand hearing ol I administration opposes I The union made Ita for a public hea Chairman of the T Inche C. M. Yusuf of Ipoii The rallwaya were a utility
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    Wage dispute
    22 4 The n (>: the F'-ili OoTernmeni EmpJcu '.iktT. UP til" I dispute betwt nth > and the Sin I ernment Seer soclatlon.
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      175 4 THE SINGAPORE DIARY HI nnillM UNION: New Moon; meeiinn. SYC picini-.. s 7M)p in Amm l'nn Service, at 8 n.m, JaUn Benyum V.W.C.A.: Raffles Quay. Bn«lUh rion I Shrine, off Changi. claw. 4 p.m to 5p m Indian dam 1 a .11 to \2 1 ST. ANDREW'N CATHEDRAL «pm miipm.;
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      They fought for 50 years to save boys from hot chimneys
      1910 5 They fought for 50 years to save boys from hot chimneys BY man reached into a smoke stack at Tennant's chemical London one August day in 1817. The hot stack reeked 1 chemical fumes. His grubby arm drew out a small bundle and threw it on the ground. "The young
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      19 5 i c--3 Ronson L pocket erson p, fo rill's 1 lighter :A "t MACKand us? sonol ana R »nson
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    54 6 Wmrtt (M imimimum) MR A: MRS. J. M JAVAPALA, 1122 Jansrn Road, Singapore thank all those who sent wreath*, message* of condolence and at i ended U»e luneral of their beloved Mm late Mr Mohamed Manuel Jxyapala age 23. :Mached to Health Section ol Health Office. Palmer Road, Singai>ore
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    49 6 :<> H,,rrf, fin m,,,,m,,mj A REQUIEM HIGH MASS for the late PJJ Leonard (who was killed in the Come; crash in Calcutta or. the 2nd May 1053, will \,r h<M at the S S Peter A: Paul Church on Tuesday 4th May 1954 ai 1 45 b m.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. May 3, 1954. The Issues At Geneva
    778 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. May 3, 1954. The Issues At Geneva The possibility of agreement of any kind being reached at Geneva is hardly helped by Mr. Foster Dulles' decision to return to Washington today. Psychologically it is a bad move. It was always understood that Mr. Dulles would
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    The Price Of Rice
    245 6 Federation rice dealers were quick to seize an opportunity offered by the reduction in "free" rice imports announced j simultaneously with the lifting of control over graded ration rice and a lowering of whole- sale prices. It may be only a temporary- flutter, for there is
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    Russia's Rubber
    246 6 The rubber market will not c-garri the lifting of controls on ?xports to Russia and her European satellites as more :han a very mild stimulus. rhere is no reason to believe :hat Russia will buy more rubser. Imports last year were inly a little more than half the
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      TOKEN OF JAPANESE REGRET DEMANDED
      169 6 IT WAS reported that Mr. R. Jumabhoy raised in the Singapore Legislative Council the question of valuables taken over by the Government from the Indian National Army and that the acting Colonial Secret ary's reply was to the effect that the matter was now being
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      Education and the Chinese
      308 6 INCHE Rashld may have reason to be Jealous at the UMNO-MCA Alliance, since he belong! to a different political camp But I see no rea-son why he should not like Chinese education The Malayan Chinese have filled the English ard Chinese schools in Malaya alike. Thi*
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      WALL BINS
      64 6 IN Duku Road, Singapore. most houses are provided with wall bins. But the city scavengers will not come near them. They empty only those bins that are placed well outside each BOOM. Each bin must be placed on the glass kerb so as to be within their easy
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      102 6 IVfE salute tho French for their gallant opposition against the communist horde which ls threatening to enslave one more free nation. But. contradictory to the MMttttaM levelled at the Indian government for their presumed "stab in the back policy in creatlnit a dilei una for the
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      THE ANTI-TB AIMS
      313 6 MR. A. ACTON reiterated a part of what Dr. J. S. Sodhy already knew and had said in his presidential address at the B.M.A. meeting at Kuala Lumpur, and it was that large sums of money had been spent by the M A.PTB. in 'treatment allowances and
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      And so, up goes the rent
      661 6 IN the Straits Times there I was an editorial undei the heading of "Up goe.' the rent." It had reference to the action of the Improvement Trust in increasing by 10 per cent the rents of their properties built between 1947 and 1952. In
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      Meaning of 'prince'
      63 6 /MN anyone inform me why the son of the Aga Khan Ls always called Prince Aly Khan? The meaning of "prince la either a son of royalty 'or one who has dominion over a principality The Asa Khan ha.s no kingdom but is the head of a
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      278 6 IBHOULD LIKE to express my appreciation for your I leader "Making a nation." May I make one or two comments in reference to your query: -What did they expect^ Apparently the Alliance > has thou&ht seriously in term* of the fully elected Council i which Tengku
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      197 6 I READ with Interest Face Facts of Ipoh has said abi'Ut Malaya remaining in the Commonwealth when she has become independent So there is entirely no hope of Malaya standing on her own feet, having her own government, building up the nation, without remaining in the Com- j
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      96 6 Iw.-mld like to know traffic authorities die Road insist that must have three "itrl] the end or the back i:above the red-n:. To add Insult to uajui pasting on the strip. cost me 60 cents' and spent a couple of boui I was given a pit I
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    193 7 COMMITTEE, MEMBERS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. n (he constitution of the youth Council wore approved at its g which ended in Kuala executive committee, the ral comrjiittee which will have no executive powers. The r.ew committee will orconferences and distrlnformation among mematlons. A
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    42 7 m I I intry. Jamil, a .student of the .-Chinese School. Pant Buntar, saved a child from drowning in a river in Kedah n September. Tawi bin Yaacub was awardthe Medal of Merit for out- I landing services.
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    Coal town 'down but not out'
    241 7 Coal town 'down but not out' 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. men, women and children of Batu Arani? roal-minins township 29 miles north-west of Kuala Lumpur celebrated Labour Day yesterday in a big way. although there is fea r of unemployment. They attended the openinu oi a new community hall and
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    Marian year mission
    50 7 PENANG. Sun Two Redemptorist Fathers today took over the parish of the Pmang Assumption Church for a two-week Marian Year Mission. Special masses and instructions at a.m. and prayers and tennoni at 7 p.m will" be held every day during the Mission which end.- on May 16.
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    Night of opera at Victoria Hall
    341 7 IN Singapore there exists an unmistakcablc, but all too 1 rarely gratified, love for opera. At the Victoria Hall last night four singers from Europe remedied the deficiency by singing solos, duets and quartets from 14 Italian, French and German operas, as the start
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    88 7 r I) lO I hand lUS tojn f British ..win «ith W «H Brllish hal mi -;.r..nl Wf»t- t stfad ol i-ilk.il Si ii think i > M Hl". ,i loci lt i piece uf ii:m ihere »er« idea M HOUld i stop i >ink> iddcd. r.
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    32 7 n Shop Emmaking a i onditions of Indian textile union. iy, told the :erday, that report of the to the Indian I'ommerce and Department be:.d of this month.
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    Blood Bank
    26 7 Singapore Blood Transusion N' rviee pave 106 transusions "i>t week In the same terlod, it received 67 donaions The present stock totals 15 Basics.
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    Used son in smuggling to bandits
    130 7 TEMERLOH. Sun. A 54-YEAR-OLD Chinese rubber tapper who used his 11 -year-old son in an attempt to smuggle three bottles o; Chinese medical pills was sentenced to three years gaol in the West Pahanm Sessions court The tapper, Sek Kal, pi'-aded guilty to failiiiß
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    Brains trust meeting on May 19
    82 7 Brains trust meeting on May 19 A BRAINS TRUST 1 to be loiincd by the China Soi nty m Sinuapoic will tiolci a public meeting at the British i Council Hall .it 8.30 i) in. on May 10 on Chinese allaii.s. Mr LM Hlow Moih',. the \)ioHtdent, said yesterday the
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    41 7 Mltl HMiniiN \«.o GBOK UNO, .i.i. si .i,,,. i,i.-i mi Mr. and Mr*. N'ko Vu Law. and Mr. Yuri* I,u i|.m- who were married In Singapore on Saturday. A recrplion n.ts held at Raffles Hotel. Strait* I imrs picture.
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    NEW S'PORE PARTY CRITICISED
    106 7 THE PRESIDENT of the Singapor* Labour Party, Mr. V.l. Abdullah, yesterday BtHI cised the newly formed gOSjaJ W toSKn| »< i'l'Y,"-' 11 1 meetlni "1 Labour Party s' branch In Bukit Tlmah. Mr i Abdullah said; "I say they are neither socialists nor democrat* but stooges
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    Field day
    34 7 Fnriy (ivi niiicers and men Of the Auxiliary Fire Service had a field day at Changi Point alter a training session at K<>!am Ayer yesterday. The field day will be held fortnightly.
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    Jet fighter slows down for volunteer guns
    298 7 TOO FAST TO 'DESTROY' 4 ROYAL Air Force Vampire demonstrated at Changi yesterday how a jet plane can speed past aii anti-aircraft battery which is ready and waiting to shoot it down. Gunners from the light antiaircraft battery of the Singapore Military Forces,
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    ONE RED SHOT ON MAY DAY
    73 7 KIAI.A MMPIK. Sun. r<) MAY DAY hia-.ii.--with trrrorists ucre reported in the Kuala Pilah distnel of N>Kri Sembilan yesterday. An area security unit wounded one of eight ierrori«tM. but all of them escaped. Blood trails were followed. but thry were lost. Six p.uks containint:
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    U.N. essay contest
    56 7 U.N. essay contest Singapore entries for the United Nations international essay competition should be sent before May 20 to the Public Relations Otlice "The competition is limited to British nationals between "JO and 35 who arc numbers of organisations which co-operate with the UNO or UNO associations. The prizes will
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    Lieutenant Choy
    19 7 legislative Councillor Mrs. BUsabeth Choy has been commissioned a 2nd. Lieutenant in the Si lyapore Volunteer Corps.
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    Triple prize for the best singer
    108 7 Triple prize for the best singer KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. THE winner of the Malay sinning competition to be held here during Hari Raya Pua-sa will receive a cash award, a silver cup and a .sinKintf contract with T. Hetnsley and Company, uraniophone record tlrm. The contest Ls sponsored by Budayu.
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    PUNCH COSTS HIM A DAY AND $150
    77 7 PUNCH COSTS HIM A DAY AND $150 TANJONG MALIM. Sun. Hassan bin Jumal ulin called a Telecoms llne.si! an a loafer and punched him on the nose, the circuit magistrate. Inehr Abdul Rant, was told. The linesman had parked bit bicycle on the side of the railway track while attending
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    Science show
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Victoria Institution's annual science exhibition will be held on Thursday, Friday and Satuiday from 8 30 a.m. to 5 pm.
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    Call-up training starts on July 1
    251 7 Call-up training starts on July 1 THE first batch of Singapore National Ser. vicemen will beßin their training at the Beach Road headquarters of the Singapore Military Forces on July 1. The first parades will be taken up with issues of clothing and equipment and, If necessary, further medical examination,
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    Tenders Board members
    50 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The District Office- is the chairman of the Segamtt District Tenders Board The ether members are the Administrative Officer. the Executive Engineer, P.W.D.. or the Senior Technical Assistant. Drainage and Irrigation Department, the sub-Treasurer. Srßamat. Mr Khoo Soo La v and Mr. K Ponnlah
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    Drunk fined
    44 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Charg"d wltii b-injc drunk and disorderly at the railway station on Friday. Amarvasi to!d the court that he had l^«t his lob after 10 years' service and had gone to the station to be reinstated. He was fined $5.
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    Disqualified
    33 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mustapha bin All was today fined $80 and disqualified from driving for one year for dangerous driving. He knocked down n town round! labourer who suffered a broken leg.
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    Local girls to be trained in use of perfume
    93 7 \N Australian beaafr advtser, MISS Betty Heartie. arriv«d in Singapore jresterday to train local niris in the use iii perfume. Mis;; H' ;ir M will train two Chinese girls, one Australian .inri one British to be perfume 'xperts The girls will
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      112 7 tin* fashionable \yL wjiniiin wears 1:7 i\Y 7^ ¥V l'\A#\A I' c?g» gga grA NYLON STOCKINGS /W^ O* t n o \c n%c\ ot m ah none t\ more highly prixed th.in th.»t ot signt If .A^fisV your ivet are Smart, but you hay sSI sW\ hcad.ichc or "Tired teelins"
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      202 7 The weather MINI M I M TKMI'KK Al l 111 (7 311 :< 111 mi M.iV I to 7'M (».11l in. May Ii .SlliKiipolf 77 iaVMI Pinanp 7.5. Koiii buliru 75. Kuul.i I iimpur 74. Ipoh 74. KIUUtUn 75 MAXI M I' M I KMI'I K\ 1 1 UK i7:io
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    Rubber up, tyres' dearer
    172 8 4 RISE in prices for truck tyres will probably occur by the end of the summer, aceotding to the President of Seibellng Rubber Corvpiny. i He cited the present price level of natural rubber from which the tyres is made a.s the reason for possible price
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    Dunlop Rubber Co. expands
    32 8 To meet expanding production needs Dunlop Rubber Company Limited Is acquiring the entire .share capital of Brynmawr Rubber Limited from Enlield Cable Limited, it is announced in London.
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    Business hangs on of Dien Bien Phu
    629 8 Business hangs on of Dien Bien Phu 3IALAYAiV SHARE MllShl I m By OIR MARKKT OKKKSI'ONDK.YI THK Singapore Share Market last week blew and cold as the news from Indo-China and the talks between the West and Eastern powers (Jeneva was received. The market was in a nervous state and
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    Jelapang returns capital
    278 8 Jelapang returns capital JELAPANG TIN DREDGING LTD., is to make a capital return on its hares and last week AngloOriental (Malaya) Ltd., its secretaries sent shareholders the following circular: "In view of the position of the Company's affairs your board feel that in fairness to shareholders a large portion of
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    327 8 r ri!E following list of business done in the Singapore A Share Market last, week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period April 24 to April 30: INDISTKIAI.S: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 25 3, Fia.ser and Neave OrcLs $2.02 and' $2.00. Gammons $2.95~ and 12.974,
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    83 8 The following dividends were announced l»> eon panics operating in Ma lava last week. I N lON INSI RANI I SO( IKTY OF CANTON I. II): A final dividend e| VI per shiro in resp. i of the year I9SI TALISMAN RIBRKK CO. LTD.: final dividend of l.">
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    Lifting of ban mean a price
    22 8 COMMODITY Ifj TiHE tin market In Sing local markets situation in Indo-China start in Geneva. I
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    U.S.—Asian dollar gap widened in February
    175 8 U.S.— Asian dollar gap widened in February WASHINGTON. Sun. TWE dollar gap trade widened ruary when United j e x p o r t s to that area were valued a1 U.S. S182.600.000 and imports wen only V I million In January, tc >> Commerce Departmer. 1 tlstk: reported, expo:'
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    42 8 The Banks A&so i following char to mereni ntj o London <■: 1 n airmail O i' 30 d.i or months 2 > or 4 months 2 B Or fi months 2 4 13 Transactions China and BUm in Btl I announced.
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      838 8 TLNDER aTY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT water department: The TRUST Manufacture and Supply of Con- crete Vnlve Chambers for 4 6" lenders are invited for electrical diameter valves Tender Deposit contract for 382 low rental 2 stony ]50 close noon 14 554 'errace houses at Hock Ban Brickworks sue.
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      995 8 NOTICES "SINGAPORE TURF CLUB MAY MEETING SATIRDAY 1..T11. WFONHSOAY 19TII AM) SATI RDAY 2!M» MAY 1954 ENTRIES CLOSE at 12 noon on WEDNESDAY, sth May, 1954. SWEEPS— *1/- Unlimited Sweepi slakes FOR MEMBERS ONLY will be held each Race Day. Applications for tickets must be in writing and be received
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      1012 9 SAILINGS to U.K. and CONTINIMTAL PORTS S -pore P. Shorn > enotfl "•Tn^^H^b'urg 10 100 ""h"? RottiiSor 0 I.1 Dubl n 1 1 t/f fc "o"«^V° r H.n*So U/22 May" 23/2» May 24/27 May j ""^gow" H H°j7- LlV#rPoo 14/22 M.y 23/2S May 24/27 May "t'^^ar 1 29M.y/4J.na 24/21 M.y
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    Worker with the homeless of Europe
    143 10 Worker with the homeless of Europe THK WILD PLACE* By Ka- thryn Hulnir. (Muller. 12s. 6dt. Among the most heartbreakIng legacies of the war against Germany was the D.P. problem "displaced persons" by the million, plucked from their countries by the Germans for forced labour, or escaped from po- I
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    234 10 By KENNETH KONSTAM f HAVE always disliked the weak No-Trump on the grounds that it Ls unsound and expensive. I feel even more strongly since trying it out to please a partner whose ideas did not apree with my own. Unfortunately two occasions arose for its u^o in the
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    42 10 1 Lucky Jim. By Kingsley Amis, (iollancz. 12s. 6d. Rarest oi joys, a really funny novel. The anxieties and predicaments of Jim Dixon. his adventures with love and beer at a provincial university, told with enormous gusto.
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    She missed the match became the perfect wife
    702 10  -  Beverley Baxter Autobiography of Mr. Attlee By M.P. AS IT HAPPENED by Clement Attlee (Heineman. 1 6 /;>- r THK Sphinx has spoken, the Enigma has explained, n fact. Mi (Jcmcnt 1 \t cc has told his life slorv in antobio«<raphica form.
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    437 10 The Count bowed and then said goodbye HALF A LIFE. By Count Benckendorff. Aichards Press, 255. UNDAUNTED by an imperfect alliance with the English language, Count Benckendorff recalls the first 43 years of his life as scion of an aristocratic house, at once Russian and cosmopolitan. Wherever ne went he
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    112 10 BLlt TROI'T AND BLACK TRITH.KS. By Joseph Wechsjberg. (.Goi.ancz. 165.) 'T is tht saga of a man who couldn't, as a child, bear any food but frankfurters and cocoa, and who has lived to be sure enough of his own judgment to salute Fernand Pont
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    338 10 THE ANNOTATOR, By Alan Keen and Knurr l.uiibock. Putnam, 21s. Reallife literary detection. Who wrote the marginal notes in the copy of an old F.lizabt than chronicle that Mr. Kern picked m one day m 1940? Alter an ingenious, determined hunt, evidrnee (but not proof) is
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