The Straits Times, 10 March 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times. New*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1956 15 CENTS
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    7-DAY MERDEKA DRIVE
    573 1  -  Felix Abisheganaden Colony-wide campaign by all parties to impress visiting British M.Ps. public Vote,' mass rally t jT will be Merdeka Week in Singapore from .Monday. Political leaders of ics will sl:ii^t' a lirluinil campaign to i the visiting utisli parliamentary Reflation tliat the miv is ready
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    THEY WILL BE MALAYA'S 'WATCHDOGS'
    299 1 Alliance plans Upper House to guard country's interests KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. The Alliance's idea of a bicameral legislature involves a fully nominated Upper House consisting of representatives of Rulers and nominees from commercial and trade union organisations. This "watchdog" House will include people guarding interests
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    MICHAEL, 5, SMILES FOR FIRST TIME After years of pain and 8 operations
    111 1 MICHAEL, 5, SMILES FOR FIRST TIME After years of pain and 8 operations LITTLE MICHAEL Lee Sok Chua, a five-year-old Singapore boy, recently bad his first taste of happiness alter years of pain. Michael is shown smiling happily at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne as a nurse helps him
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    Naval fly-past today
    38 1 Sixty Naval aircrart will fly over Singapore this afternoon in mass formation to climax the first phase of the "Operation Welcome" air-sea exercises. The aircraft taking part will be Sea Hawks, Sea Venoms and Gannets.
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    Lock icon BRITAIN FLINGS OUT MAKARIOS
    425 1 Deported and three others NICOSIA, Friday. BRITAIN today deported Archbishop Makarios, the union-with-Greece leader, from Cyprus. Bishop Kyprianos one of the three senior Bishops of the island and two other priests were also deported. They were flown out to an unknown destination. The deportation orders were
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    19 are now admitted
    56 1 From Our Own Corresponded MELBOURNE. Fri. —Professor Martin, acting ViceChancellor of Melbourne University, today said that 19 Asian students previously refused admission to study medicine had now been admitted. Six others, who wer c not admitted because their matriculation results were not good enough, have been
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    Lock icon Raffles himself to pay debts
    48 1 SYDNEY, Fri. Leslie Twaddle, who says he Is 25, fit and strong but broke, hopes to sell 3,000 raffle tickets at £1 each here to pay his debts. The prize? He will work without pay for one year for the lucky winner. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 270 for Ceylon elections
    36 1 COLOMBO. Fri. A total of 270 candidates filed their nominations today for the forthcoming general elections to Ceylon's third Parliament. They will contest 95 seats in a 101-member House of Representatives. Reuter.
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    Lock icon To catch a thief
    32 1 HOLLYWOOD, Frl. Film director Alfred Hitchcock told the police today that burglars broke into his home while he was away and stole about US$5,OOO worth of valuables. U.P.
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    A royal romance is sealed
    299 1 A royal romance is sealed 51.001.... SI6H OR DOTTED LINE From HARRY MILLER SRI MENANTI, Fri.— With a dowry of $1,001 and the signing of a contract, the 24-year-old Raja Muda of Kedah, Tengku Abdul Halim, tonight married Tengku Bahiyah, eldest daughter of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan,
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    Lock icon Dr. Ong for Privy Council
    41 1 LONDON, Fri— An appeal by Dr. Ong Bak Hin of Malacca, who was found guilty last November of infamous professional conduct, Is listed for hearing before the judicial committee of the Privy Council here on Monday.—Reuter.
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    'UNFIT MEN WERE FIT -DOCTOR
    1106 1 'X-rays showed no ills 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A WOMAN DOCTOR told the Sessions Court here today that she examined six men who had been declared unfit for work and found them in good health. Dr. (Miss) Thelma Ward, of the Penang General Hospital, was
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    Lock icon GOOSSENS QUIZZED
    106 1 1-By vice squad 2-By customs SYDNEY, Fri. fUSTOMS official* ud vice Vj squad detectives questioned Sir Eugene Goossens, famed British conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, for seven hours today after his arrival here from Singapore. Sir Eugene was released after questioning at the airport and at police
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    Rubber for Poland
    42 1 JAKARTA. Frl. A Polish freighter which has loaded about 2,000 tons of rubber at Belawan. Is expected in Tandjong Priok tomorrow to take on more rubber. Jakarta businessmen today estimated that the freighter would load "a few thousand tons."
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    Lock icon Malenkov to see atomic base
    37 1 LONDON. Fri.— Mr. Georgl Malenkov, former Prime Minister of Russia, will be shown round Britain's atomic energy establishment at Harwell when he comes here next week, it was officially announced today. Reuter.
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    Quits council
    22 1 Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy has resigned from the Singapore City Council, following his appointment m Minister for Commerce and Industry.
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    Court acquits major
    321 1 Court acquits major Not sure he was told of loss A COURT-MARTIAL in Singapore yesterday acquitted Maj. Albert Leonard Henderson. 38, of the R.A.O.C, of two charges in connection with the loss of 2,400 electric detonators from No. 443 Base Ammunition Depot. Maj. Henderson was charged with failing to report
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    32 1 'GREEK PEOPLE WILL RISK' (Ser this pacre) ATHENS, Fri.— Cvpr n% and 'Tnioii-with-<ireorr'' quarters h»T«' expressed "deepest indignation" at deportation of Makarios. Tnion-with-<Jreeee" M.P. said: "Greek people will rise" Reuter.
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    Lock icon SIR John Glubb
    28 1 LONDON, Fri. General John Glubb was knighted by the Queen in London today and invested with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Bath. Reuter.
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    A CORONATION IN CAMBODIA
    112 2 On a red and feold throne, beneath a white and fcold umbrella, a fclitterinfc ceremony— then a parade in triumph through Pnompenh streets KING NORODOM of Cambodia was crowned in o glittering centuries-old ceremony in the throne room of the royal palace at Pnompenh last Saturday.
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    Lock icon GLUBB: DON'T GET TOUGH NOW
    241 2 LONDON, Fri. Gen. John Glubb, dismissed commander of the Arab Legion, yesterday listed two reasons which might have influenced King Hussein in sacking him. •The first is largely a personal one," Gen. Glubb said in a letter to The Times. "His Majesty is still young
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    Lock icon Back Baghdad Pact, Dulles told
    69 2 Back Baghdad Pact, Dulles told KARACHI. Fri— Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, last night pressed Mr. Foster Dulles, the U.S. Secretary of State, to throw more weight into America's support for the five-nation Baghdad Pact in an effort to stop the deterioration of Western influence in the troubled
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      Lock icon MILLIONAIRE FLIES TO FREEDOM
      278 2 SAO PAULO, Fri.— Police here said that Adhemar de Barros, Brazilian millionaire and presidential candidate, sentenced two days ago to two years' jail for embezzlement, had fled to Paraguay in one of his fleet of private aircraft. Police bad made a widespread search for de Barros.
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      Lock icon Journey's end for crew of drifting raft
      62 2 Journey 's end for crew of drifting raft BALBOA. Fri.— The voyage of the crew of the raft Cantuta, which drifted across the Pacific for 90 days to try to beat the Kontikl record, has ended in the Panama Canal where they are now marooned Immigration authorities yesterday detained the
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    Lock icon Schoolbous go on strike over two 'black marks.'
    175 2 Schoolbous go on strike over two 'black marks.' A "STRIKE" among 136 pupKuhtV A Middle School in Miri, north SS Chu -Vj had lasted more than a week enii«H k «hl This followed a r d to^l ing of their parents yester- day to discuss an ultimatum by the school
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    Lock icon FUN OR A Mi; MASK BAN ON TERROR ISLE
    73 2 FUN OR A Mi; MASK BAN ON TERROR ISLE •ne a mask durint nival week in this year eaa brin to seven yearv i" the wearer. ficial warning Fancy dress PMI and masked balls ditionally marking, f.rst week of Lent^ been banned this Z under the Kmer n Regulation*. n
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    Lock icon Killer hanged
    33 2 NAIROBI, Fri. An African houseboy who murdered a Scotswoman. Mrs. Helen Milton, and her 11 -year-old daughter, Margaret, in their home in November was executed in Nairobi prison last night. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Norway say no
    28 2 OSLO, Fri. Nortnk day declined a Soviet h tation for a Norwegian m tary delegation to attend! military parade in Mow on May 1. Reuter.
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    MOTHER WHO IS DYING WINS RACE...
    260 3 MOTHER WHO IS DYING WINS RACE... NEW YORK, Friday S VN(KK-I)()OMED mother won her 900- y milei A ra*e afatas* the clock yesterday and arrived pier m time to catch the liner which will 5 lkt her home In Holland to die. Hn \ntonia Manders, 27, and her husband Cor
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    Lock icon Siam gives China the cold shoulder
    128 3 *WE STAND WITH FREE WORLD' BANGKOK. Friday. SI AM .-tood with the free democracies and would prefer not to have any diplomatic relations what- with the Chinese people, Premier P. Pibul im said today at his press conference. that never in their i had
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    Lock icon Floods hit town
    40 3 WARREN, Perm. Fri. Floodwaters 4ft. deeo swirled through here yesterday forcing hundreds of families to flep from their homes. Authorities rushed every available vehicle to evacuate morp than 100 patients and seven babies from the hospital. Reuter.
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    Baby for Corinne
    20 3 SANTA MONICA. Fri. French actress Corinne Calvet has given birth to an 81b soz son. A P
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    Lock icon Reds cut hours
    23 3 LONDON. Fri— Russia toiced from eight to six w rking day on all Saturdays and on the eve of Reuter.
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    Lock icon Trawler held
    16 3 OSLO, Fri— A Soviet trawler was arrested near Aalesund. a Norwegian port today. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ben-Gurion builds fence on border
    151 3 SOMEWHERE IN ISRAEL. Mr. David Bcn-Gurion. id Prime Minister of I j a barbed wire at a irontier village ♦Ast 0! tne Gaza Strip yesterday feet away, sweating hi* shirt sleeves. Israel's Id army Chief of Maj. -Gen. Moshe Dayan, dug a trench. They were
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    Lock icon Whitehall spies—'Hunt down the Reds'
    295 3 Whitehall spies— 'Hunt down the Reds' SECURITY PROBE REPORT AFTER M and B SCANDAL SECRETS MUST BE KEPT OUT OF THEIR REACH LONDON, Friday. A GROUP of top British politicians declared yesterday there was nothing radically wrong with Government security but they urged a tightening up. The view came Irom
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    Lock icon IF AMERICA MADE H-BOMB FOR BRITAIN...
    161 3 IF AMERICA MADE H-BOMB FOR BRITAIN... fONDON. Fri. A former Conservative minister. Lord Coleraine, last night said it was "fantastic" that Britain, in her present economic position, should manufacture the hydrogen bomb "simply because if the United States did it for us it would be deKradine." But Lord Salisbury. Lord
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    Lock icon Soviet query on French jet
    48 3 PARIS, Fri. The Soviet Government has made inquiries about the Caravelle, the first French Jet airliner, and wants to send a delegation to Francr soon to study it. Tue builders said that the Soviet request had been passed on to the Government. Reuter.
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    Lock icon DULLES (in India) PRAISES NEHRU
    160 3 DULLES (in India) PRAISES NEHRU NEW DELHI, Fri.— The American Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, arrived here today and promptly began talks on world problems with the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru. Mr. Dulles assured Indians on his arrival that America had "nothing but the greatest respect and
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    Lock icon Family suicide
    38 3 TOKYO. Fri. An unemployed father tossed his two small daughters in front of a train last night, then jumped in front of the train with his baby son tn his arms. All four were killed.— A.P.
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    Lock icon MISSILE SHIP
    115 3 No guided weapons yet, but Navy will still carry out trials npHE secret 8.500-ton Girdle 1 Ness will be tried out as the Royal Navy's first guided Commons was told last night. Mr. George Ward, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, said that though Britain had no ship-to-air guided
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    Lock icon Budget arrests
    36 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister, told Parliament today that some arrests had been made in connection with the leakage of secrets before the budget was presented to Parliament on Feb. 29.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dag for Moscow
    32 3 NEW YORK, Fri. Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, the United Nations Secretary General, plans to visit Russia this year when he tours capitals of several member nations in Eastern Europe. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Shah leaves
    20 3 KARACHI. Fri.— The Shah of Persia left for Teheran today after a one-day state visit to Karachi.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Name's not the same
    74 3 Labels sabotaged WASHINGTON, Pri.—Senator Charles Potter yesterday said there was evidence that some Communist countries had tampered with the labelling on foreign aid shipments from the United States by changing them from "U.S.A." to "U.S.S.R." Senator Potter said that the Senate Commerce Committee, of which he
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    Lock icon BRITANNIA (NO LONGER) RULES WAVES. HE SAYS
    95 3 LONDON. Fri. A LABOUR Member of Parliament. Mr. James Callachan, suggested in the House of Commons last night that the British should stop singing "Britannia rules the waves" With the Americans spending nine times as much on their Navy as the British, it
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    LONDON STOCKS
    324 3 LONDON, Fri. STOCK MARKETS ended the week on a quiet not*. Sentiment wu Improved by the advance on Wall Street yesterday but the uncertain economic outlook kept buyers away. Markets, however, made a better showing as selling pressure slackened, although price movements were few and small. Closing middle
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    I am the king, he said
    216 4 I am the king, he said THREAT LANDED MAN IN COURT AFTER being sacked A for inefficiency, a former foreman of the Supply Reserve Depot, Lim Ah Book, decided to regain his lost position 'by ousting his successor, All bin Ghanl. Urn put his plan into action on the evening
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    Mr. M's session
    24 4 The Singapore Chief Minis. ter, Mr. David Marshall, will "meet the people" at the Public Relations Office at 9 a.m. today.
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    We are not firemen' stand
    309 4 I HAMMER'S BOATMEN WON'T iDO PORT JOB: SO NOW I IT'S UP TO HARBOUR BOARD EMPLOYEES' of W. Hammer and Company Ltd., a Singapore firm which supplies water to shipping, have refused to continue acting as port firemen. It was stated yesterday that Singapore Harbour
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    A union decides to SO into business
    88 4 A union decides to SO into business IPOH, Fri. The National Union of Miscellaneous Employees has decided to raise $100,000 to run a business in Ipoh. Union members are to be asked to contribute $10 for each share in the business. The business will be named the Pan-Malaya General Employees
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    M.C.S. DEBTS: QUESTION IN COUNCIL
    85 4 M.C.S. DEBTS: QUESTION IN COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Federal Councillor wants to know whether action is taken against Malayan Civil Service officers who leave behind unpaid debts when going on leave or on transfer. Mr. Tan Slew Sin (Malacca) Central) has tabled this question for answer at next week's
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    $20,000 opium discovery
    35 4 About $20,000 worth of opium was seized by a Singapore Customs party on the Buloh which arrived from Bangkok yesterday. The opium weighed 50 lb. and was hidden In a fuel tank.
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    FREE HAIRCUTS: 130 GET A FIRM NO
    153 4 IPOH, Friday. TTHE managements of the 12 Chinese dhoby shops x in Ipoh have refused the demand by their 130 workers for special allowances for cigarettes and haircuts. The workers had presented their employers with five demands through the National Union of Miscellaneous
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    Doctor is charged
    64 4 Dr. Edward O. Leonard, of the Oeneral Hospital, Singapore, was charged in a Colony traffic court yesterday with causing the death of Angela Fatimah, aged 4. while driving a car negligently at Bridport Avenue, Serangoon Gardens, on Feb. 5. He pleaded not guilty and had his personal
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    A woman owes $20,741
    30 4 Madam Teo Oek Ohay, owner of Chai Kong Electrical Service, was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Her total liabilities amounted to $20,741.
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    Man's story of back lane assault
    176 4 Man 's story of back lane assault A CHARCOAL dealer, Tang Seng Chong, 36, yesterday reported to the police that two men who claimed to be detectives took him to a back lane in Upper Cross Street, Singapore, on Thursday night and beat him up. One of the two men
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    'COMMIT MAN' ORDER TO COURT CANCELLED
    305 4 'COMMIT MAN' ORDER TO COURT CANCELLED Jttdge fill magistrate: Don't go on with new h^ rl|| £N application to stop a magistral. £2*' tinuing a preliminary inquiry ordertdW? Attorney General was granted by Mr i Thomson in the High Court here today. The application was made by Mi n r
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    Batik painting pioneer to hold exhibition
    152 4 Batik painting pioneer to hold exhibition MR. CHUAH THEAN TENG, an art teacher at the Ton* Sian School in Penanf, who is recognised as a Malayan pioneer in the new art of batik painting, the technique of which is patterned after that used by batik sarong craftsmen in Indonesia and
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    Missing boy found after search of hotels
    121 4 Missing boy found after search of hotels PENANC. Fri missing Khoolbe* t™ Thean S;u,. f 1 traced to s. nz ,Z? hotel last nieht His father, t. Liat Sene, a a mer chant and his mother today flew tothp(«i on to bring the buy home' A Dupil at St. Xavitr,
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    Cake model of school
    52 4 A model school in plum cake, "white washed' wilt icing and decorated with candles, will mark the birthday celebration of the OuV ram School on March 29. The party will be attended by students, parents, teachen and headmasters, both past and present, to celebrate the school's
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    Disgrace, says judge to soldiers who robbed
    117 4 rpwo British soldiers, who X robbed a taxi driver, were told by the Chief Justice yesterday that they were a disgrace to their regiment. The soldiers. Cpl. William Boothwell, 24, and Cpl. Thomas Taylor, 37, both of the R.A.S.C. now under sentence of
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    Skip tripper plan? All S'pore says 'pish' to Fish
    528 5 fP^2LJ^^AND VISITORS WILL COME' Amateur hotels... Nothing to h^ m ht condemned a m m 'dmght::: Indifferent service That's what a Straits Times reporter charged when c t0 attract mor e tourists to the Colony. And what a blast of protest
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    Father away, so son, 16, has a strike on his hands
    145 5 MM, WOKE school- hoi \fsterclay put his Mt> hMc and took i ither's sports lop in Cross Street ■hrn 11 workers went on j ggMamg" strike. For 1H year-old Soo in it was his SM business experience. Hiv i.
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    TOURISTS WANT A QUIET LIFE—NOT NIGHT LIFE !
    377 5 TOURISTS WANT A QUIET LIFE— NOT NIGHT LIFE I pwe cultural ftast of the East and tht best of tie West mm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniir- By CELIA PARRISH MR. George Thompson, Singapore's Public Relations Officer, yesterday joined the attack on Fish's damning story. "Does he want Singapore to be the only territory
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    Court told of letter from Chen Tien' EXTORTION BID IS ALLEGED
    191 5 Court told of letter from Chen Tien' EXTORTION BID IS ALLEGED ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A letter purported to have been signed by "Chen Tien, commander of the terrorists' 9th platoon," asking for $1,000 because "the Baling talks had not provided good results for us," was mentioned in a case in
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    Book show
    15 5 The British Council In Singapore has sent 400 books for exhibition in Sarawak.
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    MADELON TAKES A BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY
    62 5 MADELON TAKES A BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY MADELON WILKES who arrived in Singapore yesterday on her way round the world. Madelon who works with a tourist agency in Sydney said that she was travelling: "partly for business and partly for pleasure." "I hope to have a look at some of your hotels
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    $17,000 INSURANCE PROFIT
    55 5 THE Automobile Association of Singapore received $17,238 as its share of the year's commission on the private car insurance scheme which it introduced for members in January 1955. Thanks to the commission, the association's accounts, according to the annual report, showed a surplus of $18,262 "the most
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    77 6 20 Word, $1$ (minimum) MR. AND MRS. HATHAWAY fepr«l their thanks to all Friends oi their son, Bernard, for their mpnihy and Floral Tributes In connection with his tragic death a* tin le.sult of a Motor Accident at Kulim on llth February, 1956. MH A: MHS. CHIN AIK VICTOR
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat Mar. 10, 1956. The Future Malaya
    561 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat Mar. 10, 1956. The Future Malaya The terms of reference of the independent commission which is to make recommendations for the future constitution of an independent Federation of Malaya are as comprehensive as the most anxious "Malayan" could desire. Her Majesty, and the Rulers, have
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    Fear of Failure
    352 6 Mr. Marshall is never at a loss for a formula. The situation now is that he fears the failure of the Merdeka Mission to London next month. At one time he played with the idea of sending a roving ambassador around the Commonwealth to enlist support for
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    Hindu Marriages
    260 6 Tile question of compulsory registration of Hindu marriages in Singapore is to receive the attention again of the Legislative Assembly. A Hindu Monogamous Marriage Bill, introduced by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, got as far as the Select Committee stage but before anything could be done the old
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    As I was saying..
    1149 6  -  CYNICUS by WHAT good does Singapore's Chief Minister think will be served by the extraordinary "referen- dum" on merdeka which an all-party committee is launching on Monday ?Ifit is for the benefit of the visiting Parliamentary delegation from Britain it will no more impress them than
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    777 6 MALAYSiAX notebook OUR growing cities in Malaya, with their perhaps too obtrusive wealth and inevitable concomitant crowding and poverty, are fortunate in some ways. From the neurotic atmosphere of Kuala Lumpur or of Singapore, with their perpetual struggle for existence, you can escape very easily and forget
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    133 6 From the Straits Times of March 15, 1906: WHEN the presently existing scheme of electlc tramways for Singapore was first mooted, one of the factors which led the Municipality to receive the project with favour was that it would give them opportunity to secure for the city
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    More pay all by W.D. workers
    72 7 More pay all by W.D. workers PUR. Fri. ■'< .000-strong nt Civil- j Association higher mbers. be cosfc of ip and said runent should iicmc as ild by "other the asso- H Zaidi. Department similar Federation ks guards baa decldirance from r. Tengku that in MaFrderation's the future of :vilian
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    FUNERAL OF CRASH VICTIM
    42 7 KALACCA Fri. The TU Geok I Lady Tan. i an Chinese president, will tomorrow. I a telephone Killed in a coltrisha and In Banda Hi- Rest House.! rung. ncer in the rider, Tan Koon i so killed. I
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    SEVEN JUNGLE GRAVES
    112 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri A ROYal Air Force chap- lain, Squadron Leader Frank Price, today conducted a simple jungle burial service for the seven men who died when a Valetta aircraft crashed in the Cameron Highlands last Friday. A small group of Army and R.A.F. officers were present
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    Study gifts
    21 7 TAIPING, Fri. Scholarships worth $750 were awarded to 12 students of five schools yesterday by the Taiping Rotary Club.
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    TENGKU HEARS ABOUT IT
    44 7 The Chief gku Abdul RahDirector of -Gen Sir received a today on the Lfalnst the ter- rorists in the Ulu Langat district. They attended a joint meeting of the Selangor State War Executive and Ulu Langat District War Executive Committees.
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    Girl killed in accident
    41 7 RAWANG. Fri.— A seven-year-old girl was fatally injured when she was knocked down by a military jeep just opposite the San Yuk Chinese School here yesterday. Lam Mook Lan was crossIng the road when the accident occurred.
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    New hope in Malacca, Penang
    439 7 THE CONSTITUTION* TERMS OF REFERENCE HAILED IN THE FEDERATION 'WE CAN STILL REMAIN BRITISH SUBJECTS AND MALA VAN CITIZENS' CPFriAT LALA LUMPUR, Friday, k r it p rovision e the terms of reference ma u e lnde Pendent commission which will Hnn J e^ mmendati
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    'THE TENGKU DANCED AT OUR CLUB'
    495 7 'THE TENGKU DANCED AT OUR CLUB' SemtiM it tlit Dwdm SiyMg i\u eate-wtoatt trtatod it hottllt ni violinist tells tht coyrt: 'Og ■■tic party ptrftfti ftr Ptpyy Day ami U.MJ.O. fills.' Ht idis- PENANG, Friday. £)URING a visit to the Dondang Sayang Club with Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan last year,
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    The helpful neighbours
    57 7 KUALA TRENGOANU. Frl. —The Sultan of Trengganu today presented a letter of commendation to 10 Home Guard operational sections who came from Kelantan last month to help In operations against Communist terrorists. The Mentri Besar gave the letter to the Home Guard Captain Abdul Rahman on the
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    A CHASE, THEN TRADER IS ROBBED
    127 7 A CHASE, THEN TRADER IS ROBBED MALACCA, Fri. FOUR men stopped a car six miles from Malacca this afternoon and robbed Mr. Man Weng Sung, 48, of four bars of gold worth about $3,000. Mr. Mah, a Seremban goldsmith, was travelling alone in his car to Malacca. Near Rembau he
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    Charity show
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A film show will be given tomorrow night at the Methodist Boys School hall in aid of the Red Cross Society.
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    Guards shoot: Figures vanish
    35 7 KUAL. LUMPUR, Fri. Home Guards at the 14th mile, Ulu Langat Road, in the Kajang district of South Selangor, fired at four figures they saw early this morning. The figures disappeared.
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    Found hanging
    21 8 A 69-year-old woman, Foo Tee, was fonnd hanging from a tree at Pierce Reservoir, Thomson Road, Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    A SNUB FOR Mr. SIM, the 'LOCAL MAN'S CHAMPION'—'
    335 8 A SNUB FOR Mr. SIM, the 'LOCAL MAN'S CHAMPION' We don't need your help, Councillor told MR- SIM BENG SENG, the Singapore City Councillor who believed he was championing the local staff when he demanded to be heard at the Malayanisation Commission on Thursday, is due for a shock. A
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    Give rice lands to Malays call AN APPEAL, A PLAN AND A WARNING
    161 8 Give rice lands to Malays call AN APPEAL, A PLAN AND A WARNING IPOH, Friday. AN Alliance state councillor said yesterday that while kampong people were starving, the great wealth of the state was being taken away and "enjoyed by foreigners and capitalists." Inche Yahaya bin Hajl Harun (Lower Perak
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    Sea chase brings fine of $12,000
    95 8 PENANG. Pri. A CUSTOMS motor boat chased a sampan in Penang harbour early on the morning of March 5. the Session Court here was told today. Liin Ah Choo, who was rowing the sampan, was fined $12,000 In default, six months' jail for conveying
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    Body found in swamp
    29 8 Body found in swamp The decomposed body of a Chinese was found in a swamp off Chua Chu Kang Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. The man has not been identified.
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    DOCTORS' DAY: MEDICINE MEN PLAN TO CELEBRATE
    84 8 DOCTORS' DAY: MEDICINE MEN PLAN TO CELEBRATE JX>UR organisations of J? Chinese physicians and druggists will Jointly celebrate "Chinese Physicians' Day" on March 17. They are the Singapore Chinese Drug Importers' and Exporters' Guild, the Singapore Chinese Druggists' Association, the Chinese Physicians' Association and the Singapore Chinese Physicians' and Druggists'
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    THE DANGER TO OUR ENTREPOT TRADE
    194 8 Colony faces threat, says report A WARNING that Sin- gapore faces a threat to its status as a major port is contained in the 1955 report of the Singapore Shipowners' Association. The association's chairman Mr. W. H. McNeill, says: "The threat may not be
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    Lock icon The Lords turn down tax appeal
    233 8 The Lords turn down tax appeal f ONDON, FrL The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday allowed an appeal by the Federal Comptroller of Income Tax in a dispute over an assessment made on Harrisons and Crosneld (Malaya) Ltd.. of Kuala Lumpur. Lord Radclifle, a Lord of Appeal, said
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    Choosing the 'Flash Queen'
    33 8 The Photographic Society of Singapore will hold its annual social and dance at Raffles Hotel on Apr. 13. A "Flash Queen" will be elected from among those who attend.
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    MYF social
    28 8 Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a buffet social for this year's district and chapter officials at the Straits Chinese church hall, Kampong Kapor, tonight.
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      556 8 radio malaya Regional •Program mes thus narked can be fiIVfIADABV received by Usteners in Malacca. »lIWJ_JfIMUS (Short wave 49 A 62m. Mfdliun n i n A nn<> 711 4^o^^^____K "BSttaSTrlo *SKi 7i' M P O1 M Baturd\°y _X" .STSSSI bate™ %S •1 it ci~,. nn bi,._ vort»t d« Meaannes 8.U2
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    Lock icon -f'»^nTTT7TTTllTTTT**^"''*****''"^**'PWWWWEM'yyTTTTsnw"''**'*^*w|wwM>iiiwißßßiwwww>ww^^. Judge who disagreed with Governor was oenalised
    1448 9 f'»^nTTT7TTTllTTTT**^"''*****''"^**'PWWWWEM'yyTTTTsnw"''**'*^*w wwM>iiiwißßßiwwww>ww^^. Judge who disagreed with Governor was oenalised HHe cached a snook at g Singapore red tape 1 IN THE month of July 1825, Sir John Thomas Claridge was mformed by the President of the Board of Com m ,ss,oners for the Affairs of Indw, that His Majesty King
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      91 9 ttex Morgan. 3i~0.* Father very ill I -r— *M^r/i *"g ic^-JmT^ Kti^E TOGCT UP? V NO. OR. VAVTON IT'S TWO 1 PC M00&6.N MOOTS HEBE )IT IS *BOUT KOufi H fcta^ I MUST TM.K TO i^^^ I^sL o<cuxx Tv **00NH& J fcBOUTHM FMWCC'K'S ■^\^JUtH LtK' U^h^Mi H^^^r-*\ Bf/'^^SSl r^Mfcrtfl^l I^^^^^
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    RUBBER, SHARES DULL IN SINGAPORE ON SMALL TRADE
    584 10 RUBBER, SHARES DULL IN SINGAPORE ON SMALL TRADE By Our Market Correspondent TtflE rubber market in Singapore yesterday was featureless with little inclination to trade and the close for March first grade buyers 98 j cents per lb., was seven-eighths of a cent below Thursday's closing price. Prices were around
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    Rubber mart
    407 10 has rapid changes THE past week has been one of rapidly changing sentiment as conflicting news and rumours of one sort and another have followed each other, states H. C. B. Ltd's. current rubber market review. Last week ended on a steady note at 99 cents the price
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 10 March first trade robber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 98 T s cents per lb., seveneighths of a cent below Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing price* in cents per lb. were: No. 1. R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 98 T sellers 99',; No.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    184 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; March $27 7 8 buyers, $28 114 sellers; April $28 buyers, $28 12 .sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $41 14 sellers; drum j $44 14 sellers. Pepper: quiet; I Muntok white $130. $129 (both unchanged), special
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    9 10 'up 51.37* (l> »«rM J>ioul^ p ja.l»J
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    SHIPPING
    165 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore. Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Rondo 12. Akagi Maru 45, Bansei Maru C. P.. Triton 6 7, Peleus 8 9, Anna Bakka 11, Loksang 13 14, Doliu.s 15,16, Japara 18. Itria 19 20, Giang Seng N. Wall 6. Hong Tat N. Wall
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    U.S. RUBER'S RECORD YEAR
    143 10 NEW YORK, Thurs. The United States Rubber Company reports that its net Income advanced to a record level of US $33,559,000 in 1955. which was equivalent to earnings of 524 U.S. cents per share of common stock compared with 429 in 1954. The chairman of the
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    STOCKS
    73 10 JNvestmS 8 lev «k in a mlnln ?s trade P"«s a ,aln (end lr,** were steadier al--quieter. Loans 3,, i 3ss Loans 3' t [If*** Con. Bnc Bank ci n., w Mount Lyeli N Broken Hii Hill 50 Mount Morian' Western v Ampol Ex Oil Search Au«- Coasoi. mii
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    EXCHANGE RATE
    30 10 On the free n Hong Konj <^ tr dollar wa.s quoted I cash and 5.92\ for TT Sterling v s I one tael of gold a t 25; I
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      721 10 SALE BY TENDER The British Malayan Petroleum Company Limited. Serla, State of Brunei, offer for sale the following material:— 4015 ft. Copper Wire Cloth, Mosquito. Square Mesh, Unused. No. of meshes per linear In. IBWO Width. 18 26 1 meter (39 Ins.) In rolls of 100 ft. Condition: Good but
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      543 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for the post of Deputy Superintendent. East Coast Training Centre, Kuala Trengganu. Applicants must be Federal Cltisens or eligible for Federal Citizenship or State nationals or eligible for State nationality. They should be above the age of 25 and medically fit, and must be able
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      811 10 THE NEW SERENDAH RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that toe 42nd Annual General Meeting will be held at the Company's Registered Office, No. 1, The Embankment, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, the 28th March, 1956 at 10.30 a.m. AGENDA 1. To receive the
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      215 10 SHIPPING NOTICES bt. "MAETSUYCKER" Berthed 2-3-56. SHB r.dns. 19/2* The general survey of all damaged packages will >c held on Monday. 12th March, 'id. No further surveys will be held after this date. N.V. K. P. M., Agents: ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES. M.V. "ORANJE" Is expected to arrive from Europe on
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      405 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service F ROM CANADA/ U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAT, Sailing Arriving San Francrteo S'por* P. Swet Penaitt Elizabeth Bakke King's Dock 15 Mar 16 Mat Cjerrrud Bakke 7 Mar 6 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apt Kristin Bakke 28 Apr 28 May 30 May 31 May Anna Bakke
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      1100 11 uos MANSFIEWJ <fc CO., LTD. t«i, 4 i» r.l (Incorporated in Singapore) I 1 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE P*" ip proceed via other ports to load* ond discharge co JS U""** lU^M^ CONTINENTAL port, vV Dubl.n M.r 30 Apr 4 I ,ol Glasgow Apr April Apr 14/14 Ap, 17/iJ A
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      386 12 WE are a group of Asian students studying in Melbourne with an intention later of studying medicine. We feel that as the result of our bitter disappointment recently, we should let our people back home know what difficulties and injustice have fallen upon us. For many years,
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      Petrol pump fire danger
      224 12 Petrol pump fire danger I OFTEN wonder what the "No smoking" signs which are displayed at petrol filling stations mean. Are they purely ornamental or are they there to warn of the danger that a lighted cigarette can cause? If the latter, why then is no action taken by pump
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        96 12 RECENTLY I was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital for an operation for cataract. The operation was successful and my vision is now quite good. Having often read and heard, these days, complaints about the lack of facilities and the poor and inhuman treatment meted out to patients
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        Education in Chinese
        89 12 YOU are quite right to say "Chinese education must be given full assistance. Chinese culture must be preserved." Yearly, there are thousands of Chinese youths passing out from vernacular schools who are left jobless and ramble up and down the streets of the Federation because they have
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        45 12 'Pirates' watch the police WHERE have been many A complaints about the "pirate" taxis and yet there are still not fewer than a dozen operating -along the road between Parit Jawa and Muar. When the traffic police disappear, the "pirate" taxis appear. S. T. Muar.
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        Still trying to merge
        92 12 rpHERE are 12 medical JL unions in different states in Malaya, Including two unions of mental hospital workers—at the Central Mental Hospital. Tanjang Rambutan, and Tampei Mental Hospital, Johore Bahru. The total number of attendants and health employees is about 9,000. The idea ls to get
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        The Tengku and mobilisation
        62 12 TIENGKU Abdul Rahman •I declared that there would be no total and immediate mobilisation to fight the Communist bandits because he fears that only Malays would answer to his call. If this is so, what ls the Alliance for? Let the Tengku please answer this, in
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        95 12 MAY I use a small space in your column to extend my very sincere sympathy to "the Cuban Hbomb", who has found that "tales spread very quickly in Singapore?" May I also congratulate her on not being in Penang, where a tale could give Stirling Moss
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        54 12 Dias toward Malays HOW ironical. Tengku Abdul Rahman gave his pledge that there would be no discrimination in' the MCS and we read in the same paper, on a different page, that all the Malayan Civil Service officers appearing before a selection board for training as future "Malayan ambassadors" are
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        Road danger to children
        63 12 HTHE Traffic Police will do a good service to the people living at Chla Ken? Village lf a zebra-crossing is drawn in front of the market. Lately, the traffic has Increased tremendously and it is nearly impossible for the schoolchildren and market-goers to cross the road
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        43 12 I ENDORSE "Strategist's" suggestion, "Citizenship for Service". It should be made a condition of the granting of citizenship that applicants give their services in the defence forces when required up to a certain age, say 50 years. S. RAMACHANDRA. Singapore.
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      215 12 f. 1 \i who wi S| ng for T% b 1/ m you I 1 i >y niqhfly in th c BALL Rofo| ;J^K. i\ food PR EPARi"n K N: '■j^- I Continental dishta ll J&Pp^TEA DANCE EVERY mJf\^ I 7A< SUNDAY 3 TO 7 P.M. f EVERY SATURDAY f\
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    PENALTY SAVES A POINT FOR MARINES
    376 13 PENALTY S AVES A POINT FOR MARINES LAST YEAR the unbeatable Marines played skilful, purposeful football to reach the pinnacle of achievement in Singapore soccer. Now they appear to be slipping down the other side. At Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in their S.A.F.A. Senior League game, they lost a point
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    Raffles hold Saints with a late goal
    194 13 ST. ANDREWS School seemed set to beat their rugger rivals, Raffles Institution, at soccer on the R. I. ground yesterday when they took a 1-0 lead In the closing minutes. But Raffles then replied with a lucky goal to force a 1-1 draw.
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    TOURISTS TO PLAY TODAY
    87 13 The Calcutta football league champions, Mohun Bagan, will open their Singapore visit with a 5.15 pjn. match against SlnoIndians at Jalan Besar Stadium today. The tourists' probable line-up U: Chatterjee; S. Ouha, S. Mannar; R. Sen. S. Ouha jr., B. Nasir; P. Bannerjee. S. Bannerjee, K.
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    166 13 Spurs put West Ham out in Cup replay LONDON, Pri. TOTTENHAM HOTS--1 PUR, the lowlyplaced London First Division side, qualified to meet Manchester City at Villa Park, Birmingham, in the English Football Association Cup semi-final on March 17, by beating Second Division West Ham United 2-1 In the Sixth Round
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    RECA HELD TO 1-1 DRAW
    103 13 DUKIT TIMAH B.C. held RECA to a 1-1 draw in their BAFA Division 2B League game played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Abdul Aziz scored for Bukit Tlman and Jonari for RECA. In another Division 2B match. St. John's S.C. were awarded a walkover when Tempenls
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      148 13 THE WEEKEND'S SPORT TODAY TOMORROW SOCCER SOCCER Mohun BifH v Btao Indians, i jJ^jSL^f^ **?*2VP? Jalan Besar. 5.15 pjn.; S.AJ.A. n u Be^f' "j" |2± n( j <tn. !>«■<<•. v **eague. uiv. aa: wanin Mac ££s£ Th«£j£ KoTl^Div 3A rachiUn, Geytong; Junior A.A. v KJKX. v Minto C. U.. Geylang
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    KHASIM'S WINNING TURN SHOULD COME IN THE 5.20
    668 14 UP 4-lb. for his second to Tres Bien over the Penang 6f. last month, Khasim looks a sound each-way proposition in Race Seven. This three-year-old has a bright turn of speed and sif. Is Just what he needs. Khasim deserves a winning
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    Big Andy an obvious pick
    157 14 rtBVIOUB pick on form is Big v Andy. This Seven Beas gelding is steadily improving with each run and his winning turn is due. At Penang last month, he came in third with 7.8 to Actor II over 7f. He then ran Good Manners to
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    Jack Druce for the straight DAPPLE GREY OVER THE 8i FOR HIS THREE IN A ROW
    580 14  - Jack Druce for the straight DAPPLE GREY OVER THE 8i FOR HIS THREE IN A ROW EPSOM JEEP EPSOM JEEP OFFERS A SAFE EACH-WAY DOUBLE ON THE MAIM RACES By TACK DRUCE 111 (Race Six) and Dapple Grey (Race Eight), two four-year-olds on the upgrade, should make a safe each-way
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTION
    161 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Rare 1. 2.15. HWOOD STAR Monteco Bay H-WOOD STAR Glencoe U HWOOD STAR Montego Bay Race >. 2.45. BIG ANDY Tw 0 Diamonds Kta(tbea> BIG ANDY Kinfibean Palito, TWO DIAMONDS Big Andy Great Tradition Race 1. 1.15. PROJECTOR Priie of Burma Meiboorne
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    Hot Iron has big drop in weight
    178 14 HOT IRON Is obviously a stayer and. on his Ipoh January form, he is worth backing each-way in the Class 5. Div. 1, Bif. event (Race Five). Hot Iron attempted BJf. at Ipoh in January and put up an impressive display his best
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    Lock icon Reid helps Kiwis out of bad start
    204 14 Reid helps Kiwis out of bad start AUCKLAND, N.Z., Fri. NEW ZEALAND'S captain, John Reid, was the star of his side's fighting rato against West Indies on the* first day of the fourth and final cricket Test here today. West Indies won the first three Tests. Reid, batting brilliantly in
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN 157 FOR 6
    41 14 KARACHI, Fri. Pakistan were 157 for six at close of play on the first day of their fourth and final cricket Test against M.C.C. 'A' here today. At the lunch interval, they were Its for five. Renter.
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    937 14 Race 1 2.15: Class 5, Div. 3 5| Furs. 1 907 RJee King II 4y Cracknel] 9.01 Tan Syndicate Sullivan 3 667 Gleneoe II 4y Donnelly 808 Branksome Stable Rodgers 3 986 MoDteto Bay 5y J. Jones 8.06 Amazon Stable Yong 4 603 Hollywood Star 7y Oeyer
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    ACTRESS SA'ADIAH GAINS 11-0,11-0 WIN
    249 14 ACTRESS SA'ADIAH GAINS 11-0, 11-0 WIN MALAY film actress Sa'adlah, I ATA favourite to win this year's Singapore Malays women singles badminton championship, won her first round match with a 11-0, 11-0 victory over Sabarlah Manaf at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night. The other women's singles tie resulted in
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    JOHORE CRICKET CLUB OFFICIALS
    58 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Mr. J. T. Ball ward, who presided at the annual general meeting of the Johore Cricket Club yesterday, was elected Captain for the coming season. Other officials elected are: C. J. Lowe (Hon. Secretary), Major McCulloch (Treasurer) M. li. Emery (Ground Member).' Leong
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    JBRA SHOOT
    49 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.-S-The annual shoot of the Johore Bahru Rifle Association will be held at the association's range In Jalan Kolam Ayir on Mar. 15 at 3 p.m. and on Mar. 16 at 9 a.m. The Sir Ismail Challenge Cup will be competed for at this shoot.
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    ERRANT ARYA GYMKHANA AR
    229 14 TOE ARYAN Gymkhana football tea* 1 x known m Malaya last year a\ It I were in no hurry to return horn?'' I trouble when they finally did l^ I January. I rhe arrangements for the tour and the manner in which it was conducted i
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    BARTRAM MANAGE! YORK CITY
    49 14 BARTRAM MANAGE! YORK CITY South ,&S But for the at cut nearly n from his career H would probably h* Preached the 2 Billy Meredith «h^ appearance f or n gainst Ar S e na C 5 row He was tho*? been given a ,h contract.-Re Utf r rw
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    Beatty agai beat SJI
    142 14 BEATTY s. again showed thn St. Josephs I- superior at won yesterda. ter-school match ti at Bras Basah Botd fi first meettai St. Joseph had brilliant Beatty atttci, J first half and had to cocc* goals. They had a fair share attack in the second hH
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    SBA profit was $916
    169 14 r THE Singapore Badminton As- sociatlon'j gross Income for the past year was $14,091.72 but the profit was only $916. This was stated at the S.BJI. management committee meeting at the Badminton Hall last night. The meeting approved, after making some amendments, a draft of the
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    ANNUAL MEET!
    22 14 The annual cer.er.,l axcd^H the .'ndiin R I be held at rhe S.AF.A. ctfH on Sunc!:. at 10.30 air. I
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    LANDY HOPES FOR RECORD
    82 14 MELBOURNE, Fri. JOHN LANDY of Australia is confident he will break his own world mile record in the Australian amateur athletic championships at the Olympic Park cinder track here tomorrow. He said after completing bis training that hi fit as possible and hopn clock close to
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