The Straits Times, 22 February 1955

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 184.V SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1955. 15 CENTS
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  • 648 1 'Down with the dollar tyrants' WOGRESSIVES' CALL fHE Singapore Progressive Parry yesterday attacked the election activities of some memthe Chinese Chamber of Commerce and i rhc people of the Colony "to reject these s and their sycophants who think that c at their command because of their
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  • 275 1 Rubber price drop costs Malaya $10 mil. in 4 days X I I LI'MPIR. Monday. MALAYA lost more than SlO million in rubber deals in the past four days, the Straits Times was told today by Mr. Tee Teh, president of the Selanjfor and Pahaug Rubber Trades Association. "The people
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  • 166 1 'TWO Singapore youths braved a fire, which broke out A In Beach Road yesterday, and saved their blind and bedridden father from being trapped in the flames. He was taken to hospital. One minute after the father. Li'f Joo Hee. M. was carried
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  • 76 1 SEND TROOPS TO MALAYA —AUSTRALIAN lIOBART, Tasmania. Mon. The Labour Prime Minister of Tasmania, Mr. R. Cosgrove, today advocated the sending of Australian troops to Malaya, saying it was unfair for Britain alone to shoulder the task of Malaya's defence. Mr. Cosgrove, whose party was returned to power in Saturday's
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  • 153 1 Seven die in mass slayings NEW YORK. Mon. MATURE, accidents and a1 crazed men took a big number of lives by violent means in the United States yesterday. A mass killer hacked or shot four people to death in Uniontown. Pennsylvania, and then killed himself. Another crated
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  • 40 1 HAMM. Germany. Mon. A balloon released here before Christmas by 11-year-old Elisabeth Adllnß, a miner's daughter, blew across the Alps to Marcerata. an Italian town on the Adriatic The finder haa Invited Elisabeth to visit him. Reuter.
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  • 245 1 Directors say: Accept the offer From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Mon. f PHE ownership of the century-old Singapore firm of John Little and Co.. Ltd.. of Raffles Place, may pass to a famous Hong Kong merchant firm It was announced in London today that Matheson and Co.. Import and export merchants
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  • 49 1 BRUSSELS. Mon. The Belgian Sabena airline confirmed here today that the wreck found in the mountains north of Rome was its airliner which has been missing since Feb. 13. The airline said the wreck had been sighted near Riettl. about 43 miles north of Rome. -Reuter.
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  • 32 1 HONG KONO. Mon. About 300 shops and squatters' nuts were destroyed and 4000 people left homeless In a flre early today at Shokwuhui village In Hong Kong's new territories.
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  • 31 1 QUETTA. Mon. Life In Quetta was returning to normal la.st night 3d hours after an earthquake killed 12 people, Injured 30 others and destroyed over 100 homes. Reuter.
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  • 198 1 Stranger trailed girl and she's gone A STRANGER Jumped after a girl who got down from a bus at Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore, at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday and trailed her and she has not been heard of since. Tan Ah Tan, 23. of Ponggoi Road, attended the 7.30 am
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  • 43 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Indian President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. said today India considered Red China's claim on Formosa and the oft shore lalands was justified. He added: "I hope these difficult problems will be solved 1 peacefully and by negotiations."—Reuter.
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  • 51 1 SKBONEBS. England. Mon. Raymond Key, 7, fell through the thin ice of a pond near his home. His sister. Beryl. 18. fell through trying to rescue him. Their mother. Mrs. Annie Key. 40. fell through trying to get her children out. All three drown- cd.
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  • 229 1 KINGSTON, Mon Princess Margaret, sparkling in a .sequin-covered gold evening gown, spent two and a half hour* la.-t night in Jamaica's "mountain fairyland at Blue Mountain Inn near here After dinner with officers of the British and West Indian Army garrison and their wlvr.s the
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  • 25 1 SAINT JKAN M MAURIENNE Mon -The Milan Lyon express was derailed at Baliit-Avre-la-Chambrr In th< Ravoy Department, but no one was Injured— UP.
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  • 41 1 JAKARTA. Mon Lecturers and as.MX"intf professors at Oadjah Midu University today threatened to strike It thr Oovrrnment tlix>> not immedlatlev pay salaries overdu* for .several nonths No explanation of (kg delay has been made by the Government. A P
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  • 456 1 NEW BID FOR NANYANG COMPROMISE Absent at pcace-with-Dr.Lin meeting: Mr. 7uj and Mr. Ko T*HE expenditure committee of the Nanyang I niver--1 sity will make a new attempt to meet the Chancellor. Dr. Lin Yutanjt. to discuss the possibility of a solution In the present dispute. The committee decided on
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  • 87 1 TAIPEH. Mon CHINESE Nationalist air force planes today continued round-the-clock bombIng of the Communist-held Taishan Islands. 120 miles north of Formosa, off the coast of Fukien Province The air force said six waves of bombers and fighter bombers, flying through intense anti-aircraft fire, bombed and blasted the
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  • 37 1 NEW DELHI. Mon Helen Keller, famed blind and deaf U&. author-lecturer. today met Pretldent Rajrndra Prasad for an hour. Bhe later Joined the Premier. Pandit Nehru, at a "private faml!y dinner."— A.P.
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  • 33 1 BONN. Mon —The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Wut German Bundestag (lower house) today approved the Paris treaties but said the I Baar Agreement was the subject of "grave misgivings I
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  • 55 1 STOCKHOLM Mon —On hundred and fifty luncheon guests, including the Bishop of Stockholm, narrowly escaped death when the celling ot room In a Stockholm restaur- ■Nt crashed onto the floor toThe guests rushed out when they saw pieces of stucco work falling and the celling
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  • 129 1 Another Colony gale due today A 40 m.p.h. gale hit Kallang, Seletar, Changi, Alexandra and the East coastline of Singapore between midday and 2 p.m. yesterday. It started dust storms, uprooted trees in the East coast area, and s?nt branches of treo at the Esplanade crashing down. Similar conditions are
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  • 39 1 RRII \l\ > MR lIKFENCK BKST LONDON Mm —Bui nn'> .lir (Irlini ,i;.iinsl tiiiilt ttl.ii k 1^ i|iuli di'hmli-h MIR Ih.in tli.it of Inil'il SU«tr» Mr NrlMxn l.luwl Minister <>f *>upp|> vori id H'Mlsr "1 < "iiini.Mi- lori4v Rrnlrr
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  • 20 1 LONDON. Mon— The Shah of Persia and Queen Soraya were entertained to lunch today by Sir Winston Churchill
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  • 320 2 ON EVE OF SEATO CONFERENCE, MARSHAL PHOTON MAKES SOME PROPHESIES [VERHOft BARTIETT cablet trm BANGKOK MORE MALAYA-SIAM CO-OPERATION TO BE RECOMMENDED BANGKOK, Monday. PREMIER MARSHAL PHIBUN. a dapper little man in jrrcy, today did some thinking aloud stimulated by questions from journalists about
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  • 60 2 LINZ Mon. Truncheonwie'.ding police yesterday clashed with 500 young carnival parade revellers after several parked cars were damaged. Two of the youths were arrested. Traditional carnival season parades were held In a dozen West German cities. Floats poked fun at German rearmament. American occupation. Soviet policy
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  • 248 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. ADMIRAL Arthur Radford, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today that neither the Chinese Nationalists nor the Communists could successfully Invade each other's territory. He said he thought that situation could "be stabilised." In an Interview In the
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  • 44 2 TRENTO, Mon Three Austrian skiers were killed by an avalanche In the South Tyrol mountains yesterday Elsewhere in the Tyrol a six-man rescue team failed to reach 29 workers isolated by snow storms in he Val Malenco. —A. P.
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  • 97 2 Could this be an ill wind? they ask BANGKOK, Mon— fold winds from Siberia blew over Siam today as delegates assembled here for the SEATO conference. Superstitious Siamese who consult astrologers and soothsi>crs for the meaning of any natural phenomenon were uncertain whether portents were food or bad. |WBM said
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  • 59 2 HOLLYWOOD, Mon— Actor Ray Danton and actress Julie Adams, whom he hit as required by the script in their first movie scene together, were married yesterday. They met while acting in "The Looters." It Is the first marriage for Danton. 24. The 26-year-old bride
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  • 41 2 THIS a Sabnnu. a former model, who mil costar with one of Britain's top comedians. Arthur Askey, in a ncu: television show, "Before Your Very Eyes" Sabrina* real name is tforma Sykes. She comes from Manchester
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  • 196 2 AND IT STARTS THE HUMOURS KITZBUEHEL. Monday. AN ATTRACTIVE 30-year-old British sportswoman said the rumours Unking her romantically with the young Duke of Kent, seventh in line of succession to the British throne, were "rubbish." British newspapers carried a picture on their
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  • 31 2 CAIRO. Man— Kins Hussein I of Jordan arrived in Cairo l by air today on his first State I visit to Egypt since his acceston to the throne.— Reuter.
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  • 31 2 ILFRACOM!<: The propri> zoo, Mr mauled on thi by one of hi when he vent .feed it. "The lmn to (jet its food. I Reuter
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  • 79 2 A princess agrees ROME, Mon. The Frenchborn mother of the heir- apparent to the Persian throne bowed to the will of the Shah yesterday and took the little prince to Switzerland. Princess I'hrtstiane Choleskl Pahlevi, widow of the Shah s dead brother, flew to Oeneva with seven-year-old Prince All Patric.
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  • 92 2 A CHARGE of house- breaking and theft was explained to two British soldiers in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. W. Smith. 24. and D Murray. 21. were alleged to have broken into the N.AXJM. shop in Tanglln Barracks between 10 p.m. on Feb 13
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  • 70 2 AALBORO. Mon The U.S. steamer Mormaeflr 7.843 tons, hit a railway bridge linking the Jutland peninsula with the rest of Denmark yesterday Danish State Railway officials said the bridge was so badly dajnaged that railway traffic between Northern and Southern Denmark might be stopped for several
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  • 25 2 LISBON, Mon. Honeymooning Princess Maria Pu and Prince Alexander delayed their departure for FunchaJ, in the Madeira Isalnds. again yesterday because of weather.
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  • 151 2 LONDON. Mon. rwMiE TIMES film critic said 1 today that the Japanese film "Seven Samurai." now showing at a London cinema, was "further evidence of the quality of the Japanese cinema which, however, seems to Incline overmuch towards bloodt hirst lnes*. sadism and cruelty."
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  • 411 2 Two soldiers deny causing rf)U VLTHEN a British soldier struck the owner of pore hotel on New Year's Day a. "fr*. VSl developed between the staff of the hotel ai of soldiers, it was alleged at a court-marti ,i L/Cpl
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  • 100 2 He defied Govt ban on church service. FATHER ii;i DUSTON. *ho rhimi*, Afrleaas m their gation troubles mth South African defied a Ortiaa by conduit n without police prrmiMi in Johannesburg Two hur.fir'd and a ffw whites atlmdfc The mass end thanks to CM f. the sit\ lie tv hf
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  • 271 3 Better tracking of radioactivity Is needed The toughest problem is evacuation WASHINGTON, Monday. IIfERICA is not ready to defend itself against A rH dio-a<tive fall-out from atomic weapons, I Peterson, l'.S. Federal Civil Defence Administrator, said last night monitoring is needed, he said, to
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  • 107 3 A typist at the trigger of Britain's new sub-machine-gun i khm MfMt* i*i ri*a i above* leaves her oflire desk at Dagenham to help demonstrate t (l the press the Sterling sub-marhine-cun. The sucre>M>r to the Sten tun. it has been adopted by the British Army as a supplementary weanon
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  • 97 3 I! WIV. Mon prOBK r-f taxi drivers drove N taxti up the main trfft herr for- fd blocks across the road n(i then jjot "<'t and took off thf wheels. i, lunrh-timr traffic piled up in H*M thrniifhout the f in the drivers staged a
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  • 20 3 I -.GEN. Mon. The w;fp of a Rumaon chauffeur who ir political asylum flrw back yesterf'ommunist home-
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  • 219 3 The prince and the chorus girl Romance in the cards for Japanese dancer TOKYO. Mon. TWE son of a Siamese multi -millionaire Prince has asked a Japanese chorus girl whom he has met only five times to marry him. it was reported here today. Ida Kyoko Tsuki, 19, a member
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  • 47 3 PARIS. Mon. The headI quarters of Gen. Alfred M. i Oruenther. Supreme Allied I 1 Commander for Europe has I announced that Italian Admlr- al Giuseppe Lubrano de Nego,,l zio will take over command of the Central Mediterranean I sector on March I— A.P
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  • 33 3 BOSTON. Mon. Fire broke out aboard the Coastguard I cutter Eastwind at Castl« Isi land pier yesterday, threateni ing an ammunition magazine. i Fire fighters Immediately I flooded the magazine— A.P.
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  • 34 3 SERIA. Brunei. Mon. The Sultan of Brunei flew here toI day to open a multi-million doilar gas processing plant i built in the Seria oilfield by the British Malayan Petroleum Company. Reuter.^
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  • 64 3 LONDON. Mon. The Dalai Lama is on his way back to Peking after tourlnß Klrln Province Peking Radio reported With him is the Panchen Lama, a potential rival for spiritual leadership in Tibet. Both have been In Communist China for more than six months
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  • 21 3 ATLANTA, Mon- -Three men and a woman were killed in a .shooting affray in a home la.-t nipht -A.P.
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  • 74 3 STOCKHOLM. Mon Police said a woman committed suicide by stripping in subzero weather and lying down on her .stomach in the snow. Her nude body waa found yesterday morning in a park near the City Hall. Investigation revealed the women went to the park early yesterday, took
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  • 238 3 BLIZZARD LASHES The toll: 385 dead or missing TOKYO. Monday A VIOLENT blizzard swipt thr western Pacific from Formosa to' the Kunles today for the third day and left more than 385 people dead or missing, most of I them fishermen. In Manila. American Presli rient Lints report*
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  • 189 3 3IRKENHEAD Mon. Thf 16 800-ton Ark Royal. Britain's most modern aircraft -arrler. will be steered by remote control through area.* contaminated by atomic or hydrogen bombs. It was disclosed here today. The Ark Royal built at a l t>.t ween £20 and £25 million.
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  • 419 3 LOMDON. Mon 'T'HI mock marlceU hert today 1 again auffarcd from hcary aeillng. Jobbtr^ war* reluctant to tak« ■•■k* and la their effort to dlarourace liquidation prlcea vere marked down. Olltedfed ctoclu opened carter but later attracted aom* buying on ronirtderaUon of the yield* oftend and they ralllad
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  • 24 3 lO\lK>\ Keh 21.— Taah Buyers C7t7J: Sellerst:^. forward Bayers t7l« Seller* €711: Srttlrme«it t:t»: Turmurr a.m. M l»ns: p m 1M tony
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  • 59 4 20,000 hear Father Peyton TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE the largest crow* ever to assemble for a dero tional meeting in Singapore— filled Jalan Besar Stadium to rapacity yesterday to hear Father Patrick Peyton, the "Catholic Billy Graham." Four hundred and fifty children from Catholic schools formed a
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  • 260 4 F.P.A. declines to reply rE Sinf apore Family Planning Association yesterday declined to reply to the attack on birth control by the Archbishop of Malacca. Monsifnor Michael Olcomendy. •Obviously nothing we can say will alter the Archbishop's point of view and we do not propose to
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  • 52 4 The Singapore Camera Clat* is to give up its clubhouse in Pheng Oeck Avenue because many members have complain ed about Its distance from town. The club's secretary. Mr. Soh Teow Seng, said yesterj day that arrangements are now being made to acquire premises In
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  • 86 4 LEGS HAD OPIUM ON THEM rO packets containing raw opium were found tied to the legs of a cyclist, the SlnX apore Second District Court was told yesterday. Yip Port, a labourer, who pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of four pounds of raw opium valued »t $2,800. was fined $5,600
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  • 65 4 Two boys were beaten up by a gang of eight other boys in Arab Street. Singapore, on Sunday night. The two boys. Foo Kiu Yean and See Yok Ann. told the police that the Rang stopped them and asked for money They were beaten up
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  • 57 4 Mr. R K. Tandon. Commissioner for India In Malaya, will reply to the toast to the guests at the «9th Founders Day dinner of the AngloChinese School. Singapore, on Mar 1 The dinner will be held at the Lee Kuo Chuan auditorium of the AC 8
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  • 122 4 35,000 WILL BE ASK) I TO SIGN PROMISE CATHOLIC Sinuuporc will t> ed this week I pledges to om-f day. Several hundred ers will contact j I They have rol low up I enwwfc I Father P I ing American Father Peyton about 20.000 \v Besar
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  • 19 4 PENANG. M $200 Chik bin Ha I din Street. I I 1 Hi er. wlv
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  • 138 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Mr M. W. F. Tweedle. director of Raffles Museum, Singapore, said the large fish raught onj Saturday In the Johore Strait opposite Johorr's Lido was a SAWFISH and not a .<rwordfl/i.Y He gave the classification after he examined the snout of the
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  • 43 4 KUALA LUMP TWE Federation's Corrmissionrr of 1 1 R Carbonell. new out of Ku.ib 1 ing to (five a lecture at Kuala storm forced his Auster to turn >>. The ti.. on i I B AusK ur Tin ■IgM
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  • 35 4 A 51-ye»r-old woman. Hem Ah Moh. of Upper Strangooi Road. Singapore, was Injun when a celling fan fell on her head yesterday afternoon She wax admitted to hivpi tal
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  • 31 4 "The Yearling starring Jane Wyman and Gregory Pock will be screened by the YMCA Movie Circle at the V M.C.A.. Orchard Road. Singapore, on Saturday at 8 p m.
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  • 23 4 PENANO. Mon A Malay was found hanged in his bathroom in Chulia Street yesterday. He left a letter in his pocket.
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  • 18 4 Thieves took about $2,000 in cash and jewellery from six houses In Singapore during the weekend.
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  • 43 4 ALOR STAR. Mon The Alor Star Town Council today approved a decision by ito road truffle* and lighting committee suggesting a police check on speeding The council also decided that the town should have brighter lights next year.
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  • 53 4 PENANO. Mon A birthday cake lit by 50 candles will be cut by the Penang Rotary Club president. Mr. Lee Hong Cheang. at a dinner and dance thL* Wednesday to celebrate Rotary International's golden anniversary. Today Mr Lee declared open a Rotary road safety exhibition
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  • 63 4 MRS. B LLMSIJKN MUNI a speech specialist, will address the Singapore l< i era' I'nion on "EnglUh Speech Rhythm— Bx> covery" at St. Joseph's Institution on Thursday. She i» a member »1 th> International Phonetic \ss« nation, lecturer <>?i sprct h training to the
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  • 58 4 An Indian living in Java Road. Singapore, was attacked by a man near the bathroom of his house, on Sunday and robbed of $100 He told police that the money he had kept In the hem of his sarong, fell out. during a scuffle and the
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  • 47 4 Rotarlans in Singapore and I Johore Bahru will jointly calibrate th«- golden Jubilee of the Rotary movement with a dlti ncr at the Adelphl Roof Gar den at 830 tomorrow night Singapore Rotarlans have cancelled their weekly luncheon meeting at the Capitol Blu<> Room tomorrow.
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  • 153 5 FLOOD VICTIMS GET LAST $176.000 tfPUR, Mon. committee f Federation Find met P™ 1:i .r time today „ri a final victims of the the Social Hoard brings96,9ss the fund to Johore Malacca iecom- partmenta. i decided that rnment I'ivf lo<t Ures „iy allo- dependants idinc a whn lost thfir ■•ork
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  • 40 5 AHRU, Mon. :nanager of r April, May ibuttons of his loyecs' ProviDned $300 here tmeni officer after .sevend the de- quea for the the cheques at he did not pay Ineai was fail-
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  • 19 5 School teachers Plan a link nese planiltural link rmatlon itkm. ll)|MWli i hoolteachers during the tee was the .subject
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  • 37 5 Mr. M. W. F. Tweedie, Director of Raffles Museum. eive a talk on Ma. pre-history to the Post -School Certificate classes of St Andrew 1 School at Raffles Museum at 2 p.m. on Friday.
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  • 135 5 FIRE ENGINES MUST OBEY TRAFFIC RULES KCAI.A LI MPI R. Mon. AMBI I ANCES. fire encincs and police vehicles must obey all the normal toad regulations when answering emereenr\ calls. Ku.iU Lumpur's traffic branch chief. Mr. V Freeborn. said today. They must obey traffic litiits at inter-sections. But." added Mr.
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  • 90 5 rpHE Memorial Fund Com- 1 1 mittee of the Church of Christ, the King, at Singapore Base District Headquarters, Tanplin, will hold a dance tonight at Raffles Hotel. It hopes to raise $20,000. required to erect a stained-glass window at the church in memory of
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  • 111 5 Dffleer*. keen "II r.sult«-d in '"in si 00.000 "P'um M hoard «wk whi.h ia«n reater-•><-a r w «ith a search 1 '"utin f inspec1. when he «m, ■"'I »l the »*nuui«l on > °f the a Custom* -aid 1 th^
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  • 53 5 THE 'FRI ENDS' WERE ROBBERS Fmir lot lri-m D Sir>-<-t r.ibb^d foun- "W with a trlcod in a hotel at ab'-ut II 45 Pm. on I two ...iiting f«r him oul w; rompani'V! men to the ro»A hv wh> ted by them and two otheri The robbers then drove off
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  • 363 5 PARTING OF THE WAYS FOR PROGRESSIVES 'Danger ahead— if we UMNO-MCA blindly' FINAL BREAK AFTER HAGGLING IPOH, Mon. T^iE two-year-old State x Alliance between the United Malays National Organisation, the Malayan Chinese Association and the Perak Progressive Party has foundered on the difficult issue of selecting candidates for the Federal
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  • 190 5 'Battle' in kampong at 3.30 a.m. \|ORE THAN 100 angry villagers arm^d with sticks 1T and crowbars fought a detective and a constable, both of whom were in plain clothes, in a kampong behind the Alexandra Brickworks. Alexandra Road, Singapore, about 3.30 a.m. yesterday. Both the policemen
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  • 43 5 BATU GAJAH. Mon. Salleh bin Hassan of Teluk Anson. 13. won the AH Perak R»Ugu'us Sch(K)l> Ki>ran reading competition for boys held at the Malay mosque here Alsah binti Kulop Yatim 11. oi Kuala Kangsar. was judged the best girl reader.
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  • 31 5 The Joo Chlat Community Centre. Singapore, will hold ballroom dancing and square dancing at the Joo Chlat Social Welfare Centre premises from 830 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. every Friday
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  • 117 5 EGGS GIFT (for flood farms) FROM AUSTRALIA rE Australian Government is making a gift of 5.000 egjjs to victims of the recent floods in Malaya. I The eggs were promised by the Australian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. R O. Casey. wh<n he was In Singapore a week ago. They
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  • 62 5 SEREMBAN. Mon— K. Ratnasamy, a detective, waa charged with extortion today before lnche Harun bin Mahmud Hashlm in th« Magistrates Court hert. He was alleged to have extorted $200 from K Sivara- I jah at his .'.hop at JaJan Tunku ■MB, Ratnasamy claimed trial and the ca.se
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  • 131 5 DASH FROM PESASG TO TOW HER FIVE days after leaving Singapore for Fremantle. the 5.868-ton Norwegian freighter Ogeka Bakke began to drift with disabled engines. The ship radioed for assist- I ance and ryr local agents passed the message on to th< master
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  • 207 5 bUD ALLIANCE FOLLOW MCA chiefs try to stop 'tongues 9 petition KUALA I IMPI R Mon MALAYAN himsr Association leaders, including Da to Sir Chenc-lork Tan. today attempted to dissuade Selangor hmrsr cuilds and a>six i*turns from petitioning the Queen for multi-linciialism in the Federal Leci«lat«re. They made the approach
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  • 28 5 A Singapore Court yesterday Ined Yacob bin Jalil and H L. Plllay 15 each for disorderly jehaviour at a Singapore Harx>ur Bomrd fodown on Feb 18
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  • 60 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Cheng Kam Sok was fined a total of $1,400 in the Magistrate s Court here today for beinjj In possession of a complete still. 44 gallons of fermented mash and one gallon of samsu. Her home at the 3} mile Kota Tinggi road, was
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  • 51 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.-The secretary of the Central Transport Company section >f the Selangor Transpon Workers Union. lnche Maarof bin Sadlkln. received .slight stab wounds in a scuffle at the Lucky World amusement park here during the weekend. The motive for the attack Is not known. Police are
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    • 304 5 AjrUst" 10 00 Peter Coke and D.niA MALAYA Mafjertl Wwtbury in P»ul Temple %i l Wl»«»«iJ» nd 11ie Gilbert caae"; 1030—1100 rProcrarame* thu« marked ea« br rnriird by liktrnem in Malarca. -^——-—-^——mmmmm—mmm—m^ Short wave 4» A. 62m. Medium wave I i:i.m.. 343.. 366 m. and 237 m.) I'M J||T|T 1
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  • 232 5 Wtjg Iff PubUc canctri. Kaiong P»rk. 5 30pm to •30 p m (.IBL GIIDtS ASSOCIATION; rr^nlclriK Day (elfbr.tlon*. Raffles OH is S>h(K>l 5 pm Su? cSr HS 'ELS* hSS 5 v,,i.«m or mai ata- T*r IMMK^n^ol MMUA tui. oil Wiial Is vii ..< i I'lvorinn? by Mr
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  • 650 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. Feb. 22, 1955. Crisis And After A wrek-end of talks and i conferences OS the Nanyang University crUis has failed to produce .> solution but has shed light on the dispute between the Chancellor and the university's sponsors. The chief points of j dtagVMlMal concern
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  • 95 6 AC KNOWLEDGEMENT. 20 H'..rrf« Sl* (minimum). ra: YEAN KEAT. Be Tian Boon •nd Brother, thank all those who Wreaths and attended tn* •he late Mrs. Be Swe« awa* on Feb. 19. !im Tli' Limlly of the late Mr 1 Choon Terlc thank-s the Buddhi-t Union, K L.M. SUIT, j es
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  • 186 6 2t Wori* tin (minimum.. FOLLOW PEDANT F.wrv D the Malay Mail' If you want to win that *5.000 word puzzle. EUSIE MARY LTD -2nd F'.oor. ]3 Battery Road. Just Arrived— t of Model r I o\VN COUNTRY h:»ve re i some Permanently Ple;ited n! Hiuh St and Mever Chambers,
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  • 369 6 A new motoring offence is Ito be established in Britain as part of the amendment of the Road Traffic Bill. It is a change which might have merit also in Malaya. The Lord Chancellor agreed, in the course of a debate in the House of i Lords, that
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  • 252 6 A long experience of finding j a new Prime Minister does not seem to have made the present task in France any easier. Mr. Faure, who was Finance Minister in the government headed by Mr. Mendes France, is to inform the French President this morning whether he can
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  • 200 6 DR. LEV 'MUST SPEND WISELY' I)R Lin Yutang and his staff should know that their estimates for Nany a n g University have caused great indignation and dissatisfaction among the Chinese rich and poor. Certainly we would like our university to look like one in America but the question ls
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  • 55 6 THEY GET NO GRATUITY A SSISTANT Resettlement i\ Officers were praised by Sir Gerald Templer in his broadcast on his arrival In Britain. Resettlement Supervisors. Police Lieutenants. Special Constables etc. are paid gratuities on the termination of their services but not the ARO's. Can the Government give a proper answer
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  • 107 6 Wire fence to stop suicides At AY I propose that a 10ft. wide fence, put around and at right angles to the buildings at first floor level, would suffice to prevent suicides in Pickering Street? By uxlng chain link fencing, angle Irons on the Inside and outntde edge and prop*
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  • 114 6 T CROSS swords with Wan Farldah. who says that a Malay Women's League should be formed purely to look after their moral wellbeing. Without proper legislation :o protect Malay women, and the repeal of obsolete Mo- hsmmedan laws affecting marriages, women will never emerge from their bondage
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  • 789 6 Muslim 'siiT will end when new Malayan college opens THE Fatwa Committee I of Cairo's Al-Azhlr i University considers it a sin that Malayan Z Muslims have no rell- Klous college. E The aruwer wag Implied In its 'Tatwa" < ruling* Issued in 1952 in reply to question* put by
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  • 160 6 riULKING of aeggan, ■1 Segamat Is no more free of them than other towns, despite Bill Fish's report. Dally I see beggars creeping from door to door, misery Minted on their faces, begging for alma. Bcfaing is definitely a profitable profession. Though sosne are driven
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  • 222 6 'THE death of eleven medical students by Japanese shelling during the last war was recently remembered In a ceremony held at the Medicai School. This incident occurred nearly IS years ago. and It is sad to think that when this country should
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  • 195 6 WHEN DO I TELL THE CUSTOMS? IF, as a local resident, I wish to give a dozen shirts, valued at $100. to a friend who is working on board a ship anchored in the Outer Roads or in the wharf art/. I am compelled to declare them to the Customs.
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  • 113 6 PTHER Peyton's slogan of the family staying united is only a reminder. but a necessary one. In one P.O.W. camp in Slam, it took a dressingdown from a visiting chaplain to awaken the men. who had neglected their usual community prayer> mainly through human respect. From then
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  • 216 6 On the margin Dacca gatfeife "I ITERATURF wW u< South Ba ConfPfPT:'. national 2S" tD David Carver Secretary ol pi author ol "African i self Si i and so will geridt'i dred ye.-tr ly of "Punrh." widely r< It M Becret ;i ry Centre. From Fran" Beer, Fren< h PEN.
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    • 642 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. Straits Time* Free Pren tucrt our rtprcuntotiv* at lit floor, SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE. ORCHARD ROAD. will rccclv* .moll orfvcrt.wm.nti and oni««n to bom numtxfi Claulfitd od»crtl*»m«nt« may olio be handed lo: CITY BOOH STORI LTD. Winchester HouM, Collyar Quay, Sinfapor*. i U Wor4> tl» (minimum). ONG KOH: The
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  • 35 7 HE ASKED: 'WHAT'S YOURS?' TOO OFTEN bahru, Mon. I 1 n com- < immisjailed President Court, i guilty opeI 13 SpeI $117 ,quad neronti' vnu- had Tcatlng shments r came Mr Ra md rcnonth. Ste-i-harge. your
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  • 16 7 [PUR Mon A i.OO ton? from In ■.:ie that IS years
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  • 11 7 Tl hodlst hold a at the leaden
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  • 51 7 LUMPUR Mon.- rubber ipping Communist i ken then he three lorries on fire. The lorries belonged to the Rubber estate. Labourers on the South MaPineapple Growers' estate in the Pontian district found Communist pamphlets pinned to rain shell A Police Area Security Unit Is comblnfc the area.
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  • 40 7 Amin bin Salim pleaded guilty to causing hurt to Tan Chtng Liang with a dagger last Friday evening at SungH Kadut Road. He wa* fined $25 ren days' jail In the Sin Kapore Fifth Police Court yestrrday.
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  • 291 7 T<HE COUNSEL for a J man seeking a divorce, Mr. N. N. Leicestold the Singapore Hifjh Court yesterday: This was a marriage arranged by the parents and. as usual, it turned out to be a failure." Mr. Leicester appeared for Choo Llan Heng. 35,
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  • 237 7 PARENTS ARRANGED THE WEDDING— IT ENDS IN DIVORCE KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. PRINCIPALS of English schools here today were angry with the headmasters of Selanjjor Chinese Middle schools because of their statement that. there was Communist infiltration in English as well
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  • 69 7 He will head new department at University PROFESSOR A. M. GRAY, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the I'niversity of Sydr.ry. flrw into Singapore from Jakarta yesterday. Prof. Gray v to head the Department of Engineering at the I'niversity of Malaya He will take up hi* appointment in Mm this
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  • 56 7 Had opium tied to leg jailed JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Khoo Koh. a labourer, was sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen ;n the Sessions Court hen- today to six months' jail and a tine of $1000. in default I .'urther nine months jail rnportlng two katis of opium Customs officers found
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  • 87 7 MINIM! M TKMPrRMfRF TJ !>n. on FVb 20 to 730 s.m. MX Feb 2 1 1 Singapore 76 degree Penmiig 74. Kuta Bahru "9. Kunla Lumpur 73 I poll 73. Kuanlaii 74. MAXIMIM TTMPrBATrBF '7 30 am to 730 p m on Prb. 21 > Singapore 87 degree*.
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  • 62 7 TODAY: Singapore 10 33 a.m. 3!t 2lm > 11 38 p.m. (8(1. Ims), Port Dlckson 6 35am. > Bft t>ms> >' 48 p m (Bft. 91ns.). Penang 00 24 m (TO 31ns 1.04 p.m (7ft.) TOMORBOW Bmj!»porf 11.1 r, m (9ft 61ns >; Port Dli luoo 708 9ft
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  • 37 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. Dato Sir Onn bin Jaffar. who rerently resigned as Member for Home Affairs to devote nli time to politics, will address a Party Negara rally on the Station padang here on Saturday evening.
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  • 130 7 Radio Malaya explains why MISTAKES made by Radio Malaya's announcers when pronouncing Malay names are usually "slips of the tongue," the Chief English Programme Supervisor, Mr. David Kennard, said yesterday. He was commenting on a complaint by a Straits Times reader that Malay names had been
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  • 290 7 'No evidence but they won't withdraw' LAWYER'S ATTACK ON THE CROWN MR. DAVID MARSHALL said in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday that the Attorney Generals office was very chary of withdrawing a charge even though there was no evidence against an accused person. "What they do is to
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  • 76 7 Accused of using forged diary KIALA LI'MPUR. M»n SEET SOON Cil AN, a Senior Inspector attached to the Federal Police He*d«uart«r* In Bluff Road, today appeared at the gewt— ourt on forgery charge. Be claimed trial and the rase was t»»atd to Mar. 22 for hearing. Ball of SMt was
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  • 94 7 DRAWING OF LOTTERY POSTPONED MALACCA. Mon —The drawlng of the $***** Malacca Welfare lottery has been postponed for the second time because not enough tickets have been sold to cover the annourced prizes. This was announced today by the Welfare Committee chairman Mr. J. O. Forsyth. The draw was to
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  • 53 7 BATU OAJAH Mon —Ahmad Raza bin Yang. 12. a student of the lakandar Shah English School. Parlt broke 1 his left thigh and both hli wrists when he fell from coI conut tree on Thursday. He was admitted to the District Hospital here His condl- tion
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  • 155 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. rVO PROFESSORS from the Al-Azhar University of Cairo Dr Mohamed Abdul Raouf and Dr. Mohamed Aboulkheir Zaki. arrived here today to taje up their posts at the Muslim College of Malaya In Klan*. The college will be open for its first academic
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  • 43 7 SEREMBAN. Mon R. N. Thamboo, manager of the Oriental Bank here was tentatively charged today with criminal breach of trust of $50,000 The case was postponed to March 25 for a preliminary inquiry. He was offered bail of $60,--000.
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  • 108 7 4 YOUNO police officer who used a ladder to enter a room U> arrest two men was commended by the Singapore Fourth Police Court magistrate yesterday Mr C W. Oreenaway. A.S.P., of the Gambling Suppression Branch and two detectives MirpiLsed the two men while
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  • 15 7 Th- Ramaknshna Mum-:. I rary Union re. celebrated Its first anniversary last week.
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  • 52 7 Cheng Sin Aik claimed trial in a Singapore Court yesterday to theft of a bicycle, valued at $130, belonging to Tan Kirn List from the compound of the 8t Joseph's Institution, on Feb 19. He also claimed trial to an alternative charge of retaking a
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  • 31 7 Ng Tien Poh iv acquitted and dljcharfvd In Singapore yesterday of a charge of retaining a stolen car radio belonging to Kee Hock Tlan. on July at Cecil Street
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  • 31 7 Four Korean journalist* Messrs Choi Moon Kyuni Hong Chong In. Chung In Joon and Choi Byung Woo, arrived by air la*t night for a four-day visit to Singapore.
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  • 51 7 The Singapore Government has decided to make a grant of $***** to the capital fund of the All -Malaya Muslim College at Klang. Selangor The Government has also decided to offer annually a maximum of five scholarships for students sent to the Muslim Collece from the
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  • 69 7 Officials of the Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, for this year President Mr M 8 Mendis. Seng: vice president. Miss Cheong Quee Yin. secretary. Miss Tan Mul 81m. treasurer 1 Miss Ellen Urn auditor. Ml Hubert Oan. Commission chairmen Mis* Ooh Lee Cheng < worship
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  • 45 7 Xl ALA I.UMPUR. Mon Officials of th* Malayan Sinhalese Association for 1955 are President Mr M 8 MendU vice presidents. Mr Duncan Perera and Mr Ivan T Gomls. Joint secretaries Mr M H Albert and Mr P M PierU. Treasurer Mrs Daisy Perera.
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  • 282 7 MALACCA 'WANTS Reason for elected minority MALACCA, Monday. A FORMER Malacca member of the Federal I.ejris- latfre Council. Mr. S. Shunmugam, who was also a member of the select committee on elections, today explained why Malacca Settlement Council will have an elected minority. Mr.
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  • 42 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon —Up to the end of last year 2.319 discharged special constablehad been given interest-free rehabilitation loans totalling more than two million dollars it was stated today Another 1.200 applications for loans are being considered.
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  • 90 7 Alliance protests on councils KI'ALA MMPIR. Mon TIIL I NMMKi Alliance ha* protected to the angor and Kedah Governments arainM their dcci'""is to have rlerted minorities in their new state councils. Yesterday the Alliance staged a protest procession in Malacca, opposing the provision of only eight elected seats on the
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  • 95 7 BANNED BOOKS CHARGE When Chen Kong Yian. alias Tan Kong Ouan. alias Tan Kok Guan. v 1 in a S:ngay with having seven copies ol a ed publication. "Far Dre" rt ur<>und". ht- rema.nH< did not make a plea and th« judge. Mr. F. A. Chua. said he took Chen's
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  • 41 7 Mr Lim Boon Teck of Dl 2. Kirn Keat Lanr. Smean- writes to say that he U not the person of similar name who was recently fined $5 In the police courts for being drunk and Incapable.
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    • 36 7 ANNOUNCE 30 DAY EXCURSION RATE ROUND TRIP SINGAPORE-BANGKOK $336 PHORE ***** PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY CROSBY HOUSC. 71, ROBINSON ROAD. jtrT LIVELY TAST/NG Del Monte itjfl H because its made Tra* •nqu.net MINBY WAUCM CO. ITD.
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  • 618 8 SO DIOR HAS CHANGED THE 'H' INTO 'A' Pario report from HP™> ASCBOFT PARIB, f HRIBTIAN Dior changes his H-line Into a capital A, the kind we were taught to write in the schoolroom. But there's nothing schoolgirllsh about the spring collection he displayed in Parts. If anything. It Is
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  • 442 8 j MONDAY AS I AM finishing breakfast this morning I hear a howl of rage from the bod- room and Tom pokes a furious face throush the door. "Where the devil are my Mi socks? I put thorn in my drawer last night." 'I
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  • 32 8 7 Ways to stay married A v: handli divorce it 'i compi' ria««' rupt i l B 4. Dnni 5. Advire o be souKht ;i busini idea t! norhip 7. Mart divorce
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    • 219 8 Your baby deserves the best! jfcS^ Johnson's Baby Powder is the softest, fin- vfflL la? V\ MW e*i powder in the world. It is so soothing \v%%20J2& X r '"<. and comforting; it prevents irritation; it it I vSV f^ VVJ vi UL\\ ffi^''Always use Johnson's Baby Powder regularly |SB^v.^^|^
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 288 8 Straits Times Crossword A< ROSs 1. "Thief of nine- ils>. 12. Make teas for tollers? IT), f. Turn* a gallery wttbtn <7>. 13. lUununating competitions? 10. Lit whtn the gentle were first (7). '7). 15. Do they remind you of the 11. Ancient, of concave conairuc- date? i 4. tion
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  • 1718 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Scalping tribe told Messiah would be on their side snow was falling on a Red Indian reserve at Standing Rock, Dakota, in December 1890, as an elderly Indian of imposing dignity emerged from a scalpadorned teepee. With him walked four Indian police in buckskin uniforms to
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    • 57 9 HEDGES BUTLER SHERRIES r AMO NTILLADO [«AH OF THE SOLERA s Port! and Mipplird Til i' :-K and lay a. wU ONE BALL-POINT wfif w tooyyLs l! youh aye Digestion tefl^ I i And what a I AnUcid I :^;n I lasting d pr o- I So '■<),(« «t *JA*
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    • 180 9 Diesel injection equipment m~f Sine* Cyflndrr f%\ Noni» HoMVrt l-ll .JH Sinf Ir or I Uulti-Cyllndcr Flftnfc Twin Fur t itung Pump*— 2 .1 A 4 Oil Filt*. Cvlmdri A B nw MM!£ -0, MulU-TylllMn Enrknvd r«rr *L W LonPump «ith M»rh»ni(«l Hydrmuli >T •nd Pnruinatir Governor! M< I Mulli-Holr
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    • 107 9 Shoriark Holmes Pinnoii in troll Bm SULLSCVE^WDLMC*! /th^i 6MEauOC«C EN6Lt6M. E.£A\ENTAevjB ijtil T PiACE OF EußD^t'Mt Dirk Trary Pto<>vn rauyhi HHH^HB^ZZZZZII |WE»GHrTED»miTUE BURDEN I I WE GOT HIM?~TH NOW RDLLjOW TVIE [A un *-r*rr*a «y n*c dtnwm TIED to iTS f3 <X rr TWE I v ,-^^M REST OF TUEM.
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  • 341 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: On the local share market Industrials were dull and Una slightly easier. Rubbers were marked down to more realistic levels. Turnover continued to be restricted Singapore members yesterday re- ported the following business done:-| Fraaer and Neave ords II 971?. 9197; Oammon
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  • 135 10 March flnt grade rubber buyers f.o.b. cosed In Singapore yesterday at 99\ cent?, a lb.. a quarter of a cent above Saturday's closing price. The noting tone was weak. Clo*ine> rubber price* yesterday, In cent* per lb. were —No. 1 R. S 8. Spot loose buyers 99 V
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  • 281 10 HEAVY SELLING IN RUBBER AGAIN AT END OF MART HEAVY selling developed on the Singapore Rub- ber Market in the last hour of trading yesterday and the price which had been fairly steady throughout the day fell to 89} cent* a pound for March first grade buyers f.o.b. The selling
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  • 203 10 Stacaawre Chlneiv Predwe l> chance: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra quiet February $29 3 8 buyers. $29 3 4 vllrr.v March V 29 3 4 buyers $30 1* sellers Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $45 12 Hellers (down 2S cenui. drums $48 sellers (unchanged i Pepper quirt,
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  • 154 10 The Malayan Exchange Bank* Aaaoclation made the follominx change* In iv rate* to merchantyesterday:. New Vark: buying, airmail. T. T. 32 34. O. D. 79, 90 day. 33 credit bill*. 33 1 16 trad* bills. Cawatfa: buying, airmail. T. T. 33 1 8. O D 33 14. 90
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  • 10 10 »I.M.APORi -M TIN «MV (unchanged, RCBBKR <OPIU X2«»---(•JPftH.MIi
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  • 85 10 *Hh prices f) change v*\ A displayed ;r, an easier trrnr; v Loans »rrf c thf Loan* 3 1 Loan* 3' 4 |955. 5 Con. Zinr Bank >f NSW Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan Pfko Western Mining" Ampol Exploration 2» a O\ Search Auxt
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  • 119 10 Ship* Irlnj alonm,;. (h rapor* Harbour Hoard ,h,^« txpwlrd today arr V 1 2. Radnorshire 4 C.P.. Pakhol c, h. Somali 11. Mnllorv Al Clvtoneu* It/ II 0 19 20. Petallng N N. Wall <: I Lighter N Wai! Kota Oede 23 24 M 35 '26. Bemannrvh dent
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    • 589 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS WORKSHOP FOREMAN In Drainage and Irrigation Department. Salary Scale $439 x 19 000 plus COLA, at current ratea. Qualifications: (a) CltUen of the Federation (b) Literate m EnglLsh and Malay ic> Age llmlta 30-45 years on 1 1 55 <d > Orade I Diesel Engine Driver's Certificate <e>
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    • 672 10 TENDERS SARAWAK GOVERNMENT MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Invtte Tenders for Ute following anUMotiea:— 30.000 vlala x 0 3 mega unit Penicillin Cryst. 2.000 vial* x 5 gm. Streptomycin Sulphate. r*urther particulars, if required, mar be obtained from PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST. Central Medical Store. Kuchlng Tenders, accompanied by fee of II (non-returnable) ahould be
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    • 436 10 NOTICES BORNEO MOTORS LIMITED NOTICE As from February Slut 1955. Mr. A S. Cannon, hitherto Manager of our Kuala Lumpur Branch. ceaa*d to be employed by thU Company and Is therefore no longer authorised to transact any buslnees on our behalf. MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore). NOTICE IS HEREBY
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    • 173 10 TENDERS INVITED BEPARATE TENDERS are Invited for each of the following service* for 1955 (A) Maklng-up of Uniforms iincluding cutting) for the Perak Medical Department and the Central Mental Hospital. Tanjong Rambutan. Ri Supply of varloua type* of shoe* and boots to the Perak Medical Department and Central Mental Hospital
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  • 394 12 Malaya's Hainanese plan their own $2 million bank jyjALAYA'S Hainanese community, which since the war has been steadily growing in economic importance, is to operate a $2 million bank before the end of the year. The bank, which will have its headquarter in Singapore with branches throughout th Federation, will
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  • 166 12 Now copra slips below $30 mark |X)R the first time this r month. the price of copra at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange slipped below the $30 mark on Thursday, to $29 1 8 per plcul. The price fell further to $28 3 4 the following day. but on some
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  • 215 12 OVER 500 members of The Singapore Bank Employees' Union attended a talk on the history of banking in the Far East, by Mr. John Wilson of The Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, at their union premises In CeeU Street last week. The
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  • 261 12 ANE of BritairTs leading manufacturers of highclass clothing. C. and M. Sumrie Ltd of Leeds. Yorkshire, plan shortly to introduce to the Malayan market, a special tropical range of clothes including dinner and sports Jackets and women's tailored suits. Mr. Charles Sumrie. the company's chairman
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  • 35 12 Mr D. Sturrock. until recently Trade Commissioner for Malay? in the United Kingdom, has joined Messrs Trench and Plucknett of Market Buildings. Mark Lane, London, rubber and produce merchants.
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  • 273 12 SHIRT IS A BOON TO WIVES HE CLAIMS k BOON to Malayan housewives is the description applied to a British made shirt, which it is hoped to market shortly on a commercial scale in Malaya. The ghlrt U made by The Wakefle 1 d 8 r t Co. Ltd. of
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  • 94 12 Mr. Linn leaving Malaya for tour of U.S.A. MR. Linn In II" i managing dirr,t,,r of South Kngi nr«r> Ltd.. Kuala l.umpur «nd Singapore, will Iravr Malaya on Saturday for viftit to the I nited States. Kuropr. Japan and Hone Kong. The factory of South Engineer* in Batu Road. Kuala
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  • 145 12 A representative of the Hennessy family whose liquor business has been established in Cognac, SouthWest France, for over two centuries, the Hon Frederick Hennessy will arrive In Singapore today in the course of a Far East business tour. Hennessy report that brandy is
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  • 239 13 SCA APPROVE UNIVERSITY'S PROMOTION BY OUR CRICKET CORRESPONDENT I NF vn> llVllstyears hampions. 11 play In the Singaf cricket AssocmEs tnurnadivision VM mmended by A poneral j approv•ournamrnt Fni apin the wu turned Ed too •icipawill comf teams are not b prumotaklng lunior
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  • 55 13 Wee Chong Jin was elected cuptain for the year at the cricket meet ins of the Sint:ap^re Crune.ve R. C held recently. Cerii Work to \ice-c.ip The convenor*- are An? Earn Hock nel. ***** house. 2800 office, and i Saturday i. Net practices will be MoncUv
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  • 185 13 jyj ALA V A N tennis players have a lot more to learn, said Swedish Davis Cup players Lennart BerIfelin and Sven Davidsson, who returned to Singapore by air yesterday after a tour of the Federation. Thcv said local players play a fair
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  • 435 13 far ali seven rarrs on Saturday, first day of llir Penang Tnrf I In. Spring Mrettng are: Cl. 1. Div. 1-6 F Little I tint mt lnn 9.00 heslnut lIS I rlc k 1 .11 lUUdaw 1.01 Cantrrbury Bell H.OB Will- Screen I.M ln..Mnrnt II 1.«7
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  • 213 13 LONDON. Mon. A CLUB outside the flr>t duuton of the Football League v aikured of a place In the CnglUh F A. Cup Venn-final Thla la becauae gallant York Cit the giant killers iron Dlv. Three i Northern i. have been drawn afcaurui Not.a County
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  • 43 13 OLASGOW. Mutt. Tht dra« for the seventh round 'quarter final»> of the rv ottiah Cup. made here today resulted' Airdneon:an& j I Motherwell. Kiimarnork or Celtic. Academical Clyde Pklklrk: Hearu v» AUrdeen Mvrhrs on Mar. 5. replay* before Mar 11 Reuter.
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  • 315 13 Aird gives his opinion LONDON. Monday. fWERSEAS cricket tours by "reserve" England teams v to stimulate and maintain interest between official tours, is a scheme which is expected to be discussed when the M.C.C. hold their meeting early next month. Mr R; naid Alrd. secretary
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  • 140 13 DROBNY, PATTY IN 100- GAME FINAL WITHOUT A DECISION LYONS. Mon. JAROSLAV D r o b n y (Egypt) the reigning Wimbledon champion, battled for IM games with hi* old adversary. Badge Patty (I.S.) without reaching a di-riMon in the Anal of the men's singles of tbe Lyon's international tennis
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  • 207 13 Whit field wins award and weeps NEW YORK. Mon \|AL Whltfleld. the great Olympic champion runner broke down and cried yesterday wher. he wm pr^d with the James E. Sullivan trophy tor belli*; rhasen the outstanding of 1054. The prrw ntation w;i.s macltbv Lou Wllkic. president of the Amateur Athletic
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  • 87 13 DONCASTER— ASTON VILLA MARATHON Tilt: F. A CUr MARATHON between Doncastrr Ro\rra and Aston Villa, i ontinued on Peh 14 when they mrt (..r the third time and still they failed to reach derision. Two day* later, in their fourth replay. Donrattrr won 3-1. This photo show, Tommy Southern. Aston
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  • 201 13 SCHMIDT AMONG LAST FOUR NEW YORK Mon. TUiREE AMERICANS and a X Swede entered the semi- I finals ot the US national In door tennis championships yesterday but the Swede. 20--year-old Ulf Schmidt, drew the most attention. Schmidt, a newcomer to this country, defeated Eddie Moy- i lan seventh-ranking UB.
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    • 427 13 MUST B I s«ral,, Tim., j ««PAT j j WORD PUZZLE "QQQ" Cat out and pin wifh other co««>or>t Pasting imtmct.oni aoe«jr below. Hinn P^™^^™ Addrttl "J IF T S !I 1 I |U|M|M| E 1 RIB fill in J 1 Tjßßf A B L1 E I missing ••••Cat al.ui
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  • 894 14 MCC attack without Loader and the Typhoon' and are knocked about SYDNEY. Mon. 'THE English captain, Len Hutton, somewhat tarnished his magnificent captaincy record on this tour in Australia by leading an unjustified dash from the field today when the young New South Wales
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  • 43 14 HOTKEY SHA TtUL: Slnf **•?<> t Colon. SrlorUaa. t.lrb 1 SO groand FRIENDLY SRC A v m < pMUng MM EK H%RTI.KY ss liiiti Irnn.Tiv Srh«o< lUrtlrv K»a4 V. ».S. An«l«-< hln<~w- >. hiM,l ■ralty r round Hti St. %ndir«« Srh*ol. R. I. (round
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  • 142 14 RESERVE XI TO TRY BOY STAR A MM Jey.i'.h out M Colony Sin^aport in at the GS( preparation Jeyathurai forward who more prominent .ioon. He takes MM pla.er. now t v and Singapore Re iMfcfli Te man Thapa. ■>:. Colony attack in tra\elling b.u k lor Urn i Tejman hi
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  • 42 14 MOHAMED Anwar B-«. the Federation Roalkrtprr tit- ars a ohort t-orner hit taken by Pakistan a ccnirr-half Abdul (ihafo.r Khan during yesterday s flnt "KM 1 match which Paki»Un won 5-0. Straits Tines picture.
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  • 378 14 IPOH. Monday. fPHE Malayan Hockey Federation selectors may be forced to make a bold gamble to settle their centre forward problem for the second "test apainst the Pakistan tourists in a fortnight's time There has been some specu- i latlon lately that
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  • 83 14 Selangor T.C. made profit of $36,015 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. SELANOOR Turf Club paid $1,187,307 as tax to Government on the totalizator and sweep turnover last year, the annual report says. It also paid $31,441 In entertainment duty and $16,700 in income tax. The net profit from race meetings was $36,015
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  • 151 14 MALAYA AMONG TOP SIX IPOH. .Mon. T 1 Federation of .Malaya should And a place among the six leading hockey-play-ing nation* in the world, aaid the manager of the touring Pakistan team. Mr 8. M Aynb. Mr. Ayub. one of Pakistan* top officials in the came. was highly impressed by
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  • 304 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. E*OURTH battalion Malay Regl- ment. of Tapah. Perak. played fast and cle\er hockey to win the FARELF Unit championship on the H Q Malaya Command ground this evening Misting from this year's competition were Hong Kong, who were' unable to raise
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  • 177 14 LONDON, Mon X T *****. of Harlequin*, has an eye injury and will not be able to play for England against France In the Rugby Union Internal lonal match at Twickenham on Saturday His place at full back will be, taken i>. H.
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