The Straits Times, 25 February 1958

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    25 1 AVERAGE DAILY <llt I 1 11 1 l» S\ I I EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1958 15 CENTS
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    A-POWER FOR MALAYA
    183 1 *WAY TO OVERCOME SHORTAGE OF ENERGY SOURCES' May be next project after Cameron Highlands hydro-electricity scheme Tan: It could be boon to Asian industrial plans KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. \f ALAYA may buy an atomic power plant to help meet the country* growing demand for electricity, the Minister
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    TENGKU OPENS NEW HALL AS ECAFE MEETS
    379 1 TENGKU OPENS NEW HALL AS ECAFE MEETS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, stood replendent on a dais flanked by the flags of many countries this morning and declared Malaya's goodwill towards the United Nations and the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE).
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    $1.7 MILLION HUG AFTER RECORD POOLS WIN
    86 1 $1. 7 MILLION HUG AFTER RECORD POOLS WIN NO wonder Walter Brock, well and his wife Kathleen look pleased with life they have Just won a re cord $1-7 million on a British f M.tball pool. They used dates, birthdays and wedding anniversaries to choose match numbers on the coupons.
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    Lock icon Fire in mine
    29 1 CALCUTTA. Mon —Another nre broke out today in the same Chinakuri colliery area, where 199 miners died last week, but 1.000 men were evacuated safely. U.P.
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    New field
    127 1 "If recent discoveries In this field could mean that the illimitable resources hitherto designed for the destruction j ot man could be harnessed to peaceful uses for the welfare lof the human race, particularly in Asia, the way will be open for its rapid develop- ment on an
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    A workshop
    105 1 Mr. Tan said Asian countries had many common problems rising populations, soil erosion, the rapid drift of surplus populations from the country to the town, a shortage of capital and deficiencies in technical education. "Time and money are so short that no country can afford the luxury of
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    400 army workers to strike
    62 1 I^LUANG, Mon. Abouc! 400 workers employed by the Kluang garrison decided today to go on strike over their demand for severance pay. j The decision was reached at a meeting of the Kluang branch of the War Department Civilian Staff Association. No strike date has
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    Lock icon Eoka: Stand by for action
    70 1 NICOSIA. Mon. Eoka an nounrements calling on Cyp riots > stand by for actlot. were heard in village of Lap) thou last night A voice from a hldde i loudspeaker was heard boom ing: "This Is Eoka. We lrrvlic everyone to stand by for fresr>
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    MALAYA NOW EXPECTED TO 'APPROVE' ARAB UNION
    101 1 MALAYA NOW EXPECTED TO 'APPROVE' ARAB UNION I{UALA LUMPUR, Mon. n -The Federation Government is expected to announce this week its recognition of the new United Arab Republic formed by the unicn of Egypt and Syria. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, is likely to send a congratulatory message to
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    Lock icon New summit notes soon
    53 1 BUDAPEST, Mon. Buda pest Radio today quoted "Moscow press circles" as say ing that another message from Marshal Bulganln to President Elsenhower and Mr Macmlllan would be sent "ii> the nearest future." The radio said the message would Include details of Russian proposals for a sum
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    Prisoner hunt
    30 1 GLOUCESTER. Mon. An escaped prisoner, Henry Oorman, 23, was being sought for questioning early today fol lowing a knife attack on his former girl friend and he> parents.
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    Lock icon Jakarta: 'Rebellion will be crushed9
    353 1 Jakarta: 'Rebellion will be crushed 9 JAKARTA. Mon The Indonesian Government warned today that It was determined to crush the rebellion in Sumatra. The Central Government spokesman, Mr. Gams Harsono, of the Foreign Ministry, told United Press that the Government remained "composed, controlled and unexclted" over the rebellion of army
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    JAKARTA SOS TO COLONY: SEND FUEL FOR PLANES
    151 1  - JAKARTA SOS TO COLONY: SEND FUEL FOR PLANES DON BERESFORD and JOHN DARBYSHIRE By 'pHE Indonesian Central Government is believed to be running short of high octane fuel for its military aircraft after bombing sorties against Central Sumatra during the past few days. The Jakarta Government sent two urgent cables
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    Ban on exports
    144 1 A spokesman for the Singapore Ministry of Commerce and Industry told the Straits Times that the export of high octane fuel to Indonesia was banned because it came under the category of war materials. So tar no application for the export of the oil had been made
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    Lim: A ban on these materials
    82 1 T4IE export ol 'warlike ■1 materials" from Singapore, whether intended for the Central Indonesian Government or the Sumatran rebel forces, could not be permitted the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday. "Singapore does not want to get commercial benefits from weapons of
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    Tree kills soldier
    40 1 IPOH Mon. A Maori private of the Ist. Bn thNew Zealand Regiment was killed by a falling tree whi'e training in the Chemor area yesterday. The battalion arrived In Malaya last December. ThU Is Its first casualty.
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    Barter trade
    127 1 Although latest reports from Indonesia say that South Sumatra is still loyal to the Central Government, the request for fuel from Singapore may mean that tht military command in South Sumatra has cut off the supply, the businessmen say. The Central Government's blockade of Sumatran ports has not
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    Lock icon 2 a.m. news roundup
    278 1 2 a.m. news roundup SOEKARNO ACCUSES FOREIGN FORCE' JAKARTA. Mon .—The Indonesian air force tonight announced that its planes bombed and destroyed the transmitter and radio stations at Menado. The air raid was said to have been successfully conducted. News of the attack cam* wila!,. hours of an accusation by
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    Lock icon Soviet arming, 'But we don't want to fight' says Nikita
    323 2 Soviet arming, 'But we don't want to fight' says Nikita WO WEAPONS LIKE THESE BEFORE' MOSCOW, Mon. MR. Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Communist party chief, said last night that Russia wanted peace so that the peoples of the world could live without fear. "We want peace not only for ourselves," he
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    Lock icon HOT STEAKS FOR FUCHS
    49 2 WELLINGTON. Mon Dr. Vivian Fuchs and his trans-An-tarctic team ate hot steaks last night to celebrate their arrival at the Plateau Depot. 280 miles from their goal of Scott Ba.se. Two planes from Scott Base flew the steaks and other supplies to the depot —Reuter.
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    Night mare?
    39 2 NEW YORK. Mon.^ Elb^ Wilson. 18, was charged at Zanesville. Ohio, with "r.ding a horse without lights." He was discharged with a warn ing to put a light nn tt v horses ta.l after dark. -Ren ter.
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    Lock icon Three hours wed and they were dead
    74 2 Three hours wed and they were dead NORTHAMPTON, M©n Railway fireman Bernard Durham. 31, and his bride Gloria, 19. were killed in a ear smash three hoars after their weekend wed> ding it was disclosed today. They were driving towards London in a snowstorm when their car was in collision
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    Lock icon Harold Wilson in Peking
    32 2 PEKING, Mon— Mr. Harold Wilson, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Labour Party's "shadow cabinet," arrived in Peking today for private talks with Chinese trade officials. Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.S. LIKELY TO 'APPROVE' NEW ARAB REPUBLIC
    272 2 WASHINGTON. Monday. •■pHE United States will probably recognise the newly created Tnited Arab Republic formed by the merger of Egypt and Syria, American officials said yesterday. Recognition of the republic has already been extended by Russia, Japan and several other countries. American officials
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    Lock icon China rally smashed
    81 2 I TOULOUSE, Mon. De- monstrators broke up a meeting last night which Mr Edgar Faure, former French Prime Minister, was addressing on China and the problem of East-West relations. Mr. Faure had scarcely begun speaking before the audience of 500 when a group of about 100 young
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    Lock icon JEWELLER WILL SUE FAROUK
    102 2 JEWELLER WILL SUE FAROUK ROME. Mon. Ex-King Farouk of Egypt is to face a civil suit here soon on charges that he failed to pay a famous Roman jeweller for two "extremely valuable" snuff boxes that once belonged to Frederick the Great of Prussia. The suit Is being brought against
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    Lock icon Pravda: H-bombs to anywhere
    66 2 LONDON. Mon.— The Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda said today that thr Soviet armed forces possess "long-range rockets capable of carrying a hydrogen warhead to any point of the earth." In the same editorial quot ed by Moscow Radio the newspaper said the rulers >f imperialist
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    Lock icon Diversify, says Diefenbaker
    48 2 LONDON. Mon. Mr. John Diefenbaker. the Prime Minister of Canada, today said that, while Canada will maiDtain her trade with the United States, the time had com P to diversify. "For this reason we welcome the recent increase In imports from Britain." he said- Reuter.
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    American scene...
    217 2 American scene... WASHINGTON, Monday. A YOUNG LADY of two has surprised— dismayed- the F. 8.1, by becoming the quite legitimate owner of a real .45 calibre Thompson sub-machine gun, 01 "Chicago chopper" as it used to be known when Capone's gangsters were playing fast and loose in the Windy City.
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    The only possible answer...
    217 2 QUESTION AND ANSWER before the House Armed Services CommiUer. Congressman Carl Vinson: "How much does the Navy need to do its job properly?" Admiral Arleish A. Burke. Chief of Naval Operations: "Thit is a nearly impossible question to answer, sir. It is like me asking m>
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    'Polished American'
    118 2 QNCE AGAIN the. underfed, indoor, super-slinky and sophisticated fashion model has had her comeuppance. Haughty, icy, remote and unsmiling, she ruled in the thirties and then was replaced by the girl-next-door type, slighty glamourised but with "believable beauty." The femme fatale returned In the early fifties, doe-eyed and
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    Big feud goes on
    131 2 V^O SIGNS of any abatement in the A^ Eisenhower Truman feud, now well on Into its fifth year. Embittered by Harry's tough speeches in the 1952 presidential election, Ike has avoided all contact with his former commander-ln-chlpf. Not long ago. however, Eric Johnston, the film Industry
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    'Dog' prophets bach the
    117 2 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, has received the staunchpst of support from the soothsayers of the Kuan Yin Temple In San Francisco's Chinatown. They back him to the hilt In his conviction that next month should see the current recession mending and springing back to a boom by mid-summer.
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    Lock icon U.N. says: 'We stay in South Korea
    161 2 DANMUNJOM. Mon.— The United Nations command this morning rejected a Communist demand that United Nations and United States troops withdraw from South Korea. At a meeting of the Korean Military Armistice Commission, the chief Communist delegate. North Korean army Maj.-Gen. Kang Sun Ho,
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    Lock icon 'SACK SELWYN?' OH, NO, SAYS PREMIER
    209 3 'SACK SELWYN?' OH, NO, SAYS PREMIER LONDON, Mon. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Macmillan, declared in a television Interview last night that he did not intend to replace Mr. Selwyn Lloyd as Foreign Secretary "as a result of pressure." He had been asked by his interviewer, Robin Day, to comment on
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    Lock icon Boys' awards
    33 3 LONDON, Mon. Seven boys, at an approved school (reformatory i near Warwick have won the Duke of Edinburgh's silver badges for character, initiative arc 1 physique. It is disclosed today —Reuter.
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    Lock icon IKE MAY CUT TAXES IF JOBLESS INCREASE
    83 3 WASHINGTON. Mon—President Eisenhower's ad- ministration may recommend a tax cut if unemployment continues to Increase next month, the Secretary of Labour, Mr. James Mitchell, said yesterday. But, he added In a television Interview, he believed the unemployment situation would improve by then. Mr.
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    British Premier hopes for summit talks this year
    162 3 :rrent is 'NUCLEAR DETERRENT NEEDED TO GIVE US BETTER POSITION' LONDON, Monday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan. said in a television interview last night that he hoped there would be "summit" talks this year. Mr. Macmillan has gone on record at
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    Understanding'
    198 3 Understanding Asked earlier In the interview why Britain needed the hydrogen bomb, Mr. Macmillan said the country's independent contribution towards the nuclear deterrent gave it a better position in the world and in relation to the United States. I Mr. Day asked what the Prime Minister thought of the suggestion
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    Lock icon Retaliation
    90 3 i The interviewer then re- 1 lerred to Mr. Macmillan's re--1 ception in India, although the Indian Government was opposed to British foreign policy. He replied: -They are opposed to the H-bomb, certainly. They are opposed to the grouping in NATO and so i lorth. I "On the really
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    New republic recognised
    32 3 LONDON. Mon— China has recognised the United Arab Republic The Prime Minister, Mr Chou En-lai. sent a message to President Nasser congratulating him on the formation of the republic—
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    HELEN SAID NO' UNTIL HIS MOTHER SAID 'YES'
    95 3 HELEN SAID NO' UNTIL HIS MOTHER SAID 'YES' THE SCENE at St l'..n, i i Station. London, after the reunion of RAF Corporai Charles Blunden. 29. and bis Chinese fiancee from Hong Kong. Mis- Helen Man ning Han. Cpl Blunden, stationed in Hong Kong until six months ago. proposed to
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    Lock icon JOAN, 3, SHUTS IN A ROYAL VISITOR
    136 3 JOAN, 3, SHUTS IN A ROYAL VISITOR OYDNEY. Mon. —The Queen Mother was "barricaded" in a house at a housing commission se 1 1 le ment here today by a three-year-old girl. The girl, Joan Fayle, pushed a chair against the front door of her parent's home and refused to
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    Lock icon Krupp welcome
    48 3 SYDNEY. Mon. -Mt CMX Chisholm, 50. a former British Army major *ho Mi responsible for the safety of Baron von Krupp In Grrmai v at the end ot the war saU today he would bt glad v meet him when he arrives lr. Au.-tralia tomorrow Reute'
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    Lock icon GUNMAN KIDNAPS SPEED ACE FANGIO—REBELS BLAMED
    289 3 GUNMAN KIDNAPS SPEED ACE FANGIO— REBELS BLAMED U A VAN A (Cuba), 11 Mon. Juan Manuel Fangio, world champion motor racing driver, was kidnapped from his hotel here yesterday. Nelo Ugullnl a Maserati representative, said he saw a gunman force Fangio to leave the hotel with him He was pushed
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    Lock icon 73-hour bridge record
    40 3 BRISTOL. Mon. Four Bristol University students sat In a furniture store window and played bridge continuously for 73 hours 10 minutes, beating the previous record, held by four Sheffield I'niversity students, by one hour 10 minutes. Reuter.
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    Lock icon AMNESTY FOR PERON SUPPORTERS
    194 3 BUENOS AIRES. Monday. QUTLAWED supporters of the former Argentine w President, Juan Peron, rejoiced today as first election returns indicated a sweeping victory for a politician who has promised to restore their civil ri^'its. Cries of "Long Live Peron" were heard from scattered groups of the
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    Lock icon Japan eyes Pacific
    97 3 I HONG KONG, Mon. Mr. Yoshiya Ariyoshi, managing director of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, said today that Japanese shipowners planned to restore a regular transPacific passenger service by 1961 to meet British competition. Mr. Ariyoshi said that the recent announcement of a projected British trans-Pacl-ftc service
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    Lock icon More comfort
    27 3 HOBART. Mon— Prisoners 'n the new Jail here will find heir cells more homelike 'nn Drevious'y. Central heating will be installed In each cell— Reuter.
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    PLEDGE TO UMNO: 'WE STAY NEUTRAL'
    247 4 DENANG, Mon. The r President of the Federation Malay Teachers' Association, inrht Motiamed Noot bin Ahmad, today declared Malay teachers resigning from UMNO would remain neutral in the Federal elections next year. "I am confident none of them wilt help rival political parties or
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    Pyjama prisoner
    45 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. When Cheun Son was brought from the remand prison to the magistrate's cour; today to answer a charge of attempting to cause hurt, the magistrate ordered him sent back to be properly clothed. He was wearing pyjamas at the time.
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    Ex-guard turns dagger man—and a kampong is ashamed
    256 4  - Ex-guard turns dagger man— and a kampong is ashamed EE BOON LEE ARMBAND CLUE IN HUNT FOR GANG WHO ROBBED WOMAN, 67 By I gINGAPORE police yesterday seized 10 red armbands issued to members of a kampong vigilante group after one wag found in a house raided by three dagger
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    $45,000 could be yours!
    62 4 A $45,000 JACKPOT is waiting to be won ia The Malayan Monthly's < •ntttt -s' (Febnuury). There's also $5,000 in consolation prizes. Thi» (T*at contest closes on Mootfay. March 3. Vtti have SEVEN days to make your b>4 fo r the big money Semi your coupon,
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    Birthday honour for First Battalion
    209 4 Birthday honour for First Battalion A LOR STAR, Mon. A The First Battalion, Malay Regiment, will carry it* own colour and battle hjnour for the first time when it celebrates its silver jubilee on March 1. These honours were accorded during ih* last war in recognition of the battalion* gallant
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    Curfew breakers
    42 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Buang bin Sicku.s. Pujl bin Menjing and Buan* bin Ramri. of Snngei Tiram, were each fined $90 in the magistrate's court :odav for being out of doors during curfew hours. They were arrested at 1 a m.
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    RIDDLE OF THE DEAD FISHERMAN: SUICIDE—OR MURDER?
    143 4 RIDDLE OF THE DEAD FISHERMAN: SUICIDE— OR MURDER? pENANG. Mon. The Penang coroner, Mr. Au Ah Wah. today recorded an open verdict on a fisherman, Tan Sin Kheng, whose body was found floatmg off Swettenham Pier with both legs bound. Tan disappeared from home on Dec. 17 last jear. Hl*
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    The late Mr. W.B.C. Glen
    50 4 PENANG, Mon The late Mr W. B. C Glen, 56. a director of Plantation A^en-i-ies, Ltd., who died suddenly jesterday. was cremated at Batu Gantong cemetery this aiternoon. Mr Glen.« nshes will be taken back by his widow this week for internment near Hove. Sussex.
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    CALL TO ARMS
    189 4 UMNO branch leader wants general call-up after April deadline BUTTERWORTH, Monday. ALL FEDERAL CITIZENS should take up arms against Communist terrorists after the April surrender deadline, Inche K. M. Rashid, an executive member of the Bagan Tuan Kechil UMNO branch, said here yesterday. Speaking at the branch's
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    RADO : General Programme
    145 4 RADO General Programme RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHOKT WAVE SEBVICE 41 metres SING AFORE Mrrlin wave 478 nrtrei kl U\ Lt'MFl'R Mrdhiß »»»e 141 mrtrrPE.XANG Mrdium »aye 366 Betres IFOH Mrdum *>» 3Vt netre* MALACCA Mtrimra wave 2HT mrtrr. A.M. 715 Oood Morning To Listeners. 7.16 Morning Serenade 7.30 The News:
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    Obscene photos
    26 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Ngo See Koon. of Singapore was fined $200 in the magistrate's court todi»v for brlnglnt into the Federation 17 obscene photographs.
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    MCA NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF ALL CHINESE, SA YS DR. LIM
    138 5 IPOH, Monday. |)li. 1.1 M CHONG EU, chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association's political committee, said here yesterday that the party would not be strong enough unless all Chinese supported it. Dr. Lim, who is also the Alliance whip
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    'Crackers from car' boy fined
    67 5 PENANG, Mon.— A boy who threw lire crackers from a eat at passers-by was fined $10 here today for exploding crackers without a licence. Oh Cheng Kung, 18, pleaded guilty to committing the ■!T me in Northam Road here yesterday. Tlie prosecution said that Oh,
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    Tanjong Malim UMNO officials
    66 5 TANJONG MALIM. Mon. Town Councillor Inche Abdul Majid bin Ariffln has been elected chairman of the TanJong Malim UMNO branch here. Others elected to the key posts are: vice chairman, Inche Yang Abdul Rashid bin Abdul Wahab; secretary, Inche YusofT bin Talib; treasurer, Inche Sulaiman bin
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    Aid for youth
    62 5 It was also decided to ap point a youth liaison committee to visit the varlou* youth sections In Perak to supervise and co-ordinatt their activities. The secretary-general of the MCA Mr. Too Joon Hln<. told the conference that th? youth section would get sony financial assistance as
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    Two on $178 robbery charge
    47 5 PENANG, Mon. -Urn Che< Jj Choon. 35, and Wong Lok Eng, 41. were today Jointly changed with robbing Nyeoh Yong Chew of $178 at a coffee stall at Magazine Circus on Feb. 15. They were ordered to be remanded till March 3.
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    Licencetip on how to beat cycle thieves
    164 5 Licencetip on how to beat cycle thieves KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation police have been told of a sure way to beat cycle thieves. It wa* passed on by a police officer from Nepal where the Idea originated who recently took a course at the Federation Police Training colleze at Kuala
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    Appeal lost by taikong
    75 5 PENANO. Mon.- Mr. Ju> tlce Rigby today dismissed an appeal in the High Court by a Sumatran taikong, Hoe sin bin Ghanl. against a lower court conviction on two cur rency charges. Hoesln had Deen Qnei> $5,000 for having been know inly concrned In attempting to
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    'Tell the truth
    95 5 Meanwhile, the secretarygeneral of UMNO. Inche Ismail bin Mohamed Yusott. and the Party's Information officer. Inche Abdul Ghallar bin Baba. have started their "tell-the-truth" campaign on the Malay secondary classes row between the Ministry of Education and the 10.000 member Federation of Malay School Teachers' Associations. Inche
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    Church opening
    30 5 RAWANO. Mon. More than 700 people attended the opening of the Church of St Jude yesterday by Mgr. Dominic Vendargon. Bishop of Kuala Lumpur The church cost $42,000.
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    Boy is robbed of $131
    35 5 PENANG. Mod. A Chung Ling student. Chua Chek. lost $131 and a watch while playing soccer on the school ground on Saturday. The money was taken from his bicycle bag
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    20 SECONDARY CLASSES BY MARCH—GOVT.
    191 5 20 SECONDARY CLASSES BY MARCH— GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JV|ORE 1 than 20 Malay secondary classes will be set up throughout the country by the middle of next month. This is the outcome of replies received by the Ministry of Education to a questionnaire: "Do you want your child to
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    Jobs for air girls with a big 'lf'
    89 5 Jobs for air girls with a big 'lf INDIAN and Pakistan girls in Singapore can apply to join BOAC as air hostesses if they are prepared to travel to India, at their own expense, to be interviewed. Mr. W D. O. Erskine- rum. BOAC sales representative for South- East Asia,
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    Malayan's paintings on display
    72 5 LONDON. Mon. Four paintings by Aris Kamll. 17. son of the Malayan High Commissioner In London. Dato Nik Kamll. are now on show at Ealing. London. The exhibition, comprising pictures by members of the Commonwealth diplomatic corps and their families In England, was arranged In aid
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    34 5 PENANG, Mon A strvlce family at Tltt Keruwuiu Sungei Pinang. lost «!30 anJ two watches yesterday.. The money, in a walleand the watches were taken while the family was swim lining
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    Busmen: Forego fares and we work free
    205 5 MALACCA. Mon. One I hundred and lorty employees of three bus companies here, who have been on strike since Feb. 13. are prepared to man 56 buses free If the bus companies are willing to forego fares. The secretary of the Malacca branch
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    Perak bandits shaken by rank and file 'revolt'
    279 6 COMRADES SHIRK WORK, CRITICISE RED BOSSES IPOH, Mon.— A recently captured terrorist document shows a rank and file "revolt" is shaking the Perak Communist organisation. The document, a cyclostyled 'pep" pamphlet entitled "Morning Bell," speaks of open criticism of the terrorist leadership,
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    BACK FROM PARIS ART COURSE
    103 6 BACK FROM PARIS ART COURSE KAM /IN CHOON (above), a former svudent of Singapore's Nanyang Academy, has returned to the Colony after studying art in Paris for four years. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts and had two paintings exhibited in Paris museums and at salons.
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    Eight more sacked
    45 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Eight more workers of the RIDA-controlled NorthEastern Transport Service were sacked yesterday This brings the total number dismissed since January to 48 A spokesman of the company said that there would be no more dismissals in the traffic section.
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    Theft charge
    43 6 E. M. H. Jamal Mohamad of Bencooleii Street pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to stealing a purse containing $1.50 from Hajl Abdul Rahman Rafii on Feb 22 in Weld Road. The case will come up for mention on March 10.
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    BOMBING MAY CLOSE INDONESIAN PEACE DOORS, WARNS ENVOY
    145 6 BOMBING MAY CLOSE INDONESIAN PEACE DOORS, WARNS ENVOY PAKISTAN'S envoy to the United Nations. Mr. S. M. Khan, who passed through Singapore by Qanta< yesterday, described as "unfortunate" the Indonesian Central Government's bombing of rebel towns in Central Sumatra and North Celebes. He warned that such actions may bar "all
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    MAN FREED: 'THIS IS NOT THE LAW
    75 6 PENANG, Monday. <T\HE Penang High Court Judge, Mr. Justice Rigbj this afternoon quashed a conviction and set asid a year's jail term imposed by a lower court on ai ex-prisoner Wo Hon Wene. Wo had been convicted under the Minor Offences Ordinance of
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    The danger
    171 6 Dealing with the case as a criminal revision today. Mr. Justice Rigby said: "One shudders to think what opportunities tor persecution and abuse may arise if the provisions of the law under section 29(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance are to be interpreted in such a way that
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    Found dead
    24 6 IPOH. Mon A trisha rider. Tee Ah Chuah. 66. was found hanging in his house in Ountong new village here last nieht.
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    Took motor cycle on test—killed
    91 6 Took motor cycle on test killed 'IWe prospective ouyer ul a 1 motor cycle was killed when he crashed on a trial run at Christmas a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. A night watchman Karta Singh. 47. said he did not see the accident on a bend in Kensington Park
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    200 per cent racketeers
    65 6 FENANO. Mon -During the Chinese New Year rush, cinema black marketeers had been reselling tickets at three times the usual price, the first magistrate's court was told today Two men. Kamaruddm bin Mohamed Meoh. 21. and Soon Chiew lan. 27. pleaded guilty to attempting to resell
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    Lim: A great change for the good in employer-worker relations
    285 6 T*HE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday that Singapore was not far behind other countries which had adopted supervisory training schemes to improve industrial relations between employer and employee Although Singapore had yet to attain perfection in .his,
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    Suicide verdict
    37 6 Singapore coroner. Mr Oiam Chong Hing yesterday returned a verdict of suicide at the inquest of a man. Tan Shee Kun. 60 who was found hanging in his house at Kolam Ayer on Jan. 19.
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      87 6 Straits Times Crossword n -i- 24 ACBOBS Quiet! 16). 8. Nadir of Lancashire crafts- 14. Would this actor have ben. man? (6. 3, 8). at home at Lime Orove? 9. Cash in Scots town, we heai 15. what many women have <8). face (8). 10 Had a meal during expert-
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      193 6 i Rcott) <S). 21. Once willingly prevaricate out loud (4). 22. The composer's smoothly i6»--23 Quiet! It turned in late iB> 24. Lunar pastures It ploughed for a SDirited student (15). DOWN 1. Make a torn coupon seem to be of even date US)--2 Repeated scolded at last (Si. 3.
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    7 teachers end walk-out
    225 7 7 teachers end walk -out NO LESSONS FOR 13 DA YS TELUK ANSON, Monday. SEVEN of the eight teachers whose 13-day absence suspended lessons at the Al-Ulum Arabic School returned today. The school, a private religious institution at the 20th mile Teluk Anson. Bagan Datoh road, has 400 students. The
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    6 months for rape attempt
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. At the Assizes today Mr. Justice Hepworth sentenced Mohan. I'd Esa bin Hamid. a taxi driver, to six months' i jail for attempted rape of a 15-year-old Malay girl in his taxi.
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    MALAYAN DELEGATION LEADER AND AIDES
    73 7 THE MINISTER ot < om merce and Industry Mr Tan Siew Sin, discuses a point with the Controller of the Trade Division, Inche Mohar bin Raja Ba. dioxzaman. and the Senior Industrial Development Officer, Mr. A. H Stoneham, shortly before the opening of the ECAFE
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    Formosa looks to Malaya for more capital
    363 7 CEYLON: The leader. Mr. L.J.D. Fernando, said that Ceylon's hydro-electric power was ''woefully inadequate" although It had a high potential. Commenting on the commercial use of atomic power, he said that Ceylon couid not utilise this source of power until 1975. JAPAN: Mr.
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    Air survey of Taiping
    51 7 TAIPING. Mon The Talplng Town Council has approved $1,000 for an aerial survey of the town area, pending approval from the Ruler-in-CouncU. An earlier attempt to survey the town from the air was abandoned when the Perak Government refused the town council the $4,000 loan it
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    British car executives gather for talks
    169 7 rpOP executives of the ser--1 vice division of the British Motor Corporation have arrived in Singapore for talks with heads of BMC distributing firms throughout the Far East on improving service facilities In the area. Leading the party of five experts from the headquarters
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    SPECIAL THANKS' AT BIG MEETING
    269 7 SPECIAL THANKS' AT BIG MEETING <fo From Page One po£al, said: "We look forward with great conndenc* to the future of Malaya* particularly in the fields In which the ECAFE subcommittees are concerned." Mr. Henley extended his "special thanks" to the Fe deration Government for the "exceptionally good condition of
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    Accused of bid to extort
    48 7 Hassan bin Abdullah, alias Choo Eng Chuan. was yesterday remanded in Singapore after being charged with attempting to extort $20 from Lul Hlo Meng on Feb. 19 by putting him In fear of Injury. The case will be mentioned again on Feb. 27.
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    Civics course
    31 7 KOTA BHARU. Mon. A three-day civics course for 42 orncers-in -charge of police stations from ail districts In Kelantan was opened by thf Chief Police Officer of Kelantan today.
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    60 8 U Word, Sl* (Minimum) BARCLAY, PETER LUKE, Dearly beloved husband of Carrie and much loved father of Isobel and June at General Hospital on 24.2.58. Service today Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road at 4.30 p.m. Thence to Bldadarl Cemetery. GLEN. The ramlly of W.B.C. Olen deeply regret to announce his
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    110 8 M U,,tH. til (Mimlmum) THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Tan Hock Aun, Penang. wish to thank all friends and relatives for attending her funeral and sending wreaths, floral tributes, telegrams eic MR. AND MRS. A L. DE CONCEICAO thank all relatives and friends for their attendance, greetings and
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    GREETING
    35 8 til Word, til KiniKuml MANY HAPPY RETURNS to Madam Yap Kan N*>. beloved mother of Mr. Kwek Hong Png and brothers of Hong Leong Co. Ltd.. Singapore, on the occasion of her 75th Birthday.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    221 8 tt Hard- <J'i l/.-t mum) ANNUAL SALE begins today at all Town Si Country shops. NOW AT MADELINES Ne» shipment Ideal travelwenr In lightweight Dacron Suits from $110 Sizes 10—18 DON'T BE AFFECTED By Tour neighbours' strong cooking odours. Air-wick will neutralize air-borne smells. WHO S oeco at my
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      The War Of Words
      554 8 Three air raids carried out by four planes do not make a civil war, especially when one side, upon discovering that some bombs have been misdirected, instantly offers compensation to the victims as the Jakarta Government has done. An investigating, team is being dispatched to Palembang
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      Breaking Point
      297 8 The Singapore Shop Assistants' Employment Ordinance, brought into force last August, was designed to make conditions more tolerable for thousands oi shop assistants. The ordinance requires employers to give workers a weekly holiday and a 44-hour working week. It also contains provisions governing sick leave and overtime allowance.
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      Atoms For Peace
      222 8 In Ins welcome address to Ecaie delegates, the Fedei ations Minister ior Coiiiiiieixe and industry, Mi Tan Slew Sin, looked to atomic reactors to mcci the Federation's mounting demand for electricity supply The Federation is not alone in this dream. Every underdeveloped country sees in atomic reactors
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    Britain's pro-consuls become ambassadors
    1188 8  - Britain's pro-consuls become ambassadors A. R. THOMAS by fTHE need for skilled manpower to help in the advancement of under-developed territories has been recognised by many Governments and international organisations since the war. The British Colonial Service has performed this task for more than a generation and, under Its "new
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    464 8 SAVED Abdullah Bey Khalil, 67-year-old Sudanese Prime Minister, faces the greatest challenge of his political career next Thursday when the Sudan goes to the polls for its second general election this time under the shadow of the Egyptian-Sudanese border dispute. The man who once
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      We must go beyond the 'one denial clinic, stage
      128 8 PROFESSOR R. J. 8. Tickle s statement that there is only one public dental clinic for th e whole of Malaya" comes as a great surprise. He added that "the normal period for appointments (In the clinic was five months' How
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      42 8 CONTRARY to Democrats complaint of S.T Feb. 8- my friends and 1 have always found the two postal clerks here not only courteous but very helpfu> too. '-n spite of the varlou> odd Jobs that they have to do. OBSERVER Alor Gajah.
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      163 8 PROFESSOR R. J 8 Tickle says "there is only one public dental clinic for the whole of Malaya wonder what the Chief Dental Officer, Federation of Malaya, has to s&y about this. The Professor admitted that "the normal period for appointments was five months." He does not bother to explain
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      107 8 I*HE Nee Soon English School has turned the dress of girls from good to worse. The original dress for girls was a white blouse and a grey skirt which was light and comfortable. Now tlii.s is being replaced by a one-piece dress made of thick dark grey cloth and buttoned
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      CRACKER- FIRING NUISANCE
      120 8 THE firing of crackers A started more than a week before the Chinese New Year. It reached its climax on the New Year's eve. New Year's Day and the day after. After three nerve-wrack-ing days and nights there are still quite many people who keep on firing
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    Barter: Merchants are at it again
    184 9 TRADE CONCESSIONS INCLUDE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT DUTY-EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE" REBEL TERMS OFFER SUPER PROFITS SO SHIPS ARE SLIPPING OFF TO SUMATRA By LEE KHOON CHOY SINGAPORE barter ships are again stealing across the Straits of Malacca, to trade with blockaded Central Sumatra. After a period
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    ST. JOHN BRIGADE C-IN-C SEES FIRST-AID DEMONSTRATION
    45 9 THE C'OMMISSIONER-IN-CHIFF. St John nbulance Brigade Major-General J M Kirkm.in watches a demonstration by members of the Methodist Girls' School Brigade in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday Facing the camera Is Che Shamsiah binte \hriul Hamid —Straits Times picture
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    No controls
    101 9 REPLACEMENT of import duties ranging from 25 to 400 per cent with a fixed duty of four rupiahs per Straits dollars worth of goods; REMOVAL of restrictions on the type and quantity of goods that may be imported or exported. The head of a big Singapore firm told
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    Six to try
    84 9 Another six vessels of similar size, now in Indraglrl. would also try to make the break. If these ships succeed in returning here without being caught." my source said, "th. y may pave the way for blockade-running on a wider and more organised scale." Meanwhile, the seven
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    Royal gift
    39 9 Mr. Moshfegy Kazemi. the Persian Ambassador has handed over to Mr. S. Chelvasinuam Maclntyre. the Federation High Commissioner In New Delhi, a beautiful Persian carpet which Is a present from the Shah to the Taili di-Pertuan Agong.
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    Union man offered job in Africa
    123 9 Union man offered job in Africa IPOH, Mon.— Mr. John Emmanuel, the deputy general secretary of the 120.000--strong National Union of Plantation Workers, has been offered a two-year job by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to organise plantation workers' unions In Africa and Mauritius. Mr. Emmanuel's acceptance will
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    Padi planter found dead
    55 9 KOTA BHARU. Mon. A young wife found her Siamese padi planter husbanu dead about half a mile from home a*. Kampong Pak Andir. near Tumpat. yesterday afternoon. Eshut Chow Menang had been beattn on the head with what the police believe to be a sharp instrument.
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    Chopper at ark is alleged
    41 9 Tan Kok Yong alias Ang Mon pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to voluntarily causing hurt to Chay iTeow Teng with a chopper at Smith Street on Sunday. Tne <*ase will be heard on March n
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    FORMER CALL GIRLS TO AID DRIVE ON VICE
    230 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ■"THE newly-formed Pan-Malayan Islamic Moral Defence Organisation is to ask former prostitutes to help it rid the country of prostitution. The organisation will also ask the Government to ban strip-tease and any "unislamic" and "un-Malayan" dances which they regard
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    Council meeting
    19 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The next meeting of the Belangor State Council will be held on March 18.
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    GOVT. TO BAM ALL IMPORTS OF ROCKET CRACKERS
    69 9 GOVT. TO BAM ALL IMPORTS OF ROCKET CRACKERS DWi.lKol s rocket-type cravkers are being banned in future, the Chief Minister. Mr l.im Yew Hock, announced in Singapore yesterday. He said that to make the ban effective, the Government will prohibit all imports of crackers of this type. Cracker firing during
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    Farrell for Kenya
    51 9 KUALA LUMPUR. MonMr. A. D. Farrell. the Federa lion gpMcltOf General, has left Kuala Lumpur to become a puisne Judge In Kenya. Mr Farrell. 52. Joined the legal service In 1947 as a district Judge In Singapore Mr. C M. Sheridan, legal draughtsman. Is acting a* Solicitor
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    Court told: Attack cost eye
    76 9 Court told: Attack cost eye |{UALA LUMPUR, Mon —A youth who, it j was alleged, was att; k- ed with a knife by his father now had to use a glass eye. the magistrate's court here was told today. V. T. Nadeson. 51. tentatively charged with causing grievous hurt to
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    Telok Anson blackout
    41 9 TELUK ANSON. Mon. Thix town suffered Its second blackout In a week when thlights went out for 10 hours yesterday as a result of a fa! hire In supply. The other blackout was oil Chinese New Year's Eve
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    A-POWER PLANS
    66 9 *fr From Pagtf One In the region may be helped and strengthened by drawing on the experience of its neighbours "Thus a higher standard ol living and welfare for all of us may be ensured." Mr. Tan's election was proposed by Burma and seconded oy Slam. Mr. S
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    UMNO branch officers
    45 9 PORT SWETTENHAM. Mon —Inche Salleh bin Haji Omar has been elected president of the UMNO branch here. The vice-president is Inche Mohamed Johar bin Idrls: the secretary Inche Adnan bin Cnik: and the treasurer Tuan Hajl Abdul Rahim bin Haji Abdul Shukor
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    TB specialist agrees: Stop smoking
    183 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A chest specialist today warned cigarette smokers to give up the habit to avoid lung cancer. Dr. JS. Bodhy, Federation I tuberculosis specialist, agreed that there .should be a campaign against cigarette smoking, as advocated by Mr Heah Joo Seang. president ol
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    CHINESE TOLD: TRAGIC IF —TRADITIONS DIE OUT —
    199 9 CHINESE TOLD: TRAGIC IF —TRADITIONS DIE OUT I^UCHING, Mon A serious decline in traditional Chinese family customs would be tragic for the Chinese in Sarawak, said the Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abcll. in his Chinese New Year message. Thoae customs. Sir Anthony said, "enshrined the ageold Chinese morality" which
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    Terrorist flees leaving grenade
    41 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The leading scout of a patrol of the 1,6 Gurkha Rifles In the Ipoh district of Perak yesterday exchanged fire with a lone terrorist who fled. One grenade was recovered. Thers were no casuaJUta.
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    RAZAK GOES TO DISCUSS 'BORDER WAR'
    290 9 RAZAK GOES TO DISCUSS 'BORDER WAR' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fHE Defence Minister, Dato Abdul Razak, left here this evening for Bangkok to discus* with the' Siamese Government the possibilities of intensifying the campaign against Malayan terrorists along the border. Sources here declared that decisions would not be made at these
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    Accused of extortion
    75 9 IPOH. Mon— Six men were ordered to be remanded in police custody after they pleaded not guilty in the Ma gistrate's Court here today to extortion. Lee Yhit Wah, 25. Tung Lai Seng. 17. Muk Kum. 34. Teah Chin An, 19. Cheah Hock Seong. 19. and Foo
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    Dealers urged: Co-operate
    66 9 IPOH, Mon —The president of the Perak Chinese Rubber Dealers Association Mr. Toh Tal Khoon. yesterday urged rubber dealers in the state to co-operate with each other to overcome their difficulties The rubber dealers, he told about 120 members at a reunion lunch here were facing hardships
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    Woman lawyer
    28 9 Miss yue< Bee See. a barrister, was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by Mr Justice Tan Ah Tah to practise as an advocate and solicitor
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    POLICE OFFICER GETS A YEAR'S JAIL
    192 9 POLICE OFFICER GETS A YEAR'S JAIL DETECTIVE INSPECTOR M. Kanapathy, of the Joo Chiat police station, was jailed for a year in Singapore yesterday after being convicted of obtaining $50 corruptly from M. 8. Hanifa, a glazier. Mr. S. K Lee. a district judge, said he had studied the evidence
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    Tilt speeds up clock
    62 9 HI M)Kl.li> of Singapore office workers turned up for work 13 minutes ahead of time yesterday morning. The reason was because the usually reliable Victoria Memorial Hall clock was fast. It was found that renovation work adintning Victoria Theatre had tilted the clock tower and upset
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    Wage report in August
    51 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The findings of the commission of inquiry into the need to set up a wages council will be published in August This was stated here today by the chairman of the seven-member commission, Mr. Cheah Theam Swee. The commission held it first meeting
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      428 10 EYE-CATCHERS IT always takes a bit of courage to be among the first to wear a really revolutionary new fashion, and to my mind it's even braver to come out in one of the abbreviated new line dresses if you usually wear your own style of national dress.
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      Assets
      97 10 r~ t A cheering aspect of the new lines is that they can be flattering to the figure that isn't average. Take the trapeze line. for instance the suits have a waistless jacket above a cone-shaped skirt. This is just the style for the slightly pear-shaped woman, w.th small
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      Snags
      32 10 There are a few snags about the new dresses from the wearer's point of viewSome are so narrow at the hemline that they're almost impossible to get in or out of.
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      Curry
      171 10 Several readers have asked me for a good recipe for chicken curry, so here is an excellent one— the recipe from Helen Halverhout, chief home economist of Amsterdam Utilities. You need: 1 frying chicken, cut In parts and lightly salted; l teaspoon curry, or mor c to taste; one-third
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      Talent
      47 10 i Singapore's travelling mannequin Mari- Anne Stocker, writes that her local wardrobe went over in a big way in Honolulu. 'Honolulu just went crazy about my clothes," she said. Highlight of her Hong Kong visit was a dinner with John Wayne. Marianne is now in America.
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      Shoes
      180 10 While everyone is fussing about how their figures will fit the new line, few women seem to be bothering about how their feet fit into the new shoes. To me. this is a very important consideration, as I am not blessed with those neat, slender feel that seem to
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      Problem
      165 10 4>4* w Getting locked out of one's own flat is the sort of tiresome experience that happens to almost everyone now and again, but It can seldom be as awkward as it was for one Singapore woman during the Chinese New Year holidays. Her hostess at luncheon gave her
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      Concert
      145 10 Mr. Paul Abisheganaden, conductor of the Singapore Chamber Ensemble, tells me that the "household concert" —an informal musical programme in a private home has become a popular institution in Singapore. The next one will be held in Dr. and Mrs. Goh Kok Kee's home, 218 Be'.mont Road, on Friday
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      Career
      92 10 r. i Teresa de Vllleneuve began her show business career at 12 in radio programmes. Bhe was later one of England's leading principal boys In pantomime for a number of years, after which she went into variety and toured Britain, Including a season at the London Palladium. At this
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      Singer
      127 10 i One of the few singers in Malaya who can claim to compose her own songs and lyrics is Theresa Liang Ping, Shanghai born mez-zo-soprano. Slim, attractive Theresa, a very popular recording artist, has already written the music and words for live Mandarin songs. She sings everything from "pops"
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      Model
      126 10 Singapore is never short of modelling talent. Latest recruit In the professional mannequin field is lovely Teresa de Villeneuve, who will take part in a parade of clothes at the Johore International Club on March 8. Teresa, who came here recently to be married, has had a brilliant career
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      378 11 What a thrill it is when baby first W i j| smiies at you! What a joy when first f^Hf^~ you hear those happy coos ami chuckles! Baby is telling you that all is Jewell and mother can be happy in the **^m-* knowledge that here is health in abundance.
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    TIN PRICE (UP $3.50) CONTINUES RISE ON LOCAL MARKET
    797 12 TIN PRICE (UP $3.50) CONTINUES RISE ON LOCAL MARKET By Oar Market Correspondent THE price of tin in Singapore yesterday rose by a further $3.50 to $371, the hi if host price since mid-August and a rise of $10 since the eve of the Chinese New Year holidays. The Monday
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    JOHORE PARA RUBBER SALE
    115 12 A London firm of brokers acting on behalf of clients, !s offering to purchase all of Johore Para Rubber Com panys' 121.350 6 per cent cumulative convertible preferred ordinary and 378.650 or dinary 2s. shares at 2s and 2s. 9d. each respectively. The olTer is conditional
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    19 12 SINGAPORE, FEB. 24. RUBBER: 78, eenU per lb. (up It cento). TIN: 9371 per picul (up $3.50).
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    140 12 MELBOURNE, Mon INVESTMENT shares recorded a firm tone on the Stock Exchange here t'jday. Dunlop up 9d. and Herald up 6d. providing the sharpest movements. Broken Hill South rose Is. 6d. in an improved mining section. Loans maintained a firm tone. Loans 34% 1956-59 £99 4s. 3d. Loans
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    203 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: London selling T.T. or O.D. 2/3 7 8; buying airmail T.T. 2 4. OD. 2 4 1 16, 30 d/st 2/4 7/32. 45 d st 2 4 5/16, 60 d/st 2/4 3 8.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 12 March first grade rubber bayera f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 78 cents per 1b up l'» cents on Friday's closing price. Closing tone: Quiet after easier. Closing prices in cents per Ib. yesterday w ere OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RSS Spot fob. buyers 78' a sellers 78V Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 12 Singapore thinrse Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: C*pr«: quiet; UK Continent February March (30 1 4 buyers •31 1/4 sellers Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $454 sellers, drum $49 sellers Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $105 Sarawak $104. special Sarawak black (65 (all
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    124 12 Ships Ijrlnc alongside thr Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Bengalen 1-2. City of Oxford 4-5. Taksang 6A. President Polk 6-7. Olengarry 8-9 Mlkagesan Main 10-11. Lica Maersk 13-14. Singapore 15-16. Nissan M»ni 18, Roggeveen 19-20, Tong Peng 21-22. Klmanls 23-24. Flying Cloud 25-26. Asphahon 27-28
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    Their aim
    55 14 "We are now aiming to compete with the Swiss," he said. Mr. Randall i s expor: director of Smiths Clocks and Watches Ltd., London, the clock and watch division of S. Smith and Sons <Eng land) Ltd. The company are the largest manufacturers of clocks and watches and
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    Market study
    114 14 Mr. Randall spent a few days In Singapore to study this market. He has since left for Australia, and will also visit New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia and East Africa. He said that the market In Malaya had grown considerably since th e war, both for watches and
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    Japan shipping line now uses Colony as base
    356 14 MORE LINERS FOR MALAYA 'SINGAPORE WILL BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT MARITIME CENTRE* P HE first ever Japanese shipping line to operate a service with Singapore as its operating port has commenced activities. The line is the Kokusai j-ine. whose pre siilent, Mr.
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    Demand grows for cement
    204 14 Demand grows for cement THE managing director of Hong Leong Co Ltd., Singapore, Mr. Kwek Hong Png, plans to visit the Onoda cement factories in Japan soon. Mr. Kwek's company art sole agents in Singapore and the Federation for Onoda cement which now forms 60 per cent of all Japanese
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    U.S. CARS PILE UP IN SHOPS
    96 14 Mo i OK manufacturers throughout tbe tnited State* are layIng off workers for varying periods because new cars are piling up in the showrooms. Tbe industry calls it "adjustment of inventories And the only exception is the American Motors Corporation which makes the Europ-ean-sixed
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    U.K. WATCH INDUSTRY CHALLENGES SWISS
    65 14 U.K. WATCH INDUSTRY CHALLENGES SWISS A LEADING business- man in the British watch industry, Mr. K. H. Randall said on arrival in Singapore last week that Britain could compete with Switzerland in the manufacture of watches. Mr. Randall said that the British watch industry was now very much mechanised and
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    BLUE FUNNEL SHIP DUE
    105 14 THE new 7.900 tons Biue Funnel cargo liner Ajax. under the command of Captain D. \v Stroud. is due to arrive at Penang tomorrow and Singapore on Friday on her maiden voyage. Attractive accommodation is provided for 12 tint class passengers in large well fitted cabins
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    Germans to bring new clock models to local market
    251 14 Germans to bring new clock models to local market ltf ALAYANS are more conservative in relation tc iT fashion changes of clocks 5»nd watches, in the opinion of a German dealer who visited Singapore last week. The dealer was Mr. R. F. Bley, representative of Oebrueder Junghans A.O., Schramberg, largest
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    Lock icon Sylvia increases her power
    95 15 iiiiiiHiiiMMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii THE girl who means to put all her weight behind Britain's athletic effort is 22-year-old Sylvia Needham, a nurse at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Sylvia is the Women's Amateur Athletic Association discus champion. She is seen here doing a "front squat" with a barbell at Al
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    Gloves make this boxer sneeze and sneeze...
    92 15 By JACK FDfCLCTOM pANBERRA, Mon Sydney middleweight boxer Harry Castle, who ha.< won 26 of his 29 professional bouts will have his guard high tonight when he fights Peter Bothe at Sydney Stadium. The reason is: Cast;e can't afford to be hit on
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    Allergy tests
    80 15 As soon as he starts work in the gymnasium he starts to sneeze. And he sneezed and sneezed till his eyes watered and his breathing became difficult. Hecently they put him through allergy tests Sure enough, it was from boxing gloves. He uses special gloves himself with sponge
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    29 15 BRISBANE. Mon. The Queensland Lawn Tennis Association is planning to invite the Duchess of Kent to visit Brisbane for the Davis Cup Challenge Round In December —Reuter
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    28 15 LONDON. Mon— The eight year-old Polar Flight will net run in the Grand Natlona'. steeplechase at Alntree. on Mar. 29. his joint owners an nounced last night.
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    Declared
    96 15 vVhen Una PalMej deciare*. Australia's innings at 202 i England had 165 minite.x t. make 206 runs to win Only two centuries haw been scored against Englan.i Betty WlLson has made the~i both In the F.rst Test in Adelaid in 1949. Betty took 7-23 ant) scored 111. This series
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    87 15 LONDON, Mon Newport County, the English Third Division (South) soccer team, have decided not to fly to engagements in France at the beginning of May. Newport had arranged to fly from Cardiff to Paris for fixtures with Montreuil on May 2 and 4. Now they will
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    98 15 The women's Second Test AFTER 7-7, A CENTURY MELBOURNE, Monday. AUSTRALIAN cricketer Betty Wilson who made cricket history on Saturday by becoming the iirst woman to get a hattrick, yesterday fulfilled a cricketer's dream. Besides the hattrick— she took 7 i in England b nr t
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    EUROPEAN CUP: MADRID IN LAST 4
    107 15 EUROPEAN CUP: MADRID IN LAST 4 SEVILLE. Spain. Mon Keal Madrid, the hold en.. joined Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Eurooean s«cecr Cup yesterday by eliminating Seville in the quarterfinals. The Madrid club, who won the iirst lee 8 0 in Madrid a month ago. drew 2-2 at
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    IRC officials for 1958
    60 15 The Indian Recreation Club officials elected at the I annual general meeting at S.A.F.A. clubhouse yesterday were: Patrons: N. V. Vangadthlam. S. A. Sheriff; President. A. P. Rajah; vice-pre-sidents: V. Gurosamy. K. Mv thukumaru: hon. secretary; S. J. Kandasamy; as.st. mc: V. J. Dass: hon. treasurer:
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    364 15 MELBOURNE, Mon. Australia's team cf world record breaking swimmers could win all but two of the British Empire Games titles in Cardiff in July. The only events which Australia is unlikely to win I are the women's backstroke and breaststroke. The Australian
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    The alternatives
    518 16 I then suggested in SPOKTSFROM on Feb. 14 that the the' selectors should try out alternatives in the third trials to be held In Singapore and offered the Ooi-Teh pairing and Ooi for third singles as possible solutions to the new problems created by the poor displays of
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    CALLING PENANG O-O-I
    180 16  -  NORMAN SIEBEL In their need to find a singles man front the doubles, the selectors are... By Teik Hock also gets Teh as new partner JHE FOUR WISE MEN of Malayan Badminton, Thomas Cup selectors Lee (Juan Khye, Wee Kirn Wee, A. S. Samuel and Khoo Chor
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    Upset in FEAF league
    75 16 rE FAR East Air Force hockey league competition started off with an upset when RAF. Tengah scored a 4-0 win over RAF. Seletar at Seletar yesterday. In the other match at Changl. favourites RAF. Chang! scored a 2-0 win over Ceylon. The league, the first of
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    40 16 IPOH HOCKEY: Knockout com petition: Div 1: Sturrock Club r 4th Bn. Malay Regiment, upper padang: Div. 2. No. Z Police Field Force v P.C.R.C. lower padang. KUALA LUMPUR HOCKEY: Knockout com petition YMCA vs YMSA. Princes Road.
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    PERAK ANSWERS BAM CALL FOR DONATIONS
    196 16 PERAK ANSWERS BAM CALL FOR DONATIONS TEH: OTHERS SHOULD FOLLOW EXAMPLE KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Perak Badminton Association has dona ed $200 towards the cost of training Malaya's Thomas Cup team. This is the first state association *.o respond to the call made by the president of the Badminton Association
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    8-1 for champs
    46 16 EPOH, Mon League champions Klnta Indians trounced Perak Chinese Re(^•eatlon Club 8-1 In the opening round of the Perak knockout hockey tournament on the padang here today. In a second division tie. Dusun Bertam Estate beat No. 2 Workshop Army Service Corps 4-0.
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    22 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Police Depot beat Malay Ma' Sports Club 3-1 In a friendly soccer match at Ourney Roan today.
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    Record entry for SAFA's youth tournament
    99 16 TWENTY TEAMS— a record entry -will compete In the Youth soccer competition, sponsored by the Singapore Amateur Football Association, which begins today. Among the entries are three teams from Chinese schools where soccer has only recently been Introduced. They are the Huah Yl. Kallang
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    54 16 SHEFFIELD Wednesday goalkeeper Ryalls leaps high to tip the ball over the bar from a shot by Manchester Uniteefs Dawson during their FA. Cup Fifth Round match at Old Trafford on Feb 19 The match was postponed due to the Munich air disaster United
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    M-STADIUM 'UNSUITABLE FOR ATHLETICS'
    141 16 M-STADIUM 'UNSUITABLE FOR ATHLETICS' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— The Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union's next Asian Games trials will not be held at the Merdeka Stadium Nor will athletes train there The F.M A.A.U. announced today that it found the sta dium "too expensive <$150 a day» and unsuitable for
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    94 16 stole the FA Cup in 1895 man 'confesses' I ONDON. Mon.—Blrming- ham police said last night that they were reopening a case which has baffled Britain for 63 years: Who stole the original Football Association Cup? This follows a "confession" by an 80-year-old man, Mr. Harry Burge, In yesterday's Sunday
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    Loaned for display
    106 16 It had been won by Aston Villa the present holders and had been loaned by them for display. They were fined £25 because lt had been stolen while in their safe keeping. At the time police believed the "old pot"— worth about £20— had been melt. Ed
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    77 16 "It could. however, be one of those occasions where the Chief Constable will exercise his prerogative and allow the matter to He on the file. "At any rate, lt will be difficult finding the dossier." Why has old Harry Burge broken his silence about a crime
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    29 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Singles beat the Married 3-0 In the Selangor Women's Hockey Associations aiiiiml match here today. So* tits W"ndv Wright <2> and Jrf-vn V'ldaliar.
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    'SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR KAMPAR'
    56 16 'SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR KAMPAR' KAMPAR. Mon. Merdeka Year brought new successes for this rich tin mining town on the soccer field, says the Kampar District Football League annual report The secretary. Mr. Song Tee Toh. records that Kampar won the Perak inter-district knockout championship for the first time since the
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    78 16 Rugby fast gaining popularity in Borneo OUGBY is rapid'y gaining popularity 1V in Borneo, said Bryn Edwards, manager of the Combined Royal Air Force team which has Just returned from a tour of Borneo. Fl. Lt. Edwards, a former Selangor player told the Straits Times yesterday that plans had been
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    216 16 Another encouraging feature is the introduction of the game in the varloui schools in Kuchlng. Seria and Brunei where a serious attempt Is being made to coach the boys. Fl Lt Edwards said. He described the alrmens five-day tour as "a great success" and added that he had
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