The Straits Times, 18 November 1956

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    16 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES ft W« J in No. 1,108 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1956 20 CENTS
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    FEAR GRIPS JAKARTA
    327 1 rroops alerted to prevent coup Military revolt brewing: This is critical, says commander JAKARTA. Saturday. &.N Army headquarters today ordered an infantry n the heart of Jakarta to stand by for "any eventuality' 1 is fear of a military revolt gripped the capital. The commander of the
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    'Borneo People'
    305 1  -  Malcolm MacDonalcs by the Rf. Hon. Mr. w A k^^^lfl^Sv th£ entrancing story of a colourful land and its simple people with pictures of some of asias loveliest women AND IN HANOI II7HKN >Ir. Malcolm MacV? Donald was appointed Governor-General of Ma- laya and British Borneo he was
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    Lock icon 'POPULAR' ANTI-RED REVOLT
    184 1 'POPULAR' ANTI-RED REVOLT .AICON. Sat. Reports reaching Saigon today from Communist North Vietnam said "many Communist soldiers" had been killed in a revolt against the Red regime of Ho Chi Minh. Che reports were received here by the French news aeency from its correspondent in Hanoi on the eve of
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    Lock icon Curfew' for Britons
    66 1 CAIRO. Sat. The Egyptian authorities today pm all British and French nationals In Egypt under restricted residence The Director-General of the Information Department, Sayed Abdul Kadar Hatem, said this, was a measure for their own personal safety and had been taken in view of reaction of Egyptian
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    Lock icon SOVIET A-TEST
    26 1 MOSCOW. Sat —Russia today carried out a nuclear test at a great height over Soviet territory, the Soviet news agency Tas.s announced tonight— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Tanker goes down, all hands saved
    83 1 Tanker goes down, all hands saved MANILA. Sat. TTHE British tanker. Neritopsls sank off the Philippine Islands today but I all members of the crew of 52 were rescued. The 8.231-ton Shell tanker bound from Miri. Sarawak, to Yokohama struck a submerged reck and was holed in two places, it
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    GAITSKELL IN PARIS
    25 1 PARIS. Sat— Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. British Labour Opposition leader, arrived here by air from London today for a conference of NATO parliamentarians—Reuter.
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    $.1,000: One winner
    33 1 The $5 000 prize for the Straits Times Word Puzzle •D was won by V S. JAMBB of 154. MacKerme Road. Singapore. (See Page 9 for the Competition Editor's article).
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    Lock icon NAAFI bomb -2 soldiers die
    42 1 NICOSIA. Sat —Two British soldiers died today of wounds received last nietht in the bombing of a crowded Naafi canteen In Western Cyprus. Another soldier was seriously wounded in the blast and 15 received superficial wound. A.P.
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    EIGHT SHARE THE $10,000 PRIZE
    673 1 MM JACKPOT IS UP TO $40,000! THE Jackpot was not 1 won in The Malayan Monthly's Puxxle B (October). The |ackpot for Contest C will, therefore, be $40,000. Subject to re-scrutiny, the following eisht entrants will share the $10,000 prize in Contest 'B. They will
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    CENSORS AT THE AIRPORT AGAIN
    278 1 PROTEST GOES TO Mr. LIM CUSTOMS and police officials yesterday confirmed their search of Press material arriving at the Singapore Airport. They examined a parcel Press but made no seizures addressed to the Associated under the Undesirable Publications Ordinance. For the third day yesterday. Government
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    'SPIES' SENTENCED
    37 1 BERLIN. Sat— Three alleged agents of the American Secret Service were yesterday sentenced by an Ea.^t German court to narri labour terms ranging from four to 10 years, the East German news agency ADN reported.
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    Lock icon Nasser gets tough
    741 1 'NO CANAL CLEAN-UP TILL ALLIES LEAVE' £AIRO, Sat. Egypt protested today against a British and French plan to start clearing the Suez Canal of ships scuttled by the Egyptians. The objections were raised soon after the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Das I Hammarskjoeld. began talk.with President Nasser
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 810. WAI.K-OI I AT KKIMIIN PABTI MOSCOW, Sat I .ii vovs nf NATO e»«n tries and Israel late] walked i>ul from Kremlin reception alter harsh .il lack i>> Mr. Khnnhchev nit "tin- hitrlgaea <>f reaction in "capitalist coontries R«-uter.
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    MEET MARGUERITA
    1096 2  -  WOLF MANKOWITZ By BILLY Storm bad a House with a swimming pool. It was useful for cooling his starlets, handy for drowning his friends, and, who knows, maybe he even swam in it. The Storm house was a big modern cube of masonry and glass at the back
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    THE GAY REVEREND SIMON PHIPPS
    861 2  -  Edward Sinclair PRINCESS MARGARETS CONFESSOR ANNOYS THE BISHOPS By A SONC written by a tall, handsome 35-year-old English ex-Guards Major who won the Military Cross in the last war and was twice wounded in action, has caused a big stir amongst the higher ranks of
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      61 2 wSf^fS'B HIGH PRECISION I" an age when taste becomes most refined and the search for luxury n^^rTZ^SSß^SmmaS^M penetrates to the smallest details. EBEL designers and jeweller* have L. I J 1 1 L I J M^M vied with the talent of EBEL watchmakers to create marvels of charn HjupttlttßMßaMl^BJßß and
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    I SUFFERED and I ACCUSE
    1396 3  -  EDITH BONE By Dr. AS TOLD TO MERRICK WINN The story of an Englishwoman for seven years in a Budapest jail until the rebels freed her One woman's worldly koods for 7 years Mi' first cell was a converted coal cellar, damp and fungus-rid-It was
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    Phobia victims here's how to banish that fear
    408 3  - Phobia victims here 's how to banish that fear LIM TIONG ANN By P\O you live in morbid fear of the sight of blood, spiders, snakes or lizards? You are a phobia victim if you do. There harbours in practically all of us a peculiar fear of certain circumstances, animals
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      137 3 MORE AND MORE PEOPLE PRODUCING OIL Id CANADA BANANAS in JAMAICA /j WOOL in AUSTRALIA TOBACCO in RHODESIA If COFFEE in KENYA II RUBBER in MALAYA II PALM OIL in NIGERIA 1 1 TEA in CEYLON I I Mid many other prodtts in other parts II of the world I
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    UNIONS BACK DECISION TO PUT OFF HIGHER TAX
    304 4 UNIONS BACK DECISION TO PUT OFF HIGHER TAX PRAISE FOR GOVERNMENT'S 'WISE, TIMELY ACTION'-AND A WARNING SINGAPORE trade union leaders yesterday welcomed the Government's decision to postpone the reduction of personal allowance for income tax at lower levels. But they feel the Government should withdraw the proposed five per cent
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    THE NEWLY-WEDS CUT THE WEDDING CAKE
    61 4 Mr. and Mrs. Heng Oh Ngak cut the cake at a reception after their wedding at the Life Bible Presbyterian Church yesterday. Mr. Heng is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Heng Swee Gin. The bride was formerly Lily Loh Kwee Keow. third
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    Lock icon Five die when ship capsizes
    76 4 BANGKOK, Sat.— Five people are dead and seven missing after the sinking of a small coastal steamer during a storm in the Gulf of Slam on Tuesday night, delayed reports here said today. Among the casualties were an American and his wife who have been
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    COL. LEE AGREES TO LOWER THE DUTY ON TEXTILES
    193 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Federation Government has agreed to reduce the proposed import duty, both ordinary and preferential, on textiles. But it refuses to change its decision that the duty should j be calculated in square yards instead of linear yards
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    CHINESE LIBRARY
    30 4 The first library of Chinese books to be made available by Raffles Library will be opened in the community centre at Yio Chu Kan* Village. Singapore on Tuesday.
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    Monkeys will join in fun
    57 4 Three hours of hilarious fun i« planned by the Safari I Club, for Friday at the Badminton Hall. Singapore. at 8.30 p.m At its '"monster" variety show in a Jungle setting complete with the sound recordings of live animals, some live monkeys will hover round
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    Classes to start at Poly by early '57
    167 4 Classes to start at Poly by early '57 THE principal of the Singapore Polytechnic, Mr. D. j. Wilhams, said in a broadcast last night that the demand for training was so great that courses would be started before the new building was completed. It had been decided, he said, to
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    CO-OP MEETING
    27 4 The Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will attend Singapore's first Co-operative Rural Conference which opens at 10 a.m. today at the Bedok Boys' School.
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    Morning flood jams Singapore traffic
    101 4 PARTS of Singapore city were under water yesterday when a downpour coincided with an incoming morning tide. The floodwaters were more than a foot deep in some areas, causing traffic jams and temporarily disrupting business. One of the worst-affected stretches was Raffles Quay. Cars were
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    MIDDLE ROAD UNION LOOKS FOR NEW LEADERS
    145 4 4 MOVE is being made t A re-organise the Sing; 1 pore Factory and Sh. Workers' Union, the major... of whose officials were de- 1 tamed under the Public Se- i curity Ordinance during la.>t month's riots. Last week the union a' pointed
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    SITING INTERRUPTION
    20 4 LONDON, Sat— A dog held up a football match at Bel- I er, Derbyshire. It bit a player.
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    84 expelled students are registered
    144 4 nriHE parents of 84 expelled A students of seven Singapore Chinese middle schools made an eleventh hour bid to have their children re- admitted yesterday. The staff of the Ministry of Education worked two and a half hours' overtime to register the last-day applicants. The
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    HELL REPAY KINDNESS 3 TIMES
    319 4 JAPANESE HELPED HIM LOOK FOR MOTHER |NCHE Abu Baker bin Mohamed Shah Tr Malay youth who recently toured J JD in a vain search for his mother, is now hi ing three Japanese women to trace their hi bands and children in Singapore. Inche Bakar,
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      140 4 BEAUTY COMFORT... i." i-I I "BUKIT TIMAH PARK" J ssasj ji rr This new development in Bukit Timah/Jurong Road junction 1 t=w r j j ff v is midway between Singapore and Johore Bahru. Its central p"*7 rj»*qj i-* 8 1 location, commatiding view, Scenic Surroundings, proximity to fr-^H" ■*L
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    Lock icon BRITISH SOCCER RESULT
    450 5 BRITISH SOCCER RESULT IONUOV. Sat.— Results of the fnotball m»tche« played today. roOTBAII. ASSOCIATION CUP (First Bound> Tint ton S. 4 Morccamb* 1 n,.liop A. 2 Tranmere R. 1 i u.n I <• Bradford J i; urnrminilh 8 Burton A. mtford 3 Guildford f. 0 hlon A II >lill» ill
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    DAGGERS SEIZED
    22 5 daggers and a bicycle ere recovered last when Singapore police 1 a eand fleht in Hill, Singapore. Six wore detained.
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  • Obituary
    death
    33 5 lENG SENG- Ape 55. I clerk of Swan •n passed away peacefully [M at 5.50 p.m.. leaving his beloved uife and Cortege leavn. Terr.v c FninKel Estate, t m today for Bidadari.
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    FATHER OF 5 GIVES UP THE WORLD
    120 5 FATHER OF 5 GIVES UP THE WORLD THE father of five children last night renounced the world as he prepared to spend the remainder of his life as a monk. C. M. Thedias. 64. a former goldsmith, smiled happily as his head was shaved by Rev. Biku M. >I Mahaweera
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    ARMY INVESTIGATOR WEDS COLONY GIRL
    48 5 Sergeant Walter Hutchinson. 21. of the Army Special Investigation Branch, and his bride after their marriage at Tanglin Garrison Church in Singapore yesterday. Sgt. Hutchinson comes from Somerset. England, while his bride is the former Miss Alice Chua of Singapore. Sunday Times picture.
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    Boys' Club to train more leaders
    81 5 Boys' Club to train more leaders TiHE Federation of Boys' Clubs will hold a threemonth leadership training course starting from Nov. 27 at their headquarters in Queen Street, Singapore. The tw 0 sessions a day course will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The leaders are needed for •>0 clubs in
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    No tax rebate for wives No. 2 or 3
    231 5 LAW QUITE CLEAR ON THIS POINT' CINCAPORE taxpayers can claim no deductions for maintenance of their concubines, illegitimate children or for more than one wife. f But in America a taxpayer is allowed a $600 deduction for the upkeep of a
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    Tengku's picture on merdeka stamp— an open palm salute
    212 5  - Tengku's picture on merdeka stamp an open palm salute MUSTAPHA bin MOHD. YUSOF OUT -THE SINISTER' CLENCHED FIST By KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Malay Rulers have rejected the clenched fist as a design for the merdeka stamp commemorating the Federation's independence day next year, informed sources told the Sunday Times
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    THOSE 'AGONY' ADS CAN BE FUN
    90 5 THOSE 'AGONY' ADS CAN BE FUN LONDON, Sat. A DVERTISEMENTS in the A- "agony" coloumns of newspapers often have surprising results. A bachelor had one published saying he would like to meet the "marvellous young lady." he saw in a Golders Green cafe on a certain day. Twenty marvellous girls
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    ON POINT OF LAW
    35 5 An old lag whose favourite prison pastime is studying law, persuaded a judge at St. Louis. Missouri, to reduce his sentence from ten years to one on a point of law.
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    THRILLS AT 100 m.p.h. ON THE AUTOBAHN
    287 5 THRILLS AT 100 m.p.h. ON THE AUTOBAHN DILL WYLLIE, one of the the top racers of the Federation, has returned to Malaya after a holiday in Europe and Australia to compete in the Shell Malayan Motor Rally to be held on Dec. 28, 29 and 30. In last year's rally
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    Two jailed for riot offences
    87 5 Two youths were convicted by separate Singapore district courts yesterday on charges of rioting. Goh Beng Ong was sentenced by the Fourth District Court to 16 months' jail for being in a crowd which threw stones and bottles at the police in Tanjong Katon?; Road
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    VARIETY CONCERT
    21 5 The Singapore Children s Society staged a variety concert at the new Chinese V.M.C.A. in Shenton Way last night.
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    THE MUSLIM BILL
    45 5 Singapore Assemblymen appointrtl to the select committee to consider the Muslims Bill are: Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim. Mr. C. H. Butterfield. Mr. Goh Chew Chua. Mr. W.A.C. Goode, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy and Mr. R. Jurrrabhoy.
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    Wanted: Assurance on election
    63 5 The former Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall, will ask in the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Nov. 26 for an assurance that there will be no postponement of next August's general elections. He will also ask the Chief Secretary to consider establishing "as of now the machinery
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    MARRIED IN SPORE
    43 5 Mr. R Copal and his bride, the former Miss Perianayagi, after their wedding in Singapore recently. The groom is the son of the late Mr. R. Rengasamy. while the bride is the daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. V. Ramaiah Kandiar.
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      INSPIRED BY THE BLOOMER BRIGADE
      70 6 INSPIRED BY THE BLOOMER BRIGADE The old-fashioned bloomer has inspired some of the newest swimsuits and play clothes. But they're bloomers with a difference, and any girl who is slim and pretty can look her best in them on the beach Jester is the name of this multi coloured bloomer
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      RECIPE FOR TEENAGERS
      160 6 RECIPE FOR TEENAGERS Serving one noi, savoury dish for supper is often a ni«e idea at a party, even if all the rest U a cold bufleu Fish is Rood and plentiful in Singapore and Malaya, so this week's recipe for the teenaee cooks Is a fisn dish which any
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      Keep your supper menu simple
      629 6 Keep your supper menu simple LAST Sunday I gave our teenagers a few tips about party entertaining and promised some more suggestions this week. Here they are. and if you take my advice and plan weJI ahead, you and your friends should have a happy celebration. If you give a
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      Understanding your parents
      179 6 CEVERAL teenagers have written to me lately saying that their parents did not "understand 11 them and control led them too strictly. "I am In love with a bo> I have known for nearly a year, but my parents object to my going out with him, just
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      Young and Gay
      31 6 Pretty Lizbeth Rollins looks fetching in this gay one-piece strapless beach outfit. It is multi-coloured pppi.n trimmed with black to flatter a sun-tan and emphasise the brilliant colours
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      362 6 \&i\oW TSSTHf' t THE WISDOM DEWTIST TEUSYDUHOW ""T/Jte\l WHERE -^.p4— v r DENTINE decay -Offife \i SENSITIVE \ul Ml ATTACKS CENTBE BW AM The tooth is X^| Vr^ Enomalit covered wltli a very attacked v\ hard substorte* (enamalX may b» penetrated by <j coo>t Undmr this is the soft which
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    THE KNOW ALL
    1065 7 Address your letter: The 'Know Alls', The Sunday Times, Cecil Street, Singapore 1. YOU profess to be Know Alls. Why don't you give something to the world whereby an everlasting peace can be attained and enjoyed by all the nations of the world? CHRIS JACK TAY Singapore
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    JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK
    1101 7 Girl who insists in living in the past I RECENTLY made a date with the girl I love, and she failed to keep it. Her excuses were not reasonable and we auarrelled. Since then we hardly speak. She often fails to keep her word, so
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    Lock icon RUSSIA SEEKS 'BIG 4 PLUS INDIA' TALKS
    217 8 RUSSIA SEEKS 'BIG 4 PLUS INDIA' TALKS kJOSCOW, Sat. 1 Russia today called for a "summit disarmament conference" of the Big Four plus India, with limited acceptance of President Eisenhower's "open skies'' inspection plan, and a non-aggression pact between N.A.T.O. powers and the Warsaw Pact powers. In a thirteen-page disarmament
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    Lock icon OLYMPIC SPORTSMEN HOIST FLAG OF FREE HUNGARY
    38 8 MEMBERS of the Hungarian Olympic team and an Australian guard of honour stand at attention as the flag of free Hungary is hoisted at the Olympic Village in Melbourne. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon All halt at docks as 60,000 strike
    75 8 All halt at docks as 60,000 strike NEW YORK, Sat. lITORK in all major east TT coast and Gulf ports halted today with a strike of i 60,000 dock workers. Govern- ment officials maintained a j close watch over the situation. The walkout by the merabcrs of the powerful International
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    Lock icon DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE
    57 8 DALLAS. 'Texas), Sat. women were out for 75 mlnTheodore Thompson. 22. was utes. yesterday sentenced to death It was the first time the lor the rape of a 39-year-old death penalty has been 1m- Negro woman. The all-white posed here for the rape of a Jury
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    Lock icon $55 mil. oil field plan
    55 8 JAKARTA. Sat.— The Roy-. 1 Dutch shell oil company. 8.P.M.. planned to invest 555 million in developing an oil field at Tandjung, in Borneo, where so far only test drilling had been carried cut. the managing director of the company. Dr. L.E.J. Brouwer. told a
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    Lock icon HUNGARIAN ARMY PURGE ON
    304 8 MORE DEPORTATIONS AND ARRESTS IN THE DARK BY THE RUSSIANS And the workers are divided over 'end strike' order BUDAPEST, Saturday. JHE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT is launching a purge of Army officers who fought against the Soviet troops. All officers have been called on to sign a
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    Shophouse gutted in Colony fire
    89 8 Shophouse gutted in Colony fire FIR£ completely gutted the first floor of a shophouse in cheong Hone Lim Street, off Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, last night. The floor was occupied by 1 a Chinese physician and two families. Firemen who arrived at the scene shortly before 9 p.m. brought the
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    Lock icon MENUHIN SUPS A DISC
    33 8 CAPETOWN. Sat. Menuhin. the 39-year-old violinist who recently completed a tour of South Africa, was successfully operated on in a Capetown nursing home yesterday for a slipped disc— Reuter
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    Lock icon RETURNING TO WORK
    32 8 WASHINGTON, Sat.— Mr John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, now recovering from a cancer operation, intends to resume charge of American foreign policy in approximately two weeks. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 5,000 FOR THE U.S.
    21 8 WASHINGTON. Sat. President Eisenhower has authorised tr/> admission to the United States of 5.000 Hungarian refugees.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon MR. CHOU SETS OUT ON SECRET JOURNEY TO ASIAN CAPITALS
    164 8 PEKING. Sat. Mr. Chou En-lai, the Chinese Prime Minister, left here today for a six-week tour of Asia. His departure from Pekin? •at cloaked in secrecy. Correspondents were not invited to th« airport and were told of his departure six
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    OLD SALTS CAN'T TAKE IT
    63 8 VANCOUVER. Sat—Seamen were once noted for their profane language but times have changed. In the Canadian Sailor, official organ of the Seafarers' International Union, the following item appears: "At a meeting aboard the motor vessel Coastal Creek, the crew unanimously passed a motion to have
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    U.N. shelves Red China problem for a year
    202 8 NEW YORII. Sat. The United Nations General Assembly has shelved for another year the question of seating Red China, but only after a bitter exchange between Senator William Knowland and India's Minister without Portfolio, Mr. V. K Krishna Menon. I The Republican
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    Scrap iron sappers scare householders
    21 9 n join their parents in diceinc for scrap iron at Kolam Ayer Estate in Serangoon Road.
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    Lock icon ew centre ror Buddhists
    64 9 L(ON, Sat. Europe's .Uihist centre v.-here their followers c en boards and me- hours daily will In London at Lie is month. The centre will be a threestorey house in the St. Johns Wood area in north London. It has been purchased for the monks by
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    Dig,dig,dig and roads go smash
    197 9 Dig, dig, dig and roads go smash I^E scramble for buried scrap iron, which is now fetching a good price, is on in full swing •n Kolam Ayer Estate, a residential area off Kolam Ayer Lane. And the trouble is that 1,000 people living in 96 houses in the estate
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    30 PRISONERS VOLUNTEER TO GIVE BLOOD
    63 9 30 PRISONERS VOLUNTEER TO GIVE BLOOD Thirty Changi prisoners have volunteered to give blood to the Singapore Blood Bank. A Government statement yesterday said the prisoners had invited the Blood Transfusion Service mobile Unit to visit them. It will call at 9 a.m on Tuesday. Dr. M. M. H. Gibson-Hill,
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    Tuan was tempted at a dinner party
    537 9  -  Tuan Djek B 5 £ALLINC at the Covernment Dispensary one morning to collect some medicaments, the Tuan was invited to meet the doctor in charge who had him on the couch in no time, and dismissed him with a prescription and the admonition
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    Many differed at just one single point
    913 9 By The Competition Editor ENTRANTS showed the usual good standard In Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "D". There were again many entrants who differed from the winnir»g solution at only one point. The Word Puizle series has been suspendrd during the running of
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    SPORE MAN WINS $5,000 ,
    60 9 SPORE MAN WINS $5,000 The $5,000 prize for Straits Times Word Puzzle 'D' was won by V. S. JAMES, 154, Mackenzie Road. Singapore. 9. He submitted a solution which corresponded completely with the set of answers given above. This was adjudged to give the most ;ipt and accurte answers to
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      35 9 SOLUTION TO MALAYAN d r r qTOh "Bill d Bl^tHP^ _\j:o MB MB BW tftfta i ie set of answers which the judges held to c nost meritorious in the Malayan Monthly (ackpot Contst B
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      STATESMAN AND FRIEND
      251 10 r PHE small man's earnings are to remain tax-free. Approval of this decision by the Malayan Governments will be as enthusiastic as earlier criticism has been severe. The Singapore government in particular has been under heavy pressure to revise part of its Budget proposals. While no-one likes
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      A bargain
      215 10 AT $11,500,000 the Singa- pore Polytechnic may turn out to be a bargain after all. People who have complained about the cost of the Polytechnic may not be aware of what is really i n store. Some critics have assumed that the Polytechnic will be a superior sort
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    Sikhs owe much to him
    638 10  - Sikhs owe much to him BALKARA SINGH By UALF a century before Barber laid the foundations of the Moghul Empire and 30 years before Vasco da Cama landed at Calicut, Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith was born in the village of Talwandi, on the borders of Cujranwala
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    And they all talk with tears in their eyes
    909 10  - And they all talk with tears in their eyes ANNE SCOTT-JAMES The thoughts of every woman turn to ravaged Hungary Today I'd planned to write about the oest dressed women in Paris. Half icay to the airport 7 changed my mind and caught the next plane to Vienna. With the
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    JUDGES BREAK THE LAWAND FINE THEMSELVES
    119 10 LONDON, Sat. IWHAT happens when a judge breaks the law? Some have tried and sentenced themselves. Mr. Albert Lammy, a Guernsey judge, crashed into his garden wall while driving home. He tried himself for "driving without due care and attention." As a first offender
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      783 10 CLASSIFIED ADS. M Wordt $11 (minimum). LIM-TAN: The Engagement Is announced today between Boon Huat, third son of Madam Koh Geok Puay and the late Mr. Llm Keat Seng, to Ny» Kirn. youngest daughter of Madam Snu Buay Lian and the late Mr. Tan Soon Leong. ANNOUNCEMENT to Wordt $10
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    JAIL FOR SOLDIER—BROKEN MARRIAGE BLAMED
    375 11 JAIL FOR SOLDIER— BROKEN MARRIAGE BLAMED COURT MARTIAL TOLD OF VA,N PLEAS FOR POST,NC HOME Wife here a week, then confessed to affair with another man HEAVY drinking and a broken marriage caused the downfall of a "pleasant and respectful" rish soldier, a Singapore court martial was told yesterday. Sapper
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    Persian prince says: We wait and see
    178 11 Persian prince says: We wait and see DERSIA is adopting a waitmmh." d see °n the J? d East crlsis the Shah fth 1 a broth er Prince Ghulam Reza Pahlevi said I m Singapore yesterday tr™,M Sald: <We hope tnat trouble in the Suez area will blow over soon
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    'CHURCH WILL NOT STOP PUTTING UP SCHOOLS'
    241 11 'CHURCH WILL NOT STOP PUTTING UP SCHOOLS' THE educational secretary of Methodist schools in Singapore and the Federation, Dr. Ho Seng Ong, yesterday denied that no more Methodist schools would be built in Malaya. This had been said by the educational secretary of the Methodist Board of New York, Rev.
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    Brandy: No increase, say agents
    171 11 Brandy: No increase, say agents T*HERE has been no in--1- crease in the importers' selling price of Hennessy brandy, said Mr. D. W. G. Gilmour, acting manager of Boustead's goods department, in a statement to the Sunday Times. Referring to a statement made by Mr. Lim Jew Kan. president of
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    COPRA PRICE
    21 11 Singapore Copra Association noon price* yesterday were: November $27 »4 inorrO; December $27 »i (nom.)- The tone was steady.
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    TIN PRICE
    18 11 The tin price in Singapore yesterday was quoted at $409,874. up $2.75 on the Friday price.
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    Methodist leaders plan for '57
    52 11 About 40 members of the board of the Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, and representatives from its groups attended a retreat yesterday to review the year's activities and plan for next year. The meeting was at Dr. Loh Poon Lip's bungalow in Nicoll Drive. Tanah Merah
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    OLYMPIC FUNDS
    30 11 The Selangor Olympic Fund Appeals Committee has attained the target figure of $15,000 to meet the cost of sending a Federation contingent to the Olympic Games at Melbourne.
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    FASHION SHOW AIDS SCHOOL
    44 11 FASHION SHOW AIDS SCHOOL Miss Jill Perry models a swimsuit named "Electra" at the Sea View Hotel on Friday night. The show was presented by the Mannequin Training and Charm School in aid of the St. Andrew's School House Building Fund. Johnny Quek photo.
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    GOVERNOR'S PRAISE FOR ROTARIANS
    202 11 ANNUAL S-E ASIA MEETING OPENS IN STORE DOTARIANS from all parts of Malaya, Siam, Vietnam and Borneo met in Singapore yesterday for the 22nd annual district conference. The conference was opened at the Cathay Hotel by the Governor, Sir Robert Black. In his speech Sir Robert
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    MR. WONG TAKES A BRIDE
    26 11 MR WONG LIANG KWAN and his bride, the former Miss Lokc Sou Fong. who wen- married at the Singapore Registry rccntly.
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    $100 SCHOLARSHIPS DRAW LITTLE INTEREST
    104 11 rE poor response to an offer of scholarships by Singapore co-operators Is puzzling the organising committee. The $100 awards are open to the children of members of 10 thrift and loan societies, but there have been only 17 applications this year. Entries closed yesterday. Possible
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    Raffles made a secret of wedding No. 2
    644 12  - Raffles made a secret of wedding No. 2 Donald Davies Historical Corner by WHILE on home leave in England in 1817, three years after the death of his first wife Olivia, Stamford Raffles married again, this time a Miss Sophia Hull, who appears to have been a friend of his
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    BEAUTY OF THE BLOSSOM
    129 12 BEAUTY OF THE BLOSSOM THE winner of this week Picture Caatot, wbtj Jieme was "BeauUful Blov >oms,'' was .Miss Katherine 6 .MacCallum Sire.: ,'enang, for a picture oi .emarkable clarity tnitled "Lotus" (top, left It was taken on a Rotiei(iex Tessar 35 on Kodak ('anatomic X film, with •xposure of
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    Here's how fo enter
    84 12 E fAMERA fans should -end Zl entries to "C'amiri (on-; 2 test," Sunday Timr\ Street. Singapore. Name, address, and details E Ml ST be «ritlen on the back of each print, <il<>s*v prinU j E are preferred: and >l'»uld b* S postcard size or lar?fr If
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      191 12 Popular Crossword ACROSS:— I. Lead (7): 7. DOWN:— I. Miners (8); 2. Measurer (5); 10. Flower (5); Song (4); 3. Tendency (10): 11. Low court (4); 13. Beasts Pron* (4); 5. Pool (3): 6. Neck's (5)- 14. Nuisance (4); 15. Braid bock (4); 7. Untidy (5); 8. Take (4) 16.
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    When Liberace frets over Mum, butterflies flutter inside of my Turn
    339 13  -  Doug Lackersteen F-M-M-S by SACRELICIOUS as this may seem, I bowed my head in prayer before I began to write this review. For mine eyes have seen a sight truly wondrous for mankind to behold. It was the Ultimate
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    PARAMOUNT DIVES INTO HOPE CHEST, FINDS COMEDY PLUM
    374 13 PARAMOUNT ha< probed the Hope Chest most expertly and what the studio pulls forth is something you'd vary much like to take. (No. no. fellas, it is in reference to Bob, not Diana Dorsi. Mr. CrosDys erstwhile partner who recently showed tendency
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    (Heart burn) on those raw hills
    225 13 (Heart burn) on those raw hills rrvHERE'S nothing like j j X a feud to make life i just a little rawer than i i it really is. and in War- i ner's "The Burning j I Hills" everybody feuds f i but furiously. I This U a Western in
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    WIDMARK AND 'LAST WAGON' ROLL WEST
    210 13 WIDMARK AND 'LAST WAGON' ROLL WEST RICHARD Widmark, the onetimp heavy with the hysterical laugh, does a first rate job In 20th Century-Fox's "THE LAST WAGON." but here he sheds hysteria with "heaviness." Not that he's turned cream puff. On the contrary, he's as tough as any son of the
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    THREE VIOLENT CONTRASTS ON A SINGLE DISC
    248 13 ONE of the most exciting discs to havr romf 1117 way for some lime carries three vlolentlv contrastinj pifc" Chamson's Poeme, Rave's Tilrane and LaJo's Symphonic Kspagnole. Arthur Grumlaux tack- les them all with distinction and the Lalo with a vehement flre. His
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    They are the tops, and yet...
    403 13  - They are the tops, and yet... Mike Watcher hy THE Malayanaires have been playing themselves in for several months now so I thought it was time we reviewed their progress. Let me say first of all that they are definitely a good dance orchestra by any standards, but by local
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      234 13 RADIO MALAYA Regional SINCAPORE Short wave 41m. •Programme* thus marked can be Medium wave 476 m. received by listeners in Malacca A.M. 7.15 Time Signal And Short wave 49 it 41m. Medium Opening Announcement; 7.16 1 wave 476 m., 343 m., 366 m, and Morning Serenade; 7.30 News; j 279
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    How to turn a bad boy into a good citizen
    1227 14  - How to turn a bad boy into a good citizen ANNE COUPAR HERE'S THE ANSWER TO A BIG QUESTION NWM ijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini B y niIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIC Officialdom calls them, juvenile delinquents; most people 5 E call them Bad Boys. This is the report of a man who has had the job of
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    THE GALLOWS GIRLS REAP A RICH HARVEST WITH SCOTT'S TECHNIQUE
    818 14  -  ROBERT PITMAN iiiiiimmiim.rH.fy SUBSTITUTE THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY mimiiiimiiii By gHE was the first of the cloak-and-rapier girls. She was the first of the women writers to make a fortune from looking backwards into a crystal ball and
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    Passionate Poisoner
    1612 15  -  Ernest Dudley The case of the by IN January, 1924, Mrs. Mabel Jones wife of the proprietor of the Blue Anchor Hotel at Byfleet, Surrey went to Biarritz for a holiday. At the Hotel' Victoria where she stayed, she met Jean Pierre Vaquier, an electrial engineer, who was
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    Average girl likes to do housework
    285 15 riE average British schoolgirl listens to the radio six hours a week; watches TV fiv e and a half hours a week; goes to the cinema once in three weeks and the theatre once in two months; reads a newspaper four days out of
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      806 16 r SUM THEM UP THIS WEEK FOR ALI A LITTLE knowledge of astrology can certainly make life r niorf interesting. For example, a business opponent with j TODAY: This could be an WEDNESDAY j the markinc* of Saturn will never jive way over a bargain or important day in world
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    1046 17 ccruKr FROM BRITAIN'S FAR-FLUNG FILM COLONIES M IN no spot in the world are more Big Star names clustered together than in the islands of the Caribbean. There the top talents of two continents are working on the films you will be seeing In the months ahead. To report
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    The answer to THE FATAL QUESTION No. 6
    144 17 The answer to THE FATAL QUESTION No. 6 Under cross-examination Vaquier made a number of admissions which revealed the shakiness of his case. But it was after he admitted that he spoke no English at the time when the solicitor, who spoke little or no French, asked him, so Vaquier
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    What to look for in the new car you hope to buy
    690 18  - What to look for in the new car you hope to buy CHRISTOPHER PAGE GJ QVER the past year, never a week has gone by without someone asking for an opinion as to whether car A is better than car B, and which should they buy? Answeis are not easy
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    IT PAYS TO PLAY FOR SAFETY
    105 18 BEGINNING this week, a new series It is meant fur those who want to improve their driving, and more particularly the safety of their driving. These pictorial Do's and Don'ts will help to keep you on the road to safety. Do not overtake from
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    New petrol tax will hit costs in long run
    243 18 New petrol tax will hit costs in long run WHE recent increase of -1- taxes on motor-cars and petrol has sparked off a lot of comment, with much of which I do not agree. Most people seem to feel that the tax on petrol is not so bad. but that
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    Eight Thailand juniors | to play in Singapore
    235 18 Eight Thailand juniors to play in Singapore /^HAROEISi SAR TAI, Thailand's junior champion who beat Malayan schoolboy pion Lim Wei Lon, will play in Singapoi 29 and 30 at the S.B.a. hall. Twenty-year-old Charoen, Thailands best Thomas Cup prospect, is coming with a visiting Siamese junior team of eight. He
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    SCC fight back for narrow victory
    262 18 SCC fight back for narrow victory SINGAPORE Cricket Club were lucky to walk off the field winners .over 14 Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. by eight points (goal and dropped goal) to three (try) in the rugger encounter on the padang yester- day. The game was close and keenly contested with plenty of
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    LIM AND WEE CHAMPIONS
    68 18 T IM CHENG KWSE and y Eng siang won the veteri doubles title at the Sinjap Badminton Associations na> championships at the S.B.A t last night. They beat Low Seah ctr and Robert Lee 15-7. 17-15. Defending champions Mari entered the fnal of th« senior ter-club
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    'PHOTO' WINNER
    24 18 MANCHESTER. Sat -Trtnifc Boy won the Manchester Nov ber Handicap In a phot-r.-here today Terrible Turk was second Bulrush third. Twenty-slj tv
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      106 18 SPORTING SAM By Reg. w Ooitft r I 111 111 ~J "•^1 Crossword solution ACROSS:— 1. Captain; 1, DOWN: 1. ColUera: J. Art*; 3 Meter; 10, Orris; 11. Area; 4. Tine: 5. Am: 6 13, lionsffl 14. Pest; 15, Lace, 7 Messy 8 Eat- 9 Ra--IS£Z ft SfVC i ~^i
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    Lock icon Russians show their might at waterpolo
    404 19 Russians show their might at waterpolo OLYMPIC EVE THE PEOPLE QUEUE UP AND PAY TO WATCH THE TEAMS WORK OUT BOURNS, Sat. I SANDS of Aust--1 iliana today queubouri to watch train as enmounted for ::ipics. wan were at Olympic Swimming blch can seat 6,500 was packed all uuisands more
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    LAST OF FED, COLONY GAMES MEN ARE OFF
    116 19 LAST OF FED, COLONY GAMES MEN ARE OFF IMch of the Tedn ol Malaya Olvmnt left Singalay for Melbourne. „->d for the cold lia, the party contwo weißhtlifters. pigeon shooter and c choong. who .:.ied by her au. leader of the tiat on reading a Straits Times of =pell at
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    307 19 Lifters have bad air journey need a day's rest MELBOURNE, Saturday. SINGAPORE'S three Olympic Games weightlifters arrived here today exhausted from their day and a half flight. Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council who headed the second group of 21 members of the Singapore
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    51 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. AFTER a shaky start, Selangor romped home comfortatole winners In their first H.M.S. MaLaya rugger comoetitlcn game. £aftng Kedah by 33 point* (six *oals and a try) U> 11 'goal dropped goal and a try. on the of th£ a^^r^rungr^ fight for their
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    38 19 MELBOURNE, Sat. C*ry Plover of South Africa won the .t'rong neld to win by ,lx strokes from Bob Wlnnlnger of uleUnJMd States and uke first i^.^Tw throug^t the wtk he planned to get married immediately.— Reuter
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    RECORDS GO AT BENDIGO TRACK MEET
    196 19 US TEAM WIN SEVEN EVENTS BENDIGO. Sat. LEAMON KINO, the giant American coloured sprinter, equalled the world record for the 100 yards returning 9 3-sec here today during the international track and field meeting. But It will not count as i there was a
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    Shell are champions
    180 19 SHELL Sports Club ware the team cnjunplons at the Singapore Business Houses Athletic Federation s first meet at Paya Lebar yesterday. MEN 100 yd.: I. J. Janting (SD). 2. Ramaln bin O'.hman (BTC), 3. Bahar Hussein (Si, ll.Ssec; 220 yd; 1. A. Kadi.- (8), 2. Ahmad Bakar
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    INDIANS WANT THREE GAMES
    99 19 •pHE INDIAN Olympic football team are keen to play three game* In Singapore on their return from the Olympic Games In Melbourne. Singapore Amateur Football A»Bociation offlclaU were at the air* port yesterday to meet the team and make arrangement* for their visit. Llm Yong Uang,
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    31 19 Latlff Wanderers beat RAT Seletar 5-1 in a SHA Dlv. 2 league game At Seletar yesterday. Salleh (2), Amin (2) and Rahman scored for Wanderers and Mahony for Seletar.
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    24 19 BULAWAYO, Sat— Rhodesln had scored 133 for three against the M.C.C. at t«a on the ODenlng day of their match here today.-
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    119 19 SYDNEY. Sat. KEN ROSEWALL, of Australia, I K s3sxHi3 wall beat Neale Fraser 6-4. 7-5. '"praaer played well, but hta backhand StmiNW not equaJ to the i task of mAtchlng Rosewall's great Neale Fraaer and Ashley Cooper, > both of Victoria yesterday won th« 1 men's
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    376 19 Not even grade cricket, says Miller From J. FINGLETON CANBERRA, Sat. ITEITH MILLER, in an- nouncing his retirement from cricket, says he will not even play with Sydney Grade clubs on Saturday afternoons. Miller says the special sporting television programme which he begins on Monday for a Sydney commercial te
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    121 19 BULAWAYO. Southern Rhodesia. Sat. T»HE Indian Cricket Union 1 in Rhodesia has protested against the provision of separate stands for Europeans and non-Europeans at two M. c. C. Cricket matches in Bulawayo and Salisbury. In a letter to the president of the Rhodesia Cricket Union
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    2627 20  -  EPSOM JEEP By Shaws get 4 winners; Posner lands a treble JWO stable mates, Windsor II (Geyer) and Bal ran a thrilling deadheat in the Class 4, Di Ipoh yesterday, opening day of the Perak Turf ing. Third a neck away was Mont Blot 11, making
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    26 20 JAKARTA. Sat.— The US Olympic soccer team lost by 7-5 to the national team of Indonesia yesterday before some 30,000 spec- i tators.— U.P.
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    247 20  -  NAN HALL By By A EUROPEAN in his sixties will lead Singapore's three-man crew of yachtsmen who will compete against the world's crack yachting crews in the international dragon class event at the Olympic Games this month. He is Mr. E. G. Holiday, Commodore of the
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