The Straits Times, 6 February 1955

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    13 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES in No. 1,015. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon U.S. PLANES SHOOT [DOWN RED JETS IN DOGFIGHT
    437 1 U.S. PLANES SHOOT [DOWN RED JETS IN DOGFIGHT Talks open n London THE TWO US JOKE EDEN Two MIG's destroyed TOKYO, Saturday. F-86 Sabrejets shot down two Communist MIC- 15s over international waters west of Korea today. The U.S. Air Force said the Soviet-built jets attacked and the American Sabres
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    4 secret' A-blasts
    28 1 .uclear orded four which •ween November, M. French for Scientiiscl sed today. published in I mcc Bolr, M. ns followed f which newa had R
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    Lock icon U.S. WILL DEFEND MATSU, QUEMOY'
    469 1 TAIPEI. Saturday. A MERICAN military advisers have returned to invasionthreatened Tachen Island, it was disclosed today. nd eating that Nationalist evacuation of the base is Timinent. The refuelling of warships of the 7th Fleet under cover of darkness on Friday night tended to confirm this
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    Lock icon Passing round the plate'
    42 1 LONDON. Sat. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, has promised to contribute to the •Dllot tion of silver for auction on March 4 vo aid the Chun-h of England's Home for apeci and Infirm Clergymen and their dependents.— Renter.
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    Reds turn to religion ?
    36 1 Reds turn to religion ATLA>fTA, Georgia, Sat.— Evangelist Billy Graham said on Friday there is evidence ol a spiritual revival in Russia which could provide an eventual meeting between the Communists and the West.— A. P.
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    Opium pipe man jailed
    32 1 Koh Kah Sens: was sentenced to three months' jail by the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday for having an opium pipe head at Cross Street on Feb. 4.
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    Woman wins $5,000
    62 1 Woman wins $5,000 THERE is one winner 1 of the Straits Times Word Puzzle MMM" She is: MD. TAN POH NEO, 102 Lorong T. Kurau, SINGAPORE. A cheque for S5.000 will be ready for her if she calls at the Strats Times office on Wednesday. See Page Nine for the
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    The 'tea party': All quiet
    242 1 The 'tea party': All quiet THERE were no incidents in Singapore yesterday, following the Government banning of a "tea party which was to have been heid by about 6.000 Chinese middle school students at the Badminton Hall. Police were alert throughout the day The Chinese student body cal'ed "The Singapore
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    Lock icon SOLDIER HERMIT' LIVED 100 YARDS FROM CO.
    136 1 CATTERIOK. YORKSHIRE. Sat. 23 YEAR OLD so'dier. posted as absent without leave, lived like a hermit for seven months In the lavatories and wash houses of his Army camp here, a «:>nrt martial was told yesterday. Sienalman Derek Kirby. bearded and with hair
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    TERRORISTS ATTACK THE FIJIANS
    126 1 TERRORISTS ATTACK THE FIJIANS KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Terrorists have made two attacks in the last 48 hours on trucks carrying Fijian soldiers in Johore. In the Labis area yesterday three terrorists fired on a truckload of Fijians. In the first burst three Fijians were wounded. One died later. The troops
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    Lock icon Was Bishop of Sarawak
    37 1 LEICESTER. Sat.— The Right Rev. Francis Septimus Hollis, one of the two assistant Bishops of Leicester, and a for- mer Bishop of Sarawak, died in Leicester Royal Infirmary i yesterday aged 70.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon It's curtain call for calypso singers-by Royal Command
    214 1 PORT OF SPAIN. Saturday. IkJUSIC-MINDED Princess Margaret surrendered yesterday to the witchery of Trinidad's calypso rhythms and called m five of the island's top calypso singers for a command performance at Government House. Vernon Roberts, the great calypso singer, composed a sons:
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    Lock icon Assembly kicks out Mr. France
    305 1 RED WITH RAGE X HE IS HOWLED DOWN PARIS. Saturday. M PIERRE Mendes France, 48, was overthrown as Prime Minister France early today after 233 days of power. M Mendes France, who ended the Indo-China war and won over parliament accepting a rearmed Germany, lost
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    Lock icon TOKYO WARNS OF FLU WAVE
    59 1 TOKYO. Sat. City health authorities warned today that this years influenza wave may be second only to that of 1953, when 50 per cent of the entire population of Tokvo .vas stricken.. A spokesman said three deaths have already been caused by influenza this year,
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    Hitler's nephew a'slave'
    45 1 Hitler's nephew a 'slave' VIENNA. Sat.— Adolf Hitler's nephew. Leo Raubal is serving a 25-year prbo n term in a Siberian slave labour camp. a<*corriine to Austrian press reports Leo Is the son of Hitler's sister. Paula, and her hu.sbr.nd, a railway official. —A P.
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    Tiger kills bull, goat
    74 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A tiger killed a bull and a goat near Ampang last night to set off Selangor's second tiger hunt this year. The State Game Warden, Mr. G. Leonard, will lie in wait near the carcases tonight in case the tiger returns. Last night's
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    Lock icon Rebels seize an airliner
    66 1 SAN JOSE, Sat.— Rebel Costa Rican forces yesterday attackad the Costa Rican village of Los Chiles just across the border from Nicaragua. An airliner which had Just landed at the Los Chiles airport was seized by the rebels, according to radio messages reaching here. Communications with
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    2 DIE IN BLAZING HOUSE
    322 1 2 DIE IN BLAZING HOUSE JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. CHOW SIEW MOI. 42 a housewife, and her four-vear-old son. Tay Chojr Hean, were burnt to death in a tire which destroyed an old bungalow type nouse in the heart of Johore Bahru last night. Although the building was only about 100
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    A RACE WITH DEATH ACROSS ALL EUROPE
    1745 2  - A RACE WITH DEATH ACROSS ALL EUROPE PETER CHURCHILL by SO FAR British saboteurs Peter Churchill and Odette are captured and taken to Frcsnes Prison in Paris. They pose as man and '.rife. The Gestapo believes Peter is related to Whiston Churchill. He is taken to Gestapo H.Q. in Berlin
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    Nathaniel Gubbins
    981 2 FOR those uho think the life of a columnist is an ecirthln paradise arid ask ifrtnderingly "Is that all i/o' 1 I do?" here is a diary of what I happens to a lucky British scribler when his family is I struck denon by influenza i end domestic
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    He brought disrepute to department' court told
    464 3 A SINGAPORE court was told yesterday that the principal of a Colony school had brought the Education Department into contempt and disrepute in the eyes of the public. Tan Thean Teck, 49, principal of Tiong Bahru School since it opened in August, 1953,
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    Married in Singapore temple
    29 3 Mr. N. Jryaram. a Radio Malaya technician and Miss S. I'achaimuthu. who were married at the Srcc Mariammam Temple, in Sincapore yesterday. Sunday Times picture.
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    DOCKYARD BEST IIN WORLD'
    166 3 DOCKYARD BEST IIN WORLD' VICE Admiral A.G.V. Hubback. Director of Dockyards, said in Singapore yesterday that conditions of locally employed workers in the Naval Dockyard were the best among those existing in any other Royal j Dockyards in the world. He told a news conference at Phoenix Park. that the
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    MAX ROSTAL CONCERTS
    150 3 THE next musical celebrity to visit Singapore will be the internationally-famous violinist. Max Rostal. who will give concerts at the Victoria MemortaJ Hall on February 20 and IS. On Feb. 20 he will give a solo recital, accompanied by Noreen Stokes at the piano. The main work
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    PLENTY OF IKAN PARANG
    451 3  -  FISHING in the waters around Malaya i s an all-the-year-round sport but the weather of the past few weeks has made the Sunday morning excursion something of an ordeal and only the keenest anglers have ventured out. These enthusiasts, however, have been well repaid for the
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    A RADIO FAMILY
    205 3 Hit on the air— all of them DADIO work seems to act as a magnet to a Malay family in Singapore, the eldest of whom, Che Zahrah binte Za'aba. is the first woman to be awarded an A. B.C. scholarship by Radio Malaya One of Zahrah's sisters
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    Court told: 'I'm 120'
    41 3 Mohamed Salim bin Sotoro, who said he was 120 years old, was sent to the House of Detention by a Singapore court yesterday. He had pleaded guilty to begging for alms at \rab Street on Friday morning.
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    Flood area's black month
    75 3 RESIDENTS of four roads in Sennett Estate, Singapore, arc making a renewed complaint to the City Council about the latest floods to hit their district They had 11 floods last month— including two each on three separate days. The "blackest" month previously recorded was in April
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      237 3 You'd never guess its rated as a small car! Mr 'it J^"*iC mvht-afta it mihc irofidl St :n it drive it you'll he a i comfort, -....nt ,<. irnaiK it M-.h ixonumy-per-nnlcl st drive the NEW LOOK m yfiM B»^, '^awßfr 'Wlfi (S^i AAOsJUS at rMrun. •V: MALAYAN HOTOIS LTD.
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      381 3 $27,460 FOR YOU AT ACE 55 Men or women. und»-r 45 by settling aside regular monthly. half-yearly or yearly amounts under the SUN LIFE OF CANADA plan can. for example, receive at age 55 a lump sum— s27,46o for men or $30,881 for women— or a private Income, for life
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      161 3 <\KKI(K: Suranc (Hindit Of Dr. T. (Tech.)— 9 a.m. Tel. 3.15. 6.15 9.30. morning show *****. N..kr-1 Spur 11 am Tel *****. PAVILION: Charade 1.45. 4. M'lTOI.: The Golden Mistress <\30. 9 30; mornini: show Desert —11, 1.45. 4. 6 30. 9.30: morning Sons— 11 am. Tel. 6003 show— Thunder
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    Early man trapped his dinner in the swamp!
    819 4  - Early man trapped his dinner in the swamp! TREVOR KNIGHT HUGE ANIMALS WERE OUTWITTED IN PREHISTORIC TIMt, j Pigs bigger than a rhinoceros By JEAN'S low-browed, hairy and naked ancestors of more than 250,000 years ago, hunting in large, snarl ing packs, tracked and drove their intended prey into a
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    When is a woman hii on the shelf?
    504 4  - When is a woman hii on the shelf? ANN FRASER AT what age do you cease to be "a girl' and become "a spinster"? And what are a spinster c chances of matrimony? According to a readc who has just written to me the answers to those two questions are
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    3 BRIGHT MEN WHO DO MAKE MONEY
    408 4  - 3 B RIGHT MEN WHO DO MAKE MONEY NEVILLE REYNOLDS By the service the pu put up with, and to open a gar;. difference. Ann money even II crazy THE customers brought everything but the kitchen sink to the '3-D Ca-a; last week the owners were still wondering what to
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    He trusted people ant profitted
    175 4 He trusted people ant profitted VEARS ago Jor.n D H. told friends he to install the h trt hLs chain of i< "It won't work.' he ft warned "You'll be robbed But Hayes, a bill smiled. Behind I of darkness, Hayes loped a keen sense his fellow mar. H the
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    A 'queen' will save on crocks
    229 4 I7EWER cups will be broken in F the liner Queen Elizabeth soon. And fewer plates and glasses. For the 83,000-ton "Q.E." Is in dry dock at Southampton to have stabilisers fitted. Many ships already have stabilisers, which iron out the 'Toll" when at sea.
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      252 4 HAPPY v ■^■■'^^V Laurence Dean Oliver* Goh Beng Tin Of Kot.l lUhrii. Here's a splendid quartette of fine. •turdv. healthy youngsters These delightful pictures represent just a few of the many -■^Bpßßfefifcfe *^X that continue to reach us from grateful ,(^B{ llmN parents all over Malaya -grateful that they /MfSmLM^^
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    50 TALKS IN TWO WEEKS
    30 5 i Wingate's I) glvr i more during two i t to Singapore youth I numII be illusloured ton will leave Australia on REV CECIL lUHNSTON
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    'PHOOEY TEST' PANICS THE PARENTS
    383 5 'PHOOEY TEST' PANICS THE PARENTS quiz means promotion in school or rejection PENANC, Saturday. THE Federation Education Department's "phooey test" promotion examination from primary to secondary school is to be made compulsory this year. i intelligence test, introduced as an experiment in Government schools last November, will now be extended,
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    Spearmen plan coral outings
    76 5 The Singapore Underwater Spearfishing Club is planning week-end expeditions to explore coral reefs at nearby islands at weekends The club president. Mr. Ray Hawkins. Is inviting those interested to attend fortnightly meetings at the Association of Engineers, Raffles Quay, Singapore, to discuss these outings. Meetings are
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    HE WILL TACKLE COLONY FLOODS
    318 5 HE WILL TACKLE COLONY FLOODS KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. rE man who is expected to solve Singapore's flood problems is the Federation's authority on hydraulic systems. Mr. F Pelton. Chief Research Engineer in the Federation's Drainage and Irrigation Department, who goes to Singapore on March 1 as Chief Drainage Engineer, has
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    New pianos for 19 schools
    30 5 Nineteen Government regional schools in Singapore will get new pianos soon, an official of the Education Department .said yesterday. They are needed for music lessons
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    feel the sound coming out'
    75 5 With flash cards spread on the desks as visual aids. Mrs. Varty takes deaf and dumb Mohammad Rahman's hand to her threat to feel the vibrations when she pronounces a word. And Mohammad, aged seven, seems to be catching on fast. toe. Mrs Varty conducts
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    'Bow-wow' opens up a new world
    279 5 IN a small Singapore classroom last week 16 Malay, Indian, Chinese and Eurasian children, ranging from 4j to nine-years-oid yelled: "Baa' Baa' Bow-Wow!" Standing in front, teaching the children to recognise the sounds by feelign their throats. jaws, chests and noses, was a voune
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    'Filmgoers are getting fussy'
    293 5 INCREASING popularity of British films reflects varied facets of development and interests in many countries throughout the world. This is the opinion of Mr. F'rcd Simmins. Far Eastern Representative of London Films International. now irisiting Malaya. "The trend now. seems to be ror films that will
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      300 5 NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED! WORLD FAMOUS SWISS WATCH non-tip ASH TRAYS i^^N^^ The weighted base of these ash trays PREVENTS any risk of /rl/ \o^ifc^ FIRE by spilled contents— this \>3 makes them ideal for ever> y^^l J home and all offices, clubs and vj/ institutions where disposal ot -^___^^5Sj-"^*«£
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  • Musinqs of a Chinese Govermet
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      BEAR'S PAW & OTHER RARE DAINTIES
      1672 6  - BEAR'S PAW OTHER RARE DAINTIES Dr. F. T. Cheng by I REMEMBER that, the very day on my return to Hong Kong after ten years in England, an old friend to'd mn that, since my departure for Europe, exquisite dainty refreshments of divers kinds had been created, and that he
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      Bevy of girl friends at the Dusun
      619 6 Bevy of girl friends at the Dusun i—i-111-11-M>l-> I UCKILY the rain did stop in time so that the Chinese New Year celebrations were not spoiled. On the night of 21st -22nd. things were SO threatening that the Tuan mused on the possibility that the Last Flood was on its
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      A SALAD A BAY...
      446 6 ft j fit rt j k t f* 2 r^^^^fT^r^jß w kjL fi/ J f jK* **s^^s^^> T7VERYONE of us should £j eat at least one salad per day. Let it take the form of an appetiser, main dish, relish or accompaniment. CHEESE AND CELERY SAI.AI)
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      412 6 This is why you should use alCK toothbrush Hi ATek toothbrush not only keeps your teeth clean and shiny. It cares for your gums, too; The short head reaches round all corners, it cleans between the teeth and along the gums. By brushing your teeth and gums ,<•£ every day
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    Ms your slip showing ?
    546 7 Ms your slip showing 1)0 you ever wonder what the model girls have that you haven't? It's STYLE. It's something you can't buy in shop. Some women have it hv instinct^ Most women could acquire it. But they slip up somewhere. For Instance, if you have a passable face and
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    'Sitters Ltd' is in oiler's big idea
    147 7 'Sitters Ltd' is in oiler's big idea A 26-YEAR-OLD mother of three children has set up a baby sitting service and registered it as a limited company probably the first 1 ol its kind in Britain. It was because of her own children that Mrs. Winifred Uullock. of Kitson Hill
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  • JANE LEE's 'HUMAN CASE BOOK' My marriage was a failure
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      305 7 I WAS an intelligent schoolgirl before my wicked boyfriend persuaded me to leave school just before I sat for my Senior Cambridge Examination. Anyway, my marriage was a mistake and failure because I had always aimed to marry a rich man who could give me luxury. After I married I
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      Nagging
      140 7 TO HELEN. You will never win this younp man or any other if you make a nuisance of yourself. He is obviously just a decently-mannered boy whose merest courtesies you have exaggerated until you believe he is romantically interested in you. If he refuses to give you a photograph,
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      Victims
      99 7 \]Y friend who once worked "■I a hospital told me that all nurses are very cheap and furthermore he said they are gold diggers, starting with I doctors as their victim and moving down through medical J students to ordinary hospi'al employees and finally, the I general public. Do
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      Sincere
      49 7 To VALENTINE, of Muar. I 4 cannot do more than offer you sincerely what I consider to be honest advice. Whether 4 or not you take it is entirely your own aflair. but I have 1 not chanRed my mind in any way since my reply to you.
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    The sun dress shines!
    267 7 CLATTERY under the sun more ideas from America. Sketched here are the most feminine editions of the sun dress to date, as soft and pretty as little girl dresses, and bared for coolness in the fashion of a pinafore. Printed glazed cotton is the most popular
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    THE WIFE NEED NOT BE A SLAVE!
    443 7 THE WIFE NEED NOT BE A SLAVE! A woman talks to men: WOT only in Malaya. but anywhere in the > world, how men hate < for anyone to think y that they are sub- servient to a woman. >> Man is such a vain, supercilious creature and at his
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      236 7 ACID INDIGESTION? yXfi N OT FOR ME/ BECAUSE I GET RIAUYRfiPIPRtUiF WITH PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS (MINT- FLAVOURED) ds^l w y i S Zesty onions and cheddar cheese V_A J^m-X make a soup ,i, that's sure to please! C AIVE F^B E L-jLJ S OKTIOIM SOUP The French made
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    BARBARIAN? Perhaps I am...
    697 8  - BARBARIAN? Perhaps I am... ANNE SCOTT-JAMES By -SINCE I'M SENDING MY SON lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII AWAY TO SCHOOL iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiMiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiim VOW that I've done it, I don't like it. I think it is 1 barbarous ;m<l unnatural to send our sons ■way to boarding schools at the tender age of eight or nine.
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    Fresh, gay colours tow the newlywed
    708 8  - Fresh gay colours tow the newlywed MAXINE RAKICH Jt By wedding bug has bitten me, and all this week I have been racing around the shops with weddings in mind and the exciting feeling of shopping for a trousseau even though it isn't for myself. And as I was looking
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    IT'S A FOUR-PIECE!
    43 8 Durisn rjimon designers arc looking ahead in readiness for summer. Here it a four -piece in printed cotton (left) with .1 button-through skirt and a cover-up blouse top. The twopiece in polished cotton has a bolero jacket. Paul Popper photo.
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      285 8 DENTIST TEU^, JV^^Tv?^ never really ><x JL^-^ V >" hot water. caVfully and h^j, Soaking in stand it up to dry fL riotwater warps the brush-head helps to keep tha ft* and loosens the tufts. firm and resilient v¥||Fl- nighrandm. Ifi really P easy. Its s i best to xtf^k
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    SLIGHTLY HARDER-BUT YOU WERE STILL UP TO MARK
    828 9 By The COMPETITION EDITOR THE adjudication comx mittee thought that Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest 'MMM' was slightly more difficult than those published in recent weeks, but the standard of entries, on a broad analysis, seemed to be well maintained. Here are
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    Winning answrs to Word Puzzle MMM
    84 9 THE $5,000 prise for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest 'MMM' was won by 1 MD. TAN POH NEO. 102, Lorong Telok Kurau. Singapore, who submitted a set of answers which corresponded completely with those given below. These were adjudged by the adjudication committee to
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    SHARKS may vanish
    160 9 "May appear and vanish quite suddenly," said the clue for the second word in MMM6. SHARKS, said the committee, because this word uses the primary meaning of "vanish" to go out of sight. When SPARKS "vanish," they may not have gone anywhere, but merely ceased to exist
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    NANYANG INSPIRING' SAYS AMERICAN
    226 9 rE move to establish the Nanyang University was last night described by an American lecturer in Chinese history as "one of the most significant and inspiring academic developments in modern times." The praise came from Professor Stanley Spector of the University of Washington in a Radio
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    Knife attack charge
    56 9 Tay Ah Sick claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempting to hurt Chua Swee Siong with a knife at a smokehouse in the Kah Hin rubber factory, Bukit Timah Road, on Feb. 4. Bail of $200 was allowed and the
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    High fides
    63 9 TODAY: Singapore 10.05 a.m. (9ft. 4in.> 11.42 p.m. (8ft. 8in.i; Port Dickson 6.10 a.m. (8ft. 8in.i 6.26 p.m. 1 8ft. 6in.); Penang 12.00 a.m. (7ft. 41n.i 12.48 p.m. (6ft. 71n.i. a.m. (9ft. 9in.i: Port Dtckson 6.51 TOMORROW: Singapore 10.55 a.m. (9ft. 9in.»; Port Dickson 6.51 a.m. (9ft. lin.i
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    Record Play time
    140 9 MANY Singaporeans will remember Alfredo Campoli giving a fine performance of the first Max Bruch violin concerto at the Victoria Memorial Hall some years ago. This concerto, with its emotional intensity and glorious melodies, is a great favourite with many con-cert-goers who are ready to overlook the
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    I OBJECT TO SCANTY DRESS
    1376 10  -  Marjorie Wee Miss Singapore tells of her $500 for one day's work by (Marjorie Wee continues her account of her six months' stay in the United States.) The morning after the "Miss Universe" contest we were taken to a private beach parry by chaperones and
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    With the ex-queens
    22 10 Marjorie with Christine Martel (left), 1953 Miss Universe winner, and Myrna Hansen, Miss U.S.A. in 1953. at Universal-International Studios.
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES Singapore, February 6, 1955.
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      Malaya on the map)
      300 10 Letters still reach this country safely though addressed to Singapore, China, and Kuala Lumpur, Dutch East Indie*. Even with so many eyes concentrated on South-East Asia's politics there remains a tremendous amount of ignorance about Malaya in other parts of the world. We have a chance
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      GOOD FOR THE GOOSE
      53 10 What should be our attitude to those student admirers of Communist China who are attempting to undermine the government in Singapore? Just this: We should give them as much freedom to attack our institutions as their beloved Red China allows its own subjects to take part
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      These learner drivers
      440 10 I HAVE read the article on learner drivers in the Sunday Times. I cannot see why a hill should be too steep for a learner driver, and also how it is trickery when a tester tells the driver to drive traight on when this is obviously wrong.
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      No bad boys
      132 10 YOU never hear of good athletes among teenagers getting into trouble. They are too busy playing basketball or football or engaging in other wholesome pursuits in wholesome environments. But many poor kids don't have a chance to take part in sports activities. They don't have the equipment
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      British girls
      349 10 CO much nonsense calculated to make British women- folk feel bad has been written recently that it is time someone arose in their defence and told the truth. The disparaging remarks are not made by "catty" foreign women, but by our own silly men who, it seems, are
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      Zion Road
      184 10 MAY I crave the indulgence of your columns to draw the attention of the City Council to the fast deteriorating condition of Zion Road which has been constructed, surfaced and handed to the City Council a s a public throughfare But so far there has been no sign
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    Billy Budd
    235 10 Billy Budd THE prop«.: in the i!> sembly havo c*e certainly I ol the irl' ponents. The <■:. will hinder I ducting of t.i. .{v'flS bu.snv pleti not the be mtj Look aroun the put up a at the be!. the prou] be, takin will real! hope for Singapore I
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      920 10 CLASSIFIED ADS. INNOI NCBMBNTB tt Word- tie (minimum). AN ENDOWMENT Ls a method ma. Write Douglas M Laran, P.O. Box 4024. Singapore. 1MIL! II minutes per day and preMo! after 3 months, a work ii*led«e of a new Language, i, Spanish. German, Italian. far only $110 each (cheaper than In
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      78 10 in the Malayan skies I*. /iTJiN TIGER Beer la MS* wn I Cv Tm>4 <: K ""l'i" I| l "i Me \^si/ the Brewers" Exhibition. London. Ttgn it l>r.-».-.i uu) bottli I Singapore bj Malayan Bi ANCHOR Beer in 1950 n QR Vfi ihe same faWMM award. Ancnoi >i i
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    [Now what will Sir Oswald say?
    96 11 L.ut *cck. H»c left-win? People's Action Party of Singapore c.imc out *ith a symbol. You can see it on the left, the lightning flash in the circle. Standing under the banner is the party's commiHo A vi v similar sign was used by Sir
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    Lock icon RUBBER HIGHER
    46 11 rub- b. closed in Sl.O3 r> 8 01 .:<''.< I v as steady quiet with a :!ant Commerre per rb. were: Bajrert sHirr>. IOSH 10 104 1 100 1035; 103 i TIN UP in Singapore 1 158 25 per picul 1 i above Friday's 1
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    Local man off to study
    20 11 ation Army. iving the Colo- tomorrow on the first it ion Army where r tto
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    DEATH
    13 11 I died unand peacefully at 4. 195; V f 3 p.m. on
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    Council dissolved
    17 11 The Singapore Legislative Council, prorogued since its last meeting on Jan. 28. was dissolved yesterday.
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    Lorry driver fined
    40 11 Tan Seh Cheng, a lorry driver, who drove a lorry in an inconsiderate manner in South Bridge Road on Dec. 15, was fined $20 by Mr. Howp Yoon Chong in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday.
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    Appeal to voters
    90 11 Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce leaders today will i ask people of Changi district to vote in the elections. Among the Chambers' lead- ers who will speak at a rally at the junction of Changi Road and Bedok Road will be Mr., Tan Lark Sye, Mr. Ko
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    Medicos give their blood
    53 11 The Singapore Blood Trans- i 'usion Service received 131 lasks of blood for the week ;nding on Friday— s4 from > Suropeans and 77 from Asians, j During the same period, 145 patients in colony hospitals j eceived blood. Among those who donated luring the week
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    Royal salute tomorrow
    29 11 The First Singapore Re;iment of the Royal Artillery vill fire a 21-gun salute from 31akang Mati at noon tomorrow to commemorate the accession of Queen Elizabeth.
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    Nuns for Manilai
    36 11 Nuns for Manila i The French liner, Canibpdge. is taking 31 nuns and eight priests to Manila and Japan. One priest disembarked j here when the ship arrived from Marseilles yesterday for a few hours' stay.
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    SON S FALSE AGE COST FATHER $250
    98 11 SON S FALSE AGE COST FATHER $250 I'O get his 'On who was over-ape admitted into a Government school, a cake seller took out a statutory declaraUon understating the np boy. inspector Elam Din. prosecuting, told a Singapore court yesterday. In the dock was M. Moeldorn. agod 56. who pleaded
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    Holiday cruise for a crew
    54 11 A ship engineer and 25 Chinese seamen are taking a holicruUe from H»ng Kong to In the Chusan. They will man the freighter Gambhira and take her to Hong Kong. In charge of the group is Mr. A MacWhyte, the chief engineer Nine officers are
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    Chinese YMCA is nearly ready
    170 11 IF THE WEATHER is favourable, the new $1 million Chinese V.M.C.A. building being erected on three and a half acres of Crown land off Shenton Way, Singapore, will be completed in two months. A ov-mnntV* cinnrmop nf A six-month stoppage of work due to financial
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    Safety & a song—
    178 11  - Safety a song— Eddie by RETURNING race crowds yesterday were confronted with a big signboard in Dunearn Road proclaiming: "In Town Tonight and Tomorrow?" The signboard was part of Captain Eddie Richardson's j continued campaign for the Safety First Council. Propped up near the signboard, but without a wearer, was
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    Party before leave
    61 11 A FAREWELL party to Mr. V. L. S. De Silva, composing room foreman of the Straits Times Press Ltd., who is going to Ceylon on leave, was given by the staff of the production department at the Jubilee Restaurant, Singapore. The picture shows, left to right; Mr.
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    Lock icon U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    316 11 LONDON, Sal. I ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV. I Arsenal 2 Preston 0 Blackpool I) Sundrrland Bolton 6 Wolves 1 h ii li. .n 6 Aston Villa 1 Everton 1 Chelsea 1 Huddcrsfleld 1 MM> V. 3 Manchester C. 4 Cardiff 1 Newcastle 2 Leicester 0 Portsmouth U Tottenham
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    COD COMES TO TOWN—IN A CHARIOT
    172 11 COD COMES TO TOWN IN A CHARIOT JITTINC triumphantly on his silver chariot drawn by two bulls the Cod Subramania led a procession of several thousand Hindu devotees through Singapore streets on Thaipusam eve last night. The procession started from the Pillayar Temple .n Keong Siak Road at 7 p.m.,
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    PICTURES FROM YOU
    204 12 Runners-up: Below, left (the girl and the bird): Mr Hamilton of 842-M Poh Huat Road. Singapore 19. Below (study of an old man): Soh Kee Loon of 76 Cross Street Singapore Second prixe is awarded to Leow Beng Keat of 45 Market Street, Teluk Anson for the
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    Man who beat pirates of Malaya
    794 12 Man who beat pirates of Malaya I ff u'll^^mgLliil^mflj J. T. THOMSON, in his second book about the East, says: "It was Congalton who swept the Malay waters of pirates, it was Dunman who first gave security to households in Singapore by raising and training an efficient Police Force and
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      879 12 Chronometer DA TO Exclusive model ifij| ETERNPVMHTie The first sclj- winding chronometer loo* «oi ikii j s t well-known fact that i <-hronomeler is far more accurate than a watch. The title itself is legally protected and cannot he u>-ed indiscriminately But the ElernaMatte self-winding chronometer has in advantage over
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      86 12 Dentists Prove that m 1 c .lit iki 1 bli TEETH m&fi WITH COLGATE "phbbohden taICR£M DEN IAL vnCMn b-M-^M-^_^----e>---«s-U--h-. _d_B-B An!!I TOOTH ImSll^^i DECAY _-_V _^_a k^^ B COLGATE'S active, penetrating foam gets into hidden crevices between the teeth removes the tiny particle of food that cause bad breath
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      125 12 Popular Crossword ACROSS V DOWN 1. Passengers (5) 5. Bodice (7) l.Workshops (9) 2. Call to armi 8. Be.er. K e ,3, 9. B-11-rln r er ,13) P&SfifiS £l>L?wTaiSL 13. Retinue (5) It. Ripped (4) 15. inserted in irarment (6) 10. Mine Leave, out ,5, 16. Part o, flrepUc. gUJM^ftfeMfc
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    I How would you like a share in Marilyn Monroe?
    344 13 I How would you like a share in Marilyn Monroe? n i irrra U ;V would you like to invest your money in Marilyn Monroe buying shares in Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc? '.'a- lyn's Hollywood advisers have proposed she should offer shares in her mpany on the London Stock Exchange,
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    ator-man Dirk comes of age
    156 13 j turning in Venice for "Doctor une of age. In thr film sense. For 34-year-old 21st pictur< He starred in every one of t the mast impressive \n r.imu nearly all the way. till his In the House rack( I has nut changed him. Tell
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    I'D BE A GOOD BAD GIRL'
    500 13  - I'D BE A GOOD BAD GIRL' ROBERT OTTOWAY By kJOIRA SHEARER flicked fY a1930-vintage lighter, lit a cigarette as if it was j the naughtiest thing in a naughty world, and looked very dashing indeed. She reminded me of a little girl caught smoking in the woodshed Misi Shearer was
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    HONG KONG FILM STAR YIEN CHUEN VISITS MALAYA
    178 13 'Marlon Brando of the Fast!' that's what they call me. All I have to do is brush my hair over my forehead and look tough. In one film 1 played a grandfather and his grandson. •Hots many films have I appeared in?
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    THE STORIES BEHIND HOLLYWOOD
    76 13 Next week the Sunday Times starts a new series by Special Correspondent Michael Ruddy who tells of the stories behind Hollywood the fabulous women, fabulous paries. Michael Ruddy is one of the world s best known commentators on Hollywood events. Next week he tells of one
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      AUDREY WORKED WITH I THE RESISTANCE
      183 13 WHAT Is the back ground oi Audrey Hepburn? A. II. Kampar. Audre> was born in Brussels. Belgium! on May 4, 1929. She has an Irish father and a Dutch mother. She took part in underground work duiing the Second World War and with peace
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      112 13 Men in the public m MmmmmWv^* *..^gs<m. j BRYLCREEM m The clean, smart look is what every man wants. That's m S why more men use Brylcreem than any other a Wsk hairdressing in the world. See for yourself how m W *I^BHBBNs^^ '^UHKtA-l Brylcreem keeps your hair lustrous and
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      743 14 NEW SHAMPOO IDEA! ",ffltiMfr' t > Lotion Shampoo by I*"* ■bbbbbbbbbP= :^S«bbbe i JtMw'ir White Rain gives her hair th« shinmj look, the silk/ last First Real Beauty Treatment Shampoo Ih.i ii th« n«w ihimpoo idea. White Iv.lill is not 'jlf MB imr a liquid nor a powder. White J
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      1267 14 I AFTER! HEA^iNX^ THE PTSTOL SHOTS IN THE MINE.THEI I^^fP fa a^B PC< 'BUT I GUESS I'LL HANG AI3OUNP--PeEEC SLAVES AA*XTE^ V WITW AP^'eEHENBOM THE N I^^V. VMK^j >'irms>!r~ TMAT THINGS GET ST^A'GWTESJEP Av'.AV ■HpsHMM PROBLEMATICAL AQUARIUS j THIS WEEK FOR ALL I jB K J» 1 i |,'\llt\ yrarthe
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    FOR MEN ONLY: AND WHAT MEN!
    670 17  -  no i.i n i '..in mi «u STLY— we you m.iI of poison d be cooped .1 others for 1. miles lisation, and ,ce gel i'i Iheir 1 hen you're just Dr. Vivian Fuchs iooking for to xplore the got topent IF as you're
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    The secret of the lovely and silent ex-Queen Farida
    645 17  - The secret of the lovely and silent ex-Queen Farida VICTOR SIMS From in Cairo AT the touch of a button the massive slatted roof of a lone £100,000 villa in the shadow of the Pyramids slides noiselessly aside every morning, and the warm sunlight pours into a luxurious lounge decorated
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    Hippos in the flower gardens
    172 17 f^LOWER-LOVING hippos r are a greater pest than greenfly in East African gardens. The timid, two-ton beasts love taking their nightly "constitutionals" through soft, moist beds occasionally pausing to sample the daisies and other flowers with vast scoops of their cavernous jaws. "Green-fingered'' enthusiasts at
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    Millions hear Malayan songs
    119 17 OEVERAL million United Kingdom listeners accordine to the BBC listener research, heard students of the Sultan Idris Training College at Tanjone Malim, in Perak, sing three Malay folk songs in addition to "Towards Progress," a college song, and the end-of-term song. An unnamed student introduced the
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    TR2 embarrasses Mike Hawthorn
    741 18 THE Triumph T. R. 2 1 tempted me 111 tell you why. No car at such a low price hat had so many claims made for it. And I distrust claims like that. I ?at in the T.R.2 fuH of suspicion and as cold as chanty.
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    I HAWTHORN SCORECARD
    54 18 Points (10 Mix. I Comments Definitely an extrovert. 16 Watch that lock. As hesitant as a fire cracker. No roll how nice. ~Goet where it Is told. Cornering Behaviour on circuit Remarkably stable. 1 like the lea room. C on s i der the, price. 10 Makes
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    FAMILY CAR HAS BEST CHAM: IN THE ECONOMY 111
    218 18 FAMILY CAR HAS BEST CHAM: IN THE ECONOMY 111 ECONOMICAL family saloons have the be^t chance in the 500-mile Mobilgas Economy Run to be held in Malaya at EasterHigh performance sports cars, with heavy consumption, are at a disadvantageSpeeding will spoil competitors' chances in the Butterworth-Singapore run because it will
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    THOMAS CUP ME» GET 'WORKOUTS
    572 18  -  'CRUSADER' By Malayan Thomas Cup selectors' aim in continuing to pit >A Soon against Ong Poh Lim is to sharpen up his play in rea the challenge round in June. A reliable source told me this in reply to my critiosm that further clashes between
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      77 18 i George Lone spotlights 1955 cars v^ w— Mnrri.% i<m U>t t and Oxford yHf new body-styling on the Cowley and Oxford incorporates what j must be about the largest luggage-boot in any cars of similar size. It the spare-wheel is removed three adults could sit in the boot with
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    Lock icon FIJIANS ARE IN FARELF FINAL AGAIN
    739 19 They beat REME by 40 pts to 3 Fijians. 40; REME 3. a few dull patches lately, it was good to see the Fijians strike form again. With a dazzling display of fast, open, non-stop rugby they won the Malayan area final of the
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    It was too easy for Admira
    460 19 It was too easy for Admira \ilmir.i t; Sino-. Malays 0 THE Vienna soccer club. Admira. followed up their 5-0 win over Singapore Civilians-Services on Wednesday with a 9-0 trouncing of Sino-Malays at Jalan Besar stadium last night. It was a hollow victory, over what was virtually a second ("t'ven
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    Call for Bradman, Ryder to retire
    233 19  -  JACK FINGLETON From CANBERRA, Saturday. THE SENIOR vice-president of the New South Wales i Cricket Association, R. G. Herford, says that Sir Donald Bradman and Jack Ryder should resign their positions as Australian selectors because of the team chosen for the West Indies. -I
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    Popular Crossword Solution
    86 19 Popular Crossword Solution ACROSS: 1. Fares. 5, orsace 8. Ale. 9. ampanoloffist. 13. Train. 14, Torn. 15. Omits. 16. Hob. IT, X.d 20. l-uiir 21. Rivet. 22. Eleven. 24, Sir. 25. Sip. 27. Scene. 30. Line. 31, Hates. 32, Strengthens, 33, Eve. 34. Grandly. 35, Luies. DOWN: 1. Factories. 2,
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    ALL BLUES FiNAL ON SATURDAY
    28 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat —The All Blues rugger final between Singapore and Kedah will be played la Kualf. Lumpur on Saturday, Feb. 12. i
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    Too hot, so athletes go on strike
    165 19 Too hot, so athletes go on strike ADELAIDE. Sat. /CHAMPION Australian disv^ tance runners went on strike here today in the face of an official decision to hold the six-mile Australian amateur championships while the thermometer climbed towards 100 degrees fahrenheit i.. the shade. The race was due to bepin
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    Never A Blank sold to Mason
    38 19 The winner of the Hunter Memorial Stakes <9f) at Bukit Timah yesterday. Never A Blank, was put up for auction after the raceand was bought by Mr. J. QC Mason for 515.000.
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    Lock icon CAREFREE BATTING BY HUTTON, SIMPSON
    190 19 YALLOURN, Saturday. f EN HUTTON and Reg Simpson enjoyed a free and easy opening partnership of 137 in 90 minutes for M.C.C. against a Victoria Country XI here today It was the highest first- wicket stand of the tour, the previous best being the 112
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    PERAK POLICE HELD !N FiNAL
    86 19 IPOH J<HE INTER -CONTINGENT Police hockey final between Perak. and Selaniior ended in a 2-2 draw despite extra time on the padang today. Selaneor took an early lead when Shaw scored of! a rebound following a penalty corner. Just before the interval. Peter Fernandez equalised
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      181 19 Jockey hand JOCKEY Y-FRONTS j ientificalh designed uderwear f,,r masculine rapport. I \i\ RIBBED OB MESH COTTON tt t/ A lIING jni KM SINGLETS S.*t .10 STS FOR injiim Krr4 Umird Hrfrmi Sum. Ltnulon f f idtt k there, Mum, Air-India International ARS Tl IL uss3 40 >^^^S II LA
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    DEATH
    27 20 I i minimum I. iloon Hin (ne^ I lonker sireoi I ivbninry. 1955 !«-lii!ni one H .'>4 great^rand •fa\ pre.it RrantichllrrTi Bukit Sebuknr, Pam;!. Mn February.
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    NEVER A BLANK AND JOLLY SAILOR WIN BIG RACES
    2886 20  - NEVER A BLANK AND JOLLY SAILOR WIN BIG RACES EPSOM JEEP Golden Cloud (Mulley) pays $168 By MANDARIN Stable's Never A Blank, listed for auction after the day's races, produced a grand finishing run in the straight to beat Shangrila in the Hunter Memorial Stakes over 9f at Bukit Timah
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    sweep
    53 20 TOTAL POOL: §374,911 1st: No. *****1 ($168,710) 2nd: No. *****5 84,355) 3rd: No. *****2 (S 46,863) Starters ($3,905 each) Nos. *****5. *****8, *****7. *****3. *****6, *****4. *****6. *****4, 326->28, *****1, *****3. *****8. Consolation ($2,811 each) Nos. 24C892, *****9, *****3, *****0, *****0 44-J742, *****3, *****2. *****7. *****3. IHHBI.K TOTE 87
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    PICTURE TIP
    25 20 j The Straits Tlmrs picture tip for N yrsterday's races wan CAPTAIN V VALIANT wh« .u unplaced in i I Rare 2. I
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    DON COCKELL GOING TO U. 5. SOON
    140 20 LONDON. Sat. T)ON Cockell, the British heavy*J ri«hi champion, his manager. John Simpson and London promoter, Jnc-k Solomons, will leave by boat for the United States in about two or three week- for talks on a world championship fight between Cociccil ■md title-holder
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      275 20 SENIOR CAMBRIDGE 1955 CREDIT GUARANTEED or your money refunded. Special private tuition in English. Mnthv French, by QUALIFIED EUROPEAN TEACHER 100 r successes in recent examinations. Terms moderate. Details from Dept A. P.O. Box 1518. Singapore. Todar H A.M. I NAKED SPUR" 'Technicolor, I Today: 3.15-6.30 b 9.15 P.M. South
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      159 20 11l I AGFA CLACK I THE CHEAP AND EASY FOR SCHOOLCHILnnK.N AND BEGINNERS GENERA! I t picture? 2V x 3' 4 (6 9 cmi Built-in portrait lenj Flash synchronization Brilliant view finder Attractive green, yellow or rr if [J S^s^BeaWPSP^^ 1 *'^''-A f'--f* I* SPEEDCRANES j SPEEDSHOVELS SPEED DRAGLINES SCOTT
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