The Straits Times, 19 March 1956

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times fat**** 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1956 15 CENTS
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  • 13 1 Slogan-yelling mob attack notice with bricks and bottles
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  • 1223 1 'Siege' on building MPs LEFT JUST IN TIME By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Pictures By LEE TUCK SOON J^RIOT broke out at yesterday's big Mngapore merdeka rally just after the O \i>iting British M.Ps. had left. At least .">o people, dueling 20 police■en, were injured. Mosl were treated us tot-patients at the
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  • 151 1 Daring arms raid by Reds IPOH. Sun. /"HDMMUNIST terrorists staged a daring arms raid last night on Simpang Pulai new village, about six miles south of Ipoh on the main trunk road. They escaped with 11 shotguns and 320 rounds of ammunition. The raid took place at I about 1
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  • 39 1 FREE WORLD NEEDS f YPRIS— IIAKDIM. NICOSIA. Sun.—(Jovernor Sir John Harriinj; said today Britain needed Cyprus for strategic purposes in int«r»-sts of free world's security. Therefore self-determina-tion at present was not practicable proposition. Keutcr. (Set- Pave 3).
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  • 30 1 ...With 25,«W r»y. bannerwaving people In a holiday mood excitedly Jostlins for a closer view of Chief Minister David Marshall and other merdeka movement leaden.
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  • 23 1 AND ENDED LIKE THIS With a rioter, injured by a badly-aimed bottle, being carried away on a stretcher by St. John ambulance men.
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  • 275 1 Talks failure would be tragic MR. David Marshall told the rally: "We seek with all our hearts a complete end to colonialism. If we fail the Labour-Al-liance Government will immediately resign." Speaking in Malay from the balcony of the old term nal building,
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  • 36 1 LONDON, Sun. Sunburned and smiling, the Queen flew home today after a week's holiday cruise in the Mediterranean. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh returned in separate planes— A.P.
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  • 37 1 ROME, Sun. About 350 people, including leading officials of the Japanese embassy in Rome, attended the showing of the film "Sciinomi Gakuen" (A Letter for Tetsuo) at the Japanese film Festival here on Friday nightA.P.
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  • 26 1 TOKYO. Sun.— Seven forestry workers were killed and two others presumed killed yesterday in an avalanche in Western Hokkaido, Japans northern-most main island. —A.P.
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  • 102 1 DURING the confusion that Last night, the All-Party preceded the riots, Singa- Merdeka Movement commitfoTgotTo^eTnLXTt tee issued this statement, resolution Tn e tremendous response It reads- of the people to the rally for "We the people of Singa- tne common objective of inpore demand an immediate
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  • 177 1 'Tiger'— then Reds kill constable HUNT PARTY FIRED ON FROM HILL A REPORT that a tiger was at large on a rubber estate yesterday led to the death of a special constable. i It happened on Batu Anam division of Ledane Bahru Estate, near Tangkak, Johore A Chinese told the
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  • 66 1 BOMBAY, Sun. An Afghan military delegation of six led by Maj.-Gen. Abdul Razaq, chief of Afghanistan's armed forces, left here for Cairo by air tonight after a 10-day tour of India. The delegation will tour Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, and "possibly Russia" for a month and a
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  • 53 1 NICOSIA. Sun. One Cypriot Turk was killed and another wounded when security force.- fired at them this morning after they failed to stop during a search operation. Two masked gunmen shot dead a Cypriot Greek civilian outside a church at Kythrea, eight miles from Nicosia. Reuter.
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  • 353 2  - CANON ADAMS SPEAKS OF CHANGES. WILLIAM FISH Merdeka loudspeakers interrupt farewell sermon at cathedral By f'OD IS THE SAME v YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER... That was tne text chosen by Canon R.K.S. Adams, retiring principal of St. Andrew's School in Singapore, when he preached his farewell sermon yesterday at St.
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  • 52 2 CANON ADAMS and some of his Singapore Meads. They are (left to right) Mr. Wee Leong Sou, Mr. Lim Sotn Chal, Mrs. Wee Leong Son, Mrs. Llm Som Ch»i, Miss Linda Llm, Miss Joyce Tan, Mrs. Dolly Qoek. The small boy is Malcolm Wee. Straits
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  • 24 2 The Malayan branch of the British Medical Association will hold its annual dinner and dance at the Adelphl Hotel on March 31.
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  • 61 2 A Singapore music teacher, Mrs. Aisha Akbar, will conduct the Singapore Chamber Ensemble choir at a concert to be given in St. Andrew's Cathedral War Memorial Hall lat 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday, I April 3. A repeat performance will jbe given on Saturday, April j7. at the
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  • 113 2 'Unfair 9 so four quit school RAWANG, Sun.— The assistant superintendent of the Serendah Boys' Home. Mr. K. G. Seah. and three teachers have resigned in protest against "unfair" treatment. They said today they would petition the "Save The Child- ren Fund" in London, which controls the home. The three
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  • 42 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Paid! bin Karsomo, 52-year-old woodcutter, was fined $400 or four months' jail in the Sessions Court at Pontlan for moving five katis of sugar, two katis of salt and a katl of dried fish, without a permit.
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  • 31 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. in the Magistrate's Court here today cnong Song Ang was fined $1,000 for attempting to evade duty amounting to $85 on a quantity of medicinal herbs.
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  • 193 2 AND MR. TAN SAYS THAT IT WILL YfR. F. BLACKBURN and Mr. A. J. Champion, two iTI members of the visiting Parliamentary delegation, hope the new Nanyang University will become multi-racial instead of strictly Chinese. It could do much to help understanding between
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  • 37 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Mr. D. S. Whltelegge has been appointed acting secretary to the British Adviser, Johore, in place of Mr. J. R. H. Chalmers, who has been transferred to Kota Tlnggi as Administrative Officer.
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  • 293 2 Singapore doctors to study abroad UIOER EXCHANGE PUN WITH AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA is to help Singapore to overcome its shortage of medical consultant specialists, the Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga. said yesterday. Under a medical exchange scheme being planned, he said, two local doctors will be given the opportunity
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  • 54 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. In the Sessions Court at Kulai, Ec Kow Beng, a woman, was sentenced to four months' Jail for being in unlawful possession of six katis of rubber at Scudal. Ec told the court that she took the rubber from an estate for
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  • 22 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The Federation will celebrate World Health Day on April 7. The motto Is "Destroy disease-carrying insects".
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  • 146 2 THE controversial Issue of Singapore Traction Co. x fares, whjch the company has unsuccessfully tried to increase, will be taken out of the hands of the City Council and the Rural Board when a licensing authority for bus services is set up. A
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  • 37 2 A Singapore journalist. Mr. Ivor Kraal, has been appointed Press Officer in Sarawak. He leaves for Kuching early next month. He was secretary of the Singapore Union of Journalists for nearly two years.
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  • 50 2 The death has occurred In England of Mr. O. Shelton Agar, former director of the rubber estate agency of Cumberbatch and Co., in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Shelton Agar lived for many years in Malaya before the war and since his retirement had been living at Raveningham, Norfolk.
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  • 63 2 Applications for entry into the Royal Malayan Navy as cadets are being accepted until March 31. Candidates should possess either a Orade I or Grade II i School Certificate pass and be between 17 y 2 and 20 years of age on Jan. 1. Further details
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  • 213 2 GAG THESE MEN SAY UNIONISTS bengah masak merdeka' PBNAKn tyj t THE Penang division of the Malayan t Su^i A Council resolved at a special moVtin a<Je Ci statements should be made in tn M.T.U.C. only with the approval of tL mittee and after consultation with committees. vn J !l
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  • 63 2 No decision has yet been reached on the appointment of an Asian assistant bishop for Che diocese of Singapore. The question was debated in Kuala Lumpur during the weekend, but the meeting came to no conclusions. During the debate, a suggestion was made that the diocese
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  • 23 2 Police Seek accident witnesses dent ini'SS" 1 KwkKoM *"""< His right leg They are asked to nspector Vincent? the Sepoy Line; suuT telephone *****.
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  • 62 2 M the amual neetfrj the Singapore g Saturday evenine wen, President Mr. Let Pong; vice-presidents *1 Pflug and Dr. Won* Hock; secretary and surer Mr. B. F. Santo? captain Mr. G. Perry- mittee— Mrs. A. J. Brazu Jackie Oei, Mr. RiduM! Mr. E. I. Hunter.. Westerhout.
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  • 33 2 JOHORE BAHRU. S:r.. In the Session Court it Ks Tinggi today Son Boon fc was fined $200 or ita months' jail for alteiirjjtl date of birth or card from to 193?
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  • 163 3 Nation moura. yjctfa,,. WOfgt yw# lescue squads rushed in as thousands flee wrecked villages BEIRUT, Sunday. eTHQI AXES killed at least 112 people and jlmost completely destroyed 25 villages in last night and early today. Ned mothers rushed from their homes >C :ren in their
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  • 77 3 workers pine first D r Georgi LONDON, Sun. Malenkov, for- Premier now changed his c Windsor had decided to oecause he Soviet Eml delegation ti from Bat--•.ution, which ;ay. eeper at the home to lunch a telephone Mi Malenkov ■m seeing the Isor. But police hastily back to cave Mr.
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  • 27 3 A Sun. Prime bert Menzies anlay that former :er and Health tt: Sir Earle Page sent Australia as to Republic Day Karachi on TJ p
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  • 54 3 VIENNA. Sun.— Hungarian and Soviet military teams today rescued more than 5.600 persons isolated on roofs and trees in the flood stricken South Hungarian city of Mohacs. Radio Budapest reported today. The broadcast said four persons, including on c Russian and one Hungarian soldier drowned during
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  • 28 3 NEW JERSEY, Sun—Mohammed Ali, 46, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, was admitted to the Atlantic City Hospital yesterday for a check-up and observation. A. P.
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  • 27 3 LONDON. Sun.— The Greek Minister without Portfolio. Professor Grigoris Kaslmatis, is due in Cairo today to start a 10-day visit to Arab countries. Reuter.
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  • 18 3 STIAGO, Sun. The is fishing boat Arauco rerday off the Coquim&o in Chile. rew lost their
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  • 47 3 iT for GRACE— IOO HENS Illinois i. Sur. star Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco will 100 young hens as a N present from Miss She said she decided on the unorthodox gift so that Miss Kelly and her Prince would "always have eggs for breakfast." Reuter.
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  • 50 3 MR NEHRi, tue inaian Prime Minister, welcomes Admiral Earl Mountbatten and Countess Mountbatten at New Delhi airport on their arrival for a week's tour. The Mountbattens. both very popular in India, received a rousing welcome at the airport. AJ».
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  • 141 3 Diana tells RAF boys: Mind doors LONDON. Sun. TTHE Royal Air Force has X launched a new safety campaign with the help of pin-up girls. Naughty pictures decorate the latest edition of the "Flying Safety Review" for crews in Bomber Command. The booklet has been classified secret. Show girls and
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  • 23 3 NEW -YORK, Sun. Noel Coward will star in his own play. "This Happy Breed." on American TV in October AP.
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  • 208 3 SOLDIER KILLED, 12 INJURED NICOSIA, Sunday. pREEK Cypriot terrorists today killed a British soldier and injured 12 others^ four of them seriously in the worst day's violence in Cyprus since the present wave of terror began in April last year. Operating in different parts of
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  • 105 3 American defends Makarios ATHENS, Sun. MR. HOMER DAVIS, chairman of the American council of Voluntary Agencies in Greece, today sent Archbishop Spyridon, the Greek primate, a message expressing "united sympathy and Christian hope" for union of Cyprus with Greece. Mr. Davis, who is director of the American College here, described
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    • 275 3 PERTH, (Australia), Sunday. A FIGHT with shark ended in a 21-year-old Australian policeman, Theo Brown, being hauled unconscious out of the water during his second attempt on the world underwater endurance record this weekend. Brown submerged off South Fremantle hoping to beat
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    • 55 3 KEEP HANGING MOVE BY TORIES SHOREHAM: Time hundred people at the annual meeting of the local Conservative Association here yesterday passed a resolution advocating the retention of hanging for murder. The resolution is to be forwarded to Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister. Recently the House of Commons voted to
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    • 50 3 Easier anatomy— the hard way DAMASCUS:— University students in this Syrian capital yesterday won their strike for an easier course in anatomy. After three students werr wounded by rifle fire and 16. iih ludmc 13 policeman, were Injured the Government announced the demands for easier anatomy would be met A.P.
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  • 175 3 Air grab to rush troops to Algeria PARIS, Sun. TIRASTIC measures to I put down the Alger- ian revolt were agreed to by the French Cabinet last night. They Include: REQUISITION of all available ships and aircraft to rush French troops from Germany and West Africa to the strife -torn
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  • 67 3 SEOUL, Sun. Thousands of demonstrators, demanding the re-election of President Bygnman Rhee, converged on South Korea's presidential mansion yesterday as Rhee conferred with U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Foster Dulles, on "present tactics of the Communist rulers." Three thousand war veterans, labour union members, school children and
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  • 43 3 OSAKA, Sun. Japan's nine sword-wielding "Samurai" actors paid the highest income tax for 1955 in the Osaka area. Their earnings, according to the Osaka district ttx office, totalled over U. 5.5284 300 for an income tax ofi U*****,000. AP.
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  • 290 4 "Britain^ f riendi In freedom" TWO trade union de- legations, representing all organised labour in Singapore, told the visiting British Parliamentarians yesterday that they wanted merdeka. The union leaders called on the visitors at Raffles Hotel and expressed their full support for the mission which the Chief
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  • 30 4 THE smashed windows of the Kallang terminal buildin; after last night's riot. The rioters used bricks, stones and iron poles from "merdeka" banners. Straits Times picture.
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  • 183 4 THEN FIRST AID FOR CASUALTIES MEMBERS of the St. John Ambulance medical post at the Kallang terminal building worked feverishly la.«t night among broken bottle and glass splinters, attending to badly-cut and bruised casu- alties of the riot. A member of the medical post paused
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  • 50 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Per Chin Soon, a newlymarried house painter, was found guilty of taking three katis of cakes from Singapore to Muar for his parents-in-law. He was fined $175, or two months' jail, in the Sessions Court here tor moving them without a permit.
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  • 32 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Abas bin Puteh was given a two-year sentence by the Sessions Court here yesterday for stealing an ice crusher. He had four previous convictions.
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  • 31 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The M a lay an Pakistani League has appealed to all Pakistanis in the Federation to fly their national flag on Pakistan Republic Day next Friday.
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  • 24 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Eighteen people died of pneumonia in the Federation during the week ending on March 3. Two died of typhoid.
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  • 52 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Bun The following have been appointed to be members of a panel to advise the Johore Social Welfare Officer on matters affecting the Welfare of Indians in the district of Segamat Messrs. K. Ponniah, V .K. Nadarajah. M. K. Kumaran, Sheikh Moideen, Kumurappan Chettiar and
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  • 84 4 The Singapore Motor Club and other Malayan motor clubs are planning special "ambushes" along the 506--mile main trunk road from Butterworth to Singapore. These "ambushes" will be surprise checks for contestante taking part in this year's $10,000 stanvac Economy Run, which is scheduled to take place during
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  • 122 4 ATTENTION all learner-drivers: It will soon be quicker for provisional drivers to obtain those long-cherished licences from the Traffic Office. The number of driving testers is to be increased from six to 14 in the licensing section of the Singapore Traffic This is to
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  • 152 4 COMMON TONGUE FOR MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. An Indonesian language expert, Mr. Amln Singgih, said here last night that Malaya and Indonesia could develop a common language. Be said the two languages could be quickly merged if the Malays, like the Indonesians, adopted a romanised script. Mr. Singgih. an Indonesian
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  • 128 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Sun. HTHE Malayan Communist •1 Party boss. Chin Peng, has not replied to the Federation Chief Minister's broadcast to honour his pledge that the terrorists would lay down their arms after the Alliance Government had gained control of internal security. "1
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  • 32 4 The visiting members of Parliament will have talks today with representatives of the Labour Front, UMNO-MCA-Malay Union Alliance and the Singapore Employers' Federation in the Tudor Room, Raffles Hotel.
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  • 50 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— ln the Magistrate's Court here today Lim Seng Teo was fined $400 and had his driving licence suspended for one year for using his jeep on Dec. 26 to haul a trailer which was carrying goods and for using a trailer which was not registered.
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  • 30 4 MENTAKAB, Sun A fashion parade and cinema show w«re held in the Amusement Park here lsLst night to raise funds for the local branch of the Women's Institute.
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  • 144 5 QF the three major tasks for the Alliance Government the ending of the Emergency was given the highest priority by the competitors. The suggestions ranged from all-out war to end terrorism to the offer of new amnesty terms. The overwhelming majority were of the view that Communists were
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  • 61 6 in Wnrrfi $10 f minimum). THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Lee Ah Weng thank ull friends and relatives who sent wreaths, messages of condolence and attended the funeral on 1f.. 3. 56. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Lim Clum Teck thank all those relatives and friends who
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  • 655 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mar. Mon. 19, 1956 Making Most of the Land If anything was left of the myth that the Federation is a country awaiting easy settlement by enterprising farmers I it is shattered by the report of the Working Party set up to consider the development of
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  • 263 6 Few people will have any difficulty judging for themselves the merits of the Malayan Railway's dispute with a section of its staff. Officials of the National Union of Railwayman have asked the administration to compel some 60 railway workers at Port Swettenham to join the union or transfer
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  • 263 6 Elephants are not the general menace to Malaya's primary industry that synthetic rubber is. But there are planters in Johore who lose more sleep over elephants than almost anything else. Indeed no annual meeting of the Johore Planters' Association would be complete without the firing of a shot
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  • 1137 6 Lan Archbishop has A been sent into E exile from his home in Cyprus, a general has been sent home 5 from his Job in the Jordan. Both events E are of particular importance to us in Malaya. Had the British
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  • 383 6 How pensions will be determined MAN IN THE STREET IN view of reports on the provisions of the Pensions (Entitled Officers) Bill this letter may help to explain how pensions are determined. A Government servant's pension is always calculated as a fraction of the pay tother than non-pension-able pay) which
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  • 342 6 YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST EVERYBODY seems to agree that a greater effort must be made to put Singapore and Malaya on the tourist map, whether to encourage the rest of the world to know more about our land or to earn more money. But there is no
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  • 78 6 T^RIENDSHIP is precious. F Do w e do enough to foster It? Thinking on these lines I would like to tell your readers about the Inter-Nations Friendship Circle. This organisation U for the enjoyment of friendship through correspondence, and it works In the simplest possible manner. Subscriptions
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  • 226 6 Rules of teacher training are unwise TViE results in the Cam- bridge School Certificate examination prove that the prest/it rules and regulations for the training of Normal Teachers in the Federation of Malaya have to be altered. It is distressing to see that many student teachers who sat for their
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  • 191 6 TfHE full Cambridge reX suite should set every Malayan parent thinking* Will there be jobs for all the successful and unsuccessful students, except the few who can proceed for higher education on scholarships and otherwise, and for whom jobs will be waitIng? Doubtless more students will
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  • 103 6 No check on this nuisance rIE juk'- v x With its blaring music has become a curse to peopli who need the peace and quiet of night to rest after hard day., labour. Apparently stalls hue licences to operate these machines up to a very iate hour at night but
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  • 171 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. 4 P.W.D. assistant at Batu Pahat. A. N. Ganguli, was charged before Mr. justice Storr at the Assizes here today with corruptly accepting $300 from a contractor. The contractor, Peh Tee, told the court that on Aug 9 he obtained
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  • 88 7 Terrorist killed in Pahang KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A PATROL of the Ist. Bn., Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, yesterday kmed a terrorist in the Trlang area of Temerloh, Pahang. In the Tapah district of Perak a patrol of "B" Company, 4th Malay Regiment, contacted a number of terrorists in a camp. After
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  • 116 7 ALOR STAR. Sun- The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, attacked Communism at a mass rally held h Earned hl s "Chinese nurrnrrs" that they would be SfSS to .ufler II Commun- ism succeeded In Malaya. Addressing a crowd of 5.000, the Tengku said: "You know
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  • 24 7 ONE of the twenty police constables injured in yesterday's riots is carried to a waiting ambulance. Straits Times picture.
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  • 130 7 'Keep your word 9 they warn IPOH, Sunday. pERAK bank employees today demanded full im- plementation of an agreement reached with the Malayan Exchange Banks Association on Feb. 23 last. At an emergency meeting here, they rejected two amendments proposed later by the Association. They empowered
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  • 31 7 The Singapore Ministry of Commerce and Industry ha« notified the Chambers of Commerce that the Indonesian Government has banned the import of tobacco from the Colony until further notice.
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  • 23 7 PORT DICKSON, Sun. The annual meeting of the Port Dickson Recreation Club will be held at 7.15 p.m. on March 21.
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  • 75 7 $15,000 MORE TO BUILD THIS MOSQUE KUALA LUMPUR. San. A FUND which was started six years ago for a new mosque in Kampong Bharu here now totals $65,000. The chairman of the Mosque Building Fund Committee, Incne Abdul Rahman bin Yusop, said today that the target was $160,000. He said
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  • 110 7 All set for Jaycees' conference PREPARATIONS are well in hand for the forthcoming sixth Asian regional conference of the Junior Chamber of Commerce to be held in Singapore. The conference, which will be attended by 130 delegates from 11 countries, will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from April
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  • 23 7 Mr. Liang Shyue Hsl, 38, has been appointed associate professor in the Faculty of Science at the Nanyang University in Singapore.
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  • 170 7 'Ghost town' houses now in ruins RAUB, Sunday. pEOPLE who wish to return to Tras, notorious Pahang "ghost town" seven miles from here, will have to pay for repairs to their old houses, most of which are in ruins. They have been warned In
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  • 272 7 Malacca can be thriving port once more NO DAY DREAM— MCA CHIEF MALACCA, Sunday. ILff ALACCA'S claim for recognition as a port of call for ocean liners was based not on its past glory but future possibilities, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. a Federal Councillor and M.C.A. publicity chief, said here
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  • 33 7 KAJANG. Sun. A footpath for school-children is to be built along the whole length of Kajang's busy Jalan Semenyih. A fence, 4%ft. high, will separate the footpath from traffic.
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  • 89 7 TOO MANY EYES ON THE LAW AND POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. TO O many Malayan students want to become lawyers and politicians, says the annual report of the United Planting Association. The report, just published, said that these students would help their country far more by becoming: doctors, veterinary surgeons,
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  • 48 7 M.I. C.MAY LEA VE ALLIANCE The next annual delegate conference of the Malaya. Indian Congress, Singapore will consider a resolution to break away from the Labour ront- Alliance coalition "to afeguard the Interests of the Indian community." The resolution will be moved by the Seletar Naval Base branch
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  • 90 7 Strike until 3 get jobs back KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE general secretary of the National Union of Factory and General Workers. Mr. V. David said today that the 174 workers ut the Fraser and Neave factory here would continue their strike until three dismissed workers were reinstated. The three men
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    • 63 7 High tides I TODAY: Singapore 222 a.m. i 1 8ft 81m. 3.46 p.m. it>ti 9in>. i Port Dldcson 10.10 ajn. (6ft 71n> 11.17 p.m (Bft Bin). Penang 4.11 ajn. Sit 21n> 4.36 p.m. <Sft Bin). TOMORROW: Sirißa|x>r e 308 ajn (Bft 4ml 518 p.m. < 6ft aim, Port Dlck&oa 1113
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  • 370 8 MALAYAN SHARE MAHKET HKViKW BUT QUIET WEEK By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE Share Market last week had another very quiet spell and only a small volume of business was written. One heartening feature was that the sentiment in tin shares changed for the better towards the
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  • 412 8 COMMODITY ROCND-I7P SINGAPORE Rubber Market last week entered the doldrums and trading was the quietest for some time. The price moved narrowly just below the dollar level and there seemed little inclination to trade one way or the other. The market current position is now April and this
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  • 314 8 DUSINKBB done last week by i one firm of brokers between j March 10 and March 18 was: INDUSTRIALS: Praser Naive Ords. $1.70 to $1,774 cd.. Federal Dispensary $2.18 and $2.15. Hammer Co. $2.70 cd., Hongkong Bank Colonial $875. Malayan Cement $1.55 and $1.54 cd.. Malayan Breweries $3.35,
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  • 671 8 QUOTATIONS Issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after their last meeting on Friday were:— INDUSTRIALS B«y«r» Stllcn Alt* Brickwork* Pref no l» Ordi IN 106 •tias tea 11 00 ibuyani B. B. Petrol 42/- tt/t BM Trustee* 110 I.M Con Tin Smelt Pref it/- JO-cd Ord»
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  • 303 8 /COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week: CONNEMARA LTD.: a final dividend of 5%, less 30% income tax, for year ended December 31, payable on April MALAYAN TIN DREDGING LTD.: an interim dividend of 4d. Per share, less tax at the rate of Bs. 6d.
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    • 207 8 BOOKINGS NOW OPEX AT: I Robinsons Wiistta's I Singapore Cold Stingi I I Nappy World Office I PRICES: Reserved: Floor: $10 i B Unreserved: i Centre Gollery: $6 I Side Gallery: $3 I All Seats New On Sal* 1 I Phone ***** for particu- I lors of party concession, j
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    • 839 8 NOTICES 5. S. GOVERNMENT 3% LOAN 1962/72 Notice is hereby given that the transfer books of the abovementioned loan will be closed from Ist to 15th April 1956, both days inclusive, for the preparation of interest warranta. By Order THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA CHINA, SINGAPORE. 1 VACANCIES FOR
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    • 757 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT DICAL DEPARTMENT: Salary Scale: »120x5A-130/137.50x7.50A--197.50/212.50x7.50A-295 p.m. plus variable allowance. Total emoluments range from $146 to $383.50 p.m. Age: Not over 25. Qualifications: Passed Standard VII and knowledge of typewriting. (2 i CLERK/ INTERPRETERS, SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE: Salary scale: t152.50x7.50A-167.50 205x15A-325/340x15A-460 p.m. plus variable allowance.
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    • 494 8 KNUTSEN LINE orient service PROM CANAOA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spot* P. Swtf Pemnj haM Elisabeth Bakke In Port 20 Mir N v Cjertrud Bakke Sailed 9/11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 21 H Kristin Bakke 28 Apr 28/29 May 3C May 31 May U Anna
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  • 1014 10 M Chester U. 35 20 8 7 70 46 48 Blackpool 34 18 1 9 78 52 43 M'chesterC. 32 14 9 9 62 503 7 Bolton 33 15 6 12 60 41 36 Newcastle 35 16 4 15 75 57 36 Sunderland 32 14 7 11 65
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  • 352 10 london. Sun. MR. GEORGE MALENKOV. Ti former Soviet leader who Is in Britain as head of a Russian electrical power delegation, watched Arsenal hold Manchester United, the Dtv. one leaders, to a 1-1 draw at Highbury yesterday. After a scoreless first half, Denis Viollet gave Manchester
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  • 426 10 Gil Merriek's great goalkeeplng puts... LONDON, Sun. OIRMINGHAM CITY, the only team who have battled through the competition without the advantage of a home game, yesterday qualified for the final of the Football Association Cvp the most prized trophy in English soccer. Their
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  • 254 10 Scots' poor kicking cost them victory EDINBURGH, Sun. ENGLAND won the Calcutta Cup for the sixth time in succession when beating Scotland by 11 points (one goal and two penalty goals) to six (one penalty goal and one try) in the Rugby Union international at Murrayfield yesterday. All the scoring
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  • 77 10 LONDON. Sun. DISHOP Auckland, holders of the English PA. Amateur Cup. will appear In their 17th final in this competition when they meet Corinthian Casuals at Wembley or Apr. 7. Ray Oliver. Bishop Auckland's centre-forwaid scored three goals In the first 20 minutes to pave
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  • 892 10 THE names of the prizex winners in the Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must -Be Won Contest "T" were announced in the Sunday Times, yesterday. Here are observations on what the judges thought were the most apt and accurate answers to some of the more difficult clues.
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    • 1481 11 vll MIONS VACANT v „;„.)_B ox to cts. extra. Grade Dresser/ lor Estate in ■m'IEA Rates. Apply ting to Box A 2119, :ii vacant posts phers, Accounts/ female typists. '^r.v Apply personally, Agency. John Little's ,rthand Typist— knew preferred— i East Coast Mining eaotag Salary ackenot and Quaila $400 per
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    • 953 11 REAL ESTATE WANTED Word, ti (Mi*.>—B»x t* HU, ixtrm. FIRE IN OUR Bones!!! We need nore, plenty more properties to neet the many demands. Take idvantage or this spur of real atate market activity. Buyers are Mr* willing to pay a fair market >rlce lor your property. To-day Is he
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    • 892 11 FOR SALE ill WoritU (Slim y—Bmx it rfj. ufra. TJIK 1 SELFED Seerfllngs (or sale now. Apply Rajaghirl Estate. Buklt Rotan. WOOLBLANKET $7.90. Bathgown $7.50, "Excel" Shirts 14.50, r .-Jamas $8.90. Pillowcase Mcts.. Doublesheets $3.90. Single $3.30. Luck's. 17, Orchard Road. SILVER CROSS Hifh Pram. Cream. Navy, Accessories also Canopy,
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    • 809 11 TENDERS IPOH DETENTION CAMP TENDER NOTICE Tenders we Invited by the Senior Superintendent Ipoh De- tentlon Camp, for the purchase or 1 Jeep, 1 Lorry (Unserviceable i a number of Lorry Chassis and Spare Parts. These may be Inspected at Ipoh Detention Camp, Cecil Rae Avenue. Tenders close- on the
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    • 346 11 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE k INDUSTRY (SUPPLIES DIVISION i TENDER NOTICE NO. 7/5« i Tenders are invited for the i supply of 2.000 long tons Whole- grain White Rice 10% brokens in two lots of 1.000 Inner tons each. The price quoted must be per long ton nett weight delivered to
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  • 236 12 WALKER TO LEAD NORTH CRICKET XI PENANG, Sun. r. S. WALKER, of w Perak, will captain the North side against South in the Malayan Cricket Association's annual classic to be played here during the Easter Holidays. Eu Cheow Teik., of Penang. jis vice-captain. The other I members are: S Augustln
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  • 318 12 McMullan is Island Club champion By PUTTER DAVID MCMULLAN (2) beat John Muraille t7) five and four in the 36-hole final of the Royal Island Club chamoionship yesterday. In the morning round, McMullan was five up at the turn, but Muraille fought back with a very good 37 and finished
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  • 191 12 KUALA LUMPUR Sunday. fHOLGH they Improved on i Saturday's display, the visitIng Cambodians found a Malayan I Chinese side too good for them and were beaten 3-1 at the TP.C.A. stadium today. Malaya had slightly the better of play and it was only a packed
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  • 540 12 COBLEY (70) AND MATTINGLY (7 FOR 45) TAKE HONOURS LOW SCORING AT BALESTIER AS ARMY BEAT CEYLONESE fHREE batsmen and A three bowlers took the main honours in yesterday's opening matches in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament. These performances came from the two
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  • 734 12 SCO v SCRC GINGAPOBE Cricket Club best Singapore Chinese Recreation Clnb by three wickets on the padsng. STORE CHINESE R.C. Ong Lee c Farmer b Mattlngly 5 Thlam Slew lbw Mattingly 27 Beng Bee c Arkell b Farmer 42 Fung c Hobbs b Mattingly b R. Lam
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  • 97 12 RESULTS of the AllEngland badminton championships which concluded on Saturday were: MEN'S SINGLES: E. B. Cboong (Malaya) beat Kobbero (Denmark) 11--15, 15-3, 15-11. MEN'S DOUBLES: Kobbero and J. H. Hansen (Denmark) beat J. Nygaard and P. E. Nielsen (Denmark) 18-14, 15-5. WOMEN'S SINGLES: Margaret Tamer (U.S.) beat Judy
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  • 186 12 TWO GOOD bowling performances by Smith and Chelliah marked the start of the S.C.A. Junior tournament yesterday. SECTION "A" RAF SeleUr "A" beat Indian Association by four wickets at Balestier Road. Indians HI (Abdul Razak 38 Smith 7-28). SeleUr 82-6 Narayanan 2-20). SECTION "B" YMCA beat
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  • 181 12  -  EFSOM JEEP By HPHE .success of the Martin-Geyer combination was one of the highlights of the Perak Turf Club March Meeting. Jimmy Martin was top trainer with six winners and $27,390 in winnings, and Shelley Geyer headed the Jockeys list with six firsts. Jockey
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  • 399 12 Servicemen lucky to escape with 3-2 defeat riTHE SINGAPORE Com- bined Services played under a new name, Joint Services, at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, but it only drew attention to the disjointed football they played. They were slow in attack, slower still in marking and recovering in defence, showed little
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  • 67 12 Bintang Bulan beat Buona VLta 3-u in a S.A.F.A. Div. 3A league fixture at Oeylang yesterday. DoUah. S. Omar and Ibrahim scored. Badan Kesenian beat Workers Education 4-0 in another Div. 3A match at Farrer Park. Mohd. Said bin Majid c 2) and Omar
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  • 264 12 LONDON Sun. TJESULTS of rugby matches played yesterday are: RUGBY UNION International: Scotland 6 England 11. Club: Black heath 11 London Scottish 17; Harlequins 6 London Irish 13; London Welsh 6 Rosslyn Park 6; Old Blues 8 Old Cranlelghans 3; Old MlllhilUans 0 United Services
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  • 500 12 I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN ONG AND 00I f HEAH TELLS MEETING KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MALAYA should consider the defeat of Ong Poh Lim and Ooi Teik Hock as only a "temporary setback" and should continue to send their veterans and promising youngsters to overseas championships to gain honour and
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  • 82 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. ifEDAH and Kelantan will not compete in this year's interstate badminton for the Foong Seong Cup. The draw made at today's annual meeting or the Badminton Association of Malaya is: I North tow Perak fi rtxM South zonr H Singapore ra The fir-t
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    • 881 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Page 6) SITUATIONS VACANT to Word, $S r.tfin.j— Box St eU extra. WANTED Exp. Stock -Record. Lady Clerk Typist. Translators. Please contact Ho Chian's Agency, 86- A Robinson Rd. Tel: *****. WANTED RELIABLE General Amah, ability t>peak and understand English, well and Cheerful Disposition essential. Tel:
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    • 153 12 OUTFORA^MI O No score ajaln! The Afterwards a friend Batch lost If only my eyes are always rubbins bad not been ao tired we When they are sore. JWI might nave won. spot those fast ones. should usa Optrfx". How right he was! I bathed my Baclc In form eyes
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    • 87 12 PM'W«™ SOCCER S.A.F.A. League. Div. 1: I.R.C v Police. Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m.: Div. 3A: Cosmos v X.M.L.. Geylang; Radin Mas v R.A.F. Tengah. Farrer Park; PachiUn v Prrhamponan Stia. M.F.A.; Div. 3B: T.M.0.8.A. v 40 Base R.E.M.K.. C.TJLA. FARELF Inter-unit: R.E.M.E. v R.A.O.C, Ayer Rajah. NETBALL INTER -girls' school:
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