The Straits Times, 21 February 1956

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  • 21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 75.• 0 7 The Straits Times Ik**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1956 15 CENTS
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  • 391 1 M-DAY 'IF GOD PERMITS' PATE for HISTORY TENGKU RAHMAN PROCLAIMS FREEDOM 400 year* of 'shameful subjection* almost over 1957 AUGUST 31 'If possible' clause not mentioned MALACCA, Monday. gNGKU ABDUL RAHMAN today pro A llaimcd independence by Aug. 31, 1957, but did not add the formal words of the London
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  • 888 1 Singapore— Tengku's hope 50,000 PLEDGE 111 MALACCAS WE'LL WIPE OUT THE REDS 7AM CONFIDENT SHE WILL COME BACK TO THE FOLD'— and CROWD WENT WHjD MALACCA, Mon. Malacca today resounded with the thunderous cries of "merdeka" and a united call to "wipe out Communism by nation a 1 mobilisation" when
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  • 429 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. --Tengku Abdul Rahman, will address Chin Peng over the radio either tomorrow or on Wednesday. He told a big crowd at Kuala Lumpur airport this evening- "If the Communists do not lay down their arms it is up to you to do
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  • 60 1 CAIRO, Monday. nTPTY-TWO people were killed when a four-engin-F^French airliner crashed outside Cairo early t,odsiY There were 12 survivors six passengers and six crew. The survivors included two Ch An re EgyPtlan Air Force plane flnt spotted the flam\na wreckage of the Frencn ni T
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  • 36 1 HONG KONG, Mon. The Kung Sheung Daily News warned today that families of murdered Chinese might avenge themselves by killing the murderers' relatives if the death penalty were abolished In Hong Kong. Reuter.
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  • 10 1 At the request of the Chief SSStlSiSl&cloKd today.'
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  • 72 1 LONDON, Mon. David Kemp, 20, was remanded in custody here today charged with the first murder in Britain since Parliament voted last Thursday to abolish the dealth penalty. Police picked up Kemp, a laboratory assistant, early this morning 12 hours after Mrs Betty
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  • 64 1 DRINKING BOUT SAVED THEM. ROME, Mon. Two Alpine peasants collapsed after a week-end drinking boat into a mow drift and slept through th nlgbt In a temperature of eight degrees below iero. When rescuers found them next morning they woke up, still drunk, and tottered on their way. A doctor,
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  • 45 1 Ambush in rain KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A patrol of the Royal Hamshire Regiment killed three terrorists just outside Ampang village, near here, tonight The bandits were ambushed during a heavy rainstorm in deep Jungle, less than a milr from the village.
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  • 27 1 LONDON, Mon.— The River Thames was today frozen over from bank to bank for about 100 yards at Windsor, some 25 miles upstream from London.
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  • 26 1 LONDON, Mon— Sir Travers Humphreys, who was Britain's oldest Judge when he retired in 1951, died today at the age of 88.— AP.
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  • 54 1 BRITAIN'S ECONO!NfT SERIOUS LONDON. Mon. Itf. Harold Macmillan. Th^ncellor of Exrhequtr, Inld Commons today he reiMicWd Britain's economic pnitmn as serioii* and one whirh misht racily hcromp dangerous if not dealt with firmly. But he ri<d not HHkmp it w<*» hrtond nations pow^r t© master "if we hut
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  • 21 2 POOR SEND-OFF FOR MERDEKA MISSION: SINGAPORE LAYS ON RED CARPET TREATMENT, BUT RAIN KEPT CROWDS AWAY
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  • 361 2 400 AIRPORT POLICE— AND ONLY 450 SPECTATORS T^HE mammoth sendF A off planned in Singapore for Tengku c! Abdul Rahman yesterS day morning went off like a damp squib. 5 Torrential rain almost drowned the cries of s "Merdeka." And policeE men almost outnumbered r spectators at Paya Lebar airport.
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  • 519 2 Tengku calls help-each-other conference I and tells Chin Peng: 'Your move now 9 TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN has invited politicians from colonial territories in all parts of the world to a "help each other** meeting in Kuala Lumpur. He announced in Singapore yesterday that the meeting
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  • 31 2 THE CHIEF MINISTER addrwun* the hute crowd which turned up In Malacca's Bandar Hilir park to greet him on his return from the London merdeka conference. Straits Times picture.
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  • 196 3 Big P a y rise for the regulars LONDON. Mon.— The Jms] Government to- announced bis; mmin pay for re- ,emen in a gve to boost flagging Sruitment figures and Scourage men to enSt for long-term enscheme which rce on April 1, I ill be given to JfS&ng for longer!
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  • 28 3 I MELBOURNE. Mon. A Rlctr.dum will be held in Kirch io decide whether bars j wed to stay barter 6 p.m., the present \lwi me Reuter.
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  • 319 3 PENNY SERENADE AFTER PAY OVERTURE SPURNED" LONDON, Mon. TWE 8.8.C. Sym- x phony Orchestra —one of the finest in the world was sack--5 ed yesterday for re- fusing to play during j a strike by other mu- sicians. The orchestra, often conducted
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  • 62 3 EXPLOSION IN FRIGATE KILLS THREE NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, Mon. An explosion ripped through the Royal Navy frigate Scarborough here today while workmen were refitting the ship. Two men and a boy were killed. The explosion followed a fire which broke out sn the lower deck of the new 2,000-ton Whitby
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  • 172 3 SECRETS— FOR £1 Mish security chiefs to probe iiscovery in an old table LONDON. Mon. Britain's I :s are to investi- I pte fc d>covery of top ncret documents found in I the drawer ol a table bought for £1 at a surplus stores iHt The papers- marked "se- tap
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  • 265 3 British organisation points finger at a 'faree 1 Is world shipping Dubious registrations made to cut taxation and costs LONDON, Monday. CHIPS flying "flags of convenience" that save owners taxation and operating costs were producing a situation with elements of farce in world sea transport,
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  • 116 3 BRITAIN SHIVERS AGAIN LONDON, Mon. BLIZZARDS and intense cold gripped Britain today and roads in all the 86 counties were reported ice or snow-bound. One of the worst blizzards for many years today hit the extreme south-west of the country, disrupting telephone communications and bringing traffic to a standstill. Automobile
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  • 38 3 ROME. Mon.— One child was killed and 16 others badly injured when the roof of a cinema at Frosinone. south of Rome, collapsed last night under the weight of nearly 10 feet of snow.
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  • 148 3 They are main cause of road deaths NEW YORK, Monday. A TRAFFIC psychologist has blamed anger for much of America's rising road deaths toll. Mr. Alfred Mosely says that the "anger factor" can literally blind a motorist. "In violent anger, an individual of a certain emotional
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    • 62 3 N.Z. troops to quit Korea I WELLINGTON. Mon. > ARRANGEMENTS for the return of men from the New Zealand military forces in Korea were announced today after a statement by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Thomas Mac Donald, that the force would be reduced from 450 to about 100 men.
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    • 19 3 SAIGON: Censorship was abolished yesterday in South Vietnam by a decree of the President. Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem.— A.P.
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    • 29 3 NEW DELHI: The Shah of Iran had a discussion on Middle East problems yesterday with ;the Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, on the eve of his departure from Delhi '.Reuter.
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    • 20 3 CAIRO: The Indian Minister of State, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. met Egyptian leaders yesterday on the Palestine problem.—A. P.
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    • 28 3 NEW DELHI: Mr. Acbaiya Narendra Deva, chairman of the Praja Socialist Party, who was jailed four times by the British for nationalist agitation, died yesterday, .aged 66. Reuter.
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    • 20 3 NEW DELHI: India and Iran will soon sign a cultural agreement for ithe exchange of scholars, professors and books. ;a.p.
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    • 27 3 PORT SAID: The 8.697-ton freighter British Craftsman was Involved in a collision with ithe 5,509-ton Greek ship Achilleus in harbour here yesterday. Both vessels were damaged.— AP.
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    • 26 3 BOMBAY: Warlike tribesmen from the Thana jungle area burned and looted buildings along the New DelhiBombay railroad line yesterday for the third day in succession. A.P.
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  • 307 3 LONDON, Mon. PRICES moved erratically In stock markets here today. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty TIN LONDON, Feb. 20. Cash Buyers £810. Seller.} £81 5; Forward Buyers £777-... Sellers £780, Settlement £810; Turnover; a.m. 35 tons p m. IS tons. RUBBER LONDON, Feb.
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  • 140 3 $60 mil. gems in transit POLICE ESCORT HOPE DIAMOND GENEVA, Mon. Special security guards and about 20 policemen guarded a U5520,000,000 ($60,000,000) jewel collection which arrived here by air today from New York. The collection, claimed to be the most valuable in the world after the British Crown jewels, is
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  • 44 3 SAN REMO (Italy), Mon. Growers on this "Riviera of the flowers" estimated yesterday that 40 per cent of their crop had been destroyed by cold. The Association of Flower Producers set the damage at about seven billion lire ($33,500,000).— A.P.
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  • 41 3 CASABLANCA, Mon.— Sixty prisoners broke out of Casablanca's civil jail early today by making a hole in the- outer wall. Five were recaptured a few minutes later when they were stopped by a police patrol. Reuter.
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  • 28 3 WASHINGTON, Sun.—Britain, France and the United States will review arms shipments during discussions this week on Joint Middle Eastern policies, official sources said here yesterday.— Reuter.
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  • 168 4 Malaya's defence pact will be ready this year, says Scott rE Commissioner-General, Sir Robert Scott, said in Singapore yesterday that he was confident that the Treaty of Defence and Mutual Assistance between independent Malaya and the British Government could be satisfactorily worked out this year. Sir Robert is chairman of
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  • 640 4 THE 'MOOD OF MERDEKA' GRIPS JUBILANT CROWDS IN WELCOME TO THE TENGKI? Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan gave a history of Malacca's fight for freedom dating back to the 13th century. He described the Settlement as the "mother of Malaya" and said it was fitting that the
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  • 321 5 2,000 GATHER OUTSIDE COURT TO HEAR SEMENYIH STRIP EVIDENCE after people at Semenyih new village, s ix miles south of here, complained that police and soldiers had treated thrm roughly and forced them to strip when "J«y were being searched at the village gates.
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  • 747 5 'Bullet letter' warned: Pay $10,000 or die COURT XUJLU OF MEETING AT RAFFLES HOTEL WITH GANG CHIEF VICTIM TOLD POLICE: TRAP SET WITH JAP NOTES JWO BULLETS were enclosed in a $100,000 extortion letter which was delivered by hand to a wealthy Johore merchant, Mr. Chang Joo Chiang, at his
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  • 116 5 The Hour stakes' race is warming up rpHKIU is a race on between Singapore Mtrtm who have ordfrr d Hour from Aus- rl l,a and those who iU „rdcrcd flour from I in ,d.i :md France to whusc shipments arrive tir>t. UK, from France n d Canada was ordered two
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  • 28 5 Iges 1 observations Malayan Monthly's -Be- Won Word 5" published in yes•..iits Times, a c for FOLLY" is •!ue 21 down. This read "Preference for
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  • 115 5 4 :AX: driver, charged with Ing an excess pasr along Bukit Timah 14 last year, told Magistrate yesterday ..piping the pubk the Green Bus workers strike on the day. prosecutor. Inspector E i Kcr. disputed the statent of the driver, Lee
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  • 120 5 PECULIAR TASTE? NO HARM Water gets extra chlorine dose fOMPLAINTS by residents in Braddell Heights, Singapore, that their tap water was contaminated were answered by the City Council Water Department yesterday. Householders in the area had been ringing up the Straits Times to say that their water tasted "peculiar." Pipes
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  • 80 5 $105,658 fraud is alleged SOON KUAT SENG, the receiving cashier of the South branch of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in South Bridge Road, was charged in a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $105,658 entrusted to him on Feb. 6. Inspector T.S. Zain successfully
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  • 232 5 Robbers took it from me woman a PRETTY waitress who the police said was found in possession of a stolen jade ring yesterday pleaded in a Singapore court: "It was given to me as a remembrance." But the magistrate, Mr. Choor Singh, rejected
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  • 95 6 20 Wordt tit (minimum). HALE JOHNSON: Katharine Hale Johnson, late of The Norfolk Hotel. Tunbrldge Wells, passed peacefully away on January 27th, aged 92 years. CHI A: Mrs. Magaret Chla Cue Hlang, aged 71, passed away peacefully on Monday, 20-2-56 leaving behind a son, Mr. Tay Keng Hock, a
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  • 69 6 20 Wordt $19 (minimum). MR. AND MRS. M. KANAGARATNAM thank all Relatives and Friends for the well wishes and Valuable Presents on the Occasion of their Marriage on 3.2.56. REV. FR. L. WEE, Mr. Wee Kirn Hock and the Family of the late Madam Dorothy Tan wish to Express
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  • 560 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 21, 1956. The Inflation Battle The anti-inflationary measures taken by the British Chancellor have now involved the Government in a two day debate of motions of "no. confidence" put forward by the Labour and Liberal parties. The Government will survive, of course, but it
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  • 313 6 The itch to play the "big brother" towards others not so politically advanced becomes irresistible among countries which have recently achieved independence. Tengku Abdul Rahman, proposing to call a conference of Commonwealth dependencies, no doubt is trying to follow this "big brother" tradition. The purpose and scope
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  • 291 6 At the end of the Baling talks, Tengku Abdul Rahman was emphatic that he would agree to meet Chin Peng again only if the Communist leader came out to surrender. There is considerable doubt now whether he is *till of the same mind. In Singapore yesterday the Federation
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  • 4 6 MAN IN THE STREET
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  • 415 6 'THOUSANDS MUST BE SHOCKED' BY OPIUM SALE WEA IAM sure there must be thousands like me who were greatly shocked at the news that the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, had requested the colonial Office to allow opium to be sold to the public again. I am sure the Tengku
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  • 212 6 T*HE statement in the Straits Times: "We regard opium smoking as a sin. We would permit the use of opium only for medicinal purposes," is not a correct expression of the Catholic doctrine, for it would imply that something otherwise sinful would be all right If used
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  • 196 6 Fwas indeed gratifying to learn from Mr. T. 8. Tan that there is a desire to Malayanlse the voluntary services. Up till now local people have been conspicuous by their absence, not only on the committees of these socleties, but as ordinary members. Before one aspires
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  • 174 6 SPEAKING at Penang recently, Dato Sir Onn said of the future of Penang: The British could hand over the Settlement to the Federation; Penang could become a separate unit of equal status with the Malay States within the Federal tion; or Penang could revert to her
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  • 329 6 "IMPARTIAL," In his let- ter. Invokes democracy to deny the right of Christians to protest against the principle of State lotteries in Singapore. We are not seeking to "force our views upon Assemblymen," but we do claim the right, which he shares, of expressing our position as
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  • 74 6 IITHILBT I welcome the ff end of the B.T.C. strike, I must say that the decision of the Traction Company to Increase its fares is most unfair to the bus travelling public. In plying on B.T.C. routes, Chinese bus companies have been giving their employees additional, payment on
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  • 92 6 mHE other day, I met two X persons on the road near my house, one with a shot-gun and the other with a changkol. They told me they were asked to go round and shoot any dogs without 1956 licences. So far I have not seen any
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  • 58 6 rfTENOKU ABDUL RAH--1 MAN say 3 he will seek to have the prohibition on the sale of opium removed in Malaya. Perhaps an opium addict la the most peaceful, docile and non-violent man In the world. May be one day all the bandits win take to opium
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  • 22 6 IS there not a significant local lesson to be drawn from two recent news items, i.e., the closing
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  • 69 6 New service wanted rjTHE Singapore Traction X Company, now that it has resumed running will undoubtedly continue its excellent service. The general public would be pleased if the Traction Company, like the Chinese bus companies have been doing, extended their No. 10 route up to Thomson Road. I suggest that
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  • 83 6 A NUMBER of ma t a matas were on the heels of an escaping culprit along a main street of Johore Bahru, on Feb. 14, but the man was too fast for the mata matas, and they were shouting, "tolong tangkap." But none of the
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  • 729 6 The 'second of two articles by N[/1 W. KOLLER on television j n n ONE of the chief questions is whether or not Singapore will be able to offer a sufficient number of culturally valuable television programmes. The stations of America, Europe, and Japan
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  • 301 7 PARENTS ALLEGE that TEACHERS "PUNCHED, KICKED and THRASHED 9 CHILDREN HEADMASTER DENIES IT BUT PETITION IS SENT TO MINISTER BUTTERWORTH, Monday. INDIGNANT parents in Permatang Binjai vilbfC nine miles from here, have petitioned the Minister for hducation, Dato Abdul Razak bin ,t(» Hussain, to end
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  • 124 7 Just what the 'doctor' ordered will be no secret /CUSTOMERS of Chinese "doctors" will soon know the secrets behind such exotic ingredients as "tiger's milk oowder," "bear and pythons grail," "1,000 sheets of paper," or "prawn's mould grass." At their annual meeting on Sunday, the Singapore Medical Practitioners' Association agreed
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  • 30 7 A 68-year-old woman, Chan Ah Kwan, died in the General Hospital last night, four hours after she fell 50 feet from her house in Upper Hokkien Street, Singapore.
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  • 132 7 Plea for wage row intervention KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. A DEPUTATION from the Government Daily-rated Workers' Union will call on Tengku Abdul Rahman in the next few days to ask him to intervene in their pay dispute. The workers' strike commltmittee decided this at a tpeciaj
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  • 68 7 GIRL ACCUSED OF THROWING ROTTEN EGG A sauce factory worker, Koh Luang Kiang, 17, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with disorderly behaviour at Dunearn Road on the evening of Feb. 18. The prosecution stated that Koh threw a rotten egg at a passing lorry loaded with workers at
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  • 227 7 GOODS 15 YEARS IN THE POST A CONSIGNMENT of tortoise shells posted from Singapore to Rangoon 15 years ago has still to reach its destination. The consignor, Mr. Llm Ang Joon, a businessman, said yesterday: "I know tortoises are proverbially slow but the
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  • 109 7 PAA chiefs to visit Singapore A SPECIALLY equipped A Strato Clipper wIU fly the 22 directors of Pan American World Airways to Singapore on March 3. Headed by PAA president, Mr Juan T. Trippe, who is also head of the International Air Transport Association, the directors are on a three-week
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  • 63 7 See Eng Teck, 31, a Green Bus Company driver, last night knocked out one of 30 men who attacked him and then passed out himself. Believed to be secret society gangsters, the men attacked htm with sticks and chairs in front of a house at Kallang
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  • 401 7 OH case appeal: Q.C. tells a parable GIR HARTLEY SHAW- CROSS, Q.C., arguing a $6,000,000 appeal In the Singapore Court of Appeal, yesterday began by telling a parable. The appeal against the War Claims Compensation Board's dismissal of a claim by three Dutch oil companies—is being heard by Mr. Justice
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  • 74 7 POLICE SEEK VIEWS ON KALLANG RD. Slngapore Traffic Police want motorists using Kallang Road to tell them If the new system of control Introduced last Wednesday is promoting a faster flow of traffic. Under the new system, motor vehicles are channelled into two lanes, and bicycles, trishas and pedestrians Into
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  • 58 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Phillip J. Colebourne, assistant manager, Linden Estate, was fined $150 and ordered to pay costs in the Sessions Court today for negligent driving by crashing Into the police gate at Tampoi on th» night of Dec. 23. Colebourne who pleaded guilty said he failed
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  • 28 7 Singapore's Public Relations Oflicer, Mr. O. G. Thomson, returned to Singapore by air last night from the fifth pacific Area Travel Conference held recently in Tokyo.
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  • 24 7 Mr. J. T. Rea president of the City Council, has sent a gift of $100 to the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund.
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  • 174 7 GEOFF RAYMOND (above), well-known Radio Malaya personality, left Sinnpore yesterday after making some very blunt accusations about the way officialdom has treated him here. Before boarding: a Qantas plane for Australia, his homeland, he broke the silence he has fT^"«w*"«fl for
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  • 118 7 Travelling light two rich men with a bundle of clothing LETCHMAN JURAN, 72, (left) and Jafdes Singh, 64, sat dismally in Singapore Airport yesterday, clutching their passports and their baggage— a cloth bundle. They had revisited India after 15 years' absence to bathe once more in the waters of the
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  • 42 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. In appreciation of the services the Fijian* have given to Malaya, the Johore Bahru Rotary club has presented the Queen Victoria School, Matavatacau, through the Rotary Club of Suva, with a collection of books on Malaya.
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  • 197 7 PENANO, Mon. There Is no privacy for deck passengers travelling between Indian and Malayan ports, "especially for unchaperoned women," according to two members of the Indian Gov-ernment-sponsored Deck Passengers Welfare Committee. They made this statement on their arrival in Penang today after travelling on the
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  • 263 7 KAMPONG ELDER TOLD: GET OUT OR ELSE You have 48 hours to quit' KLANG, Monday. THE kampong committee at Sijangkang in South J- Selangor has asked the chairman of the local U.M.N.O. branch. Inche Taharil bin Atmawi, to leave the kampong by tomorrow. In a letter to him the committee
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  • 114 7 Today RAF will be in mourning ALL Royal Air Force stations in Singapore and the Federation will today loin R.A.F. stations throughout the Far East in honourinp;, through memorial services, the memory of the late Viscount Trenchard. The funeral of the late Viscount; "Father of the R.AJ 1 will take
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  • 29 7 Mrs. R. Rajendra will Rive a talk on "Ceylon" at tomorrow's meeting of the Singapore Y.W.C.A.'s International Women's Club at 5. Raffles Quay at 10.30 a.m.
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  • 131 7 Aided school teachers take their case to Director of Education KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Aided school teachers in the Federation have asked the Government for a pension scheme for them. Their case was presented to the Director of Education, Mr. E.M.F. Payne, by a deputation of the National Union
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    • 179 7 Voice Hoarseness jfiffi Hacking Coughs if 3| D l_. *A- U SHAKE II Bronchitis Ir ,71^1 i 0 %p %p w\ D^sw^msifrs^n yd Id I I II Bp^rir^Mllj f KiL COLD! I Sore throat Kgi Colic pain |r||^ fHICKiD INSTANTLY WITH Woods GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE i^A. Resistance to cold germs
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    • 30 7 1 1 Jil^^^^^^^^ yorlsbcrq £J LIVELY TASTING Del Monte ILJM El because its made viz Xt&k y\ w '*k m 'ppy" z '"ppy Trade wquines HBNRY WAUCH fr CO.. LTD.
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    48 8 t Ji From Frankfurt in Germany comes this novel three-way beach outfit in white lastex. As a swimsuit it is figure flattering, and for sun protection just wear the skirt as a snappy beach hat. As a playsuit one just wiggles into the little skirt— Paul Popper photo.
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  • 457 8 MONDAY AMAH comes back this morning still looking gloomy. "Did you have a nice holiday?" I ask. Amah nods. "Nice holiday, but too much too eat." She then goes off to the kitchen and comes back with a tray full of things. "I bring Mem little
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  • 357 8 /CURVES were normally evident in Florence \j at the Italian spring-summer fashion openings. At the previous week's shows in Rome, some designers tried desperately to abolish hips, busts and tummies In a revival of the 1929 shapeless look. Dressmakers in Florance didn't strain for
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    • 90 8 The rf |S<% )§Bk- 1 V fl 0oo rt I md to fc* %urt of Boord'* i L ,'^k^.. look for thf Cat and Barrel on eh* I L '—^^^^3 lahel the Gin thjt ha» been I i9»^l*LiS.O 3 popular for Rcneralion* ll»pb^isfik™ CORDIAL OLD TOM HNIJT ORT CIN \W
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    • 342 8 What more can you do WHAT ARB GROWING CHILDREN'S NEEDS Good food, fresh and plenty of sleep. But that's not all. If they're to fee] w and keep well, you should give them something more— < Ribena. For Ribena— the natural way ta take Vitamin c build! strong bones and
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    • 297 8 C j_ TT* I M lt "aequauito a man with Straits Times Crossword with (15) 26. A snore's causes (7) 2 3N 4 1 8 I 1 27. Keep on the move (7) sSiy^ DOWN ■0 3. Odd graduate's dance (5) 4. Jock's dog (7> 6 2000 ln one feast
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1519 9 1 i l 1 i I I I 1 i 1 1 I J I 1 I 1 I States law. Lee simply performed his duty In arresting Brown's force. The results are less pardonable. The arrest was not effected without loss of
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    • 175 9 H The die was cast for civil war world and awoke the northem states to frenzied anger. Already the situation was explosive and the die was cast for civil war. Lee himself was horrified, He had no love for slavery and less for injustice and intolerance. But his part in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 245 9 THIS WL^^XV BRINGS cppivdoy YOU HUSIC-COHTEHTMEIIT t A^ \A. "fCOKO s C^^/W' CMANCIt W yr Available in 2 mod«li 0 RECORD RACKS Two VI > ovaMobU \\W^ 'o hold JO I SO records. L L CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. icENERAI IMPORTS DIVISION; I S:iicip <)r K. Lumpur ■rcducts of
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    • 252 9 MY CONSTIPATION WORRIES ARE OVER! MOMMY ALWAYS GIVES ME Milk of Magnesia jWti^SjL Because It provides more jSPjjJ nL com plat* relief than sinßlcM& tm purpose laxatives! ConstipaBf^ tion and acid Indigestion jgj KasBBBiA usually go hand in hand I^Bjß*^^ That's why laxatives whirh I^l r— l i act on
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 170 9 Rex Morgan. 3M.D. To the daughter i SH«J| l??LIiI/ r I'M SHAKEN P YOU'RE HXED T 700*86 VEBvH KoiO YOU M£*Jl ipo MUCM TJ TIS ITTBUE HE^VrJOW SHOUtO I Xfl W^Z >/^ U'6.B'T, FiWEASITIS--- I STUBBOON AAAN, TWA.T? ME W*>WTS MEOCINE WILLX SOT *> WkUSUTHB 1 KNOW? ir I gj]
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  • 512 10 ALL COLONY MARTS OPEN WEEK ON VERY QUIET NOTE By Our Market Correspondent ALL Singapore markets opened the week quietly yesterday, the influence of the raising of the Bank Rate to 51 per cent last week still exercising; a paramount influence. The Share Market was very dull with a general
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  • 12 10 OFFICIAL PR iCE; (up 25 cents. r COPRA; ***** l P»cul (unchanged/
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  • 106 10 J and widel;, pre Exchange today. ThertwSf'N turnovers In selen Pd prices moved narro ceedlng falls, m mml *L n quiet and slight lv leads were active an Fh, g"io and uranium J**: rowly. Loans wer. J° active and firm Loans 1%% 1956-59 Mr 1 Con. Zinc 60/
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  • 214 10 The Malayan Exchange Bunks Association marie the following changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday: London: Selling T.T. or O.D. 2 4 132; buying airmail T.T. 2 4 5 32, O.D. 2 4 7 32, 30 dst 2 4 3 8 45 dst 2.4 7 16. 60
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  • 30 10 DROP IN us. car OUTPUT DETROIT. Sat -Motor ductlon in the United suV week totalled 129.210 cars 136.308 cars the prevloufl^ 175.482 cars a year ago ac^ to Ward's repom.-K"*
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  • 90 10 Prmwr »nd Neave Ord» 1.19 Ol EC 85William Jacks 2 80 MININGS Auitral Aaul 159 BcrjunUl 30 < K. Kimiur M Lover Perak IS 3 P»h»ni 11 RanUu 1.38 Rtwtni Tin 8 8 8. Klnta IS 8. Malayan 8 6 I BRERS Amal Mal« T l «■> Ayer Panai
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  • 140 10 March Orst grade rubber buyers f. 0.». closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.02>» per lb. up half a cent on Saturday's closing price. The losing tone was easier after steady. Closing pricea la cents per I*, were No. 1 R.B.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 103 sellers 103 >,; No.
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  • 83 10 Singapore Chinese Product- Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Coacm: quiet: February $27 buyers. $27 sellers; March $27% buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $41 sellers: drum M*tt sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $134. Sarawak $133, special Sarawak black $94 (all varieties unchanged). Singapore Copra Association
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 110 10 j! "DEUTZ" J DIESEL DRIVEN GENERATING SETS 36 KVA 400/230 VOLTS 50 CYCLE 4 WIRE >> 7 KVA 230 VOLTS SINGLE PHASE MOUNTED ON COMMON BASEPLATE COMPLETE WITH ALL ACCESSORIES I Available Ex-Stock From 'ss MITCHELL COTTS CO., (F.E.) LTD. > P.O. BOX 40 KUALA LUMPUR. << P.O. BOX B^6
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    • 872 10 NOTICES ALOR GAJAH RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 11 cents a share, less Singapore Income Tax at 30%, will be declared payable on the 9th March 1956 to shareholders on the Register on the Ist March 1958. and that the
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    • 665 10 NOTICES ROYAL SOCIETY OF SAINT GEORGE SINGAPORE BRANCH The Annual General Meeting of the above society will be held in the Singapore Cricket Club at 5.30 pjn. of 7th March* and not an 22nd February as previously »d vised. M. D. HAMERSLET. Hon. Secretary. P.W.D. SELANGOR NOTIFICATION OF INTERRUPTION OF
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    • 647 10 TENDERS TENDERS AOSntAI. AMALGAMATED TUT LTD., PVCHONO Tenders are Invited from competent persons for the Transport of Tin Ore tubs from Dredge to Tin Shed at our Puchong Mine. Full particulars on application to Mine Manager. TENDERS AUSTKAL AMALGAMATED TIN LTD., PUCHONG Tenders are Invited from experlencod and competent persons
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    • 79 10 SHIPPING ■Mm lying alongside the Singapore iUrbeajr Board wharves or isfiilii today are: Tarakan 1,2. Ulysses 415. Semlramia 1 C.P.. President Buchanan 6,7. Hoegh 811--varwave 819, Asia 11, Laomedon *****, Breconshlre 15 16. President Oarfleld 11, Inverbank 19.20, Reaang N. Wall 6. Salong N. Wall 8. Marudu 21 22, Hibiscus
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    • 494 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service PROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swet. Penang h- Ogeka Bakke In Port 21 Feb 21 1 Elisabeth Bakke sailed 6 Mar 3 II Mar 12 Mar 191 Cjertrud Bakke 7 Msr 6 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 181 Kristin
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    • 1183 11 tio s MANSFIEia* Oc CO., LID. Y«lt»41»| r»l: (Incorporated tn Singapore) SX THE BLUE FVNNBL LINE 'J~~ CX- 50... p. Shorn p<fwng l.«'«" '••JO/23 Fob 24/25 M 14/24 Nk 27/29 F.b 22 F.b 21 m.v, &v) M 2 4/7 Mar 1 Mer M.r 7/ Mar 11 Mix \,,i|.« Mar M
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    • 1023 11 BVTVfIi WPWIVfVWfI VHFBfVWfI EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, p^ Said, Cnoo, Antw.rp. Rattataaai, H.mbarg, CspaubMsa, Oothanburo. Osla S'pora P. S'hom Panang "INDIA" 29 Feb/ 2 Mar 1/ Mar 3JJANDIA- 11/14 mIT IS/IS Mar li/17 »Z "J ajK*." 19/20 Mar 21/22 Mor THNA- 22/23 Mar .•»»">»". «y4nla. S£lC^
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    • 1038 11 Kmo THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD r £,V SINGAPORE (Incorporated in tha United Kingdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENT PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Panang BENAVON for London, Rottardom, Hull n Part •BENMHOR for London, Rotterdam 4/13 Mar Otraat ills— Uaaan 4 Apr BENVENUE for Llvarpoot, Rorterdom, Hamburg 7/13
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    • 1221 11 McALISTER <c CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** KLLXRMAM tk BOCKMAU. KLAVKMESS UMS london, havre, rotterdam, los anosles san francisco, Hamburg Portland, Seattle a Vancouver h te A Kbo POftt -"US**"* CITY OF POONA CASTLEVILLI Spore P. S'hom Penong Spore P. Vhom Penong 12/17 Mor IS/19 Mar 20/22 Mar 28 Feb/1
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  • 368 12 •JHE establishment of bulking facilities in Singapore has enabled more coconut oil to be exported abroad during 1955, a spokesman of the Singapore Coconut Oil Millers Association said yesterday. Exports of crude oil from the Colony last year were valued at $31,485,275 which was
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  • 161 12 BIG INCREASE IN PAPER PRODUCT SALES HERE pAPER products made by a British company are experiencing growing demand in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. A representative of the concern, St. Andrew Mills Ltd., London, Mr. R. G. Lagden, who arrived here for a market survey said sales had kept
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  • 124 12 ANOTHER German shipping line, well known In Malaya before the war is to re-open its Far East service. The company is the Rlckmers Line of Hamburg, whose first ship the Paul Rickmers Is scheduled to leave Hamburg for the Far East early in March. Local agents
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  • 144 12 SCANDINAVIAN Airlines System's annual report for the year ended September 30 was approved at a meeting of the board of directors, held in Copenhagen. I The report shows that traffic revenue after deduction of commissions amounted to $188,351,000 (»53|54 $182,765, 800) whlcn, added
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  • 85 12 JAPAN imported 86.293 tons of crude robber in 1955 compared with 80,190 tons in 1954. according to the Japan Rubber Importers Association, Malaya supplied 69,398 tons or 80 per cent, of total Imports, Indonesia 16.454 tons and Ceylon 423 tons. Synthetic rubber imports totalled 5.117 tons
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  • 284 12 MALAYA has always bad a well organised and sound banking and financial system and there is no reason why the future prospects should not continue to be bright for banking, trade and industry, Mr. J. D. Adams, the retiring Crosby House branch manager
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  • 282 12 ENGINEER HERE TO TEACH PROCESS A BRITISH engineer is A now in Singapore demonstrating the simplicity with which his company's system of prestressing concrete can be applied for building work. He Is Mr. W. C. Sherwood, of Gifford-Udall-CCL Prestressing System. Southampton, who has come especially to draw the attention of
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  • 49 12 A new type of mooring buoy designed by a Scottish engineer, Mr. Neill Garland, which Malaya was among the first to recognise as a great advance for deep water mooring, will be installed within the next rew weeks in the harbour of Apia, Samoa.
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  • 253 12 Singapore clinics to get baby fa IMPRESSED by child clinics in Singapore 1 British lines, Cow and Gate Ltd. of prepared baby food and full cream mill for the older children to these Institutions This was announced by the export manager, Mr. F. C. Bryan,
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  • 68 12 The goodwill trade ink*, led by Mr. Fritz Be g S dent of the Fede tion of German O nT rn .',Y f: and will also meet M- r™ Yew Hock, the acting rS Minister, and M: mabhoy. Assistant for Commerce and Indusirr In the
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    • 163 12 ©T LET US PLAN YOUR TRIP TO LU CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME BY PahAmezicah World Airways GENERAL AGENTS: MALAYA MANSFXEID&COU. 0 SINGAPORE KUALA. LUMPUR PENANG >A6-9o Use I "FREON „J for any size air conditioner i From the smallest room air con- dirioner to the largest industrial j refrigeration system you'll
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    • 219 12 fipuxjnSxtAA BOTH {Ulthc CIVIL -ENGINEER w Both exemplify SERVICE as their paramount motive. The Civil-Engineer with his technical skiII— LUMLEYS with the unbiased advice and supervision that only an insurance broker can give. EDWARD LUMLEY SONS (malayaUTO, Kelly I Wol.h Building. Rattles Place. SINGAPORE. Tels: *****/7 ***** ....111l koMtaw Building,
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  • 343 13 REPORT TOOK FIVE HOURS TO READ NEW YORK, Mon. WES SANTEE, America's leading mller, has been suspended for life by the United States Amateur Athletic Union for alleged irregularities over expenses involving about US$l,OOO. The suspension automatically ban him from the Olympic Games at Melbourne
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  • 123 13 'Blue will turn pro for Villa LONDON. Mon.— T\*ICHAEL PINNER, the ITI Cambridge University, Pegasus and England amateur goalkeeper, intends to turn professional for Aston Villa next season after completing his legal studies at Cambridge in June. There is only one known case of an Oxford or Cambridge player becoming
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  • 51 13 ANN ARBOR, (Michigan). Mon. Jack and Bert Wararop. Britain's Olympic swimming twins from Motherwell, were both suspended from the Michigan University team yesterday after they walked off in .the middle of a tournament. They walked off after Jack Wardrop finished third In a 220 yard freestyle event.—
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  • 63 13 SPORTS LETTER I'M sure all sportsmen will congratulate the Negrl Sembllan Hockey XI on winning this year's Federation of Malaya Hockey Championship. To honour the state it would be fitting that a match between the Champions and the Rest be arranged before the close of the
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  • 29 13 CHICAGO. Mon.— Carmen Baslllo. United States' world welterweight boxing champion, and Johnny Saxton. former champion, today signed contracts for their title match here on March 14.— Reuter.
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  • 220 13 MIAMI, Florida, Mon. NASHUA, a million-dollar horse in performance as well as in price, is within striking distance of the greatest purse winnings in the history of racing and next month's Oulfstream Park Handicap can give him the record. His trainer, "Sunny Jim"
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  • 305 13 THE WAR IS ON— THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AGAINST THE F.A. LONDON, Monday. ENGLISH soccer is running into a squall. The big ■E* business of football seems to be heading for one of the most stormy periods in its history. Nic flare -up reached ler point when the FootLeague's management mittee
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  • 44 13 NEW YORK. Mon— Harrison Dtllard. America's Olympic hurdles champion, received the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy yesterday. The award goes annually to the amateur athlete who by performance and good example did the most to advance the cause of sportsmanship.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 285 13 iM((M MOIMTION VACANT ,-Box it el,, txtrm. 1 BEDROOM HOUSE. Qirafif Modern faclllUne, Rent $450. Apply Alaagofr, get*, Singapore. E *N BACHELOR with ,ialow oflers AocomP«^ B ,o*«nother understand- preferably 30-45- yrs. A 1594. S.T. NGALOW, Singa<om Ist April for six I*' k i 'Bedrooms. 2 Bathrooms, R,r.t $850. Box
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    • 294 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT M Word. (Mln.)~B^ st eU. ,xtrm. rJ^^LDBLE BEDSITTINO Bt«vens Road. Tel: 6222 .S*™ TIME and Trouble, oet Accommodation accordingly Tenf* l^,®* 8 I*^1 Bureau. 12-D. Asia Building. Phone: *****, House/£enu Brokm Accommodation W MAR INE PARADE RESTHOUSB. 107. Marine Parade, Tel- 447 it Front Doubleroom (facing Bea)--3 Doublerooms
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    • 803 13 TUITION M Wmri, ti flfta.>-aj«« M eU. txtrm. POSTAL TUTrtON Book«*eplng. Accounts, Business Correspondence, Special coaching for lee Exams, success nisrenteefl Apply Principal. FBCI. P.O. Bis 1731. Singapore. Ballroom LATIN American Dancing at YWCA Raffles Quay. Beginners and Advanced Classes 5.30 pjn.. 6.30 pjn. CotnDANCING 10 Word, lit (minimum). Omit,
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    • 241 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Word, U (Min.)— Box St tU. txtrm. AUSTIN A7O. DECEMBER '52, 23,000 miles, insured till December. Owner going on Leave. Phone Sinclair 7160. Botanical Gardens. Singapore. MORRIS OXFORD 13 h.p. Green Saloon In tip-top condition. Bought new July 1952; mileage *****. One Kuropean owner-driver; regularly serviced-
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    • 269 13 FOR SALE 20 Word, ti (Min.)— Box St et*. txtrm. LAWNMOWER $20 Large Teak Cot $65 child's high chair $9 bookshelves) Rattan other chairs etc. Tel: Morrel *****, after Five or ***** Ext. 31. STAMPS Best opportunity for those collectors who wish to buy current Indonesian Mint Stamps Kian Hua
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    • 217 13 MISCELLANEOUS 10 Word, U (Min.)— Box St elm. IXtrm. SWEDISH MASSAGE. Excellent for Weariness. Call Miss Chang Soo Wee, Palace Hotel, Bar and Restaurant (Room 9), 407 Jalan Besar, Singapore. Tel: 7827. GRAMOPHONE RECORDS at 50 cts and »i/- each. Coma and choose your favourite ones. Ann Peng Traders Ltd.
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    • 586 13 The Symbol HIGH GRADE SWISS WATCH SILICTION J^V^^UrX jJ/ GRAND PBIX ELECTION Sold E v«ryir/i«r«— Apprtlat md £verywh»rt 50u CHUN CHONG 62, South Bridge Road, Singapore-1. (House of Good Clocks Watches since 1899) M W j ."1 IV."- j I \^LW i Bm\\\\\\\\\\\\ V^"*' A I L,* J H i
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  • 235 14 WITH the exception of Rokoua, who is still J on the injured list, the Fijians will be at furl strength for Thursday's floodlit rugby match against the whole of Malaya at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore. For this farewell match the Fijians are fielding the
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  • 321 14 SINGAPORE Telephone Board, giants of the Singapore Business Houses Football Association's league and cap competitions for the past two years, are now the problem team in Singapore football. They are not eligible to play in the Business Houses competitions; they cannot play in
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  • 124 14 MOHAN Bagan Athletic Club, the Calcutta football league champions, will not play in Singapore this week as earlier scheduled. Instead they will arrive in the second week of next month for three matches against Singapore Indian F.A., Sino-Malays and Singapore. The Hong Kong F.A. have
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  • 854 14 THEIR RECORD: 2,890 POINTS IN 75 GAMES; 293 AGAINST Four seasons, and Malayan rugger teams are still honing By CHARLES BRYCE U7HEN THE Fijians meet All Malaya under floodlights at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday night it will culminate a four-year campaign of invincibility.
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  • 107 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The semi-final of the FARELF Interunit boxing team championship will take place at the Selangor Badminton Association hali on Friday starting at 8 p.m. The two teams are 2nd Bn. the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the 30 Bn. Royal Army Ordnance Corps from
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  • 103 14 New officials of the Singapore Secondary Schools sports council elected at the annual general meeting at Raffles Institution yesterday are: President: J. David; secretary: E. Doraisamy (re-elected); treasurer: Low Kee Peow (re-elected). The following sub-committees were formed. Soccer: Gan Kee Tian (chairman). A Kadlr Boon Kay Tee;
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  • 71 14 MELBOURNE, Mon. Canada and West Indies will meet in the only first round match of the American zone <n the 1956 Davis Cup tennis competition. The other countries in the zone, the United States. Brazil and Mexico all drew byes when the draw was made here
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  • 75 14 ISIMELI RADRODRO, captain of the Ist Fijians rugby fifteen, receives the head of a seladang as a souvenir from Mr. J. G. Houston, president of the Selangor Rugby Union. The gift, presented after the FAR V.F final in which Fijians beat 74 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A., Hong
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  • 223 14 PROSPECT OF LOCAL CLASHES IN SIXTH ROUND OF F.A. CUP LONDON, Monday. THE thousands of soccer fans on Tyneside and A Merseyside were stirred today by the exciting prospect of great local clashes in the Sixth Round of the English Football Association Cup competition on March 3. If Sunderland win
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  • 62 14 HOCKEY S.H.A. Junior knockout competition (quarter-final) B.C.C. "B" v R.A.S.C.. padang. SOCCER Inter-school: Balestier Junior Trade v Seranxoon English Serangoon; BarUey v Victoria. Bartley; St. Joseph's t Beatty. Beatty; Gan Eivt Seng v R.I. BI; Friendly: St. Andrew's School v Police. Woods ville; Jacks v HQ Singapore Base
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  • 44 14 The new election committee of the Singapore Turf Club is: Messrs. Lim Chong Panic, J. A. Chippindale. C. H. Walker, R. V. B Donnell. W. Gordon, O. H. Namazie. R. Jumabhoy, Jee Ah Chian, J. A. Sharp and O. R. Oehlers.
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  • 27 14 Royal Air Force Seletar "A" beat Seletar "B 1-0 In a friendly hockey match at Seletar yesterday, scoring through Baker off a penalty bully.
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  • 379 14 yy EIGHTS for the First Day of Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting on Saturday are: Cl.Z,Dlv. 1-7 F. Lord Arrogance 9.00 So What 8.13 Battle Creek 8.11 Distributor 8.10 Kam Loong 8.09 Zatopek 8.08 Boy Garyth 8.07 Ocean Pearl 8.07 Eastern Pearl 8.06 Maori Chief 8.04
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  • 142 14 IPOH, Mon. IMOHTY ONE entries have been received from Singapore, Selangor, Penang and Peralc for the Sim pang Pulal Hill Climb, organised by the Peralc Motor Club, on Sunday. Among the entrants are two women. Mrs. J. A. Branform, of Singapore, and Miss Maureen
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  • 242 14 Spinners get NEW Zealanders (93-5) in trouble again CHRISTCHIRCH Mft OONNY RAMADHIN and Alf Valentine k 0 Indies spinners, today put their team j n position against New Zealand in the second V* 1 Lancaster Park here. Ramadhin took three wickets for 20 Valentine one for 19 and at the
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  • 75 14 Shooting team for Olympics? WHERE ls a Hi** *e«d a (earn 0 M pafp in c/ai p shooting competitwfc the Olympics in tuxtNotemto A move is bevm to form a Federal, Malaya Shootinn j meeting aUI be held tforei Majestic c < day a< 5 p.m conrenedbj/rtese/ an* Gun CZub
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  • 164 14 WEST INDIES Ist INNINGS H. Furlonge lbw Blair 0 B. Palraudeau b Reid 13 O. Sobers b Lissette 25 E. Weekes b Sinclair 103 C. Smith c Reid b Mac Gibbon 11 C. Depeiza b Reid 4 D. Atkinson c and b Reid 85 J. Ooddard not out 83
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  • 36 14 Maxwell Sports CI I Emily Sports Club 7-J ly soccer match it Farm yesterday Ramli (J), A»imii(i (2) and Ka^irn scored for V well while Sambahn: and Mansoor replied In: Emily.
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  • 68 14 The Selangor TW fl made a profit of $25?? ing 1955, states the r?jo- 1 the year to be members at thr < general meeting, at the to Course on Tuesday. Feb a 6 p.m. The tax paid to G<« ment on totalisator and
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  • 95 14 JOHANNESBURG. Mon.—Western Province won the Currle Cup cricket competition when they beat Transvaal by two wickets here today Scores were Transvaal 81 and 129; Western Province 91 and 122 for 8. Western Province, needing 120 for victory, resumed this morning with 42 for two on
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    • 752 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Page 6) SITUATIONS VACANT Wtrdtti (Mim.)—Box St Ml '*< ra RELATIONS CLERK speaks English fluently. No experience needed. Preferable with Own Motor-Cycle. Details and Salary expected to Box A 1619, S.T. WANTED: CAPABLE. Experienced and Trustworthy Sales Manager for Co-Operative Store. Apply to President, Highlands Estate
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    • 28 14 ALL THE BEST FEATURE I OF /MODERN DESIGN J FAMOUS SINCE 1867 f n 39 unbreakable mmfoi SOLE ACENTS }/ff/l/Of ARCADE BUILDING RAFFLES PL^Ct p. o. box m
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