The Straits Times, 13 February 1956

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    22 1 AVrnA<:r daily r>E»TII'HH> %\Lh EXl't! fc b s—Ts\5 T5\ 000 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 13, 1956. 15 CENTS
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    1137 1 THE MYSTERY OF BURGESS AND MACLEAN IS SOLVED AT LAST "We went to Russia to work for Anglo-Soviet understanding,' they say After five yearsInterview in Moscow BURGESS AND MACLEAN TURN UP IN MOSCOW, END 5-YEAR RIDDLE OF THEIR DISAPPEARANCE MOSCOW, Sunday. QUY BURGESS and Donald Maclean, former
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    LION DANCE, THEN REST CURE: IT'S THE M. WAY j
    112 1 THE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, who leaves this morning for a rest cure in Switzerland, received an unusual "pick-me-up" yesterday. Reclining in an easy chair on the lawn at his Changi home. Mr. Marshall smiled cheerfully as
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    S.T.C. MEN SAY YES TO AWARD
    388 1 S.T.C. MEN SAY YES TO AWARD Keady to go bacK on Wednesday AFTER a 30-minute meeting yesterday morning at the Changi home of the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, the executive committee of the Singapore Traction Company Employee's Union decided to advise their 2,800 members to resume work by Wednesday.
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    NEW BID TO SPLIT BRITAIN AND U.S.
    181 1 NEW BID TO SPLIT BRITAIN AND U.S. WASHINGTON. Sun. .'EKATION be- Britain and on atomic ill be still lifflcult now that nd Maclean admitted that working for diplomats here internal secu.■.immittee is y to take ups 1955 investigation ability of the having given •rets to Russia. |i ht're believe had
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    Lock icon MPs certain to raise fresh storm in Commons
    106 1 MPs certain to raise fresh storm in Commons LONDON, Sun. —An immediate storm i" the House of Commons is certain following the statements in Moscow by Burgess and Maclean, political sources here said last night. The Government will be under pressure from Members on both sides of the House to
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    62 1 Sun.— Mrs. J. R. ■ither of Guy <j last night of the ""Mice from hiding of the "f^ng diplomats said- "I delight^ to know they 1 She appeared excited and happy and asked a reporter: "Please tell me all the news you have from Moscow. All I
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    87 1 MANILA, Sun.— Manoeuvres of three SEATO nations off Bangkok, beginning on Wednesday, will test an American defence theory for protecting small Asia member-nations against possible Communist aggression. The three-day exercises by military units of the United States, Philippines and Siam will demonstrate their mobility and co-operation
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    44 1 JAKARTA, Sun. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, said here today that from the Mediterranean to the Pacific one dominant Impression he had gained from his current world tour was the increasing growth of international cooperation. Reuter.
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    41 1 KARACHI, Sun.— Pakistan will not renounce its military alliance with the United States nor will its Baghdad pact, and SEATO commitents be affected by her decision to open trade talks with Soviet Russia, a Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday.—A.P.
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    Monkeys flee cracker crowd
    164 1 Monkeys flee cracker crowd BANNED- BUT POLICE JUST WATCHED SINGAPORE revellers defied a police ban yesterday to explode millions of New Year c i*3. o k p r s Not a single district or hospital—escaped the shattering salvo of noise. Policemen posted in the Botanic Gardens to enforce the ban
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    Lock icon Two airmen die in Cyprus
    38 1 NICOSIA, Sun. Terrorist gunmen shot three British airmen in the back as they strolled in civilian clothes in the centre of Nicosia yesterday. Two were killed and the other was seriously wounded. —Reuter.
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    Quiet jungle
    20 1 K. LUMPUR, Sun. There were no casualties among the terrorists or the security forces In the Federation today.
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    Tengku: We stay in sterling area
    423 1 Tengku: We stay in sterling area LONDON, Sun. rNGKU Abdul Rahman, said yesterday that he wanted Malaya to have its own cental bank and "issue our own currency." "But we will remain within the sterling area," of which Britain is the banker, he added. Tengku Rahman was answering questions on
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    45 1 KARACHI, Sun— Pakistani diplomats to Middle East countries will discuss matters relating to the areas to which they are accredited, at their conference here on Tuesday and Wednesday. The conference has been called by Mr. Hamidul Chowddhury, the Foreign Minister. —Reuter.
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    72 1 LONDON. Sun.— Two Royal Air Force helicopters fought through a blizzard yesterday and rescued the 10-man crew of a stranded ocean tug. The British tug. the Rumania, ran aground and keeled over trying to pull the 5,408-ton Brazilian freighter Loide Honduras from a storm-lashed North Sea
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    TWO STABBED IN STREET
    138 1 Secret society gangsters battle strikers r r O men were stabbed, one seriously, in a street flght between strikers and customers at the Kam Leng Restaurant. Sago Street, Singapore, yesterday. About eight strikers and seven customers, believed to be secret society gangsters, were involved. i Knives,
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    $25,000 damage in Colony fire
    184 1 CLOTH AND SONGKOKS DESTROYED FIRE swept through six locked shophouses in Baghdad Street, Singapore, yesterday and caused $25,000 damage. The destruction would have been worse had it not been for an off-duty fireman, Mohamed Baflaria, who saw smoke coming from he doors and widows of
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    36 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, SunCity and Church officials issued last minute safety and sanity pleas as Rio De Janeiro prepared last night for the official proclamation of the start of its three-day annual carnival. A.P.
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    35 1 KINGSTON. Sun— Actres s Joan Crawford has entered a private hospital for treatment of a neck injury suffered aboard the liner Italia while on her way to Jamaica for a holiday. Reuter.
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    STOP SULKING,' Mr. M. TELLS EUROPEANS
    90 1 The Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, is to challenge Europeans in the Colony to "stop sulking." He will urge Europeans to support wholeheartedly Singapore's march towards independence in a speech in the Legislative Assembly after I he returns from his Swiss rest i
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    Defence switch to be rushed
    212 1 KUALA LUMPUR, I Sun. New defence j arrangements recommended by the London "merdeka" conference I for fighting the jungle j war will be implemented with the greatest pos- sible speed. I The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGilllvray, said on his return lrom London tonight that
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    Lock icon Marilyn? A charming girl: Vivien
    153 2 Marilyn? A charming girl: Vivien LONDON, Sun. SIR Laurence Olivier flew back here today and his actress wife, Vivien Leigh, says she will be only too glad to advise him how to handle his new leading lady "that charming girl" Marilyn Manroe. Olivier has been in New York where he
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    47 2 NEW YORK, Sun.— The Department of Public Works revoaled that In response to requests by U.S. Muslims the 2 0001 b marble statue of the Prophet Mohammed has been removed from the building housing the appellate division of the State Supreme Court and destroyed. U.P.
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    26 2 TOKYO Sun— Some $200,--000 have been donated for the Japanese Antarctic Expedition since the newspaper Asahi started a collection campaign on Jan. 31.— A.P.
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    45 2 WASHINGTON, Sun.—President Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital this afternoon for medical tests that would help him to decide whether to run for a second term. The White House said the results would not be announced until after Tuesday. —UP.
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    Lock icon Jungle Tarzans greet the Queen
    224 2 SWING HIGH, SWING LOW ...FROM TREE TO TREE FLY CHEERING VILLAGERS AND IN THE BIG CITY ITS 'WELCOME, MOTHER 9 FROM CHANTING CHILDREN IBADAN (Nigeria), Sunday. UUNDREDS of Tarzan-style villagers swung from tree to tree yesterday to cheer the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh as
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    Lock icon FOR THE CROWD-A TREE WITH A VIEW
    57 2 FOR THE CROWD -A TREE WITH A VIEW For Royal visitor— 'Hello, Mrs. Queen 1 Ciay, excited, Nigerians jostle for vantage points to see the tjueen arrive at Lagos race course last week to present new colours to African regiments. She was greeted with cries of "Lisibet" and "Hello, Mrs.
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    Crashed wagons towed away
    45 2 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. The eight wagons of a goods train that crashed near Prai Railway Station last Sunday have been towed away. Goods had to be unloaded before the wagons could be righted. The repair crew is still working on the track.
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    Lock icon Attlee hurt in car crash
    50 2 LONDON. Sun.— Earl Attlee, the former Prime Minister, was confined to bed yesterday with bruised rib s received in a minor car crash on Friday night. His car. driven by Countess Attlee. skidded on an icy road. The Countess received a slieht head cut.— A.P.
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      Any room for a bunch of coconuts!
      35 2 An y room for a bunch of coconuts! COLOMBO, sun n. authorities her* facing the big nLja goes intended for Or?--tralia, but reLft here because of? dock work.. J! in that cargoes Includi coconuts. I
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      24 2 In MELBOI r\p while, the Inter-State r^ tive of the Austrtffi?* ell of True, SSn J££ a back-to-work ord striking waterfront J polyees.— U.P.
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      21 2 WASHINGTON evangelist, Dr" 3 Graham, was ram»H Washington ntoSjJ J yesterday to rece'y Churchmar ol award amon B e!ergymen V*Y I
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      31 2 PARIS: French were scheduled y« exhume the body of forme motorcar kin?, Mr.g Renault, following w, widow \s accusation that E was tortured to death (or leged collaboraticn with Nazis. -U.P.
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      22 2 CAIRO: A new outbum against the Bagdad p£ was staged here yesterfav b 200 Jordanian stud demonstrated outside ti Jordanian Embassy— UP
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      22 2 NAIROBI: "Field Marsha? Kanji, a leading Mau m«5 terrorist in the Mount Ker.ji forest area, surrende*ed tb week to Kikuyu villagers U.P,
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      27 2 LONDON: The Mayor o' the Soviet Ukraine city o! Dnepropetrovsk has said h would like to become a "pit pal" of the Mayor of De Moines, lowa.—U.P.
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    Lock icon THE OH-SO POLITE MACHINE
    77 2 NEW YORK, Sun. The Post Office Department today unveiled a polite stamp machine that sells you stamps, 24 hours a day and never foreets to say thank you." The "Stampm aster"— which will be installed in post offl- ces across tne U.S.— not m H sell.s
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    108 3 Price fix ien lose appeal TEST CASE IN CANADA jTAWA, Sun. The Court of rday disuppeal of r companies evicted of in a ombine. re issued I, evictions the companies ns practices the convicmpanies chal,rt restralnarguing that Parliament, > s authori8, was tres- rounds that the provinces titution. The five
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    39 3 8, Su. F i v c tins were slain wounded in an war on Friday Turkish border. r Minister Mr. E.: Announced. p.darme-s rushed area, stopped ite gun battle. U arrests and inns. A.P.
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    449 3 j»ART-QF.BRITAIN' PLAN HITS GUARANTEE SNAG VALETTA, Sun. pOLLING began stow, ly and without excitement yesterday on whether Malta should have closer political and economic ties with Britain and send three Members of Parliament to Westminster. The controversial issue in Catholic Malta has produced an
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    TV millions hear 'framed' jailbuster plead innocence
    296 3 TV millions hear 'framed' jailbuster plead innocence M ILLIONS of Britons last nig'ni! S2d thence of J' 1 an escaped convict, who broke out of prison three months ago while serving a 12-year sentence pleading for justice. He is Alfred George Hinds, io, who was sentenced in 1953 for his
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    Lock icon WANTED: PINCH OF SALT FOR BRITISH-US. RIFT REPORTS
    115 3 WANTED: PINCH OF SALT FOR BRITISH-US. RIFT REPORTS WASHINGTON, Sun.— Sir Roger Makins, British Ambassador to the United Mates, said yesterday: When you read about Anglo-American rifts take it with a pinch of salt In a general review of joint foreign policy, be said Britain and America saw eye to
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    Lock icon Challenge to Kotelawala
    59 3 COLOMBO, Sun.— Seventy organisations representing 5.000 Buddhist monks told Premier Kotelawala yesterday: "Postpone the elections or we perform satyagraha (civil disobedience)." The elections are due to be held in the first week of April. They claim election rivalries and dissensions will interfere with plans to celebrate the
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    IKE CLIMBS DOWNSO ITS AID FOR CEYLON
    124 3 IJTASHINGTON, Sat.—Presi- dent Elsenhower has reversed U.S. policy against granting economic aid to Ceylon to help strengthen American ties with the free countries of Asia. The State Department told, the Ceylonese Government on Friday that an aid agreement has finally been approved after
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    Japs deny Red salmon charge
    53 3 TOKYO, Sun.— Japan yesterday denounced Russian accusations that it is catching too many fish in Far Eastern water s and threatening destruction of the salmon industry. A Foreign Office official said fishing operations in international waters were regulated by international law. Japanese fishermen observed these
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    72 3 TOKYO, Sun.— The U.S. Army yesterday claimed that the water supply for 800 soldiers and their families at Camp Bender had been cut off twice in two days by the Japanese city of Ota in a dispute over rates. The army said the city was
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    28 3 BRITAIN'S YOUNGTST representatives at Cortina were Carolyn Krau. 12 and Rodney Ward. 14. They competed in the pairs skating and were placed last (11th). A.P. picture.
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    136 3 Franco may announce policy change MADRID, Sun. THE arrest of several 1 members of wellknown Falangist families and clashes last week between Falangist and anti-Falangist students were seen by observers here as indicating widespread discontent about many sectors of Spanish life. Seven people arrested on Friday night,
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    26 3 WASHINGTON, Sun.— President Eisenhower yesterday sent a cablegram to President Gronchi of Italy, expressing sympathy for the sufferers in that nations storm areas.— A.P.
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    184 3 BRUSSELS, Sun. rE Foreign Ministers of West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg last night refused to renounce their right to make atomic weapons. The Belßian Foreign Minister, M. Paul Henri Spaak, said after a meeting of the six statesmen that they had considered
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    169 3 OH, THOSE PACTS, SAYS Mr. NEHRU AMRITSAR, Sun. INDIA'S Prime Minis--1 ter, Mr. Nehru, declared that India could not close her eyes to military pacts like SEATO and the Bagdad treaty which affected the security of the country. Addressing an open conference of the 61st annual session of the governing
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    69 3 CAIRO, Sun.— An Egyptian doctor was sent for on Friday night when the Aga Khan, on a visit here, felt tired. But the doctor, who spent the night at the Aga's bedside, said the Aga Khan was much better yesterday. The Aga Khan, 80-year-old spiritual
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    48 3 NEW YORK, Sun. Mr. Clarence Randall, chairman of President Elsenhower's special economic commission, arrived here by plane early yesterday morning from Paris. He is due to start talks on economic affairs, as they relate to Turkey, with Government officials in Washington tomorrow. A.P.
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    44 3 LONDON. Sun.— China has decided to scrap th e ancient Chinese character language of 250.000 ideographs dating back thousands of years for an easy-to-learn. Englishstyle alphabet of 30 letters A simplified phonetic alphabet would help to wipe out illiteracy.— A.P.
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    Widow's mite for war heroine
    159 4 AT 80. SHE'S CUT TO 525 AN 80-year-old Chi. nese woman who risked her life to fight the Japanese just before the fall of Singapore, is finding it difficult to live on an allowance of $25 which she receives from the Government every month. Bhe
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    MALAYANISE RADIO, TENGKU IS URGED
    229 4 MALAYANISE RADIO, TENGKU IS URGED Union chief: Some local men already deputising for top job expats 'Two posts could be taken over now 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. 1" H Y. Broadcasting Staff Union is to ask Tengku Abdul Rahman to Malayanise Radio Malaya's, six top administrative posts here and in
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    SMILING COUPLE LEAVE CHURCH
    32 4 M. RICHARD SEAH KE bING. of the Singapore Police, and his bride. Miss Lucy Leong, after their wedding at the Wesley Methodist Church on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    The 'no ads. here' ban is lifted
    111 4 The 'no ads. here' ban is lifted BUSINESS HOUSES ar c now permitted to display advertisements the length of Orchard Road as well at Collyer Quay and Raffles Place, Singapore. Restrictions on advertisements in these areas have been lifted by the City Council in response to demands by several firms.
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    Amah may not have been murdered
    149 4 A Government pathologist's report on Koh Ah Woon, the 40-year-old amah whom the Singapore police believed was murdered, showed yesterday that death was due to drowning. Koh's body was discovered by two Malays under a stone bridge near the Heap Hoe rubber factory at
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    Drink with kick of fire
    40 4 During the "yam sengs" of a drinking party yesterday evening. Lim Eng Lim. 38, of Sllat Road, Singapore, swallowed some "neat" antiseptic lotion. He was admitted to hospital with burns on his lips and chin.
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    Child burnt
    23 4 Two-month-old Soh Soon Wee was burnt yesterday by fireworks at Mandal Road. Singapore. The child was taken to the General Hospital.
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    Black accepts
    20 4 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, has accepted an invitation to become patron of the Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore.
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    Labourer fined
    26 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Tan Cheng, 51, a labourer, was fined $300 at Pontian yesterday for moving 15 tahils of •.salted vegetables without a permit.
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    AN AID TO TRADE IF ECAFE AGREES
    115 4 Move to cut out those rules CINGAPORE traders can expect a "smoother flow" of business if a recommendation now before the conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East at Bangalore is accepted The recommendation, to simplify trade procedure, was
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    O.A.A. GROUP ELECTS A PRESIDENT
    92 4 A. S. P. Nla« Mohammed Shah of th e Antl-Vic e subbranch was elected president of the committee of the Old Andersonians Association at a meeting in the Arts Theatre.. University of Malaya, last Sunday. Others elected were: vicepresident. R. Dayanandan Naidu: secretary treasurer. Sarjit
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    GREEN LIGHTS ALL THE WAY SOON
    177 4 GREEN LIGHTS ALL THE WAY SOON NE W synchronised traffic lights to speed up the flow of traffic along Orchard and Stamford Roads, Singapore, will be tried out shortly. The equipment is now being installed, but the main work will be to get the lights operating in a sequence that
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    Post abolished with transfer
    49 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Inche Mohamed bin Ngalim, secretary, Town Council. Johore Bahru, has been transferred to the District Office as assistant District Officer. He has been succeeded by Mr. Wong Thian Teck Financial Assistant, of the Council. The post of Financial Assistant has been abolished.
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    Officer leaves
    28 4 Inspector Hector Donoueh of the Singapore police left by air yesterday for Colombo to bring back Detective S. G. Jones, who was found aboard the Cambodge.
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    Over 100 to dine
    29 4 More than 100 members and guests of the Singapore Shooting Club will attend a Chinese New Year dinner party at the Tavern. Tanglin Road tonight.
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    STORM OVER VILLAGE BAN ON HAWKER
    87 4 Xl ALA Li:MPI-R sunn /CHINESE traders have been banned i business in the residential part of Sii big Malay kampong 30 miles south west the village ci vent hawki house to hou unfair competition V 1 keepers Village eldprs coiud*. ban unwarra:," State Governmr:
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    Riddle of missing Registrar
    100 4 Riddle of missing Registrar KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. PLICE investigating the disappearance of the Registrar of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Mr. Teja, Singh .still have no clue as to his whereabouts. Mr. Teja Singh, father of three, was last seen by friends and relatives at the Kuala Lumpur railway station
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    Chettiars elect office-bearers
    71 4 At the 25th annual meeting of the Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce, at the Chettiars' Temple in Tank Road on Feb. 9, the following were elected office-bearers for 1956: president, Mr. PR. AM. Manickam Chettiar, vice-president, Mr. AR. AR. Narayanan Chettiar; secretary, Mr. PR. RM. PL. Kasivisvanathan Chettiar;
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    Employer fined
    34 4 JOHORE BAHRU. SunChan Koo Lan was fined $50 yesterday for failing to pay In time his contribution to the Employees Provident Fund for 18 labourer* last October. He had defaulted once before.
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    Johore Bahru Councillors
    44 4 JOHORE BAH These Governir have been n serve on the j Town Council th The District be the Deputy Pr Senior Executiv. the Health I South and th P Chinese Affairs. The nomir members are DaMr. RM. ST and Mr. R
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    Village clerk fined, jailed
    40 4 JOHORE BAH: Khoo Chew B employed by Village local i sent to prison for six mcd and fined $200 y< I criminal breach $50 belonging to The money repr s es?nents collector people in the village.
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    'STRIKE' CLAMP ON FLOUR
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The Federation Government has banned the re-export ol wheat flour because of the dock strike In Australia. A Government spokesman said today tnat me en m the strike was beta I gated. The Hngapore I ment has also ban I port of flour
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  • WHY you must VOTE for me
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      MARY CHEONC KIM MA LAN (12½ Yrs.) IPOH
      99 5 that all V have equal equal opill introduce remove the onomk In- .-KiDiiuy existIng among the different peoples. By voting for me, you will be able to keep the living -toady. I will see that firm tken against exploit the piice-rontrols da
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      MERLE FERDINAND 114½ Yrs.) BUKIT MERTAJAM
      110 5 MERLE FERDINAND 1 14½ Yrs.) BUKIT MERTAJAM ra in the WeUeHey ron[t la your right the person of of the three can didates tot the elections, it Ls my duty to teu you why you must vote for me. 1 belong to t h c Comm on wealth P arty.
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      M. KUMAR (15 Yrs.) IPOH
      100 5 M. KUMAR (15 Yrs.) IPOH TM a Malayan. Born here, 1 educated here, and I have lived here all my life acept for the time when I wnt to educnte myself father to help mv neonl" ited is Its toe sugMita a composed of pited MaVhat can *c do if
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      C NACARAJAH (18 Yrs.)
      115 5 lWki ALA LU MPUR I) 1 friends, r m ver y happy to address so B?ow tT this corning. why you this independent Malaya, illiteracy exl*ta in many places. If we are to progress and reap the harvest of our independence, the whole country must be
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      YUSOF SAIDIN (21 Yrs,)
      15 5 YUSOF SAIDIN (21 Yrs,) mothers. C./an ter« of I. d here dlk to you "why
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      IPOH LIM SWEE BOEY (19 Yrs.)
      301 5 IPOH LIM SWEE BOEY (19 Yrs.) friends. I've come to ask you to vote tor me. Vote for the M.P. (Malayan Party) for which I stand. Mark a cross (x) against the symbol "Mata Hari!" You live in poor a trap hovels. You have to wash in that muddy drain
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      CHAN HOW CHENG (19 Yrs.) IPOH
      130 5 CHAN HOW CHENG (19 Yrs.) IPOH AS the chosen candidate of the "Long Life Party" I am different from all other candidates who promise you great responsibilities and heavy burdens, but, as the name of my party promise long life expectOur people are too ser-ious-minded and conscious about their worK
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      JOHN D'CRUZ (14 Yrs.) MALACCA
      135 5 JOHN D'CRUZ (14 Yrs.) MALACCA V good people, on behalf 01 the Nationalist Party, I hope you will vote for me, not because of the singular honour which I will receive, but because I wish to "steer Malaya past the rocks of danger into the harbour of peace and goodwill."
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      LIM TOW SWEE (181 Yrs.) SINGAPORE
      109 5 LIM TOW SWEE (181 Yrs.) SINGAPORE "YfY dear, dear people. x You the oppressed: you the victims of poverty: you the inhabitants of slums: You the unfortunate ones of Chinp.town to me I am of the Welfare Party I speak to you because I have your welfare at heart. I
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      KUALA LUMPUR SEE KIAN FOOK (16 Yrs.)
      141 5 KUALA LUMPUR SEE KIAN FOOK (16 Yrs.) \l HY you must vote for me?" As you all know that Malaya is fighting for peace and security, you must vote me in order to carry on the work. My party consists of members willing to help others, rich or poor, whatever
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      JOSEPH CHIA SINGAPORE
      126 5 JOSEPH CHIA SINGAPORE QN Election day you will all go to the polls. In a democratic state, as we aspire to be In, you choose a man for his merits and not for the community to which he belongs. Singapore \s a multicorn m unal island. But essentially it bel
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      JUDGES' COMMENTS
      237 5 IF the entries received 1 are anything to go |by then the MaTaya of j tomorrow would not lack 1 politicians who can ate tract the attention of voters. There were a few dei magogues who promised heaven on earth but by and large competitors I confined themselves
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      JOHN YAP (16 Yrs.) MALACCA
      105 5 JOHN YAP (16 Yrs.) MALACCA t belong to the Malayan x Democratic Party. I stand before you as the party's candidate to contest in your ward. T solemnly promise that if you vote me into the National Assembly, I will fi gh t and secure better conditions of life for
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      174 5 The secret of youth in old age It's not how old you look but how young you feel that is (he secret of youth in advancing n years. Brand's Essence of Chicken, .i«>. W taken regularly, sustains youthful v.gour and 2l lm t/V-'-N. S rttality... health and arenptk brand's KBi
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      132 5 TEI EA 3505 1 yy-'L LE -r yQy FELLDW, BEX !1 NURSE SAIO 08. •< |*AOCE MINUTES DCWNiST&'SS lE^ -3^°'^z.-^^M By TOMOSaO'.' KNiOW IP S"E CAN WONDER WHY HIS J LAVTON W&.S v/EBV IWHILE I CHECK. /IN THE LDBBV I r ~~f~^l Uicli Travy Muwnbtvs as artist I f MUM&-ES'
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    DFATH
    39 6 20 H'orrf* j;» (minimum). I OH KIM SWI nee Tan Bok Neo. passed away peacefully at 317-C. Klebang; Be-siir. Malacca, on 12.2 56. She leaves behind. a daughter and a daugh-ter-in-law Funeral on 14, 2/56 at Jelutong Crematorium.
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    ANNOUNTNEMENTS
    124 6 in Word, $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Mi lay I.Ul' if you want |O w.n thai $5,000 word puzzle. TRY A "Green Spot" Gin-Pom, j Recipe: One bottle Green Spot 1 I'm: o.ide" and two fingers Gin. THE ONE SURE Way to b;tnl.sh smelk Is to
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. Feb. 13, 1956. All Impudent Attack
    823 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. Feb. 13, 1956. All Impudent Attack The need for radical change in Singapore's education system has long been apparent. Limited aid for Chinese education, the result of neglect and short-sighted-ness, had given rise to honest resentment and frustration which agents of disorder have exploited. It
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    The Traitorous Two
    318 6 It is unlikely there will be a more penetrating comment on the reappearance of Burgess and Maclean, the runaway British diplomats, than the remark of the week-end spokesman of the British Foreign Office. Lacking Ministerial guidance, groping in a Moscow maze, he produced this pearl: "It is
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    I've changed my opinion on multilingualism
    553 6 2 IN one of the first articles I wrote in E Singapore, I em- phas ised the handicaps of multi- lingualism. The tech- nical, practical and E financial difficulties were, I thought and E still think, under- estimated. H I was for years connected
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
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      RIGHT OF A TRIAL
      316 6 lIHTH the vast increase in motor traffic during post-war years and the assurance of an equally steady increase continuing, it behoves the Transport Ministry to study modern trends with a view to overhauling some of the existing road regulations. The compounding of minor traffic offences may
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      Where the Police offend
      219 6 Where the Police offend HO A can we expect the general public 10 take the least interest in keeping Singapore clean and tidy when the Police, who should sei an example to other citizens, are tne wo st offenders? The walls of public buildings, bridges, and private property are constant.
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      Promotion agency
      215 6 I HAVE been Interested in the Malayanisation Commission proceedings and am just as keen to see that expatriate officers are fairly treated on Malayanisation as I am that the local public service is rapidly Malaya nised. I am, however, very surprised to hear from the lips of the
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      HOW CAN RACE RELATIONS BE STRENGTHENED?
      495 6 ■pHE seventh question we I are asking in the weekly essay competition for the youth of Malaya is one which should make a particular appeal to youth. HOW CAN RELATIONS, BETWEEN THE RACES BE STRENGTHENED? There is no- more important question today. Everything depends
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      Security of the jungle outposts
      227 6 AS we are constantly being Informed that Communist terrorist activity is likely to increase, as a result of the amnesty failure, it may be pertinent to enquire whether additional security measures are being taken by the government. A favourite target for the Communists seems to
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      The inequality of women
      312 6 MRS. MARY LOBO, who has returned to the Colony after attending the golden jubilee congress of the International Alliance of Women held in Colombo recently, Is reported to have said that the congress had evidence to &how there was a big International ring responsible for the
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    'Decide Penang's status now' call
    185 7 MY CONFIDENCE IN BRITAIN HAS NOT BEEN MISPLACED, SAYS OATO ONN MERDEKA MISSION FAILED ON BASIC ISSi'ES: PARTY NEGARA PENANG, Sunday. n^O i Onn bin Ja afar president of Party said here last night that although it •cd to be most successful, the merdeka o
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    Two little words must be watched
    175 7 Party Negara's policy was for Penang and Malacca to revert to their former status as Straits British Settle- ments. Singapore should be a dominion territory with a j Chief Minister and with the people owing allegiance to the Queen. The position of Penang and
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    Wedding couple blessed
    63 7 MISS ANNA SAROJINI SAMUEL and Mr. A. Amaladass kneel for the blessing at their wedding service in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, lpoh. The bride is the daughter of Mr. M. Samuel, secretary of the lpoh and Menglembu Town Council and Mrs. Samuel. The bridegroom
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    Firms accused of 'spying'
    158 7 TUC ALLEGES ANTI-UNION POLICY THE president of the Singapore Trades Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, yesterday accused heads of certain large business organisations in the Colony of "spying" on the union activities of their staff. One firm, he said, had put up a notice warning its
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    THE TRIPLETS POSE BUDGET PROBLEM
    86 7 THE TRIPLETS POSE BUDGET PROBLEM TAIPINO, Sun. PARENTS of the triplets born in Taiping Hospital last week are so poor that they cannot afford to bring up the boys. And the Lady Almoner of the hospital has appealed for donations to help the family. The mother of the triplets is
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    EVERYBODY WANTED A RIDE
    53 7 'JMPUR. Sun.— arrived at j Lumpur airport j to take "Joy I deration Air SerIrcraft that the to op xtendd into! the afternoon. Originally the "joy rides" wore scheduled only between 10 a.m. and noon. The service was provided as a Chinese New Year treat for
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    Marriage bells in air for Tengku
    263 7 Marriage bells in air for Tengku PALACE INSISTS ON A MALAY BRIDE TOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Wedding bells Malay style are now in the air for Tengku Abdul Rahman, 23--year-old younger brother of Tengku Mahmud, who married English art student Josephine Trevorrow last month. The Sultan of Johore is believed to
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    'Quit Radio Malaya'
    208 7 SEPARATE FEDERAL SERVICE URGED KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Federation should break away from Radio Malaya and set up its own broadcasting service. The suggestion is made to Tengku Abdul Rahman by the Federation Broadcasting Staff Union. Reason: The Federation and Singapore are advancing towards independence "at different
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    70 CIVILIANS TO AID AT FOOD CHECKS
    111 7 70 CIVILIANS TO AID AT FOOD CHECKS KAJANG, Sun. Civilians are to assist police and soldiers at food check points in the Kajang area of Selangor after the Chinese New Year. Seventy Chinese from Kajang and nearby Sungei Chua new village have volunteered for the work. A call was made
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    On the move
    27 7 PRAI, Sun Mr. S. Ramasamy, vice-president of the branch of the MIC, leaves on transfer to Port Swettenham tomorrow. He work* for Prai railway*
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    AGE IS HIS PLEA
    116 7 Blacked out after two pints and woke up in a police cell IPOH, Sun. A 52-year-old odd job man, Kuppusamy, gave his age as an excuse for being drunk and disorderly when he pleaded guilty in the lpoh Magistrate's Court yesterday. Said Kuppusamy: "I am old.
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    2 to go for training
    67 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Two officers from the Federation's Trade Union Adviser's office are to tak e a six-month course in trade unionism and industrial relations in Britain. They are Mr. B. Kumaran. of Penang, and Inche Amanshah bin Bukkari. of Malacca The course is being
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    ONE KILLED, 2 HURT IN ROAD CRASH
    83 7 ONE KILLED, 2 HURT IN ROAD CRASH One person was killed and two injured, one critically in a crash at the 61 milestone. Tampenis Road, Singapore, yesterday. A motorcyclist who was killed, and his pillion rider are believed to have knocked down a pedestrian while avoiding an oncoming car which
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    Boy fined $25
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— A boy was fined $25 and ordered to pay $15 compensation at Klang for voluntarily causing hurt to a person in i the market.
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    Band together, cigar workers told
    183 7 IPOH. Sun. THE 3,000 cigar workers in the Federation attending the inaugural meeting of I their national union yesterIday were told that the tobacco industry was one of the most important in the country. Mr. K. A. Nagarajan of Singapore presiding said that cigar factory
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    HIGH YIELD —BUT THEY ARE UNHAPPY
    360 7 Padi men resent Govt control KUALA SELANGOR, Sunday. DECORD harvest is expected in the 44,000-acre 1V Kuala Selangor rice bowl this year, but the padi planters are unhappy because they fear Government measures would prevent them getting maximum profit. Much of the discontent is
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    On with the strike, they say
    117 7 On with the strike, they say KUALA LUMPUR Sun. pOVERNMENT daily-rated vJ workers in Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Trengganu have voted in favour of a strike if the Government does not agree to abitration on their demand for a minimum daily wage of $4. The general secretary of the Kedah
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    Transferred
    31 7 TANAH RATA, Sun. Mr. Kuan Ah Lam. a magistrate's court interpreter at Tanah Rata. has been transferred to Teluk Anson. Mr. Yang Choong Fu. of Teluk Anson has replaced him.
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    HG visit
    23 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.The Inspector General of Home Guards, Major-Gen-oral E. B. de Konblanque. today visited Hom e Guard units in Perils.
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    DISCS—BUT NO DOLLARS
    58 7 DISCS— BUT NO DOLLARS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Many listeners who asked for requests to be played over Radio Malaya's "Dollars for Discs" programme last December have not sent the money. Radio Malaya has appealed to them to do so before the programmes account closes on March 7. "Dollars for Discs"
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    NEW YEAR QUIET
    432 8 COMMODITIES THE metal and com- modity markets were j quiet in Singapore last week on the approach of the Chinese New Year. Except for a set-back on Friday tin improved through the week saining $7.37 Vi per picul. The Saturday morning price improved by $2.75 to $378.37
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    MALAYAN SHARE LIST
    931 8 THE following full revised list of share quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after their last meeting: in Singapore on Friday:- Buyers Sellers Me* Brickworks Pref 1.90 1.95 Ords 1.55 2 05 Atlas Ice 13 00 (buyers) v a fetrol 43'- 45/BU Trustees «10
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    Investment buying
    570 8 MALAY AS SHAKE MARKET REVMEU MONEY GOES INTO INDUSTRIALS By Our Market Correspondent J)ESPITE the approach of the Chinese New i Year there seemed to be plenty of ready money about which found its way into solid investment buying on the Singapore Share Market again last week. Traditionally,
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    DICIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    36 8 DICIDENDS ANNOUNCED I':: :<; final dividPn, less incom r t 3»''. payable BK^u sive December :ji,," V a^ K iS¥! d DREDGING ro.LTn^ dividend of |fl „e n s share, less Mii come tax year ende.i Se,
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    BUSINESS DONE
    378 8 '"pHE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of bjbkers for the period February 4 to Febuary 10: INDUSTRIALS: Alexandra Brick Prels. $1.00, Consolidated Tin Smelter Ords. 290. Fraser Neave Ords. $1.77';; to $1.75 to $1.80, Federal Dispensary Rights 47
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    Tyre output was record
    104 8 Tyre output was record NEW YORK, k. manutacturer.-, ship,. !>enger tar lyres in 1! the peak of K i pared with according to the lacturei* The previous pt»i n 84.422.966 units sblpp Production of 97 233,1r also a record and con 76.794.128 tyres in It I vious peak of 81,430,817
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      394 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Clttaens of the Federation for the poM of Magistrate on a salary scale of $628x34--634/982x34-1.254 p.m. plus COLA at current rates. Applicants must be Barristers or Solicitors or Advocates and Solicitors. Preference will be clven to candidates with satisfactory' magisterial experience. Application.*, on
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      888 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS FEDERAL AND COLONIAL i BUILDING SOCIETY LIMITED Invites applications for the following vacancies:— For Singapore Office: One Internal Audit Clerk. Minimum Qualifications Cambridge School Certificate plus L.C.C. Bookkeeping Certificate. Salary Scale— s2soxlsA to 400/ B:ir 425x25A to 500. Commencing I salary depending on qualifications i and experience. Preference
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    Oddities of English: From slang to idiom
    371 10 ENGLISH IDIOMS, by V. H. Collins (Longmans, Green. 10s. 6d.) /\NE of the better stories of the Singapore Bar is of the advocate who was making rather heavy weather of it, and who was not being assisted by the devastating interruptions of his
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    A FRUITFUL THIRTY YEARS OF COLONIAL POLICY
    848 10  -  ALLINGTON KENNARD By THE COLONIAL OFFICE, by Sir Charles (effries. (Allen and Unwin 155.) SOMEWHERE in a secretariat file rests an exchange between a baffled managing director and a colonial servant whose duty it had become to sweeten the grapes of wrath. "Th^re
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    IMPORTANT GERMAN WRITING
    380 10 By JOHN METCALF GUNNER ASCH GOES TO WAR By Hans Hellmut Kirst. (Weidenfeld Nicolon. 13s. 6d.). rfiHE ability of Herr Klrst 1 has already been established by the first volume of his trilogy "Zero Eight Fifteen," The Strange Mutiny of Gunner Asch." In •Gunner Asch Goes to
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    BRIDGE:
    233 10  -  KENNETH KONSTAM By AN example of the tactics that have gone a long way to ensure the many successes gained over the past years by the British team of world champions occurred in the recent exhibition match against the American champions. Neither side was vulnerable, and the dealer North.
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      378 10 I 24. Article to me, but subject to Straits Times Crossword as.g.^n*. 26. This place could give Mar(jy, 1 2 I U I U I U |a I 'I; I k^Jl garet youth (5. 8). |H d DOWN SaSfi &SS 2. Many can see through their 8 §S§ Hi§ 9
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    Lock icon MANCHESTER NOW SIX POINTS AHEAD
    670 11 Soccer olubs dety the Cree»e-u LONDON, Sun. ON A DAY when English football league legislators deemed it appropriate to issue their blueprint for the revival of interest in league football, arctic conditions cut attendances at yesterday's 46 league games to less than 600,000. Frozen and
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    71 11 WELLINGTON. Sun— Simpson Guillen, former West Indies Test wicketkeeper now with Canterbury, may represent New Zealand In a Test match against the touring West Indies side this season. The M.C.C. ruled that Guillen was eligible to play for New Zealand provided permission was obtained
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    TENGAH ARE RAF CHAMPIONS
    43 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun— RAP Tengah beat RAP Kuala Lumpur 2-1 In the fl/ial match of the RAT" triangular hockey tournament here yesterday. Tengah won the tournament I with four points, Butterworth was second with two and Kuala Lumpur third.
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    119 11 LONDON, Sun.— Tributes from ail the cricket-playing countries of the world were paid last night to former England captain. Len Hutton, in a 8.8.C. programme arranged to marlc his retirenarn» from the game. Among those who tpoke were lan Johnson, who Is to captain
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    Lock icon All the league results
    324 11 DIVISION ONE Alton 1 Anenml 1 Burnley 1 Sbef. United 1 ardiff 1 Blackpool 0 Charlton 5 West Brom. 1 Everton 0 X ewe astir 0 i.uton 0 Man. United 2 Man. City 2 Chelsea 2 Preston 1 Hndderafleld 2 Sunderland 4 Portsmouth 2 Tottenham 0
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    225 11 BUENOS AIRES. Sun. i JOSE SAN FILIPPO, the San Lorenzo forward who kicked International referee Arthur Ellis in the Argentinian club's soccer match at Coventry recently, has been banned by the Argentine F.A. from taking part In furthfr matches on his team's European tour. San
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    Bougoure was at his best on Dantesque
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    305 12 Malayan state hockey title goes South PENANG HOLD OUT TILL INTERVAL, THEN CRACK UP IPOH, Sunday. NEGRI SEMBILAN, the southern finalists, scored an easy 3-0 victory over Penang, champions in the north, in the Federation's in-ter-state hockey final on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today. All three
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    176 12 Whinistet leads Qualifier ESS *S his perforn. i day's play of yan golf chai 17 player.s ti The green made puttu partly expj .j.*, scoring yesterday Whimster had the best* for the first 18 holes™? score of 78 Among th< Pr qualified Qeorue Hal a n 0 champion. e.,'^ Tom
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