The Straits Times, 14 March 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times. fat**** 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 193j. 15 CENT*
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    RED DRIVE FOR 'BRAINS'
    330 1 Students wooed PARTY NEEDS MORE INTELLECTUALS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. Communists are stepping up their c to win over Chinese students because tew "brains", the Member for EduL D. Whitfleld, told the Strait* Times ■•gterdaj he Rod intellectuals went underground In ive nobody coming on to take
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    Lock icon LONDON SAYS WELCOME HOME AFTER CARIBBEAN TOUR
    58 1 THK Archbishop <>t anirr bury. l»r Fisher, smile* at an amusing remark by Princess Margaret during her reply to the Lord Mayor of London. Thr occasion *as when the Prinrrv. was guest of honour at a lunch given at Mansion House to welcome
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    Army moves into deep jungle
    213 1 POLICE TAKE OVER TOWNS Xl ALA I.IMPIK. Sunday BARMY in the Federation Is bring deployed into le jungle and the territories dominated by Communist terrorists. This move is an important part of the plan of the Director of Operations, Lt.-Oen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, to "fight
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    Five hurt as car overturns
    80 1 Five hurt as car overturns rREE women and two men were injured when a car with six passengers skidded and overturned at the 8} milestone Thomson Road. Singapore yesterday. The other passenger. Ani thony Cruz, a six-month baby, escaped unhurt. The injured were Josephine Ponly. 22. Putha Bunglow. 22 P
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    Lock icon Nasser to visit Nehru
    65 1 CAIRO, Sun— The Egyptian Prime Minister, Lieut. Col. i Nasser, will fly to New Delhi on April 8 to stay three days in India a* the guest of Mr Nehru on his way to the AfroAsian conference in Bandoeng Col. Nasser also intend* to visit Karachi,
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    A-BOMBS CAN'T MISS TARGETS'
    83 1 A-BOMBS CAN'T MISS TARGETS' plants at 30,000 ft can be accurate SHINGTON, Sun. AN bombers, i A :U).000 feet xplode a nunb within 200 point at which ilm. Kirs to deliver the ,Lf. from carrierilrcraft to the trategic bombers States air force j .:!> rent types of handle many diffe-
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    Lock icon Moscow attache
    20 1 9 in. -Colonel N. newly appointed lary Attache in .i courtesy call ha] V. Sokolov. the Soviet OenRcuter.
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    Eleanor in Paris
    23 1 I N Sun. Mrs. 11 flew to Paris r a four-day visit to visit Paris •re travelling on R' uter.
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    Lock icon U.S. clean-up
    19 1 I YORK, Sun. Police people by mid- irriay night in 1 drive to rid city riosirables."— A.P.
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    Lock icon Two killed by buried shell
    43 1 OUAIEMALA. Bun.- n. uun™ mortar shell exploded when struck by a pickaxe, killing two soldiers and seriously wounding six otners. The shell was one of several buried at Camp Marte by explosions during army manoeuvres last December AP.
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    Lock icon FASHION-CONSCIOUS THIEF
    61 1 »N. Sun. A Mayfalr a kfon eye for beach>n. In stealing the collection -about and bikinis— wruoma of Ilia i (rear designer to j imily, he ior may- tx\ shet ignored all 1954 garments. Miss Kalna commented last night: "The raider seemed interested in a new idea called
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    Grappling girls wanted at $165 a month
    110 1 Grappling girls wanted at $165 a month TOKYO. Sun. A GROUP of American women wrestlers who packed Japanese auditoriums during a tour here started something. This advertisement (translated from the Japanese i appeared yesterday in a Tokyo newspaper: "The age of women profe.ssional wrestlers has arrived Ladies, come and apply
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    Lock icon Flying through iron curtain
    54 1 LONDON. Sun— lndia's National Airline announced yesterday it mill shortly start the first direct air-link from western Eunope through the Iron Curtain and out the other side A new service between London and Bombay will run once a week from May and will call at Prague.
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    Lock icon Red jailed
    40 1 TURIN, Italy. Sun— An Assize Court here has sentenced Communist Deputy Mario Mon. tatrnana brother-in-law of Party boss Palrairo Togliattl, to one year and four months In jail for inciting army recruits I to disregard draft orders.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Arab complaint
    27 1 JERUSALEM, Sun— Jordan lodged a complaint with the Mixed Armistice Commission ycrterday, accusing Israel of viola tin? the armistice in the Aqabn Gulf area A.P.
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    Lock icon Bishop of Korea
    29 1 FREETOWN. Sun. -Dr. John Daly Bishop of Accra. Gold Coast, has been appointed Bishop of Korea. He has been in West Africa for 20 years Reuter.
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    Another carrier
    19 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. Work on a fourth giant new American aircraft carrier, the Independence, will begin this summer—Reuter.
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    8 die in smash
    23 1 JOHANNESBURG, Sun A bus and a goods train collided at a crossing yesterday killing eight Africans and Injuring 27
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    Lock icon Dead baby's glands give new life to woman
    112 1 AK -KI.AN'D. Sun— A 36-year-, old woman, who three weeks ago could neither write nor fred herself and was completely bed-ridden. Is recovering after glands from a dead baby were grafted into I her body. The woman's condition followed a thyroid operation
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    Lock icon Ban bomb' call
    33 1 MOSCOW. Sun. --Mr. Yakoy Zhidkov. president of the Soviet Council of Evangelical Christian Baptist*, haa called on world Baptists to sign the appeal for a ban on nuclear weapons. Reuter
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    Naval exercises
    31 1 LONDON. Sun The Royal l yacht Britannia, with the i Duke of Edinburgh aboard, will lead a convoy taking part in Naval exercises in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty said
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    Lock icon Shipwrecked mariners —it s just a test
    144 1 Shipwrecked mariners it s just a test PARIS. Bun French seamen have volunteered to act as shipwrecked mariners aboard a rubber raft anchored in the western Atlantic and to live on a few teaspoonfuls of neawater a day for up to a fornlght, the French Navy Ministry announced here The
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    Lock icon BISHOP URGES: DROP THESE PLANS
    523 1 BISHOP URGES: DROP THESE PLANS The Church will never permit such a marriage, he says LONDON, Sunday. I)R. ALFRED BLUNT, Bishop of Bradford, today advised either Princess Margaret or Group Captain Peter Townsend to drop their plans if it is true that they want to marry. The Church of England
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    Lock icon Bevan told to quit Labour
    114 1 LONDON. Sun MR EMANUEL BHINWELL yesterday demanded that the left-wing leader Mr. Aneurln Bevan resign from the Labbour Party "as the only decent course Mr Shinwell. 71. 'ormer Defence Minister, said in a speech that the "persistent flouting" of majortty party decisions by Mr. Bevan
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    Lock icon Holiday in Sicily
    31 1 SYRACUBE. Sun— Sir Winston and Lady Churchill. with 10 other people, will fly by special plane to Catania. Sicily, on April 9 tor an Easter Holiday here.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon ICE BOXES FOR ICEMEN
    77 1 NEW YORK. Sun Refrigerators have finally been sold t<> Eskimos. Mr. Frank Whaley or a goodwill tour of the United Btates for the Alaska Vlstors' Association said that Eskimos, who worked for the navy at Point Barrow after the war oought many refrigerators and deep-fretze units.
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    Quemoy: Display of power by U.S.
    198 1 Quemoy: Display of power by U.S. WASHINGTON, Sun. THE U.S. military high command has drafted pla n s for use in case President Eisenhower considers it necessary to fight for Quemoy or the Matsus. It is understood that a guiding principle behind the plans Is this: If the Chinese Reds
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    STOP PRESS
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  • SPOTLIGHT ON STAMFOD ...and ROCHORE
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      A battle of the veterans in this division
      324 2 A battle of the veterans in this division r[E 13,060 voters of the Stamford division have four tried politicians to choose from. Three of them have successfully fought elections before. The fourth was a nominated Municipal Commissioner for many years. The candidates are Mr. Nazir Mallal of the Progressive Party,
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      TODAY'S QUESTION
      170 2 The riddle of the spoilt ballot paper rpODAY'S election question 1 deals with spoilt ballot papers. A reader asks: "If I spoil my ballot paper, do I lose my chance of casting my vote, or can I get another paper?" The answer is that it depends on how
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      THE RECORD OF THE CANDIDATES
      203 2 THE RECORD OF THE CANDIDATES NAZIR MALLAL .(Progressive Party), aged 81, a lawyer. Born in Pakistan; lived in Singapore for over 39 years. Educated at Raffles Institution and Middle Temple, London. PERSONAL NOTES: Municipal Commissioner from IW6 to 1941 and 1946 to 1948: a captain in the Indian Army during
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      Polling stations
      422 2 THE Stamford electoral f •Mvtalon b the are' hounded by Rochore Koad. Rochore Canal Road. Seleglc Road. Dhoby Ghaut. Orchard Road. Clemenceau Avenne. the Singapore River and the sea. It m divided taito six polling districts. Bach district Is allotted a polling station. Yon may vote ONLY at
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      Mrs. Choy wants to turn nurse
      138 2 Mrs. Choy wants to turn nurse i\f RS ELIZABETH CHOY. Ivl the Progressive Party candldat* for Queenatown In the April elections, wants to turn nurse to help the sorestricken villagers in her area. In a memorandum to Dr R. H. Bland, Director of Medical Service* she has asked for travelling
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      For inspection
      24 2 Singapore's Legislative Assembly Chamber will, be open to the public from March 21 to March 25 between 4 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.
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      IT'S A 3-WAY TUSSLE BY 3 MODEST MEN
      193 2 IT'S A 3-WAY TUSSLE BY 3 MODEST MEN /CANDIDATES were slow coming forward In the Rochore division. But in the end all the major parties nominated their men. They are Mr. Son Ghee Soon (Progressive), Mr. Ong Eng Lian (Democrat) and Mr. Tan Theng Chiane (Labour Front) Of a' 1
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      The Rochore candidates
      217 2 —AND THEIR RECORD OF WORK KOH GHEE SOON (Progressive Party), aged 51. a company secretary Born in Singapore Educated at Raffles Institution. PERSONAL NOTES: City Councillor. Civil Defence Colonel Council member of S.A.T.A.; committee member of the Singapore Joint Relief Organisation vice-president of Singapore Amateur Weightllftlng Federation.
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      RALLIES—FOR THE LION
      126 2 RALLIES— FOR THE LION Mr. Lee Kok Liang, a Democratic Party candidate for the Whampoa Division In the Legislative Assembly elections, will hold a public meeting near the Boon feck Road Village market. Singapore, at 8 o'clock tonight. Another Democratic candidate. Mr. Anthony Ooh tPong-gol-Tampenls Division), will address voters at
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      Here's where you cast your vote
      298 2 Here's where you cast your vote THE Rorhore rirttor ision is hounded Laut. Koi'hnri Rait, fU«hore (anal K..ni ford Strrrt. X.ill.mc fc* and the sn It is into five polling d Ka« h dislri< I i« al oolline station vote ONLY at the stat.u allotted to your district R I
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    Lock icon Don't let China get this jet fuel cargo, U.S. Navy told
    257 3 SINGAPORE WON'T BUNKER FINNISH TANKER WASHINGTON. Sun. William Knowland, leader in th<> Se••rdav thai the Seventh Fleet delivery of a ship-..re-raft fuel to the mmunists if all other Aland added in an lnped the Chinese ■Me to carry i
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    Lock icon Tibet will be tied to China
    129 3 1 ONDON, >un -■.i pali I ima, IS. the spid iM>l>tic;il head im-.u! .i Maprepare Tibet for iitonomy" uilhm unnnW RemihlK tl» "mliiuniM Sim anI am i << (i»-piii.\ mi uill be the Lama. I*. another religious fipurr rais.t who came to with the
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    'World in debt' to Fleming
    22 3 All tho ebt" to Kir tho Me* TTibune said to■'immpnt on "was one of the 'actors ol
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    TO BAN H-BOMB IS SUICIDAL'
    217 3 West stronger in A-weapons BELFAST, Sunday. AIR. HAROLD MACMILLAN. Minister of Defence, said A it would be suicidal for Britain- and the Western nations to agree to ban the hydrogen bomb "the only weapon in which we have marked superiority. Mr. Marrrnillan was speak- ing
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    Lock icon SOLDIER FIRED A FLARE FOUR OF HIS COMRADES DIED
    129 3 SOLDIER FIRED A FLARE FOUR OF HIS COMRADES DIED VIENNA. Sun PVR BRITISH sold ier» of the Firsl Battalion the Middlesex Keic intent werr killed v. a fire in a barn In Mat tic h o fe n Northwest Austria. Eight other* were badly burned The fire began when a
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    Atoms for Tito
    11 3 Sun. Yueo- >\vn Atomic n i his month.
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    QUEEN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
    38 3 Belgium's n K'.izabrth left issian-built St< rday lor i visit of royal family mrrnber behind the Iron Curtain. Thr Queen. 78. will attend the finals of the Frederic Chopin international music competition in Warsaw.
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    India, Pakistan end disputes
    51 3 NEW DELHI. Sun. A Joint communique issued here last .>aid apreoment ha* been reached on a "number of outLine disputes" between' India and Pakistan. Sources said that they in- 1 d the problems of re- abducted women and ..vision of railway and which are pending. A
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    Lock icon Hush-hush on Yalta
    76 3 LONDON. Sun.— The Foreign Office yesterday denied American reports that Sir Winston Churchill had personnally blocked the publication of the official record of the IMS Yalta meeting between himself. President Roosevelt and Marshal Slalin. Tht Foreign Office said, however, the British Government had told the United States
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    Lock icon 8 COUPLES ACCUSED OF MIXED WEDLOCK
    95 3 NEW ORLEANS. Sunday A GRAND JURY in St. Bernard parish near here has charged eight couples with violating a state law banning intermarriage between Whites and Negroes. Two negro and six whit* women and two White and six Negro men are involved Louisiana* criminal
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    Lock icon Premier muzzles the press
    69 3 VALETTA. Sun —Malta's new La bout Prime Minister. Mr Dom Mintoff. yesterday lasued an official circular ordering the Malta police to withhold all Information from prexsi men The ban affects British and fore.kii press correspondents a* well as the local press. It mean* that no more
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    Soldiers assist flood victims
    39 3 LONDON. Sun. Troops or the Ist Commonwealth Division in Korea, consisting of Australian. British. Canadian and New Zealand unit*, have collected £1.754. for the New South Wale* flood relief fund, the War Office Mid yesterday.
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    10 hurt in fire
    23 3 MANILA Sun Ten people were injured as they battled a fire in Lacuna province south of here on Saturday
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    Lock icon Don't blow it up, says Nehru of the knife bid
    231 3 Don't blow it up, says Nehru of the knife bid NAGPUR. Sun. I|R NEHRU, the Indian iTI Prime Minister, who yesterday escaped an attempt on his life by a trisha rdier. said that the incident should not be exaggerated Mr. Nehru told the welfare workers of Bharat Sevek Samaj. a
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    Lock icon Wedding saves her liberty
    55 3 COPENHAGEN. Sun Ame-rican-bom Mrs Jean Jenkins formerly Mrs. Jean Butler dfported from England some weeks ago. left here yesterday to return to England as the wife of a Briton. She has taken the oath of allegiance as a British cltlien and was given a passport by
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    Lock icon Polio scare
    31 3 MONTEVIDEO. Sur The Uruguay Government has barred children under 18 rear* of ace from all public Catherines including chvrch congregations In an effort to halt a polio epidemic— AP
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    Lock icon New State won't attend Indies talks
    135 3 New State won 't attend Indies talks I JAKARTA, Bun rr»HE newly-formed Central 1 African Federation has re- i fufced to participate in the Afro-Asian conference at Bandoeng. Indonesia. the Foreign Ministry SecretaryOoneral. Mr. Ruslan Abdul gani. said. The federation's Prime Minister. Bir OodJrey Huggins. replying to Premier All Sastroaniidjojo'g
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    Lock icon Wreck is found
    36 3 SALT LAKE CITY. Bun Three mountain climbers found the wreckage of a B3S bomber and the bodies ol three of the five men aboard it near the top of Mt Ttm- \< -frdSkV AP
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS KICK OUT A PRIEST
    77 3 FATHER (.HtHl.f BISSONLTTF.. the Roman (atholir prirsi rxpHlrd from Monrow, arrives at Helsinki, Finland. He rotneii from Ontral Fall*. Rhode Island IS., and for lh. past two years ha* ministerrd to forricn Catbolirt in Moscow. No reason wa» girrn for his sadden expulsion but it
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    Lock icon 'A-tests endanger health9—U.S. doctor
    159 3 'A-tests endanger health 9 U.S. doctor DENVER. Sun— The fall-out of radio-active dust In Colorado from the Nevada nuclear has reached a point where jt ran no longer be Ignored by concerned with public In and .safety, two jw-ien-ti.vU lit the University of ColoMedical Centre said yesI terday. Dr Ray
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    'Executed' 94 died fighting in Acheen
    259 3 'Executed' 94 died fighting in Acheen JAKARTA. Sun. THE North Sumatra ml- i lit ary command at Medan denied yesterday that Government troops had executed 94 inhabitants of a village in northern Sumatra. A communique said the 94 deaths were among villagers who had joined Darul Islam terrorists in attacks
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    Lock icon Helmet vanished as constable swam
    155 3 THE DRAMA AT FOLLY BRIDGE LONDON. Sunday. 'THE detectives of the Oxford police force are probing the mystery of Police Constable Brand's missing boots and helmet. The constable was told by a man in the police station that cries for help had been heard com.nc
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    Lock icon PLANTS YIELD MORE UNDER ATOM RAYS
    84 3 PLANTS YIELD MORE UNDER ATOM RAYS MOSCOW. Bun Soviet scientist* have discovered that plants exposed to "very weak" atomic radiation over long periods grow faster and yield harvests up to 100 per cent WRper. the Soviet News agency Tass reported. It said the Soviet Institute of Biophysics had been conducting
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    CORRECT LOPSIDED ECONOMY, HE URGES
    363 4 Federal Councillor wants commission set up to take stock of resources The goal: Properly planned progress KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A PLANNING commission to "take full stock o the economic factors, the human and materia resources of the Federation" wati advocated by a leading Federal Legislative
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    OLDEST MEMBER Of THE PARISH SAYS FAREWELL TO VICAR
    84 4 Till: REV. A. I II WHIN tin- Vicar of St. Paul's (hurrh and the secretary to the Bfehopof Singapore, with Mr- Clay ton will leave Singapore next Thortday in the Corfu fur Bra ili n on home leave. Mr. Clayton (left)
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    VILLAGE BATTLES LALLANG BLAZE
    218 4 VILLAGE BATTLES LALLANG BLAZE BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sun. TOR NEARLY three hours a lallang flre threatened J\iru village, six miles from Bukit Mertajam. yesterday. All available men in the village, and the Bukit Mertajam fire brigade battled the fire from four until 7 pm. beforu bringing it under controi. After the
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    Town bans wood dealers
    41 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The Johore Bahru Town Council will not permit charcoal and firewood dealen to carry on business in the heart of the town. Storage of charcoal and firewood will be permitted beyond the town proper.
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    Curfew breaker fined $600
    56 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Bun. Found out of door* without a permit during curfew hours. Samp bin Manap. of Rimba Torjum, was fined $100 in the Pontlan Sessions Court. He was also fined $500. or five months' Jail for possession of a pair of shoes, restricted goods, in
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    Clansmen meeting to honour Yap Ah Loy
    206 4 Clansmen meeting to honour Yap Ah Loy K. LUMPUR, Sun. THE Yaps in Kuala Lumpur will celebrate tomorrow, the birthday of Yap Ah Loy. Selangor's first Capitan China who died here 70 years apo, with a tea-party and a dinner. Records kept by the Belangor Yap Clansmen Amoriation who are
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    Youth jailed for theft
    67 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Payakun bin Jono. aged 17. wa& sentenced here to seven day*' Jail and a fine of $400, in default six months' jail for committing housebreaking and theft between Oct 31 and Nov. 1. He entered the house of Tan Boon Kwee at Parit
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    Man with still is fined $450
    47 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun —Lee Hon. aged 73. was found having a complete still, seven hottir.t of samsu and eight gallon, of fermented mash, when Customs men raided his hut in Feb. 19. He was fined $450 in the Magistrate's Court today.
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    THE 'PRIZE SEEKERS'
    144 4 Action Party hits out at opponents OPPONENTS of the People's Action Party are gentlemen of independent means trying to get a seat in the Singapore Legislative Assembly as one would try for a prize in a cash sweep, said Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. secretary of the P.
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    He urges rural development
    52 4 Mr M P D. Nair, an Independent candidate for Seletsr In the Singapore Legislative Assembly elections, said last night he would urge the establishment of a rural development council If he was elected He was addressing his first election rally at Jalan Kayu off Yio Chu
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    Fire beaten— with sticks
    47 4 Fire beaten with sticks KUALA LUMPUR. Sun—The Kuaia Lumpur flre brigade armed with sticks, fought a lallanc flre near the Sentul Methodist Boys' School for more than two hours this evening. Firemen parked their fireengine nearly 600 yards from the flr< as there was no access road.
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    2,000 shout 'Merdeka'
    60 4 Shouts of "Merdeka!" <Free dom from a crowd of some j 2 000 villagers punctuated last night's UMNO-MCA Al- 1 lance election meeting, held at Radin Mas in support of Mr. Wong Foo Nam. an Alliano candidate contesting tn Pasir Panjang. Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO,
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    Tapper is called to door, shot
    104 4 Tapper is called to door, shot RED MLItbMEK LEA YE [-APEX K. LUMPUR a,. JOHORE terrorists I J and killed Tch£* rubber tap* blank ran,, and scat*. Phlets before esrS' through the p£ The tapp-r home at Benal when he was callrn to I by name. He open-d and was
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    101 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The membei oi the p^ iting Justices i lor thlr year a:' mood bin Ah. Ch p Sadkih Sardon M SteverLs, Mrs Pakida Mr. Wong Pen» L A. Abdul ICaJld Tuan Haji Abdullah bin Ha. Taib Mrs. Mary Georg Salaha binte Onn M Walsvorth Bell
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    FIRE BURNS 3 ACRES OF LALLANG
    78 4 FIRE BURNS 3 ACRES OF LALLANG About thi blukar and lalla terday ra^. d by fir broke out on a hillock bthtt the A B.C Brew Alexandra Road. Sin. ral firemen fn City Fire Brinadi tanks of water to th> and climbed th< to reach the fiamr.s was under control
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Man who took 'stink' put of soap became millionaire
    1825 5 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Man who took 'stink' put of soap became millionaire t B;11JI)1 'i mjI Ju,N3;l-ir'[ii;i )i^< ihiii J}^ SMALL paddle boat chugged up the mighty Congo River early in 1912, stopping occasionally where industrial strips had i slashed into the rioting tropical vegetation. On the deck wa«
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Mar. 14, 1955. Dust From The Bomb
    679 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Mar. 14, 1955. Dust From The Bomb Tho bomb dust warning by two scientists of the University i>f Colorado Medical Centre will add materially to the v an of the unscientific, alarmed not by the prospect of a hydrogen bomb tomorrow but by the radio-active
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    36 6 20 Wf4t fin i minimum). THE FAMII V (.1 the late Mrs Chrnk Omni I*<mvr sincerely thank •11 relative! and fi lends for their hs. kind expiessums of symand attendance at the funeral on 11.3.55.
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    131 6 N H uri* $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. A BRIGHT KUOOF-STION for a Blißht O< i ':">> "t Olamoroui Bvealng Oownt f<>r st. :< k'.s B:ill Tommy Thomson's, <; ii. BM| Batten- Road, Spore. COMF
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    Rubber Outlook
    347 6 Pormosa, and possible con:ersy over the sale of the /ernment owned American thetic plant, have helped ir price of rubber, a recovery which seems to owe something also to an optimistic belief that the recent corrective was overdone. Still another influential factor is the recovery in production and
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    The Lav Mind
    218 6 The charitable explanation of some of the speeches to which Singapore's voters have be»n listening is that the speakers are politically immature. Yet I it is difficult to advance this excuse for Mr. David Mar- shalt's Saturday tirade, and j for his hymn of praise for British
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    Standards of living will leap when they let the water in
    699 6 Standards of living will leap when they let the water in THEY'RE NOT TALKING OFFICIALLY ABOUT PADI IN KEDAH AND PERLIS BUT PLENTY IS HAPPENING, WRITKS WILLIAM FISH ALOR STAP Ktdah. pADI is ii taboo subject for Govern ment officers in Kcdah tnd Perjw wliik- cUrraM price discussions hist, hut
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      232 6 WE are experiencing transformation under the miracle of the campaign that carried the political message to every village in this country. By the adult franchise, which Rives every man and every woman a vote, the n.i^se.- have suddenly come into possession of power
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      Singapore arrivals
      111 6 I notice that the Controller of Immigration has •tated that 118 000 peop> arrived in the Colony ia<t year He does not however *«j how many of the 118 oo> were new, permanent residents or how many were visitors Be that as It may the figure certainly makia
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      IT'S A USELESS TEST
      120 6 IT'S A USELESS TEST ON March 4, the selection committee sat at the office of the Chief Education Officer. Pahang. at Raub to interview candidates for admission to the Malay Teachers Training Colleges at Tanjong Malim and Malacca From all parts of the State. 48 student teachers were called for
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      The life of Parliament
      180 6 YOUR correspondent "Under 12" is quite correct. I mistakenly stated that the British Parliament had no fixed term, during a Youth Forum in Radio Malayans 'Under 21 Club" programme last week, and I apologise unreservedly for my error. Perhaps I was misled by the course of
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    On the margine
    111 6 On the margine Luxembourg in r repn pore I l.'ixrrnb •M :,,v. tetephon has no len Malaya Malayan I. i S,"S •hlpj now dab genuin. Luxetnboui the r due r not r< oencJit might can at Ecfaten on th<;r D It would nes.s Is dom Luxembour. two Grand D Europe
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    The hapless B.O.R.
    136 6 A British other rank. Singapore th d a Mala-. his way to thi Bntanr.u Club Th. M speak Bnglii know where the Br Club wa.-* Thm- yen ra i explanation, t had suddenly .i "Shun." be cs BO.R. saw "Ri^ht turn for.rline. adu BMI W said tni
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    Satellite town opposes those 'exorbitant' Govt. rates
    338 7 QUIT RENT, $42 SURVEY FEE, 20 PER CEMT ASSESSMENT IN PETALING JAVA CITIZENS' LEAGUE LIKELY TO BE SET UP TO FIGHT 'UNPRECEDENTED INJUSTICE' phl r K! AI A LUMPUR, Sunday. HE people of IVtaling Java, the capital's satellite town, this morning decided to
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    ELECTION RALLY AT SEMBAWANG
    37 7 SECTION OF THE dm I) a I an election rall> in support of tin- Independent candidate for Sembawang. lnrhe Ahmad bin Ibrahim, at the 15th mile. Srmbawanc Road. Singapore.— Straits Times pi« ur<
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    AFTER 2 YEARS, BOSSES AND WORKERS ARE FRIENDS AGAIN
    81 7 AFTER 2 YEARS, BOSSES AND WORKERS ARE FRIENDS AGAIN KOTA RHAKI. Sun tni)W»\prs and workers of the North-Eastern Transport Service. Kelantaii s biggest Malay transport company have ended two M-ars of strained relations. shareholders and their families went to a party turn l>> the employees on f riday night. Nearly
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    Join up call to youth
    78 7 ANG. Sun —Four Chinese leaders will broadcast an ap- to Chinese youths to join Federation police force A recruiting team Vll] be In out March 17 to 22 to .►■v candidate. 1 Mr. Tye Kok Leong. presl- Pcnang Khek Association, broadcast an appeal Radio Malaya
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    Bull wrestling is against Islam KELANTAN BAN TO STAY
    160 7 Bull wrestling is against Islam KELANTAN BAN TO STAY KOTA KAHKI. Sunday. |>l 1.1. WRESTLING is against Muslim law because it is connected with gambling, the Government Mufti, Tuan Haji Ahmad Maher. said today. He wa.< rrplyine to thf Director of the" Federal Vetinerary Services. Mr. W. E. Lancaster, who
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    'Blind' date warmly acclaimed
    201 7 'Blind' date warmly acclaimed TOHERE was a disturbing A number ol empty seats at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night when Colin Bonlay gave a piano recital. Horiley. one of the mint gifted of Britain's younger musicians. :idld pertormance of a most interesting and thoughtfully varied programme. Hi »a^ warmly
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    GOVT. WON'T HELP USCO-OP CHIEF
    291 7 GOVT. WON'T HELP US-CO-OP CHIEF Officials cva n ive when we ask for housing loans, he says Xl MA I I MII K. Sunday THE Selangor Government and Municipal Officers Co-operative Housing Society claims that the Government is "evasive" when the society asks for help. The complaint was made by
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    Wives' wiles will serve the party
    117 7 KOTA BHARU Sun SHOULD LOYAL UMNOwomen, whose husbandhave joined other part>s use their wilci to bring th< m back to UMNO 0 Che Kamarlah. UMNO Women s Bectton leader, t.aa r k*d members tv influence their hu*band> who hare drifted from UMNO UMNO husband.-
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    15,000 is farewell gift to a champion
    51 7 15,000 is farewell gift to a champion San. (Kbnrn. |i v 1 DM prize well cift. army ;.i (nl \ir unman t'.ritain u^liand I t'rl of I mouths Hn (.ladvs Ii I ,'inpur. In be the w-nnis ttrmk ii It is in- i :r\ing I imos word she CaJBC lli
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    New officer
    34 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Mr B. A. G Hamilton has been appointed District Home Guard Officer. Segamat. and given the rank of Lieutenant Mr. Hamilton was previously with the Home Guards in Pengerang.
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    WOOD BADGE TRAINING SCOUTS
    5 7 WOOD BADGE TRAINING SCOUTS i
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    Tmera stolen
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    AIRMEN HURT IN CRASH
    28 7 BtfltOC Aircraftsman Leonard nby was acimitteci to the General H >spita] with serious and h:p injuries. He walater transferred to the BnM tary Hospital.
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    Cashiers pick new officials
    76 7 Officials of the Singapore 1 Cashiers' Union for the cur--1 rent year are: Patron.'. Messrs Teo Koon Lim and Tan Sin Wee, president. Mr Kow Chin Kiat; vice president. Messrs Tan Oen Beng and Seah Chlap .secretary. Mr Tan Peng Koon: treasurer. Mr Ho Chua Mene:
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    Police inspector weds nurse
    48 7 SEFEMBAN Sun Inspector Marman bin Yuuo* attached to the Police Headquarters. Serembar. and Che Fatimah binte Abdullah, a nurse in the Jelebu Hospital, were married yesterday Inspector Harman Is the champion athlete In the Negri Police Contingent. He alao represents the police at soccer.
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    Association officials
    78 7 Officials of the Indian Association in Dungun, Trengganu, for this year are: President Mr m. S Dhoor. vicr-piesident Mr M Robson Mlranua. secretary Mr. P G Philip, a.s.st .secretary Mr V G Menon. treasurer Mr V T George, asst treasurer Mr Dhainodharan, auditors Mr P. G Johii and
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    He failed to report
    51 7 JOHORE BAHRI. Sun. Hamid bin Kassnn. who ll 1 under police supervision, failed to make a routine report at a police .^tution and was sentenced to three months' Jail I in the Magistrate Court today. After serving his sentence he will complete his period of police
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    Award for Home Guard pioneer
    77 7 PORT BWETTENHAM. Sun A former police inspector. Inche Othman bin Ismail. mho took a leadlnc part in organls- 1 :nu Home Guards In Klanr i w»b yesterday presented with a certificate and badge of 'niei.t b\ the Sultan of Selan- 1 fcor. The certificate was
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    Row over one-wife-only statement
    191 7 KVALA LUMPUR. Sun -A controversy has started among Federation Muslim leaders ,)\<r a statement by the Egyptian Ml'iUter of State and General Secretary of the Muslim Cotlgrsm Colonel Anwar Saoaat. that the Koran .cted Muslims to only one 5.. -I ii, .me the statei w hen
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    AT 35, HE IS HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
    73 7 AT 35, HE IS HEAD OF DEPARTMENT IPOH. Sun Cambrldfreeducutad Mr Tan Te Song. 15, will be one of the youngest Asians to head a State Department in the Federation when he takes over next week as State Information Officer. Pnhar.g Mr Tan lolned Cambridge University i r 1939 f
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    51 offenders pay $550
    43 7 KUALA LUMPRU Sun. Fifty-one people pleaded guilty in the Fir^t Magistrate > Court here y«-i.terday to traffic offentm ranging from negligent driving to parking without lights. Fine* totalling $5&0 »r» imptvsed on them Individual fines ranged from $5 to $75
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    FOOTPATH SLEEPERS ON $100 BAIL
    149 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. (^HAN FOOK. 20. of SaJak South, and Wan Kam v Piew. 20. of Cheras Road, pleaded Rullty in the Second Magistrate's Court here yesterday to charges of sleeping on the five-foot-way along old Pudu Road early today Unlike former cases where •uch
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    26 STUDENTS GIVE THEIR BLOOD
    70 7 26 STUDENTS GIVE THEIR BLOOD Twenty-six students gave bloud to the Singapore Blood T:.in>lu.'ion Bervice at the General Ho pitai last week Others among the 153 blood donors Included 3« Servicemen and 17 cadet inspectors from ttit- PoUct Training School Of 161 patient- who received bloud transfusion during the week.
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    Fined for road offences
    66 7 KUALA I.UMPUR. Sun Private Michael John Quail, of the first Royal Hampshireg on Friday fined a total $'_"> in the First MatfutraU i Court here on three traffic chan e« He pleaded guilty to driving without prescribed lights :ilong Mountbatten Ru.kl un Feb 6. nut displaying
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    BE READY FOR JAIL, MR. TAN ADVISES
    264 7 BE READY FOR JAIL, MR. TAN ADVISES MALACCA. Sun. FUTURE mpmbers of r the Fedora] Legislative Counnl must be prepared to co to Jail if neressary for their stand on what they believe to be right or wrong. Mr. Tan Siew Sin said hero today. Mr Tan. publicity chief of
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    GIFTS FOR THE TRIPLETS
    61 7 BUTTERWORTH. Sun Vilafers of Kampong Selamat rassek Olugor. yesterday showTed Province Wellesley's first <iet of triplets with gifts. I'm overwhelmed by their Kindness." said Madam K>< Kong Liang, wife of a farmer who irave birth to the triplets —all boys— last Thursday While the babies slept,
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    Talk on X-ray and skin ailments
    55 7 PENANG Or P T K Na.var »il. talk on superficial X-Pay therapy in slcin disease at thf monthly clinical meetinc cl the British Medical Association Malaya Branch). Northern Division, at the Alor SUt General Hospital on March 26 at 430 pm There will also
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      108 7 IT is the drink is the Scotch »Ti !nnk I* quite so fa icfi ..Wlnskv. Von on drink it short or if k 1 .tit', js tin- mkhhl tjkesyou. j l>ut wlictlicr itiviJ m-jt or *aA/ l l *»v v 1 a l l lt ol Wff^ A water, or
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      65 7 I RED ALASKA I SALMON I L J ti.fhly a»ii*4 Hrn« ritale»tigki It T»«r »y»% jrc Wart. b«t »oy h««< L-V kaadacfc* o< Ttf4 hilm wkilc afl f« ittdmg fattr vision n •>!<><• M'«<l We ctnKt all •>«cc»» J^^^^B >him D*a t l«l th* niiilti Y«t »«f tkirfrt to, (Uttti
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      175 7 The weather THF »l UHIR MINIMI M TEMrfKATIRF: "30 pm on M.,r»h 12 to 730 b m I in March 13) Singapore 7» degrw Peiiang Ii bU Bahru W Kuala I.umpur 14 Ipoh 70. KuanUn 6, MAXIMIM TEMPEUATIEE 1 7 JO a.m to 730 pm on Mar(h I3i Singapore 92
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    Rubber firms on Dulles warning
    783 8 Rubber firms on Dulles warning MAM, AY AX COMMODITY REVIEW rREE factors firmed the price of rubber in Singapore in the second half of last week; the Foster Dulles warning to Red China, the upward revision of the estimate of natural and synthetic rubber consumption in the U.S.A. this year
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    SHARE MARKET STEADY
    678 8 By Our Market Correspondent SATURDAY morninjr saw the Singapore Share Market holding steady at Friday's higher closing prices when for the first time in the week's trading there were renewed signs of life. During the first four days of the market conditions were extremely dull as the
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    German plan for more synthetic
    117 8 German plan for more synthetic A new plant for the production of synthetic rubber U planned by thr ChrmLsohe Werke Huela at Marl in the 1 Ruhr, thl* year, Industry source* report The plant, which would pro- duce "cold rubber," would have an annual capacity of 30,000 tons, the source*
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 8 On the free exchange market ;n Hong Kong yesterday, the US dolIsr was quoted at S.M for cash and S.«7\ for T.T. Sterling wax quoted at 15 5g snd one uel of gold at IM i
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    BUSINESS DONE
    345 8 'THE following business done In the Singapore ShanMarket last week was reported j by one firm of sharebrokers I l for the period March 5 to March 11: InduatrtaJs Eastern United As 1 surance $37, Fraser St Neave Ord. tl M and II M. Qammon* $3.10 and $3
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    DIVIDENS ANNOUNCED
    120 8 DIVIDENS ANNOUNCED i'» < 7 c "f" w, jus! September ft] shareholders > ■WMI TIN 1,,',' LTD A- .n.e r X'-lv, •neon,, tax year end,, 31. payable on ,I,?** to Him ng 2 1 on March 0 SOUTHERN Mi.,, TIN MUDGMGI& 1 interim u,v, d n() per share, K s
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      866 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cltlsens between 17 and 22 years old for appointment as Probationary Police Clerk/Interpreters In the Federntlon of Malaya Police Clerical service. Salary Probationers 1102 x A 6 114/Examlnatlon Clerk Interpreters (Tlmesralei 1132 x Afi 156/Examlnatlon 188 x Al2 264 Efficiency Bar/276 x Al2
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      863 9 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. ri 4 rpl m Singopore) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE J-ONDON 1 CONT.NINTAL POR^S P Penong C.U/,4 Mar ,4 Mor,i7i* J£ JJft AD J A P' Apr 10/1J Apr IS Apr Apr 12 Apr 14/1* Apr 17/|| Apr 12 Apr 17 Apr 18/20 Apr 22/23 May 12
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    INVADERS SPREAD DEATH AND DISEASE IN MALAYA
    862 10  - INVADERS SPREAD DEATH AND DISEASE IN MALAYA ALLINGTON KENNARD By CIVILIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES. Edited by Sir Arthur S. MacNalty. (H. M. Stationery Office. 455.) I^HE story of the Japanese occupation of Malaya has never been told, and for reasons which— as the cliche has it are sufficiently obvious,
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    Children now have books that talk
    381 10 BOOKS can now talk thanks to the efforts of a bookloving young couple In New York named Bernard and Darlene Gels, who decided somebody had to do something to five books a fighting chance in the battle for children's Interests waged by television, cinemas
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    Dietrich 'adds shadows to Hitler's image'
    532 10 ADOLF Hitlers fanatic faith In his own infallibility as a war strategist was first shaken in 1941. when his Tiger tanks rumbled across the Russian frontier. Brooding, the Fuehrer told his press chief, Otto Dietrich: I (eel as though I had pushed open a
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      130 10 W~ 3 Ends Ij3 that stuff y feeling! NAINA MOHAMED6SONS LTD Improved petrol consumption j^L .^^fi Q^pftpJ^J M Longer battery life through r#l easier starting. il Ky\ V Better lubrication at W^/^L^^^^^Hm high temperatures /^^i^^Q^^J^k \^Wof Reduced carbon deposits 1 //£^Bms&M^£^^A mt^^r (longer periods between V/ Ax^^fl IU IPffr dccoktng)
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      260 10 Straits Times Crossword •I? I p~~| I n 1 IJ m fe iff' II ~Em. M S_E i S* r "il-il IP If M: i:^ s t 1 L^.li»_^M ri ,1 I 1^ I ;> r* k^> 1.0 J ijP II ACKOBS Small negative evidence? (6, S). I. 11l manner!,
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    Sunderland oust Wolves
    812 11 WILD SCENES AS YORK CITY ENTER CUP SEMI-FINALS Manchester City get by with last-minute goal LONDON. Sun. TWO second-half goals by Ted Purdon. Sunderland's blonde South African centre-forward, knocked out Wolverhampton, the hot favourites, In the quarterfinals of the English Football Association Cup competition yesterday. The Wolves,
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    TELL US WORRIES FIRST AND NOT PUBLIC, SAYS SBA
    249 11 TELL US WORRIES FIRST AND NOT PUBLIC, SAYS SB A KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. 4 FFILIATES of the Selangor Badminton Association were urged to bring their problems before the committee instead of writing to the Press or voicing their complaints in public. Mr. Tan Chye Tian said this at this morning's
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    Wales still in rugby tourney
    57 11 CARDIFF Sun Wales kept alive their chances of sharing; the International Rugby Union championship with Prance here ywterday when they beat Ireland by 21 points to three. Wales who tod 3-0 at hall Urn*. meet Prance in Part? on March 26 und they need to
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    Rugby Union results
    192 11 LONDON. Bun. DESULTS of Rugby Union mat- ches played yesterday are: (MB MAT( HKS Blackheath 6 Cardiff 6: London Hospital 12 Royal Navy Engineering College Keyham 30: London Scottish 22 United Services (Portsmouth' 5: Old Blues 8 Metropolitan Police 14: Old Cranletghans 6 Saracen* 19; Old Pauline*
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    WEIGHTS FOR 11 SINGAPORE RACES
    564 11 iyi:n.HTs for »h wirn nrn on Wrdnnday. anond day of the Sin aporr Turf lub March Mtrilnf. arc: Cl. 1 Dlv. I-* W. Sovrrrljn t.M Jolly Sailor S.IS t yprr*. Point tarthqiuU* S OS Lanfton Lady Ml C »rto RICO I 07 rUrfirur 5.07 Shamrock
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    Ceylonese openers put on 108 in 90 mins
    246 11 Ceylonese openers put on 108 in 90 mins SPORE CRICKET AN OPENING stand of 1M In 90 minutes between 8 Nagalah and 8. Kulaslngam leaiured the friendly cricket Oxiur* at Bal*atl*r Road yesterd ty when Cey lone*e beat Chinaac by arsen «irkeU Kulaatngam hit t«n four, in his M whll*
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    Police lose by 43 runs
    190 11 CINf.APORE Recreation CTub b*«t Police by 43 run* In a friendly cricket fixture at the Police Depot yeaterdav ft. R C. 3. Aochant b Sandoaham 16: J. fiallxtan c CooKe b Delllkan 3S: D. Roan at Hairves b Delllkan 12 K. L* Marcter c Cook*
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    Pressmen score 95-run victory
    64 11 The Press XI defeated Wood-bridk-r Honpltal R C by «5 run« Its/ a friendly cricket n <■ at Yio CMi Kang Road jpejterdav v Preaa 144 <J Beaumont 30. >, Oa.rby%hlre 13. D Buriim 14. Oom* 4-32 8t» Maria 2-22. Woodbrtdc* 4t (Urn Choo Seng IS.
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    KHIN YIN GETS 58
    59 11 Unlvenlty beat Non-Bendert by Mx KirkPta In a friendly cricket match ;>i Bepov Lines yesterday Non- Benders 128 for 8 d«rl 1 Cameron 42. Bafcitr 31 O'Cotta 19 Tufnrll 13 fWtnant 2-25 Mavn -S 26 1 Unlveruty 15S for S <Yap Khtti Yin M Dellllun 41
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    GOODALL BEST
    44 11 Singapore Olaw Factory CC bent OHQ SbTimU by *W wlckeu In trMlr cricket match venterday signuU •cored 102 1 Hughe* 34. Brown 37, Ooodall 5-23) Singapore Olau pa and thia total for low of four slrkeu 1 Ooodall M ret Brown 4-14)
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    WANDERERS WIN
    42 11 Wnnderern haat PrWin* nportu Club In h frlendh- 1 Ticket match at Changl vaatercky PrUotu 3ft iN FVrelra 3—lo A rVrnando 2- I n Bullion 2—7' Wanderer* 133 <D BulUvan 23. Hope 18 ret O Perelra 39, Dr\a raj 5 :•>
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    TEAM POSITIONS
    969 11 p w d r r pu WoIvm 31 18 7 76 52 40 Chebea 33 M 10 M SI 38 Sunderland 32 11 16 J SO U II Porumouth 31 14 S IM«4H Charltoa 31 15 11 67 SI 3') Manchester C 31 14 7 10 59 S3
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    Lock icon Choongs may contest the German title
    158 11 BONN. Sun. FkAVID CKOONO of Malaya entered the men's singles nnal in the German international badminton championships here last night by beating Don Murray (Australia) 15--9. 15-18. 15-11 In the final he will inert the winner of the semi-final clash between his brother Eddie
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    Recs lead 2-0 but are held to draw
    472 12 AFTER 140 minutes' hockey, Singapore Recrealion Club "Red**" and Police have not yet reached a decision in their S.H.A. senior knockout competition semi-final. At the G.B.C. ground yesterday they drew 2-2. On Thursday at the CJ9.C. ground neither side had scored. The
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    SRC GREENS ARE JUNIOR CHAMPIONS
    109 12 SINGAPORE Recreation Club "Greens" won the S lI.A. junior knockout, title with a goal during extra time, beating Young Men's Sikh \ss N-i.ii imi 2-1 in the Mviinii replay of their "marathon 1 final at the G-S.C. yesterday. The two earlier game* were drawn at
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    SECOND WIN
    29 12 YOITNO Men s Muslim Aworlation gained their second uctory In the SAJA Div 2A league when they beat Tamil Brotherhood A**ocutton 5-1 at Jalan B«*ar stadium yesterday.
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    TRIBUTE TO THE OLD BADMINTON STARS
    409 12 CINOAPORE badminton players of 25 years ago were P»W tribute at the Singapore Badminton Associations silver Jubilee celebrations at the Capitol Blue Room yesterday. Mr Tan 800 Teck. the first president of the 8 B A maid "In those days when badminton I was
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    PALA SCORES LATE WINNER
    82 12 IT INT A RANGERS scraped a narrow I—o1 0 victory over Radin Mas In their SAP A Div. 2A league match at Oeylang Stadium yasterday Ranfan. however, deserved their wtn for the\ were the better team and would have had a bigger trieton had it not
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    Lock icon Canada lose after taking 4-3 lead in Thomas Cup
    129 12 WINNIPEG. Sun. rpHE United States beat 1 Canada ky tire matches to four In their Nwrth Ame- j rtean «#>ne tie in the Thomas Cup International Badminton competition here yesterday. The Americans now meet the Asian tone winners in Singa-C-a?ada. n
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    Johore edge Selangor 3-2
    172 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. JOHORE won the remaining two singles matches this morning to eliminate Selangor 3-2 from the Chua Choon Leong Cup tennU competition. At the end of yesterdays play, Johore trailed 1-2 Selangor were unlucky not to win. C. V. Horrts waa well placed against
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    PAKISTANIS END HOCKEY TOUR WITH 5-1 VICTORY
    279 12 PAKISTANIS END HOCKEY TOUR WITH 5-1 VICTORY K. LUMPUR, Sun. THE PAKISTAN hockey tourists wound up their Malayan visit with a 5-1 victory over the M.H.F. President's XI at the Malaya Command ground today But for nearly 40 mlnutfs today the tourists were held to 1-1 and would In fact
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    Civilians, Army-Nan share lucky goals
    203 12 YESTERDAYS annual Joe Chappel Men 1 soccer game between Singapon I I Army Navy at Jalan Besar Starii I the stirring tussles in the first five j I Both goals in a drawn game I I followed mistakes by the d*- I fenders In the
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    76 12 H<)< K> M MUR K.O. I P S.K( Krd> I Mb) 1 I MM > l»l\ 1 DockMrit r>lau Ki 4111. I VKrmki > Marine Drpi p.m. both :m at Jalan Rnar. IH\ John v v Tunprniv K Un«. DIV *B H»ik.,«M i r,o khana. Nil hMa fC
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    Bell's injuries
    52 12 Billy Be!I I hap* Ibc mwi I jockey* riding on I this season. k| OM M <i\r for 'tie remainder o! tbt ofl lent meeting at Bukit Tta»fi 1 He sustained I the forehead I broken rib when Ins mow.: I room II Ml Race Fht Tim?h on
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