The Straits Times, 26 February 1956

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    13 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 1,070. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1956. •jr 20 CENTS
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    ITS MERDEKA SINGAPURA
    399 1 'Hunt Marshall avis in touch tviih London from Stvitserland and cables Colon}/ to say: Expert from Britain is to help Irene constitution |j By FELIX ABISHECANADEN SINCAPORE achieving a substantial measure of selft this year and a target date for independence later are now brighter. LThe Chief
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    Lock icon QUEEN SORAYA AT THE MOGUL PALACE
    45 1 QUEEN SORAYA of Persia receives an ivory trellis from the New Delhi .Municipal President. .Mr. K N. Agarwal. The Shah is in the centre of the picture. They are at a civic reception in the Mogul Palace. A.P. picture.
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    BIG sun blast linger effects
    68 1 BIG sun blast linger effects F; -nmumca- i in --till shaky intic explo- i l in's surface -the great:<lav short camp over there was ince than better i j when j 1 Qiiiva- .cirogen d" the i No contact itlona were upted bet!s a.m. and 12 10 I H oil
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    Two win? $2,500 each
    164 1 Two win? $2,500 each THERE are two win- I ners of the Straits f Times Word Puzzle j "QQ" Each will re- 1 ceive 52.500. They are: W. Loos. 786-29 A, Somapah Road, 10th j m.s. Changi. SINCA- j PORE 17; Mrs. R. L. Kemball, I 26 Kilburn Estate, SINGAPORE
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    REDS BATTER FATHER AS ON WATCHES
    53 1 ■:ban. sat. A '■> kepala on ar here was :h by three is five-year,- help] Slow Soon, the New id Rover the three the chicle. one of asked his name him out j beat him until he :ived on the He was children, and
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    Malayan dies in London
    60 1 LONDON, Sat. Mr. Geoffrey Peck, a BBC sports commentator, who was born In Malaya, collapsed and died at his London home yesterday. i He was 47 and had been with the 8.8.C. since 1942. For a short time before the war. he was an announcer with
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    Lock icon NEGROES PLAN A GANDHI'
    152 1 NEW YORK, Sat. MECRO leaders have called for a one-hour work stoppage on March 28 by all members of their race throughout the United States n support of the Negro boycott against segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Re presentative Adam Clayton Powell (DemocratNew York) made a
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    Lock icon STARDOM – IN ONE BOUND
    49 1 STARDOM IN ONE BOUND ELSA MARTINELLI, Italy's latest glamour girl, is in London this weekend for the premiere of her first film. She worked as a $120 an hour model in New York before Kirk Douglas chose her as his co-star in the film from 88 actresses. Reuter picture.
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    A KISS FOR SIR PERCY
    251 1 broke the tension THE tension of an impressive ceremony at the Govsrn- ment House in Singapore yesterday, when guests were wondering what the next move would be. was broken by a kiss. It happened after the Governor, Sir Robert Black, had presented Sir Percy McNeice
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    Up, up, soars tin price: S4OO topped again
    108 1 Up, up, soars tin price: S4OO topped again by Our Market Correspondent THE price of tin continues to soar in the face of the threatened Federation strike of 18,000 tin workers. In Singapore yesterday there was a further jump of $8 per picul to $400.25. This represents a gain of
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    Lock icon France not to blame
    33 1 NEW YORK. Sat.— A committee has absolved France of blame for riots in which 26 people were killed last May in the French Cameroons, a U.N. trust territory. A.P.
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    A SLAP IN THE FACE AT BIG DINNER
    137 1 rpHE police last night visited the Singapore Foochow Coffee Bar and Restaurant Merchant Association during its 35th anniversary celebrations. While more than 1.000 members and guests were enjoying dinner, a police inspector and two constables starVd to make inquiries. They went to
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    Red China to hold fashion show: Styles to change but design never
    202 1 Then Peking newspapers complained that drab dress made the people look unhappy (Sketches of the new people's dress for women began appearing in Communist publications. Cut in the traditional Chinese style, the Communist drosses rather draped the figure
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    Down but still up
    30 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. The Government said yesterday the cost of living in thp United States declined slightly in January but was .still hither than in January J955,
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    Black hole police arrested
    84 1 KHARTOUM, Sat. The Chief Justice at Kosti in the Blue Nile province today ordered the arrest of two ■police officers, two sergeants and a number of non commissioned officers in connection with the death of 192 Sudanese farmers while they were being held for Questioning earlier
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    BORNEO TOUR FOR CANON ADAMS
    109 1 BORNEO TOUR FOR CANON ADAMS Canon R- K. S. Adams, the retiring principal of St. Andrew's School, who has been in Singapore since 1928. has been asked to make a tour of I Borneo and advise the Gov- j ernment there on education. Canon Adams said he will leave for
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    Father of 6: Please don't jail me'
    186 1 Father of 6: Please don't jail me' AN OPIUM offender, who was recently released on bail because his wife was going to have a baby, yesterday pleaded unsuccessfully with a Singapore Magistrate not to jail him. The court was kind enough to release you," said Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn to
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    Steel plant for India
    89 1 NEW DELHI. Sat. India has reached agreement with I British steel interests on the construction of a million-ton steel plant, it was announced yesterday. The cost will be £50.000.000. Britain has offered India a loan of £15,000.000 and a syndif-ate of British banks will make available
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      239 1 0 »c pmy THEN ORDER A PARTY PACK 50 SERVES FOR $5 20 PHILIPS pa BACB (on,,r<«) in Dm for 3 Pianos G;.bv Jean Casadesus with Orch $10.50 > 11 K n iolin Duets Herman Krebbers i $1 2 50 S \r\. Piano Sonata No. 23 in Fm., v I'iano
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      18 1 DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS of QUALITY BEAUTY U. S. de SILVA, Jewellers 106, Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel: Z2466
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    Barbara Hutton is happy at long last
    1969 2  - Barbara Hutton is happy at long last DEAN JENNINGS < i wKUS&BKKKKBKERKKKSI^^ BY IN a Paris bravely trying to resurrect the Bay pre-war days, the frock-coated gentlemen of the Hitz Hotel were happy to see Barbara Hutton with her 20 trunks and her free-flowing cheque hook in the spring of
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    GIRL ON THE GOLD STANDARD PART 4
    475 2 Coasted the absent guest of honour That lonely birthday was «»n unendurat)i:: jab for doctors thought she was .strong enough to Fran k f o r t and caught a plane for New The fifth act In Barriage saga was the briefest of
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      83 2 Horlicks helps you overcome tiredness When your food fail* to supply you with «uch case* doctors usually recommen sufficient nourishment to replace all the energy Horlicks is made from rich, ful you use up every day. you are bound to feel milk and the energising extract* of tired and listless.
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      121 2 Reporter's recovery covered PSt^SH |ij W«V« cMec\eed +i-ii^\>^" O ;,.|V <: ?s *Wtd.\ca<^t concern.-) r V mt»&%2^H&»TJ°^£fo?fY:JMi¥l •*»<& *><***> /s A A X,»r wri+,^ i« still J**" fZ°"JZ?' MfX $nps yvi+k f /But\V/a E3 Q&od bu+ Hia+» kc* Al™° 7Z ya I? work. Its rt*i* /you V] C ev«rytuin^ i
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    Big police hunt is on for the laughing sergeant
    365 3 ARY Police c instructed lay to look for ial Conre rgeant woman ruballegtd. locular her after strippthe Se-, police sta-i wee Lan, at ion today mmissfOn of nvestix -lyih New tripping" ben she back to the fter being i search- iyih
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    Lock icon Agency men form an association
    152 3 Agency men form an association AN association whose members are based in Singapore, but are more often away in countries from India to Japan, has been formed in the colony. This is the United Kingdom Manufacturers' Representatives Association, and it has 50 members all of whom employed by factories and
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    No statement; off to prison
    66 3 A. Thangavelu. a watchman employed by the Faculty of Medicine. University of Malaya, who was made a bankrupt on a judgment debt of 5455 in October, was committed to civil prison by the High Court yesterday for failing to submit his statement of affairs to
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    Indian girl found dead
    61 3 A seven-year-old Indian Challamah, was found dead in a well near her home one Woodlands j rday morning. It is believed she was I :.ed. 1 had been out of her hers sight for only a c hort time before she was found. She was discovered
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    Firemen's busy day
    35 3 An outbreak of lallang fires kept Singapore's fire brigades busy yesterday. Engines attended eight blazes in Jurong Read. Upper Serangoon Road, Woodleißh Park, sembawang Road, Bourna Vista, Winchester Road and Changi Road.
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    A FAREWELL GIFT FROM SEYMOL
    60 3 Sixer Seymour Tan says farewell to Canon R. K. S. Adams on behalf of the 10th. 21st, and 94th Croups by presenting Canon Adams with a travelling attache case inscribed with the initials. "R.K.S.A." This picture was taken at a party given in Canon Adams'
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    AIRLINE AIDS ITS LOCAL STAFF
    230 3 A "MALAYAN I SAT I ON" policy by Qantas airline in Singapore has already sent 100 of the 370 Asian members of the local staff to Australia for either familiarisation or specialist courses Capt. Hugh Birch, Qantas area manager for SouthEast Asia, said this in
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    V.C.-Colony has no claim
    51 3 V.C.- Colony has no claim There are no holders of the Victoria Cross highest military award for bravery or their near relatives in Singapore, according to a Government statement last night. The Government made an inquiry in connection with the June centenary celebration of the institution of this decoration in
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    Today's pecture going
    201 3 GARRICK: Mastana (Hindi) 3.15, 6.30, 9.15; morning show. Million Dollar Mermaid 11; Tel. *****. KING'S: King of the Circus (German with English sub-titles) 1.15, 3.30, 7, 9.30; morning shows. Sword of Monte Crlsto 9.15; Springfield Rifle 11.15; Tel. *****. CATHAY: Kismet 11, 1.45, 4 15, 6.45, 9.30;
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    BRITISH SOCCER REASULTS
    245 3 LONDON. Sat. Birm ham 3 Portsmouth Burnley 0 Cardiff Charlton 1 Blackpool Everton 1 Bolton Luton 1 lludd.rsli.ld Manoh. I 1 Aston Villa Newcastle 2 Arsenal Preston N. 0 Man. City Sheffield U. v Wolves Tottenham H. 4 Chelsea Karnsley Bristol C. Bury I uiham Leeds Notts
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    Hawkers adviser
    28 3 Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, has accepted an invitation to be honorary adviser to the Singapore Itinerant Hawkers and Stallholders Association.
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    HIGH TIDES
    15 3 TODAY: 10.59 a.m. (9ft. 91n.) 11.53 p.m Oft.) TOMORROW: 11.43 a.m. (10ft. 2in.i.
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    Malayan-born plan own association
    169 3 PENANC. Saturday. AN association for members of all races born in Malaya will be formed at a public meeting to be held here on Thursday. Representatives from the Eurasian Union of Malaya, Malayan-Born Indian Association and similar organisatio?is have been asked to attend Invitations have also
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      423 3 KITING NEWS lor "TIMES" READERS FOYLES BOOK CLUB 'Z^-T ONLY $2.50 PLUS 25cts. iHJ POSTAGE itlttlfliD^M&lfi^T*^ A MONTH i^T SELLERS LIKE THESE Jfl v zntVT fw only $2.50 a month «W| rirw* for ouUtanding. ■-prrntlv publish- I r^fr^lMMto^ famous rd book, and alllioueh in the -J lv Clubs (listed ordinary
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      238 3 n Q UALITY n U JAPANESE U B C^jJXjKslA. PEARLS' B GOOD ENOUGH I n ;s^^\ n fl Kjl Ear-rings set in 18-Ct —^_y~^v (>*) gold from $56/- >v B.cxKhes *ro~> $120/ 7j-*\ >\ j 'FUJIYA' BRAND Cultured Pearls I are real pearls J Modern science has merely learned U
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    BLACK TERROR IN THE SECRET PLANT!
    1365 4 BLACK TERROR IN THE SECRET PLANT! JHE old coffee-bar place was deserted, as Fowler had said it would be. A lone waitress gloomed behind the counter. When Fowler arrived, there was a young man with him, slight, fair-haired. Any trouble since I saw you last?" And on my reassurance: "This
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    The story so far.
    91 4 - Rocket «ci«n»itt Protestor BERNARD QUATIRMASS is telling rfce »ten Hrn fvtMra of wtiat hippem wk«n h* s«H out to follow Hie chta of a irriift meteorite found in Britain. He is exploring a secret tablithment when his companion. Captain |OHN DILLON, a friend of h« daughter
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    Yon can blame your mind
    481 4 Yon can blame your mind it's aiten the rtnts<> at feeling law X rw\HE letter came back from the hospital: The patient A has been fully investigated, but we can find no evidence of organic disease. However, she does seem to be rather anxious. I have received that sort of
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    Is it
    361 4 (^w LONDON. THANK the Lords for ii fascinating live hours among the beasts of the jungle. Their debate on alleged cruelty to performing animals inspired the Bertram Mills Circus to invite every M.P. to visit their training headquarters at Epsom and watch the animals being taueht. Now I've
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    cruel?
    570 4 ANIMAL TRAINER TELL THEIR SECRETS TO A/llJfO.vj, How does fK ttach i lion to rope? Moore how in thii ml as they are they can so blood fkm "I hear a lion to v rope. How "First I enl a narrow pi methoc. Then plank narrower er then planks
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    THE MAN WHO JUST WANDERS philosophy? Food is better
    167 5  - THE MAN WHO JUST WANDERS philosophy? Food is better JOHN DARBYSHIRE By R of North Africa, the Middle East, and a study of Yoga |,a. 36-year-old American physio-therapist Martin Kearns conNo philosophy of life is an adequate substitute for a high LdJfd of living." the tropics, and accept a i
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    RADIO by MIKE WATCHER Four who died
    378 5 RADIO by MIKE WATCHER Four who died YOU may not have noticed but a thrilling new serial with the title "Dead Circuit," and a fascinating crime-detec-tion panel game, began their air-life the week before last. If you didn't notice, it would be no surprise, for Radio Maiaya did their be*t
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    MACHINES AND A WHALE OF A CATCH
    84 5 tioi f the fi.^hf has 'shore thinß In 1950 00 tons an- I vornment spokesman. night, nine fleet, I ne last i.v mechaMd on a I d by other ned that the due to the Fisheries Loans enable local buy suitable man said
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    Carelessness over a word cost share of prizes
    896 5 By The COMPETITION EDITOR A HIGH STANDARD of entries was again received for Straits Times Word Puzzle "QQ". but several contestants dropped out through carelessness. In one case prize money was lost at the last minute because the word "taps" was rendered
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    Be Proud of Your English
    538 5 Are you content with the way you speak and write? Are you sure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? Never has the importance of effective speech and writing been more widely recognised than today. If you can express yourself
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    Record playtime
    186 5 "I L'CIA di Lammermoor,' Li one of the lesser-known of the popular operas, is an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel, "The Bride Of Lammermoor" Composed by DonizeHi, a contemporary of Rossini, it has all the fire and dramatics typical of serious eighteenth century Italian opera. Full of
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      98 5 Winning answers to Word Pusste 'QQ 9 THE $5,000 prixe for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "QQ" was shared by W. Loos, 786-29 A, Somapah Road, 10th m.s. Changi, Singapore; and Mrs. R. L. Kemball, 26 Kilbum Estate. Singapore-21. Each will receive $2,500. They submitted sets of answers which corresponded
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    That thirty million dollar 'Village' keeps on growing
    562 6  - That thirty million dollar 'Village' keeps on growing Neral Moreira PETALING JAVA. WHERE THE MINISTERS LIVE i "y i ORIGINALLY planned in 1953 as a new village, the Federal Capitals satellite town of Petaling Jaya today represents an investment of nearly $30,000,000. Many more millions of dollars are to be
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    Bird songs among the explosions
    506 6 Bird songs among the explosions YESTERDAY mornmg, with the room temperature at 68 F.. the Tuan rose merry and bright. After shaving he was about to call for breakfast when his ears were greeted by the sound of pistol shots and loud explosions. It was not any of T's doings;
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    Alastair was 'a blood donor'
    470 6 A STRANGE TALE OF MALAYA ALASTAIR and I once shared a bungalow on a certain tin mining organisation in Ferak. One morning Alastair came down to breakfast, and showed me two tiny punctures just below his right ankle. He complained of some pain and, thinking
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    Good sport here
    290 6 Good sport here IN dOßtef r Week on shor f i menu preference which I kn. minute swimn clear water ofl the Strait i Sinrr then I h:r. cussing the can get fr<> r with an an. been after times off tho c tralia. And heard comment local practic, heavy
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      113 6 RADIO MALAYA 'Programmes thus marked can be received by listeners in Malacca. Short wave anr 62m. Medium wave 476 m. 343.. 366 m. and 297 m. AM 9.00 Songs From The Shows: 9.30 Southern Serenade; 10.00 London Studio Melodies: 10.30 The Under 21 Club; 11.00 Variety; P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary;
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  • JANE LEE's Human Case Book
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      Don't ask your husband to do the shopping
      1098 7  -  UEOUUE U. \LLi:\ By gcvutAL tbousand shopkeepers, sides assistants and departmental managers in hijj stores were asked the question, "Do you prefer male or female customers?" An overwhelming majority 91 per cent replied: "Men, please." The American psychologist Dr. E. Gower Johnstone,
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      Our love affair was a secret!
      566 7 Our love affair was a secret! T AM In love with a glr] of my own race. Our love affair was a secret. Recently one of my letters fell Into her parents' hands. Since then I have felt too embarrassed to visit her. Now she does not write to me.
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      217 7 a ijew touch JJL I for your beauty V Tenths finUh YARDLEY Feather Finish ensures that your nuke-up is perfect at all times. Nothing ecials it for retouching it is a blend of fine Yanflej Powder and delicate cream. The merest touch of it restores r beauty and your morale.
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      343 7 L00k... AT THE WORLD WITH CLEAR, BRILLIANT. HEALTHY EYES THE DAILY USE (^jfefr*£--OF. JUST A FEW jipp^ DROPS OF 'tffM EYEMO DOES WONDERS FOR YOUR EYES New MACLEANS CLEANS TEETH WHITER THAN EVER BEFORE The whiteness-meter proves it Macleans have added a remarkTctTU 1fl 0 WUITCDI Bble nCW in Brcdient8
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      36 7 Rj^i^V 8^: ANO SAID TmAtU IcX^sJT VOJ TUIM* TUAtJUI ftUe FONNv" LITTL& MAN j' g/Wj^L T'VTCrfe^ WA9^/fe^qa i[ When it comes to 'shopping sense/ that's when Mrs. Average beats Mr. Average eight times out ot ten.
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  • NEW NICE EXCITING
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      The Shape of Women to Come
      209 8 The Shape of Women to Come Till >hape of women to come in Chris- tian Dior's view was shown in London when the famous French l;i^- hion designer intro- I dined his butler an I elongated brassiere j foundation garment, j which fits down to the j upper hip. I
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      Men take to the silk
      65 8 Men take to the silk AMENSWEAR Exhibition j in London showed a Whole new range of fabrics. Holiday* abroad have pro- r da demand for light beige, jackets made from tivlon, Terylene. or Tricel and fibre. Men's day suits are being I tailored m pure silk, m black, blue, or
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      Swimwear finds a fluid line!
      217 8 Swimwear finds a fluid line! fOR sea and sun on Malaya's lovely beaches comes this delightful collection of new swimwear styles from America. The new designs have a natural fluid line and i n corporate several new ideas making serious swimming an exciting fasThese bathing suits are cleverly moulded in
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      These are the latest in Britain
      140 8 With 3 Djcllabah tunic in natural colour it is worn over a navy linen slip dross; The Ronald Patcrson. London. collection presented "End of Term," a drcs* and jacket in black Irish linen. The sleeveless sheath dress has a broad collar in white pique
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      How much... ...should a woman stand?
      571 8  - How much... ...should a woman stand? Dr. BRIdN By WELBECK IJOW much can a woman be expected to bear in the name of loyalty? At what point should she look back on her years of marriage, then say: "I've had enough"? In my ears, still, are the words of a
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      Tailored
      60 8 HriUsn areas designer Antnony Mendleson created this outfit for glamorous blonde Belinda Lee for her role in the Michael Balcon film production "Who Done It"? The olive-green skirt has a tailored front and a fan of pleats at the back. The tailored blouse is of matching greenprinted silk and
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      460 8 Ino V> 1^ 'w FlTTERfamilij 0 Q) favours v MARMITE THB VITAMIN B FOOD FOR FAMILY H T > There are lots of ways you can c V^_ health protecting, family -fitness foo Add it to your sauces and stews, use it m ft^B BoS y buttered toast. M^^^tx^ w&tHM
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    Teenager threw a rotten egg
    42 9 Teenager threw a rotten egg ■used were uang It Soo .liJrgrd d during a 18. guilty, ■■■ing a ~.riK lorry d to have nard Road I abused an ne§e. She second Mr. J. r.le he vidence of izpd the the bcon court.
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    Off to study
    23 9 the An«lo Singapore, who ist night to engineering "bo Plan scholae- il the ton of Mr. Mjckad Yco Swec Chiow.
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    Music workshop Has encouraging
    44 9 Music workshop Has encouraging p held in School I r Road ribed as Mr. and Zimmerman, for the n Malaya. D giving -acred to boys and list schools. oi their was the ACS. I students hi took of will give "ice during the Methodist
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    Assizes next month
    19 9 Th,- third Bing«pon AsstM •or the year will open in the High Court* on March 5.
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    'Stains could be blood chemist tells court
    344 9 CTAINS on some articles of clothing allegedly recovered from four persons accused of the pre-dawn knifekilling of a Malay woman at Upper Aljunied Road showed they could be blood stains, the Government Chemist told a Singapore court yesterday Tht chemist Mr. Chi a
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    Interest in a windmill
    18 9 H, e «h,b.t,on The W-M^ Ui^.^ Lj<Jy B|aek Th cxhjbifjon wi|| be open today
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    Sir flats overcrowded with big families
    249 9 NATURAL GROWTH BLAMED FOR NEW THREAT MANY of the flats put up by the Singapore Improvement Trust to ease the housing problem are themselves becoming overcrowded. SOcial surve y carried out by the Assistant Director of Social Welfare, Mr. Coh Keng Swee, from 1953
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    Letters of patent Cor Sir Percy
    35 9 Lette rs of patent Cor Sir Percy Sir Percy McNcicc. received the Letter* of Patent confirmation of the .iward ot Knighthood from the Covcrnor, Sir Robert Black, at in impressive ceremony at Government House yesterday.
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    Suicide bid charge
    38 9 I JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Chun Kia Seng, 41, was charged in Kluang with attempt- ed suicide by jumping off a moving train near Mengkiboi on Nov. 25. He pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned.
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    Chinese YMCA chief slates opium plan
    282 9 QR Chen Su Lan, founder and president of the Singapore V.M.C.A., yesterday warned that any attempt by the Government to regain its prewar opium sale monopoly would undo all its good social work. It would rob young people of the benefits they had been
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    Trader is bankrupt
    46 9 Tay Teo Hong, the sole proprietor of Young Trading Company. Singapore. was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Tay\s total liabilities amounted to $40,397.69. Tay was ordered to pay the Official Assignee $40 monthly towards the benefit of his creditors.
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    AMENDED CHARGES NOW IN EXTORTION CASE
    132 9 I^EW amended charges were preferred in Singapore yesterday against Chan Seng Khow after his twoday trial before Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, the |udge, for alleged abettment of a 5100,000 extortion bid on Mr. Chang Joo Chiang, a merchant. Chan now faces a charge of
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    Minister's wife gave the prizes
    74 9 One of Singapore's oldest schools. The Outrun School for boys, yesterday celebrated its Colden |übilce. At the prize-giving ceremony, held in the School Hall. Mr*. Chew Swee Kcc wife of the Minister for Education gave i away the prixes. Here site is seen presenting a
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    Women Reds in raid on village
    323 9 TANAH RATA, Cameron Highlands, Sat. AT least three women were in the gang of 30 armed terrorists who made a partially successful raid for food and arms on the* lonely Bertam Valley New Village on Thursday night. Special Branch police have detained a Home
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    DEFENDING US
    278 10 Tengku Abdul Rahman, in his broadcast last week, said the agreement with the British Govern- E ment on stationing Commonwealth forces in Malaya I now and after independence was of the greatest importance. "It is part of our contribution as a a member of the Commonwealth," he said.
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      121 10 What is your frank and impartial opinion about thus? Will ia> a small number of prizes with big amounts or (b) more prizes of lesser value tend to increase the sales and popularity of the Social and Welfare Lottery? I have strived very hard to convince
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      46 10 What kind of prizes are offered to Nobel winners? CHOO TEN SOO Johore Bahru. Money! Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, died in 1896 und left one and three quarter million pounds to be awarded yearly to those who have contributed most to the common good.
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      67 10 In a recent national celebration, messages were not read in Chinese and Tamil. They were read only in Malay and English. The majority of the crowd was Chinese. H. JAGGIT SINGH Seremban. Answer to that one is learn Malay. With the approach of independence it will be incumbent on Malayans
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      226 10 It is a prevalent rumour that King Kong, the famous Singapore wrestler, has kicked the bucket. He died it is rumoured during his fight with the Japanese champion wrestler. Ls this true? B.M.J. Seria. No, we're pleased to say. King Kong is very much alive and well. Can you please
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      68 10 What is the significance of two moles perpendicular and parallel to our two lips and each dominated by a hair growing In the centre of them? KENNY SHE Krmaman. These two extraordinary moles each dominated by a hair are purely an accident of birth. Other people might tell you that
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      64 10 Regarding tree-climb-ing fish. If caterpillar-like propulsion is climbing, then I have seen literally scores of these fish ascending the mangrove trees in the swamps bordering the River Gambia. West Africa. On the other hand perhaps the Malayan variety are not so energetic. R.K.S. Kuantan. No, you're quite right. The so-called
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      46 10 I have just completed a bi-lingual Malayan Anthem. The publishers In the U.K. are not interested. I wish to get it published locally in a newspaper for coypright purposes WORDS AND MUSIC Kuala Lumpur. Send it along and we'll see what ice can do for you.
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      91 10 Independence Is just waiting at the threshold of Malaya. As much of our country Is still uncultivated do you Know-Ails think that the prospects of those qualified in scientific agriculture will be brlßht? C. C. HIN Batu Pahat. We do indeed. Fourfifths of Malaya is jungle but a lot of
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      35 10 I am told that tea Is grown in Malaya. If this is true please tell me how much? R. DE SILVA Singapore. In 1954 4.590,000 pounds were produced of which just over half was exported.
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      58 10 I shall be much obliged if you could let me know the Australian Commission's address in Singapore. Also do you think that I will get a favourable reply if I ask them something concerning education. A KEEN STUDENT Singapore. Address is 6th Floor, Crosby House, Robinson Road, Singapore 1. We
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      191 10 ANY student, sufficiently keen on going through college, will work his way throueh if he has to. This applies equally well to the students in Malaya. Medical students will one day be dealing with human lives They cannot afford to make mistakes. And their six year course makes very certain
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      157 10 T WAS very amused at x the interpretation of the words "wax" and "cold" by Messrs. Tan Cheng Chuan and Sing Chow Foo Poh, with reference to the inappropriate words used by your reporter. In dealing with this case, we have two different Chinese words with identical Mandarin pronunciation "lah,"
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    Singapore's 'hell jail' is safe now
    826 10  -  PATRICK CHEE WHERE EVEN THE POLICE FEARED TO TREAD... By THERE is a place in Singapore which has had a bad name for a long time; it persists because of a few incidents in the past. This place is the Outram Road remand prison
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Nationalism ant! the expats
    509 10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Nationalism ant! the expats If AY 1 congratulate Mr. S. Saba Ratnam on his iT well-written article "Nationalism: A Malayan point of view" in the Sunday Times. But "a Singapore point otrview" would hav e been a more accurate title: Local civil servants in the Federation
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    BILLY BUDD
    264 10 A CHINESE opinion; is tryinc h vlncr mr t Rahmans > is abhorrci I For thr ftr I I am not fu I his arßi::: I Through V. eyes, thr be fairly opium, tl escape 1: tolerate v man's dm thing that individual and let li\ I deeply
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      5 10 77 SINGAPORE. FEB. 26, 1956.
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    toon—a pay verdict for 13 000 clerks
    220 11 toon— a pay verdict for 13 000 clerks IJRR UP, SAYS UNION MAN Government is examining the wage claims of more than 000 clerks ant Twill make a decision soon. But th.; worknrs" leader, Mr. N. A Kularajah said yesterday that the clerks were losing their patience. He told the
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    WE'RE FIRST.' SAY GIRLS
    123 11 Believed to be the first girl* from Malaya to study radiology under Hie Colombo Plan in Australia, Miss Chm Tuck Yun. 18. of Batu Cajah, Pcrak (left) and Miss Edwina Lawrence, 20, of Seremban, Negri Scmbilan. started training last week. The girl* will train at the
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    RUBBER EASIER
    63 11 •H rubber Singa- j cents tru of a closing quirt. H i nl< prr lb. n4 f.o.b. No. 1 ■B yers 95 2 -S. .\pnl No. 2 I sellers of Com- ition noon lay, rrblb were: Buyrr* Srllrrs 98 9K\ D 4 <44' 4 95 04 94' 3
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    Bus firm No to students
    88 11 The Green Bus Company of Singapore yesterday said it would stick to its practice of giving a 30 per cent concession on season tickets to students of the Chinese High School and the Nanyang Girls' High School who travel by th e company* buses along
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    Piano recital this week
    30 11 Piano recital this week ta avail--.nesday the VieHe is Bach, Mo-,-nncert y the nod lnterimpetition had a late in ■■■t:r press \r mend- his proht. He high- .>■ tnoua Dinu WEISZ
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    Tengku ceremony
    9 11 ICJR, Sat. nan, will the counholders' Tuesday.
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    Bombing toll rises to 14
    62 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A TERRORIST was captured today near the two camps in the Kluang district which were destroyed in an air attack on Tuesday. He later died. He was wounded and In a very shocked condition when captured. He has not yet been identified.
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    Asian Jaycees to meet here
    109 11 South Korea and Burma have not yet said they would send delegates to Singapore for the sixth Asian Regional conference of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The five-day conference is to take place at the Victoria Memorial Hall from April 17--21. A spokesman of the
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    No licence: $70 fine
    34 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat— B. Seymour, a rubber planter, was fined $70 here today for having an unlicenced shotgun since last July. He said he forgot to renew th c license.
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    Girl, 11, seeks advice on family planning
    286 11 JUIANY of the mothers who seek guidance from family planning clinics in Singapore have already been forced by poverty to give away at least one of their children. This was disclosed In the annual report of the Family Planning Association released yesterday. Out
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    C-G/s ADVICE TO TEACHERS
    69 11 The Commissioner-General, Sir Robert Scott, yesterday impressed on Singapore school teachers the need to teach children to love and care for animals. Sir Robert, who is a patron of the Animal Lovers' Lea- gue. was speaking at the .league's annual teachers' tea i party. Tht Minister
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    BILLY TO SING TO CHILDREN
    58 11 The American Negro singer, Billy Banks. will entertain Jewish children at a party organised by the Jewish Welfare Board and the Menorah Club at 3, Oxley Rise, Singapore, at 4.30 p.m. today. The party is to celebrate Purim (festival of harvest). A fancy dress competition
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    Give your blood today
    20 11 Blood donors will be welcomed at the Singapore General Hospital between 9 and 12 this morning.
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    A hawker's complaint
    122 11 A Singapore hawker, Azath Alin. 60, yesterday complained to Mr. J. C. Corera of the Public Advisory Bureau that I the City Council would not give him a stall licence. He said he had an itinerant hawker licence but found it unsatisfactory because he had been arrested
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    It will still be a bridge of sighs
    202 11 rpHE multi-million dollar 1 Kallang Bridge-schedul-ed to be completed at the end of June-will not by ltse\i solve the traffic problem between the city and tr p Oeylang-Katong area, the Superintending Engineer, Mr R. J. HollisBee, said yesterday. The capacity of the
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    12 HELD IN DAWN POLICE SWOOP
    115 11 DOUCE yesterday made 12 arrests in a dawn search for illegal arms in Singapore's densely populated Havelock Road-Tionc Bahru attap area. Three hundred uniformed men and detectives took part, combing an area notorious as a gangster hide-out. No arms were found, but eight people
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    Miners meet to plan strike
    163 11 Miners meet to plan strike KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. MORE than 3,000 tin mine workers will attend a special meeting called by the Selangor division of the Malayan Mining Employees Union tomorrow to consider strike action. A Singapore People's Action Party Assemblyman, Mr. Llm Chin Siong will address the meeting. Reports
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    A call to all dog-lovers
    132 11 THE Singapore Canine Wei- fare Association yester- day entered the dog-shooting controversy with a call to dog-lovers tp join in a mass petition for a new and better method of destruction. Describing the method of j shooting dogs as "cruelty", the president of the associa-
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    Boys' club chairman
    27 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Mr N Rees has been elected chairman of the adult management committee of the Unity Boys' Club for underprivileged children here.
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    roof Itch Cause Killed in 4 Days
    382 12 Pain and Itching s i Stopped in _^jt \J 7 Minutes £f^%<< i f> '"'^S~ Po your f.-t it. h so »>... i!v thai tbi dm.' y..u crmsjr? i thp akin on ynur f.-,i crack and r f 'l" Arc there t.hsiers between
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    Opium smoking in the old days
    764 12 IN the early days of the Straits Settlement, opium smoking was openly permitted. Government in fact made a very considerable profit, farming out the right to prepare and retail opium. In Singapore, Malacca and Penang, opium shops were very much a part of the
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    Camera Content
    151 12 Second prize to Cuan Kong of 2Sc Mi 13, Ayer Itam ton Penang, for Rcstnj (above). Runner-up: Chew 1 Fong of 59 Main Rox Taiping for the charrnn study on the left. EACH week the Sum Times is awiri cash prizes for rote pictures. There is ;'i prize
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      191 12 The Sunday Times Popular Crossword [35 "~|~~HB H^~" I j i Jfl I I 1 I I I "^"W ACROSS:— I. Escape (7); 5. DOWN:— I. Arch look (4); Z. BeaJth resorts (4); 9. Tmckle (4); Direction (4); 3. The or A (7); 10. Principal (5); 11. Repose (4): 4.
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    There's heartbreak in the life of Peter Finch
    582 13 There's heartbreak in the life of Peter Finch LONDON. pETER FINCH requested a surprised night-club pianist to play something by one of his favourite composers Chopin; gulped one of his favourite drinks brandy; and launched into one of nis favourite subjects the Oliviers, Sir Laurence and Lady. 5 been my
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    Wayne's circus came to town!
    150 13 DON. c door by entltmm •mg a memWayne'* mutters I I am careful a wave 'Don't in," I say. It on trir ♦hrough circus. and out who what their .ippear friends. tographer, and the sword- hi a writer. .rontly reV Wayne to a syllabic man
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    Liz Taylor has been ill!
    135 13 Tj-HAT Is the address of w EllMbeth Taylor and S what Is she dotnc now? SHIAH PENG POH KUnf. C Elisabeth Taylor, write: Metro-Ooldw ti-M»t«t Stu- dios. Culver City. Callfor- nU, I'.S.A Latest reports on Elisabeth Taylor told of her admission to hospital after a
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    Film Fans Forum
    67 13 family moved to California, «J Bill joined the Paasdena Playnoosr. He wan spotted by a Paramount talent wmit and slfned to a contract, m' Be rhanxvd his n*nrie to Holden and made hi* film debut with "(.olden Boy." He w»n an "Oscar" for th* best actor In
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    SHE'S GOT DOUBLE TROUBLE
    177 13 THE girl X with X the 38X 23-36 i', con tours who has wigg I ed her way into the title X Italy's Mar ilyn Monroe," 1 is suffer- ing from an occuX pa t i onal ailment blonde X trouble X For Ro- salma Nen
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    Brando film trill have a S.E. Asia setting
    150 13 lITFIEN he finishes his own Tf production. "To Tame a Land," which he is making at Paramount, Marlon Brando will make a second film at that studio. "To Tame* a Land" is an adventure drama and Brando appears as a Western desperado
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    Turning back the clock
    93 13 The new British film "A Town Like Alice" will bring back torn* unpt*at«at mmorMi of the Japanese Occupation ror Malayan filmgoers. THt film ttan Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch (left) .md it adapted from Nevil Shurc s famout novel. In the photograph below, a camera crew
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    Star selected for new Bengali film production
    167 13 DALRAJ SAHNI has been signed to play the leading role in a Bengali film. Baby Naaz will also play in the film. The story will be by Jyotirmoy Roy and Hrtshikesh Mukherjl and Mrinal Sen will do the fllmscrlpt. Rajencira. who made his
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    WISHFUL THINKING
    56 13 When the Royal Society's expedition on its way to Antarctica stopped at South Georgia, where the population comprises a small party of British scientists and bearded Norsemen, then vxis a film show for them. It was in a tiny cinema and thi show was an "only slightly scratched"
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    Phobos and Deimos, the torchbearers OUT THERE
    917 14  - Phobos and Deimos, the torchbearers OUT THERE The Earl Nelson By MYSTERY OF MARS -INSTALMENT 8 IytARS has two very small satellites or moons: Phobos, iTI which has a diameter of perhaps 15 miles and which circles the planet in 7 hours 39 minutes at a mean distance of only
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    182 14 A POEM BY KHOO KAY HOCK It is good for the stature of Man That he learns on his legs to depend; It is good for the soul of i that mail That the love of his God should descend And repose in his heart i and his mind,
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    Ice bath surgery tvhich numbs and yet heats
    906 14 WITHIN A CHILD'S HEART-2 ICE bath surgery, crazy rhythm and man-made blisters on the heart. These are the chief ingredients of modern operations to correct malformations within a child's heart. Ice bath surgery is not as cruel as it sounds. It is
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    YOU'RE: STILL HANGE IN THE SOVIET
    143 14 BRITAIN nas Decome the latest country to vote for the abolition of the death penalty tor "civil" murder. But the latest country to introduce it Is the Soviet Union. On Julay 7. 1954. a decree was published in Moscow extending to ordinary murder the
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    THE FABULOUS FORDS
    1672 15 y,,r//"ff l»o//,,. r ffrMr< Sunday Times series The man who put the whale lorlil att wheels NEXT WEEK who once said: "History is more or less bunk is ..story almost i decade after his death. Last month Ford shares— something that Henry the First illow. the me-
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    45 15 a \tells the full exciting. Ford story from ji the birth of the Tin Lizzie to the |i jj great stock market splurge of 1956. i; \lt is the most remarkable story ofs adventure of this or any pother century. It begins today.
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      1122 16 E?^:? by EdgarJßjce Burroughs c £y f^TOi^ lUß^^ffi. &O^CJSS, TWEKJ CLI^EC? INTO C?INGY Jj^^g^S^ T^f&lJ AAEANVWILE, ABKAWAW ALSO C-TZI AC K NCS ST LL NEWS I THIS WEEK FOR ALL _^V /—^B i yor so long afo inert were kings everywhere. All over Europe j JkJ^ _JHaL -«t J^k-Jm. "md
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    ARRON STRINGS
    136 17 ARRON STRINGS I ation I dent ■Conjecture... Ik ising alB takes H -to -ere nir- route. I Mil a B I 1 of The pply says Only one <" I n and thai see them I ItT ■Donations tain ■j Fund to ■j Hayes mewhich her and brodeaths. .is SO
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    'THE SENTINEL OFBUKIT TIMAH."
    1085 17  - 'THE SENTINEL OFBUKIT TIMAH." CHAN CHIN BOCK A drtuun became.*. -By- |F you care to visit a little shop-house in Singapore today you will see a Chinese carpenter and his sons at work. But if you had visited it in 1886 exactly 70 years ago you would have seen 13
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    272 17 It's becoming an old Spanish custom to try to get the better of th e British over Gibraltar. Latest bit of bull-rlngery has ended in such a flop that even the Spaniards mast be blushing is red as a matador's cloai. As an Inducement to get
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    267 18 It's MIKE HAWTHORN testing— I did find some back wheel patter' at certain speeds. The steering is very good indeed. It is the result of some very fine designing. There is a steering column gear change. It is neat and easy to work, although the tip of
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    Let's meet a well-mannered family!
    713 18 Let's meet a well-mannered family! IT is not often I get a chance to try out a whole new family of cars on the same day. But I have just had that very pleasant experience, and I must say that a more handsome and well-mannered family would be hard to
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    294 18 AH, some of these instruments! What is the use of a row of dancing needles if they can't be trusted? Yet that is the position with so many new cars today. The Gay Look Hillman de I claim that that isn't a bad luxe I was
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    WHY NOT A SOCCER COACH IN MALAYA?
    394 18  -  CRUSADER' By GH hockey seems to occupy the sports spotlight in view of the Olympics, thoughts of sportsmen have already turned to the game that draws a far greater Malayan crowd almost all the year around soccer. One question which has often been
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    WANTED: ONE GOOD SAMARITAN
    148 18 WANTED: ONE GOOD SAMARITAN THE unanimous decision of the Singapore Table Tennis Association to send a team to compete in the 23rd world championships at Tokyo in April comes as a shock. It is shocking because the S.T.T.A. seems so soon to forget that they started functioning again this year
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    POLICE, VARSITY IN KO FINAL
    311 19 yiinese beaten j-0 in replay to Pennefather who nm-timea into goal. Police were not able to score again until late in the second hah' when Rozario, receiving ,i the top of the circle, shot hard past goalkeeper Sic v p f V. Ramallngam and F.A
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    Jon Henricks in 55.5 sec swim
    90 19 SYDNEY, Sat. JON Henries tc.ru lit Xt a world best time for the 110 yards freestyle by clocking: 55.5 sec in the Australian s w i m m i n v championships here. Henricks wa* three tenths of a secord outside the world record
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    Lock icon MCC lose 6 men for 66 runs
    64 19 PESHAWAR. Sit —The V tourists gained f. first inninss lead of 36 runs when they dismissed Pakistan for 153 the second day of the third Test here today The tourists, v,-ho made 138 in their first iuiings. lost six second innings w: for
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    UNIVERSITY'S EARLY GOAL UPSET IA
    326 19 fJNIVERSITY of Malaya reached the final of the Singapore Hockey Assoi l.ition's senior knockout competition when they scored a well deserved 2-0 .ictory over Indian Association at Bukit Timah yesterday. Varsity proved their superiority from the opening bully and a goal in the second minute
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    SCOTS OUST REME 3-1 IN CUP GAME
    140 19 SCOTS OUST REME 3-1 IN CUP GAME IPOH, Sat. LAST year's beaten finalists, Ist. Royal Scots Fusiliers, scored an easy 3-1 victory over 12 Infantry Workshop REME in a Caldbeck. Cup first round soccer tie on the Coronation ground today. Fusiliers played much better football, but their forwards found their
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    Saracens beat RASC 19-3
    108 19 RAF Seletar Saracens beatj Royal Army Service Corps by 19 points (two goals, two tries, penalty* to three try i in a keen, robust rugger match at Seletar yesterday. Seietar had the advantage in winning more of the scrums and jineouts. Wells scored an early try
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    S'pore women held to 7-1 by Selangor
    282 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. SELANGOR were lucky to hold Singapore to a 1-1 draw in the opening match of the women's quadrangular on the padang here today. In a recent friendly Selane.or had beaten Singapore at Singapore. The blame for Selangor's poor showing lies
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    Nugent's goals give Colony airmen 6-1 win
    277 19 Nugent' s goals give Colony airmen 6-1 win KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. OINAPORE'S star centre forward Neil Nugent scored four of his side's six goals, including a hat-trick, when RAF Singapore trounced RAF Malaya 6-1 in their annual hockey match at the HQ Malaya stadium today, i Apart from Nugent, goalkeeper
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    BREWERIES FINAL DRAWN 2-2
    179 19 BREWERIES FINAL DRAWN 2-2 f>ADAN KESENIAN, the defend- Ing champions, were held to a 2-all draw by Alexandra Football Team in the final of the Breweries Kampong League soccer tournament at Fraser and Neave ground yesterday. At the toss of a coin, Alexandra claimed the right to keep the Tiger
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    S'GOR POLICE CHAMPIONS
    98 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A FASTER, more enterprising set of forwards enabled Perak Police to beat Selangor Police 3-1 on the Depot ground today to become the Federation's inter-contin-gent hickey champions. They took a long overdue lead when inside-left Balasingam netted with a stinger Just before half time
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    Seletar make a clean sweep
    74 19 Seletar airmen made a clean &weep in yesterday's cross country races organised by the Achilles Sports Club at Macßltchte Reservoir. Mclntyre won the senior event over nve miles in 28mtn. IBsec. mid second was Sison in 28min. 38sec. In tiie three-mile event for competitors under
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    KAM LOONG BEATEN AGAIN
    1690 20 Distributor wins main event by short head By EPSOM JEEP SHAW STABLE came to the fore, winning three races in a six-race card with Actor 11, Trailer and Distributor at Penang yesterday, first day of the Pent.ng Turf Club Spring meeting. Racing was keen, and the
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    52 20 TOTAL POOL: $198,600 IST: No. *****3 (559.580) 2ND: No. *****9 (526.811) 3RD: Ni>. *****1 ($14,895) STARTERS ($1,702 each): Nos. *****8: *****5; 28.1086: *****5- *****:.; 2T7972; *****5. COXSO LAT I O N (5595 each): Nos. *****5; *****8: *****3: *****0: *****7; *****0- *****5; *****7; *****6; *****1. TREBLE TOTE: 33 tickets
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    25 20 M W,,rrf< gM i minimum). KOK Mr. Kok Pak Yong passed •way on 25th February. Funeral will' be at Bidadan at 3.30 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE AT BOXING
    119 20 OXFORD, SAT. OXFORD beat Cambridge by six bouts to three in the annual inter-Varsity boxing contest here last night. Cambridge won three of the four bouts in the lighter weights, but Oxford's heavier men dominated the second half of the programme. K. Srinivasan, an Indian
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    Lock icon Britain favoured at WI Southern Cannes
    164 20 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sat. THE two day Southern Games opens at Guaracara Park here today and will take on the appearance of a miniature Empire Games. Athletes from Britain, British Guiana, Windward Islands and Jamaica have been arriving this week to take part
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    FARELF BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    198 20 THIRTY Battalion R.A.O.C. will defend their FARELF inter-unit boxing championbhip against the Hong Kong District champions at the Singapore Badminton Hall on March 16 starting at 8 p.m. R.A.O.C. qualified for the final when they beat the Malaya District champions, 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, at Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon South clubs support move for 4 Divisions
    216 20 South clubs support move for 4 Divisions LONDON, Sat. THE Southern section of the third division of the English Football League, at a special meeting in London yesterday, voted almost unanimously (22— 2 1 to suppdrt the Football Leagues plan for a reorganisation of the league into four national divisions.
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    90 20 MELBOURNE. Sat. JOHN LANDY, the worlds fastest mller. today set an Australian record of 13min. 27.45ec. for three miles at Olympic Park here. The world record for the distance Is 13mln. 14.2 sec by Sandhor Iharos. of Hungary. Previous Australian best was 13 mm. 31.8
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    83 20 COLOMBO. Sat—Ramanathan Krishnan < India) and L. P. Ernst i Ceylon* won the men's doubles t:tle in the Ceylon lawn tennis championships here yesterday. In a keenly-contested final, they beat Rupert Ferdinands and Bernard Pinto (Ceylon) 4-6. 4-6, 6-3 6-3. 6-4. The German pair, Mrs. I. Vogler
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    79 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. ryHREE local charities are to be x aided by the Selangor Boxing Board, who will stage a card of seven events at the Chinwoo Stadium on Marcn 2. Tne promotion will raise money for Lady Templer T.B. Hospital Fund. Discharged Prisoners Aid
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