The Straits Times, 27 February 1956

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Ik**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1956 15 CENTS
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  • 178 1 Army leader seeks assistance in halting spread of Communism in Indonesia T 0 ACHINESE IS MALAYA Pledge of aid from 8,000 ir|jr. HIM* of about 1 s.iiiiii Arhinese in frppore and the Fe-j deration is I) ci n g l>> the "Islamic Republic Army" to help
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  • 128 1 BLOW— AND THERE'S A PLANE Rubber takes to the air, but beware punctures J 4 N inflatable rubber plane that can be deflated and parked in the boot of a car has been flown for the first time in America. Designed by the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation to test the possibility
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  • 62 1 EXIT LAST TWO RICKSHAS JOKYO, Sun.- Shanghai's ■shas were taken today and sent I according to '"mmunists took ii from the Na>rro were 5.000 rickshas and 7.000 rickshamen in the city. But with the increase of modern transportation they were forced out of business, the radio said. Many became taxi
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  • 128 1 BRITAIN'S HANGMAN QUITS LONDON Sun. BRITAIN'S No. 1 hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, has resigned his job. it was reported here today. The Sunday newspaper Empire News which reported the resignation quoted Pierrepoint as saying: "My decision f-as nothing to do with the vote against hanging in the House of Commons." Pi
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  • 138 1 WELL-KNOWN COLONY CRICKETER A SINGAPORE Police Inspector and cricketer, Renzie Delilkan, 28, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head yesterday while his wife Petrina was having lunch about 15 feet away. Police recovered a. 38 rivolver and a spent cartridge The tragedy occurred
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  • 62 1 TETUAN, (Spanish Morocco). Sun. A radio programme describing an "Invasion from Mars" alarmed people who believed it was the real thing. A Moroccan ran into the street shouting a warning. A Spanish servant girl sought refuge in a cellar to avoid capture and a shopkeeper put up
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  • 50 1 MONACO, Sun. The Mayor, M. Robert Boisson, appealed to all Monagasques today to contribute a fund to buy a wedding present for Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly. The American, British, French and Italian Consuls are making collections from their citizens here for wedding presents. UP.
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  • 24 1 BERLIN. Sun. Nero, a tiger in the Halle Zoo in East Germany, has been successfully operated on for lymphatic gland disorders. Reuter.
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  • 23 1 HONG KONG. Sun. Three people were drowned yesterday when a fishing junk capsized off Macao in a storm.— U.P.
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  • 78 1 on Chap Goh Meh Traffic was held up for more than an hour in Jalan Besar last night as thousands of people watched a lion dance procession while strings of fire crackers exploded over their heads. Traffic was also held up by lion dances and crackerfiring
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  • 40 1 LONDON, Sun. Temperatures rose above freezing point in Britain and many European countries today but the coming thaw raises the threat that floods will replace the havoc caused by the big freeze over the past four weeks. Reuter.
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  • 29 1 BOMBAY, Sun.— The Press Trust of India reported from Ahmedabad today that an Indian army patrol regained possession of Chad Bet Island from armed Pakistani intruders. Reuter.
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  • 166 1 Commie comics to woo the masses CHINESE DID IT, WHY SHOULDN'T WE? BERLIN, Sun. AN EAST German newspaper columnist today urged the mass distribution of pro-Communist comics as "a weapon in the class struggle." Stefan Heym,- who came to East Germany from the United States, said in his Sunday column
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  • 53 1 TANAH RATA, Sun. Three terrorists killed a woman cultivator in the Cameron Highlands yesterday. The woman, Liew Sik, 33 was with several others working on their farms, when the terrorists approached them, called out to Liew Sik, took her with them a short distance up a hillside
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  • 19 1 FRANKFURT. Sun.— West German production of cars reached a new record with 89.137 vehicles in January. Reuter.
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  • 162 1 Thomas: Youths cannot break law, defy their parents SINGAPORE'S Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, yesterday gave some pointers on the meaning of "merdeka" to the young people of Pongg °Speaklng at the opening of the Ponggol Boys' Club, he said: "Freedom does not
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  • 443 1 CALL STRIKE 5,000 want 'economic merdeka' KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A BOUT 5,000 tin mine workers in Selangor stopped work today to attend a meeting to approve strike proposals. I The Chinwoo hall rang' with shouts of "merdeka" and "mogok" (strike) as speaker after speaker urged the
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  • 50 1 WASHINGTON, Sun —Prof Osvala Siren of Stockholm, Sweden, was awarded the Charles Lang Freer Medal at a ceremony here yesterday. The medal Is awarded from time to time for distinguished contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Oriental civilisations as reflected in their arts."— A. P.
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  • 31 1 JACKSON, (Michigan), Sun. A 17-year-old boy stabbed his grandmother to death with 22 blows of a knife during a quarrel then went to a cinema, police said here. Reuter.
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  • 22 1 FRANKFURT, Sun. A million West German building workers will get a penny farthing hourly wage increase on April I.— ReuUr.
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  • 150 1 American in 100 ft. death fall SINGAPORE police are investigating the death of a 30-year-old American who fell 100 feet from the seventh floor of the Cathay Building early yesterday morning. The American. Robert Stevens, was attached to the United Stat.'s Consulate. Hi 1 fell to his death during a
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  • 44 1 KARACHI, Sun.— The British aircraft carrier Centaur. on a five months' cruise of the Middle and Far Ea^t, berthed here yesterday. Hundreds of Karachi citizens flocked to the West Wharf where she was open to public inspection.— Reuter.
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  • 125 1 Spectators scream as goal post falls KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. SPECTATORS at a basketball match here today screamed when they saw one of the 12ft. goal posts topple over and crush a player underneath it. 1 The player, Wong Yoon Seng, 19, was killed Instantly.
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  • 72 1 And soccer fan dies at first match of season MOHAMED YUSOFF bin Noor, 40, a Singapore Harbour Board Dockyard wireman, collapsed and died at J a 1 a n Besar Stadium yesterday while watching the first soccer match of the season. A soccer fan, Mohamed Yuson* rarely missed a League
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  • 19 1 CANNES, Sun. The Aga Khan spent an excellent night, a member of his household said today.—Reuter.
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  • 47 1 MOSCOW, Sun. A Soviet surgeon has succeeded in grafting the head of one dog on the shoulder of another. The two-headed animal lived for almost six days. The experiment was disclosed in the latest issue of "Knowledge Is Strength," a monthly science magazine. U.P.
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  • 155 1 Boyd's secret dash to Cyprus T ONDON, Sun. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, has flown to Cyprus for consultations with the Governor, Sir John Harding, the Colonial Office said today. Mr. Lennox Boyd left London in a close security blackout as negotiations on the band's future appeared to
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  • 30 1 RIOTER ICTTLFD ALGIERS, Sun— One person was killed and three wounded In demonstrations in Oran today, according to reports reaching here. Police opened fiiT.— Renter. (See Page I)
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  • 24 1 HONG KONG, Sun.— Six people, including a pregnant woman, were drowned when their car plunged into the harbour last night.— U.P.
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  • 90 2 ALGIERS. Sun. EIGHTY-THREE Algerian rebels were killed in intensive military operations in the Constantine Department in the last 24 hours, according to reports reaching here today. Forty-three were killed in an action near Bougie. About 27 rebels were killed in a fierce battle
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  • 46 2 TOKYO, Sun. Women's professional wrestling is rapidly becoming popular in Japan. Already eight or nine women wrestlers associations are in existence, whose members model themselves on the holder of Japan's light-heavy weight wrestling title, Yoshiko Yamamoto. Yoshiko was once a fashion model. Reuter.
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  • 345 2 Britain walked into a trap in 1939 U.S.: We gave several warnings of Sovtet-Naxl bid to get together Secret papers tell of Russian duplicity WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE UNITED STATES warned Britain and France at least six times that important developments were taking place between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany
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  • 56 2 DAWN ADDAMS, British-born actress wife of Prince Vittorio Massimo of Italy, as she appears as Mary Stuart for a re-enaction of the famous trial. The Mary Stuart case wag one of a series of famous trials of the past recently staged by a "committee for art
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  • 79 2 Hotel will send Peron packing WASHINGTON, Sun. Action ha s been taken to turn the former Argentine President. Juan Peron, out of an American-owned hotel in Panama, the State Department disclosed last night. Mr. Lincoln White. State Department Press Officer, said in answer to questions about Peron's status that it
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  • 21 2 LUCKNOW, Sun. The Shah and the Queen of Persia arrived in Lucknow today from Agra on a day's visit. Reuter.
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  • 264 2 LONDON, Sunday. T>RITISH politicians leading a campaign to stop the 13 hanging of murderers are beginning to fear the House of Commons may yet reverse its recent vote backing their move. Two weeks ago, members of the House gave the abolitionists a 31 majority in
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  • 18 2 NICOSIA, Sun.— About 600 men of the Royal Horse Guards arrived at Famagusta today.— Reuter. iliilililliiliililiiiiih
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    • 196 2 TURNCOAT BURGESS £100 BRUSH-OFF LONDON, Sunday. TTHE ROYAL National Lifeboat Institute yesterx day rejected a gift of £100 from Guy Burgess, the renegade British diplomat who fled to Russia. The money was payment for an article he wrote for the London Sunday Express. Burgess directed that it should be offered
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    • 175 2 Africans get drunk with petrol fumes i Sun.— Africans with the 1 i "petrol habit" who get satisfaction from a drow- sv drunkenness induced I by inhaling petrol fames, i are proving a problem i fto farmers hi some I i districts of Natal j j Tractors have been going
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    • 84 2 BUENOS AIRES, Son. —Police are looking for a thief who has found a way of taking bicycles with the fall co-operation of their owner*. His activities were reported by Senor Alberto Degiorrto, 29, who handed over his bicycle readily when a gesticulating stranger said his
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  • 119 2 LONDON, Sun. DRITTSH authorities "refused to stop antiCommunist Russians from floating Mickey Mouse balloons over the Soviet embassy in London. A refugee group called the "National Alliance of Russian Solldarlsts" has been heckling the Soviets in connection with their current campaign against American balloons. The refugees
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  • 59 2 MA YOR TRADES IN CORPSE BUENOS AIRES, Sun. A Government investigating committee named a former Mayor of Salta, Argentina, as head of a gang which made a thriving business from a trade in corpses taken from local cemeteries. According to the cc mittees report, the gangs bodies to medical studa
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  • 28 2 No Cyprus claim ANKARA. Sun I Koprulu the TurK: I Minister, told tbi I Assembly yester I Greece has no right wh*l ever to demand Cypra-1 Reuter. I
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  • 255 3 THE FLAW IN BRITAIN'S PRESENT PROSPERITY LONDON, Sunday. HfONS wiro warne d in a blunt broadcast B |*t night that they were being outpaced and j,r \nU\ by the Germans, the Americans, the Eese and other people. ncellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Harold a radio and television defence of his
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  • 106 3 Ilacmillan's medicine gets result LONDON, Sun. -iinniary of retn.n "i •••iiMimer in- Mr. Macmildose of ntimrdicine which i" ".»rd similar doses by I Batter, the prentellor; iilv Stocks of i"« stand at |M ilthoiuh outi -nil within five „,t ,if the levels last sii TELEVISION: at tieine laid off. (filfp.
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  • 43 3 Piano marathon, then collapse I nd), Sun. nton, a ManH ewife, ended a .:athon of at the Gaiety here last night, was a new world then collapsed. c was said to be m longer than a H I attributed to a B Reuter.
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  • 33 3 WASHINGTON, Sun.—Germany will purchase frozen and canned U.S. poultry under the terms of an agreement signed between the two countries last year, the U.S. Depaitment of Agriculture announced yesterday.
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  • 22 3 THOMASVILLE (Georgia) Sun. President Eisenhower flew back to Washington yesterday after a ten-day hunting and golfing holiday here. —Reuter.
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  • 36 3 INGTON. Sun.—Out--1 times in a day a gamewarden the end by He borrowed three walkietalkie sets and, with two colleagues, evaded the poachers' lookouts to catch six of them spearing nsh In a stream. Reuter.
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  • 48 3 52 die as French airliner from Saigon crashes in the desert near Cairo WRECKAGE of a French airliner which crashed -in the desert near Cairo killing 52 passengers and crew. The pi ane was on a flight from Saigon to Paris. Six people were saved. A .P. picture.
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  • 77 3 Cold— a new cure PHILADELPHIA, Sun. A derivative of the peel of lemons, oranges and some other fruits, known as biofl avonoids and said by scientists to block virsuuses and other germs in the caand other germs in the capillary system, is being marketed as a drug to fight the
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  • 178 3 Unhappy dais as Mr. Speaker riles the Reds CALCUTTA, San. MEMBERS of the ruling; Congress Party threw a protective cordon round the Speaker's dais when he was rushed by angry Opposition members during a stormy session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly here yesterday. The Opposition members were protesting against
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  • 33 3 DETROIT. Sun.— Police arrested Maurice St. George, 27, yesterday as he stood naked on a street corner in chilling rain. He said he was "just waiting for a bus." U.P.
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  • 53 3 MELBOURNE, Sun. The opening batsman of the Sydney University team knocked the wicket keeper unconscious while making a mighty hook shot during a cricket match against Melbourne University. His bat caught the wicket keeper behind the ear. The injured player recovered after doctors had stitched up
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  • 204 3 Long-range foreign aid needs PHILADELPHIA, Sun. MR. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, U.S. Secretary of State, calling on the West to match the new Soviet economic policy directed towards the Near East and South Asia, today proposed that the U.S. Government* be given authority to back President
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  • 108 3 He'll row with party another 10 yean BIRMINGHAM, Sun. ■JI/fR. ANEURIN BEVAN, the ITI British Labour Party's fiery left winger, said here yesterday that he would quarrel with party chiefs for another 10 years "until they adopt a genuine Socialist policy." Mr. Bevan was speaking at a meeting
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  • 322 3 COMMUNISTS ARE STILL A MAJOR THREAT TO SECURITY OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA COUNTRIES T ONDON, Sun.— The first annual report of the South -East Asian Treaty Organisation will warn the eight member nations that Communist subversion is still a serious threat to the security of the treaty area,
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  • 24 3 Six say yes MANILA, Sun. Six Asian countries will attend the first Pan -Asian contractors' conference to be held in Manila next month. U.P.
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  • 258 3 DURBAN, Sun. A 23 -YEAR- OLD A European police sergeant told for the first time today of his "nightmare" nine-hour flight from enraged African tribesmen who massacred five policemen who found their marijuana fields in the Drakensberg Mountains last week. Sergeant Theunis Kruger described the swift
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  • 29 3 PHILADELPHIA, Sun.— A seven-month-old girl, who lived for 30 minutes with an artificial heart and lungs during an operation on Thursday, died yesterday in hospital here. Reuter.
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  • 385 4 TWO PARCELS OF GOLD, SAID SMUGGLER Behind dash-board, in the petrol tank— anything to evade the duty But he couldn't fool Customs K. LUMPUR, Sun. A SMALL car from Singapore Dulled up at the customs check point at Johore Bahru. In it were a man, his wife and two children.
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  • 135 4 SINGAPORE'S Master Plan is the product of what is probably the most massive programme of research ever carried out in the Cclony. An idea of the tremendous amount of work that went into the plan is obtained from the reports, published yesterday, of the
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  • 115 4 3 flares and it means wealth DENANG, Sun. The r god of prosperity ttfe Tua Pen Kong has predicted another year of riches for the Settlement. Officials of the Poh Hock Seah cheered when the flames shot up three times within five minutes at the annual fire watching ceremony at
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  • 164 4 RECORD YEAR FOR LIQUOR SALES KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. POPLE in the Federation drank and smoked more last year, according to the report. Import duty on tobacco, beer and spirits jumped by more than $14,000 over 1954. More textiles and clothes were imported. Petrol sales were up. Import
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  • 18 4 Mr. J.R. Blagden, Magistrate, Sarawak, has been appointed a Puisne Judge in Trinidad and Tobago.
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  • 108 4 Five Bills due second reading A BILL providing for the the winding up of the War Damage Fund comes up for a second reading at next month's Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting. It also provides "necessary bars" to future legal proceedings for war damage and for indemnities in connection with the
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  • 39 4 An agreement to form a Beamen's Council has been reached by three seamen's unions in Singapore. When formed, the council will represent all the eight seamen's unions in Singapore in negotiations with shio owners.
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  • 38 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Oh Peng Teng. a labourer, aged 50 was fined $1750 or six months' jail, here today for having chandu and chandu smoking utensils on Feb. 8 at a house in Jalan Slew Nam.
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  • 97 4 Slump in local industry since smokers turn to imported tobacco KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A FALL OF approximately 50 per cent in the rx price of cured tobacco leaves is sending many tobacco planters back to rubber tapping or vegetable gardening. The planters are also holdIng large stocks of
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  • 65 4 20,000 WANT SUBURBAN DISPENSARY PENANG, Sun.— The 20.000 residents of Bayan Lepas want a permanent dispensary. "The people would be grateful If a dispensary can be established In the district." Tuan Haji Ahmad Abdul Azyze told the Penang Rural Board at the monthly meeting yesterday. The Board Chairman, Mr. R.
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  • 40 4 JOHORE BAHRU Sun. Mr. T.K. Wright, Consul General for the United States in the Federation, will meet members of the Johore Bahru Town Council at the Council Chamber tomorrow. He will then tour the town.
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  • 169 4 PUBLIC AROUSED BY DOG SHOOTING SAYS ANIMAL LOVER /CARELESS shooting of a pet dog at K i aroused widespread indignation nn t Singapore but also in the Federation Mi° nl Bach, a noted animal lover, said last nieh Inquiries she made have definitely esSt that the dog, owned by Mrs.
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  • 399 4 rE following passengers from Britain are expected to disembark from the Canton when she arrives in Singapore tomorrow. Major and Mrs. C. G. M. Angus and son. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. L. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Batten and son Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 55 4 New book on Malaya An "Anthology of Utla Literature" will be pute in London shortly Covering the develops of Malaya in the last] years, the book conto selections from Sir Stamford Raffle?. Soa set Maugham, Spencer C!n man. H. M. Tomlinsrct other authors. The book was edited j Singapore publisher
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  • 49 4 A Singapore housewile >H severely burnt B when her dress caught 1 while she was pra I family altar during B Goh Meh festival. I Ng Ngan Soo I Maude Road, off Jaiar. 3?Bj was admitted to the I Hospital. Her conditir.P serious.
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  • 97 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Estate managers are not reluctant to improve the accommodation of their workers. It is their directors. A Labour Department report says that frequently a manager is not able to persuade his directors to sanction the cost of improvements. It
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 467 4 The Piano; 10.00 Asian Club; RADIO MALAY A 10 30 110 Muslc Por Dancing. Regional *ProgramßMs thns narked can be received by listeners in Malacca. SINGAPORE Short wave 49 and 62m. Medium Short wave 62m. Medium wave wave 476 m., S4S., 366 m. and 897 m. .w *I? m ->-
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  • 938 5 WHAT I THINK ABOUT MALAYAN UNITY M S |VANADIAN M> (16 Yrs.) KLASG „,i n holds the key to country** success, 1 and prosperity. y f Federation will go a trength to a stable I rovernmen t Malaya <\s independent. For years ipore the .tionof .a y a had lasting
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  • 244 5 JOCELYN HICHAM (HYrs.) SINGAPORE MALAYAN unity depends on all races working together for the good of the country. They must, in their hearts be Malayans and J their loyalty must be to thls country alone. Only «f people look upon this as their only nome can they
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  • 187 5 subject brought the largest number of entries so far. Communal ism, to judge by the essays, is a disease which Malayans fall prey to sometime after they have passed their twenty-first year. The young people betray none of the racial fears and suspicions which reveal themselves when adults
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 84 5 Hox Morgan* M.D. The truth Dick Tracy <***" found ■■^■■^■■■■H TtUE MOCTUARVOOCiAMIST^ fHE^ POUfO THE CUN. HE'S X^J F WE'VE OCTT TO WORK RIST-N WAS RIGMT.' BESMPE THE GOMING^O/EO WrTMIT >TZi I TWS MARSH IS UNDER 5 PEET OCTSSE^?SmORCiro kBO^LAVAP»STOL.IHrVE V^l AT TIOE.^/ r€> O'llaru Asian satellite &O AHEAD, I^C^P^SX-
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  • 51 6 Jo Words tl" (minimum). DEANA DURIAH Thanks Friends and Relatives who attended and sent wreaths for her father D. P. Durlah's funeral. THE SINGAPORE FOOCHOW Coffee Restaurant Bar Merchants' Association r.ish to Thank All Friends for tv .eir kind Wishes ■nd Gifts etc. <>:i the occasion of their 35th
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  • 34 6 20 Words lit (minimum). MEMORIAL SERVICE for Mr. Eric Clarence Watson who passed nw;\y on Dili February 1956 will be held at the Bt. Andrew's Cathedrul on Tuesday 28th February at fi p.m.
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  • 238 6 70 Words lit (minimum). S/XE AT MULCHANDS. Dresses and Gowns Prices Slashed. TRY A "Green Spot" Gin-Pom. Recipe: One bottle Green Spot "Pomoade" and two fingers Gin. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail" if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. ELSIE MARY, LTD. 2nd Floor.
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  • 660 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Feb. 27, 1958. Points About Opium The opium controversy, begun by Tengku Abdul Rahman's proposal to legalise smoking by registered addict*, has revealed sharp differences of opinion, encouraged by the absence of facts. There is a temptation to be dogmatic. Nothing can justify the return
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  • 339 6 The Federation and Singapore Governments are both giving serious consideration to an unemployment insurance scheme. In Singapore the Minimum Standards Committee has been entrusted with the task. Now the Federation's Minister for Labour has asked the Labour Advisory Board to consider the question. There can be
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  • 135 6 Some strange people in Natal have taken to inhaling petrol fumes before they go to sleep. They claim that it induces an enjoyable drunken drowsiness. Chief trouble about it, apart from the ill effects it has on the lungs and brains of the inhalers, is that the
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  • 444 6 WHAT WOULD LIKE ON TV YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST The sort of pro- I grammes I would like to tee on a I Malayan televi- i sion service. E TN SINGAPORE a 1 Committee is investigating the possibility of setting up a television service. If a television service is started, it
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  • 488 6 By i Ml MR CORRESFOMEn TOHE International Labour Organ- isation will shortly be making a study of employment conditions 'of men and women engaged in civil aviation, the results of which may be seen in Malaya. The safety of air travel obviously depends
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    • 845 6 IN view of the "talks" conducted with the Colonial Office representatives by Tengku Abdul Rahman's merdeka mission now and by Mr. Marshall's all-party mission in April, it is time that serious consideration be given to the question of the future relationship between Singapore
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    • 246 6 rE bus fares current in the Federation are about four cents per mile for town service and 4Vfe to five cents for the countryside and the buses are compelled to run to strict timetables. The licence fees are very much higher and in certain areas R.C.C.
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    • 191 6 INDIGNANT MOTHER" will be glad to know that last week I visited the mechanised section of the City Treasurer's Department, where her daughter and many other girls work, to observe the conditions under which those girls have to carry out their duties. From observations and
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    • 151 6 FWAS with great disgust that I read "Chinese Doctor's" misinterpretation of Tengku Abdul Rahman's genuine and sincere desire to end opium smoking in Malaya. He blindly alleged that the Tengku (and the Malays) in lifting the ban on opium hoped to sort of •bribe" the Chinese with opium
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    • 582 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. It Words tit (minimum). L ANGER: To Jane and John, on 23 February, at B.M.H. Kinrarra. a daughter. Both well. CHUA: To Dulcle and Freddie B. L Chua at K.K. Hospital, on Feb. 25, a son, Peter Howard. SONO: To Oertrude and Kok Ho. on 25th February 1956,
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    • 25 6 5 175 A REALLY portable typewriter, sturdy and light. It is available with r normal "PICA" or small "ELITE" type. Send for free leaflet. I
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    • 32 6 6 RAFFLES PLACE 'PHONE ***** n. V. hwiwir^mw K. E. MEYER mla*. mtt, s < K. W. BELL DIP.OPT.. A.STC. FA<M__^ HHESSHMx^ Ye? U. S. 0e SILVA JEWELLERS 106, ORCHARD ROAD. PHONE I*4
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  • 264 7 Honest people wbll have nothikc to fear from hew income tax bill* BUSINESSMEN AGREE IT WILL HELP TO TRAP ALL THE DODGERS PROPOSALS TO AMEND the Income Tax urdinance to give tax inspectors the power to scrutinise the bank accounts of individuals bZIZZ'n. reCePti n
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  • 98 7 Poll battle: Lib-Socs are ready rE newly-formed Libe-ral-Socialist Party will contest the next Singapore Legislative Assembly elections in a big way. The pany has appointed a propaganda committee which will produce a newsletter in three languages. It will also print pamphlets on socialism, organise study groups and operate mobile units
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  • 78 7 UNITY TALKS IN CAPITAL BY WORKERS Singapore s seven man workers delegation, which will have talks with the Malayan Trade Union Council for closer co-operation between Colony and Federation workers, will be led by the Singapore Trades Union Congress president, Mr. S. Jaganathan. The delegates will leave for Kuala Lumpur
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  • 67 7 3,500 NEW HAJIS THIS YEAR KLANG, Sun.— There will be 3.500 more hajls In Malaya by the end of the year. The Pan-Malayan Pilgrimage Committee, which met at the Muslim College here, was told that there would be four sailings this year. More than 4.450 Muslims from Malaya. Borneo and
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  • 67 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Selangor division of the Labour Party of Malaya said yesterday that the expulsion order it made last Sunday did not involve Mr. J.G.V. Parambil, secretary of the party's Kuala Lumpur branch. The order involved only Mr. S. Nayagam, chairman of the branch.
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  • 43 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The death took place this morning of Inche Tahlr bin Awang. assistant engineer, PWD, Johore Bahru, after a Ion? illness. He was married to a daughter of Dato Mahmud bin Mat. ex-Speaker of the Federal Council.
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  • 27 7 MENTAKAB, Sun. "Ang pows"; totalling $2,875, were collected by the Kwong See Lion Dance Troupe here for the Chung Hwa teachers' quarters building fund.
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  • 99 7 FRASER TO BE No. 1 AT THE TRUST fLNAOBR of the ,re ImproveIfr. J.M. to be proto act as rman of the Trust six months from far ha, President of undl to autoi this apbelng given to because the Mr. J. T. got a deputy pa with the ::r.ent. the
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  • 17 7 ire Beatty Seer Parenta-Teach- 'ill hold its meeting in the at 3 p.m on Wed-
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  • 21 7 The World's Student Christian Federation has decided to conduct its next leadership training course in Singapore in August, 1957.
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  • 130 7 CHILDREN'S DAY AT C.S.C CAN'T VOL LET a fella have some fun in peace I may be only two, but this was really too food to miss. Besides all the other guys were here I played the juke-box, threw m dart, and, oh, I backed a
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  • 227 7 Water shortage: Govt. blamed UNDERGROUND SUPPLY FOUND ITAMPONGS on Malaya's west coast will not go IV thirsty if Federation authorities take more interest in harnessing the underground water I supply. The Federal Government has known of the existence of considerable underground water supplies, Mr. D.J. Graham, a Singapore drilling expert,
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  • 131 7 Alliance of women planned rpHE first move to form a A Singapore Alliance of Women will be made next i uesday at a meeting at the Y.W.C.A. Mrs. Mary Lobo, a Colony Justice of the Peace, who recently returned from the Golden Jubilee Congress of the International Alliance of Women
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  • 65 7 Motor-cycle crash SEREMBAN. Sun.— Two schoolteachers were killed In a motor accident outside Seremban yesterday. They were Frederick Santhosam, 29. of Tungku Mohamed School, Kuala Pilah. and T. Ramanathan. 20, of Tanjong Ipoh School, near Kuala Pilah. They were returning to Kuala Pilah on a motor-cycle driven
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  • 33 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGlllivray, today awarded 35 Queen's Scouts certificates at Castle Camp here. Sixteen of the certificates went to members of Perak troops.
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  • 29 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. A misadventure verdict was returned today on Yong Heng, 57. who fell and fractured his skull while alightIng from a moving bus on Dec. 17.
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  • 94 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Members of the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce today said they would oppose any attempt by the Government to lift the ban on opium. It would be a retrograde step which reflects on the good name of the country, they
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  • 364 7 STB men dial 'D' for danger DELAY II PURS IF 60VT. DOESN'T ACT TWE Singapore Tele--4 phone Board warns that its programme to provide more phones will fall behind schedule unless the Government takes steps to remove people from the sites of buildings to house new exchanges. In an interim
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  • 28 7 The Archbishop of Singapore, Msgr. M. Olcomendy, yesterday blessed the new extension of the Redemptorlst Chapel In Thomson Road, Singapore. The extension was completed in December.
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  • 130 7 ANEW grade of civil servant win soon be at work in Empress Place, Singapore. He will be called an officer of the Executive Service. His duties will fall between those of a member of the Administrative Service, who helps to make policy, and
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  • 287 7 Overtime 'sometimes', yes, but slavery of 57 1/2 hours a week— No ALTHOUGH women punch card operators in the City Council treasurer's department "sometimes" work overtime, they do not work 571 hours a week, the deputy City Treasurer, Mr. S. S. Scales, said yesterday. He wm replying to a letter
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  • 101 7 24 LEAVE TO STUDY BACK IN 1961 New Zealand plays the C-Plan host TWENTY-POUR Federal Government employees x left Singapore by air for New Zealand yesterday for training under the Colombo Plan. It was one of the biggest groups to go overseas. i When they return in 1961 they will
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  • 38 7 Canon R. K. S. Adams, retiring principal of St. Andrew's School, will open the officers' Intermediate training course of the Singapore Battalion of the Boys Brigade at its Prinsrp street headquarters at 7.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 57 7 LEE: Mrs. Lee Kwee Chua (nee Madam Tan Slew Poh) beloved mother of Yang Bak, Keow Seng, 81n Bak and Swee Bak passed away peacefully at 27, Pay a Lebar Crescent on Saturday, Feb. 25 leaving four sons, three daughters, four daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, and 30 grandchildren Funeral on
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  • 34 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— All elect* d members of the Johore Council of State have been invited by Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Chief Minister, to meet him at Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 59 7 ipj for the heatJz fan... for the fanMITSUBISHI ME NAME GUARANTEES THE QUALITY t, 7 Singapore Penang. '">'■'"' UTS I, Federation. rr "n all leading electrical dealers and NNDILANDS BUTTERY CO., LTD. <ual a Lumpur Ipoh Penang Kota Bahru. S6MI. E' Gem Set ment Wedding Rings "DE CHOICE OF STYLES
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    • 126 7 I HORIZONTAL 1 SMALL (OIL) ENGINES 5H to 17 HP i SPEED 370/550 RPM DEPENDABLE V (Er |l '^H VgA |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^aEwB«EBB^BJEBBlE^B«B«BlB^E«B^BlBHElBB l^Vfo^ rffi/ simiAromf. kuala lumpur pknanc, ipoh 3^/ MALACCA SEREMBAN KOTA BHARU JESSELTON I EYE EXAMINATION can car with f jlm rccrii but you can't m« with artificial eyei.
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    • 119 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 7 30 p m on Feb. 25 to 7.30 a .m. en Feb. 2(5) Singapore 76 degrees, Penang 75 Kota Bahru 72, Kuala Uimpur 73 Itx>h 71, KuanUn 71. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m to 7.30 pjn. on Feb. 26) Singapore 89 degree*. Penanj 88, Kota Bahru
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  • 682 8 TPKE following full revised list of share quotations was issued by The Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Friday:— Bareri Scllen Alex. Brickworks Pref 1.80 1.86 Ord. I.W 3.06 4tlas Ice IS 00 (buytrsi B B Petrol 41/- 43/BM Tru.iees ...6.10 *J» Con Tin
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  • 360 8 HTHE following business JL done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period February 18 to February 24: INDUSTRIALS: Fraser Neave Ords. $1.75 to $1.80 to $1.72%. Praser to Neave Prefs. $5.90, Federal Dispensary $2.20 ex rights, Federal Dispensary
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  • 503 8 Steadier end to a shaky week MALAYAN SHARE MABKET REVIEW By Our Market Correspondent 11Y Saturday morning the Singapore Share Market was reported to be slightly steadier with some resistance developing in prices at the lower levels, following the "broadsides" the market received during the week. These were the plunge
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  • 408 8 voMMomrr noi xn-i n rTHE features of Singapore markets last week were that rubber fell below the dollar level for the first time for eight months and tin rose on Saturday morning above the $400 mark again. During the week the tin price rose
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  • 152 8 D nounced the f!uj» dividends last 0> S «KR ISTVI, H Books ONe M to 9 inclusive lrc| i M I. i v WBtttS LTD v •nterim «liv,den d J*? Per ordinary M and 6<~ p,. r l "in •nent shar' 30% in ome year ending Jun. %i able on
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  • 63 8 U.S. makes less cars DETRIOT. Bai various plants this motor car prodiu'.ior. States to decline to which was the lowest total s») this year. I The same week a yea: i 171,188 units were produced duct ion so far tab ning nearly 17 per cent tc 1955. Chevrolet worKed four
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 892 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AITMUATIONS are Invited from suiiably qualified and experienced persons for the post of a Technical As.sls.tant in the Sewerage Branch of the Municipal Engineering Department. 2 RM Mktfj scale is $336 x Al2 444,462 x A lB 552 p.m. The eoaaMOCiM basic salary within
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    • 366 8 NOTICES NOTICE THIS Is to notify the public that I have disowned my daughter, Scow Mary otherwise known as Mrs. Tan Yoke Eng and that I have no more Interest whatsoever in her affairs. Sd. Koh Cheng Neo. 390. Joo Chlat Road. PROBATE* ADMINISTRATION Estate of JUSTICE C. T. ABBOTT
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    • 953 8 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Section 103. Municipal Ordinance (Chapter 133). MAKING UP AND DRAINING OF LORONG 20. GEYLANG, FROM WESTERHODT ROAD TO GUILLEMARD ROAD NOTICE la hereby given that the plan, sDeclflcation, estimate and apportionment of expenses of making up and draining of the above Lorong In the City
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    • 819 8 NOTICES NOTICE Estate of SEPTIMUS BEVEN deceased. PURSUANT to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any creditors and any other person having claims against the Estate of SEPTIMUS BEVEN deceased, who died on the 22nd day of July 1955 at Cromer Hyde, Central
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    • 408 8 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U S PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DATS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swet. Penan? haw Elisabeth Bakke tailed 6 Mar* 1 1 Mar 12 Mar Cjertrud Batke 7 Mar 6 Ape 8 Apr 9 Apr Krrttin Bakk« 18 Ape 18 May 20 May 21 May
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    • 1148 9 I#J :»405 MANSFIELD :CO M LTD. t«i, 4 i% ;:V THE BLUe'VuNNEL UNE jjg*** Du* Sails p s'ha-, •olland P Sh m P *>°"o Sg£-«ai hum jvonmouth Ma, m., 7 Hamburg Mor 1 Mar 4 Mar 7/ 0 Mar II r^S^S? asiT &'&sg£ M lf/ai •7^.* U M., 2S Mar
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    • 2011 9 BAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA 'or Aoaa, Pen SaM. «ooeo, Aatwarp. Ratterdem, Hambarg, f MuTlur. COTwoj>rilHifo| m Om# qSflt.- MFab/'TnW. J?"" ,7Tm« 2">MDIA- 12/14 Mar IS/IS Mor 14/17 Mar totMlh, Gydnia. Call. Gdynia. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.KVCONTINENT "cniihiujiii m S'pora P. S'hom Penong WMUWA" for Bangkok, Saigon, Hongkong, Monilo, Puson,
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    • 1211 9 MoAUSTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: 28)61 KLLBRMAM Ok BUCKNALI, KLA VBMESS LIKE LONDON HAVRE ROTTERDAM M ««W». SAH »RANCISCO, LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, PO RTLAKD. S«ATTLE I VANCOUVER ond tor Ui>., North Atlantic Ports A ««*P»'"« tr 1 $o fh ond Canada and via Colombo Amemo IV»7S» f,/X 20 P
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  • 537 10 Dr. Ommanney's lively book on Zanzibar WALTER WARWICK ly ISLE OF CLOVES. By F. D. Ommanney. (Longmans 18s.) THE BURNINC COAST, By John Doody. (Michael Joseph 155.) I^R. Ommanney went to Zanzibar, as later he came to Singapore, to improve local methods of fishing. But he is off the hook
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  • 545 10 DIEPPE AT DAWN by R. W. Thompson, (Hutchinson 155.) npHE very nature of the x Dieppe raid made it liable to misrepresentation, if only because the Germans were meant to react as if it had been the invasion, while France and the rest of the
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  • 434 10 KUWAIT WAS MY < HOME. By Zahra Freeth. (Allen Unwin. 16*.) By LORD KINROSS KUWAIT is the beneficiary—or possibly the victim of a fable of the twentieth-cen-tury Arabian Nights. The genii of the oil wells have transformed it overnight from an Impoverished Cinderella of a
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 246 10 GRAND OPPORTUNITY KIM >I(O S 2nd ANNIVERSARY SALE COMMENCES TODAY FRESH STOCKS OF LATEST GLAZED COTTONS. SILKS. CREPE-DE-CHINES. BROCADES, ORCANZAS AND PTD. SHUNTUNCS FOR MEN: LATEST DACRONS, WONDER FABRIC ORLANb AND A COMPLETE RANGE OF ARROW WEAR. ALL OFFERED AT HEAVILY REDUCED PRICES: AT KIIEM C O S 68. HICH
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    • 189 10 Wither its ar Sir "Dear Mother" I f I(A fe "Once upon me N Remington P»-sorul Tvot..! xl ***** I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 il^ Th Nfi Personal T>T)ewrnfr 1 e\ervcne Hire putthmt ;.r^, ri ,|,w, Iran M V rf.,l, r POST THIS COUPON TODAY' I REMINGTON
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 321 10 Straits Times Crossword i I im% 8 9 sal tP '2 ill 1 T4" 15 fli 16 ?5" jjre T~ 12 25 TT 25 H'*" 27* j ;88| 28 ACEOBS (5. 2. 3, 5). 1. Praised for destruction of 7. Rough on an ascetic. (4, S). the giant (7). 8.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 305 11 •niODATION VACANT HNISHED Flat To ,o Month Basis. 1 S.T. IMMEDIATELY ijOIkJ Kutong .<>n« Katong fUQBBa&O BUNOAu> end sep- limah area. Box 737 Mountbatten ■..Tjng Club and ex double single „i rd terms moderate r-.initahed flat dining rooms ,:lon fan re,'t Road near M 649 S.T. -om 1.3.56 in peaa
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    • 381 11 GODGtvN SPACE *v ANTED U Word.U(Mtn.)~ B ,x S0 eU. extra. BRITISH firm Requires a lockup godown up to MOO sq ft AW97. S^T mlt eUUS to EDUCATION 20 WordoSS (Mln.)-Box So et,. txtrm. LCC EXAMINATION B-keepins and Accouuta all stages Question papers with Answers 1947 to 1955 aUo n
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    • 381 11 TUITION j *O Word, SS (Mim.)-Box it tU. txtrm. AT YOUR HOME: Private tuition for All Standards In All school subjects from $20 monthly particulars to Box A 1684 ST NEW SESSIONS In Shorthand, Typewriting and Boole Keeping Commencing 2.3.56. 3 Months Individual Courses In Shorthand/ Typewriting Success Quaranteed. Apply
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    • 425 11 HOUSES LAND WANTED 20 Word, U (Mm.)— Box M el«. oxtrm. MODERN HOUSE Three Bedrooms: Study, Dining Room, Lounge, Garage, Servants Quarters, Modern Conveniences. Seaside or AI Residential area within five miles City Centre. Reply quoting area Accommodation, Price. Box A 1727, S.T. FOR HIRE 20 Word, SS Mln. j—
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    • 903 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Word, $5 (Him.)— Box SO ett. txtr: MORRIS "10". Engine complete with Dynamo Starter and Gearbox. In good condition. Apply Raby Tel: *****. QUICK SALE BSA Motor Cycle 500 cc good condition engine tyres best otter accepted Telephone I Holmberg ***** Office Hours only. LATE 1950
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    • 789 11 MISCELLANEOUS 2t Word, SS (Mln.)— Box SO et: txtrm. FOR SUPERB TAILORING Suit*- -Shirts Uniforms. Breeches Ladles Costumes Dresses, etc. Please visit Nath Tailors 4, Tanglin Road Singapore. All sales under guarantee. Prices very competitive. Remodeling and repairs also undertaken. LADIES LATEST CUTS and First Class Perms from $10/--uslng the
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    • 559 11 Calobar sun glass'lenses are the result of years of intensive research in the absorbtive glass field by scientists working continuously in the interests or eye comfort and health. American Optical Co. m Available Irom all reputable opticians. WgV Ask your optician to show you the Calobar frame [sXleI Starts Today
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    • 744 12 ONG,OOI HAVE EASY PATH TO SCOTTISH DOUBLES FINAL MALAYAN Thomas Cup players, Ong Poh lim and Ooi Teik Hock, left Singapore by air yesterday for London stil' uncertain whether their trip would take -hem to the United Spates. The Malayans, on their way to the All-England and Scottish invitation tournaments,
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    • 32 12 TOKYO. Sun. The Australian Universities Rugby Union team won its first scheduled game in Japan today with a convincing 34-11 score over an AU Waseda University side.
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    • 1024 12 P W D L P APts Man. United 32 19 6 7 64 42 44 Blackpool 31 16 6 9 65 47 38 Newcastle 32 16 3 IS 71 48 35 West Brom. 31 15 4 12 47 45 34 Wolves 30 14 S 11
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    • 126 12 DUBLIN, Sun. j TRELAND beat Scotland by 14 ■L points to 10 here yesterday to gain their first win In a Rugby Union International match since February 1954. Ireland scored a goal and three tries to two goals. Results of Rugby Union club matches were:
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    • 367 12 UNITED'S FAITH IN YOUTH IS PAYING OFF LONDON <?„„ jVf ANCHESTER United's faith in youth I iTI paying full dividends this season towards their second post-war Encrii i championship. ollsh *Z^ With only ten matches to olay, Manchester United have a six points lead over their nearest challengers. Blackpool, and
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    • 192 12 Selangof trounce RAF 10.2 G KUALA 1 f\!PT- B OING on spree in which seven goals R.A.F. cnmbii.. ten goals to on the HQ Malt The atrmrn took the lea. progressed Selancor o a initiative and rest ot thr and combination RAF's N«il Nut-err h support from a rather (CJj
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    • 17 12 ARGONAUTS Argonauts ben 1 RAI I in a soccer friend!; I yesterday, scoring thMuch >fl Boyd. I
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    • 125 12 LEAGUE BODY PULLS OUT OF JOINT COMMITTEE LONDON, Sun. T^HE ENGLISH Football League 1 have withdrawn from the joint standing committee of which they were members with the English Football Association and the Players' Union. The committee was formed in 1949 on the recommendation of the National Arbitration Tribunal of
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    • 22 12 CAMBRIDGE, Sun— Cambridge University beat Oxford University by 13 matches to two in the in-ter-Varsity badminton competition here yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 302 12 WEIGHTS for six races on the second day of the Penan* Turf Club's Spring meeting are: Cl. 1, Olv. 1-6 F. Avenger 9.00 High Hopes 8.13 Stage Show II 8.12 Banker Boy 8.12 La Ronde 8.11 Pnrple and White 8.10 Firebird 8.09 Acrobat 8.08 Snow
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    • 424 12 Last year's Invincible Marines are routed 4*4) WHAT a shock was in store for the Marines, last season's Singapore Amateur Footbal Association League and Cup champions, at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tigers, the League runners-up, took a big chunk out or Marines'
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    • 293 12 IPOH, Sun. NINE records were broken in the second annual Simpang Pulai hill climb organised by the Perak Motor Club today. The speed trial, over a distance of half a mile on the Simpang Pulai-Lahat Road near Ipoh, went off without a
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    • 102 12 Fast scoring by airmen in 43 run win A half century In 35 minutes by Ft/Lt Leray highlighted the cricket fixture on the padang yesterday when R.A.F. Singapore beat Singapore Recreation Club by 43 runs. Leray hit all round the wicket for his 59, while Ft/Lt Turner was next best
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    • 87 12 PESHAWAR. Pakistan Sun. Pakistan needed only 18 more runs with eight second innings wickets in hand to win the third unofficial Test against M.C.C. "A" at the close of the third day today. There are two days left for play. Scores: M.C.C. 188 and HI: Pakistan
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    • 65 12 Indian Association began their cricket season with a home-and-home match yesterday when the Chairman Board of Controls XI beat the Convenor's XI by eight runs at Balestier Road. Chairman's XI: 129 (V Gill 33. Abdul Rasak 21. K.K. Menon 20. Amar Singh 4-30. Vythillngam 2-17). Convenor's
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    • 384 12 COLONY XI TAKE WOMEN'S 'QUAD' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. ONE OF the largest hockey crowds here saw Singapore beat Perak by a solitary goal to become champions in the women's quadrangular hockey tournament, which ended this evening. Selangor were runners-up while Negri Sembilan were third and Perak last. The game between
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    • 808 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. K'oiiUnurd from Pare 8) SITUATIONS VACANT to Hordtfj (Mi*.)— Box St rU. txtrm. WANTED ENGLISH COMPOSITOR. Part time. Apply 126. Rare Course Road. Singapore. EXPERIENCED TYPEWRITER Salesman required by European Company. Apply Box A 1717, S.T. MANAGER BRITISH Insurance Company requires experienced Lady Secretary Shorthand 110, Typing 35,
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    • 90 12 /ENGLISH ELECTRIC iiiJNk EA. 83 MODEL^ llk 8.3 CU. FT. REFRIGERATOR f\ \f ft !f/ BRIHCIMC YOU BETTER VW& Thermostatie temperature eontro with ample range for all normal n quirements. ENCLISH ELECTRIC hermeticall sealed refrigerating unit— guarani ed for 5 full years. Built-in 3-shelf DOOR STORE Full-width FREEZER. Full-width COLDRAWER.
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