The Straits Times, 27 February 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954. PRICE 15 CENTS
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    Talks open on the big Govt. change
    147 1 Talks open on the big Govt. change r tvernor of Singai Sir John Nicoll. pned discussions advisers on the strative changes .'"How the Renmmission recomn const it vms B i ondoo in n for consu reforms with the State for the Olivej Lyttel- has 32-membei for Singapore with ministers, three
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    S'pore gang beat up Malay
    34 1 17 members of can" 13. operatins in thp Joo Chiat tig area. a Malay n Loror/j ifi R Singapore. oin Badon. 23 wa.> Qei eral Hospital h body iiv
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    U.S. destroyers for Formosa
    24 1 1 »RK Fl The U.S. (resented Nationalist Ith two destroyers a^ th that 1 HI again prove stronthe alien Intrude
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    Animal cargo
    27 1 XT I.A, Fm a Surr.atran r and two siamang glbbona c flown here recently from baya. Lmals will be displayed International I here. A p
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    'WE WON'T GET TOUGH'
    313 1 West assurance BRITISH CABINET MEETS ipupnr CAIRO, Friday. 1 followinl th n T W dl^ U>mHt y tlash between Egypt and the West fieryniffli^^p^" President Mohammed h > MW'kc'snnrior'x 1 s .«iven today by "Dancinn Major" Said, Satan, 1 kts 1J r« Nasser, in a bid
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    Syria now: Dictator quits and an "old hand' takes over
    186 1 Syria now: Dictator quits and an "old hand' takes over RRKjADU Adib Shishaikli. Syria's dictator, resigned last night in favour of ex President Hashen el-Attasi. the man he overthrew in > coup in December, 1951. Shishaikli spent last night at the Saudi Iranian Embassy in Beirut. Lebanon He '"tends, it
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    STRIKE THREAT' HOLDS UP TALKS
    159 1 Planting bosses worried KUALA LUMPUR. Friday THE Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Asso- elation is still considering thp attitude it should adopt over the rubber workers 1 invitation to renew negotiations on the Taylor award. understood that the iation la troubled by what some of its
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    5 die in blaze
    26 1 SEOUL. Fri. -Five Korean I women were burned to death i when a fire destroyed a small Korean home here "today. A.P.
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    Flown here to see his brother
    164 1 Flown here to see his brother MX. Stan Grundy. 36. a Doncaster miner. has never moved so fast in his life as in the last three days. At p.m. yesterday he land- rd at Singapore after flying 8.000 miles from Britain in a 8.0.A.C. Constellation. Ten minutes later he was
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    PRINCESS SEES IT IN 3-D —through gold-rimmed spectacles
    81 1 PRINCESS SEES IT IN 3-D —through gold-rimmed spectacles Princess Margaret be- came the first member of i the Royal Family to see a 3-D filvi when she icent to the London charity pre- iniere of Kiss Me Kate. On her lap she holds th« i pair of gold-rimmed 3-D spectacles
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    241 LOSE HOMES IN VILLAGE FIRE
    223 1 Block of shops a roaring torch: herosene feeds blaze T KUALA PAHANG, Friday. WELVE HOUSES. 47 shophouses and three warehouses were destroyed here today by a fire which made 241 people homeless. Within minute: of the outbreak, the entir,-" shopping block of this village
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    Turkish note for Dulles
    52 1 WASHINGTON. Fri Mr Fehmi Nuza. Counsellor of tlv Turkish Embassy, cal'ed on the Secretary of State Mr John .Foster Dulles and Under-Se-|cretary. General Walter Bede!! Smith yesterday. He gave Mr. Dulles a letter from Turkish Ambassador Mr Feridun Erkin, but declined to say what it wa.s
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    Polio in H.K.
    28 1 KONG KONG. Fri. A Bri- fish soldier has died from in- fantile paralysis and another is dangerously ill. *n Army spokesman said here today Reuter.
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    A precaution
    17 1 MELBOURNE, Fri. Reliable .sources said today that the Queen has been inoculated against poliomyelitis. UP.
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    500 homeless
    24 1 SANTIAGO Fri— Fire .sweeping th tugh slums on Santiago's outskirts killed one prison, injured nine and left 500 homeless last night.— A.P.
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    VOTING PLAN DISAGREEMENT
    65 1 KUALA U'MPI'R. Fri—The Mich Commissioner. Sir Gerali T>mpler. and the Conference of Rulers were unable to reach full agreement on the Federal F.le« tions Committee* recommi-nda tions during their talks in Kuala I umpur ypvtcrday. Federation Government statement today said that larnc Measure of acrccmenf iraa achieved.
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    SEE DICK in his duel with 3-D Magee
    152 1 SEE DICK in his duel with 3-D Magee i\* Monday the Strait* S Times introduces two exciting new strip cartoons. Number One is the Adven- tures of DICK TRACY. world famous cartoon de- tecliw. E See in pictures his great duel with 3-D Maßee. arch blackmailer and a wonder artist
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    Train kills 7
    28 1 RIO DE JANEIRO. Fri. Seven people were killed today when a suburban train knocked off passengers clinging to the outside of a Rio-bound train Reuter.
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    Dean Inge dies
    33 1 LONDON. Fri— Dean William Ralph Inge, outspoken Anglican writer, essayist and preacher known as "the Gloomy Dean" in the years between the two world wars, died today aged 93.- -Reuter.
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    RED DRIVE ON CAPITAL FAILS
    84 1 SAIGON, Fri. The Vietrrinh rebels" drive on Luang P.abang, royal capital of Laos, has failed, the French HiEh Command announced today. The crack Communi.st-l"d Iron Division headine the advance on the city was now re- proupinp: on the north bank of the Nambac river &0
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    ANTI-RED MEN FOR CHINA
    110 1 ANTI-RED MEN FOR CHINA U.S. 'sending 300 In their deaths' SAX FRANCISCO. Fri. THE United States plans to begin next week the deportation to China of 300 anti-Com-munist Chinese They Include seamen and Others who have established Uli ::ii residence in the United States. Lawyers representing the tirst 12 to
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    STOP PRESS
    23 1 TFST 1 ATP«T nrOSGETOWN Fri r-'j'md all nut f\ toning* '"t lndirt *.i »p r hMch -Ufuirr ■So. p., X M
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    The rebels are falling back from royal capital
    255 2 PATCHY RETREATS JN INDO-CHINA SAIGON. Friday. OOMF, groups of Vietminh rebels who three weeks ago were marrhinc towards Luang Prahang. royal capital of Laos, are now moving in the opposite direction, the French High Command said today. French Union patrols in the
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    U.S. is urged to join tin pact
    118 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. ReliBblp US sources last nieht ,>ruri that the Belgian Ambassador, R.iron Siiv. ktuv.v li.vi urged the United .states u> Join an Internationa] tin agreement to stabilise tin pn< Baron Silvercruy.s visited the A.-sisiant Secretary fnr Economic Afi.urs. Mr. Samuel Waugh. yesterday
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    THE TEN-NAME PRINCESS—
    62 2 She's the pride of Luxemburg s l' f it neic-born Princess >l daughter 01 Jean and Princess Jose i hine Charlotte, was m a Catholic cerem Luxemburg Bishop s/.con Lommel, named her Marie Astrid Charlotte LeompoHine Wilhelmine Ingenorp MAntOHta Elsa Elisabeth Anna 5 Her godfather was Kmo
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    50 Atjeh rebels die
    44 2 JAKARTA. Fri. Indonesian troops fighting Atjeh rebels in North Sumatra killed SO men In mopping up operations and captured large quantities of supplies, an Army communion Mi'rian said A cane o.' 80 rebels burned th< M;*tang Kuli rail Station.— Rniter.
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    Uranium claim
    43 2 SALT LAKE CITY. Utah Fri —A Utah geologist. Mr Charles A P'pen. who ha.s made a fortune in Utah uranium today j-aid that his property In San Juan county Utah, was the large*! deposit of uranium ore In the world AP.
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    Murder: Man detained
    55 2 PARIT. Fri. A young Indian has been detained in connection with the $10,000 robbery and murder in Pant on Wednesday when a 5.5-year-old pawnbroker was stabbed to death and his wife wounded The woman. Chin Siew YnnnK. 45 who is in Batu Oa- i iah Hospital is
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    Two terrorists wounded
    31 2 KUALA LUMFUR m -MM) of a security unit wounded twr terrorists in the Mentakab area it Pahane yesterday They followed blooa trails for a mile Both terrorist" -caped
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    Divorce sought
    25 2 LOS ANGELES. Fri— Gabrjpl Pr.scal British film producer. la beinc sued for divorce 4v his wife. Valeric. on th° grounds of -nieltv— AP
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    6,500 IN HUMAN MAP
    162 2 MOUNT GAMBIER. Fri. 4 BOUT 6.500 school children formed themselves into a limns map of Australia to peel the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their arrival here by plane from Melbourne today. It m a greeting that reached the royal couple even before they
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    Purcell repeats Templer charge
    195 2  - Purcell repeats Templer charge HALL ROMNEY From LONDON, Fri. TYR. Victor Purcell today repeated his charge that the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. was antiChinese Dr. Purcell, adviser to the Malayan Chinese Association, was replying, in a letter to The Spectator, to last week letter by Dr. A. D.
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    WATCH OUT WHEN TEMPLER MEETS MAN HE SACKED
    230 2  - WATCH OUT W HEN TEMPLER MEETS MAN HE SACKED SFFTON DKIMKK Adenauer has never forgiven Sir Gerald for 1945, so— F^ BONN, I n.i WHAT will happen when Chancellor Adc meets General Sir (lerald Templer, who i her is to take over as British commander Northern Army Group and C.-in-(
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    'Thallium and old lace' appeal
    57 2 'Thallium and old lace' appeal s^ DM I THK full Stiprrpu- i day rrsi-r\.il on thr ;ipp«-.il V line Grilta < I death sentence acainst her i ed thallium poison She had been found thr attempted mvi d< sistrr-in law M l.undbcrc. i>7 The trial judge ord< the death setitrm
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    Estate men end strike
    43 2 TKI.UK ANSON I 1 240 labourer^ or. Coronet Plantatit n Basan Dato work this mornli i terrention oi i merit officials. They were on three days. They a woman who had b< 1 mc hr.r i to the Unet
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    Case put off
    15 2 JAKARTA I unan V r> cd with Illeg bulirt.s was '4. today.-
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    Floods wreck 800 homes in Australia
    93 2 SYDNEY Fri FLOODS damaged or wrecked about 800 of 4.000 houses and damaged most of the 300 shops and store? in Lismore and its district in New South Wales About 3.500 dairy cattle, valued at A £30 each were drowned in thp RichmondTweed areao
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    Five hurt in grenade blast
    47 2 BATU PAHAT. Fri Four servicemen and a Malay civilian driver were slightly injured on Wednesday when a grenade accidentally exploded at the Fijian camp here, it was learnt today The iniured included a sergeant maior. a British corporal and two British privates
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    Better chance for peace in Far East —Churchill
    381 3 Better chance for peace in Far East —Churchill LONDON, Friday. Winston Churchill said yesterday he still thought a meeting of heads of States "should not be ruled out." The Prime Minister, who was speaking in the of Commons debate on the Berlin conference. id that the forthcoming; Asian conference at
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    Now's time for tea
    50 3 MEMBERS of the I'nited States Board of Tea Tasters, in New York, gather round a revolving table hearing i dozens of simll containers of tea leaves and maiiy cups of tea already brewed. After sipping the tea they discussed, with expert knowledge, the different tastes. A.P.
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    Japs plan conference
    39 3 SfO. Fri. a spokesman J ipanese World Federa- igu< today said thai .sponsor a confer- :ountrii i that aw r members of the :.s to disc. exng their admission. LlkS Will be held in ToMay Router.
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    The answer is well-known
    73 3 LONDON. Fri.-Sir Winston Churchill was asked in the House of Commons today ii he would ensure that no Go i rnment hospitality was given or accepted in any hotel where a colour bar existed. The Prime Minister told his Labour questioner. Mr. John Dugdale. that he
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    Stone Age tools found in China
    55 3 HONG KONG. Fri— New Stone Age tools have been dis covered in Mlnhou county. Fxikien province, said the official New China News agency Unearthed from a hill in the county, the Communists said they had found 12 polish- >tnneware. five spinning wheels and a
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    Plan for army
    44 3 BONN. Fri— The coalition parties of the government of the Chancellor Dr. Adenauer. t.av were expected to push a constitutional amendment, tnioueh the Bundestag, the Lower House of Parliament, to legalise West German partivi- p.ition in a European army R( uter.
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    AMERICAN AID TO PAKISTAN 'WILL KEEP PEACE'
    161 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday said that the US military aid for Pakistan was to strengthen peace and security in the Middle East. He was glad to agree to PaI kistan's request for military i aid after last week's agreement j between Pakistan
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    Envoy returns
    22 3 LONDON. Frl. Egyptian 'Ambassador. Mr. Abdul Rahman Hakki returned here last night on the boat train from the continent.— AP.
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    Voters plan 6-man Kenya war cabinet
    174 3 NAIROBI. Fri. A "WAH CABINET" of six men to direct the fight against Mau Mau terrorism was demanded here today by the Executive Committee of I the European Electors Union J Kenya's most powerful politi- 1 cal organisation. The Union announced in a statement
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    Memento copy
    24 3 A signed copy of the Renciei report on Singapore's future constitution is to be preserved as a memento by the C\tv Council
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    FAREWELL TO THE SPITFIRE
    61 3 FARE WELL TO THE SPITFIRE )N, Fri Supermarine Britain's most famed planes in World War have now been officially :;rr 15 years of frontvice. 'eraivs of count have succumbed to the jet age. The Air Ministry announced today that the last operational squadron to fly Spitfires a photoeraphic reconnaissance unit
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    HOTEL DOOR WRESTLING BY FAROUK
    132 3 CANNES. Fri PX-KING Farouk o f Egypt today tried to prevent a woman photographer snapping him at the servant's entrance to the Hotel Majestic here. The former monarch, suddenly the centre of interest on the Riviera because of the ousting of General Neguib in Cairo,
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    Ships collide in straits
    52 3 ISTANBUL. Fri. The 6.346--ton Norwegian tanker. Sviu was in collision near the entrance to i.he Dardanelles on Wednesday, the agents. Dabcoviteh. said yesterday. Tlw agents declined to identify the other ship involved. The Svita had a huge hole n her side, but reached Istanbu. yesterday for
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    Specialist dies
    11 3 COLUMBUS. Fri.- Dr. Louis Mark. 6x. tuberculosis specialis LdiedhtTeyesterday^_AP_
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    Dagger for President
    36 3 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER unsheaths an ornamental .Mepali dagger given to hiii by Bydwarika Ram Bhagat. left, of Katmandu. Nepal, at a White House reception. Between them is iMiss Mattanee Mojdara, of Bangkok. A.P. picture.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    238 3 LONDON. Fri Clo6inß prices cm selected otoclcs were: Consols 64' i Funding 4% 101 W War 35% 85' i Loan 3',»% 1956-59 £94 12 od BANKS Merrantlle (£l2'^) 25V4 Eastern £5 1 8 Chartered <£1> 42 9 Hongkong |$llt) nr.- >>( it vn< k Com. Un (uU.) 12%
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON, Feb. 26. Cash Buyers £670; Sellers t675; Forward Buyers t649: Sellers j £650; Settlement t672' 2 Turnover a.m. 75 tons; p.m. 105.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON. Feb. 2fi.— Spot 16\d Apr. 16'kd., May 16' id.. June 16' id ■July-Sept. 16' id.. Oct. -Dec. lti ;,c* Mar. e.t.f. 16d. April t.l.t. 16 1 16 d Tone: Easier
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    In Delhi now
    34 3 NEW DELHI. Fri.-Eighty-eight Korean war prisoners who want to go to neutral I countries arrived here by train today, accompanied by 272 Indian Army troops from the Korean Custodian Force.— A.P
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    Law from Monday
    16 3 The National Service Ordinance. 1953. will come into effect in Singapore on Monday
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    We want to be friends with Red China, says Attlee
    243 3 We want to be friends with Red China, says Attlee LONDON. Friday. MR. C. R. Attlee. Labour Opposition leader, told the House of Commons yesterday he disliked the idea of rearming Germany— but facts had to be faced I squarely. Mr. AM-iee aaaea: we an hope something will come out
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    Cars stranded in strike
    43 3 KARACHI. Fri.— A strike by 5.000 transport carriers which began here yesterday threatened to bring cars and other vehicles in the city to a standstill today. Tankers did not supply filling stations and tram cars were stranded In Karachi.
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    Told to close
    23 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. Thf U.S. Government yesterday told Poland to close its consulates general in New York. Chicago and Detroit. Reutc-
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    Churchill too restless for sculptor
    131 3 LONDON. Fri. QJCULPTOR Oscar Nemon. who •J next month starts work on a larger-than-life statue of Sir Winston Churchill, will work from small models of the Prime Minister because he will not sit for him. "Sir Winston cannot sit still." Nemon said. "He believes that
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    Restful night for the Pope
    39 3 VATICAN CITY. Fri The Pope again rested fairly w->ll an Thursday nitrht and his ?nr.dition slightly improved 'odfiy. a source said. The Pope has been ill with a stomach ailment for a menth. Renter.
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    Chiang warned
    28 3 TAIPEI Fri.— Premier Chen Cheng today said that the Nationalists must attack thr Chinese mainland in two years I or lose all chance of doing so.
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    Vice-President charged
    44 3 TAIPEH. Fri.— The presidium of the National Assembly voted yesterday to give Vice-PreM-dent Li Tsung-Icn until March to answer charges of dereliction of duty or be ousted. Mr. Li. living :n New York, i Is not expected to come to Formosa.— AP.
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    New envoy
    26 3 BANGKOK. Fri. The new Netherlands Minister to Slarr Mr. N. A. J. De Vocgd. arrives by air in Bangkok en March 1. --Reuter. Ji
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    JAPS AIM TO RAISE 10 SHIPS
    254 4 160 salvage experts will dive for scrap in our harbour ANK hundred and sixty Japanese salvage experts arc exported in Singapore late in March or early in April to start raising ten ships sunk here during the war. A Tokyo report yesterday said that
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    Slacks for the girls who can't decide
    55 4 Slacks for the girls who can't decide Just tho thins <«r the girl who can't make up her mind are tlirse half-and-half slacks worn by Ann West. They are an adaptation of a pair worn by Howard Keel in the film "Kiss Me Kate", which was seen by Princess Margaret
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    New plan to rehabilitate ex-convicts
    100 4 New plan to rehabilitate ex-convicts RhI'KhSLNTAir. iji ti Chinese associations, clubs ;uid Amu in Singapore vil! meet on March 8 to c!i>- sch< me to rehabilitate i ners Mi Chuana Hui T»uan, the convenor of the meeting, toid the Straits Times: "First sten in the scheme; will be the formation
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    Shopkeepers broke law
    63 4 Chen Sin For.- of B: Book Company yesterday told Ihi Sineapore City Police r. M DevereuxColebourn. that he opened h:.< ichon on a specified closinc day, fi the benefit of his customprs, because Christmas was I approachinc Chen was one of the 17 1 f lopkeepers who
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    New chief
    30 4 BRUNEI. Fri. Mr. P. H. Padmore. of the Sarawak Educational Service, has been appointed State Education Officer in place nf Mr. J. Pearce who has left the service.
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    Traders meeting
    23 4 The annual meeting of the West Coast branch of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce will be held on March 17.
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    Rush to the padi fields
    253 4 Rice mills work at full pace as workers leave to join harvest KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE rice harvest has caused a rush to the padi fields, says the Federation Labour Department report for January issued today. In Kedah and Kelantan many Malay labourers have left
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    Show more sense, union told
    64 4 Show more sense, union told T"HE Straits Steamship Company Limited has told the Indo-Malay-Paklstani Se unen's Union that its demand for, a 70 per cent rise in wa;;es for 300 men had "no relationship to economic realities." The firm considerec. the demand as "irresponsibl?." Two days ago the union ask-
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    Swallowed ring when caught—police
    75 4 Swallowed ring when caught— police PENAN<i. Fri. A N 18-YEAR-OLD youth A swallowed a gold ring when arrested, the Penang magistrate. Group ("apt. 1« V. Howard was told today. "He has been sent to hospital for an x-ray examination." the prosecuting officer. Inspector Vijayaratnam. said. Raman Shaik was charged with
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    Morning contest for speakers
    40 4 Students from a dozen Singapore schooLs are taking part in the oratorical contest in English organised by the Rarr.akrLshna Mission The contest begins at 9 a m tomorrow at the Missions Bins' Home. 179. Bartlov Road
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    Council sesions
    26 4 Thi-re will be a ceremonial opening of the fourth session of the second Singapore Legislative Council at the Victoria Memorial Hall on March 16.
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    Tamil Nad leader due next week
    48 4 The President of the Tamil Nad Congress. Mr. Kamiraia Nadar is due in Singapore next week. The Malayan Indian Concress iia.s arranged a public meeting next Friday in the New World \rena when Mr. Nadar will i speak. He will tour Malaya.
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    Union meeting
    20 4 The Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union will hold ts eighth general meeting today at No. 1 Farrer Pali.
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    NEW SHIP DIE HERE SOON
    54 4 The Royal Interocean Line's uewesl ship, the 10.700 ton Straat Bali, la expected in Singapore on Mar. 5 on her maiden voyage. The local agents said yesterday the Straat Bali was built specially for R.l.L.'s South Africa-Far East run. The new ship has a cruising
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    Borneo post
    37 4 Mr R H Hicklinu ha s been appointed to act as chairman of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce In place of Mr. J. M.tchell. who la leaving Borneo for leave in Britain next week.
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    $871 stolen; from market
    46 4 $871 stolen; from market A thief broke into Orchar.l Road Market. Singapore 'n Thursday night and stoh $871 I from the cash boxes of eignt i stallholders. From a house In Kheam Hock Road, occupied by *n Army major, a burglar stole $500 worth nf jewellery.
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    THE MAN WHO DOESN'T LIKE HARD WORK
    73 4 PENANG. Fri. FHJND GUILTY of rommittmc trespass on January 31. 1. I tiff bin Hashim. 26. asked the Sessions Court here today to give him a long prison sentence. "A short term will mean hard- or work and fewer amenities." hi- explained. Latin",
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    600 men threaten sick leave strike
    192 4 600 men threaten sick leave strike PENANG. Fri. THE 600-strong Eastern Smelting Workers' Union may strike if its de- mands for sick leave, housing allowance, increased wages and reinstatement of a crane driver are not met A general meeting yesterday gave full mandate to the executive to negotiate with the
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    Dead baby found in drain
    44 4 PORT SWETTENHAM. FrlThe body of a new born baby, wrapped tn a newspaper, has been found in a drain at Kamiinng Pandaraman The baoy vir 1 had been strangled It H r-e.cved to be a Chinese, police are investigating.
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    Re-appointed
    16 4 Mr. Lionel Cresson has been re-appotnted a member ol th* Public Services Commission in Singapore.
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    Government is a bit of an Aunt Sally, says Mr. Bingharn
    210 4 PEN AMi. Friday. THE Resident Commissioner. Mr. K P. Bingham, < today set a deadline for Penang's first Settlement Council elections. I hopr it will Of possioh 1 to hold them late this year— or certainly early next year"
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    Vibrating walls—by Mrs. Ede
    114 4 Vibrating walls by Mrs. Ede MRS Amy Ede 'Progressive- East i told Singapore city councillors at their meetme yesterday that machinery which caused a nuisance by making a lot of noi.-e should not be allowed to operate in I residential areas. She successfully referred I back to committee decisions planting
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    $3 timber cost them $50
    44 4 Two women. Poh Van. 52. and Tan Boh Tan. 27. were fined $25 each in Singapore yesterday for stealing timber valued at $3. The timber was stolen from the Mcßltchle Reservoir at the 6th milestone. Thomson Road, ;>n Thursday.
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    Seven fires
    18 4 Singapore Fire Brigade dealt with seven lallang fires yesterday. Biggest was at Bukit Arang. Upper Serangoon.
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    Expat pay battle shifts to the Federation
    258 5 AS SINGAPORE HOPES FOR A SETTLEMENT TODAY— IT WILL BE WAGED ON SIMILAR LINES JHK 34-week argument between the Singapore (Government and its staff associations on how to implement the Ritson pay recommendation is expected to end today in the conference room of
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    Taking a sailor's holiday
    64 5 VICE ADMIRAL Sir Denis Maxwell, who retired from the Royal Navy last year as Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, sailed into Singapore on sea-goin? holiday. Sir Denis and Lady Maxwell (above) arrived in the Burnside from Australia. They have also visited Europe. New Zealand and Indonesia. From
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    FORMER DETECTIVE BEATEN UP
    93 5 A GANG of 15 men. armed with sticks and bottles bear up a former detective. Mr Robert Kam. at the function of Joo Chlat Road and Joo Chl.it Place, Singapore, on Thursday evening. Mr. Kam and his wife w*»r-> on the way to a cinema, whe'i
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    Plane crash dead named
    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The RAF. today released the names of the four men who died in the Valetta 'Voice Aircraft" crash on Mount Ophir in North-East Johore on Tuesday. The dead men are Flying Officer A. H. Ashton. fpliot' of Bristol. Pilot Officer P L. Starling
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    Colony gives more guns
    53 5 Artillery support from the Ist. Singapore Regiment. Royal Artillery, for Federation troops has been increased. Till now a troop rf four field guns has been operating in the F'drration. This has been augmented by another troop. The regiment, a regular British Army unit, is stationed in
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    60 to train as teachers
    45 5 IPOH. Fri.- About 60 trainee teachers will be appointed this year In Perak. to be attached to various Government English Schools in the state. Their selection will be completed when the detailed results of the senior Cambridge examination are out.
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    Meeting date
    20 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. The annual meeting of the Johore Planters Association will be held here on March 18.
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    100 seeking promotion
    49 5 IPOH. Fri— More than 100 hospital assistants from Perak are to be interviewed for promotion to superscale posts and special grade A' and 'B appointments. About 30 vacancies are to be filled. A .-.election board has been constituted and Interview of candidates will begin on Monday.
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    USED FORCE ON WOMAN ALLEGATION
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— Ong Kok Kong. 35. was today charged here with using criminal force on Lee Ne Kirn to out- rage her modesty. Ong pleaded not guilty. He was alleged to have embraced Lee in a hou.se at Buk-.t Eintang Road. Kuala Lumpur. on
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    This child rode on motor cycle tank
    42 5 Lim Kum Boon, of Albert Street, Singapore, was yesterday fined $10 in a traffic court for carrying a child on the petrol tank of his motor-cycle along Thomson Road on Nov 17. He pleaded guilty
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    Perak wasn't treated badly says Govt.
    237 5 BUSINESS TAX GRANT EXPLAINED KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. A Federation Education Department official today denied that Perak had received unfair treatment in the allocation of school funds from the Registration of Businesses Ordinance tax. In Ipoh yesterday Mr. W. O. Scott said that of the
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    CHEMIST IS CLEARED OF DRIVING CHARGE
    143 5 F. C. B MARSHALL, a chemist, was acquitted in Singapore yesterday of negligent driving in BtUestier Rpad on November 5. He had originally been charged with causing the death of a tricycle rider. Liew Fook Hrng. 25. by negligent driving noi amounting to culpablo
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    Red Cross parade
    38 5 IPOH. Fri. -The Sultan of Perak will take the salute and Inspect members at the annual Inspection of the British Red Cross Society Ipoh District on i Sunday at 5.30 p.m. on the Town Padang.
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    Church giving farewell party
    59 5 PENANG. Fri.— The Chinese Methodist Church (English section i will give a farewell party tomorrow to Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Onn Soo. Mr. Khoo. social welfare officer, will leave for America or. Thursday on a U.S. leaders' specialist scholarship. Mrs. Khoo. a teacher of the Aiiglo-Chinese
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    Cycle locks may become a must
    46 5 PENANG. Frl. The police here have taken steps to introduce legislation making it an offence to leave bicycles unattended and unlocked. A police spokesman said today that this legislation was considered necessary because of the growing number o* bicycle thefts.
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    Health week
    35 5 TANJONG MALIM. Fri. Tanjong Malim District will celebrate "health week" from April 3 to 14 There will be Mm shows talks on child and maternal h;g.. ne. foster and slogan competitions for schools.
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    PRICE OF 'FREE' RICE DOWN IN STORE
    147 5 PRICE OF 'FREE' RICE DOWN IN STORE THE price of free market rice in Singapore has fallen following the Governments announce- ment to temporarily suspend the rationing of rice from next Monday. The drop ranges from two cents a kati for good quality rice to four cents for the lower
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    Salvaging a sunken ship
    63 5 PENANG. Frl A Japanese transport. sunk by allied bombing o!T Kual:i Kurau in 1945. is being salvager, by a local firm. Salvaging operations, after being held up for several months, were resumed early in February and this morning the engine of the vessel was brought to
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    They all want to go to this dance
    40 5 MALACCA. Frl -Tickets are fast selling out for a dance anS fashion show of the year in aid of British Red Cross $20,000 appeal fund at the Capitol Dance Hall tomorrow night.
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    Debating society
    17 5 TAIPINO. Frl. The Hua Lian Hieh School ha.s formed a literary, debating and dramatic society.
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    DROWNED ON HOLIDAY
    40 5 KOTA BAHRU Fri —Mr. S Nalllah. a former office deputy. Survey Department. Kelantan. was drowned while swimming in the sea off rental Semut Apl. He was on leave before retireme.-t. The funeral will be held this morning.
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      285 5 SINGAPORE WEEKEND DIARY Victoria Memorial Hall: Violin Handicapped children's outing, S'pore District M.Y.F.- Install irprita'i Maurice Clare. Katona Park, 10 i.m. to noon. tion of cabinet officers »ervice fit n m Y.M.C.A.: Little Women's Club at Strait* Chinese Methodist r.mera Club' Social visit to Tekiphone House" Church. KamponR Kapor. 5.30
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    79 6 «,,irf. 51* f minimum, MRS STEPHENS and :.imil.lohore B all who sent meaaafM ol < i>ndolenc«-. rendered aaiiattnce a'tended the in a. j. Stephen* MADAM lAY CHOON BOEY I ih!v deeply thank all relau) members and mends *hn paid 1 1 ad attended tiie funeral ol husband Ml Oh
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    \\\oi \< EMENTS
    123 6 \\\oi \&lt; EMENTS 2ft Hin a (fTuwi/miifi) KOl.i O\. fKuAM'I mery day In U iin; want to win 808 word puzzle. REFRKiFRA I lON or Air-Condi-tioning troubles? R:iik n;ne about ;t. At *****. FOR home or town wear call at Harrow jour rot ::&lt;&gt;m $20. A Rl it a: lun&lt;
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    Singapore, Sat. Feb. 27, 1954. Colony and Federation
    824 6 Singapore, Sat. Feb. 27, 1954. Colony and Federation Relations between the Federation and the Colony were outside the terms of reference of the Rendel Constitutional Commission. The Commission, however, was dealing with fundamental reforms in Sinjj.ipore's political and constitutional structure, and could not escape r on shir ration not only
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    Hope of Geneva Conference
    374 6 Once again Sir Winston Churchill has found more comfoil in the recent Berlin proceedings than is apparent in the record of the confer*. rw&lt;and the manner of its dispersal He is quite right, of course, to look forward to the Geneva conference in April with optimism
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    13 6 IHt RUINS OF AYUTHIA. OLD CAPITAL OF SIAM. Picture by Tan Kok Kcc
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    As I was Saying
    1094 6  -  TH#vnHsfs imWiamm tA 'JSSS^Smii ir precedent la foi- lowed Singapore will next hear of the newconst it utionul proposals when the Secretary of State announces, in the House of Commons, the British Government's approval. But their greater Importance compared with the constitution of 1947 may Invite
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    60 6 Taken from the Straits Tunes of February 27, 1904. IN Muar, rubber trees suffer ereatlv from the attacks of a kind of beetle which strips them of their young leaves The only remedy seem.s to be hnndpicking as a means of destruction. THE F. MS Government has
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    665 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK ARRIVAL by bus at Kuala Lumpur is rather didorent from thp Singaporp c\fparturp. You do not drift from a coflop house at leisure, you are precipitated into a I oiked maelstrom. The terminus Is in one of the l os .s attracMve parts of thr Federal atti
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    We can do the job, say local men
    297 7 ITS A BRIGHT RENDEL FUTURE FOR THE POLITICIANS HUT 50 CANDIDATES A DIFFICULTY Kendel report and the vast possibilities it iffere to local men to shape Singapore's dessert main topics of discussion yesterday. ■inn asked everywhere was: Will the pcoto live up
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    FIRM SUES MAN FOR $15,000
    47 7 FIRM SUES MAN FOR $15,000 A I UMPUR, Fri against Eu Eng K la Lumpur. impur ono. to have or I th 520.000 at I umpur DOO on March 17. n c of sio.ono unpaid. S Ollchrist, app n.se for a month trtles could come Wilson agreed.
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    Wage rise for SHB men
    48 7 W TO $1.3.50 lalaries of about 70 p«;r he 1.000 monthly pain re Harb'iur have beer. Increased ie bep;nn;nc of this range from -.350 a montn Those sei are drawlr -.'-in a month, t n-.ectinc of the Board Association y. sdi dei profc
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    Convention
    18 7 The Consular Convention between Britair. Northern Ireland and Greece was published the Singapore Government 1 Gazette yesterday.
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    Dato Onn, the 'prima donna of Malayan polities'
    259 7 Dato Onn, the 'prima donna of Malayan polities' KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. NATO Sir Onn bin Jaa- far. national chair•nan of the Independence of Malaya Party, was called the "prima donna of Malayan politics" who could not bear the thought of younger men sharing honours with him. And the man who
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    POLICE DESCRIBE FOOD STALL RIOT
    209 7 Table overturned then bottles began to fly, court told IN a 15-minute midnight riot at Bugis Street about 20 youths threw bottles and sticks at three offduty constables drinking at a food stall, a Singapore court was told yesterday. The attack, it was stated, began
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    6 months more
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The 10-ccnt and $5 royal silver wedding commemorative postage stamps which werv on sile between Dec. 1. 1948 and Feb. 28. 1949 will not be accented after Sept. l either for postage or revenue purposes.
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    $18,000 claim fails
    51 7 MM to recover $18,000 :-i wner •id he hari n Ouan v tea S In the Smc.ipore High Court yester- day. Mr. Justice Taylor said Sect had not proved the cn c e Sect saici that he paid a monthly rent $940. T.w denied receivinc the "tea
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    New houses for Malacca
    58 7 MALACCA, Fri.--A SIU.-jnn i'ot housing scheme of the Federation Housing Trust at St Johns Hill Road. Malacca. »a&gt; declared open today by Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom. Resident Commissioner. Mr. Wisdom said that this ni'.ot scheme of 15 houses was or.l&gt; the beginnine of other schemes
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    Odd jobs at King's House
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fn.— Six ■voif cubs cleaned the garden, t)eat the carpets and did odd ob.&gt; at Kings House here today They were doing the iobs to collect mon i v for their scout tunds. General Sir Gerald Templer the High Commissioner told the cubs:
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    PAY US FARES THEN-ARMY EMPLOYEES
    76 7 PAY US FARES THEN-ARMY EMPLOYEES KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The War Department Civilian Statl Association told Army Headquarters. Malaya, today that free transport for war "department civilian employees wa.s the responsibility of th-&gt; Army Free transport was linker! with the rates of pay for the civilian workers, said a letter jto
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    REVEILLE' FOR MR. HODGKINSON
    129 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri TRUMPETERS of the 11th. Hussars sounded "Reveille at the Causeway here today as the late British Adviser to Jchore. Mr. J D. Hodgkinson, w:us taken to Singapore for cremation. The BLshop of Singapore, the Right Reverend H W Baines. conducted a funeral service
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    MOURNERS' LAST TRIBUTE
    124 7 \s TIIK last rcm.iins of Mr. J. D. Horigkinson are taken across the Causeway to Singapore, mourners stand to attention. In the picturv above are. left to ri(tht: Mr. K. Gibson, Mr. D. Wathcrston. who represented the Hijrh Commissioner, Sir Gerild Templer, Dato Syed Abdul Kadir .Vf.ntri
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    Decree after 28 years' separation
    96 7 Decree after 28 years' separation MRS. ELIZABETH CARAPUT, a school teacher whu had been living apart tru.ii her husband Mr John Jaao Ci:.ipiet. tor 28 year.v WtM granted a decree nisi in tn» Singapore Hish Court yesterday The decree is to be mad*absolute in three months Mn. Oirapiet told Mr
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    Quarters worse than stables, he says
    200 7 CiERTAiN quarters In Rochore i for Singapore City Council labourer* are •'unfit for human habita'.ion and worse than horse stables." Mr. Sim Bene Sens fProg. Rochore i said at the Councils meeting yesterday. The 24 rooms are occupied ov 18 labourers who have to
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    WANTED: BUSINESSMAN TO INVEST IN AN ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN FOR MALAYA
    456 7  - WANTED: BUSINESSMAN TO INVEST IN AN ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN FOR MALAYA WILLIAM FISH Expedition is planned Ky IN a medical surgery in the heart of Singapore s Chinatown, 1 yesterday learned details of a fabulous expedition planned by nine men and women to search the Himalayas for an Abominable Snowman. The
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    Red suspect captured
    44 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A police patrol yesterday wounded and captured a Communist suspect on Bukit Jalil Estate. in the Sungei Besi District, south of Kuala Lumpur. A terrorist was wounded, but he escaped. A pistol, a hand^renade and ammunition were seized.
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    Hospital fund now $886,897
    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Lady Templer's tuberculosis hospital appeal fund now stands at $88*5.897. Included in this is $5,604 from the treasurer of the funds entertainment committee. Mr. Cho Yew Fai.
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    A bad night for telling fortunes
    105 7 A bad night for telling fortunes TEN Chinese fortune tellers pleaded mult in the Singapore Fj_i;hth Police Court yesterday to telling fortunes on the night of Feb. 25. Inspector J. C. Conkc. prosecuting, told the court the fortune tellers were arrested after complaints had 'ieen made by mtmbers of the
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    14th anniversary
    17 7 Ojtram School celebrated it.s 48th. anniversary yesterday with a prize-giving ceremony an i a parade.
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    Former Specials rush for RIDA aid
    266 7 Former Specials rush for RIDA aid IPOH. Fri. TURING the past six weeks 4ro applications havr* b&lt;M-n received from discharged special ronstablrs in Prrak for fin- anrinl aid from thr Rural and Industrial Drvrlopniont Authority to sot thorn up In business. La.st year 160 X-specialS applied. The assistance clven to
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    THEIR FIGHT AGAINST GERMS
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Mai- i avp.'s medical research workers now have a new block of laboratories in which to carry on their fight against virus diseases. The laboratories were ofTieial!v opened here today at the Institute of Medical Research ny the Hieh Commissioner, c.fn Sir Gerald
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    Diphtheria could rise like doubles in mahjong
    311 8 Diphtheria could rise like doubles in mahjong VIGOROUS ACTION, HE SAYS, OR- J)IPHTHERIA could multiply like "mahjong doubles" in Singapore if the scourge was not tackled vigorously. Dr. M. Doraisingham, Deputy Director of Medical Services, said yesterday. Speaking of the Government-sponsored free is- land-wide diphtheria immunisation campaign beginning on Monday,
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    PATIENTS FLY OUT TOBRITAIN
    55 8 PATIENTS FLY OUT TOBRITAIN A ROYAL Air Force Hasting! left Changi airfield in Singapore yesterday with 10 stretcher cases and 11 other patients for Britain. Seventeen were from the Commonwealth Division in Korea and three from Malaya. Also on board was Sir John Sanders, going for specialist treatment. He was
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    Countess to inspect the brigade
    141 8 Countess to inspect the brigade /^OUNTESS Mountbatten (&gt;'. L Burma and the Governor Of Singapore. Sir John NicoH. will inspect the St. John Ambulance Brigade at its annu.il inspection day at Victoria School ground. Singapore, on Sunday March 7 at 4.30 p.m. Brigade members should assemble at the school at
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    Acting council secretary
    40 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri lnchr Mohamed bin N'gatim will act as secretary of the Town Council, here while Inche Razak bin jM;ani is in Australia. He has also been elected actir.e treasurer of the Johore State Welfare Committee.
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    Broken rice plan 'unwise'
    74 8 The Chambers of Commerce in Borneo feel it would be unwise for the Colony to be sup- j plied with equal amounts -&gt;f broken and white rice in view of the better supply position. At a meeting or the West Coast branch of the North Borneo
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    They will talk about trees
    38 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Forestry officers from all over the Federation will be meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week to talk about trees. The Forest Conservatory Officer in Sarawak is also expected to attend.
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    'Fishing' through the window
    48 8 An Indian living at Wooasville Road woke up at 3.30 am yesterday and found a man at the window trying tr. fish out valuables with a pole. He shouted and the man ran. A handbag valued at $6 was found stolen from the room.
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    Probe into trial of girl terrorist
    173 8 Probe into trial of girl terrorist JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. INQUIRIES are being made into alleged discrepancies in the manner a girl terrorist was brought to trial in the High Court here. The defendant was Lee Ah Tai. 18-year-old girl who was sentenced to death for consorting with armed terrorists. Mr.
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    IT'S WORK AS USUAL FOR DAIRYMEN
    79 8 IT'S WORK AS USUAL FOR DAIRYMEN About 300 employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm who threatened to .strike yesterday morning reported for work as usual. The 14-day strike notice given by the Farm Labour Union expired on Thursday night without a settlement. The Straits Times understands that the union will
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    Car owner fined
    29 8 For failing to give the Traffic Police particulars of the driver of his car. Ons Ah Toe. of Fisher Street, was yesterday fined $150 in Singapore.
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    UMNO petition gets support of meeting
    246 8 —THEY WANT A 100-SEAT COUNCIL JOHOKE BAHRl Friday. 4 T A MEETING of the Batu Pahat division of IMXO A held at the Town Padang on Sunday, unanimous support was given to a petition to be submitted to the Rulers of the Federation by
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    Awbery wants rubber stock pile
    194 8 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Fri. \|R. STANLEY AWBERY iLabour i will ask the Minister of the Board of Trade on Monday if he will take steps to build up a stockpile of rubber now that the rubber is cheap and the measure will help tbe
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    TUC DEAD, SAYS THIS UNION LEADER
    154 8 TUC DEAD, SAYS THIS UNION LEADER THE Singapore AdmiA ralty Local Staff Union an affiliated organisation of the Trades Union Congress has questioned the benefit of being a member of the TUC. The union's annual report, published yesterday, said that the Congress met only once during the period last year.
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    Clothing shop is full up
    85 8 The clothing shop run by the Church Women's Association in a wing of St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, is full up. It sells second-hand clothes for customers at v 25 per cent commission, which goes t-&gt;--wards the upkeep of the cathedral. It now has more than
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    Chinese Assn. officers
    116 8 Officers of the Chinese Association. Singapore, are: President: Mr. Wong Puck Sham: vice-presidents: Mr Loh Ah Fong, Dr. Lav Peck Hiong, Mr. Thio Gek Choo MiAnthony P. K. Wee; Secretary Mr. Michael Lee Kon; asst secretary: Mr. Ho Kee Seng treasurer: Mr. Lee Keng Chye: asst. treasurers:
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    Former Malayan dies in U.S.
    41 8 Mr. John H. Whitakcr. formerly of the editorial stall of the Straits Tlmos and lately a journalist in the United States, has died in San Diego, California, aged 31. He leaves five children and 11 grandchildren.
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    Hedidn'tstop:$15
    45 8 Lee Tionj Choon of Mandil Road. Singapore, was fined $15 yesterday in a traffic court when he pleaded guilty to failing to stop his car at a traffic "halt" sign at the junction of Kampong Java Road and Bukit Timah Road on Oct 6.
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      373 8 28. B« off quickly, to your cricket Straits Times Crossword 29 fti 3 O a mlnor (5 &gt; 30. Reveal in camera 161. 1 1 s 4 8 DOWN I L m^ m 1. It's written a« part of a ps. 2 What to expert when soldiers 77 §i| 77"
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    More than a hundred died when flood terror struck Malaya
    2085 9 More than a hundred died when flood terror struck Malaya wm F II T I B P /\s Christmas Day, 1926, approached, people in the towns ant villages of central Malaya looked fearfully at the waterladen, lowering skies. Day after day it rained continuously. Storm drains in the towns wort
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      89 9 )MV M JfcVER'WfcS A MORE AW6NIFICENT CEKMONy/ NiNf T|ME6 ThC BRIPES V m^** A LA6T. SINE TIMES P£AZL? Ak? Kußit's WERE SHOWEREP OVER THEM LlKt ■ftATKi J MBSi^/^t Si CONFETTI RJRTWO' v W)NT«SsAMARkANP(fEUXEP.Ev£KvPLEASU«£«.i.Oi*t^ EffEUir Jmy^X\ &gt; EVERY LIBERTY PERMITTED. THERE WERE ILLUM.NATIO^MAiauERAPEo BrMlLtftl// V N-' BRIEFLY TAMERLANE TA6TEP TH£ FRUITS
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    INDUSTRIALS IN DEMAND
    445 10 Tins are easier again INVESTMENT buying f&lt;, r industrial share* continued to be the main feature on the Si n pore Share Market yesterday and in most slight gains in price were registered. The tin prire in Singapore fell yesterdaj cents to $320.75 a picul while rubber
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 10 Rubber lost a quarter of a rent In Sineanrre yestTrtay and rlnsrd last nleht nt 53 T8 ren'« a lh unrhanced on the noon prire. The marke 1 larked interest and closed quiet Clof-ini: prices yesterday in cents per pound were: No. 1 RRS Spot loose buyers 53
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    36 10 On the free exrhnnce market In Hnnir KbOg yrst»rdav the ITS doll.ir Wat quoted at 5.8375 for cash and 5.8625 for TT. Sterllne was quoted at 15.35 and nne l:icl of pnld at 25(1.125.
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    TIN PRICE
    15 10 The price of tin in Sinta* yesterday was annon 53i0.75 a picul dnw
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    Rubber market Dull trend continues all week
    91 10 Rubber market Dull trend continues all week f-^ULL conditions ha-e There was a sli mulatlng effeel report that Ind arranging to &gt;. io OOOfl tons of rubber thla year, tut soon lost Lnten -ays Lewis and I icular Issued yi i The only ot] of publish:!. GR-8 th« USA Durinf
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    34 10 Singapm Chinese Produrr [&gt; ehaate: m prtOM per ■tn let; Uarch,Aprl ;i Muntok white 1350, Sarai Lampons blai Lewti and Peat: I were Copr. buyers. t354 sfllers. C« I i buyers. $58 M
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    Australian stocks
    66 10 MB BOTJI Marteta were irregul Stock Exch.ir.'.-e here I drifted lower w\ i Loan 1 1056-59 Loan 3', Austr;\li;iii Paper Alls'. Cnnsol Ind Bank ol N8 W B. H;ll Prop Ounlopa C'nlonii! Bugar House 1.C.1 (AtUtl Mount Lyell N. Broken Htll WooJworth A Am.il Tin J. A Brown
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    UNITED MALACCA
    19 10 Thf ruhbor crop rcl Malacca Ruhtv r Limited, for Janu lbs., brinsinu th( past nine moi I
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      855 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THREE vacancies for Probai tlonary Laboratory Assistants Ge- neral Hospital. Singapore. Salary scale 1102-6A-114 B 156-12A-240 B 252-12A-360 per mensem plus C.O.L. and Singapore allowances. The total emoluments at present range from an Initial of 165.75 p.m. with annual Increments to $570 I p.m. In addition a Housing
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      452 10 NOTICES NOTICE THIS Is to Inform everybody that I have this day revolted the Power of Attorney given by me to Mr. Tan i Cheng Pheow of No. 230, Kallang Road. Singapore. Dated this 16th day of February 1954. (Signed) KOH MONO SENO. NOTICE Tenders will be received by the
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      872 10 NOTICES NOTICE MR YEO oOON LI AT Is no longer in the employ of the com pany and have no authority to collect any money or act on our behalf. GEORGE LEE LTD.. Dated 27.2.54. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Yam Weng Yew (alias Yam Ah Kow) will
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      Static customs must be dropped
      287 12 "TJARKIS is Willmi M9I Wi ran not art happy horn* 1 bv law If thrrr were r\c other mran.* ava. securing and maintaining a happy homr thru recourse must b^ had to law After all, what arc laws meant for if not to ensure stability
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      STATUS IS THE ISSUE
      135 12 IN England, the wife used te b&lt;* thr chattel ol her husband Her property was his hut tv.&gt; was «t hen. She was .1 cipher, having m Ifrtor &gt;■ Married Women's Property A Io P u In England It improved their sta.us as recards pi I
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      The hawkers can give their lungs a rest
      104 12 TN THIS age of nota -uld it not be a good idea a campaign for a week of quiet 0 To becin with, there should bf 1 No church bell.* before 7 am amplifiers before 7 am 3&gt; No hawkei or shouting
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      Union seeks information
      59 12 I refer to the letter published on February 2( under the headinc Coffee Money and i Letter.- My Union, the P T Uniformed Staffs' Union, would be oblized if the writer of the letter could supply us »ith the name or the number of the xutmjm roncerr&gt;ed.
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      NO NEUTRALITY IN THIS WAR
      432 12 HAN SUYIN. (Mrs. Elizabeth Comber) la reported to have said at a journalists' luncheon that all over Malaya she had found Chinese with a sense of grierance because they were not trusted. It was this, she added, that tended to make them negative rather than
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      'ADMIT OTHERS ALSO'
      231 12 'ADMIT OTHERS ALSO' 8.M.8. brings hope to th-? hearts of many European parents and deserves widespread support. Such a school or schools as B.M B envisages would be in- I tended for. and financed by Europeans, but it would be a pity for that reason to limit it exclusively to
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      A teacher says: 'It's nonsense'
      200 12 m scimh). master i leei A that 8.M.8.s letter should not go unchallenged. It is tragic to find that there are misguided idealists whthink that European children here must be wrapped up in cotton wool and sent to "refrigerator" schools otherwise they wnld be afflicted
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      Overlooked
      47 12 T*HE University authorities seem to have done a soot! leal, and are doing all they ran for the academic staff la natters of housing, social benefits, etc.. but overlook the rueds of the non-academic staff. Many dwell in small, ■rowded apH miser^h'p «*i»HleleB. NON-ACAOKMIC MEMBER. &lt;incap«rr.
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    Points from letters
    364 12 rE Singapore Rural Board has now installed lighting in Ylo Chn Kang Road. Could not this be extpnded to Serangoon Garden Way? A post box in the estate Is also needed. QIF.K MKAW KKE Sinsapore HAN TA YAK' suggests that 1 the Red Cross' symbol Should be
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    Asians 'afraid of getting dirty'
    846 12 ¥irHAT do we require of techniral education?! First, we require orac- j tical chartered engineers, j members or associate members of professional institutions, capable of takine a leadine position in industry and public service. Second, we want highly; skilled, technically edu- cated foremen, chargehandl and
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    Hong Kong seeks help
    145 12 Hong Kong seeks help THE H"nn K thf r i n u ol I u| Voluniei which the t "r, membered bj p ben has I m doubt, but tlon the d.it m While record that i I p.'f.orl tlon". Inci rol'inv i ticial un r I avallal li assis'
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    CAMPUS BELLE LOOKS CERTAINTY AT IPOH TODAY
    299 13  - CAMPUS BELLE LOOKS CERTAINTY AT IPOH TOD AY KPSOM JEKP Carshalton the only danger By gAMPUS BELLE showed herself to be a stayer of quality last Saturday and, with only 7.13 to carry here, she looks certain to win the Class 2, IJ -mile trophy event (Race Three) at Ipoh
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    Straits Times Selections
    155 13 tI'MI.U Jr.KJ (ALL m&gt;&gt; "i I v Ra&lt;-«&gt; 1 I OBSERVATION I! I hi-- 'Mill Eriskav KRISKAY Olmrrvallon I hr.lnnl HESTNI T ErUkar Rlrr Mill !ur*&gt; MFATH J.4S Hurr J r IP Rlark K. Ra«» 1 CAMPI S RFI.LE ii-h.illon Rar, 1. SKA GIRT 3 JO Vtrulam
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    Blue Ribbon looks set for easy double
    199 13 pi PROS' a Helia-. fi\e- |&gt; -eireri very rom- r over 6' in D Wednesday. frenil early Blue Pihhon rrsvelllng too weli for anfi won with a lot in rv ie Ribbon kKik.v set to •r. e«.vy double r'. ,n. c M n*t
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    SOCCER FILMS WAILABLE
    57 13 SOCCER FILMS WAILABLE i&gt;h Count U hiv fn V 'raininc and 'attics and •&lt;\nr »hieh are a tanMMl rli,b.s and nrgaill- .*he!] Co offers Itl liver Quay, alsc free for the lUmi Ar:~ .itlons of the 'heatre'.'e ihould be :or.s De'o makes otic provision— be an iriience of »*&gt;• .'0
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    Sea Girt to improve on first run
    146 13 Sea Girt to improve on first run SKA OntT w.,s a pretty condorm tip nn 'he course on Wed- hiv nhoti threc-yeor-old pill up a cood display but OOIIM n H .-ope with Obsorvation s .speed Over 7f in R;«re Four 'odny. Son Uld inmf Intii nis own He I
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    THE GOING
    41 13 There «a« no rain &gt;e»terdav. and the :mng for today sbmilrl he good "oorts Fpsom le»p. Radio Malaya will not brnadMM rnmmenlarle, on tndav'i races hut results of each rare ulll he announced as ther are r*»r^t\eri from tpoh.
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    Observation again
    148 13 -Mf I N'l'T and Observation, boh easy winners Ml 6f on Wednesday ha\e been rlosely handicapped and there appears to be very ,i"le between them in Race One today. Observation This ■prlntar won with quite a bit :n hand when he bea 1 Sea Oir; by I ',-lenc'hs
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    RUGBY UNION
    23 13 LONDON Fri Rugby Union r'sults yesterday were: County championship quarterAnal: Gloucestershire 9 Her'forshire 8 County friendly: Middlesex R Somerset 8 Reuter.
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    Doncaster v Frog II in last race
    353 13 Doncaster v Frog II in last race l-jONCASTER attempted to make all the running over B'vf. with 9 0 on a soft trnrk last week and UMI probably cost him the race. This Nepenthe four-year-old I* I in tip-top shape he went fault- i lessly in his winding gallop on
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    Today's race card
    999 13 The Treble Tote will be on Races 4, 6 and 7. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 8. RACE 1—2.15: Class 2, Div. I—6 Furs. 1 584 Ambansador Donnelly 9.00 Ong Ec Konc Hobb--2 006 Thralre Vlney 8.11 Brilliant Kons.M Martin 3 -88 Barracuda Smith
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    Battle Cruiser good bet on Penang form
    208 13 BATTLE Cruiser was obviously not at home over the straight ftf. course last week and when his effort came it was too late Arrow the line he was right on top of the placed horses. Over 6f.. In Race Six today. I am
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    NEWCASTLE HELD
    20 13 LONDON. Frl. Charlton Athletlr and Newcastle United played a voreles* draw In a FA. First Division game yesterday.
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    Soccerites team to meet RAPC
    113 13 Mm Soe&lt; erites travel to N« Soon tomorrow (or a friendly game of .soccer against R.A.P.C. Mr. Gregory da Sllva will referee. Players and supporters meet at Farrer Park at 4.00 pm for free transport. Team to represent SUr Soccerll«« will be selected from: K.
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    FOUR SINGAPORE MEN IN NEXT MALAYAN HOCKEY XI
    275 14 FOUR SINGAPORE MEN IN NEXT MALAYAN HOCKEY XI IPOH. Friday. jl/lALAYAN hockey selectors have named a "new look All-Malaya team to meet the Indian Hocke&gt; Federation tourists in a return match at Sinffapor* on March 6. Six changes have been made in tht team that was beaten 14-2 by the
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    S.C.C. FINISH WITH 7-4 WIN
    53 14 Singapore Cricket Club wound up their hockey season with a 7-4 victory over Royal Air Force Tengah on the ixirianK yesterday. Jeffrey i3&gt;. Harrison. Lamb. Wood and B. MacMullen scored for S.C.C Ash 1 2. Jordan and Jilllngham sol RAF Tengah .s goals Messrs Wilson
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    KAMPONG LGE.
    35 14 Badan Kesenian A' and Alexandra FT drew 2-2 in the Breweries Kamponc league soccer match at Alexandra Road yesterday. Sahan and Latlfl scored for Kesenian A Hamld Ibrahim and HasAhmad for Alexandra P.T.
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    Breweries 6-3
    20 14 Brexerles SC. beat Fraser and Neave SC by fi-3 in a soccer friendly at River Valley Road yesterday.
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    Neo in top form but Henricks to win tonight
    204 14 MELBOURNE, Fri SINGAPORE'S sprint swimming champion Neo Chwee Kok has reached the peak of his form for the Australian 110 yards freestyle championship here tomorrow night. Despite this, it is difficult to see Chwee Kok worrying the brilI llant eighteen-year-old Sydney
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    DANSIE 101 V VICTORIA
    87 14 ADELAIDE. Fri Victoria received a set-back to their hopes of sharing Sheffield Shield honours when South Australia scored 311 for nine against them today opening dij of the last game of the season. Victoria must win the iratcl: outright to gain five points anc tte with
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    STC WON'T BUILD TILL PRICES FALL
    376 14 KI'ALA IIMPIK, Friday. TIRF CUB will wait until prices of building materials go down before carrying °ut its long-planned rebuilding scheme. This was stated at the annual general meeting tonight in the speech of the Chairman. Mr. D. T. Waring. Mr. Waring refuted '.he
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    F. Karib win
    17 14 Fathul Karib FC. beat Amicable Athletic Association 3-2 at soccer at Fairer Park yesterday.
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    Police make their Div. 1 debut Monday
    231 14 VEWLY-promotcd Police' Sportine Association will i make their first appearance in i the S.A.F.A. first division league this season when they take th» field against Fathul Karib ;&lt;t Jalan Besar stdium on Mon- &lt; d&\. The police wiil rely on the team which
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    Dates offered to Pakistan Team
    530 14 fVXTES for fixtures against Hong Knng and the Manila-bound Pakistan football squad were agreed to yesterday by the Singapore Amateur Football Association League and Cup Committee. The Pakistan footballers are I passing through Singapore :n I April on their way to compete i:i the Asian
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    Button's 169 putt England in safe Test position
    157 14 Button's 169 putt England in safe Test position GEORGETOWN, British Guiana A GRAND 169 by skipper Len Mutton put in a comfortable position In the third I- the West Indies, having reached 401 for eish at close on the second day here yesterdaj England bath drntly against ti. gpinnen yesterdi
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    BOTH HOCKEY FINALS TODAY
    76 14 The junior and senior finals of Lhe Singapore Hockey Association'! knorkout lournament will be played on the S.C.C. padang thi.s eveninij. The junior final will be between S.H.B. Polire and Sineapore Encineer Regiment at 4 p.m. Umri.es: W. O Futcher-Smith and V r.:un.&gt;lingam. The senior teams
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    S.C.C. SOCCER v. CHANGI
    59 14 Singapore Cricket Club team to piay RAF Changl in a soccer ;riendly at ClMkngl today A. Wood; Lee. R Smith; WWmi'r. Mathot. Van Walsun: Sanctuary. Lawrence. McDonald, Outhlie, Van der Mei] Reserves to travel: Lloyd. Partington. Barnes. Mulr-Benton. Hollands The SCC. will play a trl against
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    Scoreboard
    42 14 I ikl.uhl ilhin &lt; Worrell b R May Ib i Compton r S" ey h Ramad b Ramadhm Bailey not out Evans lbu Atk .iker h Valentine oir 71 3f&gt;o. Bow line Gome/ Rfi I; A;kinson Stollmevei 1 o 2 o R.
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    ACS BEAT SJI
    17 14 Anglo Joseph i Institution by 2 soccer match played erounri Scorers t •T !-fl
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