The Straits Times, 24 February 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times. Hat*** 01 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon WE CAN HOLD OFF REDS: Eden
    929 1 gEATO NATIONS AGREE ON NEED FOR ACTION 'Threat still remains in Malaya' BANGKOK. Wednesday, subversion in South-Easr Asia was the dominant theme today at the openof talks between Ministers of eight :s allied in the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation. ference sources s;iid one delegate
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    Turtle eggs for delegates
    18 1 W «L Orders Pom here to 1 dispatch "Kgs to .serving at dinre deR^UtPr
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    Pop! Camera bulb nearly pinks Dulles
    71 1 Pop! Camera bulb nearly pinks Dulles BANGKOK Wed. TIIF IS Secretary of State. Mr. Foster Dulles, narrowly escaped injury toda* when a photographer's flashbulb exploded near his face during the opening session of the SEATO conference. The bulb shattered glass but Mr. Dulles fa** was unharmed. He blinked his eyes
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    UNKNOWN.
    51 1 WITH ONE HA.\D gripping the railings. Kwee Lian weeps and struggles as her father tries to drag her away from the ship. Pictures beloio show the drama at the docks before the schoolgirl was taken off the ship. PLEAS FAIL TO MOVE HER— THEN FATHER ACTS, AND ITS ALL
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    Three days to chart the liberty of Asia
    486 1 From VERNON BART LETT j BANGKOK, Wed. VL T ITR Its picturesque T opening ceremony at which speeches were inevitably weighted with platitudes out of the way, the deleeates are now beein- nlng a most strenuous three days work. It Is a
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    Government disarms 126 home guards
    189 1 REREMBAN. Wed. The Government today relieved the 126 Home Guards of Rasah new village of their arms and handed over the defence of the village to the police Major R A Mclnnes, the Acting State Home Guard Officer for Negrl Sembilan. told them they would
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    Rubber up again
    23 1 Th^ cloning price of rubber In Singapore yesterday (March first gradn was M cents J7 cents better than Tuesday clone.
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    Lock icon LITTLE MO' SAYS: QUIT
    58 1 LITTLE MO' SAYS: QUIT MAIREEN OWOI.I V littlr Mo"), three timr* Wlmblrdon i hampion, »rMrrtU\ hrr rrttrrmrnt from competitive l«nnU. Mlas onnollv who to M. ttaid stir would be mai i tiij la Mm Shf said «he *v not »mtisfir«i with the war her right Ire injured In a rldint
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    Nanyang meeting called off
    34 1 An informal meeting scheduled to take place yesterday be'viei. the Chancellor of Nanyang University, Dr. Lin Yutan^. and three of the University trustees was cancelled Neither side would say why
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    Lock icon New rail lino
    25 1 MOSCOW Wed Railway communication betwtrn Peking and Moscow through Ulan Ba'or capital of Mongolia, will open this year Moscow radio announced Renter
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    Schoolgirl's Red China trip foiled
    464 1  -  JOHN DARHYSHIRK By a desperate 1 10-mile dash by car from his home in Muar yesterday, a father arrived at the Singapore dockside in time to prevent his 17-year-old runaway daughter from leaving for 1 ommunist China. The father. 63-year-old Mr. Lee Shook Chee, -t
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    39 1 BRITtIK WONT FIGHT FOB THESE LONDON Wed Sir W .n-i'Ti him hill said t<> da\ there was no question of Britain being involved militarily in the defence of tbe islands off the i of ommanist Colas, Reater
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    Lock icon Bangs to go on
    20 1 VASHINOTON. Wed —President Eisenhower today opposed international prohibition o: testi oi atomic and hydrogen wetipcn*. Reuter
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    Angela gets her man -WITH A GUN
    63 1 Angela gets her man -WITH A GUN ROME. Wed Three years ago Antonio Vitulano broke his encacem* nt to his childhood sweetheart. Angela Catalan© Angela took it hard, stabbed and wounded Antonio and was •ent to prison Last nicht the couple met attain in San Severo's main square during the
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    Lock icon SEATO military chiefs plan defence
    153 2 BANGKOK. Wed. Military experts advising delegates at the SEATO conference here arc to meet to discuss plans for dealing with a possible Communist armed attack on SouthEast Asia, conference sources reported tonight. They will not report to SEATO Council at this session but their conclusions
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    SEATO: A 'grand social affair'
    440 2 SEATO: A 'grand social affair' From PATRICIA MORGAN BANOKOK, Wed. ALTHOUGH the defence! <* issues occupying the BEATO Council are grimly serious, there was j nothing sombre about the setting in which the meeting opened today. The National Assembly, formerly the King's palace, where envoys of eight nations began their
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    Next assizes
    19 2 The next Singapore Asslaes will be held in the Supreme Court at 10.15 am. on Mar. 7
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    EYES OF ASIA ARE ON THIS HALL
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    Lock icon HQ 'BATTLE' ALMOST OVER Ministers accept Bangkok
    141 2 HQ 'BATTLE' ALMOST OVER Ministers accept Bangkok BANGKOK. Wednesday. rpHE FOREIGN MINISTERS of the 8EATO powers have now "generally accepted" Bangkok as the seat of the permanent secretariat of their collective defence treaty organisation. Australian sources re11 ported today. Prince Wan. the Siamese I Foreign Minister. proposed Bangkok at the
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    He was the answer to the prayers of 36 maidens
    219 2 He was the answer to the prayers of 36 maidens CALCITTA, Wed. FTHE PRIME o? Lite, Mritrunjay BhatUcharjee. now was known far and wti* m a "yrafeavtonal h as band vk* get te— lts. BkattMharjM's mteion la life Hisisiil frassi an old Hindu custom new outlawed which held that about
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    Lock icon 25 survive air crash
    38 2 SALISBURY, Wed —twentyfive people escaped unhurt today when a Dakota airliner carrying them to Northern Rhodesia crash-landed soon after taking off here. But the flight engineer. Mr. H. L Sprong. died of Injuries Reuter.
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    Lock icon Gigh: I'll quit
    47 2 LONDON, Wed. Benjamino Olgli. the great Italian tenor, announced last night that he will re ire in June. Oigll. who will be 65 on Mar 30. said: "I want to go while the applause is still (treat and the crowds are still large." A.P.
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    BORNEO EXPERIENCE AIDS OIL MEN
    126 2 EXPERIENCE gained by ollCj men working on seabed wells off the coast of British Borneo Is helping the Shell Oil Company in similar work in the Persian Oulf. The company la now carrying out exploration work off Qata, on the north-east coast of Arabia. A
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    Special jailed
    32 2 JOHORE BAHRU. W«d Abdullah bin Asls. a Special Constable, who absented himself, wax sentenced In the Magistrate's Court to 00 days' tall from Jan 19. the date of his arrest.
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    Sir Clifford has retired
    39 2 LONDON. Wed.— Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson commander-ln-chlef. Tar East Air Force from 1952 until last November, has retired, the London Oaxette said last night. From 1»48 to IMB he was Air Officer Commanding. Malaya—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Scout tribute
    34 2 LONDON Wed-Lady Ba-den-Powell, unveiled a portrait of her late husband. Lord Ba-den-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement at the Scouts' International Bureau here yesterday, the 98th anniversary of his birth.— Reuter.
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    MALAYA films the conference
    111 2 MALAYA films the conference MALAYAN Film I nit Mm* of the SEATO Conference In Bangkok by the Unit's chief. Mr. Tom Hodge, and his a> sistant*. Mr. Low Hone Chye and Mr. Gob Meng Kwee. are likely to appear on the screen all over the world. The Australian Government paid
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    Lock icon 'Monkeys for A-tests' shock
    66 2 COLOMBO. Wed. Ceylon Buddhists are shocked by a proposal to export monkeys to be used in atom tests, accord Ing to Mr. H. W. Amara.siya. president of the Ceylon section of the World Federation of Buddhists. Mr. Amarasiya quoted in the evening paper Times of Ceylon,
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    Lock icon French poet dies
    21 2 PARIS Wed Paul Claudrl. who won fame as a diplomat poet and playwright, died today He was 87.-U.P.
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    THE HOES ARE IN AMERIO
    83 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed Tw~ i children from. Malaya Hoe WlnK Kenng. 4, and his sister Hoe Buet Mui. 6. children of Mr- Hoe Wing Sane of Penang. began learninu to live as United States residents yesterday. They arrived here last night under the Refugee Relief
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    Lock icon WINSTONSMOKES 14 MILES OF CIGARS
    130 2 LONDON Wm S IR w in 0: at BO.i, -mo* than a yard ol every day. i n o, has burm-d 1 miles of them. The Primp MM vale party in L in broad effect mileage He told Sijfiior Italian Foreign M he has smol
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    Smog shield against atom
    87 2 CHARLESTON nia>. Wed.— A blanket ol int. flcial smoke— like Mnog—i; be usec. to protect rltal from the heat atc>m bomb, Major-( v. ll'ara Creasy, chi< Olfieer of the US am nounced here Ht said the *moke. what hart been tested darinj expiations in thr Nevada
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    Duke of Leeds weds in U.S.
    31 2 ST HELIER 1 S3-year-old Duk whose two previnu- marriaz" ended In divorc here yestrday time. He married ;< rollnr Flt-ur Ba:^ met at a party hen
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    Grantham due
    15 2 HONG KONG 1 Governor Sir All ham. wU] te»w hi tomorrow for Sin
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    WHY MALAYA NEEDS the SKYMEN!
    379 3 WHY MALAYA NEEDS the SKYMEN fUOtnel No they are wanted to press home a success They are priceless, too, for deep jungle war 1 rom HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Wednesday „K HAROLD MACMILLAN, the Defence Mm"- ister, todaj assured the House of Commons ,hat the di'< ision to send P ar
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    Lock icon Her father folded up baby with bed-settee
    129 3 Mil. in I SBROUGH. Wed. i H\B\ uas suffocated A when her father folded up a bed-settee not knowing the child «as asleep in it, an inpuf irai told here. Joseph McKeown said the one month -old baby normally slept in a cot
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    Lock icon Haji Soekarno
    25 3 JAKARTA. Wed.- President p!an.s a pilgrimage on July 18 as official the Saudi Arabian ment. the Religious ter, Mr. K. H :day.— A.P.
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    Shah is off
    23 3 LON-DON. Wed. The Shah and the Empress rr by air for day on a 10-day West Germany nlng to Teheran.—
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    Lock icon U.S. LOSING H-RACE
    85 3 a chief of Russian Forces Lieut Gen. i Shatilov, Deputy Chief wtorot ti, R;,..s ian Armed Board, said in yesterday production of had "left behind." ifflclent aircraft ■anoeuvrable tanks! i<ry and splenaid. atomic and ■•••s and. in the of thermo nuclear M is well-known, we brhind." ihattlov
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    Lock icon Mystery subs
    29 3 NORFOLK. Virginia, Wed Atlantic Fleet headquarters yesterday had a report that two unidentified submarines had been sighted three to five miles oft* Nags Head. North Carolina— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nehru stranded at airport, meets Indian film star
    60 3 Nehru stranded at airport, meets Indian film star MR. NEHRT. Indian Prime .Minister, was stranded for several bourn at Geneva when mrt ufl dpV p<^ engine trouble. So he spent part of the time chatting In the airport lounge with Mohana. the Indian flm actress, new touring Europe. In the
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    Lock icon £20 coat was £750 ermine
    94 3 £20 coat was £750 ermine LONDON. Wed— Art res, Hasel Lawrence said a "squirrel" coat »he bouxht at a fur sale for C2O has turned out to hr Russian ermine worth C 750. The owner of the shop confirmed that Miss Lawrenre got a real bargain. He said the coat
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    Lock icon FORMOSA SPLIT HEALING
    137 3 FORMOSA SPLIT HEALING LEYDEN. Holland. Wed. \IR Attlee, British Labour A Party leader, told a Prew I conference here yesterday he thought that the division In his party over Formosa was being healed. He said that he had put hLs new Formosa proposals to a number of people, 'but nobody
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    Lock icon Red spies pour into Greece
    47 3 ATHENS, Wed— The Undersecretary for Security told Greek parliament la*t nisht that 30,000 Communists, sheltered In Iron Curtain countries, were actively organising and sending to Oreece an Increasing number of splec He said he would disclose information which would .shake Greece— UP.
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    Lock icon 8,000 in big offensive
    47 3 NAIROBI. Wed— Nearly 8.000 security forces. Including eight battalion* of regular troops, yesterday la«nc*ie<l an offensive against Mau Mau terrorists on 17.000-ft. Mount Kenya. Africa's second highest mountain. It was the second full-scale offensive In this years rampaign against the Mau Mau.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Students clash with police
    60 3 NEW ORLEANS, Wed- Two Oerman exchange students were fined here as an aftermath of the carnival riots on Monday »n which nearly a .srore were Injured and over 100 arrested. Oet W Stein, 27, of Berlin, was fined UBslo for resisting arrert and Otto Meyer, 26,
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    202 3 He'll press for 'yes 9 on Germany PARIS. Wednesday. ]t| EDGAR FAURE. 46-year-old Radical, presenting 1T1 his new Government to the French National Assembly for approval, said today he would seek ratification of the agreements to rearm West Germany in the shortest possible time. M. Faure.
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    Lock icon Lady found dead in bed
    49 3 NEW YORK. Wed. Lady Mary Greaves. 34-year-old daughter of British Countess Dysr.rt, was found dead in her apartment here today. Police officials said two phials of sleeping pills were found near her bed and she might possibly have taken an overdone oi them. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Peking toast to Russia
    40 3 MONO ONO, Wed The Chinese Communist Premier. Chou En-lai was among 300 leading Chinese at a party given in Peking by the Bovie' Acting Military Attache on the 37th anniversary of the Soviet Army today Reuter.
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    AVALANCHES KILL FIVE PEOPLE
    108 3 LONDON, Wednesday. CNOW avalanches roared down the mountain sides of northern Italy yesterday and took five lives. I Avalanches at Valtelltna. I near the Swiss-Italian frontier, burled four people. The fifth victim died at Coronella. near Somirio. Freezing weather was reported across northern Europe. In Scotland,
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    Lock icon Train-bus smash kills 19
    47 3 SEOUL. Wed— A passenger train last night rammed Into a bus, killing 19 Koreans and injuring at least 16 others at a railway crossing near Pusan All the victims were aboard the bus, which was thrown from the tracks by the Impact —UP.
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    Lock icon Syria holds back
    20 3 DAMASCUS. Wed. Syria will not Join tive proposed TurcoIraql alliance. Premier Saved Sabrerl Assail said yesterday. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon B.B.C. plans TV link with Moscow
    80 3 B.B.C. plans TV link with Moscow LONDON, Wed. A BBC. official says that a London-Moscow television link this year has been discussed with Russian television experts. New York may be tied In later, he added. Mr. Cecil McOivern, Television Controller, made the disclosure at a meeting of the European -Atlantic
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    Lock icon Priest dies day before release
    53 3 HONG KONO. Wed. A 70-year-old French Catholic priest died In Canton yesterday on the eve of his departure for Hong Kong. Three other priests released by the Reds reached here today. They said father Peter L. O. Lefetovre, had been sick for some time, and
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    30 3 LONDON. Wed— The Queen congratulated and shook hands with about 200 men and women to whom she presented awards at Buckingham Palare ye.stertiav at her third successive weekly Investiture.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Winston says no
    25 3 LONDON. Wed. Bir Winston Churchill yesterday rejected a proposal that Britain should have a Ministry of Aircraft and Oulded Mlssik Production. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Duke had only 3 dances with Rhona
    145 3 KITZBUEHEL, Austria. Wed. Mbw Rhona McLeod, the 30--year-old brunette who appeared in the arm* of the 19-year-old Duke of Kent in a new.s picture last week, had only three dance* with him la«t night when she was official hosteM at a «kllns ball
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    LONDON STOCKS
    398 3 LONDON. Wwi *T>HERE wm a dlMinrtlv better 1 aUnospherr on the stock market' here today following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's hint of his Intention to a**i»t the expansion of export* and the slight recovery In sterling. Sentiment was further aided by good company news and there wm
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    Lock icon Chou's visit 'won't help'
    44 3 LONDON, Wed Bir Wliwton Churchill said today he doubted that a suggested visit to Britain by Mr Chou En-lai. China's Prime Minister and F reign Minister, to dUeuai Formosa and other international problems would be "fruitful or even helpful".— Reuter
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    ABSENT 3 TIMES: 3 MONTHS
    131 4 ABSENT 3 TIMES: 3 MONTHS Call-up boy jailed /MALLEI) up for National 1 Service. Ton Kee Seng. 19, a Chinese High School student, attended five training parades and then began nhventinc hiniM-lf, Mr. T. Kula«ekaram. a Singapore judge, was told yesterday. But no action was taken against Toh, it was
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    Ball to help home
    51 4 Thr CommLs-sioner-General, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. will ho the patron of the Sinßapore v clubs ROlrien anniver-, aarr bull at the Victoria Memo. r;<l Hall from «J p.m. to 2 a.m. on March. 5. Proceeds from the ball will be for the Singapore children's 6ocicty's convalescent
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    Film show
    26 4 The Slflfl I>'[enc# Association will show the film "Little ERypf at th. Civil Defence theatrctte, Kolam Ayer Lane, at 8 p m. on Sunday.
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    Negara's road to El Dorado
    332 4 EXPERTS WILL FIRST MAP IT-THEN THE PARTY WILL MAKE IT MANIFESTO: A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TO HAVE FINAL SAY ON FREE MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A COMMISSION of experts to survey Malaya's raw material and manpower resources and map out a planned economic development is pledged
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    Two men in black rob woman
    93 4 Two men in black rob woman PENANG. Wed. rpwo men robbed a Pemang 1 housewife of her Jewellery when she surprised them In her room early yesterday. Kung Char Bor. of Orcen Lane, was awakened by a noise 1 and saw two men lm black. One armed with a knife.
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    Club's dinner
    30 4 The Men's Club of the Singapore V.M C.A. will hold a Chinese dinner at the home of Dr. C. J Poh. Bt. Patricks Road, at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    MIDWIVES SET UP ASSOCIATION
    138 4 Object: Best service possible TME SINGAPORE Private Midwlves Association. 1 formed last week, plans to provide "the best possible midwifery service to the mothers of the Colony." AH qualified private midwives more than 20 years old are eligible to be members. Among those who attended the
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    Community officials
    147 4 Officials of the Bale.stier Community Centre. Singapore, for this year are Patrons, Mr. Thio Chan Bee, Mr. Lee Kirn Tah. Mr. Lm Choon Eng. Dr. Phay Seng Whatt. Mr. P H Williams. Mr. Urn Choo Syr. Mr. A. P Rajah. Mr. Tan Chin Chua. Mr. Tan Hal Tong;
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    Flood relief meeting
    46 4 JOIIORE BAHRU. Wed— A special meeting of the Johore State Welfare Flood Committee will be held tomorrow In the ante room of the Council chamber. Johore Bahru. District Officers, chairmen of District Welfare Flood Committees and Social Welfare officer.* will attend the meeting.
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    'Mushroom' schoolssprouted too soon
    154 4 'Mushroom' schoolssprouted too soon KIM.A 1.1 MPIR Wed. MANY private English M-hoois which mushroomed here early this year when it was known that more than 1.2 M children could not find room in Government and aided schools are in danger of rlosinic down. The reason: the rush for enrolment which
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    1955 officials of Dutch Club
    56 4 Officials of the Dutch Club, Singapore, for this year are: President, Dr. L. Bels; vice president, Mr. S. W. Ooat Lievense; secretaries, Mr. J. E. M. Fagel and Mr. G. Ph. M. de Stoppelaur; treasurer, Mr. J. A. A. Bteenmeyer; committee, Mr F. van Hennekeler
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    Barbecue party
    29 4 The Singapore V.M C A. Folk Dance Club will hold a barbecue party at the Youth Council camp. Tanah Me rah Besar. at seven o'clock tomorrow night.
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    2,000 LB. WHALE AT MALACCA
    134 4 A WHALE recently caught off the Malacca coast has now been identified. Mr. R. C Cole. Fisheries Officer. South-wrst Malaya, rv.ld the 15-foot whale was In dificultlos near Telok Mas. seven miles from Malacca town. Fishermen hauled the black 2.000 Ib. whale ashore. The whale's
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    DEATH MET FOUR ON A RIDE
    271 4 Rescued man tells of sea drama rpHE two Chinese Johore Government officials, who A were drowned when a police launch capsized in a gale off Penggarang on Tuesday, had no right to be on the boat. The launch with its driver PC Jumat bin
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    Putting the clock back
    57 4 KLANG. Wed. The erratic clock at the entrance to the Klan* Railway station will agafci be sent for repairs. Early last month the clock was sent to experts after It had been found that the hands sometimes went backwards. Last week the electric clock came back
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    Fire menaces village
    53 4 PORT BWETTENHAM, Wed —A bin lallang Are last night threatened 70 attap houses at Pendr.muian new village, near here. It was the sixth lallang fire reported in this area. Flames rose to ten feet before the fire brigades from Klang ana Port Swettenh&m put mi. the blaze
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    7 punched gunmen and saved sister
    159 4 TWO men, both wearing sun- glasses and one armed i with a pistol, were preventi-d from robbing a woman when htr brother hit the gunman, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Yeo Bah Chee, a clerk living at Lorong 24. Oeylang. yester- day said
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    Taiping boy first
    60 4 Poster contest KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mustapha bin H.M. Tahir. aged 18 pupil of King Edward VII School. Taiping. was first among 43 competitors In the Malayan Youth Council'! poster contest. The contest, during Young Cltlzrn's Week from Jan. 26 to Feb 1. attracted entries from all over
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    Gurkhas kill 2 terrorists
    35 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A patrol of the 1 6 Gurkhas killed two terrorists in the Tapah district of South Perak yesterday. One wa.s a woman. A primed hand grenade was recovered.
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    Holiday fun —digging up the past
    113 4 Holiday fun —digging up the past rH>RTV-Si:\i;\ students of the University of Malaya hare applied to take the course on archaeology to be started by Dr. G. de G. i Sievekinr. the Federation's Director of Museuim. bcr^c the long vacations. The coarse will last three weeks. There will be lectures
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    THE GOOD NEIGHBOURS
    54 4 BUTTERWORTH. Wed— The Butterworth Fire Officer, ttiche H.. M. Pawanteh. today commended public spirited propie who helped his men to put out a fire at Chempah Road. Twenty Bs%hbi when a plank anr. attap bu;!ding caught fire helped the fireman In W operations. "Tlv coni Ls exemplary,
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    Shore-toship giftS: This is the drill
    231 4 Shore-to-ship giftS: This is the drill I CUSTOMS m, n at j. gapore HarhnT Board gatrs „r £jr I Interested ii revenue than else, a Custo man told the Times ypstrr* They are not I things difficult for th* Js£ The spokesman xa* 7Z mentlna on a Straits Tlraea n
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    Widow killed in bicycle crash
    45 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM Wed A widow. Oyr Grek K wa& killed by a motor th«- main Of Braptt new Tillage ye f»rday I Oyt the carrier of her era: when the lorry knocked ft»r down. She died o n the s-pot
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    Now she knows
    40 4 TELUK ANSON. Wed -Pretty 22-year-old Bey Yew Wah pleading RUiltv to buj illegal "cbai ticket, told the magistrate 1 beg for lenlencv. It was the first time that I had tried mr luck." She wa.s fined $120.
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    'tin men GIVE NOTICE OF STRIKE
    110 5 'tin men GIVE NOTICE OF STRIKE IPOH, Wed. „-ORKERS. employed on U C ,hr Tronoh Mine's Kampar d L will strike from Mar. fSKuu «eed i-workei are fern stated by the manageSfn, Their union today K'the company 14 notice. 150 ol the 600 workers he balloting were idul Rahman bin
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    7 Rulers at film show
    34 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. the T>ngJohore and the rak attended the Malay Mcnumpanu" it the Coli--1 'night. eda will go llm College H. M Shah of Slnga- iced thp film.
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    Fight to death in jungle clearing
    219 5 ELEPHANTS SAVE CALF FROM COILS OF 30FT. PYTHON SANDAKAN. W.d 8.,B .,d ay M R V| NCENT LOJINCAU. a lumber contractor, who operates from a camp at Lungtoi, m British Borneo, left his house one morning to go out shooting m the jungle. With
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    RULERS CONSIDER REFORMS
    199 5 The aim: Hands over the causeway KI'ALA LL'MPI'R, Wednesday. FHK Malay Rulers of the Federation of Malaya met here today to discuss a report submitted by the Singapore-Federation Joint Co-ordination Committee set up in May, 1953. The report Is expected to be published soon. The 17-member committee—
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    Careering car halted by a tree
    105 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A CHERRY tree on the slope of Buklt Nanas saved a car from falling 15 feet over a cliff this evening. Four girLs of the Convent School and a woman were injured when they were hit by the car. The girls
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    Bail allowed in opium case
    63 5 A tentative charge of possession of opium was pre--1 ferred against Llm Ban Poh in the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday. He was alleged to have had in his possession two pounds of raw opium at the Singapore Harbour Board on Feb 22. Bail of
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    Price control convictions
    45 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Twenty convictions were recorded In Federation courts in January for food and price control offences. More than $1. 800 in fines was collected. Sixty-one more cases were pending at the end of the month, an official statement said today.
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    GLORIA FLIES IN TO SEE THE CHURCH CHIEFS
    54 5 GLORIA FLIES IN TO SEE THE CHURCH CHIEFS in; (Miss* < i < > v i m UVSNER. a secretary from the headquarters of the International Missionary Council In New York, arrived In Singapore by air from Mr dan yesterday. She is on an eight-month tour of countries in Asia
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    Boy Scout Assn. officials
    65 5 BATU GAJAH. Wed.--Offi-cials of the Batu Gajah District Boy Scout Association are: President. Mr. J. K. Crrer; vice-prrsldents. Mr. Loot Kirn (hoy and fciche Yom Ahmad: district commissioner. Mr. Melapar Singh; secretary. Inche Shaari Yusoff: treasurer. Mr. Harban Singh: district chairman. Mr. C. C. P. Wilklns:
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    Youth meeting
    33 5 The Paya Lebar Methodist Youth Fellowship. 81ngap<*f will hold a "Know The World" programme in the M.Y.F. Room of the Paya Lebar Methodist Church. Boundary Road, at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Open home
    24 5 The British Re ci Cross Crippled Children's Home at Tan ah Merah Be.sar, Singapore, will be open to the public on Sunday.
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    Kedah is to have 'hello girls' very soon
    105 5 Kedah is to have 'hello girls' very soon ALOR STAR, Wed. IT ED AH telephone ex- change will employ its first "hello girls" in the next two months. For a start, 12 women will join the present staff of men operators. Recruitment had already started. Mr. E. O. Sugars, actin*
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    Shopkeeper's savings lost
    64 5 ALOR STAR. Wed —A shopkreper. Mohamed Yaacob. lost his life saving of $1,000 last nuht when burglars broke into his home in Tok Maya, four mile* from Arau, in Perils. Moh~med Yaacob, awakened by noises In his room, was Just jr. time to see four men I
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    Party to back 2 Independents
    36 5 The Singapore Labour Party will support two Independent candidates in the Legislative As*>en-bly elections. Thcv are Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Rat (Kumpone Kapor division) and Mr. Son Chuan Swee (Queenstown division).
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    The ghost's enemy told: Write to us
    111 5 \|K P. M. S. THANGAL. I*l the Indian ghost-layer, who on Tuesday offered to find out if an evil spirit is haunting the Singapore Improvement Trust fl. ts in t'pper Pickering Street, was told yesterday to write for permission to tit-gin his investigation.
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    Spear-happy
    27 5 The Singapore Underwater SpearfUhing Club will do undersea exploration and spearflshing In nearby Islands every Sunday They will start out from Clifford Pier at 8 am
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    NO POLLS HOLIDAY
    121 5 But you can have time off to cote pOLLINO DAY for the Singapore Legislative Assembly election*. April 2. will not be a public holiday. A Government spokesman said la.st night: "It being a Saturday, there should be ample opportunity for every elector to vote either before, during
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    'Remote control' sales not for Malaya
    111 5 SELLINO cars by mall may be a practical thing in the United States, 'but certainly not in Malaya It Is unlikely that this would happen here, said a spokesman of Progress Motors Ltd.. ■local agents for Renault cars. He was commenting on a New
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    THE DEVIL
    195 5 ...in a film was his alibi so a youth on a 'gang' charge is cleared by court PENANG, Wednesday. ("•HAN* CHOE SEOK, 21. accused of being a member of a Rang who attacked a detective, told the court here that he was at the films at the time
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    $150 fine on smuggler
    51 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed After denying he had dutiable goods. Ying Chee Kong was found with a parrel containing watch spares in a bus on its arrival from Singapore. The duty payable was $12. In the Magistrate's Court today Ying was fined $150 and the articles were
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    HEAT HAD ROSTAL GASPING
    253 5 TT is nothing less than a civic disgrace. While most of Singapore's major cinemas and even cabarets are air conditioned, the hall In 1 which the world's greatest musicians play for us still relu.s upon inadequate fans and i open doors for its "ventila- tlon." I
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    Boy in well
    25 5 A three-year-old boy. Lee Pong S<ng. was found dmwnod in a well at Lam Ho Village, off Neo Tif-w Road. Singapore. yesterday.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    61 6 10 H'orrff lit (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. M Saradctch (SR> thank all those who sent wreaths, rendered help and attended the funera!. not FAMILY of the late Mr. Urn Ckooa Teck thanks the relatives. lili-nds :.nd officers and staff of the BHB f;>r their night, visits,
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 24, 1955. Some Lost Majorities
    831 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 24, 1955. Some Lost Majorities The interest which the Alliance and others are showing in the composition of the State and Settlement Councils is welcome, but somewhat belated. Protest began in Malacca where a procession of a thousand youths, members of the MCA or
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    Here Is The News?
    251 6 The major Malayan news story for nearly a week is the crisis in the affairs of Nanyang University. It has claimed a generous share of the news columns of the entire Malayan press, and has attracted editorial attention in most newspapers. The Chinese press has devoted
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    Houses for Some
    195 6 The housing shortage in Kuala Lumpur has "eased". Anyone with an income of $700 a month can now pick and choose. A house which used to command a rental of $300 now fetches a hundred dollars less. Two factors account for this improvement. The Services are withdrawing
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    Take heart— there's safety outside the blast area
    145 6 Take heart— there's safety outside the blast area IT was with profound rtlief that I read Captain Cocks' assurances concernIng nuclear weapons; that an atom bomb is merely more powerful than a conventional bomb and that a hydrogen bomb is simply a larger atom bomb. Put more simply, does It
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    How India trains her own officers
    507 6 H.R. VOHRA visits Poona academy NESTLJNG in the foothills, off the Sahyadri. within an easy 12-mile drive from Poona. the 200-year old administrative seat of Maharattas. stands India's new National Defence Academy. Mr. Nehru's Government Is anxious that the Indian Defence Forces, so painstakingly
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    THE HOLIDAY JOB It's a crime-or is it?
    471 6  - THE HOLIDAY JOB It's a crime-or is it? JAMES BARTLETT By IS IT wrong that an 1 undergraduate should have to find a temporary Job during vacations? Yes, say British university authorities. Yes. says the 85.000 strong National Union of Students. So. the union Is pressing the British Ministry of
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    FULL COURSE IN MALAYAN LAW IS NEEDED
    513 6 FULL COURSE IN MALAYAN LAW IS NEEDED AS your correspondent A Mr. Cheong Hock Hai has appealed to me personally, I feel that courtesy demands a reply. I am fully awake to the grave defects In the present system of admission to the two Malayan Bars and also of the
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    A task for the 'puppet child'
    634 6 5 'THE Chinese Chamber of E Commerce has declared. E through iU secretary, that It s Is a non-poliUcal body, unE Interested In canvassing voiE es for any candidates Yet it does not seem to f No entry for I his mother E I
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    UNKNOWN.
    326 6 Stop-over O" fissss around the launch, contfu.:'. to see the pa city lights a!-.-: Si/X The stop-over t--was a comple 1 the visiting K Chong-in Bm chief of the News (Chosui.; me. He hopes that the many nori stops on the London, n that colleagues can thin* of the
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    'PUT FEAR OF GOD IN ROAD KILLERS'
    91 7 'PUT FEAR O F GOD IN ROAD KILLERS' Counf I the sengapore nmlttee anishmotoristi I and Mi V K. ler thorn Of the -i ntenoe ntlnn on I o the the from two Mr N. A. Counclliie, commttdeaths days." And all the Mim of they never -'iitenee entence not like
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    Mariners' Union
    16 7 Id at 11. MU' a pore. to form Union 1 11 be nen and
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    'Big purse shall not win'
    312 7 Government spreads net for election graft men THOMSON TELLS THE VOTERS HOW TO SAFEGUARD THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS (ALL TO SINGAPORE voters in the April 2 elections to see that those who seek to win "by the b^ tffck and the hi* purse" «hall not succeed
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    The way to catch votes: by Mr.Leong
    108 7 KUALA MMPIR, Wed. ANY political party seeking support from Chinese voters in the I |.t.il elections should in. linlr i n it* niani- wto the basic demands of the Chinese. Mr. Lcong Chee Cheong. president of the Federation or Chinese (iuilds and Associations,
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    Play at REME theatre
    47 7 Diana Morgans play. "Af'■r My Fashion", a West End success, will be pr by The Stage Club. Singapore. :it the R.E.ME. Theatre. Ayer Rajah Road, at 8.45 p.m on March 9. 10. 11 and 12. Tho producer Is Inez Qult- he club's secretary.
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    THE BIG ONE THAT GOT AWAY
    120 7 A tiger and he took along the trap RAUB, Wed. A RUBBER tapper in Cheroh new village, nine miles from here, set a wire noose trap in the Jungle to catch wild pigs last week-end. Next morning, carrying a spear, he went to his
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    $70,000 opium confiscated
    58 7 FF::ANG, Wed. The Sessions Court President, Mr. O H. Sunnnerfleld, today ordered tho foifeiture of 96 lb. of opium valued at about $70,000 on the implication of a Customs officer. M.\ S. M. Yeap. Tht opium wa.s seized on the freighter Matang when he arrived here from
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    ON SHOW: SARAWAK AND ITS PEOPLES
    106 7 AN exhibition of 80 large phnti>i:raphs depii Inn the people of Sarawak, their customs, and industries was opened in Singapore yesterday by Mr l.eki Wan Tho. vice president of the Singapore Camera Club. The photosraphs were taken by Mrs. lledda Morrison, wife of a
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    Crash man dies in hospital
    48 7 A Singapore, Habour Board constable TV. Joseph. 26, died in the hospital yesterday afternoon of injuries received in a motor cycle crash. He was thrown off the motor cycle in Ylo Chu Rang Road. ii mi the Bth milestone, on Tuesday ni* ht
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    BURGLARY WHILE HE BATHED
    70 7 While a OMMM living In Km<r;dd Hill Road. Singapore, was taking his bath on Tuesday morning, thieves walked into the house and stole $1,300 worth of Jewellery. The rest of the family were out when the hou.se was burgled. The victim told the police he heard
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    Pineapple growers can now improve on nature's work with aid of hormones
    152 7 Pineapple growers can now improve on nature's work with aid of hormones USING hormone*, it is now possible to make pineapple plants flower and produce fruits at will. This tcientiflr saceesn was claimed yesterday by the South Malaya Pineapple Growers Co. Ltd. The company also claimed that it < ould
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    M.P. STOLE SHIRT ANOTHER M.P. MADE
    168 7 M.P. STOLE SHIRT ANOTHER M.P. MADE SEREMBAN. Wed. L/CPL BRIAN Bailey of the Royal military Police was found guilty at a court-martial at Rasah Camp here today of stealing a white satin i shirt belonging to another military policeman. Sentence was postponed till tomorrow, when two other charges of theft
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    Dame Sybil and Sir Lewis
    60 7 Dame Sybil Thorndlke, celebrated British stage actress and her husband. Sir Lewi.* Casson. will give three recital 5 of drama and poetry at the pore .at 9 p.m. tomorrow and on March 1 and 3. The will also appear in two special matinees for school
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    Scouts' rally
    47 7 About 1.000 scouts, wolf cubs and rovers in Singapore will utteuid a rally at the Lee Kuo Chuan auditorium of the Anglo-Chinese School. Barker Road, at 5 p.m. on Saturday to commemorate the birthday anniversary of the late Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the scout movement.
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    BANDITS FLEE IN UNDERPANTS
    121 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wednesday. FOUR BANDlTS— three men and a woman— fled in r their underwear when a barking tracker dog surprised them in their camp on Bukit Mertajam Hill. An area security unit, which followed the dog, flred on the fleelnt terrorists, but failed to hit
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    Town names councillors
    86 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Buki'. Paslr In Muar District recent 1> held Its first local council elections based on the ward .sy.«-tem. The results: Town W»rd: Mr Chee Yek Mm, Mr. Urn Kok Tee. Mr. Low Han Sian, Inche T M. Hussaln, Mr. Slan Tai Yew. Mr. Ooh
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    Armed robbery case man freed
    47 7 Chiu Chin Hock, accused In the Singapore AaMses yesterday of ccoimlttlng armed robbery was acquitted after the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Chua was stated to have robbed $4163 from Ho Toh Sw?e, shopkeeper at Dunearn Road or. Dec. 2.
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    Tiny—but he has plenty of brain power
    119 7 Tiny— but he has plenty of brain power MR Llm Ta Mln. a graduate of the Hwa Chaw Middle School in Medan. Indonesia stepped out of a Oaruda airliner at Kallang airport yesterday and was soon the centre of attraction. The reason: Mr. Llm is only 3ft. lOin tall. But
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    Village picks 3 councillors
    62 7 MACHINO. Wed- The third local council election for PuUi Chondong in Kelantan was I held yesterday when six candidates contested for the three seats. I Successful Candidates were 'inche Mohamed bin Ha]l Sulaiman. Inche Mahmud bin Che Seman and Wan Abdul RahThey will serve three years.
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    Krian LA. 1955 officials
    63 7 Officials of the Krian Indian A>so<iatlon, Parlt Buntar, PcrBk. for this year are: Presiaent. Mr. C. Veerasingani; vice-president. Mr. R Rethino*amy; secretary, Mr. O Munlandy, asst. secretary. Mr. O. Nalllah: treasurer. Mr M R«thina»amy; committee. Messrs. M. Pu.spanathan. P Thangavaloo. M. 8 Abdul Rahman. A. Veerappen,
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    Union dance
    34 7 The Singapore Oovernment AdJ i*nl.' t rat lye and Clerical Service Union will hold a dinner and dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Mar. It.
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    THE 'STAY AWAY' ORDER GOES OUT TO MR. WONG
    203 7 THE 'STAY AWAY' ORDER GOES OUT TO MR. WONG and Alliance row is settled KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. rpHE Malayan Chinese Association headquarters has settled a row which threatened to break up the U.M.NO.-M.C.A. Alliance in Kota Bharu. Kelantan. It has ordered Mr. Wong t Yeow Wye. only M.C.A. rrprtentative on
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    Man seeks bananas that can travel
    225 7 Man seeks bananas that can travel IPOH. Wed. TIIF (inmii.il Office in London is backing a research scheme which aims at improving the quality of bananas by producinc varieties that will be not only disease resistant, hut will also h<- able to stand up to lone si-.i Journeys. The man
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    THE MALAYANS' CHOICE: UNITY or CHAOS
    432 8 WARNING TO THOSE WHO STIR UP DISHARMONY ITS WEIIING BELLS FOR DAN AND JUNE 'Rotary is powerful force for better understanding' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. pIK Malayan people ran either unite or fall into chaos, the High Commissioner, Sir Donald M;M<;illivra>, said at the Rotary
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    Judo Club to aid charities
    47 8 To celebrate their first anniversary the Singapore Judo Club wll hold a dance at the Badminton Hall on Mar. 5. There will also be a Judo exhibition. The dance Is in aid of the Singapore Association of the Blind and Boys' Town.
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    Civil weddings
    31 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM. WedTwo notices of marriage were published in the Buklt Mertajam District Office today for the first time since the new civil marriage laws were enforced last month.
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    Ex-manager of cinema loses appeal
    106 8 Ex-manager of cinema loses appeal TJ. Davies, a former mana- ger of the Pavilion Theatre. Singapore, unsuccessfully appealed In the High Court yesterday against a conviction and Jail sentence on charges of criminal breach of trust. Davies had appealed against the decision of the Second Criminal District Judge, who had
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    $148,000 FINE IS NOW $30,000
    327 8 'The proper penalty'— Chief Justice FINES totalling $148,597 imposed by a District Judge on Teo Slew Jin. a Singapore merchant, for offences under the Foreign Exchange Ordinance, were slashed by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. yesterday to $30,000. The Chief Justice held that as
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    No racing in town, speed fiends told
    91 8 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed. MOTORISTS, who take delight in racing through the streets of this town, were warned by the police today to watch their speedometers. House-breaking and thefts of bicycles and fowls are also on the increase. The police have managed to recover
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    No negligence
    43 8 A charge of negligent driving against Tan Geek Look was dismissed in a Singapore Traffic Court yesterday. He was alleged to have driven a bus in a negligent manner at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Kallang Road on Oct. 3.
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    New name
    38 8 JCHORE BAHRU. Wed— The Johore South branch of the Malayan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is to be renamed the Johore branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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    BOURNE MEETS NEW ANTI-RED PLANNERS
    103 8 IPOH. Wednesday. rE Director of Operations, Lt. Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, today attended a meeting of the Prrak State War Executive Committee his first since political and community leaders were appointed to it this year to associate the people with the running of the anti-terrorist
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    Pleads guilty to bicycle theft
    55 8 In the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday. Yeo Alk Poh pleaded guilty to theft of a bicycle, valued at $80. belonging to Llm Whce 81m. at Outram Hill on Feb. 22. He was ordered to be remanded In police custody and the case was postponed
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    Pneumonia toll
    32 8 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. There wvrt 24 deaths out of 58 pneumonia rases In the Federation In the week ending Feb. 12 Twenty dysentery caws with one death were also reported.
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    Red flag found
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed- A thr<r feet by four feet Communist flag was found hangIng ouUlde the Chinese school In Kluang, Johore, yesterday.
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    Policeman acquitted
    61 8 KUALA LUMPUR. WedKhor Soon Thlan. a police constable. 23. was acquitted and discharged by Inche Ismail in the First Magistrate's Court here today on a charge of attempted extortion. The prosecution withdrew the charge that he demanded $50 from a stall-owner. Chen Swee Chlng. by threatening to cancel
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    Have a party of your own9 workers told
    127 8 Have a party of your own 9 workers told PKWM. Wed. MALAYAN Trade I'nionist* should form a workers' party to contest elections at all levels. Tun Haji Ali Rnusr. a representative of the Penang division of thr MTI said today. Xltrrnativrly I suggest you give fall support to a party
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    GIRL GUIDES' THOUGHT FOR FUTURE
    83 8 GIRL GUIDES' THOUGHT FOR FUTURE PENANO. Wed— Malaya wUI send delegates to the Olrl Guide World Association as soon ax the country gets selfgovernment. Mrs. Anne Pe. the Settlement Guide Commissioner, said yesterday She was addressing about 200 Oirl Guides and Brownie* at a "Thinking Day" ceremony at Mayfield. the
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    86 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.Seven out of 21 students from Selangor parsed the Higher School Certificate examination held In last December. They are; Chan Koon Van. Fong Kwock Leong. Ng Sui Onn. P. Norendra. 8. Parajaftlngham. 8. Duralpandlan. and Wong Sow Hong, all from Victoria Institution. Eighteen students
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    35th anniversary
    43 8 The Chinese Industrial and Commercial Continuation School. Singapore, will celebrate its 35th anniversary with an art exhibition from Feb. 27 to Mar. 1. A concert will be held at 2 p.m. on Mar. 1 at the school hall In Outram Road.
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    178 8 MRS. E. L. 8. JENNINOB. wife of a Singapore Journalist, helped to stop a thief who had stolen a dollar from her neighbour's amah, the Second Criminal District Court was told yesterday Sy<d YusolT bin Syed Ibrahim was Jailed for klx months for stealing the
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    LINCOLNS BLAST YONG PENG GAM HIDEOUT WITH TONS OF BOMBS
    153 8 LINCOLNS BLAST YONG PENG GAM HIDEOUT WITH TONS OF BOMBS BATU PAHAT. Wed. f HHREE Lincoln bombers dropped about 12 tons of bombs on terrorist hideouts in the thick jungle east of Yong Peng this morning, in the first big move against the killers of Major Robin Genge, Officer Commanding
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    Court to sit earlier to reduce backlog
    181 8 7 INQUIRIES IN NEXT W Dill r catch up with the backlog of preliminary lnqmrinto serious offences, the Sincaporo Fifth Court will sit at 9 a.m. from tomorrow, an hour eaj* than all the other courts. The cases of preliminary in- quirirs have
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    Classes for 758 teachers
    39 8 Training classes for 758 teachers were started in Sincaporc last month Of these. 637 are newly appolr.teii English school teacher? In Normal (part-time' training classes. The rest are in four new full-time teachers' training dMMft
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    50 8 MALAYA'S INDUSTRY ON SHOW MALAYAN products from a Federation and iisah of Wngipon i Mcomjjni dustm. will b<> among exhibit. don. from II From the will be rubber. coconut oil. indastr. ir, plywood ware. Th pies of Btngapori i condary Ini rubber eoods. gki tinned and bottletan and character! crafts
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    17 8 BUKIT MFPT.V R M.ind.ri'.: In yciUriiaj mom:: to b<irr> The man then r I
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    FAILED, SO SHE TRIED SUICIDE
    64 8 A 16-year-old schoolgirl attempted suicide because she had failed in her examinations, the Singapore Eighth Police Court was told >•• day Chan Cheow Chin pleaded guilty to trying to take her own life by swallowing caustic soda on Tuesday morning. at k' r home In
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    RUBBER PRICE IS STILL IMPROVING ON LOCAL MART
    672 10 By Our Market Correspondent EH)R the third successive day the price of rubber in Singapore continued to rise in the absence of speculative Helling and the price has now regained 61 cento of the 16 cento lost in last week's debacle. March
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    162 10 ship, tytar al»sn«tif tke *lhi«a■are Harfcaar Basra wkarraa am Berietl la4ay are: Edouard Branly 1/3. Radnorshire 4 5 Rajula C.P.. Benvannoch A 7 Benledl Somali II Mall, rv I.vken IS/14. Hambiirc IS/X. Obra It. State of Andhra 19 20 Sedtll N. Wan Ratah Brooke 31/23. Kotn Oede 33 24.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    130 10 March first grade rubber buyern fob closed la Singapore officially yesterday at N cents a Ib. 3 If cents above Tuesday's clone The cloalng tone was steady Closing rubber prices yesterday In cenU per Ib were —No 1. R.S.t. Spot looae buyers MS. seller* M. No. 1 Ras
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchanst market In Hong Kong yemerday. the U 8 dollar wan quoted at S 90 for ca*h and &93>, for TT Sterling wa* quoted IS CO and mm tael of gold at 2J7.
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    332 10 The Malayan Sharp Brokers' Association reported: 'On the local share market both tins and Industrials were Irregular and nn balance loftses exceeded gains Rubbers were quirk to respond to the better commodity prU-e. However turnober In all sections wax (till restricted Singapore members reported the following bu>lness done
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    74 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS ■mm Investments wer* with prices fern Stock ExrhariKf tendency In mm nounred torUv trading ,n Loan* 3.. it Loans 3,-. Con 7.lnc Bank of N I w Mount Lytil N Broken SI > Hill »n Mount Morgan Western Mining' Ampoi lasjsaraUi OH Searrh Aust Con In A.P.M lut)
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    130 10 Singapore change noon prices J yesterday were.— Coprs: qulri buyers. $29 i r buyers. $29 1„> quiet; bulk tU sellers .both drop I], jj" quietly steady with 13 ton, kS reported: «hr. biack unchanged. Munint rt. Hingapore Coprj Uvr|a>lsii v •rk-ea. Strait, mi xHr^rsF^-" $28 7 8 buyers
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    469 12 Spend trhvwt you hmtm to hut jmt tmti vmlum may* KA THLEEX HtCKLEY YOU have just bought your new refrigerator, or at least you have paid the first instalment on it, and there it is, wired up and switched on, a
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    147 12 HIM in ntri tpccyl r*cip* for k« C*MM. A litH. np«Min »3r *«n».| k.l i«l th« Htinc for a cfciMrm party. Take a tin or raipfcerrw, a«4 era* t*itr», rtien *44 a cm, or tin. ..gar anrf dm rk< •nutura for IS minuttt. Separate th« wH.t.
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    521 12  -  ELIZAIETM PAKERNAM By pOING. going, gone— back to school! Down comes the hammer on the holidays. No regrets for the majority. But here s Michael, aged nine, dreading it. And all because people keep saying what Red Rid- I ing Hood
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    23 12 GAILY patterned Ber-muda-length shorts, displayed bp Kola Rose in the second National Fashion at the koyal Festival Hall in London.
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    29 12 A CLUSTER of pearls in the centre of a uhitc osprey taucer hat among the models by Milliner Mirman at the John Cavanagh show in London.
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    135 12 WOMEN were deceivers ever and they're deceiving now with far more gusto than they've ever deceived before. From the ultimate deception of falsies to the latest deception —and here's the pomt —of the rash of cheap jewellery that has broken out in Malaya. Time was when the women
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      150 12 Straits Times Crossword "^^fi's^'tn tonwu ■»i~t i i i naarTnrs M T—T?^* M T5^T—ig—i 32 B b c«v»u» r poet* (•>. I I II II It 1 J3 °P lnlons twWinii »n»re» (6). Ibbw ■■■■■JBbM b^f '6 ft > 20 I 2» ™^^^^^^HS""™ 19 Such people must he wandering iVi
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    TOURISTS TO FIELD NINE 'TEST' PLAYERS v RESERVES TODAY
    453 13 TOURISTS TO FIELD NINE 'TEST' PLAYERS v RESERVES TODAY Pakistan agree to floodlight game la Singapore By Our Hockey Reporter THE PAKISTAN Hockey x Federation tourists have agreed to the Singapore Hockey Association's proposal to play the last of their five matches in the Colony under floodlights at the Jalan
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    PAKISTANIS CONSIDER ENG CHENG FED'S BEST
    152 13 PAKISTANIS CONSIDER ENG CHENG FED'S BEST Wf TO I RING Pakistan I n(K k^ Ifara consider ieUnlfors (hrn En* rum thf most outstand£pla«er the* have met w their lour so far. rtf\ all feel that Eng Cbenc ta eta* above the utirr Uiej havr seen and Ttl K° (ld international
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    s'GOR CLUB 2 TELECOMS 3
    39 13 s'GOR CLUB 2 TELECOMS 3 ■p. wed .>ccer garm I r Club beaten by ndly on who finished last season. .n the -.on. ail their i half. Je-left R. Guna- a nd outside-right -yard Cotton got ne n each
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    Lock icon KEENAN BEATS DANTE BINI
    52 13 GLASGOW. Wed— Peter Keenan IBM British bantamweight boxing i humpion. outpointed Dante Blnl of FYance over ten rounds In a nontllle bout here laM lght Keenan s last fight before leaving for Australia where he meets Bobby Sinn, the Australian rhaini;ie vacant British Empire v* eight
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    41 13 LONDON. Wed The Football Association Cup fifth round replay. between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest, arranged for today. has been postponed because of the c of Newcastle's ground. The replay has now been rer.tranced for next Monday. Reut«r.
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    258 13 SAN DIEGO, Wednesday. T«HE HARDEST-HITTING woman tennis piayei the x world has ever seen, Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, has been forced out of competitive tennis at the peak of her career. It Is a tragically unfortunate end of a brilliant
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    161 13 Red China will be at Olympics MELBOURNE. Wad. IT OEN William Bfidgeford chief executive for the 1»M j Olympics, revealed today that Communist China, had accepted an Invitation to send a team to Melbourne for the Games The invitation was accepted last December and Btidgeford declined to give any remxon
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    Lock icon Trabert wins two titles
    140 13 NEW YORK. Wed. rNY Trabert won the United States indoor lawn tennis singles championship here last night by beating his Davis Cup team mate Hamilton Richardson. 11—13. 7—5. 9— 7. 6—3 in the final. The match lasted more thin 2} hours. Traberfs superior volleying gave him
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    S'GOR TO HOLD JUNIOR MEET
    100 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed THE BCLANOOH Amateur Athletic Attorlatlon will inaugurate a Junior championship :.i» year. This will take placr on June 3 s-nd 4 and will be open only to boyi below the *g? of IS Ten event* are on thr programme but each competitor
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    Hong Kong Army win easily vs. Singapore
    306 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. HONO KONO ARMY XI easily beat Army, Singapore, in I the opening match of the FARELF hockey triangular tournament by 5-1 on the Malaya Cornvrtand ground this j evening. Dunne a short spall In the second half Singapore pre&sed strongly
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    BANK BEGIN WITH 4-1 WIN
    67 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Chartered Bank Sports Club opened their Business Hockey League with a 4-1 win over Shell Sports Club on the railway ground today. Chartered Bank led by 2-0 at the interval through out-side-rleht R Danker and In-side-left M Rozario. Shell reduced the deficit
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    Zain scores 3 for Greniers
    47 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Charles Oren.er Sports Club beat Robinson Sports Club 4-1 at soccer on the railway ground. Brickfields, today Oreniers led 2-1 at the interval. Inside-left Mohd. Zain '3 and inside-right N'agaratnam scored for Grenlers and Jnsideright Yusoff replied for Robinsons.
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    LEONG'S 'SEVEN' SCORE THRICE
    45 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. After a scoreless first half. Leong Hoe Yeng's team beat Chua Bok Loow's team 3-0 in the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club's seven-a-slde soccer league at Pudu Road today C*ntre-forward Poh Aun i2-outside-riuht Kong Hln (1) were the scorers
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    Jeep's 10 to follew
    295 13 \|Y ten to follow at the Penang Turf Club Spring Meeting are: DISTBIBl'TOK: Narrowly beaten In bpth his outings over sprint distances in Clmas I at Buklt Tlmah. in great shape THEATBC II Showed promise in his first appearance, at Ipoh in January, when he came
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    117 13 PtTNANO Wed. DENANO will meet Prrmk at Inoh on April and in in their tint Inter-state rrl'krr match of the new Oher Peru nc Mate fixture* are •gainst Selaniror at Penang on July 9 and 10 and against Krdah at Pfi.miß on July It and
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    268 13 HAARLAM. Holland. Wed T»HE Choong brothers. Eddie and David, are expected to dominate the Netherlands international badminton championships to be held here on Saturday and Sunday Eddie, the All-England and American champion, is the hot favourite to retain the men's singles championship as
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    140 13 KARACHI. Wed T«HE TOURINO Indian cricket team. »fter losing three wlckels for 41, hit up a formidable 249 for four at close of play today, first day Of their three-day match against a Pakistan Combined Schools team The Indian side lost Man- tcad Roy and
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    58 13 LI TON TOWN'S coalkeeper Baynham dashes out and smothers an attack from Manchester City forwards. Aa he father*, a team-mate i black kmcker») stands by in case needed. Baynham saved this one bat Manchester City scored on two other occasions to win this F.A. Cap fifth
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    OLD BILLDAW SHOWS WINNING FORM IN PENANG WORKOUT
    318 13 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Wed. r) URA B L E Billdaw shaped like a winner on the training track at Penang this mornine With Billy Bak b y astride. this old campaigner galloped 3f in 37 3/5. Billdaw. once a top-flight sprinter,
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    563 14 THE MOST-DISCUSSED BADMINTON MATCH IN YEARS IS LIKELY TO BE PLATED W LONDON NEXT MONTH By OUR BADMINTON REPORTER \yONG PENG SOON, Malaya* badminton wizard, ix likely to leave Singapore in the first week of March to play in the All-England championships, which
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    8 14 Finalists in London! WONG PESG SOON EDDIE CtfOOAG
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    129 14 Cover court with canvas. he advises rpHE two visiting Swedish 1 X tennis players, S. Davidsson and L. Bergelln, who recently gave exhibition matches in Singapore and tht Federation, left by air for Jakarta yesterday. They will give exhibition matches at four places In Indonesia Asked what he thought ot
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    46 14 HOTKEY PAKISTAN H r. SlncaiMrr Sttrtl««. Jslan Bmr. VIS. *O< (Eft mAKTLEY S. S. \kUria ScbMl. V. ft. «rouiU BEATTY H. v HI. A*4r*ws* >ch««l WMinifc. AJAJI S. C. Aatoa A. C. f>rte*l Vatoa rrennd. BALEiITIEK C. C. v \lrx»ndr» F. 1 rimr r»rk
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    183 14 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY. Wednesday. IT HAS rained steadily in Sydney today and more is 1 forecast. This means that the Test pitch, which already was well advanced In preparation by the end of the New South Wales match yesterday, was
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    21 14 The next B.R.A. Spoon Shoot will be held at the Buklt Timah Range at 8 30 a.m. on Sunday.
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    MRS. MILLS'S THREE GOALS
    53 14 Married and Single drew 4-4 in the Singapore Cricket Club annual women's hockey match on the padang yesterday. Mrs. Dorothy Mills scored three goals for Married, whoae other goal came from Mrs Wright The scorers for Single were Mils S Atkinson <2» Miss J. Loonies and
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    A SURE-LOCK ON HOLMES
    45 14 HOLMES. Singapore Combined Mine Ihrnquartir n taught in a huge embrace bj Johore > .lor I.ewiU in la-t night's ruecer at the stadium A moment after thiv pi.iur* wa* taken. Levula sent Holmes sprawling actMi thr t urn line. Straits Times pictun
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    GREAT LAST-MINUTE TRY BY HEAD BEATS JOHORE
    549 14 GREAT LAST -MINUTE TRY BY HEAD BEATS JOHORE A FIGHTING Combined Singapore XV last night laid lew a bogey that has crept into Malayan rugby circles within the last three years: that a team with a preponderance of Fljtans playing In It Is practically unbeatable Playing magnificent rugby. Singapore won
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    286 14 rPHKRE were tlx fights In Urn fwtnl-flnal rounds of the Singapore Servloas individual championships, held at Tanglln gymnasium lax' night. PturktMt fighter of the evenina was Pt«. Donarhle Though dated after two rounds of punUhment DonachJ* «tood hu ground to th* end In hU flfht ag*tn»t Auld
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    13 14 WEST YORKS TOO GOOD FOR SCHOOL sh«v>> all to N jKiint ithn f
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    42 14 Rainbow F C became th>Johore Bahru Dist.ict league •occer champions when they beat Johormgtons 1-0 in the final at Tebrau yesterday The winning goal wax scored by Talih I Rail I I Molek i C I I II
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