The Straits Times, 31 March 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1954 15 CENTS tfati* td New**** 1
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    WRONG TO END H-TESTS
    456 1 t-'Cin x do it l^rnirctiill Limits VN be set to blast LONDON, Tues. DRITAIN has no powers to stop States hydrobomb l('"t>, Sir in < hurchill told ise of 'ommon.s It would not r wise to ask should be n i s Opon H-bomb tests In
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    IF AN H-BOMB FELL ON KUALA LUMPUR—THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
    150 1 IF AN H-BOMB FELL ON KUALA LUMPUR— THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN row IK OV the latest hydroRen bomb exploded in the Inited States testing area in the Pacifie is not vet known. The first bomb set off on March 1 was staled to be fiOO times more powerful than
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    U.S. SETS OFF THE BIGGEST BANG OF ALL
    406 1 U.S. SETS OFF THE BIGGEST BANG OF ALL America's reply to stop if demands WASHINGTON, Tuesday. J^ SECOND thermo-nuclcar (hydrogen) explosion v, as set off last Friday at the United States letting area in the Pacific, it was announced here yesterday by the Atomic Energy Commission. The announcement of the
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    Japanese Member of Parliament is accused of bribery
    106 1 Japanese Member of Parliament is accused of bribery TOKYO. Tuesday. BRIBERY charges were laid yesterday against a shipbuilding magnate and a Member of Japans Parliament. Shigemi Yokuo. head of the Harima Shipbuilding Company. was charged with paying 30--000.000 yon $249,900 Malayan' in bribes to shipping companies which obtained Government subsidies
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    A-BOMBER CRASH KILLS 7
    96 1 A-BOMBER CRASH KILLS 7 SPOKANE. Washington, Tues. A U.S. Air Force B-36 »tom bomb plane crashed on take-off from Fahchild yesterday, killing seven of the ten crew. A public information officer. Lieut. Douglas A Mackelvie. said the giant ten-engined plane nosed over and burst Into flames as it neared the
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    FIRST THINGS FIRST
    39 1 - who broke into a West End travel •"nk lour grandstand tickets for the Scot- [-national football match in Glasgow on Iceted a fountain pen and a few propelling penored a safi I lining over £2.000. Reuter.
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    Israel condemned
    42 1 JERUSALEM, Tues. The Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission condemned Israel today "in the strongest terms" j for the killing of nine Arabs and the wounding of 19 in an ;'t::ck on Sunday night on the Jordanian border village of Natalin A.P.
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    Leaflets thrown in Commons
    39 1 LONDON. Tues.— A young !man rose in the gallery of the House of Commons last night, shouted: "The state must die!" .-•nd flung leaflets among Members. Attendants hustled him out. There was no violence.- U.P.
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    QUEEN TO MEET 'KING'
    160 1 Cocos Islands programme will include three Malay dances THE Queen will see three Malay dances when she visits the Cocos Islands on Monday. The Cocos Islands, one 01 the loneliest places in the world are still part of the Colony of Singapore and it will be
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    BRITAIN'S ATOM PEER FLYING TO WASHINGTON
    76 1 BRITAIN'S ATOM PEER FLYING TO WASHINGTON l (MCI) CIIEKWEI.I. atomic energy adviser to Sir Winston Churchill, was reported in London last night to be preparing to fly to I Washington for consultations on recent \merican H-bomb tests. Lord (herwell conferred with the Prime Minister yesterday. The London Evening News said
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    REDS' 'PINPRICK' BAN IN GERMANY
    174 1 REDS' 'PINPRICK' BAN IN GERMANY Military missions tied down LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN, Franco and the United States will probably protest to Russia against the ban on the movement of Western military missions in East Germany, diplomatic sources here said today. The ban is thought here to be the forerunner of
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    Three in car arrested
    52 1 Three Chinese, suspected tn be leading chap-ji-ki opera tors, were arrested at the junction Of Kirn Seng Road and River Valley Road. Singapore, yesterday. The police party, headed by Inspector A. R. Lawrence, seized more than $10,000 worth of betting slips. The three men were in
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    Mao mystery
    44 1 HONG KONG. Tues. A recent photograph of Mao Tse-Tse-tung published here today shows the Chinese Red leader rumoured to have Deen seriously ill -in clothes which hang loosely as though he wrre unusually thin. His face however, still appears round. A. P.
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    Empire Windrush sinks under tow
    262 1 Empire Windrush sinks under tow LONDON. Tues. THE troopship Empire L Windrush whirh caught fire orl Algiers on March 28 has sunk in tow. An Admiralty spokesman said the Windrush sank while under tow by the destroyer Saintes. between Algiers and Gibraltar. In London. Mr. Alan Len-nox-Boyd, Minister of Transport,
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    U.S. aids India
    21 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. An $11,000,000 aid agreement will be signed between India and the U.S. here today.— Reuter.
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    Strike stops Malaya's newsreels
    140 1 THF. strike of film laboratory employees in Britain over the sacking of 2.500 process workers in seven laboratories is affecting cinemas in Malaya which show British newsreels. inemas affected are those managed by the fathav Or- 1 ganisation where fiaumount British and Movietone newsreels are shown
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    SO WIVES WON'T BE WINNERS
    206 1 Best FARMERS will be padi champions KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE man with the most wives will not necessarily be the winner In this year's padi contest at Tanjong Karang heart of the Belangoi rice bowl. Unlike previous years, when three gantans* Of picked padi was
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    Gen. Bourne is due
    51 1 Lieut.-General G .K. Bourne who is to succeed the GO C Malaya. Li. ut -General Sir Hugh Stockwell. will arrive in Singapore by air on Saturday General Bourne will also assume the duties of Director ol Operations after the departure of General Sir Gerald Templer in
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    Envoy plan
    16 1 NEW DELHI. Tues.- India and Poland have decided to ex- I change ambassadors- A.P
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    Pirates Kill 4 in North Borneo
    149 1 Pirates Kill 4 in North Borneo JESSELTON. Turs. 4 EUROPEAN, a police A sergeant and two constables were killfi when armed men, believed to be Filipino pirates, raided the small town of Semporna, North Borneo, lasi night The pirates, who were in two ire thought to have come trom the
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    STOP PRESS
    24 1 n\ \i; HIM. I I til < 1 I I!'. W IN I) I! KINGBTI -I \\W In fir t 1! i ler.
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    DATO ONN TO HEAD GROUP
    81 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tu< .-> Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'atar «M tonight appointed Leader ot the Party N'egara Council Group in the Federal Legiila tive Council at a meeting ol the members of the Party Negara and me Independence ol Ma lava Party who are Federal
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    ARMY WINS IN EGYPT -BUT NEGUIB STAYS ON
    372 2 ARMY WINS IN EGYPT -BUT NEGUIB STAYS ON CAIRO. Tuesday. THE Egyptian army junta has defeated Gen. Mohamed Neguib's attempt to restore parliamentary rule in Egypt and last night the nation was in the grip of martial law. But Neguib stays as President and Prime Ministrr despite the victory of
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    Stolen relics of Nelson are found
    119 2 LONDON. Tups. PERSONAL relics of Admiral Lord Nelson, stolrn from the Nelson Museum In Abergavenny. Wales, last November, have been found by London police. Follow ins the arrest of a man in London, police .<ear.'hed a house and discovered the relics hidden there. A
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    Smugglers caught
    42 2 JAKARTA. Tues.— About 10.--000 tons of copra, which were to have been exported to Singapore, were smuggled from East Indonesia to Portuguese Timor. Customs officials in Macasser said today. Most of the smugglers havp been arrested, the Customs officials said.
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    Aid in 'know how'
    29 2 KARACHI. Tues Finance Minister Chaudhri Mohammad AH. told Parliament yesterday there are 121 US. experts working In Pakistan on i different development projects AP. i
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    Korea's pact with U.S. not good enough'
    197 2 HE WANTS 'MUCH BIGGER ARMY SEOUL. Tuesday. COUTH Korean Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai said today the Mutual Security Pact between South Korea and the United States "was not good enough" to defend South Korea against any renewed Communist aggression. Mr. Pyun told
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    New polio cases
    25 2 PFRTH. Tues. New polio cases reported today brouch" the total to date for March to 20S and 303 for the year Renter.
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    London talks on S'pore meeting
    49 2 LONDON. Tues. The International Executive of the World Assembly of Youth meeting here from April 3rd to sth will discuss preparations for a general a.ssembly in Singapore next August Representatives of youth in over 60 countries outside the Iron Curtain will attend the assembly.
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    Russians barred from festival
    54 2 MELBOURNE. Tues. The Australian government has refused visas for a Soviet sDorting and cultural group to attend the Eureka Young i Workers' Festival in Sydney. The Russians included the 1953 world javelin champior the hurd'es champion of the Soviet Union, two dancers from the Bolshoi Theatre
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    More schools
    29 2 LONDON. Tues New schools planned for London in Ifls. r )/.i6 will cost over £2.600.000 and will provide places for 7.900 secondary and 5.500 primary pupils.- Reuter.
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    'Joe Must Go' club moves on Red hunter
    172 2 'Joe Must Go' club moves on Red hunter SAUECITY.WI ipewheaded m f editor a,,, i irrit. Wisconsin urrklv papers h,. hr 5,,„ lhf n of rettkin aboul every five of tho 5,,, eligible rottn t.. tltloiw aimed ,i thf •■ail «.r Senatn R* rtl J' !S! n imiiiimii i, »c
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    Hush-hush air test in Korea
    51 2 Hush-hush air test in Korea BEOI JIUSH-HUSH thr bigg truce Korea or. S Corresponc c I allow r until tl An A. fused i 1 were ir. A sin South K The Ed to defer,. Unite 31 japan-based Supi The theoretical thf fighters either sin attackers or drove I —A
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    $6 mil. in the red
    20 2 WASHINGTON V the U.S Exp< rt-Ii on a US* nate Apr committee i I r
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      1372 2 COLONY OF SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT NOTICE NATIONAL SERVICE REGISTRATION PROGRAMME National Service Rocist ration in Singapore will bopin on April sth. 1954. Those living or working within the CITY must register acrordinp to the programme below at the National Service Registration Office. Singapore Volunteer Corps., HQ.. Beach Roac? between the sth
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    Shell kills six
    34 3 CHUNCHOM. Tues. —Six Korean children died today when an artillery shell exploded as they tried to dismantle it. The children, from 8 to 15. found the shell on a mountainside. —A.P.
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    Priest shot
    27 3 TUNIS. Tues. A Catholic priest was shot and seriously wounded yesterday in Kairouan. Moslem holy city in centra] Tunisia. Later police arioted a Tunisian. Reuter.
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    $6 million aid
    20 3 OTTAWA. Tues. Canada's House of Commons voted 5G.050.000 for relief to Palestine, Greece, Pakistan and Japan. Reutpr
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    We must stop a Red conquest of S.E. Asia, Dulles says
    347 3 MR JOHN KOSTK^ffi; United States Secretary of State, said last nieht thai Asia T° hT f Communi South'^ J&XifcflS Sh Uld c met United A Communist victory in South-East Asia would be a grave threat to the whole free
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    BOMBERS KILLED 1,000 REDS
    156 3 BOMBERS KILLED 1,000 REDS T HANOI. Tu&s HE vietminh rebels, on the defensive for the first time in their 30-day-old siege of the French Union fortress of Dien Bien Phu. braced themselves today for further nt tacks. French forces killed 1.400 rebel* In their smashing attack outside the baston: l
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    Ministers told to resign
    66 3 KARACHI. Tues. Rebel members of the Muslim League Party in Pakistan's Constituent Assembly have demanded the resignation of Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan. the Foreign Minister and Mustaq Ahmad Gurmani, Minister of the Interior. Both Ministers were criticised by some party members of the Punjab during a
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    Mystery fire guts hut
    36 3 A hut housing the British Embassy Information Centre In Jakarta, was burned down yesterday. A report of the blaze was received by the CommissionerGeneral's Office in Singapore. No further details were given.
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    POLICE BAR PICKETS
    53 3 MOUNTED police move in to aid foot police on a New York pier to prevent striking members of the Longshoremen's Association from entering. The strikers were trying; to stop other longshoremen from going to work. Twentyfive pickets and 100 policemen were in the skirmish, but no-one was
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    10 KILLED IN HUKS' 12th ANNIVERSARY MANILA BLOODBATH
    166 3 10 KILLED IN HUKS' 12th ANNIVERSARY MANILA BLOODBATH MANILA, Tuesday. pOMMUNIST-LED Huk rebels yesterday killed 10 people and wounded six in an ambush south-east of Manila, turning their 12th anniversary into a bloodbath. The ambush was their first major action this year. The Army said the victims were eight soldiers,
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    New hope for flood victims
    91 3 New hope for flood victims BAGHDAD, Tues. >7EW HOPE for the flood- bound people of Baghdad came last evening with an Irrigation Department communique saying that the water pressure on the east side had decreased. The relief, it said, followed the blowing of a new breach in the banks of
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    Colony (to vote soon) contacted Reds
    191 3 BELIZE. British Honduras, Tuesday. SIR REGINALD SHARPE today found that the principal political party in British Honduras— the Peoples" Uryted Party has been in contact with Guatemala. (Guatemala is a Communistdominated State which for 50 years has laid claim to British Honduras. But she
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    21 killed in train and bus smash
    68 3 21 killed in train and bus smash BUENOS AIRES, Tues. A TRAIN-BUS crash killed 21 people near Coronel Suarez. south of Buenos Aires. yesterday. The police said that all killed and five injured were passengers in the bus. which tried to cross the track ahead of the train. The train,
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    Navy on guard as workers strike
    47 3 SATIAGO. Tues.- A naval force suarded gas and electric power stations yesterday p.fter workers in Chite came out en strike in defiance of the law About 4.000 men are involved. So far supplies of gas and electricity have been normal. Reuter.
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    Kashmir visit
    22 3 SRINAGAR. India. Tues. An Indonesian press delega--1 tion arrived yesterday for a three-day tour of the disputed Kashmir area. A.P..
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    AMERICA AGREES TO RELAX TRADE BAN
    151 3 LONDON, Tues. MR HAROLD STASSEN. United States Foreign Aid rhief, has told British and French Ministers that America agreed to revise the present list of Western embargoes on exports to Communist countries. Mr Stassen told a Bis Three conference that America could no- accept
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    LONDON STOCKS
    267 3 LONDON. Tueg. IN THE LONDON Stock Marke* x activity was limited today the last day of the account. The general undertone was again good however. Industrials were firm especially In the later stages and provided MM of the day's bright spots. 1 Among Par Easterns teas, rubbers and
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. March 30.— Cash Buyers -£725: Sellers £730; Forward Buyers £703; Sellers £704: Settlement £730; Turnover a.m. 40 tons; o.m. 10 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    43 3 LONDON. Mar. 30 —Spot 18\d May 16 T sd., June 16 T ,d.. July-Sept 17' i.d., Or t -Dec. 17',d., Jan.-Mnr. 17 \d Apr -June 17'jd.. Apr. cl!. *****6 d.. May c.i.f. 16\d.. June c.l.f 16 13 16d. Tone: Very steady.
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    'ONLY PROGRESSIVES COULD RUN SINGAPORE'
    236 4 Party claims it has the ministers CINGAPORE Progressive Party can find six capable men nine if necessary to take up ministerial posts, says the party in its newsletter published yesterday. "But. it added "we have grave doubts whether any other political party in Singapore, either
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    Health Week contests
    63 4 RAUB, Tues— The Raub District Health Committee has organised the following competitions during the Health Week from Saturday. Clean eating house < town board area of Raubi; clean labour lines (town board area of Raub 1 clean house compound i Sungei Lul new village and Dong village*
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    Women's club to be filmed
    36 4 SEGAMAT, Tues— The Malayan Film Unit will be in Labis tomorrow to take shots af the Women's Institute at work in home gardening. The Labis Institute ha* a sub-branch at Bekok.
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    Not in court, being married
    46 4 SEGAMAT. Tues.— When the ■ase against a lorry driver. Liew Chan, on a charge of overloading was railed at Segamat. yesterday, a friend told the magistrate that Liew could not be present as he was gettinu married. The hearing was adjourned.
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    Fashion show
    31 4 SEGAMAT. Tue.s— ln addition to a concert, the Parents' Committee of Gemereh Malay School will hold a dress frshion show in aid of the school building fund on Friday.
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    'HOSPITAL' ARRIVES IN TEN CRATES
    149 4 To help a worthy cause IPOH. Tuesday. TEN large, wooden crates holding a "hospital" in secx tions the model of Lady Templer's T.B. Hospital arrived today at the British Advisees office to be set up before going on show in Perak. The Kinta committee of
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    1,000 get land for food growing
    107 4 PENANG. Tues. AfORE than 1.000 applica--1 tlons for 33-year leases on plots in five new villages in central Province Wellesley have been approved by the Settlement Government. "This is in keeping with the Government's policy of alien- atlng crown land for agricultural purposes." an
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    Woman, 103, dies
    15 4 TAIPING, Tues. -Che Supiah blnte Alang, 103, died at Kampong Kepayang recently.
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    Have you seen her in Singapore?
    64 4 HAVL vuu seen this woman in Singapore? She is believed to be in the Colony. Her cousin Miss. A. Osgwood. of Chamberlain Road. Highfield. Southampton. England has asked police here to help find her. Miss Osgwood wrote to the police saying that her cousin
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    They weren't interested
    62 4 MALACCA. Tues. Only one reply was received to Press advertisements and announcements over Radio Malaya which asked for comments from individuals or organisations on council 1 elections in the Settlement. This was stated in a Select Committee Report on elections which was adopted today at a Settlement
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    Accused of attack with changkol
    60 4 PENANG. Tues.— A labourer,! Tan Ah Thiam. 44. vai charged in the Magistrate's Court this morning with assaulting a cemetery worker. Lee Yeow. with a changkol at Mount Erskine Cemetery last Sunday. Tan, who claimed trial, said he was attacKed by Lee and two men.
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    School gives a 'farewell' show
    41 4 KOTA BAHRU, Tues. The primary section of Zainab School here gave a concert as a farewell to Mr. G. Pltkeathly, Chief Education Officer, who is going on leave. Among the large audience was the Tengku Mahkota.
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    35 get Red Cross awards
    36 4 SEGAMAT. Tues.— Miss Newsome. South Johore Field Officer of the British Red Cross Society, presented certificates and badges to 35 Indian boys and girls who were successfv 1 in junior tests.
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    SEND THESE TEAMS OUT TO KAMPONGS, SAY PILGRIMS
    88 4 PENANG, Tues. Intending pilgrims for Mecca have asked the Kedah Government to send inoculation teams to kampongs and villages and so save them the bother of a trip to medical centres. Inche Hassan Raof, Kedah UMNO oflicer-in-charge of Education, has written to
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    CITY WILL DEBATE RENDEL REPORT
    206 4 T»HE Rendel Constitu- tional Report as it affects Singapore is expected to be thrashed out in open City Council today. The report has been discussed by the council's finance committee, whose recommendations will be tabled today. The committee was split on the main issue of
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    Silk temple
    33 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues. Dr. Jagat Singh of Penang laid the foundation stone of the new $25,000 Sikh temple in Crichton Road. Kuala Kan<>sar He had given $2,000 to the building fund.
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    Off to new court
    27 4 SEGAMAT. Tues.— Mr J. P Kirby. the President of the Sessions Court. North Johore is leaving for Kuala Lumpur this week on transfer.
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    Every night at eight the flat-dwellers get a cymbal serenade
    134 4 Every night at eight the flat-dwellers get a cymbal serenade A NIGHTLY clxmoui of cymbals and drums is annovini; residents of S.I.T. flats in Yimg Siak Street and the adjacent Moh Guan Terrace, off Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The noise conies from a nearby hut where half a dozen Chinese youths
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    Malacca may elect eight to Council
    244 4 UNOFFICIAL MAJORITY PROPOSED MALACCA. Tuesday A SELECT COMMITTEE report adopted at meeting of the Settlement Council recomm that when elections are introduced probably i year the council should hay, eighi ected i and an unofficial majority. The report suggests two exofflcio members, not more
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    Mothersaves child from blaze
    23 4 Mothersaves child from blaze Qre be< n old boy play In a b. top fl<, Pant B terday. The bintc Jull dasheri She
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    6,000 will £0 to Mecca
    21 4 6,000 will 0 to Mecca PEN A.* j of the fl plied to would be Tuan H Federat:- offlrpr. said today
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    Recruits wanted
    12 4 BL'TTER WORTH. Tv« Thu Buttmvorth branch British Red C ■in."
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    Free Asia Committee owes me $37,500 lawyer claims I
    264 5 OISFUTE OVER HOUSE GOES TO HIGH COURT KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday 17,500 suit brought by Mr. R. Ramani a ala Lumpur lawyer, against the Committee \sia Incorporated, opened here today in rh-h ourt before Mr. Justice Wilson md Braddell, for Mr. Ramani.
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    Drop this trait, women told
    37 5 Drop this trait, women told r women should their na- ol the :.ition. could .1 si d Mr* i luncheon iation'a the Presl- who, 11 soon months' bsence, I that aln was ad needing were Its be-
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    Had dutiable cieare: 81.000
    12 5 '.v:is fined t montl n Quay on M
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    Trader robbed of $752
    44 5 KUANTAN, Tups. A busin< ssman. Ng Snnn. 56. was attacked last night at Tanah Putoh and robbed of 5752 by a man. Nr was coming out of a house when ho was attacked. II. MifTered injury to his left shoulder.
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    FAMILY ROBBED OF $2,600
    161 5 Six held after report PENANG. Tues. A CHINESE family was ry held up in a house in Lorong Seratus Tahun last night by five masked men and robbed of $2,600 in cash and jewellery. Police set up road blocks throughout the town immediately after the robbery
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    Mariety concert
    11 5 will held Me- i rls' ShM.il H.\.. Alju- Friday
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    Flowers that bloom in air-conditioning
    74 5 Fl i :"r disHappy n Friday. An alt -conditioned glass showcase the first n Malaya has been built for the Bu-ropean-fxown flowers. The air-conditioning will insure that the flowers remain fresh for the three days the show. M.my iit'\v varieties of or- chids will attract
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    ROMEO ENJOYS A GOOD LAUGH WITH LION TAMER JOHN
    68 5 TBBBE AFRICAN lions, three brown bears and two polar bears which have performed before circus audiences all over Europe arrived in Singapore yesterday in the freighter Leverkuscn hound for Japan. Accompanying the animals is their trainer. John SteinhofT. Picture above shows
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    Closing date for sea mail
    60 5 PENANG. Tues. Surface mails from Rangoon. Calcutta. Madras. Colombo and Britain close on Saturday. Mai] for Rarmoon and Calcutta, in the Sirdhana. will close at 10 a.m. Latest time for posting to Madras iJalasopal i Colombo and Britain i Denbighshire i is 6 p.m. The
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    YWCA chief on tour
    62 5 After preliminary talks on organisation and finance with Singapore Y.W.C.A. officials, the National Director. Miss Phyllis Lowe, has begun a tour of five Malayan branches. Miss Lowe will return in August for further discussions with the Singapore Y.W.C.A. general secretary. Mrs. S. Khoo. She will also
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    Bullock cart men go free
    36 5 Twenty-five people were yesterday acquitted in Singapore of driving bullock carts within the City limits. Inspector E. J. Walker, prosecuting, told the court that he had instructions to withdraw the charges.
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    Unions told: Don't ignore politics
    207 5 WE'LL BE SMASHED— LEADER PENANG, Tuesday. THE SECRETARY of Penang division of the Malayan Trade Union Council, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, last night said that unless trade unions entered politics political parties would infiltrate into the movement and smash it. Mr. Ooi was opposing a
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    Gordons to honour their dead
    134 5 Gordons to honour their dead CXDR the second time in tw* •T years, the Gordon Highlanders will honour their dead at a special service In the Presbyterian Church. Singapore. On Sunday men of the Ist Battalion will attend the unveilin? of a plaque in memory ot their officers and men
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    Mace ceremony to be filmed
    57 5 I The presentation of the mace by Mr. Loke Wan Tho to the Singapore City Council will be filmed in colour at City Hall today Mr. A. W. Perera will film the ceremony for the Council. The Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. and City
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    Meeting to plan S'pore talks
    45 5 The executive committee sponsoring the World Assembly of Youth in Singapore in August will meet in London on Saturday to discuss final preparations. A Government reception has been planned for them. They will meet members of youth and student organisation.
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    341 5 ROTARY CUB: Weekly luncheon meeting, Capitol Blue Room. 1 p.m Mr. T. H. H. Hancock. Senior ArchlUxt. P.W.D., on "The Historic Buildings of Singapore. POLICE BAND: Public performance Katong Park, 5.30 p.m. to •SNOW WHITE AND DANCE VARIATIONS' 1 Victoria Memorial Hall. 830 p.m in aid of World
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    Printer is acquitted on threats charges
    213 5 Printer is acquitted on threats charges T'EO AH LIM, a printer, I A alleged to have threatened three men with assault if they returned i to work during the prin- I ters' strike at the Straits Times office last month, was acquitted yesterday in the Second Criminal District Court on
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    FIRM MARKS ITS DIAMOND JUBILEE
    106 5 FIRM MARKS ITS DIAMOND JUBILEE Bata Shoe Co. Ltd.. Singapore, celebrated the diamond jubilee of thp Bata Organisation with a presentation ot awards and a dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Recipients of lonu service awards were G. C. Thio and Goh Poh Kwan (15 years each. Elsie
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    Two men fly to seminar on U.N.
    75 5 Mr S. Ramdas and Mr B.G Sahai. Singapore's representatives to the Pacific Regional Seminar on "Teaching About the Unite J Nations and Education for International Understanding" at the University of the Philippines. Quezon City, will leave by air today. Mr. Ramdas is the
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    DEATH
    19 6 DR .TOSETi Bfl Menc ■way pMcefUll] on 29.3.54. cortege nee 289. Tan.p:rr^ Roa.l >' 4 p.m. 31 3.54 lor
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    55 6 MR A: MRS P R im :ich uiriran r\j£ Office R. hank ai: '-pir kind ji"enriar> md car.; on 24 3.54 children •■"dPri ihe funeral o.' MR A MM, ChOI P HSBS *!sh to ir::der their deep and their relatlvi i RHOUT peacefully at I Hr f.in friends who
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    97 6 M minimum) to win REFRIGERATION or A:r-Cor.cl-tro'iblw' Rins Bill Mar.nln; ELSIE MARY loor. DMc:v Rertuo'iors in Fl \K\V PI ANY PATTERN < OE C COOKEK c K educe oy the AngeUn ible from leading Malaya N nteed a n hat bex f dp•rie tor the by Cl H R
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    LOST
    49 6 J' M M 8..r Jit rfv. rxtra. n\E B! rVCK rrins finder j telephone either 640"i or ii en from Ttlok ftyw paterbrown ***** looks like n tail. :s :n name o[ J idy Reported ;iri urea. Handn to finder or for Information leadlr.c to :ein\er\. .:.210-D\:'ch Llchterage.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 31. 1954. The Next Hell Bomb
    783 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 31. 1954. The Next Hell Bomb Like the radio-activity which the first explosion liberated. ■Ofne of the anxiety aroused by the next bin hydrogen bomb test baa been dispersed. A second and smaller bomb has already Ween exploded. The third and largest explosion is
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    The Savings Bank
    313 6 Malaya is becoming more thrifty. It is partly due to the compulsion (in thr Federation) of the Provident Fund, but there is the samp upward trend in the figures of the Post Office Savings Bank, and this is thrift at its best. Savings Bank deposits now total
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    Wrongful Arrest
    173 6 A weakness in police procedure appears to have been responsible for the extraordinary prosecution of a Singapore woman whose only "offence" was that she was the wife of the chief tenant in whose house opium utensils were found. A sub-tenant was later gaoled for possessing them. No-one would
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      Workers cannot afford present 'Trust' flats
      380 6 I STRONGLY support Mr. D. Robertson's letter on public housing in Singapore. Since the re-occupa-tiou the Trust and Government have put up a big bluff about helping the poor and subsidising housing for the workers. Who are the poor? Of the last lot of
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      $700 A MONTH AS RENT
      104 6 Y^OUR report on the rent paid By business people occupying premises in the SlT's Pickering Street flats, say that among them is a corleeshop owner who is paying $700 a month. It is a rent tendered by the cotleeshop owner himself. The coffee shopowner without
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      Keep cars away from the gardens
      189 6 Keep cars away from the gardens IWAS surprised to find that the main entrance to Singapore's Botanic Gardens la now open to motor car traffic. The Gardens have been one of the very few sanctuaries In Singapore where one could enjoy a peaceful and comfortable [Walk without the unerring swish
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      He wants his magazine
      51 6 I AM fed up with the job of returning letters to the post office -that have been put in my letter box by mlatato If such ha* happened with my last issue of 'Life" magazine—will some kind box holder please return it to: P.O. BOX IO.Vt
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      'GOVT. PROFIT FROM HOUSING THE POOR'
      466 6 IN reference to Mr. D. Robertson's letter on Government loans for Trust houses, I would like to add to his remarks about Government making a profit out of housing the poor. The Trust is sending to tenants a cyclostyled circular in which it says:
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      Thank you, he says
      158 6 I'M a regular user fare-pay-ing passenger torn of the S.T.C. buses Ever since the "All pass holders must give up up their seats to fare-paying passengers" notices were put up in the buses. I have noticed on numerous occasions passholders i uniform branch ot the police
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      Nerve spots their 'ears
      86 6 VfR. R. V. N. NAYUDU asks: iTI "Do snakes have ears?" It has been scientifically established that snakes have no auditory sys'em similar to that possessed by most animals. Instead they are provided with rows of highly sensitive nerve spots, arranged along the lateral lines of
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      RAILWAY CLERKS SEEK 'FAIR DEAL'
      262 6 I AM a station clerk. The clerks, having no union, get discriminatory treatment. A guard or a driver is paid time and a quarter when he works more than eight hours a day. But a clerk is paid only time and one eight when he
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      Annual meeting of Spore union
      71 6 RULE 9A of the Singapore Teachers Union's constitution says. 'The annual general meeting shall be held in the month of March Three weeks' notice of meeting has to be given to the members. It is already near the end of March. I am at a
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      'Exhibit roses from France also'
      168 6 I THE introduction of British flowers to the sixth postwar flower exhibition in Singapore is a novelty that should not be missed by any loca. lover of nature for it offers a big chance to view foreign Dowers at small expense. This will encourage more
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      Tribute to the Gordons
      109 6 THE Gordon Highlanders have done a magnificent job in the cleaning up of Communist terrorists in the Jasin district of Malacca. They are leaving the country shortly, and I wish to express my appreciation of the exemplary conduct of their officers and other ranks who during
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    'What about cruelty to man?'
    182 6 THe report of the S.P C.A.'s annual meeting and the concern of the members over the protection of stray docs, shows how solicitous men are for the welfare of aninntl.s With the present perverted value of human life would it not be more to the
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    On (he Margin
    197 6 Help Merthyr WELCOMK to Bere.slord C third Bai henydd in the Couni Pembn the Royal 8o rentlon ol c and thf Guidance Council sident of th Councils A tional Councils, the c Footpaths P ciety. H the National s Prevention ij Children, rornu war nrd c: derations
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    Welfare Dept. seeks $19,200-a-year man to slash $3,660,000 bill
    208 7 100 MANY ON PUBLIC] ASSISTANCE BOOKS rpHK Singapore Social Welfare Department is melting a si.HOii-a-month man who will help (lit down their increasing expenditure on issistance. rtmenl has nearly 10.000 cases on its hook.' Last year it paid out $3,663,493 a
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    Confidence in Mr. Arokiasamy
    80 7 Confidence in Mr. Arokiasamy- rUPI'R. Tues. d Yun rr bin nt ol vi Ti ll\ Sunday o ny M Aroklasamy. decided representative c nsure motion Iciasamy at the tor "having lined man-,-.!iu Hi.' trade paper to the ntral com- :it snid ntral had taken at with M ,:-.d had been
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    Lecture tour in Rangoon
    76 7 The general manager of the Sii tapore Improvement Trust. Mr J If. Vraser. and the Director of Public Works. Mr. A Wear returned to the Colony yesterday from Rangoon after •-MMl)*; a series of lectures there about housing, planning and civil eiigineerins;. Mr. Fraser told the
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    4,000 top bandit fighters for home
    159 7 4,000 top bandit fighters for home 4 FTER two years of contin uo us inn eh- campaigning, more than 4.000 crack Gurkha terrorist fighters will leave Singapore for Calcutta during the next five months. The Gurkhas, who will be accompanied by their wives and families, are due for I'our months'
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    DAMAGES VERDICT RESERVED
    201 7 DAMAGES VERDICT RESERVED MR. Justice Brow i reserved judgment in the Singa- pore High Court yesterday on the question of damages iri the suit brought by Mr. Chua Keok Sens who was shot on the left arm durinu a flying fox hunt in 1952. Mr. Chua was accidentally shot by
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    $210 theft
    29 7 A thief broke into the house of an R.A.F. Sergeant in Jalan Haji Salam off East Coast i Road. Singapore and stole $210 and a gold necklace.
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    Dead baby found
    15 7 10, Tues. A newly- was found drm! in n '.n Kamponi Bharu
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    UP THE POLE (20ft) FOR A JOB
    46 7 U P THE POLE (20ft) FOR A JOB Nearly SO nmuni- 1 a 20 ft. one qua- They went to the nearby Supreme Court compound where they were asked to climb the pole. Twenty-four jobs were vacant and more than 50, mainly Malays and Indians, applied.
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    THEY ALL ADMIRE THE HAT BUT
    55 7 - There'K not a single headdress in the whole audience modelled 1.. 1 thrr^ V "i *V o bvioUNl v »»f rested in the millinery bein R „r» i"?"'* n<>l L** 1 Ilat to he n tll( enti "udlem-e. Perh:ips aiMfl the fashion show at
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    DOES THE TRUST PA YRENT?
    152 7 DOES THE TRUST PA YRENT? In Pickering St. SINGAPORE Progressive Party yesterday called on the Improvement Trust to say wlnther it is paying any rent on premises it occupies in Pickering Street. These buildings wen- constructed from money lent by the Government for housing the people, says the party. which
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    'Customers' stole $450 bracelets
    57 7 'Customers' stole $450 bracelets TWO GOLD bracelets vorth $450 have been stolen from a Shop in North Bridge Road. Singapore. The goldsmith told the police that three Javanese posed as customers and entered the shop. While lie was talking to one i)f them, the two others walk[•d nut. After the
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    Wife collapses in court gallery
    241 7 tIiAUD CASE MAN: 7 WILL REPAY* 4 WOMAN collapsed in the public gallery of a Singapore court yesterday when the trial of her husband. Henry Timothy Hogan, 30, was adjourned at I lunch-time. Hogan was accused In the Third Criminal District Court of criminal breach
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    Suicide bid when her husband died
    98 7 Suicide bid when her husband died A YOUNG widow, Ong Soh Ching. told the Singapore Fiehth Police Court yesterday that she tried to commit suicide when her husband, to whom she had been married for only ten months, died Ony was originally charged last Thursday with attempted suicide by takins;
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    Susskind for Australia
    63 7 Mr. Walter Susskind. wellknown pianist who gave two concerts in Singapore during Coronation week last year, a 1 rived by air from London i yesterday. Mr. Susskind is on his way to Australia to take charge of an orchestra In Melbourne for eight months as resident conductor.
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    Pediatrics meet
    26 7 There will be a meeting of the Singapore Pediatric So- i ciety at Professor Monteiro's lecture theatre. General Hospital, at 3.15 p.m. on Friday.
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    BUST-THE-GANGS' SQUAD SEIZE 220 SUSPECTS IN 30 DAYS
    232 7 T^HE Secret Societies subbranch of the Singapore C.I.D. has detained 220 suspected gangsters .since the formation of the branch on Mar. 1. Of these. 88 were Wound to be "newcomers" to the various society groups. The rest wtre known members. They included
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    BUMP, BUMP, BUMP-IT'S A 4-CAR CRASH
    61 7 mm \KS were involved yesterday in this accident at Urn bend fating Shenton Way opposite the Telok Aver i TT?" lu^nf ihi- < irs the first rar <not in picture) and the car sandwiched between thr Koa.l Market. Jgg-%, f >^^ f i h<
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    HELICOPTER IS FORCED DOWN IN PADI FIELD
    182 7 Two Royal Navy airmen hurt SEREMBAN, Tuesday. A ROYAL Navy helicopter made I forced landing in a padi field 16 miles from here early today. Two of the throe people i aboard, were .slightly Injured. They are Lieut. Rowe. the pilot, and Leading
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    Cyclist, 71, dies after road crash
    89 7 17 year-old cyclist, Sawlja bin Haji Jahil. was killed in an accident in Chang! Singapore vestrrduy He collided with a motor van and died before the ambulance arrived. In tvo other accidents, right wit" injured. Four Indians w<re in a car which crashed against
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    Back to India
    48 7 Janab M. Mohamcd Ismail Sahib. President of the Indian Union Muslim Leagu» and a member of the Indian Parliament, who has been touring Malaya and Burma to collect funds lor two new colleges in Madras leaves Singapore by j air this morning for India. I
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    Girl attacked by taxi-man
    38 7 An 13 yrar-old-glrl reported at Geylnnp, police Station that a taxi driver had takrn Vr to a hotel in Katonp, Singapore ;ind assaulted her. She said she boarded thr taxi in Bras Basah Road.
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    SINGAPORE SAYS 'NO' AGAIN
    86 7 The Singapore City Council i has declined a second time to send a representative to the Asian Mayors' Conference at Calcutta. The Mayor of Calcutta the convenor, advised the Council that as April 15-17. the proposed date, was Inconvenient for many cities In the Middle Neai
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      186 7 The weather MINI M I M TK.MPKRATIRK 1 7 30 p.m. on Mar. 29 to 7.30 am on Mar. 30) Singapore 78 diuvrs. PenanK 74. Kota Bahru 78. KuaU Lumpur 74. Ipoh 74, Kuantan 74. MAX I M I M IEMFULATUBE: i (7.30 a in. to 7 30 p.m. on
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    3 clerks get promotion
    51 8 Three General Clerical SerTice clerks have been promoted to Part 1 nf the Singa- i pore Audit Service. They are Messrs. Khor Choo Htn. Lim Kirn Hoy and Teo Tien Cheong. Mr. Khor is now the senior assistant auditor and Mr. Lim and Mr. Teo assistant
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    Transport men want the Malays to come in — COUNSEL CAUTION
    287 8 Transport men want the Malays to come in COUNSEL CAUTION KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TRANSPORT circles in the Federation generally welcomed the Government move to give Malays a bigger share in the industry, though some sections warned that preferential treatment might give rise to communal feelings. In the Federal Legislative Council
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    CALL-UP WILL BE SPEEDY
    134 8 CALL-UP WILL BE SPEEDY Aim not to keep youths waiting SINGAPORE youths who report to the new Call-up Bureau at Beach Road from next Monday to register for national service will be dealt with at top speed. The bureau chief, Mr. A. C. Loggins, has trained 40 men to tackle
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    Motorist was 'clinically not drunk'
    161 8 Motorist was 'clinically not drunk' A Government doctor told a Singapore court yesterday that he had examined a motorist and found him not "clinically drunk." Dr. Hong Siak Wong, of the General Hospital, was testifying at the trial of Tay Eng Bee, charged with driving a van whilst under the
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    Car owner fined
    29 8 Lav Ho Moi of Jalan Besar was yesterday fined $100 in Singapore for failing to furnish particulars of a driver on demand by the Traffic Police.
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    Rotary assembly for Kuala Lumpur
    39 8 The annual assembly of District 46. Rotary International, will be held at Kuala Lumpur on April 24 and 25. Delegates will be the incoming presidents and secretaries of all Rotary Clubs in the district.
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    2 tons excess
    28 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Poh Seng Choon. a lorry driver, uas fined $150 in the police court for carrying two tons excess weight in his lorry.
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    Police band
    20 8 Singapore Police Band will play at Katong Park from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p m. on April 6.
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    NOW EVERYONE CAN ATTEND COUNCIL
    199 8 Meetings will be held at night KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. I^UALA LUMPUR Town Council will hold its monthly 1V meetings in the evening for a trial period of three months, councillors decided today by a narrow majority of three. Councilor Douglas Loo. who suggested the idea
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    PROSECUTOR TOLD TO CONSULT DPP
    90 8 PROSECUTOR TOLD TO CONSULT DPP JOHORE BAHRU. Tues— Mr N. L. Cohen, President of the sessions court, today stood down a case after two surrendered terrorists had given evidence. Mr. Cohen asked the prosecuting officer to consult the Deputy Public Prosecutor and bring; a satisfactory charge. In the case. Goh
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    Methodists to hold bazaar
    55 8 The Straits Chinese Methodist Church at Kampong Kapor, Singapore, will hold a combined bazaar in the church hall and ground on Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The bazaar, organised by the Mrthndist Youth Fellowship and the Womens' Society of Christian Service, will be "open
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    S'pore buildings
    28 8 Mr. T. H.H.Hancock. Senior Aiohltect in the Public Works Popsirtmrnt. will speak on "The Historic Buildings of Singapore" to Rotarians at their weekly luncheon meeting today.
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    Ultimatum to villagers is extended by 3 weeks
    111 8 Ultimatum to villagers is extended by 3 weeks KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. SELANGOR'S "bad village" of Sepang (population 900), has been Riven another three weeks to tell the Government what it knows about the terrorist oreanisation in tin- area. The one-month ultimatum given by General Sir Gerald Templer, the High Commissioner,
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    $1,500,000 housing plan for Malacca COUNCIL TO DEBATE IT AGAIN
    161 8 $1,500,000 housing plan for Malacca COUNCIL TO DEBATE IT AGAIN MALACCA. Tuesday. A SELECT COMMITTEE report tabled at todays meeting of the Settlement Council recommends that the Government buy land at Ujong Pasir, two miles from town, and build a 51. 500,000 housing estate. The report will be debated at
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    Lorry had 4-year-old tax disc
    140 8 Lorry had 4-year-old tax disc A LORRY driver who had a f 1950 tax disc on his lorry was convicted in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday. The driver. Ang Kow. pleaded guilty to using a lorry without a motor vehicle licence in force and using a licence closely resembling
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    28 8 MR KANNAPPAN and Miss G. Soundra'alli. who wenmarried at No. 31, Campbell Lane. Singapore, recently. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Govindasamy.
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    BABY HENDRIK CRIES FOR THE RECORD—IN DUTCH
    102 8 BABY HENDRIK CRIES FOR THE RECORD— IN DUTCH FOR THK second time in a week the cries of a newborn infant were recorded in a Singapore nursing home yesterday evening, but this time the baby cried in Dutch. The fashion of recording birthday eries started last Friday by an English
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    Gunshot wound
    45 8 A Chinese farmer. Teo Kin Joo. 61. of Lorong 29. Qcyland Road. Singapore, was taken to hospital yesterday with a gunshot wound in the chest. I» is believed he was hit by a stray snot. A man was shooting birds in the area.
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      408 8 SINGAPORE 111I 11 close AU 1 602 Listeners Calling. 6.55 Sh;<re w w m w i KIT AT A I I TMDTTII Market Report; 7 Time Sißnal <^ 7.15 a.m. Time Signal and Open- ***JimAj/* LURrUII New«: 7.15 Qus Steyn at the Piano: I Ing Announcement; 7.16 Morning -57 station
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    Scholar defied Turks-solved I mystery of Crete
    1890 9 Scholar defied Turks-solved I mystery of Crete O NE F^r rr d n ay h in H Mar t 19 k 00 EngHsh archaeologist, Arthur Evans, crouched in a trench cut in the plain near Candia, in the Med.terranean island of Crete. Carefully he brushed 3500 years' accumulation of mud
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    RUBBER PRICE IMPROVING
    575 10 Best since mid-Januar] fHK price of rubber in Singapore closed at 56] cents a lb.. the highest pri, mid-January and a rise of half a cent on ih, The. better commodity price howevi rubber shares on the local share markei transactions were reported with an Imi tion
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    PEPPER PRICE DOWN AGAIN
    93 10 PEPPER afjain fell in price in Singapore yesterday. Muntok white pepper was quoU-d at $255 per picul, SlO less than on Monday and 525 less than at the end of last week. The price has now dropped $100 a picul since the beginning of February. Members
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    55 10 miipn Mm .ii,, n .-iii, P«rfl H.ii Im.ui |{(„u c irbirrn peeled lodaj Benvei. 15 Iti, 8u M Polk 38 3D Oul. Stru.. Thep. Isla.ici Iniui Kn.iilPe;n;. Kampar KPM rui.iu Bakoni Überl Deck; ii iiu i.i Dock Keppel it.Mk K jelo 1 .till UP .IIM IIOI.IL' S ii
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    62 10 The Singapo gained h er.;s a lb. There The I Closnv-: price* ye« ptr pound No. 1 36. sellrrNo. 1 R.S.B f.0.l ouyers 51 buyers Rubbrr yesterday. Tincents per jxiur. Bajrei No. I. R.S.S. Spot lon=e No. I. R.S.S. P.O April No. 2. R.^ S No 3 R8
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    43 10 Singapore iiin< eteagt Copra: week: 1 S3O 1 2 Kill 130 i $64 a no buying Inter* drop »10; I I Muntok white Lampong black ere I l 8 buyers. >3o s 1 8 buyers. SiU 1 4 oil: quit", Pel
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    34 10 Tie Malayan ft AmocUUod made mail, o d 33 14, i" 1 ills 32 9 16 On the free cxi Hong Kong ye-, dollar WU qu Starting w.is quo one tael o:
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    The Magic Pills
    786 12 A ROUND, scarlet box A lay on the roadside half hidden by a tuft of grass. Gold letters printed across the top gleamed brightly in the morning sun "Hollo, what's this? said Ah Kirn. kicking the tuft aside. Ho picked up the box examining it curiously. "Look
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    CHECK YOUR STAMPS
    468 12 VL'HF\ I uas a boy at school, it used to be considered fashionable to own certain stamps. The pri:e stamp in those days was, without any doubt, the triangular Cape of Good Hope. Bm fust to own a three cornered Cape was not quite enough. The stamp
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    85 12 HERE are six sentences, each of which Ls a proverb. Can you guess what they are? The answers are given below 1. You won't achieve your object by hesitation. 2. You can't judge a person by his appearance. 3. You will derive much pleasure from a tusk well
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    THE PUPPY WOULDN'T SWIM
    346 12 THE PUPPY WOULDN'T SWIM Here are the six winners of our l^t Pamting Contest. Annie False, aged 1 3, 44 Veerasamy Road, Singapore 8, Rosalind Tan, aeed 12. 455 Sim's Avenue, Singapore 14, Ismail bm Abdul Rahman, aged 12. Wmstedt Morning School, re 9, Ahmad Shafi, Tahng Village, Kuala S.
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    Are there Canals On Mars?
    369 12 Are there Canals On Mars? CHUNG Lim of Malacca asks mo if thorp are really man-made canals on the planet Mars. This is something no-one can say for certain. When the thin network of lines on I tars was first observed it was thought that the lines were canals which
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    billy Kiernan can be SAFA's coachhe likes the East
    218 13 billy Kiernan can be SAF A's coachhe likes the East LONDON. Tuesday. mU( h-publi< ised conference of all league team ,s railed by the FA. last week (March 22), gamine the state of English soccer and discuss ■iv h vn.< mace \er> in- 1 the So ithern secvision ntative h
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    STL ART HAILS R.I. CHANGES
    61 13 WELLINGTON, Tues. 800 un c! the New Zealand Rucbx Union team that recently I Europe and Anurica. said lie «c thai the [nterR .by Kootball Boa:, ipolllng ot Wing :n: wards Con rule ch;ms<s inRoard he Mid The amendment decline wirh m'.y oreaUnt froon 'he
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    IT IS THOSE 'BAD DECISIONS' BY THE UMPIRES says Constantine
    894 13  - IT IS THOSE 'BAD DECISIONS' BY THE UMPIRES says Constantine HAROLD MAYES What lies h<>hind the West Indies trouhlo By KM did much to cement the friendliness ol the hmpire, to hring white and coloured people closer together. Just as easily in present nrcu instances it can disintegrate that friendliness,
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    Statham out of England Test team
    203 13 Statham out of England Test team KINGSTON. (Jainaicn i. Tues. L>RIAN Slathain the Lancashiie l place bowler failed to pn a test or MM lor a rib muscle Injury and ill uot play for England «k'>im. i :lie West Indies in the tilth cricket .et>t beginniiit; here today. If Laker
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    Celtic win 4-0
    23 13 LONDON, Tups Ciltir be.tt SMrllnc Albion by four poals to nl! In a rearrnnsrd Prottish LeagOC nWision "A" match yesterday^
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    Tuli is top contender
    82 13 NEW YORK. Tues JAKE Tuli ol South Airlra nUini pace bowler failed to pay. |hI or the world flyweight champion.hip held oy Yoshio Shlrai ol lapan in this month's list of boxing atnißS laMMd by the Ring ma^azin Louis Skena of France wh vi I'm 1
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    Yvette sets new discus record
    54 13 MELBOURNE. Tues tvette W:l--ttamt, New Zealand's Ol>nv-.i champiOß .'nd world lona jump cord hold»r beat the Austru; throw record in the View lias Women's Athletics champi>n■h;ps here. .she thiew 130 ft 11 in. to better Lorraine Murphy s record of 121 :i in. in Perth
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    8 CHANGES IN ENGLAND TEAM TO PLAY SCOTLAND
    195 13 LONDON. 1 ii'4FTEB deliberating for one hour and 40 minutes yesterday. England's football selectors produced a team to play Scotland In the World Cup qualifyins match in QaMajaj on Apr. 3 thai wilt cause much Only three of the players In the
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    Good bouts at N. Base
    182 13 AS a »nrm-up for the Rny:il Navy bo\ing championships on Apr 8. Monday night's Novices championships at the Naval Base proved a great .success. The night's Vnghlitjht was a special catchweights exhibition between PO Bland .md A B Bird, who conceded two stones. Bland, a
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    CHEW HITS 57 IN ARMY WIN
    59 13 Army "A" beat Singapore CricKr-t Club "A" by two WtaMa* in a friendly fixture at Nee Soon on Sunday. Scores: S.C.C. 211 for 9 dccl. lUrqururt 48. PurtiiiKton 60. Morris 22. O. M Ifitrka 22 Young 5-58 1 Army 213 for 8 iChew 57.
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    APRIL MEDAL IS POSTPONED
    45 13 The Ladies' April Medal com- petition at the Royal Singapore On!f Club has btfn postponed from Fr'.oay April 2 to Friday April 9. The Qualifying Round for the I ladies Spting Cup will be played as arranged, on Friday April 2.
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    ORIENT TITLE
    43 13 TOKYO. T\lf* -Japimese Hgiltweiulit chaiiiiiion Musahi Akivnm:v won the Orient lightweight eroWB by a uiuinimous 12-ro>ind riec.sl.ii ov>T Tommy Lerma of the Phillippun s loniglit. I Ten UMuaanda fan* most. 1 diers saw the fifiht in Tokyo's MemoI rial Hall —UP.
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    AFTER WORLD TITLE,
    102 13 EMGLANDS only European amateur boxing champion Corporal Bruce Wells. of the Royal Air Fone. now stationed at Cosford. Shropshire, b to fight in Chwaqo. ISA., next May f° r the Cold?n Gloves nurld lujhtviiddlc weight title. Corporal Wells, the son of a Greentord engineer, is a physical
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    ARMY BOYS WIN RETURN CONTEST
    185 13 ARMY Bogn Tr.ide School bM combined team of the Slnßa|x»re Harbour Board Boys Club and Good Companion Club by clKht out of 10 matches in a return boxing tournament al Nee Suun The Army boya aIM won the earlier tournament in IVl):u..iy. Spei-iHI exhibition tights
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    Len may not go to Australia
    225 13 PORT OF SPAIN Tucs. >t I EN HI'TTON is seriously considering telling the M.C.C. on his return home that he will NOT go to Australia next winter. As captain of the English tram, Hutton has home the brunt of the unhappy West Indies tour.
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    141 13 Carruthers wins after tough battle SYDNEY. Tuei limmv Carrathen gurrlved onr nf the most grupllfnt n-hts ol h:s professional career whon hp outpointpri Bobby Sinn at Svclnry Stadium last night. Bui he had I comfortable pom' margin ■>! 'he finish, although Sinn won ihe last round. However, a section of
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    PULAU BRANI IN SECOND POSITION
    520 14 Dockyard made a fight of it Pualu Brani 4; H.M. Dockyard 2. IF Pulau Brani United had expected to get away with full points without too much effort in this SAFA Div. 1 game against bottom-of-the-league Dockyard at Jalan Besar stdium yesterday, thrir confidence was
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    37 14 UTTLC Tahir. Pulau Brani inside richt. disputes Jhis one with burly Dockyard left-half Jacobs and sets away with it an incident in the first half of yesterday's Jalan Besar sotcer. Pulau Brani won 4-2.— Straits Times picture
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    MALAYANS IN CEYLON GOLF BID
    139 14 MALAYANS IN CEYLON GOLF BID COLOMBO. Tues. WING Commander C. H. Beamish and FLt. J. Niven both of Royal Air Force. Malaya, have entered for the AllCeylon golf championship to be played at the hill station of Nuwara Eliya at the end of April. W/Cdr. Beamish, an Irish International who
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    Three goals by Bird
    108 14 SINGAPORE Harbour Board Recreation Club defeated Wonoerlaris S.P by 5-2 in a ;SAFA Div. 2 league match played at Keppel Road mound yesterday. Despite the Mfgy conditions! Harbour Board had full con- 1 trol of the game from the kick-off. The first goal was scored by
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    SAFA TEAM v. SERVICES
    50 14 The Singapore Amateur Football Assn. team to moot Combined Services in the Asian Games Fund match on Sunday is Chee Seng: Chong Kum. Teow Kong: Hoe'Jonp. Vats, Hin Wens. Boon Sronp. Boon Leone. Awang Bakar. Siang Hock. Rahim Omar. Reserves: Skinner, Bonifacr. Kirn Bong. Omar Awang.
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    LUCKY KATONG
    37 14 Katong SC received two luc'-c points when they beat Customs S.c by the only goal of the panic. deflect«d into the net by a Customs defender. In a Div. 3C tie at CTal sround yesterday.
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    Tengah were more at home in the wet
    137 14 Tengah were more at home in the wet RAF TENGAII beat Royal Naval Base by 2—l in their Services League Div 1 match at Tengah yesterday Good ■oeeer was played by both teams despite the wet conditions and a greasy ball. Tengah had the edge in the first half They
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    MORRIS MOVES TO RIGHT HALF FUR CUP FINAL
    68 14 Royal Army Service Corps team to plat K.E.M.K. in Miani.iv s Singapore District lin.il of the laldbeck C up at Krietidlv Hill ■s Harrison; (.Kxil.nl Hancroli. Mortis. Redwood. Uhw-.od: 111* cult. (owan. Brewer, Kml. Bar. lett. The one surpiisr is the *uinli
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    Kelantan fail in late bid for win
    264 14 KOTA BAHRT, Tuesday. ITELANTAN, joint holders of the Football Association of Malaya Cup with Selangor, failed in a late hid to b«at Trencxanii in their inter-state soccer friendly here on Saturday. Kelantan, trailing 1-0 at the -45th minute, scored the equa I lLsrr
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    IT'S ROYAL TAN BY A NECK.
    67 14 AFTKK Tour and ;t quarter miles. ov<t the most enacting ram— m in the world, not more than a nock separated the winner. Royal Tan (richt. ridden by last year's uinnine jockey Bryan Marshall 1. and Tudor Line (Georur Slack) at the finish of
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    261 14 R.A.S.C .">: R.\.\ S DOYAL Army Service Corps, lasi 1V but now struggling :it the bottom scored their first points of the BeaAftl In Div. 1 league wne!i they easily accounted for Naval Air Station, Sembawang, ;<t Aver Raja Ro,i Despite routine four of Lheir
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    ANOTHER WIN FOB SIKH ASSOCIATION
    53 14 Teejng Men s 9lkh kept up their winniiig r rquer. 1 a convincinc 4-1 victory ovei and Telegraph SC in Div. 3C came .it Famr P.uk day. Karter Blngb Amu Bin h H rban Singh and Harb* ■cored for v m?a, f for P T.
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    12 14 R.F ME. 2 mai scored for R.I
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