The Straits Times, 10 February 1955

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    12 1 iVI tCIV^^ fit**** Estd. 184.V SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon THE GO AHEAD for CHINA
    467 1 Moderation went out with Malenkov, Washington thinks: And Peking may become more aggressive over Formosa: It can all add up to*-* —SO IT'S GLOOM DAY IN U.S. Little hope of easing Asia tension WASHINGTON, Wednesday. QFFICIALS here foresee an end of any Soviet moderating influence
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    Lock icon DDT dusting for the refugees from Tachens
    44 1 FOUR WOMEN with their bundles ot possession*, at Keeiung. r-ormosa. after they had left *n evacuation ship which brought them from the Tachen Islands. One woman is getting a DDT dusting, a sanitary precautionary measure A.P. picture
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    Lock icon The mighty Red Army —by Koniev
    87 1 The mighty Red Army —by Koniev IWOSCOW. Wed. MARSHAL IVAN KONIEV, wartime Soviet Army commander, told the Supreme Soviet today: "Our military forces are constantly ready. "Any attack on the Soviet fatherland will be defeated. The Soviet people are not afraid of threats. "The Soviet armed forces are strong. Our
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    Lock icon More workless
    25 1 WASHINGTON. Wed—America's unemployed rose by 509.000 in January to 3.347.000 and may rise another half million this month, a Government report said— Reuter.
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    The next loss for Georgihis life?
    209 1 WASHINGTON, V/ed. officials who study of the I the Kremlin I Georgi ■vino lost his La destinlose his life. view despite indications from the resigned lins on good the other Soviet the news that appointed Deler and Minister r Stations official* see lon >>f
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    Zhukov named defence chief
    44 1 MOSCOW, Wed. Marshal Georgi Zhukov was appointed Soviet Defence Minister by a unanimous vote of the Supreme Soviet today after Marshal Bulganin had asked to be relieved of the Defence Ministry to take up his new appointment as Prime Minister.
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    Jap share boom
    25 1 TOKYO, Wed —Prospects of a tougher Russian policy I today sent heavy Industry shares booming on Japan s stock market— A. P.
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    Lock icon Drive against plunder gangs
    41 1 BANGKOK, Wed— Two big outlaw gangs which have been plundering and terrorising remote villages in northern Siam are to be the target of an intensified police drive. Police said one gang is led by two brothers— A.P
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    Lock icon No proof—Ike
    24 1 No proof Ike WASHINGTON. Wed—President Eisenhower said today there was 'certainly no proof" that Russia had surpassed the US. in hydrogen bomb development- Reuter.
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    All-out aid to Sumatra flood victims
    142 1 JAKARTA. Wed Indonesian I Army planes dropped hundreds of tons of rice, medical supn les and clothing to tens of thousands homeless In southern Sumatra today as flood waters swept over towns and villages and 20.000 square miles of la pfrots flying over wide
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    Lock icon U.S. arms ship is detained
    44 1 JAKARTA. Wed An American freighter carrying arms I has been detained by Indone- slan authorities. The Steel Vendor on Saturi day was forbidden to leave tne harbour of Jakarta It was reportedly carrying five artillery pieces and ammunition. UP.
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    Lock icon Red ack-ack down American plane
    245 1 BUT U.S. SAYS: IT WAS OUR MISTAKE 1 AIPKII. Wed. /mimmimst anti-aircraft V shot down a I'nited States plane today as the Seventh Fleet closed in to protect the evacuation of the Tachen Islands The plane was shot down when it went over a Com-munist-held
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    UP GO both rubber and tin...
    100 1 UP GO both rubber and tin... NEWS of the shooting down j of the American aircraft reached the Singapore rubber market half an hour before the day's trading closed, and sent the price up by half a cent. The price had opened better on the news of Malenkov's resignation but
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    AMAH DEAD IN TUBWAS IT MURDER?
    191 1 SINGAPORE police investigating the mysterious death of an amah in the home of an Army officer at Winchester Road, off Alexandra Road, think she might have been murdered. Sheo Ting. 45. was found lying In a bath tub (ace downwards. There were strangulation marks
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    Lock icon Adenauer's plea opposed by mob
    62 1 FRANKFORT. Wed. An- j gry anti-rearmament mobs stormed police lines here last night around a meeting where i the West German chancellor, Dr. Adenauer. appealed for 1 speedy ratification of the Paris j agreements to rearm Western i Germany. Dr. Adenauer bluntly rejected Socialist calls
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    No comment
    22 1 TOKYO. Wed Peking Radio today broadcast an account of the resignation of Russian Premier Malonkov There was no comment.— AJ.
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    Lock icon THE BIG MOVE FROM 'BLACK SPOT' IS ON
    79 1 THE BIG MOVE FROM 'BLACK SPOT' IS ON JOHANNESBURG, Wed. The removal of 150 African families from the Western areas of Johannesburg to a new township started early this morning without incident, according to the police. About 70,000 Africans are to be removed from the "black spot" western areas and
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    N.Z. will send planes to Malaya
    384 1 N.Z. will send planes to Malaya LONDON. Wed. YfR. S. G. HOLLAND, Prime Minister of New Zealand, announced here last night tnat New Zealand will send a fighter-bomber squadron and half a transport squadron to assist in the defence of Malaya. He made this announcement at the end of the
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    STOP PRESS
    78 1 DAHGU IN \MIKKA Imm |i r.i I CANIM mom <>\\ u..i -Manhal Bali "'"1 mM United >i it«a u.ts Mlnrii i mi- i gad" m its i" 1 In ii- 1 i Ihi mos < w tin b .i > U» Mil p.irl «.f C lnn.i iil«i s
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    SINGAPORE BASE FOR UNDER-THESEA OIL SEARCH
    250 2  - SINGAPORE BASE FOR UNDER-THE-SEA OIL SEARCH HALL ROMNEY British ship with special equipment comma out From LONDON, Wednesday. A NEW development in the search for oil in the Far East is expected to begin from Singapore later this year when the S >islim, the first British ship equipped for geophysical
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    The friends of Malaya get together
    136 2 The friends of Malaya get together LONDON Wed. THE Malayan League of Friendship ha.s hi n formed in London with Lord Ogmore. Tengku Abdul Ruh- Dai.. Sir Cheng-lock Tun as presidents. Vr. \V. T. Proctor, a Labour M.P.. is chairman. This was announced by Lord Ogmore at the House of
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    New India C-in-C is Spore man
    56 2 LONDON. Wed. --An officer ho early in his military career f> rved in Singapore i.s to be Commander -in Chief of the Indian Army. He ij Lieut-General S. M. Fhrinapesh who. commissioned in 1923. loined the 4 10th Hyderabad Regiment in Singapore in 1933
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    2 Malayans die in Britain
    78 2 LONDON. Wed. The death has occurred at the age of 73 of Mr. N. C. S. Bosanquet. a former director of Messrs. Francis Peek and Co. in Singapore. After his retirement from Malaya, Mr. Bosanquet joined the boards of several rubber companies in London and
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    FORMER GOVERNOR JOINS COMMONWEALTH GROUP
    98 2 LONDON, Wed. Sir Franklin Gimson, former Governor of Singapore, has joined the newiy-formed Yorkshire Group of the Conservative Commonwealth Council. The council organises groups of people interested in the Commonwealth to disseminate knowledee of Commonwealth affairs. At the inaugural meeting Sir I Franklin recommended that]
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    Law caught up
    39 2 Chua Hock Senc was ftined $25 in a Singapore traffic police court yesterday for driving a car at a speed of 45 to 48 m p h along Bukit Timah Road on Feb. 14 last year.
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    Lock icon I Triumphal tour of young PrincvHH
    145 2 BLIGH OF BOUNTY'— TELESCOPE UNDER ARM— GREETS ROYAL VISITOR AT ST. VINCENT m PRINCESS MARGARET in Port of Spain, Trinidad. On the left the Princess waves to the crowd as she ™ake- a triumphal tour of the city. On the right, the radiant Princess
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    Lock icon UNIONS WANT ! BAR WAR GOODS I
    159 2 UNIONS WANT BAR WAR GOODS I 'Stop ships for Formosa' LONDON. Wedm EFT- WING UNION LEADERS urged th British ports to defence supplies if the dispute became acute, and a railway union b demanded a nationwide railway strike m ca i further American "interference." These and othrv propo supporting Peking
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    REDSriWTESI I AT SHOOTIH. OF TWO MIGS \
    30 2 REDSriWTESI I AT SHOOTIH. OF TWO MIGS PAN" Com in v i United fighter Th> took pli terrifc The C Mllltal The United N Istlce by bi i North K
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    Lock icon BUT THE 21-GUN SALUTE MISFIRED
    294 2 KINGSTOWN (St. Vincent), Wed. EDRINCESS MARGARET E was welcomed to sunny St. Vincent island today by "Bligh of the Bounty'— to re- call the famous British captain's association E with the island. S After the mutiny on the Bounty, Captain Bligh came s to St.
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    Jockey who won can't 'demand extra fee'
    266 2 Jockey who won can't 'demand extra fee' DUBLIN. Wed. I A RACEHORSE owner cannot be compelled to stand by a promise to pay his Jockey £3.500 for winning a race, counsel for a bankrupt racehorse owner said here. The reason for this, said Mr Desmond Bell in Dublin Bankruptcy Court,
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    Lock icon 'Murder by fire' charge
    82 2 MANILA. Wed —Two Chinese store owners were charged today with arson and murder through reckless negligence in connection with a $150,000 fire which burned to death three women in the Binondo district last Jan. 31 Yap Tian Chi and Llm Kun w ere accused of having
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    She has to wear this dress — But would you?
    83 2 She has to wear this dress But would you? Because she is a professional model, the Jfirl in the picture has to wear that dress but it is difficult to imagine inyone actually buying it. This "creation"' wai thought up by Herbert Sidon and was shown in London recently as
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    Lock icon American wants 'too sexy girl'
    59 2 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. A .spokesman for str^er Franklf Lalne said yesierday that Lalne had cabled an offer of a Job to Avis Scott. th.» perliirmer fired by thr British Broadcasting Company as "too sexy for television." The spokesman had n-> further details. Lalne. now nn tour
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    Lock icon Pinay gets 'No'
    30 2 PARIS. Wed The Popular Republican Party today decided not to ioln the Cabinet which Conservative premier designate, M Antoine Pinay. is at present trying to form Reuter.
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    Lock icon WINS $9,700 BY A MISTAKE
    63 2 CATANIA, i Sicily«. Wed. Antonio Arcidlacono. put a "one" instead of an "x" when copying out his football pool form last week and the mistake ha.s won him a first nrlze of about 2 million lire $9,700). He made the mistake on the master coupon
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    Lock icon Britain checks up on Red boast
    386 3 EDEN'S FAR EAST TOUR CUT— WORLD SITUATION TOO TENSE lICMLL CALLS URGENT MEETING TO ASSESS ACCURACY OF H-BOMB CLAIM LONDON, Wednesday. WINSTON CHURCHILL met with his Cabinel i' l »nrent session today to assess the I Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molon that Russia
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    Lock icon Language of envoys too strong -Nehru
    124 3 Language of envoys too strong -Nehru i ondon. Wed. r pm Indian Prime I Minister, Mr. Nehru. IIM ,hi pleaded f«f «.f language I international dealings. Tho oriel fa<rd very (iinirii'i situation in the K,r i ast, he said. He did ni.t propose to say anythinc more on that. •But
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    MOTHER SET SUICIDE GADGET OFF
    48 3 MOTHER SET SUICIDE GADGET OFF I -A 15-year-old ip a "suicide re and died when i Ittlngly Bred by remote conI up a shotgun tring from the door knob of his n lay down on his gun aimed at his ed alter the lather In a car iter.
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    Lock icon Acrobatic N.C.O. saves plane
    49 3 DAYTON. Ohio. Wed. -An American Air Force Sergeant hung head downwards for 12 minutes in freezing cold from the wing of a transport plane to repair damaged landing; ;rar while the plane circled here unable to land. Two of the crew held hL< feet.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Saudi Arabia backs Egypt
    22 3 The Saudi r, Crown Prince ild his country m the Arab Pact if Iraq osed defence irkey. Router.
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    Lock icon Big iron find in Siam
    23 3 KOK, Wed. Siamese logists have deposits of Iron ore in noridio said foreign •Uld br welcomed melter A.P.
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    Lock icon Treaty proposal
    32 3 SEOUL. Wed. The South Korean Foreign Ministry announced today it had received I a proposal from Canada, suggesting a provisional treaty of amity and commerce between the two countries.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bombs kill 120 in Foochow raid
    43 3 Peking reports say that IZO civilians were killed in a raid on Foochow by Americanbuilt F 84 bombers of the Chinese Nationalist Air Force. This is said to be a street scene after the bombing. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon WILL FOR FREEDOM IN RED LAND
    202 3 Ike urges more American aid WASHINGTON. Wed. PRESIDENT Eisonhowi r said America must help intensify the will for freedom in Soviet satellite countries. The President was speaking from the White House over a television circuit to "Cru- 1 sade for Freedom" meetings in 35
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    GOVERNOR'S ACTION ILLEGAL—COURT
    169 3 GOVERNOR'S ACTION ILLEGAL— COURT KARACHI, Wednesday. THE Sind Supreme Court ruled today that the Gov-ernor-General's dissolution of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly last October was illegal and ordered five Cabinet Ministers to vacate office because they were not members of the Assembly. The court also Issued a writ restoring Mr. Tamizuddln
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    Lock icon Airport men threaten to strike
    123 3 LONDON, Wed. ONDON airport workers Lj decided at a meeting last night to strike if a shop steward, Mr. Jack Peters sacked after a recent dispute was not re-engaged by British European Airways by next Monday evening. About 500 engineers at the airport were dismissed
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    Lock icon Labour rebuffs Bevan
    43 3 EDON. Wed- The Parliary Labour Party today >d a call by Mr. Bevan t should urge four-power on Germany before the nents for West German ament are finally rr.tiflpartv met privately and 93 and 70 against Mr 's proposal. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Atomic fleet
    33 3 ST LOUIS, Wed. Many ships of the U.S. merchant marine will be propelled by atomic fuel after 1960. Mr Joseph Minetti, a member of the Federal Maritime Board, predicted here.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Pigmy quest
    42 3 MELBOURNF. Wed— French scientists are to make an expedition to the interior of Espirltu Santo, the main island of the New Hebrides uroup in the Pacific, to try to trace a stoneaße pigmy tribe believed to be living there. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Glasgow dockers end strike
    40 3 GLASGOW, Wed. About 3.000 dockers who came out on .strike here on Tuesday resumed work yesterday. They struck in protest against a new system of allocating work. Forty-five ships, some carrying food, were loft idle. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mud pot dance on his friend's head
    40 3 Mud pot dance on his friend's head An athlete stands on a mud pot li.ir.im-i ii on a friend's head and dances to drums. They were taking part in celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the Indian Republic' A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon A farewell to 'mild9 Russian policy?
    180 3 A farewell to 'mild 9 Russian policy? LONDON, Wed— The Times, commenting on the changes in Russian leadership, said today that Russia seems to be returning to the form, control and leadership that marked the middle period of Stalin s rule. It thought Nikita Krushchev, would be at the centre
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    LONDON STOCKS
    380 3 LONDON. Wed THE stock market here today »m depressed by the International situation and prices were marked down on a broad front. Olltedued stocks fell bark under persistent small .selling. Foreign bonds also lost ground with German potash issues sharply lower but Japane.se were only fractionally easier. Dollar
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    LONDON TIN
    30 3 LONDON. Feb. 9 (ash Buyers VZ724 1 Sellers C 725; Forward Buyers C 725; Sellers C 725 1 Settlement V: 722; Turnover a.m. 60 tons; p.m. 45 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. Feh 9. Spot 3O',d. Mar. 30', d. April-June 30', d., JulySept. 29 1 ,d.. Oct -Dor. 29 d.. Peb(lf. 30', d.. Marrh c.i.f. 30", d.. April c.l.f. 30d Tone: Very steady. I
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    Lock icon Call-up goes on
    19 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. The House of Representatives yesterday voted to extend con■crlpuon for four more years. Reuter.
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    MYSTERY STRIKE BY 600 MINE WORKERS
    283 4 MYSTERY STRIKE BY 600 MINE WORKERS IPOH. Wed. A "WILDCAT" strike started this morning on four dredges of the Southern Malayan Tin Dredging group in the Tanjong Tuallang area, 20 miles south of Ipoh. Auiut 600 workers, men and women Chinese, Malays and Indians -are Involved. Mr. P. A. Belme-Radcllffe,
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    One curfew lifted after 5 days
    110 4 One curfew lifted after 5 days IPOH. Wed. THE 20- hour house curfew imposed on the people of Ampane Bahru new village, following the ambush of a patrol of the Kinta Valley Home Guard last Friday, was lifted at noon today. But the perimeter curfew which has penned the 1.000
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    No love affair for me—Eric
    328 4 No love affair for me Eric Didn't take vows for Siamese girl BUDDHIST PRIEST MIXED HIM UP WITH ANOTHER SOLDIER KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. URIC HOLLAND, the 20-year-old Lancashire soldier who took his vows as an "anagarika" at the Buddhist temple here on Sunday, today denied that love for a Siamese
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    Bandits wound Gurkha
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A Gurkha soldier was wounded when a patrol of the 1 10 Gurkhas exchanged fire with 16 terrorists in the Pontian district of Johorr on Monday. The bandits fled. The wounded Gurkha was evacuated to the British Military Hospital in Singapore.
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    Girl killed by lorry
    71 4 ALOR STAR, Wed.— A Siamese girl, Che Pian (9>, was killed by a lorry at Kubor Pan- I Jan, 22 miles east of Alor Star. yesterday. Che Pian was riding on the back of her fathers bicycle I v ith her mother on the pillion when
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    A TIP TO FATHERS
    146 4 Let sons pick their own careers T\TR BEN TRAVERS, 69, who has written successful comedies for the London i stage, yesterday gave a tip to fathers never force your choice of a career on your j sons when thetr inclination. enthusiasm and ambition are bent in
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    Year-old bandit grave found
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A surrendered terrorist yesterday took Security Force personnel to a grave in the Kuala Neranu district of Kedah. He had buried a terrorist who had died from wounds suffered in an engagement with Security Forces in March last year.
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    $41,594 in
    19 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The 1954 Poppy Day effort in Selangor netted $41.594— 52,594 more than in 1953.
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    Luxury building ready soon
    41 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Work on the $275,000 American International Assurance Company building in Ampang j Street here is expected to be completed by the end of the month. The building has four storeys and is partly air-conditioned.
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    Retirement
    21 4 IPOH. Wed.— Mr Pars Ram. I financial assistant in the Perak Medical Department. has retired after 37 years Government service.
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    | JANE LEFT TO PLAY PIANO—SHE { i RETURNS A BEAUTY EXPERT I
    94 4 JANE LEFT TO PLAY PIANO— SHE i RETURNS A BEAUTY EXPERT I MISS JANE KOK returned to Singapore yesterday in the liner Frankfurt after live years away. She is now a qualified beauty consultant. Miss Kok said that she spent four years in London with the Royal Academy of Music,
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    RCs ARE 'STAGE DOOR'JOHNNIES
    191 4 RCs ARE 'STAGE DOOR' JOHNNIES They squire Shochiku girls UNSEEN but always around Singapore plain-clothes constables have been playing escort to the 36 Shochiku girl dancers since their arrival here two weeks ago. Mr. H. Macjlma, the troupe* liaison officer, said that he was satisfied with precautions taken by police
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    THE AVENGING SONS ARE BOUND OVER FOR ASSAULT
    122 4 THE AVENGING SONS ARE BOUND OVER FOR ASSAULT A shopkeeper accidentally touched a woman's shoulder and her three sons aissaulted him and MM.i-lirtl his show cases, a Singapore court was told >e>terday. Abdul Rahman bin Karidin, J lin bin Kaririin and Mi mi bin K&ridin were bound over for six
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    5 Home Guards fined $50 each
    51 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— Five Malay Home Guards were today convicted by Inche Ismail in the First Magistrate's Court here on charges of killing a deer without authority and being found in a controlled area. They were each fined $25 on each of the two
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    Youth officers
    30 4 The new cabinet officers of the Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship will be installed at the Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Church. Aljunied Road, at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
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    Showgirl to wed singer
    57 4 Twenty-one-year-old. exLondon showgirl. Miss Ann Suliivan, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday on her way to Melbourne to marry British singer, Mr. David Hughes. Mis.s Sullivan said she met her fiancee throe years ago in Britain. The couple will return there after their marriage. Mr. Hughes
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    Misadventure
    32 4 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. K.T. Alexander, yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict on a woman, Chan Ghee 60. who was knocked clown by a bus while crossing Bencoolen Street on Dec 23
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    $159,000 pool
    25 4 Admiral Sir Charles Lambe. Comander-in-Chlef Far East Station, will open the $159,000 swimming pool for seamen at Connell House. Singapore, on Feb. 22.
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    Father, son and company accused of murder
    131 4 PENANG, Wed. g MUTHUSAMY. his son Sundrararajoo alias Kalimuthu. and another man. R. Gurusamy, were charged in I the Assizes here today with the murder of M Nagoo at Kampong Java Bahru on Sept 3 R. kuruppiah, 15, said that while going to
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    General tours Kelantan
    40 4 KOTA BHARU. Wed Oen P. St. Claire Ford, of HQ Malaya District, is In Kelantan for the flr.st time, visiting security forces The Reneral is on a routine inspection tour of troops under the First Federal Division
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    AH CHOO BECOMES AIRWAYS PILOT
    108 4 AH CHOO BECOMES AIRWAYS PILOT A SINGAPORE pilot, Mr. Leong Ah Choo, 27, has been made a Malayan Airways first officer. Mr. Leong has flown more than 1,200 hours. With this latest promotion. Malayan Airways now has nine Asian pilots, seven of them first officers. The other two are Second
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    He stole a skirt
    65 4 KLANO. Wed— A. Oopal, 20. 1 was sentenced to six months' jail by the President of the Klang Sessions Court yesterday for housebreaking and theft. Inspector Anthony Chong. prosecuting, said that on Jan 18 Gopal. a stranger in Padan^ Hawa. Klang. broke into a house there
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    After the drought — a downpour
    43 4 After the drought a downpour BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. The rains came to this drought-hit town yesterday with a vengeance. There was a continuous downpour from 5 p.m. until well after midnight. But water rationing will not be ended until there is more rain.
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    I French troops on way home
    41 4 The 15,000-ton troop-ship Athos 11 arrived in Singapore yesterday with 1,690 French troops on board on their way back to France from Saigon. The trooper called here to take on water, supplies and bunkers. I
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    COLONY POLICE HAVE BEST OF EQUIPMENT'
    153 4 COLONY POLICE HAVE BEST OF EQUIPMENT' 'Doing a fine job'— police chu>i NO Colonial police forcr has better mechanical aids for crime detection than Singapore. the Inspector General of Colonial Police. Col. W. A. Muller, said yesterday. Col Muller, who has completed a two weeks' inspection tour, said no colonial
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    The students' friend
    130 4 MR. LEE (OF PEOPLES ACTION) TEA PARTY' BAN IS ALL WRO.\ THHE People's Action Party yesterday crii Singapore Government for banning a planned by Chinese middle school student The pap. dec action cso itudeni though that suck v nlat-inspln Mr. Lee Kuan Vi secretary said: Chiiif i
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    UMNOTOMAKE | [GIFT TO WIDOW OF SOLDIER
    97 4 UMNO TO MAKE [GIFT TO WIDOW OF SOLDIER KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— UMNO proposes to make a cift to the widow of Sirat bin Suiab, a soldier attached to 6<< Coy, RASC. Kuala Lumpur, who was killed durin? a nght with another soldier of the same unit on Apr 29 last
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    Civics course for 40 teachers
    57 4 KOTA BHARU. Wed. Forty Mala> schoolteachers, including; live women, will attend a two-day civics course lin Kota Bharu on Feb 12 and 13. During the course the teachers will visit agricultural stations, hospitals, community centres and farms Talks will be given by offi- cials, including
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    Rubber man din
    30 4 Mr 8 B: Firestone Internal pany. will arrive In E li DO Monday in the c v He will h. his Wife. They v day.s in the
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    BEER-BUT NOT WHAT LABEL SAID
    168 4 SINGAPORE police seized a large quantity of beer. 132 bottles of which were found to have been adulterated, when they raided a .shop at Kampong Bahru Road on Oct. 20. They also seized 290 crown corks and 200 labels. In the First Criminal District Court
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    SIR DONALD ANSWERS MCA CRITICS
    280 5 Chinese education committees must not be political 9 ,i mim K. Wed. X' ii, h Commissioner fL H ponald MacGUliJ J U told fee >la- Chinese Associa'•ll non-political I;; inn representative Sucational b«. d s M UP by hineM i" Walaya. ,aid letter to I*
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    I THREATENED MOTHER HI BROKEN BOTTLE
    79 5 I THREATENED MOTHER HI BROKEN BOTTLE bin Is- ned hi.s ken lemonpleaded ident of Court, to crined to from the Officer, Inied [small bin Mi.it Arrilin went home about 8.30 p.m. en Sunday and looked for' his pen-knife. When he found it mtiwtng. he became angry with his mother. Unii
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    LEGAL VICE? IT WAS A FAILURE IN 1929
    270 5 LEGAL VICE? IT WAS A FAILURE IN 1929 A SINGAPORE Gov- ernment spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday that the Government was opposed to the licensing ol brothels and the registration of prostitutes. Ht was commenting on a i plea for those measures by i the Malacca Social Welfare Officer.
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    Goodwill tour
    29 5 The Indonesian Consul General in Singapore and Mrs. Hermen Kartowisastro will leave Singapore by air tomorrow on a goodwill tour of Sarawak. Brunei and Brltfih Norm Borneo.
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    Teacher held
    20 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Special Branch police today j detained a Chinese school teacher at Banting in southwest Selangor
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    Parade for the Inspector General
    52 5 TIIK INSPECTOR GENERAL OF COLONIAL POLICE. Col. W. A. Muller inspecting a Guard of Honour at a farewell parade yesterday at the Police Training School. Thompson Road. Singapore. Col. Muller leaves for Kuala Lumpur today for a sixweek inspection tour of the Federation police. Straits
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    UNITE FOR THE POLL BATTLE
    186 5 MCA chief to Colony Chinese KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. A PLEA to the Chinese of Singapore to rally round the Malayan Chinese Association and flght the elections as a single body was made today by Mr. Leong Yew Koh. secretary-general of the MCA. •In this country."
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    Petition to close firm
    60 5 A petition has been filed in the Singapore Hifeh Court by Ek Lionc Hin Ltd. for the winding up of Bin Seng Co. Ltd.. who owe the petitioners $151,345 on a judgment order. Thr petitioners say that they obtained judgment against Bin Srnc Co. Ltd.. on
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    $1,475 theft
    36 5 PENANG, Wed Building materials worth $1,475 were .stolen last night from the office of the Low Vat Construction Company At residency Road two bicycles were reported stolen in Penang during the last 24 hours.
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    Electoral rolls ready on Monday
    65 5 Electoral rolls ready on Monday SINGAPORE'S new electoral register will be ready on Monday. Mr. M. Ponnuduray. Registration Officer. said yesterday. Copies may he bought at the Government Publications Bureau. He said about 300 names had been deleted from the draft. These were of people who had left the country'
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      EIGHT-MAN PATROL CHARGES 20 REDS
      106 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Ij^IGHT men from th( J Ist Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment forced 20 terrorists to flee after charging them twice in the Batu Gajah area of Pcrak yesterday. The bandits fired on the uatrol, which immediately charged but were met by heavy
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      $15,000 gift to boys club
      51 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.- The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has decidtd to give $15,000 to the Unity Boys Club. J >horr Bahru. The club was sponsored by the Johore Bahru Rotary Club It has collected abo'it $20.0(10 and the State government has allotted a piece of
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      Bo consistent, say army clerks
      56 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed War Department Civilian .Stall Association has proposed to G.H.Q.. Farelf. that the rresent grades <>f civilian clerical service bo abolished and sub- stituted with one similar lo that of the Federation Government The association said thai a consistent general clerical »er- vice
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      Bandits in swamp hit again
      147 5 Bandits in swamp hit again DESTROYER KEEPS UP SHELLING KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TERRORISTS hiding in the south Selancor swamp wore poundrd again today by shells from the Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Conrord. She was backed with a bombarciment by Army mortars. The combined operation st the 50 terrorists known to
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      Hit with wood allegation
      65 5 No plea was recorded in a Singapore court yesterday when Kok King Chew was charged with causing grievous hurt to Ncng Tarn Boey at 1 a.m. on Tuesday at Jalan Besar Road. Kok was alleged to have at tacked Neng with a piece of firewood and
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      Malacca meeting
      25 5 - MALACCA. Wed. The St Franci.s' Association will hold its annual meeting at 53. Koon Cheng Road, Malacca, at 10 30 am. on Sunday.
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    SHOE-SHINER ACCUSED OF ATTACK ON GIRL
    99 5 RAUB, Wed. M. Kanm. a 27-year-old boot cleaner attached to the Somerset Regiment at Bentong, was yescerday charged here with using criminal force on a 14-year-old girl with intent to outrage her modesty Karma, who claimed trial was alleged to have committed (the offence
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      487 5 nintA uAf AVA Federation Police T;ii!oo. 10.30RADIO MALAIA uOO Gellv soliano. l'i..ti..mm.v thui markrd ran WS&MMHHBpHHHHMMMIjS br ip( inrd by listrnrrs in Mala <•• R^^^^^r^P^Tl Short wmve 19 a 62m IWfdium .'J AilllllL^^Bl wave 178 m., 543, J66m. and 297 m I Wmmk t A.M. '8.57 and '11.10 English tiIurADADV
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    (<> Straits Simrs Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 10, 1955. Russia And Formosa
    1084 6 BIRTHS (&lt;&gt; Straits Simrs Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 10, 1955. Russia And Formosa CLASSIFIED ADS. I 20 Kuril' (minimum). BTRTON To Joan and I daughter. 61 h February, 1955, at Circenhll! Nursing Home. HOOKINO To Rill :md Dorren Haskini;. on 7h I &lt; William VauKhun, at Bun^.sar II" pil.il CRANE: A!
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    Elector And Assembly
    434 6 Elector And Assembly For the second time in two weeks, the Governor has invited the Singapore electorate's attention to the extensive powers and responsibilities of the new Assembly and Government which they will vote into power on April 2. By returning in his broadcast to the theme of his last
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    Krushchev, man of greater guilt, is now on his; way up
    757 6 Krushchev, man of greater guilt, is now on his; way up iiiii iiiMiiMiimiiimiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiimiiminin"! VERNON BARTLETT, Straits Times commentator on international affairs, says the eclipse of Malenkov will have little effect on Soviet foreign policy lIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH WAS not underneath Mr. Malenkov's desk in the Kremlin when he was told to
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      Language in council: the facts about the Swiss
      230 6 Language in council: the facts about the Swiss MAY I reply to Mr. See Chuan Khenp? Mr. Soe's conclusion is correct, but his facts are not. Thus in Switzerland, any Government servant who is not a manual labourer niust know the three national languages. French, Italian and German. It is
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      ALL HAVE THEIR STATUS
      214 6 ALL HAVE THEIR STATUS CX.'s," statement that the Association of International Accountants' standard Ls high but not of the highest order should not pass unremarked. Everyone will agree that the A.C.C.A. standard is not comparable to the st?ndard of the Institute of Chartered Accountants; yet recognitions are accorded to both.
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      Three tongues used in the Philippines
      165 6 1 SUGGEST it is very much cheaper to go to the Philippines than to iar-away Switzerland to find out that more than one language is permitted in a legislature. In the Malacanan. I believe, three languages are allowed for the simple reason that, as
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      What do they want?
      188 6 WILL Mr Oortljan and his T students say why It is bad to "Anglicise" Malayan education when It Ls the AnglicLsing of Malayan education that has enaDled him and his friends to meet and speak and understand a common language at the level where such discussions
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      At the League of Nations
      211 6 THERE ls a general demand for languages other than English to be used at meetings of the new Lesislative Council and City and Island Council and there seems to be some opposition to It on the grounds of delay and waste of time, etc. Perhaps
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    (mite
    95 6 From man} nf j, If pamph tnonwi a I Unitrr) Kintr&lt; exhibltio] art fro R r uou.Mv hi tho Briti r allowedly &lt;■ in? th," I Avoiding the i when v; chance cept earl: aftcm tographa arra according to hunt? with Imagine this v photoOutstan II the Sim An
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    Chan^in^ fogs
    38 6 lONDON Imp Unitrd 81 Corps br be they used to ever thr c the Thames, and found in II IOIKi.S a r, I the place. I suppose thi tion the rd II N thr blotu city
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    16 6 FROM soldipal. feircd to I and I did not sen STANLEY STREI I
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    Year on the wagon, court says
    245 7 THREAT LANDS FATHER OF EIGHT IN PLENTY OF TROUBLE SEND ME TO JAIL, HE PLEADS: IT WAS iLL (.USED BY DRINKING JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. red with criminal intimidation by I a lawyer's clerk with death was Sessioni Court not to drink liquor fora KiimaKikulasinghp
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    [amil him to be cut if ihown again
    55 7 ram 11 Dim I] I ive tC TS wi.sh Singapore wed by iim Censor, last week nta from the but it la n. it the local mnd the i minded I tyrant who, the Film! Nt told the I c were one
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    BBC man here for talks
    24 7 Lean, As- 'External of the 8.8.c, ngapore from for talks the British Broadcasting at the airport Vlbany, head of
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    In the sandwich
    36 7 Mrs R. Norris. a committee I member of the Singapore Youth Council, will talk about sandwich filling at a Young Adults' Club meeting at the V.W.r.A. Raffles Quay, at 5 30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    YMCA movie
    22 7 The Singapore V.M.C.A. Movie Circle will show "Li^rr Touch" at the association hall. Orchard Road, at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Rotary dinner
    13 7 II irians will l&lt; n jubili vith a dinner Roof Garden
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    Si'RSES TO AID FUND DRIVE
    41 7 ur» i Inmi Hospital, Singan ong the hund- era who will the Chinese V.M.C.A. on Saturday. The Chinese V.M.C.A. flag d:iy. organised by Mrs. Elizabeth Choy, is in aid of the association's new building fund. j
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    Student j body not on register
    291 7 T*HE Singapore GovernA ment yesterday announced that the Registrar of Societies had found that "The Singapore Chinese Middle School Students' Appealing for Exemption from National Service Delegation" was an unregistered society under the Societies Ordinance. This followed a meeting on Tuesday between the Registrar,
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    Flower show on April 1
    54 7 Flowers will be flown out from Britain and the Continent for display at the seventh annual flower show on April 1 of the Singapore Gardening Society. To ensure that these species remain fresh for the threeday show at the Happy World, an air-conditioned glass house
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    Guest speaker
    30 7 Mr. Ken Ninomlya, Japanese Consul General in Singapore, will be the guest speaker at tonight's meeting of the EastWest Society at the British Council, Stamford Road, at 8.30.
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    Re-union dinner
    23 7 The Chinese Association. Singapore, will hold a re-union dinner at the association premises 1230 Serangoon Poad, at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Reincarnation
    21 7 The Theosophical Society will hold a dicussion on reincarnation at the Singapore Lodge, 8. Cairnhlll Road, at 6.30 p.m. today
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    BOYS HELD i AFTER HOUSE RAID
    68 7 BOYS HELD i AFTER HOUSE RAID KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. SPECIAL Branch police raided a house in Setapak, four miles from Kuala Lumpur, today and detained two Chinese students and a teacher for interrogation. The police searched the house for four hours. It was occupied by five people. A Special Branch
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    Lock icon Begum's visit
    44 7 Pocum Hamid AH, a patron of thr All-India Women's Conference and a keen social worker, will visit the head- I ouarters of the Family Planning; Association at Towner Road. Singapore, this morning. AT EASE -WITH I HIS FEET UP I 1 1
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    I MAN FROM MARS LANDS IN SINGAPORE STREET — | AND IMPROVES THE TRAFFIC \
    12 7 I MAN FROM MARS LANDS IN SINGAPORE STREET AND IMPROVES THE TRAFFIC
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    ...Rebukes for three
    202 7 HUNDRED of Singapore schoolchildren yesterday heard a "spaceman 1 severely rebuke three girls for breaking road rules. "Ihe "spaceman; at the junction of Bras Basah Road and Queen Street, snapped: "Look at the silly girl over there crossing obliquely across the road. iirt -j. m Why hesitate...
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    ALL THE SHORT GIRLS LOVE TICH
    274 7 And he tells each one: I love YOU fORPORAL Tich" Vincent— the shortest soldier im tne British Army— has been getting fan mail from some of the shortest women in Britain since a story I about him appeared in the Sunday Times some months
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    ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE
    93 7 A tentative charge of armed robbery was preferred against Tan Ah Seng, alias Tan Ah Li alias Ah Kirn. in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday It was alleged that Tan, with three other unknown persons, armed with a pistol and a dagger, took articles wor'h I
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    He didn't pay because she was childless
    106 7 He didn't pay because she was childless KOO LAY CIIEOW said in the Singapore Sixth Polirr Court yesterday, that he did not pay maintenance to his Hrst wife, because stie had no children, whereas his second wife had six. Koo, appeared before Mr. J. M. Ilevereux Colebourn, ti. magistrate, for
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    Youth meeting
    26 7 The Singapore Young Ma^ layans Club will hold a coan:il meeting at the Youth Council secretariat. 145. Or■hard Road, at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    FOUR SAID $1,000 OR YOUR LIFE —WIFE
    287 7 FOUR SAID $1,000 OR YOUR LIFE —WIFE WHEN Madam Choong Slew Lan of Singapore put ofT four wouldbe extortioners, who had called at her Newton Road home, they trailed her to her sister's house in Kinta Road. They went In and one of. them gave Madam Choonj? a day to
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    Police halt rubber robbery
    73 7 A POLICE radio patrol saw four men standing on a motor sampan anchored in the Singapore Rivrr near Robertson Qi: iv at 3 a.m. yesterday. Two of the men jumped into another boat and rowed off M tin patrol rar drew up. Trip patrol found that
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    Goodc to open village hall
    83 7 The Chirf Secretary for Singapore Mr. \V. A. C. Goodc, will open the Rotary hall at village at 4 30 p.m on Feb 26 Thf hall, a eift from the Singapore Rotary Club, was built to improve living conditions of thr vi 1 1 is
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      157 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 p.m on Feb. 8 to 7 30 am. on Feb. 9) Singapore 75 degrees, Penang 73. Kola Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 73, Kuantan 72. MXXIMI MTYMPF.RATIRE (7.30 a.m to 730 p m. on Feb. 9i. Sin- gapore 87. Penang 87, Kota Bahru j
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    TWO BEAT UP\ GIRL WHO f WOULDN'T PA 71
    436 8 TWO BEAT UP\ GIRL WHO f WOULDN'T PA 7 1 Assault after meeting society boss: Men jailed for extortion bid PENANCi, Wednesday. A PRETTY "call girl" told the First Magistrate's, Court here today that as soon as she had arrived to stay in her hotel, she was taken to a
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    The dato insulted us, say the Eurasians
    120 8 The dato insulted us, say the Eurasians Xl \l.\ LUMPUR. Wed. MR. G. SHELLEY, president of the Eurasian I'nion of Malaya, had talks with Eurasian leaders here today on a public statement by Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar. secretary general of Party Negara. which they consider an insult. He told
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    $1,800 from | Kulim for flood relief
    86 8 $1,800 from Kulim for flood relief JJOUSE to hou.se collections In the Kulim district of Kedah netted $1,803.50 for the Federation Flood Relief Fund. This and other donation., total $2,685.30 and bring the fund to date to $309,737.20. Previously acknowledged $307,051.90. Latest donations: Staff of Executive Engineers Office. PWD Kuala
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    Ship has new flag, new name
    63 8 A 40-year-old ship. the 5.300t0n Danish owned Flonia. well-known in Singapore waters, returned to the Colony yesterday flying the British flag and with a new name. Hoi Hung. Sold recently by her former owners, the East Asiatic Co., to the Jebshun Shipping Co.. of
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    Hurt in trying to stop fight
    53 8 A Chinese hawker was sla ;h--ed in the wrist with a chopper while trying to stop a fight between his daughter and another woman in the kitchen of his house in Queen Street, Singapore, on Tuesday. He was treated at the hospital and allowed
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    The Queen honours squadron that flew 5,000 anti-Red sorties
    319 8 The Queen honours squadron that flew 5,000 anti-Red sorties iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMM inummmiiimi iinnm,,,,, 'Tradition of courage born 39 years ae 0^ AIR MARSHAL r .1 Fresa A Commandrr-in-( hi.f of the Fast Air Force, jresterd Queen's order presented a son standard to No. 4.", Squad,,! parade at RAF Tengah. The
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    TOUR FOR TEACHERS
    116 8 Nine will study in Britain VINE Singapore Chinese school teachers are to be A sent to Britain to "broaden their outlook" and gain experience. Mr. R. E. Ince. Deputy Director of Education, said yesterday the teachers would undergo a year's training. Courses and study tours would be
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    'How to camp' lessons
    47 8 The Federation of Boys' 1 Clubs, Singapore, will hold a three-day training course in campinß technique at the Urn I Chu Kang holiday camp this weekend. Campers are asked to meet at the Queen Street Boys' Club for transport before 1.45 p.m. tomorrow.
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    F.P.A. TO HELP SPREAD THE DUNLOP PM^j
    166 8 ANY firms in Malaya which wish to follow the lead of Dunlop Malayan Estates lr j Introducing birth control facilities for employees will be given every assistance by the Singapore Family Planning Association. Stating this yesterday, the FP.A.'s medical expert. Dr. Mary Grove
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    'UNHAPPY GIRL. 17. VANISHES
    48 8 'UNHAPPY GIRL. 17. VANISHES Left her job KIWI A UMPUH SOCIAL V. here are l&lt;" An Yon- Pot) has lefi thi parents ber wh( n young. she la dark li bohbi-ri i I &gt;.n.,-' Decembei I I wish family a fr to was the I todaj bu» with
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    He buys a tanker
    20 8 He buys a tanker A shipov who ai company llna, which Singapon iii.s comi thr Bullina rompl' li her 01
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    Lecture toda) < pre-history
    18 8 Lecture toda) &lt; pre-history I MM I tor ol I a public historic The the Unlvi ;it the unlv&lt;
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    Tiger painter
    27 8 Mr. Wu Kung Hoo, a wellknown painter who .specialises In drawing tigers, will exhibit his works at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce from tomorrow.
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    Community officials
    69 8 Officials of the Princess Eli- zabeth Estate Community Centre. Singapore, for this year are: President Mr. Leong Hoi Seng: vice-president. Mr. Kee Yew Hock: secretary. Mr. P. K Menon: treasurer. Mr. Cheah Chin Kee: auditors. Mr. K. N Pillay and Mr. Martin Fernandez: committee, Messrs. K S. Nair.
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    Globe-trotters fly in
    45 8 Thirteen wealthy American globe- trotters reached Singapore by air from Jakarta yesterday after having toured Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, I Australia and Indonesia. They will spend three days lin the Colony before leaving I for Bangkok. Hong Kong, j Manila and Japan.
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    Man, 64, collapses j
    26 8 A 64-year-old labourer, Tham i Charm, collapsed in a house in Pagoda Street, Sincapore, yesterday afternoon He died: before the ambulance arrived/
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    m A PROUD DAY AT TENGAH
    52 8 StU AHRON I.KAIHK V. K JACOBS, commander of No. Squadron, and his wife ifter the parade at which Air .Marshal Fressanges presented the squadron standard. Squadron Leader Jacobs conies from Auckland. New Zealand. Slnitv Times picture Jtlllll lIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIII Illllllllllllllllllllltlllllllltf Illlltlltll I li IK 1
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    The man who heard roosters in heaven
    164 8 EX SPECIAL TO DIE FOR MURDER JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday A CCORDING TO his brother, Musa bin Kassim. 30. a former special constable, sometimes claimed he had heard a rooster crowing in heaven and sometimes claimed he had been in heaven himself. Musa. said
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    JOB HUNTERS KEEP OFFICES BUSY
    57 8 JOB HUNTERS KEEP OFFICES BUSY KOTA BHARU, Tuea Kelantan peasants who move in search of work are keeping national registration offices busy recording changes of addresses. Nearly 1,000 cards are endorsed with new addressee every month as peasants come to towns or return to thcr kampongs after finishing temporary work.
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    1689 9 Six died at sea as Cleopatra's Needle was towed home i^lll^ illlll Oi the morning of October 17, 1877, the little British tramp steamer Fitzmaurice was butting her rusty nose deep into the hissing green combers of the Bay of Biscay. Suddenly the officer of the watch, peering through the
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      142 9 W I T HOUTDIET| I JonKoretsl! SL |MMiNG TABLETS I WAUt IN HOLLAND SOLE DISTRIBUTORS: iKobton Vi- f Je» Ber, INDIGESTION CHARDOX I I il flatuitne*, ill quickly v take a I T.ihlrtn. ■■■rj. but a -actiItiOMI I Imaiy ihsorbi .^onous ft re- or nparest i Importnvt Ltd., .ii 1
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      203 9 oj the Jiest U ay% a^aw"£ff M- iaa^fl &gt; ,^SSS^^^^^. E*ever;y and Gale Newman, Singapore. Worthy of tne jßest In the pa^t two decades many rhildrpn of the Royal Blood have been reared on Cow and Gate. No wonder, then, we call it "The Food of Royal Babies." Active bodies,
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      186 9 S: t 4 1 1 &gt;&lt; L Holmes 31a&lt;latn Orlando ll 111 '.ia^SaVll PZZSOU M&S&gt; BEUIMD I^a^^-^^r4 PE^° K STAND- j JT? I DIDN'T STA3 4A3u &Sl Dick iravfi Vh*&gt; spur filers f^HHBHfIHHHHHi T then, put a tapoj wrs I MEANWHILE ITa little flower pot wrrvT TTcoc'r- uuiiA-r u/cV^ i
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    MALENKOV'S FALL EASES SHARE PRICES IN COLONY
    557 10 MALENKOV'S FALL EASES SHARE PRICES IN COLONY MALENKOV'S fall from power in the Soviet Union was the dominating influence in Singapore markets yesterday and while the rubber and tin prices firmed, the easier tendency on the local share market became more pronounced. Sellers predominated throughout the day on the share
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    219 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Pyrrhus 12.! Chandra 4 1, Etorofu Maru C.P.. Glenearn 67. Akita Maru 8 9 Benlomond 11. Karlmata 13 14. Steel Navigator 15 16 Straat Banka 18. Kah Hoe 11 No. Wall 1 and 2. Stia N Wall
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    155 10 Slnrmpore Chine** Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yes- terday were:^ Copra: quiet: February $30 buyers, $31 sellers; March $31. buyers, Ml 1 sellers. Coconut oil quiet; bulk 148 sellers &lt; unchanged", drums $50 sellers idown 50 centsi. Pepper: quiet, no WnM reported: prices unchanged. Mun tok white
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    328 10 The Malayan Share Brnkn sooiation repotted: "Turnover In both tins and industrials showed mi appreciable shrinkage r-n the share market and a small amount of business was written at or below Tuesday's levels. •Trends were variable in both sections at the close. Rubbers were quiet." Singapore members reported
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    14 10 OFF ICIAL PRICES (Up P*f Plr,, Rl 881 i (an l COPRA puiil (do
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    17 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS ppriai. I Bank (if Ampc; A.PM Bradford B. Hi!l P c. Qoii in (Aiwi Woolwoi
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    23 10 close." per lb lrmse bUJ No. 1 i Wednc per lb Spol No. 1 R.B.S No. 2 R.S.S Frh Tenrir.- Keb
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    15 10 I Utentr I I KunriiMi- I I TRAITS TIMES THUFSDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1933
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    Why husbands lose the battle of the clock
    285 12 jtfOST husbands are patient creatures and when one writes in complaining of the interminable wait between the time he is ready to go out and the time his wife is ready one can assume that the provocation has been great indeed. Women
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    383 12  - Within the MIND of LITTLE CHILDREN ELIZABETH PAKENHAM b» 1 THINGS 1 are not getting any easier for morals and religion. The two went together. Today we parents are urged to do a far more difficult thing— to teach morals without religion. Once I had a talk with a fuvcnile
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    65 12 Work this one out BETTY LOU, aged 13. has married a man of 49 at Greenville, Tennessee. His son and daughter are now the husband and wife of Betty Lou's divorced parents That makes Betty Lou the mother-in-law of her own parents; the step-mother of her 6tep-mother and stepfather and
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    33 12 One of the very newest styles in handbags, shown at the recent Paris displays of fashion. It is embellished with a design of keys probably a reminder to Madame?
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    335 12 EILEEN ASCROFT s round Europe fashion r ?port-2 FLORENCE VITHAT a happy relief to say goodbye to the H-line. The Italian designers bring back the tiny waist and billowing, pleated skirt over layers of petticoats. Necklines are soft and low-cut, like the
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      354 12 29. Attitude likely to make a dog Straits Times Crossword "-a?- 0 mmtn 31. Handy weapon Irish? (10). I I 9 3 4 b 7 8 DOWN 1. Comi* under the hammer, of ssb «9K trk &lt;n; course (4). §§§1 9 \«S 2 Fraud— involving a diamond. ffl possibly (7).
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    BREUKELEN SAYS BAY DRAGON WAS THE BEST
    366 13  - BREUKELEN SA YS BAY DRAGON WAS THE BEST EPSOM JEEP By Determination gets support as Malaya* best-ever sprinter but m ,l sprinter Determination, who made a rted l)i«l &lt;&lt;&gt; fBOW a. double with 10-st. at i,m ill l&lt; s t w«eki wi miss Dotn "is enagements ngor Turf Hub (iold
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    130 13 Jeep's 10 to follow irl Club Gold BOND: For the .ill ttM t.iver, row In hi Hi* ip- s put up a !:nish I gth to \IM»K: V :hl- useful lid t&gt;e a pood run over i the i i\( I For Lipc-e; Penang Q Cup after c top ol
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    RSGC FOURSOMES
    32 13 I The 18-hole inix^d foursomes] omprtitlon nt the Royal sin^aixirr- Golf Club on Monday was "on by lira. R A. Fianapan and C. Q. S' ii key t three downi.
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    ENGLAND SCORE 6-0 WIN
    48 13 OOW, Wed. I tre forward rdP scored hat-trick in at ol ScotI itermediate &lt;un- intprnation.il match under floodlights at Shawm-Id Park here last j nisht. Scotland, playing their first intermediate match, had a good deal of the play but lack- eid England's iinishing punch.
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    116 13 HUTTON EVANS NOT PLAYING MELBOURNE, Wed. THE M.CC. team to meet Victoria in the four-day match beginning here on Frld: j will be chosen from the following 12: P B H. May, M. C. Cowdrey. I T. E. Bailey. T. W. Graveney. R T. Simpson. J. H. Wardle. W. T.
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    77 13 BRISBANE. Wed —Australian fast bowler Ray Llndwnll will be available for selection for the fifth Test, beginning in Sydney on Feb. 25 Llndwiill. who was unable to play I in the fourth Test because of si rained lee muscle, had a try-°ut at Brisbane
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    RANGERS HELD TO ONE-ALL DRAW
    34 13 Klnt:i Rangers and Farrer Juniors drew I—l in 'ne early floodlit soccer fixture a' Jalan Besar last ni-hi. Charlie Chan scored for Range.'* and Edd:e de Silva for Juniors.
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    40 13 LEN HUTTON. England's Test captain, gives ihr victory sign and is all smttes after England had retained the MM by beating Australia by five wickets at Adelaide in the fourth Test. A.P. photo.
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    29 13 BATU PAHAT. Wed— Offlcia'.s of the Johore Lawn Tennis Association are: President: Dr. Tone Kok Kw»e; vlre president: Dr. Ince; hon. secretary ;&gt;nc! treasurer: Van Pen;? Choon.
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    22 13 (•ODI-KKY EVANS. fcngUnd'* wicketkeeper, hits the four off Australia's Keith Miller, which gave England victory. Reuter photo.
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    Lock icon Aird urges tours by 'reserves'
    88 13 AUCKLAND- Wed. APROPOS.-*!, ror ruil-scale tours by English "reserve* cricket teams was made by M.C.C. secretary. Ronald Aird. who left Auckland for Canada by air yesterday. The ttiea Is likely to be discussed by the New Zealand Cricket Council on Saturday. &lt; Aird's proposal is
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    96 13 KLANG. Wed. rj&lt;RAYED tempers resulted in the Anglo-Chinese School and Klang District Cluh fixture in the Klang hockey league being abandoned shortly after half-time today. Klanst Club were leading I—o1 0 at the interval. A few minutes after the resumption, the game, which had been robust, became
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    COACHING FOR JOHORE TEAM
    60 13 BATU PAHAT. Wed Gl«n Singh, ihe hockey coach from India, will be in Batu Pahat for ten days from Feb. 23 to Mar. 4 to roach the Johore stau t«am for the match HKHinst Pakistan. Schoolboys have also been invited to attend the course. Johore will
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    44 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wr-d Members of the Pakistan Hockey Federation will t&gt;e guests of honour at a dinner to be gt\en by the Selangor Indian Association on Saturday. March 5 at 8.30 p.m. at the association premises at Taylor Road.
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    THREE DISTRICTS IN FARELF HOCKEY CARNIVAL AT K.L.
    180 13 THREE DISTRICTS IN FARELF HOCKEY CARNIVAL AT K.L. AN Army hockey carnival will be held at Kuala Lumpur from Feb. 18 to 23, with teams from Hong Kong. Singapore and Malaya taking part The carnival will feature the finals of the two Army hockey competitions the FARELF inter-unit meet and
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    Lock icon Is Miller on trial for captaincy?
    133 13 .MELBOURNE, Wed. THE Melbourne Herald's cricket correspondent, John Priestley, said today that Miller's selection as vice captain to I»n Johnson for Australia's team to tour West Indies "means that be is on trial for the captiincy of the Australian team to tour Kngland in
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    38 13 PARIS. Wed Charles Hume*. 28-year-old Frenchman who holds the European middleweight championship, yesterday signed for a 10--lound fight here on Feb. 28 against his countryman Pierre Langlols, 30 It is to be a non-title match. AP.
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    21 13 The annual general meeting of Merrytlme Badminton Party will be held at 17. Boat Quay at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Lock icon DAI WINS VACANT BRITISH TITLE
    307 13 DAI WINS VACANT BRITISH TITLE LONDON, Wed. DYNAMIC DAI DOWER, the toush li ff ,l Welsh miner, added the vacant British flyweight crown to his British Empire title by brilliantly and easily outpointing Eric Marsden, a Lan- cashire steel worker, over II rounds at Harringay arena, here last night. It
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    112 13 MIAMI. Wed. PRTY-FOUR horses from the United States. England, Ireland. France, Chile tnd Argentina have been entered for the USS2S.OOC Boueamvillea Handicap on Feb. 16 at HiaN ah. The race, over lm. and 330 yd is an Important tuneup for the US$5O 000 Hialeah Turf
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    128 13 RAWALPINDI, Wed. AFTER rilsmUsing a Services! XI for 101 here yesterday, the touring Indian cricket side ■Cored 112 for the loss ol i.nly one wicket before stumps were drawn at the close of the fir^t day's play. India's bowlers performed I creditably to dismiss
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    Colony could not keep up great start
    680 14 AND ADMIRA WERE CONTENT WITH 5-0 Admira 5; Singapore 0 QNLY 2,800 saw last night's football at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium but they were rewarded with a spirited, robust first half in which Singapore dominated the exchanges for more than 20 minutes. But
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    52 14 BI'CHANAN. Royal Australian Air Force back, attempts to stop this dribble by Dale (S.C.C. forward) in yesterday's seven-s-side rugby competition. Buchanan succeeded in falling on the ball but Dale and Erson, behind Buchanan, managed to get the ball awa y. Club won this tie
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    259 14 Your best is Osman Johan, say Austrians MARINE DEPARTMENT'S sturdy, five-foot nothing half back Osman Johan gets the unanimous vote of the Austrian footballers as the best player they have met in their Singapore games. Dr. Karl Mayer, manager of Admira. said: "He thinks quickly, he is fast on his
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    Police draw Div. 3 champs in Ist round
    234 14 I^AVOURITES Police have F been lucky in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Singa &gt;re Hockey Association's senior knockout "ompetition. The draw, made at the S.R.C. yesterday, has put Police against the third division league champions. S.H.B. Police. League champions S.R.C.
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    Club 'B knock out Aussies 'A* by only try of the game
    271 14 Club 'B knock out Aussies 'A* by only try of the game T*HE Singapore Cricket Club 'B versus Royal Aus- tralian Air Force "A" tie in the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side rugger competition yesterday was the hardest fought out so far. In the end Club managed to edge the airmen
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    LITTLE ALI IS STAR PLAYER OF THE DAY
    313 14 THE outstanding performance in yesterday's matches in the Singapore Crirket Clubs seven-a-Kide tim» competition did not come from the recognised players. It wa.s -v Naval Base wine. Ali Abdullah who stands just above five feet. Though not a powerful .sprinter. Ali showed
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    ST. ANDREWS-CLUB 'C' GAME WAS DAY'S BEST
    209 14 rE best rugby seen in yesterdays S.C.C. seven-a-side competition was in the last match, between Singapore Cricket Club "C" and St. Andrews "B", which the Club won by 11 points (goal, try and penalty i to nothing. The boys put up a grnnd
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    S.R.C. NETS BEGIN ON MONDAY
    26 14 The Singapore Recreation Club will begin cricket net practices neu Monday Hnrl nractlce day« will be Mnndnv*. Tuesday*. Thursday* and Friday*
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    TPCA HAD BEST OF CUP FINAL ACCOUNTS
    114 14 TPCA HAD BEST OF CUP FINAL ACCOUNTS THE T AMI; 1 Cull camp out finances ol Malaya final whicl on the P Stadium, :&gt;■: on Sept. 11 Oi;t of the of $28,600 from of 5.720. thi $4290 ;i cent of thi while t€ 000 parinj; the ?ro i final The
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    89 14 DAI DOWER won the Br champinnsh;;' European til GiannHi ol [1 t] on March B, it here today. This will be I fight for thi m.m within months. He wot th Br titlo from Jak Afrira on Ocl IS The uinounci mi i
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    SERVICES XI
    23 14 Combined will meet Joh'ir Jalan Besar The Scmre- U wood (lei lan chard Trow for i. N foor. Te)n Ah K'h:
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    VARSITY HAD NO DEFENCE
    86 14 Ofldinn a poor defence ti pore Engineer Regiment "A". University of Malaya were eliminated from the S.C.C. seven-a-Mde rugby tournament by 15 points (three goalsi to nothing in a dull match. S.E.R .scored In the fourth minute. Stratford wan allowed to force hi&gt; way past a
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