The Straits Times, 15 March 1955

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. He***!*' Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TCKSDAY, MARCH 15, 1955. 15 CENTS
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  • 279 1 We will not supply her: oil firms HER CALL MA YBE OFF 2-ton Finnish tanker Aruba which is on r way to China with 13,000 tons of jet i will not be supplied with bunkers in And there is little likelihood of bunkers >cm? available in
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    117 1 And Mr. Nehru praises him NEW DELHI. Mon. THE Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, today praised King Tribhuvan of Nepal, who died in Switzerland yesterday, as a kinu who became me leader of a liberal movement which was unusual for kings. Moving a motion of condolence In
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  • 121 1 MAN who MARRIED the 'HANGED' SERGEANTS WIDOW is ACCUSED AN ARMY SBRGEAN.. Frederick F.mmett Dunne 32. ha* brt-ii charged in London with thr murder of his wife's former husband. Sergeant Reginald Wit terv 30. who was found hanged in hU quarters at Duisherg. (irrmany. in Novrmbrr. 19*>.1. Dunnr. pi. tur.ri
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  • 43 1 OXSHOTT. Surrey. Man. A 14-year-old boy. Stuart Irving, was killed yesterday when a 15-lnch canister he found while playing in a disused elaypit here exploded. The site was used as a training ground by Canadia ntroops during the war.— Reuter.
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  • 34 1 KARACHI. Mon King Hussein of Jordan, who has finished a state visit to Pakistan, yesterday went partridge shooting 100 miles north of Karachi in the Slnd desert. He shot 33 birds- A.P.
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  • 167 1 TURBO-PROP PLANE BEATS COMET JOHANNESBURG, Monday. ANEW 104-passenßer Bristol Britannia airliner new here from Britain yesterday one minute faster than the best time made by Britain's ill-fated Comets. Th« l piano completed the «.070-mllf trip In 17 hours 24 minutes flying. A stopover for fuel
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  • 80 1 Election squabble alleged RAJU Kiiihnan and Balan Saml Durual were charged In Singapore yesterday with rioting outside a coffee shop In Paslr Panjang on Sunday at 9.30 p m They were alleged to have attacked John de Mello a supporter of the division's Labour Front candidate, and a friend. Muthlah
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  • 161 1 COLOURED BABIES WORRY GENERAL LONDON, Mon A RETIRED British general expressed concern In a letter to a London newspaper today about British soldiers marrying non white girls and the Influx of coloured workers. Brtgadier-Oeneral James Robert Gaussen, writing In the conservative DalW Telegraph, said: "We do not want a Cape
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  • 128 1 Eight sailors put out in lifeboat on mercy mission— only to die, too ATHENB. Mon. Two British and six Indian »ailor* from the P. and O. liner Htratheden wrre drowned when their llfrboat rap sited during an all-night struggle to save the crew of a Greek trawler which sank off
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  • 32 1 LONDON. Mon The British Government said today Britain Li in contact with America on the possibility of concluding an agreement for the exchange of information on the hydrogen bomb Reuter
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  • 20 1 LAS VEOAS. Mon There will be no atomic blast today in the current U8 tr.si series. Reuter.
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  • 28 1 NEW YORK. Mon -Senator Joseph McCarthy said last night America should go to war If necessary to free tlif U.B. servicemen Jailed In China— UP.
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  • 226 1 'The Princess has not (repeat NOT) decided to marry me' BRUSSELS. Mon I GROUP CAPTAIN Peter Townsend said today that PrTn, ess Margaret had not mide known to him any ri-riAlon to marry him nor had she made such a drcinaa sne m»uc He was
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  • 19 1 TAIPEH. Mon The United States Is supplying 54.000.000 vitamin pills a month to Nationalist China— A.P.
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  • 39 1 NEW YORK. Mon. Prt■ldent Hector Trujlllo of the Dominican Republic issued a decree yesterday declaring today a day of mourning for Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, who died in London last week AJ\
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  • 20 1 LONDON. Mon Lord Seaton a Boer War veteran, has died at his home In Devon aged 91.
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  • 30 1 The new airport at Pavm Lebar will be railed the Siron por»> Airport and not the Nr« International Airport. It was officially stated by the Oovernment last nlßht
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  • 17 1 BONN Mon West German police today said that forged travellers' cheques were being circulated Internationally.
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  • 19 1 PARIS. Mon. Cancer kills 80.000 people a year in Franc >. Mr Bernard Lafay. Health Minister. said yesterday.
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  • 352 1 Four others injured wounded man ran 2 miles for aid JOHORE BAIIKI .Monday. A WOt'NDED Chinese arrountant yesterday morning ran two miles through a rubber estate to get hrlp after being; In a terrorist ambush where a European planter was shot dead and another European and
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  • 89 1 EL ALA LL'MFUR. Mon SCCI'RITT fwrce patrol* yesterday killrd four terrorist*. Three of them made up a party which ran into a patrol on the Paharn-Nrcn Sembilan border All wrre »hol dead. The patrol recovered a shotgun, a rifle, ammunition and two packs
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  • 69 1 NEW YORK. Mon. The *****.000 Chinese in RouthEast Asia were described as fence sitters today in "The Saturday Evening Post." It said they are waiting to see what hapeni before deciding which Chinese Government to support. The articles entitled "SlnKapore" and accompanied by photographs, was
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  • 127 1 Gunman hunts Moscow envoy MOBCOW, Mon. A RUSSIAN gunman shot his way into the British Embassy here last night and dashed into the living quarters of the Ambassador, Sir William Hayter, it was learned today. The Intruder seriously wounded a Russian police guard who tried to stop him The gunman
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  • 30 1 fRANK mtCOflV M«n.— Briton l"mh.«^» sources hrrr <-^id PHMMM *4!> ilrjrh a ir^nk \mh^s><H«»r'» s«r <nt -4id intruriVr talked fl<M»«l »f ;ihhrri»h Heater i See this iol i
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  • 27 1 LONDON. Mon. Mr Edward Rowland, who wrote the World War I song 'Mademoiselle from ArmenUeres died at his home near here aged 72 —Reuter
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  • TODAY'S Spotlight Tiong Bahru kampong Kapor.
    • 253 2 Men in business set out their stalls for the electorate rpHREE businessmen seek to re- present the 12.340 voters of Tlong Bahru division. They are Mr. Foo Few Ting, of the Progressive Party, Mr. William Tan. of the Democratic Party, and Mr. Teo Seng Bee, of the Alliance (UMNO-MCA-Malay Union).
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    • 143 2 PO FEW TING "Progressive Party), aged 48. a company director. Born In Singapore Educated at An-glo-Chinese School and University oi Hong Kong. PERSONAL NOTES: Former Inspector of Police: former Consular Secretary of the Chin«*««» Consulate General in Singapore; helped to organise Dalforce when the Japanese attacked.
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    • 113 2 TODAY'S question Is from a voter who has been offered a lift to the polling station on Election Day by several candidates. He ask*: Must 1 vote for the candidate in whose car 1 ride? THE ANSWER is NO. No voter i* required to vote for any particular person. The
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      457 2 THE TlMf fUhra electoral tlvlatMi ta UW arm k v Iff tlataTl mtalalal Ttmmm* B»hru Rwi. 8«B« P.h KMi. Outram Mm 4. anUnmrnt Rail. Krpprl fto*4 ami Ihr Malajan Hallway Mat. map). It ia .IrUktf InU *r*rn -UtricU. Each haa a a«lUng aUU— Yn may v«t» ONLY
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    • 236 2 FOUR ASK FOR VOTES OF 13. 780 j 17OUR candidates seek I the votes of the 13.780 electors In the Kamponß Kapor division. They are: Mr. C R. Dasaratha Raj, Indepndent; Mr. Wong Shian Vein, Democratic Party; Mr. Scan Peng Chuan. Labour Front: and Mr. Lim Kian Lee. Progressive Party.
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    • 332 2 EACH diMriri I* allouew a polling station. You mi> vot<ONLY thr lUtion allottrd your district X.X I U the area koanded b> Mrranfoon Road Irmi namlrr< t to K!i. Bockorr Canal Road. WrM Road (all odd numbers; Upper WeM Road (all number.. 1 to SO
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    • 117 2 C. R. DASARATHA RAJ Independent 1. aged 35 a businessman. Born in Selangor; lived in Singapore for 16 years. PERSONAL NOTES: Legislative Councillor from 1951 to 1955. 11TONG SHIAN VEIN iDrmof? cratic Party), aged 47. a mercnsm »orn in ainnauuir PERSONAL NOTES: Member of Chinese
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  • 128 2 PARTT BUNTAR, Monday. A MAN suing another for $300 accepted a challenge from the defendant to swear the truth of his claim In a mosque— and won the case Mohamad Yusof. a cloth I merchant, sued Mohamed Yousuf. a coffee shop keeper, for
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  • 54 2 Bangkok. Mon— U Nu, the Burmese Prime Minister, left here by air today for southern Burma after .seven days as guest of the Siamese Government He spent this week in acts and ceremonies calculated to mark the end of centuries of war and hatred between
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  • 39 2 MOSCOW. Mon -A Tartar peasant has dug up a Jar containing nearly 20.000 silver and gold coins struck In the 14th century by Khans of the "Oolden Horde f the Soviet news agency Tass reported today— Reuter.
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  • 25 2 LONDON, Mon —About 90 per cent of the diamonds carried by the BOAC Stratocrulser that crashed on Christmas Day have been recovered A.P.
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  • 18 2 HELSINKI. Mon. Finland's Social Unit* Party yesterday broke off co-operation with the Communist Party.— A.P.
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  • 31 2 BERLIN. Mon Tear of a new food shortage has set off a wave of panic buying and hoarding throughout the Bovlet sone of Germany the Communist press said today.
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  • 71 2 PENANO, Mon —The Penang Municipal President. Mr. J. 8. H. Cunyngham-Brown. was ftung by a poisonous fish while s*linmlna at Batu FerrlnKht. 10 mile* from town, yesterday He was "tung in the foot by an lkan .sembllan. Mr Cunyngham -Brown, who wax taken to hospital, went to
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  • 213 3 'ts off a propaganda broadside— 'lt's all so unfriendly 9 Colony says: It's needed halt overcrowding HUM; KONG, Monday. CHINA accused the Hong Kong (Jovcrnment j of provoking "tension and uneasiness" alone the Sino-Hong Kong border. Radio Peking charged that "unreasonable
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  • 51 3 Bomb flies in Governor dives for life SAIGON. Mon. MkN LAM. GovSo ith Vietnam. aiation y Ringing himcar whm t man tiade through the exploded, trarcar'l bodywork, rnor, his bodyhauffeur i ition attempt kfflc block in S tlgon Police said the grenade was on bicycle m the confusion the explosion
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  • 21 3 [OLM, Mon.—Swe- police have people includinc on charges of :i;ißr and r.s- refugee! on two minor East states." Reuter.
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  • 29 3 PRINCETON, Mon. Albert Einstein the famous physicist, plans to take a day off from his mathematical computations today as he marlts his 76th birthday.— A. P.
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  • 77 3 Mon A Japanese k r Ceylon Lepa- wild 70 mph the winding tral Tokyo last hirh he smash* ■nrs ixi drivrrs. driver. 23--•;nn driver Mit- suo Suzuki, after a reckless 15-mlnute chase through the dark streets of the capital At the police station where
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  • 213 3 'Victims still have nightmares 9 LONDON. Monday. LXSUR JAPANESE women yesterday told Britain what 1 an atomic raid is like. Mrs. Shinobu Hizume, 52. said she lived a mile and a quarter from where the Hiroshima bomb fell. Her husband and eldest iton were
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  • 115 3 New Siamese twins take an old road BANGKOK Mon. SIAM'S own Siamese twins will soon travel to the United State* where an American specialist will carry out examinations to see if it Is possible to separate them Napis and Prisna Phonpinyo. 20-month-old girls joined at thp side by their thighs.
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  • 54 3 No payment in full Nehru NEW DELHI. Mon.— Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Mlj nistrr. said today the Government did not Intend to pay full I compensation for property taken over under land reforms or other social measures In the case of slum clearance no compensation might be paid at
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  • 31 3 LITHERLAND Liverpool. Mon. The Town Council here told housewives in a municipal housing area today that they must stop hanging their panties in the front yard or move. A.P.
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  • 148 3 A SINGER LOSES HIS TROUSERS HERE is Amrnun sinirr "Crying" Johnnie Ray reluctantly firing up his pants piece by piece 10 1MM teenage girl fans who cornered him on the roof of his car when he arrired at Sydney, Australia, nine days ago.
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  • 119 3 LONDON, Monday. pROWN PRINCE Mahendra Vir Vikram, was pro- claimed King of Nepal today and at once Issued an appeal to his people for unity. All India Radio, in a Droad- cast monitored In London, quot pd Nepal Radios broadcast of the news that
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  • 68 3 NEW YORK Mon— The Japanese nlm Oate of Hell, now having a long run at the Guild Theatre here, was adjudged the best foreign film of the year by the film critics' circle of the foreign language Press. The J Arthur Rank picture Oenevievp was
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  • 53 3 COPENHAOEN, Mon.— A law which will be in force for only 24 hours was passed by Denmark's Parliament late last i ii'ht it bans the sale of several lines of consumer goods to retailers to prevent tetallers from stocking up their shelves before Oovern ment's austerity programme can
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  • 24 3 BALTIMORE. Mon The Baltimore Sun reported today that "a quiet evacuation of civilians" has begun from Quemoy and MaUu Islands. Reuter.
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  • 90 3 WASHINOTON. Mon Senutur Mike Mansfield (Democrat i "f Montana, yesterday I for a return to the era ,1 diplomacy by went n. gotlaiion He .said too many •onßressman had acquired Urn nabit of ■talking too much" about foreign policy. Mr Mansfield, naming no names said
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  • 394 3 LONDON. Mon 'THE «Tock market »a» Irregular today with very quirt condition*. After > dull Mart influenced b-. th« lower Uvnd on Wall street on Friday and the general ab*rnoe of Incentive*, ■entuneni Improved KMMvhtl under the lead of gilt- ed*eds which opened dull but rallied I on
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  • 77 4 ICE-CREAM FOR THE BRIDE— AND HOW SHE LIKES IT >IK. HAN Till \N MIU. m:i--n i.. i of a Kuala Lumpur radio firm, give* Miss Pan*y Yap (..irk Poh a spoonful of ice-cream after their marriage at the Eastern Hotel. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Chmn Is a nephew of Mr. and
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  • 246 4 Fraud— the next lesson NO PICNIC FOR 23 SCHOOLMATES WHO PAID $3.50 BACH THE THINGS TEACHER GOT UP TO— HE COLLECTED THE CASH AND VANISHED KUALA MMPIR, Monday. IT WAS A LOVELY, cloudless morning in Kuala Lumpur and 23 young: Malay men and women woke early, eagerly packed picnic hampers
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  • 77 4 New school opened at Siglap THE new $700,000 BlglnP ndary School with its $300,000 science block was rriay declared open by the Singapore Director oi Education. Mr. R. If. Young. The school which is in Frankel Estate r stn- <■!> nl I pas.--inn OUi Ol the primary schools in the
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  • 55 4 MALACCA. Mon Offlc< r* and men of the Malacca Police Volunteer Reserve gave a farewell dinner and present ed a Malacca cane to their commanding officer, Mr. A. H. ardew, at the Kheng chew H'.iay Kuan Association here last night. Mr. Cardew is going
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  • 44 4 TAIP I N O Mon The Chinese Recreation Club will hold a social and dance at its premises in Station Road on April 9 from 9 p.m. to 1 am Music will be provided by Jilly and hLs band from Kuala Kanpsar.
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  • 31 4 MUAR. Mon. Mrs. B. Martyn. of the Pentecost Misunn at Kuala Lumpur, Rave a talk on "Tamil culture and the unties of Malayan Tamils" .it the Ceylonese Association, Muar..
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  • 15 4 KUANTAN. Mon. Malays .here have decided to form ai [co-operative housing society. I
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  • 51 4 Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. deputy president of the former Singapore Legislative Council, will lead the Malaya. British Borneo associate group delegation of five to the ECAFE plenary session at Tokyo to be held rds the end of this month. Mr. Tan will leave on March
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  • 77 4 The Singapore Seventh Police Court magistrate. Mr. Blngh, y<^tei»Jay disallowed an application by Tan Sey Bcng asking for the release of his car seized by the Customs on Mar. 6 Thr Customs seized the car With 48 gallons of dutlablr liquor In It in Thomson Road
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  • 165 4 accused of abusing the Judge JOHORE BAHRU. Monday. ]t|R. N. L. COHEN. President of the Sessions Court here today stopped proceedings in a cheating case and ordered the accused. Renganathan. alias Ibrahim bin Abdullah, to be charged in the Magistrates Court for insulting
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  • 44 4 SEREMBAN. Mon.— A young barber. O. Krtshnan. today saved an 11-year-old schoolgirl from drowning In a monsoon drain here. The girl fell into the drain during a heavy downpour. Bhe was carried 100 yards by the current before she was rescued
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  • 33 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. •Sentence was postponed on Ho Kee. 54. of Setapak. who pleaded guilty today to stealing a felled rubber tree at the Bth mile. Klang Road, on Friday
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  • 77 4 KUALA Lt'MFIR. .Mon. The I MNO-MC A AHUncr will not send »bs€fvtrs to the AfroAsian conference at Bandoeng, Indonesia next month. Tenfku Abdul Rahman, president of the United Malays National Organisation, said today that the Alliance had not been invited to the talk*. He
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  • 231 4 Penang cracks down on Reds and up goes morale PENANG, Monday. PENANG'S morale has improved dur Ing the past year, the actiru Resident Commissioner, Mr. D. Gray said In an Emergency review today. He gave these three main reasons lor th< lmprorement: 1 The killing. ioon after the start n
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  • 51 4 IPOH. Mon The Perak Labour Party will contest five of the 10 constituencies in the state for the Federal elections, it was decided at an executive committee meeting of the party yesterday These constituencies will be Kinta SelaUn. Kinta Utara. Larut and Matang. Dindings and
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  • 112 4 ANTI-TB CLINIC ON WHEELS It ff<xs to the remote are nH CATA jr. rfJa srrv: to he??i Parts of SlnwporV Evrry Mr,,,,, clime visit the l rt **> attend to p a t,e n stopped Roing t n h* clinic becaaso the, afford the mone? a: The.sc patients ar* suir...
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  • 48 4 TrafTlc along Kalian* Road Singapore. was h*ld half an hour last nig! a flrr scan .vwppt rtsitS llvlnu nrar a sawmill dang Jrrin.Two flre-oni; reached thr srrn. mlnj*« later found tha 1 i which burnt out had already tv^ri xtlntsteh. Ed by workman
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  • 19 4 KOTA BHARU. Mon. i two-day civics ema leading members of thf K»lantan Women's Institute ended today
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  • 18 4 KOTA BHARU. Mon Nearly 4.000 people attended a mock election rally ti Put<h. on Saturday night
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  • 108 4 DROFESSOR L Dudley Stamp, one of the world's best known geographers and president of the International Geographical Union, arrived In Singapore by air from Baicon yesterday on a short visit. He has just completed a four-month tour of universities and colleges In Asia, where
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  • 202 5 The town where all the bad girls go IPOH, Mon. A BOUT 70 per cent of the Malay prostitutes in Ipoh come from Siam. Sinßapore and from other states in the Federation with the exception of Johore and Malacca. This is revealed in a survey by a team appointed by
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  • 47 5 The Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A C. Goode, has sent a $***** cheque to Dato S. I. O. AlsagofT, chairman of the central committee, All-Malaya Muslim College, KJang. The money is a gift from the Singapore Government to the college Capital Fund.
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  • 26 5 The Peoples Action Party will hold an election meetine at the East Recl&jnation Road ground. Tanjong Pagar area. Singapore, at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday.
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  • 50 5 Champion gets $5,000 farewell gift MKS. ANITA Onborn, Perak tmiiiN champion, who was thr sole winner of the $5.0*0 pr i/i- for her entry In the Strait* Times Word Puttie RRR She is leaving Malaya >o«n with her husband, an Army "•iln cr. and her two children —Straits Times picture.
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  • 47 5 Three men, one armrd with a dagger, broke Into a house in Upper Wilkie Road. Singapore, yesterday and demanded $5 protection money from a baker. Abdul Dldl. Th. v beat him up. when he refused, and left the house. The police are investigating.
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  • 254 5 UMNO boss backs Mr. Tan KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. rpENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN. President of the United 1 Malays' National Organisation, today supported Mr. Tan Slew Sin. publicity chief of the Malayan Chinese Association, who said yesterday that future Alliance members of the Federal Legislative
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  • 103 5 She pledges aid to attap dwellers MRS. Knew Pee Ging, Lab-! our Front candidate for I Seletar. said last night she! would urge improved sanitation and welfare for attap dwellers if elected. She a.i.n addressing her first election rally at the sth milestone. Thomson Road Mr. Francis Thomas, a member
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  • 41 5 Lon e Road dies KUALA LUMPUR. Mon —A patrol of the 6th Battalion the Malay Regiment on Its way to camp after taking rations to an ambush party killed a lone terrorist In the Trlang area of West Pahang on Saturday
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  • 71 5 Identity card? But only the Reds need them, he tells court rENANG. Mon. A vagrant. Mat (ihatii. aaid in the First .Magtatrate's Court here today that he bad been toM only Communists needed identity cards. "I was told by certain Kedah residents that good people don't need them." he said
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  • 205 5 $57,000 valuation should be $142,000— estate fPHE Bukit Sembawang Rub- ber Company Ltd who were awarded $:i7848 by the Collector of Land Revenue in 1950 as the market value of 54 3 4 acres of land acquired by the Government for use by the military authorities, appealed against the award
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  • 355 5 HOTTER POLLS WAR: A CHALLENGE ACCEPTED STRAITS TIMKS ELECTION REPOKTKR I>oiiri(M campaigning took on a new ferocity In Singapore yesterday. Challenges were hurled across the elections arena. Name calling went on all day. And to round it off. political parties suddenly awoke to the possibilities
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  • 30 5 Dato Wan Idris Mentri Besar of Johore. will present the Inspector-Generals Certificates of Merit to Home Guard ofllcers Johore Bahru district. at the Government Buildings, Johcre Bahru. tomorrow
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  • 103 5 IPOH. Mon Peraks acting State Financial Officer. Mr. A M. Mac Donald, escaped serious injury when his car was totally wrecked in an accident with a lorry about eight miles north of Ipoh early yesterday morning Mr. Mac Donald. who is also Assistant State Secretary
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  • 210 5 3 POLICE 'RASCALS' LOSE APPEAL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation Court of Appeal, dismissing I an appeal here today, described three police men as rascals for having extorted money. The three, Corporal Bachan Singh. Constable Tay Pin Loy and Extra Police Constable Narajan Singh, had been convicted by the Chief Justice
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  • 27 5 Katonc Presbyterian Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hoM an int^r-fellowship declamation contest at the Presbytenan Boys' School hall, Koon 'Seng Road, at 745 p.m. on Friday
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    • 596 5 DAItlA |f Af AVA Artist". In DO Hrtu Coke and Mar*»i***«V Jorle We! ,tburv in "Paul Temple (•Programmes thiu marked ran And The Ullbert Caae *****1 .00 Juke JJox be received by listener* In Malacca. Short wave 49 62m. Medium wave I VS II 476m 343 3(i6m and 2«7m AM
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  • 89 6 it Worit till (minimum) il IA B 1). Mehla. C> I retired Veterinary Surgeon. illy In India 1 :i d by iii.s family. PAUI Kenneth Donnlas. \r K;ilhl(*l> kill* Terrorists BOOlil 1955. lIM Mr I.lm Seng Kijuk. MB K aKM! I Rol*rt.' Ijtnr. H. 01, 1956 at 10.50 j>m
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  • 35 6 ;il H,,rdi fit (minimum). MR S TAMBYRAJAH JP children and Krand children U ell friends and rcUUvci \Um kindly ■.I the funeral Ht Seremlmn Mn MeenH'hiiiinmHli Tamb] and i ondolenre and v the funeral.
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  • 135 6 ;u H,,rrf. HO (minimum). FOLIX3W PEDANT Every Day In M.v! il you mill ;<> win puzzle. WHO'S BEEN At n:\ I ■isrult.s.' I bis nits for the Connoisseur. Agents Rootruon'i CHILDREN'S SWIMSUITS and ill! tISM and American dedem haw arriv*. o n M MADELINES FASHION NEWS. I ottons. for
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  • 600 6 The Straits Times. Singapore. Tues, Mar. 15, 1955. Borrow And Build Tho Fodoration Government news and bad in breath. At liist it b thinking of starting law housing prcgrdnimcs to i •vorerowding and to make cloarnnce possible. But the Member for Housing, Dat<> Nik Ahm.-d Kamil. says that t'lis ciin
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  • 431 6 A new pilot scheme to in- 1 vestigate the mechanisation of rice cultivation was announced by the Agricultural Depart- 1 ment last July. To the pro- 1 mise was added a warning. Quick results were not to be expected, and moreover the scheme apparently was dependent
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  • 191 6 Not the least of the changes which party government will bring in Singapore is that Ministers will find responsibility harder to escape than has been the case with civil servant heads of Government departments. Their political opponents will see to that. This thought is horn of the Empress Pace
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 113 6 MR. MARSHALL AND INCOME TAX THE attention of my committee (of the Singapore Association) has been drawn to Mr. David Marshall's letter published in your paper on March 12 which Implies that he was not opposed to income tax, and was in a minority of the committee on this subject.
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    • 319 6 GATHER from remarks made by Mr. Marshall at 1 his Empress Place meetings and elsewhere that he considers a British civil service tantamount to "having a machine-gun on every corner." He also says that there should be a more equitable distribution of
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    • 80 6 'MYSTERY' SILENCE ON THIS ISSUE ALL the political parties in Singapore have expressed their views on the very important l.ssue of multl-lln-gualUm. It would not be far from the truth to .say that multl-lin-guallsm is the most Important Issue on which the elections are being fought. Yet the Progressive party
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    • 90 6 11 'K can see Betty Orable's bare midriff, almost all i Marilyn Monroe and, in fact. Martlne Carol, the Prunch actress, hu been clad only in her birthday suit in one scene or another in nil her pictures exhibited hprp •Why Ml these not Missored"? Was
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    • 354 6 MR. David Marshall appears to be sutTerine from amnesia regarding the report of the Singapore Association opposing income tax. He even calls it an alleged report. Could those in charge of the Singapore Association please confirm that there was such a report and whether it was
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    • 295 6 IT IS. perhaps, not fully realised that a man who has been called to the English Bar and therefore qualified to plead in the House of Lords and before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has to read in chambers for one year before he
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    • 156 6 rls proper that the head of the Religious Department here should show much concern over the dwindling attendances at Friday congregations, but It Is hardly proper for the department to impose fines on kampong folks who do not attend their Friday prayers. First and foremost,
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    • 176 6 I APPEAL to the delegate members, who will be voting at the annual delegate meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, to enMire that they lully under■fand the implications which their vote may cr may not MM to the future of
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    • 112 6 Not the cocked hat, please IT Is good to see that the Mayor and Councillors of Singapore are to have dignified robes of office. Is it, however, nece-ssary to include such exclusively European fripperies as cocked hats, lace shirt frills, and buckled shoes 0 In England these Items of dress
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    • 262 6 YOUR technique In presenting the Sergeant "Bill" Bykes story side by side with the to-called challenge of Communist Journalist. AUn Wlnntngton deserves a food word Here we see two types of Briton "I presume Mr. Wtnnington Is also British' in direct contrast one of indomitable courage, great
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    • 193 6 Fallacy in figures? MR. David Marshall has out-talked ah the women of Singapore. You can see him every day at Empress Place, talking and talking. Nine official languages require nine Interpreters only says he. I say. nine languages spoken at the same time require thlrty-slx Interpreters. A simple Illustration of
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  • 292 6 On the Margine ™nd idea jHllde. Malaya. column a brought s me Ion, which m two MM Hou.se. s. sembk H K'.ala Lump,, places visitors ar. not hou*> objpft ol unlrx.* it generoxi 1 governor or Take Governm-r.t Singapore, wit] copies of Britain's kinIWhat has the p] real worth r
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 2 6 CLASSIFIED ADS.
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    • 32 6 Leak-proof in til Climates! CERMAN PEN with Ink Filling of mcomp.'r.iblc capacity. Arents ft service stations:— EVERBRICHT OPTICAL CO.. It, lmli.» M *'pore-l. ENC SENC MEDICAL CO. 8. Ah tfuw St.. Penang-.
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    • 70 6 I EVERY CAR NEEDS A I CARf^RADIO/ v jW A s«f>«rfc p*rf*n»<r fu« 6 4 /^k or 12 volt battery lupp *\§)^k 5 valve*. S waveband*. Tioyicjlttcd Factory R«prri«r>?«*iv*i: T^MITCMEUtCa F4RtAs LTI D,ur,buion ANN PENC TRADERS L Ch risten ing Gifts in Sterling Silver SPOONS SPOON ™$MI«S. PUSHBII SIBVIITTI «INCS
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  • 254 7 III-treated? Oh, no, Council men are blue -eyed boys MB BEA ANSWERS UNION CHARGES- THEY ARE MOST ASTONISHING' fjEY AIM AMONG THE $ST PAID IN COLONY (ity Councils Deputy President, described as most astonishing the Council*! Labour I'nions' Fedmted workers were badly treat.ll il labourers aro among the most rously
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  • 61 7 They pay $12 mil. for 03-day tour 'Mil |nrt\ mi l>n:»rd i liner (aroma, ipore at midhavc paid i S4.OOMM) heir IMntaj iii» world. I liftv taxis ie wharves M n| id take n i conducted island and will take )i.isscnuers to \r« York on nn Jan. 2't i. iik
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  • 30 7 The Singapore A.vsociation for the Blind will hold its third .n.nual meeting In the board room. Crosby House (Ist floor), Robinson Road, at 5 p.m. on March 24
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  • 142 7 HOME COMES A HERO with two silver medals and 50 cents NK> CHUCK KOK. Malaya's champion swimmer, returned by air to Singapore from Manila yesterday with two silver medaJs and the prospect of walking home from K.iiUn, airport he had only Ml cents in hi* pockets This later went a*
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  • 188 7 An angry mother in court scene WITH tear* in her eyes and shoutt-ig wildly, an angry mother yesterday rushed at another woman, who had just given evidence at an inquiry in the Singapore Coroner's Court. The Inquiry was a continuation of the hiartnK on Jan. 31 when Tan Ah Chwee
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  • 33 7 A misadventure verdict was recorded at a Singapore inquest yesterday on Ang Chwee Huat. aged 1«. who was found drowneJ In a canal at the sixth milestone. Holland Road on Dec. 2.
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  • 29 7 The special waiting room at Kallang Airport. Singapore, vi a.s used on M occasions by 99 YIPs In January, says the Department of Civil Aviation report. >
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  • 13 7 Ilnrhe Abdul ncci at thi people of on being Dl the
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  • 106 7 'Breaking in? Not me I was in jail that day' J. BAHRU, Mon. WHEN Hassan bin All .t charged In the Magistrate's Court here with attempting to commit housebreaklng by .sealing the wall of the Town council canteen on Feb 2S he replied: "On that day I was serving a
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  • 48 7 A woman living In Wessex Estate. Singapore. Jumped out of bed at 1 a.m. yesterday when she saw the shadow of a man in her room. She found a man clinging to an arch In the adjoining verandah. She screamed and the man ran away.
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  • 41 7 Mr R K Tandon. Commissioner for India in Malaya, will present a cheque for the University of Malaya to the Chancellor and Commissioner-Oen-eral. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. tomorrow. The presentation will be at Phoenix Park at 11.30 a.m.
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  • 393 7 CHANGI JAIL GETS A FACE-LIFT 'Corrective training 9 inside cream -painted walls DART of Changi Jail is to be converted to accommodate prisoners sentenced to corrective training and preventive detention, the Singapore Commissioner of Prisons, Major W. L. P. Bochon, said yesterday. Work on the alterations will start this year
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  • 44 7 After a youth quarrelled with his mother and hither, he drank a solution of poison but recovered later, a Singapore court was told yesterdty Lee Leong Watt, a labourer, pleaded guilty to attempted suicide. He was cautioned and discharged.
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  • 35 7 Mr. Peter Ratcllffe. head of the broadcasting section of Radio Sarawak, flew into Singapore from Jakarta yesterday after visiting Radio Republic of Indonesia He will be in Singapore fur a few days.
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  • 49 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Bachlk bin Sudln. a special constable, was allowed ball of $200 in the Magistrate's Court here today on a charge of causing hurt to Sankaran with a rifle butt. The alleged Incident took place on Han Yang Estate, Masai, on Jan 21.
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  • 195 7 THE rrmainn of 129 Japanese war criminals burled near ChuiiKt. Slnßapore. are to be xhuiiu'd. (i cmated and s<"nt back to Japan for n-burlal by '.heir nlatlvcs ArraiiK«'inenU lor tn«> rc■naln.s to by taken ba<k aie now belni made by a thn-e-man minion
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  • 24 7 A fountain pen recovered by the Magapofff police yrsterday may be claimed from Inspector C. J R. Mason at Joe Chlat station.
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  • 17 7 Six Chinese Communist diplomats flew Into Singapore from Peking yesterday on their way to Jakarta
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  • 12 7 The latest gifts received by the Singapore Anti-Tubercu-losis Association total SI.OM.
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  • 178 7 ONG E^G TECK. a lorry driver who was retried on a charge of unlawful possession of 62 grenades, was found guilty at the Singapore Assizes yesterda) and sentenced to five years' Jail. The grenade*, which werr I old and considered to be too
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  • 272 7 Laila the grappler flexes her muscles -AT A CHANCE TO CRUSH BONES II JAPAN OINO A PORE S No. 1 woman wrestler. Raja Laila. who has been inactive for three years due to a police ban on women wrestling in the Colony, slipped into r>«T grappling togs yesterday and went
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  • 63 7 THREE FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO CAST VOTE PENANO. Mon Three people whose names had been left out of the Federal elections reglstei had their claims heard today by Mr. I E E. E. NielNon Registration Officer for Penang Island Each claimant affirmed tht truth of his statements and answered questions
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  • 240 7 YES, THE WIVES SHOULD WOO FOR THE PARTY They all back Che Kamariah KIM LIMPVR. Monrlnv SPHERE was general agreement among women here today that loyal TMNO wives whose husbands have joined other political parties should try to encourage them to come back to the party. Che Enchum blnte Haji
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  • 95 7 AN ORDER for the compulsory winding up of th* Bin Beng Co Ltd who.<* liabilities total $2,220,407 v.as mad* by the Chief Justice sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in th«» Singapore High Court yesterday The petitioning creditor was Ek I.ionjr Hin and Co Ltd.. to whom
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  • 24 7 Singapore Rotarians will hold a community service meeting when they meet for lunch at the Capitol Blue Room at 1 pm. tomorrow.
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  • 23 7 Slngapore Christian Youth Council will hold Its annual meeting at Tomltnson Hall. Presbyterian Church. Orchard Road, at 4 pm on Saturday.
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  • 99 7 OIL NOT WATERS -3 YEARS JOHORE BAHRU Mon. Hie Kiow. a woman, was sentenced today in the Sessions Court to three yean' Jail and fined $1,000 or a further nine months' Jail for having supplies that could have been turned over to the terrorists Rah mat bin Sallkon. a Spe-
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  • 49 7 Two girls. Chew Siew 800, aged 17, and Ha r bans Kaur, aged 18. were reported missing In Singapore yesterday. Chew disappeared from her home In Padane Terbakar. off Bedok. on Saturday Harbaos Kaur was missed from her home in Dunlop Street at 2 a.m yesterday.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 108 7 fet your dreams come true WL' Jgf You want your little child to Hrn( j be healthy apd strong. You IfA. bsbbw^ A want to keep your health IP s7k beauty, too. Take care 1 ot y° ur baby and of yourself A\\ Cod Liver Oil «s a wondertul '"^Q^Um
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    • 107 7 ANNOUNCE 30 DAY EXCURSION RATE ROUND TRIP SINGAPORE-BANGKOK $336 PNOIE ***** PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY CHOSBY HOUSE, 71, ROBINSON ROAD. g|§ DO THIS FOR wm wJ^^nrl^ < Vy-xjRUBITON cou v. ~u uu, THE CHEST •h:v«ry mof cold or chill +^CT ••> a Jar of MaMkolaium.' jfS /A t•' asas \h»
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 158 7 The weather MISIMI M TCMPCKATIBE (T.V> p.m. March 13 to 7»0 am. on March 14): Slnnapore 76 degrees Prnang 73. KoU Bharu It. KuaU Lumpur 72, Ipoh 70. Kuantan 74. MAXIMUM TKMPCBATI EC .7 30 a.m. to 7.50 v ii on March I4>: Singapore tl, Penan* 93. KoU i Bharu
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  • 363 8 RELAX, lady, and LAUGH I It's good for \uur looks evea) if it's artificial, I writes EILEEN ASCROFT ONE of the most necessary aids to health and beauty that women need today is relaxation; not just time off from their busy working lives but the ability to relax their nervous
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  • 646 8  - I find lam no Cinderella and annoy the shoemaker What a Life CtUUJGhJU* TV *r MUWUAI "iiTHAT's a chimmery TT mummy?"' asks Jane. "A thing on top of a house to let the smoke nut You don't see them much in Malaya," I explain. "Don't be silly, that'l a chimney.
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  • 261 8  - NEW FABRICS THAT YOU CAN'T SPOIL MAXINE RAKICH ly X'O matter how well styled or cut a dress or suit may be. the imoortant thine to know is what the ensemble will look like after being worn for a few hours. With the newest look of sienderness, most skirts are
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  • 284 8 Dior has a word for it CNAN CHIN lOCK rpHE women's "boaom 1 friend,' Christian Dior, has compiled a dictionary exclusively for them He calls It The Little Dictionary of Fashion" and adds at the bottom of the corer "A guide to dreM-Mnse for erery woman." It isn't bulky and
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  • 226 8 Some hints for the housewife rrO PREVENT brass 1 from tarnishing, rub it with table salt moistened with a little vine/"MNDLE8 seem to Improve %j with keeping. So it U a good idea to buy in large quantities and store away in their original wrapper*. riY) keep s from P°PP
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 60 8 B 55 2 H o« CAN *o *^R^B R^L^^^^gaW It makes a delicious ifl D either hot or Icy coid. Bovrll Is the concentrated, essence of prime, lean beef. It builds •nergy, strength gives new vigour and vitality. A little D U V R I L goes a long way
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    • 340 8 [the best IJLz^, Johnson* B-hy Powdci isthetoftett, finest powder rjfflSfc in the world. It «> «x>. h- KUV ing and comforting; it pre- Jjgg «cats irritation; it is kind i o rffflSgii' \^^WJl\t!l' the tendere.t skin. Alwa>< ry JM\]W use Johnson's Baby Powder i&fa, regularly at every nappy- lj^> changing
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 252 8 C.C.C. Collect in o/ f>l«»^ roupon.t to join the Chtldren'i Corner Club. Straits Times Crossword IP l^i i^ ly^l 72 a 24 mm B8«a AI'KOHS 7 Owli don't aaam to worry 8 Sitting on lhaae U a party about them it 6> game ll Si. v. Scandmavlan ialmo»l a quad--9
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  • 1697 9 Hyde Park minx turned preacher to live down hectic past STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE ONE day in 1861, a lady wrote to a London newspaper about a strange phenomenon. She said it could be seen almost every afternoon in Hyde Park. The driveway was almost blocked by parked carriages of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 138 9 KM* \§W m I rs BEST BICYCLE ■f 1 experience ijcle. nger! lighter!. f-asterHl i CAS H AND EASY J, T C HLY PAYMENTS. !e Dealers. 0] RADIO CO., LTD. D ROAD. MIM. N \NO. I )CL lUMINIUM LADDERS v mi md prtccf [HUM CO., LTD. m* luolo Lumpur. f.n«na
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    • 6 9 TOMORROW \«.ll«V. A l.rral t'irra* Dragoon
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    • 114 9 5 I CGRUnDIG) I rfi I I moo ajunffhsuu^iook now it m the bent iimv to buy I »ej rimrkm fur rrfry purpmmr T>mr Stumwww (*rmtr< o>«climwi hum ctort. HlMwrwwl ibo^r ur urn trm alt it, ft cn<w»«trm»- r«#in 1 lor*. rw>« itm» baan famou* < l"» i»1 unfjilint «trurir>
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 202 9 Shorlork Hatmos U*tU»r \k X^^^^^^WtF II I 1 I bbbbV* I ,^^LJ I afa^BBBBBaR MPirk Trary Toi tor's rayo ■LbbHHLbbbbbbHHHLbbbbbl WE'VE SET UP Tao TIMES] f \f I*LL STEpJ f TMtt TIME I T A BUND~I ***** liftr7riD J A CXJMMV BRIGHTER A *2^ n ONTMER>3rT SAW TMC 2 OOBBCR
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  • 828 10 U.S.A. TOOK EXTRA 2,833 TONS OF OUR RUBBER IN FEB. By Our Market Correspondent DESPITE the dollar price level, the United State in February imported 15,670 tons of Malayan rubber which was 2,833 ton* more than in January and the highest total since April of tat year. Official statistics released
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  • 147 10 Th« Malayan Exchange Bank Association made the following changes In Its ratee to merchant yesterday New Vert: buying, airmail. TT 32 13 16 O D 32 15 16. 90 days 33 116 credit bills 33 trade bills Canada: buying airmail, T.T. 32 5 16. 0 D 32 7
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  • 142 10 March ant grade rubber buyers fob closed In Singapore yesterday at 92 S centa a m 1\ cants above Saturday s (losing price. The closing tone was steady A fair turnover was reported. Closing rubber prtce yesterday In cent* per Ib. ware No. 1 R. 8.8 Spot loose
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  • 174 10 Sln<ap«r* (hIMW Trodur. Tx rhaac*: noon prices par ptcui raster d»y were: Copra quWtlv steady; M«rrh t3< 3 4 buyers. »3t itU«i; April |M 14 buyer* S3* sellers Coconut oil quiet, bulk $41 sellers, drum* M 3 seller* iboth down 50 rent* Pepper: quirt no buMnes* reported, price*
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  • 114 10 Ships lying alongside the Hingaa*re harfcaw Board wharves or rx pert** today are: Corfu 1 2 Slnga pore 4 5 Tjlbndak C.P.. Straat Mozamblgue 6 7 Maidenhead 8 9 Norman Lykea 11. MBT Lighter No. 206 12. Peleus 13 14. Benavon 15 16. Melnam 16 Tjibodax 1920. Peterzwel N
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  • 9 10 The Melbourne Stock Emchangp was closed yesterday
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  • 36 10 At a meetir.e n «nent to ,iio, tt»7?LJN carry a tribute baak>mZ7 a ,7 at <y acres. It w« hoped to bra. «J a ronrlinion The directors Wf 'he pm,re v O f thVjJSj
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  • 21 10 Febru. are; Chanrkal v,^ SJI C hermanc iVvUnpnH »i iiiil Lanas 51. 50n Ih Nwju «J Tapah f>].6lft lb
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  • 7 10 OFFIC|auSS ,h R! RRKR S
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  • 57 10 TIN FOUND ON STATE JT k66 be, n r °f 6891 Cm* A --J Jong Ma iia iSJ?y* Uj J ■Wle vrars the r«» Si trying ti change minhu Thr, the," 11 8 their Intereat rha.rm,: las» wsrr. I mature to rrat 6^ at 6 a.**" kl "•nythlng mor ,?"*J|
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1557 10 NOTICES ROBINSON COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 6 on the Ordinary Stock of the Company liens 30. Income Tax has been declared by the Directors on account of the financial year ending 30th June 1955 payable on the
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    • 1003 10 NOTICES THE SUNGEI BESI MINIS, LIMITED DIVIDEND. The Directors have declared an Interim Dividend of 4 4 sd. per xhare leas Income Tax at in. In the for the year ending 31st March. 1955 payable In London on Slat I April, 1966 to all shareholders on the Register on 10th
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    • 467 10 CONTROLLER OF SUPPUES SINGAPORE TENDER NOTICE NO. Tenders are Invited for the supply of 1.000 tons White Rice 10% broker.* Price to be per lone t«a nett weight delivered to Oovernment godown door In Singapore. Tender- will close st 12 noon on 29th March 1956. and price* must remain nrm
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    • 483 10 KNOTSEN LINE Fast an« Regular Serv.ce fWOM CANAPA/U S. PACIFIC PORTS— 30 P*yr Sailing Arriving Jaw Fraacwce Singapore P Swct P CB B llliMbeHi lahhe 2) Feb 26 Mar 28 Mai 29 M., Cj«rtr»« t«kkc 12 Mar II Apr 13 Apr 14 A., \Amrn, Sakke 23 Apr 23 May 27
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 975 11 MAN SFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T.i 411 t |l"' pora*4d in Singapore) THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE o £"< SS f ,L««W, LONDON '"ft CONT.NENT 0 Mll T j Dl P Vhom Pery,ng H/14 Ma, Tint 0 33/34 Mor 17 M.rl|/2 0 M.r /is "Si z"i "i-'5". J Apr 1 Apr
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    • 1090 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA ror Aean, Pert Said. Gen.., Antwerp. R.Herdam, Hamburg, C*pawhag«n, Gothenburg 4 Oil. S'dot* P. S'hom Penong I ,f, AI T "'A" 21/24 Mar 2S/2SMa. 24/24 Mar aT^ NDIA 2/ 4 Aa. 1/ S Ap. 4/ 4 Apr >AIANDIA" IS/17 Apr IS/IS Apr .1 r
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    • 1059 11 ."uarNaWIE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD."^n... SINGAPORE (Incorporatad ,n th. United Kingdom) 111 Nil SAIIINM T0 U.K. AN* CONTINETAI PORTi Spore P S'hom Penang e LTvarpool. C Duhl.rr m 17/ M Mar U/U Mer 24/24 Mar J Bhwmsli for London, Rotterdom 2* Mar/ 1 Apr BimmiPri for Hovra, London, P. Hull
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    • 1226 11 MoALISTER ric CO., LTD. TEL Ne ***** ■LLEMMAM *H lUCKNALL KLAVEWESS LIME lON*ON HAVRE ROTTtR»AM, LOs AMaltn IAM PRANC4BCO. •nd for USA***"" A.tentK Pot. ""LAN*. MATTU ft VANCOUVER ond Conooo vw Colombo A.caatlng targe far Ceatnl ft Sa«Ht A^MatM C V ?f_ r OH o BOUGAINVIIII Spore P Shorn Proving
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  • Commercial news and view
    • 587 12 QNE of the most urgent tasks of the new Singapore Minister of Commerce, whichever party takes office after the April elections, will be trade relations with neighbouring countries. Through no fault of the Colony relations with these countries in matters of
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    • 270 12 MERGER PLANS BY TWO BIG U.S.A. BANKS MOOTED TWO American tanks. The National City Bank of New York and the First National Bank of the City of New York have announced that a merger plan has keen agreed upon by the respective boards of director*. Under the merger plan, the
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    • 392 12 T*HE Sinpaporp AssociaA tlon of the Chartrred Institute of Secretaries, which was only established two years ago, at its annual meetIng this month elected its first Asian vicechairman, Mr. M. N. Menon, A.C.I.S. Mr. Menon was born and educated in India but came to
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    • 158 12 ON SHOW for the first time at the Electrical Engineers' Exhibition which opens today at Earl's Court, London, will be the "fridge-heater" made by Ferranti Ltd., Hollinswood, Lancashire, England I ThU is a heat pump which wlil cool your larder, purify all the
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    • 145 12 QVER 200 Formica laminated plastic dealers attended I a dinner on Wednesday given by the local Agents Harrisons land Crosfleld (Malaya) Ltd. In Singapore. The dinner was held In honour of Mr. O Martin -Turner director of world sales of Thos De La Rue and Co Ltd
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    • 31 12 Reports from overseas show that the total overseas sales of British cars and commercial vehicles la it ytur were 90.000 more than those of Britain's nearest competitor.
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    • 255 12 NUTMEGS WILL NOT FALL IN PRICE OWING to the poor nutmeg crop in Celebes this season, the price of the commodity is unlikely to fall below the $120 level thU year. This ls the opinion of Mr. Oan Cheng Huat who has 30 years 7 experience In the Singapore produce
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    • 46 12 During this year. Qantas and BOAC expect to increase by 50 per cent their air cargo capacity on the London/Bydnev Kanearoo route, announced Sir Hudson Fysh the chairman and managing director of Qantas at the company's annual sales conference held in Bydney
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    • 616 12 JtlM Constellations along all routes past MIDDLE EAST SOUTH AFRICA FAR EAST AUSTRALIA Spoort. luxury, dependability! Enjoy all three by R.O.A-C. First (lass CtnuteUmhtnu to the East! Fully-rrrlininif srats. J- rvv raoals, mealtime drinks No tips or fxtnw. CALL MANSFIELDS Singapore-2412 Amazing discovery for the relief of muscular pain WONDERFUL
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    • 118 12 You'd never guess > its rated as a small c$ g^gHg^g^^^^g*vß^^ aB^ > Come and see this amazing Morri, Minor-thc mo« •mail car in the world! Sit in it drirt it-v^-T. ■otonithed that any car can offer such rnominev and "!«L mm bnllun* perfom-nce, a. such «cono m v-^ l^
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  • 122 13 Shangrila smartens up for Cup race E, one of the ;nc hopes ieen brought foi his first lass. .r y> ar-olri. ride, went winding-up nah yf.stcrng r )l 1 5 ~t 3f. He way. w scratchrace Cla.s.s ip. Qn- accept unless Kmc (row and h Pii iin I hear, .iiv
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  • 27 13 Oardml. j Cup player won t.tle In the Ekvp--1 im| !ie be.it Fred United States f>. 11—9. ■hice hours. Kovaleekl beat mpion Jaroslav
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  • 632 13 1 MOM JEEPS ROUND-UP FROM THE RACETRACK EUPHRATES, who ran J, c fastes t 9f- on the Malayan turf at Bukit iimah on Saturday when he shattered Golden Glimpse's IG- year-old record of Imin. 52 3 5 by thre< niths of a second, was
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  • 173 13 DONEDIN, Mon NO pl»v was powlble today the third day of the five-flay Teiit oetween New Zealand and England °*A" R the clone on Saturday. Bigland were 208 for eight In reply to New Zealand s 12S and had gained of M England will resume from
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  • 105 13 PROBABLES FOR MAIN SPRINT RACE TOMORROW THE probable line-up and jockeys for the Cl. 1. D»v. 16( sprint at Bukit Tlmah tomorrow Is: 116 Sovereign Bougoure 9.00 191 Jolly Sailer 813 804 Cypress PoJnl Patterson 8 0S 911 Earthquake Mortimer t.M 123 Langton La4y 8.07 010 Cargo slice Wabab 5.07
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  • 230 13 U.S. say it's 50-50 in Thomas Cup WINNIPEG. Mon. lOE ALSTON. capUln of the United States Thomaa Cup b.idminton team, .said yesterday he i thinks !ils team haa a "50 50 chance" of going through the tn-ter-zone finals In Malaya and wresting the cup from Malaya. The United States beat
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  • 390 13 Top sprinters in final gallops /CONSISTENT Starry, v who has more places to his credit than any other Class 1 sprinter in training on the Malayan turf— he has finished second seven times and third five times wound up his preparation for the valuable sprint
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  • 337 13 ALOR STAR Mon. A RECORD entry of 57 haa entered for the Kedah Oymkhana Club Amateur Meeting to be held kj Alor Star this Sunday. There will be eeven races, starting from 2 30 p m A probable field of ten will contest the
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  • 91 13 m- v BAYLEY of Seletar won the 1 first event of the Singapore Cycle Racing Associations IMS season when he won the 25-mile time trial in 1 hr 1 mln 29 sec on Sunday Second waa C. Williams of Changt n hr J mln. 11
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  • 24 13 Boys' Town will hold their first open championship finals tomorrow at 4.19 v m at Bufclt Ttmah Road There are ten bouu.
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  • 221 13 LONDON. Mon /'AIXANT little York City, blddtnti l« M become ihe flra club frpm tl>« Third nivlMon to rr»ch the flna of tlie B»nll»h Aaarx latlon rootball Cub compel iuo». ellh r Hudder»neld or Ne»ca«lle In the semi -filial on March 26. The 't>«"h "HI
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  • 218 13 Two silver medals for Chwee Kok JAP BEATS HIM IN FINALS MANILA. Monday. VEO CHWEE KOK, of Singapore, was beaten into second place In the finals of both his events 100 and 200 metres freestyle by At sushi Tani of Japan In the Philippine national open swimming championships here yesterday.
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  • 30 13 AMSTERDAM. Mon Holland and Denmark drew 1-1 In an International soccer match here >e.-terdav before a crowd of 65.000. Both goals were soared in the first half— Reuter.
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  • 584 14 Hay nets two to save Recs in a seesaw game Singapore Rec. Club. ...I Singapore Police. ...t THE second replay of the senior knockout hockey semi-final be- tween the holders, S.R.C.. and Police was again drawn and a third replay for the right to meet
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  • 507 14 rE SOCCERISTES lucKy star was not shining last I night when they met Marine Department in a S.AJ\A. Senior League match at Jalan Brsar Stadium. Last year's champions were leading 1 0 at half time after outplay ing Marines at their own game ol swift short
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  • 116 14 HONO KONO Mon. r VHT. First Fijian Regiment sugbv team maintained their unbeaten record .here when under floodlight* tonight, they defeated a Hong Kong XV by 13 points it wo goal*, one try i to nil. The game was played at a fast pace with
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  • 107 14 BONN. Mon EDDIE CHOONO. of Malaya, beat hi* brother David Choong 15-3, 8- IV 15-3 here last nUht In the men s single* final of the first Oerman international badminton champnUuhlp*. Ihe Choong bruihei tnok the men* double* title, ben line a Danish pair.
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  • 414 14 Aussies will do well says Don Bradman Frta JACK FIHfiLETOH CANBERRA, Mon. CIR Donald Bradman, Australian selector and member of the Board of Control, thinks favourably of Australia's cricket chances in the coming West Indian tour. He does not ajpre with suggestion that, because England and the West Indies drew
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  • 330 14 They wanted another game with Singapore By JOHN MARKS rE Pakistan hockey tourists have enjoyed their visit to Malaya but they Ic&Ti this morning a little disappointed at not having had another match against Singapore The tourists wanted very much to meet the Colony
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  • 41 14 St Andrew's School just scraped a 1-2 win over Anglo-Chinese School at Aoccer at Barker Road yesterday A goal by Bng Leong gave AnuloChlne«e School second team a 1-0 win over st Andrew's .lerrnd team in an earlier game.
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  • 21 14 Mr Wong Jue Dent represent* five of Senior League clubs on the Singapore Amateur Football Aanociation council resigned yesterday
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  • 227 14 THF. Malayan Hockey Federation hare hem invited to ■end a national team on a ten-match tour of Pafci«ta:t in March next year. The invitation is made through Mr. S M. Ayuh the hon secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation and manager of
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  • 188 14 Seletar FC fall easily to the SHB In a one-sided game Singapore Harbour Board RC beat Seletar Football Club 5-1 in a BAFA Dlv. I 2B match at Farrer Park yesterday SH B opened scoring in the eighth minute through Bujanx. followed by a second goal two minute* later by
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