The Straits Times, 3 February 1956

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    19 1 ln ur Hfr?rMTHETT»fW^¥y c *T»>~ fg\»-fl AW**"* The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon SUCCESS IS 'COMPLETE'
    300 1 Kerdeka talks adopt three reports: Finance, public service and defence Compromise on loan issue is likely LONDON, Thursday PLENARY SESSION of the Malayan independence conference today adopted the (»l three committees which ha\e been working oh the proposals for self-go\ern-ment l»»r the Federation. layan delegation source said
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    Special jobs body for the police
    155 1 LESLIE HOFFMAN CABLES- IONDON, Thurs.— The Felt deration Police will probably have their own Public Services Commotion when the talks end Jither tomorrow or on Monday. Jhe lonference today disrusMd the sating up of two horlirs for more rapid >alayaiiisation of the services: ?ul)li,
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    BLAZING BOAT ADRIFT ON RIVER
    181 1 BLAZING BOAT ADRIFT ON RIVER FIREMEN and police 1 stood helpless yesterday morning as a tongkang with 10 tons of blazing rubber drifted down the Singapore River. From Elgin Bridge the boat floated for two hours with the ebbing tide till it ran aground behind the Whiteaways building. For the
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    Grenade probe
    21 1 Police yesterday reported no further development in their investigations into the bomb throwing at three stations on Tuesday night.
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    Tin: £27 drop
    17 1 LONDON, Thurs. Tin dropped by £27 a ton in London today. (See Page 3).
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    Lock icon Five die
    19 1 PORTLAND, Oregon, Thurs. _A mother and her four children died in a fire here last night.— UP.
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    Lock icon ALL THIS and a welcome from the Land of Oz for Queen
    771 1 TOM-TOM TATTOO OF LOYALTY AND PAGAN PAGEANTRY TO WARM ROYAL HEART IfADUNA, Nigeria, Thurs. The Queen today saw a E pageant probably unE equalled in the history E of the British Empire E and Commonwealth. E Mass contingents
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    UNION BAN for STUDENTS
    177 1 Federal Govt. acts to keep pupils at their books KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. SCHOOL CHILDREN in the Federation are to be banned from taking part in trade union activities and Industrial disputes. Two Bills one to amend the Trade Unions Ordinance and the other to amend the
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    Lock icon Singer sued
    37 1 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. Singer Gordon Macrae was sued for U*****,000 today by a film studio secretary who charged he was under the influence of liquor when involved in a four-car traffic accident on Dec. 12.— UP.
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    Lock icon Talks flop
    30 1 CANBERRA, Thurs.—Shipowners and striking workers today failed to settle Australia's 11-day old dock strike when they met here at a special conference called by the Federal Government. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Folies Bras
    33 1 ROME, Thurs.— The famed Folies Bergere of Paris drew more hisses than applause last night at its grand opening in Rome. The girls wore brassieres instead of the traditional rosebuds.— U.P.
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    DE CRUZ cables a DENIAL
    82 1 DE CRUZ cables a DENIAL MR. GERALD DE CRUZ, who has been appointed secretary-organiser of the Singapore Labour Front, denied in a cable from Britain to the Chief Minister yesterday that he supported recognition of the Malayan Communist Party. Mr. David Marshall had queried Mr. De Cruz on this point
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    Self-rule—a threat to us, say military workers
    132 1 Self-rule a threat to us, say military workers ABOUT 30,000 civilian employees in the three Services are worried about possible mass re.trenchment when Singapore becomes self-govern-ing. At present on the pay roll of the British Government, the civilian workers fear retrenchment when their employers' responsibility shrinks only to external defence,
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    Lock icon 'RED DEAN' IS BANNED
    74 1 canterbury, Thurs.— Dr. Hewlett Johnson. the "Red Dean" of Canterbury, was banned yesterday from speaking in a government building. Dr. Johnson was Invited to speak at a meeting of the Post Office Engineering Union in Telephone House Union m Telephone House, Canterbury. But the manager, Mr.
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    SMILES... Queen and two bishops
    42 1 THE QUEEN and the Duke of Edinburgh leave the Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos with the Archbishop of West Africa, the Most Rev. James Horstead. right, and the Bishop of Lagos, the Rt. Key.A. VV. Howells.
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    TEARS...girI who was too tiny 1
    43 1 TEARS...girI who was too tiny 1 OUTSIDE the cathedral a tiny Nigerian girl bursts into tears. She had waited and waited. Then the big moment came everybody else cheered but she cried because she could not see the Queen— A. P. radio pictures.
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    Cost of loving
    38 1 BOSTON, Thurs. The Massachustts House yesterday rejected a proposal to raise the marriage license fee from $2 to $3. It would be a tax on love," said one representative who opposed the measure. A P
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    Air record
    28 1 Malayan Airway s last year carried 133,133 passengers over 3,200,000 miles without an accident and maintained its accident-free record since it began on May 1. 1947.
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    Ban on Marilyn
    24 1 TAIPEH, Thurs. Police seized 100 reproductions of the celebrated Marilyn Monroe nude calendar picture from a shop here yesterday. —A. P.
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    Critical period —Mac Donald
    43 1 Critical period Mac Donald NEW DELHI. Thurs.— The British High Commissioner. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. said here tonight that Indo-Bri-tish relations had reached a "critical period." He told the Delhi Rotary Club: "The earlier somewhat enchanted mood of our relationship is wearing off."
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    ECAFE talks
    12 1 BANGALORE, Thurs. Mr. Nehru today opened the ECAFE conference here.
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    Lock icon Cold, colder...?
    74 1 LONDON, Thurs.— The temperature in London plunged downwards through the early hours of the morning and the third day of the Arctic freeze-up now hitting Britain promised to be the coldest day of the century. At six o'clock this morning it 'vas 18 deg. F.— l4 degrees below
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    50 Red agents held at dawn
    162 1 50 Red agents held at dawn IT LUA N G Thurs. Fifty suspect Communist food suppliers were arrested in a dawn raid by Special Branch officers here yesterday. And in another dawn-to-midday check thi s morning in parts of the town, several hundred police and troops helped Food Control officers
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    31 1 OOMGBttfl IIKAKS Ol-SIPER-BOMB WASHINGTON. Thurs. CMgMi has received hint thai a hydrogen bomb with ..">iil times the power of atomic weapon that blasted Hiroshima is in planning -l.tne.— A.P.
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    Lock icon For repairs
    32 2 MONTEVIDEO. Thurs. The Royal Navy tender Protector arrived here yesterday for repairs. The ship was damaged in a collusion recently with the Theron during an expedition to the Antarctic— A.P.
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    Lock icon 'FINEST' DIAMOND IS SENT BY POST
    133 2 'FINEST' DIAMOND IS SENT BY POST NEW YORK, Thurs. A U558,400,000 shipment of diamonds which arrived here by air mail yesterday included a stone described as "the finest diamond ever found in Africa." Harrry Winston, a dealer who received the gems as though he would an order of groceries, said
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    Lock icon THIS IS THE SHAPE OF WINGS TO COME
    77 2 THIS IS THE SHAPE OF WINGS TO COME LONDON, Thurs— The Royal Air Force is to bring its new-look flying triangle war planes into operational service this year, it was announced today. Delivery of the Gloster Javelin delta-wing Tighter has already begun. The first Avro Vulcan delta-wing bombers will be
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    Foreign state Commonwealth?
    287 2 COMMONS COMMITTEE OF 12 AT WORK: PREMIERS TO HEAR SCHEME IN JUNE SUGGESTED MEMBERSINDONESIA, BURMA GREECE AND HOLLAND LONDON, Thursday. unofficial Parliamentary committee last night launched an investigation into methods of admitting independent countries like Greece and Holland to the British Commonwealth. Its members will present proposals
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    Lock icon Potato race
    27 2 MOSCOW, Thurs. Marshall Bulganln and Mr. Khrushchev yesterday signed a Cabinet and Party decree calling for an urgent drive for potato and vegetable production. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Persia holds Russian on spy charge
    68 2 TEHERAN, Thurs. rpHE Persian Army has A arrested a 32-year-old Russian for spying. An official announcement said the Government had turned down an application by the Russian Ambassador for the release of Hayek Haratunl, a mechanic in a Teheran workshop. It added: "Documents already
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    Lock icon Red herring invasion biggest ever
    151 2 OSLO, Thurs. The Norwegian Foreign Minister told a questioner in Parliament that the Soviet "herring invasion' 1 during the last two days was a violation of the fishing frontier "more comprehensive than any we have ever seen before on any part of the coast." The
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    Lock icon Frontier clash
    24 2 CAIRO, Thurs. Cairo Radio reported that several people were injured in' a clash between Turkish frontier guards and Syrian shepherds yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE BOOMERANG THAT BOOMERANGED ON THE ARMY
    81 2 S.E.A.T.O. SERVICE CHIEFS (above) scatter before a boomerang that went astray during a de- monstratkm arranged for them during their recent visit to Melbourne. E It toadied General Jira E Vichiteonggram of Slam =on the head. General V'lohltsongfnun is the officer nearest the
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    Lock icon JOBS A-PLENTY: FEW TO FILL THEM
    156 2 Britain faces acute shortage of labour NEW YORK, Thurs.— Sir Norman Kipping, Director-General of the Federation of British Industries, said yesterday that Britain was facing a "most acute shortage of labour" with 500.000 vacancies in British industry and virtually no unemployment. Sailing in the
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    Lock icon Censorship is lifted
    46 2 RIO DE JANEIRO. Thurs.— President Kubitschek lifted Press censorship yesterday as one of the first acts of his administration, which began yesterday. Press censorship had been in effect since last November as part of the state of siege proclaimed at that time UP
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      Lock icon Nehru to tour Australia
      182 2 Nehru to tour Australia N EW DELHI. Prime Min,st Nehru, has accenSß an invitation to J Australia, it wa m ed yesterday. The dato o; L not yet been Pi be linked with Mi L tour of Japan L W OTTAWA P Affairs Mi L< Pearson, L day that c
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    Lock icon HAUL OF DISTINCTION
    49 2 TAURANGA, New Zealand, Thurs. A local fisherman, Mr. J. Costello. is the first man to catch prawns off the New Zealand coast. He expects to make hk discovery the basis of a commercial concern ar.i to popularise prawns v i table ci- hcacy throughout New Zealand.—Renter.
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    Lock icon BEWARE THE SOVIET BAIT: IKE AND EDEN
    662 3 BEWARE THE SOVIET BAIT: IKE AND EDEN c have helped Asian nations to freedom and stability ss Thurs. joi«< declaration w«f^ b >' |(iont Eis c n m and Sir Annv Eden yesterJfler their talks i represent! an u r to Soviet atb on alleged "colonialn." described Washingn of 1956
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    Considerable benefits for Malaya'
    195 3 ■ASHINGTON, Thurs. Intbonj Men leaves Uinjton tomorrow Xnjo American lament- M a number rjifj .(uurete proposals rfsolvinc world proiHtis mo»t of which were iitiaifd by the British nt Realise <>f the diplomatic df consultation iih othor allio*. the offi,l communique could lit describe these agreetn\s in
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    Lock icon CHILD FALLS—MAN DIES
    40 3 CHILD FALLS— MAN DIES I Virginia* Bryant, 51. tfir.g home from work j child topple I front of the i one in which he was a passencer The child was not injured. But Byrant died of a heart seizure. AP.
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    Lock icon A FOR A-R-R-0-W LINE
    135 3 A FOR A-R-R-0-W LINE PARIS, Thurs. Fashion king Christian Dior flattened bosoms today in his -Arrow Look" for 1956. Straight and thin as an arrow was the Dior silhouette for the coming year. His showing was the highlight of the Paris 1956 fashion collections. He completely erased any trace of
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    Lock icon Nude offers to dance for Eden
    83 3 LONDON, Thurs. Shirley Crawford, "the silvery nude, offered today to dance before the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, to Drove that there was nothing wrong with the performance she gave at a Christmas party in the Treasury. Twenty-year-old Shirley's nude dance on Government property
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    Lock icon 'LOST' SUBMARINE WAS SAFE AND SOUND
    152 3 MESSINA, Italy, Thurs. A hunt for a Dutch submarine, feared lost in the treacherous Strait of Messina, was called off today when the ship was found, safe and sound, back in Holland. The Italian Navy rushed a cruiser and four auxiliary ships to the
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    Lock icon LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER AND TIN
    292 3 LONDON, Thurs Closing middle prices today were: LOANS Consols £55 5/16 -1/16 Funding t% £91 1/16 War ft* 16 BANKS Mercantile (ttttt) Eastern <£5) £8 5/16 Chartered (£1) 40/3 Hongkong (»125) £94 INSURANCE Com. Un. (Uts.) 82/4 1 4 Royal 80/7Vs Prudential £44% INDUSTRIAL* Can
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    Lock icon Brake on H-bomb tests: British joint policy bid
    216 3 Brake on H-bomb tests: British joint policy bid WASHINGTON, Thurs. The British delegation to the AngloAmerican conference here yesterday urged an early joint policy decision on proposals to limit H-bomb tests. The British say Western agreement should be reached before the next meeting of the United Nations disarmament committee in
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    $9 FOR A GIRL IN TOKYO
    176 3 30 white slave dealers held I TOKYO, Thursday. DOLICE have arrested 30 people on suspicion of I selling girls into prostitution at $9 each. The suspects were accused of forcing 51 girls into brothels after promising their families that their daughters were being hired
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    Lock icon 'Tokyo Rose' comes out of iail
    49 3 'Tokyo Rose' comes out of iail "TOKYO ROSE" Mrs. Iva D' Aquino leaves a women's prison in West Virginia after serving a sentence for broadcasting anti American propaganda from Tokyo during the last war. Deportation proceedings are to be taken against her by the U.S. Immigration Department. A.P. picture.
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    Students pass Mandalay
    42 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Oxford and Cambridge students who hope to bethe first team to make the 30,000-mile return Journey from London to Singapore by road have passed Mandalay. They hope to reach Kengtung, near the Indo-Chinese border, by Sunday.
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    A whale and a walk on the beach
    375 4 A whale and a walk on the beach LONDON TO PROBE ITS ORIGIN Not many whales in tropics IN November, 1954, on a 1 beach a little south of. the town of Malacca, the manager of a detention camp found the decomposing body of a 15-ft. whale. Now. the skull
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    School party for patrons
    61 4 TAIPING, Thurs. The school committee, principal and staff of the Kua Lian High School will give a tea party to two of their benefactors, Mr. Toh Eng Hoe and Dr. Chea Khay Chuan, on Sunday. The party is to congratulate Mr. Toh on being made a
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    SHELL WILL REPAIR JOY RIDE LAUNCH
    68 4 The Shell Company has agreed to repair and overhaul the Indonesian immigration launch which five British seamen from the tanker San Leonardo "borrowed" from Pulau Samboe last week. This was stated yesterday by Dr. Herman Kartowisastro. Indonesian Consul General in Singapore. The seamen used
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    U.S. fleet pays courtesy call
    36 4 Four American destroyers of Destro>er Division 131, United States Seventh Flpet, will arrive in isiiis:iix)re early today for a four-day courtesy visit. They are the U.S.S. Blue. Evans. Cunningham and McKcan.
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    Language probe
    26 4 The Malay Language Society of the University of Malaya has appointed a committee to investigate the possibilities of fusing the Malay and Indonesian languages.
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    END MONOPOLY IN DECK TICKETS
    115 4 MIC tells Indian probe team KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Indian Congress has asked the visiting Indian parliament members to end the present monopoly In the issue of deck tickets to India A memorandum suggests that more local ticket agents be appointed, especially in Ipoh
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    Opium found
    49 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Ah Kirn, 51 -year-old labourer, was in the Sessions Court today jailed for three months and fined $4,000. or another four months' Jail, for importIng 21b. of opium into the Federation from Singapore. The opium wa s found tied round his legs and waist.
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    BENCH AND BAR HITS OUT AT 'BACK DOOR'LAP
    376 4 BENCH AND BAR HITS OUT AT 'BACK DOOR' LAP 4 lt ties the hands of court and counsel' A SINGAPORE maA gistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, and a Singapore lawyer, Mr. A. P. Godwin, yesterday expressed strong dissatisfaction with a criminal ordinance which they thought the Bar Committee should have
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    12 hours a day man asks: What union?
    139 4 THE MAGISTRATE IS ASTONISHED I IM AH CHOON, 32, told a Singapore magistrate yesterday that he worked 12 hours a day as a kitchen hand in the canteen of the R.A.S.C., Singa"How much pay do you get?" asked the magistrate, Mr. J.
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    IT'S K.L. FOR THE HAJI
    110 4 IT'S K.L. FOR THE HAJI A 70- YEAR old haji from Mecca, Mohamed bin Ahmad Khan. who was caught begging in Singapore has decided that he does not want to go back to Mecca after all. When he was produced d«»--fore a court for the third time yesterday Haji Mohamed
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    Baby drowned
    25 4 MUAR, Thur.s. A Chinese girl, aged 18 months, was drowned in two feet of water in a ditch at Kampong Bugis Panchor yesterday.
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    PRIZES FOR CLEANLINES
    59 4 Operators of six Singapore petrol and service stations owned by Shell Company will receive challenge trophies today for cleanliness. Cash prizes will also be given to four of them. The operators have kept their station. dition, beatu took part in the a campaign. The pri» will be
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    Strike factory to close
    199 5 DISPUTE HAS COST $200,000, SAYS FUNG KEONG BOSS: WE WANT TO SELL IfUALA LUMPUfc ■^Thurs. The Fung K( ()M n Rubber Paclory A Klang. where m ore than 1,()(M) workers have been on strike for two months, is to close dawn Thy owners Fung Keons Rubber
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    JEANNE MATILDE
    140 5 The 40-ft ketch with 2 men sets sail for England PLN'ANG, Thurs. The 40ft ketch, Jeanne Matllde, left hero today to continue mo to England. It jtarted from Singapore. The ketch is expected to reach the southernmost of the Nicobar Islands next The ketch spent nearly two In
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    New president
    34 5 Mr. N. N. Leicester has been elected president of the Singapore Family Benefit Society, with Mr. Peh Wah Kok as vice-president, Mr Tan Guan Chuan secretary, and Mr. Lee Soo Chuan treasurer.
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    New Year dance
    37 5 The E.O.S. Sports Club of the Social Welfare Department, Singapore, will hold a Chinese New Year dance at the Civil Defence Hall, Kolam Ayer Lane, from 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Feb. 10.
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    FLOOD HA VOC SURVEY IS READY
    53 5 SURVEY of damage by recent floods in Singapore has been completed by the 14 teams of Social Welfare workers. A total of 284 households, representing 1,220 people, were involved in the survey. The two areas visited by the teams were the Bedok resettlement area
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    These so clever Japanese imitations
    187 5 These so clever Japanese imitations WORTH THOUSANDS, THEY'RE SPURIOUS SPURIOUS GOODS, moulded in clever imitations of wellknown, highly priced articles, continue to flood the Singapore market, Mr. J. Siddle, chief of the Commercial Sub-Branch, said yesterday. He told the Straits Times there was every reason to believe that most of
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    PLUGGING DEFECTS IN BENEFIT LAWS
    139 5 Federal Govt. to introduce Bill KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. NEW LAWS to enable accident victims to get compensation even though workers are themselves partly responsible for the accidents, are planned in the Federatio The amount a victim can get will be inversely proportional to his share
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    2 MEN FACE MURDER CHARGES
    60 5 IPOH Thurs Two men were charged in the Ipoh Magistrate's Court, today with murder. S. Arumugam. 24. was -cused of murdering A- Apparajoo alias Chettv, at Kampong Gurap on Jan. 4. p. Ponnusamy. 63. was charged with causing the death of Muttiah on Jan. 31.
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    YOUTH BROKE INTO HOUSE —THEN FELL ASLEEP
    96 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A youth found asleep in the bathroom of a house he had broken into last December was charged with housebreaking here today. Chen Chan Lye, 17, said he ran away from his home in Pandan because his father was a
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    Six months jail for a 'coward' who knifed British soldier
    115 5 Six months jail for a 'coward' who knifed British soldier I IPOH, Thursday.— A "cowardly" trisha rider who stabbed a British soldier was today jailed for six months. E Ayub bin Osman, 30, was found guilty of causing hurt to Sgt. David James Brook, Royal Scots Fusiliers, at the Jubilee
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    Wanted: 70 singers
    52 5 PENANG, Thurs. The light opera section of the Penang Arts Council is looking for singers and orchestral players to take part in their production of Messiah. At least 25 sopranos and 45 (15 each) contraltos, tenors and basses are required. Weekly rehearsals for chorus will start on
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    'I WON'T PAY A CENT'
    120 5 Man tells courtReturn my papers A 55 year old German, fined $200 for illegally entering the Colony on Oct. 22 last year, told the EiKhtM Magistrate, Mr. K. C. Chan yesterday: "I am not paying a cent until you have returned my documents." Franz Rosenthal.
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    Test for fire engine
    42 6 IPOH, Thurs. The Ipoh Fire Brigade's new $37,000 engine will be tested, on Saturday at a demonstration of the latest flre-flghtlng techniques. Members of the Town Council and their chairman, Mr. G. S. Walker, will watch the demonstration.
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    Formal opening
    32 6 SITIAWAN, Thurs. The official opening ceremony of the youth section of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dindings district branch, will take place at the association premises at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
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    'TAX EASE' BILL ALL SET FOR COUNCIL
    245 6 It will help miner, planter, shareholder Simplifying assessments is the aim KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Thurs.—The Fed-| eral Government to- j night made public the Bill to help the economic development of Malaya. To be introduced in the j Federal Council, the Billi provides
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    One-day-a-week men want one day more
    128 6 'THIS 6-DAYS-OFF LAW IS RUIN* ALOR STAR. Thursday. TttlE six-days-off-a-week shopkeepers of Kuala Nerang, North Kedah, have petitioned the Government to allow them to trade twice a week. They say that the one-day- a-week business law imposed on them under the Emergency Regulations is
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    The luxury Kungsholm is due soon
    90 6 THE 22.000-ton liner Kungsholm Is due in Singapore on Feb. 24 with 363 wealthy American tourists on board who have paid six million Malayan dollars in fares for a round-the-world trip. Flagship of the Swedish American Line, the Kungsholm is on her second round-the-world
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    A choice for students
    43 6 The Governments of Burma, Turkey and the Philippines are offering technical and professional scholarships to Malayan students. Applications for these scholarships, details of which can be obtained from the Director of Education, Singapore, must be received by Feb. 25.
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    Sergeant, shot in error, was Korea veteran
    119 6 DENANG. Thurs. A military inquiry is expected to be held soon into Australia's first casualty in the Malayan jungle. Sergeant Keith Ewald. 24. of Buntaberg. Queensland, was accidentally shot by one of his comrades on Tuesday night during operations In the dense Bongsu
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    BANKERS TO PICK QUEEN
    64 6 PENANG. Thurs. A gold crown, silver cup and a free perm await "Mlsn Banking Section" when she Is elected at the Chinese New Year ball organised by the Bank- ing Association of the Penanß Clerical and Administrative Staff Union at the E and O Hotel on
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    BALLOONS WITH MESSAGES FOR COLONY YOUTH
    124 6 THE Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, released 30 balloon^ from the cockpit of a Venom jet aircraft at the Malayan Air Training Corps exhibition in Singapore yesterday. The balloons carried MATt leaflets. Mr. Goode was attending an. exhibition to interest the youths
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    JOY RIDE (by trisha) LANDS 2 IN COURT
    107 6 JOY RIDE (by trisha) LANDS 2 IN COURT JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. TWO British soldiers were returning to camp after a night out in Singapore. But when they reached Johore Bahru there was no transport. So LCpl. Samuel Murphy, 30, and pte. Randolph Churchill Jenkins. 25. of 221 Vehicle Battalion, decided
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    New post
    23 6 IPOH, Thurs. A.S.P. Leong Kwai Wah, attached to CID headquarters in Ipoh, has been transferred to Parit Buntar as 0.C.P.D.. Krian.
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    Ignorance caused these 41 deaths
    300 6 Ignorance caused these 41 deaths PORTY-ONE children 1 out of the 460 diph theria cases admittf-d to the Middleton HospitaIn Singapore last year died because they tw not been immunised A Ministry of Health spokesman said yesterday that last years diphtheria cases and deaths wer» th? highest ever recorded A
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    Lorry kills planter
    43 6 ALOR STAR. Thurs. A padl planter Bakar bi., Adman. 47, died after he was knocked down by a lorry on the Alor Star-Langgar road near here today. The lorry went off the road hit Bakar and crashed into a tree.
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    Biggest dredge will go on trial soon
    89 6 Biggest dredge will go on trial soon K U A L A LIMPI R Thurs. The biKSt"<t tit mining dredge to be im ported into M.il.i.va «i" start trial operations soon. A 'Malayan mining company. PeUlini I'm Ltd., brought it fr«' nl New Zealand. It wiuh> 4,000 tons and «Wi
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    TO EVERY 10 MEN, 9 WOMEN
    137 7 TO EVERY 10 MEN, 9 WOMEN 'TWERE is much more scope A for Cupids arrows to find their mark in Singapore today than there was io the past. This is because an increase in the female population has brought about a much better balance in the sex ratio of the
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    Fire relief fund grows
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A further $2,712 has been added to the Kuala Lumpur I Municipal Fire Relief Fund. Of this $2,020 came from the proceeds of a charity soccer match played here last month. The fund, which is to aid the victims of the big Gombak
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    FUNDS TO BE WOUND UP
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Bill is to b e introduced In the Federal Legislative Council to wind up various funds set up during World War II or to us e them for the pub- lic or charitable purposes for which they were raised. Another Bill
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    OLD FOLK SET A POSER
    182 7 Peril here r THE problem of destix tute old age is likely to become even more acute in Singapore within the next 10 to 20 years. This is because the Colony's adult population, particularly men is still largely of immigrant origin. When these middle-aged people
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    MCA drive for members
    49 7 BENTONG, Thurs. Recruiting teams are going to tour the Bentong district of Pahang to enlist more members into the local branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. The association was told at its meeting here yesterday that membership had fallen because of difficulties in collecting subscriptions.
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    Semenyih: Call for evidence
    49 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federal Government today appealed to people who wish to give evidence before the commission of inquiry into the Semenyih affair to contact the secretary to the commission. Mr. W. I. Galletly, c|o the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Federal House, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Three local men take over minus the qualifications
    288 7 EXPAT EXOpus HITS COLONY S TECHNICAL DEPTS. THt Singapore City Council is beginning to feel the pinch <>1 the first exodus of expatriate technical men from the service. The exodus followed the insistence of a councillor that expatriates on agreement be allowed
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    The race Cor riches: Indians first, Malaysians last
    207 7 The race Cor riches: Indians first, Malaysians last M liiniiiiiiiiiii riniiiitiiiiiiii 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hi mini 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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    MORE PAY PLAN FOR MEN HURT ON THEIR JOB
    173 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A HIGHER scale of workmen's compensation is to be paid if the Federal Council passes a Bill to be introduced on Feb. 29. At present the compensation is $50 or one-third of monthly pay. whichever is less, for
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    Seven years for bandit helper
    86 7 Seven years for bandit helper IPOH, Thurs. A RUBBER TAPPER who said he was forced to help the terrorists in the jungle by clearing land for tapioca cultivation, was jailed for seven years by Mr. j Justice Pretheroe Joday. Won* Ah Chong, alias Lam Mok, 28, pleaded guilty to a
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    He leaves four wives
    36 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Thurs.— lnche Wan Muda bin Ngah, a 70-year-old landowner, died at his home at Kampong Aur, near here, last night. He leaves four wives and nine children, Including three sons.
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    Woodbridge for stab case man
    30 7 M. Rasoo was yesterday sent to Woodbridge Hospital after being charged with stabbing Theresa Thangasamy, at the entrance of Fullerton Building, Singapore, on Wednesday morning.
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    Youth social
    37 7 The Chia Kene Youth Club, Singapore, will hold a Chinese New Year social at the clubhouse, Ylo Chu Kang Road, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. tomorrow. The programme will Include a fancy dress competition.
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    Dr. Field, the expert on malaria, to retire
    111 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AN authority on malaria and a scientist of International note, Dr. J. W. Field. Director of Malaya's Institute for Medical Research, retires at the end of this month. Aged 56, Dr. Field has been Director since 1949. He joined
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    $700,000 EXPANSION PLAN
    47 7 A $700,000 expansion scheme for the Chung Cheng High School, Singapore, is planned by the board of management. The board wants to put up 24 extra classrooms, an assembly hall and a science block. The board Is now considering ways of raising the money.
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    DEATH
    21 8 HENRY Y\P of 215 Dorset Road. Singapore, on 2.2.56, leaving wife and three children to mourn loss. Cremation 4th Feb.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    197 8 2n Word* $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win thM S;VO<>o word puzzle. ITS THE WICK that does the trick! Which wick? Why Air-wick, the 100', Air-refreshener All good dealers Mock it. HAVE YOU READ "We live In Sli.papore" by Donald
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    65 8 20 Word* $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Theorodio George Nonis thank all Friends and Relatives uho sent Wreaths. Messages of Condolence and Attended the Funeral. MR. CHENG YIN CHONG and Family thank all Relatives and Friends who have sent Letters of Condolences. Telegrams and who have
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Feb. 3, 1956. Alliance For Peace
    671 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Feb. 3, 1956. Alliance For Peace It is within the nature of the free association of Britain and the United States in fields of loreign policy that there should be differences of opinjon such as are unknown, or unrevealed, in the Communist world. In the
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    Empty Dignity
    302 8 Once upon a time and not so very long ago Singapore's city councillors decided that their monthly meetings were thirsty work. They voted themselves tea, and for good measure added biscuits, cigarettes and cigars. Tea is still served, but the ratepayer no longer provides fee Havanas. This concern
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    Japan And Russia
    218 8 Technically Russia is still at war with Japan. Moscow did not sign the San Francisco peace treaty, and it was because of the absence of a peace treaty that Russia vetoed in December the admission of Japan to the United Nations. Negotiations for a treaty have been
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    PEKING WOOS OVERSEAS CHINESE THROUGH TRADE
    844 8 Says WALTER BRIGGS tX)R the Chinese Com- munists, trade follows the flag. Criticism of the Western powers in Asia has charged that their politicians did the bidding of their merchants. Peking's foreign trade, on the other hand, is used as a political weapon. The
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    BREAK-UP OF THE MALAY HOME
    482 8 TWO out of every three X marriages in Kelantan end on the rocks, I read. Divorces i n European countries average only one to every ten marriages, and even in the United States of America one out of three. Surely, this is not the kind
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      Let's be practical in road safety
      235 8 LET us start our safety on the roads campaign by clearing the covered pavements of all bicycles, cobblers, cigarette stalls, charpoys and pavement hawkers along tne busy highways at least. Why are shop keepers penalised for blocking these pavements while others are allowed to
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      NEW BRIDGE WANTED
      73 8 IF possible, would the authorities concerned please expedite the construction of the new Serangoon Road bridge? During the rush hours there is always a congestion of traffic. Until the bridge is completed, and the Whampoa River widened, the flood risk will not be reduced. We are in
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      Are Singaporeans less serious minded?
      235 8 fPHE almost 100 per cent Alliance victory in the Federation has strained Tengku Abdul Rahman's ego. His recent statement in London that the Singapore Government Is not strong enough to deal with subversion and that Singaporeans are "less seriousminded" is contemptuous. The implications in Ms
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    Best time to see the principal
    386 8 IN the correspondence on the subject, "Fun and games In a Singapore school,'* by a Parent one fails to gather his point of view. If this parent wishes to see the principal of any school, he must realise that as much as he is
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    Dockyard men lose $600,000
    137 9 AND UNION GAINED NOTHING— SAY NAVAL BASE AUTHORITIES oer that 16-day strike Admiralty still stands firm -HI-: 9,000 members of the Singapore Naval 1 Base Labour I nion who went on strike for 6 daJ s lost about $600,000 in wages And yesterday the Commodore Superintendent
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    OH, WHAT A HAP-HAP-HAPPY DAY FOR THIS FAMILY
    226 9 OH, WHAT A HAP-HAP-HAPPY DAY FOR THIS FAMILY June looked in vain for her parents in Singapore she finds them in Ipoh and all is well THERE was a happy reunion at Ipoh airport yesterday morning when nine-year-old June Skeggs met her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Skeggs. for
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    NOW DON'T TURN THIS ROUND...
    83 9 i MONO questions to be an.su ered in the Smrapore Assembly next »«k i> "hat is the »rea of Singapore island" The questioner is Mr. R Jumabhoy (Ind. Tclok. AyeD He also wants to What is the area occupied by the three Serricfs? How much
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    Wage talks were broken off
    226 9 Wage talks were broken off i P<-rintendent had actec within his legal rights, anc the actual date for the removal had in fact been chosen beforehand by tht union, m aßreement with the management. To 8 lv these families Admiralty quarters again when no longer eligible would have been unfair
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    FLOODS AGAIN
    81 9 Police hit KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Areas near Batu Pahat and Segamat in Johore are again flooded after heavy rain. The Parit Sulong police compound in the Batu Pahat district is under 2 l 2 feet of water. Sri Medan police compound has three feet of water. Tanjong Sembrong
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    20 m.p.h. limit
    24 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Commissioner for Road Transport has imposed a 20 m.p.h. speed limit on Princes Road in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Soon they'll be a-quiver in this ward
    71 9 Soon they'll be a-quiver in this ward PATIENTS in the orthopaei die ward of the Singapore General Hospital soon will be learning to use the bow and arrow. The Singapore Archery Club, which is no longer active, yesterday presented its bows and arrows to the orthopaedic department. Mr. H. H.
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    A THIEF WITH ONLY SEVEN FINGERS
    191 9 Judge promises to help him get job Ttflß. JUSTICE WHITTON told a man in the Singapore High Court yesterday that he would give him a letter to the Social Welfare Department when he leaves prison after serving a sentence for theft. Peng Huat Swee.
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    Man fined for illegal entry
    51 9 MALACCA, Thurs. Low Geok Meng, who pleaded guilty to entering the Federation without a passport, was today fined $100 or one month's Jail here. Low said he formerly lived In Malacca. He went to Sumatra for about three years and had returned to find a
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    'I was spy suspect,' says bandit
    171 9 DEMOTED. SHOT— NOW HE'LL HANG KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A TERRORIST told the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew. today that he had been demoted by his comrades because they susDected he was a police spy. "They took away my carbine j but I carried a
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    Woman: I was robbed, assaulted
    99 9 Woman: I was robbed, assaulted 1 MALACCA. Thurs. Tan Ah Chia of Kampong Annam Malacca, today told the police that a man had as- 1 saulted, raped and robbed her of Jewellery worth about $20. Tan, a mother of six, was on her way to a neighbours house this afternoon
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    Special gets the sack
    72 9 He fired a shot KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Malay Special Constable has been dismissed from the force after an incident at a food check point near Kuala Kubu new village in North Selangor on Monday. The constable was alleged to have fired a shot into the
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    Company law may change
    50 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Government proposes to amend the Companies Ordinance so that foreign companies need not supply balance sheets to the Registrar every year. Instead they may file a certificate stating that the company has done nothing to affect its status as a private company.
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    Ceylon Day
    33 9 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will propose the toast to Ceylon during tomorrow night's Ceylon Independence Day reception in Singapore which Mr. C. Cunasingham, Assistant Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya, is giving.
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    Body on beach case evidence
    228 9 AT the hearing in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court on Wednesday against the parents of a three-year-old boy found dead on Bedok Beach, counsel for Pansy Scow drew th<» court's attention to a report of the case In the Straits Times. Mr. P. F. de
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    THUGS USE NEW YEAR RUSE TO GRAB $6,300
    203 9 THUGS USE NEW YEAR RUSE TO GRAB $6,300 Wife falls for 'bag of tricks' THE old eve of-Chinese New Year ruse of Singa- pore robbers pretending to deliver presents was used by three armed men to get into the house of a Chinese contractor in Chiltern Drive on Wed- nesday.
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    A 'suitable' car's price is $15,500
    76 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The president of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council, Mr. A. D. York, is to get a new $15,500 car. 512.000 was set aside in the 1956 budget for the car. but the council found this was not enough for "a suitable
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    Police rout shadows
    30 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— A police party shot at figures moving among rubber trees in the Sungei Patani district of Kedah on Monday night. The mysterious figures escaped.
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    Terrorists flee
    28 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A police and area security unit patrol fired on two armed terrorists in the Kota Tingti area of Johore yesterday The terrorists fled.
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    MORE PAY FOR 160 CLAIM
    63 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The National Union of Factory and General Workers has asked Malayan Cement Ltd. at Rawang for increased wages for its 160 labourers. It also asks for 14 days annual leave, a housing allowance of $10.50 a month for employees not in company
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    Fund drive by ex-servicemen
    40 9 BENTONG. Thurs. Three members of the Pahanp; branch of the Ex-Security Forces Association are touring Pahang to raise money for a headquarters buildinu at Raub. They plan to raise $8,000 in a door to door collection.
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      135 9 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on Feb. 1 to 7.30 am. on Feb. 2) Singapore 72 degrees, Penang 71, Kota Bharu 74, Kuala Lumpur 72. Ipoh 71, Kuantan 70. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Feb 2t Singapore 85, Penang 89. Kota Bharu 83. Kuala Lumpur 89,
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      'British businessmen must now visit Malaya'
      491 10 'British businessmen must now visit Malaya' QUSINESS firms in Britain should not hesitate to send their representatives to Malaya to make on-the-spot market surveys if they want to obtain a true picture of the local reception of their products, United Kingdom Trade Commissioner for Malaya Mr. Edward Bower said yesterday.
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      MOTION SMITH EXPAND BUSINESS IN FEDERATION
      206 10 MOTION SMITH EXPAND BUSINESS IN FEDERATION ONE of the oldest concerns i n Singapore, Motion Smith and Son Ltd., are to open a branch in Kuala Lumpur on Monday and the manager of the branch, Mr. H. H. Rockall, will be the first European optician to be resident in the
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      Malayan is to train in London department
      122 10 MR. Lim Lam Seng of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd's Singapore branch office left by air for England layt week, for a period of training with the Society's Marine Und c r w ritlng Dept. in London. This step marks another
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      COMPANY HELPS OUR GROWTH
      212 10 B.T.H. sees optimistic future AN optimistic outlook for electrical equipment sales in Malaya was expressed yesterday by Mr. A. W. Barford, an official of the British Thomson-Houston Export Co. Ltd., London, who has arrived for a market survey. Mr. Barford said he was hopeful that the
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      Nutmeg price soars again on Indonesian reports
      292 10 PRICES of nutmegs on the Singapore market have reached new heights following reports of a plan by Indonesia to raise the export duty on the spices. An unofficial source said yesterday it had been proposed to raise the duty to 100 per cent.
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      RUBBER TYPE SAMPLES' POSITION
      381 10 I^HE statement on A Singapore type rubber samples reported to have been in New York on Wednesday, by the vice-president of the Rubber Manufacturers' Association, Mr. W. J. Sears, following a meeting of the Crude Rubber Committee of the Association was described in Singapore yesterday as
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    Severus gave Romans peace, killed age-old initiative
    1334 11 sMJUlffl;:^^^ Severus gave Romans peace, killed age-old initiative troitps unmade vmpornrs *m*mim <l,*,ih TICER HUNT IN t^SINCAPORE^# Chained prisoners dretv his chariot Brvarh in him own family npossible in these days of national antagonisms v of us to appreciate the peace and unity that Roman Empire 1,700 years ago. From
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      99 11 Hex Morgan* 3M.D. Compact wanted Jt&£ YOU STOPPING LAYTON COME /O©. 1 "08. MOWSAN WILL^ FILMS UP-PBOAA X-RW '^^B .COMPACT FOR M€,^^/ if"W^l MPick Tracy Librarian is catted UK\ B r PHOTOGRAPH THE SPOT j] AND AT HEADQUARTERS 1 T T^j— WthbjWEU FROM TWO ANGLES-MAKE -i-iiie ie -rup KCM/ecfeDcp THROUGH
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    RUBBER PRICES
    151 12 February first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.07*4 per lb. down threequarters of a cent on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was easier. Closing prices in cents per Ib. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 107, sellers 107 2 No. 1 R.S.S.
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    CHINA RUBBER SALES REPORT IMPROVES PRICE IN SINGAPORE
    718 12 CHINA RUBBER SALES REPORT IMPROVES PRICE IN SINGAPORE BROKERS' REPORT By Our Market Correspondent COME market circles in Singapore engaged in speculative buying yesterday as the result of reports from Jakarta that rubber consigned elsewhere had been diverted to Red China and the price of February first grade rubber was
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    144 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: quiet; February $27V» buyers, $27»i sellers; March $27 T buyers, $28'» sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 sellers; drum $43 U sellers. Pepper: steady for white but quiet for black- Muntok white $135; Sarawak $134 (both up $1),
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 12 On the free exchange market in Hone Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.87 for cash and 5.90 <4 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.77 and one Uel of rold at 255 K.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    139 12 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Investments were steady to firm on the Stock Exchange today. Sales covered a wide range but Virnorers were not heavy, in minings a steadier trend was noticeable particularly in speculative oils with trading quieter. Gold was slightly firmer but there was no definite trend for silver
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 12 HNGAPORI I lb. .down thr, J of a cent) qu »na ISS* 1 (d COPK^ -hi Picul (do Wn I
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    No early meet for Tin Count
    163 12 No early meet for Tin Count LONDON. T) rai meetinK o: Til- council administer t: agreementthe immedi,: spokesman Office. He Indonesian P the agreomii that machmer. cil would be dlately. Tlie Inri would have I to the agrei i Council wou within i! ]> News of Ijx provoked lit; traders
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    SHIPPING
    74 12 Ships lying alongside ihf pore Harbour Board expected today art Spondilus 4 5, Schouti 67, Olg;i M Tarifa 13 14. B<: estes 18 Azin: sang N. Wall 6, Stia N W,. angor N. Wall 10, Pa.-.v.: Lipis 23. Taype 24. 83r....c«-jB 3 r. ...c«-j Pakhoi 27 28. II medon
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      164 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens or those eligible for same for appointment as Malay Translators, Legislative Council, on the salary scale of (152.50), (160). 167.50/224x14--336/366 x 14 422 448 x 14 504/ Vacancy bar/Senior Translator $556x18-664. with COLA at current rates. Qualifications: School Certificate with credit in
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      694 12 NOTICES THE MALAYAN LIVE-STOCK COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-IP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company at Ocean Building, Collyer Quay In the Colony of Singapore on Wednesday the
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      629 12 NOTICES I MESSRS. THE CHINA ENGINEERS, LTD.. MESSRS. SINO BRITISH (MALAYA). LTD., and MESSRS. GEORGE BLUNN A CO., LTD.. hereby give notice that Mr. Wong Sow Nam of Ipoh has no authority whatsoever to transact any business or to receive any money on their behalf In Perak and elsewhere. Dated
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    Lesson for strikers
    165 14 fITHE Singapore Traction A Company employees now complain that the union is not looking after their interests during the ■trlke. A few days before they went on strike a very sound letter appeared in your correspondence columns in which the writer pointed out the very facts of
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    HOW TO FEED A CROC?
    113 14 ALIVE crocodile, about four feet long from tip to tip is being kept by me In a large wooden cage with sand on its bed, close to my residence. It was captured by fishermen in their net some days ago from the sea. Though it
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    TOO MUCH MERDEKA
    108 14 THE Minister for Agriculture should concentrate his attention more on the progress of agriculture and food production, instead of saying that foreign troops and military bases endanger the security of Malaya. Malaya must produce more rice, more vegetables and other Malayan staple foods, in order to make
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    A beggar problem
    77 14 A DISTRESSING sight greeted me on Wednesday as I crossed Cavenagh Bridge during the lunch-hour. An aged Indian woman, prostrate on the bridge, was piteously begging for aims. About two weeks ago I had seen her, also during the lunch-hour squatting at the same spot which, oddly
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    Wanted: shelter, light
    66 14 I AND many others living in Lorong Bengkok depend on the buses to take us to and from work. It is now almost three years since this road was widened and the City Council have not provided members of the public with a bus shelter The public
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      Braddell-Allen report on Law Studies
      1017 14 Braddell- Allen report on Law Studies rANKS to the kind offices of Mr. Brown I have had an opportunity of reading the Braddell-Allen Report and, as promised. I now send my comments. They are my own and not those of the Bar Committee. In the first place I assume that
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      GET FACTS CORRECT
      128 14 I REFER to OSHAR's letter of Jan. 28. He writes without an atom of fact or evidence to support his charges. He spoke about hair dressing saloons not more than ton feet from shophouse latrines." I ask him —what is the width of a gazetted back-lane Does
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      MALAYS, SYEDS AND LAND OWNERSHIP
      615 14 MALAYS, SYEDS AND LAND OWNERSHIP IHAVE pleasure in answering the questions posed hy Mr. Yap Yoon Keong in connection with syeds, sheikhs, Muslim converts and land ownership. The Malay syeds and sheikhs are definitely Maliy by nationality. There are Indian syeds, Chinese syeds and Indonesian syeds. The Malay syeds, although
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      435 15 ACCOMMODATION WXNTFD W(J o J#di(i( o Snjr-CONTAINEaj Unfurntahi.k^* on long leas e required p^esr^t^ tanceo?town KXBCUTIVE OP' BRITISH C^Pany requires furnlshedyu^rurnlshed flat near city Write B lls^ A 1325 W S BRITISH COMPANY reoulre^ unfurnished houae 4/5 be^o^m -Irlv w 3 aCe nt SU? for occupation early March, good area
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      439 15 TUITION 20 WordtSi < Mm.)— Box SO ctt. txtra. STAMFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE: Vacancies Std. VII/ I VIII Morning/Afternoon. Evening Beginners' classes: Bk-Keeping, Accounting, Shorthand (Theory Speed all stages). Rapid Course arranged. English Maths. Std. VI-IX, Typing Morning <fe EvenIng any time. Spl. coaching for Qualifying Test LCC Examinations. Expert tutors,
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      441 15 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 20 Words U (Min.)— Box SO ct,. txtra. WELL ESTABLISHED, Profitable Ladies Halrdresslng Saloon Business, available on Contract or Otherwise. Terms arranged on Application to 162 Batu Rd., K.L. EUROPEAN Making Frequent Outstation Journeys on Own Business prepared to Undertake Additional Commissions, preferably in North or East Malaya.
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      555 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Words $S (Min.)— Box SO ct,. txtra. I 1947 PREFECT good running order. Insured Jan 19i7, taxed June 1956, Owner leaving colony, $850 0.n.0. View 30 Middlesex Rd. SELLING AND BUYING rell- able used cars, please dial 6519. 12 Calrnhill Road. Trade-in and easy payments can
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      518 15 FOR SALE i 20 WordtSS (Min.)— Box SO rtt. txtra. STOCK OP ALLEN Motor Scythe .'pare parts offered reduced price due to discontinuation of original units. Kindly contact Manager, Jendarata Estate, Teluk Anson. TWO LADIES TAFFETTA Evening Dresses (Medium size) Navy Blue; One Silver Ice Bucket I (with tongs); One
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      682 15 =:iiiiiC]iiiiiiiiiiiiC]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiniiiiiii!!U!C]iiMiiiii I Steep c00t... I Get a 5 .^aa^^^aK f 1 I ROOM AIR CONDITIONER I When it comes to room air conditioners one name sjands s out above all others as the considered choice of the 5 people who know. C In Singapore it is Carrier the people who
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      230 15 Straits Times Crossword TT ,7 .8 11 '9 20 21 i J II "I l 1 LJ Z Z 1— ACROSS 6 A Birl 1* enthusiastic for this 1 P o.k ln (6 the 6) endaDt lU 7. Tnf^sVgU change to see ..rmfkesVelisp in Greek O^ 9> cle^^ TtT neKIS
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    HOLDERS IN CUP FINAL
    116 16 The holders, Jaian Eunos, and Paslr Panjang will meet In the final of the boys' clubs badminton tourney for the McKerron Cup at the Katong Boys' Club tomorrow. Eleven clubs competed In the tournament which Is sponsored by the Federation of Boys' Clubs. Mr. Wee Kirn
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    Time we put ourselves right
    142 16 HOCKEY RULES HAVE BEEN MISINTERPRETED HERE FOR YEARS By Our Hockey Reporter IN Singapore and the 1 Federation of Malaya we have been playing hockey all these years on an absolute misinterpretation of some of the rules of the game. What is surprising is the
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    Ong Poh Urn withdraws from team
    141 16 SINGAPORE badminton champion Ong Poh Lim has withdrawn from the Singapore team who defend the l oops Seong Cup against Penang in the challenge round at the Badminton Stadium tomorrow and Sunday Poh Lim, who is still nursing a leg injury, yesterday told the
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    Perry goes, Kiwis due next month
    105 16 The arranged tennis exhibition between the American player, Bob Perry, and Singapore's Ong Chew Bee at the S.CC. yesterday was not held owing to rain. Boh Perry leaves Singapore by air this morning for Hong Kong where he will stay for one week and
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    Stableford golf
    46 16 WCdr. C. N. Foxley-Norris and WiCdr. J. G. Topham (34) won the stableford bogey greensome two-ball competition at the FEAF championships yesterday. Runners-up were Air Vice Marshal A. D. Gilmore and O|Capt. A. H. McM. Healey who had the best score over nine holes.
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    BOY GARYTH HAD NEAR FATAL SET-BACK
    416 16  - BOY GARYTH HAD NEAR FATAL SET-BACK EPSOM JEEP By BOY GARYTH. an $81 winner at Bukit Timah on Wednesday, was nearly destroyed when he injured his back in training in September last year. Saved by the "vet," this Phideas gelding has been back on the active list for barely a
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    CLUB SHOOT
    57 16 Singapore Oun Club will hold their monthly competition at their Bukit Timari range on Sunday starting at 10 a.m. The competition will be in three stages. Stage 1: Ten birds double rise. Btage 2: Five high birds from right to left, and five single rise released simultaneously Stage
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    EXPERTS OPINION BEING SENT OUT TO UMPIRES
    572 16 the rules and must not be penalised. How often have we seen forwards, when baulked of a move inside the circle, flick the ball so that it must touch some part of a defender's body so as to gain the inevitable penalty corner
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      MARINES LOSING TWO GOOD MEN TO ROVERS S.C.
      740 16 Last chance for SCC v Fijians j pIE SINGAPORE Ama- I teur Football Associa- tion's decision to put more control into the hands of local men has had an almost immediate salutary effect. Ul the pre-season unrest among senior clubs has J
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    NO OFFER TO SWIM COACH
    56 16 The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association yesterday denied they had ever Invited the Australian swimming coach. Frank Guthrle. to ooach Singapore's swimmers for the Olymjiic Games. A Reuter report from Sydney on Wednesday had said that Guthrle "had refused an ofler to coach the Slngapor? Swimming
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    SELETAR GOLF
    23 16 Mrs. J. Strong and Mrs. Hales won the RAF Seletar Golf Club's women's greensome stroke golf competition yesterday. Twenty took part.
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    Peng Soon writes in Sportsfront
    94 16 Peng Soon writes in Sportsfront MALAYAN badminton wizard. Wong Peng Soon, now Malaya's professional coach, takrs over the Sportsfront tomorrow to comment on the prospects of Singapore, the holders, and Penang who meet in the Foong Seong Cup final at the Singapore Badminton Stadium tomorrow and on Sunday. Peng Soon
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    Tomorrow's weights
    382 16 WEIGHTS for all TT eight races tomorrow, last day of the Singapore Turf Club's Jan.Feb. Meeting, are: Cl.l,Dlv. I-9F So What 9.00 Conventional 8.13 Kam Loong 8.10 El Dorado B.l* Tito Camel 8.10 Ocean Pearl 8.08 Sudden Choice 8.07 Nick 8.06 Satisfaction 8.05 Eastern Pearl 8.05 Flying Princess
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    Lock icon HOPMAN CAN'T GO WITH AUSSIE TEAM
    157 16 MELBOURNE, Thurs. TTAKRY Hopman, who has been non-playing captain of the Australian Davis Cup team for six years, is unable to take charge of tne Australian team which will go over, seas this year. He told the Australian Lawn Tennis Association this today but
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    Breukelens' horse show they are lively prospects
    353 16 Breukelens' horse show they are lively prospects By EPSOM JEEP *TIHE return of cham- pion jockey Garnet Bougoure has put the van Breukelen-s uncle Marinus and nephew Rinus back in the spotlight. Between them they saddled seven winners for the first and second days, and it does not seem as
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    U.S. TAKE FIRST 3 PLACES
    129 16 CORTINA D'AMPEZZO. Thurs. —The Soviet Union gained only five points In the Winter Olympic Games yesterday but they were still well ahead In the unofficial placings after 16 events. Leading positions in the points table were: Soviet Union 82, Austria 42 1 Sweden 40. Norway
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      757 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Pate 8) SITUATIONS VACANT In Words H Win J- -Box i* tls. txtrm. BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY Requires a Junior Correspondence Clerk with a good command of English. Box A 1355, S.T. EXPERIENCED STENOGRAPHER required for old-established British Import firm. Permanent position. Please apply Box A 1320,
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      163 16 2n flntitnt fccgent) L J/J| Legends of th« «ncl«nt /w'S^ V^ Greeks «re still as popular V WT tod«y as those from ancient j Q^y^-^-^k Some scholars think that **SJ <• -\J ATHENE was responsible for 11/ %l*\~-> I -Jv giving her name to the city w*i v' lxJ^'~^' t-\
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      41 16 HOCKEY S.H.A. senior knockout (Quarterfinal S.CC. v University, padang; BODCA v Latiff Wanderers G.S.C. (round. SOCCER Friendly: Amicable Athletic Association v Argonauts, Farrer Park; Malay Juniors v RAF. Juronf, Farrer Park. BOXING Mike Ravula ItVnry Dave, Happy World Stadium, 9 p.m.
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