The Straits Times, 15 February 1956

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    FIJIANS KILL FIVE REDS
    489 1 ilight ambush avenges comrades murdered at Yong Peng 15 months ago Trap after a top-level conference MUAR, Tuesday. r N v TWHJGHT AMBUSH in deep jungle r Taigkak, Johore, the Fijians yesterday r five comrades murdered by Reds near Yong Pent 15 months ago. 10 p.m.
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    Four bandits flee under Gurkha fire
    137 1 ll \i \ll MPI K. Tues. p.irnl of the l*th Ourklu Division Provost inj in :unbush posi"i Sidncf Estate K. i.i.i n^ district f( letanfW yesterday M i>n four terrorists Intel Urn estate. There >fff mi known casualties. hi' (luards fired at a W>t
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    Lock icon LOVERS BLACK-OUT TOWN
    56 1 BEACH. iCaliEvery street Q was blackrtien a car '■ourting couple petrol m the ear<rmine Soto left I her car in gear when she went to fetch more petrol. At 4 a.m. she started the engine aga^in and the car crashed through a fence, tore down power lines
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    C.I.D. MAN IS BACK 'SUDDEN URGE TO STOW AWAY'
    125 1 C.I.D. MAN IS BACK 'SUDDEN URGE TO STOW AWAY STEPHEN JONES, the Singapore detective who stowed away in the French liner Cambodge last Tuesday, was brought back to Singapore from Colombo yesterday by Inspector H. Donough. In the picture above Inspector Donough is seen leading Jones down the steps of
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    STC buses—if union agrees
    266 1 STC buses— if union agrees MEN MUST ACCEPT 4 CONDITIONS OTHE Singapore Traction Company said yesterday that it was prepared to resume its services provided the STC Employees' Union agrees to four conditions made by the company. The conditions were put forward at a two-hour meeting between the Minister for
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    All for the love of a dog
    54 1 LONDON, Tues. A 50--year-old woman. Miss Peggy Mayers, swam 20 yards in an ice-covered pond to rescue a spaniel which had fallen through the Ice. A few hours later Miss Mayers heard she had been awarded the silver medal of one of Britain's
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    Man lost on way home from Malaya
    94 1 Man lost on way home from Malaya From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Tues. MR. HENRY WORDEN, shift boss employed by the Pahang Consolidated Company, vanished from the Carthage on the voyage home from Malaya, it was disclosed when the liner reached London yesterday. Mr. Worden, who was returning with his wife
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    Assembly Clerk wants to quit
    567 1  - Assembly Clerk wants to quit PATRICA MORGAN OFFENDED DV $1,950 SAURY ATTACKS By MR. L. W. Donough, Clerk of the Singapore Assembly, wants to resign. Reason: "Offensive comments" by a local government officer on his recommended salary of $1,950. He has asked the Government to allow him to retire in
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    Lock icon Eight hurt as quake hits Tokyo
    131 1 TOKYO. Tues.— An earthouake shook Tokyo and the surrounding area for more than 50 miles this morning. Eight people were injured, three seriously. More than 90.000 homes In the city were without electricity as high voltage cables snapped. A bridge leading from the city
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    100 SOLDIERS RIOT AT POLICE POST
    233 1 100 SOLDIERS RIOT AT POLICE POST Sungei Patani out of bounds SUNGEI PATANI, Tuesday. THIS TOWN in central Kedah was today declared out of bounds to all troops after a fight between two policemen and about 20 Malay soldiers on Saturday night. Trouble started when the soldiers, of 75 Malayan
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    Lock icon MYSTERY OF GHOST SHIP IS SOLVED
    151 1 MYSTERY OF GHOST SHIP IS SOLVED APIA, (Samoa), Tues. There is no longer any mystery about the fate of the "ghost ship" Joyita which was found deserted and drifting last November, an inquiry commission was told here today. Mr. R. K. Davison, counsel assisting the commission said: "There is no
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    Girl, 3 men hurt in road crash
    89 1 Girl, 3 men hurt in road crash FOUR people were injured, one seriously, when a lorry and a car were involved in a head-on collision at the 5 A mile. Bukit Tlmah Road, Singapore; last night. The driver of the car, Low Leong Whye, 25, who was injured in the
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    Dock strike to end
    67 1 MELBOURNE, Tues. Dockers at mass meetings in all Australian ports today voted to return to work tomorrow after a strike oi three weeks which has crippled Australia's economy. But a move by the seamen's union to hold a special stop-work meeting tomorrow to discuss problems and
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    Lock icon Peking visitor
    28 1 TOKYO, Tues. Prince Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia, arrived In Peking today and was greeted by the Premier, Mr. Chou Enlai, according to Peking Radio.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Paid for burial
    30 1 MISSOULA Montana Tues. Eugene Tull, an 85--year-old rancher, went Into a mortuary yesterday and paid for his funeral. Then, he went outside and shot himself dead.— A.P.
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    On with strike
    35 1 BATU PAHAT. Tues— All workers at the Sri Medan Iron Mines here, who have been on strike since Sunday, decided tonight not to return to work until 13 dismissed men are re-instated.
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    Lift the opium ban— Tengku
    235 1 Lift the opium ban Tengku From LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Tues. TTiE Federation Chief A Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, announced today that he is asking the Colonial Office to remove the prohibition on opium in Malaya and to return to the Government the prewar monopoly on the sale of opium. Tengku
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    45 1 BOND'S STATEMENT LONDON. Turs—Coloniil Secretary Lnm IJovd will make -.tatenx'iit in Commons tomorrow on constitutional nhMtM in Malaya. IUSSIA AND H-BOMB MOSCOW, Tups—Khrushchev told Soviet Party Connress today Russia would agree to slop hjrdNgW bomt) tests 'pending agreeatcnt on major quesltans of disarmament."—Renter.
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    Lock icon ROYAL PILOT IS FINED £2
    53 1 LONDON. Tues. A 8.0.A.C. pilot. Clive Houlder, failed to attend court today to answer a traffic summons. His excuse— he Is In Nl- geria piloting the Queen's plane on the Royal tour. Houlder pleaded guilty by letter to a speeding charge and the court fined
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    Students oust Eber, Wan Hamid
    257 2 INFLUENCE OF PRO-COMMUNIST LINE IS ON THE WAN AFTER ATTACKS ON TENGKU MALAYAN FORUM BACKS 'NO CONFIDENCE' MOVE AT SPECIAL MEETING From LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Tuesday. jyjALAYAN students here, in protest against the crypto-Communist policy of John Eber, have ousted the former Singapore detainee as
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    Big crowd is | told of Insults'
    142 2 Big crowd is told of Insults' elected treasurer. The following are the remaining council members: Messrs. Alfred Teo, C. S. Heng, P. S. Hwang and Wan Hamid. The debate was only open to members, but it drew one of the largest attendances for any Forum meeting. Mr. Tharmalingam accused the
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    Lock icon BRIBES: ANTI-VICE OFFICER SACKED
    173 2 BRIBES: ANTI-VICE OFFICER SACKED LONDON, Tues. A NINE-MONTH inquiry into bribery and corruption among West End police ended yesterday with the I dismissal of Inspector Charles Jacobs of the Vice Squad. Jacobs was the eighth man named last year by Joseph Grech. Jailed three years for housebreaking, in allegations against
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    Lock icon Cashier's murder: Petition rejected
    198 2 LONDON, Tues. The Judicial committee of the Privy Council yesterday rejected a petition by a Malayan motor salesman, Cnane Chung, Ling, asking for special leave to appeal against his conviction on a charge of murdering a Wearne Brothers' cashier at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 10, 1955.
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    A ROYAL JAZZ TRUMPETER AND A GIRL VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS
    66 2 A ROYAL JAZZ TRUMPETER AND A GIRL VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS THE DUKt Or- K>hi\ i lootits a \oy iruis pet di j party at the bar ot the Casa Crischuna in Kloshers, Switzerland, where he is spending a holiday. At right is jane Sheffield, the London society girl,
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    Lock icon SPEED-UP OR PRINTERS FACE SACK
    96 2 LONDON, Tues.— Eight thousand printers who have been "working to rule" lor nearly a month because of a wage dispute were told last night that they will be dismissed if they do not resume normal working this week. The men are members of the London
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    Lock icon PLEA TO QUEEN
    147 2 Jobless Michael dashes out to royal car with a letter I BAD AN, Tues. A man ran to the royal car and thrust an envelope at the Duke of Edinburgh as the Queen and her husband were driving away from a hospital here today. The man, 39
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    Lock icon Red expelled
    26 2 PARIS, Tues. The French Communist Party today announced the expulsion of Mr. Pierre Herve. who criticised the party leadership in a recent book. Reuter
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    Lock icon Kure pull-out
    18 2 LONDON. Tues.— The British Commonwealth base in Kure, in Western Japan, will be dismantled soon.— U.P.
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      Lock icon Stevenson and Co. plus a tractor take a toss into snow canyon
      239 2 Stevenson and Co. plus a tractor take a toss into snow cany on T'IMBERLINE LODGE, (Oregon) Tues. Mr. Adlai Stevenson, who is campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination, escaped injury when a snow tractor in which he was travelling plunged 35 feet into a snow canyon near here yesterday. With
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      Lock icon Not cheaper by the dozen, he realises
      152 2 NEW DELHI The Pnnce of Berar i, gelded to his vZr fe Nizam of Berw and 1 mounting pii P 0 a and agreed to dis hand his harem of r, 0 ir d Reports said he cut off electricity and J& lo
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      Lock icon PROTEST CARRIED WEIGHT
      54 2 EDINBURGH: Two tourist agencies here had thn windows smashed last night after people claiming to I* present the Scottish Republican Army had telephow newspapers threatening the attack. It is understood a half-brick used in one assault hi( a message attached protesting af&inst facilities I granted to Scots
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    Lock icon Red leaders' trip still stands
    285 3 KHRUSHCHEV UNDER FIRE m COMMONS, BUT NO CHANGE OF PLAN BRITISH ARRANGEMENTS ALMOST COMPLETE LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN will >tiH play host to the Russian leaders in April, despite the uproar caused by tht reappearance of Burgess and Maclean. Arrangements for the tour by Marshal Buln
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    Lock icon Russia still in arms race
    60 3 Russia still in arms race MOSCOW, Tues. Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev declared in a major policy speech today that Russia will keep pace with the West in arms production. He reaffirmed the Soviet policy of peaceful co- existence with the West and said it was possible to improve relations
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    59 3 THESE happy "sailors" strolling amid the ruins of Pompeii, in southern Italy, are film stars Richard Attenborough (left) and John Mills. Their glamorous companion is Lisa Gastoni. The trio were visiting the famous ruins during a break in the filming of a new British comedy, "The Baby
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    Probe into mystery letter to Maclean
    110 3 Probe into mystery letter to Maclean LONDON, Tues.— The ISntish Foreign Oflicr disclosed today that security men are mtim a mystery iddr'-^ed by an unidrntifird American to lean. spokesman said the I, tur w.i* found re- f ntl> i oncealed in a UM British library in The spokesman add- -i
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    Christ film is banned
    62 3 An Amer Day of Triumph." tie figure of Christ. h p re by the rd of Film Cenwas made in colour £178.000 in a rerusalem built into Canyon, California Rm British Board of Film ye banned "Day Of for commercial I bey have given for local
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    Lock icon MALTA: A MAJORITY FOR INTEGRATION
    88 3 VALETTA. Tues The rem. iltese referent r >n the question of inteie inland with Bri•nree memCommons' ced early today as I 67.607 votes in favour and ''O 177 against ~^'eT& eB% ce S re 2.559 invalid votes, The referendum climaxed a bitter controversy over the
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    58 KILLED IN A VALANCHE
    96 3 Cold deaths soar to 418 BELGRADE, Tuesday. FIFTY-EIGHT Yugoslavs were killed and 19 badly hurt by avalanches which engulfed a power station, frontier post and villages near Yugoslavia's mountainous border with Albania, according to reports reaching here. Strong blizzards swirling round the scene of the
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    Lock icon Tengku back in London
    43 3 LONDON. Tues.— The Federation Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, returned here by air today after a twoday private visit to Paris. He said at London a'rport: "I have had a quiet and peaceful weekend away from conference atmosphere." Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cloud delayed countess
    73 3 HONG KONG Tues. An airliner carrying Countess Mountbatten. wife of Britain's First Sea Lord, circled over Hong Kong for an hour today but was unable to to land because of low cloud. It finally flew on to Manila 650 miles away and waited there for an hour
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    24 3 TOKYO, Tues— The Japanese Government has invited 'he Prime Ministers of Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan to visit Japan this year.— U.P.
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    Gibraltar: Spain flayed in Commons
    177 3 Gibraltar: Spain flayed in Commons LONDON, Tues. f ORD JOHN HOPE, joint Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, last night denounced a policy of "pinpricks and humiliation" which he said Spain was adopting towards Gibraltar. Spain has for some time been campaigning for the return of the British colony, which was
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    LONDON STOCKS
    262 3 LONDON, Tues. VyiTH small selling and the stock markets devoid of buyers, prices continued to slide throughout the day. Sentiment was dominated by the widening trade gap In January and by the Chancellor of the Exchequer';, promise of further measures to combat inflation which are expected to be
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Feb. 14. Cash Buyers £805: Sellers £807'j. Forward Buyera £7754; Sellers £776 Settlement £807»_-: Turnover: a.m. 80 tons p.m. 175 tons.
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    RUBBER
    23 3 LONDON. Feb. 14. Spot 31',d. Mar. 31 \d., Apr.-June 30Nd., July-Sept 29d., Oct.-Dec. 28d.. F«b. ci.f. 30>d.. M*r. cii. 30*»d. Tone: Easy.
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    Lock icon STAY OUT, BRITISH TROOPS ARE TOLD
    179 3 STAY OUT, BRITISH TROOPS ARE TOLD NICOSIA, Tues. HTHE Governor of Cy- prus. Field Marshal Sir John Harding, declared the entire capital city of Nicosia out of bounds to British servicemen yesterday in an effort to stop terrorism. It was the severest out-of-bounds instruction yet issued in this riot-troubled colony.
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    Strike is over
    31 3 TORONTO. Tues.— The 148--day General Motors of Canada strike ended at five minutes to midnight last night with 17.250 workers in Ontario getting a 25-cent-an-hour increase— U .P.
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    Lock icon Ceylon visit
    21 3 COLOMBO, Tues. The Queen Mother has accepted an invitation to visit Ceylon next year, it was announced today.— Reuter.
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    164 3 OUTSIDE: A BLACK SASH PROTEST CAPETOWN, Tuesday. GOVERNMENT cheers and Opposition silence greeted the South African Prime Minister yesterday when he gave notice to a Joint session of both Houses of Parliament of legislation to remove mixed blood voters from electoral rolls. Outside Parliament,
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    47 3 LONDON, Tues. Lord Porter, the only one of the five law lords who thought the appeal of William Joyce against his conviction for high treason as a broadcaster for the Nazis should be allowed, died in a nursins; home here yesterday. He was 79.— Reuter.
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    Does your radio crackle?
    358 4 SPOTS ON SUN-IT WILL BE HARD ON LISTENERS A storm far, far away is to blame A STORM sweeping across the face of the sun 93 million light years away has begun affecting Singapore^ radio communications with the rest of the world. Interference is expected to
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    Prophetess closed her eyes, said it's a boy
    179 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A 27-year-old mother tc be, Mrs. Patrick Manuel, was told here last night, a month before her baby is due to be born: "Ifs definitely going to be a boy." She was assured of this it a prediction ceremony
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    Schools to get new history books
    112 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday A NEW Malayan history book for School Certiflca classes is now being written by Mr. G. P. Dar ford, a Deputy Director of Education. Tne text book will be used as a "leader course" for the School Certificate Malayan history syllabus.
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    Man fined $150
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Kadir Nath, 31, who on Jan. 16 tried to import two packets of Indian hemp worth $2, was fined $150 or two months iail in the Sessions Court today.
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    UMNO fun fair
    29 4 PENANG, Tues. The ißalik Pulau branch of Penand UMNO will hold a fiveday fun fair on the village football ground from Feb 28 to- Mar. 3.
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    Name, shame
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Wong Ju It, a former factory worker now a housewife, was fined $75 in the Sessions Court for altering her name on her identity card.
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    'LABOURERS EARN MORE THAN US'
    154 4 Market overseers seek pay rise BUTTERWORTH, Tues. OVERSEERS and market inspectors employed by the Butterworth town and rural district councils have jointly asked for more pay. Even the labourers we uipervise earn more than we do," a spokesman told the Straits Times today. The workmen,
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    $6MIL. APPEAL: DATE SET
    104 4 $6 MIL. APPEAL: DATE SET The $6,000,000 appeal by three Dutch oil companies against the decision of Mr. Justice Knight, who had dismissed their claim against the Crown will be heard at a special sitting of the Singapore Court of Appeal next Monday. Bir Hartley Shawcross, Q.C., will appear, with
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    AIR TRAFFIC OFFICER WEDS
    62 4 MR. MRS. FREDDIE CIIIA CHIN MIAN after their marriage at the Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace. Singapore. The bride was Miss Patricia Ang Kint Hay. the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ang Boon Tuan. The bridegroom, who is a Malayan Airways traffic officer,
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    Taxi instead of trisha is idea
    153 4 BUT RIDERS FEAR UNEMPLOYMENT A MOVE to increase the number of taxis by with- drawing the number of trishas proportionately may be made by the Singapore City Council. i Simultaneously the Coun:11 may put Into effect measures against "pirate" taxis which ar c offering
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    Day out for the god of plenty
    107 4 Day out for the god of plenty PENANG, Tues. PENANG will hold a Chingay procession to celebrate the birthday of "Tua Peh Kong," the god of prosperity. Fifteen parties from various sections of George Town and the rural areas will take part. The celebrations will begin on Feb. 25 <
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    Fishermen get together
    37 4 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. Fifty fishermen met |here yesterday and formed a fisheries motor boat association. The association will protect their trading Interests and also give members a chance to exchange information on fishing methods.
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    $300,000 FOR COOL HOMES SCHEME
    180 4 $300,000 FOR COOL HOMES SCHEME SINGAPORE City cou, cil expects to Z about $30n,000 on i air conditioners public sale on hire nj chase-if it gets permission. The Public Utilities rv mittee has set the i&ft motion by recommen&J |the ght necessary "-ft* Once the Council recelv, permission it would
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    Meeting on pay
    43 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Commercial clerk.-- in Se langor wil meet h ire Friday to form a commits to work out a new mUu scheme and conditions o service. The Minister for Labnu Mr. V. T. Sambanthar will address the meeting
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    Two get new appointments
    39 4 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues. Incht Bachik b;r. Abdul Jalal. an IB State Secretary :n Trergganu. has been appoinred District Officer at Dungun. The present District Officer. Inche Abdul Rank bin Mohamed Ariff. b< r Settlement Collect
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    Tests for tiles made in Malaya
    125 4 l/'UALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Malay tile manufacturers in Trengganu are to sell limited quantities of their products for the buildings the Government intend to erect in the state this year. The Federation Director of Public Works, Mr. K. Nankivell, said here today: 'But first ye
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    ALL LOCAL SER VICES TO JOIN EXERCISE
    218 5 Marine detachment already iv way w operation 'Firm Link' jjut bandit war means troops, planes j Services based in Malaya will take part in c SEATO ewrefae "Firm Link," which v in llanffkok on Sunday. token land and air forces will be sent,
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    FILM SCENES TO BE SHOT IS MALAYA
    71 5 FILM SCENES TO BE SHOT IS MALA YA unit will I round scenes in for a sion of the novel, "The the River Kwai." will be made by and will be v:ci Lean. thoi of the novel, 44, lived in md after the i him to Malaya uning as an
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    Boy Scout show
    18 5 I be a Boy Scout I the British II in Stamford I ipore, from Feb.
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    Not all holiday
    42 5 Mr. Ashab Meah, secretary of the Pakistan Seamen's Union in Singapore, will leave the Colony by air this morning for a months holiday in Pakistan where he will study the constitution of the seamen's union and other I benefits.
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    Four will take part in forum
    79 5 Four Singapore educationists will take part in a WesMethodist Youth Fellowship forum on "Christian youth and vocation" at the Wesley Church hall. Fort Canning Road, at 8 p.m. on Feb. 24. They are the Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee: the principal of
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    Lessons-by-post— so many apply
    115 5 Lessons-by-post so many apply KJALA LUMPUR, Tues. I LTIONB are pourAustralian r'« Office in tpur from Malay.ant to take Ewnbo Plan correspon- for the Com- that 150 applications were received in I the first two days after details of the courses were announced. He said the Australian Government was prepared
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    Radio Malaya marriage
    32 5 MX MKS A. PALAMIftAMI alter their wedding at French Road, Singapore. The bride was formerly Miss Arpothathammal. The bridegroom is on the staff of Radio Malaya.— Straaits Times picture.
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    BOOM FOR KEDAH'S TITHE FUND
    213 5 Nearly $2 million yield likely ALOR STAR, Tuesday. r»OMPUSORY collection of religious tithes this year is expected to boost Kedah's "zakat" fund by nearly 60 times— from $33,656 in voluntary contributions last year to about $2,000,000 during the pre- sent padi harvest. Tuan Haji Zakaria,
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    Not enough cash, too many babies
    72 5 Not enough cash, too many babies EVERY year more than 1,000 children are treated for acute malnutrition at ONE Singapore hospital St. Andrew's Mission. They go hungry, says Dr. G. Keys Smith, its Chief Medical Officer, because their fathers are poorly paid and their mothers have too many babies. Most
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    Wotcher, me old tropical Teddy
    237 5 Wotcher, me old tropical Teddy IN SPORE-SLIM JIMS AND PHONEY TONYS A TROPICAL version of Britain's Teddy Boys are being seen in Singapore. Young British servicemen and merchant seamen, they wear exaggerated "Edwardian" suits cut from lightweight cloth to counter Malaya's heat. The usual velvet collars and heavy crepe-soled shoes
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    Welcome dinner
    33 5 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will attend a welcome dinner which the Straits Chinese British Association, Singapore, will give in his honour at the Capitol Restaurant at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Folk tales
    32 5 The Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold a world friendship programme of folk tales at the Geylang Methodist Girls' School. Aljunied Road, at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    BY AIR TO HOLY CITY -IT'S ALL OFF
    161 5 3,400 pilgrims will go by sea THE specially cartered flights to Mecca, offered to Malayan pilgrims this year, have been cancelled i because only 12 passages have been booked so far, a spokesman for Mansfield and Co. Ltd., said yester- day. There
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    RING SHAPED LIKE HEART MAY BE CLUE
    97 5 RING SHAPED LIKE HEART MAY BE CLUE The body of a Chinese, aged about CO, was found in the sea off Beach Road Market, Singapoie, yesterday. It war. clad in a pair of black shorts, a black coat and a blue singlet and on the third finger of the left
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    HE WAS UNFORTUNATE....
    58 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— When charged Ik the Kluang Sessions Court today with poscssion of 10 packets of chandu on Feb. 6. the presi- dent of the court asked Lo Kee Heng, a fortune teller. If he could foretell what was going to happen him. Lo aid no
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    How does a Council get Councillors?
    90 5 PENANG, Tues. MUSLIMS here plan to set up an unofficial "watchdog committee" to study the activities and movements of the Settlement's Government sponsored Muslim Advisory Council. A meeting may be called soon to consider whether such a committee is necessary. Several Malay Settlement and
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    Revival series
    33 5 The Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold a series of evangelistic revival meetings every Sunday night next month at 7.30 in the church auditorium at 235. Telok Ayer Street.
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    118 6 20 Words $10 (minimum). HARDOON: On Peb 13, In Hong Kong, R. V. Hardoon. CHIN: MR. CHIN YAU YIN, Aged 51. passed away at General Ha-piUl on 14-2-56. leaving his wife Helena Luke, one daughter, two sons. Cortege leaving General Hospital Mortuary Chapel 4.30 p.m. 15-2-56 arriving Bidarfari 5
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    154 6 ANNOU NCEMENTS 20 Words $10 (minimum). GLORIA KIDD— For Facial and Body Rejuvenation, Robinson Si Co., Raffles Place. Tel: No. 5894 i FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mail' if you want to win that $5,000 word puwle WHAT'S COOKING? In many more senses than one it spells fumes
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    Singapore, Wed. Feb. 15, 1956. Problems Of ECAFE
    593 6 Singapore, Wed. Feb. 15, 1956. Problems Of ECAFE The Bangalore conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East does not seem to have been wildly successful. Like some other ECAFE conferences it became a platform for political warfare, the battle begun by Russia's Mr. Maletin who warned
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    A Battle Of Tongues
    411 6 A Battle Of Tongues English will no longer be in the privileged position it has enjoyed in Malaya. The assertions of nationalism and the acceptance of multi-lin-gualism will now force the English language to stand on its own not inconsiderable merits. Nobody can, of course, say what the fate of
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    Firm Link
    167 6 The somewhat obscure purpose of exercise "Firm Link," the first joint manoeuvres to be held by the SEATO nations, does not detract from the importance of this demonstration that the pact has teeth. Originally an exercise for American and Filipino forces, British units, including all arms of the
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    Workers are willing, but 25 per cent live near the poverty line
    1797 6 Workers are willing, but 25 per cent live near the poverty line IP you are earning more than $400 a month then you are in select company. Eighteen per cent of Singaporeans have incomes of more than $400 a month. Unfortunately this 18 per cent did not come within the
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    Minimum cost diet
    137 6 The diet, says Miss Jean Millis who devised it, does not allow a great deal "for personal preferences for particular foods nor for any variation from day to day." This is perhaps unavoidable if one is to compile a minimum cost diet. On this basis a family
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    Political glimmer of hope
    182 6 MAW liV THE STHKKT fHERE has come a new 1 glimmer of hope with the formation of the new Liberal Socialist Party. One can feel a relaxing of tensions and hope against hope that this group will at last represent the earnest wish for a peaceful,
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    Insurance agents' training
    119 6 rE life insurance service has become highly commercialised without much consideration of the valuable service it can render to the general public. Insurance agents receive little or no training before they are released to serve the public. A large majority of these agents are parttime workers with
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    UNIVERSITY PLACES
    81 6 REFERRING to your report "Record Rush at Varsity: 900 try for 200 places." Surely you meant to sfiy that the University would be in the position of taking In 200 more students than in the last academic year? Students who are seeking admission may otherwise be taken aback
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    TENGKU TOLD: DON'T ACCEPT 'IF POSSIBLE' MERDEKA
    335 7 Etoric Settlement goes all out to give Chief Minister a hero's welcome on Sunday Of NO wants Malacca to be Malaka MALACCA, Tuesday rr JK CHIEF MINISTER, Tengku Abdul Rah- man. will He asked not to accept "if possible" qualification for Malaya's independence
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    SUCH FUN WHEN BILLY BANKS MEETS THE CHILDREN
    83 7 MX. BII.LY BANKS, tlu- NcgM entertainer who said n< loved children but nobody wanted to invite him to entertain them, yesterday spent several hours with a croup of handicapped children in Singapore. Mr. Banks entertained them with songs, comic acts and distributed
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    CRACKERS: 4 HURT, HOME SET ABLAZE
    331 7 AAM chief: Ban rockets EHHJR children have now been injured by exploding fire crackers, one of them a two-month-old baby who has been admitted to Singapore General Hospital so badly burnt that he is "dangerously ill." In Petain Road yesterday a cracker set ablaze
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    Drums will roll at the airport
    171 7 Drums will roll at the airport I'IK throb <>f Malay drums Tmckii Abdnl Rahman «hen he arriv«s pon from London on SuWtay. pgrt, ol M.U.iv cnt<Ttain::n>t]p at the terminal buildinc Thry will their drums and fhant ay the loncku steps off thr planr minister in the It, lmhe Abdul bin
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    District office
    15 7 SELAMQOB. Tues. ffice is to to replace the which is a ital ward.
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    THE THIRSTY THIEF
    50 7 IPUR. Tues. r in Cnnley d tndav that a bit house, grabbed v.: a Dottle of whisky from I a cabinet and escaped on a bicycle. A man lost a bird and its j cage worth about $47 at his shop In Klang Gate Road this afternoon.
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    JAPS TRY TO BEAT A PEAK
    188 7 Third bid in Nepal FIGHT members of a 12-man Japanese mountaineering expedition which is to attempt to climb Manashu, a 26,000 ft. peak in Nepal, left Singapore for Calcutta in the Santhia yesterday. Leader of the expedition, 62-year-old Yuko Maki, who began mountain climbing
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    Lost a 3-ton anchor?
    50 7 PENANG, Tues. A Penang Port Commission tug, dragging the channel between Penang and the mainland five days ago for a lost three-ton anchor, recovered three anchors instead of one. One anchor belongs to the Blue Funnel ship Medon. The other two are waiting to be claimed.
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    First lion dance in 20 years
    53 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues. Bukit Mertajam today saw its first lion dance in 20 years. The Soon Tuck Lion Troupe from Penang performed in the town and at the MCA fun fair. The lion then called on the District Officer, Mr. M.A. Kidner, and received
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    Did you see this crash?
    56 7 Inspector A. J. Wilson of the Accidents Branch, Traffic Police, is appealing for eyewitnesses of a fatal accident at the junction of Stevens Road and Bukit Tlmah Road. Singapore, on Monday. A cyclist, Dalahlim bin Haji Mutahmin, 68, was knocked down by a lorry. He
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    Chandu fine
    31 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. labourer at Scudal Estate. Khoo Soon, was fined $100 or f vpn day's Jail when h e was tound guilty of possessing 16 packets of chandu.
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    Weak axle made train derail
    189 7 SERVICES HELD UP: BUSES HIRED IPOH, Tuesday. A DEFECTIVE axle on a goods train wagon yesterday morning dislocated the scheduled service for 16 hours and caused inconvenience to hundreds of passengers. A railway spokesman told the Straits Times today: "The passengers and bus companies who
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    Gwen shivers -cold start to her new life
    133 7 Gwen shivers -cold start to her new life From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Tues. PRETTY Gwei. Pereira, 21, shivered when she stepped ashore at Southampton yesterday from the liner Oranje and said: "I didn't know it could be so cold anywhere in the world." Gwen had come from Singapore to marry
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    Ex-skipper dies at sea
    63 7 Captain R. E T. Tunbridge, retired commander of the P. and O. Company, died of a heart attack while travelling as a passenger In the 8.1. steamer. Kenya. He I was buried at sea between ,Beira and Dar-es-Salaam on the East African coast. Captain Tunbridge, who
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    Next meeting
    26 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues The next Johore State Council meeting will be held at the Council Chamber, Government Offices building, Johore Bahru, on Mar. 27.
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    NEW YEAR WEDDING IS OFF— GIRL IN RIVER
    102 7 Xl ANG, Tues. The body of a recently-engaged girl. Lee Hiew, 22, was found in the Klang River today. A lorry driver had planned to marry her after the Chinese New Year. She left her home in Sultan Street two days ago
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    Malayans called to the bar
    89 7 The following Maayans have been called to the Bar in London: P. Cooinaraswamy < Johore i, H. H. Lee (Ipoh), T. C. Chee (Singapore), T. S. Cheah 'Kuala Lumpur), T. F. Lai 'Kuala Lumpur), G. S. Ooi ilpoh), V. K. Athisayam (Singapore), E. H. Lim
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    SHEEP FARMS IN MALAYA
    174 7 I Tests on first signs point to new venture If OTA BHARU. Tues. i Experiments are on at I 45-acre research station at Mahang to prove that Malaya is suitable for sheep farming. A flock of pure bred Dorsethorn sheep, imported from Australia more than a
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    War on Reds stepped up from skies
    145 7 IPOH. Tuesday. T»HE LATEST bandit-ngnt-ing force to arrive in terrorist -infested Perak Is a group of 50 airmen with their planes, commanded by a 34-year-old South Rhodesian. Major F. G. Robson of the Royal Artillery They are the officers and men of the
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    B.O.A.C. Focus on world
    52 7 British Overseas Airway Corporation's "World Focus," an exhibition of 22,000 photographs illustrating the worldwide^ activities of the airways, will be shown in Singapore next month. The exhibition will be seen in Kuala Lumpur towards the latter part of the year after a tour of Australia and
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    HOSE HELPS CHARITY FUND
    66 7 MALACCA. Tues. The Rntarv Chin held a ball Rotary Club neid a Dan last night in aid of the community charity fund. Highlight of the programme was a floor show by strip I dancer Rose Chan and otner Suest artists. Rose Cnan auctloned tnp bouquet presented
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    SOCIAL WELFARE DEPT. WILL BE FIRST
    266 8 Malayanisation within 3 years, says Leong, and— IPOH, Tues. The I Federation's Social Welfare Department will be the first to be Malayanised. "I think the Malayanisation of the department can be completed within the next two or three years," the Minister of Health and
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    2 'specials' for New Year flips
    83 8 2 'specials' for New Year flips IPOH. Tues.— Perak Flying Club had to borrow two extra planes a Beaver and an Auster. to cope with a rush for New Year joy rides. The flips were to have been given yesterday only but were continued today. I Yesterday. 120 people flew
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    Poisoned, dies in hospital
    24 8 An unidentified Chinese died in hospital yesterday after he was found lying in Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, suffering from poisoning.
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    'Keep your hands off women'
    98 8 'Keep your hands off women JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. rpHE president of the Kluang Sessions Court, Mr. N. L. Cohen, told an exSpecial Constable today: "You must keep your hands off the opposite sex." 15 months Hussein bin Sarum. 21.w&s sentenced to six months' jail for theft and to nine months'
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    HAPPINESS COST HIM $5
    57 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. In the Magistrate's Court here today 33 men, women and children were charged with gambling during the Chinese New Year and were fined sums varying from $5 to $20. When asked why he had gambled, a Malay replied: "I was sharing the happiness
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    TRANSFER ROW BREWS OVER A WELFARE MAN
    214 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tuesday. rpHE U.M.N.O. Trengganu is to protest against the A Federation Government's decision to transfer the State's Acting Social Welfare Officer, Inche Mohamed bin Mohamed Nor. to Seremban. A delegates' meeting of the organisation over the weekend took thi s decision.
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    Plan to hand over rice stockpile
    115 8 Plan to hand over rice stockpile rpHE Singapore Government Is considering turning over the stockpiling of rice to private enterprise. A proposal that this should be done was made by the trade and it was decided that views should be sought from the merchants interested. Conditions Three of the Governments
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    A CAR CATCHES FIRE
    47 8 A car caught fire in Swettennam Road. Singapore, as the owner, Mr. J Watt Smith, was starting the engine. The cause of the fire was j believed to be a leaking carburettor. The fire was put out bei fore a fire engine arrived.
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      285 8 Straits Times Crossword p Z I Z I Z sZE Z S Z S B 12 5 in •oI 19 20 2i ACROSS meaning rhyme" (Byron) 8. Equip a girl lor naval war <6( -(6). 6. It is baccate and may be 9. They stick to facts (8). deadly (10).
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    Lock icon Occultist 'aided' the stars with murder
    1575 9 STRAITS TIMES Special Features Occultist 'aided' the stars with murder TOWARDS the end of 1921, a number of Hollywood identities received a circular letter from a professional astrologer in the little town of Bandon, Oregon, giving them high hopes. F or a fee of $20, they were offered special guaranteed
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      31 9 Hex 3iorgan. f#.#J- Lay tan surprised Dick Tracy Oape an iin i ~~_Z_SBHB^^^H T' X TOLDNOU MISS VAN SHE CEPTAIMLV f^WsftO LON/E I AND AT HEADQUARTERSSj^jS^lJ fe^a^sT fc&^^^S O'MMuru First unnirfrsury
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    CHAPPEL SAYS PETALING TIN HAS A STRONG FUTURE
    418 10 CHAPPEL SAYS PETALING TIN HAS A STRONG FUTURE By Our Market Correspondent DETALING TIN LTD., is in a strong position to face any foreseeable circumstances, says the chairman, Mr. J. T. Chappel in his annual statement to shareholders. Mr. Chappel says he cannot forecast the effects of the implementation of
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    67 10 widely change henvariable and j Minings ant I with Buto iUown Bd. Urai I and silver Loans uer* JB? Loaas 3',--cry: Bank of N.S.W I Mount Lyell wtf£ X Mount Mo:^Western Minin K Ampol Ex .'<» Oil Search Aust Consol. g" A. P.M. mew) Bradford b. hiu pr
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    59 10 AKRON OHIO. Tues. A U.S. I first inflatable rubber monoplane has been tested successfully here, the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation announced. The wing- tail assembly and pilot's seat are made of rubber-c oated nylon fabric which becomes rigid under air pressure. according to the corporation, a
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    U.K. steel production starts well
    83 10 U.K. steel men got away to a good start for 1956, according to figures announced last week by the Iron and Steel Board. Production of steel ingots and castings in January, averaged 405,--200 tens per week compared with 380,600 tons per week in January 1955,
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    SHIPPING
    63 10 Ships Ivinjf alon^jd,, lh I Kapore Harbour Board expected today an- I Overt Jsel 4 5 City Frankfur; 8 9 jgar 13 14. |Clytoneus is < pang N. Wall I 7, Senai N. Wall i I Wall 10, Pollj I 23 24, Hun..:. Walrata i' 9 30, n- Lycaon
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      281 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Assistant Traffic Officers in the Telecommunications Department PederatlDn of Malaya. Applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 23 but age limit may be relaxed in the case of serving officers. Qualifications: School Certificate, Grade I or II
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      287 10 TENDERS D.I.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "E" and above Registered Contractors will be recelveu by the State Drainage Irrigation Engineer, Kedah /Perils, up to noon of the 26th February 1956 for the construction of a Reinforced Concrete Control on the Kuala Sungei Kukut, Kuala Jerlun. Kubang Pasu, Kedah. Full
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      1146 11 bui'l o dlng THE REN LDfE STEAMERS LTD TI 2 L J7 r SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL POUTS S'pora P. S'hom Penong BENAVON for London, Rotterdam, Hull In Pert 19/20 Feb •BENMHOR for London, Rotterdam 28 F.b/ S Mar Direct arrives
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    826 12 A midnight intruder breaks in the camp The jour scouts camp out by the sea. After buying their provisions in the village, Gurchan Singh, who collects models buys a model ship. NOW READ ON. fHE boys returned to camp and ate an enormous leal, after which they unpacked their clothes
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    371 12 Dear Boys and Girls, Here are the six winners of our painting contest. Tamn bin Wahid. 431 Serangoon Road, Singapore 8, Paulette Taylor, 5-A Bedford Road, Alexandra, Singapore 5, S TanasinKam. c/o V S Durai, Food Control Office, Kuala Lipis, Basil Lopez, St. Joseph Rock
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    285 12 About that PanMalaya display CTAMP collectors and enthusiasts everywhere will be very interested to know that I have received an interesting and informative letter from Mr. J. B. Stoddart, who is Director of Posts (Finance) for both Singapore and the Federation. Mr. Stoddart was referring to an article of mine
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      326 12 ttteteszcgoocl acrttootk! ite made with STORK! I^^?J v>. f 11 I^GI JHBI There's a treat waiting for you when you bake Stork! It makes sponges as light as a dream, cakes delicious as that hot, fresh smell of baking promises. Only trouble is, you'll find it hard to stop t
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    Lock icon LUCKY DRA W FOR CHELSEA
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    Three teams enter 'sevens' q-finals
    372 13 THE Fijians entered the quarter-finals of the x Singapore Cricket Club seven -a side rugger competition on the padang yesterday, beating Nee Soon Wagoners 14-0. Scrum-half Tukana scored 11 of these points. On Thursday they will meet Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 'A", who also
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    REME were too fast for Club
    272 13 D.E.M.E. "A", with superior passing and speed, eliminated Singapore Cricket Club "D" by nine points ithree tries) to nil. Singapore sprinters Lllllngton ad Mustapha shared the points. Li.hr.gtau opened scoring in tht third minute when he burst through from the S.C.C. 25 and grounded
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    SCC BEATEN 4-2
    44 13 I After a scoreless first half Royal Signals rallied to beat Singapore 1 Cricket Club 4-2 in their hockey friendly on the padang yesterday. 1 Norris (2). Abdullah and Baharom scored tor Signals. Flske and i Greioux replied for the Club.
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    60 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Johort, will meet Negri Sembllan Jn^etn inter -state Police rugby majt£n at Seremban on Thursdupr^^ Johore team is>^H. Filler, I Inspector Ahmata bin Aw; SweettfOT J. L^Jdillin. 8. C. Ariz, a^tkndleiy MiHsar \Haotlrr. BlaCt, 1 W. flpatti R. l«obinson. fT^Wt' Giles. lEe
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    44 13 SAN DIEGO. Tues. Archie Moore, holder of the world lightheavyweight title, told American reporters here last night that he would refuse to defend his title against Yolande Pompey In London on March 13 unless the referee was American. Reuter.
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      Main race won by Shamrock Slipper
      234 14 Main race won by Shamrock Slipper By EPSOM JEEP CHAMROCK SLIP--0 PER established himself as the top sprinter in training when he carried 9.5 to a brilliant win in the Class 1, Div. 1, 6F. race at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting.
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      ALL THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS and CASH SWEEPS
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      Yon regains title from Khamis
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      TUNKU SHEILAH IS FIRST WOMEN'S CHAMPION
      110 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. T"*UNKU Sheilah, daughter of the 1 Yang Di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembllan, today became the first Malay women's tennis champion when she beat her sister-in-law, Tunku Najihah, 6-2, 6-0 on the Sultan Suleiman Club courts in the All-Malaya Malays tennis
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      TITLE COST HIM FOUR TEETH
      49 14 LONDON, Tues. Rashan Khan, of Pakistan, won the Dunlop 500 guineas professional squash rackets tournament, beating his cousin, Azam, 9—7, 9—2. 6—9. 2—9 9—2 in a 90-minute match Roshan, 27, was hit in the mouth by his opponent's racket, breaking four teeth A. P.
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      Colony fail to impress in practice
      293 14 rPHE SINGAPORE team to meet 1 Federation at hockey on Saturday wound up their preparation with a 4-2 victory over Whltea on the padang yesterday. But It was a far from Impressive win. It was only in the second half that Colours, the Colony
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      Classes 3, 5 to race in Ipoh
      86 14 IPOH, Tues. Class Three and five horses will be catered for at the Perak Turf Club March meeting on March 10. 14 and 17. Entries close on Feb 29. There will be two runs for each class. Distances and stakes are: Class 3:
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      Big Sweep
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      BODCA TEAM FOR QUARTER-FINAL
      50 14 The BODCA team to meet SCRC "A" In the SHA senior knockout quarter-final fixture on the SRC. padang today will be selected from: Luis, Milton, Sohan Singh, Santok Singh, Mohinder Singh, Oallagar, Hardlp Singh, Gupta (capt) Rowe, Buss. Anoop Singh, j Howard, Kirpal Singh and Walters.
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    347 14 By LEE FOO SAN IPOH. Tues. JOHN WHIMSTER. the Sessions Court President of Raub, Pahans, today won the 12th North Malayan Golf Championship here. He beat "Col" Collins, a Penang Municipality water engineer and five times Penang champion by two up. Whimster, former
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    338 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. FEDERATION gave a r fine display this evening when they beat a Pakistan Navy side 3-0 in a charity hockey match at the HQ Malaya ground. The match was a final practice for Saturday's game between Singapore and
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    40 14 WELLINGTON Tues ton Weekes T..- v tin* star who i. four centurie;-, dvi n New Zealand mi match against Nelson undergo treatmi i knee. He Is to fly dire: church where the se opens on Saturday.
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    Thillai out, Vowles in
    80 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. NORMAN VOWLES of Penang will lead the attack when the Federation meet Singapore in the second hockey international at Singapore this Saturday. Following this evening's Federation vs Paskistan Navy game, the Malayan Hockey Federation selectors dropped Perak's Thil- lainathan for Vowles The Federation
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