The Straits Times, 19 February 1956

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES tamest NettSat<* No. 1,069 SINGAPORE. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1956. 20 CENTS
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    Lock icon FIFTY KILLED IN BRITISH AIRLINER DISASTER
    256 1 45 servicemen die on the way home f^ lk w LONDON, Saturday. ENCINED York airliner crashed at Luqa Airport, Malta, today Servicemen and five crew, the Ministry of Civil Aviation :re were no survivors," a Ministry official said. registered as Cansy crashed as it
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    Mr. X wins $15,000 in big contest
    288 1 to re-scrutiny, one entrant wins the prize of $15,000 in the Malayan Word Puzzle Contest 'S. He will receive $15,000. He is: Anthony Xavier, 1. Treacher Road, Kuala Lumpur. He submitted a oolution which thf> Adjudication Committee decided was the best •d. It
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    TWO SHARE $5,000
    45 1 TWO SHARE $5,000 1 E are two winers of Straits Word Puzzle Each will re- 00 are: KUALA LUMPUR: M. Chazali Yusoff, 69Combak Seria. 5\ mile Combak Road; NECRI SEMBILAN: P. H. Tan. 655 Swertenham Road. Sercmban. age Nine for Competition vee k I y
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    All quiet in jungle
    16 1 I'R. Sat.— It lay in the tit les «'ither or the reported.
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    English peer dies
    11 1 I'd, Sat. ii chorse ctor, here today J
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    Lock icon New air link opens
    19 1 MOSCOW, Sat. Regular flighTs between Moscow and Helsiiiki are due t o begin today. -Reuter.
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    Thugs chased with guns
    137 1 Angry villagers armed with shotguns and sticks last night chased three thugs after they had unsuccessfully tried to rob a pretty housewife in a shop at the 10th milestone, Ponggol Road. Singapore. The housewife, Lim Wee Lan, 26, who put up a strugi gle with her
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    Lock icon Deadly drinking water
    55 1 NEW DELHI, Sat.— An investigating committee today blamed contaminated drinkIng water for the jaundice epidemic which took 73 lives and made 7,220 persons ill during December and January. The report indicated the officers in charge of the waterworks for failure to take notice of the contamination of
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    4 hurt in carsh
    40 1 Four men were seriously injured when a car in which they were travelling crashed into a monsoon drain at the junction of Dunearn Road and Second Avenue, Bukit Timah. in Singapore, shortly after 11.30 last night.
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    'MM' is packed with interest
    201 1 'MM' is packed with interest X In March the Pope will celebrate his 80th birthday. And MM for February. which it now on sale at all 1 bookstalls in Singapore and Z the Federation, publishes a T 4 fine series of pictures of 4 the life of the spiritual head
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    Lock icon Jungle battle looms
    41 1 LIMA, Peru. Sat.— Heavily armed naval forces based or. the Amazon River south of Iquitos were reported by the Government last night to be moving on the army's second (jungle) division which revolted on Thursday at Iquitos. A.P.
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    Queen's Chinese told to 'trake up" to reality
    209 1 Queen's Chinese told to 'trake up" to reality MR. G H. Kiat, vice-pre-sident of the Straits Chinese British Association, Singapore, said last night that self-government was the best antidote to Communism. Speaking at a S.C.B.A welcome dinner in honour of the Governor, Sir Robert Black. Mr. Kiat expressed confidence that
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    Lock icon NEW CALL GIRL RACKET FOUND IN NEW YORK
    164 1 NEW YORK, Saturday. WICE SQUAD detectives continued their inquiries here today into a new call girl and pornographic pictures racket said to be netting thousands of dollars trom 1 wealthy patrons. Shapely prostitutes are alleged to have posed for improper pictures to
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    Lock icon Weather slows up U.S.
    25 1 NEW YORK. Sat.— Snow, sleet and fog disrupted surface travel and airline services in some of America's largest cities yesterday. A.P.
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    LABOUR DENIES LINK-UP PLANS
    113 1 THE Singapore Labour Front has no intention of merging with the Liberal Socialist Party. This was made clear yesterday by Labour Front members after reports that merger plans were underway to form a united front at the April constitutional talks in London. Discussions between certain I
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    Lock icon Pilot dies
    34 1 MONTREAL, Sat.— Veteran pilot Harold Dahl, 47, who fought with the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, was one at two men killed when his plane crashed in the Quebec hinterland, Reuter.
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    Girl hurt by coconut
    39 1 A six-year-old girl, Moini binte Zainuddin, was seriously injured when a coconut fell on her head near her house in Radin Mas, Singapore, yesterday. She was admitted to the General Hospital in a critical condition.
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    NEW TRAINING COLLEGE IS OPENED
    32 1 Malayan students in Britain attended the opening I Brinstord Lodge, near Wolverhampton, last week of the new Malayan Teachers Training College at I The ceremony was televised.
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    Lock icon Slave girls sold for rifles' story
    412 1 Slave girls sold for rifles' story VERSAILLES Sat QFFICIALS in French African colonies are probing charges that Negro girls under 15 from their territories fetch from 200.000 to 400.000 francs each (about $1,700 to $3,400) m slave markets in Saudi Arabia. This investigation has been requested by the Consultative Assembly
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    Tengku welcome will be day late
    318 1 i THE giant welcome planred by thousands of Alliance supporters for Ten^ku Abdul Rahman and his '"Merdeka" colleagues has been upset. A series of unexpected changes In the departure of the Tengku's aircraft from London, made it difficult yesterday for Alliance leaders to fix
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    'I feared for my life,' said Barbara
    2877 2  -  Dean Jennings "fr t dfift 8 -flflT^v^l s tfSSßPl^r^n *m i i J^^Bf^y*^ '^^Bff^^ y > P4HT a NEXT WEEK: A new prince takes over,.. I by i "THE second marriage of Barbara Hutton plunged towards its final dash on a note of
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    WITHINA CHILD'S
    696 2 IN October 1955, six A year.old Joanne Williams was recovering from a surprise operation at the Clinical Centre, of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda. Maryland. A physician, giving a routine, pre-school physical examination in August uncovered the perilous conditions of her uncomplaining heart. She had no
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      115 2 QUICK I couch >ntl n li MIXTURE AuTIUN ipSffll KILLS III Iu U U u n Ml I l*wiw«fN-s coughs I Co U ghs can be dangerous. Tl P I „H.wrnil can tire you out, stop you II J make you weak. 'I WfeHBKgJJ must take VENCVS coup cine at
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    STALIN ATTACK SURPRISE
    257 3 Mjkoyan says: His Wans were a Hod could not fail to exert an extremely negative influence on the situation in the Dartv and on its activity P" y lANASTAS M.KOYAN. First Deputy PremKd.^t'pVecei ,mck on St.l.n in speech published today. He mentioned £om ".XT ndemn l economic
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    Lock icon K. SOCCER RESULTS
    180 3 K. SOCCER RESULTS I iINDOX. Sat. -I HI ROIND Usenal 2 I .•Urnham 2 < helsra 0 I urrpool 6 Stake 1 Nimdrrland 0 Hnmiiuham 1 Klackburn 0 l\lM<r\ I l uton 2 Won Villa 0 I'rrston 1 Kurnlrv 0 Man. l\ 2 N II I IWiisley 1 Port Vale
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    Lock icon KOTELAWALA SEEKS NEW MANDATE
    125 3 KOTELAWALA SEEKS NEW MANDATE COLOMBO. Sat.— Ceylon's parliament is expected to be dissolved today in a bid by the ruling United National Party to obtain a mandate for Sinhalese to replace English as the official language. Official sources said the Prime Minister. Sir John Kotelawala. would call on the Governor-General.
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    Malay recruits pass out
    117 3 Major-General D.D.C. Tul.och, General Officer Commanding, Singapore Base District told a passing out parade of Malay soldiers at the Malayan Basic Training Centre in Nee Soon, that they should live up to the best :radition.s of the training :hey had received. Speaking ii Malay, he said
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    Sultan for U.S. trip
    44 3 TEMERLOH. Sat. The Sultan of Pahang is going on a six-month holiday to Bril tain and the United States. He told villagers of Kampong Raja near here today during a tour that he would be leaving in June this year.
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    MUSIC BY HIS GRAVE
    38 3 A monk chanted his prayer while pantun singers and musicians (in black) paid tribute to an old Straits-born Chinese. Mr. Koh Hoon Tcck, who was buried at Bukit Brown Cemetery yesterday. Sunday Times picture.
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    Lock icon Chin Peng in secret meeting with Chinese Reds-paper
    189 3 Chin Peng in secret meeting with Chinese Reds -paper a DFDnDT ki HONC KONC Saturday. KtPOK I m a pro-National, st newspaper here said today that Chin Peng: leader of the Malayan Communist Party, attended a conference recently with Chinese Communist Marshal Yeh Chien Y.ng at Haikow on Hainan Island
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    Sultan lets out secret
    150 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE Sultan of Selangor today revealed a gardening "secret" to 12 Australian students who arrived here this week on a goodwill visit. The Sultan showed the students his orchids and poultry farm. Then one boy asked: "How did you manage to keep the
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    U.S. freight rates up
    69 3 Freight rates from Singapore and the Federation ports t0 New York and the pacific east Canadian ports will be increased from March 1. The reason Is said to be increased operating costs of vessels on these routes. Rates for rubber and latex shipments will go up
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    FILMS, GIFTS FOR CHILD LEPERS
    125 3 FILMS, GIFTS FOR CHILD LEPERS A missionary and a few helpers last week brought a few hours pleasure to Singapore's forgotten children the young lepers being treated at the Trafalgar Home. While the rest of Singapore greeted the Chinese New Year with crackers and noisy parties, the Rev. c. A.
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    Sport best formula
    126 3 Mr. G. P. Noakes. retiring general manager of Sime Darby, Singapore, said yesterday the best formula for a successful employee-em-ployee relationship was sport. Mr. Noakes. who was a State football player in Penang for over five years, gave this tip at a tea-party given in his honour
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    Widows death: Man questioned
    62 3 A lorry driver was questioned yesterday by the Singapore Traffic Police in connection with the death of a 62-ye:ir-old widow, CHeng Yong, whose body was found in a monsoon drain in Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, on Friday morning. Cheng Yong was believed to have been
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    Today's prcture going
    217 3 GARRK X: Sea of Love (Egyptian) 3 15, 6.30. 9.15; morning show Code Two 11; Tel. *****. KING'S: Prince and Cat (Cantonese) 115, 3.30, 7, 9.30; morning shows, His Majesty OKeefe 915; Blackbeard the Pirate 11.15; Tel. *****. CATHAY: Quentln Durward 11, 1 45, 4.15, 6.45, 930;
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    SEATO exercise a great sucess
    315 3 SEATO exercise a great sucess BANGKOK, Sat. DLANES, ships and fighting men from six SEATO countries left for their home bases today from the "Firm Link" exercise here as national leaders and diplomats hailed it "great success." The three-day demonstration of SEATO power which ended here yesterday brought together units
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    33 3 THOMAS JACOB, aged 19, at General Hospital, Singapore, on 18-2-1956. Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Jacob, 3 Parleigh Aye., Singapore. Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery at 2.30 p.m. today. (Sunday, 19-2-1956).
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    What has happened..
    115 4 Rocket scientist Proj fessor BERNARD QUATERMASS is tellj ing the story set in I the future of what E happens when he sets out to follow the clue of a strange meteorite found in j Britain. He is explo- ring a mysterious secret establishment E at Winnerden
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    THERE IT WAS... THE DREADED MARK!
    2300 4  -  NIGEL KNEALE BWPffli MHHHI MS BWBHwWWPW#rP'I BTPPwWrM M^ti By UK worked through most of that night. I retain only an impression of endless speculations and scribbled diagrams, and Pugh's complaints about the insufficiency of the data. Once he broke off in a rage and
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    COLONY BANKS INCREASE LOAN RATES
    368 5 'Bank of England set the lead... we follow' LtAt ING Singapore banks will raise their borrowing and lending rate next week, the Sunday Times learnt yesterday. us they explained, was an inevitable result of the rise in the Ban! of England s bank rate. Here
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    COURT'S BLITZ' ON CYCLISTS
    85 5 M, Itoon Teik, a •MiKaporr traffic i.i-ir.ilr, ver,- ,v I Stiff to v, lists riding ii »n abreast. from the m said. "No II b« shown in t hiN ri'iirt t<> those (lin vi lid <>f this sorioui ....is warning wl s Hire. d particularly i
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    Scott talks to newsmen
    72 5 The Commissioner-General. Sir Robert Scott, will talk about "the work, prospect and the aims of Phoenix Park in South-East Asia region" at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Union cf Journalists in the Capitol Blue Room. Phoenix Park is the office pf the Commissioner-General in Singapore.
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    Police step in on plans for students' film show
    130 5 Fore Chinese Middle Schools Students' Union plied for a police permit to show a number of documentary films. They applied after being warned on Friday that it is to show the films without a permit. The films, it is understood, include
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    Australian stork' calls at Penang
    101 5 PENAN G. Sat. T little Raymond 18-days-i Quinn, of No. •inaction Royal Australian Ua the dis- the first baby born in Ince tho arrival in troops in MaI October. blue-t^yed and ;:rd, was cooing this when a Sunday rrporter called at his in Kennedy Road,
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    Money, money
    16 5 $920,422,606 in •i. 750. 160 in coins ilatioo in SingaFtricration and the begin- bruary.
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    He was buried with a song
    135 5 AS he had requested. Mr. Koh Hoon Teck. a staunch Straits-born Chinese. was buried with a song by his old friends of the Dondang Sayang Association at the Bukit Brown Cemetery yesterday. A founder-member of the association. Mr. Koh was an expert in pantuns
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    First aid in Chinese
    39 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Chinese classes in First Ale ivill be held by St John'.\mbulance Association from lext Sunday at 5 p.m. ai 3ukit Zahrah School. Aboul 50 new members of the issociation plan to attend.
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    Boyfriends' will air their views on women
    112 5 THERE will be a new programme for the women of Malaya from Radio Malaya, from today. At 430 this afternoon. Miss Joan Plllay. a 23 year-old lawyer-turned-broadcaster, will present "Women's Magazine" which is designed to suit the needs of Malayan women The "magazine"
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    Education Minister met a New Year dragon
    218 5 Education Minister met a New Year dragon TMt Malayan Minister tor taucanon, uato adoui Kazak. who opened the new Mala- yan Teachers' Training College at Brinsford Lodge, near Wolverhampton. during the recent "Merdeka" mission to Britain, found that Chinese students were well ahead in preparations for Chinese New Year. 1
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    Malaya's beggars are not sit rich after all
    289 5 Malaya 's beggars are not sit rich after all CONTRARY to popular beKj lief, beggars in Singapore do not make a great deal of money. This opinion was given recently on the BBC. regular programme, "Radio Ncwsreel" by the BBC. s correspondent in Singapore. Mr. Lan McDougall. He said this
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    German offer to students in British territories
    137 5 THE West German Government has offered two university scholarships to students in British territories in South East Asia. The scholarships are for the academic year from November 1956 to October 1957. They carry a grant of $216 a month, with free tuition. The
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    Federation talk of devaluation Irresponsible'
    260 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Minister for Economic Affairs and Acting Financial Secretary, Mr. O. A. Spencer, today dismissed rumours that the Federation Government contemplates devaluing the Malayan dollar. He told the Sunday Times that the total of PanMalayan Sterling balances of all kinds comfortably exceeded
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    BIG CHANCE FOR ACTRESS
    105 5 The Stage Club's next production in March will be Vernon Sylvaine's sparkling comedy. "As Long As They're Happy." Whtn rehearsals started. Inez Quitzow. who was tak- ing the leading feminine role, become ill and another member, Gay Good, acted as understudy. Doctors last week decided that
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    The Chinese farmers and democracy
    939 6  -  NEWELL^ i-by nURING the past year I have been living with Teochiu farmers in Province Wellesley while under contract with the University of Malaya as a Social Research Fellow. During the course of my investigations, I became very interested in some of the practical results
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  • The Countryman's Journal
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      A bamboo flute at H.M.S. Terror
      661 6 A bamboo flute at H.M.S. Terror INURING last week f mJ there was not much rain, but what there was rather spoiled grand-nep-X hew's five-day holiday spent in the Dusun; grandt uncle was hard put to it to entertain him. They called ♦on several families. One X night TYMOTW took
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      Record Playtime
      337 6 A LTHOUGH Duparc lived to ■t*. a ripe old age (he died in 1933 at the age of 85) his musical output was remarkably small. The main reason for this was that In his thirties he contracted a severe nervous complaint, and while he lived another fifty years,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    THE PIN DOWN GIRLS
    649 7  -  Dr. Jon Collen A psychiatrist tells how a man looks at marriage By H ALF the trouble with marriage is that once the pin-up girl has got her man, she tries to pin him down. This sense of ownership has rung the Heath-knell for many a
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    A NEW FEATURE SERVICE FOR SUNDAY TIMES READERS \
    356 7 A NEW FEATURE SERVICE FOR SUNDAY TIMES READERS BfP^^?^^v7 ■Hlm^^^h^ \VIII. you be good enough to tell me the day and month of my birth. According to the Chinese Calen- dar this was the 16th Day of the Sevent.i Moon In 1940. TAX KHKN<; SOOI. August 1!». l»40. pAN you
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    JANE LEE'S Human Case Book A teacher loves his pupil...
    612 7 JANE LEE'S Human Case Book A teacher loves his pupil IAM a teacher and am in love with a student. I am married and ha\e a child and yet my wife doesn't mind if I marry a second time. The girl loves me very much. I have seen her parents;
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      214 7 You Men! You Women! TUSr^^° &AM&OU3 > /baAAy^ Ajßp<e*4t^ A Could you beat l\ ImJ\ o schoolboy? /f\\ X !/D) TEST IS>\ I YOUR WITS X I)O you get more intel- X X ligent as yon grow j |\*7 X older? Or is it a grim \J fact that your
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    Watch yourpowder bowl!
    239 8 QNE beauty expert is on the point of producing a series cf beauty preparations for men which in all likelihood will include a comDacted powder. The beauty specialist revealed that more men in the U.S. are now powdering their faces with her com».j TmiiciWlo Vntl powder in
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    PAT TAYLOR is telling you HERE'S HOW AND Y
    259 8 PAT TAYLOR is telling you HERE'S HOW AND Y I KNOW V— and I like it. I think you'll like it, too the British conception of the Paris Y-line. Because it's feminine, graceful AND simple enough to keep in your wardrobe for the next few years if you're budget-minded. Who
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    Zebra stripes
    45 8 7.L.- cfrir, w ff- c W I|KI irC HI W» TTIIJ year and with the stiffened circular skirt, British film star Belinda Lee wears a high-necked black sweater. A wide leather belt emphasises her slim waist. Matching xebra skin sandals complete the outfit.
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    Should a career girl ever fall in lave?
    421 8  - Should a career girl ever fall in lave? ANN FRASER Asks 'J'KN babies in every thousand, said a wellknown scientist recently, possess outstanding: brains. And of those ten, he added, five would usually be boys and nve girls. I remembered those facts as I read a letter last week: for
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    GREY HAIR CAN BE LOVELY
    112 8 i HAIR cosmetic created specially for women of any age whose hair is turning grey or has already greyed is proving popular. It is not a tint nor a dye; it has no blue colouring in it and no metallic ingredient which might harm the
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    FASHION DICTATES THE NARROW-MINDED OUTLOOK
    279 8 THE NARROW look is the fashion-style for 1956. For day and evening wear, slender sheath dresses, particularly those with an Oriental influence, steal all the limelight at every fashion show. Short, full, puff-skirted dresses are confined to cocktail wear Also evening gowns for extra grand
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    THE 'I'-LOOK IS (ITALIAN) HERE TO STAY
    167 8 THE 'I'-LOOK IS (ITALIAN) HERE TO STAY NO MATTER what Christian Dior launches on the fashion world in the Paris collections, the influence most felt at the moment is Italian. Example: Italy sent the tunic blouse straight from shoulder to hip, with tiny collar —and the straight coat. Both will
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      356 8 for* Cleaner* Mifter Teeth and Sweeter Breath K» TOOIM I use COLGATE Chlorophyll Toothpaste Brush your teeth regularly with Colgate Chlorophyll Toothpaste. This wonderful green toothpaste not onh tights tooth decay and keeps your teeth dean and white but it also helps to destroy bad breath and prevent pum troubles.
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      JUDGES' ANSWERS IN $20,000 WORD PUZZLE 'S'
      31 9 JUDGES' ANSWERS IN $20,000 WORD PUZZLE 'S' -r^is is the set of answers to The Malayan 3.000 Word Puzzle "S" which the lication committee held to be the most apt urate.
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      Wisdom free
      125 9 American dropI .pore last riom on a knowledge>treet. ken, 28-year- orley from I he's on a •our of 50 I FREE edu- a univrrI ANYBODY who I who is the the International Henry Gf York, told the ■»r.iv Times yesterday .velline round I months now unique idea for
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      Winning answers to Word Puzzle 'PP'
      78 9 Winnin g answers to Word Puzzle 'PP' 55.000 prize for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "PP" was shared by M. Chazali Yusoff. 69 Combak Setia, 5J mile Combak Road, Kuala Lumpur and P.H. Tan. 655, Swettenham Road. Seremban. Each will receive $2,500. They submitted sets of answers which corresponded completely
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      A flood of entries for more difficult contest
      874 9 By The COMPETITION EDITOR T HE CHINESE New Year holidays were responsible for a flood of entries just before Straits Times Word Competition "PP" closed and standards were maintained in a contest which the judges thought rather more difficult than usual. Below
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      PRESTIGE AT STAKE
      374 9  -  Mike Watcher RADIO by QPORTS grouse continued owing to lack of space last week. Another suggestion that involves the newsroom: Nobody begrudges the Forces their Sunday morning English football results, BUT what of our own Saturday sporting I events? Many of these results could be collated for
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      He alters famous faces
      333 9 He alters famous faces THE man who has changed the faces of many world-famous people and Hollywood film stars as well as victims of the Hiroshima A-bomb, is now in Singapore to introduce some of his techniques to local surgeons. He Is Dr. Morton I. Berson, a renowned American plastic
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      116 9 1^ ASSURANCE 9 9^^ CANADA'S LAiIGEST LIFE I ASSURANCE COMPANY OFFERS YOU for YOUR FAMILY FRO3I NEED •ou are not Here to support them (A Policy comhininfc low nett cost and systematic saving) SERVICE No. 1 ion for your CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. SERVICE No. 2 aion for your family from the
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      335 9 $u?Sand whaf are your -favorite CAMPBELL^ SOUPS? YOU'VE a wonderful variety to choose I from: smooth, tempting purees... bean with bacon invigorating meat stock soups toups beif'noodii blended of luscious, garden-fresh vege- black bean table,.. .yes, soups to satisfy w -gJJJ-gJI taste They're all rich in nourishment. chicken gumbo all
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    WE think THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE, Feb,19, 1970
    338 10 WE think THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE, Feb,19, 1970 THE propaganda agencies of the free world, j maintained af enormous cost, do not appear to have picked up an extraordinarily interesting paragraph buried in China's Draft National Pro- gramme for Agriculture for 1956-67, published j recently. Point 23 includes this passage:
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    My old friend the guru speaks up
    1009 10  - My old friend the guru speaks up SABA KATNAM 11% S. 'THE ART OF LtFE IS TO ENJOY WHAT YOU'VE GOT 9 £OME with me to the place where I was born the smiling village in the lonely Crik hills. The village where beauty has married ugliness— you turn from
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      Drop us a Line
      114 10 Can you tell me whether the following story is true 0 When Captain Cook discovered Australia he saw with the natives on the shore, some sort of dead animal. He sent out sailors to buy it for him and when it was brought he discovered that
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      39 10 Kajang Our researches have revealed no other theory and as fur as we're concerned Mr. Nanu your story is good enough to be true. 9 Could you please tell me what are the most useful things in the world?
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      95 10 E. ABDUL RAHMAN J Batu Gajah. > The most useful things I are those which we can > least do without. They > might be anything from a I hatpin to a fishing net— > it just depends on the in- dividual. When Malaya and Singapore become independent will it
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      120 10 Recently I went to a morning show and reached one of the air-cond:-tioned cinemas before tickets were sold. As a girl I \tfas pushed left and. right by a gang of boys and men. The watchman, instead of controlling them watched helplessly. In the long run I got nothing. Should
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      96 10 No! Most improper if he or she hasn't been invited. If you are wanted at a nedding you'll be invited, if you go without an invitation you'll be a gatecrasher ana most unpopular. To resolve your doubts get one of your friends to approach the couple and find out whether
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      107 10 Singapore. Come, come, him, that's a pretty sweeping remark. Do they all mug incessantly? We wouldn't encourage anyone to work their way through college unless they had to. However, beggars can't be choosers. What do the Malayan Medical Mugs say about this? An intimate friend of mine was told by
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      57 10 Sineapore. WeZZ i/ our advice is any use. here it is! Don't believe a word a fortune teller utters. It's all absolute humbug, rubbish and poppycock. Can you tell me whether such creatures as vampire baU exist in Malaya, i.e. those who suck blood from human beings. 1 am not
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      120 10 Tanjong Tualang. There is in Malaya a bat known as the False Vampire so called because they resemble certain American bats called Vampires. Our False Vampires, feed on, among other things, small birds. As for bloodsuckers, there aren't any in the Malayan bat world. I intend to start a new
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      64 10 Penang. It's just another female gambit the old comehither look in reverse. Of course they might be looking the other way because they're laughing fit to bust, or because they're astigmatic, or have a stiff neck, or just don't care. I would like to know what people feel when they
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      117 10 K H. Malacca. They feel the other person's lips. Kissing is the best pest carrier known to humanity aria humanity loves it! Recently in a report in your paper a reporter refered to WAXED duck. What he meant was preserved duck. Wax m Chinese is a bees substance used by
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      76 10 Yes, we agree, ''waxed" > duck is not good English but a lot of people know it by that name and perhaps > our reporter might be lor- j civen. I was one of the members of a tontine. Recently the head, a lady, absconded with all the members' money.
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      92 10 We're a bit wary about yivinp legal advice in these columns. Unless we know the exact details of a case it is difficult to advise with any degree of cer.tainty. We think the "lady" has got you but it > all depends what agreement you entered into. Take this one
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      142 10 The leading British newspaper for classified advertisements is the London Daily Telegraph which has a circulation of a million. Small ads appear in half the issue and a second set in the other half. Rates vary between 15 shillings and 225. 6d. per line. With sixteen lines to the inch,
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    Ascetic's amazing discovery
    706 10 RAJKOT. Saturday. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Swami (hermit) 1 Narayanand Saraswati. Indian Bachelor of Medicine, may well have stumbled upon the answer to the fatal effects of radio-acitivity. This startling discovery ls not the result of long hours spent peering laboriously over complicated scientific apparatus in a well-equipped modern laboratory.
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    BILLY BUDD
    287 10 J Am not dee] POlitir of my fa. CTi'urv tiny who. wit upon him, tho polltl time. L.i One of Memoirs df.sk. ana r to have thl recording Harr\ s. 1 doesn t stai tust S) hi revive thai tic notion man, or t you like, c chance—
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      20 10 K*assssW* 'im aton iifc i .*dkiiamWaF -£-..J :>>fie*ttaMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV^ 1 /uini jtjS ORANGE OR PINEAPPL O0 FAMOUS 'O* FLAVOUR SINCC IMJ
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    Water, water everywhere for Singapore
    458 11 Water, water everywhere for Singapore PLENTY TO DRINK FOR OUR GROWING POPULATION nL .RINC the next P L f hrcc y«rs $24 is fo be spent modernising and >"§ Snga- water services f'p pace with the Ing population. Strcdwick. who ZL prosrarnmc. said Cer w,ll be spent H»P° rC aod
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    Street light plan hitch
    76 11 Singapore Rural Board is having second thoughts about installing street lights along Nlcoli Drive— the four mile coast road between Tanah Merah and Changi. Although a good road, it has few houses. Other wellpopulated roads in rural areas are crying out for lighting. Lamp post s
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    Axe attack charge
    54 11 Law Ho Taw, 44, was charged in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday with causing hurt to Amar Singh with an axe at Spottiswoode Park Road on the night of Dec. 27. Law. who was arrested yesterday, claimed trial and was released on bail of $300 till
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    absent friends...
    22 11 absent friends... Gil Guides Id a ramme i school Inetday -Powell Boy Scout i menta. observed all over i r each i
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    New Registrar
    6 11 RegisChrist- i an- 1
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    Dope runner jailed
    18 11 RU. Sat.— ;oday authority. pram tied len he arSingapore ras described inner. L. I* »i
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    HAD PISTOL: JAILED
    80 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Ali bin Haji Bakar, 29, of Kebun Teh, was sentenced to 30 months jail, for unlawful possession of a revolver and four rounds of ammunition nere today. On Dec. 18 last year he went to kampong Serkat by car with four other Malays and
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    ON PARADE
    36 11 SECTION OK THK passing out parade at the .Malayanßasic Training Centre in Nee .soon (amn. Singapore, yesterday. Major General D. D. C. Tulolch, G.O.C. Singapore Basr District, is inspecting the recruits. Sunday Times picture.
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    WHITEHALL PETITION BY PENANC CHINESE
    299 11 FENANC. Saturday. JHE Penang Straits Chinese British Association last night decided to consult constitutional experts in London to determine the status of the Queen's Chinese in an independent Malaya. A deputation may also be sent to Whitehall. At a secret meeting, the Association also appointed
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    Rubber lower
    157 11 March first erade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1,012 per lb. down 24 cents on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was easier. The Market was still under the influence of the raising of the Bank Rate and lack of overseas orders. Closing prices In
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    TIN HIGHER
    19 11 The price of tin was quoted $384.75 per picul in Singapore yesterday, up $375 on Friday's price.
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    COPRA PRICES
    27 11 Singapore Copra Association 1 p.m. prices yesterday were: Straits mixed copra: March $27J buyers. $28* sellers; April $28i buyers, $28i sellers. The tone was steady".
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    A QUOTE FROM THE CP.C. FOR EVERY ACCUSED
    225 11 INTERPRETERS attached to 1 the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court will in future quote a certain section of the Criminal Procedure Code before taking the plea of an accused person. Mr J M. Devereux-Cole-bourn, the magistrate who made this rulln K yesterday, also
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    TIMBER ROW GOES ON
    328 11 TIMBER ROW GOES ON By BILL CAMPBELL KANDAKAN, Sat. IN North Borneo, the heated controversy over the Government's six week o1 d timber legislation is still going on. In a fight to have the legislation scrapped or suspended "pending an inouiry," the smaller timber ouerator* have engaged the suoDort of
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    Visit of the fighting Alabama
    917 12 Visit of the fighting Alabama DURING the year 1863 the American Civil War was at its height. On November 18, Singapore i received the startling news i that the Confederate i cruiser Alabama was in I these waters, and that she had attacked and burned three American ships near i
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    Sunday Times Camera Contest
    189 12 "A Sunday Afternoon" (top left) from William Wu of P.O. Bo; Sandakan, North Borneo, wins the Sunday Times Camera this week. Speed 1 /250 sec. at f.B; 2 x green filter. Second pri Robert Ang of 549 Havelock Road, Singapore, for his study of bathing girl
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      480 12 r Chronometer D\TO ETERNR-MflTie The Jir\t sell ■winding chronometer ■fP^'^wi Etrrna offers you a self-rainding watch of two-fold value not only does it tell you the time, second by second, but it records the date, day by day. And it's a chronometer. It is a well-known fact that a chronometer
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      31 12 I E J [All I A yLUtsCJ mm t IH^^dNV I Bar **IWlil p 7 GLAMOROUS F2-0.58-MN-AUTOMATIC PRESET DIAPHWCM AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LIMITEI 109. North Bridge Road. Singapore 6. Tel: 6589
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      170 12 \]Popular Crossword I ACROSS: 1. Fasteninc contri- DOWN: 1. Cat (4); 2. Sky'i vance (4); 6. Case (6); 11. Speech colour at sunrise (6); 3. Rent (4); iof praise (6); 12. Tranquil (4); 4. Efficacious (9); 5. Organ (3); 1 13. Summons (4); 14. Shoulder- 6. Mount (5) 7. Pull
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      The man who can't say 'No'
      525 13 XIPH COOPER m«Wv... Sinden!" they all say in the I ss. And that's been n's trouble he's been ites saying "No" to anya new part or helping out ■^as been in grave danger I permanent best friend it never the hero himself. t dangerous
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      STARS AT HOME!
      40 13 rim Marty Melchcr is holding his hands to the noise or whether that shocked expression ♦infers of his pretty wife, singer Doris Day. a 1 nail on which to him; another photograph o' their North Hollywood home
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      A man who said 'I quit!'
      604 13 A man who said 'I quit!' -LOGAN GOURLAY talks t0... JACK HAWKINS has sailed for New York to appear in a TV version of Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra." For playing the comparatively small part of Rufio (Claire Bloom will be Cleopatra and Cedric Hardwicke Caesar) he will be paid M
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      The things a beard does for a man
      283 13 The things a beard does for a man UOWARD Keel's favourite screen roles have been bearded affairs, starting with "Kiss Me Kate This was followed by "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Jupiter's Darling." "Actually, I've been cheating the barbers for years in one way or another," Keel says. "Ever
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      His wife understands
      200 13 44M»» THE hardest part of playing a film role it preparing for it, tays Burt Lancaster who co-stars in Hal Wallit' Vista-Vision firming of "The Rose Tattoo" for Paramount with Ann Magnani. "It's not Hie long hours before the camera or the physical and mental exertion of
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      WHEN A KISS WENT SMACK
      53 13 WHAT Is the background and address of Ollbert Roland V HONEY WEE. Malacca. The wheel ha* turned foil cycle for Gilbert Roland who was born in Chihuahua, Mexieo the place where the tiny does rome from 51 years ago. He was one of the screen's
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      Trouble in Store for Wisdom
      75 13 Trouble in Store for Wisdom NORMAN WISDOM'S "Trouble In Store", film which hit the lackpot at Britain's box offices, gets a panning in New York. "Slapstick of heavy cudgel," t a y the Daily Newt. "The only thoroughly enjoyable contribution is Margaret Rutherford's." The Ttmc» •ays: 'Heaven help the British
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      Film fans' Forum
      198 13 the mJd-twentle* but when "talkies" came In; Roland went out. He lost his popularity in the experimental stares of sound when the sound of a kiss on the screen vu amplified into a terrific "smack". The audience loved it and roared uilh laughter. Film lovers became a
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      143 13 Now... 7 SERVICES WEEKLY TO LONDON TO SYDNEY —on the 'Kangaroo' route >>^^^^ From March 2, Qantas will operate an additional service to Europe and to Australia, making a total of 7 flights a week to London and to Sydney on the Kangaroo Route. For full information on fares and
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    The world's worst 'twister'
    819 14 The world's worst 'twister' DISASTER STRIKES IN SECONDS VI it of a smhivti v€>nt€>.% a yiwtt a in! turf ul if ust ultivli whirls thy in a 4} 1 nit iin^s round utnl n>utt<r THE DREADFUL TOR--1 NADO which killed and injured at least 130 people in the lower Mississippi
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    A CHAPEL WITH A DIFFERENCE
    818 14 A CHAPEL WITH A DIFFERENCE By S. RAMACHANDRA HAVE you ever heard of "Peace Cove"? If not you should make a point of dropping in at No. 393 Joo Chiat Road. Singapore an unpretentious wcoden and zinc-roofed affair. Passers-by may easily mistake it (except when a meeting is on> for
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    AT THE END OF THE GARDEN
    275 14 AT THE END OF THE GARDEN has lor Mtterij 1,,,,,,,' lack of opp, light fish,. Pore has ,j is( that the sport k ally on 1: •I the en.l den. in feel He m;is tlivip,,., rival in ih months a Ku ■inkers ami Imperative from a boat Ch« sinkers he
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      22 14 SWISS WATCH >/^ TROPICALISED m/t J^^ SHOCK PROTECTED llt^ V^^^^^*-n THINNEST plJl^^ I ARRIVED! VVv a F. E. ZUELLIG (M) LTD.. SINGAPORE—KUALA LUMPH
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    ... Imagine there ARE Martians living
    994 15  - Imagine there ARE Martians living THE EARL MELMKN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1I I I
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      206 15 mm mm Jit M 4fsr a l aclt ln a m attei of minutes. f) Facit calculato made —to last —of the finest Worldi smalUst fully automatic calculator fkrft c H^^fr"" Swedish steel Thousands have been in constant Facit ESA Ois the world's Other Fact calculators NF. lowest priced «-lee
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      1246 16 W'lA h Edgar^B ice o koughs °^9/' r jT T^~ T^E GO7PESS MAS ALWAYS BEEN VEILE7 IM /MySre^K' I tH^^fi^HL^aH^TMtS MAKJ WAUCCK. Mt& I 1;' J iaaaaaaaaaato SAIP LOT TUOUGUTPULLV *CVEe SIMCE OU^. PO^EBEA^ iH^HS^Ba^aaaaaaaaaaH PAJrrM£K WEi^E \~USTOZ\~N£, f |1 CA(c:E!-EP w£e A\A,'AV INTMEIK KETeEAT FKOWVTHE THEY MA, [7 TJcTACEC?
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    Cold shoulder' driving now comes to Malaya
    415 17  - Cold shoulder' driving now comes to Malaya TERRY PILLAY BIDE IX A Ml I XT. IMSIIISS 'ICE BOX ON WHEELS* |Brrr!!!l kiHiU.jUikkl -By- r was 85 degrees in the shade. I groaned as I walked our of our air-conditioned office into the oven-like neat of the street. Then a'ong came
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    Here's the secret...
    11 17 Here's the secret... The air-conditioner fits under the car dash board.
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    You are seeing the truth, said the Communist judge
    713 17  -  CHAN-, I CHIN BOCK An American Methodist missionary. Dr. F. Olin Stockwell, now in Singapore, spent two years in jail in Communist China and found a new faith in God andman during nis imprisonment. In the second of two articles the
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    MILLIONS OF YEARS SHROUD MYSTERY
    68 17 The fossilised bones of kangaroo-like animals found recently in the central highlands of New Guinea may lead to new discoveries about the way the world's land masses formed millions of years ago. Judging by the fossils brought back from New Guinea, the oldest ever found
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    Let's have tropic cars
    365 18 Let's have tropic cars don't motor car manufacturers concentrate on producing "tropicalised" models for sale in climates such as Malaya instead of turning out cars with "extras"? It is common discussion in motoring circles whether "extras" two-tone colour schemes, real leather upholstery, a heater unit, foglight or spotlight are worth
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    Colony drivers find out what makes it 'tick'
    263 18 CINCAPORE motorists are now being offered an op- portunity to learn in 30 hours how to get their cars going after an engine failure. Classes to turn them Into emergency repairmen have been started by a group of "Safety First Motor Men."
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    Now it's a three—tone
    71 18 Now it's a three— tone Publicity for Hie new 1956 Nash Ambauador Ciittom tour-door te4an reveals rfiat the vehicle has a new "letfire V-8 engine Hiat < develops 220 (U.S.) honeI power the styling treat- < ment begint at the front J with bold new parking- running lights. The side
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    World of motoring
    795 18 Those foul, black exhaust clouds... Mike Hawthorn interrupts a road test to air a pet hate... I F every motorist in the country decided to declare his most hated feature of the roads today, I think there would be almost enough faults to go round without anyone
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    Where are Malaya's hockey forwards?
    378 18  -  CRUSADER By THOUGH not wishing to detract from the Federation's 34) hockey 1 victory over a Pakistan Navy side last week, one thing which struck me during the game was the lack of really good Federation forwards. It was their defence that stole the show
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    FEDERATION TRIUMPH ONLY AGAIN
    830 19 I Singapore fight gamely f o r 45 mins but lose 4-1 untamed their superiority over Singapore at Jalan > four goals to one yesterday and so scored their iatche« with one drawn in this international hockey as the margin was, it would be n to
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    PARAM GETS FIRST GAME FOR PERAK
    142 19 DEBAR will introduce 1 a new player in their team to meet Singapore la an inter•/tate hockey fixture at the Jalan Besar stadium today. He is Paramalingam who will make his vtatc debut at inside left. Perak are fielding a strong team. Only one
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    Lock icon MCC IN BIG LEAD
    50 19 LYALLPUR. Sat.— Punjab Cricket Association had made 30 Icr one In their second ininngs at t«a on the second day of their maurh i^aiast the MC C. tourists here soriay. They were out for 100 in tbeir first inninc?. ;he M.C.C. replying 1 with 268.— Reuter.
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    CLUB BEAT FIJIANS 3-0 IN SEVENS RUGBY FINAL
    576 19 SINGAPORE Cricket Club beat the Fijians by three points (try) to nil yesterday in the final of the Singapore seven-a-side rugby competition on the padang. Club were in top form against the holders and scored their winning try Just before half-time when
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    Fijian XV keep FARELF title for Malaya
    471 19 Fijian XV keep FARELF title for Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE FIRST Battalion Fiji Infantry Regiment cap- ped their long list of athletic and rugger achievements in Malaya by keeping the FARELF inter-unit rugby trophy when they beat 74 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment R.A., from Hong Kong, on the HQ Malaya
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    ALEXANDRA ENTER BREWERIES FINAL
    44 19 Alexandra F.T. will meet Baden Kesenian in the final of the Breweries Kampong League championship when they beat Buona Vista Rangers 5-0 at Fraser and Neave ground yesterday. Scorers were Hamld Ibrahim Ismail Haji Ahmad (2) and TeTo Lye Hock.
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL BEAT RAFFLES 6-2
    44 19 Victoria School beat Raffles Institution 6-2 in a soccer match at RI yesterday. Victorlrns. who led 2-0 at the interval, scored through Kok Nang (2i. Seng Pah (2>, Yusof and Omar Mohamed. Saodosan and Watt Choon replied for Raffles.
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    Lock icon W. INDIES 349-7
    32 19 CHRISTCHURCH. New Zealand. Sat. The West Indies made 349 for 7 at close of pluv on the first day of the second Te*t against New Zealand lire today Reuter.
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    Lock icon OXFORD WIN 11-1
    24 19 RICHMOND. S?.t.— Oxfori beat Cambridge by eleven goals 'o one In the annual inter-varsity ice hockey match here last nifht Reuter
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      68 19 HOCKEY Sine* pore v Perak. Jalan Besar, 5 p.m. SOCCER SUr Mn.rrit.-s youth trial. Fairer Park, 3.45 p.m Frlendlir*: Rajaji S.C. v Balfstipr I nited. L.i 11 it Park; Boys' .Town v St. Joseph's, Bukit Timah; Gymkhana v R.A.F. Chanci. Changt; C.A. v X.0.5.8., Geylang Stadium; SUr Socrerites Ist XI
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    45 20 JO Words $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Tan Teck Koh of 8-B Yong Siak Street wishes to express their thanks to all Relatives «nd Friends who attended the Funeral, as well as those who sent Wreaths, Loan of Cars and Contributions.
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    MUFFIN MAN UPSETS TO WIN GOLD CUP
    2508 20  -  EPSOM JEEP Record 6f. by Native Ruler By ADMIRABLY ridden by English jockey Eddie A I. .11 kin. Muffin Man followed up his recent Com-missioner-General's Cup success with a brilliant win in the Seiangor Gold Cup over 11 miles at Kuala Lumpur yesterday,
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    $1 m Sweep
    57 20 TOTAL POOL: $444,800 IST: NO *****41 (5177.920) 2ND: NO *****38 (553.376) 3RD: NO *****82 (522.24 C& STARTERS (51.779 each): Nos. *****47; *****21; *****55; *****17; *****93;. *****16; *****44: *****68; *****67; *****96. CONSOLATION (SBB9 each): Nos. *****39; *****64: *****11; *****39; *****41; *****31; *****74; *****73; *****06; *****03: *****76; *****62; *****09;
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    'Mystery' man at it again
    82 20 THERE was a stir when betting for Race Two, a 9f handiacp for < I 4. Div. 2 horses, started in earnest at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Every horse was heavily barked there were long queues at all the three $50 tote windows and the total
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    Lock icon WEEKES HITS TEST CENTURY FOR WI
    349 20 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Sat. ORILLIANT Everton Weekes hit a chanceless 103 for West ndles here today In the Second Test against New Zealand his .ifth century in consecutive first ■lsvsi games on the tour. His sparkling knock and an inaluable partnership, between -kipper Denis
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